I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 220 The Devil's Counterattack
"Regiment seat, Japanese reinforcements!" Xu Hu, who was in charge of driving in the command tank, was the first to exclaim.

Xu Qingfeng, who was outside, glanced forward, and immediately ordered: "All the tanks are fully fired, hit me hard!"

Before the words fell, he himself manipulated the anti-aircraft machine gun and took the lead in firing violently at the Japanese army.

Zhou Weiguo, Xu Hu and others inside the tank also manipulated the other two vehicle-mounted side-by-side and front-mounted machine guns, as well as the 75mm main gun, and fired violently at the devils.

The officers and soldiers of the tank battalion on the other nine Sherman tanks also quickly received the order to fire.

Manipulate more than 20 anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns, and fire along with them.

Under the powerful assault firepower composed of thirty vehicle-mounted machine guns of various types and a 75mm tank main gun.

Nearly a thousand devils who came for reinforcements were covered by dense rain of powerful bullets before they had time to react, killing and injuring many.

In addition, the Japanese troops from the East Gate who had been chased and routed by the tank battalion and cavalry company from outside the East Gate were only focused on escaping and directly disrupted the formation of these Japanese reinforcements.

This group of Japanese reinforcements were blown up before they even had time to stop the counterattack and resistance, and they all scrambled to turn around and run away.

At this time, hundreds of cavalry from the Huben Regiment also chased down from the two wings of the tank in time. The soldiers swung their knives in one hand and the Thompson submachine guns slung on their bodies in the other, and fired violently at the fleeing devils.

Da da da... da da da... Dense bullets sprayed out from the muzzles of the submachine guns like raindrops, and poured towards the devils roaring.

Wherever they went, those ghost soldiers who were running away, like fallen wheat, fell down in rows and rows screaming.

After a round of shooting, the cavalry athletes waved their sabers and urged their horses forward to start hacking and chasing. Wherever they went, the Japanese soldiers were knocked away one by one and fell to the ground.

The ten Sherman tanks of the tank battalion also rumbled forward one after another, shooting while chasing.

Under the joint pursuit of the tank battalion and the cavalry company, the Japanese completely collapsed, leaving hundreds of corpses behind, and fled in disarray towards the main Japanese position outside the south gate.

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In the south of the city, the Japanese command post.

"General, it's not good. The east gate blockade troops were violently attacked by the Chinese army and suffered heavy losses. They have been forced to withdraw."

A Japanese reconnaissance second lieutenant stumbled into the command post and rushed to report to Tanabe Shengyi, Takamori Rei and others who were waiting for news.

"What's going on??" Tanabe Shoichi, Takamori Rei and others were taken aback, and hurriedly stood up.

"How could this happen? The Chinese army stormed the east gate?"

The reconnaissance second lieutenant nodded repeatedly and said: "The Chinese army didn't break out from the west gate and north gate at all, but chose to break out from the east gate!

They used extremely powerful firepower. The Dongchuan Brigade responsible for blocking the east gate was attacked by a powerful coordinated attack by Chinese infantry and tanks. The losses were extremely heavy and they had to abandon their position and withdraw. "

Tanabe Shoichi said in shock and anger: "Where is the brigade that went to reinforce the east gate? Why didn't it work?"

The look of sorrow on the face of the reconnaissance lieutenant became even more tragic: "General, the 4th Infantry Brigade that went to reinforce was also attacked by the Chinese cavalry and tanks on the way. It also suffered heavy losses and was defeated and retreated. .”

"Nani?" Tanabe Shoichi and Takamori Rei were not calm at all now. If the Dongchuan Brigade at the east gate was defeated by the Tiger Ben Regiment, which had been well prepared, they took advantage of their strength and firepower to defeat and penetrate the defensive position.

It was caused by their misjudgment, but the brigade that went to reinforce was defeated in such a short period of time, which is unacceptable.

Because of this, in less than half an hour, the two infantry brigades of our side were defeated one after another. This offensive efficiency is too high, too scary, right?
Shocked and angry, Takamori suppressed his anger and asked: "How many people did the Dongchuan Brigade and the 4th Brigade lose?"

The reconnaissance second lieutenant replied tremblingly: "Dongchuan Brigade suffered more than two-thirds of the casualties, and the 4th Infantry Brigade also suffered more than half of the casualties. The exact number of casualties has not yet been calculated."

"Bagaya Road!" Ying Senling ran away when he heard this, because these two brigades belonged to their detachments and were his subordinates.

"General, the most urgent task is to mobilize reinforcements as soon as possible, and counterattack to the east gate to prevent the Chinese army from breaking through!"

A Japanese military staff officer present hurriedly persuaded.

Takamori quickly calmed down, but he still couldn't get rid of his anger and said to Tanabe Noboru: "Tanabe-kun, I trouble you to sit at the headquarters, in case of accidents.

