The father of the sword is Kong Jie

The old ghost Suzuki's guess was also correct, but not entirely correct.

This time, the Eighth Route Army, mainly composed of the 358th Brigade, launched an ambush operation against the Suzuki Regiment. In the final analysis, it was because the Xiye Regiment stationed in Baode County was really cautious like a tortoise, and did not give the soldiers a chance at all. Chance to attack Baode County.

Everyone had no choice but to turn the spearhead to attack Suzuki United.

From this point of view, it was precisely because of the shy Nishino United that caused his Suzuki United to be framed by the Eighth Route Army.

If the sad Suzuki old devil knew the real situation, he didn't know how he would feel.

At this time, with the Eighth Route Army of the 358th Brigade as the main force, the large-scale pocket ambush formation around the Xiaonanzhuang area finally surfaced.

When the Suzuki United team was completely surrounded, the final decisive battle between the two sides also kicked off.

For the soldiers of the 358th Brigade, this was a very rare large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle.

The scale of this battle was so large that almost the Japanese army's full formation was completely surrounded by pocket formations.

For the entire Northwest Military Region, it is also a very rare battle.

And the ultimate goal is to annihilate the Suzuki United.

If this operational goal can be achieved, it will directly break the precedent that the Eighth Route Army units in the northern Shanxi area have never been organized to eliminate the Japanese army.

For the Mongolian troops stationed in the entire northern Shanxi area, it was definitely an unprecedented shock.

It will greatly stimulate the anti-Japanese movement from northern Shanxi to Inner Mongolia.

"Your Excellency, Captain, the situation is very bad. Our army has been completely besieged by the Eighth Route Army from all directions. The Eighth Route's vanguard has already started a confrontation with our army's guards!"

The devil's chief of staff brought bad news to Suzuki, and Suzuki's face was gloomy.

At this time, although he was caught off guard by the pocket formation intentionally set up by the Eighth Route Army, his usual arrogance was restrained.

But from the bottom of his heart, he still didn't take the Eighth Route Army unit in front of him seriously.

He always believed that the Eighth Route Army troops were only fighting in the enemy's rear, so how could they be opponents of the imperial troops?
After a little thought, Suzuki decided to give it a go.

He immediately summoned several officers to quickly analyze the current battle situation and pointed out:

"The Eighth Route Army came prepared this time and deliberately drew our army away from the fortifications of Guzhen, and set up a pocket formation here to surround our army.

But the Eighth Route Army's thinking is too simplistic. How can my Imperial Japanese Army be besieged by the Eighth Route Army? "

He pointed the direction of the final decisive battle to the north:

"When our army raided the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in previous years, the Tuba Road, which had outdated equipment and scarce ammunition, was able to cunningly break through the encirclement of our army.

With our regiment's excellent equipment and strong combat effectiveness, we only need to choose one direction to concentrate our forces, and it can be like an unstoppable sharp knife, directly opening a hole in the encirclement encircled by the Eighth Route Army to the north, and break out of the encirclement. "

For this reason, the old devil Suzuki has even begun to deploy troops to break out of the encirclement.

"Quickly retreat to Guzhen, and if you can't hold on for the time being, try to attack these cunning Eight Routes after the troops have rested!"

"Hi!"

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After Suzuki's order was issued, the little devils moved quickly.

At this time, the Suzuki United team couldn't care less.

Even the vanguard brigade that was originally going to be rescued was trapped in the front of Xiaonanzhuang by the Eighth Route Army.

Some devil officers in the headquarters even believed that the remaining vanguard brigade could serve as the last containment force to cover the retreat of the main force.

Then, the situation on the entire battlefield rapidly evolved.

The Suzuki Regiment, which was still approaching Xiaonanzhuang quickly, immediately shrank the troops on the left and right wings.

At the same time, the forward changed to a back, and the back changed to a forward, maintaining the original battle formation and retreating in the direction of Guzhen.

As soon as the little devil withdrew, the Eighth Route Army headquarters immediately had an insight into the Japanese army's intentions.

"Interesting, old Kong, it seems that the little devil has made up his mind and is preparing to concentrate his forces to break through in the direction of Guzhen. Even the disabled vanguard team can't care about it!"

Head Yang of the 715 Regiment, who was at the forefront of the announcement, looked at it with a telescope and said.

Kong Jie nodded and replied: "The Suzuki United team, which has always been invincible, has suffered a lot this time. Now they are scared of being beaten by us, and they have no intention of continuing to attack.

