West of Zhangjiakou City.

A large number of troops of the 36th Group Army are slowly advancing, and the resistance of the little devils is becoming more and more intense, and many of the little devils have come to their senses and have begun to take up arms to resist to the death.

There are a few low bunkers of the little devils, probably reinforced concrete buildings, very sturdy, due to the low height, half of them are still underground, and the height of the exposed part of the ground is no more than two meters.

These pillboxes actually withstood the shelling of 155-mm howitzers in turns, but they had not collapsed, and the little devils inside were setting up a few machine guns and firing fiercely at the soldiers of the 36th Army who were getting closer and closer.

On the entire position of the little devils, there are still a few such only remaining pillboxes, which is also one of the most tenacious places for the little devils to resist, although the shooting of the little devils is not a big threat to the Type 39 tanks and armored vehicles, but there is still a lot of threat to the infantry who follow behind, and these pillboxes must be cleared.

Seeing the little devils hiding in these pillboxes and firing fiercely, several Type 39 tanks fired at these pillboxes, only to see, "boom, boom, boom" a few cannon sounds, the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the bunkers of the little devils were not destroyed, seeing this scene, many tank gunners were a little surprised.

These little devil bunkers are really sturdy enough.

The little devils in the bunkers, seeing that the tanks of the 36th Army could not help themselves, began to fire fiercely again after a short pause.

The little devils used these bunkers as support, and with some sporadic little devils, they actually wanted to block a small group of attacking teams composed of a dozen chariots and two or three hundred soldiers.

Several Type 39 tanks saw that it was difficult to destroy these little devil bunkers for a while, so they did not fire at these bunkers anymore, but slowly approached these bunkers, while constantly shelling the little devils around the bunkers.

A captain and company commander of the 36th Group Army, seeing that these bunkers of the little devils were so arrogant, immediately couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted loudly: "Platoon leader, where are your 40 fires?" Have they all become burning sticks? ”

When the platoon commander saw his company commander say this, his old face was slightly red, and he turned around and shouted: "Mancang, Erxi, blow up those little devil bunkers for me!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Mancang and Li Erxi, two comrades, one carrying a 40-millimeter rocket launcher, each with two fighters, used the cover of tanks and armored vehicles to divide the soldiers into two ways, approaching the bunkers of the little devils, and as soon as they entered the range of the 40-mm bazookas, both of them were half-kneeling behind the tanks, carrying 40-mm bazookas on their shoulders, aiming at the little devils' bunkers not far away and firing.

I saw a flash of fire from the bazooka on the shoulder, and with a "boom", the little devil's bunker was blown out of a big hole, and the little devil inside was injured if he didn't die, and after firing a rocket, he loaded it unhurriedly, and then fired a few more in a row, and the little devil's bunker collapsed, and the little devils in the bunker probably all went to see their Amaterasu.

Many of the surrounding soldiers immediately applauded when they saw that the bazooka was once again showing its might.

Although the warriors' attack was resisted by the little devils, the warriors, led by a large number of chariots, gradually advanced steadily, getting closer and closer to the distant city wall.

In Zhangjiakou City, in the headquarters of the little devils.

The commander of the 10th Division of the little devil has been hesitating there, unsure whether to hold on or retreat. The group of little devil officers next to him, seeing that his division commander's face was gloomy, did not dare to speak rashly, and the atmosphere in the little devil command was very solemn.

Suddenly, another little devil ran in embarrassment, although this little devil was only a young man, but in front of so many senior officers of the little devil, he didn't even salute one, but said sadly: "Your Excellency the division commander, a large number of middle [***] teams in the west of the city have dispatched hundreds of chariots, at least tens of thousands of infantry, and they have almost broken through our defensive position, almost under the city wall in the west of the city, Your Excellency the division commander, we have suffered heavy casualties, and we really can't hold it." ”

Hearing this, the face of the commander of the little devil division became a little gloomy again, and he began to think about retreating, thinking of retreating, the face of the commander of the little devil division changed again, and he thought in his heart, he was a first-class division, and he couldn't withstand the attack of the 36th Group Army, and he was actually going to retreat.

The chief of staff of the 10th Division of the little devil, seeing that the face of the commander of his division had changed a few times, guessed that his division commander might also want to retreat, so the chief of staff of the little devil said eagerly: "Your Excellency the division commander, order the troops to retreat!" ”

Yuji Tanaka, the commander of the 30th Division of the little devil next to him, also took the opportunity to suggest: "Ye Pingjun, let's retreat, the 36th Group Army outside adopts an encirclement strategy of encircling Zhangjiakou with three missing one, and only storms the west, the purpose of the 36th Group Army is obvious, that is, they want us to withdraw from Zhangjiakou, and they want to rush to fight Zhangjiakou." ”

"Since the 36th Group Army is so anxious to occupy Zhangjiakou, if we hold on any longer, we will only be hit more fiercely by the 36th Group Army, instead of this, we should take the initiative to withdraw from Zhangjiakou and preserve the strength of the troops, Ye Pingjun, do you think this will work."

