Linfen City, twenty kilometers away, is the station of the 6th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Last night, under the command of Wei Boru, the Nationalist Army's three infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, and 13 combat regiments, all combat units, marched across 100 kilometers on foot to reach the Linfen area.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops of the national army arrived at the assembly line according to the order, and they could encircle and annihilate the 6th Brigade of the devil at any time.

In order to fight this battle well, Chen Tingxiao personally rushed to the front line from Gucheng County to command the operation.

It was just dawning, and suddenly, three red flares flew into the sky.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

As the signal flare was lifted into the air, all the soldiers of the combat units in the Linfen area saw the dazzling signal flare in the air.

The general offensive of the 6th Brigade of the National Army troops has begun!

"Tom, tom, tom!"

At the beginning of the general offensive, all the mountain artillery and field artillery of the artillery brigade of the national army smashed into the position of the 6th Brigade of the Devil a few kilometers away at the same time.

The artillery opened fire continuously, the ammunition men loaded one after another, and the artillery of the artillery brigade of various calibers continued to explode.

"Boom, boom, boom-"

The artillery of the artillery brigade did not care at all about saving ammunition, and it was completely carpet shelling, and several kilometers of devil positions were covered with hundreds of shell craters, and every position was shelled.

The artillery shelled non-stop, and in a short time several tons of shells poured out.

The shelling lasted for more than 10 minutes, and the position of the 6th Brigade of the Devils became a sea of gunpowder smoke and fire, with rows of field tents and all kinds of field fortifications destroyed by shells, and the devils killed by the shells fell to the ground in twos and threes.

Because the shelling was too sudden, the 6th Brigade of the devils had no defense, and under such an artillery attack, the little devils could not organize an effective counterattack at all.

In the shelling just now, the 51st Brigade of the 22nd Division of the Linfen Garrison concentrated more than a dozen large-caliber artillery pieces to shell the 6th Brigade of the Devils at the same time.

Chen Changjie's division is a strengthened and reorganized division, and its strength is different from that of other divisions, and the combat effectiveness of one division is higher than that of the conventional army and the other army.

The 22nd Division has three brigades, the 37th Brigade, the 43rd Brigade, and the 51st Brigade, and there are about 18,000 front-line combat units alone, and the total number of people is nearly 20,000 when you count the logistics baggage troops.

The 51st Brigade has more than 6,000 people, and the artillery equipment can basically equal a wing of the Japanese army.

The artillery of a brigade of the national army can be equal to the artillery of a wing of the devil, and the number of artillery in an ordinary combat brigade may be equivalent to that of the devil's brigade, and this is the firepower gap between the enemy and us.

The artillery battalion and the artillery brigade of the 51st Brigade shelled from both sides, bombing the 6th Brigade of the Devils in turn, causing many casualties to the enemy.

After heavy shelling and bombardment, at least more than 1,000 little devils were killed, and countless devils were wounded.

"Da, da, da!"

"Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly!"

As soon as the shelling stopped, several combat regiments of the Nationalist Army attacked simultaneously from the front of the enemy, from the left and right flanks.

Thousands of soldiers took up arms and rushed to the position of the 6th Brigade of the Devils.

The soldiers opened fire while dodging with the help of cover, charging quickly.

The bunkers and camps of the devils were in shambles, scorched earth was everywhere, and even the brigade headquarters was bombed.

"Report to the brigade commander, our artillery positions were hit by artillery fire from the Chinese soldiers, and the artillery suffered heavy casualties!"

"Report to the brigade commander, our logistics brigade was hit by the artillery fire of the Chinese soldiers, and all the supplies were blown up!"

"Report to the brigade commander that our armored unit was hit by the artillery fire of the Chinese soldiers, and more than half of the combat vehicles were destroyed!"

"Report to the brigade commander, we are surrounded, and the Chinese army has launched a general attack!"

A group of devil officers ran into the brigade headquarters in embarrassment, and they reported to the commander of the 6th brigade.

"Bagaya Road, don't panic, immediately order all departments to launch a counterattack!"

"Signal troops, quickly, call for air support, and then send a telegram to General Itagaki to ask for reinforcements, force reinforcements!"

The commander of the Devil Brigade was a little panicked and hurriedly issued a series of orders.

Subsequently, the commander of the Devil's Brigade ran out of the headquarters with several officers, and he held a telescope in his hand to observe the attacking Chinese troops around him, waiting for an opportunity to find a weak point to break through.

……

The battle to encircle and annihilate the 6th Brigade began, and Li Hong's side was also intensively preparing for another battle.

After the artillery company of the security regiment transferred an artillery platoon, there were still ten 105-mm large-caliber field guns and two anti-aircraft guns.

At present, the artillery battalions are basically equipped with large-caliber artillery, and the former small- and medium-caliber mountain artillery and field artillery have been deployed to other infantry battalions to serve as ground suppression artillery.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the artillery company of the security regiment and the artillery of the fifth battalion, they hit the artillery fire, and more than 20 large and small caliber artillery shelled the forward positions of the 21st Brigade of the Devils.

"Tom, tom, tom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Although the artillery fire of the security regiment was very fierce, it was completely indiscriminate bombardment and did not cause many casualties to the enemy.

The artillery of the 21 Brigade of the Devil returned fire, and a short artillery battle was launched on both sides.

The artillery of the 21 brigade stopped firing after a few minutes of shelling, because the enemy had lost logistical supplies, there was not much ammunition, and there were no shells if the bombardment continued.

On the surface, the security regiment made reinforcements to Lu Liang and fiercely shelled the positions of the 21st Brigade, but in fact, the real purpose was to contain the Japanese 21st Brigade.

The 113th Wing will definitely take the opportunity to increase its troops, cut off the rear road of the Security Regiment, and form a two-sided attack with the 21st Brigade.

If the 113th Wing comes out of Nanji Town, it will be a successful "lure snake out of the hole", and the first battalion and the armored battalion can ambush halfway and kill the devil's reinforcements.

If the little devils in Nanji Town want reinforcements, the number of additional troops should be at least one brigade or more.

Destroy these enemy reinforcements, the devils in Nanji Town will be empty, and it will be much easier for the security regiment to retake Nanji Town, and the casualties will be much lower......

At this moment, Toshishi Miura, the commander of the 21st Brigade of the Devil, had just ordered the signal corps to send a combat telegram to Saburo Matsui, the commander of the 113th Wing.

After reading the battle telegram, Saburo Matsui did not hesitate and immediately dispatched a fully staffed infantry brigade and an armored squadron with a total number of about 1,500 people.

The devil's reinforcements left Nanji Town and rushed to the position of the security regiment as soon as possible.

Seven or eight devil chariots opened the way in front of them, and behind them were more than a dozen military truck troop carriers, and the devil's infantry carried weapons and ran forward in formation.

Li Hong arrived at Malinggang twenty minutes ago, and he stood on the top of Malinggang Mountain, holding a telescope, looking in the direction of Nanji Town.

After observing through the telescope for a few minutes, he spotted the devil chariot driving over on the mountain road seven or eight kilometers ahead, as well as all the reinforcements behind the chariot.

(End of chapter)