After determining the presence of a large number of armored vehicles of the Chinese army in the target area, Nanzhi, an old devil, no longer hesitated, and the combat task he received was to guard against the chaos of the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area and the troops of the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi.

At present, the appearance of enemy armored forces has seriously threatened the stability of the Monxi area occupied by the Japanese army.

It was imperative that Nanzhi crush the armored forces of this Chinese army in the shortest possible time, so as to stabilize the defense of the entire Mengxi area.

On the same day, this old devil also received an order from the headquarters of the Mongolian army at the same time:

"Destroy the armored forces of the Chinese army in the target area!"

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Nanzhi no longer hesitated, and immediately mobilized the main force of the armored troops, pushed all the way horizontally, with armored vehicles and tanks as the main combat forces, and swept the target area with the cooperation of infantry, engineers, artillery and other arms.

In an attempt to destroy the armored forces of the Chinese army that appeared in the target area.

At the very least, it is necessary to completely drive out the enemy's armored forces that are now in the Monsi area.

Not only that, Nanzhi, an old devil, is very ambitious, and he knows very well that His Excellency the Commander's biggest henchman in the Mengxi area has always been the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area, that is, Fu Yisheng's headache "chicken thief".

At that time, the Japanese army also spent a lot of effort to capture the Gohara area.

As a result, Commander Fu led the 35th Route Army, with cavalry, infantry and other arms to fight to the death, recovering Wuyuan, and stationed in the Hetao area, garrisoned in Tuntian, and formed a confrontation with the Mongolian army stationed in the Mengxi area.

The little devil is very embarrassed about this.

This is the first time since the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu that it was defeated by Chiang's troops and regained the lost territory.

In addition, Fu Yisheng is a very bold person, he is not like an ordinary national army, he is in a safe corner, and he honestly guards his own one-third of an acre of land.

Whenever there is a chance, this guy really dares to make a move on the little devil.

Just in the Baotou area, the base camp of the Mongolian army, this Fu Yisheng has led the troops to sneak attack four or five times.

In particular, the Eighth Route Army made a big move, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led a mobile force to attack Datong in that operation, Fu Yisheng seized the excellent opportunity and successfully defeated the Baotou area of the devil in one fell swoop, although it was only temporary, but the damage to the Japanese army's prestige, as well as the loss of manpower and material resources, were all fruitful.

In addition, this Fu Yisheng and the Eighth Route Army in northern Jin often fought together.

often makes the Japanese army ignore the end, and for this reason, Fu Yisheng has long been on the blacklist of devils.

Nanzhi, an old devil, was finally appointed by his superiors as the supreme commander of the armored group this time, responsible for dealing with the Eighth Route Army in the northern Jin Dynasty and the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area.

He certainly won't miss a chance to strike his opponent.

Since he received the order from the headquarters, while destroying the armored forces of this enemy army that appeared, he did not mind storming the Hetao area in the form of armored clusters, and if he could capture the Hetao area in one fell swoop, he would completely defeat or even eliminate the 35th Route Army.

The old devil Nanzhi also secretly thought in his heart:

If he had been able to perform such a miraculous feat, his name would have even been recorded in the annals of the war exploits of the Great Japanese Empire.

Famous through the ages, nothing more than that!

As a result, in the encirclement and suppression of the armored forces of the Chinese army in the target area, Nanzhi, an old devil, made a lot of money.

On the one hand, it is to respond to the May Day sweep of the Shanxi and Shandong battlefield empires.

After the encirclement and suppression officially began, Nanzhi directly mobilized the absolute main force of the entire armored brigade, a large number of Type 92 armored vehicles, Type 97 medium tanks and Type 95 light tanks, including the cavalry units of the Mongolian army and the mobile artillery wing attached to it......

Together, they formed a mixed mobile group with armored units as the main force and quickly advanced to the target area.

Of course, in order to be safe, Nanji also requested air reinforcements.

He placed his daily march after dawn, and with the cooperation of aerial reconnaissance planes, and in order to balance the various branches of the armed forces that were fighting together, he marched at a speed of almost 20 kilometers per hour every day.

And intermittent rest, until noon, there will be a big rest, and then in the afternoon continue to march, until the evening before dark, build fortifications on the spot, camp and rest, in order to restore the physical strength of the soldiers, and repair the corresponding damaged vehicles, to ensure the combat performance of the various mechanized combat vehicles and armored vehicles in the team.

Due to the large scale of this battle, and the fact that it also involved a large number of Japanese armored forces, this was a rare large-scale confrontation of armored forces since the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu.

