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The ferocious attack of the 210th Division on the north gate made the Japanese troops in Qinzhou City panic, and even Major General Itada Jiro believed that the Chinese army had placed the main force in the direction of the north gate, so most of the Japanese troops in the city were transferred to the direction of the north gate, leaving only one infantry squadron at the west gate and the east gate, and only one squad at the south gate.

And the two regiments of puppet troops in the city are even more panicked, these troops adapted from bandits and hooligans can bully the people, but if they really want to fight on the battlefield, they will be all soft. The Japanese army could not believe the combat effectiveness of these puppet troops, and threw a regiment to the west gate and the east gate. It was almost twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and the gunfire outside the north gate was still fierce.

In a forest three kilometers away from Qinzhou City, two infantry brigades of the 211th Division were ambushed in it, and the division commander Li Changwu and Wei Ye and Wei Erxi looked at their watches from time to time. Just as everyone was anxiously waiting for twelve o'clock to come, two scouts came to them almost at the same time and shouted, "Report!" Li Changwu glanced at the two and asked, "What's the situation?"

One of the scouts stepped forward and said loudly: "Report to the division, according to our reconnaissance, the Japanese guard strength at the West Gate is an infantry squadron and a regimental puppet army. Among them, there was a Japanese squad and two battalions of the puppet army on the position outside the city. The walls were equipped with four heavy machine-gun fire points and eight mortars, and no other heavy weapons were found. Li Changwu nodded and replied, "Got it." After the scout stepped back, Li Changwu looked at the other scout.

The scout stepped forward and said loudly: "Report to the division, according to the reconnaissance, the Japanese army dispatched more than 1,500 troops to launch an attack on our Matouling heavy artillery position. He is now fighting fiercely with the 546th Regiment of our army on the mountainside of Matouling. Li Changwu's face changed slightly, and he asked, "Is the commander still on Matouling?" Wei Ye, the commander of the 462nd Brigade beside him, replied: "Not long ago, the commander sent a telegram to inquire about the situation of our division, and it should still be on Matouling now. ”

Li Changwu took a breath and asked Wei Ye: "The Japanese army does not have many troops at the West Gate, with the ability of one of your brigades, can you capture the West Gate and attack the city?" Wei Ye thought for a while and responded: "With the artillery support of the Matouling heavy artillery position, it is no problem to capture the West Gate." Li Changwu nodded and said, "Okay! The task of attacking the West Gate will be handed over to your brigade! You must take the West Gate for me and attack the city." Wei Ye replied immediately: "Yes, division, the 462nd Brigade guarantees to complete the task!"

Li Changwu turned his head to look at Wei Erxi and said, "Erxi, I will give you two regiments of troops, led by you personally, to rush to the foot of Matouling in the shortest possible time, destroy the Japanese army attacking Matouling, and ensure the safety of the commander, is there a problem?" Wei Erxi replied immediately: "Don't worry, Master, I promise to complete the task!" After speaking, he saluted Li Changwu and turned around to gather the team.

Not long after Wei Erxi personally led the two regiments to leave, the time was twelve o'clock, and the heavy artillery position on Matouling roared again, and dozens of heavy artillery shells roared down towards the position outside the west gate of Qinzhou City. At the same time as the shells exploded on the position, Li Changwu gave Wei Ye the order to attack. Three regiments of the 462nd Brigade and one regiment of the 463rd Brigade pressed towards the city of Qinzhou.

After a three-kilometer journey, the soldiers arrived in only 20 minutes, and the positions outside Qinzhou were bombed beyond recognition in these 20 minutes. This is the bombardment of dozens of heavy artillery, and the power is not comparable to ordinary field artillery and mountain artillery. The heavy artillery fire had already extended forward and fell on the wall of the West Gate, and the officers and men of the 877th Regiment, who had rushed to the front, rushed to the position outside the city almost without encountering any resistance.

The soldiers who rushed to the position saw the bombed scattered weapons and mutilated corpses, and the only dozens of puppet soldiers who escaped were also huddled in the corner of the fortifications, trembling, and had no sense of resistance at all. Only a few Japanese soldiers were still resisting sporadically behind the position, but such resistance was insignificant in front of the soldiers of a regiment, and it was eliminated in a few strokes.

Soon, under the blow of heavy artillery, the city wall of the West Gate collapsed a lot, and the Japanese troops who were still blocking the city wall were also suppressed by the heavy machine guns and mortars of the 877th Regiment. Wu Zhijun, the newly appointed commander of the 877th Regiment, knew that the gap must be seized immediately, otherwise it would be troublesome for the Japanese reinforcements to occupy the gap. Wu Zhijun continued to suppress the Japanese troops on the city wall by letting heavy machine guns and mortars increase their firepower, and on the other hand, he ordered a battalion to charge with all their strength and seize the gap.

The bombardment of the West Gate by heavy artillery made Major General Jiro Itada in the headquarters feel a trace of despair, and he was still unwilling, so he still ordered the troops to rescue the West Gate. Just as the 1st battalion had captured the gap, reinforcements from the Japanese arrived. Jiang Gui, the commander of the first battalion, said secretly: "It's so dangerous!" immediately asked his subordinates to set up machine guns and strafe the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the rescue.

