Seeing the troops on the position suddenly stop shooting, the air seemed to solidify. Zhou Cheng immediately thought of the tactics and tactics that the Chief of Staff was about to use. His tense nerves then sootheed, and said in a long sigh: "The crisis on the position was lifted!"

Liang Hongjiang's heart was already in his throat.

Seeing that the blocking firepower on the position suddenly stopped, he thought something had happened to the position defenders in the bombing of the plane.

Especially after seeing the Japanese and puppet troops rushing closer and closer, they almost rushed into the trench defended by the Chief of Staff. Liang Hongjiang was so anxious that he almost rushed out of the hiding point.

Suddenly, when the regiment commander heard that the crisis on the position was resolved, Liang Hongjiang could not understand why the regiment commander said such things at this time.

The Japanese and puppet troops were about to reach the trenches and the chief of staff was at the critical moment of life and death. The regiment commander not only did not worry, but also said that the crisis in the position was lifted.

"Boom boom boom..." He didn't react from the concealment until a string of explosions rang out on the position.

"I understand. The Chief of Staff wants to fight bayonets with the Japanese and puppet troops. Instead of staying on the position and being bombed by the Japanese and puppet troops by bombs, it is better to fight bayonets with the Japanese and puppet troops. We have shotguns, submachine guns, and box cannons. If the tactics are used, it is not a problem for an infantry squad to fight the enemy or platoon."

"The Japanese can bomb our positions at close range regardless of accidental injuries. After all, this kind of thing happens from time to time on the battlefield. No matter how dissatisfied the puppet army is, they dare not say anything. But they certainly dare not throw bombs directly on the heads of the attacking troops. That is no different from killing them directly. No matter how good the puppet army's endurance is, they will not be able to bear such humiliation. Maybe they will mutiny on the battlefield!"

"There are more puppet troops here than the Japanese. Once they mutiny occurs, the Japanese will not be able to suppress them even if they want to!"

Zhou Cheng nodded in agreement with Liang Hongjiang's analysis and ordered: "If you figure it out, continue to watch the battle, but you must be patient and don't want to rush forward when encountering anything. We must believe in the Chief of Staff!"

"If I expected it to be right, even if the Chief of Staff could take down the Japanese and puppet troops in a very short time, he would deliberately slow down the pace of battle, fight with the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield for a while, and drag the planes in the sky away."

"In ten minutes, regardless of whether the battle at the Chief of Staff is over or not, we will leave here and gather the troops separately. We will gather all the troops scattered and marched together before 7 o'clock in the evening, and launch an attack on time at 8 o'clock."

At the command center of the Japanese garrison, the corps leader stayed here for a whole day, but never received good news that the National Salvation Army was killed.

It was past six o'clock in the evening, and the sky was getting a little darker, and the telephone soldier finally received the latest news from the front line.

Halfway through hearing, my face changed.

After listening to it, my whole face was covered with heavy expressions. I lowered my head and walked to the corps captain, and reported with a guilty voice: "Sir, the attack on the front line is over, and we still haven't taken down the national rescue army in the encirclement!"

"Ba..." The captain of the regiment was so angry that he couldn't help but hit the table in front of him, cursing: "Baga! What's the front-line attacking troops? The strength advantage, terrain advantage, and firepower advantage are all on our side. There was also plane support during the attack. After fighting for a day, he didn't eliminate more than 3,000 National Salvation Army. This was simply a shame for the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire!"

After cursing, the anger on the face of the team leader was covered by worry and solemn expressions.

The National Salvation Army is good at fighting night battles, and the troops will definitely not be able to attack after dark, which means that the remaining troops on the front line will surround the National Salvation Army for one night.

This matter sounds simple, but it is actually very difficult.

During the day, the attacking troops had aircraft support. Although the National Salvation Army was equipped with a large number of artillery, they were afraid to use it in order to prevent them from being bombed.

After dark, the attacking troops lost air support. The National Salvation Army would definitely take out the artillery they had been hiding and join the war. Under the cover of artillery and night, they broke out of the encirclement and broke through the encirclement...

Although the advantage of the military strength on the battlefield is still in his own hands, the positions that need defense are too long. After the remaining combat troops on the front line are divided, a two-hundred-meter-long position may not even be divided into the Imperial Army of an infantry company.

If the National Salvation Army gathers dozens of artillery guns to aim at one of the positions and the infantry launches attacks with the artillery fire, they will definitely be able to easily tear a hole in the encirclement. No one can block the gap when they come, and they can only watch them successfully break through.

He finally surrounded thousands of national-savior troops. In order to eliminate them, he had already paid a huge price of nearly two thousand people, and consumed a large amount of ammunition. He used up nearly a hundred precious aviation bombs.

The battle is about to be won, but it would be a loss if the remaining remnants of the National Savior Army on the battlefield escaped.

The corps leader decided to continue to send troops to reinforce the battlefield, and to surround the national rescue army at all costs. When the attack continues tomorrow, they will be wiped out in any case...

Turning his head and asking the captain of the Yangquan garrison on the side, "How many troops are there in the county?"

