In dividing this area in the city defense garrison, Pang Bingxun divided Zhang Tianhai's Zhiyi regiment into Beicheng District, facing Zhang Liyuan's security regiment.
As for the question of whether to station in the north or south of the city, Zhang Tianhai has always thought that this is not a problem. Both the south and the north of the city have to fight on the front line.
However, Zhang Tianhai felt a little uncomfortable with the sudden absence of a special agent company. After all, he had brought this special agent company out by himself.
In terms of the training of the special agent company, except for the firepower, other aspects of training are based on the requirements of special forces. It can be said that Zhang Tianhai regards this special agent company as his own weapon when leading the charge. Sharp blade.
At this time, he suddenly understood how Hu Jiaji felt. How boring it would be to simply be a commander——
You must lead the charge yourself to experience the thrill of killing enemies on the battlefield.
On March 1, after the fall of Ju County, the Japanese army pursued Xiazhuang and launched a fierce attack on the headquarters of the 115th Brigade of the 39th Division of the Northwest Army stationed in Xiazhuang.
Brigadier Zhu Jialin led the 115th Brigade to fight and retreat along the banks of the Shu River to the Xianggongzhuang area east of Linyi to rest and recuperate.
In the Battle of Juxian County, the 115th Brigade and the 229th Regiment suffered more than 500 casualties in total, including two mountain cannons and hundreds of rifles. It is estimated that the Japanese army suffered more than 200 casualties.
On the same day, the enemy troops approached Tangtou, the national army's advance position in Linyi from Xiazhuang and Huangzhuang in the southwest of Ju County.
Finally, on March 3, a fire broke out with the 232nd Regiment of the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division in Tangtou.
Tangtou Town, a place name that could not be found on maps before the Republic of China, became the site of battles and decisive battles between the Chinese and Japanese armies.
The forward position of Tangtou is a relatively steep gentle slope in the open area northeast of Tangtou position. The 232nd Regiment's position is here, which can suppress people coming from the road from Ju County to Linyi.
From a military perspective, this is an excellent place no matter how you look at it.
But even this perfect place did not have much effect on the defense of the Chinese army at this time.
The reason was the Japanese bombers flying overhead and the Japanese artillery roaring and firing in the distance.
"Boom~~Boom!!!"
"Boom~~Boom!!!"
"Boom~~Boom!!!"
The shrieking shells hit the hillside hard, and clouds of loess scattered in the sky, then scattered around.
Some roadblocks and barbed wire fences were even blown open and flipped over in the air.
Some soil was sprinkled directly into the trenches and fell on the heads of the Nationalist officers and soldiers. The smoke after the explosion of the artillery shells danced into the sky, and the surrounding area was like a purgatory on earth.
"Grandma, wait, these little Japanese won't be rampant for long!" Liao Han, deputy commander of the 232nd Regiment and 1st Battalion, scolded fiercely.
After the Japanese artillery fire finally stopped, Liao Han looked up and found that the Japanese tanks were ready.
Three or four Japanese tanks were advancing forward with a rumbling roar, and several Japanese soldiers were hiding behind the tanks and following them - these tanks were nothing more than walking bunkers for them.
Bullets made in Hanyang hit the thin-skinned small tank one after another, leaving only small and shallow white dots and then bounced away. There was no possibility of penetration!
"Don't waste bullets, focus on the Japs behind the tanks!" Liao Han yelled, "Wait until they get close to the Japs' tanks and then blow them up with grenades!"
At this moment, the Japanese tanks began to suppress fire, and the machine guns on the turret began to emit long tongues of flame, shooting at the national army positions on the slope.
But the Nationalist officers and soldiers were unmoved. After dodging the bullets of the Japanese machine guns, they still aimed their crosshairs at the Japanese soldiers behind the tanks.
After approaching a certain distance, the Japanese army behind the tank began to stop, took out the grenade, and began to use the firepower of the grenade to suppress the firepower of the officers and soldiers of the 232nd Regiment of the National Army.
"Where are our grenades?! Give little Japan some color!" Liao Han shouted.
Soon, the grenade launchers of the 1st Battalion of the 232nd Regiment followed up and began to suppress the Japanese army with reverse fire.
The stop of the soldiers behind them did not stop the Japanese thin-skinned tanks from advancing. Thick black smoke was emitting from the rear of the tanks, which is a characteristic of diesel engines.
But before the tanks could reach grenade throwing distance, the Japanese tanks twisted their fronts and retreated.
Just then, the familiar "recipe" came again——
"Boom~~Boom!!!"
"Boom~~Boom!!!"
"Boom~~Boom!!!"
As a scream came, another burst of explosions sounded like earth shaking, which heralded the official end of the previous wave of Japanese probing attacks.
Although the Japanese army did not have many artillery pieces, there were at least eight 75 mm caliber mountain cannons blasting towards the mountain.
Only those who have been bombarded with artillery can understand the feeling of powerlessness and despair.
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In a very secret corner opposite the Yutou National Army position, Katano Sadami was looking at the opposite position with a pair of binoculars.
Looking at the scene of mud flying across the hilltop opposite, Katano Sadami was not as happy as he imagined, because his opponent was still holding on to the opposite side. As long as they didn't capture the hilltop opposite for a day, it couldn't be said that they were taking it lightly. victory.
Through the sound of gunfire coming from the opposite side, Katano Sadami roughly knew the strength of the opponent's troops in this area.
Katano Sadami sighed and said: "Aichi-kun, from the exploratory attack just now, we can see that our opponent is still very tenacious. The brigade commander has restricted us to win the soup within three days. It’s a town…”
"Captain, our army is at a disadvantage because it is unfamiliar with the terrain, so we have to make great efforts to find out the bottom line on the other side. Otherwise, the fighting will of the China Army would have collapsed long ago." Aichi Seiji said confidently said.
Aichi Seiji, like most of the officers of the Fifth Division, believes that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army cannot be judged by a single blow - after all, the performance of the Chinese army is really poor whether on the Hebei battlefield or the Shanxi battlefield.
Not only the troops of the Jinsui Army and the Northwest Army were defeated, but even the troops of the Central Army were routed thousands of miles away, making most people in the Japanese division think that the Chinese army was vulnerable.
Only Juichi Terauchi and other senior Japanese military officials knew that although the Chinese army was in a miserable state at this time, it also prevented the Japanese army from completing its strategic intention of annihilating the absolute main force of the Chinese army in North China.
"That's right. Just fight and it's over! In the next wave of attacks, be sure to attack with all your strength!" Katano Sadami said fiercely.
"Hai!" All the Japanese officers in the wing headquarters responded in unison.
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