Several violent explosions rang out, and several fireballs rose up in the positions of the Japanese army, which had become a ruin, and several machine-gun positions, which had just been spraying dense shells, immediately stopped. Several light machine guns on the position, along with the little devils next to the machine guns, were torn to pieces by shells fired by ten tanks and blown into the most primitive parts.

Without the cover of machine guns, the density of fire fired from the positions of the army was reduced by at least half at once. As for the hundreds of riflemen left in the ruins, although they lay themselves in trenches and even craters. However, the dense rain of bullets fired by the ten tanks still shot through the floating soil dozens of miles thick in front of them very easily. A little devil rifleman had just fired a bullet from his rifle when he was targeted by the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun that found his target. Immediately, after a dense rain of bullets, the rifleman stared at the bullets that had been fired into his body with an incredulous face, and closed his eyes unwillingly.

"Baga, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army are very powerful, we must destroy them completely. Otherwise, our position will definitely not be able to hold. Looking at his soldiers, one by one they fell in a pool of blood. One of the surviving captains of the entire position commanded loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Captain. However, in the course of the shelling just now, an artillery squad assigned to us by the brigade commander had been completely shattered, and all the artillery pieces had been destroyed. Now, we don't have any heavy weapons in our hands that can destroy the tanks of the Eighth Route Army. One of the captains replied loudly.

"Even if Nani doesn't have heavy weapons, he will need to destroy the tanks in front of him. Yours, take all the remaining soldiers of the squadron, immediately launch a counterattack, brave the grenades in your hands, and destroy the tanks of the Eighth Route Army. Get started now. After the shock, the captain shouted an order to the squadron leader beside him.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Captain," the squadron leader replied stiffly, turning and running towards the troops next to him. After the preparation time had passed, almost a squad of soldiers, with grenades strapped all over their bodies, stood in front of the squadron leader in full armor, ready to attack.

"Yo Xi, warriors of the Empire, the time has come to dedicate oneself to His Majesty the Emperor. For the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, for the sake of the future of the Great Empire, join me in destroying the tanks of the Eighth Route Army with the grenades on our bodies and our flesh and blood. The warriors of the Empire, all of them will kill me and kill them" Looking at the dozens of soldiers in front of him, the squadron leader gave the last speech of his military career. Then, he drew his command knife and was the first to rush out of the trench where he was hiding, and launched a suicidal charge against the tanks of the Eighth Route Army that were getting closer and closer.

"Kill to give" dozens of little devils, closely behind the leader of his squadron, under the cover of sparse rifle fire on the position, rolled out of the trench where he was hiding, and rushed closer and closer.

However, at this moment, the armored regiment, after several live-fire attacks, no longer has the shyness it had when it first entered the battlefield. Facing the little devil with grenades strapped all over his body, he quickly rushed towards his tank. The commanders in each tank, without any nervousness, did not need anyone's orders, and immediately commanded the heavy machine guns on the vehicle, and pointed the muzzles of black holes at the little devils who rushed towards them. At the same time, the infantry following the tank also kept shooting as many little devils as possible with rifles and machine guns in their hands, appearing in their field of vision.

A burst of dense machine-gun fire rang out on the battlefield, and the little devils who rushed out of their position almost a squad fell into a pool of blood and turned into a cold corpse before they could rush within 20 meters of the tank.

"Baga, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army are very powerful, and the infantry and tank coordination tactics are very powerful. Immediately retreat, retreat to the second line of defense, and continue to hold on. "I saw that the daredevils of my squad were wiped out without achieving any results. Looking at his side, after a few minutes of blocking, there was only about a squadron of Imperial soldiers left. The captain of the army had to bow his arrogant head and give the order to retreat to the soldiers around him.

As the Japanese army that was holding on to the front-line position began to retreat, it can be said that the armored regiment did not suffer any losses, and occupied the first-line position of the Japanese army, which had become a ruin after intensive artillery fire. However, after occupying the front-line positions of the Yue army, the armored regiment did not stop at all, and immediately under the command of the regiment commander Yang Jinghua, it continued to attack and launched a charge against the fortifications hastily arranged by the Yue army.

"Da da bang" machine gun strafing, constant explosions of tank guns. Under the blow of dense bullets and artillery fire, the 21 tanks, like a torrent of steel in front of the Yue army, were not hindered in any way, and quickly advanced. The little devil who stuck to the second lane, although with one human bomb after another, destroyed one tank after another. However, their flesh and blood, no matter what, will not be able to stop their fate of being completely annihilated in the end.

"Comrades, rush, tick, tick" With the loud sound of the charge horn, it sounded in the rear of the armored regiment, declaring that the front defense line of the army had been completely torn apart by the armored regiment. The three main regiments and more than 6,000 fighters who followed closely behind the armored regiment, under the command of their respective commanders, quickly rushed into the ring fortifications of the army along the breakthrough opened by the armored regiment.

