General Yamada's wishful thinking was very loud, but Han Yunhua, as an officer from later generations, was most taboo about tanks against the air force, in the face of insufficient anti-aircraft firepower, tanks were moving targets, and a plane could inflict a fatal blow on a tank regiment, so Han Yunhua ordered Wan Guoquan's headquarters to march at night and rest in concealment during the day, and never give the Japanese Air Force even a chance. At the same time, the Air Force Joint Command was ordered to send the Air Force to search for fighters every day and completely destroy the Japanese Air Corps before its strength was restored.

This was an unprecedented duel, and after waiting for two more days and still not finding the chariot troops under Han Yunhua's department, General Yamada Otozo gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and ordered Lieutenant General Hattori Kotaro to lead the armored brigade and heavy artillery brigade directly under the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the 1st Division to immediately reinforce Matsubara, and at the same time ordered the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the puppet Manchukuo Guards Infantry Division to go to the front line to fight.

Yamada Otozo is desperate, Xinjing as the political center of the puppet Manchukuo, its role is irreplaceable, so Xin has been stationed with heavy troops all year round. The heavy troops here are not only the elite troops of the Japanese army, but also the elite of the puppet Manchukuo, such as the 1st Guards Division and the 2nd Guards Division of the Puppet Manchukuo, which defend the palace all year round.

The shock caused by Yamada Otozo's transfer of these two infantry divisions to the front line was huge, which made those Manchu remnants and young people very insecure, and even the puppet Manchu ruling Pu Yi called General Yamada Otozo many times, euphemistically proposing that he hope to replace the 1st Guards Division with other troops.

But at this time, Yamada Otozo didn't care about the thoughts of these puppets at all, in Yamada Otozo's opinion, the "country" was about to die, and the ruling and the like were about to become prisoners of the Shina people, and no matter how many troops they wanted, it was useless to consume them on the battlefield now than to become an accomplice of the Shina people in the future.

Yamada Otozo, a special force composed entirely of the most elite troops of the Japanese Empire and the puppet state of Manchukuo, was given a heavy responsibility, especially the 1st Division. Speaking of which, I have to revisit the 1st Division, the most famous infantry division in the Showa era of Japan, which performed mediocre after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, but it was also bloodstained. The 1st Division did not send troops to invade the interior of Chinese mainland, but the troops evolved from the 1st Division participated in almost all the battles of the invasion of China.

In November 1937, the remaining troops and reservists of the 1st Division formed the 101st Division and participated in the Battle of Wuhan. In August 1940, the 3rd Wing of the 1st Division was used to form the 28th Division, and in 1941, the 1st Division participated in the special large-scale exercises of the Kwantung Army, becoming the first batch of elite divisions to be strengthened with heavy weapons, with a total strength of nearly 30,000 troops, reaching a historical peak.

Historically, the 1st Division should have been transferred back to Japan, leaving only a small part of its troops in Manchuria. Later, part of the troops of the 1st Division and the 73rd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade that remained in Manchuria were combined to form the 123rd Division. However, because of the sudden appearance of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the Japanese puppet army in the northeast felt that the defense was insufficient, so the first division was left in the unfinished area.

At this time, the 1st Division can be described as the peak period in history, and the entire division is under the jurisdiction of: Division Headquarters, the 1st Brigade of the Infantry (1st Wing of the Cavalry, the 49th Wing of the Cavalry), the 2nd Brigade of the Infantry (the 3rd Wing of the Cavalry, the 57th Wing of the Cavalry), the 2nd Brigade of the Cavalry (the 1st Cavalry Wing, the 15th Cavalry Wing, the 16th Cavalry Wing, the Mounted Artillery Wing), the 3rd Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery (the 1st Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 7th Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 1st Wing of the Field Artillery), the 2nd Wing of the Anti-aircraft Artillery directly under the division, The 2nd Tank Wing, the 1st Engineer Wing, and the 1st Baggage Regiment. The main armament of the division and regiment includes about 360 light machine guns, about 110 heavy machine guns, about 342 heavy throwing canisters, 14 10-year throwing canisters, 18 Type 92 70mm brigade guns, 12 Type 41 75mm wing guns, 24 37mm rapid-fire guns, 18 97 automatic guns, 30 light tanks, 7 light armored vehicles, 88 Type 97 combat vehicles, 12 Type 95 75mm field guns, 24 105mm howitzers, and 12 four-year 150mm howitzers. …,

This is a huge military group, even the 300th Division and the 77th Independent Division, which are the most powerful in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, are dwarfed in front of this first division, and if the 300th Division and the 77th Independent Division are the trump cards built by the Inner Mongolia Military Region with the strength of the whole region, then this first division is an elite group built by Japan with the strength of the whole country.

