"Nani? Less than six thousand people left? ”

Kenichi Muto, who was in joy, frowned, and the telescope in his hand was involuntarily pressed by Kenichi Muto on the sack of the bunker in front of him, and said in a condensed voice.

The devil staff officer who came to report the battle damage smiled bitterly: "Haiyi, Your Excellency the division commander, I have already counted twice, and there will not be much error!" At the moment, there are heavy casualties in all departments. In particular, the troops of Kenichiro Yokogawa, who was the main attack to break through, had already suffered heavy casualties. If the fight continues, the remaining strength of the 15th Brigade will only be more than 4,000 people. ”。

Kenichi Muto was shocked when he heard this, and before he knew it, the Japanese army group on the northern route under his command had suffered heavy casualties.

More than 15,000 Japanese troops have been eaten by more than 9,000 people until now.

This was simply a humiliation for Kenichi Muto, and the fierce battle was only more than an hour, such a rare loss, which was something that the 2nd Division had never had.

"Order Kenichiro Yokogawa, attack in small groups! The order was to concentrate all the shells and light and heavy machine guns and send them to the headquarters of Kenichiro Yokogawa. Ordered Kenichiro Yokogawa, after attacking the opponent's position in small groups for ten minutes, to concentrate on the southern blocking position of the new regiment. Tell Kenichiro Yokogawa that in these weather conditions, we don't have time to nibble away at the other side's blocking position. ”

Kenichi Muto waved his hand and ordered the devil staff officer who came to report, and at this time, Kenichi Muto felt that his troops had been eaten so much by the headquarters of the new regiment.

At this time, in order to continue to be surrounded by the other side here, it is better to concentrate all the artillery fire to cover the remnants of the main force and forcibly rush to the south, even if there are heavy casualties, they must attack Wei County.

With Wei County, Kenichi Muto can still hold on for a while. If you don't break through, everything will be closed.

Seeing that Kenichi Muto had a desperate plan, the devil staff officer who wanted to dissuade him quickly swallowed back the words he was about to say.

Muto Kenichi's order was actually correct, in the heavy snowy weather, the remnants of the Japanese army on the north route who were surrounded by it, even if they rushed out to seize Wei County and wait for reinforcements, they could still hold on to the reinforcements of more than 10,000 Japanese troops on the south road.

Otherwise, the Japanese army on the northern route would be locked up in the narrow and flat place of the estuary at this forked river, and the ambush positions set up around the other side would be locked to death, and no matter how many troops they had, it would be useless again.

It is better to concentrate the forces and let the commander of Yokogawa Kenichiro lead his troops to storm the southern position of the new regiment with all their might, so as to be able to break through the enemy's resistance and attack on Ul County.

Capturing Wei County and holding on to it is the only way to survive at the moment.

Otherwise, under the dangerous situation that most of the Japanese troops on the northern route have been blown up by the new artillery fire of the ambush, and the remaining food, grass and ammunition are no longer enough to hold this place, they can only be eaten up little by little by the ambush fire of the new group.

Therefore, the devil staff officer who reported could only pause heavily and said: "Haiyi, Your Excellency the division commander." Obedience! ”。

Seeing the devil staff officer leave to give the order, Kenichi Muto's eyes were full of helplessness.

Although the anger was soaring, it was only at this time that Muto Kenichi understood why all the imperial troops who despised the new regiment would be killed one by one by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The strength of the other party is already as strong as this, and it is still treated according to the old eyes, and the consequences of the Japanese army's own contempt can only be swallowed by themselves!

At this time, Kenichiro Yokogawa, who was quickly ordered by Kenichi Muto, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered a Japanese unit from the rest of the brigade to attack the blocking positions held by the 3rd and 4th battalions of the new 1st regiment.

And this change of the devil was also seen by Li Yunlong.

"Damn, Kenichi Muto, this old devil doesn't plan to break through and go south to Wei County?"

Li Yunlong saw through the telescope that the remaining main force of the Japanese 15th Brigade temporarily stopped the onslaught and advanced, and only after consolidating the two trench defense lines that had been occupied, he attacked the new regiment of soldiers who were blocked by the follow-up trench fortifications with a small force.

It seems that it has been deterred by the fierce resistance of the new regiment, and did not continue to storm and break through?

Just looking at the heavy snow that continues to fall in the sky, the snow on the ground has been deepening and thickening, and it can be seen in the current flat terrain of the bifurcated estuary. How could Kenichi Muto wait for his own artillery fire to open fire everywhere?

"The third battalion, the fourth battalion, the partisan units, were ordered to hold their positions. The fire is in full swing, and once the Japanese suddenly attack, they must hold their positions to the death! ”

Li Yunlong thought about it, it was possible that Kenichi Muto needed to confuse his side, and when the time came, a powerful and fierce charge might open the gap in the blocking position, and it would be troublesome to flee to Wei County.

Although there was actually a temporary garrison of 2,000 guerrillas defending the county, the guerrillas stationed in the county were not good at defending the city.

Once Kenichi Muto led the remnants of his army to break out of his encirclement and kill in Wei County, then the result of this ambush battle against the Japanese army on the northern route commanded by Kenichi Muto must not be perfect.

"Yes, Captain!"

The heralds waiting for Li Yunlong's side left in response.

And at this time, the battle continued.

Due to the continuous compression and attack of Zhang Dabiao of the 1st Battalion and Shen Qun's Division of the 2nd Battalion, the encircled Muto Kenichi gradually felt that it was impossible to wait in place for the Japanese troops on the southern route under the command of Yamada Hao to fight in Wei County to cooperate with them in counter-encircling the main force of the new 1st Regiment.

Therefore, a small force attacked the southern blocking position held by the 3rd Battalion and the 4th Battalion for less than 10 minutes.

Ken Muto immediately sent out a signal and personally took all the devils like Minami to forcibly break through.

All of a sudden, the artillery fire continued.

Kenichi Muto concentrated all the remaining artillery fire and advanced towards the defensive positions held by Ma Wenhai and the others.

In the midst of the war, the shouts of killing were deafening. Under the command of Major General Kenichiro Yokogawa, commander of the 15th Brigade, most of the main infantry forces of the Japanese army attacked the ambush position of the new regiment to the south in waves with more than 5,000 Japanese troops in a tactical group of 1,000 people.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The artillery shells rained down on the blocking position, setting off bursts of gunpowder smoke and flames, and the barbed wire fence on the blocking position was blown to pieces by the artillery fire of the devils.

"Made, that's true. Pass my orders, reserves, on! ”

Li Yunlong put down the binoculars in his hand with a sneer, and then waved his hand to the staff officer on the side to order, mobilizing a reserve of 1,000 people to come up to reinforce the third battalion and the fourth battalion to block the fierce attack of the devils.

"Yes, Captain." He went with the order of the army staff officer and personally went to transfer the reserves to reinforcements.

At this time, Kenichi Muto personally held a five-samurai sword, slashed it down, and directly urged the remnants of the devils of each department to storm the southern blocking position guarded by the third battalion and the fourth battalion of the new first regiment.

Behind the team that he attacked and broke through, only a thousand people were released to block the attack of Zhang Dabiao, Shen Qun and other subordinates.