The Japanese army was caught off guard and was caught by the flying brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the fourth tank brigade was completely wiped out, the first infantry wing suffered heavy casualties, and after being bombed, more than 1,000 Japanese troops were injured and killed, and now there are only more than 4,000 troops left. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Fortunately, after the planes of the Eighth Route Army returned, the Eighth Brigade did not take the opportunity to attack the 1st Infantry Wing, so that the remnants of the 1st Wing were defeated and retreated to the defensive line.

"Baga, why does the Eighth Route Army have air force units? Our land flight did not appear? Why is that? "Major General Sakai Hoji received the report that all the jade of the Fourth Tank Brigade was shattered and the First Wing was defeated by an air raid, and his face suddenly became extremely gray, and he looked like he wanted to cry without tears.

At the same time, just when the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade was defeated and the entire brigade was in mourning, the 12th Division of the Japanese Army, the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade and the puppet Mongolian Army came to Donghe Town, getting closer and closer to the battlefield.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we are less than two miles away from the place where Sakai-kun and the Eighth Route Army are fighting. Your Excellency, please listen, the sound of the fighting cannons has become weaker and weaker, and it is certain that Sakai-kun's troops have won the victory and are now destroying the remnants of the enemy. Lieutenant General Shigeyasu Suzuki of the 11th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade said with a smile.

"Yo Xi, that's right, the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade is the elite unit of the Imperial Army, with a powerful tank brigade, with the strength of the 1st Brigade, it is natural to defeat the Chinese troops."

Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro, commander of the 12th Division, said proudly that this time in Baotou, the Kwantung Army Headquarters equipped his 12th Division with two powerful independent mixed brigades, as well as a puppet Mongolian army with most of the cavalry.

"Nani?"

Outside the headquarters, there was a sudden exclamation and the sound of eager footsteps.

"What's going on out there?" Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura was a little angry, who was so unruly and loud outside.

Soon, the commander of the 12th Division's communications team, Ojihara Shaosa, came in and reported: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency Major General Sakai Hoji of the 1st Brigade has sent news that his troops have been bombed by the Shina Air Force, the 4th Tank Brigade has been shattered, the captain of the brigade Toshio Murai has been killed, the artillery brigade has been almost completely wiped out, and the 1st Infantry Wing has suffered more than 2,000 casualties. ”

"Nani? You say that the people of China sent out the Air Force? Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura's face suddenly became extremely complicated.

"Heck, I should have reminded them to be careful of the Chinese Air Force, our air supremacy was lost before the war. It was my mistake! But I can't let them know, otherwise I won't have any face. As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Uemura Kiyotaro failed to inform the troops of the loss of air supremacy, resulting in the First Brigade being caught off guard and being bombed by the Eighth Route Air Force.

Of course, Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura will not take the initiative to take responsibility for himself, in the Japanese military tradition, the authority of the superior is more serious than everything, even if the superior is wrong, as a subordinate, he must open his eyes and say that the superior is right, if the superior makes a mistake, it is often the subordinate who bears the blame.

Lieutenant General Suzuki Shigeyasu also stopped talking, and before that, he had made a big statement that the 1st Brigade had won the victory, but the report of the defeat of Major General Sakai Hoji came immediately, and the taste of this slap in the face was not pleasant, and it really made him depressed.

"Let's go, let's go see Sakai-kun's troops, and hear what Sakai-kun has to say about why the 1st Brigade suffered such a miserable defeat." Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura pretended to be a little casual.

"Hey!" Lieutenant General Shigeyasu Suzuki replied respectfully.

However, at this time, another correspondent came to report that the Chinese troops had increased again, and the Eighth Route Army in the forward position had reached more than 40,000 people.

"Nani? What do the people want to do with so many troops? Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura was puzzled.

"Yo Xi, I know, it must be that after the people of China won the battle, they thought that our imperial army was nothing more than that, so the instructor sent out the whole army to seek a decisive battle with our imperial army, and wanted to defeat our imperial army in one battle." Lieutenant General Shigeyasu Suzuki suddenly realized.

"It's a pinch, Suzuki-kun is very reasonable. Hum! The people of China have swelled too fast, do they think that the independent mixed first brigade is the main force of our imperial army, then it is too underestimated to our imperial army, this time I must wipe them out cleanly, let them know the fate of offending the imperial army. Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura said viciously.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is wise, the people of China think that they can defeat the imperial army after a few small victories, but they are too naïve, we have to give them a little color. However, Your Excellency the division commander, it is still daytime, and the people of China have the advantage of air force, if we launch an attack, we might as well choose to do it at night, our imperial army is the best in the world in night fighting. Lieutenant General Shigeyasu Suzuki suggested.

"Yo Xi, according to Suzuki-kun's opinion, we will attack the Shina army in the evening. Okahara-kun, you go and inform Sakai-kun and order him to shrink his line of defense and not give the despicable Shina people a loophole. Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura advised.

"Hey! Your Excellency, Division Commander, I will convey it. Ojihara Shaozo replied respectfully.

The Japanese decided to attack the instructor again at night, which undoubtedly played into Zhang Cheng's hands. When the air force was dispatched to bomb the Japanese tanks, for a moment Zhang Cheng was also worried that the elimination of the 4th Tank Brigade would scare the 12th Division and make them turn back and retreat.

However, Zhang Cheng has studied the psychology of the Japanese very thoroughly, and knows that the Japanese are above the top, and unless they completely beat him down and make him unable to move, they will not easily admit defeat.

For example, in the late stage of World War II, his European ally Germany had surrendered, and the Mi army had bombed the Japanese mainland, but Japan still held on and refused to admit defeat until the U.S. country was ruthless and dropped two atomic bombs to kill hundreds of thousands of people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese were willing to admit defeat and accept unconditional surrender.

Through the psychological study of the Japanese, Zhang Cheng believed that no matter how great the losses suffered by the Japanese, as long as there was a glimmer of hope for a reversal, he would continue to fight to the death, so Zhang Cheng resolutely ordered the air force to dispatch.

Sure enough, even though the Eighth Route Army had the absolute superiority of the air force, destroyed the 4th Tank Brigade, and routed the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, the Japanese not only did not retreat, but instead stepped up the pace of the march.

Zhang Cheng knew that the long-awaited decisive battle was coming.