Umezu Mijiro was thinking about how to mobilize troops to break through the blocking defense line established by the various departments of the Eighth Route Army, and on the other side, Li Ping looked at the dead devil position, which was gritting his teeth.

"Damn, I underestimated the tenacity of Takayuki Yamada's troops."

Now that the battle is fought step by step, the speed of advance has naturally slowed down.

"Captain, don't worry, our current goal is to kill Takayuki Yamada, and then reinforce Commander Li's side."

When the chief of staff spoke, Li Ping sighed softly, saying that it was false not to be in a hurry, and if the operational objective was not reached as soon as possible, it would be difficult to control the future combat situation, and it was impossible to say that the advantage of his side's advance layout would be exhausted by then.

The political commissar patted Li Ping on the shoulder at this time and said, "Captain, the chief of staff is right, we must not be in a hurry, otherwise we will make mistakes, and it will be even more difficult to recover when the time comes." ”

Li Ping nodded slightly when he heard this, and then began to look at the map on the table, hoping to find the gap between Yamada Takayuki and establish an advantage in one fell swoop.

On the one hand, Li Ping wanted to find the weakness of Takayuki Yamada's combat position, while on the other side, Takayuki Yamada was even more restless.

Although his own troops temporarily blocked the rapid advance of Li Ping's troops, only he understood the suffering.

The casualties are too great, it can be said that such a battle is completely the result of desperate resistance, just the casualties, Yamada Takayuki can estimate the time when he is exhausted, after all, there will always be a result of casualties, there are so many troops, they are dead or dead, they can't come back from the dead to resist Li Ping's advance!

"Report to the commander of the division, the Dayingpo garrison brigade sent a farewell telegram, and they can't support it anymore."

Yamada Takayuki's heart trembled when he heard this, and then he quickly took the telegram, and after reading it, he closed his eyes, his mouth trembled, and he didn't know what he was muttering.

The chief of staff of the devil looked at Takayuki Yamada, the pen he was holding in his hand was broken under force, and they all understood that if the Dayingpo defense line was occupied by Li Ping, it would cut off the way for all the troops of his division to return to Linjiang.

Obviously, Li Ping wanted to annihilate them and then advance to the Linjiang side.

Everyone knows the consequences of the troops being cut off, not only will the material supply not be replenished, but the combat position will be compressed by Li Ping.

There was silence in the headquarters, and after a few minutes, Takayuki Yamada opened his eyes, and he spoke: "Chief of Staff, prepare to transfer troops, we can't lose the position on the other side of Dayingpo." ”

"We have no way to retreat, so we must ensure a safe road for material supplies, so that we can continue to fight Li Ping."

The chief of staff of the devil almost vomited blood when he heard this, and it was not easy to transfer troops, but now all positions are in danger and cannot be withdrawn at all.

As soon as he thought about explaining, Takayuki Yamada's eyes locked on him, and the chief of staff of the devil looked at the struggling look in Takayuki Yamada's eyes, and he quickly reacted.

The position cannot be abandoned now, otherwise they will not be able to cope with Li Ping's pursuit and attack at all, and if they abandon this position and go to the Linjiang side, I am afraid they will die faster.

"Division commander, I understand, I'll go and mobilize troops."

After saying that, he turned around and left, Takayuki Yamada looked at his back, sighed softly, and muttered to himself: "In such a situation, if there is no external force, I am afraid that it will be just a struggle to the death, commander, commander, if reinforcements do not come, Linjiang will be lost." ”

The battle between the two sides for the position was extremely fierce, and the troops on both sides were already red-eyed at this time.

In the trenches, the leader of the Fang detachment put down the binoculars and said to the chief of staff next to him: "Change people, see what the fight looks like, and let the second regiment go up." ”

Seeing the angry appearance of the captain of the Fang detachment, the chief of staff could only smile bitterly, he waved his hand and asked the herald to convey the order before he spoke: "Detachment leader, the first regiment is fighting well, and we still have to fight with such a fierce battle." ”

Hearing this, the captain of the Fang detachment shook his head and said, "Chief of staff, don't defend them, hmph, look at the cohesion of their attack, they will be almost cut off by the devil." ”

The chief of staff was choked when he heard this, and knew that the detachment commander couldn't hold back his anger now, so he didn't dissuade him.

On the position, the commander of the regiment had a black face, and he didn't blame the detachment commander for letting him retreat, and after several attacks, there was really a big problem with the cohesion of his troops.

"Let's go, go back, these little bunnies still need to train and train."

The chief of staff next to him also had a bitter face, this time the whole regiment was disgraced, and it was impossible to go back and review it.

The eyes of the soldiers of the first regiment were full of anger as they retreated, and when they saw the men of the second regiment coming to take over the defensive line, they all left with black faces.

The second regiment commander looked at the first regiment commander who left with a cold snort, and said to the chief of staff a little depressed: "You still lose your face, Lao Tzu didn't mess with him!" ”

The chief of staff glanced at him and said: "Regiment commander, don't pretend to be confused, if we don't go well in the future, I'm afraid the detachment commander will also let us go to the rear to stay. ”

The second regiment commander was choked when he heard this, but the chief of staff said the key point.

"Let's go, Lao Tzu wants to see what a difficult bone it is."

The soldiers of the second regiment began to prepare, and on the opposite position, the captain of the devil wing looked at the temporarily calm battlefield, and his heart was twitching.

"Wing Commander, the division commander ordered, we must hold here, otherwise the entire division's positional defense line will be cut."

The captain of the devil wing was full of convulsions when he heard this, guarding, it was easy to say, without reinforcements, he didn't know how long he could carry it.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The explosion of the shelling brought the Devil Wing Captain back to his senses, and he quickly picked up his binoculars and observed the battlefield.

"Huh? The Eighth Route Army seems to have changed troops. ”

The captain of the devil wing spoke, and the chief of staff next to him nodded, and they directly judged it by looking at the process of the attack.

On the position, at this time, a company commander led the soldiers to rush forward behind the chariot, and their goal was to fill a section of the trench dug by the devils, so that the chariot could rush up.

The second regiment commander picked up the binoculars and looked at it, he observed the situation on both flanks of the devil's position, because the first regiment commander and they just suffered the loss of the devil's troops on both wings.

Just as the troops were charging, at this time, the captain of the devil wing snorted coldly, and turned around and said: "The troops on both wings, prepare to attack, hmph, although we have suffered heavy casualties in this battle, Li Ping and the others don't want to easily take this position." ”

"Da Da Da ......"

Gunshots, explosions, when the devil troops on both wings came out, the second regiment commander watched intently.

"Shelling, artillery covering."

The regiment commander shouted, and the order was quickly conveyed, and on the position, the devils who charged over were stunned by the fierce artillery fire, and seeing this situation, the commander of the devil wing also ordered his artillery unit to start a counterattack.