In order to salvage the situation, Okamura Ninji was urgently appointed commander of the 15th Army, responsible for commanding the 15th Army.

In any case, it is necessary to recover the situation of defeat on the battlefield.

Moreover, it is necessary to find a way to rescue the 55th and 56th divisions.

This is the strength of two divisions, and if it is gone, the losses will be great.

Some time ago, because of Anan's incompetence, their Eleventh Army lost three divisions.

This time, the 15th Army, in just a few days, lost another division.

If the 55th and 56th Divisions were to be defeated again, the strength of their 15th Army would form a huge vacuum in a short period of time.

This is very dangerous.

Now Yamashita Fengfumi is leading his troops to quickly advance to the whole of Southeast Asia, and the war is going very well, if something goes wrong with the 15th Army here, then the entire southward plan needs to be greatly adjusted.

This is obviously not a no-go.

Now the only one who can save the whole situation is Okamura Ninji.

Okamura Ninji, who received the order, also had a headache.

To let him go to the Fifteenth Army at this time is to simply throw him into the fire pit.

What a mess!

But Okamura Ninji didn't accept it, there was no way, he could only bite the bullet and prepare to go to the 15th Army.

Now that the command of the Fifteenth Army is finished, he must immediately form a new one.

Okamura drew up a list, which was quickly approved.

Among them, the position of chief of staff of the Japanese army is still his old partner, Aoki.

In the fit of the Eleventh Army, the two of them cooperated very pleasantly, except that there was no victory.

Soon, Okamura Ninji took his command personnel and flew to the Manshui River.

Having learned the lesson of the last time, Okamura Ninji put the forces of two wings around the headquarters of the 15th Army.

These troops were all urgently transferred from the 25th Army under Yamashita Fengwen.

Okamura Ninji, who arrived at the Manshui River, immediately issued an order to the 18th Division, ordering Tanaka Shinichi's 18th Division to immediately go to reinforce the 55th Division.

There must be no mistakes.

Seeing that it was Okamura Ninji who issued the order, Shinichi Tanaka wanted to cry without tears.

His troops had already withdrawn to Tonggu, and it would take several more days to turn around and get to Ringanqiang.

Isn't that a toss for people?

Shinichi Tanaka's heart is a refusal.

But the new commander has arrived, and if he does not carry out the order, he will be shot.

There was no way, Tanaka Shinichi could only lead his 18th Division again and rush to Ringanqiang.

The 18th Division's repeated use of troops in just half a day made Li Lei feel very strange.

Obviously, the 18th Division of the Japanese army had already retreated, so why did it suddenly return again?

Li Lei didn't understand it for a while.

But now he didn't have time to think about it, his temporary regiment was now engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the 56th Division of the Japanese Army.

The attack of the 5th Panzer Battalion was going well, and their tanks were advancing quickly. The defensive positions of the Japanese army have been overwhelmed by them.

The 6th Battalion, which followed behind the 5th Battalion, was rapidly clearing the Japanese positions.

Because he hadn't led troops to fight for a long time, Yang Liqing was very excited this time.

Not at all in the command position, but jumped on a tank, operating the tank's heavy machine gun and firing at the devils.

The resistance of the Japanese army was fierce.

Under the command of division commander Watanabe Pifu, the Japanese turned their few trucks into large bombs.

In front of the front of the car, oil drums were tied.

Then he drove directly and rushed towards the tanks of the 5th battalion.

If it is hit, the tank will be scrapped.

Trade your broken truck for my tank?

Beautiful you!

Li Lei immediately ordered the 5th Battalion to disperse the tanks and then bomb the Japanese trucks first.

There were about 30 Japanese trucks, and they were rapidly approaching the tanks of the 5th Battalion.

And the tanks of the fifth battalion have already aimed their guns at these trucks.

100 tanks against 30 trucks, with an average of three tanks hitting one truck, and the hit rate is unusually high.

With just one round of shooting, thirty Japanese trucks were bombarded into the sky.

turned into a ball of fireball and flew high, and then smashed down with a clatter, and the devil who didn't have time to dodge was directly smashed into meat foam.

Many devils were on fire and screamed in pain.

With infantry against armored units, there is simply no chance of victory.

Yang Liqing ordered the sixth battalion to quickly eliminate the devils and not to dwell on them too much.

Directly is rushing.

He operated his own heavy machine-gun spurt to strafe at each other.

When a piece of devils fell, they couldn't get close to him at all.

The bombing targets of Wang Han's planes have been adjusted.

The forward positions of the Japanese army had almost been broken through, so Li Lei ordered Wang Han to bombard the troops behind the Japanese army.

The devil must not be allowed to relax a little.

Hundreds of combat power and twenty bombers, buzzing and flying over.

Obscuring the sky.