Even Okamura, the old devil commander of the General Headquarters of the North China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army in Beiping, was paying attention to the trend of this battle.

The old devil Gangcun was actually a little worried.

Not long ago, after the Eighth Route Army made a surprise attack on Datong with mobile units, especially a considerable number of mechanized combat units, it strangled the central and western regions of Shandong on both sides, and fought in a long-distance roundabout manner with mechanized warfare.

Everything seems to be still vivid.

When such a tricky opponent as the Eighth Route Army once has the ability to maneuver over long distances and has armored forces.

For the Japanese army, the threat was considerable.

Okamura, who is known as a master of China, understands the truth that soldiers are not tired of deceit, and is proficient in Chinese culture, and he does not dare not not be vigilant, in case these cunning Eight Roads come back to a surprise attack on Datong or something.

I am afraid that the face of his entire North China Front Army will really be lost.

In addition, Okamura is also very suspicious that this so-called armored force that suddenly appeared in the Mengxi area will also brew the conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army?

Is the 35th Route Army and the Eighth Route Army secretly plotting some tricks against the Japanese Empire?

In order to completely destroy the enemy armored forces that appeared in the area of Monsi.

On the one hand, Okamura ordered the Nanji Armored Brigade to advance rapidly, and on the other hand, he immediately issued an order to the headquarters of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in the Datong area to consolidate the northward defense line, respond to the Nanji Brigade, and attack from both sides, annihilating the enemy armored forces that appeared in the Mengxi area in one fell swoop.

In addition, if the timing is right, you might as well strangle the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area in one fell swoop.

Monsi area.

South of the defense line of the Japanese Nanzhi armored brigade and west of the Hetao area, the base camp of the 35th Route Army.

According to the battle plan of the old devil Nanzhi, the Japanese army was mainly armored troops, and all mobile arms were coordinated, and there were air force firepower reinforcements.

On the first day, the Nanzhi Tank Brigade marched unusually smoothly.

A full 80-kilometer front was advanced.

There were only a few minefields along the way, but the losses caused to the Japanese were almost negligible.

As for the so-called armored units of the Chinese army in the target area detected by the reconnaissance plane, the devils did not even see a single armored vehicle.

"Sir, the so-called armored vehicles and tanks of the Eighth Route Army are not vulnerable at all, and when they encounter the chariot units of our Great Japanese Empire, I am afraid that they will flee from the wind a long time ago, how dare they take the initiative to engage in battle!"

"It's just a touch of collapse, once encountered, it will be crushing!"

Some of the devil officers who led the team ridiculed this, believing that the Chinese army's methods were no more than so, and they were not enough to threaten the chariot units of the Japanese Empire.

Even Nanzhi, the old devil who personally led the team, was proud of this, thinking that his troops were unstoppable.

Unfortunately, all this was quickly broken on the second day.

It was about dawn on the second day, and the sky was still bright.

According to the plan, the Japanese army had just dismantled the security line built at night and was ready to continue its advance.

Boom –

Suddenly, there were a few cannon shots, and the sound of artillery was not familiar to some rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army.

It's like an American-style howitzer, and the shells hit dozens of rounds in one go.

The devil commander Nanjirokuro, who was resting in the tent temporarily settled, was suddenly awakened, and then the signal soldiers hurriedly arrived.

"Yaga, what's going on?"

"Sir, we have been attacked by a small group of armored troops of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Are you sure it's the Eight Roads?" Nanji was stunned for a moment.

The communication soldier nodded, "We have seen with our own eyes that the other side also has some coordinated cavalry, wearing the standard uniform of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

Major General Nanzhi rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, so to speak, this so-called armored unit that suddenly appeared was the armored unit of the Eighth Route Army.

Maybe it's still the team that attacked Datong in the first place.

In addition, the Japanese did not believe that the Eighth Route Army was capable of creating other armored units.

This news was also quickly spread to the headquarters of the Japanese army at all levels.

When Commander Okamura heard about this, he was also an enemy and was very angry.

This mobile unit of the Eighth Route Army, which attacked Datong by surprise and almost penetrated the central and western regions of Shandong, stirred up the entire Shanxi and Shandong battlefields, and greatly damaged the image of the Japanese army in the international arena.

Okamura had long wanted to get rid of it.

It's a rivalry.

When the devil officers at the headquarters of the 26th Division in Datong heard about this, they all opened their eyes with anger.

