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After smashing three Japanese tanks and 10 armored vehicles into wreckage, 12 medium tanks and eight armored vehicles of the armored battalion of the Eighth Route Army pounced on the convoy of the 1st Japanese Squadron and the 2nd Squadron that arrived later.

Fifty cars carrying troops also pounced on the Japanese troops, and the machine guns mounted on the front of the cars were also firing fiercely, and the rain of bullets and bullets fell on the Japanese convoy.

More than 300 people from two squadrons of the Japanese army were thus enveloped in the firepower network woven by the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, and the soldiers did not even have a chance to jump out of the car to return fire, and they were beaten in the car and staggered.

There were beads of blood dripping down every Japanese car.

The captain of the devil brigade, who was sitting in a medium tank and desperately shouting retreat to the on-board radio, saw that his two squadrons were shrouded in such fierce machine-gun fire by the Eighth Route Army, and his heart was bleeding, and he stopped shouting at the on-board radio, and ordered the tank to quickly reverse and retreat!

The Japanese army has never lacked courage and desperate spirit.

The reason why the captain of the devil brigade ordered the retreat was because he knew that if he didn't retreat, he would not be able to run away for a while. Not only can't he run, but the third and fourth squadrons, brigade artillery squadrons, and machine gun squadrons not far from the battlefield can't run either!

He can't let the first brigade repeat the mistakes of the second brigade and have another collective jade shatter!

In that case, not only will the Second Infantry Wing of the North China Garrison Army Mixed Brigade be in name only, but it will be difficult to say whether Jinan City behind him can be saved!

The medium tank in which the captain of the devil brigade was riding fled in reverse, and the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army who crossed the bridge and the regiment and battalion that jumped from the car, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in the rear, then at night, avoiding the battlefield, rushed from the left side of the railway to the direction of Jinan, and outflanked the follow-up troops of the Japanese army.

The machine gun sweep of the armored battalion, the heavy machine battalion, and the machine gun company of the first battalion against the devil's convoy did not last long.

The road was littered with the wreckage of Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, and cars, and the ground was covered in blood from the cars.

After a long-distance attack and a successful capture of the Luokou Bridge, Xiao Siming's eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, and he did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the armored battalion to use tanks to push the wreckage of the Japanese vehicles on the road to the side of the road to make way for the passage.

Tanks turned into wreckers again, and motors roared to clear the mess of Japanese vehicles on the road.

After delaying this moment, the medium tank in which the Japanese captain was riding reversed, drove at full speed, roared, and fled to the position of the Japanese follow-up troops.

There is no way, the road is full of wreckage of Japanese cars, the tank of the Japanese captain is at the end of the Japanese convoy, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army are in a fierce battle, the rapid-fire gun does not have such a long range, the captain of the devil brigade saw that something was wrong, and fled in a hurry, Xiao Siming really couldn't do anything about him.

The captain of the devil team ran away, but threw two elite infantry squadrons into the firepower net of the Eighth Route Army, and all of them turned into mutilated corpses.

Waiting for the tank to clear a passage on the road, Xiao Siming gave an order, the armored battalion was in front, and the convoy loaded with the infantry artillery battalion, heavy machine gun battalion, and rapid-fire artillery company of the artillery regiment was behind.

The captain of the devil brigade, who fled in the desert, did not even have the idea of staying and blocking the follow-up troops after meeting with the follow-up troops, and ordered the troops to get on the bus immediately and withdraw to Jinan.

It should be said that the disposition of this devil captain is absolutely correct!

Not only that, the captain of the devil brigade also got out of the tank, got into the car in which the brigade headquarters was riding, and ordered the radio to report to the commander of the second wing that the Eighth Route Army had captured the Luokou Bridge, and the infantry squads guarding both ends of the bridge were shattered, and the vehicles of the first squadron and the second squadron of the reinforced first brigade were all destroyed by the Eighth Route Army and the collective jade was shattered. The Eighth Route Army's medium tanks and armored vehicles produced by the Empire of Japan, with strong firepower, and an attempt to capture Jinan, please immediately order the 3rd Brigade to return to the starting position.

At this moment, the cavalry battalion, galloping on horseback, caught up.

The cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army, strictly speaking, was a lancer, and the war horses were only used to increase the speed of movement.

The captain of the devil brigade, who was retreating in a hurry, saw that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army was chasing after him on the side of the road, and immediately understood that this cavalry wanted to run to his front to block the attack, so that the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army behind him had the opportunity to catch up and encircle and annihilate him!

The devil captain's eyes were red at this time, and he immediately ordered the flag soldiers to play the flag language, and ordered the troops to open fire and intercept the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army who were flanking around.

The devil's car fled towards Jinan at full speed, and the little devil's machine gun rifle in the car fired wildly at the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army.

The car was bumping, and the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army was also bumping when they were galloping, and the shooting at this time could not be talked about at all as a matter of accuracy, but could only play a role in suppressing and interfering with firepower.

As soon as Liu Zhaoming, the commander of the cavalry battalion, saw that the Japanese troops were firing frantically on the moving cars, he immediately ordered the machine gun squads of each company to stop advancing, set up positions on the spot, and fired at the devil's convoy. With a sabre move, he led the cavalry battalion to gallop far to the left side of the railway, to get out of the range of Japanese machine guns and rifles.

Six horse-drawn heavy machine guns of three cavalry companies stood up, set up positions by the railway, and in a very short time opened fire on the marching convoy of the little devils.

The sound of six heavy machine guns firing at night sounded particularly dull!

The little devil was shooting at the running car, not to mention any accuracy, but the six heavy machine guns of the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army were fired from the position, and the accuracy was very high. As long as the devil vehicles were targeted by the six heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, they were all killed and wounded.

