The confrontation between the two sides was not long, and the soldiers of the armored corps company that suddenly came out had already calculated the time.

Just stuck at the point, before the devil's reinforcements rushed back to support the rear artillery unit, knock out the devil's artillery squadron, and then evacuate in time.

The battle was able to end so quickly, even one-sidedly and overwhelmingly, naturally thanks to four armored vehicles that advanced in an unstoppable position.

The Devil's artillery unit did not have any advantage in close combat.

And the Eighth Route Army, on the other hand, directly advanced with indestructible armored vehicles, without the slightest hesitation or sparing.

The confrontation between the two sides lasted only a few moments, and then came to an end.

"Report to Your Excellency Wing Commander, the artillery squadron that our army followed up was raided by the armored corps unit ambushed by the Eighth Route Army!"

Even if the devil messenger passed the message.

At this time, the artillery unit followed by the devil was not far from the main force of the 11th Wing.

It's only about a kilometer or two.

Even the movement of the battle was enough to wake up the scouts who were not too far away, and then the news was reported back to the headquarters of the 11th Wing in time.

"Nani?"

When the old devil Kawaya heard the news, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly ordered the cavalry troops of the two lines to quickly reinforce the rear.

This artillery squadron is his killer weapon, the only one that can be used to suppress the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army and try to turn the tide of the war.

Naturally, nothing can go wrong.

The cavalry of the two Mongolian armies, about two or three hundred people, immediately reinforced the area where the artillery squadron followed behind the main force.

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In fact, after realizing that the Eighth Route Army troops in the Iron Triangle were well-equipped, full of artillery fire, and their fighting style was also very cunning.

Kawatani, the old devil, has also been on guard against the surprise attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Sneak attacks with small forces, especially with a focus on the artillery units of the Japanese Empire, were the most common tactics used by the Tsuchibachi in various regions, including the Northwest Military Region.

For this reason, those damned Eighth Route Army were not even afraid of death at all.

Even if he takes his life, he will desperately replace the artillery of the Imperial troops.

Kawaya has seen such a scene many times, and he is quite shocked by it.

Therefore, Kawatani gave a special order to let the artillery squadron follow up in time, not to break away from the main combat force, and to stay too far away, in case it was attacked by a small group of troops of the Eighth Route Army.

At first, this was true, and the Eighth Route Army could hardly find any opportunity to attack the devil's artillery squadron.

But as the fighting between the two sides intensified.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were attacking and harassing along the way, were simply elusive, raiding from the east for a while, attacking from the west for a while, and holding the nose of the garrison army back and forth.

And those infantry guns carried by the devil's artillery squadron, as well as the 41 type wing guns.

Compared to heavy artillery, it is naturally convenient to transport.

For example, the devil's Type 92 infantry gun, with a caliber of 70 mm, is only more than 200 catties, plus rollers, even if two or three little devils drag it hard, they can also drag it away.

It's just that if the distance is too long, it will be troublesome, and you must use a special tractor car for transportation or traction.

After arriving at the place, it is necessary to unload the artillery from the car in time, and then select the area on the spot, after which the artillery is immediately reassembled and the artillery position is constructed.

It's basically going back and forth, unloading, assembling, dismantling, loading, transporting......

Back and forth, there were seven or eight trips, and the little devils of the artillery unit were tired enough.

Such a bulky artillery followed those lightly armed main combat units to run around, sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west, chasing the fleeing Eighth Route Army troops all over the mountains.

It can be inferred with your toes that after a long time, the devil's artillery unit will slowly be unable to keep up, and it will gradually be pulled away by some distance.

This distance may not be too far, only a kilometer or two away, if the devil's cavalry quickly returns.

It won't take three or five minutes to arrive.

But it was just these three or five minutes that it was enough for the Eighth Route Army to sneak up on the Eighth Route Army's extraordinary means of surprise attack and quickly defeat the devil's artillery unit.

The reinforcements of the devil's cavalry were not unpleasant, but in a few moments, they arrived at a gallop.

However, when they arrived, it was too late.

The last thing they saw was a series of massive explosions that blew up more than a dozen guns of the artillery squadron.

And then there were those damn eight-way figures, accompanied by four armored vehicles, quickly retreating to the rear of his imperial advance line.

The little devil didn't dare to continue the pursuit after all.

The artillery has been destroyed, not captured by those Eighth Route Army, this is one of them.

The Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has four armored vehicles in their hands, such an indestructible weapon of war, even if the light cavalry of the devil follows, I am afraid that they will only be slaughtered.

This is the second one.

Third, the devil officer who led the team looked up at the sky, and then couldn't help but curse.

