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"Your Majesty General, the losses of the frontline troops have been huge. Do we still want to continue the attack?"

Tsukamoto Renhei looked at the front line without saying a word.

Now the resistance of the Eighth Route Army has been weakened to a very weak level, but their infantry and tank coordinated offensive forces are now unable to continue the attack.

Although the anti-tank equipment of the new regiment of the 385th Brigade that was defending had been almost destroyed, the little devil still did not dare to let the remaining troops rush to the Eighth Route Army's position.

The anti-tank weapons were gone and gone, but the Eighth Route Army had a lot of explosives in their hands.

Previously, a Japanese No. 4 tank was killed by Eighth Route Army soldiers with explosive packs because it was too close to the Eighth Route Army position.

Watching the war in front of them become anxious, their offensive troops will only suffer more and more casualties if they continue to attack. Although the equipment on the Eighth Route Army's positions suffered heavy losses, with the complete defense system, the number of casualties of the troops was not the same. not much.

At this time, their rush to eliminate large casualties will not produce other positive effects.

"Nakamura-kun, order the troops to withdraw. After they complete their repairs, order all the troops of the chariot brigade and the 15th Regiment to go into battle, and destroy this group of Eighth Route Army troops in one go!"

"Hai! General."

The Japanese troops attacking on the front line immediately began to retreat in an orderly manner after receiving the order to retreat. The Japanese artillery located on the east bank of the Yehe River also began to conduct artillery fire cover to cover the retreat of the attacking troops.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion of the New Regiment did not express any response to the Japanese artillery cover.

Having just fought such a tragic battle, the Eighth Route Army soldiers had no intention of pursuing a pursuit, nor did they have the ability to pursue armored units. Their first task now was to rescue the wounded and strengthen their positions.

"Captain, the Japanese have withdrawn from the direction of the Second Battalion!"

After hearing the words of the political commissar, the head of the new regiment of the 385th Brigade immediately said: "Are the casualties of the Second Battalion heavy?"

"The Second Battalion was the main direction of the Japs' attack. Not only were there many casualties, but our anti-tank weapons also suffered heavy losses. At the same time, the First and Third Battalions that responded to the Japs' feint attack also suffered certain losses. Moreover, the Second Battalion also discovered in this battle that Got some problems.”

"what is the problem?"

"According to the report of the Second Battalion, the gap between the Japanese main attack force this time and the previous troops is very big. Not only has the armor strength been updated, but the infantry firepower accompanying the tanks has also been strengthened. This Japanese army is on the same level as our army. Despite its size, its firepower has also caught up with ours. If we hadn't had the advantage of building a defensive position in advance, we would probably have suffered a lot."

Now the firepower of the Japs has caught up, but the combat effectiveness of the new recruits of the Eighth Route Army has not yet been tempered, so the actual combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army is not as good as that of the Japanese army with the same firepower.

"Send a message to the 769th Regiment and ask them when they will arrive!"

"Yes! Captain."

The anti-tank equipment of the new regiment of the 385th Brigade has almost been lost. If the Japs still have armored units for the attack, the new regiment will not be able to hold on for long without support.

At this time, the 769th Regiment, the 386th Brigade Guard Regiment and the 25th Regiment, which had just returned from the direction of the artillery regiment, were advancing at full speed towards the defense line of Changgang Village.

"Report to the regiment leader that a new regiment's telegram has been received!"

After reading the telegram, the commander of the 769th Regiment took the map from the orderly and asked, "Where are we now?"

A staff officer replied: "Regiment commander, we have just arrived at Qingliang Mountain and are still 10 kilometers away from the Changgang Village defensive position."

"Call back to the New Regiment and ask them to hold on for half an hour. The reconnaissance company and the First Battalion will conduct a forced march. They must arrive at the front line to join the battle and support the New Regiment within half an hour. Is this clear?"

"clear!"

"The rest of the troops speed up, Lao Wang, send a report to the 386 Brigade Guard Regiment and the 25th Regiment, and ask them to send some troops to support the new regiment first!"

"Yes, Captain."

After arranging the tasks, the three infantry regiments responsible for supporting Changgang Village speeded up their pace again and headed towards Changgang Village.

"Level 6, can't run anymore?"

"Ah, it's okay, squad leader, I...I can still run."

"I'll hold the gun for you, don't fall behind!"

The Eighth Route Army soldier named Liupin gasped and nodded.

Compared to the 386th Brigade Guard Regiment, the soldiers of the 25th Regiment and the 769th Regiment were quite exhausted at this time.

When they received the task of supporting the artillery regiment, they had already marched for a long time. However, after they had just been busy helping the artillery regiment to relieve the siege, they were once again attacked by the Japs in the direction of Changgang Village. They had to start from the artillery again. The group rushed back as quickly as possible.

