The attack commanded by Wei Yunbao was still three chariots rushing in front in a "pin" shape, followed by two companies of infantry to follow and cover, and he himself led a company to press the formation, and the heavy machine guns and light mortars of the heavy fire company behind him were also set up, which could cover the attack of the troops at any time. The light tank at the head was getting closer and closer to the Japanese anti-strangulation, and at this time the Japanese opened fire.

The shells of the Type 92 infantry gun were fired at the three tanks, hit the front armor of the tanks and then exploded, although the shells could not penetrate the front armor of the tanks, but they also made the tanks stunned, and the crew of the tanks was also dizzy. And mortar shells fell from the sky, not only on the roof of my car, but also on the heads of the fighters who accompanied the attack of the tank.

Wei Yunbao, who was pressing the formation in the back, saw that the Japanese army had opened fire, and immediately scolded angrily and anxiously: "His grandmother's little Japan even has artillery! Hurry up and let the mortars of the heavy fire company immediately destroy the little Japanese artillery for Lao Tzu!" Hearing this, the subordinates of the command hurriedly ran to convey the order. After a while, the mortar behind Wei Yunbao began to wield.

Although the 12 60 light mortars of the heavy fire company were not very powerful, they were also in great danger to the Japanese artillery positions. The Japanese hurriedly adjusted their guns and aimed at the artillery positions of the Chinese army. The Japanese artillery fire shifted the target, and the attacking troops breathed a sigh of relief and continued to advance, and the three tanks also bombarded the Japanese fire points with vehicle-mounted artillery as they advanced.

On the narrow streets, both sides were not fully prepared, and the competition was the strength of the troops. Although the Japanese army was inferior in weapons, they had an absolute advantage in numbers, and their number was almost twice that of the third battalion of Wei Yunbao. As long as it could deal with three tanks, Kawaguchi Yokobei's gendarmerie brigade could be victorious.

But how could the chariots be so easy to deal with? Kawaguchi Yokobei had already used the most powerful Type 92 infantry gun, but he still couldn't deal with three chariots. Kawaguchi Nakasa, who was determined to stop the Chinese army's attack, had to use the trick of "human flesh bombing and bombing". When the three chariots broke through to a distance of only more than 100 meters from the Japanese defense line, dozens of Japanese soldiers with explosives and medicine bags strapped to their bodies sprang out from both sides of the street.

As soon as these soldiers rushed out, shouting the slogan "Your Majesty the Emperor, Itaza!" and without hesitation, they pulled the guides and fuses on their bodies and threw themselves at the three chariots. The officers and men of the 3rd Battalion, who followed behind the three battle vehicles, had long been prepared for the actions of the Japanese troops, and when the Japanese troops had just pounced on them, countless guns were pointed at them.

As the gunshots rang out, the "human flesh bombs and bullets" either fell in response to the sound or the explosives and medicine packets tied to their bodies were exploded. After the explosions one after another, although the Japanese army's "human flesh bombs and bombs" were gone, because the distance was too close, the shock wave of the explosion also caused more than a dozen casualties in the third battalion. However, all three vehicles withstood the test and were unscathed.

Our car was not injured, and the crew in the tank was not lightly impacted, and the three tanks stopped at the same time, which also caused a burst of cheers from the Japanese position. Even Kawaguchi Yokobei had a smile on his face, nodded and said, "Yo Xi, His Majesty's warriors have done their best for His Majesty the Emperor!" The cheers on the Japanese position had not stopped, and the chariot group that had come to its senses started to move forward again.

The three chariots continued to move forward, and the cheers on the Japanese positions came to an abrupt end, and Kawaguchi Yokobei's face changed again. He shouted angrily: "Quick, immediately organize another death squad, and we must blow up the chariot of the Zhina!" However, under the blockade of the Chinese light and heavy machine guns and vehicle-mounted artillery, it is impossible to organize a sneak attack of "human flesh bombs and shells" like last time.

The chariot slowly but continuously advanced forward, a hundred, eighty, fifty meters...... The officers and men of the three battalions following behind them also resolutely advanced forward. There were also some fighters who were shot and fell down during the advance, but the fighters still moved forward with resolute steps. Seeing that the chariots were about to rush to the front of the defense line, and the morale of the Japanese troops on the defense line also fell to the bottom, many people panicked.

Kawaguchi Yokobei knew that if he continued like this, his troops could only fail, so he also relentlessly and drew his command knife to order the troops to counterattack. He was prepared to rely on the number of his troops and the quality of his soldiers to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese army, and he was confident that if he fought hand-to-hand combat under such circumstances, his troops would definitely win.

