After three days of street fighting, the 13th Division had been compressed into an area of about 5 square kilometers centered on the division and regiment headquarters, and the strength of the three brigades was fully deployed, and the 461st Brigade in the east gave up its plan to storm the Xiangjiang defense line and instead blocked the Xiangjiang River to prevent the Japanese troops from escaping from the Xiangjiang River. The 462nd and 463rd Brigades surrounded the rest of the 13th Division on three sides.

The 13th Division did not seem to intend to break out again, but tried its best to block the Chinese army's attack. This is also in line with Wang Haitao's intentions, the 462nd Brigade and the 463rd Brigade are compressing the living space of the Japanese army step by step. The defensive line that the Japanese army had worked so hard to build was broken through one by one, and the number of soldiers was decreasing day by day. However, Lieutenant General Akakari calmed down.

Early on the morning of the fourth day, the Chinese army's attack began again, and the Chinese army's attack was even more open without any scruples about hurting the people. From early in the morning, the sound of shells and explosions could be heard everywhere in the city. After three days of fierce fighting, the various combat groups that were on the offensive fought fiercely, and their attacks were more comfortable and they cooperated with each other more tacitly.

Zhao Dalong is the platoon commander of a battalion, a company, and a platoon of the 878th Regiment, and his platoon is the sharp knife platoon of the whole regiment, and the individual skills of the soldiers in the whole platoon are top-notch in the regiment. It is a three-story building, which was originally a bank and is now the wing headquarters of the 104th Infantry Wing of the 13th Division.

The two combat groups of the first platoon attacked together, but instead of taking the attack, one soldier was killed and two soldiers were wounded. At this time, the two team leaders knew that they had encountered hard stubble, and immediately called for support, so Zhao Dalong rushed over with two combat teams. When he arrived at the location, Zhao Dalong took a closer look and couldn't help but be taken aback.

The three-story building was supposed to be a concrete structure, very sturdy, and the windows on each floor were defended by Japanese troops. There were also two bunkers and ring-shaped fortifications built with sandbags in the middle of the street in front of the building, and Zhao Dalong counted no less than ten light and heavy machine guns alone. A squad leader beside him asked Zhao Dalong in a low voice: "Platoon commander, there are almost 100 Japanese troops here, and there are strong fortifications, can our platoon take it down? Do you want to call the company commander to come over and support it?"

Zhao Dalong snorted and replied: "Have you seen clearly, kid, there should be a squadron of Japanese soldiers here, and it is well-equipped, but it is not a miscellaneous fish." It's a great achievement to lay down this, and as for whether you can beat it down, you have to fight it first. "The reason why Zhao Dalong is so confident is because there is a bazooka team in their platoon, and this bazooka team was personally given to him by the regiment commander Tang Yu.

There are only ten bazooka teams in the whole group, all of them are like treasures, and they are usually reluctant to use them at all, and Zhao Dalong's ability to command a bazooka team shows that Tang Yu values him. Zhao Dalong called the leaders of the four mortar teams and the leaders of the bazooka teams together and asked, "How many * and how many shells are there now?"

The leader of the bazooka squad replied: "Report to Platoon Commander Zhao, there are still fifteen grenades, shells and five rounds*." The leader of the mortar squad also reported: "It was reported that the platoon commander had a total of 120 shells from four mortars. Zhao Dalong calculated in his heart and said: "Everyone, we have a tough battle to fight below, there is a squadron of Japanese troops in the building opposite, as well as strong fortifications and strong firepower, I hope you will cooperate fully to take this stronghold." The bazooka squad was responsible for knocking down the bunkers in the middle of the street first, and the slammater squad was responsible for the Japanese soldiers after striking the sandbag fortifications, understand?"

Several people nodded at the same time and replied, "Understood!" After the team leaders left, Zhao Dalong personally arranged for two heavy machine guns and four light machine guns to suppress the Japanese fire point, and then returned to the command position to let the bazooka team and mortar team open fire. It was not difficult for the bazooka team to hit the bunker target in the middle of the street from a few dozen meters away, and they used * to shoot two shots, and the bunker opened the skylight in the two explosions.

Then four mortars also fired at the Japanese soldiers after the sandbag fortifications, and the explosion of the shells sent many sandbags and Japanese soldiers into the air. After a few rounds of artillery fire, there were not many soldiers left. The Japanese soldiers in the windows of the building were also desperately shooting outward, but there were gunners and machine guns suppressing several machine gun fire points, and the machine guns fired intermittently.

Zhao Dalong saw that it was almost over, and ordered two combat groups to attack the building. The fighters of the two combat groups threw a round of grenades and bullets forward, and then hunched their waists and groped forward along the side of the street. At this time, Zhao Dalong also became nervous, the combat team only had a chance to destroy the Japanese army by touching the building, and the most dangerous moment was before touching the building.

Soon the Japanese also discovered the combat group that had been touched, and under the command of the officer, the firepower was concentrated on the combat group. For a while, bullets rained down on the side of the attacking soldiers, and two fighters were shot on the spot, one died and one was seriously injured. The soldiers were suppressed behind the concealment and couldn't move, which made Zhao Dalong anxious. Under the present circumstances, neither combat group can be withdrawn.

