Shannan County.

The Independent Division Command was brightly lit and busy, and the command hall became the center. Ye Feng, Guo Weiquan, Chu Tianyuan, and even Liu Yongyan were all in the command hall.

The battle reports on the front-line battlefield are constantly gathering here, and the latest situation will appear here as soon as possible.

Ye Feng was in high spirits and in a very good mood. Although the third war zone had sent a telegram and ordered himself to withdraw to Shannan County again, Ye Feng ignored it.

The current situation is very good, with good news one after another. Not only Si Yefeng is in a good mood, but the senior executives of the independent division are all in a happy mood. They are all full of energy and their steps are much lighter than usual.

A captain and staff officer walked in with a telegram he had just received and happily walked in. When everyone saw the captain, they felt 80% sure that it might be another good news.

Sure enough, the captain walked in quickly, stood at attention in front of Ye Feng, saluted a military salute, and reported loudly: "The First Infantry Brigade sent a good news, and the Japanese artillery troops had been wiped out."

Ye Feng received the telegram, looked at it with a smile, and then handed it to the Chief of Staff Guo Weiquan next to him.

"Haha, the Japanese are stealing chickens but losing rice. I want to sneak attack on our artillery group, but I didn't expect that my entire army would be wiped out." Guo Weiquan took the telegram and laughed happily.

Ye Feng also laughed. With the 12 105mm caliber heavy artillery of the Japanese Sixth Division being destroyed, the remaining were small cannons below 100mm, and the artillery of the Sixth Division was no longer worth worrying about.

"Teacher, we can immediately attack the third line of defense of the 6th Division. If we break through this third line of defense, our large army can enter the city directly from the west of Hangzhou City." Deputy Division Commander Chu Tianyuandao.

Ye Feng pondered for a moment and thought for a while and said, "It will take a while for us to enter the city, but we have something to do before entering the city."

"Oh, what's the matter?" Guo Weiquan asked.

Ye Feng walked a few steps to the huge military map and pointed to the Hangzhou city: "Qiantang River divides Hangzhou into two. We are now attacking Hangzhou city north of the Qiantang River. We have not moved the Hangzhou city in the south of the Yangtze River for the time being. I suggest that our cavalry battalion and the first battalion of the Guards take a detour across the river overnight, so as not to let the Japanese discover the situation. We will arrange these two battalions in the north of the Yangtze River. At that time, we will connect the large troops to cross the river and restore the Hangzhou city south of the Qiantang River."

"I think it's OK, I'll give you the advice of the teacher for the time being." Guo Weiquan, Chu Tianyuan and others agreed immediately.

Things were settled, the first battalion of the Cavalry Battalion and the Guard Regiment took a detour across the Qiantang River, ambushed in the south of Hangzhou City, and treated it as a surprise soldier, so that it would be possible to meet the large troops in the north of the city.

"Teacher, we have not received a telegram from the Third Infantry Brigade just now. The vanguard of the 26th Division of the Japanese reinforcements in Shanghai has almost reached the north of Hangzhou City. It is estimated that it will not take long to catch fire with the First Infantry Brigade." Chu Tianyuan said again.

"Order the Armored Brigade and the Third Infantry Brigade to cooperate with each other to block the enemy's reinforcements, and report to the division headquarters whenever there is a new situation." Ye Feng said decisively.

There are two brigades in the north of the city. Ye Feng is not worried that the 26th Division of the Japanese army can break through its own blocking defense line. Ye Feng is a little worried that it will be the next street battle in the city.

We will definitely be able to break through the third line of defense of the Japanese tonight. At that time, the Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the First Infantry Brigade, the Second Infantry Brigade, and the Three Brigades will enter the city without troops to destroy the Japanese in the city. In Hangzhou, the number of the Sixth Division is still several thousand, which is no less than the number of troops entering the city by the Independent Division.

In addition, street fighting is not as good as field fighting, and the casualties must be greater. Ye Feng is a little worried about the safety of the soldiers. Everyone is Ye Feng's soldiers, so Ye Feng naturally does not want everyone to die on the battlefield.

"Order the Armored Brigade, Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the First Infantry Brigade, and the Second Brigade in the west of Hangzhou City. Everyone should hurry up and rest and accumulate strength. Before tomorrow, they will start a large-scale artillery attack at five o'clock in the morning to attack the third line of defense of the Japanese army, and then break through the defense line and attack the city." Ye Feng thought for a moment and made such a decision.

"Master, don't you be afraid that time will delay too long, the Japanese will have more and more reinforcements. Then..." Liu Yongyan, who had not spoken, said a little worriedly.

Liu Yongyan’s worries are not without reason. Now it is a war, and time is racing against time. It would be best if the 6th Division could be eliminated before the arrival of a large number of Japanese reinforcements. If the time delays too long, many changes will occur once the number of Japanese reinforcements increases.

However, Ye Feng's face was determined by his determination at this time. He went to the city to fight after dawn, so that the soldiers would suffer much less casualties.

When Guo Weiquan and Chu Tianyuan, who were next to him, saw that his teacher made such a decision, immediately knew what Ye Feng had planned. He couldn't help but nodded secretly and unconditionally supported Ye Feng.

