The first company successfully captured the position of the devils in the north of Linpingba, and eliminated more than 20 Japanese troops and dozens of Allied Imperial troops guarding the position. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After occupying the north side of the town, Long Zhishui quickly left a platoon of defensive positions, and then commanded the second and third platoons to rush towards the town.

The squadron leader of the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army was shocked to learn that the New Fourth Army had attacked the town from the north, but unfortunately at this time, he had no troops to send.

In a hurry, he asked the signal corps to ask the captain for help, and at the same time ordered the troops defending the east to retreat quickly, while concentrating the rest of the squadron, plus the imperial army that had fled back, to prepare to break through from the west.

The captain had sent reinforcements to meet him, and he only had to break out of the town from the west and cross the Five Horse Pass to join the troops who had come to meet the brigade.

It's a pity that he encountered Tong Guijie's battalion, and the first company commander Long Zhishui rushed into the town and immediately commanded two platoons to rush to the Japanese squadron headquarters desperately.

The Japanese squadron leader had just gathered the signal corps and logistics troops at the squadron headquarters, and before the ammunition had been distributed, a company and a platoon rushed to the squadron headquarters.

Seeing that there were seven or eight Japanese troops defending the compound in front of him, the platoon commander did not stop at all, holding a Czech machine gun in his hand, and opened fire in front of the platoon, and when the Japanese soldiers rushed out of the platoon, they had already discovered that four Japanese soldiers who had reacted quickly rushed on the sandbags, holding their guns and constantly firing at the New Fourth Army rushing like a tiger.

It's a pity that a platoon-long gun rang out first, and a string of bullets flew over, causing the barricade in front of the gate of the squadron headquarters to be dusty, and the three Japanese soldiers were beaten to blood and died directly.

However, the two Japanese soldiers who reacted quickly still grabbed the heavy machine gun in the bunker, and with the sound of the heavy machine gun, a string of bullets flew out, and a platoon of long **** was unfortunately shot, and as soon as the body was raised, it fell softly.

The soldiers who followed behind saw the platoon commander sacrificed, and several soldiers raised their guns and hit the fortifications wildly, and the two Japanese soldiers were shot one after another, and their bodies fell to the ground.

The soldiers quickly surrounded the platoon commander and shouted the platoon commander with grief and indignation, and the platoon commander opened his eyes with difficulty and said urgently in a weak voice: "Quick, destroy the devil." ”

After speaking, the platoon leader closed his eyes, tilted his head and fell into the arms of a warrior.

Seeing this scene, the rest of the fighters shouted in their mouths to avenge the platoon commander, and bravely rushed towards the Japanese squadron headquarters with their guns in hand.

Long Zhishui ran over with the second platoon at this time, and was sacrificed by the first platoon leader, and with tears in his eyes, he commanded the soldiers to attack the Japanese squadron headquarters.

The addition of the second platoon made the logistics soldiers who had been gathered by the Japanese squadron leader finally be defeated in a blink of an eye, and the Japanese squadron leader was also shot dead by angry soldiers when he was wielding a command knife and preparing to fight hard.

As for those logistics soldiers and communication soldiers, which are the opponents of a company, except for the eight devils who put down their guns and surrendered, the rest of the devil soldiers were all wiped out.

After clearing the enemy at the Japanese squadron headquarters, Long Zhishui immediately put the second platoon in charge of guarding the place, and personally commanded the first platoon, rushing east along the town.

The devils on the eastern positions began to retreat, which immediately led to the collapse of the eastern defensive line, and those Imperial Allied troops saw the Japanese fleeing, and immediately dropped their guns and fled.

The troops of the second company, attacking from the east, saw that the enemy was in disarray, and immediately launched a brave attack.

Those devils were even more frightened when they saw that the New Fourth Army was chasing behind them, and gunshots rang out in the direction of the squadron headquarters.

ran through two streets, but ran into the second platoon commanded by Long Zhishui, and the two sides immediately looked for cover and started a fierce battle on the side of the street.

After fighting for less than five minutes, the second company chased after them from the east, and these devils were attacked from both sides, where could they resist, and in less than 20 minutes, these more than 20 devil soldiers were all killed.

Tong Guijie learned that the first and second companies had attacked the town, and immediately commanded the third company and one platoon that remained by his side to rush into the town.

By dawn, the first battalion finally wiped out all the enemies in Linpingba, and the Japanese squadron stationed in Linpingba, except for the eight soldiers who put down their guns and surrendered, the rest of the devils were all killed. However, the two companies of the Imperial Association Army that cooperated with the guards of Lin Pingba, but there were almost one company of soldiers, under the leadership of the commander, who escaped from the town in the dark night, and fifty-two of the other Imperial Alliance troops surrendered voluntarily, while the rest of the Imperial Alliance troops were either killed or wounded.

Tong Guijie learned that the Japanese reinforcements from Maowan immediately stopped advancing after learning that Linpingba had been breached by himself, and as for the direction of Wangjiadian, the Japanese army did not send reinforcements.

At this time, Tong Guijie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He concentrated two companies to attack Lin Pingba in the dark of night, and although the task was finally completed due to the mortar reinforcement of the regimental machine gun battalion, the casualties of the troops were almost 100.

Since the enemy would not come for a while, he naturally ordered his troops to rest and recuperate while clearing the battlefield of the remnants of the enemy.

At the same time, the wounded and wounded Imperial Allies were immediately sent by the guerrillas to Sujiatang.

