Otozo Yano believes that the other side chooses to attack them here, and will definitely not just send planes to bomb them.

Their ground forces, they must be nearby.

Yano's plan was to use his Fifth Division to attract all the opposing troops.

Then let the Ninth Division, the Honma Brigade, and the Suzuki Brigade join together to encircle Yanggao.

As long as their troops come, they will be able to carry out counter-encirclement against the opposing troops.

After receiving Otozo Yano's telegram, Yoshio Suzuka was shocked.

Why did the opponent's troops suddenly run from Datong to Yanggao?

The speed at which their troops are moving, it is really too fast.

It's just elusive.

Yoshio Suzuka immediately agreed to the suggestion of Otozo Yano, the commander of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army.

The Fifth Division is now definitely facing more than just the opponent's aircraft.

In the vicinity of Yanggao, there must be the main forces of the other side.

It is impossible to fight the other side in Datong.

Since the opponent's troops appear in Yanggao, let's choose to fight in Yanggao.

Yoshio Suzuka immediately ordered that after the Honma Brigade arrived in Toyojin, it immediately advanced towards Yoshika.

At the same time, the 9th Division was ordered to immediately turn around and march towards Yanggao.

He also ordered the 23rd Division, which was still south of Shenchi, to break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible and quickly support Yanggao.

The 7th Division of the Japanese Army, which has now reached Dai County, will soon reach Yanmen Pass.

Yoshio Suzuka ordered that the Seventh Division must rush to Yanggao within three days.

Several divisions and regiments worked together to launch an encirclement of the main forces of the opposing side.

Otozo Yano had just sent a telegram.

The second wave of the attack of Wang Han's flying brigade has arrived.

Although the Japanese troops carried out.

However, because of the short time, the scope of the expansion is not large.

Relatively speaking, the strength of the Japanese army is already very dense.

So the bombing was still going well.

It works great.

The devil's position is basically unprotected.

It's lying on the spot.

Or find a place to hide.

The Japanese simply did not have time to set up trenches.

Fierce burning reappeared, and many Japanese troops were burned to ashes.

The smell of barbecue wafted through the air.

Some of the devils who were not burned to death were rolling on the ground in pain.

There is no cure.

There were wails everywhere, and the three scalps of Yano's three heads tingled when he heard it.

In order to prevent the collapse of the 5th Division, Otozo Yano ordered that all Japanese soldiers who were burned should be killed immediately.

These people can't be allowed to scream anymore, otherwise, his Fifth Division will collapse immediately.

So on the devil's position, a strange scene happened.

The devils who were not injured carried guns to check them one by one, and those who were seriously burned and could not be treated were shot when they went up.

The devil soldiers were shocked.

This order is excessive!

A devil burned off a leg, and if it can be treated in time, it is estimated that the dog's life can be saved.

He kept saying, "Help me up, I can still fight, please don't kill me." ”

But it didn't work.

A devil went up and shot a shot directly into the devil's heart.

After three rounds of bombardment, Wang Han's flying group retreated.

At this time, the 5th Division of the Japanese Army lost more than half.

Shocked Yano Tone.

Before the fight began, half of the troops were lost, which was terrifying.

The chief of staff of the Japanese army hurried over with a telegram: "Division commander, General Suzuka has adopted our plan. However, he did not send the Suzuki brigade over. ”

Nani?

Otozo Yano was stunned for a moment.

The Suzuki Brigade is the closest to Yanggao, and he didn't send the Suzuki Brigade over, what the hell is Suzuka doing?

"What about the Ninth Division?" Otozo Yano asked.

"The commander of the Ninth Division, General Matsumura Chikatsu, said that their troops had turned around and were rushing towards Yanggao, and it would take about a day."

Yo West~

In the end, it's a real friendly army, and it deserves to come out together, much more reliable than Yoshio Suzuka.

Otozo Yano's heart finally settled a little.

For a day, if his troops hold out here, there will be no problem at all.

Otozo Yano immediately ordered the 5th Division to defend in full and must support until reinforcements arrived.

When the time comes, come to a center and blossom, and give the opponent's troops all dead and dead

Drip!

No sooner had he sat down than he heard a dull noise.

Boom!!

Well?

Otozo Yano's ears are very good.

The voice, though a little unfamiliar, had been heard before.

This is the sound of cannons.

And it's howitzer sound.

The sound of infantry artillery and howitzers is very different from each other.

The sound of infantry artillery firing shells is relatively crisp.

And the sound of howitzers firing shells, a little more muffled.

Ordinary devils have never seen howitzers, but as a senior general of the Japanese army, Otozo Yano has seen howitzers.

Not only has he seen, but he has also watched howitzer fires.

That power is more than one level stronger than the infantry artillery.

But what made him strange was that this howitzer, a first-class division like his fifth division, was not equipped, how could the opposing troops have howitzers?

Isn't that kind of big killer only equipped with a big nose?

Just as he was stunned, a cannonball hit.

Meat!!!

Rumble!!!!

