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On the battlefield of Huangping Town, a large number of Japanese soldiers were desperately charging towards the positions of the first, second and third battalions of the Special Forces Regiment.

Although their artillery strength was insufficient and they were badly damaged by the Type 92 infantry guns and recoilless guns of each battalion, their large numbers still created tremendous pressure on the three battalions.

Almost at the same time when the first battalion could not hold on, the second and third battalions also began to collapse due to heavy losses.

Their artillery barrels were all burned red, or were blown to pieces by the Japanese infantry artillery.

Battalion commanders He Yunfu and Wang Quanfa were just about to send someone to report to Yang Yuanshan and request support when they received a new order from the other side and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The second battalion began to fight and retreat at the same time.

The Third Battalion continued to hold on, waiting for the Fifth Battalion to arrive and relieve them.

……

As soon as the Second Battalion retreated, the morale of the Japanese 16th Brigade in front of them was instantly boosted.

The Japanese officers reacted quickly. They immediately shouted and commanded their soldiers to launch a sudden charge forward.

In the more than two hours of fighting just now, they had used their blood to flatten all the mines in front of the Second Battalion's position.

So at this moment, as the Second Battalion retreated, their progress became very smooth.

Quickly captured the first trench of the second battalion.

……

Seeing this, the brigade chief of staff Matsumoto Yufu frowned and said to the brigade commander Fujita Nobuhiro:

"Your Excellency, the Brigade Commander, could the Eighth Route Army's retreat be a trap?
Their heavy artillery is still bombarding crazily!"

Nobuhiro Fujita nodded slightly and was about to order his soldiers not to advance rashly, to cover each other and avoid ambushes, when suddenly a messenger came from behind and reported to him:

"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander and the Division Commander order you to speed up your charge and defeat the enemy as quickly as possible!
To this end, he sent Commander Yano of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the st Division to lead a regiment to support us!"

Nobuhiro Fujita became very unhappy when he heard Honda Masazai urging him to speed up.

But when he heard that a regiment of reinforcements was coming, he smiled again.

In the past two hours, he has lost nearly two full-strength battalions!

Now that he could add a regiment, he had full confidence in completely defeating the enemy in front of him.

So he quickly replied:

"Hi!

Please report to the division commander that the Eighth Route Army can no longer withstand the attack of the brave warriors of the 16th Brigade, and we are currently capturing their positions.

We estimate that we will be able to rush into the town in half an hour at most!"

"Hi!"

The messenger agreed and turned away.

……

After receiving the news of reinforcements, Nobuhiro Fujita no longer thought about whether there were traps or not.

In his opinion, in the face of his own superior military strength, all conspiracies and tricks are paper tigers that will be broken with a single poke!
Immediately said to Matsumoto Yufu:

"Matsumoto-kun, immediately send a message to the entire army, and charge with all your might!
Even if the Eighth Route Army has any conspiracy, once our reinforcements arrive, they will be enough to defeat them!

As you have just seen, although this group of enemies has strong firepower, there are only a few hundred of them left!

Our army is several times larger than the enemy, and victory is certain!

Tell Noguchi-kun that once their warriors rush into the Eighth Route Army’s position, they should first rush towards the enemy’s artillery position!
As long as we can capture the enemy's artillery positions and seize their heavy artillery, our 16th Brigade will be the biggest contributor to this victory!
By then, Matsumoto-kun, you will surely be successfully promoted to major general!"

Hearing that he had drawn such a big plan, Matsumoto Yufu's eyes suddenly lit up.

From colonel to major general, it’s a huge chasm!

If you want to make it, you really cannot do it without some outstanding military achievements!

So although he felt a little uneasy, he couldn't help but smile and nodded:

"Hi!"

……

The Japanese 16th Infantry Brigade is making good progress.

But the 5th and 31st Regiments on the ridges on both sides of the road were not as lucky.

The officers of the two armies were cheering loudly for victory when they saw that the enemy's position had begun to waver under the crazy charge of their own soldiers.

However, their joy lasted less than three minutes when suddenly a large number of soldiers in gray uniforms rushed up from the foot of the mountain, firing their guns and cannons, turning their warriors who had just rushed into the enemy's trenches into sieves.

Seeing that victory was in sight, the enemy suddenly received reinforcements, and they were extremely upset.

But the battle had reached this point, and they did not want to give up the position they had already obtained. They could only shout and order their remaining troops to charge forward madly.

No matter how dense the hail of bullets was, it could not stop their charge.

In an instant, the fighting on both battlefields became extremely brutal.

Both the enemy and our army were blood-thirsty!
……

There is no doubt that the ones rushing up to the ridges on both sides of the road to provide support are the 4th and 5th Battalions of the Special Forces Regiment.

