Seeing this, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion in the distance wanted to step forward to reinforce the tank battalion, but they were reprimanded by the deputy regiment commander Zhao Tiezhu: "Don't be impulsive, this level of firepower confrontation, our cavalry has no use except for giving up their lives in vain!" ”

A deputy cavalry battalion commander asked anxiously: "Then the deputy commander, let's just look at it?" ”|

Zhao Tiezhu put on a new magazine for his submachine gun, looked back at the defeated Japanese soldiers who had escaped their pursuit range in the distance and seemed to have stopped, shook the reins of his horse and said: "Let's withdraw first, we can't stay here as cannon fodder, withdraw to a safe place!" Fast! ”

After saying that, he personally rode his horse and took the lead in the retreat.

As soon as the cavalry battalion withdrew, the five bombers of the devil flew over and began to cooperate with the fighters to attack the dragon tooth tanks on the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Violent explosions erupted one after another, bringing up large clouds of dust and smoke.

The tank that Liu Jianhua was riding in was hit by the shock wave of the explosion, and it shook violently, and Liu Jianhua and the tank soldiers were so shocked that they almost fainted. 、

Liu Jianhua picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "All units immediately dispersed to avoid the enemy's air raids, find the woods and hide by themselves!" ”

After receiving the order, the other tanks scattered and evacuated, and after some maneuvering, they finally got rid of the air raid of the devils and entered a safe area.

The Devil's infantry benefited from the timely arrival of the Air Force, and the losses were not too great, and after a little rectification, they continued to march towards Nanpi.

However, after such a blockade by the tank regiment, the devil's march table is worried and frightened, even if it is in Nanpi, it is still on guard against the attack of the dragon tooth tank troops.

It is impossible to attack Nanpi with all his strength, Liu Jianhua's tank force is like a tiger lurking in the dark, which may appear at any time, giving the devil a fatal blow, and always restraining them.

On the battlefield in the south, Wu Ming and Zheng Yunshan forced the puppet army to retreat to Dongguang County, and immediately launched an attack after being surrounded by regiments.

The first attack, because the leader of the puppet army in the city got the promise of reinforcements from the devils, so he still had illusions and was unwilling to give up resistance, and lost.

However, it also caused a lot of casualties to the puppet army, allowing them to see the strong combat effectiveness of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

Qiao Youhua learned that the Japanese army had been blocked outside Nanpi City, and in a short period of time, there was no need to worry that they would break through the defense line of the Second Brigade, so he ordered Wu Ming and Zheng Yunshan to slow down the attack, after all, before the enemy's sense of resistance collapsed, the cost of a strong attack was still too great.

For the Dragon's Tooth Column, which has an extremely valuable number of troops, it is the best choice to reduce casualties and win the battle at the lowest cost.

"Commander, Brigade Commander Wu has called, asking for instructions on whether it is possible to break up the resistance of the Dongguang defenders by inducing surrender after the attack is suspended!?" Qiao Youhua was about to ask how the situation was on the Hejian side, when the communication soldiers went and returned and brought a call back from Wu Ming.

Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "Of course you can, it's better not to fight the soldiers who surrendered the people, call Wu Ming back, tell them, you can find a way to give it a try, the puppet army is now retreating and cut off, if you can grasp the opportunity, there is still a chance to lure them down!" If we succeed, it would be even better, not only will we be able to get tens of thousands of captive soldiers.

It is also possible to send out more than 10,000 elite infantry to the north to participate in the battle, which will greatly benefit our army's operations. ”

After the communication soldier finished recording, he just wanted to leave, but Qiao Youhua stopped him again and said, "Send a telegram to the First Brigade again to ask how the situation is on their side." ”

"Yes!" The communications soldier saluted and hurriedly left.

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The Third Regiment led by Jiang Haidong and the troops directly under the brigade headquarters joined up with the Second Regiment that had previously recovered Ningning, and after a rapid march, they still rushed to Hejian County before the arrival of the devil's reinforcements.

At this time, there were only a small number of devils and more than a thousand puppet troops in Hejian County, and the strength was insufficient, and they were not Jiang Haidong's opponents at all, so even the field defense positions outside the city were directly abandoned and retreated to the city defense.

After observing the enemy's situation, Jiang Haidong immediately ordered the 2nd and 3rd regiments to launch an all-out attack, personally led the battalions directly under the brigade headquarters as reserves, and sent cavalry scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese reinforcements and be ready to block the attack at any time.

After receiving Qiao Youhua's inquiry message, Jiang Haidong said to the communication soldier beside him in a deep voice: "Call back to the commander, we are attacking Hejian City, and we promise to take it before the arrival of the Japanese army!" ”

After the communications soldiers left, Jiang Haidong took the binoculars and looked at the city defense battlefield that was in a fierce firefight.

Under the threat and supervision of a small number of devils, the puppet army in the city did not dare not resist with all their might, so at the beginning, the battle was still relatively fierce, far from being as easy as when recovering Suning and other places.

The Japanese puppet army at the head of the city frantically opened fire to block the attack, and the bullets rained down, and some fanatical devil soldiers even jumped down from the city from time to time with explosives bags, choosing to die with the siege troops.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Haidong couldn't help frowning, and said: "Send me the guard battalion too, within half an hour, you must break through the city defense and take Hejian!" ”

The commander of the guard battalion who was waiting on the side suddenly agreed, immediately turned around, and waved his hand to the soldiers of the guard battalion who were gathered not far behind him: "The guard battalion will follow me." ”

Nearly 1,000 elite soldiers followed suit.

