At the same time that Wang Haitao walked out of the tent, four Cheetah heavy tanks and 10 light tanks of the armored brigade were already lined up at the forefront of the offensive position, and behind them were the officers and men of the three battalions of the 877th Regiment, and all the heavy mortars of the heavy fire battalion of the 877th Regiment were also set up behind the position.

The Japanese troops on the opposite position had already entered various bunkers and fortifications, and the Japanese troops had already prepared for the upcoming attack of the Chinese army. At this time, there was a rare silence on the entire battlefield. At eight o'clock in the morning, two heavy artillery battalions of the heavy artillery brigade and two self-propelled howitzer and artillery battalions of the 211th Division opened fire at the same time, and the silence on the battlefield was broken by the rumbling sound of artillery.

Dense artillery shells exploded on the Japanese positions, and the bunkers and fortifications on the Japanese positions were bombarded by heavy artillery. At this time, the 75-caliber field artillery regiment of the heavy artillery brigade also joined the ranks of the shelling, and the scene of more than 100 artillery pieces bombarding at the same time was indeed shocking.

But the Japanese soldiers on the defensive position felt not shock but terror, endless heavy shells falling from the sky, shrapnel flying everywhere, and people constantly being blown up in the air and turned into mutilated corpses falling, this is simply a hellish scene. Naoki Kawaguchi, the commander of the Japanese army standing on the walls of the Beijiang River, looked at the hellish scene outside the castle and felt the trembling of the city wall under his feet, and his heart fell to the bottom.

Where is this still the attack of the weak and incompetent Chinese army, and I am afraid that the Japanese Imperial Army can only have a small number of heavy artillery brigades with such artillery fire, right? If such artillery fire falls on the city wall, the city wall here cannot afford to withstand it under any circumstances. And looking at the troops of the Chinese army preparing to attack, those huge steel chariots are not easy to deal with. At this time, Naoki Kawaguchi had a sense of fear for the Chinese army in front of him, and also had deep doubts about whether he could hold Bakagang City.

Naoki Kawaguchi was not the only one who felt frightened, the officers and soldiers on the city wall all turned pale when they looked at the hellish scene in front of them, and the few soldiers were trembling even with their hands holding their weapons. It is no wonder that the infantry wing defending the city is just a third-rate unit cobbled together by several guard brigades, and these soldiers have only been sent to the battlefield after a short period of training.

After twenty minutes of shelling, the fortifications and bunkers on the Japanese positions were basically destroyed, leaving one large and small crater after another on the positions. After the heavy artillery bombardment stopped, the tanks' engines roared, and fourteen tanks formed an offensive triangular formation and launched a surprise attack on the front of the Japanese position. Behind the tank were the officers and men of the 877th Regiment.

The resistance from the Japanese positions was already weak, and only a few points of machine-gun fire and a few rifles were still firing at the attacking ranks. The tanks advanced and attacked the Japanese machine-gun fire points with their vehicle-mounted guns and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns. Soon the tanks broke through to the front of the Japanese position, and the remnants of the Japanese on the position fled backwards, but most of the fleeing Japanese soldiers fell under the heavy machine guns of the tanks.

After successfully occupying the Japanese position outside the city, Li Changwu and others who were watching the battle were a little unable to react, the attack was so smooth, even the soldiers had no casualties, and it only took one assault to occupy the Japanese position.

The 877th Regiment did not expect to occupy the Japanese position so easily, not only did the envisaged artillery fire not come, but even the Japanese resistance on the position was not fierce at all. However, the mutilated corpses and severed limbs and severed arms of the Japanese soldiers that could be seen everywhere on the position also reflected that the casualties paid by the Japanese army in the shelling that had just lasted 20 minutes were not small.

Those Japanese soldiers who fled to the last line of defense under the city were not punished by the officers, and these officers were also shocked after witnessing the bombardment just now, and it was a great fate to be able to escape under such artillery attack, and they would not do better than these soldiers who fled back, so what reason was there to punish those who fled back?

Li Changwu didn't know that a 20-minute artillery bombardment completely destroyed the confidence of the Japanese troops defending the city, but he still understood the truth that the iron became hotter, and Li Changwu immediately asked Tang Longzai to bombard the Beijiang city wall, and only by blowing up the Beijiang city wall could the troops successfully attack the city. Wang Haitao was also observing the battle situation from a high place, and Wang Haitao was surprised that the Japanese army easily lost its position.

However, Wang Haitao understood most of the time after a little thought, and the Japanese troops guarding Beijiang City must be some third-rate troops who have just been replenished to the battlefield. However, they should not be attacked too fiercely, if Bac Giang City is captured quickly, then the reinforcements from Hanoi may not be dispatched, and the 463rd Brigade will be busy in vain. Therefore, when Tang Longzai reported that the 462nd Brigade requested heavy artillery to bombard the city wall of Beijiang City, Wang Haitao did not agree.

