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It seems that the Japanese army, which came early in the morning, was still blocking the Eighth Route Army troops who were still standing on the positions. They also did not expect the Japanese to fight from three sides. Judging from this situation, they did not seem to break through, but instead wanted to fight the Eighth Route Army.

But in fact, for Renjian Xiusan, if the only remaining chariot brigade in the division is not used, it will only be destroyed in the small town. In Renjian Xiusan's opinion, this is somewhat wasteful.

It is wiser to him to let these tank and armored vehicles attack the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions and buy time for the main forces retreating from the west. At least the officers and soldiers of the chariot brigade all agree with this task.

In the words of these tank drivers, it is undoubtedly a very difficult thing to get them to blow up the chariot they drive. On the contrary, they drive the chariot to attack the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions, even if the chariot is destroyed, they are willing to do so.

In a word, for these Japanese chariot drivers, they hope to die on the road of attack. They even hope that the chariot they drove with them would die bravely on the road of attack.

It was precisely because of this mentality that the task of attacking the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions and blocking the Eighth Route Army's pursuit was handed over to the chariot brigade and its affiliated infantry. The remaining main infantry all began to break through from the western positions.

Looking at the chariots that launched the attack, the person saw Xiu San still said calmly: "All infantry regiments, hurry up and march. While the Eighth Route Army has not yet pursued us, the faster we must go, the better we must start!"

As expected by the Eighth Route Army's combat staff, the three-sided attacks carried out by the Japanese early in the morning were more to break through the main force on the other side. All of these breakthrough troops were infantry.

Only a few cars and armored vehicles followed the infantry. But not long after, looking at the broken road, these cars and armored vehicles were all parked on the spot to arrange blocking positions.

According to the combat plan of Henjian Xiusan, if you want the troops to break through the siege smoothly, you can only arrange a large number of blocking troops while constantly attacking. The offensive troops must have a strong offensive attack, and the blocking troops must also fight to block them desperately.

Once the Eighth Route Army pursuers are bitten, it will become very difficult for them to break through smoothly. In this case, they can only adopt the tactic of attacking and blocking while tearing open the encirclement that the Eighth Route Army may have arranged.

These cars and armored vehicles that can no longer be driven will also become favorable blocking positions. Looking at these armed troops, the infantry passing by them, they also seem silent, but they must speed up their pace.

In order to ensure the troops' breakout materials, all the pack horses and cavalry war horses of the 12th Division were basically collected and tied up materials. Each infantry also carried a lot of food.

Doing so can ensure that these infantry soldiers can survive for a period of time when they are broken up during the breakout. If they do not carry food, once they are broken up, they will starve to death.

The main force of the division began to withdraw from the town from the west, and the chariot brigades responsible for the attack and the infantry assigned to them also launched a fierce attack. However, such an attack was destined to not last long.

Looking at the number of Japanese troops attacking the positions was not as large as imagined. The commanders of each position intentionally put the Japanese soldiers closer to attack. Based on past combat experience, the Japanese infantry covering the chariots were first eliminated.

‘Don’t fire heavy machine guns and light machine guns. Snipers can freely snipe the Japanese infantry. As for the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, they will be left to the comrades in the reconnaissance brigade to be responsible. Once the tank is destroyed, the machine gun will be fully fired.’

Under the command of the commander, the snipers and rifles on the position also began to hunt down a name-style. Looking at the falling assistant infantry and the machine gunners on the tanks also seemed very helpless.

All they could do was to continuously pour fire into the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions. But for snipers who fired another place, their killing effect still did not play much role.

Only tank guns can occasionally blow up some Eighth Route Army soldiers hidden in the trenches. But when they entered the range of the rocket launcher, burning rockets once again destroyed these attacking tanks on the position.

‘Light and heavy machine gun, fire!’

With the commander's roar, the machine guns on the blocking position also began to fire the Japanese infantry who assisted in the attack. As for the tanks and armored vehicles that rushed to the blocking position, they were also named one by one by the bazooka.

Looking at the destroyed tanks and armored vehicles, many Japanese tankers felt extremely sad. The chariots that they thought were invincible were now as fragile as toys in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

In fact, for the Eighth Route Army soldiers who participated in the blocking, they were also very proud of having such a killer weapon. Without a rocket launcher, this battle would not have been so easy.

For the blocking infantry, this kind of tank that cannot be penetrated by bullets is indeed a tough trick to crack. At present, there are soldiers from the reconnaissance brigade responsible for destroying these tanks, and their pressure has undoubtedly been reduced a lot.

