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Because the Japanese army thought they had found a breakthrough in the direction of the Second Guard Company, they began to increase their troops in this direction in large numbers.

In order to support the Second Guard Company, the 129th Division Artillery Regiment mobilized two companies of 122mm heavy artillery for support.

There are only 9 artillery companies in the entire artillery regiment. The two companies transferred can be said to be nearly a quarter of the strength of the 129th Division Artillery Regiment. After these troops were transferred out, the Japanese army on the east bank of the Yehe River naturally became aware of the Eighth Route Army artillery. The firepower changed, and an opening was found to start crossing the river.

At this time, in order to support the 129th Division Artillery Regiment, the Eighth Route Army's rotation troops deployed one Type A regiment and two Type B regiments, leaving only one Type A regiment and three Type C regiments.

The Japanese army had passed this period, and four infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment and a tank brigade were assembled in Changgang Village.

As for the Little Japanese's artillery force, it was still deployed on the east bank of the Yehe River.

Four infantry regiments!

Normally in the Japanese army's division-level organization, the infantry combat force is four infantry regiments, not to mention that they are also supported by cavalry, tanks and artillery.

It can be said that if the baggage troops and artillery troops had not crossed the river, the other Japanese troops would have been infinitely close to a full division.

As for the Eighth Route Army, among the only four remaining regiments, the 385th Brigade New Regiment, an A-type unit, now became the main combat force against the Japanese attack, and the remaining three C-type regiments cooperated around the 385th Brigade New Regiment. Combat.

"Captain, the little devil has started shelling again!"

Seeing Japanese artillery shells exploding on the battlefield, Zeng Baolin, the commander of the 81st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, felt aggrieved.

Since the 81st Regiment is a Category C regiment in the Eighth Route Army's establishment, and the unit is formed by drawing backbones from other units and combining them with new recruits, the combat effectiveness of the 81st Regiment is relatively low compared to other Eighth Route Army units.

And the most important thing is that in terms of artillery, the 81st Regiment, as a C-type regiment, is only equipped with a platoon of three 3mm mortars, which is relatively weak in terms of range when facing the 60mm mountain field guns of the Little Devils.

Fortunately, they had built a complete defensive offensive before and did not suffer too many casualties when facing the Japanese bombardment.

But it’s frustrating!

"Damn it, after my 81st regiment becomes a Category A regiment, I will definitely let the little devil know what the hell artillery strikes are."

At present, the only artillery force on the Eighth Route Army's position to carry out counterattack is the artillery battalion of the 385th Brigade New Regiment.

At this time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was still clearing away the remaining Japanese enemies around the 129th Division Artillery Regiment. After all, due to the arrival of reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army, the little Japanese's troops collapsed directly under the high pressure.

Now the mountains and plains surrounding the artillery regiment are filled with broken soldiers of the little Japanese, just like wild boars.

It is not easy for the Eighth Route Army to clean up these little devils.

"Report to the leader, the little devils have escaped. It will be impossible to complete the cleanup work in a while."

The commander of the 769th regiment set up his telescope and sighed as he watched the sporadic exchanges of fire between the Eighth Route Army soldiers and the Japs.

"Hey, send the current situation to Niangziguan headquarters and let the headquarters issue orders."

"Yes, leader!"

In fact, according to normal operations, the Eighth Route Army should retain a B regiment to continue the cleanup work, and the rest of the troops should return to the front line of Changgang Village to deal with the Japanese attack. But although the regiment-level troops of the Eighth Route Army are divided into A, B, and C, these troops are all regiment-level troops, and the commander of the 769th regiment cannot direct other troops to perform tasks.

Therefore, he could only report the current situation and ask the former commander Li Tianyou to make a decision.

Regarding the current situation, Li Tianyou believes that two regiments of combat forces should be deployed here to ensure the safety of the 129th Division Artillery Regiment.

After all, the number of people infiltrated by the Japanese army this time has not yet been calculated. It is not clear at all how many people the Japs sent, and whether there are other infiltration troops from the Eighth Route Army. In addition, after previous battles, the guard battalion of the 129th Division Artillery Regiment and the two surrounding infantry battalions responsible for guard tasks suffered heavy losses.

For a high-tech, high-value target like the artillery regiment, Li Tianyou didn't dare to take any chances.

So in the rotational warfare headquarters at Niangziguan, Li Tianyou, commander of the rotational warfare force, ordered the 31st regiment of the Eighth Route Army originally stationed in Nanyu Town to protect the artillery regiment, and the 12th regiment of the original rotational warfare force to carry out the work of clearing out the remnants of the Japanese army. , the 386th Brigade Guard Regiment, the 769th Regiment, and the 25th Regiment immediately went to the areas around Changgang Village to provide support and organized Japanese troops to advance to the west bank of the Yehe River.

