Tang Hongming spent a day in worry, and early the next morning, the confidential officer of the division's confidential office rushed into Tang Hongming's office, and without waiting for Tang Hongming to react, he shouted: "Report to the division, the military seat is trapped, send a telegram for help!" When Tang Hongming heard this, he didn't care about getting angry at the confidential officer, and while taking the telegram, he asked the guards to notify the two brigade commanders to come over immediately.

By the time Wei Bin, commander of the 460th Brigade, and Liu Mingde, commander of the 461st Brigade, rushed over, Tang Hongming had already finished reading the telegram and was gesturing something on the map. The two brigade commanders reported at the same time, Tang Hongming raised his head and looked at the two brigade commanders and said: "The military seat sent an urgent telegram, he and his two companies were besieged by a large number of Japanese troops in Fenghuang Town, 15 kilometers west of Sihui County, and the telegram ordered our division to rush to the aid immediately. ”

At this time, the two brigade commanders were taken aback, and their faces changed color. Tang Hongming continued: "Fenghuang Town is 330 kilometers away from Wuzhou, and our division must rush to Fenghuang Town in the shortest possible time and rescue the military seat at all costs. I ordered the 460th Brigade to be the vanguard of the whole division and rush to Fenghuang Town, and I led the 461st Brigade to follow. Wei Bin, if your 460th Brigade encounters a Japanese attack on the way forward, you must desperately rush away from the attack and ensure that you can rush to Phoenix Town in the shortest possible time, can you do it?"

After Wei Bin stood upright, he replied loudly: "Rest assured, the 460th Brigade will break through even if it encounters a sea of swords and fires, and I guarantee that we will rush to Phoenix Town in the shortest possible time." Tang Hongming said loudly: "Okay! Let's go immediately!" Wei Bin saluted and rushed out of Tang Hongming's office. After a while, the siren of the 460th Brigade sounded violently.

Wei Bin drove to the 460th Brigade station, and several regiment commanders under him greeted him, and Wei Shaofeng, the commander of the 871st Regiment, was the first to speak: "Brigade seat, what task?" Wei Bin didn't get out of the car at all, just stood on the seat of the open-top jeep and said: "The military seat was surrounded by a large number of small Japanese in Fenghuang Town outside Sihui County, and sent an urgent telegram for help. The division asked our brigade to be the vanguard of the whole division and rush to Phoenix Town as quickly as possible. Wei Shaofeng, your 871st Regiment is the vanguard of the whole brigade. There are only two companies of troops around the military seat, which is very dangerous, Wei Shaofeng, you have worked hard for Lao Tzu, and when you meet little Japan, you will rush directly to Lao Tzu at all costs, and I want your head if you miss a big thing!"

Wei Shaofeng heard that the military seat was surrounded and very dangerous, his eyes were red, and he rushed to the 871st Regiment in response, shouting one after another: "The military seat is in danger, the 871st Regiment, all set off, quickly, quickly, quickly! Rescue the military seat!" Five minutes later, the convoy of the 871st Regiment drove out of the garrison and galloped towards Fenghuang Town, and the 872nd Regiment and the 873rd Regiment led by Wei Bin himself followed closely behind them.

Half an hour after the 460th Brigade left the garrison, Tang Hongming personally led the 461st Brigade to drive out of the garrison, and behind the two brigades, the armored regiment and the self-propelled artillery regiment set off next, and the 542nd Regiment also wanted to follow, but was stopped by Tang Hongming. Division Commander Tang, protecting the military seat should have been the business of the guard regiment, but now that the military seat has an accident, if you don't let us go, I will cut myself in front of you!"

The guard regiment belongs to the guard brigade and has always been under the direct jurisdiction of the military department, and Tang Hongming has no direct jurisdiction, and Tang Fu said so again, so he can only let the guard regiment act with him. The mechanized division of the 210th Division was not called in vain, and the soldiers marched using vehicles. The 871st Regiment, which was the vanguard of the whole division, was at the forefront of the reconnaissance company composed of six light armored vehicles, and behind them were nearly 100 heavy trucks, and not only did the soldiers sit on the vehicles, but they also dragged 18 75-caliber German-made field guns from the regiment's field artillery battalion. Finally, a reinforced company of eight six-wheeled heavy armored vehicles.

Such a regiment can advance at full speed, and the speed can reach 50 kilometers per hour, that is to say, without blocking, the 871st Regiment can rush to Phoenix Town in seven hours. Hearing that the military seat was in danger, the 871st Regiment from the regiment commander to the soldiers was anxious, and they couldn't wait to rush to the military seat in one step. The head of the regiment, Wei Shaofeng, couldn't stop ordering to speed up!

The 210th Division was desperately rushing to Phoenix Town, and Wang Haitao was waiting for Little Japan to make a move in Phoenix Town. Wang Haitao didn't think about breaking through, after all, there were still ten Japanese-style chariots and dozens of trucks in his storage ring, but thinking of the thousands of Japanese troops on full alert outside the town, Wang Haitao gave up the plan to break through.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese reinforcements arrived at the east gate of Phoenix Town, and the cavalry wing went around the west gate to prevent the troops in the town from escaping. The arrival of the field artillery wing boosted the morale of the Japanese army, and several wing commanders prepared to attack Phoenix Town again. The 104th Field Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army was armed with 24 of the latest Type 95 75 field guns and 12 Type 91 105 caliber field guns. The ferocity of its firepower was not weaker than that of the permanent A division in the Japanese army.

