Toneoka Kanji shouted to the signal soldier in the command car, "Immediately order the 217th Regiment to open the passage for me to cooperate with our army, if you can't do it, the whole family will be killed!" Also, let Yang Jian guard the Juma River for me, and we must not lose our back road. ”

On the side of the Juma River, Yang Jian, the commander of the puppet army battalion, looked nervously at the north, where the sound of artillery fire and explosions made him hear clearly dozens of miles away.

"Battalion commander, is this the Imperial Army suppressing bandits?" A company commander asked with some confusion.

"Battalion commander, an urgent telegram from Kanji Taijun Toneoka." As he spoke, the communication soldier took the telegram and handed it to Yang Jian with fear on his face.

Yang Jian hurriedly took it, looked at it, and shouted in fright, "The Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army is besieging the Imperial Army, hurry, hurry up and prepare for battle, no, quickly prepare to retreat." ”

The signal soldier said with some hesitation, "Battalion commander, the imperial army's telegram said that we want to defend the Juma River, and that if we retreat, we will kill our whole family." ”

Listening to the words of the communication soldier, the others all stopped cleaning up and looked at Yang Jian.

Yang Jian glared at the communication soldier, and said helplessly, "I mean to defend it!" Hold on!! Prepare me for battle, defend the Juma River, the imperial army will soon be killed, don't be afraid. ”

There was a whistling sound, and then twenty or thirty mortar shells flew in out of nowhere and plunged directly into Yang Jian's camp.

"Comrades, there is only one battalion of the puppet army below, we have a regiment, we must end the battle within half an hour, and then reinforce the main battlefield, do you have confidence?" Ding Jie said in high spirits as he pointed to the Juma River position that was bombed not far away like a sea of fire.

"Yes!!" The earth-shattering shouts frightened the telegram in Yang Jian's hand, and he lay down in the trench, looked around and said, "Resist, you must resist me!" ”

A string of bullets hit the puppet army flag erected high, watching the military flag slowly fall, Yang Jian's heart also sank to the bottom.

-- Beiping

King Minoru Higashikuremiya looked at the map nervously, knocked on the table and said, "Aren't our air forces ready?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen said helplessly, "Commander, it's only been less than twenty minutes, and you've already asked six times." ”

King Minoru of the East Kure Palace pointed to the map, and said angrily and anxiously, "I have repeatedly warned them to be stable, to be stable, and that all units must support each other, why were they ambushed by the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen said admiringly, "The Eighth Route Army is indeed bold, it is said that the fire reconnaissance of the Changgang Kanji Brigade has reached the level of firing three mortar shells at the surrounding mountains every few hundred meters, but the Eighth Route Army has not moved at all, and the troops of the Changgang Kanji Brigade were in pursuit at that time, more than 20,000 people are more than ten miles long, but now they are divided into five sections, the battalion in the Juma River has been annihilated, and the retreat route has been cut off, Your Excellency Commander, I have just studied it carefully." He believed that the only way now was to occupy the open area between the Juma River and Yugudong, and concentrate our aviation forces to cover their evacuation. ”

King Minoru of the Higashikure Palace nodded and said, "That's why I'm so urgent, where is the nearest sweeping force to them?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen pointed to Xiaowutai Mountain and said, "It's the Tanaka Wing here, this is a reorganized wing, plus two regiments of the Imperial Cooperative Army, which has now swept to Hedong Town, about two days away from Jiulong Town, and the other road is the Xiangjing Brigade, which has more troops, 10,000 Imperial Army and 15,000 Imperial Army, which is sweeping near Bauhinia Pass, and if you want to go to the rescue, I'm afraid it will take three days." ”

King Minoru of the Higashikure Palace squinted, shook his head and said, "In two or three days, according to the speed of the Eighth Route Army, the Toneoka Kanji Brigade has either been wiped out or withdrawn, so there is no need. In this way, he ordered the Tanaka Wing to defend Hedong Town, slowly move closer to Jiulong Town, and told them not to worry, be careful of the ambush, he is just a plug. Let the Xiangjing Brigade move closer to Sanpo Town, since the main force of the Eighth Route Army has been exposed this time, we will take advantage of this opportunity to completely annihilate the Chen Geng Department of the Eighth Route Army! ”

When Yamashita Fengwen heard this, he couldn't help but salute and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, your idea is fantastic, I believe that in order to take revenge, the Changgang Kuanji Brigade will also be willing to entangle Chen Geng to the death." ”

King Minoru of the East Kure Palace said viciously: "Chen Geng! Liu Bocheng! You want to swallow me a brigade? Spit out as much as I want you to eat!! ”

