The main forces of the Japanese attack were the 4th Division, the 6th Division and the 13th Division.

The main attack was the 4th Division in the center, and the 6th Division and the 13th Division covered the attack on the left and right flanks.

The 3rd Division served as a reserve, and in addition to these main divisions, parts of the 34th, 39th, and 20th brigades also participated in the attack.

The other 42nd Division and the 18th and 20th Brigades were deployed around the headquarters of the 11th Army.

In case the special forces of the Eighth Route Army carried out the decapitation of the headquarters of the 11th Army.

The 10 artillery wings of the devils carried out a ferocious artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army's deep position for half an hour.

Within half an hour, the devils poured about 50,000 shells into the deep positions of the Eighth Route Army.

About a quarter of them were 150-mm heavy artillery shells.

The devil's shells plowed back and forth on the deep positions of the Eighth Route Army with a barrage of arrows.

The civil fortifications built by the sappers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were torn to pieces and drowned in the flames under the washing of the shells, and the position was blown into a scorched earth.

Just half an hour later, the planes of the Eighth Route Army arrived.

The devil's artillery fire suddenly did not dare to fire again.

At night, in the forward position of the Eighth Route Army, the steel helmet of the devil reflected a chill under the reflection of the war.

"Kill and give—"

The squadrons of the devils drew their swords one after another, and hysterical roars came out of their mouths.

At this time, the planes of the Chinese army had already arrived, and it was clear that the only way to avoid being bombed was to rush up and mingle with the Chinese army.

On the battlefield, this is a consistent tactic of the Chinese army.

Not only the Eighth Route Army, but also the Nationalist Army often did this in the face of bombing by Japanese aircraft.

Unfortunately, the Japanese soldiers' stabbing skills were generally stronger than those of the Chinese soldiers.

But that's no longer the case.

The current Japanese army, in order not to be bombed by the planes of the Eighth Route Army, also had to use this tactic.

The Eighth Route Army's aerial bombs and incendiary bombs were much more powerful than the Japanese army's aerial bombs and incendiary bombs.

As the commanders of the devils brandished their command knives and took the lead in the charge, the hysterical howls of the devils suddenly rang out.

Under the cover of night, the devils all over the mountains rushed towards the deep position that the Eighth Route Army had just been bombed.

Pieces of bayonets chill in the light of the moon and firelight!

The devils who rushed to the front row ran and shot at the same time, showing the individual soldier quality of the devil armor division regiment vividly.

If the devils of the 11th Army are the elite, then the vanguard of the devils is the elite of the elite.

The devil's operation is as fierce as a tiger.

"Tom tom!"

On the positions of the Eighth Route Army, several sporadic mortars fired flares, trying to guide the planes in the sky to bomb.

However, because the number of mortars in the Eighth Route Army was too small, or the Eighth Route Army no longer had many flares, the lighting effect was low.

In the evening offensive of the Japanese army and the puppet army a few days ago, the Eighth Route Army consumed a large number of flares.

In addition, it was at night, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and the planes of the Eighth Route Army circled in the sky a few times, and could not see the target on the ground, so they flew back in the direction of the airport.

As soon as the plane of the Eighth Route Army left, the devils had already rushed to the deep position of the Eighth Route Army.

In the face of the fierce and fierce offensive of the main force of the devils, the Eighth Route Army did not show weakness and launched the most ferocious counterattack.

But!

The Eighth Route Army was obviously short of ammunition, and it only took a long time for the machine guns to mute and have to choose to retreat.

The Eighth Route Army kept running, and the devils kept chasing after them.

Sometimes the Eighth Route Army would stop counterattacking, but soon the machine guns were silent, the devils launched a charge, and the Eighth Route Army retreated again.

Throughout the night, on the front more than 30 miles wide north of Xuzhou City, more fierce battles broke out than in previous nights.

The battle lasted until early morning, and the Eighth Route Army had been repulsed for more than 10 kilometers.

The devils have completely occupied the deep positions of the Eighth Route Army.

……

Early the next morning.

Inside the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

The Chief of Staff, Major General Nakayama Sadatake, reported to the commander of the 11th Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama.

"Report to the Commander!"

"The 4th Division has just reported that the 4th Division has captured the deep positions of the Eighth Route Army, seized a large amount of equipment, and eliminated thousands of people of the Eighth Route Army."

Isamu Yokoyama nodded, the combat effectiveness of the 4th Division is still relatively strong.

The 4th Division is prone to drop the chain at a critical moment.

This time, letting the 4th Division take the main attack mission, this move is the right move.

"Yo Xi!" Yokoyama Yong looked overjoyed and asked, "How much equipment has the Eighth Route Army captured?" ”

Yokoyama thought to himself that it would be cool if the tanks and heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army were captured.

Even if there is a lack of ammunition, if the tanks and heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army are captured, it will definitely be a great achievement.

"The 4th Division did not specify in its report." Nakayama shook his head, "At this time, the battle is still going on, it should be the soldiers of the 4th Division, and they haven't had time to count the captured equipment yet." ”

The 4th Division did capture some of the equipment of the Eighth Route Army.

But there were not many of them, there were only a dozen American mountain guns and American mortars in total.

