Chapter 1237: Entering Flower County
A large amount of smoke began to appear in front of the sight of the Japanese army, and more than 2,000 devil soldiers of the 114th Brigade and the Second Brigade of the Japanese 114th Wing, which defended the Dongcheng Gate of Huaxian County, were obscured from sight, and they could no longer continue shooting, and their vision was completely obscured by the smoke.
After arriving at the county seat, the soldiers in the armored vehicles immediately got out of the car and began to quickly build defensive positions with the armored vehicles as cover.
As a large number of armored vehicles began to enter the county seat, the officers and men of the mechanized infantry regiment began to get off outside the county seat, and the officers and soldiers began to rush into the county seat.
"Boom, boom." The little devil anti-tank guns continued to fire, and from time to time armored vehicles were destroyed, but most of the troops of the 201st Division had already entered the county town.
The fighters had already set up their light and heavy machine guns, and the tank guns were ready to fire.
The smoke gradually began to dissipate, and the two sides began to fire, bullets constantly shooting at each other.
More than a dozen tanks of the 5th Panzer Regiment began to attack the Japanese positions near the East Gate, and the officers and men of the Panzer Infantry Regiment followed.
WITH A "BOOM", A JAPANESE 47MM ANTI-TANK GUN BEGAN TO FIRE, AND A SIX-WHEELED ARMORED VEHICLE THAT FOLLOWED THE ACTION BEHIND THE TANK WAS DIRECTLY DESTROYED.
BUT AS THIS ANTI-TANK GUN BEGAN TO FIRE, ITS POSITION ALSO BEGAN TO BE COMPLETELY EXPOSED, AND THE TWO 57MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS OF THE ARMORED FIFTH REGIMENT ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTALION, WHICH WERE ACTING WITH THE INFANTRY, IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO RETURN FIRE, AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS QUICKLY HIT THE DEVIL SOLDIER ARTILLERY.
"Da-da-da-da." Browning heavy machine guns also opened heavy fire, and the Japanese anti-tank guns were quickly destroyed.
With a "boom", a Japanese light machine gun with a crooked handle just wanted to start firing, but it was inspected by a No. 4 tank, and the tank gun quickly fired armor-piercing shells.
The Japanese light machine gun was immediately blown up, and the tanks continued to advance, followed by a large number of infantry.
When the main force of the 201st Division began to enter the county seat, the two infantry brigades of the 114th Wing deployed by the Japanese army here at the East City Gate were obviously under great pressure.
The two sides fought for an hour, and most of the positions near the East City Gate were conquered by the troops of the 201st Division, and the 201st Division Armored Infantry Regiment and the Mechanized Infantry Regiment immediately began to set up defensive positions to cover the follow-up troops into the county seat.
The commander of the 114th Wing, Sang Mingzhaoer, the commander of the 35th Brigade, immediately gathered all the 114th Wing near the East City Gate, and at the same time he immediately dispatched the first brigade of the 124th Wing to quickly reinforce the 114th Wing.
THE JAPANESE TROOPS QUICKLY BEGAN TO ASSEMBLE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE ARTILLERY WING OF THE 18TH DIVISION ALSO BEGAN TO PREPARE FOR SHOOTING, AND MORE THAN 30 75MM FIELD GUNS WERE AIMED AT THE EAST CITY GATE.
However, at this time, the troops of the Honorary Fourth Division behind the 201st Division had entered the county under the leadership of the division commander Zhang Wenbin, and after the troops of the Honorary Fourth Division entered the county, they quickly began to detour towards the South City Gate, and at 9:30 a.m., the vanguard of the Honorary Seventh Regiment of the Honorary Fourth Division and the defenders of the 124th Wing began to fight fiercely.
Immediately afterwards, under the command of Deputy Division Commander Tan Tianyu, the main force of the Honorary Seventh Regiment began to be engaged in fierce battles.
The 124th Wing was deployed near the South City Gate, and their first brigade had been drawn away, and the 124th Wing had only more than 2,000 people at this time, which was the same number as the Honorable 7th Regiment.
As the troops of the Honorable Seventh Regiment began to devote themselves to the battle, the 124th Wing began to get into a melee with the troops of the Honorable Seventh Regiment.
It's just that when the division commander Zhang Wenbin led the Honorary Eighth Regiment, the main force of the Honorary Fourth Division, and the troops of the Honorary Ninth Regiment began to kill from the flanks, the Japanese 124th Wing gradually fell behind.
"BOOM", A 75MM MOUNTAIN GUN OF THE JAPANESE 124TH WING BEGAN TO SHOOT, BUT WHEN THIS MOUNTAIN GUN WAS FIRED, THE SIX 75MM INFANTRY GUNS OF THE HONORARY EIGHTH REGIMENT OF THE HONORARY FOURTH DIVISION IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED SUPPRESSIVE SHOOTING, AND ONE SHELL AFTER ANOTHER QUICKLY HIT THE DEVIL SOLDIER MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY, AND THE LITTLE DEVIL MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY BEGAN TO FIRE DUMBLY ON THE SPOT.
The captain of the 124th Wing Dazuo Wing was completely blinded, and he always thought that the main battlefield would be on the east city gate, not at his south city gate.
After the sudden attack by thousands of Chinese troops, the commander of the 124th Wing immediately began to report to the brigade headquarters.
At this time, here at the brigade headquarters, Sang Mingzhaoer, commander of the 35th Brigade Major General, had already begun to command the 114th Wing to begin a counterattack on the Chinese troops at the East City Gate.
Thirty-six field guns of the artillery wing began to shell the east city gate, and after a burst of artillery bombardment, the commander of the 114th wing commanded four infantry brigades, and more than 4,000 devil soldiers began to counterattack, and the devil soldiers launched a counterattack on the lost position under the cover of mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and anti-tank guns.
However, by now, the troops of the 201st Division have built complete fortifications, and all tanks and armored vehicles have been deployed.
Armored infantry regiments and mechanized infantry regiments also began to set up infantry artillery positions, heavy machine gun positions, and when the little devils launched a counterattack, the troops of the 201st Division immediately began to counterattack.
Shells hit the little devil, and Browning heavy machine gun bullets poured down on the little devil like rain.
Tank machine guns, light and heavy machine guns of armored vehicles chased the little devils and shot, and the charging devil soldiers were suppressed by the fire, and they could not get close to the position at all.
When the Devil Soldiers wanted to continue to contact the artillery wing for shooting, the howitzers of the artillery brigade began to fire at the Devil Artillery positions.
One by one, grenades began to fall into the position of the little devil artillery, and the little devil artillery could only dodge, and they had no way to return fire.
"Da-da-da-da." The Browning heavy machine gun continued to strafe, and bullets hit the little devils' bodies, and many of them were all beaten into a mess of minced meat.
The little devil's counterattack lasted for more than half an hour, and by ten o'clock, the little devil had to temporarily stop attacking, and at this time they had already paid the price of more than 600 casualties.
The commander of the 114th Wing, knowing that he had no possibility of recapturing the position, immediately ordered the troops to begin a retreat, occupy the fortifications and continue the defense.
At this time, outside the county seat, the troops of the provisional Sixth Division, which followed behind the Honorary Fourth Division, began to enter the county under the leadership of Ye Zimin.
After the troops of the provisional 6th Division entered the county seat, they began to quickly approach the North City Gate, and their task was to destroy the Japanese troops at the North City Gate and receive the troops of the 54th Army into the city.
At 10:40 a.m., the 201st Division of the Chinese Army, the 4th Division of Honor, and the 6th Division of the Provisional Division began to enter the county seat.