However, the 769th Regiment and the 25th Regiment, who were slapped on the back of the head by their running feet, did not complain at all.

Their comrades are struggling to support themselves and waiting for their support. All they can do is arrive as soon as possible.

Of course, the new regiment of the 385th Brigade cannot only seek support from these three regiments. Their new regiment is fighting so hard as a Category A regiment. Even two more Category A regiments cannot change the large number of casualties.

What is most needed on the front line of the Changgang Village position now is anti-tank guns and any other equipment that can cause effective long-range casualties to Japanese tanks.

There was no such equipment in the direction of Changgang Village, so the New Regiment could only ask for help from the front finger of Jingxing County in Niangziguan.

At the same time, the 385th Brigade New Regiment also reported on the situation of the Japanese attacking troops.

At this time, Li Tianyou, the commander of the battle at Niangziguan, immediately paid attention to the telegram after seeing it. He asked if there were any brigade artillery battalions stationed in the surrounding areas. He also reported it to the Eighth Route Army headquarters and asked the intelligence department to investigate the attack. The nature of the force.

The Eighth Route Army was well aware of the fact that a large number of Japanese troops were transferred back to the mainland to be re-equipped and strengthened. However, according to the descriptions of the frontline troops, the firepower of these Japanese troops was really terrifying.

So they now need to know whether a force with such strong firepower is an elite or a regular force in the Japanese army.

If this is the elite force of the Little Japs, then they can also obtain a certain number of troops that are evenly matched with the Little Japs by strengthening the Type A regiment.

But it would be bad if this was the regular army of the little devil!

This means that the Japanese army's weapons and equipment are once again ahead of the Eighth Route Army, and the results obtained in the Hundred Regiment War may be compressed again by the Japanese army.

However, the collection of intelligence takes time, so the first response is to the surrounding troops.

"Commander, there are no brigade artillery battalions within 50 kilometers around us. The nearest 344th brigade artillery battalion is 80 kilometers away from Changgang Village. Even if it takes less than two or three hours to drive, we can't get there!"

"Horse riding!"

Hearing this, Li Tianyou smashed the table angrily.

If it was an early Japanese tank, the anti-tank force equipped by the Eighth Route Army's Type A regiment would be enough to destroy them, but for the No. 4 tanks, the Eighth Route Army's regiment-level troops were really unable to destroy them at long distances.

However, the artillery battalions affiliated to each brigade do not have this problem.

At first, the artillery battalions of the Eighth Route Army's brigades were mainly equipped with 75mm caliber mountain guns captured from the Japanese army. This type of artillery was sufficient for the Eighth Route Army to support and suppress firepower, but its anti-tank capability and range were actually not high.

While the Eighth Route Army's artillery was being strengthened, the artillery battalions affiliated with each main brigade began to replace the Type 56 85mm cannons that had been eliminated by the firepower companies of the red police battalions.

This thing has armor-breaking ammunition, and it was included in the early PLA's establishment as anti-tank firepower.

The 85mm caliber high-magnification direct-firing artillery makes it easy and enjoyable to shoot the No. tank at a distance of one or two thousand meters. It can be said that it will kill you if it touches it.

However, because the brigade artillery battalion is too far away, it is impossible to provide support in the direction of Changgang Village in a short time. "Old Li, we can't use artillery, but we can always use airplanes!"

Li Tianyou's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

"That's right! We have an air force now!"

Since the Eighth Route Army had never had air support before, and aircraft equipment was too precious for the Eighth Route Army, Li Tianyou subconsciously ignored the existence of the air force.

At this time, at the Niangziguan airport, the Eighth Route Army's air force had increased from the original 4 J-2s and 10 Q-6s to J-s and Q-s.

The number of 16 fighters was already considered a large-scale air power for the Chinese battlefield during World War II.

So Li Tianyou ordered: "Order all fighter planes of the Air Force to prepare for takeoff, call back the new regiment of the 385th Brigade, and immediately call for air support after discovering the large-scale Japanese armored force."

"Yes!"

At this time, the radio correspondent of Xinyi Tuan who received the reply from Niangziguan couldn't help laughing after seeing the telegram.

"What are you laughing at? Did you eat bee poop?"

"Captain, we have air support!"

Upon hearing this, the leader of the new regiment immediately took the telegram and read it. After reading the telegram, his originally cold expression gradually became warmer.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Order the troops to strengthen the defense of the position, report the Japanese tanks immediately after discovering them, and wait for air support!"

"Yes!"

In the Japanese garrison in Changgang Village, the Japanese commander Major General Tsukamoto Renhei was also planning the next offensive action.

