The 871st Regiment and the 877th Regiment did suffer a lot of casualties when attacking the second line of Japanese positions, and now they are busy rescuing the wounded and cleaning up the remains of their fallen comrades, and they can no longer be put into battle in a short time, so Wei Bin sent the 872nd Regiment and Tang Yu sent the 878th Regiment to jointly attack the Japanese position.

Knowing that the main force of the Japanese army had retreated, there would not be too many troops on the position, and the third line of Japanese positions was not very wide, so this time the two regiments did not attack separately, but took the chariot as the lead and completely spread out in front of the Japanese formation, with a posture that I just want to attack with an open frame. The bully was the lack of troops on the Japanese position, and there were no heavy weapons to endanger the chariots lined up in front.

Sure enough, the gunfire of the blocking on the position was not intensive, and the two regiment commanders Chen Dian and Qi Xuan, who commanded the battle, observed that the Japanese troops on the position did not even have many machine gun fire points, and even fewer heavy machine guns. After understanding that the main force of the Japanese army was really retreating, the two regiment commanders gave the order to speed up at the same time. As soon as the order was transmitted, the speed of the troops' attack increased significantly.

The Japanese army on the position had only one infantry brigade, and a third of them were soldiers drawn from the baggage wing, and the combat effectiveness was very poor, and there was no weapon that could effectively deal with the steel monster of the chariot, and the Japanese captain who commanded the battle fell into deep despair from the moment he saw the chariot rushing over.

Now it is impossible for his infantry brigade to have any more reinforcements, nor can he retreat a step back without permission, I am afraid that dying on the battlefield will be his final result. Knowing that he was going to die in battle today, he let the captain go completely, but he kept walking around the position, constantly encouraging or scolding his subordinates, which made these subordinates more energetic.

But in the face of absolute strength, no matter how powerful the spiritual power is, the effect is not very good, the charging chariot increased the throttle, and rushed forward with a faster speed against the bullets fired by the Japanese army. The infantry who followed closely behind the battlecar had chariots for cover and support, and their own casualties were extremely limited, and some soldiers leaned out from time to time and fired a shuttle of bullets at the Japanese troops on the position with their weapons.

The chariots soon crossed the trenches and continued to advance into the depths of the position, and most of the infantry behind them also jumped out of the trenches and fought with the Japanese troops in the trenches, and a small number still followed the chariots closely and fought together into the depths of the Japanese position. More than 3,000 officers and soldiers of two regiments faced an infantry brigade put together by the Japanese army, and it was a one-sided battle.

In less than an hour, the battle on the position ended with the total annihilation of the Japanese infantry brigade, and the two regiment commanders, Chen Dian and Qi Xuan, did not even have time to clean up the battlefield, so they ordered the troops to regroup, still taking the chariot as the lead, and chased them in the direction of the tugboat port overnight. The snow light of the chariot as the lead illuminated the road clearly, and the infantry behind followed the chariot in pursuit.

Although the Japanese troops left nearly two hours early, they still carried a large amount of military supplies and ammunition supplies, and even if they were running along the main road, the speed could not be compared with the 872nd Regiment and the 878th Regiment that were lightly armed. At four o'clock in the morning, the main force of the Japanese army had left Zhangshu City for nearly 30 kilometers, when a signal corps suddenly ran to report to Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi.

Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi hurriedly climbed a small hill with Yamada Takuro Daisa, and then looked at the rear of the team. I saw a flickering light in the darkness in the distance, the lights were connected in a string, and they kept beating and flickering, obviously a team of vehicles moving on the road. Seeing that the light was not a few kilometers away from him, Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi said with a little panic: "Order the troops to advance quickly!" Yamada-kun, you immediately send a report to Kuno-kun and ask him to immediately send troops to meet our army. ”

Yamada Zhuoer Daisa said with some hesitation: "Your Excellency the division commander, the Kuno Division has not yet taken the tugboat port town, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cross the Chinese army in the tugboat port town and rush to meet us." Now that we are not far from the tugboat port town, it is better to hurry up to the tugboat port town and flank the Shina army in the tugboat port town with the Kushino Division, and only by quickly defeating the Shina army in the tugboat port town can we join the dry no division. ”

Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi nodded and said, "Yo Xi! Yamada-kun is right, then order the 138th Wing to speed up and rush to the tugboat port town and attack the people there." Yamada Zhuoer Dazuo said: "Your Excellency, the division commander, the army of the people in the back is chasing very fast, according to the opinion of his subordinates, it is better to leave the troops to block them." Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi nodded again and said, "Yo Xi! Then draw some more troops from the baggage wing to block the pursuit of the Shina army." ”

The Japanese already knew that the Chinese army was chasing after them, and the ranks walking behind began to be chaotic, and the soldiers threw down the supplies they were carrying and rushed forward until a captain came with guards and punished some of the soldiers who took the lead in escaping, which allowed the rear team to settle down again. This captain was also angry and couldn't speak, he was the commander of the Chinese army who was left to be responsible for blocking the pursuit.

