"Sir, what you said makes a lot of sense, it seems that the reinforcements have really arrived." A devil squad leader pointed to the wilderness road in the distance north of the city.

Hearing this, Daoyu Zhongzuo raised his head again and looked out of the city with a telescope, and sure enough, he saw a tank armored unit rumbling towards him, and where he passed, bursts of eye-catching monstrous smoke and dust rolled up.

"Yo Xi, it's really reinforcements!" Shimayu Nakasa was overjoyed, and immediately pulled out his saber and waved it forward, and said sharply: "Warriors, regain the lost city defense!" Kill Quack! ”

The dozens of devil soldiers who survived the catastrophe immediately rushed towards the city that had already been captured by the Dragon's Tooth Task Force as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Zhao Haipeng and his puppet army also took advantage of the situation to rush back with the Japanese army, and after a while, they successfully recaptured the whole city because the Dragon's Tooth Task Force took the initiative to give up.

As soon as the cavalry battalion withdrew from the outside of the city, it turned on its horse and withdrew as fast as possible to rendezvous in the direction of the first regiment.

Although the Japanese reinforcements composed of tanks and armored vehicles marched all the way, they were still one step late, and when they came to Xinle County, Qiao Youhua and Liu Jianhua led the cavalry battalion to withdraw long ago.

The Japanese chariot troops did not dare to pursue rashly, so they had to enter the city, and then a large number of follow-up troops such as the infantry of the Japanese puppet army arrived one after another and officially entered Xinle County.

The strength of the Japanese puppet army in Xinle suddenly surged to more than 5,000 people, completely reversing the balance of enemy and enemy forces with the Eighth Route Army.

Qiao Youhua retreated about ten miles south with the cavalry battalion, and finally joined Jiang Haidong's regiment, making sure that the Japanese army was not chasing, and after discussing with the two, they decided to withdraw the troops to the south of the Cihe River before making plans.

After all, there is a magnetic river barrier, even if the Japanese puppet army suddenly launches a surprise attack, it can also be used as a buffer, especially the opponent's tanks and armored vehicles, when they encounter the river, without the assistance of sappers, they will definitely have to take a break.

They had just withdrawn to the south of the Cihe River with their troops, and were about to discuss countermeasures, when the signal corps suddenly came to report: "Commander, Commander Chiang, the three regiments have an urgent telegram, and the 83rd Infantry Wing of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army has suddenly organized a large number of troops to launch an attack on the forward defense line of our three regiments.

Now the Japanese army is divided into two routes, one way at the Yongling River to contain the main force of the three regiments, all the way has crossed the Taiping River, from the west along the Hutuo River, to attack Yangliu Town.

In order to ensure the safety of the base area, the three regiments were forced to divide their troops to block the attack, and at present the two sides are fighting fiercely in Yangliu Town and the Yongling River, the Japanese army has mobilized all its artillery, and the artillery battalion directly under the column is forced to fight on two fronts, and the situation is quite unfavorable! The third regiment requested urgent support from the column headquarters. ”

After Qiao Youhua, Jiang Haidong and the others listened, their faces suddenly changed greatly, they took the battle map from the hands of a guard, quickly spread it on the ground and opened it, Qiao Youhua, Jiang Haidong, Liu Jianhua, and Zhao Tiezhu surrounded them one after another.

Jiang Haidong pointed to the map and said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, it seems that the little devil is not good!" The soldiers are divided into two ways, and the main force goes straight to Yangliu Town, which is a ruthless move, once they succeed, the connection between Zhengding County and Luquan and Pingshan will be cut off.

The 21st Division could even directly drive straight into Pingshan County to attack Pingshan County, and it could also cut off the connection between Lingshou and Pingshan County. ”

Liu Jianhua nodded sympathetically and said: "Yes, at this time, the little devil's reinforcements also arrived, it seems that it was premeditated!" ”

Qiao Youhua nodded and said to them, "Tell me, what are your good ideas about this?" ”

Jiang Haidong took the lead and said: "The devil is now increasing his troops on a large scale, and in terms of troops, he is definitely in the upper hand, I think that the top priority is to relieve the siege of Zhengding first, and then make plans."

