Colonel Shigeon Yoshigu and more than 2,000 imperial officers and soldiers from the 503 Infantry Regiment were surrounded, which was actually far less of a blow to Okabe Saburo as the defeat on another battlefield.

Compared with the counterattack where the four regiments on the three fronts of Zishan Mountain will not be more than 5,000 troops, the battle that really determines the fate of the 1st Division on the evening of March 16 actually depends on the Chinese and Japanese armies that are in a confrontation on the Northwest Plain.

Compared with the three battlefields of Zishan that have been in full swing, on the plain about 6 kilometers away from Zishan, before 12:00 on the 16th, everything is silent, and it is basically calm.

But this kind of calmness is known to both the Chinese and Japanese officers and soldiers in the trenches, and no one knows when this false tranquility will be broken.

Hattori Hattori hasn't seen each other for two days. As the highest commander of the First Division here, he knew very well the importance of this defense line. Only when he defended this defense line could the Chinese army be unable to encircle the rear wing of the 20,000 division's main force. However, this loyal Japanese Army Major General knew even more that because of the importance, he could not leave before the main force of Zishan evacuated. He had to become the last evacuation force of the entire division with his army.

The evacuation time given by the commander of Okabe Saburo Division was set after 11:00 on the evening of the 16th!

Hattori Akitaro did not fully follow the military orders of Okabe Saburo. At 9 o'clock after nightfall, the Chinese completely stopped the excavation operation that had lasted for three days and three nights. This abnormal signal gave Hattori Akitaro a very bad premonition. Perhaps the Chinese general attack was about tonight.

Therefore, after entering 11 o'clock, Hattori Akitaro did not follow the original evacuation plan and ordered an infantry brigade to withdraw from the position and meet a baggage squadron that stayed behind the position to evacuate backwards.

There are also 4 infantry brigades and a chariot squadron on the position, as well as all infantry artillery squadrons and mountain artillery squadrons.

If the Chinese attacked in the early morning, more than 4,000 elite imperial officers and soldiers would definitely be able to shatter their ambitions. Looking at the ignition lights and explosions like muffled thunder from the battlefield of Zishan several kilometers away, Hattori was secretly angry.

It has to be said that Hattori Akitaro is indeed a veteran with rich experience on the battlefield. He basically judged from the signal of stopping digging the trenches that China is brewing a big move and giving up the best time to withdraw the main force. He also needs to leave the main force on the position to deal with a heavy blow to China.

Indeed, in the trenches that were only 180 meters away from the Japanese trenches, the Chinese soldiers were all wearing grenades around their waists, and the obliquely hung bullet belts were filled with orange bullets. Except for a few lying on the battle positions and staring at the observation posts in front, and a small number of infantry whispered to each other, most of the soldiers were leaning against the inner wall of the trenches with rifles to rest.

The 16 infantry companies located in the front line trenches received a regiment command from the communications corps: suspend excavation, rest and wait for the general attack order!

Although each person had two white flour steamed buns and a bowl of broth for dinner at 6 pm, at 11 pm, the cooking teams of each company once again brought each person a steamed bun full of fat meat and a boiled egg, which was considered an extra meal in the evening.

"Eat and go to bed quickly, the general attack will not be that early!" An experienced veteran picked up the steamed bun and killed it in a few seconds. He reminded the recruits around him to put the boiled eggs in his pocket while putting them in his pocket. He smiled with satisfaction: "This is a rare thing, and you can just fill your stomach after the battle."

"Brother, how do you know?" The recruit asked curiously. Except for the brigade headquarters, no one knew when the general attack on the Japanese position in front of him.

"Stupid! If you launch a general attack in two hours, you have to add a meal for us! Just this big steamed bun plus two slices of fat meat, at least 4 hours later. If the Japanese want to run, they must run in batches at night. In order to reduce our casualties, the leaders deliberately left the Japanese more time to let them leave the position first. We can capture this position with the smallest casualties." The veteran glared at the new recruit who was excited and nervous because the battle was about to be in full swing, and finally explained to him patiently.

"Then we let a lot of Japanese soldiers run away in vain?" The recruits were still a little puzzled.

"Run? I'll ask you, who can run past our 683 Brigade by foot alone? I'll let him run for 3 hours first to see if they can pass by us, if they can't bear to leave that little bit of rags." The veteran answered confidently.

