Jinju battlefield.

With the orders of the divisional and regimental headquarters, more and more devils withdrew from the battlefield.

The dense devils are running wildly, and there is a faint tendency to rout.

Judging from the scale alone, there are at least 40,000 devils left.

After a whole night of rapid marching, coupled with almost a whole day of hard fighting, even if these devils have a strong will to fight, they are almost unable to withstand it.

Takamori looked at the withdrawn troops with binoculars, his expression slightly softened.

Although it failed to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong, the main force of the Locust Army was still there.

"Nishihara-kun, did you report the situation here to the North China Front Command?"

Takashi Takashi looked at Seio Nishihara and asked in a deep voice.

"The telegram has been sent." Seio Nishihara replied, and then said in a worried tone, "Your Excellency the division commander, General Okamura won't punish us, right?" After all, we gave the order to retreat without authorization. ”

"Punish and reprimand." Takamori waved his hand and said, "Do you have to let the enemy's rocket artillery continue to fire and the locust army has suffered heavy losses before ordering a retreat?" What's the point of such a retreat? ”

"That's just as well."

Seio Nishihara nodded, a look of pity on his face.

Pity.

After a whole day of fierce fighting here, three divisions were put into battle, but they still failed to defeat the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong.

If the fight continues, the locust army will have a chance to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei.

The locust army was very tired, but the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong was also uncomfortable.

I spent the whole night digging trenches and fortifications, and I fought hard with the locust army for another day.

The locust army has strong individual soldiers, and the machine gun fire of the Eighth Route Army is fierce, and there is even air support.

If the fight continues, it will be the will to fight of the troops on both sides, and it will depend on who will not survive first.

Now that the Japanese army has retreated, the two sides are considered to have reached a draw.

But this result still made Seio Nishihara shudder.

In the entire Eighth Route Army, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong can only be regarded as second-rate.

Units such as the 129th Division, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are considered first-class.

And the new regiment can be regarded as a super-first-class unit.

Although the 40th Division and the 56th Division were also second-rate units of the Japanese army, the 11th Division was the ace of the Japanese army.

With this configuration, it failed to defeat the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong.

It is conceivable how strong the combat effectiveness of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, and the New First Regiment were.

That's when it happened.

Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki, commander of the 40th Division, galloped over on horseback with dozens of elite guards.

As the horse's hooves rolled, smoke and dust quickly rose.

When he got closer, Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi turned over and dismounted.

"Yingsen-kun, Nishihara-kun, we must immediately transfer to Baoding, I suspect that the main force of the new regiment has arrived!"

Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi glanced at everyone and asked in a deep voice with a solemn expression:

"What about Watanabe-kun? He hasn't arrived yet? ”

Lieutenant General Takamori's face became more and more ugly.

"Lieutenant General Aoki, Lieutenant General Watanabe's headquarters was covered by heavy artillery fire, and we sent cavalry over, but we didn't even find Lieutenant General Watanabe's body!"

Seio Nishihara said in a deep voice.

"Yaga!"

Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi heard this and scolded angrily.

As the saying goes, the 56th Division and the 40th Division were transferred to North China to fight together.

Now Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe is broken, and Aoki Seiichi is also full of grief and anger.

"Aoki-kun, what did you just say?"

Lieutenant General Takamori looked moved, as if he had grasped some important point, and asked in a deep voice:

"Do you suspect that the main force of the new regiment has arrived?"

"That's right!" Aoki said with a solemn face, "The rocket artillery unit of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Jinju, which shows that the main force of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be able to reach here, if I am not mistaken, the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is only a few kilometers away from us!" ”

Takashi Takashi Takaki heard Aoki Seiichi say this, and felt that there was nothing wrong with logic.

Where the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army can reach, the infantry of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be able to reach them.

Takashi Takamori took out a map from the adjutant, pointed to the map and said:

"The main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army wants to enter North China from Shanxi, and there is only one road, Zhengtai Road, but Shimen City and Zhengding are still in the hands of the Locust Army and the Locust Army, and the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to bypass Shimen City and Zhengding and arrive at the battlefield of Jinzhou!"

The main force of the new regiment mentioned by Takashi Takashi Ta

Infantry can make a detour through small roads, but heavy artillery and tanks cannot, and the maneuver of heavy artillery and tanks is very demanding on the road.

This is also the reason why Yingsen Xiao dared to attack the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong here.

As long as Shimen City and Zhengding are still in the hands of the Locust Army and the Locust Army, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to stab the chrysanthemums of the 11th Division, the 40th Division and the 56th Division.

