Chai Long first supported Han Xing and said: "I'm optimistic, let's concentrate on breaking through!" Li Shanting also agreed, saying: "I still support Han Xing's opinion, let's focus on breaking through!" ”

Zhang Daqian saw that the political commissar and the chief of staff both expressed their positions in this way, and also supported it: "I think the retreat is also commanded by Han Xing!" Comrade Han Xing has rich experience, and he commands us to rest assured. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

At this time, Han Xing was not polite, anyway, he had already commanded the battle of Lanwo Guard, so he had to say: "Okay, now retreat to the south immediately, and the first company of tanks will be the vanguard, in the middle is our large army and the retreating people, and the second company of tanks will cover behind." ”

As soon as he said it, the Liaotang detachment took tens of thousands of people and began a major retreat to the south.

The Japanese army in Liaocheng originally wanted to counterattack, but they suffered a big loss and were afraid of the power of the tank, so they didn't dare to chase too closely, but just bluffed and followed behind with a burst of gunfire.

Qi Zixiu's troops were even more reluctant to go head-to-head with Han Xing's troops, and what they were best at was the second sweep. Therefore, the place where the Eighth Road withdrew was just right for them to "show their skills", digging here and there in the area of Ranvo to see if they could pick up any cheap things.

The Liaotang detachment was slow to move because of a large number of people, and it could walk up to 10 miles in an hour, and just walked 15 miles, that is, it reached the area of Wang Village and Shijia Village on the Guantang Highway, and encountered the stubborn resistance of the devils in front.

Han Xing stood on a high place, looked south, and saw that the assault platoon of Li Dazhong's tank company had already engaged the enemy.

Judging from the firepower and equipment, the devils seem to be two squadrons, which doesn't seem to be a big deal, but there is also a regiment of the puppet army, they have dug deep fortifications, and are waiting for the Liaotang detachment to drill in.

After a while, the reconnaissance staff officer also came to report that according to the internal report, it was the commander of the Japanese army in Liaocheng who personally led two Japanese squadrons to form the second encirclement, and in addition, there was also a regiment of Wang Jiazhong of the security army.

Han Xing, Zhang Daqian, Chai Long, and Li Shanting urgently discussed the military situation. Han Xing said to them: "It seems that this time, we have to divide our troops, with the first tank company continuing to attack the enemy to attract the enemy's troops, while the second tank company withstands the pursuit from behind, while the remaining three companies lead the people to break through from the side." ”

Zhang Daqian asked: "We have the advantage of tanks, why don't we concentrate our forces and rush over from the south in one fell swoop?" ”

Han Xing said, "Don't you see the enemy's formation? The tank troops are good to say, and rush over, but what about the people? The enemy has already built deep fortifications, breaking through one layer after another, and the people can't rush through. It is better for us to calculate and calculate, the tank company attracts the main force of the devils, creating a false impression of a strong breakthrough, and the three companies of the Liaotang detachment, leading the people, break through from the left, first to the east, and then to the south, to our central base area. ”

Chai Long said: "I understand, Commander Han's opinion is that it should be concentrated and dispersed, and the ultimate goal is to cover the retreat of the people and our logistics organs." ”

Li Shanting said: "This is good, the tank company has also worked hard, and it has beaten the devils fiercely." The people took advantage of this gap to break through from the side. ”

Zhang Daqian did not object again, and the matter was settled. Wu Xiaoming of the 1st Tank Company received the order and immediately led the 1st Tank Company to rush towards Shijia Village. Li Dazhong's assault platoon rushed to the front, increased the throttle, and at a speed of nearly 8 kilometers per hour, while attacking, it fired a dense number of bullets with heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and assault rifles at the devils on the enemy position.

The devil's infantry was either killed or wounded, and the rest of the bullets showed that the 6.5mm bullets had no way to deal with these earthen tanks, so they could only retreat. At this moment, the devil's Type 92 infantry guns also fired shells at the tanks of the tank company, one by one.

The Type 92 infantry gun is a very excellent weapon in the Japanese army's armament, and contrary to the slogan of cold weapons, it puts forward the saying "one inch is short, one inch is dangerous". Why do you say this, one is that its shelves are very small, good at concealment, plus a protective shield, it is only 0.62 meters high, don't look suitable for hiding, but it can fire 70 mm high-explosive grenades.

If Han Xing had a real tank, it seemed that he would not be too afraid to deal with this kind of shell, and the thick armor would be enough to defend it, but these are all Han Xing's fake tanks! A fake is a fake, there is only 4 mm of protective armor, and if a 70 mm high-explosive grenade hits the vicinity, and shrapnel flies to this fake tank, it will be a big annoyance.

A grenade exploded nearby, shrapnel flew onto a combat vehicle, and in one fell swoop broke through the thick plank protection and thin armor of the earthen tank, the driver was killed, two fighters were wounded, and the tank was lying on its stomach.

Soon, the other two tanks were shot and were also knocked to their stomachs.

