The Japanese army's combat tactics were to defend in the east and attack in the west, and the Japanese army was on the defensive here in Shimenkou Town, but here in Suochun Town, they were on the offensive.

Kunomura Momoyo relied on his artillery wing with a total of forty-four guns, but he continued to cover the village of Tanigami and the town of Suospring.

At half past one o'clock in the afternoon of 25 August, four Japanese light bombers began to fly over the town of Suoquan, and four bombers began to carpet bomb the town.

Aerial bombs began to fall on the ground, and the town began to be shrouded in black smoke, and many large craters appeared on the ground.

However, the little devils did not know that the troops of the second battalion of the first regiment and the fourth battalion of the pre-first regiment that went to Linzhang County to fight had urgently returned from Linzhang County to Pingding County to participate in the battle.

After the front-line command post in Xinzhuang Village received the troops of the second and fourth battalions back to Pingding County, Zhao Lerong, chief of staff of the Sixth Army Division, began to issue combat orders to the second and fourth battalions, and Zhao Lerong temporarily transferred Liu Jingnuma's second battalion and Zhang Wenbin's fourth battalion to the Eastern Route Army's combat sequence, and accepted the command of Yin Jinshan, commander of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment.

At the same time, Zhao Lerong assigned Yue Wu, chief of the Operations Section, to the East Route Army to assist in commanding the operation, and Zhao Lerong gave the East Route Army troops an operational target, and he asked the East Route Army to capture Zaoling Village before half past two in the afternoon, so as to open up the road to Suochun Town.

Zhao Lerong is a very good chief of staff, Kunomura Momoyo intends to deploy a triangular defensive position with the county seat of Pingding County, Shimen Town, and Suochun Town, and the county seat of Pingding County, Shimenkou Town, and Suochun Town are the three support points of the defensive position, and these three support points must be the most perfect place for defense.

According to the deployment of Kuno Village Momoyo, Zhao Lerong changed the combat mission to the East Route Army, he did not let the East Route Army attack Shimen Town, he was ready to let the East Route Army capture Zaoling Village, so as to control the road to Suochun Town, Zhao Lerong planned to let the East and West Route Army meet first, and then turn around to clean up Shimen Town and the Japanese troops in Pingding County.

Moreover, once Zaoling Village was captured, the headquarters and artillery position of Momoyo in the eastern suburbs of Nakunomura would be directly exposed to the noses of the armored forces of the Eastern Route Army.

"The commander can't be contacted now, in the name of the front line command post, I will send a telegram to the commander of the Eastern Route Army, Yin Jinshan, and the deputy commander Ge Haifeng, I will strengthen the third company of the first battalion of the artillery regiment to fight the Eastern Route Army, and tell them that before half past two, they must take Zaoling Village, and if they can't take Zaoling Village, Yin Jinshan and Ge Haifeng will bear the responsibility for delaying the fighter!"

Zhao Lerong, who has always been good-tempered, also began to become serious, and he knew that this battle was going to take a lot of risks.

Especially in Suochun Town, the nameless regiment is under a lot of pressure, so if you want to change from passive to active, the Eastern Route Army must fight quickly.

Outside Zaoling Village, the troops of the Eastern Route Army have quickly begun to assemble, and all units have begun to enter the predetermined location.

Last time, Yin Jinshan's plan to send reinforcements to the tank wing did not succeed, which made Yin Jinshan hold his breath in his heart, and now he is ready to vent this breath to the Japanese tank wing.

At present, the Eastern Route Army has an armored battalion with 43 tanks, one infantry battalion, one mounted artillery battalion, one reinforced cavalry battalion, two infantry battalions, and one heavy artillery company.

The troops of the Eastern Route Army are now in control of the most elite troops of the Sixth Army Division, and Yin Jinshan now has a lot of confidence.

"Attack!" Yin Jinshan soon began to give the order to attack.

The second battalion of Liu Jingnuma's infantry, the fourth battalion of Zhang Wenbin's infantry, and more than 1,000 troops from two battalions quickly began to move from the starting positions set up in advance.

A piece of artillery, a heavy machine gun, began to set up artillery positions and machine-gun positions, which would provide fire cover for the infantry.

The second company of the armored battalion was led by the company commander Captain Chen Hao to follow the attack, and the tank troops attacked quickly, and after a while, the tank troops rushed directly to the front of the infantry.

Seventeen T-26 tanks began to advance towards Zaoling Village, and Yin Jinshan threw in two infantry battalions and an armored company in the first round of attacks.

Zaoling Village, the headquarters of the Japanese tank wing, Takei Shusuke, the commander of the tank wing, held a telescope and looked outside the village of Zaoling Village, with a solemn expression on his face.

Looking at the appearance of a large number of tanks and a large number of infantry outside the village, the expression on Takei Shusuke's face became solemn, at this time, the Japanese army stationed in Zaoling Village was stationed at the tank wing headquarters, a tank squadron, a rapid-fire gun squadron of the battle defense artillery team, and a 47MM anti-tank gun squadron, the number of devil soldiers in Zaoling Village was not much, but their equipment was good.

"Your Excellency, the number of troops in China has an advantage, can we retreat to Shimen Town first, and we will defend with the Seventh Independent Infantry Brigade there."

The captain squadron leader of the 2nd Tank Squadron of the tank wing came to Takei Shusuke, and he looked at the captain squadron leader with a solemn expression on his face.

There were more than 1,000 infantry on the other side, and there were seventeen tanks to help in the battle, which made the captain squadron leader worried.

The 3rd Tank Squadron of the Tank Wing was transferred to fight in Suogong Town, and the 1st Tank Squadron and the Anti-Tank Gun Squadron directly under the Tank Wing were all in Shimenkou Town, and even the main force of the anti-aircraft artillery team was in Shimenkou Town.

"Once Zaoling Village is captured by the Zhina troops, then the brigade headquarters of His Excellency the Brigade Commander will be in danger, and we must defend Zaoling Village. Your tanks quickly concealed themselves in the village, prepared for a counterattack, and ordered rapid-fire gun squadrons and anti-tank gun squadrons to disperse into gun emplacements, and when the tanks entered the firing range, they immediately opened fire. ”

Shusuke Takei put down the binoculars, he looked at the captain squadron leader beside him, and he said with a serious expression.

He knew how important the location of Zaoling Village was, and at the same time, he knew that once the little force in his hand was withdrawn, he would definitely be attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

THE TANK WAS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ZAOLING VILLAGE, AND WHEN THE DISTANCE WAS ONLY 500 METERS, THE JAPANESE FOUR 47MM ANTI-TANK GUNS TOOK THE LEAD IN FIRING.

Four armor-piercing shells quickly hit the T-26 tank, one armor-piercing shell easily penetrated the tank, and the tank was blown up on the spot.

After the Japanese four anti-tank guns fired, their positions also began to be exposed, and the six Type 92 infantry guns of the two machine gun companies of the second and fourth battalions quickly began to fire high-explosive shells, and one after another high-explosive shells quickly hit the positions of the Japanese exposed anti-tank guns, and at the same time, sixteen T-26 tanks accelerated forward, and they began to strafe Zaoling Village with tank machine guns to suppress the Japanese firepower.

Fierce fighting began, and the two sides fought for the first time, and the Japanese destroyed one tank, but both of their anti-tank guns were destroyed.

Captain Takei Shusuke's face became gloomy, and he began to realize that the situation had become a little dangerous, especially when the heavy artillery shells hit the village, Takei Shusuke's brows furrowed.