Damn, it's getting dark!

Looking at the dozen or so artillery pieces that have been blown up in front of them, they will never be put into use on the battlefield again without a long period of repair.

and the ammunition that has been completely detonated, and the remaining debris.

The devil officer who led the team knew very well that he couldn't go back to his life now.

Wait until the news reaches the command of the 11 Wing.

Kawaya learned that his artillery unit had been completely wiped out, more than a dozen artillery pieces, including ammunition, were all blown up by the Eighth Route Army, and all the 100 Imperial warriors of the artillery unit were also killed.

I was dizzy for a long time, and I didn't know what to do next.

"Armored vehicle troops! Bastards, this stupid First Army, what the hell are they doing? How could the Eighth Route Army have such a weapon of war in its hands? ”

If you can't beat the enemy, you can only scold your teammates.

Kawatani quite naturally detained all the basins on the head of the first army stationed in Shanxi.

The reason is also easy to understand.

If it weren't for the uselessness of your First Army, you would have asked our troops stationed in Mongolia to go south and fight together to deal with the Eighth Route Army?

If it weren't for the waste of your First Army, you would have been able to grow the Eighth Road of this Iron Triangle step by step to the present?

If it weren't for the collapse of the combat effectiveness of your First Army, as for the armored vehicles, they would have been captured by the Eighth Route Army.

Even the armored troops have pulled up the Eighth Route Army?

It was getting dark.

The armored troops of the Eighth Route Army, which completely disappeared in the night behind the defense line of the 11th Wing of the Mongolian Army, were like a shadow that always lingered, completely shrouded in the heart of Kawaya, the commander of the Devil Wing.

The potential threat of such an enemy armored force that smoothly entered the rear of the empire was too great.

If it is not destroyed in time, it will inevitably have immeasurable consequences.

"What are the teams of the 3rd, ninth, and 16th mixed brigades of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army doing?

Why haven't reinforcements come yet? ”

The incompetent and furious Captain Kawaya put the blame on the three mixed brigades of the First Army.

He again asked the signal corps to contact the headquarters and asked His Excellency, the commander of the First Army, to immediately urge the three mixed brigades to send reinforcements to the Iron Triangle base area.

Outcome......

The joke came out quickly.

In the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese army in Shanxi, the commander of the devil, Yoshio Shinozuka, originally thought the same as Kawatani.

The Mongolian army was used to unite with the local security forces to attack the Iron Triangle of the 386th Brigade, and at the same time cooperated with the three mixed brigades that originally attacked the base area of the 385th Brigade, and attacked from both sides, destroying the Iron Triangle in one fell swoop.

With the evolution of the battle situation, in the end, the third, ninth, and sixteenth mixed brigades not only failed to smoothly withdraw from the 385 Brigade base area as planned, but completely fell into the counteroffensive entanglement of the 385 Brigade and the Eighth Route Army.

Yoshinotsuka Shinozuka was so angry that his face turned pale.

If he was not mistaken, not long ago, the commander of the Ishikawa Brigade of the Third Mixed Brigade sent a message to him, saying that he had successfully blocked the Eighth Route Army of the 385th Brigade in the mountains.

Then you should quickly withdraw the main force and assist the troops stationed in Mongolia to destroy the Iron Triangle!

As a result, who knows how.

First of all, news came from the headquarters of the Third Mixed Brigade, saying that it was temporarily pinned down in the base area by the active counteroffensive of the Eighth Route Army, and it was impossible to get out in time to reinforce the troops stationed in Mongolia.

Then it was only three or five hours.

The third, including the 9th and 16th mixed brigades, came with news one after another.

What's the news?

A message requesting tactical guidance from the command.

In other words, it can't defeat the Eighth Route Army, and it's asking for reinforcements!

At this time, under Yoshio Shinozuka, the main elites of the First Army were basically in a bitter battle.

There are 3,000 elites in the area of Huangya Cave.

On the outside line of Huangya Cave, there are also three elite mixed brigades.

Plus the 36 elite of the 6000 division.

In this way, in addition to the security forces that are still stationed in the various areas of stable security.

He Yoshio Shinozuka looked back reluctantly, and under his hands, there was a field army nearby that could be used to reinforce the three mixed brigades.

It doesn't exist at all!

In the end, I wondered, what can I do?

No matter how important your Mongolian army is, it is not as important as the First Army under my command.

At the moment, it doesn't matter whether you can kill the Iron Triangle or not, the important thing is to protect the three mixed brigades under my command first.

