With Zhang Lingfu's shout, light and heavy machine guns fired a volley on the position, and the dense bullets splashed sparks on the city wall, and Japanese soldiers were constantly shot and fell down. When the machine guns began to cover fire, the fighters of the 545th Regiment jumped up from their positions and quickly rushed under the city walls. The Japanese troops who were still alive on the city wall, seeing that the Chinese troops had begun to charge, also fired desperately to block the attack, and the few remaining machine-gun fire points also spit out fire again.

As soon as Zhang Lingfu saw this situation, he immediately ordered mortars to be used to knock out the Japanese firing points. Dozens of mortars behind the position were already ready, and as soon as Zhang Lingfu's order arrived, dozens of mortar shells flew towards the city wall. In the explosion of mortar shells, several Japanese firing points on the city wall were dumbfounded, but there were still some sporadic blockades, which could no longer cause much damage to the charging team.

The 545th Regiment rushed to the city wall, and Zhao Fei, the regiment commander who had been prepared, immediately ordered the heavy fire battalion to set up two 82 recoilless guns and several 40 rocket launchers aimed at the city gate. Zhu Yingsheng, the battalion commander of the heavy firepower battalion, saw that the city gate was still there, and ordered another round of artillery fire. After this round of artillery, the entire city gate was shattered in the sound of explosions.

The city gate was wide open, and the soldiers of the 545th Regiment rushed into the city shouting, and Zhao Fei ordered the commander of the first battalion, Yuan Zhongzhong, to take the first battalion to seize the city wall, and he himself took the remaining soldiers to attack the city. From the beginning of the shelling to the 545th Regiment rushing into the city, it only took an hour, and the combat effectiveness of the 90th Division stunned Commander Zhang Da and the people of the 62nd Army, who were watching the battle.

The first battalion of the 545th Regiment quickly occupied the city wall, the blue sky and white sun flag and the military flag of the 90th Army were planted on the city tower, Zhang Lingfu nodded with satisfaction, and quickly entered the city with the 272nd Brigade. After another half an hour, the gunfire in the city gradually stopped, and Zhang Lingfu also sent a signal corps to report to Wang Haitao that the 272nd Brigade had reoccupied the Japanese headquarters in the city, and the captain of the Japanese army defending the city escaped from the county with more than 200 Japanese soldiers.

Wang Haitao was about to enter the city with the guard brigade when the roar of Japanese planes was heard in the sky. Wang Haitao glanced at the sky and said, "This plane is coming quite fast." After saying that, he ordered all anti-aircraft weapons to prepare for anti-air combat, and the rest of the fighters and vehicles were dispersed and hidden. At the moment of the order, the troops of the 90th Division outside the city and the weapons that the guard brigade could fight against the air were all pointed in the sky in the direction where the Japanese planes were flying.

To say that the 90th Division, as a unit started by Wang Haitao, has done its best in all kinds of weapons and equipment, and there are quite a few anti-aircraft weapons alone. Last year, Wang Haitao bought back 15 German-made 20-millimeter-caliber antiaircraft guns from the 90 th Division, and with reference to the 93 Division's heavy artillery regiment, the antiaircraft guns were also converted into trucks, as well as 10 German-made 37-millimeter twin self-propelled antiaircraft guns that Wang Haitao transferred from the 210th Division to the 90 th Division, and 10 14.5 millimeter dual-purpose high-altitude dual-purpose heavy machine guns mounted on trucks.

Half of the heavy machine guns equipped with these 90 divisions were Type 6 or 7 heavy machine guns, which also had anti-aircraft fire capabilities, but could only hit targets below 500 in the air. The heavy machine guns of the Guards Brigade are all Type 6 or 7 heavy machine guns, and these heavy machine gunners are trained in anti-aircraft combat and have fought in real combat in previous battles.

The Japanese planes came quickly, and before the fighters could disperse and conceal themselves, fifteen bombers appeared in the sky. As far as the Japanese planes were concerned, the previous bombing mission was not attacked by weapons from the ground at all, so they had no scruples. The infantry and cars scattered on the ground in front of them were good targets for bombing, and the pilot of the Japanese plane sneered and pressed the control stick and dived down to the ground.

When the Japanese planes began to dive, the order to open fire rang out throughout the positions, first dozens of anti-aircraft guns, then countless heavy machine guns spat out tongues of fire, and shells and heavy machine gun bullets opened a dense net of fire in the air. The Japanese pilots were shocked by the sudden appearance of a dense firepower network, and hurriedly tried desperately to pull the plane up, but it was too late, and the eight planes in front of them had already plunged into the firepower network.

The Japanese planes were still good in this era, but they were also propeller-type monoplanes, which were not only slow, but also very thin, and did not stand at all. Five of the eight planes were hit by anti-aircraft guns and exploded into a cloud of sparks in the air, while the other three were also hit by heavy machine guns and fell headlong in black smoke. The plane behind was originally diving, but when it saw that there were anti-aircraft weapons on the ground, they hurriedly pulled it up in fright.

Even if the reaction was not slow, two planes were hit, and they hurriedly threw bombs indiscriminately and staggered back. There are still a few intact planes, hovering in the air at a distance of 2,000 meters, ready to find an opportunity to dive bomb again. However, 2,000 meters is not high for German-made anti-aircraft guns, and their effective firing height is 3,500 meters. Therefore, dozens of anti-aircraft guns were still chasing several Japanese planes and firing.