If there were no rocket launchers, the way they could think of in the face of these attacking tanks was to destroy them with bomb bags. However, that efficiency was not as high as that of rocket launchers.

Seeing the tank rushing in front being destroyed, the tank following behind also wisely chose to remain in place. Use tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns to provide firepower support to the infantry. In this way, the rocket launcher really has no choice but to do it.

‘It’s quite cunning! Let the mortar company start to carry out shelling. I want to see if the Japanese tanks can withstand our heavy mortars! Staying still can still make you rest!’

As the commanders on the position began to order the mortar troops to launch artillery bombardment. One mortar shell was fired from the rear of their position. Mortar shells that did not hit the tank could also kill the Japanese infantry attacking next to them.

As for the Japanese tanks that were caught onto the shells, they were also blown up and smoked. In this case, it would naturally not take too long for these attacking chariot troops to be destroyed.

The commander of the chariot brigade who was standing behind and watching the destruction of the chariot troops in front said calmly: "Let the heavy artillery corps fire! This round will be covered together with the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions."

'General, in this way, our chariot troops will not be secured!'

‘We had never thought about retreating in this attack. Since that is the case, let the Eighth Route Army see the fearlessness of our Emperor** people. I believe in the artillery level of the heavy artillery corps, and also believe that my chariot troops hope that we can fire!’

This tactic of killing one thousand enemies and destroying eight hundred of them caught the Eighth Route Army on the position off guard. Looking at the heavy artillery of the Japanese army and even the attacking troops were bombarded, He Zhengdao behind the position also seemed a little surprised.

'It seems that the Japanese are determined to drag us into the water! Let the artillery regiment of the Third Division strike against the Japanese artillery positions in the town! In addition, order the cavalry regiment to prepare for rushing into the town.'

When the Japanese launched three-sided attacks, He Zhengdao also saw the Japanese troops who were constantly withdrawing from the town. For these troops withdrawing from the town, He Zhengdao also did not order the troops to attack them.

On the contrary, he ordered the troops in front to give the road to make the Japanese walk smoother. Seeing that the Japanese infantry had withdrawn from the town during this period, He Zhengdao believed that there were not many Japanese soldiers left in the town.

At this time, a staff officer said: "Commander, look at the time, the Japanese plane is about to arrive!"

‘It’s okay! Order the Artillery Regiment of the Third Division, and after the counterattack, it began to transfer the artillery positions and camouflage the artillery positions. Leave the fake artillery positions arranged last night for the Japanese planes to bomb.

As for the cavalry regiment, as long as they rush into the town, if the Japanese want to bomb, they will only bomb the Japanese who stayed in the town. For the war, it is impossible not to pay a little price!’

As the third division's mountain artillery and field artillery battalion launched a counterattack, the Japanese heavy artillery corps in the town also did not expect the Eighth Route Army to fight back. In their opinion, are these Eighth Route Army not afraid of their air force bombing them?

If the Japanese attacks on three sides caught the Eighth Route Army off guard, then He Zhengdao ordered the artillery regiment to counterattack, which also surprised the Japanese. In this way, the Japanese heavy artillery corps in the town also suffered serious losses.

When their artillery began to adjust the artillery parameters and were preparing to destroy the Eighth Route Army artillery that counterattacked their Eighth Route Army, the third division's artillery regiment, which received the order of He Zhengdao, had already dragged the artillery quickly and entered a safe area not far away.

A group of engineers who cooperated with defense lifted the fake artillery position painted onto the wooden stand last night with black paint. From the sky, it was really a bit like the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army.

In fact, the real artillery position of the Eighth Route Army is still a little far from this fake position. The Third Division Artillery Regiment, which attracted the attention of the Japanese artillery, also shared the firepower of the Japanese artillery on the position.

At the same time, a cavalry unit that had been on standby for a long time began to launch a tentative assault on the town. The Japanese infantry responsible for blocking them also seemed a little surprised by the emergence of these cavalry.

Listening to the gunshots outside the town, the commander of the chariot brigade and the commander of the heavy artillery brigade who were staying in the town also ordered the troops in the town to launch a blocking attack. The increased cavalry can also slowly narrow the encirclement of the town.

When the Japanese plane arrived at the combat area, they looked at the main force of the 12th Division who was moving around and circled, and did not see any blocking troops of the Eighth Route Army ahead of them.

Not long after, the bomber formation came to the sky above the town. Looking at the three blocking positions in battle, these Japanese fighter jets that came to support also began to bomb the blocking positions of the Eighth Route Army.
Chapter completed!