As he said that, Yang Jing heard the sound of cannons on the ground gradually becoming sparse, and he ordered Zong Ping and others: "Brother! The Japanese artillery bombardment may be over. You should go back and command the troops quickly. The Japanese will definitely launch an attack again!"

"Yes!" Several people stood attentively and saluted at the same time, and then they took the order and left.

Yang Jing also took the guard company and the communication company out of the basement, returned to the command center on the ground, and continued to command the entire army's operations.

Although the Japanese's sulfur bombs and artillery shells burned the exterior of the three-story building to charred, the roof of the building was also blown down.

But the first and second floors have been preserved very firmly and can continue to serve as command centers.

After the saturated artillery bombardment of the Japanese, Masaki Ito accompanied Shiro Inaba, Junroro Matsuura and others, he rode a few air balloons and climbed a hundred meters above and stood on it to look at the defending positions.

Looking at the fires everywhere, the smoke-filled city wall positions and Huoqiu County, Sato Masasaburo, the commander of the 101st Infantry Brigade, couldn't help but say proudly: "Secretary Commander, look, the positions and city defense of the Chinese army have been almost flattened by the fierce artillery fire of the Imperial Army!

In this attack, the Imperial Army will definitely win the championship and take over Huoqiu County! It will wipe out the stubborn enemy in the city!"

"Don't be careless!" With the previous failures, Ito Masaki was not so optimistic and still frowned: "From the previous battle examples of the Imperial Army fighting them, the Tiger Ben Group is not so easy to deal with.

What I am worried about now is whether the Chinese artillery positions have been destroyed!”

Sato Masasaburo also put away his contempt and said, "You may have to send troops to test this before you can find out!"

After a pause, he continued to add: "However, under such a powerful and dense firepower bombing, even if the artillery positions of the Chinese army cannot be completely destroyed, it should be able to destroy many mysterious artillery of the Chinese army, right?"

Ito Masahi pondered for a while, and finally ordered decisively: "No matter what the effect is, we must continue to attack! The shame of defeat of the Snow Emperor Army!

Notify all participating troops and start attacking immediately! The scattered lines should be dispersed as much as possible to prevent the enemy's mysterious heavy artillery and incendiary bombs from bombing!"

"Hay!"

A flag soldier paused his head suddenly, then took a step forward, came to the edge of the hanging basket, poked out his upper body, and uttered the flag words to the messenger below.

So, the Japanese army dispatched tens of thousands of troops again and launched a fierce attack on Huoqiu County from four directions.

Bi Yuntao, Fan Tietou, Yu Zongping, Zhou Zichen and others all returned to their respective command posts.

The East Gate is defended by two companies of the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army, and is commanded by Yu Zongping, the leader of the Independent Regiment.

Because the Japanese army's attack strength at the East Gate was relatively weak, the defenders here had the least strength compared to other directions.

However, the cunning Japanese soldiers encountered strong obstacles in the south gate, west gate and north gate.

This time, the focus of the attack was quietly shifted to the East Gate. The Japanese gathered a reorganized infantry corps outside the East Gate, with about 3,600 people and more than 70 artillery pieces.

Guided by more than 30 tanks and tanks, they launched a charge towards the east gate.

At the same time, the Japanese in the south, west and north also launched an attack at the same time.

Yu Zongping's command was located near the city wall. He led the 1st battalion commander out of the command center and climbed up the city wall. Looking into the distance, he happened to find a large number of Japanese soldiers flocking in groups under the cover of tanks.

The commander of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment was shocked when he saw this, and looked at Yu Zongping next to him and said, "Good! Why did the Japanese have so many troops this time?"

Yu Zongping's face was also very serious, and he said coldly: "It seems that the Japanese want to use our East Gate as a breakthrough!"

The 1st battalion commander said in surprise: "How could this happen? Isn't the South Gate the main attack direction of the Japanese?"

Yu Zongping analyzed: "It was probably the first two attacks that the Japanese may have found that we have fewer troops and the weakest firepower!

I thought we were soft persimmons, so it was easy to knead!"

The 1st Battalion Commander said anxiously: "Captain, what should we do now? Look at this attitude, the Japanese who came must have at least one infantry regiment and more than 30 tanks. With our little force alone, it may be difficult to resist, right?"

In the previous battle with the Japanese army, the Independent Regiment had suffered heavy casualties. At this time, the East Gate Guard had only two companies of the 1st and 3rd Battalions, with a total force of less than 1,000 people.

Whether it is military strength, weapons and equipment, or military quality, it is far inferior to the Japanese army.

It must be unable to withstand the attacks of so many Japanese soldiers, not to mention that Japanese Japanese have a steady stream of follow-up troops and may be put into battle at any time!

Just as Zong Ping was planning to ask Yang Jing for help, a mess of footsteps came from behind them.

Yu Zongping, the 1st Battalion Commander and others looked back and saw that it was Yang Jing who was carrying a group of soldiers and dozens of flying thunder cannons, and hurried over.

The two of them looked happy and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them: "Brother Yang (Captain Yang), why are you here!"
Chapter completed!