Wang Haitao looked at the Tangshan leopard with a smile on his face, and understood that the guard brigade must have fought well today, and he had a smile on his face. This inch Su Zuxin asked, "What's the matter, your guard brigade won the battle today?" Tangshan Leopard replied in a proud tone: "That's natural, who made us the guard brigade brought out by the commander!"

Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Mountain Leopard, don't boast, let's talk about it, what are the results?" Tang Mountain Leopard also put away his smile and replied seriously: "Report to the commander, after a day of fierce fighting, the guard brigade has taken the position of the railway station outside the south gate of the Japanese army and the position of the warehouse group. Killed one captain of the Japanese army's Dazuo Wing, three captains of the medium estimation group, and 3,560 junior officers and native soldiers. ”

Tangshan Leopard's report stunned the three people who listened to his report, and even Wang Haitao didn't expect Tangshan Leopard's guard brigade to achieve such great results. Tang Longzai's face was a little unpleasant at that time, and he said to Tangshan Leopard: "Mountain Leopard, don't lie about the results of the battle, the crime of hiding from your boss is not small!" Tangshan Leopard was anxious when he heard Tang Longzai's words, and argued: "Long Zai, when did my Tangshan Leopard hide from his boss and lie about his exploits? I brought the command knife and epaulette of the Japanese army outside!"

Tang Longzai wanted to ask again, but Wang Haitao stopped him with a glare, and then said to Tangshan Leopard: "Mountain Leopard, you only brought two regiments there, and you didn't have the artillery reinforcement of the heavy artillery regiment, how did you achieve such a big result? Tell us about it." So Tangshan Leopard recounted the battle in the headquarters 1510, and Wang Haitao, who listened to it, applauded loudly.

Tangshan Leopard finished speaking for an hour, and Wang Haitao saw that he had finished speaking, and then said: "Mountain Leopard, you have brought the guard brigade well, and it seems that I will add more burdens to you in the future." The best thing you have done today is to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost! I have written down this credit to your guard brigade! There will still be a long battle to be fought in the future, and you must not be coquettish in victory or discouraged in defeat, make serious preparations, and fight every battle well. Now do you have any more to ask for?"

Tangshan Leopard said excitedly: "Thank you for the commander's teachings, I will definitely do what the commander asks." In today's battle, we have consumed a lot of bullets from our machine guns, and the armor-piercing and armor-piercing shells on the tanks have almost run out, can you replenish these for us?" Wang Haitao laughed and said: "This matter is easy to do, you can go directly to the logistics office later, and ask them to replenish your brigade quickly." ”

Tangshan Leopard shouted happily: "Thank you, Commander, I'll go to the logistics office now!" After speaking, he saluted the three of them, and then rushed out of the headquarters in a puff of smoke. After Tangshan Leopard left, Wang Haitao was in a much better mood, and said to Su Zuxin: "Old Su, I didn't expect to be not favored, but the guard brigade, as a feint force, has achieved such great results, compared to the 211th Division and the 90th Division, they are lagging behind. ”

Su Zuxin also replied: "Yes, there are only two regiments of people in the hands of the mountain leopard, and there is no heavy artillery support, it is not easy! Commander, do you think tomorrow will a heavy artillery unit be sent to support them?" Wang Haitao thought for a while and said: "It's okay, tomorrow a battalion from the 130 heavy cannon regiment will be drawn to support the guard brigade, if the guard brigade can successfully capture the south city gate, it will also be a good thing." ”

After talking about the guard brigade, Wang Haitao picked up the words that were interrupted by Tangshan Leopard, and said to Su Zuxin: "In addition to the guard brigade today, the other two places are not very good, especially the 211th Division, and I don't know what happened to Wei Erxi, although he took a defensive line of the Japanese army, but a regiment lost most of it. You must know that we and little Japan are fighting for weapons, the tactical qualities of the soldiers, not human lives!"

Wang Haitao's words made Tang Longzai blush and bow his head, and Wang Haitao then said: "The 90th Division did not fight well, although the losses were not large, but it failed to capture the Japanese position. Looks like I'm going to oversee the battle myself tomorrow. You must know that the Japanese reinforcements are rushing over, in case the 210th Division cannot stop the Japanese army, and we fail to capture Hengyang City, the whole battle is in danger of failure. ”

Tang Longzai raised his head at this time and said: "Commander, I will go to the position of the 211th Division early tomorrow morning, and I will do my best to take down the Japanese position!" Wang Haitao said solemnly: "I don't want you to go up and fight for your life! Are your heavy artillery, tanks, and armored vehicles all decorations? If you don't need to use powerful firepower, it would be stupid to use your human life! If you go and tell Li Changwu to let him use all his heavy firepower, and then use his life to fight with Little Japan, I will withdraw him as the division commander!"

Early the next morning, Tang Longzai rushed to the headquarters of the 211th Division in a rage, and after recruiting the officers at and above the regimental level of the 211th Division, he was scolded! Tang Longzai used to be the commander of the 211th Division, and these subordinates were all his old subordinates, so he scolded mercilessly, and these subordinates who scolded him lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound.

