The Eighth Route Army's artillery bombardment lasted for more than ten minutes, plowing through the Japanese positions. The Japanese 52nd Regiment suffered heavy losses;
After the cannon bombardment, rocket launchers washed the ground. This time the artillery fire was more intense. After several rounds of artillery fire, there were few Japanese standing on the position.
"Bagaya Road, chariot group!"
Major Yanagawa exclaimed that the Eighth Route Army's offensive mode had undergone revolutionary changes and had been replaced by an artillery and tank mode, with firepower supreme;
Instead, the Japanese huddled in the trenches and were bombed, unable to fight back, and the situation on both sides took a turn for the worse.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
After hearing the order to fire, the Japs on the position fired wildly at the tank group. The bullets hit the tanks and sparks flew out.
After the previous two rounds of artillery fire, the 24th Regiment was reduced to tenth strength. The gunfire was sparse and could not stop the tank brigade's attack at all;
Soon the tank group rushed to the Japanese position, and the vehicle-mounted large-caliber machine guns fired wildly at the Japanese, killing those who touched them and those who touched them.
An infantry battalion accompanied the tank attack, protecting both sides of the tank to prevent the Japanese death squads from sneak attacks on the tanks. The infantry-tank coordination tactics were used very skillfully, leaving no chance for the Japanese.
Groups of Japanese soldiers shouted slogans on board, rushed towards the tank with cluster bombs, and launched a suicidal attack.
The infantrymen protecting both sides of the tank were shooting at the Japanese. The "Big Eight" semi-automatic rifles in their hands had a very fast rate of fire. The Japanese's death squads could not get close at all, and they would be wiped out as soon as they appeared.
The Japanese positions were broken through one after another. Seeing that the outer positions were almost lost, Major Yanagawa personally carried a bundle of cluster bombs and led the last few dozen people on the position to rush towards the Chinese tanks crazily, hoping to death. Able to pull a backrest;
Unfortunately, what happened was counterproductive. The Eighth Route Army defended the tanks very tightly and did not give them a chance to get close at all.
Those who were far away were shot with machine guns, and those who were close were eliminated with semi-automatic rifles. The suicide attacks of dozens of Japanese soldiers were ineffective. Major Yanagawa was also hit by more than a dozen bullets and was beaten into a sieve.
After half a day of fierce fighting, the Eighth Route Army successfully occupied the Japanese's outer positions, annihilated the invincible 24th Regiment, and marched to the gates of Bingcheng.
After the siege troops made a slight adjustment, they launched an attack on the North City. They first leveled the cannons and then fired directly at the city wall. The Japanese who were hiding on the city wall and resisted were blown away by the cannons and suffered heavy casualties.
The city walls built in the Middle Ages were blown down one after another, and several large gaps were soon opened. A dozen tanks rushed in under the cover of infantry;
At this time, the Japanese field artillery regiment opened fire, and artillery shells rained down. The infantry accompanying the attack behind the tanks suffered heavy casualties, and some people continued to be shot and fell.
The tank group stopped and fired wildly at the location of the Japanese artillery group;
The cannon group also locked the position of the Japanese artillery regiment. Hundreds of cannons fired three rounds of covering fire at the Japanese artillery group. The Japanese artillery regiment, which had no time to retreat, suffered a devastating blow.
The artillery battle between the two sides was not at the same level at all. After destroying the Japanese artillery, the tank group marched toward the center of the city in a swaggering manner.
The Japanese had no intention of engaging in street fighting with the Eighth Route Army in the city. When the Eighth Route Army armored forces entered the city, the remaining troops of the Japanese 57th Division were completely defeated. They escaped from the city from the south gate and ran toward the new capital.
The tanks of the Eighth Route Army pursued and killed each other one after another, and the corpses of the Japanese they killed littered the fields;
Especially the baggage troops, their retreat speed was too slow, and they were soon overtaken by the tank brigade. Except for a few who escaped, most of them were annihilated. The large amount of Japanese baggage also became the spoils of the Eighth Route Army.
The purpose of the tank brigade was not to annihilate the 57th Division, so it stopped after chasing for a certain distance;
The infantry brigade of the armored column then entered the city, wiped out the remaining enemies in the city, recovered the Ice City, and cut off the connection between Qiqihar and Xinjing.
Qiqihar's 27th Army of the Japanese Army became a lone army and was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army Corps. This time there was no encirclement again;
For the Japanese's 27th Army, the Eighth Route Army's goal is total annihilation!
There are still about 80,000 Japs surrounded in the Qiqihar area, and the Eighth Route Army troops participating in the encirclement and suppression include the 101st Column, the Armored Column (the 2nd Tank Brigade, the 2nd Infantry Brigade, etc. are missing in Khabarovsk), bandit suppressors After completion, eight newly formed garrison brigades were formed with the anti-alliance armed forces as the backbone and a large number of bandit armed forces, with a total strength of about 200,000.
The captured bandit armed forces have been transformed in accordance with the Eighth Route Army's prisoner policy, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. Although they cannot be used as field troops, they can still be used to surround the Japanese and build blockades. The main attack is still on armored columns and 101 Column.
The main force of the Japanese 27th Army is the Ninth Division and the 12th Division (the 24th Regiment has been annihilated). These two are first-class divisions with strong combat effectiveness and tenacious fighting will. They are two strong bones.
The encirclement and suppression of the 27th Army was under the unified command of Li Qing. In order to contain the main force of the Kwantung Army in New Capital City, more than 100,000 people from the 106th Column and the 105th Column located in the direction of Shengjing City launched a fierce attack on New Capital City, killing the main force of the Kwantung Army. Towed in Xinjingcheng.
After encircling the Japanese 27th Army, the Eighth Route Army was not in a hurry to launch an attack. Chu Xiong believed that the force was too weak;
The eight newly formed garrison brigades can be used to surround the enemy, but it is a bit risky to use them to fight tough battles. The Japanese main division is not that easy to fight.
So after surrounding the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army did one thing - build civil fortifications;
Surrounding the defense zone of the Qiqihar Japs, repairmen on three floors inside and three outside waited for the arrival of Column 103 and Column 104 of the General Reserve Team.
Chuxiong planned to concentrate 3 infantry columns and 1 armored column to launch an encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese 27th Army, while the garrison brigade would prepare to adapt to the battlefield atmosphere.
In North China, only the 107th Column of Qilu, the 102nd Column of Jizhou, and the 108th Column of northwest Shanxi remained.
There was a huge gathering of troops, and new troops were constantly joining, which put tremendous pressure on the Japanese.