The soldiers who had fought all night last night had just rested for a few hours and were all in high spirits.

At this moment, facing the crazy charge of the Japanese soldiers, no one was afraid. Instead, they were all excited, grinning and shouting:

"How dare you, little devil, show your teeth to me!

I'll break all three of your legs!"

They were full of energy and high morale, and the firepower of their weapons was extremely violent. In a short time, they sent all the Japanese soldiers who rushed into their positions to meet the King of Hell.

Then they deployed on the spot and began to use trenches for cover to reduce their own casualties.

……

Xu Wei and Wang Quanfa breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the soldiers from the Fourth and Fifth Battalions had easily stabilized the front.

He immediately took his men and evacuated down the mountain.

After this morning's hard battle, they suffered heavy casualties and needed to take a breather before continuing to fight.

……

Since the first battalion retreated first, they were the first to return to Huangping Town at this moment.

Xu Wei asked instructor Zhao Shihong to arrange for the treatment of the wounded, count the losses, and reorganize the team, and he hurried to see Yang Yuanshan:

"Captain, we are back."

When Yang Yuanshan saw Xu Wei covered in blood, his heart suddenly tightened.

He asked anxiously:

"Xu Wei, are you injured?"

"Captain, no, this is all the blood of the wounded.

It got on me when I was retreating just now, carrying a wounded soldier."

Xu Wei hurried to explain.

Hearing this, Yang Yuanshan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the special forces regiment developed too quickly, there were not many reliable military cadres in the regiment.

If Xu Wei, the battalion commander, was seriously injured, he would not be able to find a perfect replacement in a hurry.

Nodding slightly:

"that's great."

Then he asked:

“Can your battalion still fight?
If that doesn't work, then continue to retreat?"

"Commander, excluding the seriously injured, our battalion still has more than 400 people who can fight!
If you have any mission, just tell us directly. The First Battalion will ensure that it is completed!"

Xu Wei answered, patting his chest.

A troop that does a good job in ideological work and has faith cannot be defeated.

Although the First Battalion has suffered heavy casualties, once there is a mission, the soldiers will still rush forward shouting, and no one will shrink back.

Yang Yuanshan was of course very satisfied with Xu Wei's performance and immediately arranged:

"Okay! Now you must deploy in the eastern part of this town immediately and prepare to support the Second Battalion and block the Japanese troops rushing in from the east.

Note, don’t fight them to death!

Fight and retreat at the same time, lure them into the town and delay time.

Xizi's sniper company is also over there, you can cooperate in the battle.

When the Japanese army enters the town, our heavy artillery will teach them a lesson! "

"understand!"

Xu Wei nodded, turned and left.

……

As soon as Xu Wei left, Wang Quanfa ran back breathlessly and reported the situation of the Third Battalion to Yang Yuanshan. Yang Yuanshan was a little surprised to learn that although they had eliminated a large number of Japanese soldiers with the support of Guo Youqing's machine guns, they still suffered heavy losses and now there were only less than 500 people left.

This is not like the battle that Wang Quanfa fought!

He quickly asked curiously:

"Quanfa, why are your casualties so heavy this time?"

Wang Quanfa quickly explained with a guilty look on his face:

"Captain, the Japanese have learned their lesson this time. They dispersed themselves sufficiently during the attack, not only weakening our firepower advantage, but also sending another unit to attack us from the side and rear.

Although we were eventually discovered by our sentinels, I had to divide my troops to defend, resulting in the troops in both places being very weak.

The Japanese soldiers we faced had at least 4000 men, and as we were outnumbered, the casualties were greater.

These Japs' shooting skills are pretty good. Even though they were suppressed by our artillery fire and could only lie on the ground and fire, every shot they shot was still deadly!

Many of our soldiers died from bullets in the forehead.”

"So that's it."

Yang Yuanshan nodded, his brows relaxed a little.

It’s okay as long as Wang Quanfa didn’t make a mistake in command.

As the enemy outnumbers us, casualties are inevitable.

So he asked again:

"Then can your people still fight?"

“No problem. When we asked the soldiers to hand over the position to the Fifth Battalion just now, no one was willing to do so.

If we knew we could continue fighting now, our morale would definitely be high!

But we need to replenish our equipment, especially the artillery, which is basically broken."

Wang Quanfa replied quickly.

“Okay, then you should immediately deploy your troops in the middle of the town and prepare to support the troops ahead.

Lure all the Japanese into the town, and then let the artillery destroy them all in one fell swoop!

As for the equipment, just arrange for people to move it to the ammunition warehouse in the back."

Yang Yuanshan explained.

"understand!"

Wang Quanfa agreed and immediately ran towards his troops.

Yang Yuanshan quickly chased after him and said:
"Your mission is only to provide cover and support, you are not allowed to fight to the death with the Japanese!