In the end, Tang Longzai said loudly to Li Changwu: "Changwu, listen up, today you must use heavy artillery to blow up the position of Little Japan to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu does not believe that Little Japan's position is made of iron, and heavy artillery and rocket artillery cannot be blown up! If there will be as much damage in today's battle as yesterday, Lao Tzu will be the first to remove you from the post of division commander!"

was scolded by Tang Longzai, and the officers of the 211th Division were holding back the fire in their stomachs, and this fire was naturally going to pour out on the heads of the Japanese soldiers. As a result, preparations before the attack were carried out more carefully, and not only the 152nd Heavy Howitzer and Artillery Regiment and the 105th Self-Propelled Howitzer and Artillery Regiment were ready to attack, but even the rocket artillery battalion was ready to open fire.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, all the troops were ready to attack, and Tang Longzai and Li Changwu also came to the forward observation post together. As soon as Li Changwu gave the order, the political attack began, and more than 100 grenades and artillery pieces of the two grenades and artillery regiments fired at the same time, and the Japanese position was suddenly shrouded in gunsmoke, dust, and firelight. The shelling lasted for an hour, and the artillery fire plowed the Japanese positions twice from front to back before gradually stopping.

The smoke and dust on the Japanese position dissipated slightly, and Tang Longzai saw in the telescope that the Japanese position was in a mess, and he could hardly find a bunker fortification that was still intact, so he nodded with satisfaction. Li Changwu asked: "Military seat, did you order the infantry to attack?" Tang Longzai shook his head and said: "Look, the surviving Japanese troops are entering the position, and we will add some more material to the little Japan!" Order the rocket artillery battalion to cover the Japanese position with firepower!"

Soon, on the position of the rocket artillery battalion, the characteristic "whoosh, whoosh" sound of rockets and bombs when they were launched sounded, and the Japanese position was completely shrouded in flames in an instant. Looking at the Japanese position in front of him, Tang Longzai nodded with satisfaction again, and said to Li Changwu: "The infantry can attack." Li Changwu hurriedly asked the signal corps to give the order for the infantry to start attacking.

The infantry for this attack were the 881st Regiment and the 882nd Regiment of the 463rd Brigade. In yesterday's battle, the 463rd Brigade did not fight well, and the 880th Regiment lost more than half, and today Li Changwu was supposed to be replaced by the 462nd Brigade to attack, but Wei Erxi said bad things in front of Tang Longzai and Li Changwu, and made a military order, so that the two agreed that the 463rd Brigade would continue to serve as the main attacker.

The momentum of today's attack of the 881st Regiment and the 882nd Regiment is completely different from that of yesterday, and there is a saying that "shame is almost courageous." Today, the officers and men of the two regiments and several battalion commanders rushed to the front, and several thousand men of the two regiments fought bravely to be the first and rushed towards the Japanese position with great momentum. rushed to rush, Chu Zhengyang and Su Guoping, the two heads of the regiment, felt that something was wrong.

Today's resistance on the Japanese position seems to be too weak, and now, the soldiers who rushed to the front are only 100 meters away from the second line of Japanese positions, and the fierce resistance on the Japanese positions that want to be in the center has not arrived, and only sporadic gunfire shows that there are still Japanese troops on the positions. Regardless, it's always good that there's no fierce resistance.

After a burst of all-out charge, the 881st Regiment took the lead in rushing to the Japanese position, and until this time, there was no decent resistance on the Japanese position. When Chu Zhengyang also rushed to the position, he took a look, and then he understood. The Japanese positions were littered with the corpses of soldiers lying on the ground, some of which had traces of fire, and some of the wounded soldiers in some corners, who had basically lost their combat effectiveness.

Even the few survivors huddled together, as if the fright had made them lose the sense of resistance. Chu Zhengyang immediately ordered the three battalions to be left to clean up the battlefield, and he took the other two battalions and then rushed towards the Japanese positions behind. Behind the 881st Regiment, the 882nd Regiment also followed under the leadership of Su Guoping.

Chu Zhengyang led his troops to rush to the back of the Japanese defense line in succession, the situation here was similar to the front, and there were also a large number of corpses of Japanese soldiers lying down, not even many wounded soldiers, let alone those who survived. Not far from the front was the city wall of Hengyang City, and only then did the troops in front encounter the resistance from the machine guns at the foot of the wall and on the city wall, and Chu Zhengyang stopped the team.

After putting the troops on alert and cleaning up the battlefield, Chu Zhengyang sent a signal corps to report the victory to Li Changwu and Tang Longzai. Tang Longzai watched the soldiers rush to the Japanese position in the observation post, and they also smashed their fists on the wall of the observation post with excitement. Li Changwu shouted: "The military seat, rush up! The 881st Regiment rushes up! Now we can give an explanation to the commander!"

After listening to the report of the signal soldier sent by Chu Zhengyang, Tang Longzai also immediately sent someone to report to Wang Haitao. At this time, Wang Haitao was at the forefront of the 90th Division, watching the attack of the 272nd Brigade of the 90th Division. Yesterday, the 90th Division organized several attacks in succession, but they were all stubbornly blocked by the Japanese army, and in order to prevent serious casualties among the troops, the 272nd Brigade did not attack with all its might.

Today, Wang Haitao came to the position in person, although he didn't say much, but Tang Yikuan felt Wang Haitao's dissatisfaction, so Tang Yikuan specially told Tang Yiqun and Zhang Lingfu, the two brigade commanders, that today's attack must be full force. The two brigade commanders also understood what Tang Yikuan meant, so today's attack of the 272nd Brigade showed a completely different momentum from yesterday from the very beginning.