After agreeing to the bazooka group's invitation to fight, Wang Mingren asked the bazooka group to follow the first company commander. When the commander of the first company led the bazooka group into the hole, the morale of the officers and men of the first company, which had been lowered due to the setback of the attack, suddenly rose a lot. When they arrived at the mouth of the passage, because the passage was narrow, the warriors could only enter by fish. Soon the commander of the first company joined the soldiers who were on guard in the passage.

When the vigilant soldiers saw the company commander coming, they hurriedly stood up and saluted. The commander of the first company asked about the situation of the Japanese army, and the vigilant soldier replied that the Japanese army had not moved. The commander of the first company nodded and said to the bazooka group: "Thirty meters ahead is the exit of the passage, and outside the exit is the Japanese defensive position." One of the fighters in charge of observing the enemy situation of the bazooka group passed the crowd and quietly touched the exit.

After a short effort, the fighter returned to the bazooka group, and several people discussed in a whisper. After a while, the leader of the bazooka group walked up to the company commander and said: "Company commander, our four bazooka groups take turns firing, which can destroy the Japanese defensive position in a short time, but then your men must quickly rush to the Japanese position, so that the Japanese army cannot make up the defense." ”

The commander of the first company nodded and replied, "Okay, if you can destroy the Japanese position in a short time, then the rest will be left to us." After the discussion, the four bazooka groups moved forward in turn, and behind them were a company and two rows of soldiers. Ten meters from the exit of the passage, the first bazooka group stopped in the dark. The observer finally calculated the bearing, nodded to the team leader, and reported a few numbers.

The team leader loaded the * with his own hands, nodded to the shooter, and the shooter pulled the trigger, and in the firelight, a * rushed towards the Japanese position. This * swooped straight at a heavy machine-gun fire point directly opposite the entrance of the passage, which was one of the main points of fire blocking the exit of the passage. *The light of the fire had already attracted the attention of the Japanese troops, but before they could see what was going on, *they pounced.

A loud bang rang out in the cave, and in the firelight, the heavy machine gun and several Japanese soldiers next to it were blown up. The explosion caused a period of confusion among the Japanese troops on the position, and many Japanese soldiers opened fire in the confusion, and the bullets flew blindly towards the exit of the passage. As soon as the first group of bazookas in the passage finished shooting, they quickly retreated, and the second group of bazookas came up and fired another * directly at the Japanese position.

In this way, four bazooka groups took turns to move forward, each bazooka group fired three*, and on the Japanese position outside the passage entrance, the Japanese army was already on the verge of collapse, and a dozen powerful artillery shells blew up the stone-walled defense line, and most of the soldiers of a squadron were also killed or wounded. What's more, the Chinese army was able to use powerful artillery in the cave, which completely destroyed the morale of the Japanese army.

After a dozen shots* were fired, there was no gunfire on the Japanese position except for the screams. With a wave of his hand, the officers and men of the second platoon, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed out of the passage. The Japanese army didn't have time to react at all, and was rushed to the front by the soldiers of the second platoon, and in the face of the panicked Japanese army, the soldiers of the second platoon were not merciless, and in the burst of gunfire, the Japanese soldiers were killed one after another.

After capturing this position, the Japanese troops in the cave were already in no danger to defend. Major General Yumasa Takasaki still organized all the soldiers to make the last stubborn resistance, but to no avail, under the repeated attacks of the officers and soldiers of the third battalion, all the Japanese troops in the cave, including Major General Takasaki Yumasa, were killed, and only a dozen wounded soldiers became prisoners after losing their resistance.

When the battle was over and the sky was dark, Wang Mingren ordered the three battalions to rest on the spot. With a large number of captured military supplies, the three battalions did not worry about eating and drinking, but after a day of intense and hard fighting, most of the soldiers were so tired that they leaned on each other and fell asleep without waiting for the food to be cooked, and even Wang Mingren and Qi Li hurriedly ate something and fell asleep.

On the morning of the next day, the entire 874th Regiment assembled at the foot of Shiniuling Mountain, and the battle losses of the entire 874th Regiment reached more than one-third. As soon as Wang Mingren assembled his troops, a soldier sent a telegram from brigade commander Liu Mingde, in which he ordered the entire 874th Regiment to withdraw to Datong Town for rest. Wang Mingren could only hold the order and lead the whole regiment to retreat to Datong Town.

When they returned to Datong Town, they found that the 875th Regiment had already been in Datong Town one step ahead of them. After Wang Mingren and Zhang Sanli met, under Wang Mingren's questioning, Zhang Sanli told Wang Mingren that yesterday brigade commander Liu Mingde had led the rest of the brigade to cross Shiniuling and go straight to the Maogongling defensive line, the last line of defense of the Japanese army in the north of Qinzhou City.

It turned out that when the 461st Brigade was capturing several lines of defense of the Japanese army, the 211st Division advanced lightly and had sneaked from the mountainous area northwest of Qinzhou City to the line of Nansheling, which was only 50 kilometers away from Qinzhou City, and was concealed and waited. Yesterday morning, Tang Longzai sent a telegram to Tang Hongming, demanding that the 210th Division must attack the outskirts of Qinzhou City within 72 hours and make preparations for an attack on Qinzhou City.