At the same time as the soldiers launched a charge, a company of three tanks led by Yang Jinghua, the commander of the armored regiment, also lined up in a zigzag attack formation, with a battalion of infantry, and quickly rushed towards the command post of the army brigade thousands of kilometers away. In the shortest possible time, the command of the army is trying to turn the little devils into headless flies. The three tanks, like an indestructible sharp knife, quickly plunged into the headquarters of the army brigade and regiment. And on the way of the soldiers' attack, they left behind a bloody corpse.

"Report to Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, a tank unit of the Eighth Route Army is rushing towards our brigade command post at a rapid pace, and there is only a distance of less than 500 meters left. The commander of the youth brigade immediately retreated, and our guard squadron will ensure the safety of His Excellency the brigade commander, and lead His Excellency the brigade commander to rush out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army. Just when the commander of the brigade was still sitting in his place, he was trying the bright command knife in his hand. The captain of the guard squadron, whose face was covered with gunsmoke, rushed into the command post and said loudly.

"Well, Nishimura-kun, as a warrior of the Great Empire, I will not retreat. Now I order you to destroy at once all valuable telegrams in the headquarters, destroy the brigade flags, and at the same time, gather all the Imperial soldiers in the headquarters. I want to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army outside in my own headquarters, and use the bayonets in our hands to let the Eighth Route Army know that the Imperial Army is a heroic warrior. After listening to the words of the squadron leader, feeling the huge roar of the tank, and the sound of gunfire outside the headquarters, the brigade commander did not hesitate and ordered loudly.

"Hey, Your Excellency Brigade Commander, I'm going to destroy all the valuable documents in the headquarters right away."

A few minutes later, as the gunfire became more and more intense, the brigade commander finally got up from his seat and rushed out of the command post with all the little devils of the brigade headquarters gathered by the captain of the guard squadron, a total of more than 150 people. At this time, three tanks and a battalion of infantry led by Yang Jinghua had already rushed into the distance of less than 200 meters from the command post of the brigade and regiment. Heavy machine gun bullets flew and the trenches at the entrance of the headquarters were dusty. A squadron of elite Imperial Army soldiers had less than a hundred people left at this time, and all of them were cowered in the trenches less than a meter deep.

"Baga, the warriors of the Great Empire, even if they die, they will die on the way to the charge. Rush with me, use the bayonets in our hands to eliminate the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in front of us. Kill to give" commanded the brigade commander in a loud voice, raised the command knife in his hand, which had been wiped by himself, and launched a counter-charge against the three tanks that were getting closer and closer.

"Kill to give" looked at His Excellency the brigade commander who was in the lead, and the little devils who were lying in the trenches and dodging bullets were also enraged, and they let out a loud roar and followed closely behind the brigade commander and launched a charge at the tank.

However, although their courage at this time was commendable, they did not have any effect of the actual surname, but did Yang Jinghua a great favor. Because, the charge of the little devils greatly accelerated the speed at which they were eliminated, thus also solving the problems faced by the soldiers when they solved the remnants of the enemy.

Under the frantic strafing of three vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns and more than a dozen light machine guns in the hands of the soldiers behind the tank, a thick layer of corpses almost fell on the way of the army's charge. More than 200 little devils, together with the brigade commander, were beaten into a hornet's nest by the soldiers in less than five minutes, and they fell in a pool of blood.

With the destruction of the brigade headquarters, the brigade commander was killed. On the entire position, there were less than 3,000 little devils left, and they quickly collapsed under the fierce attack of the fighters inside and outside. And the entire position was full of scenes of soldiers holding up their bayonets in their hands, chasing the little devils who had lost any combat effectiveness.

Finally, just as there was a glimmer of dawn in the eastern sky the next morning, the gunfire on the entire battlefield finally stopped completely. As the sky became brighter and brighter, the entire battlefield was finally completely displayed in front of everyone. On the battlefield of the army within a radius of several kilometers, there were corpses of little devils everywhere, piles of stumps and broken arms. The land has been scorched or stained red with the blood of little devils.

The fighters, on the other hand, were in a large area, putting a bayonet on the chest of each of the little devils. At the same time, while cleaning the battlefield, picking up rifles and bullets, carefully cleaning a messy battlefield.

"Division commander, it's finally over, more than 21,000 little devils, all of them have been wiped out by our army, and no one has slipped through the net" Just when the division commander Liu Hua was standing at the door of the headquarters, holding up the telescope in his hand, and enjoying the battlefield after a night of fighting, the temporary chief of staff Wang Benqing ran to Zhang Hua with excitement on his face and said excitedly.