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army troops in the surrounding areas of Jingxing County were ordered to assemble and be ready to join the battle at any time.

The 386th Brigade Guard Regiment, the 769th Regiment and the 25th Regiment, which were waiting for orders near the artillery regiment, immediately set off towards Changgang Village after receiving the order.

After Li Tianyou's order, the number of combat troops in Jingxing County was restored to 7 infantry regiments, including three Type A regiments, one Type B regiment, and three Type C regiments.

These forces are enough to confront a division of the Little Japs head-on!

However, to achieve this goal, these three regiments need to arrive at the front line of Changgang Village as soon as possible to deploy defenses.

In order to completely gain a foothold on the west bank of the Yehe River, the Little Japanese troops are continuing to launch fierce attacks on the Eighth Route Army's defense line in Changgang Village.

But the little devil's infiltration plan failed after all.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery units continued to fire, and the little Japanese's own infiltration troops had also been annihilated.

After receiving the farewell message from the infiltration troops, the Japs in Jingxing County realized that their only way out was a frontal attack. For the little devil, although the infiltration troops were annihilated by the Eighth Route Army without destroying the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army, they still played a very important role.

If the infiltration troops had not been causing trouble behind the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army now attacking from the front would have faced an even stronger combat force of the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, their offensive blockage will be greater.

Looking at the attacking troops suppressed by the firepower of the new regiment of the 385th Brigade, the Japanese commander on the west bank of the Yehe River, Major General Tsukamoto Renhei, was carefully observing the Eighth Route Army's positions with binoculars.

"Yo Xi, Nakamura-kun, you see, Tubal Road's position layout is very organized. Their fortifications are very conducive to artillery defense. The role of our artillery on their positions has been weakened to this point by the fortifications. It seems that The Chinese defense tactics are worth learning!"

The chief of staff on the side, Colonel Kikujiro Nakamura, heard this and said: "General, Tubal Road is just Tubal Road. No matter how perfect their defenses are, they can't stop our new tanks."

As he said that, Nakamura Kikujiro looked back at the tank brigade that was ready for combat and the motorized regiment accompanying it.

This attack by the Little Devils was not only to open up the depth of their positions on the west bank of the Yehe River and lay the foundation for the next major counterattack, but also to test their new equipment and new tactics.

The Japanese tank brigade deployed to Changgang Village is not equipped with the Type 95 light tank and Type 97 medium tank that were common in the Japanese army in the past.

But the little Japanese copied San Dezi's No. 4 tank!

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japs could still rely on these thin-skinned tanks to bully the Chinese army, which lacked armored troops and heavy equipment. However, since the Red Police Force began to provide large-scale equipment to the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army's direct anti-armor firepower has increased exponentially. In addition, during the process of intensive training of the Eighth Route Army's execution troops, the Red Police Force made a very clear formulation of the equipment and organization of the Eighth Route Army's Type A Regiment.

In the Type A regiment, even the most basic combo troops are equipped with a Type 69 40mm rocket launcher.

In fact, the armor-piercing capabilities of the Type 97 and Type 95 tanks used to fight the Japs were somewhat excessive with 40 fire. As for the early Japs tanks, let alone the 40 fire, even the Type 53 heavy machine gun configured by Zhang Shijie for the Eighth Route Army was reloaded. Armor-piercing incendiary bombs can penetrate it.

You must know that the Type 53 heavy machine gun has a caliber of 7.62 mm. In 2018, this thing could only bully infantry and unarmored forces. It could not even penetrate old equipment such as the 63 armored vehicle.

The little devils also discovered their own weaknesses in actual combat, so they introduced the No. 4 tank.

This time will also be the first battle of the No. 4 tank on the Chinese battlefield.

After all, whether a piece of equipment is useful or not has to be tested in actual combat on the battlefield, but the performance of this tank on the European battlefield still makes the little devil feel very confident.

At this time, Tsukamoto Renpei looked at the Eighth Route Army's defenses again, but due to the distance and angle, they were not clear about the situation inside the Eighth Route Army's positions, so Tsukamoto Renpei issued an order: "Let the tanks The brigade and the 15th Regiment join the attack. Remember, we must preserve the defensive position of this Chinese army as much as possible. Only learning can make us progress. Don't underestimate the achievements of the other party because of their identity."

"General Hayi, I understand!"

