"Captain Li, the gunshots in the village have stopped for a long time. Deputy Squad Leader Lin and others may have..." A soldier in a gray cloth uniform without a military rank looked at the village with a deep pain in front of him.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou, you and me have more than 60 brothers in it, and they will see people and bodies dead! Even if they have all died, I will snatch all their bodies back today. If you don't want to snatch them, then I will snatch them." Li Jiujin, who was holding a telescope and looked at the smoke in front of him, sucking his muscles on his face, and answered with an extremely rare harsh and fierce response.

The Japanese army's attacks from east to west did catch the troops in several villages near Zhaojiazhuang off guard. When he gathered all the troops who could fight in the 7th Company of Lincheng County arrived, it was already dark.

What made Li Jiujin, the highest commander of the Four Army Regiment of Lincheng County, even painful was that the Japanese army seemed to have expected that there would be a large Chinese troops to support it, and actually prepared a fully-built infantry brigade in advance to set up defense lines around Zhaojiazhuang, as well as tanks and mountain cannons to help.

The Japanese army only defended and did not fight back for the first time. Without large-caliber artillery, if he wanted to break through the Japanese defense line, he would have to pay far greater casualties than the amount of more than 60 soldiers in the village.

Moreover, when the news reached the regiment headquarters, the Tang regiment commanded him not to act irresponsibly, using the veterans of the 7th Company's 100-year-old soldiers and hundreds of newly recruits to attack the Japanese defense line.

Of course, Li Jiujin knew the difficulties of the Tang regiment. If he rushes into the defense line wildly regardless of casualties, he may break through the defense line and provide support to the village. However, it will not only cause a large number of casualties in the company, but especially those new recruits who have only been in the army for one or two months, which will seriously undermine the enthusiasm of the people in the base area to join the army.

This is a very normal mentality. I just sent my child to the army, but it was only a few dozen days ago. Every family received a notice of death. The psychological gap was too big. Who would still be willing to join the army in the future?

In addition, the more inherent reason is that the Japanese army has obviously made careful plans this time. The more than a thousand Japanese troops we see on the periphery may be just a part of them, and more Japanese troops may be waiting for them not far away.

If he broke through the defense line and entered Zhaozhuang at the cost of casualties, then when a larger number of Japanese troops arrived, he might have trapped all the more than a thousand people gathered by the entire 7th Company and even the 80th Army.

Therefore, Li Jiujin had to wait and arrived at the battalion artillery company, which was rushing to here, and arrived with 6 80 howitzers and 8 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

When those big guys come, the Japanese who are nesting in shallow trenches will know what heavy firepower is, and how bad the little Douding tanks are placed behind the fortifications as fixed machine gun fire points.

But after waiting for a while, it was dawn, and the fierce gunfire sounds in Zhaojiazhuang that had been resounding for a night gradually stopped. Before the artillery company arrived, Li Jiujin's anger could not be suppressed. Now, after hearing what Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou, the highest commander of the Eighty Army in Lincheng, said, it would not explode immediately.

The soldier in the gray uniform showed anger on his face, threw his military cap hard, and pulled out his pistol: "Damn, isn't you the only one, Li Jiujin, is the hero? I'm so good-hearted? There are only you, six brothers in the village, you are all so anxious, but there are 60 comrades in there, I'm just fighting this life with the Japanese! Corps Li, you are the highest military commander in Lincheng. You ordered me to be the captain of this suicide squad and rush in without rushing in. I'll bring you to see you."

Seeing that this person got angry, Li Jiujin was silent for a while, calmed down his emotions, and handed him a cigarette: "Old Zhou is sorry, it's me wrong. I just heard you say that the gunshots in the village stopped, and I'm in my heart..."

Li Jiujin poked his heart hard, tears flashing in his eyes: "It hurts!"

"Lin Peng has been with me and the ranks for at least a year and a half. He was the defeated soldier who was taken on the road when our army retreated from Songjiang. That boy was really good. He was smart and brave in war. He could have been promoted to the squad leader long ago, but he just couldn't bear to leave his brothers in his class and refused to leave.

