The soldiers are trying their best to repair the fortifications, Wang Haitao after a round of inspection, a little disappointed in this Phoenix Town, this is really not a good place to fight a fortified battle. Phoenix Town only has two gates, east and west, which means that the Japanese army will definitely put the main direction of attack in the east and west directions. Wang Haitao asked the reconnaissance company to guard the west gate, and the guard company to guard the east gate, and each company drew out a platoon to form a reserve with the lightly wounded. The seriously wounded were cared for by several fighters who knew how to take care of them, together with the temporary command.

In order to better defend, Wang Haitao took out a lot of good things from the storage ring, anyway, there are weapons and ammunition from the arsenal from small Japan. Each of the two gates was equipped with twenty 120-caliber mortars, and dozens of shells were prepared for each cannon. Although the Japanese heavy machine guns were inconvenient to use, they had good lethality, and twenty were placed at one city gate.

As for the grenadiers and grenades, they took out a bunch of them, and in the end, Wang Haitao took out five more of those heavy guns, not that Wang Haitao was reluctant to take them out, but even if he took out more than 30 cannons, there were not so many people to do it, and these five heavy guns still took out dozens of fighters before they were erected and used as support artillery.

In fact, when Wang Haitao put these heavy guns into the storage ring, he didn't have time to see what kind of artillery it was, and now he took it out and took off the gun jacket to take a look, Wang Haitao knew that these 30 or so artillery pieces were Japanese 96 type 150 howitzers, this howitzer should be a relatively new howitzer produced in Japan, not only has a range of more than 10,000 meters, but also has extremely high accuracy, and the warhead weighs more than 30 kilograms, which is not small, and it is a very good howitzer.

With these weapons and ammunition, Wang Haitao's confidence in defending Phoenix Town has increased a lot. At nine o'clock in the morning, the soldiers who served as guards reported that Japanese troops were found on the east and west sides of Phoenix Town at the same time, and judging from the number and number, both sides were a Japanese wing. There were nearly 8,000 people in the two Japanese wings, and with 300 against 8,000, Wang Haitao's heart sank again.

However, on the surface, Wang Haitao still acted as if nothing happened, if he panicked, this battle would not be able to be fought. After confirming that the Japanese army had encircled the Shina troops in Fenghuang Town, they reported to the division commander, Lieutenant General Toshio Miyake, and began to make preparations for the attack. Because Toshio Miyake wanted to capture the commander of this branch alive, after preparing for the attack, the Japanese army also sent an officer to persuade him to surrender.

Persuasion will naturally not lead to results, Wang Haitao did not come forward at all, but just let Tangshan Leopard deal with it. If it weren't for the delay in time, Wang Haitao wouldn't even let the people of Little Japan come in at the city gate. As soon as the dozen or so small cannons placed on the offensive position outside the east gate opened fire, the shells of the counterattack on the head of the city flew immediately.

The artillery fire of the counterattack surprised the Japanese commander, he did not expect that the Chinese army could still have so many mortars, and the artillery fire of the counterattack made the Japanese suffer a loss, and the small artillery placed on the attack position was destroyed by more than half at once. At this time, the Japanese commander put away his contempt and sent an infantry brigade to attack the Chinese army guarding Fenghuang Town.

Lacking the support of artillery fire, only with the help of more than ten heavy machine guns, the attacking Japanese army obviously lacked confidence, and on the city, mortar shells were fired at the attacking Japanese army one by one, coupled with dozens of light and heavy machine guns and the accurate marksmanship of the soldiers, only a hundred or so defenders, the attacking Japanese infantry brigade complained bitterly, and it was difficult to pose a threat to the city wall and the soldiers on the city wall.

The attack on the east gate was the 108th Infantry Wing of the 107th Brigade of the 104th Division, and the wing commander Kanjiro Miyata was watching the attack of the infantry brigade from the offensive position. As a result, the strong firepower of the defenders on the city and the excellent quality of the individual soldiers made him look surprised. The number of defenders on the head of the city is not large, but there are dozens of light and heavy machine guns alone, plus other automatic weapons, the firepower is more ferocious than one of its own infantry brigades.

In addition, the artillery fire of the wing was completely suppressed by the numerous mortars on the city head, and even the heavy machine gun squadron was suppressed by the heavy machine guns on the city head. It is impossible to force a charge, and in front of dozens of light and heavy machine guns, no matter how many people go up, they will only go to die.

The attack of this infantry brigade has been more than half an hour, and the firepower on the city has not weakened, and the Japanese soldiers are hiding behind their bunkers, suppressed by the machine guns, and they dare not raise their heads. For most of the half hour, not only did they not approach the city walls, but a third of the soldiers were killed and wounded.

Kanjiro Miyata Osamoto thought that he could take the castle wall with a single attack, but now that he looks at it, this idea is a little ridiculous. In desperation, he could only order the infantry brigade to withdraw first. The Japanese withdrew, the gunfire on the city also stopped, the guards even used machine guns The soldiers never fought so happily, there was no limit to the use of light and heavy machine gun bullets, and from the beginning of the Japanese attack until the retreat, the hand never left the trigger.

