The two flanks of the main position on the top of Cangyunling Mountain.

A soldier took the newly captured 38 big cover, and said to his company commander while cleaning the battlefield:

"Company commander, these little devils are really disgusting, they are all dead and have destroyed all the weapons and materials, and we have not captured anything this time."

Obviously, his company commander was not in a good mood either, and glared at the soldier from afar.

"What are you complaining about here, it's not you who will be scolded at that time! Just like this, the capture will be divided into brother troops, if the regiment commander knows, he will definitely say that I am a loser. ”

Through Li Yunlong's gambling command, the Eighth Route Army won a complete victory on both flanks.

First, he took the devils by surprise by using favorable terrain and new weapons, and then successfully dragged the devils and waited for the support of the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment.

The brother troops, including the original defenders and reserves, totaled 600 people, but they killed nearly 200 devil soldiers and captured a small amount.

These devils who sneaked up on the two flanks of defense line, almost all of them were wounded and remnants of soldiers who could go back.

As we all know, the wounded soldiers in wartime consume more resources and manpower, and Sakata, an old devil, is at a loss.

Moreover, the strategic significance of this blocking battle is also very significant, and the 3rd Wing of the 4th Brigade of the Devils to which the Sakata Wing belongs is a full-fledged infantry wing with 3,800 devils.

As the elite of the devil in Jin Province, there are 76 mortars, about 14 field artillery and mountain artillery, 2,600 light and heavy machine guns and rifles, and even more than 500 horses.

However, after the initial blocking battle with the three regiments and the defeat just now, this full devil wing only has about 3,000 people left, including logistics personnel.

Sakata Nobutei, who had suffered a big loss, would definitely put away his contempt and try to gather his troops together as much as possible to prevent the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army from catching an opportunity like the one just now.

Under these circumstances, the 386th Brigade's post-break mission was successfully completed.

On the other side, the perspective of the devil.

At that time, Sakata Nobuzhe was still sitting leisurely in his front-line headquarters, and in his opinion, his arrangement had completely deceived the Eighth Route Army.

Now it is only necessary to wait for a few of their squadron commanders to occupy the positions of the enemy on both flanks, and when the time comes to see the signal of victory on both sides.

On the frontal battlefield, you can feint and turn into the main attack, and cooperate with these squadrons to strangle these dirt eight roads.

Although at the very beginning of the battle, it sounded like the commander on the opposite side was left in reserve.

But Sakata Nobutsu was not too worried, with the strong combat ability of these squadrons, even if they encountered an ambush by the Eighth Route Army, they could successfully complete the task.

After all, the gap between equipment and individual combat quality cannot be smoothed out by the will to fight alone.

But it didn't take long for Sakata Nobutsu to have to accept the bad news of the failure of the combat mission, and several squadrons were defeated and retreated in embarrassment.

This old devil was almost furious at this time, and his old face showed an unhealthy redness, so he almost wrote the on his face.

His doubts didn't last long, and only a few minutes later a squadron leader from the locust army who had fled back was brought to the command post to report the situation.

This devil squadron leader was very miserable at this time, not only was the palm of his left hand cut off in half, but even his face had extensive burns.

When he returned to the wing, he was escorted over with just a simple treatment.

Facing Sakata Nobuzhe's cannibalistic gaze, he stood up straight, saluted a military salute and said:

"Your Excellency Dazuo, under my leadership, our Kazama squadron will launch an attack on the positions on both flanks of the Eighth Route Army according to the original plan."

"But we met with strong resistance, and the enemy planted a large number of mines in advance and used new grenades."

"The leader of the Nohara squadron near me was killed on the spot, and then at least one more squadron of enemies appeared from behind us, and more than half of us were shattered by the flanking attack."

The devil squadron leader's face was pale and cold sweat flowed, he didn't know whether it was pain or fear, but he still lowered his head and closed his eyes.

"Yaga!"

The tradition of the army red deer cannot be lost, Sakata Nobutsu slapped the squadron leader in the face, and then continued to ask, regardless of whether the devil could still speak:

"What are you talking about a new grenade?"

The squadron leader of the devil who was beaten struggled to stand up straight and replied:

"This grenade is different from the rags used by the Eighth Road before, its power is very amazing, and after the explosion, it will produce a large number of fragments and liquids that I don't know what it is, but it can burn soldiers."

