.Chapter 212 rush into the city

The Chief of Staff of the Hatan Detachment next to him was shocked when he saw Hatan Shige reaching the order to close the city gate. He immediately asked in disbelief: "Lieutenant General, we still have hundreds of soldiers who have not entered the city. Once the city gate is closed, they will be destroyed by the Central Team outside the city. Ishu."

Hatan Shigeichi also looked helpless and sighed a long time before explaining weakly: "Everyone has seen that the Chinese team in the distance is coming like a tide. If we do not close the city gate in time, these Chinese teams will rush into the city. Do you want to fight a street battle with the Chinese team tens of thousands of Chinese teams?"

The Japanese commanders next to him were also full of sadness. The captain of his detachment was completely correct. For the sake of the entire Hatan detachment, he had to give up the hundreds of soldiers who had not yet entered the city.

"Close the city gate!" The Japanese Chief of Staff ordered helplessly.

The guarding the city gate was a small Japanese infantry team. When he heard the order of his chief of staff, he immediately closed the heavy city gate. Hundreds of Japanese outside the city saw that the city gate had been closed, and their troops gave up on themselves. Then they looked at the Chinese team getting closer and closer, with despair on their faces.

Some Japanese were already red in their eyes, and some Japanese were rushing towards the Zhongzhang Team with their own Type 38 rifles. However, the dozens of Japanese Japanese who rushed over were sieved by dense AK-47 assault rifle bullets before they reached a hundred meters.

The rest of the Japanese soldiers died when they saw that they rushed forward and had no way back. Their defense line collapsed. Several Japanese soldiers threw away the rifles in their hands and surrendered with their hands. Some people took the lead, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers followed suit and all surrendered.

Hatan Shigeichi, who had not yet withdrawn from the city wall, surrendered when he saw hundreds of Japanese soldiers outside his city. He was so angry that his face turned pale. He was about to take out his pistol and kill several Japanese soldiers who surrendered, but was hugged by the Japanese Chief of Staff.

At this moment, the Chinese team was already at the city, and it would be too late to retreat if it did not retreat. The Japanese Chief of Staff "wisely" carried Hatan Shigeichi to retreat to the city.

It is actually understandable that so many Japanese surrendered. The Hatan Detachment used to be a Taiwanese garrison force, and many soldiers and low-level officers were Taiwanese. The fighting will not be compared with the Japanese field division. In the past, the Kuomintang army was fought smoothly, so the fighting will was good.

Today, these Japanese soldiers were in desperate situations and were abandoned by Hatan Shigeichi. As soon as the Taiwanese soldiers of these hundreds of Japanese soldiers surrendered, the other real Japanese soldiers also surrendered.

The soldiers of the Third Infantry Division, when they saw hundreds of surrendered Japanese soldiers, they immediately cheered happily, tied up Japanese soldiers one by one, and sent them to the rear. At this time, there were not many Japanese soldiers who were left on the city wall in the west. Seeing more than 20,000 soldiers from the Central Team under the city, they did not dare to shoot first, but nervously held the gun in their hands and closely followed the Central Team not far from the city.

The soldiers of the Third Infantry Division were not in a hurry to attack at this moment, but instead confronted the Japanese defending the city from afar, putting pressure on the Japanese so that they could drive the Hatan Detachment out of the city as soon as possible.

At this time, many people from the Botian detachment had already left the city from the east of Jingzhou and retreated towards Wuhan. There were not many Japanese soldiers left on the city wall. The Japanese soldiers on the city wall looked at the large number of Chinese teams around, but they did not have much fighting will. They just wanted to hold on for half an hour and then retreat to the east gate.

In the east of the city, many Japanese devils had already left the city gate. The Japanese devils were in a hurry to escape, and they were out of the city at a very fast speed. Many heavy equipment such as bulky 92 heavy machine guns, mortars, etc. were abandoned and there was no time to destroy them. A large number of Japanese devils left Jingzhou City in a mess and marched towards Wuhan.

At this time, it turned out that the 612th Regiment, which was stationed in the east of the city, had already retreated without a trace. The 612th Regiment is several kilometers away from Jingzhou City. The retreating Japanese soldiers immediately felt relieved when they saw that there was basically no sign of the team in the east of the city.

The Japanese were driving the road in front of the three-wheeled side, followed by more than a dozen large trucks. Hatan Shigeichi was sitting in one of the trucks. Behind the truck were thousands of Japanese soldiers, running forward.

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Yichang, the 59th Army Command.

The information about the Japanese escaping from the city was immediately fed back to the command center by troops outside the city. Zhang Zizhong saw that as Zhang Yunfei had expected, the Japanese escaping from the east of the city.

Zhang Zizhong looked at Zhang Yunfei with a little admiration and said, "Brother, you are really imaginary. The Japanese are now hurriedly leaving the city and fleeing eastward towards Wuhan."

Zhang Yunfei smiled faintly and said, "Brother, after the Japanese left the city, it will be a field battle. We will fight quickly and eliminate the Hatan Detachment before the Japanese reinforcements arrived."

