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The 13th Division encountered a conquest in the Tianmu Mountain area. When the news reached the Central China Front Army Headquarters, it also caused an uproar in the frontier's top leaders. It is hard to believe that there are still armed forces in Xinyang that are capable of ambushing them.

However, with the continuous telegrams of the 13th Division, the commander of the Front Army, Shinrok Hata, finally realized that he had underestimated the power of the Eighth Route Army in central China. He also understood that they were fooled again this time.

Whether it was to seize the new county town at night or to recover Macheng, these actions were all done by the Eighth Route Army to lure their main division back to return. Then they concentrated their superior forces to encircle and annihilate the main division they returned.

Once this plan is successful, their overall attack power will be greatly reduced when they attack the three divisions in Henan. Even as a large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army enter Henan, if they are not careful, their troops entering Henan will be in danger.

Looking at the rescue telegram sent by the 13th Division, Hata Shunruo also said anxiously: "Order the aviation troops near Wuhan to take off immediately to Tianmu Mountain to provide air support to the 13th Division!"

As a result, the Chief of Staff said helplessly: "Commander, the current thunderstorm in Xinyang is in Xinyang, and our air force cannot take off at all. According to the predictions of the local meteorological observatory, this thunderstorm will last at least one day."

‘That means we can’t provide air support at all, right?’

‘Yes, Commander. However, after receiving a telegram from the 13th Division, our garrison in Xinyang, they have sent a corps to Tianmu Mountain to carry out rescue.’

After listening to the Chief of Staff’s report, Hata Shunruo shook his head and said, “From Xinyang to Tianmu Mountain, unless you use cars to transport troops. If the troops march alone, it will take nearly a hundred miles to wait for reinforcements to arrive, but the battle will be over.

I sent me the order and called the 13th Division to find a way to break through. If they could not break through, choose favorable terrain in the mountains to stand firm and wait for assistance. No matter what, they have tens of thousands of troops, and I don’t believe they can’t last for a day.”

But what Reihata Shunruo didn't expect was that before his telegram was sent to the 13th Division, Shizuichi Tanaka, as the commander of the division, had already made the decision to give up breaking through and hold back for assistance. He chose to build simple fortifications in the mountains and fight against the Eighth Route Army to the end.

Luo Ruiqing, who was in charge of the battlefield command, saw that the Japanese army began to gather at the location where the central army was located one after another. He also built a series of blocking fortifications outside. He also knew that the Japanese did not intend to break through at this time, but chose to defend the enemy.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Go to me and tell Commander Xu, and clean up the Japanese outside first. Since the Japanese chose to defend the center circle, we will give them some hope. The heavy artillery regiment will adjust the artillery position with the enemy's blocking position as the target.

Before receiving the command, no artillery bombing is allowed. At this time, they still want to stick to the waiting for help, which is simply a delusion. The advantageous terrain nearby is in our hands, what else can they do!"

As Luo Ruiqing's order reached the Second Division, the Eighth Route Army troops pursuing were also very easy to fight against these Japanese troops gathered in the central military position. They arranged a group of people to encircle and annihilate each other, constantly devouring the strength of the Japanese division.

At this time, the Japanese troops far away from the central army were faced with concentrated encirclement and annihilation of the Eighth Route Army's superior forces. Not long after, the gunshots in Tianmu Mountain seemed to have suddenly weakened a lot.

Just when many people thought that the battle in the mountains was over, they received the news from Xu Renyi that the Japanese army on the periphery had been cleared. Luo Ruiqing understood that the final encirclement and annihilation battle could begin.

‘Give the heavy artillery regiment a phone call, they can launch the shelling. Tell Commander Xu that the Japanese devils in Xinyang have come out. We must also end the battle early and go back to Xinyang City to celebrate the merits!’

‘Yes, Chief of Staff!’

For Luo Ruiqing, pulling the heavy artillery regiment to Tianmu Mountain on standby was just to add a guarantee for victory. Most of the artillery troops that had shelled the Japanese army were mountain artillery and field artillery of the army's direct artillery regiments.

As for this kind of heavy artillery with a costly shell, Luo Ruiqing would not use it easily unless necessary. After all, with the current capabilities of the arsenal, although it can imitate this kind of shell, the number is still pitifully low.

But now it is time to fight the final annihilation battle, and ending this battle earlier can also reassure the central and headquarters earlier. If this good news can be delivered to the headquarters as soon as possible, Luo Ruiqing believes that the leaders will be happy.

The heavy artillery regiment, which was ready for artillery, followed Luo Ruiqing's order, more than a dozen heavy artillery that had been pulled out for a considerable amount of time, once again showed a ferocious face and smashed heavy artillery shells into the Japanese positions.

The Japanese infantry, who were already ready to defend against artillery, thought that the temporary fortifications they built could withstand the Eighth Route Army's artillery bombardment. Unexpectedly, the fortifications were like paper after one shot.

Sinichi Tanaka, who was staying in a position, looked at the destroyed fortifications and said for a while: "Baga, it turned out to be a heavy artillery!"