On the contrary, the fighters who use submachine guns have to save a lot, the ammunition carried by each person in the submachine guns is limited, and the machine guns suppress the enemy, and the submachine gunners are all adjusted to single shots, and the shooting is an accuracy. Within 200 meters, the soldiers of the guard company who used submachine guns did not have the same shooting level as snipers, but they also meant to shoot wherever they wanted.

The Japanese troops attacking from the west gate were the 170th Infantry Wing of the 107th Brigade, which was commanded by Wing Commander Ryutaro Koga. Their situation was similar to that of the East Gate at the beginning, first a dozen small guns in the wing were counterattacked by more than 20 mortars from the defenders at the head of the city, and more than half of the small guns were destroyed, and then the heavy machine gun squadron responsible for covering was also completely suppressed and difficult to use.

In the next attack, Koga Ryutaro Osa also threw in an infantry brigade. But as soon as this infantry brigade attacked, the reconnaissance company at the head of the city automatically divided into many battle groups. Each combat group had one light and one heavy machine gun, which was fire support. There are two submachine guns and one semi-automatic rifle, which is a precision strike. There are also snipers, and snipers use imitation sniper rifles, which are long-range target precision strikes.

Under the joint attack of these combat groups, the attacking infantry brigade approached the city wall in just half an hour, let alone approaching the city wall, and more than half of the company captain, squadron leader, squad leader, and even Jun Cao were killed in battle, and the machine gunners and grenadiers in the team were also killed and wounded. It seems that the number of casualties in this infantry brigade is only one-third, but the skeleton is all over, and such an infantry brigade has basically lost its combat effectiveness.

Commander Ryutaro Koga Osa could see clearly from the position, and he fully understood the terrifying combat effectiveness of the defenders at the head of the castle and the ability to strike with precision. It seems that the firepower is not ferocious, but the blow to the attacking troops is extremely fierce in the bones, and such a force will be a nightmare existence for the attackers. After losing most of its commanders, the attacking infantry brigade was scattered, and Ryutaro Koga had no choice but to order a retreat.

The two captains of the Japanese army came together and told each other about the attack, and Yizhi thought that the Shina troops guarding the town were by no means ordinary troops, and their commander was by no means an ordinary man. The two discussed for a while, and jointly sent a telegram to the division commander, Lieutenant General Toshio Miyake, to report the situation, and asked the division commander to transfer the field artillery wing to come and strike at the defenders in the town with artillery fire.

When Lieutenant General Toshio Miyake received the telegram from his subordinates, he was both excited and nervous. I was excited that it seemed that a big fish had been caught this time, and as long as I broke through this town and captured the commander of the Chinese army, I would definitely make a great contribution. What is nervous is that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army in the city is so strong, and the county seat of Sihui has always been a place where the Chinese army is active.

Thinking of this, Toshio Miyake immediately mobilized the 137th Infantry Wing and the 104th Cavalry Wing to escort the 104th Wing of Field Artillery to Sihui County for support, and ordered the two captains outside Phoenix Town to be vigilant, and never let the Chinese army in the town get away with it, otherwise military law will be involved. An infantry wing and a cavalry wing were to escort the field artillery wing to the town of Phoenix in the afternoon, at which point it was to immediately attack the town of Phoenix and be sure to capture the commander of the army in the town.

The two wing commanders outside Phoenix Town received a call back from the division commander, Lieutenant General Toshio Miyake, and immediately became cautiously guarded, and only besieged and did not attack until reinforcements arrived, as long as the Shina troops in the town did not escape. The Japanese army outside the two city gates stopped attacking, which made Wang Haitao a little puzzled, and finally Wang Haitao decided not to care about him, the soldiers came to block, the water came to the earth, whatever you do, I have my own way to deal with it. As long as you hold until the arrival of the 211th Division, you will be victorious.

With such a large-scale mobilization of troops by the Japanese army, and the goal was very clearly directed at Sihui County, the 12th Group Army suddenly became nervous, and the commander-in-chief, General Yu Hanmou, immediately telegraphed the 62nd Army, which was operating north of Sihui County, to enter the first level of alert. General Zhang Da, commander of the 62nd Army, also felt that something was wrong with the Japanese army, and sent a reconnaissance unit to Sihui County to reconnoitre, and at this time received an order from the commander-in-chief, General Yu Hanmou, and immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, waiting for the reconnaissance troops to come back and report what was going on with the Japanese army.

The 211th Division stationed in Wuzhou was ready to meet Wang Haitao at any time, but the 542nd Regiment of the 90th Division came back with a large number of weapons and equipment, and the division commander Tang Hongming was patronized and happy, except for admiring his military seat, he didn't think much about it. The next day, the first guard regiment returned to Wuzhou with a batch of raw materials, and Tang Hongming thought that there were only two companies of troops left around the military seat, which was a bit risky. Tang Hongming immediately ordered the whole division to be ready, and in case something happened, he could attack at any time.