Of course, it is impossible for the large-scale movement of troops to hide from the Supreme Commander of the Chinese Army, the brigade commanders, and the reconnaissance units scattered all around. With the movement of one unit after another, news about the transfer of our reading division has already reached the ears of the commander of the brigade.

"Report to Your Excellency Brigade Commander, on our left flank, a large number of squadrons [***] were found. According to the reconnaissance squadron, the size of the Eighth Route Army was at least three regiments. A wing commander, who was following the brigade commander, reported loudly. Then, just as his report had been finished, another combat staff officer hurried into the temporary headquarters.

"Report to Your Excellency Brigade Commander, the reconnaissance squadron reports that on our right flank, units of the Eighth Route Army with a size of no less than one brigade have been found."

"Report to Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, directly across from us. Found a large number of vehicles active. According to the reconnaissance squadron, these combat vehicles were all armed with the Eighth Route Army, and the number reached a staggering 21. At the same time, these 21 tanks were already in front of us, in formation for the attack. Another operational staff officer reported loudly: "Baga! Could it be that the Eighth Route Army has just eaten more than 10,000 of our imperial soldiers, and without any rest, it wants to launch another attack and annihilate us. At this time, the brigade commander, in addition to being shocked or surprised, said with an incredible face.

"Hi, Your Excellency Brigade Commander, I think that if nothing else, reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army have arrived on the battlefield. And an encirclement is being laid over us. Otherwise, the troops of the Eighth Route Army simply do not have the ability to launch a new round of attacks against us. Therefore, I think that as long as the encirclement is formed, the Eighth Route Army will definitely launch an attack on our army with the chariot troops in its hands. The Wing Captain replied in the affirmative.

"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army, why did their reinforcements come so quickly, Bage Yalu. Chief of Staff, whether the fortifications of the various units have been completed now, and whether they can block the attack of the Eighth Route Army. In addition, do we have any heavy weapons that can destroy or the opponent's tank troops. Listened to the answer of the chief of staff. The brigade commander gradually calmed down and continued to ask the chief of staff in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Brigade Commander, after several hours of excavation, I say that the Imperial Army warriors of this empire have successfully excavated all the ring fortifications. As long as the Eighth Route Army does not use heavy artillery to shell our positions, I have absolute confidence to lead the soldiers to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army. However, all our artillery has now been captured by the Eighth Route Army. In our hands, the mortar with the largest caliber is only 81 mm. Unless it hits accurately, it is simply impossible to destroy the tanks in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. The chief of staff replied loudly.

"Nani heavy artillery bombardment, the Eighth Route Army must have heavy artillery in their hands. Order all brigades to continue to strengthen our fortifications and be sure to block the first round of heavy artillery attacks of the Eighth Route Army. Chief of Staff, in any case, even if a death squad is organized, we will block the attack of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, it would be impossible for our remaining Imperial Army soldiers to complete the task assigned to us by His Excellency the Chief of Staff. The brigade commander commanded loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Brigade Commander, as long as the tank units of the Eighth Route Army launch an attack on us, I promise that with the weapons we have in our hands, destroy them, and we will definitely not let these tanks rush into our Huangxing fortifications. Your Excellency the Brigade Commander may rest assured. Listening to the order of His Excellency the Brigade Commander, the Chief of Staff replied in a loud voice.

"Yo Xi, I hope you will work together with me. In the following time, we fought together, blocked the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and completed the task of luring the enemy given to us by His Excellency the commander. Hearing the chief of staff's answer, the brigade commander nodded with satisfaction and said loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander," everyone replied in unison.

"Yo Xi, from now on, everyone will immediately return to their combat positions. Be ready to fight at any time. At the same time, command all soldiers to pay attention to the vigilance around the position to prevent the troops of the Eighth Route Army from carrying out sneak attack operations. ," the brigade commander commanded in a loud voice.

With the issuance of the order of the commander of the brigade, the remaining more than 8,000 little devils had to drag their tired bodies and lie down in the trenches. Pick up your weapons and get ready for battle. The three brigades of the directly subordinate column have all returned to their positions, and the remaining 8,000 people of the army have been completely surrounded by soldiers at this time. More importantly, the 21 tanks of the armored regiment have all been assembled in place, ready to attack at any time, waiting for the arrival of the final total time.

"Commander, why hasn't the time come yet? Now all the artillery has been aimed at the target. At the same time, write all the shells that you brought, already in place, just waiting for your order to fire. The commander of the heavy artillery battalion couldn't help but itch a little when he looked at the 12 heavy howitzers in front of him, holding high the muzzles of the black holes. Facing the head of the regiment, who was also constantly looking at his watch, he asked anxiously.

