Li Jieli repeatedly checked the identity of the Japanese officer who was killed, and after confirming that the major general who was killed was Major General Yukio Akita, the supreme commander of the Japanese Akita detachment, a smile also appeared on his face. This news was reported to the brigade commander Huanggang, and then to the division commanders Li Yuanhong and Wang Haitao.

After Wang Haitao read the news reported by Li Yuanhong and learned that the 93rd Division had completely annihilated the Japanese Akita detachment, killed Major General Akita Yukio, the supreme commander of the Akita detachment, and had seized and secured the iron bridge over the Qiqi River with the reconnaissance brigade, he couldn't help but shout: "Okay! Li Yuanhong, they did a good job!"

Just as the 278th Brigade of Huanggang launched an attack on the Akita detachment, Major General Takahashi Masao, commander of the 30th Independent Mixed Brigade guarding Lang Son Castle, was also alarmed by the sound of artillery shaking from the mountain, and he hurriedly climbed the tower of Lang Son Castle and raised his binoculars to look at the position north of the Qianqi River. Although the distance was too far to see the specific situation, the fierce artillery fire of the Chinese army still made Major General Takahashi Masao change color in his face.

Listening to the sound of the explosion, Major General Masao Takahashi, who had been fighting for many years, immediately recognized that the Chinese army was using heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 150 millimeters. This kind of heavy artillery is not even equipped with its own brigades, and the walls of Lang Son Fortress cannot withstand the bombardment of such heavy artillery. Major General Masao Takahashi couldn't help but worry about whether he would be able to hold Lang Son Castle.

The captain of the 1st Infantry Brigade beside him, Yokono Kawao Osa, looked at the brigade commander whose face had changed, and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency the brigade commander, do you need to send troops to reinforce the Akita detachment?" Major General Takahashi Masao glanced at Yokono Kawao, and said with a gloomy face: "The artillery fire of the detachment is so fierce, I am afraid that no matter how many people are sent up, I am afraid that they will become cannon fodder, so let's let Akita-kun and them block it for a while before seeing!"

Although Yokono Kawafu Osa still wanted to argue a few words, when he saw the gloomy face of the brigade commander, he still wisely closed his mouth. When he saw that the Chinese army had easily captured the iron bridge over the Qiqi River, and drove the chariot to the southern end of the bridge to defend the bridge, Major General Takahashi Masao's face became even more ugly, and he scolded: "Yaga! Akita, this idiot, don't you know that if you can't defend it, you will blow up the iron bridge?"

After scolding, he turned his head and said to Yokono Kawafu Daisa: "Yokono-kun, you order the soldiers to prepare to defend the city, the Shina people will soon launch an attack on Langsan Castle." I went to report this to His Excellency the Commander. After speaking, he turned around and left the city wall, leaving Yokono Kawao Osa, who was stunned. Yokono Kawafu Dasa looked at the departing brigade commander, and then turned his head to look at the two tanks at the iron bridgehead, and it took a while to reflect that the Akita detachment on the ground in Hebei was afraid that it was more than lucky.

The iron bridge is still about two kilometers away from the Lang Son city wall, and a road leads directly from the bridge to the north gate of Lang Son Castle, and there were many houses and shops on the side of the road, but now they are basically destroyed, which was done by the Akita detachment in defense of Lang Son Fortress in order to clear the shooting boundary. The gunfire on the Hebei position has subsided, but the Chinese army still has to clean up the battlefield. Yokono Kawafu Osa looked at the sky, it was already the sun in the west, and it seemed that the Chinese army would not attack Lang Son Castle again today, so what about tomorrow?

Just as Yokono Kawao Osa had descended the city wall and returned to his troops to prepare to defend the city, Major General Takahashi Masao sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Imamura Jun, commander of the 16th Army in Hanoi. Lieutenant General Imamura opened the telegram in his hand and only looked at two lines, and his face changed color. When he hurriedly read the telegram, he slapped the telegram on the desk vigorously, and couldn't help but scold: "Bagaya Road!"

The content of the report of Major General Takahashi Masao on the telegram was: The Shina army used a large number of large-caliber heavy artillery and giant chariots to attack the positions of the Akita detachment on the north bank of the Qiqi River. Tomorrow, the Chinese army will cross the Queqi River and launch an attack on Lang Son Castle. These words gave Lieutenant General Imamura a great shock.

Lieutenant General Jun Imamura couldn't understand when the Chinese army became so powerful, with a large number of large-caliber heavy artillery and huge chariots, and these weapons were limited even by the Imperial Japanese Army. If the Chinese have such a strong army, is it still possible to occupy China? But now I have to worry about how to deal with the attack of the Chinese army.

Lieutenant General Imamura sent two telegrams at the same time, one to the 38th Division, which was still struggling in Saigon, ordering Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano, the commander of the 38th Division, to lead the 38th Division to Hanoi as quickly as possible. Another telegram was sent to the Southern Front Command, urging the Southern Front Command to speed up the replenishment of the Second Division, and requesting that planes be sent to assist in the battle.

Soon after, both telegrams were returned, and Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano, commander of the 38th Division, personally replied that the 38th Division had completed the landing and would rush to Hanoi as fast as possible. In the reply telegram, the Southern Army Command said, on the one hand, that preparations were underway for the replenishment of the Second Division and that it might have to wait for some time, and on the other hand, it agreed to coordinate one or two flying squadrons from the navy to assist the Sixteenth Army.

