The ferocious firepower on the defenders' positions, coupled with the giant chariots lying behind the defensive line like giant beasts and constantly spitting tongues of fire, brought great pressure to the attacking Japanese troops, and even Major General Takeshi Kono, who was watching the battle at the rear of the team, also breathed cold air. I thought that with the strength of my three infantry brigades, I could easily break through in the face of a position defended by a thousand people, but the reality gave me an embarrassment.

Just as Major General Takeshi Kono was considering how to capture the defenders' positions, an urgent telegram arrived from the signal corps. Major General Takeshi Kono took it and saw that it was an urgent telegram from Lieutenant General Miharu Oshirodo, who told Lieutenant General Takeshi Kono that the 22nd Division was under fierce attack by the Chinese army, and ordered Major General Takeshi Kono to immediately attack the rear of the Chinese army and flank the Chinese army in front and rear.

After reading the telegram, Major General Takeshi Kono could only smile bitterly, let alone immediately attack the rear of the Chinese army a few kilometers away, and now it may not even be able to overcome the position defended by more than 1,000 people in front of him. But the order of Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji was conveyed, and he could only carry out the order.

So Major General Takeshi Kono sent a telegram back to Lieutenant General Miharu Oshiroto, telling him that although his troops were blocked by the Chinese army, he would immediately launch a strong attack, strive to capture the defenders' positions as soon as possible, and rush behind the Chinese troops in front in time. At the same time, the 2nd Infantry Brigade was ordered to also launch an attack on the defenders' positions.

The commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, Hidesaku Sakata, led his men to prepare for the attack, and after receiving the order of the brigade commander, he did not hesitate to order his subordinates to attack. At this time, the 1st Infantry Brigade had already suffered one-third of its troops, and the captain of the brigade, Mitsuoka Jun Shao, was considering whether to withdraw first to rest and recuperate before attacking, but at this time, when he saw that the 2nd Infantry Brigade had also engaged in the attack, he knew that the brigade commander was determined to take the defenders' positions today.

At this time, Mitsuoka Jun Shaozo no longer thought about retreating, but commanded the team to attack and advance desperately. Jiang Jiashan, the commander of the first battalion of the 877th Regiment, who was guarding the position, said to the commander of the second battalion, Zhong Brigade: "Old Zhong, the little Japanese have reinforced an infantry brigade, and it seems that the little Japanese are in a hurry. Zhong Lu replied: "I think that's the case, listening to the sound of guns and cannons on the other side of the military seat, I'm afraid that the 22nd Division can't resist it, waiting for these little Japanese to rush to the rescue." ”

Jiang Jiashan snorted coldly and said, "Then we can't let a little Japan go over! I don't know if Commander Wei and they have cut off the retreat of these little Japan." If you leave these little Japan behind, it will be a matter of effort to take the county seat of Xingan. Zhong Lu looked at his pocket watch and replied: "Commander Wei, they should be fast, there are two mixed armored battalions operating with them, and the movement will not be slow." ”

Jiang Jiashan observed the situation of the attacking Japanese troops with a telescope, and found that the Japanese troops had already entered the 150-meter range before the position, so he ordered: "Order: All of them fire! Hit Lao Tzu hard, and resolutely not let a small Japanese man go to the position!" As the order was conveyed, the gunfire on the position rang out fiercely, and it was extremely difficult for the Japanese army to advance with only light and heavy machine guns and the fire of dozens of sharpshooters.

The defenders' positions were full of firepower, which made Major General Kono Takeshi even more surprised, and looking at the tongues of fire spewing out from the opposite position from the telescope, Major General Kono Takeshi was also numb. But Lieutenant General Oshiroto Sanji's order could not but be carried out. Just as Major General Takeshi Kono gritted his teeth and prepared to make a desperate move, the Third Infantry Brigade also entered the attack, when fierce artillery and machine gun fire suddenly sounded from the direction of Xingan County behind him.

