The heavy artillery brigade continued violently with a large number of shells, focusing on attacking the city walls of two or three thousand meters north of Teng County, with a large bombardment density.

On this section of the city wall, an infantry brigade stationed in the Japanese. Now, under such fierce shelling, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties. Many Japanese were directly blown into pieces. The broken limbs and arms flew far away with the explosion air waves, and many scattered on both sides of the city wall.

The same is true for the Japanese weapons. Many machine guns set up on the city walls were severely deformed. They flew down the city walls with the air waves and scattered on the ground.

...

In the city, the 52nd Division of the Japanese devils.

The dense sound of cannons outside was constantly coming into the ears of a group of senior Japanese officers. When the sound of such dense and huge cannons was heard, the Japanese looked tragic.

These Japanese officers have a lot of experience. When they heard such a loud explosion, they knew in their hearts that they must be heavy artillery with a caliber of 155 mm, and the number of these heavy artillery was at least six or seventy, which was obviously a heavy artillery group.

"His division commander! The heavy artillery of the 36th Army outside is too powerful. It is not a solution for us to defend the city like this."

The Chief of Staff of the Japanese obviously felt sorry for these Japanese guarding the city.

Taro Takahashi, the commander of the Japanese Division, shook his head, "Chief of Staff, you hear the sound of the cannons, although it is fierce, but they all come from one direction. Obviously, the 36th Army is concentrating artillery fire and bombarding a certain section of the city wall in the north of the city. Our casualties are not as big as we imagined."

The commander of the Japanese Division, as an old Japanese lieutenant general, is still quite experienced. He roughly speculated the situation and location of the shelling outside through the sound of cannons.

Hearing this, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese was a little better, thinking to himself that if the 36th Army really concentrated artillery fire and bombarded a certain section of the city wall in the north of the city, the casualties should be only a few hundred. At most, there would be thousands of casualties, much smaller than before.

Thinking of this, the Japanese Chief of Staff suddenly thought of something again. He immediately said anxiously: "Secretary Commander! The 36th Army concentrated artillery fire to bombard the city, so their purpose was very obvious, which was to collapse this section of the city wall so that their large troops could enter the city."

The commander of the Japanese Division also thought about this and immediately said: "All the remaining troops outside the city will enter the city. The 2nd Infantry Regiment will immediately move to the north of the city to block the entry of the 36th Army's large troops."

As far as the battle is concerned, the strategic intention of the 6th Column is already very obvious. The 6th Column wants to concentrate its troops from the north of the city to break into Teng County and eliminate all the Japanese.

Therefore, if the Japanese still sent troops to defend the positions outside Teng County and the other directions, it would be completely unnecessary and would disperse the Japanese's troops.

Taro Takahashi, the commander of the Japanese Division, was not a fool, so he naturally knew the strategic intentions of the 6th Column. He immediately changed his defensive strategy and retreated all the troops outside the city back to the city, concentrating his forces to defend the north of the city.

Although the 6th Column did not encircle Teng County on all sides, commander Chu Tianming was not worried about the Japanese escaping from other directions. The 6th Column had two mechanized infantry regiments and two tank regiments. Can the Japanese run over off-road vehicles, armored vehicles and tanks?

In addition, the cavalry regiment of the 6th Column has been wandering and guarding the area south of Teng County. If the Japanese want to abandon the city and flee south, they will definitely be intercepted by the cavalry regiment.

The command of the Japanese division commander Taro Takahashi immediately conveyed the various infantrymen of the Japanese outside the city. Thousands of Japanese outside the city immediately entered the city. The Japanese's 2nd Infantry Regiment immediately moved to the north of the Fuji County Town.

However, the shelling outside had been going on for nearly ten minutes. The Japanese 2nd Infantry Regiment knew whether they could arrive in the north of the city in time to block the 6th Column from entering the city.

...

As time goes by, the shelling has been ongoing for more than twenty minutes.

Under such fierce artillery bombardment, this section of the city wall has become dilapidated. In many places, huge cracks have appeared in large holes, which seem to be crumbling and may collapse at any time.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A large number of shells kept hitting the city walls, blew up bricks, soil, and even cement blocks. There were no alive Japanese on this two or three kilometers of city walls.

An infantry brigade on this section of the city wall was already destroyed. In just over a dozen minutes, all the Japanese were blown to death, and the Japanese on the other city walls also saw the situation here.

Seeing the situation here, the Japanese who were stationed in the other city walls seemed frightened, worried that these fierce artillery fire would extend to their own side.

On the position outside the city.

Many soldiers were ready to enter the city, and many tanks and armored vehicles drove to a location only a few hundred meters outside the city. As long as the city wall collapses and the cannons stop, they can enter the city.

