Sloppy Mountain.

It is only 15 kilometers away from the first-line Tianhuangyadong Arsenal.

Under the first wave of attacks by various troops, the devil puppet army was routed all the way.

However, the division commander Kenyoshi Hirata sent an order to the sweeping troops to defend on the spot in large units.

Kenkichi Hirata's idea was good, but it didn't take into account the actual situation.

Because the offensive of the Eighth Route Army was extremely fierce, some of the devils and puppet troops of the sweeping troops were either completely annihilated, or they were directly defeated, and they were chased by the Eighth Route Army and ran around.

Especially the puppet army, after being broken up by the Eighth Route Army, many of them surrendered directly, or simply hid directly.

In this case, it is simply impossible for the devil to gather most of the remnants.

The right sweep force of the devils from Licheng County, with a total of more than 3,000 troops, was tasked with destroying the villages and Huangyadong Arsenal along the way.

However, the devil's puppet army was attacked by Ding Wei's attack group and dozens of cannons, and now only more than 1,000 people gathered in the corner of Mahu Mountain to resist stubbornly.

If it weren't for Hirata Kenkichi's order, the more than 1,000 devil puppet army would have fled long ago.

Most of them are devils, and seeing that the devils can't beat the eight roads, most of the puppet army directly runs all over the mountains and fields.

The puppet army is definitely not as good as the devil in terms of marching speed, but in terms of escaping and saving his life, the devil is not as good as the puppet army.

For example, the South Korean army during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea did not fight very well and escaped at a first-rate rate.

The devil puppet army of more than 1,000 people gained a firm foothold in Mahushan and repelled two attacks by the Eighth Route Army.

At the headquarters of the 1st Attack Group of the Taihang Column, Ding Wei saw through the vision of the artillery mirror that the devil puppet army was digging foxholes and trenches.

In front of the trenches, there were the corpses of many soldiers, some of whom were of the Eighth Route Army, and some of whom were devils and puppet soldiers.

I have to say that the devil's combat effectiveness is still very strong, although it was hastily turned to defense, but it quickly stabilized its position.

If the devil puppet army is allowed to dig the trenches well, the difficulty of annihilating the devil will at least double.

"Report, the commander-in-chief of the column ordered the 1st Attack Group to defeat the devil puppet army in one go, leaving no respite for the enemy!"

A staff officer was notified, and then quickly reported the situation to Ding Wei.

When Ding Wei heard this, he looked at his watch, turned his head and asked, "Excuse me, have the 1st and 2nd battalions cut off the enemy's retreat?" ”

The previous two attacks of the Eighth Route Army were repelled by the devil puppet army, but it was Ding Wei's sheep attack, and his real intention was to completely eat this devil puppet army.

At present, Ding Wei commands four infantry regiments, namely the New Second Regiment, the New Third Regiment, and the 13th and 14th Regiments of the 385th Brigade.

In the past, it was still a little difficult to take down more than 1,000 devil puppet army on a hill like this.

However, times have changed, Ding Wei not only has 4 infantry regiments, but also an artillery regiment with artillery support at any time.

Ding Wei has never fought such a battle of wealth in his eight lives.

The staff officer immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie, the antenna and the switch were turned on, and called: "Hey, call the 1st battalion, call the 1st battalion." ”

After a while, the staff officer put down the walkie-talkie and saluted Ding Weipapa: "Report, the 1st and 2nd battalions have cut off the enemy's retreat. ”

"Good!"

Ding Wei ordered: "Let the artillery fire first, and as soon as the artillery fire stops, the 13th Regiment and the tank company will immediately launch a general attack!" ”

The mountainous terrain was not suitable for tank play, so Li Yunlong assigned a tank company to each attack group.

In order to better block the Eighth Route Army, the devil specially chose a hill with an open terrain in front of him.

And this mountain is not very steep, just right for the play of tanks.

Afterwards, Ding Wei looked at Wei Dayong, who was in charge of calibrating the shooting Zhuyuan: "Monk, have the shooting Zhuyuan of each artillery company been calibrated?" ”

"It's all calibrated!" Wei Dayong's eyes were sharp, and he nodded back, "You can fire at any time." ”

Ding Wei decisively ordered: "Then fire immediately!" ”

Wei Dayong held a high-power walkie-talkie: "All artillery companies listen to my order and immediately fire at the target in Mahushan Mountain!" ”

All the gun emplacements were in the rear 4 km from the headquarters, and the protection measures were in place, each gun was well camouflaged, and each gun had at least 2 machine guns to cooperate with the air defense.

About 10 seconds after Wei Dayong's words fell, a sharp whistling sound sounded in the sky.

Ding Wei and the personnel of the command headquarters walked out of the command post and looked up, only to see dozens of red ballistics like meteors appear in the sky.

Wei Dayong called 10 artillery batteries, a total of 40 cannons at the same time, shelling the enemy's positions.

Not only Ding Wei and Wei Dayong, but also the soldiers of several regiments around the command post at this time all looked up blankly at the shells flying overhead.

It was the first time that many soldiers had seen so many shells streak across the sky almost at the same time.

A moment later, one after another cannonballs fell on the position of the devil's puppet army, bursting out of clusters of blazing and dazzling orange-red fireballs, accompanied by a large area of mud and mist, turning into a mushroom cloud and rising up.

The positive slope of Mahu Mountain seemed to be torn to pieces, drowning in flames and smoke.

Four Japanese-style tanks lined up in battle formation and advanced towards Mahu Mountain, and the commandos of the Eighth Route Army followed behind the tanks, with grenades and magazines on their bodies, submachine guns and rifles in their hands, and gray waves swept towards the devil's position.