"I understand!" the recruit nodded.

"If you understand, just sleep. Only by resting your energy can you get the Japanese." The veteran closed his eyes and snored slightly in less than a minute.

Although the new recruits were still nervous and excited, their hearts gradually calmed down with the veteran's calmness. In addition, it was indeed hard to dig the earth in the past few days. Not long after closing their eyes, they fell asleep.

The veterans who had experienced a great transfer of thousands of miles accounted for 10%, four years, three years, and three years, and the remaining 60% were said to be new recruits. In fact, the extremely reasonable personnel composition was very similar to the composition of the Japanese division troops who entered the Chinese battlefield in the early stage. This is also the main reason why the 683rd Brigade can be called the strongest infantry brigade of the Eighty Army. With this, with a full set of German equipment, if the 683rd Brigade is not strong, God will not agree.

"Chief, I see that the Japanese are ready to retreat, and I don't know how much they will run. Otherwise, I will advance the general attack time by an hour and a half, and I promise that the chasing of his son will die." In an underground command post less than 400 meters away from the Japanese position, Wang Xiaoqiang was a little anxious to assure Commander Cheng, who was facing the darkness.

"Do you really think the Japanese on the other side will run?" Captain Cheng turned his head and looked at Wang Xiaoqiang who was eager to fight with a plain face.

"The Japanese commander on the opposite side is a powerful character." Wang Xiaoqiang shook his head. "If it can't be done, he is waiting for us now!"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Oh? Then you, Crazy Wang, have this enlightenment, why do you still want to launch the general attack half an hour in advance?" Captain Cheng asked with a smile.

"Hehe! In the past, the Japanese's equipment was still the same, but now! We have already replaced the cannons. Just relying on the 38th cover and the pheasant neck, we can't stop our charge. Even if the Japanese No. 1,000 wide-eyed eyes and guarded the trenches, all the commanders and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment were confident that they would break through the defense line in front of them within 20 minutes and kill him with blood!" Wang Xiaoqiang replied boldly.

"Okay! It's a good thing to be confident and determined, and it's not in vain that I'll call you, Crazy Wang, and use the 772nd Regiment as the main attacking regiment of the entire brigade." Brigade Commander Cheng was obviously very satisfied with Wang Xiaoqiang's statement.

Although it is all a battle, it is completely different whether there is a possible deployment of the enemy in your heart. The mad general takes into account the possibility of the opponent's entire army waiting for the battle, but he still maintains a decisive heart, which is both confidence and determination.

This is also the reason why the five infantry commanders under Commander Cheng have their own strengths in combat, but whenever he attacks, he will choose the madman warrior to be his vanguard army without hesitation.

It's preference, and it's affirmation!

Wang Xiaoqiang is just a battle knife, and he can dance the sword when showing off his work, but if he needs to open a bloody road for the entire army, he will definitely move forward.

As the saying goes, the commander will lead the kind of soldiers. After losing their civil and military commander two years ago, the 772nd Regiment had not declined but increased. His record in the past two years has been ahead of the 771st Regiment and the 686th Regiment of the 511th Division, which once stood with them.

"However, you are already a leader of a group, and a leader of a group with nearly 10,000 people. If you are under that person, you must be a major general-level division commander. When considering the problem, don't just consider the battlefield in front of you. Think about it again why the brigade headquarters set the general attack time until 3:30 in the morning, and then answer me after thinking about it." Captain Cheng's smile calmed and raised a difficult question for Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang has no problem with tactics. No matter what time it is, the Japanese army must fight this line of defense, but it is just to sacrifice one's life to do it.

But at this time, the best time point was that Captain Cheng was stuck after nearly ten deductions and communicated with Tang Dao several times.

After a while of silence, Wang Xiaoqiang finally gave his answer: "The reason why the Brigade Department sets this time is, first: this time is the most sleepy moment for the human body, especially when the Japanese army suspected that our army would launch an attack at any time and did not dare to enter deep sleep; second: The Japanese army may be lucky. After 12 o'clock, we still did not see any action in our army, so we mobilized some main forces to retreat quietly, which invisibly reduced the attack pressure and reduced casualties for our army!

3: Leave more time to rest for our officers and soldiers to recover their strength!

There are probably only so many twists and turns in your head, brigade commander, I really couldn't imagine it."