Shells fell on the positions of the Japanese troops, and a huge explosion was violently exploded.

More than 20 meters from the center of the explosion, all the devils were blown up and flew out.

The huge shockwave directly swept away a large number of devils.

Several devils were directly torn apart by shrapnel, and their flesh and blood were blurred.

There were also a few devils who were blown up and flew several meters.

The internal organs were completely shattered.

The devil who had just been bombed by the plane thought that the other party was going to attack with infantry next, but he didn't expect that the other party had no intention of attacking at all.

Instead, continue to bombard with cannons!

There is no way to fight this battle!

The howitzers of the first regiment were the first to fire.

There was a huge sound, and Li Lei could feel the tremor of the ground from afar.

This howitzer is such a good thing.

When the battle was over, send a telegram to David and ask him if he could find a way to make some howitzers.

If there were another thirty or forty cannons of this kind, the combat effectiveness of the first regiment would be even stronger.

Li Yunlong took the binoculars and observed the situation on the battlefield, and kept nodding.

At present, the strength of a regiment is more than enough to fight a division of the Japanese army.

Zhao Gang hurriedly walked over with a telegram at this time: "Commander, the situation has changed. The 4th Battalion reported that the 9th Division of the Japanese Army did not go to Yangyuan.

After their reconnaissance, the 9th Division of the Japanese Army had turned around and came in the direction of Yanggao.

Yang Liqing asked for instructions, should his fourth battalion catch up and entangle the Japanese Ninth Division? ”

The 9th Division of the Japanese Army also came to Yanggao?

Li Lei walked to the front of the map and looked at the huge map on the wall.

Yangyuan is not particularly far from Yanggao.

According to Yang Liqing's telegram, the Japanese Ninth Division turned around before it reached Yangyuan.

This should be the Japanese Fifth Division under attack, and Yoshio Suzuka ordered the Ninth Division to reinforce the Fifth Division at the same time, and he must also want to surround his temporary regiment in the Yanggao area.

His own troops are definitely the main target of Yoshio Suzuka's attack.

There is no doubt about that.

Since Suzuka was able to send troops from North China to reinforce four divisions, this shows that Suzuka has fully estimated the combat effectiveness of his temporary regiment.

If so, where will the rest of the Japanese army be?

"Immediately ask the commander, where are the 23rd and 7th Divisions of the Japanese Army?

Did our First Route Army and Second Route Army exchange fire with these two divisions of the Japanese army?

Ask Li Da himself, his battalion, did he find the Japanese Honma Brigade? ”

Zhao Gang immediately went to find out.

Soon, Zhao Gang returned: "According to the news, our First Route Army has exchanged fire with the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army in the area of Shenchi.

The attack of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army was very fierce.

Judging by the speed of their actions, it should be very urgent. The purpose should be to surround our temporary group.

The Second Route Army had not yet discovered the Japanese Seventh Division. However, the commander estimated that in one day at most, the Japanese Seventh Division would return to Yanmen Pass.

Li Da's battalion has already occupied Fengzhen.

And an ambush has already been carried out on the outskirts of Fengzhen.

But the Honma Brigade has not yet been found. At a normal pace, the Honma Brigade should be able to reach the area around Toyojin in half a day at most. ”

Li Lei nodded: "Tell Li Da himself that the speed of destroying the Honma Brigade must be fast."

Otherwise, Datong's Suzuki Brigade is very likely to send troops to Fengzhen and attack a battalion in front and rear. ”

"Yes, Captain."

Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei looked at the map.

If there is only one Fifth Division and one Ninth Division, then it will be very difficult for the Temporary First Regiment to be annihilated in one fell swoop, but there is still a possibility.

At present, more than half of the casualties of the Japanese Fifth Division and the Japanese Ninth Division have about 25,000 men.

In this way, the two divisions of the Japanese army combined had almost 35,000 men.

And their temporary regiment, a battalion, is in Fengzhen.

All at once, there were 15,000 fewer people.

But the second, third, fourth, and fifth battalions combined also had 60,000 people.

Plus two armored battalions, infantry strength, there are about 70,000 people.

In addition, there are more than 200 planes of Wang Han's flying brigade.

Xu Hu's special operations battalion, although the number of people is small, but the combat effectiveness is strong.

If you calculate it in this way, it is completely no problem to annihilate these two Japanese divisions.

However, once these two divisions converge, it will be more troublesome if they want to be annihilated in one fell swoop.

If the whole army attacks, the casualties will be relatively large.

And if the casualties are too great, even if such a battle is won, it will hurt the troops. Such a victory is not what they want.

If it can be annihilated separately, it is better to be annihilated separately.

Li Lei stood in front of the map, thinking about the pros and cons.

Is it to fight the Japanese separately, or let the Japanese army fight together?

If they were to fight separately, the pressure on the fourth and fifth battalions would be greater.

The four and fifth battalions combined amounted to 30,000 men.

If you rely on the position of Yangyuan, then there is no problem at all in dragging the 9th Division of the Japanese Army.