These old devils are carefully deployed here, and they are bound to win, and before Yokoyama Yong and the three of them can ask how to use the 100,000 puppet Manchukuo Emperor Allied Army, a shocking bad news suddenly reached them.

Nakasa, a devil from a communications department, rushed into the conference room in a hurry with an urgent telegram in his hand, and said in a panic before he had time to salute the senior Japanese generals present: "Your Excellency Commander, something is wrong, the Longya Column of China suddenly appeared in Cheng'an Town, gathered a large number of elite troops, and is rushing towards Dingzhou.

According to intelligence, the Chinese army used tank troops and an astonishing number of military trucks, almost fully mechanized march, extremely fast, and the Dingzhou garrison was urgently deploying defenses on the side, requesting urgent tactical guidance from the headquarters and sending reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

Sugiyama Moto, Kawabe Shozo and other old devils couldn't help but change color when they heard this, Yokoyama Yong and the three were better because they were outsiders, but Kawabe Shozo, as the chief of staff of the North China Front, knew what Dingzhou meant to them.

I also know that since the last time the Shahe defense line, which was operated with great manpower and material resources, was broken through and destroyed by the Dragon's Tooth Column, Cheng'an Town has almost been undefended.

In turn, the garrison was strengthened in the county seat of Dingzhou, and the garrison had even built field fortifications outside the city.

Just sent people to strictly monitor Cheng'an Town and along the Shahe River, so as soon as the Longya Column went north to Cheng'an Town, it was discovered by the Dingzhou garrison.

"Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Qiao Youhua, a cunning guy, dared to take the initiative to attack the Imperial Japanese Army when he learned that our army was gathering and was about to encircle and suppress them!" Shozo by the river said in amazement.

Yokoyama Yong's expression moved, and he immediately said: "Two commanders, the Chinese army has come just in time, and at present, the 2nd Armored Brigade of our division has already passed through Shanhaiguan, and it is estimated that it should have almost arrived at the outskirts of Beiping by now."

I ask for your approval, and I personally command this tank armored unit to rush south to aid the Dingzhou garrison! Be sure to give the Chinese army some color and see! ”

Hebe Zhengsan's heart moved, and before he agreed, Sugiyama Yuan shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's too late, the attack ability of the Longya Column is very strong, the last time the Shahe defense line, the imperial army has been operating for a long time, and there are heavy guards, but they have not been able to stop them for half a day."

Now the city defense of Dingzhou is not as strong as the Shahe defense line, and the strength of the defenders is also quite large, from Beiping to Dingzhou is hundreds of miles, even if Hengshan Jun personally leads the armored mobile troops to march in a hurry, it will take at least two days and two nights to arrive.

And for such a long time, I am afraid that Dingzhou has long been captured by the Chinese army, and maybe even Baoding will be attacked by the Chinese army! ”

Kawabe Shosan suddenly came to his senses, and couldn't help but nod and said, "What Your Excellency Commander said makes sense, it seems that our previous deployment has to be changed."

I'm afraid that Dingzhou will not be able to hold it, so I can only plan for the worst and concentrate my forces to hold Baoding just in case.

Then ask Hengshan Jun to quickly lead the main force of the 1st Division to the south along the Pinghan Railway Line and rush to Baoding, and the 26th Division and the more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry also rushed directly to Baoding!

The troops on the Western Front will be handed over to Yokoyama-kun for your personal command, and the tank troops of the Chinese Army are on the Western Front, so we can only change the deployment just now. ”

Yokoyama Yong happily received the order and said: "No problem, since the Chinese army has crossed the river to the north, it should naturally be met by our 1st Division, and with the assistance of the 26th Division and more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, we will definitely be able to defeat them."

As for the unfavorable terrain, it is not only against us, but also against the tanks and vehicles of the Chinese people, so there is no need to worry too much about it at all! ”

Hebe Zhengzo nodded and said: "That's right, before Hengshanjun and your elite troops arrive in Baoding, I will also let the garrisons of Anguo and Quyang rush to Dingzhou, and block the Zhina army in Dingzhou for as long as possible!" In order to buy more time for the imperial army to organize defense in Baoding. ”

Isamu Yokoyama stood up and saluted Motosugiyama and Shozo Kawabe: "Then I'll go first, and the two chiefs will take their leave!" ”

Sugiyama Mototo and Kawabe Shozo also got up one after another and said: "Yokoyama-kun be careful all the way, keep in touch with us at any time, I will send the 3rd Air Regiment to do everything possible to provide aerial reconnaissance and fire support for your troops!" ”

After Isamu Yokoyama left with his lieutenant and staff officers, Motoshi Sugiyama and Shozo Kawabe continued to discuss countermeasures with Tsukada and Kenji Dohihara and formulate a battle plan.

Because the 8th Division was not as mechanized as the 1st Division, and because the garrison was not as close to the 1st Division as Kannai, the main forces of the 8th Division and the 14th Division, which was more remote, were still on their way.

It is expected that it will take two to three days to arrive one after another, and Qiao Youhua suddenly led his troops to attack Dingzhou, which not only disrupted the careful deployment of Kawabe Shozo and Sugiyama Yuan just now, but also made the high-level devils who had not yet completed the assembly a little hurried.

