"Rush!!!"
Accompanying the Charge, there is always the overwhelming charge of our party's troops.
On the periphery of the battlefield, soldiers from the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division of the Eighth Route Army wearing gray cloth military uniforms were running towards this side in a three-by-three formation.
"hahahahahahahaha......"
Seeing this, Brother Yunlong finally sat down on the ground and laughed wildly while trying to help Chen Lei stop the bleeding.
As for Tanabe Moritake, when he saw the 364th Brigade appearing, he suddenly fell into a daze.
Three minutes later, all the officers and soldiers of the 364th Brigade rushed into the battlefield, cooperated with the remaining 500 soldiers of the Third Guard Regiment, and started a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese.
At this time, the 41st Division had completely lost command. Tanabe Moritake finally panicked. He didn't want to die and wanted to summon people close to him to prepare for a breakout.
However, before he could call someone, a 7.92 mm full-power rifle bullet hit his neck. The huge power directly broke his neck and caused his head to fly up.
One of the chief culprits of the Nanjing Massacre finally ended up with his head missing!
On a big tree 600 meters away, Ma Chao silently pulled the bolt of his gun. In the past, if he had killed a Japanese official with his character, he would have jumped up on the spot, but after this period of special forces training, his hairiness was gone. a lot of.
After ejecting the bullet casing, he continued to look for other targets through the scope.
In this battle, Liu Yu was particularly "gracious" and allowed him and Ye Fei, two ace snipers of the special operations team, to participate in the battle. Ma Chao took the initiative to ask to come to the 364th Brigade.
He had killed many Japanese in the previous defensive battle, and this time he killed another division commander. Tanabe Moritake's golden sword with an ivory handle was so eye-catching in his "clairvoyance".
But there is still a gap between Ye Fei's achievements and he must seize any opportunity to close the distance with Ye Fei.
The battle lasted from about 7 o'clock in the morning to 9 o'clock in the morning. During this period, Japanese bombers from Baoding Airport also came once. However, because the troops from both sides were mixed together below, they did not dare to drop bombs. This hesitation was given to the 122nd Division. When the aviation reinforcements arrived, the Nakajima fighter jets they escorted were completely incompetent in front of the P-40s. 12 of them were shot down in one encounter, and they could only escape in despair.
In the end, the 364th Brigade and the Third Guard Regiment killed 9,325 Japanese soldiers and captured 5,241 people (mostly wounded) at the cost of 2,564 killed and 2,940 wounded, for a total casualty of about 5,500.
The 364th Brigade wiped out the Japanese 41st Division in one battle and killed the commander of the 41st Division, Tanabe Moritake!
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Strolling on the battlefield on the south bank of the Nansha River, Liu Yu watched the soldiers cleaning the battlefield and looked at the remains of Eighth Route Army soldiers lined up in a row and lying quietly in the distance. He felt so painful that he could not speak.
It is said that for soldiers, dying in battle is the highest honor, but if you can live, who is willing to die?
What's more, these are young men about the same age as me, twenty years old. They are in their prime years and should have a wonderful life!
Beside, Lao Song and others had been accompanying Liu Yu, walking aimlessly.
Until he reached the place where the bodies were placed, Liu Yu walked slowly past the bodies, just like he did when he inspected them during the gun ceremony.
Every soldier of the 364th Brigade was personally trained by him at that time!
Seeing that something was wrong with Liu Yu's situation, Wu Hongbo finally spoke out to comfort him: "Old Liu, don't be sad. In a war, no one will die. It's them today, maybe it will be us tomorrow!"
"Yes, Commander, they killed a Japanese division, it was worth it! Look at that little soldier, he still has a smile on his face. Maybe he took away several Japanese soldiers before he died. You should be proud of him !" Old Song also comforted softly, but as he spoke, his own voice choked up.
Liu Yu finally stopped, took out his cigarette, and wanted to light one for himself.
But the match couldn't strike no matter how hard it was struck, and even if it broke, there wouldn't be any sparks.
Peng Xuefeng on the side quickly took out the match, lit it and handed it to Liu Yu.
After taking a puff of cigarette and exhaling it for a long time, Liu Yu's expression finally calmed down.
After a long time, Liu Yu finally asked: "How is Chen Lei's situation?"
Brother Yunlong opened his mouth and finally said, "He lost too much blood. When we got to the hospital, he was already dead."
As he spoke, he added: "Commander, this time it's all my fault. The reason why the 364th Brigade suffered so many casualties was because they rushed in to save us. Please punish me!"