With the addition of the guard battalion, the firepower of the attacking troops under the city increased greatly, and all the submachine guns fired in unison, forming a powerful fire suppression, and the casualties of the Japanese puppet army on the city increased sharply, and they were suppressed to death.

Soon, the besieging troops took advantage of the situation to climb to the top of the city, broke through the city gates, and entered the city.

After the dragon's tooth troops, who had an absolute advantage in strength, entered the city, the battle became much smoother, and they quickly eliminated the stubborn resistance defenders in the city, and finally succeeded in attacking the garrison headquarters of the devils.

After destroying several firing points in the compound of the devil command headquarters with grenadiers, the soldiers swarmed up and killed all the remaining devils inside.

As the devils were killed and wounded, the puppet armies in other parts of the city gradually stopped resisting, and the county seat of Hejian was recovered by Jiang Haidong's troops.

As soon as his soldiers finished cleaning the battlefield, a scout cavalry rushed from outside the city and reported to Jiang Haidong: "Brigade commander, a large group of devil infantry was found in the north of the city, riding military trucks and side three-wheeled motorcycles, and the size of the force was at least about one wing. ”

Jiang Haidong immediately ordered: "The second regiment is rushing to repair the fortifications in the city, the guard battalion, the reconnaissance battalion, the third regiment will immediately enter the defensive position outside the city, and the artillery battalion will also immediately build a position and prepare to meet the Japanese invaders!" ”

The military commanders of the regiments and battalions immediately acted in accordance with the order, and after more than 10 minutes, the battalions were in position and ready for battle.

The devil who was the first to rush to Hejian was the 5th Mixed Brigade originally stationed outside Beiping City, although there were not many soldiers, but all of them were veterans with rich combat experience, and their combat effectiveness was not weaker than that of ordinary Japanese field divisions.

On the way, after receiving an urgent telegram from the defenders of the river, Major General Masamoto, the commander of the brigade, gathered the vehicles of the whole brigade and regiments, carried the strength of a wing, and rushed first.

Unexpectedly, it was still a step too late, the defenders of Hejian County had been annihilated by the Dragon Tooth Column, and in anger, a devil wing captain who led the team ordered an attack.

The Dragon's Tooth Brigade relied on the field fortifications built by the puppet army and the devils before, and had already prepared, and as soon as the devils came up, they gave them a fierce head-on attack.

A Japanese squad in charge of the tentative attack was ambushed on the spot by the defenders' dense fire, and the entire army was annihilated.

After the failure of the tentative attack, the Japanese wing commander became even more annoyed and angry, and immediately sent a brigade with more than 1,000 troops to attack again.

More than 10 Type 92 infantry guns of the artillery directly under their wing also cooperated with the opening of the artillery, which blew up the positions of the Longya defenders with dust and smoke and flames.

Jiang Haidong, who was observing the battle situation at the head of the city, saw this, and immediately ordered his soldiers: "Order the artillery battalion to open fire immediately, and hit him hard!" ”

The artillery battalion that had just been prepared immediately opened fire, and a platoon of 75mm Krupp artillery shells hit it, and the crowd of devils who were charging turned on their backs, killing and wounding a large number of people.

The defenders took advantage of the situation to get up and fire with all kinds of weapons, and under the joint strike, the devil's casualties were even more severe.

The first attack failed to rush even a hundred meters in front of the trench of the Dragon's Tooth Column, and the devils could not withstand it because of the heavy casualties, and began to retreat without authorization.

Although the captain of the devil's wing was very angry, he was helpless, because the firepower, strength and even artillery fire of the defenders were stronger than him, and it was not something that he could shake with a wing.

Therefore, after suffering a dumb loss, the captain of the Devil Wing ordered to stop the attack, instead built a sortie position on the spot, and started a confrontation with the 1st Brigade of Longya, and at the same time urgently sent an urgent telegram to the brigade headquarters, asking the brigade commander, Major General Masamoto, to quickly bring the main force to reinforcements.

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The Hejian side was successfully recovered by the Dragon's Tooth Column and seized the initiative.

The Japanese troops outside Nanpi City were also forced by the pressure of the Cangzhou Command and risked being attacked by the tank troops to attack the hand army of Ma Biao's 2nd Brigade.

While commanding the troops of the Second Brigade to resist with all their might, Ma Biao used the radio to contact Liu Jianhua's tank regiment and asked him to lead his troops to attack in time, with the mutual cooperation of the two teams.

The 14th Division's attack on Nampi was soon interrupted and ended in failure.

At the same time, outside Dongguang County, Wu Ming and Zheng Yunshan personally selected a group of soldiers who could speak well, were eloquent, and had active thoughts, and began to launch a psychological offensive against the puppet army in the city and lure them to surrender.

At the same time, the stopped besieging troops did not sit idle, and began to dig various trenches of offensive fortifications around the outside of the city, so as to lure them to fail and the troops could continue the attack.

Outside the south gate of Dongguang, in a trench relatively close to the city gate, two soldiers with rifles on their backs were leaning against the trench with a simple iron horn in their hands, shouting to the city head: "Brothers of the puppet army in the city, you have been surrounded by our dragon tooth column, and Nanpi, Botou, and even Hejian and other places have also been captured by us.

The reinforcements of the Japanese devils will not come at all, and they will not come to reinforce you desperately, so our Dragon Tooth Column, in line with the principle that the Chinese do not fight the Chinese, now take the initiative to cease fire and give you a chance to make meritorious deeds.

Immediately lay down their weapons, go out of the city and surrender, our dragon tooth column guarantees that no one will be killed, those who are willing to be soldiers can stay and join us, and those who are unwilling will pay for the passage home! ”

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