However, the devil has always liked to boast about the results, especially the 4th Division, which wanted to turn over by relying on this battle, and even exaggerated the results in the report.

The elimination of thousands of people in the Eighth Route Army is naturally a non-existent matter.

But Isamu Yokoyama believed it.

Isamu Yokoyama asked with a happy face, "What are the results of the 13th Division and the 6th Division?" ”

"Report to the Commander." Nakayama replied, "The 13th Division and the 6th Division also achieved great results, both of which captured the positions on the left and right flanks of the Eighth Route Army and captured some trophies!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Isamu Yokoyama nodded with an extremely satisfied expression.

In his opinion, capturing the deep position of the Eighth Route Army can be regarded as defeating the Eighth Route Army.

Yokoyama Yong's expression was solemn, and his tone was solemn: "Order all divisions and regiments to continue the attack, be sure to completely defeat the Eighth Route Army, and capture the heavy artillery and tanks of the Eighth Route Army. ”

For the hundreds of heavy tanks and hundreds of heavy artillery in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, Yokoyama Yong was also hot.

With those heavy artillery and tanks, the locust army will definitely be able to capture Changsha and enter Chongqing.

"Your Excellency, there is an old Chinese saying, called the poor Kou Mo Chasing."

The deputy chief of staff on the side, Futami Akizaburo Osa, said in a deep voice:

"I suggest that all divisions and regiments first take a short rest and recuperate, wait for the artillery units to move forward in the evening, and continue to attack north under the cover of artillery fire, so as to avoid the Eighth Route Army counterattacking in a cornered situation and causing heavy casualties to the locust army."

During the day, the artillery units of the devils did not dare to move.

Because once the artillery unit of the devil is discovered by the air force of the Eighth Route Army, it will be a live target.

Major General Nakayama Zhenwu said: "Your Excellency the Deputy Chief of Staff only knows one thing but does not know the other, there is an old saying in China, which is called the pursuit of victory, and we must take advantage of the situation of victory to continue to pursue the enemy and expand the results of the battle." ”

Yokoyama Yongya nodded and said: "The Eighth Route Army has always been cunning, once the attack is stopped now, the Eighth Route Army will flee into the mountains, their heavy artillery and tanks will also slip away, and the locust army must take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results!" ”

"Hey."

Futami Akizaburo bowed his head suddenly.

……

With the order of the command of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, it was given.

The offensive of the devil's divisions has become a little more ferocious.

Soon, the vanguard of the 8th Infantry Wing of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army had already attacked the area around Yangjia Village.

Coincidentally.

The 6th Division and the 34th Division of the Japanese Army happened to attack the area of Taierzhuang northeast of Xuzhou.

The people in these areas have long been transferred by the Eighth Route Army.

By this time, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.

The 4th Division, the 6th Division, and the 13th Division of the Japanese Army entered the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army one after another.

And the attacking devils were still unconscious, immersed in the ecstasy of defeating the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

"Let's go."

In the front-line command post, Division Commander Liu personally gave the order to attack.

"Fire at full speed!"

The officers of the Eighth Route Army in each artillery position received the order from the division headquarters at the first time, and then issued the order to open fire.

Suddenly, the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army were filled with fireworks on the muzzles of more than 1,000 guns of 75 mm caliber and above at almost the same time.

It's different from the previous secretive.

In this shelling, the 129th Division took out all its artillery firepower, and all Katyusha rocket launchers and 203-mm howitzers also joined the shelling.

After receiving 100,000 rounds of heavy artillery shells, every heavy artillery piece opened fire at full speed, and every artillery soldier and every artillery crew of the Eighth Route Army was full of strength and fired at the area where the devils were assembled at the maximum artillery speed.

Dense shells rained down on the devil's area.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The dense explosion rose in the devil formation, and countless devils were blown into a blood mist in the explosion, and the stumps and broken arms flew around.

At the same time, the infantry and tank corps of the Eighth Route Army surrounded the positions of the attacking troops of the various divisions of the devil from all directions.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight.

When the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army began to operate, the planes of the Eighth Route Army also arrived.

More than 40 B25 medium bombers, divided into several attack formations, dropped bombs on the devil's head in the middle of the air.

The planes of the Eighth Route Army did not dare to dive and attack, because the density of artillery shelling on the ground was too alarming.

If you dive or drop a bomb, you are likely to be hit by your own shells.

Many of the artillery fired by the Eighth Route Army were heavy artillery shells, and once the plane was hit by heavy artillery shells, the pilots of the Eighth Route Army were almost dead.

Under the bombardment of more than 1,000 artillery pieces and 40 B25 bombers.

The arrogant devil was finally afraid, and the firepower was unprecedented, and the devil officers and soldiers fell to the ground with desperate faces, avoiding the harvest that fell from the sky.

……

At the same time.

"Staff officer."

At the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, a staff officer rushed in quickly:

"General, all the divisions and regiments attacking in the front have been attacked by the enemy's large-scale heavy artillery clusters and aircraft groups, and they have suffered heavy losses, and the divisions and regiments have requested tactical guidance!"

"Nani?"

Yokoyama Yong's face suddenly looked shocked when he heard this, and then he instantly understood.

He fell for it.