…… In Taiyuan City, Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi, was closely watching the battle situation in the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

The order to storm at all costs has been given, and this old devil is waiting for news, waiting for the news of the triumph of the front-line combat troops.

Until he was a little restless waiting, Yoshio Shinozuka raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon.

This made Yoshio Shinozuka feel more worried in his displeasure.

What exactly is this temporary joint command doing, and why hasn't there been a communication message yet?

"Immediately communicate with the West Village Temporary Joint Command to inquire about the front-line combat situation."

As time passed, Yoshio Shinozuka, who sensed that something was wrong, gave the order.

The signal corps immediately contacted the temporary joint headquarters of the Japanese army outside Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang through radio equipment, but the radio signal transmitted was that the mud cow had entered the sea, and there was no response from the temporary headquarters.

"Report to the general, communications in the direction of the temporary command appear to be cut off and contact with them cannot be made."

The reply of the communication soldier made Yoshio Shinozuka's heart sink to the bottom in an instant.

The radio signal is not directional, and after it is sent from Taiyuan City, as long as the radio signal can travel to the distance, it can be received by other radio equipment.

Soon after, the devil in a large stronghold near the West Village received a communication signal from Taiyuan City and immediately replied.

The content is:

"The stronghold received a battle report from the Nishimura front, the temporary joint command was infiltrated by enemy troops and suffered from artillery fire, and the commander of the 4th Mixed Brigade, Major General Yamaguchi, and the nine brigade commanders who had gone for reinforcements have all been killed......"

"All ...... killed"

The spy translated the received communication signal into a text, and the moment he reported it, Yoshio Shinozuka only felt five thunderbolts, and the whole person sat back in the chair weakly, dizzy for a long time and unable to return to his senses.

One brigade commander, nine brigade commanders, plus some staff officers and officers of the brigade and brigade.

This loss was too heavy even for Yoshio Shinozuka's First Army.

In addition, a guy like Yoshio Shinozuka never thinks about problems singularly.

The loss of the officers of the Provisional Joint Command was a great loss, but the greater loss was that Yoshio Shinozuka could foresee that the onslaught launched by Nishimura and Zhangjiazhuang at any cost, as well as the subsequent purpose of destroying the Independent Regiment and restoring the prestige of the Empire in one fell swoop, might be in vain because of the current destruction of the Temporary Command.

In this spring purge, the Great Japanese Empire came to an end with a humiliation of defeat.

This is what makes Yoshio Shinozuka feel desperate the most.

In the end, Yoshio Shinozuka had to give the military order that he was most unwilling to give in a state of despair:

"Communicate the combat troops outside Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, immediately retreat and strategically transfer to the county seats!"

The battle between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang has become more and more stalemate.

Yoshio Shinozuka had to give the order to storm at any cost.

At present, with the collapse of the temporary command headquarters, it is difficult for the combat units of the entire Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang to achieve coordinated operations without high-level deployment and command.

If it is delayed any longer, Yoshio Shinozuka is even worried that these troops will be eaten by the independent regiment in turn.

In addition, Yoshio Shinozuka was even more worried about what the main combat forces of the Eighth Route Army deployed around Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang would do if they learned of the collapse of the Temporary Joint Command.

This battle has evolved into the current situation, and Yoshio Shinozuka knows that he should give up the idea of forcing the main force of the Eighth Route Army to fight a decisive battle with Xicun in Zhangjiazhuang.

Even if we can do it, and get the final victory, it will only be a miserable victory.

For the Japanese Empire, the gains outweighed the losses.

……

……

On the periphery of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the rear of the Japanese reinforcements.

After the blow was fired, the artillery teams of the assault team, in accordance with the prior order of the deputy captain Ye Min, retreated to the safe area without looking back.

As for whether there is a temporary joint command that has defeated the devils, the team members are actually not clear.

Everyone has no time to investigate, there are too many devils on guard around, and there is a risk of being surrounded if you stop for a while.

Ye Min saw it more openly, and he didn't want it so much at all.

Anyway, this is the chance to make a move, and whether or not we can defeat the devil's temporary joint command can only be left to fate.

At present, the escape in the rear of the Japanese army is not difficult for the assault team when the main forces of the Japanese army have already rushed to the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and the rear forces are empty.

Relying on their familiarity with the terrain and the cover of the mountains, forests, and mountains, the commando artillery teams shook off the Japanese army's round-up and pursuit, and met with other artillery teams at the agreed location.

After the personnel arrived, Ye Min counted the number of people, and there was a smile on his face, "Yes, there is no one missing." ”

Mu Tou, the leader of the investigation team, said: "Deputy team, can these little devils stop us?" On the way back, we also gave a lot of fierce material to the devils, tricky mines, bullet mines were laid at will, and explosions came from time to time, and it is estimated that the little devils were killed. ”

Cao Zhengdao: "I just don't know, whether the temporary joint command of the devil has been defeated." ”

Ye Min said: "I can't care so much, now that we have been exposed, even if the devil's temporary joint command is not defeated, after strengthening our defense, we will never be given a chance." ”

"Next, our mission will return to the original order of the regiment commander, put it on the devil's follow-up artillery unit, and knock out the devil's artillery."