Thus, the order quickly issued by the command was rather dramatic:

The 11th Wing of the Mongolian Army and the cavalry unit of the southbound army were ordered to rush to the direction of the 385th Brigade base area to reinforce the three mixed brigades.

When the news reached the temporary headquarters of the 11th Wing, the old face of the Devil Wing Captain Kawatani turned black on the spot.

Hemp hemp batch ~

Is Your Excellency the Commander of the First Army so shameless?

The first to ask for reinforcements not only failed to wait for reinforcements, but now they have to take the initiative to send reinforcements as reinforcements.

How can this be true?

However, this time, the troops stationed in Mongolia went south to cooperate with the First Army, and these troops in the Kawagu Valley were temporarily assigned to the command and transfer of the First Army Headquarters.

Kawatani can only do what he is told.

However, now that the sky is dark, the terrain in the base area of the Eighth Route Army is quite unfamiliar to the Japanese army, so naturally it cannot take advantage of the darkness to reinforce in the direction of the 385th Brigade base area.

Kawatani ordered to withdraw from the complex mountainous area that might be raided by the Eighth Route Army, choose a more open area, and after strengthening the vigilance, let the troops temporarily station and recuperate.

It was destined to be a long night.

For the Japanese army, it was even more terrifying for them, and it was full of torturous long nights.

Iron Triangle Temporary Joint Command.

The communications corps brought the latest news to Ding Wei, who was in charge of overall command this time.

"Commander, everything is going well, our wolf troops have begun to move outward in a roundabout way at night, and so far, most of them have successfully broken through the blockade of the devils along the way."

"In addition, four or five mobile units also rushed out, including some armored units, semi-mechanized heavy units composed of cavalry, motorcycles and combat vehicles."

"Our snipers are also ambushed all over the mountains, equipped with communication equipment, and can be used as reconnaissance points at any time to guide the shelling!"

"Good!"

Ding Million nodded, his eyes burning, and he said with confidence:

"After tonight, the little devil will understand why in our Eighth Route Army base area, the night belongs to our Eighth Route Army troops.

Inform the front-line troops that they must make a full offensive plan for me before dawn.

The operational policy should no longer be mainly defensive, but should be mainly offensive.

The Mongolian garrison army that rashly entered the hinterland of our Iron Triangle base area will be completely nailed to death in our base area! ”

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The fall of night more or less intensified the fear in the hearts of the Japanese troops from all walks of life during the battle.

Although there is no shortage of night battles in the ordinary military training programs of the devils, this place is the home of the Eighth Route Army and the territory of the Eighth Route Army.

The elusive guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army, which were born and raised in this land, especially under the cover of night, gave the Japanese army the most headache but were helpless.

The middle section of the 385 Brigade base area.

The main forces of the 3rd, 9th, and 16th Mixed Brigades of the Japanese Army, which were stuck in a quagmire, struggled for nearly an afternoon before retreating most of the troops to this area.

However, I don't know when the base of the Eighth Route Army was so vast.

At present, it is only in the middle stage, and it may take a lot of time to completely withdraw from the base area of the Eighth Route Army and withdraw to the stable public security area and county seat.

There's still a long way to go.

At present, on all battlefields, almost all sides are in fierce battles.

The 3rd, 9th, and 16th Mixed Brigades were to be hastily evacuated from the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

In fact, this is already the first army of devils, and this large-scale battle of the joint army stationed in Mongolia to deal with the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area and the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army is about to come to an end and end in failure.

For this reason, the old devil Ishikawa also made a detailed analysis and report to Yoshio Shinozuka.

In the end, Yoshio Shinozuka struggled for most of the night, and only then did he tell Ishikawa about his plan before dawn the next day.

Just a few words:

"Prepare for a strategic transfer, after your troops withdraw from the base area, you no longer have to seek combat with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Instead, the main task is to reinforce all battlefields, assist all imperial troops, smoothly get rid of the Eighth Route Army, and strategically transfer to the security area. ”

To put it bluntly, you just can't fight, and I'm not going to fight, so you're going to pull other friends who participated in the war and withdraw from the base area of the Eighth Route Army!

"General—"

Inside the headquarters, Chief of Staff Kitagawa let out a long shout.

Yoshio Shinozuka leaned back on his bamboo chair a little dejectedly, waved his hand weakly and said:

"Needless to say, at this point, guaranteeing the smallest sacrifice and loss is the greatest victory and dignity."

As for the international concerns.

Yoshio Shinozuka can only comfort himself with two sentences.

The Chinese say it well! Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers.

As long as our First Army does not lose too badly, the advantage is still in our empire, and most of the countries in the world are strong and bullying the weak, what do you have to say?

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