The thousands of cavalry of the Japanese army were like a wave of water that hit a solid rock, and they were split apart in an instant, and were shot one by one by the intensive fire of the dragon's tooth column, and because the fire was too fierce, the war horses ridden by the devil cavalry were not spared.

"Haha, this battle is a good fight! Come on, little devils, grandpa has bullets to greet you! Sun Mingzhuang, the commander of the tank regiment, personally operated a vehicle-mounted machine gun, and laughed proudly while frantically strafing the remnants of the devil cavalry.

With the cooperation of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division, they almost wiped out the Japanese cavalry that rushed to the front with just one shot.

When the devils launched a counter-charge on a large scale, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Third Division of Longya on the north bank were not idle, and under the command of brigade commanders and regiment commanders, they quickly crossed the pontoon bridge in an orderly manner and rushed to the south bank.

As more and more of the Eighth Route Army rushed across the pontoon bridge and joined the blocking positions of the tank regiment and the first regiment, the main counterattack force composed of the Japanese infantry and tanks was blocked by more and more powerful firepower, and it became impossible to move an inch.

The two tank squadrons, which had high hopes from the commander of the devil, were no match for the tank regiment of the 3rd Division, which was equipped with tank No. 4, and the two sides had almost just discovered each other, and a fierce tank artillery battle began.

The Japanese tank guns were 37mm caliber, while the No. 4 tank equipped by the Dragon's Tooth Column was all 75mm caliber, and the two sides were not of the same grade in terms of range or power.

In addition, the little devil's tank has weak defensive armor, and its defensive ability is far inferior to that of the No. 4 tank, which has frontal armor up to forty or fifty millimeters thick, so the battle between the two sides is almost a one-sided target slaughter.

Under the fierce artillery fire of the No. 4 tank of the Dragon's Tooth Column, the Japanese tanks were hit one by one like moving targets, caught fire and exploded, and turned into a mass of scrap metal.

From time to time, there are examples of devil soldiers crawling out of the destroyed tank cars covered with fire, making a miserable scream, and then being burned alive, but more devil infantry still continue to charge with indomitable progress, no way, their division headquarters issued a death order, if they can't recapture the position along the river, they will also die, so what is left for them is to rush to the death, drive the Chinese army back to the north bank, and recapture the riverside position that belongs to them.

As thousands of Japanese troops entered the range of the Dragon's Tooth troops one after another, the officers and soldiers of the Dragon's Tooth on the Japanese position immediately opened fire, and for a while, the dense firepower was like a meteor, roaring out, penetrating the Japanese army's crowd, and knocking the Japanese soldiers to the ground in pieces.

When more than a dozen tanks and combat vehicles of the Japanese army were all destroyed, Sun Mingzhuang, the commander of the tank regiment, immediately issued an order to take the initiative to attack, and led hundreds of tank regiments of the No. 4 tank to launch a surprise attack at the same time, and tens of thousands of dragon tooth infantry immediately got up to follow.

Bu Tan coordinated with the Japanese attacking crowd to launch a counter-charge.

Hundreds of MG34 general-purpose machine guns and hundreds of 75mm caliber tanks opened the way, which was simply invincible, and with the flesh and blood of the devils alone, no matter how many people they were, it was impossible to block their assault, not to mention, there were thousands of elite infantry with high morale behind them, armed with a variety of superior weapons that could completely overwhelm the Japanese army, and fired from time to time to provide cover and coordination.

Therefore, the devil's attacking troops were defeated and retreated by a counter-assault of the dragon's tooth column, not because the devils were afraid of death, but because they were powerless to resist the steel beast that was almost covered with tongues of fire all over their bodies, and each tongue of fire represented a hot rain of bullets, and at least several imperial soldiers would fall screaming.

In addition, hundreds of tanks formed a huge torrent of steel overwhelmingly crushed, and all the wounded and undead Japanese soldiers were inevitably crushed into a puddle of minced meat by the steel monster weighing dozens of tons, and the Japanese army was about to collapse no matter how disciplined it was.

In less than half an hour, the 40th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, plus the 10th Cavalry Wing directly under a division, two tank squadrons, more than 5,000 Japanese troops and tens of thousands of puppet troops, were completely defeated and defeated by the assault force of the Dragon's Tooth Column with strong firepower, and the Japanese puppet army suffered thousands of casualties.

Sun Mingzhuang led the tank regiment to become more and more courageous, under the cover of a regiment of some elite infantry, and even directly crossed the crowd of Japanese puppet army fleeing, and assaulted near the Japanese artillery group, at this time, the two artillery wings of the Japanese army were moving their artillery positions forward in accordance with the previous order of the division and regiment headquarters, intending to provide artillery support for the counteroffensive troops, but they never expected that their own counteroffensive troops would be defeated so quickly.

So they were unprepared, and the two infantry brigades in charge of the arch guard artillery, together with less than two thousand people, were the opponents of an assault group composed of a hundred advanced tank fighting vehicles and hundreds of elite veterans, and the tanks and veterans fired fiercely.

The Japanese soldiers were shot and killed, and the rest were so frightened that they turned around and ran.

Taking advantage of the situation, the tank regiment aimed its tank guns at the Japanese artillery positions, and then opened fire one after another, destroying nearly 100 large and small caliber artillery pieces of the devils, a large number of military trucks used to tow artillery, and hoarded ammunition and other military materials with high-explosive armor-piercing shells.

Boom Boom! The violent explosion caused the ammunition on the artillery position of the devil to detonate, and the more violent explosion resounded in the sky, as if the earth was trembling, as the artillery position was destroyed, the two artillery wings were crippled and fled, and the Japanese army outside Jinan completely collapsed.

Sun Mingzhuang and others led the tank troops all the way on a rampage, rushing and fighting, the Japanese puppet army could not take care of each other, and soon, the desperate puppet army abandoned their weapons and surrendered, gave up resistance, some Japanese troops were unwilling to surrender and tried to resist stubbornly, and they were all directly shot by the dragon's tooth officers and soldiers.

Two hours later, all the regiments of the Third Division had crossed the Yellow River except for the three regiments, and at the same time, the 30,000 Eighth Route Army sent to assist them had also crossed the Yellow River, plus the tank armored brigade, air defense brigade, and heavy artillery brigade directly under the column, and the troops crossing the Yellow River exceeded 780,000 troops.

The Japanese puppet army, which suffered heavy casualties, was forced to retreat into the city, and the Dragon's Tooth Column took advantage of the situation to encircle Jinan City on three sides.

After Wu Ming won the battle outside the city, he immediately reported to Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan in Dezhou, and after learning the news, Qiao Youhua immediately called back and ordered Wu Ming to speed up the attack and solve the battle of Jinan as soon as possible, and then waved his troops south to march south to Luzhong and Jiaodong Peninsula.

At the same time, Li Wenqin, chief of staff of the Third Division, led the 3rd Regiment and the regular army of the 10,000th Eighth Route Army to the outskirts of Zichuan County, and engaged the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade and other units of the Japanese Army, which were originally responsible for patrolling and sweeping along the Jiaoji Railway.

With the arrival of the main force led by Li Wen, the anti-Japanese guerrillas and other local armed forces that were originally active along the Jiaoji Railway near Zichuan rushed to help, so soon, Li Wen's troops, who had an absolute superiority in troops, also drove the Japanese army into Zichuan County, and then surrounded it.