Much the same is the puppet Manchukuo's two guard divisions, more than half of the soldiers of these two guard divisions are from the Manchus, extremely loyal to the royal family, Pu Yi is to tilt all the resources of the whole 'country' to these two guard divisions. Although the number of Japanese puppet troops sent to reinforce the Matsubara area this time was only more than 95,000, in terms of weapons and equipment, it was not at all inferior to Wan Guoquan's mechanized troops.

On October 26, just as Lieutenant General Hattori Shotaro led this elite army to Nong'an, he received an urgent telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters that Matsubara was lost. Although the 64th Division was not completely annihilated by the Chinese troops, the main force was severely damaged, and even the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Funai Yinzheng, was seriously wounded, and the remnants of the troops had retreated to Hamar.

Before he actually met the 64th Division, Hattori Kotaro still scoffed at the combat effectiveness of this C-class division, and it was a shame that an entire infantry division plus two infantry brigades were defeated after only holding out in Matsubara for four days.

However, when the troops that had gone to receive the 64th Division returned to the front line of Erryuzan Mountain, Hattori Xiaotaro realized how badly the 64th Division had fought, and that only 12,000 men of the 38,000-strong troops had been left in just four days, that one lieutenant general division commander had been wounded, that one of the three major general's brigade commanders had been killed, and that nine of the six commanders had lost their heavy weapons and wounded, and that the entire group had almost lost its combat effectiveness.

Looking at the unconscious Lieutenant General Funahishi, Hattori Kotaro sighed in his heart, although Funahiki was not a famous general, he was also leading an infantry division of the third class. However, fighting so badly is definitely not a matter of command of the troops, but can only show that the opponent's strength is too strong. Moreover, he had also been to that place in Matsubara, where the 64th Division had run it like a fortress, and the fortifications were extremely strong. But I didn't expect it to take so long to become like this, I can't imagine it.

Sending someone to send the ship back to Shinkyo, Hattori Kotaro began to set up defensive positions. Erlong Mountain is a small mountain in the northeast that can not be smaller, there are no stones on the mountain, such a mountain is conducive to defense, and the mountain is also relatively steep, but the mountain is a flat river, which is extremely conducive to the assault of mechanized troops. So, Lieutenant General Hattori stationed about an infantry brigade on the mountain to guard the main communication route along the mountain.

At the same time, an artillery position was built on a high ground behind Erlong Mountain, and all the artillery units directly under the heavy artillery brigade and division were placed in the artillery position, and people were sent to mark the elements within the Fangyuan sphere of influence. In addition, Hattori Kotaro placed the 1st and 2nd Guards Divisions of the puppet Manchukuo in the Taipingshan position on the flank, and all the remnants of the 64th Division that retreated to Erlongshan were rested and replenished on the spot, and then sent to Nong'an to serve as a general reserve and a garrison force for the logistics base.

The most important thing is that Lieutenant General Hattori Shotaro is ready to compete with Wan Guoquan's armored forces, and this time Lieutenant General Hattori brought the most elite tank brigade directly under the Kwantung Army, and the entire brigade is equipped with nearly 300 latest Type 97 improved combat vehicles. Together with the direct tank wing of the 1st Division and self-propelled artillery, the strength is not much worse than a full tank division.

Lieutenant General Hattori has studied the armored forces of the Inner Mongolia Military Region and knows that it is a hodgepodge of improvised tanks, although there are more advanced Soviet T34s in it, but more of them are those light tanks produced by the empire, such as the Type 95 and Type 94, although there are a lot of them, according to the intelligence department's intelligence, there are about 600 tanks that can participate in the war, but Hattori Shotaro judges that there are no more than 400 vehicles that really have combat effectiveness. However, the chariot unit led by him is equipped with more than 400 advanced chariots, plus the real core of this commando team of the Chinese is this armored group, if this armored group is solved, then this Chinese commando group will completely collapse, so I want to compete with the armored forces of Wanguoquan first. Even if it can't completely annihilate this armored force in China, it can still inflict heavy damage on it, and finally achieve the goal of completely annihilating this China commando.

Just when Hattori Shotaro was actively preparing for the battle at Erlongshan, Wan Guoquan also received a telegram from the headquarters, knowing that there was a heavy Japanese army group blocking the way in front of them, and there were a large number of chariot troops in it, and the headquarters ordered Wan Guoquan's headquarters to be cautious about this Japanese army.

After reading the telegram from the headquarters, the corners of Wan Guoquan's mouth rose slightly, and he sneered: "*** The little devil actually put together an armored force, hehehe, it's just right, I'll open the way with you and test the new weapon." ”

After sneering, Wan Guoquan ordered loudly: "Order the troops to set off overnight, and it is best to rush to Erlong Mountain before twelve o'clock tonight." Ordered the armored group to advance quickly with the T34 tank brigade as the vanguard, and the automobile infantry regiment followed, telling Liu Da Fatzi that our secret weapon can be used, if you can't kill the armored group of the little devil today, be careful that Lao Tzu slaughters him and sells meat. ”