Now, damn it! You're all dead together."

"Company Commander Jiujin, I don't blame you, I don't blame you!" After venting his anger, the gray-clothed soldier took a few sips of cigarettes, and sadness flashed in his eyes. "It was us commanders who underestimated our opponents and caused such a major loss. After this battle, I would ask the chief for punishment."

"Well! This summary is well said. You two of you, the highest military chiefs of Lincheng County, I, the Hebei Administrative Office, have to think about the mistakes you made in this battle."

A metallic sound came in from the trench outside the bunker.

The two people in the bunker were slightly stunned, and Li Jiujin's face showed ecstasy.

That was the voice of Tang Dao!

It was not because the Tang regiment ran for more than 160 miles to reach the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield in just over ten hours, but Li Jiujin knew that the regiment commander must have elite soldiers such as the guard company, reconnaissance company or mountain infantry company.

It was only a matter of instantaneous incident to break through the Japanese defense line and support Zhaozhuang.

"Hello, sir!"

"Hello, Chief!"

Before the two of them could greet them, the tall Tang Dao bent down and entered the front line command post that had been built all night. The two of them stood at attention, but neither of them saluted.

During the war, the Eighty Army and the Four Army Regiments have strictly stipulated that they cannot marche at the military service, even in the command post.

"How is the battle now?" Tang Dao walked into the command post, without any greetings, and went straight to the point.

"The Japanese army's four-sided defense line, each line is equipped with an infantry squadron and a heavy machine gun squad, 6 infantry artillery and 2 mountain cannons, 4 Type 94 light tanks, and many other cavalry.

According to the report of the militia who evacuated Zhaojiazhuang, there were nearly 400 infantry and other subordinate personnel attacking Zhaojiazhuang, with a total force of about 1,800!" Li Jiujin hurriedly reported.

"Our side currently has 283 original units of the 7th Company, 348 newly established recruit training units, 2 companies of the regular army of the Lincheng Division of the Eighty Group Army and 1,138 people of the county armed brigade, with a total force of about the same."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Where is the blocking troops deployed on the outside?" Tang Dao's face was serious.

"There were 1st Company of our four-party regiment, 380 people from two adjacent counties, and 1,200 people from the 80th Army, who were mobilized by 8 o'clock last night, and 1,200 people from the 80th Army. They had arrived at the scheduled location at 6 o'clock in the morning and began to build fortifications. As long as the Japanese army did not have an infantry regiment, they should be able to stop it." Li Jiujin replied.

"Not enough! I have already ordered the 4th Company, 5th Company, and 10th Company to transfer two more platoons to the Lincheng battlefield on the road. An independent battalion on the Hebei-South Division of the 80th Group Army is already on the way here." Tang Dao shook his head.

"Then, you are here with you, the commander..." Li Jiujin was stunned.

Tang Tuanzuo told him not to act impulsively yesterday afternoon, why did he feel that Tang Tuanzuo is more impulsive than him now?

Compared with Li Jiujin, the soldiers in gray uniforms were even more dumbfounded.

The Four Corps mobilized 6 platoons of about 600 troops again, but he knew very well that the current scale of the Ji Nan sub-district was the same. He was the deputy battalion commander and the highest military chief of the Lincheng sub-district. He led two ordinary infantry companies, and the scale had reached 1,600 people.

How many people are there in an independent battalion directly under the southern Hebei sub-district? He is not very clear about the specific number of people at present, but before May, it had reached 3,000 people. Two months have passed, and after a large amount of guns and ammunition was added, 4,000 people may not be able to catch them.

In this way, the Chinese troops in Lincheng were nearly 10,000. What did this commander of the Four Army Regiment want to do? Should he have an infantry division-level battle with the Japanese army?

"Except for the guard company, the guard company, the reconnaissance company, the mountain infantry company, the cavalry company, the regiment artillery company, the air defense company, the engineering company, and the baggage company are all on the verge of expedition this time!" Tang Dao looked at the battlefield with calm eyes, but it was clear that the two could see the beating flames in it.

