Yi'an Town, where the pseudo-8th Division was stationed.

Cai Xiongfei, commander of the 3rd Group Army of the puppet North China Public Security Army and commander of the puppet 8th Division, walked out of the barracks with a black face in an open military uniform, a box gun on his back, and a black face.

Just now, Cai Xiongfei and a group of his brothers were pushing Pai Gow.

Tonight, Cai Xiongfei's luck is extremely strong, he actually ate eighteen handfuls in a row, according to this momentum, and then gamble for half an hour, the winning bet is enough for Cai Xiongfei to redeem the little red apricot to fill the house, the little red apricot is the top card of Cuihualou in Pingshan County, she looks smart, and her figure is good, Cai Xiongfei is not generally fascinated by this little bitch.

"The donkey said, this is a strange and tasteless life." A pseudo-army commander suddenly said angrily, "Commander, this little man is too much of a thing, he usually treats us like dogs, he ignores us, and his military salary is not on time, and when it comes to the war, he knows that he will use us as cannon fodder." ”

"That's it, Xiao Yue is really not a fucking thing."

"Commander, let's just pull the pole ourselves, and we can't be angry with ourselves."

"Yes, let's pull the team to the Luzhong Mountains, pick a random mountain and set up camp, not subject to the control of the national political axe, nor by the bird's spirit of the person, from now on a big bowl of wine, a large piece of meat, a lot of money, hehe, when you meet a lovely girl, you will rush up the mountain to the commander as the wife of the village, then say, there is a taste, everyone said yes?"

"Ma Wu, you're just the fucking thing!"

"That's it, if you want me to say, it's better to do [***] against the water, fight devils!"

The words of the puppet army commander were like a spark thrown into the dry pyre, which instantly ignited the anger of this group of puppet army regiments, seeing the angry appearance of the officers under him, Cai Xiongfei forgot to drink for a while, in fact, Cai Xiongfei was also very dissatisfied with himself in his heart.

After Okamura Ninji became the commander of the North China Front, he vigorously promoted the political axe of "goodwill in China", which can be described as pulling the cage on the people of North China in every way, but on the contrary, the restraint on the military discipline of the army and the puppet army is quite severe.

What's even worse is that Okamura Ningji still has to force the puppet army to do coolies, and from time to time he will organize the puppet army to go to the countryside, but this countryside is not the famous "Qingxiang" in history, but let the puppet army go to the countryside to help the local people with work and farming.

However, new problems arise in this way.

Let's not talk about the army, but the puppet army who surrendered to me has no consciousness.

For example, Cai Xiongfei, who took refuge in the original for promotion and fortune, is now promoted in rank, from deputy division commander to commander of the group army, but there are actually so many soldiers under his hands, but he can't even think about making a fortune, otherwise, Cai Xiongfei would not be so miserable as to rely on winning the money of his officers to redeem a bitch.

It is precisely because of this that when sweeping the Luzhong Mountains and the Sulu Border Area, Okamura Ningji did not use the puppet army much.

In this battle of Taihang Mountain, Okamura Ningji originally did not plan to use the puppet army, but due to the troubles of the high-ranking soldiers of Nakajo, Okamura Ningji could only take risks to storm the Tumen fortress, so it was necessary to use the puppet army as cannon fodder, and the dozen or so puppet army divisions who were transferred were also well aware of their fate.

However, if Cai Xiongfei really led the troops to fight against the water or fly solo, he didn't have the guts.

In Cai Xiongfei's view, China's demise is a matter of time, although the current situation is not very good, but in the future, after the Yue army occupies all of China, I believe that the situation will change, after all, if he wants to rule such a large China, he must rely on the Chinese.

"Alright, alright, stop yelling." Cai Xiongfei calmed down and said coldly, "Let my agents hear it, and you have your good fruit to eat." ”

The emotions of the puppet army officers were still very excited, but they did not dare to say anything more.

