When Yokoyama was desperate to call for air support, he received a telegram from the commander-in-chief of the group army, Okamura Ninji.

The content of the message was to let the 1st Division of Isamu Yokoyama and even the 8th Division open the way to let the main force of the reading force come in.

After Yokoyama Yong received the telegram, he was already enraged by Zhang Mingyu, and roared like thunder: "Bagaya Road! Now let's retreat, it's just a stupid pig command, call me air support. ”

And the experienced Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly persuaded: "General, the order given to us by the headquarters is to stick here to attract the attention of the Zhina Reading Army, and now suddenly let us let it in advance, it must be a change in the battle plan, we still resolutely implement it!" ”

Seeing that Yokoyama was unwilling, Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly persuaded again: "The general doesn't have to be angry, let the Reading Force in, and then we will wipe it out in one fell swoop!" Wouldn't that be more enjoyable? ”

Yokoyama pondered for a while and said, "Yamashita-kun, please order all wings to resist in turn, and then pretend to be invincible and retreat!" ”

"Hay!" Yamashita Fengwen bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order and left.

………………… On the south bank of the Tang River, on the position of the first battalion, Zhao Kuohai, the commander of the first battalion, pressed the bullets on his two guns, and then pushed the bullets into loading.

At this time, the deputy battalion commander Liuzi came up and said, "Camp, it's been almost two hours since the devil's last attack, why hasn't the little devil moved?" It can't be that you're scared, right? ”

"Hey, it would be better if we were really scared, at most in two hours, our sappers would be able to fill this river into a road and bridge, and then let alone the little devils attack, it would be good to be able to hold it." Zhao Kuohai grinned.

But his laughter is worse than crying, but he doesn't think so.

On the south bank of the Tang River, in the former enemy headquarters of the First Regiment, Niu Tiangui put down his binoculars and wondered: "It's strange, why hasn't the little devil moved?" Could it be that you are scared of being beaten by us? ”

"Old Niu, the little devil must be brewing the next attack, this is the usual trick of the little devil, after the first and second attack fails, it often takes a long time to plan the next attack and strive for a blow to work." Zhang Biao said.

"Hehe, the longer it drags on, the better it will be for us, at most in two hours, the engineer regiment will be able to successfully build roads and bridges, and when the armored division crosses the river, it should be us who attack." Liu Cheng smiled slightly, while Zhang Mingyu frowned, and said disappreciably: "Even if the devil infantry is preparing for the next attack, then they can't let our sappers build the bridge and be indifferent, and now I can't even see a military plane, what I'm worried about the little devil is that the devil will not attack us but go to attack the guard battalion, then the situation will suffer." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all silent, it is true that if the devil really attacked the guard battalion, the situation would be much worse, there were planes in the sky here, and there was continuous support from the powerful firepower of tanks on the ground, and the guard battalion had nothing, only the steel guns in their hands.

Although the guard battalion was elite, they were not facing one or two wings, but three or four divisions and more than a dozen wings. The disparity in strength is very large.

After Zhang Mingyu finished speaking, he turned to Liu Cheng and said, "Chief of Staff, you immediately send a telegram to the guard battalion and ask them how their current situation is?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Cheng stood upright and immediately took the order.

Wangdu Mountain, on the position of the guard battalion, there was a calm.

The bad result that Zhang Mingyu guessed did not happen, and the Fourth Division, which was responsible for surrounding the guard battalion, had no intention of attacking, and some soldiers simply sat in groups of three or five in the trenches and played gambling games.

Before these soldiers joined the army, they were all traders, porters and peddlers, and they were naturally no strangers to these things.

In the battalion headquarters, the correspondent translated the telegram, then turned around and said: "Battalion, the military headquarters is calling to ask us how the battle is going here. ”

"The battle situation?" Li Gang said with some tears and laughter: "Call back to the military department, our department has not been attacked in any way, and everything is fine at present." ”

……….

Not long after, Liu Cheng walked into the former enemy headquarters of the First Regiment with a telegram rather confused.

Zhang Mingyu saw Liu Chengpi's smiling face, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Chief of Staff, is there any news from the guard battalion? ”

"The guard battalion called back and said that so far, they have not been attacked in any way! The army on their periphery only surrounded them on Wangdu Mountain, and did not attack them? Liu Cheng replied.

"Huh?" Zhang Mingyu said awe-inspiringly: "Didn't launch an attack on the guard battalion? What medicine is sold in the throat of the little devil? ”

Zhang Biao was also confused: "What's going on, they have surrounded the guard battalion, but they have surrounded but not attacked, why is that?" Which one is this singing, little devil? ”

"There is only one possibility......... Liu Cheng said halfway through. Zhang Mingyu continued: "The little devil wants to put a long line to catch a big fish. ”

"Catch a big fish? Could it be that the little devil still wants to eat our entire first division in one bite? Niu Tiangui shouted in disbelief.

"Hmmm! There is this possibility, and it is not a day or two for the little devil to want to eat us in one bite, it is completely possible. Zhang Mingyu nodded slightly.

"Humph! The little devil has a lot of appetite, and it is not so easy to eat my first division. As the commander of the first division, Zhang Biao said in a solemn tone.