That's it, the captain of the devil brigade did not order the convoy to stop and destroy the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, but accelerated and fled towards Jinan regardless of it.

Not to mention, the little devil's all-out retreat was not caught up by the Eighth Route Army. The cavalry battalion failed to complete the task of outflanking the Japanese army, not to mention the regiments and battalions that followed behind the cavalry battalion, and they didn't even see the shadow of the devils fleeing and retreating.

By the time the armored battalion led fifty cars to catch up, it was already too late, and the little devil convoy ran away.

The commander of the armored battalion, Yuan Gang, was not good, and commanded the armored battalion to chase after him until he was outside the city of Jinan, where he was intercepted by Japanese artillery fire, and then turned the head of the car and disappeared into the night.

The captain of the devil brigade, who was defeated and retreated to the city, immediately ordered the withdrawn third squadron, fourth squadron, machine gun squadron, and infantry artillery squadron to take up positions and prepare to defend to the death. He went to the wing headquarters and reported to the wing commander the failure of reinforcements to Luokou.

As soon as the captain of the devil's wing heard that the Eighth Route Army actually had an armored unit, he also panicked, for fear that the Eighth Route Army would take advantage of the situation to attack the city, so he ordered the Japanese overseas Chinese in Jinan City to urgently mobilize, distribute weapons, and assist the troops in defending the city, and on the other hand, sent a report to the North China Front Headquarters, asking for urgent tactical guidance!

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo had just finished sending a telegram to the troops of the Fifth Division, the 16th Division, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 114th Division stationed in Tai'an in accordance with Terauchi Shouichi's instructions.

Seeing this, the staff officer on duty standing beside Okabe Naosaburo quickly grabbed the arm of His Excellency the Chief of Staff and shook it a few times, and Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo reacted at this time, shook his head, and muttered: "It's really unexpected!" ”

As soon as he finished muttering, it seemed to be as agreed, and the Fifth Independent Brigade of the Japanese Railway stationed in Pingyuan, Yucheng, and Qihe sent urgent telegrams for help, and not one, two, but ten urgent telegrams in a row, all of which were asking for urgent tactical guidance.

When he saw these telegrams, Naosaburo Okabe was already dumbfounded. Jinan City will not be able to be saved, and the first brigade of the second infantry wing of the elite North China garrison army mixed brigade was chased back to Jinan City by the Eighth Route Army.

It's not that Okabe Naosaburo is insensitive, it's that he can't help it, he can't save the Fifth Brigade of Railway Independence without adjustable troops!

The only thing Okabe Naosaburo could do was to order the staff officer on duty to send a telegram to the Fifth Division every hour, asking about the progress of the troop build-up, urging them to hurry, hurry, hurry!

When Naosaburo Okabe returned to Terauchi Shouichi's office in a daze, Terauchi Shouichi suddenly found that his chief of staff had turned into a frosted eggplant and collapsed!

Without waiting for Terauchi Shou's question, Okabe Naosaburo handed over a telegram for help from the Second Wing and the Fifth Independent Railway Brigade.

Terauchi Shouichi took the telegram and read it, looked at it and his eyebrows became tangled, and finally threw the telegram on the small tea table next to him, stood up and scolded, "Yaga!" ”

After scolding for a while, General Terauchi asked Okabe Naosaburo suspiciously: "Okabe-kun, how can the Eighth Route Army use chariots?" ”

This is such an idiot that Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe can't answer!

Lieutenant General Yoshitoshi Tokukawa, commander of the Provisional Air Corps, and Seiichi Kita, director of the Special Services Department of the North China Front, who were drinking tea, all stood up, bowed their heads, and listened quietly to General Toshiichi Terauchi's instructions.

Seeing that Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo did not answer, the irritable Terauchi Shouichi waved his hand away from the two beautiful women who were serving them tea, walked around the room, and finally stopped in front of the map, stared at the map for a while, and then muttered to himself: "The Northern Branch Front Army has to re-understand the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party." This force is very powerful! ”

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe finally calmed down at this moment, and when he heard this, he said: "Your Excellency, Commander, you must implore the base camp to send more troops to North China. The Eighth Route Army has become a prairie fire in the Jizhong Plain, the South Hebei Plain, and the Jilu border area east of Jinpu Road, and if they are not extinguished, they will burn all the achievements of the Great Japanese Army since the China Incident! ”

Terauchi Shou nodded slightly, "um", turned to Okabe Naosaburo and ordered: "Chief of Staff, send a report to the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army, ordering them to mobilize all forces in Jinan to defend the city, Jinan must not be lost!" The Fifth Division and the 3rd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade were ordered to speed up their operations, and 100,000 troops were urgently reinforced, and Jinan was reinforced. The main force of the 10th Division was ordered to shrink the attack range and move closer to the 16th Division. Order the 16th Division to launch a powerful attack on the defenders of Shangqiu early tomorrow morning, and after capturing Shangqiu, return to North China immediately! The 14th Division was temporarily under the command of the Second Army, and after breaking out of the encirclement, a guard was arranged on the spot to stabilize the defensive line! Early tomorrow morning, the Provisional Aviation Regiment dispatched all its fighters to conduct a reconnaissance and search for the Eighth Route Army between Dezhou and Jinan, and after discovering it, it organized high-intensity bombing to weaken its combat effectiveness! The Special Service Department immediately formulated an intelligence work plan for the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army and their commander Xiao Siming, and implemented it as soon as possible! ”

Naosaburo Okabe, Yoshitoshi Tokugawa, and Seiichi Kita all hung their heads and said, "Hai! ”

Terauchi Shou didn't mention the Fifth Independent Brigade of the Railway, because in his eyes, this army has become the bag of the Eighth Route Army, and it will be broken collectively! (To be continued.) )