Sudden ...... The mechanized combat unit belonging to the Eighth Route Army completely broke the overall battle plan of the Japanese army's Shaozuo Furukawa.

The Japanese army was originally divided into two routes, reinforcing the mechanized combat units of Xiuhe squadron and cavalry units respectively, but they were suddenly attacked by the mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army.

In the face of the sudden mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, it is the kind of combat unit of the Eighth Route Army that does not separate man from machine, and even directly on relatively flat terrain, with the help of mechanical mobility, to carry out fire raids.

The leader of the devil squadron who led the team was shocked and hurriedly organized troops to counterattack.

In this way, the mechanized combat units of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army launched perhaps the first head-to-head confrontation in history.

In the end, it was the so-called mechanized combat unit of the Japanese army that was attacked by surprise, when the soldiers were separated from the mechanized vehicles transported, and there was a lack of follow-up artillery.

Not at all an opponent of the Eighth Route Army, standing on the shoulders of mechanized combat vehicles.

The Japanese mechanized combat units originally fought against the first, second, and third companies of the independent regiment, and they were pursued by the mechanized combat units reinforced by the Eighth Route Army, and they were hastily evacuated in the direction of the Huting stronghold.

Boom –

History is always strikingly similar.

The three companies that originally besieged the Eighth Route Army, with the help of the mobility of mechanized combat vehicles, forced the little devils of the Eighth Route Army troops not to dare to withdraw from the hillside.

At present, he has become a pitiful worm who is busy fleeing for his life under the pursuit of the mechanized combat vehicles of the Eighth Route Army.

The soldiers of the reinforced Eighth Route Army did not give the little devil a chance to evacuate calmly.

To deal with the so-called mechanized combat unit of the devil, the soldiers of the mechanized combat unit sent by Kong Jie could not understand it better.

This command of the independent regiment is directly under the mechanized combat battalion.

The battalion commander, Wang Shoucheng, was the commander of the first company of the armored corps of the original independent regiment.

In fact, the operations of mechanized units have much in common with those of armored units.

Wang Shoucheng, as an experienced commander in command of armored troops, also shouldered the heavy responsibility of the commander of this mechanized combat battalion.

Before the raid officially broke out, Wang Shoucheng deliberately divided a small army.

What for?

"The devil's mechanized combat unit is particularly dependent on the mobility of military transport vehicles, and according to the urine nature of the little devils, the combat team will temporarily break away from the transport vehicle to fight.

Then the little devil's car must be hiding near their combat area.

After the battle started, you carefully observed the direction of the little devil's evacuation, intercepted it in advance, and blew up the devil's transport vehicle for me.

Don't let the little devil get in the car and run! ”

At this time, just in the direction where the Japanese mechanized combat unit turned around and tried to evacuate, a series of explosions were suddenly heard.

A devil second lieutenant, who was retreating in panic, raised his head suddenly, looked at the area of the explosion, and his face changed drastically, "Your Excellency Squadron Leader, the situation is not good, it seems that our car parking place has been shelled!" ”

"Bastard, hurry up and send reinforcements over, we must keep our vehicles!"

The devil captain who led the command roared angrily.

Right now, there are still two or three kilometers away from the Tiger Pavilion stronghold!

If you don't have these vehicles, you don't know when you'll have to run back on just two legs.

The most troublesome thing is that these damn dirt roads also have mechanized combat units.

It is impossible for two legs to run over the wheels in such an open terrain.

It's a pity that when a group of little devils arrived at the place and looked closely, the dozen or so military transport trucks that were originally parked had all been destroyed, and the flames attached to the fuel tank area of the cars continued to burn.

The corpses of the devil soldiers who guarded the car of a squad left behind by the devil captain were scattered on the ground.

As for the culprit.

-- Two military trucks with 75mm howitzers are swinging a few hundred meters away.

It seems to be telling the little devils with silent practical actions: I did this!

Looking at the wreckage of the car in one place, the devil captain roared again and again, and in desperation, he had to lead the troops to temporarily turn around and continue to evacuate in the direction of the Huting stronghold.

Wang Shoucheng personally led the combat troops all the way, and the soldiers pursued them quickly on motorcycles, cars, and several armored vehicles......

Tiger Pavilion stronghold.

After the news came, the face of the devil Shaozuo Furukawa turned blue.

"Yaga, where did this damn Eight Roads come from?"

He rebuked angrily.

The adjutant on the side explained: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, the base area of the New Second Regiment is very tightly blocked, and there is no news of being broken through by the enemy at various checkpoints and strongholds.

What is certain is that this reinforcement is certainly not the team of the new second regiment.

Probably from the south, he broke through the blockade along the way and suddenly appeared near the stronghold of Tiger Pavilion! ”

Miscalculated!