Compared with the mountain cannons and field cannons used by the Eighth Route Army before, the power of these heavy cannons is self-evident. The Japanese army, who thought they could rely on accelerated construction to defend the aid of assistance, knew at this moment that they were unable to turn things around.

Even if the place they are looking for now is a good defensive place. But when faced with the Eighth Route Army using heavy artillery, many Japanese devils felt that the Eighth Route Army was too bullying. If there are heavy artillery, why should we keep it until now to use it?

Seeing the fortifications that were built with great effort, they collapsed quickly under the shelling of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese army, who had originally expected fortifications to prevent artillery, suddenly discovered that the fortifications they built had become their burial place.

Looking at the chaos on the position, Tanaka Shizuichi suddenly said calmly: "Order the troops to break through the siege! The opponent has heavy artillery to cooperate in combat, so we can't hold on for long. It's better to take this opportunity to break through the siege.

As long as we can enter the mountains, we believe we can always find a way down the mountain. When all the reinforcements arrive, we believe that these ambushed Eighth Route Army will leave. At that time, perhaps we can still preserve some strength.

If we continue to stay here and wait for assistance, we will not be able to hold on to the reinforcements. We can only break up all the troops and break through each other. Perhaps we still have a glimmer of hope. Order to break through the scattered areas!"

The combat staff who stayed beside Shizuichi Tanaka also knew that they had to wait for a death to stay here. As the heavy artillery roared, the Eighth Route Army artillery fire that had originally stopped began to rage on their positions one after another.

Once upon a time, they used such tactics to deal with the anti-Japanese war troops in China. In just over a year, it was their turn to feel the feeling of being stolen by artillery fire.

As Tanaka Jing issued the order to break through, the thousands of Japanese troops gathered together began to flee around like a stray dog. Seeing this scene, the Eighth Route Army, who were planning to attack, was also a little stunned.

‘Damn, these Japanese devils were shot and they were completely bombarded. Although Tianmu Mountain is not small, how could they escape if they want to escape from the forest? It is our strength!’

The Eighth Route Army soldiers who were ready to attack couldn't help but mutter. At this time, Xu Renyi, who was the commander of the front line, immediately made preparations for the entire attack, and the Eighth Route Army that surrounded the Japanese army also attacked from all sides.

When a second division assault battalion attacked the center of the position that was no longer human, he soon found that Shiichi Tanaka who committed suicide by separatism. Xu Renyi, who learned the news, also came to check the results of the battle and found that the old Japanese who committed suicide by separatism was Shiichi Tanaka.

‘I had originally expected to catch a living person, but I didn’t expect that this old Japanese man was really a little bit backbone and actually committed suicide by septum!’

After issuing an order to break through the scattered breakthrough, the original Japanese brigade commander and the chief of staff of the division advised Shizuichi Tanaka to break through with them. But Shizuichi Tanaka knew that taking him would only increase the burden on the troops.

After all, he is the commander of the division, and there will definitely be many troops who will break through with him to protect his safety. In this way, it will undoubtedly tell those pursuing Eighth Route Army that there are big figures among the Japanese army breaking through.

Now he committed suicide by separatism and was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor in this way, which was considered as the responsibility for the defeat of the 13th Division. In this case, even if he could break out alive, he would still be punished by the military headquarters.

Faced with Tanaka Shizuichi's insistence, the other generals had no effect in persuading him, and they could only let him commit suicide by separating himself. After all, this is also a very glorious and respectable thing among the Japanese army. Not everyone has the courage to separatist!

‘Restrain this old devil! After all, this is also a big fish. I believe it has some effect! Report this news to the Chief of Staff. It seems that this battle can almost be declared victory.’

It was confirmed that the body was Shizuichi Tanaka, the commander of the 13th Division. Luo Ruiqing, who was in the command center, looked at the troops that began to chase and suppress the Japanese devils all over the mountains and fields, and also knew that the division that returned to Xinyang was in ruins.

Changsong breathed a sigh of relief and pondered for a while, saying, "Send a telegram to the front line. After nearly three hours of battle, our troops have basically eliminated the current enemy. At present, the Japanese army has been defeated, and our troops are fully encircling and suppressing them.

During the battle, the Japanese division commander Shiichi Tanaka had committed suicide and his body had been restrained by our troops. When the Japanese army fled, our troops were determined to clear the Japanese reinforcements before the arrival of the Japanese reinforcements. Next, after the battlefield was cleaned up, our generals would withdraw from Tianmu Mountain one after another."

When the telegram was sent to General Peng, who was responsible for the command of the Henan Battle front line, General Peng, who saw the telegram, couldn't help but say happily: "Okay, the Independent Column is really a trustworthy army! In just three hours, a division was killed!"

As the commander-in-chief of the front line, General Peng naturally knew how much the encirclement and annihilation of the 13th Japanese Division could play in the overall war. Most importantly, the troops that encircled and annihilated this division were just a main division of the independent column!

Such a force really makes General Peng feel that the leaders of the Central Committee are right. The Independent Column is indeed a good force worthy of their trust, an elite Eighth Route Army unit that truly dares to fight and win! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!