Liu Yu shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Why punish you? If you hadn't entangled the 41st Division this time, rushed back and forth to kill nearly half of their troops, and then held them back, giving Old Tang time to encircle them. , How could there be such a big result? If this is to punish you, the soldiers should shoot me with a black gun."
As he spoke, Liu Yu cheered up, turned to look at the crowd and said, "The matter is not over yet. The Japs in Taiyuan City are still resisting. The 37th Division has not yet been able to do it. The Japs from the south and north are also still attacking here." While marching! Let the 364th Brigade retreat and rest, and transfer the 731st Regiment into Taiyuan City to eliminate the remaining enemies! Tell Wang Zhitao that he is not in a hurry and just blocks the 37th Division's breakout route!"
"Order the aviation force to load the remaining 6 tons of bombs in the inventory, go south, and blow up the Japanese heavy artillery brigade. If they all arrive at Hanxinling, Commander Chen will definitely not be able to bear it! In addition, all the remaining trucks will be Please work hard and deliver ammunition to Commander Chen and Commander Nie at Shiling Pass."
"The artillery regiment has also moved to Shiling Pass to support Commander Nie! In addition, I called the deputy commander-in-chief and told him that our unit has annihilated the enemy's 41st Division and that Taiyuan City can be attacked soon. It is recommended to mobilize troops to attack the Yuncheng Basin. While expanding the results, force the 20th Division to return for reinforcements!"
"I'll go right away!" Old Song turned and left after hearing this.
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Following Liu Yu's order, the 122nd Division moved again.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the 731st Regiment, which originally served as the reserve team of the 366th Brigade in Yuci, entered Taiyuan City and quickly advanced towards the center of the city with the assistance of the Second Guard Regiment.
At the same time, two B-17s from Longwangshan Airport took off, each carrying 3 tons of bombs. They flew to the Xiangfen area at 5 o'clock in the evening and attacked the Japanese First Heavy Artillery Brigade that had just arrived and was building a railway. It exploded once, killing more than 100 artillerymen. The most important thing was that it hit a carriage in which they carried artillery shells. It did not cause any casualties, but it destroyed a large number of artillery shell fuses.
At the same time, Changzhi, the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
In the combat command room, the telegraph machine kept ticking, and at the same time, General Zuo's voice came from the side.
Turning to the center, the large map hanging on the wall marked the enemy and enemy situations in the entire central and southern Jin Province.
Just now, the New Army's decisive third column, which was tasked with containing the Xiangfen area, sent a telegram saying that two bombers bombed the Japanese No. 1 Heavy Artillery Brigade stranded here, with unknown results.
The deputy commander knew at a glance that it was the aviation force in Liu Yu's hands.
Coincidentally, the battle report from the 122nd Division also arrived immediately after this telegram. While the deputy commander was happy, he had to start thinking about the follow-up combat arrangements.
As Liu Yu said, now is a good time to send troops to capture the Yuncheng Basin, but the 20th Division is still on its way north, and it is fully equipped. If they learn that Taiyuan has been lost and will no longer support the north, then Even if the Eighth Route Army could capture Yuncheng, it would not be able to hold it.
Liu Yu's telegram also stated that the bombs in his inventory had been used up. There were quite a few bombs seized at Wusu Airport, but because the runway of this airport had been blown up like a honeycomb, there was no trace of it at all. Ways to take off and land planes. Transporting the bombs to Longwangshan Airport in Jingxing was too time-consuming. In this time, the 20th Division would have been hundreds of miles away.
Just as he was thinking about it, General Zuo had hung up the phone and walked to the deputy commander-in-chief.
"Boss, Ming Zhao called to say that he has led the main force of the military region, a total of about 27 regiments, to the Guxian area and can attack the rear of the 36th Division at any time." General Zuo reported.
The deputy commander nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "Call the 120th Division and ask them to immediately go to Shiling Pass to reinforce the 115th Division after completing the ancient friendship. I estimate that the Ninth Mixed Brigade in Shuozhou to the north will also be there soon. arrive."
As he said that, he looked at Yuncheng again, pondered for a moment and then continued: "We can't just be in the limelight this time. We don't have the good teeth to eat all of Shanxi. Call Wei Lihuang and Yan Xishan. Ask them if they want to take back Shanxi! Tell them that we have helped them contain the main force of the Japanese army. It depends on whether they dare to eat the fat in their mouths. After the war is over, we only want the Jinzhong Basin!"
"As for the 129th Division, let Mingzhao stay still and have a backup plan in case he starts to surround the 36th Division and Ushijima Micune is so anxious that he jumps over the wall. No matter if Yuncheng insists on fighting with us, then That’s troublesome.”
