More than a dozen 60-mm mortars opened fire at the same time, and a rapid sound of "tom, tom, tom," sounded, and more than a dozen 60-mm mortar shells flew towards the headquarters of the little devil more than 300 meters away.

The headquarters of the little devils is just some brick houses, but there are two or three meters high walls on the periphery, such a building, if attacked from the outside, may cause certain casualties to the attacking soldiers, but under the simultaneous attack of more than a dozen 60-mm mortars, it is obviously impossible for such a building to support for long.

In the first round of artillery bombardment of the soldiers, most of the shells hit the wall of the little devil's headquarters, more than a dozen shells, flying out of bursts of violent explosions, a Type 92 heavy gun position erected in the gate of the little devil's headquarters, two heavy machine guns were hit by two or three shells, the little devil's heavy machine gun was blown to the side, and several little devil machine gunners were blown to pieces.

There were a few shells that hit the roof hill of the little devil headquarters, almost blowing half of the big roof of the headquarters off, and the rubble fell down, several little devils in the headquarters were smashed by the rubble, and more rubble fell on the desk of the little devil headquarters, and the headquarters of the little devils was in a mess.

At this time, the captain of the little devil brigade was also discouraged, seeing that he had been surrounded by regiments, and the [***] team began to bombard fiercely, knowing that he would not be able to return to Jingzhou alive today, so he shouted miserably: "Quick, hurry up and send a report to His Excellency Lieutenant General Hakuda Shigeichi, all the jade of the 13th Infantry Brigade is broken." ”

The little devil communication soldier looked resolute, ignoring the rubble that was still falling above his head, and hurriedly sent a report to the Jingzhou side, the little devil had just sent a telegram, and the soldiers a few hundred meters away began the second round of shelling.

Seeing that the first round of artillery bombardment was effective, the company commander in charge of the command immediately said loudly: "Comrades, immediately start firing five rapid shots and give me the command of the little devils." ”

Immediately, the mortar position emitted a burst of rapid firing sounds, the sound of "tom, tom, tom", one after another, three soldiers made a 60-mm mortar, very tacitly coordinated, skillful, in less than a minute, five rapid shots were completed.

With such a high-density shelling, all the shells hit the small area of the little devil headquarters, and the little devil headquarters was directly blown into ruins, and the wall outside the headquarters also collapsed under the fierce shelling.

"Comrades, rush!" The commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment gave an order, and immediately hundreds of soldiers rushed to the headquarters of the little devils who had become ruins, but when the soldiers rushed there, they found that in the shelling just now, the little devils had all been killed, and there were ruins everywhere, and under the rubble of the ruins, the corpses of some little devils could be faintly seen.

Seeing the end of the battle, the commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment immediately shouted happily again: "Comrades, listen to my orders, the whole regiment will march to Jingzhou, and join forces with brother troops to encircle Jingzhou and annihilate the little devil's Botian Wing." After speaking, he immediately ordered the signal soldier to send a report to Zhang Yunfei.

Zhang Yunfei, who received the telegram, was also happy in his heart, and Zhang Zizhong next to him was a little shocked and admired, from the start of the battle to the present, in less than an hour, the little devil reinforced infantry brigade stationed in Wujiashan Town was eliminated in this way.

You must know that Zhang Zizhong's troops have also fought with this infantry brigade before, and they have not taken advantage of it several times, and the little devils have built a strong watchtower outside Wujiashan Town, and they have built a lot of trenches, so many fortifications, making Wujiashan easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In the past, Zhang Zizhong once sent two main regiments, almost four or five thousand people, fought for two days and two nights, killed and wounded thousands of soldiers, and did not fight this Wujiashan town, and finally the little devil reinforcements arrived, only to have to withdraw back, in Zhang Zizhong's impression, this Wujiashan town is a difficult bone to gnaw.

I didn't think about it, now Zhang Yunfei sent an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment, and in less than an hour, he completely annihilated the little devils, it was all annihilated, it was really unbelievable, Zhang Zizhong sighed.

Looking at Zhang Zizhong, who was a little shocked next to him, Zhang Yunfei smiled faintly and said: "Big brother, now that we have successfully taken Wujiashan Town, our troops will soon be under Jingzhou City, it seems that this Botian detachment will be unable to escape this time." ”

Coming back to his senses from the shock just now, Zhang Zizhong also said with confidence: "Botian, this old devil, it seems that his end is coming soon." ”……

In Jingzhou City, Hatada Shigeichi has received a telegram from the 13th Infantry Brigade for tactical guidance, at this moment, Hatada Shigeichi's face is very solemn, walking around the headquarters, where did the telegram say that the squadron equipped with a large number of heavy artillery came from?

According to Hakata Shigeichi's understanding, his old opponent, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army stationed in Yichang City, was not equipped with heavy artillery, and the largest artillery equipped by the 59th Army was also dozens of Type 92 infantry guns.