The first tank was 150 meters away from the forward position of the devil, and Wei Dayong immediately called for a halt to the shelling, and if he went any further, he might accidentally injure the brother troops.

Mahu Mountain was silent as if it were dead.

The attacking tanks and commandos of the Eighth Route Army approached the forward positions of the devils.

Suddenly, Ma Hushan was first resurrected, and the devils who were alive in the shelling set up their weapons and attacked the Eighth Route Army.

Gunfire rang out like a dense firecracker.

Covered in grenades and explosives, the devil leaps out of the shell crater and rushes at the tank in a suicidal attack, to be killed with the tank.

"Da Da Da..."

Before the infantry could fire, the machine gunner in the tank pulled the trigger.

The M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun 12.7mm machine gun bullet swept towards the devil, and the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the devil was instantly broken in two.

The tank guns were also firing, and in an instant, they took out two devil fire points.

At the same time, on the sloppy ridge line, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, the commander of the 225th Infantry Group of the 2nd Wing, saw this scene with a face full of disbelief.

Artillery bombardment after the infantry rushed?

Artillery and tan coordination, step tank coordination...

Aren't these the tactics of the Imperial Army?

And isn't this tank from the Imperial Army, how did it get to the Eighth Road?

Moreover, the Eighth Route also modified the tank, not only the machine gun inside the tank was replaced with a large-caliber machine gun, but also a large-caliber heavy machine gun was installed above the turret.

The power of this machine gun can break people in two at once!

Yamazaki Kiyoshi suddenly gasped, this battle can't be fought, and the two sides are not at the same level at all, regardless of strength and firepower.

Although the Eighth Route Army's infantry and Tan coordination looked a little rusty, with the little force in his hand, he would definitely not be able to stop the Eighth Route attack.

This battle could not be fought at all, the artillery group bombarded, and the artillery group bombarded the tanks and infantry to rush.

Compared with the eight roads, the gap between their equipment and the eight roads is too big.

"Telegraph Trooper!"

Yamazaki Kiyoshi said in an anxious tone: "Immediately send a telegram to the division commander, the Eighth Route first used a mountain artillery group to attack our sloppy mountain position, and then used tanks to break into our position, our unit has suffered most casualties, request immediate tactical guidance, and send the telegram immediately!" ”

"Hey!" The telegraph operator responded.

……

Meanwhile.

On a hill in Xiling, more than 1,000 Japanese left-wing sweeping troops were entrenched on the hill.

The hill is not big, and the surrounding area is also open, but the hill is relatively steep, and the tank cannot go up at all.

The attack was led by the 2nd Assault Group led by Kong Jie.

Kong Jie asked Li Changshun to call in artillery fire, and in the continuous explosion of the landslide and ground cracking, the entire Xiling Mountain was ploughed by shells.

At this time, the smoke of gunpowder in Xiling soared into the sky.

The devil puppet army, which hastily switched to defense and had not had time to build artillery, was bombed badly.

Even if the devil puppet army hides on the anticline, it won't help.

Kong Jie had already ordered the mortars of each regiment to quietly detour back to the rear of Xiling, and more than 30 60-mm mortars bombarded the anti-slope.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, Kong Jie ordered all the troops to launch a general attack, and the troops poured into the devil's position like a tide.

……

And the devil's mid-lane sweeping troops seized Xiantang Mountain.

There is a temple on the hill called Sendangji Temple.

The terrain of Xiantang Mountain is relatively complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the devils defend according to the mountain.

Because of the terrain, Cheng Shifa, the commander-in-chief of the 3rd Attack Group, took two companies into the attack.

Although it was a refueling tactic, it was only a matter of time before artillery support could be called in at any time and it was only a matter of time before the hill was taken.

……

Headquarters of the 37th Division.

Almost simultaneously, Hirata Kenkichi received a telegram from the left, center, and right sweeping troops requesting tactical guidance.

Except for the situation in the middle road that is okay for the time being, the troops on the left and right are almost unable to withstand the offensive of the Eighth Route Army.

Hirata Kenkichi sat on the chair, his face full of incredulity, is the Eighth Route Army attacking so hard?

He thought that he had overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, but he didn't expect to underestimate it.

At this time, reinforcements are already on the way, and as long as they hold out for 3 hours, reinforcements will arrive.

And the troops guarding the mountain on the 3rd route could not hold out for even 3 hours...

Can anyone tell me why the fighting power of the Eight Roads is so strong?

"Division Commander, what now?"

"Do you want to continue to let reinforcements rush to help?"

The chief of staff on the side, Ishida Jinzo, asked Hirata Kenkichi.

At this time, the reinforcements were only halfway away, although the reinforcements were only 20 roads away from the starting point and the defensive points of the sweeping troops, but this was a mountain road, and the real distance was at least about 30 kilometers, and it would take at least 3 hours to arrive at the speed of the rapid march of 10 kilometers and 1 hour.

According to the combat effectiveness displayed by the Eighth Route Army, the sweeping troops will definitely not be able to hold out for 3 hours, and the 5,000 Japanese troops will continue to rush to help, which is just a head-off for the Eighth Route Army.

If these 5,000 Japanese troops were gathered together, it would be difficult for the Eighth Route to defeat in a short period of time.

But the current situation is that the 5,000 Japanese troops who were originally ambushed on the outer line to ambush a small group of troops on the Eighth Route were divided into three parts to rush to the aid of the sweeping troops.

There are less than 2,000 troops per reinforcement force, and this amount of troops can withstand the attack of the Eighth Route?

The troops of the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade will definitely not be able to rush to the aid of the 37th Division in a short time.

Hirata Kenyoshi's face was ugly: "Order the galloping troops to stop advancing, stand by in place, and immediately ask Commander Shinozuka for tactical guidance!" ”

"Hey!"

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