Watanabe's puppet who watched was terrified.

Now he suddenly understood why such a strong unit of the 11th Division was actually wiped out by the other side in one day.

There is no way to fight this battle!

Opposing planes, tanks, heavy artillery, everything.

If you look at my 55th Division, there are three infantry wings.

My dozen or so guns are still behind.

If this continues, my division will be finished.

Wang Han looked at the Japanese troops below from the plane, and they seemed to be retreating.

The regiment commander said that in the art of war, it is important to pay attention to the lack of one of the three encirclements, so that the enemy can be too busy fleeing for his life to fight.

If it is surrounded on all sides, the enemy's combat effectiveness will be greatly increased.

Now it seems that it is true.

It's just that the Japanese are retreating now, and it's too late.

The bomb was dropped from the plane, like rain, and countless black dots continued to fall, forming a bomb curtain.

Watanabe's heart chuckled.

The number of bombs is too many!

The sharp sound produced by the friction between the bomb and the air made Watanabe's scalp tingle when he listened.

Meat!!!

Meat!!!!!

Boom Boom Boom Boom !!

Bombs do not fall one by one, but in patches.

There's nowhere to hide.

The place where the bomb fell was relatively concentrated, so the lethality was very large.

Every time a bomb fell, there were no living creatures at all in the surrounding area of more than twenty meters.

The violent explosion kicked up a high gray smoke that was dozens of meters high.

Where the bomb hit, the devil has nowhere to hide, and he doesn't have time to run.

The devils who were blown up, burned, and shocked to death, one after another.

At this time, a devil Shaozuo hurriedly ran over: "Report to the division commander, our two wings have been violently attacked, and we are about to lose our gear!" ”

Watanabe said angrily, "Didn't I let the troops retreat? Why haven't they taken it down yet? ”

He had already given the order to retreat, leaving a wing of troops in front to block.

For the remaining two wings, his order was to retreat immediately, but now, the wing responsible for blocking the attack in front of him has suffered casualties, and his other two wings have not withdrawn.

Those two wing commanders, what kind of planes are they working on?

We only have three wings, and we can't beat each other at all!

Watanabe's face was gloomy, almost roaring: "Order them, withdraw from the battle immediately!" Our troops must immediately retreat to Tonggu! ”

As soon as Watanabe Pifu spoke, another devil rushed over: "Report to the division commander, the latest order is from the headquarters." ”

Headquarters?

Watanabe was stunned for a moment, and then his brain buzzed.

Our command is still there?

He quickly picked up the telegram and saw the contents.

Immediately stunned.

The headquarters of the 15th Army, which has now been rebuilt.

The new commander of the 15th Army was Okamura Ninji, and the chief of staff was Aoki.

Yes......

Their original command was really killed by the other party.

Now, though, with a new command, that's a good thing.

He believed that Commander Okamura would not give up his 56th Division.

Compared to Shojiro Iida, Okamura obviously knows more about commanding.

Watanabe's spirits were lifted.

Now all he had to do was gather his troops and retreat immediately.

As long as the troops retreated to Tonggu, then his 56th Division could be saved.

Reinforcements are not available for the time being.

The 18th Division has gone to support the 55th Division.

This......

Although Watanabe wanted to scold, he opened his mouth and held back.

If the new commander heard, he would probably be beaten.

But the problem now is that his division has become entangled with the other side and cannot retreat at all.

What to do?

Watanabe's face was full of sadness, and he didn't have a good way now.

If he retreats directly, then his troops will collapse now.

For a moment, Watanabe didn't know how to advance or retreat.

The 5th and 6th Battalions of the 1st Provisional Regiment had cleared the forward positions of the Japanese army.

The 56th Division had already suffered casualties in the strength of a wing of the regiment there.

Li Lei ordered them to leave a company of troops to kill the remaining devils, and the rest of the troops continued to advance.

The strength of one company is almost enough.

More than 1,000 people.

The other four battalions were already fighting with the Japanese army.

At the same time as Wang Han's planes bombed, four battalions launched an attack.

Li Da's battalion had the largest strength and the best equipment.

In the end, it is the old foundation of the new third regiment, whether it is personnel or equipment, in the temporary first regiment, it is the best.

Although it can't be compared with the fifth battalion, the battalion of Li Da's ability is equipped with almost 30 tanks.

Trucks, artillery, and howitzers are the most numerous in several battalions.

So the combat effectiveness is very strong.

After launching an attack on the 56th Division of the Japanese Army from the flank, the momentum was like a bamboo.

The Japanese army was defeated and retreated.

Originally, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses due to the bombing of aircraft, but now it was violently attacked by Li Da's troops, and the Japanese army could not resist it at all.

The men who were beaten by a battalion turned on their backs and screamed again and again.