These two telegrams made Lieutenant General Imamura's face a little better, and Lieutenant General Imamura Jun telegraphed Major General Takahashi Masao in Langshan Castle that Tomorrow General had an aircraft to assist him. Let Major General Takahashi Masao be sure to hold Lang Son Castle. Major General Masao Takahashi, who received the telegram, also breathed a sigh of relief, in any case, it is always a good thing to have a plane to come to help, and something is better than nothing.

While the 278th Brigade was cleaning up the battlefield, the 569th Regiment and the 570th Regiment of the 277th Brigade and dozens of combat vehicles of the armored brigade arrived at the position on the north bank of the Qiqi River. This time, Li Yuanhong left Mu Suzhong in Wendeng City, and he came over in person with a battalion of the guard regiment. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Yuanhong asked the 278th Brigade to rest and recuperate, and launched an attack on Langshan City tomorrow, and at the same time asked Huanggang about the battle damage.

Huanggang reported to Li Yuanhong that in the daytime battle, the 278th Brigade lost 462 officers and men, 218 seriously wounded, and 354 lightly wounded, while the armored regiment lost 6 light tanks, 8 heavy armored vehicles, and 6 light armored vehicles, and suffered 38 casualties. The losses of the 278th Brigade were acceptable, and the casualties added together were less than 1,000 people, while the losses of the armored regiment were large, and the losses of light tanks and heavy armored vehicles were close to half.

Li Yuanhong is also very sad about the losses, especially those tanks, and now the losses of the tanks cannot be replenished at all. Li Yuanhong thought for a while and invited Wu Jianzhou over, Li Yuanhong said to Wu Jianzhou: "Old Wu, my armored regiment has suffered a lot of losses in the battle during the day, and tomorrow our two troops will fight together, how about I want you to unify the command of the armored forces?"

Wu Jianzhou agreed to Li Yuanhong's request without thinking about it, the armored regiment of the 93rd Division was originally separated from the armored brigade, and the regiment commander Jin Zige turned out to be a fierce general under his own command, so naturally there would be no problem. Li Yuanhong saw that Wu Jianzhou agreed, and he was also very satisfied, so he discussed with Wu Jianzhou about the matter of working together tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the 93rd Division and the Armored Brigade assembled at the same time on the north bank of the Qiqi River, and now the 93rd Division can still fight more than 8,000 people, and after the armored brigade and the 93rd Division's armored regiment are combined, there are 32 tanks, including four Cheetah heavy tanks, and 96 armored vehicles, including 28 heavy armored vehicles. This is already a force that cannot be underestimated, and in the eyes of Li Yuanhong, Langshan City cannot stop the attack of its own army.

After Li Yuanhong made a brief pre-war mobilization, the troops began to move. Because the width between the Qianqi River and the city wall of Lang Son City is less than two kilometers, so many troops crossing the river will be too dense, and if the Japanese army has heavy artillery units, the troops crossing the river will suffer great losses.

Therefore, the first batch of troops to cross the river was only two regiments, the 569th Regiment and the 570th Regiment, and the armored brigade only sent four Cheetah heavy tanks, 10 light tanks, 10 heavy armored vehicles and 15 light armored vehicles to cross the river, while the assault detachments of the reconnaissance regiment and reconnaissance brigade of the 93rd Division were still responsible for the escort of the iron bridge in case the Japanese army sent troops to destroy the iron bridge.

After the task was assigned, with the tanks of the armored brigade in front and the officers and men of the 569th and 570th regiments behind, the troops drove along the iron bridge across the Qianqi River and established an attack position on the south bank of the Qianqi River. On the north bank of the Qiqi River, the troops that had not crossed the river were temporarily resting and waiting for duty, while the heavy artillery regiment of the 93rd Division had re-established three artillery positions.

At nine o'clock in the morning, all the troops were in place, Li Yuanhong gave an order, and the attack on Langshan City officially began. Therefore, after Li Yuanhong gave the order to start the attack, the first thing was the performance of the heavy artillery regiment. The 150 heavy howitzer and artillery battalion and the 122 howitzer and artillery battalion aimed at the city wall of Lang Son at the same time.

In the rumbling cannonballs, the shells flew straight towards the walls of Lang Son Castle, and Lang Son Castle trembled in the sound of explosions. The Japanese officers and soldiers on the city wall hid in the corners, praying that the shells would not fall on them. The accuracy of the shells was still acceptable, and more than half of the shells fell on the city wall, and these shells naturally took the lives of a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers.

Major General Masao Takahashi stood at the door of the headquarters and observed the situation on the wall of the North Gate with a telescope. While listening to the continuous explosions and watching the smoke and fire rising from the city wall, he thought with some sadness and indignation: "When did the Imperial Japanese Army fall to the point that it was bombarded by the heavy artillery of the Chinese army, this may be the biggest joke, but I have become the protagonist of this joke."

Just when Major General Takahashi Masao's heart was full of grief and indignation, the roar of aircraft engines was heard from the sky. This voice was undoubtedly like a fairy music in the ears of Major General Takahashi Masao. Major General Takahashi Masao shouted excitedly: "The Imperial planes have come to support us!" The sound of the plane was also heard by Li Yuanhong, but Li Yuanhong did not prepare for air defense in advance, and Li Yuanhong also deeply regretted it at this time. `