The progress of the various units of the 97th Army was very smooth. The Eighth Route Army was almost defeated at the first touch. The 93rd Division of the Middle Road captured a large number of weapons and equipment abandoned by the Eighth Route Army. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as abandoning helmets and armor.
After an hour of fierce fighting, the 93rd Division's supplementary regiment had just captured the position where the Eighth Route Army advanced column. Although it received an empty position, in addition to seizing hundreds of abandoned rifles, not a single Eighth Route Army body was found;
"Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army lost at least 300 people. I saw with my own eyes that they carried all the casualties down. They didn't even bother to get guns and ammunition in order to carry the bodies."
The additional regimental leader paid tribute to Major General Cai. Major General Cai was not blind. He didn't see any blood on the position. This was obviously because the Eighth Route Army had escaped first, but he didn't care about this. What he wanted was the position of the Eighth Route Army!
With these hundreds of guns, even if you tell the army commander that you can wipe out a whole enemy regiment, there is no pressure. Commander Cai complimented the regiment commander a few words, and then returned directly to the headquarters. He wanted to report the victory to the army:
"Military seat, I am Fatty Cai. Our troops have broken through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army advancing column, wiped out an enemy regiment, seized more than 600 guns of various types, and piled up ammunition. Do you want to continue the pursuit?"
When Zhu Bading heard this, he was overjoyed and said to Commander Cai:
"Very good. I trust you, Lao Cai, to fight. Chase! Take advantage of the victory and pursue, but you have to coordinate with Commander Zhang. The Eighth Route Army is the best at defeating each other."
Although Commander Cai promised well, he didn't take it seriously in his heart. He had a main force of more than 8,000 people, which was not something that the Eighth Route Army could easily swallow up. He was eager to achieve great results, and Zhang Datou couldn't blame him at all. .
After Commander Cai hung up the phone, he ordered the troops to continue their pursuit.
On the right wing, the Eighth Route Army Special Agent Regiment's blocking position is filled with smoke.
Two days after the stubborn army's newly formed 24th Division defeated the Eighth Route Army's independent column, it finally encountered the Eighth Route Army's stubborn resistance;
Several attacks were defeated, with the loss of more than 300 people. The attack of the newly formed 24th Division was stopped, while the 93rd Division was unstoppable in the middle, and the distance between the two divisions had been opened for a day.
Mr. Zhang is a little anxious. If the fight continues like this, all the credit will be taken away by Fatty Cai!
As soon as Zhang Datou was anxious, he was ready to take action. He directly sent the main group to launch a fierce attack on the position of the special agent group.
Yu Peng, commander of the first battalion of the special agent group who was defending the forward position, saw the stubborn troops rushing over in dense numbers and said loudly to the first company commander:
"Old Ding, let the comrades get closer and beat them. They are just a bunch of white dogs. The leader said, there is no need to be polite to them this time. Beat them to death!"
Captain Ding immediately became excited when he heard this. He had been retreating for the past two days and being chased and beaten by the white dog. He had long been out of temper. If the tiger didn't show its power, he thought it was a sick cat.
Captain Ding held a mirror box in one hand, bent down and walked around the trench, and whispered a reminder from a distance:
"Calm down, bring the enemy closer and then attack, listen to the sound of my gun!"
It is true that communication basically relies on words. For grassroots cadres, this kind of reminder is necessary.
The First Regiment of the Recalcitrant Army invested more than 800 people in this attack. Their skirmisher line was very dense. Each one of them held a gun and rushed over in a majestic manner. They did not take the Eighth Route Army seriously at all.
In their opinion, they can't defeat the Japanese, but they can't deal with a bunch of Tubal?
Soon they entered the most dangerous 100-meter attack area. Many smarter stubborn soldiers began to bend down, and only the fools straightened their backs to charge.
The Eighth Route Army's position was still quiet. The battalion commander who led the team thought that the Eighth Route Army had escaped again, so he began to get more courageous and shouted loudly:
"Brothers, the Eighth Route Army is scared of being beaten. If we seize the position, there will be many rewards. Come and charge!"
After he finished shouting, he habitually shrank back and let others rush in front. Anyway, he took the credit for the position as the battalion commander.
