The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 1036
After confirming that there were a large number of armored vehicles of the Chinese army in the target area, Nan Zhi, an old devil, no longer hesitated. The combat mission he received was to guard against the rebellion of the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area and the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi.

Right now, the appearance of the enemy's armored forces has seriously threatened the stability of the Mengxi area occupied by the Japanese army.

Nanzhi must defeat the armored force of this Chinese army in the shortest possible time to stabilize the defense of the entire Mengxi area.

On that day, the old devil also received an order from the headquarters of the Mongolian Army:
"Destroy the armored units of the Chinese army in the target area!"

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Nan Zhi didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately mobilized the main force of the armored force, pushing all the way horizontally, using armored vehicles and tanks as the main combat force, and with the cooperation of infantry, engineers, artillery and other arms, swept the target area.

In order to eliminate the armored units of the Chinese army that appeared in the target area.

At worst, the enemy's armored forces in the Mengxi area should be completely driven out of Mengxi.

Not only that, Nanzhi, an old devil, is very ambitious. He knows very well that the biggest confidant of the Commander in the Mengxi area has always been the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area, that is, Fu Yisheng's troublesome "chicken thief" .

At that time, the Japanese army also made great efforts to capture the Wuyuan area.

As a result, Commander Fu led the 35th Route Army to fight with cavalry, infantry and other arms. He fought to the death and regained Wuyuan. situation.

The little devil was ashamed of this.

This is the first time since the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu that he was defeated by Jiang's army and regained the lost ground.

In addition, Fu Yisheng is quite courageous, he is not like an ordinary national army, he is in a corner, honestly guarding his one-acre three-point land and doing his duty.

Whenever there is a chance, this guy really dares to attack the little devil.

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

In particular, the Eighth Route Army made a big move. When Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led the mobile troops to attack Datong by surprise, Fu Yisheng seized the perfect opportunity and successfully captured the Baotou area of ​​the devils in one fell swoop. Although it was only temporary, but The damage to the Japanese army's military prestige, as well as the loss of manpower and material resources, were all very effective.

In addition, Fu Yisheng and the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi will often fight together.

The Japanese army often ignored the head and the tail. For this reason, Fu Yisheng had long been on the devil's blacklist.

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

He certainly doesn't miss an opportunity to hit his opponent.

Now that he has received the order from the headquarters, he doesn't mind attacking the Hetao area in the form of an armored group while destroying the armored force of the enemy army. If he can capture the Hetao area in one fell swoop, he will completely defeat or even wipe out the 35th Route Army .

The old devil Nan Zhi also thought secretly in his heart:

If he could accomplish such a remarkable feat, his name would even be recorded in the annals of military exploits of the Great Japanese Empire.

The name lasts through the ages, but that's it!
Therefore, in the encirclement and suppression of the armored units of the Chinese army targeting the target area, Nan Zhi, an old devil, spent a lot of money.

On the one hand, it was in response to the May [-]st mopping-up operation of the Shanxi and Shandong battlefield empires.

After the official start of the encirclement and suppression, Nanzhi directly mobilized the absolute main force of the entire armored brigade, a large number of Type [-] armored vehicles, Type [-] modified medium tanks, and Type [-] light tanks, including the cavalry units of the Mongolian Army that assisted in the battle. And the attached Mobile Artillery Wing...

Together they form a mixed mobile group mainly composed of armored forces and quickly march towards the target area.

Of course, to be on the safe side, Nan Zhi also requested air reinforcements.

He put his daily marches after dawn, with the cooperation of aerial reconnaissance planes, and in order to balance the various arms that cooperated in combat, he marched at a speed of almost 20 kilometers per hour every day.

And rest intermittently. At noon, there will be a big rest, and then continue to march in the afternoon. Before dark at night, build fortifications on the spot, camp and rest, so as to restore the physical fitness of the soldiers, and repair the corresponding damaged vehicles to ensure that the troops in the team The combat performance of various mechanized combat vehicles and armored vehicles.