And there is no artillery on the earthen tank, so it is impossible to strike and suppress the enemy's Type 92 infantry artillery. There is also a Type 92 artillery gun that is very good at hiding, and it is simply difficult to find out where it is hiding.

This is really a brine point tofu, one thing drops one thing.

The little devil seems to have found a turning point in the battle from the artillery fighting the tank, although there are not many guns, the bombs are constantly flying towards the tank one after another. Li Dazhong was very anxious, in the face of the enemy's artillery fire, these earthen tanks were not vulnerable at all.

If the tanks don't hold up, then the devil's infantry will not be easy to deal with, as long as the devil's infantry returns to the sun, the situation on the battlefield will immediately change.

Seeing this scene, Han Xing's mood was also very heavy, striking the enemy's artillery is the key, if the enemy's artillery is really allowed to take the lead, our tanks are finished, as soon as the tanks are finished, the Japanese infantry will immediately hold on, attack our infantry, and the situation will immediately turn over.

Han Xing called the flag soldiers to immediately order Wu Xiaoming to strike at the enemy's artillery. Wu Xiaoming could only count on a few mortars now, and quickly called the mortar men to get off the chariot, set up the mortars, and bombarded the enemy's artillery.

Thanks to Wu Xiaoming's good eyes, he had long observed the location where the enemy's Type 92 infantry guns were hiding, and a shell flew away, blowing up a Type 92 infantry gun, but the other infantry gun couldn't hit anything.

From time to time, the enemy's 70-mm high-explosive grenades, nevertheless, flew over and posed a serious threat to our tanks. Our mortars flew past with a burst of shells, and the little devils were so cruel that they had already pulled up the Type 92 infantry guns and ran away, and then went to another place and shelled our tanks again.

In fact, the battle ended in a draw, the devil's Type 92 infantry guns, which contained the attack of the tanks, and our mortars, from time to time, struck at the enemy's infantry artillery. The tank company, although not so strong in the offensive, nevertheless deterred the enemy's infantry.

Kogi Yokozo's infantry, seeing an opportunity in the back, attacked the Liaotang brigade. Thanks to the second tank company in the back, they learned the tactics of the first tank company, with five tanks at the rear, acting as cover, and on the left and right flanks of the rear tanks, five companies of tanks lined up in a column, protecting the people and troops in the central circle.

Although Yan Xuewang's company was not very good at weapons, and there were only three light machine guns, they were condescending, and the power of light machine guns and rifles was brought into play. No matter how good the devil's weapons are, no matter how good his shooting skills are, there is nothing he can do against tanks, and 6.5 mm bullets hit the thick wooden planks, and they can't get in.

Yan Xuewang's tank company really tasted the benefits of tank vehicles, and if they hit the enemy, they could kill him, but when the enemy hit us, they simply couldn't penetrate these "armor" that combined with earth and ocean.

While the two tank companies in the front and rear were holding back the enemy's large forces, the three infantry companies of the Liaotang detachment quickly led the people into the communication ditch, and retreated to the east along the bottom of the ditch. During the retreat, the troops told the people not to speak, but to trot, the faster the better.

The commander of the Japanese army was not a vegetarian, and he was also afraid that the Eighth Route would attack the west, so he sent some small units to deploy defenses along the large army of the breakthrough to prevent the large army from breaking through from the east and west.

An infantry company of the Liaotang detachment, which was serving as an assault in the front, suddenly encountered the obstruction of a small group of devils, and the two sides met each other and fought together. There was a dozen in front, but the people behind were unable to hold their breath, panicked for a while, and ran away in all directions, and the scene was a little out of control for a while.

Although the comrades in the army and the local cadres resolutely dissuaded everyone from running around and following the troops. But these are all some ordinary people, what do you say, some of them listen, some just don't listen, plus the guns and cannons are chaotic, people are panicked, and the scene of collapse begins to appear......

At this time, a scout came to report that the comrades of the Agricultural Bureau had been scattered, especially Lei Qing of the grain station could not be found and had lost contact.

When Han Xing heard this, he was so anxious that he slapped his thigh, and shouted "It's not good!" Not good! "Why is Han Xing in a hurry? Because Lei Qing carried the account book of the grain station and the grain storage map of the entire grain station. If this thing falls into the hands of the devil, then this battle will not have to be fought, and it will be lost.

Han Xing said to Zhang Daqian anxiously: "Secretary Zhang, it's troublesome, if the grain map is obtained by the enemy, we will break through the encirclement, what will the troops and the people eat?" Also, the little devils have food to eat, and they don't have to sweep in the future, and they just watch us starve to death. ”

Zhang Daqian was also very anxious and asked, "So what should I do?" ”

Han Xing said: "Breaking through the siege is the second step, finding Lei Qing and protecting the account book and grain map is the first step." At present, there is only one way to do this, organize a few plainclothes squads to find Lei Qing. The rest, continue to lead the people to break through. ”