It's just that his little devil comes and leaves whenever he wants, how can it be so easy, really think that our pocket array can't be arranged?

If the devil wants to withdraw, our pocket formation will move accordingly, keep the little devil in his pocket all the time, and fight all the way, even if the devil can finally escape back to Guzhen, the strength of the ten cities will be almost exhausted by us. "

Then, Kong Jie said: "Old Yang, the mechanized combat troops that Lao Li and I brought over this time should not expose too much.

So in this final battle to encircle and annihilate the Suzuki United, it must be your team.

As for the artillery unit of the Suzuki Wing, the armored unit, and even the flying units that may arrive at any time, you can rest assured to leave them to us! "

Head Yang nodded heavily:

"Okay, Lao Kong, don't say anything, you and Lao Li have helped our 358 brigade a lot this time, and we will remember this favor.

As long as the devil's artillery and armored units can be knocked out, this little devil is a toothless tiger. If he can't even deal with such a sick cat, my 358th brigade really has no face to stay in this acre of land in northern Shanxi down. "

kill--

The battlefield was full of shouts, gunshots and cannons. At this time, the Suzuki United was like a flock of sheep being bitten by wolves from all directions.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army attacked from all directions and from around the retreating formation of the Japanese army. Every time they attacked, they could snatch a few fat sheep from the flock.

After making up their mind to break out and retreat in the direction of Guzhen, the artillery unit of the Suzuki Regiment immediately launched artillery bombardment towards the rear and the attacking direction of the Eighth Route Army on both wings, covering the retreat.

At this time, the remaining artillery fire of the Suzuki United was still strong.

As an elite wing of the garrisoned army in Mongolia, the Suzuki wing's firepower configuration can be regarded as powerful.

Especially after the troops stationed in Mongolia went south to reinforce the First Army and dealt with the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area, the headquarters of the troops stationed in Mongolia considered the difficult task of the Suzuki unit stationed in Guzhen, and specially enhanced its firepower configuration.

Attached to an artillery brigade.

Among them, there is an infantry artillery squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, and a rapid-fire artillery squadron under its jurisdiction.

This kind of firepower configuration is completely different from the Eighth Route Army regiment-level combat units organized by the Japanese Army Wing.

This is why Suzuki's old devil often has arrogance on his face.

Such an excellent firepower configuration, coupled with the strength of his Suzuki regiment, is far greater than that of some field regiments of the First Army. The entire regiment has nearly 5000 people together.

That overall strength is not something to brag about.

Even if the artillery squadron attached to the Vanguard Brigade is currently trapped by the Eighth Route Army and destroyed by the mechanized combat troops arranged by Li Yunlong and Kong Jie.

The firepower of the artillery brigade of the Suzuki Wing was weakened to a certain extent.

The remaining firepower is still strong.

I saw the remaining guns of the Devil's artillery brigade, including some infantry guns, Type 37 regiment guns, and Type [-] [-]mm rapid-fire guns, after they were fully fired.

Constantly exploding shells, spreading gunpowder smoke, and almost forcefully used fierce firepower to cut out dividing lines in the battle area on the two wings and the tail of the Suzuki Regiment, which was trying to retreat.

Due to the fierce Japanese artillery fire, the soldiers of the 716th Regiment and the Yanbei Detachment who pursued from the two wings, and the soldiers of the 715th Regiment who were chasing from the rear were indeed suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire, and the momentum of the attack was hindered.

The guard troops deployed by the Japanese army on the flanks and back took the opportunity to get rid of the pursuing Eighth Route Army troops, covered the main force, and retreated while maintaining their combat formation.

Fortunately, when the soldiers were chasing, they were like a scattered pack of wolves chasing a denser flock of sheep that was completely surrounded.

Although the artillery fire of the Japanese army was powerful, the casualties caused by the soldiers were quite limited due to the scattered lines of soldiers.

In the temporary command post of the accompanying army, looking at the evolution of the situation after his own artillery fire was fully fired, the old devil Suzuki put a smile on his mouth.

Everything is developing in the direction he speculated. The artillery fire of the Empire of Japan is definitely not something these backward Eighth Route Army troops can stop.

However, the little devil's pride didn't last long.

The mechanized combat troops arranged by Kong Jie reappeared on the left and right wings of the Suzuki Regiment.

At this time, seven or eight more armored vehicles were quickly transported in to participate in the battle.

That was another armored unit hidden by Kong Jie.

When dealing with the vanguard group that the devils fell into the trap first, naturally not all of them were exposed, but only half of the armored troops were exposed.