Tang Hongming directly forwarded Tang Longzai's telegram to Liu Mingde, and led the 460th Brigade and the troops directly under the division to start moving towards Qinzhou City. Liu Mingde felt the pressure on his body, and couldn't wait for the 874th Regiment to completely capture Shiniuling, so he took the 876th Regiment and the troops directly under the brigade to cross the Shiniuling defense line and pounce on the Japanese defense line in Maogongling. Liu Mingde's order was that the 874th Regiment and the 875th Regiment should rest and recuperate in Datong Town, and at the same time, the two regiments would form a combatable force to form a general reserve of the whole division.

The terrain of Maogongling is not dangerous, because it is the last barrier in the north of Qinzhou City because it is next to the Qinjiang River on one side and the Nanqin Highway on the other, which makes the Japanese army set up the last line of defense here. However, due to the lack of troops, only two squadrons of the Japanese army were stationed on the Maogongling defense line. Perhaps because there was the 17th Brigade stationed on the Shiniuling defense line in front, the Japanese army did not expect that the Chinese army would hit the Maogongling defense line so quickly, so the vigilance of the Japanese troops stationed in Maogongling was not high.

The 461st Brigade put the 876th Regiment in front, and at the same time, the heavy tank company sent by the division to assist also appeared in the team, which Liu Mingde brought with him when he passed through the foot of Shiniuling Mountain. The vanguard company of the 876th Regiment advanced until it was only two miles away from Maogongling, when it was discovered by the Japanese army, and the panicked Japanese troops sent a report to Qinzhou City to report the situation of the Chinese army while asking the soldiers to enter the position as soon as possible.

Major General Itada Jiro in Qinzhou City knew that Major General Takasaki Yumasa and his 17th Brigade were preparing to defend the Shiniuling defense line, but before receiving the report that Major General Takasaki Yumasa had lost the Shiniuling defense line, the Chinese army suddenly hit Maogongling, the last line of defense in the north. Major General Jiro Itada, who couldn't figure out what was going on, hurriedly sent a telegram to Major General Yumasa Takasaki to inquire about the situation, but several telegrams were sent out in a row, but they were like mud cows entering the sea without getting a response.

Major General Jiro Itada was a little flustered at this time, although he was reorganizing the baggage troops according to Major General Takasaki Yumasa proposed in the past few days, the time must have been too short, and the results were not great. Without the 17 th Brigade and Regiment, Qinzhou City will only have more than 10,000 of its own city defense troops left, so how should this Qinzhou City be defended? Major General Itada Jiro could only strictly order the Maogongling defense line to defend the city according to the danger and buy time for Qinzhou City to make defensive preparations, and on the other hand ordered all the Japanese soldiers in Qinzhou City to go into defense, regardless of their arms.

The commander of the Maogongling defense line received the order, and could only order his subordinates to defend the defense line, but after all, the number was too small, and more than 300 people were guarding the position, and the 876th Regiment repeatedly bombarded several times with the artillery of the artillery battalion, and sent a battalion to cooperate with the heavy tank company to launch a second charge to take the Japanese position, and it only took half a day from the beginning of the attack to occupy the position.

After capturing the Maogongling defense line, Liu Mingde did not stop, and directly commanded the troops to attack Qinzhou City. The 461st Brigade rushed over the eight-kilometer journey in more than an hour, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the vanguard of the 876th Regiment appeared outside the north gate of Qinzhou City. Major General Itada Jiro received the report and hurriedly climbed the north gate tower, and the Chinese army really appeared in the binoculars.

The 876th Regiment arrived outside the north gate of Qinzhou City, and the regiment commander Tang Yu ordered the whole regiment to repair the offensive position and prepare for the arrival of the whole division. In the evening, Liu Mingde and the rest of the 461st Brigade arrived. On the morning of the next day, Tang Hongming and all the officers and men of the division also arrived in the north of Qinzhou. As soon as he arrived at the location, Tang Hongming immediately sent a telegram to Tang Longzai, reporting that the 210th Division had arrived outside the north gate of Qinzhou City, and asked Tang Longzai when to launch an attack on Qinzhou City.

Tang Longzai also immediately sent a telegram to Wang Haitao, reporting the situation of the 210th Division and the 211th Division, and asking for the time to launch an attack on Qinzhou City. Wang Haitao waited for four days on Matouling, and finally waited for the news that the two divisions were all in place, and now it was time to deal with the Japanese fleet in Qinzhou Bay. Wang Haitao called Tang Longzai back that the attack on Qinzhou City would begin on time at twelve o'clock at noon.

There were still two hours until twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and two hours were enough to deal with the Japanese fleet. Wang Haitao gave an order to Tang Shanhu, commander of the heavy artillery regiment, to attack the Japanese fleet in Qinzhou Bay. In the past few days, the Tangshan Tiger has choked enough, and I don't know how many times the observers have observed several warships of the Japanese fleet, just waiting for Wang Haitao's order to attack.

As soon as Wang Haitao's order to attack was issued, Tangshanhu ran to the twenty-five heavy cannon positions aimed at Qinzhou Bay. Tang Shanhu shouted to his artillerymen: "All of us are in place, target the Japanese warship, release!" As soon as Tangshanhu's roar fell, 25 heavy cannons roared one after another, and 25 high-explosive grenades and bombs flew towards their respective targets one after another.

The Japanese fleet in Qinzhou Bay was a small fleet, with a flagship light cruiser with a displacement of 5,100 tons and seven 140-mm guns, three destroyers with a displacement of 2,000 tons, and six small frigates. Now ten of the twenty-five heavy guns were aimed at the flagship, and the light cruiser, and the other three destroyers had five heavy guns each aimed at it.