Major General Di Bujia and several of his captains got together, and when they mentioned the method of siege, they all shook their heads. Without the assistance of heavy artillery, and the mountain artillery of his brigade was suppressed by the artillery of the people at the head of the city, it was really difficult to attack. After deliberating for a long time, the commander of the 93rd Infantry Brigade, Fukuzaki National Road, proposed that planes be sent to bomb the city, and then the method of sending engineer troops to blow open the city gate with explosives under the cover of the infantry, and finally the infantry to break into the city was unanimously approved by everyone, including Major General Tsubuki.

Major General Tsububu immediately submitted a request to Lieutenant General Kanda Masashi to send a flying force to bomb Yueyang City. Kanda Masang and the rest of the Sixth Division were also about to rush to Yueyang City, behind the Sixth Division was the Third Division, and the Independent Mixed Fourteenth Brigade was at the rear. As for the 4th Division, it has retreated in the direction of Nanchang.

Lieutenant General Kanda Masazen, who was also worried about the shortage of heavy artillery shells, received a telegram requesting Major General Tsutsubukiki and immediately sent a telegram of request to the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army. Soon after, the Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters sent a telegram back, and the Third Flying Group, which was originally under the command of the 11th Army, was still temporarily under the command of Lieutenant General Kanda Masazhong to assist the rest of the 11th Army in attacking Yueyang City.

This reply undoubtedly gave Lieutenant General Kanda Masashi a shot in the arm. Lieutenant General Kanda Masashi immediately went to Lieutenant General Guan Yuan Michitai, the head of the Third Flight Group, and asked the Third Flight Group to send planes to bomb Yueyang City. The 3rd Flying Group had already lost more than 50 planes in the Battle of Changsha, and Lieutenant General Guan Yuan Michitai had no choice but to accept the request of Lieutenant General Kanda Masazen to send the 1st Flying Regiment to participate in the battle against Yueyang City again due to the orders of the Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters.

Major General Toyoji Akiyama, commander of the 1st Flying Regiment, received an order and could only send two squadrons of medium bombers to participate in the battle again, as well as a reconnaissance squadron and a fighter squadron to escort the troops. At noon on the 18th, the Japanese army dispatched more than 50 bombers escorted by 12 fighters and flew over Yueyang City. After identifying the target of the attack, one aerial bomb after another fell like dumplings.

The Guards Brigade was not equipped with any anti-aircraft weapons other than Type 6 or 7 heavy machine guns, which could fire at the air. At this time, Tangshan Leopard saw that the black pressure of the Japanese planes was pressing, and knew that the heavy machine guns of his guard brigade could not compete with the large number of Japanese planes, so he did not order to shoot at the air, but asked the officers and men to hide on the spot to avoid the bombing of the Japanese planes.

The main target of the Japanese planes was the east gate wall of Yueyang City, and the three regiments and one battalion of the guards defending the city were ordered to withdraw before the Japanese planes arrived, and only one platoon of troops remained on the city. After the Japanese planes tried and did not meet the attack of ground fire, they recklessly dive-bombed the city wall of the East Gate.

The city wall of the east gate had already been damaged by the heavy artillery bombardment in front of the Japanese army, and at this time, it was bombarded by a large number of aerial bombs, and finally supported it, and a section of the city wall of several tens of meters collapsed in the bombardment, burying dozens of officers and soldiers of the guard brigade stationed on this section of the city wall in the remnants of bricks and rubble. Major General Di Bujiagui, who was holding a telescope and observing the bombing of the planes on the attack position, saw that a section of the city wall several tens of meters had collapsed, and excitedly shouted several times: "Yo Xi!

Now that the Japanese no longer needed to send sappers to blow up the city gates, the collapsed section of the wall became the main target for the Japanese infantry to attack. Under the orders of Major General Di Bujiagui, the 94th Infantry Brigade was ready to attack, and dozens of mountain guns of the Mountain Artillery Brigade also aimed their guns at this section of the city wall. Just wait for the plane bombing to be over, and launch a surprise attack on Yueyang City.

The bombardment of the planes continued for almost an hour, until all the planes had dropped all the bombs, and then they flapped their wings and flew away. Sun Linhai was anxious when he saw the collapse of the city wall, and as soon as the plane flew away, the smoke of the explosion had not yet dissipated, and Sun Linhai rushed to the gap with the first and second battalions of the third guard regiment. This section of the city wall still left more than half of the height of the wall, but the two sides of the wall were piled up with stones and broken bricks. It's hard to walk, but you can still climb through it with a little effort.

Part of the soldiers of the first battalion rushed to the intact wall, and the rest of the fighters rushed to the gap with the second battalion. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had not yet attacked, the soldiers seized the time to clear the ruins and strive to find a satisfactory firing position. However, before they could clean up, the Japanese mountain artillery hit the shells to the gap, and the 94th Infantry Brigade also began to attack.

Naturally, the Japanese mountain artillery had hundreds of mortars organized by three regiments to deal with, and the soldiers dodged the first few rounds of shelling by the Japanese army, and the Japanese mountain artillery was suppressed, and only a few sporadic shells would hit the gap. When the Japanese infantry reached a distance of 300 meters from the gap, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions were ready to block the attack.