In the case of a strong position, an elite infantry wing could not hold the position, and he had to command an infantry brigade drawn from the baggage wing to block the Chinese army with chariots on this kind of road, which was not much different from sending him to death, but knowing that it was to send him to death, the captain of the brigade simply accepted the task and transferred the strength of a brigade from the baggage wing.

The captain still had some experience and ability, and after he had drawn out his troops, he seized the little time he had left, and first asked the soldiers to dig a trench on the road, which was not deep but wide, so that the passage of the chariot would have certain trouble. When the trench was almost dug, the chariot was only a few hundred meters away from them. The captain hurriedly asked the soldiers to retreat to both sides of the road a few dozen meters away.

There were two small hills, only thirty or forty meters high, and the captain placed the only four heavy machine guns and six mortars in his troops on the small hills, while the soldiers hid around the hills, and had no time to build any fortifications, so they could only dig a rudimentary single trench. As soon as the Japanese were ready, the tanks approached the trenches dug in the road.

Side by side at the forefront were two light tanks, and under the illumination of the headlights, a wide trench suddenly appeared on the road, and the two tanks stopped after approaching the trench. The crew immediately reported the situation to their superiors. Just as the team stopped, the Japanese captain saw an opportunity and immediately ordered six mortars to aim at the stopped tank and open fire.

As soon as the Japanese artillery sounded, the crew of the chariot was startled, and the commander of the chariot hurriedly ordered the chariot to maneuver to dodge. So the chariot turned off its headlights and left the road and scattered into the field. The infantry that accompanied the chariots also scattered in all directions at the same time. Yu Liang, the commander of the first battalion of the 872nd Regiment, who was chasing in front, carefully listened to the sound of artillery fire while directing the soldiers to disperse and hide.

By this time, the Japanese artillery shells had already fallen, and the Japanese had only six mortars, which were few in number and not very powerful, the tanks were unscathed, and the infantry had more than a dozen unlucky shrapnel hits. After listening to this, Yu Liang confirmed that only a few mortars were being shelled by the Japanese army, and couldn't help but scold: "Grandma's little Japan, isn't there just a few broken mortars, which startled Lao Tzu! Go and give the order to the heavy fire company and use mortars to counterattack!"

The guards beside him answered, and trotted to the commander of the heavy fire company to convey the order, and then the commander of the tank also reacted, and the Japanese only had a few small guns shelling, and what else was there to be afraid of these small artillery vehicles? So the mortars of the first battalion had not yet had time to fire, and the vehicle-mounted artillery on the tank had already begun to counterattack first. However, the Japanese mortars were all on the back of the hills, and the direct aim of the vehicle-mounted artillery was not very effective.

When the 12 mortars of the 1st battalion of the heavy fire company began to counterattack, the dense artillery fire suddenly covered the place where several Japanese mortars were fired, and only three rounds of bombardment were carried out, and the Japanese positions were already quiet, and no shells flew over. Seeing that the opposite side was quiet, Yu Liang immediately sent someone forward to check the situation of the trench on the road, and at the same time asked his subordinates to prepare to fill the trench.

The effort was not great, and the soldiers sent out ran back to report that the trench was not dug deep but it was quite wide, and it was difficult for the chariots to cross it, but the infantry could easily cross it. As soon as Yu Liang heard this, it was not enough for the infantry to pass through, and he couldn't leave all the chariots here, so he had to order his subordinates to let the soldiers fill in the trenches. But before his order could be issued, the soldier who listened to the report said: "Battalion commander, I have seen that although the trench is quite wide, it is not long, and the chariots can completely go around it on both sides. ”

When Yu Liang heard this, he scolded in his heart: "Grandma, can't you finish your words at once when you report?" The soldier who reported was also a little aggrieved, and whispered: "Are you anxious, why do you blame me?" Yu Liang glared at him viciously and asked: "What did you kid say?" ”

Yu Liang let him go and said: "You kid, go and pass my order to let the second and third companies cover the chariots from both sides of the trench, and the first company will continue to move over the trench, and the heavy firepower company will pay attention to cover the first company, and the little Japanese are afraid that there will be an ambush in front." Not long after the warrior trotted away, the chariot left the road, turned on its headlights and went around the sides of the trench, while Yu Liang rushed down the trench with a company.

When the soldiers of the first company just exposed their bodies from the other side of the trench and were about to climb up the trench, four heavy machine guns on the hill fired, and more than ten soldiers of the first company were shot and fell into the trench, and the rest of the soldiers also lay on the edge of the trench, not daring to show their heads easily. The commander of the heavy firepower company on the highway who was responsible for the cover task became anxious and hurriedly ordered: "What about the artillery? Immediately knock out the heavy machine gun of Little Japan for Lao Tzu, and the heavy machine gun will open fire to cover the company." ”