-- Uogu Cave

Tsuneoka Kanji looked at the telegram of King Minoru Higashikurenomiya, his heart suddenly cooled to the bottom, he swallowed his saliva, he hid in a cave at this time, looking at the battlefield outside with artillery fire. Carefully folded the telegram and put it in his pocket and said, "Order all departments to concentrate on Caojiagang, if you can't get closer, hold on to the spot, you must hold on for two days, and after two days, reinforcements will naturally arrive." ”

"Two days? This, where did this come from? The staff officer hammered the hole wall and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, don't you know how urgent we are, two days is enough time for us to all die here." ”

Tsuneoka Kanji pulled out his katana and said sharply, "This is the commander's order, and it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, if we can't hold it for even two days, what qualifications do we have to say that it is the strongest imperial army?" Obey orders!! ”

Chen Geng watched the Japanese army continue to charge towards Caojiagang, and said worriedly, "Which unit is guarding Caojiagang?" The Japanese army seems to have set the direction of the main attack in the direction of Caojiagang. ”

"It's a regiment of the 61st Army, and there's another regiment in the big bath post behind." Immediately, a staff officer replied.

"Order them to block me to the death, if the Japanese occupy any place, it will take some time for us to clean them up." Chen Geng said anxiously.

-- Caojiagang

"Grenade! Hurry up, get some more grenades! A company commander shouted loudly, pulling the arquebus with a grenade in one hand and throwing it down the hill, and just as his body fell down, a few bullets hit the sandbags of his fortifications.

"Damn, is this little devil crazy?" The company commander looked at the Japanese soldiers like locusts at the bottom of the mountain and said helplessly.

Several grenadiers hit a machine gun fire point, and all of a sudden, the entire trench burst into flames.

"Special Bomb!" A Japanese soldier shouted, more than a dozen poison gas bombs into the trenches, the company commander hurriedly took out his gas mask and put it on, and muttered, "You still treat us as poor eggs, now Lao Tzu has a gas mask in his hand." ”

"Company commander, the devil is rushing up." A soldier shouted.

The company commander looked over, and sure enough, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed up with bayonets, and several crooked handles continued to cover for the Japanese army.

"Damn, hurry, go and get the regiment commander's fire support, we can't support it anymore." The company commander threw down his steel helmet and took out a sapper shovel and shouted, "Brothers, rush me!" ”

"Poof" "Kill!" "When" "Fuck you"

The entire position was filled with shouts and killings, and there were figures fighting each other everywhere.

"These are the two devils? What's going on? The company commander looked strangely at the puppet army who was also speaking Chinese, but wearing a Japanese uniform.

"Shoot!!" A Japanese officer said coldly and ruthlessly pointing to the position in the melee.

More than a dozen machine guns fired together, and each fire whip was like a scythe of death, harvesting the souls of the 61st Army and the puppet army in the melee.

"Yo Xi, it's good, keep attacking!" The Japanese officer nodded and continued to wave.

At this time, more than a dozen Japanese planes flew to the battlefield, first divided a few to contain the air force of the Eighth Route Army, and then rushed to Caojiagang to cover the attacking Japanese army.

-- Uogu Cave

"Report, Caojiagang is lost!" The communications soldier stood up and said.

"What? What's going on? Why did it fall so quickly? Chen Geng turned around and asked anxiously.

"The Japanese let the puppet army rush up in hand-to-hand combat, and then use machine guns and grenadiers to attack the enemy and us, and our men were lured out of the fortifications, so that a few trips down, plus the devil's plane. Cao Jiagang couldn't stand it. The signal soldier replied.

"Damn, these cunning devils, they want to take Caojiagang regardless of casualties, do they want to defend Caojiagang to the death?" Chen Geng said as he watched his own planes in the sky constantly shoot down Japanese planes.

Tong Linge pointed to the map and said, "Brigade Commander Chen, if the Japanese army gathers in this area of Caojiagang, how long do you think it will take us to take it?" ”

Chen Geng looked at it and said, "The surroundings of this place are relatively flat, but our army's artillery superiority is still there, but it is more difficult to completely eliminate them. I think this battle will be fought for a day or two. ”

Tong Linge nodded and said, "If you were the commander of the Japanese army, what would you do if you encountered such a situation?" ”

Chen Geng pointed to the Juma River and said, "If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would be desperate to open up the passage to the Juma River, and then occupy the Juma River and evacuate." ”

Tong Linge nodded and said, "This is also the most normal reaction, but the current Japanese army is ready to defend to the death, and there must be demons if something is abnormal." ”