"You are not honest. Since you became the regiment commander, Wanwanluo has been much more than when I first met you! Why? I was afraid that I would be bald all of a sudden. It seems that I, the brigade commander, can be seen through by you, the regiment commander, right?" Captain Cheng looked at Wang Xiaoqiang with a smile on his face.

"The conscience of heaven and earth, I swear to heaven, I don't have any other tricks from Lao Xu and others. I really can't flatter you." Wang Xiaoqiang defended with a bitter face.

The chief of staff on the brigade side was very hard to hold back his laughter. Wang Xiaoqiang is really a living treasure. If you swear, why did you take Commander Xu and other large commanders out to block the gun? Do you Wang Crazy believe it or not? Just this sentence is heard in the ears of those commanders. The gate of your 772nd Regiment Headquarters will be demolished by them collectively.

"It's not that you, Crazy Wang, can't take a photo, you don't want to take a photo! Hurry up, I'll give you a chance to flatter me hard and tell the most important reason. What you, Monkey King, are still not sure about what you are thinking." Captain Cheng turned his head and looked at the darkness, and his lips raised slightly.

What made him happy was not that he was flattered by the first general under his command, but that he finally felt relieved to release his Deyi subordinate.

The 921 Division headquarters has made a decision that after the end of the Zishan Battle, the Japanese army will not launch a large-scale attack in southern Hebei for a long time. Given the good development trend in southern Hebei, the 921 Division will learn from the Four Army Regiments and promote the southern Hebei model to other bases.

The 683rd Brigade will enter Taiyue Mountain to establish the Taiyue Military Region. The military region will focus on Taiyue Mountain, and the base area is a triangular area between Tongpu Road, Baijin Road and Lintun Highway, with a total of 32 counties under its jurisdiction.

By then, the 772nd Regiment, led by this madman general, will become the guardian god of hundreds of thousands of people in 12 counties. With the ability he has shown now, it will be completely enough.

"Hehe, I don't know if what I said is right. I think the biggest reason why you are stuck at this time is to make the Japanese commander on the opposite side so uncomfortable that he can't sleep. This person's mind is not resting well! He will be confused. If he makes this confused, he will not make mistakes!" Wang Xiaoqiang said with a chuckling.

"How is it? Chief of Staff, I mean Wang Crazy is Zhang Fei who can embroider, he is fine and fine! Otherwise, you think that the leader of the 683rd Brigade and the leader of the Tang regiment, who is as sharp as a ghost, is the closest relationship with him. That's because of the same kind of attracting each other!" Commander Cheng looked at the Chief of Staff with a smile.

The Chief of Staff gave Wang Xiaoqiang a thumbs up!

"The more intense the four-way team fights, the quieter we are, the longer we drag it, the less we can't touch our rhythm, and make the opponent anxious, and if the opponent is anxious, you will make mistakes!" This is a summary speech made by Captain Cheng after convening a combat meeting of the brigade department after nightfall.

Hattori Akitaro was in such a torment, waiting from 11 o'clock until 2:30 in the morning, and the opposite position was still silent and had no intention of launching an attack.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Finally, Hattori Akitaro, who could no longer wait, made a decision and dispatched another infantry brigade to evacuate. If the Chinese have not moved until 4 o'clock, Hattori Akitaro will personally lead another infantry brigade to evacuate the battlefield.

The last batch of evacuated from the battlefield will be after 5:30, when all the heavy weapons and equipment have been removed. All the more than a thousand people composed of light infantry will depend on whether the marching speed is fast enough.

Hattori Akitaro's wishful thinking was at least good at that time, but by 3:30 a.m., he had already packed up and was about to leave the front line command and meet with the infantry brigade that had begun to leave the trenches suddenly heard a sharp scream from the air.

The pale-faced Japanese Army Major General looked up and saw meteors flashing in the sky, like a beautiful meteor shower!

But that is not what makes people wish, but it brings death!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Amid the brilliant fire and the shocking explosion, Hattori Akitaro was stunned.

In this psychological showdown, he lost completely!

The Chinese used the extremely cunning time to make him make mistakes. They once again dispatched a thousand people to evacuate the positions, and there were less than 3,000 infantrymen. What's so bad is that an hour ago, he also evacuated four infantry artillery squadrons and two heavy machine gun squadrons.