Before the fighters could fire, they suppressed the mortar group of the Japanese mountain artillery, and aimed the excess 60 mortars at the attacking Japanese troops. These dozens of mortars bombarded the road of the Japanese attack, and the shells that fell in the crowd of Japanese soldiers caused a great confusion among the Japanese soldiers who lined up in the attacking formation. But under the command of the commander, the Japanese soldiers forced their way through the mortar blockade and continued to rush towards the gap.

However, the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the gap were waiting for them not to rush into the city successfully, but to meet the oncoming bullets like a storm. The 1st and 2nd Battalions arranged more than 10 heavy machine guns alone in the gap of several tens of meters, and another 20 light machine guns. The density of the machine guns was to the point of numbing the scalp. Moreover, the guards brigade used all the Type 56 light machine guns and Type 67 heavy machine guns, and unless they completely covered the area with artillery fire, they could not compete with the Japanese Type 38 rifles and crooked machine guns.

Under the blow of the torrential rain of bullets, the charging Japanese soldiers fell down with screams, and in less than ten minutes, there were already hundreds of Japanese corpses on the ground in front of the gap, and there was a layer of plasma on the ground. The attacking 94th Infantry Brigade suffered heavy casualties under the double blow of mortars and machine guns, and the captain of the attack, Ichinomiya Kiosa, was also surprised in the face of such a tragic situation, and did not speak for a long time.

By the time the 94th Infantry Brigade was withdrawn, there were only about 500 men left in an infantry brigade of 1,200 men, and more than 100 wounded. Only one of the four squadron leaders under Ichinomiya Daisa was intact, another was seriously wounded, and two died on the battlefield. Major General Tsutsukiki was also quite surprised when he heard that Ichinomiya Kidaisaku had reported that the Shina army had placed dozens of light and heavy machine guns in the gap. In his imagination, only one division of the Chinese army might have so many machine guns.

Although the gap in the city wall has been blown out, the mountain artillery of his brigade has been suppressed by the artillery of the many people of China, and the people of China have arranged a large number of machine guns at the gap. Without artillery support, Major General Di Bugui didn't know how to attack. Fortunately, the rest of the Sixth Division was about to arrive, and Major General Di Bugui could only order all the people to rest first, and wait for the arrival of the Sixth Division.

There was a fierce battle in Yueyang City, and the 210th Division was advancing all the way. On the way, the Japanese army constantly sent troops to intercept the 210th Division, and the strength of the troops ranged from one squadron to one brigade. The 210th Division gave full play to its superiority in firepower, rushed and attacked fiercely, and after paying a certain price, broke through three Japanese interception positions in succession.

The 14th Brigade, which was responsible for the breakoff of the whole army, was overwhelmed by the attack of the 210th Division, and hurriedly asked for help from the 3rd Division. At this time, only the 29th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division was still in combat effectiveness, and after receiving a telegram from Major General Jun Nakayama, commander of the 14th Independent Brigade, Lieutenant General Takahashi Taga, who was well aware of the consequences of allowing this Chinese army to advance, immediately ordered the 29th Infantry Brigade to assist the independent mixed 14th Brigade to intercept this Chinese unit.

The 14th Independent Mixed Brigade gathered the remaining 63rd Infantry Brigade, the 65th Infantry Brigade, and the Artillery Brigade, totaling more than 3,000 people, and set up a formation here in Xinkai Town, 20 kilometers away from Yueyang City. The arrival of the 29th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division increased the number of Japanese troops to nearly 10,000. The Japanese army thought that with such a strong force, it would be enough to intercept the pursuers of the Zhina division.

When Tang Hongming's troops approached Xinkai Town, they had reconnaissance units and came to report that a large number of Japanese troops were found in Xinkai Town, numbering nearly 10,000 people. The report of the reconnaissance detachment made Tang Hongming stunned for a moment, and ordered the whole division to stop advancing. After the troops stopped, the two brigade commanders Wei Bin and Liu Mingde rushed to Tang Hongming's place together.

Tang Hongming told the two brigade commanders about the situation, and they were surprised to hear that the Japanese army had mobilized nearly 10,000 people to intercept their division. Tang Hongming sneered and said: "Little Japan really looks up to our 210th Division! The military seat has given us enough time, so we will teach these little Japan a good lesson." "With the strength of the Japanese army, if you want to intercept an ordinary division of the Chinese army, it is enough to send an infantry brigade, at most one infantry wing, and now send nearly 10,000 people at once, it is indeed very "face" for the 210th Division!

Tang Hongming thought for a while and said, first let the division heavy artillery regiment build artillery positions, the Japanese army has no heavy artillery, it is time for our heavy artillery to exert its might. Then the 460th Brigade will cooperate with the armored regiment to attack the main attack, attack fiercely, move quickly, and take out all the skills you have learned from the Degu instructors! This time, I want to let the little Japanese know what is the coordination of infantry and artillery, and the coordination of infantry and tank. ”

Wei Bin responded excitedly and loudly: "Yes, Master!" After saluting, he went to prepare excitedly. Liu Mingde, the commander of the 461st Brigade, asked with a stupid face: "Division, what is the mission of our 461st Brigade?" Tang Hongming smiled and said: "There are Japanese troops in front, are you still afraid that there will be no fight?" This time, let the 460th Brigade take the main attack, and your 461st Brigade will be the reserve, and next time I will let your 461st Brigade take the lead attack. Hearing Tang Hongming's words, Liu Mingde saluted with relief and left here.