Half an hour ago, Hisao Tani received the news when the 11th Brigade was attacked.

Because his cavalry, tank regiment, and the two infantry regiments of the 36th Brigade all suffered heavy losses in yesterday's attack and the independent brigade's night attack, and lost their offensive capabilities.

Therefore, he gave up the idea of ​​sending troops to reinforce the 11th Brigade, and instead ordered Major General Itai Tokutaro to lead his troops to hold on, while he requested reinforcements from the 9th and 11th Brigades that had already arrived in Suzhou.

However, what Hisao Lingtani did not expect was that an entire brigade and two fully-staffed main field regiments were defeated and defeated by the independent brigade before they could hold out for even half an hour.

They lost contact with the brigade commander, Major General Tokutaro Itai, so when Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo launched an assault to the south of the city with hundreds of tanks, armored vehicles, and thousands of armored infantry.

Hisao Tani jumped three feet high in anger: "Baga Ya Road, how does Banjing, a loser, command this trash? Can't a brigade even hold on for half an hour?"

"There are also the 9th Division and the 11th Division. Why are they stagnant in Suzhou? Don't they come to join us as soon as possible? This is unreasonable!"

Chief of Staff Tajiu Lixiong said with a heavy face: "General, according to the forward observation post report, the China Army that attacked the 11th Brigade of the Imperial Army were all mechanized troops, with a large number of tanks and chariots, and very powerful firepower. The 11th Brigade was all

They were infantry and lacked anti-tank equipment, so they were defeated so quickly!"

"As for the 9th and 11th Divisions, they received orders from General Matsui Iwane to postpone their advance and wait in Suzhou."

After saying that, Toshio Takuri immediately suggested to Hisao Tani: "General, the matter has come to this. With the troops we currently have, we may not be able to withstand the torrent of tanks and armor from the China Army. Without further ado, let's retreat quickly, shall we?"

Withdraw to Suzhou and join up with the 9th and 11th Divisions, as well as the 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade. Only by uniting can we block the attack of the Chinese Army!"

Hisao Tani roared angrily: "Bagaya Road, where did the damned China Army come from with so many tanks and armored fighting vehicles? It's simply unbelievable!"

"Now is not the time to pursue this matter. General, without further ado, please order a retreat immediately! If it's too late, I'm afraid we will make the same mistake as the 11th Brigade!" Taku Toshio urged anxiously.

At this time, violent explosions, dense gunfire, and deafening shouts of death happened to be heard from the southeast of Wuxi.

Hisao Tani judged that it might be his own security forces that were already at war with the Chinese army.

Not daring to waste any more time, he immediately ordered the already crippled 23rd Infantry Regiment to move behind to block the Independent Brigade.

He himself, Chief of Staff Tajiurio and other division headquarters personnel, were escorted by the tanks and cavalry regiments that had lost more than half of them, and evacuated first.

Ushijima Mitsuru led the 36th Brigade Headquarters, and the remaining soldiers of another crippled regiment, the 45th Brigade, subsequently retreated.

Xu Wen and others easily defeated the small Japanese blocking force in the southeast corner of Wuxi, and directed the tanks and armored troops to continue their attack southward.

In the south of the city, they encountered the 23rd Infantry Regiment, which had been left behind. At this time, the captain of the 23rd Infantry Regiment had long been killed, and there were less than a thousand people left in the entire regiment. They were under the acting command of a battalion captain.

The Japanese soldiers lay in the trenches of the offensive position, trying to rely on the fortifications to resist and block the attack of the independent brigade tanks and armored forces.

However, the bullets they fired hit the tanks and armored vehicles of the independent brigade and were unable to cause any substantial damage to them.

On the contrary, as soon as the guns of the Independent Brigade opened fire, the Japs' position suddenly turned into a sea of ​​flames. Countless Japs soldiers fell to the bombardment of tank shells and the hail of bullets from a large number of vehicle-mounted machine guns.