These hundreds of soldiers are the backbone of your Third Battalion's reconstruction. Losing one of them will be a huge loss!"

"Yes!"

Wang Quanfa replied with one word from a distance.

……

After sending Xu Wei and Wang Quanfa away, Yang Yuanshan led everyone in the temporary command center to the valley west of the town where the ammunition and supplies were stored.

Prepare to set up that place as your temporary headquarters.

As soon as he walked out of the door, the guard battalion commander Wang Ye came up to him and said expectantly:

"Captain, didn't you always say that the flamethrower was a great weapon for street fighting?

Isn’t it their turn to contribute now?”

When Yang Yuanshan heard this, he frowned.

He planned to keep the guard battalion as a reserve force and could not send it out casually.

But he changed his mind and felt that it was a bit of a waste since his flamethrower company had been established for such a long time but it seemed that it had never fought any battles.

So he nodded and said:
"Okay, let Tao Cheng and his men stay in the town and deal with the Japanese devils."

Wang Ye was very excited as he finally gave his men a task.

He quickly agreed:

"Yes!"

Then he asked cautiously:
"Captain, do you want to send out our heavy machine gun company as well?
It's such a waste for their 36 general-purpose machine guns to remain idle!"

Yang Yuanshan glared:
"Don't push your luck, kid!

If you really have nothing to do, help carry the wounded!"

"Yes!"

……

As Yang Yuanshan issued the retreat order, the special forces regiment's mountain artillery, heavy mortars, and self-propelled howitzers gradually stopped their shelling.

They began to count the losses, treat the wounded, and gradually retreated towards the Barley Valley.

The artillery soldiers were somewhat unhappy that they had to retreat so soon after they had unilaterally defeated the Japanese.

After all, they haven't used up all the shells in their hands yet!
But Gao Yuanzhi, Wang Gensheng and others all knew that Yang Yuanshan must have other arrangements, so he gave such an order.

So he chose to execute the order without hesitation.

……

As soon as their heavy artillery stopped firing, the Japanese felt that the sky had become brighter.

Without the earth-shattering explosion, it was like returning to the world from hell.

They immediately shouted excitedly:

"The Eighth Route Army has run out of artillery shells!"

"The victory of the Locust Army is coming!"

"Damn you, all of you Tubalu troops are going to die!"

……

The Japanese officers would naturally not miss this good opportunity. They immediately shouted and commanded their soldiers to speed up the charge.

For a moment, the battlefield was filled with shouts and screams that shook the earth.

……

In the temporary headquarters of the Japanese Eighth Division.

When the division commander Honda Masazai heard the artillery fire outside stop, he asked in surprise:
"What's going on outside?

Why did the sound of those mountain artillery disappear?"

At this time, the division staff officer, Keihito Nagakubo, rushed in and shouted to him excitedly:
"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery is out of shells!

Their shelling has stopped!"

"Yoshi! It finally stopped!
Now, it's my locust army's turn to fight back!
Kubo-kun, hurry up, order the entire army to charge and eliminate these damn Eighth Route Army troops!
Let the remaining four tanks of the 1st Division lead the way, and my 8th Cavalry Regiment follow behind!

Come on! "

Honda Masazo gave the order immediately.

He knew that this was definitely a good opportunity to take advantage of his opponent and he must not miss it!

Kubo Keihito had no objection to this and turned around to make arrangements.

After a while, a large number of messengers hurried away.

……

After finishing this matter, Kubo Keijin walked back to Honda Masazai and said with emotion:
"The Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery bombarded for several hours, and it is estimated that at least tens of thousands of shells were consumed.

I wonder if they have a large number of trucks that can be used to transport artillery shells!"

Honda Masashi heard this and shook his head repeatedly, vowing:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

The terrain in northwest Shanxi is limited and the roads are narrow. Even if the Eighth Route Army had trucks, it would be impossible for them to be widely used to transport artillery shells.

And if they really used truck convoys to transport the shells, how could they escape detection by Army Air Force reconnaissance planes?

After hearing what he said, Kubo Keijin nodded and continued to sigh:
"If it wasn't the trucks, then it means that the Eighth Route Army had been preparing to block us in Huangping Town for quite a long time in advance, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to stockpile so many shells.

It's really deliberate!"

"Humph, it's no use scheming any more.

Yesterday and today, they simply relied on their firepower density and terrain advantages to inflict heavy losses on us!
But now, without those damn heavy artillery, these country rats have only one way to go, death!!!"

Without the mental pressure brought by the sound of artillery fire, Honda Masazai was now extremely tough.

It seemed as if the secret service group could be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

He had completely forgotten how panicked he was when he heard that his artillery had suffered heavy losses and had run out of ammunition!
...(End of chapter)