In the first few minutes, although the Eighth Route Army occupied a large number of people and had the advantage of strong firepower, it dealt a heavy blow to the little devil in front of him. But nothing big was achieved, and almost a hundred fighters were lost. On the other hand, there are more than 100 little devils, and only more than 30 people have been lost. However, the commander of the first battalion, who discovered the situation, changed the tactics of the first battalion in the shortest possible time.

Immediately, the entire battalion position, except for a dozen or so light machine guns, constantly fired a dense barrage at the little devils in front of them. The remaining fighters, no longer showing their heads to shoot, but, on the orders of the battalion commander, pulled out grenades. Prepare to use the grenade in your hand to kill the little devil in front of you in a large area.

"Boom, boom, boom" With the explosion of grenades one after another, the situation on the battlefield was immediately reversed. Under the suppression of the fire of a dozen machine guns, although the little devils also had grenades, they did not have a chance to make head-up bombs at all. The soldiers in the trenches can unscrupulously throw grenades into the group of little devils lying on the ground, and constantly kill and injure the little devils in front of the position.

In the end, more than 100 little devils lost most of them again in the grenades that kept exploding. The squadron leader, who was forced to be helpless, had no choice but to take the dozens of soldiers left of his reinforced squadron, and fled back in embarrassment amid the cheers of the soldiers of the first battalion.

"Hachigayalu, you bastard, this is simply a disgrace to our Kwantung Army. Not only did he lose a large number of Imperial warriors, but he also lost three tanks, and Yaga "looked at the squadron leader who retreated in embarrassment, not only the captain of the Kwantung Army was full of anger, but even the supreme commander Nakamoto Osa was also scolded with an angry face.

"Hey, please give me another chance, I will take the remaining soldiers and definitely break through the position of the Eighth Route Army." Facing the two commanders with angry faces on their faces, the squadron leader didn't dare to have any rebuttal, and pleaded with the captain in front of him.

"Yaga, Ono-kun, do you think you are still qualified to lead the LinkedIn brave Kwantung Army to fight? No, you don't, as for breaking through the position of the Eighth Route Army, other Imperial warriors will complete it on your behalf. Without hesitation, the squadron leader rejected the squadron leader's proposal. And with a ruthless order, the squadron leader who lost the battle directly apologized to His Majesty the Emperor

The first attack of the Japanese army lasted nearly ten minutes of fighting. Under the hard resistance of the fighters of the first battalion, it was completely crushed. However, there are more difficult battles waiting for them next, because the battle just now only crushed the attack of one squadron of the Kwantung Army, and there are still three squadrons of elite Kwantung Army waiting for them behind.

And at a time when more than 10,000 people from the enemy and our armies were engaged in a hard bloody battle around the small town of Zhongyang. The remaining two brigades of the Reading Force directly subordinate column led by Zhang Hua and one regiment of the guard brigade totaled more than 10,000 people. The regular soldiers divided into two routes and quickly advanced in a roundabout way towards the Zhongyang Town area, trying to encircle the 8,000 puppet soldiers.

"Report to the division commander, chief of staff, and brigade commander Luo of the second brigade that they have approached the outer positions of the army and are interspersed with the predetermined location. It will take about half an hour to intersperse in place. The communications staff officer took a telegram he had just received, came to the division commander Liu Hua, who was also in a state of rapid marching, and reported loudly.

"Well, call back to Brigade Commander Luo and ask him to take it easy for me, and in the process of marching, let the soldiers pay attention to maintaining their physical strength. At the same time, pay attention to the surrounding enemy situation to prevent the little devils from discovering our plan and escaping in advance. Liu Hua nodded and ordered.

"Also, Staff Officer Li, immediately send a report to Brigade Commander Wang of the Third Brigade, asking about the current progress of the Third Brigade and whether it can arrive at the scheduled place on time and rendezvous with the Second Brigade." Looking at the communications staff officer who was about to leave, Chief of Staff Li Qing also ordered.

In the dark night, on the positions on the outskirts of Zhongyang Town, there were fierce gunfire everywhere. At a distance of about 5 miles from Zhongyang Town, two units of the Eighth Route Army, under the leadership of brigade commanders Luo Zhihui and Wang Benqing, were quickly interspersed with the predetermined assembly area.