Yuji Tanaka, the commander of the 30th Division of the little devil, analyzed that 'the head is the way', and finally asked Nohira Shinichi for his opinion, and after listening to Tanaka Yuji's analysis, Nodaira Nobuichi's intention gradually tilted towards retreat.

So, Nohei Nobu waved his hand and said loudly: "Order!" All the troops urgently retreated to the east of the city, and after leaving the city, they marched rapidly in the direction of Beiping and withdrew to Beiping City. ”

The little devil knew that in the face of the 60,000 or 70,000 troops of the 36th Group Army, even if the troops left a few thousand people were cut off, it would have no effect.

As soon as the little devils received the order, they immediately retreated to the east as fast as they could, and the retreat was very fast, and in less than an hour, they withdrew cleanly.

With such a big movement of the little devils, it was natural that they couldn't hide it from the attacking 36th Group Army, and they immediately discovered that the little devils were abandoning the city and fleeing.

The two column commanders who were holding binoculars and carefully paying attention to the battle situation in front of them, although they were far away from the little devil, the little devils retreated in a big way, and the experienced two still saw some eyebrows.

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Comrade Chu Tianming, commander of the 6th Column, said with a smile: "Old Sun, have you seen it?" The little devil finally began to run away. ”

Hearing this, Sun Chuanzhi nodded lightly, "Lao Chu, we are heavy artillery and tanks, I think the little devils were frightened, and hurriedly retreated to the east of the city, but I was a little worried about the little devils, worried about how far they could run." ”

After saying that, both of them burst out laughing.

Many guards and communicators next to them saw the two commanders laughing, and they were all happy, although everyone did not have binoculars, but through the conversation of the two commanders, they still knew that the little devil actually began to flee for his life.

Sun Chuanzhi, the commander of the 8th column, finished laughing, and immediately discussed with Chu Tianming: "Old Chu, since the little devil wants to escape, let's let him escape for a while, and we won't be in a hurry to chase after us now." ”

As soon as Chu Tianming heard Sun Chuanzhi say this, he immediately understood what Sun Chuanzhi meant, Sun Chuanzhi was not in a hurry to chase the little devil, mainly because he didn't want to force the little devil too quickly, if he chased too hard, the little devil might flee separately, and it would be much more troublesome to clean it up at that time.

Let the little devil escape for a while, on the one hand, it can consume the little devil's physical strength; On the other hand, when the little devil sees that there is no pursuer, he will definitely not flee separately, and he will definitely gather together and flee in the direction of Beiping, and it will be much easier to surround the little devil when the time comes.

Now the little devil is running for his life, and they are all infantry, and the two of them are not worried that the little devil can escape from the palm of his hand, but the two columns have two tank regiments, two mechanized infantry regiments, and two cavalry regiments.

With so many excellent mobile troops, where can the little devils go, it is morning, and it is broad daylight, and planes can be dispatched at any time to reconnoiter and monitor the movements of the little devils, and the escape routes of the little devils will definitely have nowhere to hide.

What's more, now between Zhangjiakou and Beiping, there are still the 4th and 5th columns, such a huge army, where are the little devils fleeing, can the little devils break through the defense line of these two columns? That's impossible to break through.

Chu Tianming and Sun Chuanzhi both thought of these things in their hearts, like a mirror, so the two of them let the little devils escape and were not in a hurry to pursue, but despite this, the little devils escaped from Zhangjiakou and still had to report to Zhang Yunfei.

So, Chu Tianming said to the correspondent next to him: "Quickly send a report to the General Division, just say that our 6th and 8th columns have taken Zhangjiakou and annihilated nearly 10,000 little devils, and the remnants of the two little devil divisions defending the city are about 30,000 people, and they have fled to the east of Zhangjiakou." ”

The two divisions of the little devils originally had more than 50,000 people, the 10th Division was a type A division with nearly 30,000 people, and the 30th Division was a type B division with more than 20,000 personnel. However, in the air raid a few days ago, thousands of little devils were killed and wounded, and today nearly 10,000 people have died, and there are only more than 30,000 remnants of the little devils.

The correspondent next to him was already overjoyed, and when he got the order, he immediately rushed to send this good news to Datong. This may be the first good news sent by all the columns.

(To be continued)