At the beginning, the mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army attacked Datong and directly took the old nest of his 26th Division, and swept away the materials and equipment that his 26th Division had been operating in Datong for many years and had hoarded a large number of materials.

For this reason, the 26th Division has almost become a big joke in the entire Chinese military community.

Even the division commander of the 26th Division resigned for this.

The little devils of the 26th Division have long wanted to avenge this, but they didn't think that the enemy they had been thinking about would really appear in front of them.

According to the intelligence of the Japanese army, this mobile unit of the Eighth Route Army was at this moment in the defensive line area between the Mongolian army stationed in Mengxi and his 26th division.

This is the opportunity to destroy the enemy and bring shame before blood.

……

was attacked by the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army again, and the old devil Nanzhi naturally couldn't bear it.

These sneak attacks on the Eighth Route seem to be small units of armored troops, equipped with some armored vehicles and light tanks, separated by a distance of nearly 1,000 meters on the outer line, and do not seek a hit rate, that is, they are scary, and they turn around and leave after bombing dozens of guns.

Nanjirokuro immediately ordered the division of troops to pursue, mobilized nearly 30 armored vehicles and tanks in one go, and pursued the retreating armored troops of the Eighth Route Army with the coordination of mobile cavalry.

It's just that this time the pursuit didn't seem to go as smoothly as expected.

The mobile units of the Eighth Route Army were also no slower than the armored vehicles and tanks pursued by the Japanese.

The devil Shaozuo, who led the team, commanded the chariot and pursued it for several kilometers in one go, but failed to catch up.

A short time later, the vanguard's pursuing chariot came to a hasty halt.

The scout cavalry hurriedly returned and reported: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, we found the fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army in front, and we also faintly saw some anti-tank artillery above the fortifications!" ”

The devil Shaozuo took out his binoculars and looked at it from a distance, and sure enough, he saw the enemy's fortifications, and even saw the military flag planted.

In addition, some artillery pieces can also be faintly detected.

The Japanese army had already received relevant information, and the Eighth Route Army now had a certain number of anti-tank artillery in its hands, and Shao Zuo did not dare to be reckless, so he hurriedly ordered the accompanying mobile artillery to launch a fierce artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army fortifications.

The artillery fire lasted for nearly five minutes before it gradually stopped.

At this time, the Japanese army also discovered the situation, and the Eighth Route Army seemed to have been under shelling, but there was no sign of fighting back, which was very unreasonable.

During the exploration, the Japanese army sent a small vanguard to approach the reconnaissance, only to find that the rear of the fortifications was completely empty, and the so-called anti-tank artillery that was originally thought to be was made of wood and then painted and imitated.

The devil Shaozuo personally climbed on top of the fake fortifications of the Eighth Route Army and looked at it, and immediately became furious.

Enraged, the Japanese continued the pursuit, and soon ran into a minefield.

It was covered with flags, and some even had the word "landmine" written in Japanese.

Seeing this situation, the devil Shaozuo twitched his face fiercely, but out of caution, he still sent sappers to try to detect and clear mines.

As a result, the sappers searched for a while and reported that they did not find any signs of mines.

After scolding the eight-way treacherous slippery, Shao Zuo led the team to continue the pursuit.

Then the team ran into the mine again, and it was the same as before, a minefield, with flags planted on it, and some of them were written in Japanese.

It's really deceitful!

Shao Zuo ordered the seven or eight tanks of the vanguard to push directly horizontally.

At the moment, he just wanted to quickly catch up with the fleeing Eight Roads and tear it to pieces.

As for the minefield, he believes that the Eighth Route Army is still repeating its old tricks to scare people.

Even if there are real mines, the 97 medium tank is the first to detect mines, and the bottom armor has been specially thickened, which may not be able to stop the power of the mines.

Thereupon......

Boom –

In the midst of a series of loud noises, amid the roar of the engine, several Japanese-style 97 medium tanks with tracks directly stepped into the minefield.

In a series of shocking explosions, all the devils and chariots were turned into pieces of broken iron......

"Hehe, company commander, listening to this explosion, the devil's loss this time is definitely not small, this little devil really thinks that we are still at the level of the kind of soil mine that was self-made before!"

"I want to eat my fart!"

"This kind of anti-tank infantry mine specially developed by us, let alone a thin-skinned tank like a devil, is some heavy tank, and it is impossible to be intact under the concentrated explosion of the anti-tank mine group we deliberately deployed."

An explosion was heard from a distance, and a platoon commander of a team said excitedly......

(End of chapter)