Liu Hua, commander of the Cascade Reading Division, and Li Qing, chief of staff, also led the first regiment of the guard brigade, an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion of the air defense regiment, and all the artillery of the two brigades on the road to Zhongyang Town, advancing slowly. From the front of Zhongyang Town, he rushed straight towards the puppet army around the town.

Hard work pays off. Just half an hour later, when division commander Zhang Hua could clearly hear the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Zhongyang Town, the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade sent a report almost at the same time. The two brigades have already triumphantly rendezvous. The 8,000 puppet troops around Zhongyang Town have completely entered their encirclement and become lambs to be slaughtered, waiting for their own orders to close the net.

Entering the temporary headquarters, Liu Hua couldn't take a break, and began to annotate the topographic map of Zhongyang Town in front of him. And the chief of staff sorted out, holding a telegram, and hurriedly came to Liu Hua.

"Division commander, did you order the soldiers to start compressing the entire encirclement and put a little pressure on the little devils. Just now Brigade Commander Shen sent a telegram, and as soon as the little devil came up, he used the Kwantung Army brigade and tanks. The soldiers in the town have already thighed the two attacks of the army, and they are under a lot of pressure," the chief of staff asked worriedly with the telegram sent by Shen Qinghua in his hand.

"Chief of Staff, that's what I'm trying to achieve. I just want to let the soldiers know the real field strength of the Kwantung Army. At the same time, since the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army, which is more than 1,000 strong, do you say that we should suffer more casualties in the offensive or let the Kwantung Army suffer more casualties in the attack. Zhang Hua rejected the chief of staff's suggestion and explained.

"Division commander, I understand what you mean, I'll call Brigade Commander Shen back and ask him to persist as much as possible to kill and injure the living forces of the Kwantung Army." The Chief of Staff nodded thoughtfully.

"Chief of Staff, you are underestimating our Brigade Commander Shen, if nothing else, this Shen Qinghua must still have a backup move that has not been used. Call Shen Qinghua back and ask him to use all his reserve forces to inflict as much damage as possible on this Kwantung Army brigade. Twenty minutes later, the main force will launch a general attack on the little devils in the encirclement. Zhang Hua said with a smile.

"Brigade commander, you just let my first regiment go up, the first battalion of the second regiment has already suffered more than half of the casualties, and if you don't retreat, you will be wiped out" In Zhongyang Town, Shen Qinghua, the commander of the first brigade, was quietly looking at the map in front of him. And Hou Guoying, the head of the regiment standing beside Shen Qinghua, listened to the dense gunfire from the front line, and kept begging by Shen Qinghua's side.

"Head Hou, don't say it anymore, it's not time yet" Shen Qinghua didn't hesitate and immediately refused. At this moment, a staff officer of the brigade headquarters hurriedly ran into the command headquarters: "Report to the brigade commander, the division commander calls"

"Hehe, it's finally here" Listening to the words of the staff officer in front of him, Shen Qinghua hurriedly took the telegram from the staff officer's hand and began to read it. Soon, on Shen Qinghua's face, a smile soon appeared, and he ordered loudly to Hou Guoying in front of him: "Head Hou, now your chance has come." The order was given to the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the Anti-aircraft Machine Gun Battalion to immediately reinforce the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment and resolutely hold their positions. At the same time, I also want to give me as much as possible to kill and injure the living force of the little devil Kwantung Army Brigade. ”

"Yes, regiment commander, with the support of the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, I promise that the little devil I killed will flee in the desert" Hearing the mission, Hou Guoying's face was full of excitement.

"You're wrong, I'm not letting you beat the little devil and run away, I want you to annihilate the little devil as much as possible, the Kwantung Army Brigade. Now that the main force of the division has arrived, we can let go of our hands and feet and clean up this group of arrogant little devils. Shen Qinghua continued.

"Yes, brigade commander, one regiment should guarantee the completion of the task," the regiment commander Hou Guoying assured loudly without any hesitation.