"The Imperial Army has two battalions, two garrison squadrons of the Imperial Army, one gendarmerie, and more than one hundred spies... In addition, the Railway Garage Command is also in Yangquan City, and they also have a garrison squadron's troops!"

The corps captain quickly made a decision: "The Imperial Army left a battalion, and then left the military police to protect the county town. Other troops gathered immediately and went to the railway station to take the train reinforcement battlefield. They must be in place within an hour and a half."

"Contact the front line command, I will reinforce the Imperial Army of one battalion and the Imperial Army of three squadrons tonight. We must surround the National Salvation Army at all costs and not let them run away, otherwise all officers above the squadron leader or above will be engaged in military law."

At 7 o'clock in the evening, nearly two thousand troops had gathered around Zhou Cheng.

He sent out more than a hundred scouts to conduct a final reconnaissance on the remaining Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield.

"Captain, there is something happening..." A squad leader ran over on a horse and reported while gasping.

"There are nearly a thousand Japanese puppet troops coming from the railway. There are about three squadrons of the Japanese and one battalion of the puppet troops. There are no counterweight weapons. They march quickly towards the battlefield!"

Dong Fei, the captain of the Xiyang garrison team, was amused: "Captain, the Japanese in Yangquan City are too polite. They thought the food was not enough for us tonight, so they brought us a plate of big dishes."

"These Japanese and puppet troops must have come from the county town."

"During the day, I heard that there were only more than 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops left in the county. Now I have sent nearly 1,000 people to support the battlefield. The garrisons in the county are no longer empty!"

"If we take these Japanese and puppet troops into pieces, Yangquan County will definitely be able to take them down in one attack!"

Zhou Cheng's eyes also lit up: "Now is indeed a great opportunity to win Yangquan County."

"Deputy Platoon Commander Deng, send a telegram to the deputy regiment commander immediately. There are only three or four hundred Japanese and puppet troops left in Yangquan County, and the troops are empty. He asked him to contact the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army immediately and take down Yangquan County before dawn."

Dong Fei immediately frowned into the character "Sichuan", and asked in confusion: "Why did you let the Yangquan Independent Group attack the county town?"

"Captain, as long as you trust me and let the second battalion of Xiyang garrison team kill you, you will definitely be able to take down the county town before dark."

"We can just seize the opportunity to win the county town so well. Why do we need to take advantage of the Eighth Route Army Yangquan Independent Regiment?"

"Although we are all our own people, the Japanese and puppet troops have reserved a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food in the county, which is also the materials urgently needed by our National Salvation Army. If the Yangquan Independent Regiment is allowed to take Yangquan, the weapons, ammunition and food inside will definitely have nothing to do with us!"

Zhou Cheng replied mysteriously: "Don't worry, we can't lose this battle!"

"Although the food, weapons and ammunition reserved by the Japanese and puppet troops in Yangquan City is very jealous, it is not as good as the same thing!"

"To keep it secret, you don't know some things. The reason why the Yangquan Independent Group attacked the county town and snatched the weapons, ammunition and food from the county town was to plan our next action and execute the order. You will know the reason at that time!"

As soon as Deng Jinghua left, Dong Fei asked in a hurry: "Captain, since we don't need to fight the county town, the battle of encirclement and annihilation must be completely fought, otherwise the Yangquan Independent Group would laugh at us!"

"What should I do next? Give the order!"

As soon as Dong Fei finished speaking, the cavalry company commander Tao Yongsheng, the guard company commander Liang Hongjiang, and the battalion commander He Feng all stared at Zhou Cheng with big eyes and waited for him to give orders.

Zhou Cheng had already thought about the combat plan. Faced with everyone's expectation, he blurted out: "The Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield are too scattered, and our total strength is less than half of them. If you attack strongly, there will definitely be many Japanese and puppet troops who will escape in the chaos, and it will be difficult to capture them all in one go."

"I decided to go into two steps tonight's battle: the chief of staff will take action first, break through from the east, and attract all the main forces of the Japanese and puppet troops in other directions."

"The Xiyang garrison and the first battalion used the company as units to surround the Japanese and puppet troops who surrounded the Chief of Staff from different directions, cooperated with the Chief of Staff to attack inside and outside, and wiped out the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops."

"The guard battalion and cavalry units, in the units of the company and platoon, attacked the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the other three directions of the encirclement..."

After following the cavalry of the National Salvation Army to take down the defensive positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, the Yangquan Independent Regiment stopped and built a new defense line based on the Japanese and puppet troops' positions, posing as if no one was allowed to enter its base.

The front-line command was also moved to the original Japanese command.

The regiment commander did not rest as he had just finished a victory in the army, and continued to send scouts to collect the latest battle situation on the front line.

In case of an accident happening during the attack by the National Salvation Army, I can send troops to support me as soon as possible.

After learning that Chen Zhengyu was surrounded by the Japanese and puppet troops, the regiment commander immediately contacted the National Salvation Army and asked if he would send troops to reinforce.

What surprised him was that this proposal was rejected by the National Salvation Army.

Then I realized that Chen Zhengyu was surrounded by Japanese and puppet troops, which was probably a plan.

In order to make his own judgment, he sent all the scouts that could be sent out in the regiment to closely monitor the every move of the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield.
Chapter completed!