After all, the troops were too small. If Ye Feng had seven or eight infantry brigades in his hands at this time, he would definitely not be dragged until dawn and immediately went to the city to fight with the Japanese devils and destroy the Sixth Division.

Ye Feng can use only two infantry brigades for the time being, plus one mechanized infantry brigade. Only these three brigades are entering the city for street fighting. The soldiers of the Armored Brigade and the Third Infantry Brigade cannot escape. The mission of these two brigades is to block the Japanese devils who reinforced Hangzhou.

Ye Feng made such a decision, which means that there is no war in the west of Hangzhou City for the time being, and the focus of the battle tonight is on the north of Hangzhou City.

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Hangzhou City North.

The main road from Shanghai to Hangzhou has long been controlled by the Third Infantry Brigade. Even the other roads or roads entering the city north of the city have deployed a certain number of soldiers. Of course, the road is the key defense target.

There is a large blocking position on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway. This blocking position is the position of the Second Infantry Regiment, which is Liu Funan's position. Relying on several small hills on both sides of the highway, many defensive fortifications have been built.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, reinforcements appeared. This was the vanguard of the 26th Division of the Japanese army, the cavalry corps of the 26th Division, a total of nearly a thousand Japanese cavalrymen, and there were more than a dozen combat chariots.

The 26th Division is a new division that has not been formed for several months. It belongs to the B Division and has three field infantry corpses under its jurisdiction. The A Division has four field infantry corpses under its jurisdiction. The 26th Division has one infantry corps less than the ordinary A Division.

In addition to the three field infantry corpses, it also has a cavalry corps, a field artillery corps, an engineering corps, and a baggage corps, and there are some other auxiliary personnel.

The 26th Division of the Japanese Army did not have a chariot brigade, only one light chariot squadron, equipped with 11 Type 92 light tanks and several wheeled armored vehicles. This chariot squadron is affiliated to the Cavalry Regiment. The Cavalry Regiment of the 26th Division was under the jurisdiction of two cavalry squadrons, one light chariot squadron (search squadron), a total of three squadrons, and the 26th Division had more than 16,000 people in the division.

As the vanguard, the Cavalry Regiment of the 26th Division has strong mobility. Along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, the leading large troops behind it first arrived here.

Seeing the lights in front of you, you can even see some trenches and other fortifications. The captain of the cavalry corps in the leader knew that there must be the blocking fortifications of the Zhong** team in front of you.

"Your Excellency the corps leader, should we report to the division commander first and then launch an attack?" the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army suggested.

"Okay, report the situation to the division commander, and in addition, we ordered our warriors to be prepared for attack. We must rush to the position of the Central Team and destroy the Central Team on the position." The Japanese Regiment Captain was very proud and did not take the Second Infantry Regiment seriously at all.

The Japanese were arrogant and proud without really fighting with the Independent Division. The same was true for this Japanese army. The 26th Division must have known that the Independent Division has almost fought the 6th Division all over the ground, and the 6th Division is much stronger than the 26th Division. However, these little Japanese still had no awareness and wanted to rush directly to the position of the 2nd Regiment of the Third Infantry Brigade in the distance.

A few minutes later, the Japanese cavalry corps received a reply from the 26th Division, asking for a temporary wait, waiting for the first infantry corps behind, and together with the vanguard of the first registrar, to launch an attack on the position of the Chinese team.

The 26th Division's First Infantry Regiment has almost achieved semi-motorization. About an infantry brigade is coming by car, all of whom are taking large trucks and following the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway. It may not take long to come.

This time, in order to reinforce the 6th Division, the Japanese army allocated a lot of large trucks to the 26th Division. Otherwise, from Shanghai to Hangzhou, if it was a walk, it would take a long time.

The 26th Division's troops were divided into two groups, taking large trucks along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway to reinforce, board the train from Shanghai and reinforce from railways, reaching the border town more than 30 kilometers away from Hangzhou City, get off there and hike over to reinforce Hangzhou.

The mission of the First Infantry Brigade was to block the Japanese army reinforced by railways, the mission of the Second Regiment was to block the Japanese army reinforced by Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, and the mission of the Third Regiment was to block the Japanese army reinforced by Hangzhou through other roads or roads.

The second regiment position.

The front-line observation post on the position had already faintly discovered the Japanese army in the distance of the highway, with so many cavalry and more than a dozen chariots coming, and the movement was still very loud, so it was difficult not to find it.

In addition, although the small hills guarded by the Second Regiment soldiers were not high at a height, only a few dozen meters and a radius of only a few hundred meters or a thousand meters, the surrounding terrain was even flattering, and the vast plain had a wide view. If it was daytime, you could see far at a glance.

"The regiment commander discovered the Japanese reinforcements."

On one of the hills, there is the temporary command of the Second Regiment. The temporary command of the civil structure is built by soldiers during the day. The thick logs and sandbags form this temporary command that can withstand the bombardment of small-caliber artillery.

Liu Funan, the colonel leader who was studying the enemy situation in the command center, heard the report and immediately came out of the command center with a telescope, stood on the top of the mountain, and looked into the distance in the darkness.

There were lights in the distance, but the light was too dark and the distance was too far to see clearly. So Liu Funan immediately said to the correspondent soldier next to him: "Tell me the order and fire the flare!"

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Second update.
Chapter completed!