The Japanese joint commander Masaki Ito learned that the attacking troops had already entered the city and surrounded the stubborn defenders in the west area of ​​the city.

An expression of uncontrollable joy appeared on his face, and he said excitedly: "Yo Xi! It's so great. I see where will Yang Jing's Tiger Ben Group escape this time!"

At this moment, a communications officer suddenly took a message and hurriedly reported: "God of General, Commander Okamura is calling!"

Ito Masaki took the message and took a look. It turned out that Okamura Yasuji couldn't sleep. Before dawn, he got up to generate a power to inquire about the situation of the battle here.

Ito Masaki immediately asked the correspondent adjutant who came to report with pride and pride: "Call back to Commander Okamura, and said that the Imperial Army had already entered the city and surrounded the remnants of the Hu Ben regiment, and was carrying out the final attack.

Please rest assured that we will be able to end the battle before 8 o'clock in the morning! We will completely wipe out the Tiger Regiment of the Chinese Army and the Independent Regiment of the Chinese New Fourth Army!

Kill Yang Jing, the top confidant in the empire!”

"Hayi!"

The deputy communications team suddenly paused their heads and immediately took the order and left.

The commander of the 101st Infantry Brigade, Masasaburo Sato was also happy and said flatteringly with a smile on his face: "Yang Jing and the Hu Ben Regiment are the major troubles of the Imperial Army, and the biggest stumbling block for the Imperial Army to destroy China. The Imperial Army has failed to successfully encircle and suppress the Imperial Army several times.

This time, you are commanded by the division commander, and after this battle, you will definitely become a hero of the Yamato nation and a hero in front of His Majesty the Emperor!"

No one doesn't like being flattered.

The flattery of his subordinates and the victory that was close at hand made Ito Masaki feel a little excited, so he said proudly: "This is inseparable from Sato and your full cooperation, and it is the contribution of every imperial army involved in this battle!"

Sato Masasaburo quickly lowered his head and climbed up the pole: "I am just doing my part. This is all the commander of the division commander, you have good command!

In the future, the division commander will be promoted. Please give me a few words to the cabinet for humble duties in front of His Holiness. In this way, humble duties will definitely be grateful!"

"This should be done!" Ito Masaki was in a good mood and immediately agreed happily.

...

The picture is pulled to Hefei.

The old Japanese devil, Okamura, has been paying close attention to the Battle of Huoqiu, although he did not stay up all night and could not sleep.

But because of this, the sleep was not very good, so I got up early.

After reading the call from Ito Masaki sent back from Ho Chiu, Okamura Yasuji's expression was refreshed, and the original sleepiness was swept away in an instant.

He pondered for a moment with the telegram, turned his head and ordered to the adjutant: "Re-transmitted Ito Masaki, Yang Jing is a cunning person. Before he completely eliminates him, he must not be complacent.

The more critical the moment, the more careful you should be to prevent the Tiger Group from breaking through.

Because judging from previous battle examples, this enemy army is very tenacious and cunning. Until the last moment, we must not relax and give them any opportunity to take advantage of!"

"Hayi!"

The devil's adjutant bowed heavily, and after leaving Okamura's office, he walked towards the confidential department with great strides.

...

The picture is brought back to Huoqiu, the Japanese Joint Command.

After receiving reminder and supervision from Okamura Yasuji, Ito Masaki temporarily put away his contempt and ordered his troops to strengthen their offensive efforts.

Several blockade lines were added inside and outside the city to prevent the Tiger Group from breaking through the chaos.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Tiger Group from using the same trick again, they pretended to be their own troops to hide the truth.

Ito Masaki also ordered the staff of the three divisions to formulate several sets of light and dark commands to change back and forth.

In addition, the troops are also ordered to advance only and not retreat. When encountering any suspicious targets, they must report them as soon as possible and find out the other party's identity, and there must be no slackness or omissions.

Anyone who does not cooperate will have the right to take action first and then report to the front line troops and all checkpoints.

In this way, it would be almost impossible for the Hu Ben Group to follow the example of the past and change into Japanese military uniforms to escape through the test.

...

In the city, the battle between the enemy and us has reached a point of intense heat.

On the street near the entrance of the tunnel, Yang Jing commanded the guard company and artillery to carry out artillery fire strikes on the Japanese offensive troops who were attacking the 2nd Battalion.

In addition to its short attack distance and poor accuracy, the conscience-free cannon also has a huge weakness, that is, its service life is limited.

The barrels changed from oil barrels are very thin and generally can only withstand five or six bombardments.

At most, it will not exceed 10 times.

Otherwise, there is a high risk of explosion.

At this time, the conscience-free cannon, which had few remaining times, began to exert its final residual heat.

He shot powerful "cannonballs" at the Japanese attacking crowd, and exploded violently.

The TNT high-explosive explosive pack weighing up to 15 kilograms is extremely powerful once it explodes.

With the shell landing point as the center, within a radius of dozens of meters, anyone or building will be destroyed in an instant.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"——"

The shells were fired one after another, causing great casualties to the Japanese offensive troops.

In particular, during the Japanese bombings before, most of the buildings in the city had collapsed, and many areas had even been razed to the ground.

This means that the obstacles to the shell shock wave are invisibly reduced, allowing the power of the conscientious cannon shells to be maximized.

Yang Jing personally manipulated a 75mm field cannon, specializing in attacking Japanese armored targets and heavy machine guns, and did his best to provide fire support to the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion.

The cannon was in Yang Jing's hand, as if he had eyes, and he would hit wherever he pointed. The cannon had no hair, and almost every cannon could hit the target when it was shot out.

Its power was exerted to the extreme, causing huge casualties to the Japanese.

Any Japanese tanks and heavy machine guns that appear within the field of view of the observation horse system have become the souls of Yang Jing's muzzle.

The Japanese killed for a moment and were frightened and did not dare to attack again.

He only dared to use artillery to fight back and set up crane guns to shoot in the distance.

Yang Jing's existence was like a magic needle for the sea. It not only killed the Japanese and the Japanese, but also greatly boosted the morale of the 2nd Battalion and the guard company soldiers.

All the defenders were motivated and resisted with all their might, and bought more time for the evacuation of brother troops.

The sound of gunfire, the sound of explosions, and the shouts of killing from both sides have been circling over the entire Huoqiu County, almost without stopping for a moment.

Under the bombardment of the Japanese, the entrance of the tunnel was almost flattened, with ruins and broken bricks and tiles everywhere.

As the defense zone shrinks, the places where the defenders can hide are getting smaller and smaller, and under the bombardment of the Japanese, casualties are also increasing.

Hard time is always slow.

Finally, more than an hour passed.

With the desperate resistance of the 2nd Battalion of the Huben Regiment and the soldiers of the Guard Company, the Japanese attacking troops attacked until dawn and failed to break through their last line of defense.

At this time, the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army, the Artillery Battalion of the Huben Regiment, the 1st Battalion and other units had successfully withdrawn from the city along the tunnel according to the original plan.

The 2nd Battalion has less than 600 left, and with the guard company, the total strength is less than 800.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter and the time was ripe, Yang Jing looked for Fan Tietou: "2nd Battalion Commander, the time is almost over, let's retreat!"

Fan Tietou shook his head and said with a determined look on his face: "Cluster, leave me a company of troops. You can take the other brothers to retreat first!

My back!”

"Ge! What did you say?" Yang Jing was very reluctant, his face darkened, and he shouted, "Of course we should go together, how can I keep you?"
Chapter completed!