"General Wang, you don't have to worry about this. This time, in order to completely annihilate the remaining 10,000 little devils, our commander-in-chief, Commander Wang Nanhu, carried a heavy artillery regiment, an artillery regiment, and the equipment of each regiment, plus the mortars attached to each regiment, the total number of artillery fire was enough to reach 200 guns, of which the number of heavy artillery guns alone was nearly 100. So, you definitely don't need to worry... As for the heavy artillery you just dug up, almost everyone in the team I brought will use it, so General Wang shouldn't worry...."Liu Hao said with a smile..."What, two hundred artillery pieces, nearly a hundred heavy artillery... Captain Liu, you're not wrong. If there are really so many heavy weapons, the remaining more than 10,000 little devils will definitely die without a place to be buried..."Wang Degui's face immediately showed a hint of surprise, and he quickly asked... At the same time, I am glad that I chose to rebel against the little devil in the first place..."General Wang, you can rest assured. There are still five hours left at most, and the 30,000 troops led by our commander-in-chief and all the heavy equipment can all enter the attack position. The opinion of our commander-in-chief was to strive to launch an attack on the Yue army before dawn and enter the military camp. When the time comes, the enemy and our armies will be intertwined, and even if the reinforcement planes of the Japanese army come, they will not be able to play any role in reinforcing them..."Liu Hao continued..."Okay, great, then I will be in the headquarters, waiting for your good news..."Wang Degui said with a smile on his face... A few hours later, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and dozens of special combat members of the Fourth Squadron, who were in charge of receiving them on the outskirts of Baoding City, finally discovered the main force of the Third Division that was rapidly walking towards them... And at this moment, it is also the deadliest time for people to sleep. Therefore, the more than 10,000 little devils who were completely surrounded by mines were in a deep sleep, completely unaware that around them, in the blink of an eye, a whole 30,000 elite troops of the Reading Division had been gathered....

The 30,000-strong army, led by dozens of members of the special operations brigade, easily crossed the dense minefield and quietly lay in ambush about 500 meters away from the army's position, waiting for the final time to attack. At the same time, nearly 100 artillery pieces of various types of artillery of the two artillery regiments, divided into several artillery clusters, with the support of the accurate firing coordinates provided by the special combat team, quickly raised the muzzle of the guns, and prepared for the opening of the guns....

Of course, at the time when the various troops were making pre-battle preparations under the command of Commander Wang Nanhu. Wang Nanhu has made contact with Wang Degui, the supreme commander of the Imperial Allied Army, on the ruins of Baoding City.

After several hours of radio exchanges, it was finally decided to set the time for the cannon to open fire at five o'clock in the morning... After half an hour of intensive artillery bombardment of the Japanese military camp, the troops immediately launched an attack, striving to completely mingle with the remaining 10,000 little devils on the battlefield within an hour. Let the air force of the little devils be ineffective, rely on close combat, and eliminate the little devils on the battlefield... Although, the night is still very quiet at this moment. However, the murderous aura on the battlefield did become stronger and stronger as the battle approached. In particular, the soldiers who had already lurked to the point where they were only 500 meters away from the camp of the Yue army stared at the position of the army with big eyes and murderous faces... Similarly, more than 10,000 Imperial Allied troops surrounded by the Yue army. Although, the murderous aura on the faces of the soldiers was not as good as that of the battle-hardened soldiers on the periphery, and even some soldiers began to tremble. However, this did not affect the morale of the troops as a whole ... A soldier of the Emperor's Cooperative Army, holding a rifle with a bayonet in his hand, squatted quietly in the trench, waiting for the order to attack... As for the more than 100 special combat personnel who entered the positions of the Imperial Allied Army, except for a few telegraph operators who were left at the headquarters to serve as a liaison between the two armies. The rest of the team, under the command of squadron leader Liu Hao, placed all the artillery pieces excavated from the rubble on top of an artillery position, ready to open fire... Finally, in the midst of everyone's anxious waiting, three shrill whistling sounds broke the silence of the night. Three flares, with dots of flame, quickly slashed across the sky and exploded in the air. The gunfire was the order, just at the moment when the three flares exploded. On several artillery positions, the sound of orders from commanders at all levels immediately sounded.

Immediately afterward, a burst of earth-shattering roars sounded on various artillery positions... Heavy shells, under the effect of the huge impetus generated by the explosion of gunpowder, quickly flew out of the chamber. With a burst of sharp whistling sounds, it quickly crossed the sky and flew towards the position of the Japanese army, which had just discovered the enemy situation and fell into chaos.