The old devil Furukawa completely miscalculated this time.

He had been on the lookout for reinforcements from the New Second Regiment.

Because according to the distance calculation, once the battle outside the Huting stronghold breaks out, it seems that only the new second regiment of the Eighth Route Army can be reinforced.

Units of the Eighth Route Army in several other directions, including the new regiment and the detachment, in Furukawa's opinion, were too far away from the stronghold of Huting.

If the marching speed of the regular combat troops was followed, it would not have been possible to reinforce them in a short period of time.

By the time they arrived, the Imperial forces had already eliminated the ambushed Dohachi Road and retreated to the Pavilion stronghold.

This is also the reason why Furukawa is full of confidence.

But the mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army in front of him suddenly appeared on the battlefield facing the west of the Huting stronghold with its strong mobility, like a heavenly soldier, and directly caught Furukawa off guard.

"Your Excellency Shaozuo, what should I do now?"

The devil officers who were waiting for Furukawa to come up with an idea spoke in a hurry.

"Sir, news has come from the west, the mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army, which has been reinforced, has excellent machinery and strong firepower, and the mechanized combat unit of our army has been quickly defeated.

Even the car used to retreat was blown up by them, and now they are being pursued by these damn dirt roads. ”

"Yaga!"

Furukawa, who was a little anxious, quickly thought for a moment and then ordered: "Immediately let the Ministry of Communications give an order to order the First Infantry Squadron and Garrison, with the Second Tank Squad, to reinforce quickly!" ”

"In addition, let the scouts of the observation detachment follow the motorized search team to the outside to guard and search, determine the coordinate location of the enemy, and the artillery squadron in the stronghold will cooperate with the scouts to carry out long-distance fire reinforcement to block the pursuit of the enemy!"

"Hey!"

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The Japanese army also stationed an artillery squadron in the Huting stronghold, which was an artillery unit to which only some elite combat wings of the devils would belong.

The scale of 122 people is equipped with three Type 92 infantry guns, plus four Type 41 75mm mountain guns.

This is also the most core firepower configuration of the stronghold stationed in Huting.

Both types of artillery are not small in power and have a great range, even the maximum range of infantry guns, which are often attached to the size of a brigade, has a maximum range of nearly three kilometers.

After Furukawa's reinforcements quickly set off from the west of the stronghold.

An artillery detachment of fifteen people, a total of three artillery detachments, each pushing an infantry gun, moved to the outer line of the stronghold to respond to reinforcements.

The Japanese Army's Type 92 infantry gun has a caliber of 70 mm, but weighs only more than 200 kilograms, which can be easily pushed by a few people.

In addition, the gun body is low and easy to conceal, which is suitable for providing fire support as a follow-up gun.

Both sides deployed.

The operation began with the ambush of Japanese reinforcements by the second company. It's still going on.

It's just that the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were fighting with the Japanese army at this time, have been transformed from the second company of the new second regiment to a mechanized combat battalion that is pursuing the Japanese army's withdrawn troops all the way at this moment.

"Damn, these four legs are faster than our two-legged ones!"

At this time, the crisis has been resolved, looking at the mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army that were chasing the devils all the way and gradually moving away, the second company commander said with some envy.

"How good it would be if our new second regiment could also form such a mechanized combat team one day!"

"Company commander, what should we do now? Do you want to follow the reinforcements of the comrades to pursue the little devils? Seeing that there was no trace of the enemy in front of him, the platoon leader asked.

The second company commander scolded: "Chase, how to chase?"

Can we outrun other people's four wheels?

In this way, everyone quickly rested for two minutes, and then turned around, and we fought back in the direction of the big river, and cooperated with the first and third companies to flank the devil troops who escaped from the direction of the big river. ”

"Yes!"

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Wang Shoucheng sat in the co-pilot seat of a three-wheeled military motorcycle, personally mounted a light machine gun, and directed the team to pursue the Japanese army all the way.

There were cavalry units of devils who fled, tank squads that had lost tanks, and mechanized combat squadrons of devils who had lost transport vehicles.

The terrain to the west of this Huting stronghold is relatively open, and the height of the same open road and the surrounding terrain is almost on a horizontal line.

Even if you drive off the road, you can still keep the car moving.

Originally, according to the mobility of the mechanized vehicles on Wang Shoucheng's side.

It's not difficult to catch up with the little devils who mostly run on two legs.

It's just that the devils who fled all the way are also a little courageous, and in order to preserve the main force, the troops have broken their arms again and again to survive.

In the two encounters that have broken out before.

The devils left behind a few broken combat troops, equipped with a considerable number of crooked light machine guns, completely ignoring casualties to block the pursuing Eighth Route Army troops, and buy time for the retreating devil troops.

