The remnants of the 12th Division, who originally wanted to break through in the afternoon, soon lost the intention of breaking through when they saw the heavy rain falling in the afternoon. In this weather, how far can they go with just two legs?

The most important thing is that there is no air to cover them in the sky. How could the Eighth Route Army who were watching them outside let them leave happily? After some consideration, Hiroshi Hiroshi once again ordered to decide whether to break through tomorrow.

The Japanese devils who had been resting for a long time seemed to have recovered a lot of energy. In addition, they didn’t have to worry about insufficient food for the time being. After a full meal, the Japanese devils were not idle in the afternoon and continued to strengthen the defensive positions in the core area.

As long as people who are not stupid know that the Eighth Route Army will inevitably launch an attack on them again tonight. If they don’t seize the time and strengthen their fortifications, they will be afraid that they will find it difficult for them to see the rising sun the next day again.

Even after some consideration, Hirosan summoned his corps captain and pointed to the defensive area outside the military camp and said, "Retreat all the guards on the two front lines of defense, and all these troops retreat to the positions in front of the camp to carry out defense.

I believe that tonight, the Eighth Route Army should dispatch their tanks and armor. As the Eighth Route Army has not launched an attack yet, it will strengthen the defensive positions at the forefront of our position and dig more anti-tank trenches, hoping that we can persist for a long time.

If the Eighth Route Army launches another attack tonight, then their attack will definitely be more fierce than yesterday. The troops on the two front lines of defense will retreat until the evening, and do not alarm the Eighth Route Army that monitors us in advance.

The rest of the troops are all put into the task of building defensive fortifications. Even if we may die in the end, I hope that before we die in battle, we can kill and attack the Eighth Route Army in large quantities, so as to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."

'Hi!'

Under the order of Hiroshi Hiroshi, the Japanese army who had been resting for a long time were all involved in excavating fortifications and bunkers. For many Japanese army, tonight was a very difficult night. The more stable the fortifications, they might be safer.

They had all experienced the scene of the Eighth Route Army using heavy artillery shelling yesterday. Even if there is no material to build solid bunkers and pit holes, they still hope to build more anti-aircraft holes to avoid the attacks of small-caliber artillery.

As for the current temporary command of the wounded barracks and divisions, they have been moved to a dead corner. With the help of the terrain there, they can still effectively avoid the heavy artillery attacks of the Eighth Route Army. I think they will not make such a mistake last night.

The Japanese army, who were digging fortifications and bunkers in the rain, felt a little unlucky as the weather gradually darkened and the rain gradually weakened. After all, if it was rainy, it would increase the difficulty of attacking the troops.

Now that this is the case, God seems to prefer the Eighth Route Army. At this critical moment, God did not help. But even so, the Japanese army, who received the order to retreat, quickly retreated to the rear position.

The Eighth Route Army observation post, which had been staring at the frontier positions of the Japanese, immediately said in surprise: "Look, the Japanese seem to have retreated from behind? At this time, they retreated. What is their intention?"

‘Don’t worry about so much, report the situation quickly! It’s so late, the Japanese will never be able to break through at night, right? Look at this, I guess I want to shrink my defense line and fight a protracted battle with us! If this is true, this battle will be difficult to fight at night.’

As the frontier observation post reported the news, He Zhengdao, who was dining at the command center, seemed a little surprised when he heard this. After thinking about it, he felt that the Japanese should have shrunk their troops and prepared to fight.

Thinking of this, He Zhengdao quickly said: "Let the reconnaissance brigade send a few reconnaissance teams to penetrate the Japanese's frontier positions. See where the Japanese have retreated their defense line."

‘Yes, Commander!’

Since the Japanese have already made some moves, He Zhengdao naturally needs to make some responses in time. As for the Japanese who have reduced their troops to defend, He Zhengdao saw that there are probably not many Japanese troops surviving in Kongjiagou.

If there was no problem with the troops, the Japanese would not have to give up the external blocking positions. After all, it would take some time for the Eighth Route Army to capture these blocking positions!

If the Japanese had enough troops, they could use the blocking defense line established on the periphery to block the Eighth Route Army that launched an attack step by step. Instead of suddenly withdrawing the troops that laid them on the front line like now.

As the reconnaissance brigade team began to launch a tentative attack on the Japanese's front-line positions. After careful searching, the reconnaissance team arrived at the front-line positions found that all Japanese Japanese on the Japanese had indeed retreated.

‘Nothing was discovered! The Japanese left calmly, and they took away all the supplies and ammunition!’

‘Okay, continue to conduct reconnaissance on the second-tier position. Our mission is to see where the Japanese retreated. Find out the Japanese’s defense arrangements and provide intelligence support for subsequent troops’ offensives.’

