"Commander, we have captured the Japanese artillery position..." Xie Guangfu, commander of the first battalion of the Duer Regiment, rushed to Kong Jie like a wind, giving orders with excitement on his face.
Kong Jie seemed to have not heard the good news, his expression was calm, and he kept staring at the Japanese joint headquarters with his binoculars.
After half a minute, he put down the telescope: "Not bad..."
"With the Japanese artillery position taken down, Li Yunlong's defensive pressure is obviously much less."
"There are at least 1,500 Japs between us and Li Yunlong. We must eat them as soon as possible, otherwise Huang Yu will not have enough troops to surround and annihilate the main force of Japs." Just after saying this, the twenty-sixth regiment Commander Li Zhi ran towards him: "Commander Kong, the 26th Regiment has been outflanked."
"The little devils who attack the blocking position are all surrounded by us. We guarantee that they will not be able to escape."
"Okay..." Kong Jie couldn't help but shout, the tense expression on his face immediately relaxed, and he ordered decisively.
"Surrounding is not enough."
"We must fight quickly, eat these little devils as quickly as possible, and then march quickly to reinforce other battlefields."
"The total number of little Japs we have here is only more than 3,000. Except for two squadrons of mountain artillery, we don't have any other heavy weapons."
"It's much easier to destroy the enemy."
"Deputy Chief of Staff Huang's team has nearly five thousand people, and they have a field artillery brigade and a heavy artillery brigade."
"If the Japanese force a breakout at all costs, the regiments will not be able to hold on for long."
"The sooner we get there, the better chance we have of winning tonight's ambush."
"The thunder artillery unit can come up."
"Let them first fire a round of explosive charges at the Japs in the encirclement. The two regiments will attack at the same time, compressing the Japanese army's living space and driving them together."
"Let the thunder cannon fire a second round of explosive packets to continue to consume their troops."
"The two regiments will launch a strong attack again."
"We seized a lot of explosives in Baoding City."
"The battle situation here has been decided. If you can use explosives to deal with the remaining enemies, use explosives. Try to minimize the casualties of the troops. Only then will we have the strength to encircle and annihilate other Japanese and puppet troops and fight against the large-scale sweep that Okamura Neji is about to launch."...... In front of the enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Huang Yu saw that the only regiment had successfully penetrated into place and captured the Jaap headquarters. Huang Yu's heart broke at the mention of his throat. He stared at the battlefield and began to issue a new round of combat orders.
"The city's garrison regiments, the 25th Regiment, the 24th Regiment, and the 23rd Regiment, immediately encircled the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops as planned."
"Use all the tactics you brought, launch an attack with all your strength, compress the Japanese army's living space, and then build a defense line on the spot to withstand all the little Japanese who may break through."
"The mission of the artillery remains unchanged and we will continue to attack the Japanese artillery units."
"Prevent them from providing covering fire to the infantry."
"Without the field artillery, heavy artillery, and mortars, the torpedo cannons equipped by the encircling troops have become a lethal weapon on the battlefield, and they will definitely cause heavy damage to the Japanese army."
"Xiao Huang..." Chief of Staff Shen Quan suddenly reminded.
"Would you like to contact the regiment leader and ask them to fight quickly and deal with the Japanese Yamaguchi Regiment as soon as possible." Huang Yu turned to look at another battlefield, the corners of his mouth raised up, and he said happily: "No need..."
"The regiment commander and the 26th Regiment have surrounded the remnants of the Yamaguchi Regiment."
"According to the planned combat plan, the flying thunder artillery troops will launch a general attack as soon as they arrive, so we don't need to worry."
"But I have to remind Captain Li."
"In the battle just now to defend the junction, the only regiment suffered heavy losses."
"I'm afraid that the main force of the Japanese army will jump over the wall and break through the junction."
"Immediately detach a mortar company to support the Sole Regiment."
"The cavalry company will also support us. We must trap the main force of the Japanese army here."... At the Japanese army position, Major General Nakamura was observing the enemy's situation with a sullen face.
The war situation was worse than he imagined. I thought that the Yamaguchi Regiment would be his arm waiting for help, but as they retreated from the battlefield, they were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army one kilometer away.
This distance seems to be very close, and the troops can complete it by marching in five or six minutes. The result turned out to be a gap that the Yamaguchi United team could not cross.
A desperate assault on a squadron scale, a strong attack on a brigade scale... Three consecutive strong attacks were beaten back by the only regiment.
Facing the encircled Eighth Route Army, the Yamaguchi Regiment had to give up the attack, shrink its defenses, and wait for reinforcements.
Otherwise, the opponent can defeat them all with a single attack from both front and back. The Yamaguchi Regiment was unreliable, and Major General Nakamura had to place his hopes on the troops around him.
As a result, their performance was even worse than that of Yamaguchi United. The Field Artillery Battalion and the Heavy Artillery Battalion, as Major General Nakamura's trump card against the Yizhong Eighth Route Army, fell into a passive state from the beginning.
First, the gunner was bombed and the troops were unable to participate in the battle. After finally grabbing a few artillery pieces from the artillery fire and trying to counterattack, the Eighth Route Army artillery moved away again.
The artillery brigade fired aggressively, but the result was a lonely explosion. The infantry was not much better. The two infantry squadrons that occupied the joint were completely wiped out, and the reinforced squadron that defended the joint was also wiped out.
Coupled with the casualties caused by artillery fire coverage by the troops. The main force of the brigade lost a brigade before facing the Eighth Route Army face to face.
At this moment, Major General Nakamura had less than 3,500 troops, including nearly a thousand artillery and heavy equipment.
There are only 2,500 to 600 additional troops who can actually go to the battlefield. With the headquarters as the center, the ring fortifications are being repaired and defensive positions are being established to prepare for the next stand and wait for reinforcements.
"General..." The chief of staff suddenly ran towards him, looking extremely panicked, obviously having received some bad news.
"A large number of Eighth Route Army traces appeared around the main force of the brigade, with at least four regiments in strength."
"Rumble..." Several thunderous explosions suddenly reached Major General Nakamura's ears. Xun Sheng looked over and saw three orange-red fireballs rising into the sky. Thick smoke rose into the sky at the same time, forming a huge mushroom cloud dozens of meters high.
"It's a flying thunder cannon..." Major General Nakamura was well-informed and could immediately tell what equipment the Eighth Route Army was using.
"The Eighth Route Army that surrounded us has begun to attack. They want to compress our army's living space and drive us together so that they can use thunder cannons and other artillery to annihilate them." The chief of staff's face was very solemn: "The troops must not be gathered together. .”
"We don't have time to rush to repair the artillery fortifications. If the soldiers are gathered together, the Eighth Route Army can kill several people with one artillery shell, let alone the flying thunder cannon."
"One explosive charge can kill our whole team."
"Without infantry attacks, light artillery can wipe us all out here." Major General Nakamura was convinced and immediately ordered: "Each squadron will enter the position immediately and be sure to block the Eighth Route Army's besieging troops."
"No one can take a step back without my order."