After all, we haven't figured out exactly how many Japanese troops are reinforcing Xinraku and what their combat power is. ”

"What the commander of the first regiment said makes sense, I also think that I will go back to the division first and teach the 21st Division a lesson on Donkey Day." Liu Jianhua echoed.

"You all think so, don't you? That little devil must think the same way, as soon as our side withdraws, the new devil reinforcements from Xinle County will definitely press up, and we will be passive at that time. Qiao Youhua said.

Jiang Haidong said: "Commander, please rest assured, there is a regiment here, and we will definitely not let the little devils take a step forward from Lingshou County and threaten the location of our column headquarters." ”

Qiao Youhua looked at his good brother, patted him on the shoulder and said, "At the beginning, we only relied on the strength of one regiment to block the attack of the two mixed brigades of the devils, and finally won the battle!" Now that we have three main regiments in our hands and nearly 10,000 troops, we cannot simply passively defend.

It's still the same sentence, you have to attack instead of defending, annihilating the enemy in movement, and fighting on the outside line, your regiment's mission this time is not only to defend Lingshou County, but also to find a way to kill the Japanese reinforcements in Xinle for me, and if necessary, I will let the cavalry battalion support you. ”

Jiang Haidong nodded and said, "Yes, I understand." ”

"Commander, what about our cavalry battalion? If you don't return to Zhengding, will the Third Regiment not be able to stop the attack of the 21st Division? Liu Jianhua asked with some concern.

Qiao Youhua said to the communication soldier next to him: "Send a telegram to Political Commissar Guo, order him to send a guard battalion to aid Yangliu Town, and send a telegram to the second regiment, ordering them to flank the flank of the 21st Division, reduce the pressure of the 3rd Infantry Regiment on the frontal battlefield, and indirectly support the third regiment in combat." ”

After saying this, Qiao Youhua said to Liu Jianhua: "The cavalry battalion followed me across the railway line from Shimen to Xinle and launched a surprise attack on Shimen to force the Japanese army to come back to help!"

Alright, our convoy is about to arrive, and this battle is imminent, so let's all go their separate ways! ”

"Yes!" Jiang Haidong, Liu Yidao, Liu Jianhua, Zhao Tiezhu and others agreed with a bang.

Before leaving, Qiao Youhua said to Jiang Haidong: "Closely reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese army, keep in touch with me at any time, don't fight with the Japanese invaders, and be more flexible and mobile tactically!" Recruits need to grow in battle, and they need to be given a chance. ”

"Well, I understand." Jiang Haidong nodded solemnly.

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In the direction of the Yongling River, the 83rd Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, under the cover of an artillery fire, avoided the resistance of the 3rd Regiment of Longya on the opposite bank of the Yongling River Bridge, and quietly erected a small pontoon bridge in the downstream direction of about two kilometers away from the bridge.

Seeing that the main force of the Japanese army crossed the river one after another, the troops of the three regiments in order to avoid a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army, and suffered large casualties, retreated while fighting, and withdrew to the second line of defense not far from the Yongling River to continue to resist.

The Japanese then captured the riverside position of the 3rd Regiment, but that was all, they were met with the heaviest resistance in front of the 2nd line of defense of the 3rd Regiment, and the fire support of the artillery battalion of the column thwarted the offensive of the 83rd Wing.

The most fierce is still in the direction of Yangliu Town, before Wu Ming deployed the main force in the Yongling River and the county seat, and there was only one company of troops on the side of Yangliu Town for vigilance deployment.

The Japanese army adopted a sneak attack tactic, quietly smuggling across the Taiping River, a small group of elite surprise attack Yangliu Town, the defenders were caught off guard, and were almost driven out of Yangliu Town, but fortunately, the officers and soldiers fought desperately and bloodily, and finally held on until the reinforcements arrived.

However, at this time, half of Yangliu Town had been captured by the Japanese army, and Wu Ming, who personally led reinforcements to reinforce him, had to lead his troops to start a fierce battle around the town.