In order to be able to encircle and annihilate the rest of the 72nd Division in the shortest possible time. With the arrival of the two Japanese troops one after another, Hou Guozhong, who knew that there was not much time left for him to develop the war situation. The last reserve in his hand was also put into it at this time. Seventy percent of the firepower of all artillery was smashed on the line from Qingliangjiang to Zhengjiakou, and the position held by the remnants of the 72nd Division.

And as his attacks became more and more intense, many ways had been broken through on the flanks, and the defense line on the south bank of the Qingliang River was already in danger, and the whole line was about to collapse. Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba, who was overwhelmed, organized the main force of the 152nd Wing on the one hand, and attacked in the southeast direction with all his might, trying to open an escape route.

On the one hand, the main force of the two wings of the engineer and heavy forces, as well as part of the search wing, were organized to desperately resist the attack of the surrounding anti-coalition with the three infantry squadrons of the 152nd Wing as the backbone. Chiba Kumaji ordered the blocking troops not to take a step back even if they fought to the point of not a single soldier, thinking that the main force of the division would break through and create a Zào fighter.

Although in order to open a way to break through, Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba can be said to have made a bloody investment. When they came up, they concentrated a brigade and adopted a continuous wave tactic to launch a continuous onslaught in the southeast direction. A battalion of resistance to them repelled a wave of offensives, and before they could catch their breath, the Japanese army rushed up again.

Even in the face of the dense firepower of the anti-coalition blocking troops, the Japanese troops who were killed and wounded heavily. Use the corpses of fallen comrades to build improvised bunkers on the spot, either shoot at the blocking troops, or push forward step by step. Although the mortars of the blocking troops continued to blow up the Japanese bunkers, the Japanese still did not give up the attack.

A battalion of the Anti-United Nations deployed in the direction of its breakthrough had no favorable terrain to rely on. In just one day, the Japanese repulsed more than forty times from small squadrons to squadrons, multiple squadrons marching in unison, and finally repeated assaults including group charges.

In the case of the loss of most of the front-line positions, two-thirds of the casualties of the whole battalion. But it relied on the last line of defense, as well as the fire support of the artillery behind it and the surrounding friendly troops. The second-line position was used to withstand the repeated charges of the Japanese army, and the route to break through was blocked.

After a day's breakout battle, a large group of Japanese troops had lost the embers of casualties, but only advanced less than two kilometers to the southeast. Although in the southeast, the 100th Division, which was currently fighting a fierce battle with the anti-coalition blocking forces, the sound of gunfire had been clearly heard, but the Japanese breakthrough troops tried their best, and it was not that they were not desperate, but they just couldn't rely on it.

The tacit understanding between the different units of the Japanese army was much higher than that of the Chongqing army at that time. There has never been a friendly army that has been in trouble and has never moved the traditional Japanese army, and the rescue efforts of its own brother troops have always been quite high. As soon as the 100th Division arrived at the designated combat area, it immediately launched an offensive without even resting and recuperating.

Moreover, under the cover of tanks and heavy artillery, multiple roads marched in unison, and there was a great posture of opening up the connection with the 72nd Division. But no matter how much the posture is pulled, the troops invested are huge, and the offensive is quite fierce. But it does not mean that they can open up the connection with the 72nd Division within the expected time, and fish out Lieutenant General Chiba Kumaji, who is in the sea of suffering.

No matter how hard the 100 divisions worked, the anti-United Nations blocking force in front of them was not muddy. In the face of the menacing 100th Division, the anti-coalition troops in front of them did not flinch in the slightest, and directly fought into a ball. Not only was the blocking war extremely tenacious, but it also launched tactical counterattacks from time to time. The entire defense line was like an iron bucket, leaving the 100th Division at a loss.

After a day's attack, the progress of the 100th Division cannot be said to be nothing. But the location is still quite far away from the location where Lieutenant General Chiba Kumaji is trapped, at least it is still far from the situation where water can't quench the near thirst. The only thing that could comfort Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba was the dense sound of gunfire in the direction of his main attack.

The 100th Division on the right flank could not be counted on in a short period of time, and the 118th Division on the left flank also did not progress smoothly and fought for a long time without success. However, Lieutenant General Kumaharu Chiba, who was not willing to sit still after nightfall, did not stop the breakout operation because of excessive casualties. As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, he will not just wait for death.

After nightfall, Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba, who had made up his mind, not only transferred the last reserve in his hand, but also put into it all the remaining artillery that had been suppressed by the superior artillery fire of the Anti-United Nations and lost two-thirds of the artillery in the artillery battle with the Anti-United Nations. And this little force is the only remaining mobile force in his hands.

Under the full cover of the remaining artillery at all costs, the Japanese army broke through the encirclement in this attack and fought more fiercely than the offensive during the day. More than a dozen skirmish lines were discharged in one go, and the offensive was wave after wave, and one skirmish line was broken, and the follow-up ones immediately rushed up, almost not giving the defenders time to breathe.

If the frontal attack is not smooth, the flank breakthrough will be adopted, and if the flank breakthrough fails, the two-pronged attack will be taken at the same time. The artillery behind the breakthrough troops adopted the tactics of scattered arrangement and concentrated fire, and did not hesitate to suppress and kill the counter-artillery fire of the anti-United Nations. The 105-mm howitzers of the field artillery mountain guns, plus two 150-mm howitzers, did not hesitate to pour shells on the positions of the anti-United Nations blocking troops. Even at critical moments, the tactics of indiscriminate shelling with covered fire were adopted.