Just when Hou Guoying entered the position of the second regiment and the first battalion with two battalions, after two battles in the position, the remaining more than 200 soldiers were constantly shooting at the little devils who were getting closer and closer under the command of the commander of the first battalion. And right in front of the positions of the fighters. The remaining 7 tanks of the little devil are lining up and slowly advancing towards the position. And while firing, he covered the remaining more than 600 Kwantung Army little devils behind him, launching a new round of charge.

After the two battalions underwent a rapid change of guards, the more than 500 soldiers who had been reinforced, as well as the 18 antiaircraft machine guns of the antiaircraft machine gun battalion, did not shoot at the first battalion of the second regiment just now, but quietly lay in the trench under the command of the regiment commander Hou Guoying, dodging the strafing of the machine guns of the army's vehicles. Soon, under the cover of 7 tanks, the little devils quickly rushed to a distance of only 100 meters from the position.

Due to the fact that the little devil suffered a big loss in the tentative attack, he lost three tanks at once. In the face of the position of the Eighth Route Army, the remaining seven tanks of the Yue Army did not continue to attack in a straight rush, but stayed in place, forming a solid mobile fortress one after another, and hit the position of the battalion with a rain of impermeable bullets and shells to cover the charge of their own infantry.

At the same time, hundreds of little devils hiding behind the tank, under the cover of the tank, slowly crossed the tank and launched a charge towards the position of the Eighth Route Army outside Baimi. Although, the little devil has experienced two attacks, and every soldier is very cautious. Keep your body as low as possible to reduce the area of the shot. However, seeing the little devils who bent over and rushed out one by one, the corners of Hou Guoying's mouth still showed a smile.

"Order, all anti-aircraft machine guns to me against enemy tanks. All light and heavy machine guns, aimed at the enemy infantry. Now listen to my orders and open fire," the regiment commander, Hou Guoying, commanded loudly to the machine gunners beside him.

"Da Da" The first thing that sounded on the entire position was the strafing sound of 18 anti-aircraft machine guns. In a dense burst of strafing sound, 18 thick tongues of fire were all fired at the seven tanks that were constantly pouring ammunition. However, these 18 tongues of fire surprised everyone.

The little devil tank has only a few tens of millimeters of steel plates, which is simply not enough to block such a powerful anti-aircraft machine gun bullet. A "bang, bang, bang" metal crash sounded on the little devil's tank. A series of bullets, like piercing through a layer of paper, shot into the inside of the little devil tank. Immediately afterwards, there was a wailing of the little devil from the tank cab. The little devils in the tank, without exception, were all knocked down in a pool of blood by this terrible bullet. And the vehicle-mounted machine guns, which were still spewing flames just now, were all dead at this time.

Without this vehicle-mounted machine gun, which posed the greatest threat to the lives of the soldiers, the soldiers hidden in the trenches no longer cared about it. They raised their heads, quickly set up a light and heavy machine gun, and shot revenge bullets at the little devil in front of them. Without the cover of tanks, these elite Kwantung Army are no different from other little devils. Under the first round of strafing from the soldiers' dense fire net, nearly 100 little devils fell in a pool of blood.

Although the remaining hundreds of little devils, under the command of their respective commanders, all lay on the ground and shot at the fighters. However, at this time, the soldiers had also learned the lesson of the blood in the resistance battle of the first battalion. All light and heavy machine guns are fired a few times to change positions and continue firing. As for the hundreds of little devils lying in front of the position, as soon as they open fire and expose the target, they often attract several light and heavy machine gun fire.

"Yaga, what's going on with our tanks, why don't you open fire for cover. "Seeing the intact 7 tanks in front of him, in the face of the dense rain of bullets fired from the position of the Eighth Route Army, they stopped there motionlessly, did not return fire, and did not advance. The captain of the Kwantung Army Brigade, who led the attack, couldn't help but roar loudly.

"Report to Your Excellency the Captain, the Eighth Route Army in front of us suddenly appeared with more than a dozen large-caliber machine guns, and the protective armor of our tank was easily penetrated by them, and now all the tank soldiers in the tank have been shattered, and they can't provide us with anything" The large-caliber machine guns on the spotting position, as well as a little devil squadron leader who was in front of the tank with bullet holes, hurriedly reminded.