‘Yes, captain!’

Members of a group of reconnaissance teams sent two team members to the rear to inform the Japanese that they had given up the front-line positions on the periphery. After learning about this situation, He Zhengdao immediately sent offensive troops to take over these positions.

Since the Japanese want to retreat, they don’t need to hide anything. If the Japanese want to shrink their defense line, the column will compress their defense line. Kongjiagou is only that big, and the Japanese will always fall into a state of no way out if they retreat.

When they arrived on the second-line position, the Japanese blocking troops were still not found, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance team were somewhat surprised. They only saw that the third line of defense of the Japanese army looked stronger than last night's attack, and they finally knew the reason.

The news came back to the rear command center, and He Zhengdao looked at the three Japanese fortifications marked on the sand table. He pointed to the third fortification and said: "It seems that the Japanese lost more than we expected last night and were unable to send troops to garrison the two positions on the periphery.

Now they have reduced their troops and strengthened the third defensive position. They thought they were planning to fight to the death with us in the third defensive position. Moreover, the reconnaissance team also found that they had dug anti-tank trenches near the position.

This means that if our tank armor wants to continue to advance at night, we must first completely capture the third defensive position. However, the Japanese devils' abacus is destined to fail. We must know that our troops are far more powerful than he imagined.

The direct artillery regiments of the two divisions were ordered to push the artillery positions forward for a certain distance. Since the Japanese had spent so much effort to build a defensive position, it would be somewhat disappointing if they did not check their level of construction of fortifications.

In addition, the armored regiment and the reconnaissance brigade were ordered to clear out the forces placed by the Japanese on the third line of defense when attacking at night. The direct engineer company must open an attack channel for our armored troops in the shortest time.

Although there are many trees here in Kongjiagou, those trees are not thick. I believe that the fortifications they built cannot withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery. But they should be able to effectively defend against the attacks of our mountain artillery and mortars.

By the way, let Zhu Ding come and command. Tonight, I will make some careful preparations for these Japanese devils to let them know how terrible it is to get used to it sometimes. It is really a delusion to want to resist our march with fortifications."

Zhu Ding, who received the order, will also serve as the temporary commander of the artillery unit tonight. When he came to the command center, he also said with some joy after listening to the orders given by He Zhengdao: "Please rest assured, commander, I know what to do!"

‘Okay! Go down and prepare! Also, please inform us of our front-line offensive troops and try to avoid accidental injuries!’

‘Yes, Commander!’

Looking at Zhu Ding leaving with a smirk, the staff officer Wang Tianlin standing next to him also smiled and said, "Commander, it seems that the Japanese devils are going to be in trouble tonight. I guess after a while, they don't know how to prevent artillery."

'This trick is the first time that it is easy to use. If you use it a few more times, it will probably not work. However, it is still useful to use this method to make the Japanese nervous and increase their casualties.'

When the artillery troops moved the artillery positions forward overnight, other troops also began to enter the offensive positions. The officers and soldiers of the armored regiment who had also rested for a day, after replenishing ammunition for tanks and armored vehicles, they drove towards the Japanese positions again.

The roar of the engine naturally could not hide the Japanese army who were ready to fight. However, many Japanese Japanese were a little surprised that the Eighth Route Army did not launch artillery bombardment on them tonight.

As the armored vehicles entered the second position, many Japanese devils hiding in the third position were also ready to fight. But to their surprise, the tanks entering the second position seemed to no longer move forward.

At this time, two tanks that looked obviously at the forefront suddenly fired at their blocking positions. As the shells of two tank guns flew to the position, one of the shells happened to land on a heavy machine gun position.

Looking at the destroyed heavy machine gun position, the Japanese sergeant next to him couldn't help but say, "Baga!"

Just when many Japanese devils were curious that these Eighth Route Army would not want to capture their blocking positions simply by relying on tanks and cannons. The artillery troops, which had been prepared for a long time, knew that they were the order to fire the artillery.

Zhu Ding, who was staying on the artillery position, said excitedly: "Each artillery battalion is ready to give the Japanese a three-minute shelling first!"

'yes!'

As a mountain cannon and field cannons began to roar, the collective sound of firing made Zhu Ding feel that the sound of these cannons sounded somewhat depressing compared to the deafening feeling of heavy cannons.

But for the Japanese attacking officers and soldiers on the positions, such uniform sound of artillery bombardment means that the Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale artillery bombardment again. For a moment, all Japanese soldiers began to hide in the anti-aircraft sheds they had built before to avoid.
Chapter completed!