In the final analysis, these puppet army officers may not really want to be Han annihilation, but none of them are not afraid of death.

Cai Xiongfei buttoned the buttons, and immediately snorted: "Hurry up, gather the team and prepare to go!" ”

In less than a meal, more than 7,000 people of the Puppet 8th Division had already assembled in four areas.

Cai Xiongfei gave an order, more than 7,000 people, more than 200 war horses, and more than 40 trucks drove on the road leading to Pingshan County, for Shinozuka Yoshio's order, Cai Xiongfei did not dare to disobey, except for leaving an infantry regiment to watch the house, the remaining three infantry regiments, artillery battalions, and cavalry battalions were all brought.

………… In Pingshan County, the fierce battle has been going on for half an hour!

The new 51st Regiment, which was the main attacker, was very aggressive, and the infantry and artillery coordination was also very sophisticated.

The 1st Battalion of the Artillery Regiment of the New 9th Division provided fire support to the infantry, and the Artillery Regiment of the New 9th Division had five artillery battalions and an anti-aircraft machine gun company, the 1st to 3rd battalions were small artillery battalions, each battalion was equipped with 18 60 mortars, the 4th and 5th battalions were artillery battalions, each battalion was equipped with 15 300mm guns, and the anti-aircraft machine gun company was equipped with 12 Makqin heavy machine guns (anti-aircraft type).

In addition, each of the main regiments of the new 9th Division was equipped with a small artillery platoon (6 mortars) and an artillery platoon (5 unconscionable guns).

Therefore, there are 24 light mortars responsible for providing fire support to the infantry, and although the 5th Wing of the Army Field Artillery tries its best to suppress the artillery fire, the mortars of [***] never stay in one firing position for too long, and basically move immediately after firing 5 to 8 shells, so it is difficult to be effectively killed.

………… Forward positions.

The assault platoon in charge of the assault has broken through the two lines of defense of the army in a row, and this will be storming the third and final line of defense of the 11th Infantry Wing of the Japanese army.

In the fierce burst, a Type 92 heavy machine gun blocked [***]'s charge.

The assault platoon immediately organized firepower to suppress it, but the effect was not good, the heavy machine gun of the army hid in a solid bunker made of wood and stone, and it was difficult for the machine gun fire to destroy it, and the assault platoon commander immediately turned around and roared: "Hurry up and get rid of this heavy machine gun for Lao Tzu!" ”

Since the 39th Army was reequipped, each infantry squad has been equipped with a machine gun group and a bazooka team, and the firepower has been greatly strengthened!

The assault platoon commander gave an order, and a senior soldier bent down and ran up with a bazooka, and immediately picked up the bazooka, and pulled the trigger with a little aiming, but the heavy machine gunner on the opposite side was very vigilant, and before [***] the senior soldier fired, the dense machine gun bullets had already splashed over.

The platoon commander fell to the ground, and the rocket that was sprayed flew less than fifty meters before burrowing into the ground.

Without waiting for the command platoon commander to give the order, the deputy shooter took over the bazooka from the corpse of the senior soldier, and this time finally hit the target accurately, and the army's Type 92 heavy machine gun, along with the main and auxiliary marksmen and ammunition men, all returned to the east in a huge explosion and won, and the next moment, the assault platoon commander and more than 30 warriors suddenly jumped out of the bunker.

After the assault platoon, the main force of the new 51st Regiment of more than 2,000 people is working with artillery to spare no effort to continue to tear apart the defense line of the Yue army on both wings.

………… Pingshan County, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Army.

