The four bombers slowly left the sky over Shijiashan, which had been bombed beyond recognition, and the time reached half past three in the afternoon, and the battle between China and Japan in Xiyang County began to gradually come to an end.

After paying more than 400 casualties, the four detachments were ordered to retreat, and they successively withdrew from the battlefield and went to the vicinity to hide and wait for rest.

After the troops of the 1st Brigade entered Shijiashan, the troops of the New 2nd Brigade immediately gave up the pursuit and withdrew to the vicinity of Xiyang County to stand by.

Wearing a wet Japanese major general's uniform, Kunomura Momoyo, accompanied by his subordinates, came to Shijiashan, and standing on the Shijiashan heavy artillery position, Kunomura Momoyo's face became gloomy.

He couldn't imagine how the Chinese troops had seized this dangerous place, and he couldn't imagine how the Chinese troops had managed to take away four heavy guns under the combined air raid shelling of Japanese planes and artillery.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the troops of the new 2nd Brigade of China, which are pursuing us, have disengaged from us, and the cavalry has detected them moving towards the county seat of Xiyang County."

The Chief of Staff, Chiaki Hattori, came to Momoyo Kunomura, and after saluting Chiaki Hattori, he immediately reported the reconnaissance of the cavalry.

Kunomura Momoyo's brow furrowed slightly, and he looked at the incomplete corpse on the ground.

"According to Ikuta Nakasa's judgment, four of the eight cannons here were destroyed, which means that the Shina troops took four away. Immediately send armored troops to chase after them, be sure to find the Shina troops, and tell Morikawa Nakasa to destroy the four cannons captured by the Shina troops at all costs. ”

Kunomura Momoyo glanced around coldly, and he immediately gave an order.

After Hattori Chiaki heard Kunomura Momoyo's order, he couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment on his face, he looked at Kunomura Momoyo and didn't say a word for a long time.

"Is there any difficulty?" Kunomura Momoyo asked in a somewhat unkind tone.

"Your Excellency the brigade commander, the armored detachment has suffered heavy losses, and at the moment it is capable of using no more than ten tanks and armored vehicles." Hattori Chiaki said with her head down.

"Eight Ga Ya Road!" Kunomura Momoyo cursed viciously.

After a series of battles, the casualties paid by the 1st Brigade and the 25th Brigade were even greater.

There was a brief period of peace in Xiyang County, and the Chinese and Japanese troops began to rest and recuperate after several days of continuous fighting.

Sun Weiguo was still rescuing here in Tailiang Mountain, and Ge Haifeng's cavalry battalion rushed here to serve as a guard.

ALTHOUGH HUANG GUOHUA AND OTHER TROOPS CAPTURED FOUR 105MM CANNONS, THEY PAID A HEAVY PRICE IN CASUALTIES, AND THE FEW REMAINING TROOPS WERE WITHDRAWING TOWARDS TAILIANGSHAN AT THIS TIME.

The Japanese forces were powerless to launch a new offensive, and the Chinese forces were powerless to carry out any action.

Shijiazhuang, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army.

Kazuki Kiyoji's face was not very good at this time, the operation of the Japanese army in North China and Central China to open the Jinpu line was blocked, and the 5th Division and the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in North China were caught in a bitter battle on the front line, and the losses of these two divisions were very large, at this time the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, had already begun to set his sights on the First Army, and Terauchi Shouichi planned to transfer troops of the First Army to participate in the front-line operation.

However, the First Army was fighting against the anti-Japanese forces in the southeast of Jin, and most of their forces were pinned, so there was a skirmish between Kiyoshi Kazuki and Shouichi Terauchi.

"Your Excellency Commander, His Excellency Terauchi has sent a message, and he ......" Hashimoto said as he walked in from outside with a telegram on his face.

Kazuki Kiyoji knew that Terauchi Shouichi must have sent a message reproaching him, he took the message casually and looked at it, and when he saw the content of the message, his face became pale, and his hands were clenched into fists.

"The 1st Brigade of the melee actually suffered casualties of two infantry brigades, and the armored detachment and artillery detachment actually lost more than half of their equipment, damn it, how did Momoyo Kunomura command the operation. His Excellency Terauchi Shouichi is really excessive, the first brigade of the melee is a unit directly under the North China Front Command, and Kunomura Momoyo is also the brigade commander he personally appointed, this is Kunomura Momoyo's incompetence, not that my command is unfavorable. ”

Kazuki Kiyoji said with a gloomy face, and he said in a dissatisfied tone.

Terauchi Shouichi was the commander of the North China Front, and he knew the situation of the battle in Xiyang County well, and Terauchi Shouichi was dissatisfied with Kazuki Kiyoshi in his heart, and after knowing the loss of Japanese troops in Xiyang County, Terauchi Shouichi directly sent a message to ridicule Kazuki Kiyoshi for not being able to command, and was only worthy of being a squad leader.

"Hashimoto-kun, it seems that we failed in this battle, what is the origin of this Sun Weiguo, and he can have such an ability, I really can't imagine it."

Kiyoji Kazuki slowly sat down in his chair, his eyes looked at Hashimoto, and there was a helpless expression on his face.

"Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Battle, Momoyo Naganomura, sent a telegram that the position of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Wing of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery, which was attached to the operation, was attacked by the Shina troops, and four of the eight heavy guns were destroyed by the Shina troops, and the whereabouts of the other four heavy guns are unknown."

Before Hashimoto could answer Terauchi Shouichi's words, an Osaku staff officer walked in from outside and reported.

Hearing the news, Kiyoji Kazuki, who was sitting in the chair just now, couldn't help but stand up again, and he looked at the staff officer in front of him in shock.

"Bagaya Road, how the hell do they command the battle?" Kiyoji Kazuki couldn't help but curse.

No matter how Kazuki Kiyoji cursed, this would not change the situation of the Japanese army in Xiyang County.

The Hashimoto group began to get busy with the staff officers of the headquarters, and the two brigades of the Japanese army paid a lot of casualties, but the Hashimoto group firmly believed that with the command ability of Kunomura Momoyo, the troops of the Eighth Route Army were certainly not without any casualties, and he was summing up the casualties of the troops of the Eighth Route Army, so as to plan the next combat operation.

The Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties, but the troops of the Eighth Route Army also suffered heavy casualties.

In addition to the artillery company, the armored company and the armored car company of the armored battalion of the new second brigade can be described as almost completely annihilated, and the two artillery companies of the new second brigade and one artillery battalion have more than 20 artillery pieces, and now there are only seven mountain guns that can fire shells.

The two machine gun companies of the special service battalion lost more than 10 light and heavy machine guns, the two infantry companies also suffered one-third of the casualties, and the cavalry battalion suffered the least casualties, only paying dozens of casualties, but the casualties of the first regiment have now reached one-half, and most of the wounded are persisting in the battle with their wounded.

As for the guard battalion troops, after passing through Shijiashan for a while, Huang Guohua was able to assemble more than 60 soldiers for battle, and there were only two platoons of more than 60 people.