Liu Tianshu learned that Linpingba had been taken, but the first battalion had suffered a lot of losses, and after discussing with Guo Sizhong, he ordered the guerrillas originally active in the area of Linpingba to be incorporated into the first battalion.

When the villagers learned that the New Fourth Army was back, they immediately walked out of the surrounding mountains. Suddenly, the entire Linpingba regained its former vitality.

Overnight, Songjiazhuang in the south was broken by the New Fourth Army, and Linpingba in the north was recovered by the New Fourth Army.

During this period of time, with the construction of the highway from Baisha through Wild Boar Ridge to Sanguba and then to Wangjiadian, Nobuyuki Matsushita had already prepared to concentrate his forces eastward as soon as he firmly controlled the villages around Sanguba and Wangjiadian, and cooperated with the friendly forces that had strengthened to the Majiaji stronghold, and defeated the Liu Tianshu troops who had retreated to Sujiatang in one fell swoop.

But who knew that before he could do it, Liu Tianshu suddenly knocked out his two support points.

In particular, the loss of Lin Pingba woke up Nobuyuki Matsushita.

Lin Pingba was breached, which shows that Liu Tianshu has the ability to conquer the stronghold defended by one of his squadrons at any time, and if the strength of a squadron cannot hold a stronghold, then how can he control such a large area?

You must know that there is a distance of 100 miles from Sanguba to Sujiatang, and the area where Liu Tianshu was originally active also has a territory of more than 100 miles in the north-south direction.

It is impossible for his wing to stay here for a long time, if he can't defeat Liu Tianshu's main force in a short time, even if he occupies this area, he will eventually lose his troops.

As for the highway from Hefei to Linshan County conceived by the division commander Seiichiro Shinohara, once the main force of the wing is withdrawn, I am afraid that within three or five days, it will be scattered by Liu Tianshu.

Thinking that it has taken nearly two months since he led his troops to sweep Liu Tianshu's 16th Regiment, the number of troops has been reduced to thousands of Japanese troops alone, and with the losses of the Imperial Allied Army, I am afraid that there are more than 2,000 people.

As for the material consumption, it is even more innumerable.

The empire spent so much manpower and material resources for only one sixteenth regiment in the new Fourth Military Region, is it worth it or not?

Nobuyuki Matsushita couldn't help but fall into deep thought at the Wang's store.

However, he didn't think about recovering the lost Linpingba and Songjiazhuang for a while.

Just when Nobuyuki Matsushita was thinking while tasting wine at the Wangjiadian Wing Headquarters, the commander of the 116th Division of Anqing, Seiichiro Shinohara, was receiving his old classmate Sakai who was passing through Anqing.

"Old classmate, I heard that you have concentrated the strength of a wing and are sweeping Liu Tianshu's base area?" Sakai raised his glass and took a sip of sake, looked at Seiichiro Shinohara, who was kneeling opposite, and asked with concern.

Sakai had received an order from the base camp to leave his brigade and go to the First Army in Wuhan to take up the post of commander of the newly formed 155th Division.

He went to Wuhan from Nanjing, and he could have taken a direct plane to Wuhan, but he thought that his old classmate Seiichiro Shinoha was in Anqing, and most of the 155th Division he served in was still at sea, and the entire division was in place, at least a month's later, so he was not in a hurry to report to the headquarters of the First Army.

"Well, Sakai-kun, I heard that when you were in Shandong, you fought with this Liu Tianshu twice, you should know this person better." Seiichiro Shinohara, took a mouthful of the dish and threw it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and looked at Sakaimichi.

"Old classmate, I'm ashamed to say that this Liu Tianshu, don't look at his age, but he is extremely tricky, and this person has a strong sense of revenge, and he is a very difficult character. To tell you the truth, I almost planted a big heel in his hands, but fortunately this person left Shandong suddenly, otherwise, I am afraid that I have been transferred back to China by the base camp, where will there be this promotion. Sakai didn't hide it, but said with a red face.

"It can make Sakai-kun distressed, this person does have something extraordinary, alas, Sakai-kun, I don't lie in front of my old classmates, my 138th Wing swept the base of Liu Tianshu in eastern Anhui, not only failed to eliminate Liu Tianshu's main force, but also lost more than a thousand imperial soldiers, which is really worth the loss." Thinking of Matsushita Nobuyuki's loss, Seiichiro Shinohara's regret that he decided to concentrate his forces to sweep Liu Tianshu's base in the first place.

"Old classmate, Chongqing has always refused to cooperate with the imperial army, the Communist Party has made a lot of trouble in the rear, and the empire has reached a stalemate in the Chinese battlefield, you don't know, I returned to China not long ago, and now life in China is not as good as before. In the final analysis, the empire is not sufficient, either in man or material. Especially the lack of resources, the empire has fallen into a very serious predicament, but the stupid people in the hateful base camp took the initiative to provoke trouble with Lao Maozi at Nomenkan not long ago, and what was the result, he hit his head and broke his blood. It is said that now the navy is again advocating a southward advance. None of them have been able to completely solve the problem, but they are thinking about an expedition to the South Seas, and I really don't know what their minds think. I look at this Liu Tianshu, it's better for you not to take the initiative to provoke for the time being, this is a guy who doesn't play cards according to common sense, be careful that you provoke fire. Sakai looked at Seiichiro Shinohara, and said sincerely.

"Alas, if China had a few more such difficult figures, I think it would be even less likely that we would conquer China, but I will consider your suggestion." Seiichiro Shinohara sighed. (To be continued.) )