After hearing Zhang Yunfei's words, Zhang Zizhong was happy first. If it was really possible to wipe out the Botan Detachment, it would be a very exciting thing. But not long after, Zhang Zizhong said with some concern: "Brother, we are only blocking the 612th Regiment. I wonder if our first regiment can resist the Japanese fleeing east."

Zhang Yunfei pondered for a moment and suggested: "Then send one or two regiments to go around and reinforce the 612th regiment. I think two or three regiments can still block the Japanese's way to run east."

"Okay, I think this is possible, so I will send our 613th Regiment and Cavalry Regiment to march quickly and take a detour to reinforce the 612th Regiment."

The two quickly unify their opinions, and Zhang Yunfei immediately began to convey the order: "Order, all troops pursue the Japanese, the 613th Regiment of the 59th Army and the Cavalry Regiment, marched quickly, and took a detour to reinforce the 612th Regiment. Before four o'clock in the afternoon, each unit completed the encirclement of the Hatan Detachment."

Everyone in the command center, when he saw Zhang Yunfei start to convey the order, stood attentively with respect on his face, several correspondents began to use pens to record Zhang Yunfei's orders.

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Wuhan, the 10th Japanese Army Command.

The commander of the 10th Japanese Army, Noda Miyahiko, looked as if he was ashen. He didn't say a word in the command center, but just walked back and forth. The Chief of Staff of the 10th Japanese Army, Nagata Sadao also stood attentively, with a serious face and stood silently aside.

Just now, the Japanese correspondents sent a telegram from the Botian Detachment, which stated that the tens of thousands of troops had already surrounded Jingzhou City, including at least 20,000 troops from the 36th Army, and the rest were Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army.

What made Noda Miyahiko feel irritated was the sudden appearance of the 36th Army. Although Noda Miyahiko couldn't understand why the 36th Army, far away in Shanxi, suddenly appeared outside Jingzhou City, but Noda Miyahiko now felt that things might be a bit serious. Fortunately, the message just said that the Hatan Detachment had successfully broken through and was rushing towards Wuhan.

After thinking for a long time in the command center, Noda Miyaki Hikasaki said to the Japanese Chief of Staff: "Naoda, immediately issue an order to the 18th Division, requiring the 18th Division to advance west immediately and respond to Hatan Detachment."

"Yes, Commander." The Chief of Staff of the Japanese immediately responded respectfully, and then carefully suggested: "Will we send some planes to bomb the Central Team pursuing the Hatan Detachment?"

The Japanese commander pondered for a moment before saying helplessly: "Naota, we are not clear about the current situation of the Chinese Air Force, and we still cannot send our Air Force to attack easily."

"Hi, Commander, then I will immediately convey the order to the 18th Division." The Japanese Chief of Staff immediately stood attentively and bent down and said respectfully.

"Go!" The Japanese commander waved his hand. The Japanese chief of staff was about to turn around and go out. The Japanese commander added: "Naoda-kun, order the chariot gang and motorized brigade of the 18th Division to advance westward as soon as possible, and the rest of the troops will follow up immediately."

"Hi!" The Japanese Chief of Staff bent down and saluted again before turning around and conveying the order.

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At the position of the Third Infantry Division, the division commander Chen Erwa saw that there were fewer and fewer Japanese devils on the city wall. The Japanese devils were probably almost retreating, so Chen Erwa immediately shouted: "Comrades, everyone starts to attack the city and rush into the city. The Japanese devils are already running away."

The soldiers who heard the order immediately ran towards the city gate not far away with the AK-47 rifle. The Japanese on the wall saw that the Chinese team below began to attack the city and were about to raise their guns to shoot, but the Japanese who had just emerged were immediately hit by dense AK-47 rifle bullets and their heads were blown out.

In less than a few minutes, hundreds of people from the Third Infantry Division had already rushed to the near-city gate. A soldier saw the closed city gate not far away, so he held a bag and said to his battalion commander: "Battleman Commander, let me blow the city gate open."

The battalion commander grabbed the soldier with his bag, then shouted: "Mortar, bring a mortar over quickly."

Three soldiers came soon with a 60mm mortar. The battalion commander immediately asked the soldiers to lay the gun barrel flat, face the city gate not far away, and then personally took a shell and skillfully stabbed the shell with a wooden stick.

I saw a "bang" sound, and the shell shot flat, hitting the city gate not far away. With a loud "boom", the thick wooden city gate exploded into pieces.

Many soldiers next to him were stunned. Their battalion commander was too awesome and could use mortars as flat-fire cannons. Seeing the soldiers who were still stunned around, the battalion commander immediately shouted: "Comrades, everyone rushed into the city and wiped out the Japanese."

The soldiers who were still a little dazed when they heard their battalion commander shouting for charge, immediately came to their senses and rushed into the city. The Japanese on the wall saw the Chinese team below, using a mortar as a flat-fired cannon and easily breaking through the thick city gate. They couldn't believe their eyes.
Chapter completed!