Suddenly, clusters of orange-red flames rose into the air on the position of the army. Immediately after, there was a burst of explosions that shook the mountains, and quickly reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield... The deafening explosion will immediately buzz the ears of the soldiers lying next to the little devil... As the shelling continued, the entire military camp was slowly enveloped in orange-red flames... And the soldiers hidden around the army, as well as more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Imperial Association, all opened their mouths and admired the unprecedented shelling in front of them... Moments of excitement are often short-lived, though. Although the entire shelling lasted for half an hour, almost 10,000 shells were fired into the barracks of the Japanese army. However, in the huge barracks, 10,000 rounds of artillery shells can only completely cover the position once... With the last shell exploding in the barracks of the Japanese army... In the eastern sky, there has been a hint of fish belly white... The sky was still pitch black just now, but at this moment, it is slowly brightening... As the smoke of gunpowder slowly dissipated on the battlefield of the army, the situation in the camp of the army slowly showed in the eyes of everyone... However, at this moment, there was no time for the surrounding soldiers to admire, and there was already a tragic military position. Because, before the army could react from the shock, they rushed into their positions and mingled with them to prevent possible bombing by planes after dawn....

"Tick tock... Tick-tock..."A loud trumpet of the charge, followed by the explosion of the last shell, sounded on the battlefield within a radius of several kilometers....In the incredible eyes of the surviving soldiers, a group of troops with bayonets suddenly jumped up from a distance of several hundred meters from themselves and rushed towards them quickly... And just when he had just reacted from the shelling, under the command of commanders at all levels, was ready to return fire. The swarming troops of the Eighth Route Army are only less than 100 meters away from their positions... The elite troops in charge of the interspersed tasks did not stop at all after being met with slight resistance from the Japanese army. But under the cover of a large number of light and heavy firepower, like a sharp sword out of the sheath, it was fiercely inserted into the military camp of the Yue army, dividing the huge military camp of the Yue army, preparing to destroy them one by one....

Under the fierce attack of several commandos, regardless of casualties, the other main forces immediately followed. Less than an hour. After the rapid artillery attack just now, the remaining more than 8,000 little devils were immediately divided into more than a dozen pieces by these commandos. The entire battlefield quickly turned into a scuffle....

"Report to the commander, the front-line battle report, it is said that the remaining more than 8,000 people in the army have been divided and surrounded by our various troops... Now these troops have been compressed into 12 encirclements, large and small...."After a full hour of fighting, Chen Revolution, the political commissar of the division, took the telegram just sent by various departments, and quickly came to the front of Xiang Nahu and reported..."Lao Chen, tell all the troops not to hesitate, not to worry about casualties, and with the support of mortars belonging to each regiment, immediately launch a decisive attack on the Yue army in their encirclement... Tell these commanders to try to settle the battle within one day today. The casualties of the troops are heavy, and I will personally replenish him when the time comes... By the way, is there any situation on the side of the Imperial Army? Commander Wang Nanhu, who was holding a telescope and observing every move on the battlefield, asked Chen Revolution, the political commissar beside him..."Commander, on the side of the Imperial Cooperative Army, a total of three groups of little devils have been surrounded, with a total strength of about 2,500 people....However, after all, the training of the Imperial Association Army is not as good as ours, and the equipment is not as good as our troops, and it completely relies on the lives of soldiers to carry out a step-by-step attack. So, the progress of the troops is very slow. Although several attacks were launched, they were all in vain, and the troops fought very hard...", Chen replied.