Anyone who is familiar with Tang Dao knows that it is very dangerous.

Not only will it burn people, it will also explode!

"In addition, the main force of the 772nd Regiment belonging to the 683rd Brigade is heading towards southern Hebei overnight. At 7 a.m., all Chinese troops in southeastern Shanxi have been prepared to take the initiative to attack and block the major transportation channels in southeastern Shanxi!"

Tang Dao's voice did not stop, mobilizing tens of thousands of troops to resolutely, as if it was just a game of chess with a breeze.

The two were completely stunned.

A small Zhaozhuang not only allowed the Tang regiment to form the army in southern Hebei, but even the southeastern Jin to burn.

This is not the division-level scale, it is completely at the army level.

"Yoshino Shinozuka just wants to use the blood of our military and civilians in Zhaojiazhuang as bait to lead my main force out so that he can use his A-level division to fight me in a decisive battle? OK! Then I will satisfy him once this time and let him see if the Japanese A-level division can be invincible when the troops are about the same." Tang Dao's eyes suddenly became fierce, and his cold voice made the two major-level officers tremble all over.

"He used the lives of my 66 Chinese officers and soldiers as bait, so I would use the more than a thousand Japanese soldiers in front of me as bait, but I would swallow them in one bite and then digest them well before he arrived."

Tang Dao's pupils, jumping in the flames, suddenly looked at the two Chinese majors standing straight.

"The two battalions' artillery companies have arrived 2,000 meters away. The Guard Company, Reconnaissance Company, Mountain Infantry Company, and Cavalry Company have arrived with me. I will place my command center in Zhaojiazhuang in an hour, waiting for Yoshio Shinozuka to fight. You two tell me, can you do it?"

"Report to the Chief (Chief), we can do it!" The two of them shouted loudly without thinking.

As the charge sounded, soldiers entered the front-line trenches, waiting for artillery fire to cover the Japanese positions and launched a charge.

This time, a Japanese army's fully-organized infantry brigade faced the attacks of four infantry companies of the Four Route Regiment, which had been armed to the teeth, and two eighty-group infantry companies of more than 1,000 people. The artillery fire they had to withstand first were 12 80mm howitzers and more than 40 60-force bombardments.

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a bullet like rain!

In just ten minutes, China threw nearly 2,000 shells into the key breakthrough area, and the intensity of artillery fire was even close to the level of the American cowboys fighting against the Japanese troops on the Pacific battlefield in the future.

The four infantry companies of the four teams participating in the battle almost wiped out 90% of the ammunition carrying capacity in just 10 minutes. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as giving all the money.

The defense line of a Japanese infantry squadron is only more than a thousand meters wide. When 2,000 shells were smashed, two shells would fall at a distance of one meter. Not to mention that the shells would explode, even by relying on pure copper warheads, it would probably kill many Japanese troops.

The Japanese army's civil engineering operations were actually very excellent. The loess soil in southern Hebei was very sticky and was very suitable for excavation. However, the trenches and simple anti-aircraft holes that were as deep as 1.5 meters could not stop the explosion of such a density-level shell!

I don’t know how many shells landed in trenches that were only 2 meters wide, or even in front of the hole of the anti-aircraft artillery hole, bombing and burying countless Japanese troops in the loess like that.

The Japanese heavy machine gun squad, which had long been marked as a target, was the focus of the mortar group, bombing 1,700 shells on the Japanese infantry trenches, and 300 bombings on the Japanese heavy machine gun positions in the direction that they were going to break through.

Using 300 shells to hit 4 heavy machine guns, it looks like a bit like killing chickens, but this knives chopping chickens is really crispy!

4 heavy machine guns, shooters and ammunition hands were blown into parts all over the ground. Even if there were still people who could live, the heavy machine guns were gone. Do they go to the battlefield with a handful of bullets?

The muscles that Tang Dao showed off were not just mortars of different sizes and calibers. After the artillery fire was prepared, the main machine gun used by China to cover the charge of its soldiers was not the MG42 or the MG34, but the terrifying 12.7mm heavy machine gun.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! In order to ensure the hit rate, 16 12.7mm heavy machine guns were moved to the forefront just 400 meters away from the Japanese trenches!