This majestic answer made the old devil Sakata very dissatisfied, and he waved his hand to signal to take this useless person down.

"This is not a reason for your defeat! The next time you charge, you're going to be at the front of your squadron."

At this time, a devil Nakasa walked towards Sakata Nobutsu with a document.

"Report to the Wing Commander, the Brigade Commander is calling!"

Sakata Nobutsu first looked at the terrain map, and then said to Nakasa, "Read." ”

Uranatomo Nakasa unfolded the document in his hand and said to Sakata:

"According to reliable information, the enemy in front of you is the main force of the 129th Division of the 18th Group Army in China, and the North China Front Headquarters has ordered your joint force to occupy the main peak of Cangyunling at 12 noon. Be sure to annihilate all the enemy defenders and not let one of them slip through the net. ”

"Long live Your Majesty the Locust, long live the Great Japanese Locust Army."

Seeing that Sakata Nobuzhe did not speak, the adjutant Urutomo Nakasa said to him tentatively:

"Wing Commander, I just went to ask the withdrawn soldiers. Because their squadron leader wanted to seize the credit, he did not even maintain the skirmish line on the way to the charge. ”

"And they didn't reorganize the soldiers to fight back at the first time they encountered the ambush, and these pigs didn't even detect in advance, because of the command error, which caused the jade of so many brother warriors to be shattered."

"And the enemy does not seem to have heavy weapons, at most several mortars. Judging by the sound of gunfire, their firepower is very sparse, and in my opinion, it is enough to use a large brigade of troops. ”

After a day of fighting and multiple rounds of fighting, the casualties of the entire wing far exceeded expectations.

Even Sakata Nobutei had to admit that the enemy commanders on the Cangyunling position were amazing characters, and their troops were also difficult to gnaw.

He had long since put away his prejudice against the Eighth Route Army.

"Pu You-kun, let me ask you. Do you know which regiments of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army are on the Cangyunling position? ”

Seeing Urutomo Nakasa's embarrassed face, Sakata Nobuzhe continued:

"It's been a long time since we fought, and we haven't even figured out the number of our frontal enemy."

"You just said those people are pigs, what is the difference between your behavior and them? A brigade? From the beginning of the war to the present, we have almost lost a brigade of soldiers. ”

"Yes! Wing Commander, you are right, I will now order the forward positions to try to capture a prisoner to torture. ”

In the end, Sakata Nobutsu still opposed Urutomo Nakasa's suggestion, and demanded that in addition to leaving the necessary troops to keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army on both sides, let all the remaining forces attack the position of the main peak of Cangyunling at the same time.

He walked out of his command post and looked at the opposite position with a telescope.

The trench, like a crack caused by an earthquake, made him involuntarily sigh.

"The Eighth Route Army opposite us has established a position system consisting of communication trenches connecting several trenches, and has deployed troops in depth and echelons."

"The fortifications such as skirmishers and machine-gun bunkers are very reasonable. The firepower system and obstacles are also perfect, and a strong reserve is mastered, forming a firepower system with infantry firepower as the mainstay and infantry and artillery combined. ”

"When fighting the locust army, tactical means such as counter-shock and counterattack are widely used."

"And we haven't caught a single prisoner for the whole day, which is a sign of strong will to fight, so this time we have to go all out and don't underestimate the enemy anymore."

Saying this, he paused, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"However, although the enemy is strong, we are stronger. No matter how sophisticated the firepower configuration is, it can't hide the shortcomings of their lack of firepower. ”

"There are very few heavy machine guns, the number of light machine guns is not as good as one of our brigades, and they will definitely not have enough ammunition for a day."

"Hmph, no matter what, the battle strength is a regiment fighting a wing, and the advantage is mine!"

At this time, the staff officers of the command also began to echo.

"That's right! No matter how powerful an ant is, it is always an ant. When we feinted before, there were much fewer fire points on the opposite side, and the mortars did not hit our heavy machine guns, and they had run out of ammunition. ”

"This time we have faced our opponents squarely, and we will concentrate our forces to penetrate them!"

"Today we will definitely be able to take the opposite position!"

Sakata Nobutsu looked at the high-morale crowd with satisfaction: "Tell the attacking troops that it is best to capture the commander on the opposite side alive." I want to see what kind of person this is! ”