"Order! The full strength of the Chariot Brigade and the 15th Regiment will launch the main attack on the Eighth Route Army in the southwest. The 76th Regiment and the 82nd Regiment will conduct feint attacks on the Eighth Route Army on both sides. The 16th Regiment will serve as a reserve force and be prepared to expand the occupied area! Everyone, the success or failure of this battle depends on this! There is a black card in the sky, onboard!"

"Onboard! Onboard! Onboard!"

"Start the attack!"

"Rumble..."

After 11 tanks were killed, the Japanese tank brigade still had 55 tanks left. As Tsukamoto Renhei's order was issued, these 55 tanks immediately started to launch, preparing to serve as the vanguard to launch an attack on the defense line of the Second Battalion of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, the Japanese artillery units on the east bank of the Yehe River also began to shell the Eighth Route Army's defense lines.

"Observation post, don't forget to report the tank after you find it!"

"Don't worry, don't forget!"

After instructing the observation post, the soldiers of the second battalion immediately hid in the fortifications and prepared for artillery defense.

"Battal Commander, there are explosions ahead. I guess the Japs are attacking our people again!"

The explosions covered by artillery could be heard, which meant that the 386st Battalion and Reconnaissance Company of the Brigade Guard Regiment, which came to support, were not far from the forward position, so the commander of the st Battalion of the Guard Regiment ordered: "Speed ​​up the march and support the frontier brothers. force!"

"Yes! Battalion Commander."

Due to different action routes, the first to arrive at the new regiment of the 385th Brigade was the advance force of the 386th Brigade Guard Regiment.

"Your Majesty General, reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army have arrived!"

"Nani?! How many people are here?!" Tsukamoto Renhei asked in surprise after hearing that reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army had arrived.

Although the infiltration troops in the rear had already sent a farewell message, he did not believe that the Eighth Route Army could wipe out all the infiltration troops of their two regiments of seven to eight thousand people in such a short period of time. Therefore, in response to the arrival of the Eighth Route Army reinforcements, Tsukamoto Company Ping expressed great surprise.

"Report to the general, they have arrived with a reinforced battalion of about 500 people."

Hearing this, Tsukamoto Renpei breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are only five hundred people, so it's nothing to worry about. Even if they come with a thousand people, they can't defeat our more than 50 Panzer IV tanks."

On the position of the Second Battalion of the New 1st Regiment, an Eighth Route Army observation post was lying in a bomb crater and observing outside despite being covered by Japanese artillery fire.

Listening to the explosion of artillery shells and the sound of shrapnel breaking through the air, the Eighth Route Army observation post subconsciously shrank its neck into the crater, and then straightened the helmet that was blown away by the shock wave.

"You're on horseback, why don't the little devil's tanks come out?!"

Just as the observation post was muttering to himself, a dark shadow appeared in the observation post's eyes, followed by a second and third one.

Upon seeing this, the Eighth Route Army observation post immediately picked up the binoculars.

"Fuck! Tank!"

After confirming that it was a Japanese tank, the observation post immediately put a whistle in his mouth and blew it.

"Beep~, beep! Beep~, beep!"

"One long and two short, the Japanese tanks are coming, report to the regiment headquarters quickly!"

"Yes!"

After the Japanese tanks appeared that day, the 385th Brigade New Regiment immediately began to report the situation to the regiment headquarters according to the previous plan, and then the 385th Brigade New Regiment sent a telegram to Niangziguan.

"Requesting air support!"

After receiving the telegram, 16 aircraft of the Eighth Route Army Air Force, which had been prepared at Niangziguan Airport, immediately took off in two batches, each batch consisting of 5 J-3 fighter jets and Qiang- attack aircraft.

The straight-line distance from Niangziguan to Changgang Village is less than 30 kilometers. If it is a ground march, it will take several hours, but if the air force flies, it will arrive in about 10 minutes.

At this time, the Japanese attacking infantry and tank coordination troops did not know that the Eighth Route Army's air force had already taken off.

After all, in their impression, Tubal Road is synonymous with poverty. The initial weapons and equipment were not even as good as some bandits. How could they have such high-value equipment as airplanes?

How many artillery regiments can be considered as burning incense, right?

But just when the Japanese artillery ceased fire and the Japanese tanks drove to a position one kilometer in front of the Eighth Route Army position, the little Japanese suddenly heard the sound of an aircraft engine.

"Will there be aviation support for this attack?"

"I didn't hear that!"

But just when the little devils began to be surprised, the Eighth Route Army planes gradually appeared in the sight of the Japanese army.

"The gray plane? Baga! It's the Ping'an County Security Group!" (End of Chapter)