Since the scale of this battle was not small, and it involved a large number of Japanese armored forces, this was a rare large-scale armored force confrontation since the outbreak of the Songhu Battle.

Even Okamura, the old devil commander of the Japanese army dispatched to North China in Beiping, was paying attention to the direction of the battle.

Laoguizigang Village is actually a little worried.

Not long ago, after the Eighth Route Army surprised Datong with mobile troops, especially a considerable number of mechanized combat troops, it strangled the central and western Shandong areas on both sides, and used mechanized long-distance detours to fight.

Everything seems to be vivid.

When a difficult opponent like the Eighth Route Army has long-distance mobile combat capabilities and armored forces.

For the Japanese army, the threat was considerable.

Okamura, who is known as a master of Chinese culture and is proficient in Chinese culture, understands the truth that soldiers are not tired of deceit. He dare not be on guard, in case these cunning Eight Routes come to another surprise attack on Datong.

I am afraid that he will really lose the face of the entire North China Front Army.

In addition, Okamura is also very skeptical that this so-called armored force that suddenly appeared in the Mengxi area is also planning a conspiracy by the Eighth Route Army?

Is the 35th Route Army and the Eighth Route Army secretly planning some trick against the Great Japanese Empire?
In order to completely wipe out the enemy armored forces that appeared in the Mengxi area.

On the one hand, Okamura ordered the Nanzhi Armored Brigade to advance quickly. 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 and support the Nanzhi Brigade. Enemy Armored Forces in the West.

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

Monsey 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 old devil Nanzhi's combat plan, the Japanese army is mainly armored, with the coordination of various mobile arms, and the air force fire reinforcement.

The advance of the Nanzhi Chariot Brigade on the first day was extremely smooth.

Fully advanced the 80-kilometer front.

There were only a few minefields encountered along the way, but the losses caused by the Japanese army 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 totally vulnerable. When encountering the tank troops of our Great Japanese Empire, I'm afraid they would have fled long ago. How dare they take the initiative to fight!"

"It's just a touch and it will collapse. Once encountered, it will definitely be crushed!"

Some devil officers who led the team ridiculed this, thinking that the methods of the Chinese army were nothing more than that, and they were not enough to threaten the tank troops of the Empire of Japan.

Even Nan Zhi, the old devil who personally led the team, was proud of this, thinking that his soldiers were unstoppable.

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

The time was probably at dawn on the second day, and the sky was still bright.

Acting according to the plan, the Japanese army has just dismantled the security line built at night and is preparing to move on.

boom -

Suddenly there were several cannons, and the cannons were not the rapid-fire guns that the Japanese army was familiar with.

Like an American howitzer, dozens of shells were fired in one go.

The devil commander Nanzhi Liulang, who was resting in the temporary tent, was suddenly awakened, and the messengers rushed there.

"Baga, what's going on?"

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

"Are you sure it's Eight Roads?" Nan Zhi was taken aback for a moment.

The communications soldier nodded, "We have seen with our own eyes that the other party also has some coordinated cavalry, wearing the standard uniforms of the Eighth Route Army!"

Major General Nan Zhi rubbed his chin thoughtfully. In this way, the so-called armored force that suddenly appeared was the armored force of the Eighth Route Army.

Perhaps it was the team that attacked Datong in the first place.

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

The news was quickly conveyed to all levels of command of the Japanese army.

After Commander Okamura heard about this, he also met with the enemy, and he was extremely jealous.

This surprise attack on Datong, and almost penetrated the central and western regions of Shandong, disturbed the entire Shanxi and Shandong battlefields, and greatly damaged the image of the Japanese army in the international arena.

Okamura wanted to get rid of it a long time ago.

This is a rivalry.

After hearing about this incident, all the devil officers in the headquarters of the 26th Division in Datong stared angrily.