"Eagle Sen-kun, I have no intention of arguing with you."

Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki said:

"Regardless of whether the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army arrives or not, the Eighth Route Army already has such a strong artillery firepower, and the Locust Army has no chance of winning, we must turn to the direction of Baoding, and request the headquarters of the North China Front Army to send troops in the direction of Baoding to respond!"

"Aoki-kun, I couldn't agree more." Takamori nodded and said, "So I gave the order for the whole army to move in, but the 56th Wing of the Baggage has discovered the location of the rocket artillery position of the Eighth Route Army and has gone to attack, and the rocket artillery position of the Eighth Route Army cannot be opened for the time being, I have sent the 11th Cavalry Wing to support, and I ask the 40th Wing of your division to immediately go to the woods to drive away the mules, horses and cars." ”

The 11th Cavalry Wing was stubbornly resisted by the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the previous attack.

Although the 11th Cavalry Wing was very combat-ready.

But the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment is not a vegetarian, not only is it strong in combat, but its equipment is even better than that of the devils.

If it weren't for the 11th Cavalry Wing, the 11th Cavalry Wing would have been completely annihilated.

Of course, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment also suffered considerable losses.

Less than half of the current 11th Cavalry Wing remained.

After the 11th Wing of the Baggage Corps was withdrawn from the battlefield, it had already received an order and was sent to the woods.

Seiichi Aoki: "Hi. ”

Aoki Seiichi had just finished giving the order.

The communications staff officer of the 11th Division had a look of fear on his face, walked over hurriedly, and then bowed his head to Takashi Takashi and reported: "Report to the division commander, just reported to the communication team of the 56th Wing of the Heavy Army..."

Looking at the face of the communications staff officer, Takamori Xiao's heart sank suddenly, and he instantly realized that something was wrong, and asked in a deep voice, "What to report?" ”

Seio Nishihara and Seiichi Aoki, who were on the side, also set their eyes on it.

"Nagasaki Yoshio Nakasa led two heavy baggage teams to attack the rocket artillery position of the Eighth Route Army."

"Halfway through an encounter with hundreds of tanks of the Eighth Route Army."

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army has arrived."

Although the communications staff officer had fear in his eyes, he still maintained a fluent tone and reported what happened to the 56th Wing.

"Nani?"

Takashi Mori suddenly turned his head, his face full of disbelief:

"What do you say? A few hundred tanks? ”

Seio Nishihara and Seiichi Aoki also cast incredulous shocked looks.

"Hey!" The communications staff officer bowed his head and confirmed, "It is indeed hundreds of tanks, and in addition to tanks, there are also a large number of infantry of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

The infantry seen by the devil's baggage troops was only the infantry of the heavy tank battalion.

These infantry are all fighters belonging to the tank battalion, strictly speaking, they belong to the tank crew, but when attacking, they cooperate with the tank attack.

Their task on the battlefield is to protect tank operations, that is, infantry and tank coordination.

A large number of equipment such as Bazooka anti-tank rockets, as well as M2 flamethrowers.

On the march, they sat on the turrets of tanks and rode in trucks, ready to go into battle at any time.

"It can't be!"

Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori's first reaction was impossible, absolutely impossible.

Even if the rocket artillery units of the Eighth Route Army arrived, hundreds of tanks of the Eighth Route Army also came.

Shimen City and Zhengding are still in the hands of the Locust Army and the Locust Cooperative Army, could it be that the hundreds of tanks of the Eighth Route Army flew from Shanxi?

"Your Excellency, Division Commander."

"Now is not the time to talk about this, the 11th Cavalry Wing has gone to reinforce, and I believe it can withstand the tank troops of the Eighth Route Army for a while."

Seio Nishihara said in a deep voice:

"We should take advantage of this opportunity and immediately turn north!"

But.

Takashi Takashi Takashi has a relatively good personality, he didn't pay attention to Seio Nishihara, but looked at the communication staff officer, and said in a deep voice:

"Immediately connect the radio of the Second Front Army Headquarters of the Locust Alliance, and I will speak to Sun Liangcheng in person!"

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer turned and walked away quickly.

After a while, the communications staff officer came over with a radio station in his arms, bowed his head and reported: "Division commander, the radio station of the headquarters of the Second Front Army of the Locust Alliance Army has been connected!" ”

"Moximoxi!"

Takashi Takashi held the receiver in one hand and the microphone in the other, and called out in an indifferent tone.

"Is it Takamori Tai-kun? I'm Sun Liangcheng! ”

In the radio earpiece, Sun Liangcheng's respectful and somewhat flattering voice was immediately heard.