This is because he knew that heavy equipment could best delay the speed of the march during retreat, but he was reluctant to throw away these heavy equipment, so he had to evacuate early.

This means that the two infantry brigades on the position and the infantry brigades that had just left the position to gather, only 12 heavy machine guns and 2 infantry artillery provided fire support for them.

Fortunately, there is still a squadron of chariots that have not left yet. Six 97 medium tanks of 57mm howitzers and 40 7.7mm heavy machine guns can also provide some support to the infantry.

If there were no such things, Hattori Kazutaro would really want to die.

But Hattori still underestimated his opponent too much. This time, the 683rd Brigade actually took out the heavy firepower from its bottom, 12 150mm mortars, 12 4-type 75 mountain cannons, 12 75mm Bofos mountain cannons, 82 mortars equipped by each regiment, and 80 "flying thunder cannons" quietly built in front-line trenches.

It is far from the legendary ten thousand cannons fired at once, but it is certain that more than a hundred cannons are!

Especially the 80 flying thunder cannons on the front line, although the range is very short and the farthest one is only ejected 250 meters away, but that is enough.

The 5-kilogram explosive pack is the job to do to destroy the infantry in frontier fortifications and frontline trenches.

After more than 10 minutes of artillery preparation, not to mention mortars and mountain cannons, just the exclusive explosive pack of flying thunder cannons, the 683 Brigade's "crazy" local gunners had worked out 800, which was 4,000 kilograms of explosives. The 683 Brigade bought some from the Sixing Regiment Factory in January and collected the money that had accumulated in a whole year. They were all gone within 10 minutes.

Even the commander like Wang Xiaoqiang, who had seen the world, was shaking his cheeks with heartache by his subordinates' fighting method of pouring ammunition like he didn't have money!

What do you mean! It’s good that this group of bastards can survive and be scolded by me. I can’t scold them after the war, and Wang Xiaoqiang can comfort himself very much.

Hattori Akitaro underestimated his opponent and overestimated his own people.

As soon as these hundreds of cannons were smashed, the hot air waves were trembling, not to mention the infantry on the front line, even the various types of tanks half surrounded by fortifications were trembling violently. The armored soldiers of the Japanese chariot squadron were not idiots. When they saw such artillery fire, they judged that the infantry on the front line would definitely not be able to defend the trenches.

The infantry cannot defend it, which means that the Chinese will soon approach these tanks that are fixed firepower points 400 meters away. A few days ago, the scene where the 1st tank squadron was spotted with a simple mooring bottle by the Chinese. They are still waiting here. What's the case?

"All chariots immediately disengage from fortifications after artillery fire stops and mobile support for the imperial infantry fighting in various regions and the Chinese!" The chariot squadron leader issued a military order with a pale face.

Mobile support and fighting against the Chinese people seem to be fine. If you can understand it, you will naturally understand it. If you can't understand it, then go to death!

Therefore, the 22 tanks of the 2nd tanks of Hattobe's chariot, which had high hopes, had already lost their fighting spirit in an artillery battle on the battlefield.

Relying on 3,000 light infantry, how can you resist the charge of 6,000 Chinese elite infantry that have been replenishing overnight? Will you take the lead?

At 4:10 a.m., Hattori Kaora sent Okabe Saburo in despair to break the defense line of the Northwest Plain, and the whole army was shattered farewell message!

At that time, it was only 40 minutes before China shot the first shell!

When it was dawn, only gray military uniforms were cleaning the battlefield. The battlefield was covered with yellow corpses, and sometimes gray military uniforms would fall to the ground.

The recruit knelt in front of his squad leader. When he broke through the defense line, the veteran fired two guns and killed two Japanese in the trenches, but several machine gun bullets from 100 meters away also hit him in the chest. The recruit could not stop charging until the end of the battle. He returned to the battlefield and found the squad leader who had done a simple bandage.

The new recruit took out the boiled egg that had been completely crushed from the veteran's purse and put the broken egg yolk into his mouth. The veteran smashed his lips a few times, making an inauspicious sound: "Scent!"

The recruit's face was washed away by the smoke of gunpowder, and he tried hard to carry the squad leader who had lost his breath on his back.

On the position of smoke, the new recruits were filled with desolate and tragic roars sounded: "Forward! Forward! Our team is moving forward!"
Chapter completed!