This gunfire made Major General Kono Yi's face change greatly, there is only one infantry brigade of more than 1,000 people and some auxiliary troops stationed in Xingan County, once it encounters the main force of the Chinese army attacking the city, it will not last long, and such a fierce artillery sound is far from the twelve mountain guns of the mountain artillery brigade in the city can be issued, that is to say, the Chinese army also hides a force with a large number of mountain artillery outside the city, so the Chinese army retreats to attract itself out of the city to catch up, so as to create an opportunity for the ambush outside the city to attack the city.

Major General Kono Yi thought about it, his face became more and more gloomy, and only then did he realize that he had been tricked, and he couldn't help but curse secretly: "Yaga! The stupid big city Toshi Sanji still wants to destroy the Chinese army, but he doesn't talk about the losses he has made, and he also fell for the plan of the Chinese people to divert the tiger from the mountain. "Takeshi Kono's brigade was stationed in Xingan County on the orders of Commander Isamu Yokoyama in order to block the rescue of the Chinese army, so Xingan County must not be lost.

Major General Takeshi Kono could no longer care about carrying out the orders of Lieutenant General Sanji Ojodo, and rushed to order the whole army to return to the aid of Xingan County. As a result, the two infantry brigades that were attacking left their corpses on the ground and withdrew, while the third infantry brigade had already begun to rush in the direction of Xingan County. Major General Takeshi Kono told the 1st Infantry Brigade to break off to prevent the Chinese troops on the position from pursuing, and he and the 2nd Infantry Brigade chased the 3rd Infantry Brigade in front of him to Xingan County.

Wu Zhijun, commander of the 877th Regiment at the rear of the position, also heard the sound of artillery in Xingan County, and he said to himself with some doubts: "Strange, how can there be such a fierce artillery sound in the direction of Xingan County? Could it be that the 879th Regiment is going to attack Xingan County? The commander did not give the order to attack Xingan County, Lao Wei and they dare not block the Japanese troops leaving the city and take action to attack the county seat without blocking them?"

Wu Zhijun listened to the sound of the cannon, which was the sound of Japanese-style mountain artillery, but the Japanese-style mountain artillery of the 879th Regiment was not equipped at all. But if it was not the 879th Regiment, then what kind of troops were attacking Xingan County? Just as Wu Zhijun was pondering this, some of his subordinates came to report that the attacking Japanese troops had not only withdrawn, but were also retreating in the direction of Xingan County, and the commander of the first battalion, Jiang Jiashan, asked the regiment commander whether to pursue them.

Wu Zhijun replied loudly: "Of course, we must pursue, and order the 1st and 2nd Battalions and the 1st Mixed Armored Battalion to form an attack formation and launch a pursuit against the Japanese army." The 879th Regiment and two armored battalions have cut off the retreat of the Japanese army, and this time it is necessary to completely annihilate these Japanese troops. "After receiving the order, the 1st Mixed Armored Battalion moved first, and the attack formation was listed in front of the position, and the officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Battalions also rushed out of the position and combined with the mixed armored battalion.

After the 877th Regiment broke out of the position, it pursued not far in the direction of Xingan County, and encountered the resistance of the Japanese army. This was the 1st Infantry Brigade left behind by the Kono Brigade. The 1st Infantry Brigade had lost one-third of its strength in the attack just now, and now it had neither fighting spirit nor able to build fortifications, how could it still block the attack of the 877th Regiment and the 1st Mixed Armored Battalion, and the 877th Regiment was only a charge, and the 1st Infantry Brigade retreated.

Major General Takeshi Kono and his 2nd and 3rd Infantry Brigades, which were retreating towards the county seat of Xingan, were also blocked by the 879th Regiment and two mixed armored battalions only three kilometers away from the county seat. Looking at the more and stronger Chinese troops in front of him, Major General Kono Takeshi felt a pang of despair in his heart. He never understood when the Chinese army became so powerful, and why the Japanese Imperial Army, which had always been able to defeat more in the face of the Chinese army, had become so vulnerable.