"Lao Chen, this time it's been a pain for these imperial allies. However, a unit that has not gone through the flames of war will never become a force that can fight well. I believe that after this battle, the remaining Imperial Alliance troops, after our specific reorganization, must be another lion... However, we can't watch these soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army die under the guns of the little devils like this. After all, after this battle, most of the soldiers among them will become a heroic Eighth Route Army soldier. Order the 4th Squadron of the Special Operations Group, carrying mortars, to reinforce these Imperial Allied Army units ... Minimize their casualties as much as possible. Wang Nanhu nodded and ordered..."Yes, Commander, I'll go and deliver the order right away..."Suddenly, on the battlefield within a radius of several kilometers, dense gunfires, shell explosions, and soldiers' shouts of killing rang out everywhere... One by one, under the cover of all kinds of light and heavy firepower, launched a sworn attack on the little devils in the encirclement... And a group of little devils, also doing the last resistance before dying....Tens of thousands of troops of the enemy and our armies, in this huge battlefield, engaged in a life-and-death struggle, almost every second passed, there were a large number of soldiers, fell under the guns of the other party, turned into a soft corpse... And at this moment, less than half an hour after the two armies were in a melee. A huge roar slowly reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield from far and near... The 12 planes of an aviation squadron of the army, with a huge whistling sound, extended to the end of the expectation of the little devils on the battlefield, and soon flew to the battlefield and began to hover in the air... Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, on the battlefield, the little devils who were making the last resistance let out an excited roar... Because they believed that with the support of the aircraft, they would be able to successfully repel the surrounding Eighth Route Army troops, the Imperial Allied Army. However, to their disappointment, 12 planes circled in the air for a full five minutes, and still did not prepare to drop bombs... Looking at the battlefield on the ground, looking at the messy battlefield that is completely mixed together, and the enemy and us are only more than 100 meters apart....These little devil pilots hovering in the sky, confident that they have no ability, can accurately hit the target at high altitude, and do not cause any damage to their own imperial soldiers on the ground... In the end, the 12 planes that couldn't find any disembarkation opportunities were forced to have no choice but to wag their tails and throw huge aerial bombs on the edge of the battlefield. It is hoped that these bombs can play a certain deterrent role on the enemy on the battlefield, so as to reinforce the imperial army troops on the ground in disguise..."Baga, what are those pilots doing, and why are they dropping bombs on places where there is no Eighth Route Army." Ba Ge Yalu, why don't they send air reinforcements to the Imperial Army troops on the ground, I want to report the behavior of the Air Force to His Excellency the Commander..."Looking at the 12 planes, they unexpectedly dropped bombs and quickly left the battlefield. The division commander, who was heavily protected, clenched the command knife in his hand with both hands, and scolded angrily with dissatisfaction..."Hi, Your Excellency the division commander. Now we and the troops of the Eighth Route Army have been staggered and caught in a chaotic battle, and the pilots in the sky can't distinguish between the enemy and our positions at all, so they can't drop bombs... Your Excellency the Division Commander, the only way out now is to rely on our own strength and strive for a breakthrough..."The chief of staff of the division and regiment hurriedly admonished..."Nani, break through? Chief of Staff, haven't you seen the situation on the battlefield now? After half an hour of intensive artillery bombardment by the Eighth Route Army, almost half of our more than 10,000 imperial troops were lost... And now it has been divided into more than a dozen pieces by the Eighth Route Army. Now that we are surrounded by a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army, where can we gather enough troops to break through? The division commander shook his head and said helplessly..."But, Your Excellency the division commander, we can't sit still here... Just as the chief of staff could continue, the division commander waved his hand, mercilessly interrupted the chief of staff's words, and continued..."Chief of Staff, immediately send a report to His Excellency the Commander in Shijiazhuang, requesting His Excellency the Commander to send reinforcements to reinforce me immediately. Otherwise, our 108th Division will be buried around Baoding City together with the 20th Division. Send it out right away..."

"Hey, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I'll send a report right away..."

Soon, the telegram was transmitted through the radio, and at the first time, it reached the ears of the commander of the two armies, General Okamura Ninji, who was anxiously waiting for specific news of the two armies. Looking at the telegram in his hand, Okamura could hardly believe his eyes. However, after receiving confirmation from the air force pilot who had just been in charge of reinforcements, Okamura Ninji suddenly felt as if he was several years old, and the whole person was stunned... The telegram in his hand, because of his own weakness, floated to the ground..."Your Excellency, commander, what should we do now?" Looking at the dumb-eyed commander Okamura Ninji in front of him, the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters quickly picked up the telegram that had fallen to the ground and asked in a low voice..."Chief of Staff, where has the nearest unit of our army to Baoding already marched..."Okamura Ninji asked.

"Your Excellency, Commander, just yesterday morning. The headquarters has ordered the defending troops of Qingyuan County to send the main force of a wing, which is traveling at night and quickly rushing towards the direction of Baoding City. So far, this army is only 40 kilometers away from Baoding City. At most, there is one day left, and you can rush to Baoding City and join the battle..."Order reinforcements, give up all baggage artillery, speed up the march, and be sure to rush to the outside of Baoding City within eight hours to rescue the commanders of the 108th Division and the commanders at all levels. Otherwise, military justice is engaged in ... Now that we have lost two reorganized divisions and regiments for this encirclement and suppression operation, we absolutely cannot lose another division and regiment. Otherwise, the Imperial Army will really lose face..."After reacting from the shock just now, the commander, Senior General Okamura Ninji, ordered loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, I'm going to deliver the order right away..."After saying that, I want to leave the headquarters..."Wait a minute, call back to the commander of the 108th Division, and the reinforcements will arrive on the battlefield within eight hours. Please the commander of the 108th Division, lead the troops, be sure to hold on for eight hours, and wait for reinforcements..."|Okamura Ninji then ordered... With Okamura Ningji's telegram, an infantry wing that came to reinforce, more than 3,000 little devils, immediately gave up all their own weight and heavy weapons, only carried infantry light weapons, and quickly reinforced, which had been beaten into a pot of porridge. And the commander of the 108th Division, after receiving the telegram personally sent by His Excellency the commander, slowly perked up his heart, which was still decadent just now, and began to orderly mobilize the remaining 2,000 people around him under the command of the chief of staff to carry out defensive operations... Under the personal command of the division commander and the chief of staff, the situation around the division headquarters gradually stabilized. More than 2,000 little devils, and more than 5,000 fighters on the periphery, fought on par, and slowly entered the confrontation stage. However, it is true that the little devils in other places do not have such good luck. After all, the total strength of these little devils, nowhere does it exceed a thousand people. What's more, after the shelling just now, the formation of these little devils is very chaotic, and there are almost no senior officers who can suppress these soldiers....

(To be continued)