"Yes—"

The team members responded in unison.

"Let's go!"

……

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West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.

Kong Jie's plan is being implemented smoothly.

As the Japanese army launched a strong attack in the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang at any cost, after Kong Jie issued the order to retreat, the soldiers fought with the Japanese puppet army on the one hand, and retreated to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang on the other.

And all this, in the eyes of the little devil, is naturally that the Eighth Route cannot stop the attack of the imperial troops, and it is constantly retreating.

The little devils, under the command of the officer, continued to move forward in one go.

In the eyes of the devils, if it weren't for the artillery of the Eighth Route covering the retreat of the main force of the Eighth Route in time, they would even be able to bite the retreating troops of the Eighth Route and cause greater casualties to the Eighth Road.

That's it.

By about 1:15 p.m.

The two-way offensive forces of the Japanese puppet army finally attacked the first half of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang in one fell swoop.

The forces of the Japanese puppet army, which were originally distributed in the mountains and forests like a chaotic tide, began to converge into two ropes and advance in the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

Under Kong Jie's order, the blocking force of the Independent Regiment continued to retreat while fighting, and introduced the troops that had attacked Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang into the middle of the village to lure the enemy into depth.

In the face of the frenzied offensive of the Japanese army, the soldiers chose to temporarily avoid the edge, and then used the defenses in the village to lay traps, tricks, mines, etc., to constantly damage the attacking Japanese puppet army and avoid their own sacrifices.

When the devil's attacking troops entered Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, they understood why the Ishii Wing and the Fourth Mixed Brigade attacked the Independent Regiment for nearly a week, but they failed to capture Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

As a result, the Ishii Wing was annihilated, and the 4th Mixed Brigade was completely besieged.

In these two villages, the traps laid by the Eighth Route Army, as well as the hidden ambushes and machine-gun fire points in various places relying on the terrain and features in the villages, are far more terrifying than the battles in the mountains and forests.

The two sides fought for less than twenty minutes.

Due to the limited width of the village, the devils were two squadrons, and the two squadrons advanced forward, and the devils who were temporarily unable to participate in the battle in the back only saw the devils in the wailing in front and the wounded soldiers of the puppet army, who were constantly carried out on stretchers.

One can imagine what kind of tragic confrontation took place ahead.

Boom –

There was still artillery support in the rear of the Eighth Road, and the devil's team did not even dare to gather intensively, and the wave after wave of attacks was easily repelled by the fierce fire of the independent regiment.

The rapidly spreading casualties were like a basin of cold water, and soon the little devils who were attacking frantically woke up.

Coupled with the previous retreat of the Separate Regiment troops, it was only the use of traps, mines, artillery and ambushes to kill the enemy.

The devils' attack at any cost was like a punch on cotton, and they were extremely depressed all the way, and in front of them, with the continuous spread of casualties, the momentum of the Japanese army had already fallen.

The madness in my heart can't resist the fear of death after all.

The original high, crazy, resolute, and fearless momentum soon faded away.

With the passage of time, the attack of the Japanese puppet army in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang was more like a passionless stalemate in order to carry out the orders of the superiors.

The attack, which was repulsed, carried down a wave of wounded soldiers, leaving behind dead corpses.

Attack again, be repulsed again, and repeat the previous steps.

Some of the devil squadron leaders commanding in the rear were at a loss.

In fact, not long ago they had received information that the temporary command had been attacked by artillery fire by the troops of the Eighth Route Army who had infiltrated behind enemy lines.

Nine captains, including the commander of the 4th Mixed Brigade, were all killed in the sneak attack.

There is no longer a unified high-level command for the reinforcements.

It's just that with the squad leaders and squadron leaders at the bottom, they carry out local operational command.

There was no unified command, but the previous order was to launch a strong attack at any cost and take Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang in one fell swoop.

After the devil squadron leaders discussed, they did not dare to withdraw their troops easily, so they could only continue to attack, and urged the signal troops to urgently contact the higher command headquarters to request tactical guidance.

Eventually, orders from higher authorities were issued via communication from the shortwave radio stations of the large stronghold:

"Your Excellency's order, order, all reinforcements, immediately carry out a strategic transfer to the rear county!"

The leaders of the devil squadron who learned the news, although they were a little unwilling in their hearts, but in fact, they were more relieved.

The onslaught in front of them seemed to them more like a succession of deaths.

The firepower of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army was too fierce, and the defense was unexpectedly tight.

If this fight continues, the number of Imperial soldiers killed will only increase.