Zhao Dalong could only order to strengthen the firepower again and suppress the firepower of the Japanese army in front, but the building was very strong, and the Japanese army had many firepower points, and they were desperately blocking the attack, and all kinds of methods were not very effective. Zhao Dalong also regretted that he was still too greedy. At this time, there was a roar of engines behind a platoon, and Zhao Dalong looked back and was overjoyed, it turned out that a heavy armored car and a light armored car drove over.

Zhao Dalong hurriedly rushed over, stopped the two combat vehicles, and told the commander of the heavy armored vehicle that the situation was simple, but the commander didn't say a word, and immediately notified the light armored vehicle to come up with reinforcements. The vehicle-mounted 20 mm caliber gun on the heavy armored vehicle, although it is not very powerful, is a direct fire, and one shot is enough to destroy a Japanese firepower point.

Two armored vehicles rushed forward, and the vehicle-mounted artillery and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns fully suppressed the Japanese firing points, mainly blocking most of the bullets fired by the Japanese troops, so that the suppressed fighters on the street had mobile cover. Under the cover of armored vehicles, a dozen fighters quickly approached the building. After the heavy armored vehicles blasted open the closed door with on-board artillery, the fighters rushed into the building at once.

The armored car did not leave, but took up a mobile point of fire in the street. However, only a dozen fighters rushed in, the number was too small, and more than half an hour passed, and the gunshots were still ringing on the second floor, and it was obvious that the soldiers had not been able to rush to the third floor. Although Zhao Dalong was in a hurry, he only had so many people in his hands, and he was helpless. When the two sides were at a stalemate, the commander of a company rushed over with several combat teams.

After listening to Zhao Dalong's report on the situation, the first company commander immediately reinforced three more combat groups, and when these three combat groups rushed into the building and joined the battle, the gunfire in the building became more intense. Another half an hour passed, and finally the gunfire in the building gradually stopped, and when the first company commander and Zhao Dalong also rushed into the building, the battle was over.

The first company commander and Zhao Dalong saw the body of Fuhai Sangan Dazuo, the commander of the 104th Infantry Wing of the 13th Division, who was killed in an office on the third floor.

Now the 462nd Brigade and the 463rd Brigade have compressed the Japanese army into an area near the division headquarters, but the remnants of the Japanese army are also relatively concentrated, Li Changwu and Wei Erxi met and decided that the 462nd Brigade would attack the Japanese division and regiment headquarters, and the 463rd Brigade would attack the railway station next to the division headquarters.

At the headquarters of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army, Chief of Staff Chikawa Yongji Daisa was persuading Lieutenant General Chilu Li to break through the siege, and he said to Lieutenant General Chilu Li: "Your Excellency Division Commander, our division has been holding out in Yongzhou City for eight days, and now there are only more than 4,000 troops left in the whole division. ”

Lieutenant General Chilu Li no longer has the charm of a few days ago, and on his bearded face, a pair of eyes have sunken, and there is a hint of determination in his eyes. He replied to Zhichuan Yongzhi Dazuo: "Zhichuan-kun, you and I have worked together for many years, you know my character, and I will not retreat if I have not completely completed the tasks assigned by the headquarters." Besides, can you still break out now? You and I are here to prepare to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Lieutenant General Akakari's answer made Chikawa Yongji Daisa speechless, and he could only sigh. At this time, Lieutenant General Chilu Li said again: "I used to hear others talk about how powerful the 90th Army of China was and how difficult it was to deal with, but I still didn't believe it, and I always thought it was an exaggeration. After fighting with it today, I realized that this 90 th Army is really powerful, not only in terms of firepower, my division cannot compare with it, but also in terms of the quality of the soldiers, our army is also inferior, and I am convinced of today's defeat! Now let me show the dignity of the emperor and samurai and make a final fight against this 90 th Army!"

After the division of the 462nd Brigade and the 463rd Brigade, the troops of the 462nd Brigade surrounded the headquarters of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army from the west and north, and they were faced with more than 2,000 Japanese troops and a group of strong fortifications, as well as a two-story concrete warehouse where the division headquarters was located. The Japanese army was determined to fight to the death, and the task of the 462nd Brigade was not easy.

The task of the 463rd Brigade was also not easy, more than 1,000 Japanese troops occupied the Yongzhou Railway Station, not only in the waiting room and inside and outside the fortifications, but even on the platform and in the train cars parked on the tracks there were Japanese defenses, plus the Japanese army had a lot of heavy weapons in their hands, this battle of the 463rd Brigade was also not easy to fight. However, now that heavy weapons are also concentrated in these two directions, Li Changwu and Wei Erxi still have confidence in their hearts.

The attack was here, and in the evening, Tang Longzai decided to stop the attack first, and the troops would rest for the night, and launch a final attack early tomorrow morning. In order to ensure the smooth attack tomorrow, Tang Longzai transferred the self-propelled howitzer and artillery regiments of the 211th Division into the city after the day darkened. At the same time, two battalions of anti-aircraft guns also entered the city together, maybe the Japanese army will not send planes to support tomorrow, but Tang Longzai still feels that he should be prepared.