Just when the 211th Division stormed Jiaxing, the 202nd Division in Huzhou and the 205th Division in the direction of Hangzhou also launched a fierce attack on the 17th Division of the Yue Army under the cover of the Air Force!

Just when a hint of fish belly white appeared in the east, a huge group of more than 100 fighters flew over the 17th Division of the Japanese Army, of which there were more than 90 bombers alone! More than 200 tons of aerial bombs were mercilessly dropped on the positions of the Japanese army, and the positions of the Japanese army were instantly blown into a sea of fire! In order to win the Huzhou Campaign, Jin Zhao urgently transferred a group of bombers from Fujian to join the bombing operation!

At the same time, the ground artillery units of the Fujian Army also concentrated their firepower on the 17th Division of the Japanese Army and launched a fierce artillery bombardment! Hundreds of heavy guns with a caliber of more than 100 mm, plus hundreds of 75 mm field guns, mountain guns, 70 mm infantry guns of various types, etc.! The power is imaginable!

Since the beginning of the war, that layer of the army has been bombed on such a large scale. It was only at the time of the Battle of Songhu that the army could use naval guns to play such a powerful firepower density. But even the Yue army did not launch such a large-scale artillery preparation, because this artillery preparation lasted for an hour, and under Jin Zhao's order that there was no need to save shells, the artillerymen gave up their lives, and one by one they hit the positions of the Yue army one by one!

If the artillery bombardment of the Fujian army made the commander of the 17th Division, Yasu Sakai, crazy, then when the artillery was ready to end, the armored cluster that rumbled towards the position of the army made Kang Sakai completely fall into despair! The armored regiments of the 202nd and 205th divisions, each with more than a hundred tanks, launched a charge against the 17th division from two directions! Before the little devils could react from the shelling just now, the first line of defense was easily torn apart by the Fujian army's armored cluster! The armored torrent easily rushed to the position of the army, wantonly ** the few devil soldiers on the position, and anyone who tried to block the advance of this steel torrent was mercilessly crushed into pulp!

Sakai Yasu was shocked, and on the one hand ordered the second line of defense to resist desperately, and on the other hand, he urgently asked Yanagawa Heisuke in Jiaxing for help! But how did Sakai Yasuke know that Yanagawa Heisuke at that time was already difficult to protect himself!

"Hurry up and send another telegram to His Excellency the Commander and ask him when our reinforcements will arrive!" Sakai Yasushi shouted at the adjutant beside him with a glaring eyeball. In less than two hours of fighting, the two lines of defense arranged in two directions of the Japanese army were declared lost, and the third line of defense that had been temporarily constructed was also in danger. Yasu Sakai now seems to be faintly able to hear the roar of the tank!

"Hayi!" The adjutant bowed down to receive the order, and then hurried to the confidential room. But two minutes later, the adjutant ran back in a panic, "Your Excellency, General! Oh no! The command lost contact! ”

"Nani? Lost contact with the command? Sakai's eyes widened!

"Hayi! We've tried so many times and still can't get in touch with the command! The adjutant replied with his head bowed respectfully.

"How is that possible? Could it be that the ** people have already captured Jiaxing! Sakai Kang suddenly felt a burst of weakness, and sat down on the ground directly!

The adjutant hurriedly stepped forward and hurriedly helped Sakai Yasushi up, "Your Excellency General! So what do we do now? ”

"What to do! What to do! Sakai Yasushi was confused and muttered to himself. After a long time, he suddenly grabbed the adjutant's arm, "Immediately contact the 18th Division directly, and let them rescue my 17th Division as soon as possible, otherwise my 17th Division will be in danger of all jade shattering!" In addition, the troops were ordered to immediately shrink their forces and move closer to the 18th Division! ”

"Hayi!" The adjutant was ordered to leave, and the headquarters became even more chaotic, and the staff officers of the army hurriedly began to pack up their things and prepare to retreat.

Sakai Yasushi picked up the general's knife on the table with trembling hands, and looked at it carefully for a while, just about to pull out the knife and unsheath it to admire the sharp blade. At this time, an officer of the army ran in in a panic, "Your Excellency, General! Oh no, the ** people have broken through the last line of defense of the Imperial Army, and His Excellency the Chief of Staff has been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Yaga!" Listening to the little devil's slightly crying report, Sakai Yasu couldn't help but scolded loudly, "What's the panic? I say that this imperial army is invincible in the world, and it will never be defeated by stupid ** pigs! Sakai Yasu roared loudly to cheer up his subordinates, but the words he said seemed so pale and weak, even a little ridiculous! The 17th Division, which had just been rebuilt for less than three months, was about to be wiped out, and Yasu Sakai was still here talking such nonsense.

Sakai Kang himself really couldn't say any more, paused slightly, and then sighed helplessly and said, "Order the flag squadron to burn all the wing flags!" "The flag of the army is the honor of the army and embodies the military soul of the army. When the army is in a desperate situation, in order to prevent the military flag from falling into the hands of the enemy, the military commander of the military will order the military flag to be burned. Especially in the North China Campaign, after the 16th Division was wiped out, the five wing flags were captured by the 26th Group Army, one of which was left at the headquarters of the 26th Group Army as a trophy, two were given to Lao Chiang, and two were sent back to Fuzhou and placed in the museum for everyone to see. This incident was cited as a great shame by the Yue himself, and then the base camp once again emphasized that after the army fell into a desperate situation, it was necessary to obey the iron discipline of burning the military flag, otherwise its military commander would be severely punished even if he died in battle! Takashi Sakai didn't want his family to be subjected to the ** of the political axe after he died in battle, so he ordered the military flag to be burned in advance just in case. There was still a grand ceremony to hold when the military flag was burned, but now that the situation was critical, Takashi Sakai was naturally in no mood to hold such a ceremony again.

As the gunfire drew closer, Takashi Sakai was now sure that he had actually heard the rumbling of tanks, and a hint of determination suddenly flashed in Yasu's eyes as he looked at the flag of the Wing that had been doused with a bucket of gasoline and turned into a bonfire.

"Boom" Sakai Yasuchi pulled out his general's sword and shouted, "Warriors of the Empire! It's time to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Empire, Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Imperial Army! Kill give! Sakai Yasu pointed his official sword in the direction of the attack of the Min army, twisted his face into a ball and roared loudly.

The remaining little devils were encouraged by the division commander, and immediately howled wolf one by one and rushed towards the Fujian army tank group that rushed over! But these little devils soon fell under the crossfire of the tank's machine guns, and were crushed into pulp by the rushing tanks! (To be continued.) )