"Sun San!" Takamori said in a cold voice in broken Chinese, "I'm Takamori Takashi, how is the battle situation over there?" ”

"Report to Takamori Taijun." Sun Liangcheng immediately said, "We have just repelled the third attack of the Eighth Route Army!" The position is still in our hands, please rest assured, the people are in the position, and the Eighth Route Army wants to capture Shimen City and Zhengding, unless you step on the corpse of my Sun Liangcheng! ”

From the radio, Takashi Mori couldn't hear the sound of gunfire, and Sun Liangcheng's explanation was reasonable.

"Sun Sang, immediately ask the Warseer next to you to talk to me."

Takamori said in a deep voice.

On the way to escape.

Sun Liangcheng glanced at the head of Miyagawa Shaozo and the command knife of Shaozo carried by the guards in the distance, and replied:

"Report to Taijun."

"You mean Miyagawa Shaosa? It's a pity that just now the Eighth Route Army was attacking fiercely, and Miyagawa Shaozo went to the position to fight the Eighth Route Army, and he was already loyal to the locusts! ”

Jinju battlefield.

Takashi hung up the call with a gloomy face.

"We were deceived, Sun Liangcheng led his troops to surrender to the Eighth Route Army, and he gave us false information."

Ying Senxiao's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and his intestines were full of remorse.

Miyagawa Shaosa's task was to supervise the battle, and unless the headquarters of the Second Front Army of the Locust Alliance Army was completely annihilated, it was absolutely impossible for him to go to the position in person.

Then there is only one possibility, Sun Liangcheng is lying.

If Sun Liangcheng was in front of him now, he would definitely be ordered to be executed immediately, and he would be shot and shot a thousand times, all of which would not relieve the hatred in his heart.

"It seems that the Eighth Route Army has already occupied Shimen City and Zhengding, and the main force has arrived at the Jinju battlefield, and we don't know anything!"

Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi said with a solemn face.

"Order the 11th Cavalry Wing to block the tank troops of the Eighth Route Army, and the rest of the troops immediately move towards Baoding as fast as possible!"

Takashi Takashi gave the order in a hurried tone.

Hundreds of tanks, and many of them heavy, as well as air support.

If it is slow, the 11th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division will all have to be loyal to His Majesty the Locust.

"Hey."

Seio Nishihara and Seiichi Aoki bowed their heads suddenly.

……

After the main force of the devil's baggage army left.

Duan Peng led a sword brigade of more than 300 people into the woods where the devil's baggage was.

Since all the team members are wearing the military uniforms of devils.

Plus the scout who solved the devil by the team.

The Sword Brigade easily entered the woods.

Fierce fighting broke out between the two sides.

A squadron of baggage soldiers naturally cannot be the opponent of a sword brigade armed to the teeth.

The battle ended in less than 10 minutes, and the remaining squadron of the Devil's Heavy Soldiers was completely annihilated.

The 11th Cavalry Wing, which arrived in a hurry, knew that the baggage had been captured by the enemy.

Tanigawa was preparing to order the cavalry to attack the woods and recapture the baggage.

"Report to Dazuo, the division headquarters has just given an order to our wing by radio!"

The communications officer rode a military horse, rode over quickly, and bowed his head to Tanigawa Daisa:

"Tank troops of the Eighth Route Army appeared on the east side of the woods!"

"The division commander ordered us to launch an attack on the tank units of the Eighth Route Army to cover the transfer of the main force to Baoding!"

"Nani?"

Tanigawa's eyes widened suddenly.

Let the cavalry attack the tank units of the Eighth Route Army, is His Excellency the division commander serious?

Even the tank units of the Japanese army could hardly be the opponents of the tank units of the Eighth Route Army, and letting the cavalry attack the tank troops was no different from sending them to death.

But the military order is like a mountain.

Even if the military order is unreasonable, Tanigawa can only carry it out.

The main force of the enemy arrived, and if the main force of the locust army wanted to move in, it could only sacrifice the cavalry wing.

He raised his binoculars and glanced in the direction from which the cannon was coming from.

I could only hear the sound of artillery and the smoke of gunpowder, but I couldn't see the specific situation of the battlefield, and I didn't know how many tanks the Eighth Route Army had.

"Cavalry Wing!"

"Hey!"

The devil cavalry shouted in unison.

Tanigawa Quanji, whose face was blackened by gunsmoke, drew his sword:

"Attack the enemy tank forces! His Majesty the Locust is onboard! ”

"Onboard!"

"Onboard!"