At this moment, a communications staff officer walked in with a hurried expression, and said with a straight face: "Throne, something is wrong, the Third Flying Regiment of the Air Force has discovered that a large number of troops are gathering on the left and right flanks of our rear. ”

As soon as the communication staff officer's voice fell, the faces of several people, including Zhang Mingyu, changed drastically, and they were really worried about something, and after a short shock, Zhang Mingyu said awe-inspiringly: "How many specific troops are the army?" Where are you now? ”

"Returning to the military seat, the telegram said that the number of troops is large, and it is impossible to determine the exact strength, but at least it will not be less than 200,000!" The communications staff officer replied.

"Two hundred thousand?" Liu Cheng, Zhang Biao and others were extremely shocked and said, "Where did the little devil come from?" ”

At this time, Zhang Mingyu fell into deep thought, and his intuition told him that this situation would be very dangerous, but he couldn't figure it out, where did the 200,000 army come from? Shandong? It is impossible, Shandong's army can only be mixed into one or two brigades at most, and it is obviously impossible to form a new army of 200,000 from the mainland, and even if there are soldiers in the army, it is not necessarily possible to form a new army of more than 10 divisions and 200,000 troops in a short period of time.

After all, modern warfare is not the same as ancient cold-weapon warfare, and a large number of people can fight a war, and now it is indispensable to form an army with weapons and equipment, military training, and sufficient logistical supplies.

If these two possibilities are ruled out, then the 200,000 troops can only be drawn from the Kwantung Army of the puppet Manchukuo (four northeastern provinces), and only the Eastern Army is currently capable of transferring 200,000 troops at once and sending them to the battlefield in North China.

Seeing that Zhang Mingyu was silent, Liu Cheng hurriedly said: "Junzao, what should we do?" Is it to take advantage of the fact that the army has not yet formed an encirclement around us, and hurry up to break through the encirclement. ”

"Breakout?" Zhang Mingyu frowned and said: "It's not that simple, let's not mention that the guard battalion is still surrounded by the Yue army, do you think the two divisions of the Yue army opposite us will easily let us break through?" ”

"So what do we do? You can't sit back here, can you? Liu Cheng asked.

Zhang Mingyu carried his hands behind his back, paced back and forth, and suddenly said: "Order the sappers to speed up the progress, and the whole division will cross the Tang River and march towards Wangdu Mountain, and join the guard battalion!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone agreed loudly, although they didn't know what attention Zhang Mingyu played, but as a soldier, it is his duty to obey orders, and Zhang Mingyu can create miracles repeatedly, can't he do it this time?

On the south bank of the Tang River, the engineering unit has built an artificial bridge with a width of four meters and a length of 30 meters in the shallow water of the river beach.

The bottom of the river is blocked with stones, and then branches are laid on top of the stones and then made of sacks of earth.

Although the road bridge was not built very well, it was enough to withstand the Tiger tanks of the Read's Panzer Division driving across the river.

As soon as the road and bridge were repaired, dozens of Tiger tanks of the 1st Regiment of the Armored Division began to rumble across the river one after another.

Zhang Mingyu took Zhang Biao, Niu Tiangui and others to stand in the forward headquarters, and seeing that the main force of the first division had all crossed the river, Zhang Biao said to Zhang Mingyu: "Military seat, it seems that the little devil really wants to invite you into the urn!" ”

Zhang Mingyu looked indifferently at the ironclad torrent in front of him that was slowly crossing the river, and said coldly: "Order all regiments to cross the river immediately!" After crossing the river, the armored division immediately launched a fierce attack on the positions of the Yue army, and the whole division advanced towards Wangdu Mountain! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Biao snapped up and straightened, and then turned around and gave the order.

Soon more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles of the armored division all crossed the Don River and reached the north bank, where they joined up with a regiment and a battalion.

Zhao Kuohai patted the thick armor of a Tiger tank and said with a smile: "Hehe, our tank is better looking than the little devil's Iron King Ba!" ”

The deputy battalion commander next to him also smiled: "Our tank is not only better than the little devil, but this head is also bigger than the little devil!" ”

At this moment, a herald ran over panting and shouted: "Battalion Commander Zhao, the military headquarters orders your department to immediately prepare for battle, and follow the armored division to break through the frontal position of the army and the guard battalion!" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Kuohai promised loudly, then turned around and shouted at the top of his throat: "The whole battalion is ready to fight!" ”

In an instant, more than 800 soldiers of the first battalion began to assemble urgently, but the formation that had been chaotic just now just now quickly formed a neat formation.

Zhao Kuohai strode to the front of the formation, opened his throat and shouted, "Brothers! As the saying goes, the brothers who fight the tiger, the father and son soldiers, and the brothers in the guard battalion are now surrounded by little devils! What are we going to do? ”

"Kill all the little devils! Rescue the guard battalion! ”

"Kill all the little devils! Rescue the guard battalion! ”

More than 800 warriors responded in unison.

"Good! Now I order, the whole battalion strikes! Offensive! Zhao Kuohai waved his hand and said loudly.

(To be continued)