Motooka Osa walked into the war room with a stern expression, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and reported to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Your Excellency the division commander, the Kawaguchi Wing reports that the offensive of the Shina Army is very fierce, and it has broken through two outer defense lines in a row, and is now storming the third line of defense of the Kawaguchi Wing. ”

"What?" Yoshio Shinozuka raised his wrist and looked at his watch, the hour hand had just pointed to 8:30, and he suddenly gasped and said in shock, "In less than half an hour, the Shina army broke through two lines of defense?" When did the fighting power of the Chinese army become so strong? ”

"Hello." Motooka Osa bowed his head abruptly and said, "The 39th Group Army far surpasses other Chinese armies in terms of equipment level, infantry and artillery coordination, and individual combat power of soldiers. ”

"Yaga." Yoshio Shinozuka said in a cruel voice, "Order the chariot wing and fight back with all your might!" ”

"Hello!" Honoka Osa suddenly bowed his head, and immediately strode forward to pick up the phone.

After a while, the phone was connected, and Motooka Daisa said with a dark face: "Chariot Wing?" Your Excellency the Division Commander orders your wing to immediately go out of the city to launch a counterattack, disrupt the offensive of the Chinese army outside the city at all costs, and cooperate with the 11th and 21st infantry wings to complete the encirclement of the Chinese army outside the city, and finally destroy them! ”

With that, Motooka immediately hung up the phone.

Yoshio Shinozuka snorted, he was eager to see if the flesh and blood of the [***] people in the middle were powerful, or the steel heroes of the Great Empire were more powerful, Yoshio Shinozuka was not unaware of the existence of bazookas, but in the Battle of Nomenkan, a large number of the army equipped with bazookas were finally defeated by Yoshio Shinozuka Bazooka is just such an illusion.

In the eyes of the top brass of the army, the range of the bazooka is too close, the anti-tank power is obviously inferior to that of the anti-defense artillery, and it is not as powerful as the curved artillery and infantry artillery to kill and injure the infantry.

………… Forward positions.

Under the fierce attack of the commandos of the new 51st Regiment, the third line of defense of the Japanese army was already crumbling.

The commander of the 11th Wing of the Infantry Army, Kawaguchi Daisa, will even have the heart to commit suicide, and the opposite squadron is so brave and good at fighting, Kawaguchi Daisa is completely unprepared for this, in fact, the 39th Group Army at this time is not only well-equipped and well-trained, but the quality of grassroots officers has also been greatly improved!

Over a period of two years, Yue Weihan conducted large-scale and long-term closed rotation training for all officers at and above the platoon commander level of the 39 th Group Army, and all the officers who had undergone the rotation training not only greatly improved their vision and knowledge, but also made great progress in their acceptance and application of new equipment and new tactics.

At this time, the 39th Group Army not only had first-class soldiers, but also first-class officers and super-first-class commands!

Coupled with relatively sophisticated equipment, the combat effectiveness of the 39 th Group Army has already made a qualitative leap; if we do not take into account the superiority of the Chinese army's heavy artillery and aviation units, even Gao Shuxun's new 39 th Division can single-handedly take on the permanent divisions of the Chinese army, such as the Baoshan Division, and the four main divisions have already steadily overwhelmed the permanent divisions of the Chinese army.

Just when Kawaguchi Osa was so anxious that he was about to cut his stomach, the chariot wing finally arrived.

The tracks were rolling, the engines roared, and twenty Type 95 light tanks lined up in a position, slowly crushing towards the infantry defense line of the Kawaguchi Wing, and when the distance was still 100 meters away, the 37mm anti-aircraft guns and front-mounted machine guns on the main turret of the chariot opened fire at the same time, and under the dense direct fire and machine gun fire of the army, the assault team's offensive was stopped in an instant.

The tactics used by the Tank Wing were the tactics used by the Soviet Red Army against the rocket launchers of the Army on the battlefield of Nomenkan.

The bazooka has a fatal weakness, that is, the range is too close, far less than the anti-aircraft guns and machine guns equipped on the tank, so the tank troops only need to swing out in a line, and a small number of infantry protect the flanks, so that the enemy's bazooka group does not allow the enemy's bazooka group to launch a sneak attack close to the two wings, and it is easy to wipe out the opponent's bazooka troops out of range.