At the beginning, the mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army attacked Datong, directly took his 26th Division's lair, and operated his 26th Division in Datong for many years. The large amount of hoarded materials and equipment was wiped out.

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

Even the division head of the 26th Division took the blame and resigned for this.

The little devils of the 26th Division have long wanted to take revenge for this, but they never expected that the enemy they had been thinking about all along would actually appear in front of them like this.

According to the intelligence of the Japanese army, this mobile unit of the Eighth Route Army is now in the defense line area between the Mongolian Army in Mengxi and his 26th Division.

This is the opportunity to wipe out the enemy and show shame with one blood.

……

The old devil Nanzhi couldn't bear to be harassed by the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army again.

These sneak attacking Eight Routes seemed to be a small group of armored troops, equipped with some armored vehicles and light tanks. They were separated by nearly a thousand meters on the outside line, and they didn't care about the hit rate.

Nanzhi Liulang immediately ordered to divide his troops to pursue, and mobilized nearly [-] armored vehicles and tanks in one go. With the coordination of motorized cavalry, they pursued the retreating Eighth Route Army armored troops.

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

The speed of the mobile units of the Eighth Route Army was not slower than that of the armored vehicles and tanks pursued by the Japanese army.

The devil Shao Zuo who led the team commanded the chariot and chased it for several kilometers without being able to catch up.

Not long after, the vanguard's pursuit chariot stopped hastily.

The scouting cavalry hurriedly returned to report: "Your Excellency, Major, we found the fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army ahead, and we also faintly saw some anti-tank artillery above the fortifications!"

Major Guizi took out his binoculars and took a look from afar. Sure enough, he saw the enemy's fortifications, and even saw the military flag hanging there.

In addition, some artillery can be detected faintly.

The Japanese army had already obtained relevant information, and the Eighth Route Army now had a certain number of anti-tank artillery in its hands. The Major did not dare to be reckless, and quickly ordered the accompanying mobile artillery to launch a violent bombardment of the Eighth Route Army's fortifications.

The artillery fire lasted for nearly 5 minutes in one breath, and then gradually stopped.

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

During the trial, the Japanese army sent a small group of vanguard troops to investigate, only to find that the rear of the fortifications was completely empty. The so-called anti-tank artillery that I thought was all made of wood, and then painted to imitate them.

The devil Shao Zuo personally boarded the top of the fake fortifications of the Eighth Route Army and took a look, and immediately flew into a rage.

The angry Japanese army continued to pursue, and soon hit another minefield.

It is covered with flags, and some even have the word "land mine" written in Japanese.

Seeing this situation, Major Guizi twitched his face severely, but out of caution, he still sent engineers to try to detect and clear the mines.

In the end, it was a waste of time to work again. After a long period of investigation, the engineers reported that they did not find any signs of landmines.

After scolding the Eight Ways for treachery, Shao Zuo led the team to continue the pursuit.

Then the team ran into landmines again. It was still the same as before, a minefield with flags on it, and some were written in Japanese.

It's really deceiving!
Shao Zuo ordered the vanguard's seven or eight tanks to push straight across.

At this moment, he just wanted to quickly catch up with the fleeing Eighth Road and tear it to pieces.

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

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

then……

boom -

Amidst a series of loud noises and the roar of the engines, several Japanese [-]-modified medium tanks whose tracks stepped directly into the minefield.

When the devil Shao Zuo watched helplessly, all the devils and chariots were turned into pieces of iron in a series of shocking explosions...

"Hey, company commander, listening to the sound of the explosion, the devil must have lost a lot this time. This little devil really thinks that we are still at the level of the ineffective earth mines we made before!"

"I want to eat fart!"

"The anti-tank infantry mines we specially developed, not to mention thin-skinned tanks like the devils, even some heavy tanks, can never be intact under the concentrated explosion of the anti-tank mines we deliberately deployed. "

Hearing the explosion sound from a distance, a certain platoon leader of a team said excitedly...

(End of this chapter)