Is this unit related to the Chinese Air Force, which appeared a few days ago? A few days ago, a flying squadron of the little devils was completely annihilated, and Shigeichi Hata, as a lieutenant general, knew about it on the same day.

After thinking for a long time, Hakuda Shigeichi, who was puzzled, felt that he still had to ask the 13th Infantry Brigade carefully, only the 13th Infantry Brigade of Wujiazhen, which was now fighting with this [***] team, knew best what kind of army this [***] team appeared out of thin air.

So Hatada Shigeichi immediately said to the little devil communication soldier next to him: "Send a report to the 13th Infantry Brigade immediately, and order them to immediately provide all the information they know about this squadron." ”

Not long after, the little devil messenger who had just turned around to send a report walked in front of Habata Shigeichi again, and said a little uneasily: "Your Excellency, the 13th Infantry Brigade cannot be contacted, and their radio has not responded. ”

At the critical moment, the 13th Infantry Brigade dropped its chain, which made Hatada Shigeichi furious, and Hatada Shigeichi immediately shouted angrily: "Yaga, how can this be!" ”

Seeing that Ha Tian was furious, this little devil communication soldier immediately stood upright, and said in a little panic: "Your Excellency, at this time, the radio of the 13th Infantry Brigade cannot be contacted, and there is only one possibility, that is, the 13th Infantry Brigade has all been shattered. ”

Listening to the answer of the little devil communication soldier, Ha Tian Shigeichi felt a little uneasy, how long has it been, a reinforced infantry brigade, more than a thousand people have disappeared like this, and the combat effectiveness of this sudden appearance of the [***] team is too terrifying.

Suddenly, an idea appeared in Hata's heart, this [***] team will not attack Jingzhou.

Hatada Shigeichi, who was faintly uneasy in his heart, immediately ordered for the sake of safety: "Order, all troops are ready for battle, and the forward troops pay attention to observing, and report as soon as the [***] team appears." ”

Feeling Hata's heavy heart, the little devil's communication soldier immediately stood up and bent down, and after saluting, he hurried out to convey Hakata Shigeichi's order......

At one o'clock at noon, the soldiers of the units of the 59th Army and the Third Division of the army, who were in a hurry to march, began to appear three or four kilometers outside Jingzhou City one after another, and Jingzhou City was already in sight in the distance. The artillery regiment is also choosing a suitable location to build artillery positions.

The little devil's Botian detachment did not all stick to Jingzhou City, but also built a lot of fortifications outside Jingzhou City, and the artillery regiment's artillery bombardment targets were these fortifications outside the city, as for Jingzhou's city walls and buildings in the city, Zhang Yunfei ordered the artillery regiment not to carry out artillery bombardment until it was absolutely necessary.

Because the city wall of Jingzhou has a long history and there are many ancient buildings in the city, Zhang Yunfei does not want these historical monuments and cultural heritage of the Chinese nation to be destroyed by the war.

After the troops arrived at the designated position outside Jingzhou one after another, they sent reports to Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Zizhong, and Zhang Yunfei, who received the telegram, was very happy in his heart.

Zhang Zizhong, who saw the telegram, was also very happy, and said happily to Zhang Yunfei: "Brother, we have now completed the encirclement, and the Botian detachment has become a turtle in the urn." ”

"Then we're going to shut down the door and beat the dog." Zhang Yunfei also said with a smile.

Zhang Zizhong listened, laughed, and then said: "Brother, let your troops take the lead in Wujiashan, how about this time to attack Jingzhou and let our 59th Army fight the main attack." ”

Zhang Yunfei also laughed and said: "This time to fight Jingzhou, there is no main attack and assist, it is all the main attack, so many of us beat it with 10,000 people in the Botian detachment, the ratio reaches six to one, such a rich battle, all the main attack, quick victory." ”

"Okay, then let's fight the main attack", Zhang Zizhong stretched out his big hand, shook Zhang Yunfei tightly, and then asked Zhang Yunfei's opinion and said: "Brother, I'll see how about launching an attack at two o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"Okay, then launch an attack at two o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery regiment will carry out the artillery bombardment half an hour in advance, and as soon as the shelling is over, everyone will attack Jingzhou City, and all the fighters of the flying group will also participate in this operation."

"Okay, that's it." Zhang Zizhong agreed, and then said to several correspondents next to him: "Go and convey the order immediately." ”……

In Jingzhou City, Ha Tian Shigeichi's heart felt more and more uneasy, and he felt that there must be a war today, but on the forward position, there has been no news, and no trace of the [***] team has been found.

Outside Jingzhou City, in the forward position of the little devil on the west side, there is a little devil infantry wing stationed here, and the little devil's wing has personally held a telescope to observe from time to time since it received the order from Hada Shigeichi.

(To be continued)