This tactic really worked, and the [***] commando team organized several bazooka groups to try to shoot at close range, but before they could press within nearly 100 meters, they were killed by the anti-aircraft guns or front-mounted machine guns equipped by the tanks, and the 11th Infantry Wing of the Yue Army took the opportunity to counterattack, and the assault team in front of the [***] Assault had already suffered more than half of the casualties at this time and was forced to retreat.

………… Headquarters of the new 51st regiment.

Ma Zhenting, the commander of the new 51st Regiment, stood in front of the map like a pine.

Ma Zhenting is one of the 200 cadets sent by Chairman Chiang, after experiencing the tempering of the teaching brigade and the re-study of the Taihang branch, Ma Zhenting and other cadets have quickly grown up at an astonishing speed, and now, most of the cadets have become battalion and regimental commanders, and Ma Zhenting is one of the leaders.

In the hurried footsteps, the chief of staff strode into the war room, and said urgently: "Tuanza, the little devil has dispatched the chariot unit, the assault team has been hit hard, and the 1st battalion in front of the sudden has been transferred to the defense on the spot, but the situation is very passive, the chariot troops of the little devil are swinging away, and our bazookas have no chance to shoot at close range." ”

"Well, swing it out!?" Ma Zhenting was awe-struck when he heard this, "What kind of tactic is this?" ”

"I don't know." The chief of staff said with a wry smile, "In the past, the little devils would generally only dispatch three to five chariots, which were arranged in a zigzag shape to effectively cover the infantry to launch an assault, but this time, the little devils were unusual, and one guy dispatched twenty chariots, and they swung out in a row, advancing in parallel, which caught us off guard." ”

"Good fellows, twenty tanks!?" Ma Zhenting's eyes suddenly showed an inexplicable look of excitement.

Only a very small number of divisions and regiments of the army are equipped with tank wings, and each tank wing generally has four tank squadrons, equipped with a total of about 100 tanks, one of which is equipped with Type 95 light tanks, and the other three squadrons are equipped with Type 97 or Type 97 modified medium tanks, with a personnel establishment of about 1,000 people.

So, 20 tanks, that's a squadron of tanks!

Immediately, Ma Zhenting slammed his fist on the wall, and said in a cruel voice: "Such a sumptuous meal, you can't waste anything, if you don't say it, you must think of eating this chariot squadron of little devils!" ”

"Tuanza, I'm afraid this is not easy." The chief of staff said, "Do you want to report to the division headquarters and ask the division seat to decide?" ”

"It's such a big fart, why bother the master?" Ma Zhenting said heavily, "Shizuo, he's busy." ”

The chief of staff of the new 51st Regiment was born in the Jin Sui Army, and he was no stranger to the style of the Central Army, but since joining the 39 Group Army, he has felt a completely different atmosphere, compared with the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, the battalion and regiment-level officers of the 39 Group Army are better at using their brains and are better at using tactics in a creative way.

"There it is!" Ma Zhenting suddenly slapped the map and said excitedly, "Yehe, just set up an ambush by the river!" ”

………… Forward positions.

It is said that the army's chariot attack is fierce, and the 1st Battalion of the new 51st Regiment is obviously unable to bear the strength.

After all, flesh and blood are no match for the torrent of steel, and the bazooka, an effective anti-tank weapon, has lost its due power, [***] will inevitably fall into the downwind, and after ten minutes of hard work, the order of the regimental headquarters was finally issued, and the 1st Battalion immediately turned around and retreated, and retreated to Yehe in the west of Pingshan County.

The 11th Infantry Wing took advantage of the situation to counterattack and recaptured its position.

In less than ten minutes, the army pursued and killed to the edge of the river, and by the strong light of the flares, the observers of the chariots of the Yue army could clearly see that the Chinese [***] team had swam across the Yehe River and was fleeing westward.

Soon, the chariot troops of the Yue army had approached the east bank of the Yehe River, and they began to slow down.