"Yes, it's finally done. Brigade Commander Wang, inform the commanders of all regiments that the soldiers should hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and after the battlefield is cleaned, they will have breakfast. At the same time, the artillery cluster was notified to immediately carry out concealment to prevent possible retaliatory bombardment by the little devils. The air defense regiment should also be ready to meet the little devil planes. Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and ordered at Wang Benqing.

With the annihilation of the reinforcements of the Chinese army, Lieutenant General Tada Jun, the supreme commander of the Chinese army, who had already flown to Shijiazhuang and was ready to take the town in person, was sitting on his desk at this time, looking at a farewell telegram sent by the commander of the brigade, Major General, the supreme commander of the reinforcements.

"Baga, impossible, absolutely impossible. This is 20,000 elite soldiers of the Imperial Army, and the Reading Force Master has absolutely no strength, in such a short period of time, he must be lying about the military situation if he eats so many of us in one go, Baga. After reading the contents of the telegram in his hand, Lieutenant General Tada's first reaction was that he could not believe it, he did not believe that the contents of the telegram were true.

"Hi, Your Excellency, I think we have to face the reality that Your Excellency has not lied about the military situation. Because, just last night, the 12 reinforcement planes we sent out, after flying to the battlefield, did not even have time to send a message, and were completely annihilated by the air defense unit of the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, when Taiyuan was attacked, we also received a telegram for help from the defending troops, that is, the Eighth Route Army used a large number of tank troops in the process of attacking the city. Therefore, I think that what His Excellency General said is all true. The chief of staff replied in the affirmative.

"Baga, is it true that the soldiers of this Imperial Army, in front of the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army, are they really so vulnerable? Chief of Staff, in that case, do you think we still need to continue sending troops? Commander Lieutenant General Toshinori Tada said to himself.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander. I think we should stop sending troops. After our reinforcements were completely annihilated by the Reading Division, the Reading Division had enough strength to block the encirclement and annihilate the troops we had sent out again. Therefore, I believe that in order to preserve the remaining vital strength of our garrison in North China, we should immediately stop the original battle plan. At the same time, withdraw as much as possible the imperial soldiers in the entire area of Jinxi, so that they do not make unnecessary sacrifices. The chief of staff suggested loudly.

"Chief of Staff, defeated, this time, we have completely failed. I'll leave the rest to you, and I think that after the entire Shanxi Province was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, my military career should have come to an end. I want to take a good rest, and at the same time, report to the General Staff Headquarters about the bad situation in North China. After listening to the advice of the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Tada Jun completely lowered his head and said dejectedly to the chief of staff in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency, please take care of your health, Your Excellency." The chief of staff replied. Turned and left the commander's office. At the same time, in the name of the headquarters, telegrams of retreat began to be sent to the garrisons in various parts of western Jinxi. Thus, when the reinforcements of the Yue Army were completely annihilated by the Reading Force, all the garrisons of the Yue Army in the entire western part of Shanxi received a telegram from the headquarters at almost the same time, asking them to immediately retreat and withdraw from the entire Shanxi Province.

At the same time, there was a burst of excitement in the temporary headquarters of the battlefield of the directly subordinate column. After almost two hours of cleaning, the entire battlefield was cleaned with the joint efforts of more than 10,000 soldiers. At the same time, the losses of various units, as well as the capture of troops, were also handed over to the division commander Liu Hua.

"Comrades, yesterday's battle can be said to be another great victory that our Reading Division has won since the occupation of Taiyuan. A total of 21,345 soldiers were all wiped out by us, and none of them escaped the net. More importantly, our air defense regiment also achieved the record of shooting down 12 Japanese military planes. As for the capture of troops, it is even more, it can be said that it is countless. Speaking of this, Liu Hua paused.

In the entire conference room, there was a burst of warm applause in an instant, which can be said to be endless.

Looking at the cadres with excited expressions on their faces, division commander Liu Hua waved his hand. As the applause stopped, Liu Hua stood up again. "Comrades, maybe you don't know the significance of our victory in this battle. What I want to tell you today is that today's battle not only eliminated so many little devils, but more importantly, laid a good foundation for us to occupy the entire Shanxi Province. In other words, with the elimination of more than 20,000 little devils, the entire Jinxi has been completely opened to us. ”

"What, occupy the whole of Shanxi" "Haha From now on, Shanxi is not the territory of Yanxi Mountain, and in the future, Shanxi will be our Reading Division, our Eighth Route Army" "I really didn't expect that we have done so much, and the ultimate goal is that the division occupies the entire territory, and the vision of the division commander is really good." "In short, except for the three brigade commanders who listened to the division commander's Hua attending the meeting, the rest of the people were all talking. However, from everyone's expressions, division commander Liu Hua could clearly see that every commander was full of confidence in occupying Shanxi.

(To be continued)