Only some of the main forces of the 1st Division, the 26th Division and more than 20,000 Mongolian puppet cavalry could only rush to Baoding first, and as for the remaining 200,000 troops, they could only wait.

Therefore, at this moment, Sugiyama Yuan and Hebian Zhengzo are praying that the Dingzhou garrison can hold on for a while longer, so as to win time for the 1st Division, the 26th Division and other reinforcements to rush to Baoding, otherwise, once Dingzhou is lost prematurely, Baoding will inevitably be dangerous.

With the combat effectiveness of the Dragon's Tooth Column, the old devils like Sugiyama Yuan were not sure that the defenders of Baoding could resist their attack alone.

Thinking of this, Kawabe Shozo couldn't help but scold Qiao Youhua for being cunning and shameless, and he actually took the initiative to attack at this time, his teeth itched with hatred, but he was helpless.

Under the city of Dingzhou, Qiao Youhua led an armored assault brigade composed of a guard regiment, a tank regiment and an air defense regiment from Cheng'an Town to the outskirts of the south gate of Dingzhou.

Here, they were blocked by part of the Japanese puppet army of the Dingzhou garrison.

In order to catch the devils by surprise, when Qiao Youhua led the three directly subordinate regiments to arrive at the station of Jiang Haidong's 1st Infantry Brigade, he urgently organized 28 88mm anti-aircraft guns of the air defense regiment and 18 No. 4 tank fighting vehicles of the tank armored regiment into an assault group.

Together with the heavily armed guard regiment, they rushed to Cheng'an Town in a military truck, crossed the Shahe River from the shallow water last time, and rushed straight to Dingzhou.

The remaining forces of the tank regiment and the anti-aircraft regiment arrived with the 1st Brigade.

Although his whereabouts were discovered by the precautionary devil scouts, Qiao Youhua was not discouraged at all, at this moment, with the combat power of the troops in his hands, it was definitely a piece of cake to take down the county seat of Dingzhou, which was only garrisoned by more than a thousand devils, just crush it directly, regardless of whether they were prepared or not.

In fact, the devils of the Dingzhou garrison were indeed a little desperate when they learned that the elite soldiers of the Dragon Tooth Column were coming in a big way.

However, the devil soldiers who had orders on their bodies naturally did not dare to flee without authorization, so they could only stubbornly wrap themselves around the imperial army in the city, and go out of the city relying on the field fortifications they had built in the past two months, trying to block the advance of the dragon's tooth column.

When he arrived at the outskirts of the south gate of Dingzhou, Qiao Youhua let eighteen No. 4 tank fighting vehicles form a huge assault group to open the way in front of the head, and before he could travel far, he was blocked by the fire of the devils and the puppet army.

Bang bang...... The light and heavy machine guns and rifles of the devils and puppet soldiers fired a large number of bullets, and the three No. 4 tanks led by the hit thumped and sparks flew everywhere.

Seeing this, Qiao Youhua, who commanded the guard regiment and the anti-aircraft artillery group to follow, immediately gave an order to the tank troops by radio: "Open fire immediately, and smash and crush these little devils raised by bitches!" ”

Eighteen No. 4 tanks that received the order opened fire one after another, and the on-board machine guns also opened fire one after another.

Eighteen 75mm caliber guns and more than 50 vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine guns formed a dense and powerful firepower, which easily suppressed hundreds of Japanese puppet troops in the field defense positions outside the south gate.

Under the deafening sound of explosions and the dense rain-down machine gun fire, the devils and puppet soldiers were killed one after another, or blown into pieces, or beaten into sieves.

As they opened fire, the tanks and chariots roared forward, and soon crushed the devil's defensive positions with a rolling torrent.

The huge No. 4 tank cars easily ran over the already shattered, dead and wounded devil positions, crushing some Japanese puppet army corpses into puddles of minced meat.

At the same time, behind them, a battalion of the guard regiment had already jumped out of the military truck in which it was riding and quickly followed, escorting the tank troops from surprise attacks and sabotage by the devils.

Under the coordination of Butan, the powerful combat power of the eighteen No. 4 tank fighting vehicles was brought into full play, easily breaking through the devil's defensive position in the south of the city and directly attacking the south gate.

Eighteen tanks, some of which fired at the city to suppress the fire, and some of the tanks concentrated their firepower and fired directly at the city gates.

Boom Boom Boom Boom ...... After a series of heavy shelling and explosions, the city gate, including the city gate tower above, was completely destroyed, and the fire shrouded the south gate wall, and the dense rain of bullets fired from the vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine guns poured towards the city like locusts.

Some of the devils and puppet troops who were lucky enough to escape the bombardment covered by tank artillery fire had just emerged and were immediately hit by a devastating blow.

The city gate was blown open, and the city wall was then blown down in several places, and hundreds of elite infantry of the Dragon's Tooth Guard Battalion who were fighting together immediately shouted in unison and attacked the city with overwhelming momentum.

Eighteen tanks then divided into three routes, one following the infantry into the city through the south gate, and the other two circuiting along the city walls to the east and west of the city.

In this way, even the anti-aircraft guns were useless, and the guard regiment only invested one-third of its troops, so Qiao Youhua commanded the troops to easily attack the city of Dingzhou, and the devil's resistance was completely vulnerable!