One column is directly under the heavy artillery brigade, two infantry divisions are directly under the artillery regiment, dozens of 155-mm howitzers, hundreds of 105-mm howitzers, so many cannons, enough for the little devils to drink a pot.

This time, the shelling of the little devils has been carried out very little, since the shells carried are not very large.

If all the artillery is fired, it is estimated that it will only last an hour, but now that the two positions of the little devil have been burned out, a lot of shells can be saved.

"Command! The heavy artillery brigade and two artillery regiments shelled the remaining positions of the little devils. ”

Wu Youqing, who put down the binoculars, looked domineering, and thought in his heart, this time, I will smash all the positions of the little devils, and then, all the troops will charge one to see if the little devils can resist.

In Tangshan City, the headquarters of the 39th Division of the Little Devils.

When the commander of the little devil division had been restless, a little devil Shaozuo, with a black face and a tattered military uniform, ran in very embarrassed.

Seeing the stumbling little devil Shaozuo, the head of the little devil division, Suesaburo Kawada, trembled in his heart, and thought in his heart, is there any bad news.

Without waiting for Suesaburo Kawada to question, the little devil Shaozo said very tragically: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the two largest positions in the northeast and northwest of our city were hit by napalm bombs of the 36th Group Army, and all the more than 7,000 imperial warriors stationed in these two positions were shattered. ”

After speaking, the little devil Shaozuo's face was full of sadness, and his head was lowered.

Whole jade shattered!!

Although Suesaburo Kawada was prepared to a certain extent, knowing that what the little devil Shaoza reported was definitely not good news, but it was actually more than 7,000 people.

"Yaga! The abominable 36th Army! ”

Suesaburo Kawada screamed as hard as he could, and his heart was dripping blood.

"Command! Gather all the personnel, and I will personally lead the team to launch the Jade Crushing Operation against the 36th Group Army outside the city. ”

Hearing that more than 7,000 people had been killed, the commander of the Little Devil Division immediately became angry, and he gave such a crazy order, ready to fight to the death with the soldiers of the 9th column outside the city.

When the little devil chief of staff heard such an order, he immediately said anxiously: "Your Excellency, division commander, no!" What we have left now is basically auxiliaries and non-combatants, definitely no match for the 36th Army. ”

It seems that the chief of staff of the little devil still has a little bit of sanity. Now, with a large number of little devils being burned to death, the combat personnel of the 39th Division are basically lost.

This time, the 39th Division accounted for the majority of the little devils who were burned to death by napalm, and the rest were reinforced by the 71st and 72nd divisions, and many of them also entered the defensive position to assist the 39th Division in defending the 9th column.

The 39th Division of the Little Devils, what is left now is basically auxiliary and non-combatant, and there are only three or four thousand people.

How could such a small person fight against the well-equipped 36th Army outside.

Hearing this, the commander of the little devil division sat down weakly, and the command knife in his hand also fell to the ground with a "bell".

After a long time, the commander of the Little Devil Division said calmly: "Order all troops to withdraw from Tangshan, and report our situation to Tianjin immediately." ”

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, are we really going to withdraw?"

The little devil's chief of staff asked uncertainly.

If the 39th Division of the little devil withdraws from Tangshan, it will inevitably affect the morale of the 71st Division and the 72nd Division, which are coming one after another.

Therefore, the chief of staff of the little devil felt a little strange and asked rhetorically uncertainly.

The commander of the little devil division smiled miserably, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, do you have any other good way?" ”

Seeing this, the chief of staff of the little devil was silent in his heart, indeed, so far, there is no better way, and with the two largest positions outside the city being burned to ashes, the last line of defense has been broken.

If you don't retreat, there will only be the end of the destruction of the whole army.

"Order all troops to retreat and withdraw from Tangshan, and all the responsibilities will be borne by me."

The head of the little devil division waved his hand weakly, and said very helplessly.

The chief of staff of the little devil silently withdrew from the headquarters, apparently issuing an order to retreat to the remaining troops.

Not long after the chief of staff of the little devil left, outside the city, there was an earth-shattering sound of artillery, hearing so many cannon sounds, the commander of the little devil division thought in his heart, the heavy artillery group of the 36th Group Army outside the city began to shell again, I don't know how many warriors of the imperial army died under these cannons.

Outside the city, the commander of the little devil division gradually became numb, and under the support of a group of little devils, he walked out of the headquarters with a blank face and began to retreat in the direction of Tianjin.

Outside the city, artillery roared.

All the artillery of the 9th Column opened fire on the few remaining positions of the last line of defense of the little devils, and the little devils in these positions suffered heavy casualties in the shelling.