“……”

In the midst of the devil cavalry shouting loudly long live, Tanigawa Kanji Osa led the only few hundred remaining devil cavalry, bypassed the woods, brandished the command saber, and rushed towards the direction of the tank unit with a hideous face.

The edge of the woods.

Duan Peng and the sword team members looked at the backs of hundreds of cavalry running in the sunset, and they looked a little tragic.

"Why are all the good things that belong to Sun Desheng!?"

Duan Peng was a little depressed and put down the Type 5 or 6 submachine gun in his hand.

In the situation just now, the devil cavalry was obviously going to attack the woods.

More than 200 Type 56 submachine guns and dozens of Type 56 light machine guns formed a firepower network, which was enough for the devil cavalry to drink a pot.

"There was no fight."

"Another devil is going to deliver food to the heavy tank battalion!"

"Isn't this devil's brain bad?"

"Let our infantry not attack, but attack our tanks?"

The special combat team members were also a little depressed.

……

At the same time.

Peiping.

Command of the North China Front.

War Hall.

A number of high-ranking members of the North China Front Command, including Okamura Ninji, Arisue Seizo and Yamamoto Kazuki, were present.

Everyone's eyes and attention were cast on the Jinju battlefield.

At the most critical moment of the battle, the heavy artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared on the battlefield of Jinju.

This sudden situation made Okamura Ninji and Arisue Seizo and others smell a trace of unusualness.

"Your Excellency, General."

Seizo Arisue introduced the battle situation to Okamura Ninji:

"At present, the main forces of the 11th Division, the 40th Division and the 56th Division have withdrawn from the battlefield and are preparing to move in the direction of Baoding!"

"Still."

"Just now the headquarters of the 11th Division reported that the location of the headquarters of the 56th Division has been confirmed, and it was covered by heavy artillery fire from the enemy, and the commander of the 56th Division, Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe, was shattered!"

A group of high-level devils fell silent.

Another Japanese lieutenant general has broken jade!

Okamura Ninji sighed: "Lieutenant General Watanabe Masao is an excellent imperial general, but I didn't expect to be loyal to His Majesty the Locust on the Jinju battlefield. ”

After speaking, Okamura Ninji took the lead in bowing his head to express his condolences.

There are Sue Seizo and Yamamoto Kazuki and a group of devil staff officers also bowed their heads to express their condolences.

If a Japanese lieutenant general had been killed on the battlefield before, the enemy unit that had killed the lieutenant general would have suffered the most frenzied retaliation from the Japanese army.

But now.

The Japanese army has become accustomed to the broken jade of the lieutenant general, let alone the lieutenant general, even the general is broken, and the Japanese army is helpless.

After about three minutes of silence, footsteps rang out at the door.

Okamura Ninji, Seizo Arisue and Yamamoto Kazuki raised their heads at this time.

"General, Chief of Staff!"

Hakuo Kitani, a communications staff officer who walked quickly, bowed his head with a solemn face and reported:

"Just now, the regimental headquarters of the 11th Division sent an urgent telegram, and on the west side of the Jinzhou battlefield, a large number of tanks of the Eighth Route Army appeared, and there were several hundred of them."

"Nani?"

Okamura Ninji suddenly turned his head:

"What do you say? A large number of tanks of the Eighth Route Army appeared on the west side of the Jinju battlefield? ”

On the side, there were Sue Seizo and Yamamoto Kazuki, and their faces changed in an instant.

Hundreds of tanks appeared near the Jinju battlefield, which indicated that the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army had arrived.

Even Kazuki Yamamoto, who had always been silent, scolded in a deep voice: "Yaga, what the hell is going on? ”

"Hey!"

Osamu Kitani bowed his head and replied:

"According to the telegram of the 11th Division, it was the 2nd Front Army of the Locust Allied Army that surrendered to the Eighth Route Army, and deliberately gave false information to the 11th Division and the North China Front, creating the false impression that the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is still continuing to attack Shimen City and Zhengding, in fact, Shimen City and Zhengding have long been lost, and the tank troops of the Eighth Route Army have driven straight into the battlefield of Jinju!"

"Yaga!"

"Immediately order the 11th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division to move to Baoding as soon as possible."

Okamura Ninji couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

Tanks are on plain terrain, but they are much faster than the infantry of the Locust Army.

And.

Now that the tanks of the Eighth Route Army have arrived, the cavalry and infantry of the Eighth Route Army have most likely also arrived at the Jinju battlefield.

The situation of the locust army is very bad.

"Hey."

Osamu Kitani bowed his head suddenly.