Its continuous charges made it impossible to support a comprehensive defense with two-thirds of its casualties after a day of hard fighting. It was only possible to use the few remaining troops to hold on to a few key points of the second-line position. Although it was fully supported by artillery fire from depth, the pressure was still increasing, and the position was already precarious.

But it was Lieutenant General Kumaharu Chiba and his subordinates that they fought hard for a day and most of the night. After almost filling in an entire infantry brigade, plus two infantry squadrons and an engineer squadron, it was finally time to see the moment when the dawn of a successful breakthrough unfolded.

The remnants of the defeated generals cheered for cheers, and two anti-Union mechanized infantry companies with a tank platoon covering from the flanks braved Japanese artillery fire and forced their way through the Japanese artillery blockade to the breakthrough. directly extinguished the flame of hope that ignited in Chiba Kumaji's eyes, and completely cut off the last hope of the 72nd Division to escape.

And the artillery in the depth of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, after receiving artillery reinforcements from the south on the north bank of the Qingliang River. Two 107 rocket artillery companies and one 122 rocket artillery company were also concentrated, and a salvo was fired at the depth of the breakthrough chosen by the Japanese army. At the same time, all the artillery that could be concentrated was concentrated, and the suppression of the fire of the Japanese artillery was strengthened.

The Japanese artillery, which had already suffered heavy losses during the day, did not completely crush the Japanese artillery by repeatedly shifting positions. The intensity of these few hours far exceeded that of the artillery battle during the day, and it was still completely silenced. After the fierce fighting of the 72nd Wing of the Japanese field artillery that participated in the war in the past few days, the last five remaining field guns, one 105 howitzer and two 150 howitzers, plus the only remaining one and a half squadrons of a mountain artillery brigade attached to the pre-war army, all the artillery pieces that participated in the battle were destroyed.

The shells detonated by the anti-coalition artillery fire continued to explode on the Japanese artillery positions. The single piece flying in all directions killed and wounded the surviving Japanese artillery. The breakthrough operation of Lieutenant General Kumaharu Chiba not only destroyed the last bit of vital strength of the 72nd Division, but also lost all the last artillery that had been painstakingly preserved these days at one time.

And the anti-coalition troops reinforced in front of them did not stop at all after arriving, and directly crossed the breakthrough that the Japanese army was almost about to open. Under the cover of on-board machine guns and tank fire, the breakthrough that was about to be opened was completely blocked again.

At this moment, the 152nd Wing, which was about to run out of blood, could no longer have enough troops to break this breakthrough again. Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba could only watch as the anti-United Nations armored forces rushed out once again blocked the breakthrough.

And at this moment, behind the breakthrough chosen by Chiba Kumaji, the gunfire of the attacking forces of the Anti-Japanese Federation is getting closer and closer. Behind Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba, there was already a shout of killing, and there was a dense sound of gunfire everywhere. There was no hope of breaking through, the blocking line behind him had also been broken through, and the 72nd Division had been forced to a dead end at this time.

The 152nd Wing, which had exhausted most of its vital strength in the breakout, was not only unable to reopen the gap, but even the remaining defensive positions had to shrink again and again. By the evening of the second day when Chiba Kumaji launched a breakthrough operation, the remnants of the 72nd Division had been trapped in a narrow position that was no more than 1,000 meters long from east to west and less than 200 meters wide from north to south.

The only thing that can be done at the moment is to desperately call to Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro in Jinan, the 118th Division on the left flank, and the 100th Division on the right flank. But the answer he could get was only two words of insistence.

These two words are also the only answer that Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama can give him. At present, the 100th Division has strengthened the 4th Brigade of the ** Chariot, and has launched a fierce battle with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the 118th Division is also desperately attacking the battlefield of the ancient city of Zaonan. Reinforcements from the left and right flanks have arrived, and the 65th Division stationed in Yanzhou is also desperately rushing to the battlefield.

If at this time, Lieutenant General Chiba Kumaji can't hold on at this time and is eaten by the enemy in one bite, then the entire battle plan formulated by the front army will directly fall short. At that time, this game will really become a wolf bite instead of a wolf. Therefore, the reply given by Eitaro Uchiyama to Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba was only two words of insistence.

At the same time, Eitaro Uchiyama, who was afraid that the 72nd Division would really be eaten by the Anti-Japanese Union, was constantly urging the 118th Division and the 100th Division to speed up the attack. At the very least, it is necessary to break the encirclement of the 72nd Division by the Anti-Japanese Federation, and even if it only rushes into an infantry brigade, it can cheer up the 72nd Division.

What Eitaro Uchiyama meant, Lieutenant General Kumaji Chiba didn't understand. But at present, his 72nd Division really can't hold on. In the narrow area where the remnants of the 72nd Division are currently trapped, the machine guns of the Anti-United Nations do not need to be aimed, and the bullets fired can be lightly pierced from one side to the other. At the same time, the tank units of the Anti-Japanese Union even lay a few hundred meters outside the front line of the Japanese army, constantly covering the infantry charge with direct artillery fire.

And the only anti-tank guns he had on hand at the moment were two rapid-fire guns that had been devoid of shells and a fifty-millimeter anti-tank gun. As for the remaining anti-tank guns, they have long been lost with the defeat on the north bank of the Qingliang River and the annihilation of the two wings. Without anti-tank weapons, where is the remaining manpower against enemy tank clusters?

Lieutenant General Kumaharu Chiba, who did not receive a satisfactory reply from Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama, could only turn to the 118th Division, which was currently closest to him, and kept pleading with Lieutenant General Ginnosuke Uchida, commander of the 118th Division, on the radio, hoping that he could increase his strength and pull the 72nd Division as much as possible