I personally led the troops to counterattack to the east gate. This time we must not let the cunning Chinese defenders escape, otherwise you and I will become the laughing stock of all our colleagues in the empire.

I feel even more sorry for the Sakamoto detachment and all the imperial warriors who died outside Hefei. "

Tanabe Shoichi also hated the defenders in Hefei City. If it weren't for the only remaining regiment under his command, half of the troops were transferred to the west of the city and reinforcements to the north of the city, and there was no time to withdraw.

He might get ahead of Ying Senling and personally lead the team to counterattack to the east gate.

Right now, the vicinity of the command post is mainly filled with troops from the Yingsen Detachment. Even though he was unwilling, he could only nod his head in agreement: "Mr. Yingsen, I leave everything to you, please stop the Chinese army!"

Ying Senling nodded solemnly, and immediately took the lead and strode outside with his saber in hand.

On the Huben Regiment's side, Xu Qingfeng led the tank battalion and cavalry company to chase and kill the devils for a while, then promptly and decisively issued the order to stop the pursuit and retreat.

At the same time, the first, second, and third battalions in the city, as well as the teams directly under the regiment, were notified respectively.

They began to alternately cover the retreat according to the combat retreat plan agreed by Xu Qingfeng and them in advance.

First, under the leadership of Fang Shengli, the 3rd Infantry Battalion of Ximen retreated to the crossroads in the center of the city.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Kui's [-]st Battalion and Zhang Zhijian's [-]nd Battalion also retreated alternately from the area around the South Gate.

After the three troops merged, they did not rush to retreat. Instead, they launched defenses on the spot. They first covered the regiment headquarters, communications office, artillery battalion, field hospital and other directly affiliated troops before they retreated to the east gate.

After confirming that no devils took the opportunity to enter the city, the three main battalions retreated towards the east gate in an orderly and alternate manner.

In order to command the retreat of the whole regiment, Xu Qingfeng handed over the command of the tank battalion and cavalry company to Zhou Weiguo after leading the tank battalion and cavalry company back to the east gate just in case.

Let him lead these mobile troops and launch defenses on the spot to prevent the devils from counterattacking.

He himself quickly came to the east gate and joined the regiment headquarters and the regiment's direct subordinate teams led by Chief of Staff Liang Shan.

After meeting, Liang Shan hurried forward to salute and greet him: "Tuan Zuo, how is the battle at the East Gate?"

Xu Qingfeng smiled and said: "We defeated two Japs and killed about a thousand enemies. The harvest is not small."

After saying that, Xu Qingfeng raised his head and looked at the east gate where troops were still withdrawing, and asked: "How is it? Have all the battalions and companies withdrawn?"

Liang Shan also looked back and said, "At present, the first battalion, the second battalion and the third battalion are retreating. It's almost there!"

As the two of them were talking, a familiar voice came over: "Tuanzi, please take a seat!"

Xu Qingfeng and Liang Shan followed the sound and saw [-]st Battalion Commander Sun Kui striding over with a smile on his face.

Behind him was the Second Battalion Commander Zhang Zhijian.

They both saw Xu Qingfeng and Liang Shan, hurriedly came to them, and saluted in unison.

Xu Qingfeng asked: "Have the first battalion and the second battalion withdrawn?"

"It's almost there, and the third battalion is coming soon." Sun Kui looked back and replied.

Zhang Zhijian also turned to look at the east gate, and said, "At the top of the wall, there are battalion commander Lei and brothers from the fourth battalion stationed there, who are responsible for blocking the attack from the rear."

"The Japs didn't take the opportunity to attack, did they?" Xu Qingfeng asked again.

"Probably not. Before we retreated, we set up a lot of booby traps at the south gate. If the devils enter the city to attack, they will definitely trigger these booby traps.

But until now there has been no movement, so it should not have taken the opportunity to attack! "

Sun Kui explained.

"That's good." Xu Qingfeng said: "The Japanese dare not take advantage of the opportunity to attack from the south gate and west gate. This is beneficial to us, because we can easily break out and retreat from the east gate!"

"Leader, our current task is to continue to break out and evacuate? Or to establish a defense line at the east gate?"

Zhang Zhijian nodded and asked for instructions.

"The fifth battalion and the fourth battalion, as well as the reconnaissance company and the guard company, have already built a blocking line of defense, and there are tank battalions and cavalry companies taking the lead outside to curb the devil's counterattack.

A few battalions of you guys, take the opportunity to retreat quickly, remember to protect the teams directly under the regiment headquarters, especially the injured brothers, and don't leave a single one behind! "

Xu Qingfeng ordered in a dignified voice.

"Yes!" Sun Kui and Zhang Zhijian stood up at attention at the same time, saluted him and Liang Shan again, then immediately turned around and took orders to leave.

