"Hurry, hurry! You stupid pig! ”

"All keep up, and the artillery is pushing away!"

Outside the city of Wengyuan, the troops of the 14th Division were rapidly advancing towards the county seat.

"How far is it?" Que Hanqian asked, "Can you catch up with the Japanese army?" ”

"It may take two hours, and the Japanese army will withdraw quickly!" Pan Yukun explained.

"We must find a way to entangle the Japanese army and reduce the pressure on the 40th and 198th divisions, so as not to be successfully escaped by the Japanese army!" Que Hanqian said in a deep voice.

An hour earlier, the Japanese army, which had been engaged with the Chinese army in Wengyuan, Xinfeng and other places, suddenly began to retreat on all fronts.

As for the reason, it is because the 40th Division of the Chinese army captured Fogang and continued to attack southward, with obvious intentions, to capture Fogang County and Liangkou.

If the Chinese army captured the county town of Fogang and Liangkou, the retreat of tens of thousands of Japanese troops on the front line would be cut off.

At that time, it was the Chinese army that held the initiative on the battlefield.

In order to avoid such a situation, Ando Toshiyoshi ordered the 18th Division and the Guards Mixed Brigade to retreat immediately and withdraw to the vicinity of Guangzhou before the Chinese encirclement was formed.

At the same time, the Japanese troops on the left flank retreated, with the aim of retaking the flank and stopping the attempts of the Chinese army.

The Chinese army responsible for the roundabout encirclement is dominated by the 40th Division and the 198th Division, and the strength is not too much, but it is much less, and if the Japanese army counterattacks with all its might, this is still a little less than 20,000 troops.

Therefore, after the 40th Division captured Jitou, Chen Lie ordered the 14th and 50th Divisions to pursue and contain the main force of the Japanese army.

At the same time, Chen Lie also sent a telegram to Yu Han, hoping that he could seize this opportunity and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army.

"Shizao, if we can annihilate these Japanese troops, wouldn't we be able to recover Guangzhou?" Pan Yukun said with a smile.

"Recovering Guangzhou? You dare to think about it! Que Hanqian shook his head, "If there are two more armies of the 54th Army, and they must have the same combat effectiveness as our 54th Army, don't think about annihilating these fleeing Japanese troops." ”

The Japanese army in front of them was tens of thousands of Japanese troops mainly composed of the 18th Division and the Guards Mixed Brigade, which was different from the 104th Division.

At present, the Chinese army in northern Guangdong has only 12 divisions and more than 100,000 troops, which is not many, and it is impossible for all of them to be engaged in the battle to encircle the Japanese army.

With these people, it is impossible to surround and destroy these tens of thousands of Japanese troops.

All they had to do was to find the main force of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army and eat a share of the Japanese army.

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Winter in northern Guangdong is still full of green.

Standing on the high mountain ridge and looking into the distance, the entire Fogang county is surrounded by a group of low mountains, and the Yan River flows through the city.

If he wanted, Leng Jie would definitely stay here, but the situation at this time did not allow him to do so.

The Japanese army had already begun to retreat on all fronts, and he had to capture Fogang before the Japanese army withdrew to Fogang, block the Japanese army's retreat, and then find an opportunity to cooperate with the main force to eat a Japanese army and end the Northern Guangdong Campaign.

The geographical location of Fogang is indeed very good, the north of Fogang County is the Yanjiang River, and the south is several mountains hundreds of meters high.

It is no wonder that the Japanese army chose this place as a base for advance, which could be attacked and defended by retreat.

Fogang and Conghua to the south can be described as an important barrier to the northeast of Guangzhou.

If these two places were in the hands of the Japanese army, the Japanese army would have the final say on when to attack northern Guangdong; On the other hand, if the Chinese army occupies this place, it can also counterattack Guangzhou at any time.

With the arrival of a telegram from the headquarters of the 54th Army, new battles broke out.

On the Japanese position, which had just been attacked by mortars, a storm swept over the position, and the two regiments of the 40th Division launched an attack on the Japanese army on the south bank of the Yanjiang River in a state of overwhelming force.

There were not many Japanese troops on the south bank, because the 40th Division took a shortcut from the mountains, and the Japanese army did not expect the Chinese army to attack from here.

Even though there were only a dozen ships crossing the river, with the addition of the stone bridge, a large number of Chinese troops still attacked the south bank.

Yang Yi, deputy commander of the 120th Regiment, stood on a Japanese position, waving his arms, "Brothers, give me a rush, the opportunity to serve the motherland has come!" ”

Amid the loud shouts, Yang Yi led two infantry battalions to launch the first wave of attack and launched a pursuit of the remaining Japanese troops.

"Da Da Da!"

The remnants of the Japanese army on the south bank put up a stubborn resistance on the few remaining positions, but there was only one squadron of Japanese troops here in total, how could it be the opponent of the 120th Regiment.

Not to mention that in addition to the 120th Regiment, there are also 119th Regiments attacking here.

The heavy machine gun kept pouring bullets in the bunker, but to the disappointment of the Japanese army, the heavy machine gun did not kill many Chinese troops, but was destroyed by a mortar shell of the Chinese army.

"Long live the Great Japanese Empire!"

Seeing that the Chinese army was about to capture the position, the remaining Japanese troops rushed out with shouts and launched a decisive charge under the orders of the officers.

Such a scene is rare among the Japanese army, because on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army occupies the initiative and is basically the victorious side, how can it launch such a decisive charge.

"Machine gun cover, kill these Japanese soldiers, don't entangle with them!"

Seeing the decisive charge of the Japanese army, Yang Yi quickly changed his tactics, avoided engaging with the Japanese army in a short fight, and directly shot and killed these Japanese soldiers, occupying the Japanese army's position is the king.

"Up, up, up."

The soldiers of the 120th Regiment began to accelerate past the captured Japanese positions, and when they saw the enemy's crazy charge at the expense of their lives, they directly took the initiative to open the distance and win with firepower.

The firepower of a squadron of the Japanese army is not strong, while the 120th regiment has two battalions, which is equivalent to a brigade of the Japanese army.

In terms of artillery, it may be inferior to a brigade of the Japanese army, but there is not much difference in light weapons.

The blockade line formed by multiple light machine guns in multiple directions made it impossible for the Japanese army to effectively defend, and the 120th Regiment also used mortars and grenadiers to clear the Japanese army's firepower points, and the Japanese side was very passive in the fight.

After the 120th Regiment crossed the Yan River, the end of this Japanese squadron defending on the south bank was doomed.

After occupying the position on the south bank, the 120th Regiment continued to attack Fogang County as the vanguard, and they had to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army did not react to capture Fogang County.

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"Sir, the division commander has already arrived at Jitou, and a regiment from the 198th Division has also arrived at Jitou."

Liu Xin came to Leng Jie and reported.

"The defense on this side of the head is handed over to the 198th Division, and we are responsible for cutting off the retreat of the Japanese army. To take the Fogang county in front of you, the next step is Tangtang and Liangkou. Leng Jie said with a smile.

"Sir, even if we occupy Liangkou, we will not be able to encircle the Japanese army. And tens of thousands of Japanese troops are not something we can surround! Liu Xin said worriedly.

"I knew that I couldn't surround the Japanese army, but at that time, the Japanese army could only retreat to Xinfeng and Longmen, and I saw how many Japanese troops we could leave at that time."