Of course, in the end, it was the mantis arm that blocked the car, and it was soon all destroyed.

The effect is also there.

The soldiers have been pursuing until now, but they still have not been able to eliminate all the fleeing little devils.

Seeing that the devils who continued to flee were about to approach the outer line of the Huting stronghold, Wang Shoucheng was also a little anxious, and he shouted directly into the walkie-talkie: "The two wings armored combat team, immediately outflank me from the flanks, cut off the devil's retreat to the Huting stronghold, and must not put the little devil back to the stronghold!" ”

In the rear of the devil's escape, it was a more open area.

After Wang Shoucheng's order was issued, the left and right wings, each with three eight-way armored vehicles, advanced rapidly.

According to the speed of both sides, the devil's two legs will definitely not be able to run on four wheels.

In addition to the dozens of devil cavalry mixed in the troops, who can break through the blockade one step ahead, the remaining devil infantry will definitely be cut off by armored vehicles and completely outflanked.

Captain Devil, who foresaw this scene, was ruthless, ordered to stop retreating, and defended on the spot with a few slightly raised dirt slopes in front of him.

He didn't seem to be ready to run away anymore, knowing that he couldn't run out, he would rather choose jade shattering than fight with these damn dirt eight roads.

Wang Shoucheng, who was leading the team in pursuit, saw this scene and smiled.

The little devil who resigns himself to his fate but struggles is undoubtedly the best prey.

The final battle suddenly began.

Outside the fortifications where the devils are stationed, as far as the eye can see, it is open, and it is on the terrain of the first place.

With the help of a large number of combat vehicles, modified military motorcycles, armored vehicles and automobiles, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army opened a skirmish line along the entire plain, as if attacking the Japanese troops from all directions.

When the infantry squadron and the puppet army garrison sent by the old devil Furukawa arrived quickly, they happened to see such a situation.

A group of devils and puppet soldiers all had round eyes, and their mouths were so wide that they could almost fit into their fists.

Subconscious confusion comes to mind:

, is this still the dirt road with backward equipment and scarce ammunition in our impression?

It's an armored car, a car, and a motorcycle, and it's literally richer than the elite of the damn Imperial Army.

Ignoring the shock in his heart, the leader of the devil squadron who arrived hurriedly commanded to launch a fire blockade to cover the retreating Japanese troops.

The little devils of the observation detachment of the devil's artillery squadron, who followed the devil's motorized search team and arrived quickly on a motorcycle, also wanted to lock on the shelling target.

It's just the dirt road of pursuit, and all kinds of vehicles are quite scattered, and it is not easy to carry out artillery shelling at all.

In desperation, the devil's artillery scouts could only pass back the coordinates of the area where the Eighth Route Army was roughly located.

Several artillery detachments in the rear of the devils. Artillery bombardment was quickly launched.

Shells covered a distance of nearly a kilometer and exploded in the approximate area where the two sides were fighting.

"Damn it, the little devil has used the artillery unit hidden in the stronghold!"

Looking at the shells that smashed dangerously around the galloping vehicles of the soldiers, Wang Shoucheng couldn't help but scold.

"Fuck me, put two more rounds of fire on each car, and retreat immediately!"

Seeing the arrival of the devil's reinforcements, Wang Shoucheng gave an order, and the six armored vehicles that had cut off the retreat of the devil's troops also quickly left.

And while driving away, with a loaded 75-mm howitzer, constantly shelling the reinforcements of the devil.

Boom –

The shell landed, and with the explosion, the devil suffered casualties.

The fighters shelled the reinforced imps with artillery.

The artillery behind the devil kept bombarding the reinforced soldiers.

Seeing that a motorcycle was hit by a shell from a little devil, and several soldiers died on the spot, Wang Shoucheng was immediately furious and directly ordered all the artillery equipped with 75mm howitzers to launch an artillery bombardment towards the central area of the Huting stronghold.

More than a dozen shells fired several rounds in a row while the vehicle retreated at the same time.

The maximum firing range of this M1 75mm howitzer is farther than that of the Devil's Type 41 mountain artillery, and even the longest firing range of nearly 9,000 meters.

Twenty or thirty shells were easily sent to the central area of the Huting stronghold.

Using Wang Shoucheng's words, this is called knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, that is, it is scared, and it is also necessary to scare his little devil!

In a series of explosions, the devil Shaozuo Furukawa, who was in the command headquarters, was suddenly startled by the movement of shaking the mountains for a while.

Listening to the shells that kept falling almost outside the headquarters, he shouted with some trepidation: "Baga, what happened? ”

The signal soldier who drilled into the headquarters hurriedly replied: "Report to the sir, the stronghold has been subjected to fierce artillery bombardment from the enemy from the west, please move to the anti-artillery fortifications immediately!" ”

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