Baijing Town, Pingding County, the headquarters of the First Brigade of the Melee.

Major General Brigade Commander Naganomura Momoyo looked at the map, his face showed a solemn expression, and his eyes also had a slightly worried expression.

The commander of the armored forces, Nakasa Morikawa, had already walked in from the outside, and after standing in front of Momoyo Kunomura, Nakasa Morikawa saluted Momoyo Kunomura.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the 1st Tank Squadron has lost two Type 89 tanks, the 2nd Tank Squadron has lost 3 Type 95 tanks, and the 3rd Tank Squadron has no losses for the time being, and we have lost five tanks."

After coming to the front of Kunomura Momoyo Obi, Morikawa Nakasa immediately made a report, and he had a somewhat solemn expression on his face.

At present, the 1st Mixed Combat Brigade has four infantry brigades, an armored team, an artillery team, a reconnaissance team, an engineer team, a cavalry team, and a baggage corps.

When Qin Yashang's independent mixed brigade was formed, it was mainly considered that the troops were used for defense, and at the same time, this kind of mixed brigade had a certain degree of offensive capability, but compared with the regular field brigade, the combat effectiveness of the mixed brigade was obviously at a disadvantage.

The formation of the 1st Brigade of the Kunomura Momoyo Mixed War was to deal with Sun Weiguo's troops, and the troops commanded by Kunomura Momoyo to fight with Sun Weiguo several times, although the 1st Brigade of the Melee never annihilated Sun Weiguo's troops, but the 1st Brigade of the Kunomura Momoyo Mixed War was a unit that maintained a fight with Sun Weiguo in the Japanese army and never caused major losses, and the loss rate of both sides was always maintained at 1 to 1.

The North China Front was very sure of Kunomura Momoyo's command ability, and Commander Terauchi Toshiichi praised Kunomura Momoyo even more.

This time, the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat performed well in the front-line operations in Xuzhou, and Shoichi Terauchi deliberately strengthened the combat capability of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Warfare.

At present, the armored team has three tank squadrons, the first tank squadron has two Type 95 tanks and ten Type 89 tanks, the second tank squadron has two Type 89 tanks and ten Type 95 tanks, the third tank squadron has four Type 97 tanks, four Type 95 tanks, and four Type 89 tanks, and at the same time, the armored team also has two anti-tank gun squadrons, each equipped with eight 47mm anti-tank guns.

Originally, according to the plan of the commander of the First Army, Umezu Mijiro, the troops of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat were to rest and recuperate in Jingcheng County, and then to participate in the battle after the arrival of the 4th Cavalry Brigade.

However, Sun Weiguo's new 2nd Brigade took the lead in attacking the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade in Xiyang County, and the 1st Mixed Brigade, which had not yet finished resting, quickly joined the battle.

Kunomura Momoyo is also worthy of being a commander who can be equated with Sun Weiguo, the local troops of the Eighth Route Army responsible for containing the first brigade of the melee were easily solved, and the first brigade of the melee was the fastest to enter Pingding County, but when Kunomura Momoyo entered Pingding County, he realized that the situation was much worse than he expected.

The more equipped, the more squeamish the troops are on the march, the better the weapons, and the more sensitive they are to natural conditions.

When the Americans encountered a sandstorm in the Iraq war, the helicopters could not take off to fight, and all the tanks lay on their stomachs, and only after the sandstorm had passed, did the Americans continue to carry out operations.

From this it follows that the more equipment the better, the more complicated the situation encountered on the march.

The 1st Mixed Brigade encountered a very difficult problem, and when the 1st Mixed Brigade came to Pingding County, Kunomura Momoyo thought that he had come to a wasteland, the road was completely destroyed, and there would be a large crater within two or three meters of distance, through which tank troops could not pass, and trucks and armored vehicles could not pass through.

If the first brigade of the melee temporarily abandoned the tanks and armored vehicles, their troops would be able to fight, but such a big pit could not even be passed by mules and horses, and the artillery towed by mules and horses and trucks could not move.

There was no way, and Kunomura Momoyo could only get the infantry to assist the sappers in building the road first.

After the infantry and sappers had built the road, the tank was able to move, but after the tank managed to move, the tank began to encounter mine attacks again.

What makes Kunomura Momoyo full of anger is that these mines require a certain weight to detonate, and the infantry will be fine if they step on them, and when the tank passes, the mines will detonate quickly, and the Japanese tank is a notoriously thin toy, especially here on the tank chassis, the armor is even thinner.

The five tanks were blown up before they could meet the troops of the New Second Brigade, which filled the heart of Kunomura Momoyo with anger.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there are no civilians around, and the houses in the city are empty...... "Chief of Staff Chiaki Hattori also came to report to Momoyo Kunomura.

Before he could finish his sentence, the sound of a grenade exploding was heard outside, and a staff officer ran in from outside in a panic.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, some houses are filled with mines and mines." The staff officer hurriedly reported.

"Baga, order all departments to rest in place and not act without authorization." Kunomura Momoyo said in an unkind tone.

The staff officer nodded, and he immediately walked outside, this staff officer was to convey the order of Momoyo Kunomura.

This is the plan prepared by Sun Weiguo for the First Brigade of the Melee Regiment, which has a very tragic name: Scorched Earth War of Resistance.

Japanese troops rarely carried supplies, and their basic strategy was to grab wherever they wanted, and their supplies were completely dependent on plunder.

The troops of the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat Regiment belong to a multi-service mixed combat unit, and their baggage troops must not only carry ammunition, but also gasoline and related tools for repairing vehicles, which increases the carrying capacity of the baggage troops, and they naturally cannot keep up with food, drink, and supplies.

Sun Weiguo made the people hide all in the tunnels, all the things that could be eaten were brought to the tunnels, all the wells were blocked, and the roads were completely destroyed.

Naturally, such a large amount of work cannot be completed by the troops of the New Second Brigade, and this requires the support of the people.

Most of the people in Pingding County are military dependents, and here is the base for Sun Weiguo's development from scratch, the people respect Sun Weiguo very much, and they will support what Sun Weiguo asks them to do, and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people here is very high, and seven or eight of the ten people are military dependents.

Countless roads were destroyed, and countless farmlands were destroyed, which was exchanged for a short time to hold the 1st Brigade of the melee, which was the contribution of the people to the war effort.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the road from here to the county seat has been completely destroyed, this is simply an empty city, and no one exists at all."

The captain of the reconnaissance team came to Kunomura Momoyo, and he saluted Kunomura Momoyo and said.