As soon as the stubborn army heard that the battalion commander said that there would be rewards for all the rewards, he became more courageous and rushed towards the position of the 1st Battalion of the Eighth Route Army Special Agent Regiment while screaming.
Eighty meters!
Seventy meters!
The mirror box in Captain Ding's hand was aimed at a recalcitrant soldier, and the recalcitrant soldier fell down. Company Commander Ding's shooting skills were accurate and ruthless!
The sound of his gunshot was an order, and gunshots like fried beans suddenly rang out on the position. Hundreds of long and short guns in the entire battalion poured rain of bullets at the stubborn troops dozens of meters away;
The hit rate at this distance is very high, and the stubborn army fell in large numbers in an instant...
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Boom boom boom!"
The three flying thunder cannons installed on the position threw three explosive packets made of black powder into the group of recalcitrant troops, exploding a large group, which would kill the recalcitrant troops.
These thunder cannons were made by the secret service according to the drawings provided by Chu Xiong. The range is between one hundred and one hundred and fifty meters. Since they use homemade black powder, in order to ensure the lethality, the number of each explosive package is The weight is all eight kilograms;
The weight of the explosive pack is more than half heavier than that produced by Liuzhen, so the range is much worse, but the distance of one hundred to one hundred and fifty meters is enough!
The explosion of three explosive packs completely blew away the courage of the stubborn soldiers. I don't know who took the lead. Anyway, they collapsed in an instant, and they ran back in a swarm, leaving corpses on the ground.
The secret service group has six Wei Yixiao cannons produced in Liuzhen, but they are not willing to use them, so they are reserved for fighting Japanese enemies;
To deal with the stubborn army, just make your own flying thunder cannon!
An attack that the stubborn army was bound to win was repulsed without any suspense, and more than 300 people were killed or injured, while the Eighth Route Army only slightly injured two people.
The stubborn battalion commander was defeated before he could figure out what was going on!
"Fire the artillery! Let me use artillery to kill these eight-year-olds!"
Commander Zhang of the new 24th Division was angry and prepared to use the division's artillery battalion;
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The stubborn army began to frantically bombard the first battalion's position, and the Eighth Route Army also began to suffer a lot of casualties. This was also a loss that the defenders had to bear.
Fortunately, the stubborn army didn't have many artillery shells, and they stopped after a few rounds. To these military leaders, the artillery shells were much more valuable than the soldiers who came to capture the strong men.
After the bombardment was completed, the stubborn infantry began to charge again. This time the stubborn army became smarter and no longer engaged in group charges, which was no different than giving away lives.
They only invested one reinforced company this time, with less than 200 men. The offensive and defensive battle between the two sides entered a low-intensity mode, and Zhang Datou was hurt from the beating.
Although these military leaders usually do not take the lives of soldiers seriously, they will be reluctant to bear the loss if they suffer too much. If the troops are wiped out, they will be nothing.
Compared with the difficulty of moving forward on the right wing, the 93rd Division in the middle is still making great progress, with good news coming frequently, rushing into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base area like a wild bull, and the distance from the newly formed 24th Division is getting farther and farther...
This is exactly what Commander Liu expected. It is difficult for two divisions to fight a battle of annihilation if they are huddled together;
Commander Cai of the 93rd Division did not feel the danger at all. Instead, he felt that Zhang Datou was too useless. He could not even defeat a partial division of the Eighth Route Army. They were both division commanders. The gap was too big!
Commander Cai, who had won the battle, called Zhu Huaibing again to report the victory:
"Military seat, our army advanced another fifteen kilometers into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, broke through three lines of defense of the Eighth Route Army, annihilated more than 2,000 enemies, and captured three 75mm heavy artillery abandoned by the Eighth Route Army!"
When Zhu Badibing heard that he had even captured the heavy artillery, this was definitely not to lure the enemy in. The three heavy artillery were treasures not to mention the beggar-like Eighth Route Army, even the 97th Army.
It seems that the Eighth Route Army was really defeated!
"Fat Cai, please control your speed appropriately and wait until the right wing opens its head. I will come right away!"
Zhu Huaibing saw that his troops were victorious, and he finally decided to move the military headquarters forward.
After hanging up the phone, General Zhu Huaibing drove out from Lincheng and moved 30 miles closer to the 97th Division. After getting out of the turtle shell, the fighter plane Chu Xiong was waiting for finally appeared!