The Japanese set up an artillery position eight kilometers away from Fenghuang Town, and the artillery bombardment began under the order of the commander of the Field Torch Wing, Shigeji Yuya. When the shells whistled and fell on the city, the soldiers of the guard company guarding the city knew that the Japanese had been waiting for so long to support the arrival of the artillery. Although the soldiers of the guard company were good and had no bad experience in evading the Japanese shelling, the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, and the city wall under their feet was too rubbish.

The collapse of the city wall killed and wounded more than 30 people of the guard company, eight of them died on the spot, and half of the heavy machine guns on the head of the city were destroyed. As soon as Wang Haitao heard the sound of artillery outside in the command headquarters, he shouted: "Not good!" grabbed the submachine gun on the table and rushed out. The reserve team that was listening to the sound of artillery outside saw Wang Haitao rushing out, and hurriedly followed Wang Haitao to the outside of the courtyard.

Wang Haitao shouted: "The lightly wounded stay to protect the seriously wounded, and the rest will follow me!" and took the lead in rushing out of the courtyard. Wang Haitao and the others had just run a few hundred meters towards the east gate when they saw the city wall collapse. Wang Haitao secretly scolded his mother, grabbed a soldier and shouted: "Go and inform the heavy artillery to return fire, return fire at any cost!" and then continued to run towards the east gate, while the soldier ran towards the position of five 150 howitzers.

When Wang Haitao and the others approached the city wall, the Japanese artillery bombardment continued, and the city wall was filled with gunsmoke and fires, and Wang Haitao braved the artillery fire to search for the wounded soldiers in the gunsmoke. At this time, 150 howitzers in the city fired, and five guns fired shells at the Japanese artillery positions in succession. At this time, the Japanese artillery bombardment obviously stopped for a while, and when it started again, the target became the direction of the howitzer position in the city.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Haitao and the others worked together to rescue the wounded soldiers, and after sending people to send the wounded soldiers back to the headquarters for treatment, Wang Haitao and the rest of the soldiers relied on the collapsed city wall to rebuild a defensive position. The lost machine guns were also replenished by Wang Haitao from the storage ring. The Japanese artillery fire shifted the target, but also succeeded in collapsing the city wall, and the Japanese infantry cheered, and another infantry brigade launched an attack formation and attacked.

The smoke gradually cleared, the fire was almost extinguished, and the Japanese attacking infantry had become the target of Qingxi by the time they were 200 meters away from the city wall. Wang Haitao shouted an order to fire, and the submachine gun in his hand fired a point, knocking down a Japanese squad leader who was walking in front. Then dozens of light and heavy machine guns opened fire, mixed with the point fire of the assault machine and the sniper killing, so that the momentum of the Japanese attack was blocked at once.

Kanjiro Miyata, who was in charge of the Japanese army, once again stared in disbelief. The city wall was blown down, and the heavy machine guns on the wall were buried at the same time as the soldiers of the Zhina, all of which he could clearly see in the telescope, but why did the people of the Zhina still have such fierce firepower as if they had not suffered losses?

The artillery battle between the two sides continued, only three artillery pieces in the city were still firing, and the density of Japanese artillery was not as good as just now, obviously both sides had losses, but both sides insisted on shelling, and the artillery fire in the city was at a disadvantage because of the lack of quantity, but the power of the 150 caliber howitzer was not small, even if there were only three, the Japanese army did not dare to abandon it.

The Japanese artillery could not support it, and Miyata Kanjiro Osa was ordered to take down the Shina team in the town, so he could only be ruthless and sent another infantry brigade. The Japanese army attacking this time reached nearly 2,000 people, and when I looked at Wang Haitao, my eyes were densely packed with Japanese soldiers in yellow uniforms. Wang Haitao took a breath of cool air and instructed his men to continue shooting at the attacking Japanese army.

The number of Japanese troops was too large, and under the death order of Miyata Kanjiro Daisa, they attacked forward regardless of life or death. 200 meters...... One hundred and fifty meters...... 100 meters...... Fifty meters. The Japanese army is getting closer and closer, and the fallen Japanese army has paved the road for the attack, and it looks either yellow or red as far as the eye can see. Fifty meters was so close that even the hideous faces of the Japanese soldiers could be seen clearly.

At such a close distance, the Japanese army's marksmanship was not bad, and Wang Haitao's men were shot more and more, and even Wang Haitao's arm was cut by a bullet in a blood groove. Just when Wang Haitao was about to fight with Little Japan, there was a mortar firing sound behind him, and then more than ten mortar shells exploded in the Japanese ranks, and the sudden shelling made the Japanese army chaotic for a while, and at the same time, dozens of figures rushed to Wang Haitao's position, and dozens of automatic weapons fired again, so that the momentum of the Japanese attack was curbed at once.

It turned out that the Japanese army on the west gate did not launch a large-scale attack, and the company commander of the reconnaissance company saw that the Japanese army was only holding back himself, and the shells in the direction of the east gate exploded, so he drew a platoon from the reconnaissance company and brought ten mortars to support the position at the east gate. They came at the right time, seeing that the East Gate Formation was in danger, the platoon commander who led the team left a dozen soldiers to fight the Japanese army with mortars, and he rushed to the position with the remaining dozens of fighters.