A squadron of the Japanese army that rushed to the West Gate to rescue was a squadron formed by the original baggage heavy soldiers, and there were only a few dozen regular infantry officers serving as junior officers. At this time, the gap in the west gate was firmly in the hands of the 877th Regiment.

The first battalion occupied the gap, and Wu Zhijun immediately ordered the second battalion to rush up the city wall to eliminate the Japanese troops who were still resisting on the wall, while the third battalion crossed the gap and searched and advanced into the city. The remaining more than 100 Japanese soldiers on the city wall still wanted to make a last fight after the second battalion climbed the city wall, but they were quickly killed under the powerful fire of the second battalion. After taking the city wall of the West Gate, Wu Zhijun immediately reported the situation to Wei Ye.

Wei Ye didn't expect to capture the West Gate so easily, and while reporting to the division commander Li Changwu, he ordered the 878th Regiment, the 879th Regiment and the 882nd Regiment to enter the city. Among them, the 878th Regiment assaulted the North Gate and received the 210th Division attacking the North Gate into the city, while the 879th Regiment and the 882nd Regiment directly attacked and advanced to the Japanese City Defense Headquarters. The news that the Chinese army had entered the city was soon reported to Major General Jiro Itada, and the news darkened Major General Jiro Itada's eyes.

Major General Itada Jiro's side, the only captain of the Nakasa Brigade, said to him: "Your Excellency Commander, the Chinese army has entered the city, and I am afraid that Qinzhou City will be difficult to hold, Your Excellency the Commander should order a retreat!" Nakasa agreed, and hurriedly left to deliver the order.

Major General Jiro Itada then left the office and fled to the south gate under the protection of a group of soldiers. At this time, the city was completely chaotic, and the 878th Regiment exchanged fire with the Japanese troops stationed near the North Gate on the way to the north gate, and the 879th Regiment also encountered the resistance of the Japanese troops on the way to the Japanese headquarters.

For a time, gunshots and explosions were heard one after another in the city of Qinzhou, and they were everywhere. After the Japanese troops received the order to retreat to the south, some units with strong combat effectiveness still knew that they would cover each other while fighting and retreating, while the troops with poor combat effectiveness simply fled desperately to the south. The 460th Brigade of the 210th Division also took the opportunity to rush into the city, and after joining up with the 878th Regiment, they rushed into the city together.

By 3 p.m., the gunfire in the city of Qinzhou had gradually subsided, and the 210th Division was responsible for searching for and clearing out the remnants of the enemy in the city, while the 878th and 879th regiments of the 462nd Brigade rushed out of the south gate and besieged the Japanese troops who had fled to the sea. At this time, there were less than 2,000 Japanese troops who escaped from the south gate, and they were all fleeing towards Qinzhou Port, and the six remaining escort gunboats in Qinzhou Bay also rushed to Qinzhou Port to meet these escaped Japanese troops.

As for the troops led by Yamamoto Yuo to attack Matouling, they were not able to take advantage of the position of the 546th Regiment in the first place, but when Wei Erxi led the two regiments to surround it from behind, Yamamoto Yuo understood that it was impossible to capture the heavy artillery position of Matouling today. So Yamamoto immediately ordered the troops to break through to Qinzhou City, but in the face of the siege of two whole regiments, how could it be so easy to break through.

Just when the city of Qinzhou fell into the hands of the Chinese army, the army led by Yuo Yamamoto also reached the end of the mountain. With most of the soldiers already killed, Yuo Yamamoto led more than 100 elite soldiers who finally belonged to the escort team to launch a decisive assault on the 881st Regiment. In the face of the assault of more than 100 Japanese troops, the regiment commander Chu Zhengyang muttered: "If you want to find death, today Lao Tzu will fulfill you!" In the sound of machine guns, more than 100 Japanese soldiers, including Yamamoto Yuo, fell one after another.

The officers and men of the 878th Regiment and the 879th Regiment chased them out of the south gate and pursued them in the direction of Qinzhou Port. Qinzhou Port was built on the Qinjiang River, only three kilometers away from the south gate of Qinzhou City, because the Qinjiang River is shallow, the port can only dock small ships, and large warships cannot dock. At this time, six Japanese escort gunboats had arrived in the harbor to receive the escapees, along with two small steamers of several hundred tons.

The 879th Regiment rushed to the front, and they could already see the figure of the fleeing Japanese army, and the soldiers couldn't help but speed up a few points. As they were chasing, there was a screaming sound in the sky, and the soldiers of the 879th Regiment were also experienced, and as soon as they heard the sound, they knew that a cannonball was flying over, and they hurriedly lay down on the ground. As soon as the fighters lay down, the shells exploded around them, blowing up clouds of gunpowder smoke and sharp earth.

Hearing the explosion in front, Tang Yu, the commander of the 878th Regiment, hurriedly ordered to stop advancing, then climbed to a high place, raised the telescope and looked forward, only to understand that it was the Japanese gunboats docked in the port that opened fire, fortunately, the gunboats were all small-caliber artillery, and the power was not great, and the officers and soldiers of the 878th Regiment fell down in time, so the casualties were not large, but there were these gunboats in cover, pursuing and eliminating the fleeing Japanese troops, I am afraid that it was a little difficult.