Just when Major General Takeshi Kono was very frustrated, the Chinese troops in front launched a ferocious attack, led by chariots. Major General Takeshi Kono hurriedly ordered his troops to block the attack of the Chinese army, but first, there were no weapons that could restrain the chariots, and second, there were no repaired defensive positions, and the two infantry brigades of the Japanese army were not yet full, how could they block the Chinese army's attack like a tide?

Under the flanking attack of the two regiments of the 462nd Brigade and the mixed armored regiment, the three infantry brigades of the Kono Brigade were soon completely dispersed, and the 877th Regiment, with the assistance of light armored vehicles, attacked in all directions to sweep away the scattered Japanese troops, while the 879th Regiment stayed behind to clean up the battlefield. While cleaning up the battlefield, the body of Major General Takeshi Kono was found, as well as Hidesashi Sakata, who died with him.

As soon as the battlefield of the 879th Regiment was cleaned up, the gunfire in Xingan County also stopped, and a blue sky and white sun flag and a tiger army flag fluttered in the wind at the height of the city tower. Wei Huang sent a signal corps to the city to inquire only to find out that Xingan County was captured by the division's reconnaissance group and the CCP's anti-Japanese brigade, and soon Xu Qun went out of the city to meet Wei Huang, Wei Huang couldn't help but ask curiously how the reconnaissance group captured Xingan County in such a timely manner.

As soon as Xu Qun explained to Wei Huang, he realized that as soon as the main force of the Kono Brigade left the city, it was discovered by scouts who were ambushed not far from the county seat, and as soon as the scouts reported to the regiment commander Xu Qun, Xu Qun knew that this was an excellent opportunity to attack the county seat. As soon as Xu Qun discussed with Wang Weikuan and others, everyone agreed to attack the county seat at an opportune time, so the reconnaissance regiment and the anti-Japanese brigade launched an attack on the county seat with the captured 20 Japanese-style mountain guns.

The captain of the Fourth Infantry Brigade left behind in the county, Goto Shouwen Shaozo, also wanted to use the twelve mountain guns of the Mountain Artillery Brigade to block the Chinese army's siege of the city, but he did not expect that the Chinese army not only had dozens of mountain artillery, but also more mortars, and the number was several times that of his own. Soon the twelve mountain guns of the Mountain Artillery Brigade were lost in the artillery battle, and without the support of artillery fire, the 4th Infantry Brigade did not hold long before it was blasted through the city gates.

The reconnaissance regiment and the anti-Japanese brigade, under the cover of heavy machine guns and mortars, rushed into the county town from the bombarded city gates in one charge. In the ensuing street battles, the Japanese army was not the opponent of the experienced reconnaissance regiment and the anti-Japanese brigade, and the Japanese troops in the city suffered casualties without much effort, and the reconnaissance group occupied the four city gates and the main departments of the Japanese army, and the anti-Japanese brigade was scattered to clear the remnants of the enemy.

The Kono Brigade has been basically wiped out, and the 22nd Division has also reached its last moment. Lieutenant General Oshirodo Sanji kept hoping that the Kono Brigade would arrive in time, and he put all the troops on his hands. The Japanese army of more than 7,000 people made it much more difficult for the 3rd Guard Regiment and the 87th Regiment to attack, but the Japanese army was never able to suppress the attack of the chariots.

Even if it used many self-killing attack methods such as "man, flesh bomb, and bomb", it also made all the Chinese troops who had been prepared for a long time crack, and did not cause much loss to the tank. After the chariots broke into the Japanese position, the Japanese army fell into confusion, and the two battalions of the 3rd Guard Regiment and the 878th Regiment also entered the Japanese position, and then the superiority of the Chinese army in weapons became even more prominent.