"Look! It's going to collapse there!"

Several soldiers pointed at a section of the city wall and shouted happily. The shouts of the soldiers immediately attracted the attention of the large number of soldiers next to them, and everyone looked there.

A section of the city wall, which was at least two or three hundred meters long, could no longer hold on under such a violent shelling. It collapsed with a bang, raised the dust in the sky, and the flying dust flew two or three hundred meters away, which looked very spectacular.

"Okay! Great!"

Many soldiers, seeing such a long section of the city wall collapse with their own eyes, were immediately cheered happily.

The violent shelling did not stop when the bombardment of this section of the city wall was collapsed. Now, there are at least several minutes left before the shelling time of half an hour, and the fire in the sky still covers the wall.

Not long after, another 100-meter-long city wall collapsed, and two huge gaps suddenly appeared in the city wall in the north, enough to allow the soldiers to enter the city.

However, the tendency of the city wall collapsed without stopping. The city wall collapsed one after another, and the collapsed city walls formed ruins.

A large number of shells hit these ruins and further flattened these messy pieces of cement, bricks, and even stones. The collapsed city walls and piled up ruins were four or five meters high. Under the repeated bombing of artillery fire, these ruins were almost flattened. Even off-road vehicles could cross these ruins, not to mention tanks and armored vehicles with strong off-road capabilities.

6th Column Command.

"Chief! The frontier observation post sent a message that the city wall in the north of Teng County has collapsed on a large scale."

A commander-in-chief soldier reported the exciting news.

"Okay! That's great. Now the troops can enter the city smoothly."

Although the city wall was collapsed and within the plan, Chu Tianming still comforted her and cheered with joy after hearing such good news.

After being happy for a while, Chu Tianming looked at his watch. It was half past two or three minutes later. The sound of cannons was about to stop, and the troops were about to enter the city. Chu Tianming was also looking forward to it.

It was 2:30 p.m.

The shelling in the sky came to an abrupt end.

As soon as the cannon stopped, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. The world had never been so quiet. Many Japanese devils on the city walls were inexplicably unfamiliar and a little uncomfortable.

However, such quietness did not last long, and immediately, the Japanese heard shouts everywhere.

"Comrades! Go!!!"

Thousands of soldiers shouted loudly, and they all followed a large number of chariots and rushed towards the city wall with their weapons.

The charge troops led a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles. Everyone rushed towards the several gaps. As the city wall collapsed in large numbers, the strong city walls of Tengxian were no longer on guard for the soldiers.

In the city, the Japanese command center.

The sound of artillery outside suddenly stopped, and the commander of the Japanese Division felt nervous. Taro Takahashi knew that the 36th Army was going to enter the city next.

The commander of the Japanese Division looked at the watch. The artillery time of the 36th Army was exactly half an hour. He used a large amount of cement to reinforce the city wall. Under the bombardment of the 36th Army's heavy artillery group, he did not hold on for half an hour.

Thinking of this, Taro Takahashi felt miserable, and he was seriously lacking in confidence in the next battle.

"Chief of Staff! Send a report to Commander Nishio Suzuo that a large number of troops of the 36th Army have begun to enter the city and request another tactical guidance."

"Hi! Your Excellency Commander of the Division."

The Japanese Chief of Staff also looked bad. He hurried away with his command knife and sent a message to the commander of the North China Front Army, Nishio Shuzao, requesting tactical guidance.

This time, the Japanese were lucky. Not long after the telegram was sent out, Nishiosu made a call back. The efficiency was so high that the Japanese were very surprised.

The content of the telegram made the Japanese even more ecstatic.

"Good news, Commander of the Division, Nishio Suzuya Commander, call back, ordering us to abandon Tengxian, retreat to Zaozhuang, and meet with the 31st Division stationed in Zaozhuang."

The Japanese Chief of Staff, holding a telegram, ran in briskly. As soon as he entered the door, he started shouting loudly.

Upon hearing this, the commander of the Japanese Division felt a little lighter, and his face looked a little better. The fierce battle with the 36th Army just now was a nightmare. The 36th Army was too powerful and could not be competed by his own B Division.

The two sides started fighting fiercely in the morning, and at 2:30 p.m., their troops lost a field force wing and an infantry brigade, with a total of four or five thousand people, which was terrible.

Thinking of this, Taro Takahashi, the commander of the Japanese Division, immediately began to convey the retreat order: "Order! The 2nd Regiment's rear attack, and the rest of the troops will immediately retreat to Zaozhuang."

After saying that, Taro Takahashi hurried out, climbed onto an armored vehicle, and shouted anxiously: "Open the road! Open the road! Quickly!"

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