After half an hour of shelling, at least four or five thousand more imps were killed, and at least half of them were imps from the 71st and 72nd divisions, who had already rushed to reinforce them.

Tianjin. Little devil North China Front Command.

The commander of the little devils, Nishio Shouzo, had already received a telegram from the 39th Division, and saw that a second class division of more than 20,000 people had been disabled by the 36th Army in one day and one night, and basically only some auxiliary and non-combatants remained.

Looking at the telegram, Nishio Shouzo couldn't believe it.

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him saw Nishio Shouzo looking at the telegram in a daze for a long time, and couldn't help but remind carefully: "Your Excellency Commander, the matter has come to this, what should we do?" ”

What to do? What else can I do?

The 39th Division has been disabled, and the only few thousand remaining people are withdrawing from Tangshan, so Tangshan will definitely not be able to hold it, even if the two divisions with reinforcements all arrive, it will be useless.

Outside Tangshan, all the defense lines were broken by the 36th Group Army, and without these defense lines, Tangshan could only give up how to defend it.

After thinking for a while, Nishio Shouzo immediately issued an order: "Order the 71st and 72nd Divisions to retreat, resist the 36th Army on the outskirts of Tianjin, and defend Tianjin." ”

With such an order, it seems that Nishio Shouzao is indeed very helpless, since Tangshan has been lost, then he can only keep Tianjin.

In the Beijing-Tianjin area, the little devils have been operating for many years, not only stationing about 200,000 troops, but also building a large number of strong peripheral fortifications, as well as a lot of puppet troops, and the little devils can only protect Beiping and Tianjin.

Hearing this, the chief of staff of the little devil also looked helpless, and sighed in his heart that the 36th Group Army was so powerful that he didn't know if his North China Front Army could resist the advance of the 36th Group Army.

With the order of Nishio Shouzo, all the little devils in Tangshan began to retreat in the direction of Tianjin, and the little devils who were marching in the direction of Tangshan also began to retreat.

After receiving such an order, the commanders of the 71st and 72nd divisions of the little devil felt very aggrieved and uncomfortable in their hearts, and their own divisions took a boat from the mainland of Yueben and came all the way to Tianjin, and were hurriedly sent to reinforce Tangshan before they had time to rest.

Forget about these, the most aggrieved and uncomfortable thing for the little devils is that their vanguard troops, who had just exchanged fire with the 36th Group Army, lost two or three thousand, and now they have received an order to retreat by themselves.

What is this called? The head of the little devil division no longer has the same high spirits as he used to be, and now, the head of the little devil division has a bitter gourd face.

Not only is the commander of the Little Devil Division like this, but many Little Devil officers and ordinary Little Devils are also with their heads down and they can't fight anymore. It seems that the failure to succeed in the division has had a great impact on the two newly formed divisions of the little devils.

At noon, the commander of the 9th column saw that all the peripheral positions of the little devils were occupied by the fighters, and also received information, and the little devils began to retreat.

Wu Youqing waved his hand and said loudly: "Comrades, everyone is starting to enter the city. ”

With a large number of soldiers of the 9th Column entering Tangshan, this city, which had been occupied by the little devils for almost three years, is now officially recovered.

In the city, many ordinary people rushed to tell each other, hugged each other and cried, many ordinary people set off a long list of firecrackers, the common people firecrackers rang out in unison, beating gongs and drums to welcome the soldiers who entered the city.

Outside the city, many soldiers of the 10th Column also arrived, helping the soldiers of the 9th Column who stayed outside the city, and everyone was cleaning up the battlefield together.

In the open space outside the city, seized weapons and ammunition were piled up.

In the distance, there are huge deep pits, which are densely packed with the corpses of little devils, which are mass graves, and there are at least thousands of corpses in each big pit, or even two or three thousand corpses of little devils.

Many soldiers of the 10th Column, seeing that the 9th Column had achieved such a big record, were also very red-eyed, and thought to themselves, this time, they have no chance, and the next time they encounter an opportunity, they will definitely kill more little devils.

At this point, Tangshan was completely recovered, echoing Qinhuangdao from afar, and forming a faint encirclement of the Beijing-Tianjin area.

On the outskirts of Beiping, there were two columns, the 6th and 8th; In Chengde there was the 4th Column; In Qinhuangdao there was the 5th column; In Tangshan were the 9th and 10th columns. In Shijiazhuang, a little farther away, was the 1st Column, and part of the 7th Column.

These troops have completed the encirclement of the Beijing-Tianjin area, and this is a big game of chess that Zhang Yunfei has worked so hard to play, and more than 200,000 little devils have been surrounded in the area of Beiping, Tianjin, Baoding, and Shijiazhuang.

(To be continued)