It's too late to regret anything now, and it's impossible for a person to come back to life after he dies.

Looking at the bloody casualty figures that his subordinates kept sending over, the only thing Harada Shaoza could do was to urge his subordinates to continue to persevere, and then keep sending telegrams to Yangquan asking for reinforcements.

And it was precisely because of his telegrams asking for help one after another that Major General Tsuda, the commander of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, finally made up his mind to send troops to reinforce the county seat of Pingding.

In a large hilly area less than two kilometers away from the county seat of Pingding, Chen Zhengxiang, the leader of the detachment, has been standing on a hill for almost an hour. I kept holding the binoculars and staring at the end of the road in the direction of Yangquan.

Listening to the clear sound of gunfire coming from Pingding County, the longer the detachment leader waited here, the more anxious he became, and he was afraid that the devils in Yangquan City would not be fooled, and all his efforts would be in vain!

Fortunately, just when I was about to give up, a fire suddenly appeared at the end of the road.

"The little devil of the dog day has finally appeared!" The detachment leader was pleasantly surprised, and said with a long sigh of relief.

Then the reconnaissance company commander rushed over out of breath: "Detachment leader, the devil reinforcements are open, nearly two and a half thousand people, and they also brought four mountain guns, twelve heavy machine guns, 12 mortars, and a squad of cavalry. The infantry, the devil and the puppet army are half each, and the march is very anxious, and it will be in the pocket in ten minutes at most! ”

"The little devil is cautious enough, so many people, obviously to prevent being ambushed by us!" The detachment leader reacted immediately.

Then a mocking smile appeared on his face: "However, he didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army that ambushed them was the main force nearly a hundred miles away, and no matter how many troops came, I could eat it in one bite!" ”

"Staff Officer Wang, inform the troops to prepare for battle."

"The devil brought a mortar, then he must have brought shells, tell the three mortar company commanders, after the battle starts, give me a strong fight, shoot at the place where there are many devils, and I will supplement him as many shells as he fires?"

"The whole detachment fired on the order of my signal flares, and tried to use bullets, shells, and grenades to kill and injure devils and reduce casualties!"

"Scout Company, the Devil Cavalry Squad will be handed over to you. Remember to bring me the war horse, I always wanted to form a cavalry company, but there were no war horses and equipment, the little devil obviously sent equipment to my old Chen. ”

The Independent Brigade is the best equipped of all brigade-level units in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and Chen Zhengxiang's detachment is the best-equipped detachment except for the Independent Brigade.

The riflemen are each armed with a 38-large cap, each platoon has a light machine gun, each regiment has a heavy machine gun company, and a mortar company, on average, it can reach a company of one heavy machine gun and one mortar.

The whole detachment added up to 27 mortars, 27 heavy machine guns, and then four times the number of light machine guns, more than 4,000 rifles.

At this time, whether it is the muzzle or the muzzle, all aimed at the road, ready to shoot at any time.

"The devil is coming!" The staff officer standing beside the detachment leader reminded in a low voice.

On the dark highway, the Japanese puppet army held torches, completely live targets, panting and rushing to Pingding County.

The commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, Matsushita Nakasa, did not walk with his subordinates, but sat in the passenger seat of the car in the middle of the line dragging four mountain guns. Hearing the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Pingding County, he was obviously relieved.

Although the troops were already very tired, Panasonic still shouted with a murderous expression: "Continue to speed up, Pingding County will arrive!" ”

"The cavalry squad will first go to Pingding County to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and as soon as the troops arrive, I will launch an attack on the Tuba Road, which is besieging the city. Therefore, I must know the deployment of the troops outside the Tsubaklu in Pingding, so that I can choose the target to attack! ”

"Hey!" The cavalry signal soldier who was on standby at any time did not say a word of nonsense, and urged the war horse to rush forward with the order.

At this time, the adjutant who was also walking next to him on a war horse couldn't help but remind: "Sir, don't be careful." The terrain here is too complicated, and I'm worried that there will be dirt eight roads ambushing us! ”

Matsushita Nakasa's brows immediately furrowed into a big Sichuan character.

The reason why Major General Tsuda was reluctant to send troops to rescue and pacify the county town was that he was afraid of the siege of Tubalu and reinforcements, and his real goal was to reinforce the troops.

In the end, although he decided to send troops, he told him many times before setting off to be vigilant and not to get into the pocket formation prepared for him by the dirt eight roads.

I did the same along the way, but now it's night, and it's almost impossible to maintain the speed of the march and be vigilant along the way to prevent myself from being ambushed.

So, Matsushita Nakasa thought of fire reconnaissance.

Along the way, the fire reconnaissance of the cavalry squad did not stop from the beginning of leaving the city.

Rifles, machine guns, and even grenadiers. As long as there is a suspicious place next to the road, they will go back to conduct fire reconnaissance.

Fortunately, he did not encounter the so-called ambush troops of the Eighth Route Army along the way.

Now it is less than three kilometers away from the county seat of Pingding, and it can be reached in more than 20 minutes by a rapid march. From a military point of view, even if the Eighth Route Army really wanted to besiege the city and send reinforcements, it would not choose the ambush battlefield so close to the county seat of Pingding.

Because, after the reinforcements were attacked, the defenders of Pingding County could completely abandon the county seat, and then kill it, and fight inside and outside with the reinforcements, killing a gap in the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army. If you're lucky, it's possible to turn defeat into victory!

After some analysis, Matsushita Nakasa decisively decided: "No, this place is so close to Pingding County, there will definitely be no problems." ”

Less than five minutes after he finished speaking, three flares were raised.

After a stunned effort, the three signal flares had already burst out three clouds of white light in the air, which was particularly dazzling.

Panasonic is no longer a rookie on the battlefield, and he knows better than anyone what the flare means on the battlefield.

His face changed, and he shouted loudly: "Baga, we have been tricked!" ”

"Woooooooooo......oo Da ......" Before the words were finished, the screams of shells across the sky and the sound of machine gun fire sounded on the battlefield.

Then I heard all kinds of screams ringing in my ears.

"Fight back, fight back now!" Panasonic shouted.

"Captain, there is danger in the car, quickly cover the captain to get out of the car! Boom, boom......, boom," the adjutant next to him ordered very anxiously, and then the explosion of shells was heard on the road.

Matsushita Nakasa was dragged by several subordinates, and as soon as he left the car less than twenty meters, a violent explosion came from behind him.

The car he was sitting in just now was instantly blown into a ball of fire.

"Yaga, where is our artillery? Fight back now! The troops immediately concentrated on me and defended on the spot first! Matsushita Nakasa ordered with a look of trepidation.

The reaction speed of the Japanese puppet army was very fast, but the firepower of the first team was too strong, far exceeding the devil's expectations.

In addition, in the first round of firepower, the soldiers basically shot at the devils on the march.

In just a few seconds, the Japanese casualties exceeded 500.

When it was not easy to concentrate the scattered troops into a pile, Panasonic tragically found that he had lost more than half of his reinforced brigade.

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