With that said, Nakamura Kikujiro began to arrange the tank brigade and the 15th Regiment to participate in the offensive operations against the Eighth Route Army.

Regarding learning the Eighth Route Army's fortifications, Nakamura Kikujiro, who had just arrived in China from his homeland, was a little scornful.

What is there to learn from the Chinese tactics?

No matter how smart they are, won't they be invaded by the Japanese pot army?

Nakamura Kikujiro's idea was not a problem in the past, because in conventional combat, the enemy's advantage was basically to crush the Chinese army in all directions. In the battle, the Japanese army was usually the attacking party. Whether the defensive position was constructed or not It's so subtle that it doesn't have much impact on the devils.

But now the situation on the battlefield in China is different. First, there were the Ping'an County Security Group in Dagushan and Fengyang, and then there was the Eighth Route Army, which was now like a chicken.

The situation of the Japanese army in the North China area of ​​​​the Chinese battlefield has changed to a defensive posture.

Therefore, the originally useless defensive operations have become more and more important to the Japanese army. Even Tsukamoto Renhei believes that the ability of future defensive operations is related to the fate of the entire Japan.

From a strategic perspective, Tsukamoto Renpei, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, is much more far-sighted than Nakamura Kikujiro, who just came from the mainland.

But this is not a good thing for the Chinese army.

"Commander, the Japanese bombardment has stopped!"

"The little devil's infantry has also begun to withdraw!"

The leader of the new regiment of the 385th Brigade suddenly became nervous when he saw the abnormal scene in front of him.

"First battalion commander! The order goes down and all personnel remain vigilant. The little devil is probably going to make other moves when he comes like this. Then notify the brothers to pay attention to the flanks."

"Yes! Captain."

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!

The little devil's attack just now did not reach an unsustainable point, and the attack did not last long. They had no reason to retreat at all.

Therefore, in the face of the sudden withdrawal of the Japs, the four regiments of the Eighth Route Army did not relax at all, but became even more vigilant.

Facts have proved that the Eighth Route Army's analysis of the Japanese army was correct.

Just 20 minutes after the Japanese offensive troops retreated, the vibrations on the ground spread to the Eighth Route Army's position. The Eighth Route Army soldiers who stood up to observe immediately shouted loudly after seeing the huge body and thick and long barrel of the No. 4 tank. : "Tank! The little devil's new tank!"

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the Little Devil's No. 4 tank appeared in front of the Eighth Route Army soldiers from the light fog in the early morning.

"Machine gun battery! Change to armor-piercing bullets!"

After seeing the Japanese tanks, the commander of the second battalion of the New Regiment immediately ordered the two heavy machine gun platoons of the battalion's machine gun company to replace the belts of armor-piercing incendiary bombs.

This is the common practice of the Eighth Route Army when facing Japanese tanks during the Hundred Regiment War, and it is also the cheapest way to fight Japanese tanks.

The Eighth Route Army, accustomed to poverty, had a soft spot for this anti-tank method.

Even though they are now equipped with equipment such as rocket launchers and recoilless rifles, the Eighth Route Army, which knows how to get by, still believes that artillery shells are not needed for problems that can be solved by machine gun bullets.

But when the armor-piercing incendiary bombs of the Type 53 heavy machine gun could only leave shallow bullet marks on the front armor of the No. tank, they finally understood why Zhang Shijie's logistics support group was equipped with so much anti-tank firepower.

Normal tanks cannot be penetrated by machine guns!

Not even the 12.7mm one!

An Eighth Route Army heavy machine gunner shouted loudly after seeing the impact: "Machine gun bullets cannot penetrate! Rocket launcher!"

The Japanese No. 75 tank on the opposite side also discovered this heavy machine gun position, and then aimed its mm tank main gun at the opponent.

"boom!"

Just after the machine gunner called for support, the 75mm tank gun shell hit.

With a violent explosion, the original heavy machine gun position disappeared instantly, leaving only a crater half a meter deep.

"Old Liu!"

Seeing an entire machine gun group disappear before his eyes, the rocket launcher who had just arrived quickened his pace again.

But after arriving, the bazooka operator looked at the No. 4 tank more than a thousand meters away, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

The effective range of the Type 69 rocket launcher is only 40 meters. It is simply unrealistic to hit a mobile tank more than meters away! Not to mention fire, it is unrealistic for even the recoilless rifle equipped by the artillery battalion to hit a moving target at such a distance.

Now the only equipment of the new regiment of the 385th Brigade that has any hope of penetrating Japanese tanks is the 12.7 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun equipped by the artillery battalion's anti-aircraft company.

(End of this chapter)