Chapter 54: The Fear of Overturning

A new group of ferocious anti-aircraft fire suddenly came out, and the ground was constantly firing fiercely at the low-altitude incoming devil fighters, and soon in the eyes of Kenichi Muto and Kenichiro Yokogawa, most of the fighters continued to fall to the ground with black smoke!

"What the hell is going on? Why was the anti-aircraft firepower of the Eighth Route Army so strong? ”

Ken Muto said with a hideous look on his face, most of the devil fighters in the sky have been blown up, and only a few remaining fighters were frightened by the new anti-aircraft fire on the ground.

Without waiting for the devil to contact the ground, he shook his wings and fled, and when he finished throwing bombs in the sky roughly, he hurriedly flew away from the battlefield.

This scene immediately made Kenichi Muto, who was happy that the air force fighters came to help, scolded, these air forces are really greedy for life and afraid of death!

"Your Excellency the division commander, you see, the headquarters of the attacking 15th Brigade was repulsed by the enemy!" At this moment, the devil staff officer standing beside Kenichi Muto pointed in the direction of the south and said in a condensed voice!

As soon as Ken Muto heard the sound, he picked up the binoculars and looked south, only to see that when the devil fighters were bombing and covering, Kenichiro Yokogawa of course sent troops to attack at the right time, and continued to attack the defensive blocking positions held by the third and fourth battalions of the new 1st Regiment.

It's just that the devil fighters failed to provide air support, and after most of the fighters were blown up by the ground anti-aircraft fire of the new regiment, the rest of the devil's remnants of the fighters evacuated in panic.

As a result, two infantry battalions of the 30th Infantry Wing of the 15th Brigade, which were attacking under air cover, encountered heavy artillery fire and light and heavy machine gun fire from the 3rd and 4th Battalions, and suffered heavy casualties.

As a last resort, Kenichiro Yokogawa could only order the attacking troops to temporarily stop the attack, withdraw back, and return to a confrontational posture!

"Baga, damn it! Order Kenichiro Yokogawa, the offensive posture cannot be interrupted, continue the attack! Maintain the offensive posture against the enemy forces in the south! The Eighth Route Army, which was blocking us in the south, had less than 5,000 men, and it was impossible to block the offensive of one of their brigades! Hurry up and drop! ”

Kenichi Muto was already in a frenzy, and at this time, without fighter air support, he could only rely on the ground forces to forcibly break through.

If he continues to be blocked by the other side at the mouth of the bifurcated river, Li Yunlong will command his troops to eat up the living forces of the Japanese army under his command little by little.

It was necessary to break through the resistance of two battalions of the new regiment and more than 2,000 guerrillas in the south and kill them to Wei County.

Only by entering Wei County and relying on street battles in the city to hold on to and wait for help, at least you can hold on to the place where there is no terrain to hold onto!

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!"

The devil staff officer standing beside Kenichi Muto could only pause heavily, and the current situation is like this, Kenichi Muto's consideration is not wrong.

At this time, Kenichiro Yokogawa soon got the order of Kenichi Muto again, and the bitterness in his heart was insignificant.

"Forget it, the division commander has ordered it like this, and if the troops are exhausted, it is not the responsibility of me Yokogawa Kenichiro alone!"

Kenichiro Yokogawa smiled bitterly, then waved his hand, signaling Chief of Staff Ryuzo Ono to go out and supervise the remnants of the two infantry wings to launch a fierce attack on the new regiment's blocking position to the south.

All of a sudden, the devils who continued to break through to the south were quickly launched, and they could be seen clearly in Li Yunlong's telescope.

"Made, Kenichi Muto, this old devil has eaten gun medicine? Attacking my southern position at such a risk? Don't want to die? Li Yunlong was surprised, Kenichi Muto, the old devil, should be forced to have no choice.

The weather is getting colder and the snow is getting heavier. Crucially, the drop in temperature made the snow in the ambushed area even deeper, and if the Japanese troops under the command of Kenichi Muto continued to be trapped in this place, they could only be strangled by the combined fire and other firepower of the cold and a new regiment of artillery and other firepower.

In Li Yunlong's own thoughts, even if he puts himself in his shoes, he must supervise the remnants to go all out to the south, that is, to break through to Wei County.

At the very least, Wei County is also a city, and there is at least a habitat for the Japanese army to rest and recuperate, replenish food, grass and ammunition.

Otherwise, trapped here and passively beaten, coupled with the gradually decreasing cold temperature, this Japanese army group on the northern route could also freeze to death in the wilderness.

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong understood why Kenichi Muto desperately ordered the Japanese army to continue the onslaught to the south.

"Made, if you want to break through to Wei County, you want to be beautiful! Order all the fighters to hit me hard! Hit hard! Li Yunlong gave an order, and the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Battalion of the New 1st Regiment, the headquarters of He Yongjie of the 4th Battalion, and the 2,000 guerrillas drawn from the reserve all entered the ambush position, and stubbornly blocked the fierce attack of the Japanese troops under the command of Yokogawa Kenichiro.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!!!"

"Dada!!!"

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On the battlefield, snowflakes kept falling, and the drifting snow fell sharply from the sky, and at this time, the little devil's fighter plane may not be able to come to the aid next time.

Not only did Li Yunlong order the southern blocking troops to block it to the death, but he also launched a counteroffensive at the right time to crush the morale of the Japanese army who forced to break through the encirclement.

The 1st and 2nd Battalions, which were responsible for the northern, western, and eastern sides of the encirclement, and some of their men, were also under the command of Zhang Dabiao and Shen Qun, pressing step by step, locking the encirclement, and constantly tightening the necks of the Japanese army, suffocating the rest of the Japanese army on Muto Kenichi's North Road little by little.

This hand suddenly made Kenichi Muto very uncomfortable!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I'm afraid the situation is not optimistic! The 3rd Brigade that was attacking and advancing towards Guangling to the north called and there were at least fifteen minutes or so before it could be killed. And the imperial intelligence personnel lurking in Guangling City secretly telegraphed, Guangling has a total of more than 1,000 people in the independent battalion of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, plus about 2,000 guerrillas in Guangling's local Eighth Route Army, and the strength of the Eighth Route Army that has entered Guangling City and defended the city has reached more than 3,000 people. I'm afraid that the main force of the 3rd Brigade will take Guangling in a short period of time, I'm afraid it will not be easy! ”

Kenichi Muto, who was uncomfortable, received the devil staff officer in charge of radio communication and liaison rushing to him, and immediately reported immediately.

Kenichi Muto frowned, this news is not good news.

"Call back to Chief of Staff Yamada, ordering him to command the main force of the 3rd Brigade, and he must kill Guangling as soon as possible, attack Wei County after taking Guangling, and respond to our breakthrough from behind!" Kenichi Muto had no other way but to order Hiroshi Yamada so strictly.

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" The devil's communications staff stiffened, and then hurried away to let the communications soldiers send a report!

But Kenichi Muto also knew that the weather in Guangling at this time was basically the same as here, and the main force of the 3rd Brigade totaled more than 10,000 people.

Although the army is strong, if he wants to take down more than 3,000 enemy troops in a short period of time, Muto Kenichi also knows that it is impossible.

There is no way to report it, but to order Yamada Hiroshi like this, otherwise, he may be worried about the overturning of the Japanese army group along the way.