After one of the Japanese planes hovering in the air was hit by antiaircraft guns and planted down, the remaining Japanese planes did not dare to circle any longer, and after dropping all the bombs indiscriminately, they flew in the direction of Guangzhou. This ground-air battle was not very long, it was only more than half an hour, and more than 10 of the 15 Japanese planes that came were destroyed, and only a few flew back, and this result made Zhang Da and the officers and men of the 62nd Army feel unbelievable. Looking at the intensity of the 90th Division's anti-aircraft firepower, Zhang Da and the officers and men of the 62nd Army looked at the 90th Division with more envy and jealousy.

Seeing that the remaining Japanese planes flew away, Wang Haitao ordered the troops to form a team, and then the heavy artillery regiment and the guard brigade followed him into the city, and the 271st Brigade rushed to repair the fortifications outside the city, and asked the 62nd Army to assist the 271st Brigade. Wang Haitao, who entered the city gate, was led by the soldiers of the 272nd Brigade to the headquarters of the former Japanese army, where Zhang Lingfu was directing his subordinates to take over the county seat.

Zhang Lingfu saw Wang Haitao coming in, walked over and saluted and said: "Report to the military seat, the 272nd Brigade successfully captured Yingde County, a total of 1,232 Japanese troops were annihilated in this battle, 207 people were captured, and the captured booty is being counted. After returning the military salute, Wang Haitao asked, "What are the casualties of your brigade?" Zhang Lingfu replied: "Report to the military seat, our unit has sacrificed 58 soldiers, including a second lieutenant platoon commander. Forty-six soldiers were seriously wounded, one hundred and thirteen were lightly wounded, and the wounded soldiers were sent for treatment. ”

Wang Haitao nodded and encouraged Zhang Lingfu. At the cost of sacrificing dozens of people, he annihilated more than 1,000 enemies and captured the county town of Yingde, Wang Haitao was quite satisfied with this achievement, which was also because the weapons and equipment of his troops far exceeded the weapons and equipment of the Japanese army. There is also the fact that the Japanese army was unprepared and rushed to the battle, which led to such a record. Now that the Japanese army has known that it is launching an attack, then the Japanese army will definitely counterattack, and how to fight the next battle will have to be carefully considered by Wang Haitao.

In the headquarters of the 21st Army of the Japanese Army in Guangzhou City, the commander of the 21st Army, Lieutenant General Guzhuang Ganlang, was furious. The combat staff officers under his command were all so forbidden that they didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere. It is no wonder that Guzhuang Ganlang was angry, so many Chinese troops quietly arrived under the city of Yingde, and they didn't even notice it, and this Chinese army was extremely combative, from the commander stationed in Yingde to send a telegram for help to the arrival of the support planes, it was less than an hour, there was an infantry brigade and a baggage brigade stationed in the Yingde county town was lost, and a bomber squadron sent to support also suffered heavy losses, and only four planes flew back intact.

Just when Furujo Michiro was angry, a subordinate reported that Lieutenant General Toshio Miyake, commander of the 104th Division, and Kaoru Kataoka, chief of staff of the 104th Division, asked to see him. When Guzhuang Ganlang heard this, he suppressed his anger, asked his staff officers to retreat, and then invited Toshio Miyake and them to come in. After Toshio Miyake and the others came in, they first saluted Kojo Kanro, and then asked, "Your Excellency Commander, I heard that the Shina army has captured the county seat of Yingde?"

Guzhuang Ganlang nodded and said, "Please sit down, let's sit down." After a few people sat down, Guzhuang Ganlang said: "This branch of the army came out of nowhere, not only is it strong in combat, but also extremely well-armed and equipped, and there are a large number of anti-aircraft weapons. It's infuriating that these of my men don't even have any information about this and that unit!"

Seeing that Guzhuang Ganlang wanted to get angry again, Lieutenant General Toshio Miyake hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, Commander, no matter where this branch of the army comes from, what we have to do now is to eliminate them as soon as possible." This branch of the army has captured the county town of Yingde, which is exactly between our 104th Division and the 11th Division, please send my troops from Qingyuan County to attack this branch of the army, and then ask Your Excellency the commander to order the 11th Division to attack it from the direction of Shaoguan, and under the attack of the two armies, I believe that it will not be long before this branch of the army can be completely wiped out. ”

A smile appeared on Guzhuang Ganlang's face at this time, and he said: "Miyake-kun's plan is very good, I will immediately give an order to the 11th Division, asking them to send troops from Shaoguan to attack Yingde County, and Miyake-kun can send a brigade, and I will send the 11th Independent Tank Brigade and a heavy artillery brigade of the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Brigade to assist you in the attack." ”

Toshio Miyake stood up, bowed to Furujo Kanro, and then said, "Thank you Your Excellency Commander for your trust, my subordinates will definitely live up to His Excellency Commander's high expectations and destroy this Shina army as soon as possible." Furujo Kanro encouraged Miyake Toshio and the two before letting them leave. Toshio Miyake returned to his headquarters, called the commander of the 132nd Infantry Brigade, Major General Goto Juro, and ordered him to lead the 132nd Infantry Brigade and the 104th Wing of Field Artillery, a cavalry brigade to set out for Qingyuan early tomorrow morning, and then launch an attack from Qingyuan County to Yingde County.

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