Not long after, the entire second regiment of the 7th Mountain Division crossed the Wulong River. At this time, the third battalion, which was the first to land on the south bank, had advanced to 500 meters outside Minqing City.
The Patriot Army lacked everything, but they never lacked artillery fire to attack the city and set up camp, and the Minqing city in front of them was not a fortified city.
Therefore, the Third Battalion did not continue to wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, and directly launched a general attack.
The tracks of the 15 LVT(A)-1 amphibious tanks stopped rotating and the turrets were rotated to aim at the city wall, while the 16 M19 60mm guns of the third battalion were also erected.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Kick! Kick! Kick!"
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The five or six heavy machine guns of the Zhi Army on the tower were annihilated in the artillery fire before they could take effect.
"For unity, charge!"
More than 500 soldiers from two companies shouted the slogan of charge, and followed the amphibious and land tanks one after another. They fought in a coordinated manner with infantry and tanks, and entered the city through the open city gate.
Lu Liangchao glanced at his watch and said excitedly: "Old Qiao, did you see that the second and third calls were made directly in less than 8 minutes this time?"
Qiao Yu spit out his chewing gum and said helplessly: "Oh, it only takes eight minutes to get into the city. It's a small Minqing city, so don't make such a fuss."
While the Second Regiment of the 8th Mountain Division captured Minqing City, the First and Third Regiments also crossed the Wulong River and boarded the beach on the south bank under the cover of naval guns and howitzers, and launched a comprehensive general attack on the two cities of Minhou and Shuikou.
In Shuikou City upstream, the Third Regiment of the Patriot Army did not give the Zhi Army any time to sigh.
After the Air Force bombing, the howitzer regiment of the 6th Armored Division was directly used. Under the devastating bombardment of 60 M1A1 155mm howitzers.
In less than twenty minutes, the two garrison brigades were bombed and only about 2,000 people were left.
The remaining deputy brigade commander looked at the horrifying shell craters on the position. It was a white flag raised at the speed of light. The main thing was to be quick and easy, and not to waste everyone's time.
When soldiers from the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment of the 8th Mountain Division, 40 LVT-4 amphibious landing vehicles, under the cover of 10 LVT(A)-1 amphibious tanks, landed on the beach.
On the smoke-filled Zhizhi Army position, the remaining soldiers had long since abandoned their weapons and performed standard French military salutes to the Patriot Army. Some even sat down on the ground with their heads in their hands.
Second Battalion Commander Jiang Wenjun couldn't laugh or cry: "I said, you surrendered very quickly!"
Seeing that these prisoners were silent with their heads hanging down, and many of them were still injured, Jiang Wenjun continued to order: "The medical soldiers will bandage these wounded soldiers."
"Yes, battalion commander!"
The prisoners were so moved that they burst into tears when they saw that the Patriot Army was willing to use medicine on them, and also used precious Western medicine to treat them.
At this moment, the communications soldier rushed over with a walkie-talkie on his back: "Report!"
"Batalion Commander, the regiment is looking for you." The communications soldier said and handed the walkie-talkie microphone to Jiang Wenjun.
"Team leader, I am Jiang Wenjun, commander of the second battalion."
"Yes, our battalion has completely landed on the beach and has fully accepted the surrender of prisoners..."
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On the other hand, Ma Yuanlang, commander of the Zhi 26th Division who was defending Minhou, obviously did not have this awareness.
In Minhou City, Ma Yuanlang was furious and pulled out a pistol and put it on the forehead of his subordinate Brigadier Wang, "Grandma, with the help of the Supervisory Team, you guys can't stop the defeat. It's only been less than thirty minutes." , let the Patriot Army cross the Wulong River..."
Brigadier Wang's head was wrapped in gauze and he begged: "Master, please spare your life, the artillery fire of the Patriot Army is too fierce, and they also have the cover of the Iron Bastards. When they attacked, they set up a posture to bombard us. Brothers, it is really difficult to block us." I can’t stop them from attacking in one round!”
The smile on Ma Yuanlang's face gradually solidified, and his eyes revealed a murderous intent.
"Isn't it true that only the Patriot Army knows how to fight to the death, and you won't fight to the death? All the military pay Marshal Sun has given you over the years has been fed to the dogs, you bunch of losers!"
At this moment, intensive gunshots and shouts of death suddenly sounded outside the courtyard, and the ground began to shake slightly. Ma Yuanlang turned pale in fright.
"Master, something bad has happened. The Patriot Army launched a strong attack on the city gate with Iron Bastards. Now they have entered the city and are coming to us..."
"Ah... it's so fast. Adjutant Mao, I don't have any money in the car. Send me out of the city quickly!"
Ma Yuanlang was shocked. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone felt the ground shaking slightly.
"Boom!"
The masonry wall outside the house collapsed instantly, and a LVT(A)-1 amphibious tank with a metallic luster swaggered through the wall and drove into the yard, knocking a Hannover 4-ton truck into the pool.
"Give me the gun quickly..." Ma Yuanlang also wanted the guard to put down the gun quickly, but he didn't finish his words.
The two M1919A4 heavy machine guns on the tank spurted out tongues of flame, "Ta! Ta! Ta!"
In just five or six seconds, Ma Yuanlang and a dozen of his subordinates fell into a pool of blood.
Thirty soldiers of the Patriot Army climbed over the wall and jumped into the courtyard. The leading platoon leader glanced at them and said, "The people who can live in the courtyard are of extraordinary status. Let me search them carefully!"
The sharp-eyed soldier put the gun on his shoulder, jumped into the pool, groped for a while, and caught a small yellow croaker. "It seems that there is no need to search, platoon leader. Look, there is a lot of money in the pool."
Another soldier tore off Ma Yuanlang's brochure and said rather helplessly: "Platoon commander, we just seemed to have killed Ma Yuanlang, the commander of the 21st Division."
"Ah, did we beat Ma Yuanlang to death?" The platoon leader came to the body, took out the bloody ID from his pocket, and shook his head helplessly after getting confirmation.
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On the north bank of Wulong River, inside the headquarters of the 8th Mountain Division.
Division chief of staff Lei Kemin opened the tent cloth and said, "Reporting to the division seat, as of 9:58, the three regiments of our division have fully captured the three cities of Minqing, Minhou, and Shuikou, and have taken prisoners, casualties, and killed the enemy... At present, Still counting. In addition, our soldiers found millions of gold and silver items in the city, as well as about 200 tons of military rations..."
Sun Funeng rubbed his head and said, "Take part of the collected money and goods as rewards and distribute them to the officers and soldiers of the entire division. As for the food."
Deputy division commander Bai Rujiang gave advice: "Master, let's follow the old rules. Return all the food to the original owner and distribute it to the people around the three cities. By the way, we can also gather people's support."
"Well, let's do it this way, let the soldiers repair on the spot in the city, and we can continue marching tomorrow."
Sun Funeng also happily accepted it. After all, the food was forcibly requisitioned from the people by the Zhili army, and the Weiguo army was rich and had no shortage of food.
Then Sun Funeng emphasized: "We must also pay attention to military discipline. No officers, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers are allowed to harass or treat civilians roughly. Anyone who behaves inconsistently with the title of our national defense army will be caught by the military police." , will be severely punished!"
"Yes, Master!"
With the defeat of the three cities of Minqing, Minhou and Shuikou, this also meant that Sun Chuanfang's dream of using the Wulong River to delay the offensive of the Weiguo army came to nothing.