Carrying eight armored vehicles and various chariots, he took the lead in destroying the artillery squadron of the Devil's Pioneer Brigade.

At this time, the strength of the armored troops displayed was different.

This time, the eight armored vehicles that quickly circled up from both sides of the Suzuki Wing were specially equipped with American-made 75mm howitzers.

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The terrain outside Xiaonanzhuang is wide open, which is very suitable for armored troops to fight.

I saw eight armored vehicles, four of them each, divided into left and right wings. After pulling out the scattered formation of the convoy, they drove forward, and the 75mm howitzers installed continued to bombard the artillery positions where the devils were showing off their might.

What an elite armored unit of the Iron Triangle.

When the armored vehicle was advancing, the driver and the artillery cooperated quite tacitly. One kept the vehicle moving forward at a constant speed, and the other roughly judged the position of the gun's impact based on the speed of the vehicle, and opened fire on the devil's artillery unit.

With another explosion.

These shells seem to have eyes.

The first two shots directly bombarded the edge of the devil's artillery position, turning some unlucky little devils on their backs.

Immediately afterwards, another artillery shell fell, directly hitting an area of ​​the devil's artillery position, and the two [-]-type mountain artillery were blown over on the spot.

The devil officer who was directing the artillery attack looked terrified.

The greatest threat to artillery on the battlefield is the enemy's artillery.

He hastily ordered to turn the muzzle of the guns to fight back against the armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army that were chasing on both wings.

However, the mobility of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

The Devil's artillery position cannot be moved within a short period of time, but the eight-way armored vehicles that chase and bombard on both sides have high mobility, and the various tanks are relatively scattered. body.

What is it like at this time?

Just like the ancient cavalry, on the vast grassland, with fewer troops, they chased the infantry with more troops but less mobility.

Although their number is small, they can use the mobility of their horses to ride on horseback, shoot bows and arrows continuously, and destroy the enemy's infantry.

It is difficult for the enemy's infantry to use bows and arrows to shoot the cavalry who are chasing on the wings and dodging quickly to death.

What the little devil in front of him felt at this moment was probably the aggrievedness of this infantryman facing the cavalry's guerrilla shooting tactics.

The Suzuki Wing is also equipped with a few armored vehicles, plus some military trucks, which can also be used for mechanical vehicle operations.

Seeing the armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army constantly attacking the artillery of our own side with artillery fire, the anxious old devil Suzuki immediately ordered to send the few armored vehicles and some tanks in the team to attack.

But then, he saw a scene that made him a little desperate.

I saw the armored vehicles of the enemy's Eighth Route Army, except for the American-made howitzers that were constantly shelling.

In the direction of the roof of the car, there was actually a soldier carrying a trumpet-shaped weapon, and then fired at his empire's armored car.

The shells dragging flames directly hit the front armor of a Japanese armored vehicle.

Then... There was a loud bang, and the little devil's thin-skinned tank was blown to pieces in an instant.

The little devils were stunned, and had never seen such terrifying artillery fire.

This is simply the nemesis of armored vehicles.

During the confrontation between the two sides, the artillery units of the Japanese army were suppressed by the howitzers loaded by the armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army.

The artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army troops that were originally used to suppress the pursuit of the Suzuki Regiment's left, right and back flanks immediately weakened.

The 716 Regiment on the left and the soldiers of the Yanbei North Detachment on the right seized the opportunity and bit up again, dragging down the guards on both wings of the Devil.

In the continuous confrontation like this, the retreat speed of the Japanese army gradually fell into a state of stagnation.

The old devil Suzuki realized with a look of astonishment that it seemed unrealistic to rush out of the Eighth Route Army's encirclement at a faster speed in this way.

The overall retreat speed of the Japanese army was not as fast as the pocket encirclement formation of the Eighth Route Army.

The depth of the eight-way pursuit, as well as the space for the troops to move, is obviously wider than that of the Suzuki Wing in the encirclement.

The Suzuki United team, which was in the encirclement, had to maintain a defensive formation at all times, so as not to be completely dispersed by the Eighth Route Army, and they were defeated one by one.

The overall team is relatively gathered, and the speed of movement is much slower.

However, apart from this method of concentrating troops to evacuate to Guzhen, Suzuki has no better choice at all.

If we divide our troops to break through, we will fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route has significantly more troops, and with the pocket formation surrounded on all sides, once the little devils are dispersed, they will have no chance to fight back.

At this point, the last arrogance in old devil Suzuki's heart was completely shattered.

He realized that nothing could be done, and that it was time to call for help.

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