"What are you looking for, the division commander hasn't signaled yet? As long as we see the signal of the division commander, all the artillery, we must ensure that the technique hits. This time, we also want to let the little devils have a good taste of what is called artillery saturation strike. Let them know that the artillery of our reading division is not so easy to mess with. The head of the regiment, Chen Guangrong, said with confidence on his face.

At the same time, Liu Hua, the division commander as the commander-in-chief, was also anxiously waiting for the time to come. At this time, he was holding up a staff officer, reporting on the progress of various units.

"Report to the division commander, now the three brigades of the direct column have all returned to their positions, and the three regiments are ready for battle. Air defense regiments, heavy artillery regiments, armored regiments, all ready for battle, waiting for orders to attack. Looking at the division commander pacing back and forth in the headquarters, the combat staff officer hurriedly reported.

"Okay, Staff Officer Wang, what time is it" Hearing that all his troops were in place, division commander Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and said loudly.

"Division commander, it's 0:25 a.m. now, and there are less than 35 minutes left before the final general attack time." Staff Officer Wang glanced at his watch and quickly replied.

"Well, I can't wait any longer, the more I wait, the less practical I feel. The troops were ordered to launch a general attack in five minutes. The artillery group, covering the Japanese army with artillery fire for ten minutes, must destroy all the surface positions of the Japanese army. At 0:40 a.m., under the cover of artillery fire, the armored regiment launched an assault on the circular fortifications of the Yue army, and it was necessary to tear a hole in the ring fortifications of the Yue army in the shortest possible time, and send all the three main regiments of the second division into the ring fortifications of the Yue army," Liu Hua, the division commander, ordered loudly.

"Yes, Commander"

In the blink of an eye, five minutes had passed. Just as the second hand of the watch was slowly pointing to the center, the three guard soldiers standing at the entrance of the headquarters shot three bright flares into the sky at the same time. "Bang bang bang" Three sharp explosions sounded in the sky, swearing the beginning of the general attack of the Reading Division.

"Order, all artillery, to strike at the positions of the army for ten minutes. Now open the cannon" Seeing the signal flare, a smile appeared on the corner of the regiment commander Chen Guangrong's mouth, and he commanded loudly to the battalion company commander beside him. Immediately, the artillery cluster built in front of Chen Guangrong roared angrily at the position of the Yue army at the same time.

At the same time, nearly 100 mortars of various calibers, which were less than a kilometer away from the positions of the Japanese army, also fired shells like shells like raindrops at the positions of the Japanese troops at the same time.

"Woo woo" listened to the sharp whistling sound in the sky. Look at the sky a few kilometers away that has been dyed red by artillery fire. The brigade commander, who had been standing at the gate of the headquarters, was in complete despair. Because, by the whistling of the shells, he could already feel the power of these cannons. At the same time, he slowly fell into despair about his future.

"Boom, boom, boom" A dense explosion sounded around the command. In the first round, more than 200 shells of various calibers, almost at the same time, fell on the position, making an earth-shattering explosion. As the explosion sounded, countless fireballs rose from the ground, and the hits began to vibrate. As the brigade commander of the entire army, he was staring blankly at everything in front of him at this time.

"Boom" superiority An earth-shattering explosion sounded, and a 150-caliber artillery shell exploded at a distance of only ten meters from the brigade commander. Suddenly, the huge wave of air generated by the explosion suddenly knocked the stunned brigade commander to the ground and fell to a pool of blood.

"Baga, Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, Hide" With the sound of several exclamations, the brigade commander who was overturned to the ground, under the protection of several guards, retreated into the headquarters of the semi-underground bunker in embarrassment.

"Baga, how could the Eighth Route Army have such powerful firepower. Why didn't our special high-tech department, our intelligence department find anything, why? With everyone's help, the brigade commander finally slowly opened his eyes. However, when he saw the chief of staff in front of him, he couldn't help but roar loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander. Our intelligence only knew that our enemy had a heavy artillery unit. However, they did not expect that they had so many artillery. In addition, in these or herpes, not only did we have what we had just lost, but also the Eighth Route Army captured a total of 36 guns of our mountain artillery wing in Taiyuan City. The chief of staff replied with his head bowed.

"Baga, Chief of Staff, I now authorize you to command all the remaining forces of our army. I would like to personally send a farewell telegram to Your Excellency the Commander in Shijiazhuang. Let Your Excellency the Commander, clearly understand that the Reading Force Master in front of us is not something that can be dealt with by one or two thousand imperial troops. The brigade commander nodded secretly and ordered loudly.

As the chief of staff left, Ang slowly got up from the marching bed and came to the side of the radio station of the regimental headquarters.

"Yours, send a report to the North China Command immediately, I will say it, you will send it at the same time." I saw a radio operator sitting next to the radio trying to stand up and experience myself. The brigade commander waved his hand and ordered at him.