Chen Geng touched his chin and said, "Could it be that the devil wants to delay time, but this is just a little late death." ”

As he spoke, Chen Geng turned to the signal corps and said, "Immediately report to the division headquarters if there is any movement of the Japanese army near us." ”

Half an hour later

Chen Geng looked at the telegram and said, "Sure enough, the Japanese troops in Xiaowutai Mountain and Bauhinia Pass have already begun to move, and the devil is ready to eat our troops." ”

Tong Linge said in surprise: "What can I do about this?" Will we be in danger? ”

Chen Geng gritted his teeth and said, "It will take at least two days for the devil to come here, plus the time to clean up the battlefield and retreat, we only have 30 hours at most to fight." Order the troops, attack with all your might, be sure to smash and swallow the bones of the devils, and send the division department, we need to increase the support of the air force, and it is best to use some incendiary bombs to burn the Japanese troops in Caojiagang. ”

-- Wooden Buddha Terrace

Liu Bocheng looked at the map and said, "The Japanese army's move is really ruthless, this is basically giving up the Changgang Kuanji Brigade, this is 20,000 people." ”

Deng Xianxian nodded and said, "Chen Geng is under a lot of pressure, our troops do not occupy an absolute numerical advantage, and if we want to completely annihilate the enemy army in such a short time, we will definitely pay a lot of casualties." ”

Liu Bocheng said to the clerk next to him: "Immediately send a report to the headquarters and plead for more air force support." ”

-- Caojiagang

Chen Geng looked at Cao Jiagang and asked, "How is the battle in various places now?" ”

Li Jukui said: "Now, except for Caojiagang and Dayugang, there are about five or six brigades and a regiment of puppet troops, and the rest of the enemy troops are surrounded by us in a few small places, and the troops are desperately attacking, but the enemy's defense is also very strong. Our offensive was very difficult, and the casualties of the troops were not small. ”

Tong Linge said, "Brigade Commander Chen, let my cavalry go up, my cavalry has a strong impact, with them, it may be easier to attack." ”

Chen Geng shook his head and said, "It is recognized that the devil's defensive strength is stronger than the offensive force, your cavalry has already contributed to the attack just now, and now the Japanese army who goes to attack and defend is just sending them to death." Let the 771st Regiment, the 772nd Regiment and the One and Only Three Regiments come. Concentrate the artillery and knock out Caojiagang first. ”

Wang Jinshan looked at the Japanese fortifications that were urgently built on the post, and couldn't help but stretch out his thumb and said, "Don't say anything else, these basic skills are really excellent, I have to admire." ”

Li Long pointed at the Japanese position with a big knife and said, "It doesn't matter what kind of person he is, just smash it all." A hundred devils are a hundred knives, and ten thousand are ten thousand knives. It's just a little more tiring. ”

Wang Jinshan smiled and said, "How are you doing over there?" One of my pseudo-legions has been eaten clean by me. ”

Li Long patted his chest and said, "Where are the soldiers trained by Lao Tzu bad, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is not as good as Lao Jiang's, and the devil is ruthless enough, except for the ones we eliminated, the rest of the puppet army is all used as a meat pad by them." ”

"The regiment commander, the brigade commander ordered, wait for the air force to attack and start the attack immediately, saying that the attack must be resolute and must not hesitate." A communications soldier ran over and said.

Wang Jinshan nodded, and saw the black pressure of thirty or forty Japanese planes flying mightily, seven or eight Eighth Route Army fighters hovering in the sky hurriedly to catch up, the whole sky was like a swarm of flies over the garbage dump, the planes flew around, fighting each other, although the fighters of the Eighth Route Army were strong, but after all, they were outnumbered, and they had to use the speed and ceiling to fight.

"Damn, we're too close to the devil's airport here, our planes come very slowly, and the air time is broken, so it's a loss." Chen Geng looked at the sky and said helplessly.

"Yes, I have been a soldier for so many years, and it is the first time that I have seen an air force with troops that can fight like this with the air force of the Japanese army." Tong Linge couldn't help but say sourly.

"Here we are, here comes our plane." In the deafening shout, Tong Linge's eyes were about to fall, only to see nearly a hundred fighters flying from the west in formation, looking at the blue sky and white sun flag under the wings of the plane, Tong Linge's tears flowed out, and he muttered, "Finally one day, finally such a day." ”

"Brigade commander, the air force telegraph, there are enough 82 fighters to support us, Division Commander Liu ordered us to take Caojiagang in one go, and not let the Japanese army's treacherous plan succeed!" The signal soldier shouted beamingly, his tone full of pride and pride. (To be continued.) )