"Retreat, immediately move in the direction of the county seat!"

The leaders of the devil squadrons hurriedly gave orders to their teams.

The order to retreat quickly spread among the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army.

The devils who originally gathered in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang like a tide began to retreat outward like a tide.

The commander of the first battalion and the commander of the fourth battalion stationed in Xicun, and the commander of the second battalion and the commander of the fifth battalion stationed in Zhangjiazhuang, were relieved when the pressure suddenly decreased.

After all, the devil puppet army has an absolute superiority in strength.

Even the warriors can rely on superior artillery fire and tight defense to block the devil's attacks again and again.

But in fact, the pressure on the generals is very great, and these little devils are really desperate to attack.

The little devil who launched a strong attack at any cost was like a moth to a fire, so imposing, compared to the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who were not afraid of death, and did not give in much.

"Fuck, what the hell is this little devil up his mind? Why did you withdraw all of a sudden? ”

The generals were more puzzled, and Wang Leihu, the commander of the first battalion, couldn't help but ask.

The fourth battalion commander Lei Dasheng said: "Lei Hu, the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I advance.

Now that the devil is retreating, we can't let the little devil slip away. ”

Wang Leihu agreed: "That's the reason, let's give an order and prepare to launch a counteroffensive." ”

"Good!"

The horn of the counterattack soon sounded, and the loud charge horn belonging to the Eighth Route Army sounded, which made the devil puppet army who quickly retreated full of frost.

At this time, in the mountainous areas on the two wings of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, just when the devils began to retreat, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei finally led the troops to arrive, but what caught their eyes was the situation of the devil's puppet army retreating like a tide.

Li Yunlong looked stupid, touched his head, and asked Zhang Dabiao beside him with a puzzled expression, "Da Biao, does this mean that the little devil is retreating?" ”

Zhang Dabiao, who was also shocked, swallowed his saliva and replied: "Commander, it seems to be." ”

Li Yunlong said: "Damn, if we don't come to help, Lao Kong will beat the devil back by himself?" ”

The hat that was originally worn on the top of the skull was held in Da Biao's hands by Da Biao uncontrollably, looking at the retreating large number of devil puppet troops, Da Biao said speechlessly: "Regiment commander, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment is too scary, a regiment, stunned to withstand the attack of nine Japanese brigades!" ”

Li Yunlong said: "You kid is still one less, the fourth mixed brigade of the Japanese army is still there, in addition, this is not resisting, this is repulsion!" ”

On the other side, Ding Wei was also emotional.

Originally, he urged along the way, asking the soldiers to speed up their pace, for fear that for every extra delay, the independent regiment would sacrifice one more point.

At the moment, it was good, and I rushed over, but what I saw was that a large number of devil puppet troops were repelled by the independent regiment.

Well, in fact, because the temporary joint command of the devils was knocked out, and the little devils took the initiative to initiate a retreat.

Ding Wei and Li Yunlong somewhat misunderstood.

But this did not prevent the two from marveling at their old comrade-in-arms Kong Jie.

After sighing, he looked at the retreating Japanese puppet army with a telescope, and after observing for a while, Ding Wei quickly seized the fighter plane and arranged:

"The devils have withdrawn, this battle is even better, and the retreating little devils are much easier to fight than the attacking devils."

"Zhenguo, if you look carefully, the retreat of the devil and the puppet army is separated, the area on the left is the retreating Japanese army, and there are still rear guard troops on their left and right flanks, even in the retreat, there is still no confusion in the formation. I'm afraid that such a devil is not easy to bite. ”

Sun Zhenguo, the commander of the first battalion, replied, "Regiment commander, although the little devil is hateful, I have to admit that the devil's military quality is indeed outstanding, and the evacuation is very orderly, and there is rarely a rout. ”

Ding Weile said: "The little devils who retreated in an orderly manner are not easy to gnaw, but the puppet army is much easier to gnaw, you look at the right flank of the evacuated Japanese army, the puppet army of those regiments." ”

"Zhenguo, you said that if we attack from the right flank of the puppet army and fight sideways, how will these two devils respond?"

Sun Zhenguo instantly understood Ding Wei's thoughts, and said excitedly: "Regiment commander, the puppet army is afraid of death, and on the way to retreat, it is much more chaotic than the troops of other little devils." ”

"If we suddenly hit the right side of the puppet army, these puppet troops will definitely have to rush to the devil camp on the left in a panic.

At that time, it is very likely that the defensive formation of the Japanese army will be disrupted.

Let's take the opportunity to gnaw off the devil on the left, and it will be much less difficult. ”

Ding Wei smiled: "Understood, then go and arrange it!"

Remember, the pawn is divided into two ways and flanked from both sides.

After using the puppet army on the right to disrupt the defensive formation of the Japanese army, he directly launched a flank attack on the left and right flanks. ”

"Yes!"

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