"Also, Your Excellency Brigade Commander, it's okay now." The telegraph operator nodded his head and replied.

"Yo Xi, Ang, let's get started now, Your Excellency, when you receive this telegram, I have already served His Majesty the Emperor with more than 20,000 Imperial troops of reinforcements. I ask Your Excellency Commander not to feel sorry for us, and to send this farewell telegram, on the one hand, to report to His Excellency the Commander on the situation of our army, and on the other hand, to tell His Excellency the Commander about the strength of our opponents that I have seen in the day and night of fighting. Speaking of this, the brigade commander paused, sorted out his thoughts, and continued.

"Your Excellency, the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army that we are facing is not comparable to half of the Eighth Route Army troops. These soldiers of the Eighth Route Army not only have sophisticated weapons, but more importantly, they are well-trained, and the intelligence and ability of the commanders will not be worse than any commander in the empire. I can say with certainty that the combat effectiveness of one of their companies is comparable to that of one of our squadrons of heroic imperial troops. More importantly, this unit not only has valiant soldiers, but also a large amount of excellent equipment. All the weapons possessed by the Imperial Army of the Great Emperor can almost be found in the troops of the Eighth Route Army. During the afternoon battle, I saw with my own eyes that a large group of 12 planes of our group was completely wiped out in a dense network of anti-aircraft fire. And now, with no less than a hundred heavy artillery, this reading division is shelling our positions. At the same time, in front of us, no less than 20 tanks of the opposing side are being assembled, ready to attack us"

"Your Excellency, Commander, in the face of such a formidable opponent, I believe that relying only on one or two divisions of the Imperial Army will not be able to solve any problems, but will instead send countless fighters to the other side. Therefore, before sacrificing my life, I implore Your Excellency the Commander that if we are not able to concentrate at least 100,000 elite Imperial Army soldiers, we must not launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army's Reading Division."

As the content of the telegram was sent, the commander of the brigade slowly walked to his position, listened to the increasingly dense artillery fire outside the headquarters, felt the trembling of the earth, sat on the ground, and began to seriously wipe the command knife in his hand, preparing to carry out the last thing in his military career.

And by this time, the heavy shelling was coming to an end. During the 10 minutes of shelling, 200 artillery pieces of various kinds (including the artillery that had just been captured) fired 5,000 shells. A full 5,000 rounds of various artillery shells exploded on this small Japanese position. We can imagine the end result.

"Buzzing" was just when the surviving Japanese troops slowly rose from the trenches that had been blown into ruins after the intensive artillery bombardment. The 21 tanks of the armored regiment, under the command of regiment commander Yang Jinghua, lined up in two rows, shining on the bright lights, and slowly advancing towards the position of the Yue army, which had become a ruin, amid bursts of roars.

"Baga, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army has begun, block, using all the fortifications that can be used, immediately defend. Hurry up and open fire, you must block the attack of the Eighth Route Army" Looking at the tanks that were getting closer and closer, the surviving commander of the Yue Army on the front line immediately drew his command knife and ordered loudly.

However, when the surviving little devils, under the command of the commander, were lying in one crater after another, the floating soil with a depth of tens of centimeters made them embarrassed. Because, dozens of centimeters of floating soil, dozens of them lying in the crater, also can not play a role in their safety.

"Baga, what are you still doing in a daze, hide immediately, hurry up and fire" looked at the stunned soldiers, looking at the tanks that were getting closer and closer. One by one, the commanders couldn't help but roar loudly. Finally, under the commanding command, the little devils had to hold their weapons, lie down in the crater, and start shooting.

"Bang bang bang. A sparse sound of rifles, mixed with the firing of several machine guns, sounded over the positions of the Japanese army. The sparse bullets accurately hit the fast-moving tanks, splashing sparks in patches. However, these bullets did not play any role at all for tanks with tens of millimeters of armor, but instead angered the gunners and machine gunners in the tanks.

With the firing of the Japanese army, = a row of ten tanks at the front, almost at the same time, fired an impenetrable rain of bullets with their vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns at the positions of the Japanese army. At the same time, one artillery gun after another slowly turned its muzzle and pointed at the machine gun position that was constantly spewing tongues of fire on the Japanese army's position.

A burst of fire flashed on the 10 tanks, and the 10 shells accurately hit all the machine-gun positions of the Japanese army. The emergency stop light machine gun, which was still spewing flames just now, immediately turned into piles of parts with the stingy sound of explosions.

"Baga, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army are very powerful, yours, immediately organize a death squad, use the grenades in our hands, destroy their tanks, and straddle fast." Ranged weapons did not achieve any effect. One of the surviving captains immediately thought of the human bomb that the army is best at. So, the captain shouted an order to a squadron leader not far away.

(To be continued)