The Japanese soldiers howled and rushed out of the line, while the Chinese troops stopped. At the same time, all the weapons opened fire at the same time, and the bullets rained down on the rushing Japanese troops. Chen Sihai, the commander of the first company that led the attack, was not stupid, and when he had a great disadvantage in numbers, he had a hand-to-hand fight with the Japanese army, and the chance of victory was too small, and besides, the Japanese army that rushed up was not the best target?

Under the bullets fired from the torrential rain, the Japanese soldiers fell in pieces, and by the time Kawaguchi Yokobei reacted, hundreds of the soldiers who rushed forward had already fallen. The angry Kawaguchi Yokobei blurted out a scolding: "Yaga! despicable and cunning Shina!" At this time, a squadron leader beside him whispered to him: "Your Excellency, if we continue to fight, we will all be shattered here, it is better to withdraw and join other brigades to deal with these despicable Shina people." ”

Kawaguchi Yokobei was about to reprimand the squadron leader, but when he saw the few remaining teams around him, he swallowed back the words of reprimand. He thought for a moment, sighed, nodded and said, "Okay, order everyone to move towards the division headquarters!" After a while, the Japanese began to retreat. The commander of the third company beside Wei Yunbao asked Wei Yunbao: "Battalion commander, little Japan has withdrawn, are we going to catch up?"

Wei Yunbao looked at the Japanese soldiers who were gradually disappearing into the night, and snorted and said: "If you can run, the monks can't run the temple, there will always be a time to destroy them." The task of our battalion is to hold the munitions warehouse, and besides, other troops have not yet attacked the vicinity, and if they are surrounded by small Japan, the gains will outweigh the losses. So the 3rd Battalion did not continue the pursuit, but retreated to the munitions depot and firmly held the munitions depot.

The battle had been going on for most of the night, and by the time dawn came, the Chinese army had captured half of Hengyang. Battle reports from all over the city were sent to Wang Haitao's desk one after another, so that Wang Haitao could know the progress of all troops in the city in time. At dawn, Wang Haitao, who had not slept all night, stood up from behind his desk, stretched his waist, and said to Su Zuxin, who had also been spitting all night: "After a night of fierce fighting, the progress of the troops is not slow, but the speed of the attack still needs to be slowed down, by the way, where has the 211th Division arrived?"

Su Zuxin replied: "Three hours ago, I sent a telegram to inquire about the situation of the 211th Division, and according to the report of the 211th Division, the troops taking the main road will rush to Youxian County at noon to join the 210th Division, and the troops taking the small road will not be able to reach the designated position until this evening because of the difference in the road. Wang Haitao stood there and thought for a while before saying: "Chief of Staff Su, pass on my order, all troops stop attacking, arrange a guard and rest in place. ”

Su Zuxin asked suspiciously, "......What does the commander mean?" Wang Haitao smiled and did not answer, walked to the table, and pointed to Youxian on the map. At this time, Su Zuxin suddenly realized, and couldn't help but admire Wang Haitao's courage. After a fierce battle with three divisions of the Japanese army, Wang Haitao even wanted to see reinforcements from the encirclement point to deal with the more than 50,000 Japanese troops who came over.

Wang Haitao's order was quickly conveyed, and the gunfire in the city quickly stopped, and only sporadic gunfire continued. Although the troops who received the order did not understand the meaning of Wang Haitao's order, they still held on without reservation. The warriors were also very tired after a night of fierce fighting, and as soon as the attack stopped, most of the soldiers fell asleep.

Wang Haitao's intentions Su Zuxin already understood that he was afraid that if the Japanese army continued to attack, the Japanese army would not be able to bear it and would immediately flee from Hengyang City, so that the reinforcements would also retreat immediately, and before the 211th Division could be in place, it would lose the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the more than 50,000 Japanese troops. As long as the rest of the Japanese army is still in Hengyang City, the supporting Japanese army can only desperately rush to Hengyang City to rescue, so that after the 211th Division is in place, it will have the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the more than 10,000 reinforcements.

After discussing with officers at and above the regimental level of the 211th Division, it was decided that Tang Longzai would lead the 462nd Brigade with full strength and all the heavy weapons to rush to Youxian from the main road, while Li Changwu would lead the 463rd Brigade, which was missing the 880th Regiment, to rush to the north of Youxian with light equipment.