The strength of the two sides was not at the same level at all. Under the fierce attack of hundreds of tanks and armored fighting vehicles from the independent brigade, the remaining Japanese soldiers of the 23rd Regiment were quickly killed.

Armored infantrymen armed with Garand semi-automatic rifles took advantage of the situation and rushed forward to occupy the Japanese position.

It was less than ten minutes before Hisao Tani and his companions escaped. Immediately, Xu Wen ordered the tank regiment and armored regiment to quickly cross the Japanese positions and pursue the escaping Japanese southward.

As their own tanks and armored vehicles crossed the Japanese positions, the infantry quickly boarded the tanks and armored vehicles.

Hisao Tani, an old devil, originally traveled in a military truck, but while running, the truck broke down and broke down.

The angry Hisao Tani had no choice but to jump out of the truck, get a war horse from the cavalry regiment, and plan to escape on horseback.

After such a delay, they were overtaken by tank and armor units led by Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo.

In order to chase the Japanese, Xu Wen ordered all tanks and armored vehicles to advance at full speed. After chasing for a few minutes, he saw some Japanese cavalry and tanks and armored troops surrounding several military trucks.

Without thinking, Xu Wen immediately ordered: "Fire immediately! Kill them for me! Don't let anyone go!"

The Tiger tank was the first to roar, followed closely by the Panther tank, T34 and hundreds of other tanks.

Hundreds of artillery shells crashed down hard and exploded violently.

A large number of Japanese officers and soldiers, including Hisao Tani, were all blown away. The military trucks were also blown to pieces and disintegrated on the spot.

The explosion also affected the Japanese cavalry and tanks and armored units surrounding the truck, causing a large number of casualties to them.

However, at the critical moment when the explosion hit, Chief of Staff Tajiurio and several other adjutants and guards threw themselves on Hisao Tani.

Therefore, although Hisao Tani was also blown away, he was not killed on the spot. He was only seriously injured and fell into a ditch in the distance and fainted.

The tank regiment opened fire again and fired hundreds of shells. Now all the Japanese cavalry and tank troops were hit. A dozen of the remaining tanks and armored vehicles, together with a large number of cavalry, were hit by the explosion, bursting into flames and exploding, causing people to fall on their backs.

Two waves of artillery shells hit the Japanese tanks that followed Hisao Tani to break through, and more than half of the cavalry were lost. Tani Hisao, who was intimidated by the powerful firepower of the independent brigade and could not care about his life or death, fled in all directions.

Xu Wen didn't know whether the two waves of shells had killed Hisao Tani, so he picked up the radio and ordered: "Stop the shelling. All tanks and armored vehicles bypass the range of the shelling and continue to pursue the enemy!"

Armored infantrymen get out of the car and search for the body of the Japanese division commander Hisao Tani!"

Following Xu Wen's order, all the tanks in the tank regiment, except the Tiger tank, were guided by the Leopard and T34, leading the armored fighting vehicles of the armored regiment, bypassing the area in front that was shrouded in fire.

area and continue to pursue the Japanese defeated troops.

The infantrymen of the armored regiment jumped out of their vehicles one after another, rushed into the battlefield covered by their own artillery fire with their guns in hand, and began to search for Hisao Tani's body amidst the smoke and firelight.

Finally, a soldier holding a submachine gun found the unconscious Hisao Tani in the ditch and quickly called his comrades to fish him out.

The ditch where Hisao Tani was located was not deep, so he was not drowned, but was knocked unconscious by the shock wave of the explosion.

When he was carried out by the independent brigade infantry, the old devil woke up and suddenly wanted to get up, but was stopped by several independent brigade infantry with the muzzle of a submachine gun!

Xu Wen came over after hearing the news, and immediately jumped down from the Tiger tank. Looking at Hisao Tani who was pinned down by his own soldiers, he shouted murderously: "Bring me a knife, I will chop this bitch alive!"
Chapter completed!