In this era, there are no amphibious chariots, and Xiao Yueben's chariot is really about to rush into the river, I'm afraid it won't be able to get up.

By the light of the flares, the commander of the chariot unit saw that the surface of the Yehe River was calm, and the squadron had already run away, so he immediately ordered the chariot to turn around and prepare to return to the city in triumph.

As soon as the army and the chariot turned around, the calm surface of the Yehe River suddenly set off waves, and nearly a hundred sturdy men with naked bodies had suddenly stood up from the shallow water on the shore.

In the next moment, nearly 100 dazzling tongues of fire had suddenly erupted from the bazookas on the shoulders of these strong men, and then dragged a long tail flame towards the army chariots dozens of meters away.

Under the close saturation attack of nearly 100 bazookas, 20 combat vehicles of the Yue Army were completely wiped out!

The infantry who followed the action were also blown up by the martyrdom of the chariot, and when they settled down to prepare for a counterattack, the opposite side of the [***] team, which had obviously disappeared under the night sky, suddenly came back with their heads, and then rows of dense mortar shells burst out in the infantry ranks of the Yue army.

………… Pingshan County, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka was answering the phone, and the call was from Okamura Ninji.

The battle in the county seat of Hirayama was extremely fierce, and even Okamura Ninji was alarmed.

"Hello." Yoshio Shinozuka bowed his head abruptly and said, "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the commander, in the hands of our division and regiment in Hirayama, our division will definitely annihilate all the invading enemies, and no one will slip through the net!" ”

As soon as Yoshio Shinozuka hung up the phone, Daisa Motooka walked into the war room with a blushing face.

Immediately, Motooka Osa suddenly retracted his feet and said: "Your Excellency, the combat convoy reports that the 1st Chariot Squadron that went out of the city to counterattack was ambushed by the Shina Army by the Yehe River, and all 20 Type 95 light chariots were destroyed, and an infantry squadron that acted with the chariot squadron was also collectively shattered!" ”

"What!?" Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly had a black line between his eyebrows.

"Hello." Motooka Osa bowed his head abruptly and said in a deep voice, "The 1st Squadron of the Chariot Wing has been completely wiped out!" ”

"Yaga, Yagayalu." Yoshio Shinozuka slapped Daisa Motooka twice, and then gritted his teeth and said, "The cunning Shina people, all of them, dead and dead, dripping ......"

As soon as the words fell, another communications staff officer hurriedly entered, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright: "Your Excellency, the division commander, the Chinese army went and returned, and once again launched a surprise attack on the defense line of the Kawaguchi Wing, the Kawaguchi Wing was not firmly established, and the defense line was once again urgent, and in addition, the 21st Infantry Wing was stubbornly blocked by the China Army in the south of the city, and the progress was slow, and it was difficult to carry out a roundabout flank attack. ”

"What did you say?" Yoshio Shinozuka said in a speech, "The 21st Infantry Wing was stubbornly resisted by the Shina Army? ”

Motooka Daisa suddenly raised his red and swollen pig-headed face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the division commander, from the analysis of the strength, firepower and combat effectiveness of the Chinese Army, there must be one or several main divisions of the 39th Group Army of the Chinese Army outside Pingshan City, and our division alone is no longer enough to repel the invading enemy, so hurry up and ask the front army headquarters for tactical guidance!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka was silent, he had just sworn to Okamura Ninji that the situation in the Hirayama battle was under the control of the 5th Division, and it was only a few minutes before he had to urgently ask for help from the headquarters? What's more, outside Pingshan City may not be a certain main division of the 39th Group Army, all this may just be an illusion.

It's a pity that it's night, and it can't be dispatched to send out aviation scouts or raise hot air balloons for high-altitude reconnaissance.

After a moment of silence, Yoshio Shinozuka said to Motooka Daisa: "Order, the 7th and 8th divisions of the Imperial Allied Army speed up the march!" ”

(To be continued)