The 880th Regiment, which suffered the most casualties, and the lightly wounded who had not lost their combat effectiveness remained at the North Gate position, and carried out a feint attack on the North Gate city wall to contain the Japanese troops at the North Gate and unable to return to the city. The operation outside the north gate was under the unified command of Wei Lixuan, the commander of the 880th Regiment. After the decision was made, the 211th Division immediately went into action, and at eight o'clock in the evening, when the attack on the West Gate began, the main force of the 211th Division left the position at the North Gate.

After a night of rapid marching, the 462nd Brigade, armored troops, and heavy artillery units led by Tang Longzai rushed to a place 140 kilometers west of Youxian. This is because the 211th Division has a very high degree of mechanization, so it can travel so many distances in one night, and it would be good to be able to walk a third of the way if it was replaced by other units of the national army.

However, the 463rd Brigade led by Li Changwu encountered great difficulties in its operation. Although the 463rd Brigade advanced lightly, it was only missing heavy weapons such as armored units and heavy artillery units, and there were not many trucks carrying supplies and ammunition in the ranks, and the trucks also towed mountain artillery and light artillery. The trail is in disrepair, and in many places people struggle to walk, let alone by truck.

The engineering regiment sent an engineer battalion to assist the 463rd Brigade, but in many places the amount of work was not small, and the engineer battalion did not have enough manpower at all, so the officers and men of the 463rd Brigade could only go into battle to repair the roads. In this way, it took a night for the whole brigade to walk a third of the whole journey. As soon as the sky was bright, Li Changwu found Wei Erxi. Li Changwu said to Wei Erxi: "Erxi, this road is too difficult to walk, and it will be quite difficult to rush to the designated position on time according to the commander's order!"

Wei Erxi nodded and said: "Yes, it seems that we have to think of a way, if we can't rush to the designated location at the time ordered by the commander, the commander will blame both of us for not having good fruit to eat." Li Changwu thought for a long time before saying to Wei Erxi: "It seems that there is only one way available, that is, to divide the troops!" Wei Erxi was stunned for a moment and asked: "How to divide the troops?"

Li Changwu replied: "In this case, you first take a regiment, all of them on foot, and rush to the designated position under the guidance of the reconnaissance group, and I will lead the rest of the troops to chase you behind, and strive to meet you in the shortest possible time." However, after you arrive at the designated position, the commander will definitely have a new task handed over to you, in case there is a combat mission, you don't have the same heavy weapon support, it will be difficult to complete the task!"

Wei Erxi had already understood Li Changwu's thoughts, and for now, this was the only feasible way. Yu Yanwei replied with great joy: "Okay, master." I will take the 881st Regiment ahead of the first step as you said, and I am confident that I will be able to complete the re-ordered agency. Speaking of which, there is no need to say more, after Wei Erxi gave the task to the 881st Regiment, he waited for half an hour, and then led the 881st Regiment to rush to the destination under the guidance of the reconnaissance team.

On the battlefield of Youxian, the Japanese army launched an attack on the troops of the 210th Division guarding the position as soon as dawn, and the commander of the reinforcements, Lieutenant General Kazuo Yamaguchi, the commander of the 110th Division, was repeatedly reprimanded by Commander Isamu Yokoyama and ordered him to rush to Hengyang City within two days. However, in the face of the stubborn and ferocious resistance of the Chinese defenders in Youxian, it was simply impossible for the troops to pass through Youxian in two days, let alone rush to Hengyang City.

Lieutenant General Kazuo Yamaguchi was only able to get his troops to intensify the offensive and prepare to commit field heavy artillery units in today's attack. The Japanese army's field heavy artillery was all heavy howitzers and shells with a caliber of more than 240 mm, and at the same time, the cost was also high, and even the shells were expensive, so they were not willing to use them easily. In order to rush to Hengyang for rescue this time, it is very rare to have Kazuo Yamaguchi command a field heavy artillery wing.

In yesterday's half-day battle, the 210th Division failed to block the Japanese attack in Liantangao Town, and the 874th Regiment stationed there suffered half of the casualties and had to withdraw to the city to rest, while the Japanese army took the opportunity to march to the city under Youxian County. The 210th Division rushed to repair three lines of defense at the four gates of Youxian County, but the defense lines that were hastily repaired were not always so strong, and Tang Hongming was very worried that the fortifications on the position could not withstand the Japanese artillery fire.

As soon as dawn, some soldiers reported to Tang Hongming that the Japanese army was ready to attack the position outside the north gate. When Tang Hongming heard this, he hurriedly rushed to the city wall of the north gate, raised his binoculars and looked at the position outside the north gate. The position outside the north gate was defended by the 876th Regiment of the 461st Brigade, and now the officers and men of a battalion had entered the position and were on standby in concealment, ready to meet the Japanese artillery bombardment.