It was not long after the first battalion and the second battalion protected the units directly under the regiment and began to retreat eastward.

The main force of the 3rd Infantry Battalion led by Fang Shengli also withdrew from the city one after another.

Like the previous two battalion commanders, Fang Shengli came straight to Xu Qingfeng and Liang Shan to salute and report.

"Tuan Zuo, Sao Zuo, we have withdrawn."

"Well, very good. Your three battalions did well in the daytime battle." Xu Qingfeng nodded in praise without hesitation.

Fang Shengli looked around at this moment, and couldn't help but ask, "Where are Wei Guo and the others?"

"Lead the tank battalion and the reconnaissance company to the southeast to prevent the devils from counterattacking. Time is running out. You three battalions should also retreat quickly!"

Xu Qingfeng waved his hand, and then ordered Liang Shan: "Chief of Staff, send someone to inform Battalion Commander Lei and the others that they can also withdraw from the top of the city."

Liang Shan and Fang Shengli immediately stood up and accepted the order: "Yes!"

Then, a man with three battalions followed the retreat direction of the first and second battalions and began to evacuate.

One personally led a guard and ran towards the east gate.

It was almost Lei Xiong who led the fourth battalion of machine gun troops, who had just withdrawn from the top of the city.

In the direction of the southeast corner of Hefei, fierce gunfire and explosions came again.

Xu Qingfeng's countenance changed upon hearing this, and he immediately ordered Liang Shan to lead the fourth battalion first, and the fifth battalion to cover alternately and retreat.

He himself led the guard company and the reconnaissance company to stay in the Japanese defensive position in the east of the city, preparing to meet the tank battalion and cavalry company.

After Liang Shan led the two main infantry battalions to withdraw, Xu Qingfeng sent people to the southeast to investigate the battle situation and contact the tank battalion and cavalry company.

After a short meeting, the scouts sent out turned back and saluted Xu Qingfeng with an excited expression: "Regimental seat, the tank battalion and the cavalry company are in contact."

"How's the battle going?" Xu Qingfeng asked immediately.

"They repelled a counterattack by the devils. At present, deputy head Zhou is ordering the troops to retreat and maneuver to avoid being bombarded by the Japanese army!"

The scout warrior replied.

Xu Qingfeng was startled when he heard the word shelling, and immediately ordered the guard company commander Chen Qifeng standing beside him: "Ah Feng, pass on my order, the guard company and the reconnaissance company quickly withdraw from the Japanese positions and head east. Transfer and retreat!"

"In addition, please notify the tank battalion and cavalry company to retreat immediately, but do not retreat to the Japanese defensive position at the east gate. Remember to detour!"

Xu Qingfeng turned around again, and gave instructions to the scout soldier.

"Yes!" Although Chen Qifeng and the reconnaissance soldiers did not understand Xu Qingfeng's intention of suddenly making such an arrangement, they did not ask any more questions and happily accepted the order and left.

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A temporary offensive command point of the Japanese army near the southeast of the city, just leading the army to counterattack the repelled Takamori Order, is furious.

He reprimanded several main subordinate officers present: "You are all idiots. If you let the Chinese army go, you have to apologize!"

The scolded blood sprayer made several devils and assistant officers very angry, and one of the regiment captain couldn't help muttering: "General, the tank and chariot troops of the Chinese Army are too powerful, and they have cavalry maneuvering to cooperate.

The imperial army lacked anti-tank weapons, and was unable to break through their interception at all!
Unless artillery or aviation units can be mobilized to attack it from the air!

Otherwise, if we continue to attack like this, our casualties may be even greater! "

The other devil assistant officers couldn't help sweating for him when they saw that the joint captain was so bold and dared to confront the detachment captain on the spot.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Ying Senling who was in anger, instead of being angry, he blamed him.

Instead, his eyes lit up, and he patted him on the shoulder with great joy and said, "Mr. Dongjing, you have done a great job!"

The leader of the Guizi Alliance named Dongjing Taro was confused and asked in puzzlement, "General, how do you say this?"

Ling Takamori explained in a good mood: "It is indeed difficult for our infantry to break through the tanks and cavalry of the Chinese Army, but we can just summon the artillery group to attack!"

"Have you forgotten that we have a joint artillery group composed of two artillery regiments, whose firepower is far more powerful than the tank fire of the China Army?"

Taro Higashii's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he couldn't help nodding his head and said: "What the general said is true, calling for artillery support can not only attack the tanks and cavalry of the Chinese Army.

We can also directly fire artillery fire on the Chinese troops breaking out at the east gate, thereby preventing them from breaking out and escaping, and buying time for us to counterattack! "

"Yoxi! That's it!" Ying Senling raised his hand triumphantly and ordered: "Contact the artillery unit immediately and open fire immediately!"

(End of this chapter)