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Those people were startled by the sudden battle just now. After Yang Ling's reminder, they immediately reacted, and hurried back home to get a bucket of water, ready to start fighting the fire.
"Zhang Tie, go immediately to inform Commander Peng's troops, and tell them that the devils have evacuated, and let them boldly enter the city to help put out the fire."
"Yes!"
Zhang Tie quickly called a brother over and asked him to ask for help, but the figure of a brother quickly disappeared from sight.
Yang Ling and the others exchanged fire with the devil's arson forces on Binhe Road, China Merchants Bureau and Huancheng South Road, and the battle in the city became fierce again.
Facing the powerful officers and soldiers of the Lieyan special warfare brigade, many of the devil's arson squads were wiped out, but there were also fires in many places.
A large number of people also spontaneously organized and began to put out the burning fires.
But now it is the dry month of June, and under the blowing night wind, the fires in some places are becoming more and more intense and starting to spread. The raging fires in Yichang city have reflected half of the sky red.
Text 370 Chapter [-] Base Camp Orders
At dawn, thanks to the hard work of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade and other soldiers and civilians, the fire in Yichang City was basically brought under control.
However, in Huancheng South Road and Tonghui Road, many blocks have been burned to ruins due to the large fire and the lack of professional equipment to fight the fire.
Seeing their homes burnt into ruins, many ordinary people stood on the street in a daze, covering their faces and crying.
"These bastards will die!"
The officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Forces Brigade were all blackened by Xun. Seeing this scene, they cursed out of righteous indignation.
Although they tried their best, there were too many fire points in the city, and they seemed helpless when the fire spread.
Thousands of houses were reduced to ashes in the raging fire, and people's faces were filled with sadness, anger and helplessness.
Facing dilapidated homes and little devils like tigers and wolves, the people of this era are bearing an unbearable burden.
In addition to grief, life must go on.They had to restrain their sorrow, get up again, and start to clean up the ruins, looking for usable things in the ashes.
While the ruined city of Yichang was shrouded in grief, the headquarters of the 18th Army outside the city was filled with joy.
"Report! Our army has seized the outer positions from the devils, and the devils have retreated east!"
"Good news! Good news! The pursuit force of my 53rd Regiment has surrounded a Japanese army with about 100 people, and now the two sides are fighting fiercely!"
"Commander Feng's 77th Army has launched a side attack on Dangyang!"
"The 85nd Division of the 32th Army has attacked from the south!"
"The Fifth Division of the New 12th Army has arrived in the suburbs of Yichang!"
"My 18th Division intercepted 15 transport ships from the devils and took back a large amount of supplies."
"The devils stranded in Yichang City have been wiped out, the fire in the city has been brought under control, and the damage is being estimated."
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The devils were retreating to the east, and the troops returning to aid Yichang immediately turned to pursuit operations and launched a counterattack against the retreating devils.
Peng Shan, the commander of the 18th Army, was in a good mood when he swept away his previous depression. They lost Yichang and I regained Yichang in just four days.
"Order all the troops to pursue with all their strength, and we must wipe out all the troops that the devils have broken to pay homage to our fallen soldiers!" Peng Shan, the commander of the 18th Army, ordered.
"Yichang is not where devils come whenever they want, and they have to pay a price for leaving." The chief of staff also said viciously.
"At the same time, power was sent to Chongqing. After a bloody battle, our department has regained Yichang. The devils are retreating eastward, and I am preparing to launch an all-out pursuit."
Just as the 18th Army was planning to launch an all-out pursuit of the devils, the 13th Division of the Devils, which was in charge of breaking the rear, was passing through Tumenya in the area east of Yichang.
"Division commander, a large number of Chongqing troops have already chased me from behind. The commander asked whether to send troops to intercept?"
A ghost cavalry came galloping from behind, reined in a military horse in front of a military vehicle, sat on the horse, and saluted the division commander Jingyi Tanaka.
"Division commander, do we want to fight back and destroy them?"
Hearing that the Chinese army was chasing them from the rear, the combat staff officer with devils immediately showed anger on his face.
They were not driven out of Yichang by the Chinese army, but retreated voluntarily. They did not expect that the Chinese army would dare to pursue them.
Although the head of the 13th Division, Tanaka Seiichi, was also very unwilling.
But he has already received information that the Chinese troops returning to aid Yichang have surrounded them from other directions.
If they cannot disengage in time, they are likely to fall into a bitter battle, because the other two divisions have already evacuated before them. They are the last troops to evacuate. If they are surrounded, no one will rescue them.
"Order the troops to speed up the marching speed of the evacuation, and quickly break away from contact with the Chongqing Army!"
If it was in the past, he would not mind a counterattack to wipe out these Chinese troops that were chasing them, but now the situation is stronger than others. In order to avoid being surrounded, he could only resist the impulse in his heart and lead the troops to retreat at an accelerated pace.
"This time the Chongqing army is too cheap."
They were the winners in the first place, but they had to withdraw in a desperate manner, which made these devils hold their breath and were very depressed.
But there is no way to do this, because their strength is limited, in order to save strength, they can only withdraw to the original defense.
If it is to occupy Yichang, the battle line will be stretched, which will make them fall into a passive state.
Therefore, the purpose of each of their offensives is mainly to consume the vital strength of the Chinese army and put pressure on Chongqing, rather than to expand the occupied area.
Just as Tian Zhongjing, head of the Devil's 13th Division, issued an order to speed up the evacuation.
A Devils military vehicle drove along the road at lightning speed, causing confusion to the Devils infantry marching troops along the way.
Seeing this scene, Tian Zhongjing, the head of the devil's division, suddenly sank, and asked someone to intercept the military vehicle.
"We want to see the head of the Tanaka Division, and we have brought orders from the headquarters!"
Just as the combat staff officer was about to reprimand the driver of the military vehicle, a communications staff officer got out of the vehicle.
The communication staff of this devil is from the 13rd Division. They evacuated the [-]th Division first, and have already evacuated to the Dangyang area. When they arrived in Dangyang, they received an order from the headquarters, that is, let the retreated The troops turned back and reoccupied Yichang, which had just been abandoned.
In fact, the devil's base camp decided to occupy Yichang for a long time a day ago, but when the order was delivered, the delay was too long.
The order from the base camp first arrived at the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Army, and then forwarded to the headquarters of the 11th Army.
Because the devil troops occupying Yichang were already on the way to withdraw, and the radio station had exceeded the prescribed contact time, the headquarters of the devil's 11th army could not contact the divisions.
So they had to contact the local 3rd Cavalry Regiment through Jingmen's phone, and asked them to send cavalry to convey orders.
The cavalry of the 3rd regiment set off quickly. When they were in Dangyang, they encountered the 3rd Devil Division that had been withdrawn. The 3rd Devil Division then sent a car to continue forwarding orders to the 13th Division. At this moment, the 13th Division The regiment has withdrawn from Yichang.
"Reoccupy Yichang?"