Moreover, Wang Haitao also came to Tang Longzai in person, and after calling Li Changwu, he explained to the two why he did not agree to bombard the city wall of Beijiang City with heavy artillery. Wang Haitao's explanation Li Changwu suddenly realized, and immediately after going out, he gave an order to the 877th Regiment to defend on the spot and shoot at the Japanese army. At the same time, it was ordered to concentrate the heavy mortars in the brigade to shell the Japanese troops.

There are quite a few heavy mortars, and there are dozens of them, but the bombardment of dozens of mortars is a world of difference compared with the heavy artillery bombardment just now. Although the Japanese army also suffered casualties under mortar bombardment, the casualties were not large with the protection of fortifications and bunkers. The actions of the Chinese army made Naoki Kawaguchi on the city wall a little confused.

Naoki Kawaguchi had planned to take down the city wall when the Chinese army began shelling again, but once the city wall was blown down, he led his troops to rush into the city with his troops to resist the requisition, and then withdrew from Bac Giang City. But now, the heavy artillery of the Chinese army has stopped moving, and it has been replaced by a large number of mortars to launch an artillery bombardment.

* It is impossible to break the Beijiang city wall, if the Chinese army only relies on dozens of mortars to attack the city, then they can still stop the Chinese army from attacking the city with the city wall. Maybe you can hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from Hanoi. As soon as the shelling by the Chinese army ended, the pessimistic Naoki Kawaguchi had already sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 16th Army in Hanoi, reporting that the main force of the Chinese army was attacking Bac Giang City, and requesting that reinforcements be sent to the headquarters immediately.

Wei Ye, the commander of the 877th Regiment, received Li Changwu's order, although he felt a little strange in his heart, but the military order was like a mountain and must be executed immediately. Therefore, the 877th Regiment relied on the Japanese positions it had already occupied, and launched a confrontation with the defenders on the last line of defense under the Japanese city wall 200 meters away. The attacking 14 tanks returned to their positions to replenish ammunition and fuel.

The headquarters of the 16th Japanese Army in Hanoi received a telegram from Naoki Kawaguchi in Bac Giang City and immediately reported it to the commander, Lieutenant General Jun Imamura. General Imamura Jun Zhong read the photoelectric newspaper, and his face naturally did not look good. Bac Giang is the northeastern gateway to Hanoi, and if it is lost, the Chinese army will soon be under the city of Hanoi. In any case, Bac Giang City cannot give up easily.

After thinking about it, Lieutenant General Imamura decided to immediately send troops to reinforce Bac Giang City. However, the strength of the Chinese army is indeed very strong, and if there are fewer troops sent to reinforce it, I am afraid that it will still not be able to stop the attack of the Chinese army. After thinking about it for a long time, Imamura decided to let the retreating 2nd Division go to reinforce Bac Giang City.

The Second Division now has more than 8,000 troops in two wings after reorganizing the soldiers with combat effectiveness, and after this period of rest and recuperation, it has recovered a lot in all aspects, and now it is just right to go to reinforce Bac Giang City. As soon as the 2nd Division left, Hanoi still had the 38th Division that had just arrived, plus the troops directly under the headquarters, there were still nearly 30,000 people, and it was enough to hold Hanoi.

After thinking about it, Lieutenant General Imamura Jun no longer hesitated and immediately invited Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao over. As soon as Lieutenant General Maruyama entered Lieutenant General Imamura's office, Lieutenant General Imamura greeted him, first invited Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao to sit down, and then talked a few more gossips before getting to the point. Lieutenant General Jun Imamura said, "Maruyama-kun, I have just received a telegram from Naoki Kawaguchi, commander of the Beijiang City Garrison Wing, that the Shina army has arrived outside the city of Beijiang City and is launching a fierce attack on Beijiang City, and Naoki Kawaguchi has asked for help from us.

Maruyama-kun also knows that Naoki Kawaguchi's wing is just a few guard brigades put together, and the combat effectiveness is really limited, and Bac Giang City is the northeast gateway of Hanoi, so it must not be lost, so I am ready to send Maruyama-kun's second division to Bac Giang City for reinforcements, I don't know what Maruyama-kun means?"

In terms of military rank, Imamura Jun and Maruyama Masao are both lieutenant generals, but Imamura is the commander of the 16th Army and the top boss of Maruyama Masao.

So Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao stood up, stood upright, and replied: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency, your subordinates will immediately lead the Second Division to reinforce Bac Giang City, and it will definitely make the head of the Chinese army under Bac Giang Castle break blood." Lieutenant General Imamura replied happily: "Yo Sai! If Maruyama-kun is hard work, then I will entrust Machie City to Maruyama-kun!" Lieutenant General Maruyama replied: "Hey! All for His Majesty the Emperor!

Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao, who had left the headquarters, immediately returned to the 2nd Division and ordered the entire 2nd Division to assemble, and two hours later, the prepared 2nd Division, led by Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao, left the Hanoi garrison and headed for Bac Giang City. As soon as the 2nd Division left its garrison in Hanoi, it was discovered by the reconnaissance group of the reconnaissance brigade that had been waiting for a long time, and a telegram was immediately sent from the reconnaissance group and directly to Tang Xiaoshan.