"Yaga. Ordered the troops to retreat immediately, without the cover of machine guns, our heroic Kwantung Army was like a lamb to the slaughter in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Quick, order all the troops, withdraw immediately" Seeing that there was only less than half of the strength of one of his brigades, under the suppression of the dense firepower network of the Eighth Route Army, he could barely move, and could only be beaten passively, the captain of the Kwantung Army hurriedly ordered.

However, at this time, I want to retreat, how is it possible. After packing up the dozen or so anti-aircraft machine guns of the Japanese tanks, all the firing targets had been shifted by this time. He aimed his gun at the little devil lying on the ground, and fired a large-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun bullet. Strafing back and forth on the hidden positions of the little devils.

Tongues of fire, almost every time they strafe past, they will create a pile of corpses in the hidden positions of the Japanese army. And the little devil lying on the position, where has he ever seen a machine gun with such great power that a single bullet can break a person into two sections. Seeing such powerful machine guns sweeping around their positions, even if they were the elite Kwantung Army, they all showed a look of fear at this time.

In addition, the order of the brigade commander to immediately retreat has spread throughout the position. These little devils lying on the ground could no longer bear the feeling of almost waiting for death, and jumped up from the ground one after another, ready to retreat. However, in front of the dense fire network of the fighters, these little devils who stood up and prepared to retreat, without exception, all fell in a pool of blood.

In the end, under the guns of the fighters, the little devils who successfully retreated behind the tanks were less than two squads of troops. More than 600 little devils, along with 7 tanks, only less than 100 little devils finally retreated to their positions, and the rest turned into bloody corpses. The Kwantung Army, which has always claimed to be invincible, hit a wall in front of the reading style for the first time, and was beaten to the ground, almost annihilating the entire army.

In the face of the Kwantung Army Brigade and the tank squadron, which were almost completely wiped out, Wing Commander Nakamoto Daisa's heart was extremely shocked and angry. Prepare to concentrate the forces of one of your brigades once again and launch a more fierce attack on the current Eighth Route Army. However, just as he was about to give the order, a message that made him almost want to kill himself reached his ears.

"Report to Your Excellency Wing Commander, report to the reconnaissance squadron. A large number of Eighth Route Army troops were found in our perimeter. Now it is pressing on the back of our army, and there is a posture of encircling us in one fell swoop. The chief of staff of the wing ran in front of the captain of the wing, Nakamoto Daisa, with a panicked face, and reported in a low voice.

"Nani, a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army, how is it possible? Why did our reconnaissance troops and intelligence officers not find out where these Eighth Route Army came from before the battle? No way, Chief of Staff, the reconnaissance squadron must have made a mistake. "Listened to the report of the Chief of Staff. Wing Captain Nakamoto Daisa didn't think about it, and immediately denied it.

"Hi, Your Excellency, this is all true. According to the report of the reconnaissance squadron, our army has now been surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, if nothing else, the Eighth Route Army in the town is just a decoy released by this reading force. Their purpose is to attract us to Zhongyang Town, and then gather together to annihilate it. The chief of staff replied affirmatively and boldly.

"If this is the case with Baga, then we must be surrounded by the heavy troops of the Eighth Route Army now. Chief of Staff, immediately order the reconnaissance squadron to continue its reconnaissance, and must find out the situation of the Eighth Route Army around us, and go quickly" After listening to the chief of staff's explanation. Wing Commander Nakamoto Osa also reacted suddenly, and ordered loudly to the chief of staff of the wing in front of him. At this time, on his face, he could no longer see the confidence he had just now, but began to panic.

"The communications staff officer immediately sent a report to the headquarters, saying that more than 8,000 people of the Zhongben Wing had mistakenly been killed by the Eighth Route Army in Zhongyang Town. Now our army has been surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the periphery of Zhongyang Town, and there is a danger that the whole army will be wiped out at any time, so we request the headquarters to provide operational guidance. Wing Commander Nakamoto Osa commanded loudly to the communications staff officer who rushed in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Wing Commander," the communications staff officer turned and began to make a report

(To be continued)