The Japanese commander had a good idea. The Thousand-man team only defended but not attacked, just to firmly sucked the Chinese army that wanted to rescue the outside world. Once the opponent's troops gathered enough, the main infantry forces from Xingtai and Handan would join forces to siege them, and clean the main Chinese forces in Lincheng area in one fell swoop.

It is a bit similar to the tactics on the Panzhai battlefield, but the difference between the two is that they have already taken Zhaojiazhuang this time, which is already their spoils. No matter whether the main force of the Chinese side comes or not, they are already making a profit and not losing money.

And this time, under the dispatch of Yoshio Shinozuka, there were 4 infantry brigades and 2 artillery brigades, plus 1,800 people near Zhaojiazhuang, which was an infantry brigade.

Chinese people, have the ability to come to an infantry division?

According to the combat power comparison, they are not afraid at all. So what if the four teams have fierce combat power?

There is also an infantry brigade of the 4th Division in Handan City! In the southern Hebei region, Yoshio Shinozuka can mobilize more than 20,000 troops, and they can be killed by crowding people.

It is precisely based on this tactical guiding ideology that the four Type 94 tanks surrounded the sandbags outside and completely used them as fixed heavy machine gun points.

There was no problem with this. The Type 94 tank, which had sandbag fortifications and 10mm front steel plate, could shoot at the wide area ahead without any scruples. No matter how brave the soldiers were, they could only lie down 100 meters away from them. That was an indestructible fire point.

Unless the 80mm howitzer hits the front, there is no way to use this kind of iron turtle, let alone the shock waves and shrapnel caused by the small-caliber mortar. It only makes the Japanese listen to the song when they fall on the steel plate.

But the mortar can use shock waves to peel off the thick sandbag fortifications surrounding the outer periphery of the tank layer by layer!

When the Chinese 12.7mm heavy machine gun began to roar, the Type 94 tank realized how terrible this thing was.

A distance of 400 meters, for this large-caliber machine gun, the 10mm thick steel plate is just a little thicker cardboard, which can penetrate with one blow.

The Type 94 tank located in front of the soldiers' assault was fired by four 12.7mm heavy machine guns. No bullet was fired until the end of the battlefield.

Only the Japanese army nearby could see it in horror. On the steel plates on the front of the 94 tank that once thought it was enough to rush on the battlefield, the bullet holes were like honeycombs, and the cliffs of patients with dense phobia could make their scalp numb and they couldn't bear to look at them.

The steel plates were shot like this, so there was no need to think about the outcome of the tank members located inside them.

The three tank soldiers had long been torn into pieces by huge warheads that penetrated into the tank in various positions.

The defense line that once thought was as solid as a decent was broken through in just 15 minutes after Tang Dao arrived at Li Jiujin's command post.

"The Chinese must be crazy!" Colonel Numada Tazo of the 39th Infantry Regiment of the 8th Infantry Brigade, the highest commander of the Japanese front line at the time, looked at the crazy artillery fire and could only use this sentence to express his mood at that time.

Although he didn't know how many reinforcements the Chinese had come, he knew from the fierce artillery fire that the main Chinese forces that the division commander and brigade commander had arrived.

"Call the brigade headquarters to request quick reinforcements. Linmu Squadron defended Zhaozhuang to attract the Chinese to advance. The rest of the troops shrink their defense lines and wait for assistance!" Numata Tazori still made tactical arrangements based on his battlefield experience, which would not make big mistakes.

But he misjudged Tang Dao's determination this time, but this mistake would lead to the destiny of him and his subordinates.

If he could decisively evacuate the battlefield, at least half of the Japanese infantry could still see tomorrow's sun alive.

But with the issuance of this military order, these Japanese troops were dead.

The Tang throne who came up with all his strength would not let a Japanese soldier leave.

That was the best sacrifice to the soldiers who died under his command!
Chapter completed!