"General..." The little devil stepped out as a scout and suddenly appeared in front of the brigade commander like a gust of wind.
"The heavy artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army that just attacked Gu'an County is being transferred. It is equipped with more than 30 large-caliber artillery pieces and is transported by cars, but there is only one battalion of guard troops."
The brigade leader became anxious upon hearing this: "How far is it from us?"
"Less than two kilometers..." the scout blurted out.
"The troops speed up the assault, catch up with them, and destroy them. Otherwise, the tanks and troops we lost just after breaking through the Great Northern Slope will be lost in vain..."
"The forward troops directly deployed into combat formation and attacked forward."
"When we see the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery units, we launch an attack to hold them back..."
"Notify the scouts who are active near the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery regiment to take action immediately. Use grenades to blow up the only way for the heavy artillery regiment to move and delay their retreat. Quickly..."
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Just as the little Japanese troops quickly marched across the Great North Slope, they continued to hunt down the retreating Third Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong.
More than a thousand Eighth Route Army troops who had just evacuated Dabei Slope appeared again out of nowhere.
However, they did not attack the Japs on the road again. Instead, they quietly returned to Dabei Slope and re-established a blocking position.
The kid's attention had obviously been attracted by the moving Third Heavy Artillery Regiment. No one was paying attention behind him, so he didn't know that the connection between him and Gu'an County had been cut off by the Eighth Route Army.
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosion soon sounded on the road about two kilometers away from the brigade commander, and he knew that the scouts he sent had begun to take action.
Although there were not many scouts, the number of roads that could be destroyed under the eyes of the Eighth Route Army was very limited.
But as long as the heavy artillery regiment is held back for more than ten minutes, the troops he leads will be able to catch up with the heavy artillery regiment, launch an attack, and eliminate them outside Gu'an City.
When they were still one kilometer away from the heavy artillery position, the scouts rushed to the brigade commander again.
"General..."
"The Eighth Route Army protecting the heavy artillery regiment has been prepared..."
"They placed a large number of guard posts along the path that the heavy artillery regiment must pass."
"Many of our scouts were attacked by the Eighth Route Army's security forces when they were destroying roads, and suffered heavy losses."
"Although many sections of the road have been damaged, the Eighth Route Army gunners and guards are seizing the time to make repairs. It shouldn't take too long."
The brigade commander did not answer and asked directly: "How far are we from the heavy artillery regiment that the Eighth Route Army is moving..."
"About one kilometer..." the scout blurted out.
Because when he came to report the information, he happened to pass by the Eighth Route Army Heavy Artillery Regiment.
"That's fine..." the brigade replied with a long sigh of relief.
"I thought destroying the highway would not affect the transfer speed of the heavy artillery regiment..."
"But it turns out that after you destroyed the highway, the distance between us and the Eighth Route Army Heavy Artillery Regiment was shortened by nearly one kilometer."
"As long as you continue to destroy them and prevent the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery regiment from moving with all its strength, we will definitely be able to catch up with them and destroy them."
"Go back and tell your squadron leader..."
"Destroy roads at all costs and slow down the march of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery regiment."
"After completing the task of blocking the enemy and returning to Gu'an County, I personally asked the division commander for credit."
"Hayi..."
Faced with the death order issued by the brigade commander, the scout knew that doing so would cause huge losses to the reconnaissance squadron, but the credit was also great, and as a subordinate, he had no reason to refuse to carry out the order, so he could only nod and accept the order.
“Boom, boom, boom… da da da…”
The sound of exchanges of fire continued on the highway, and the brigade commander knew that it was the scouts under his command who were desperately blocking the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery regiment and slowing down their march.
In order to avoid the efforts of the scouts being in vain, the brigade commander was also very anxious and kept urging the troops to speed up their march and exchange fire with the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery regiment as soon as possible.
The hard work paid off, and after chasing for nearly twenty minutes, the distance between the two sides finally shortened from one kilometer to four to five hundred meters.
According to the current pursuit pace, the attacking troops can engage the Eighth Route Army in ten minutes at most and intercept them here.
"General..."
A regimental captain who was walking beside the brigade commander suddenly ran over.
"We are not far from the other two artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army. How about we divide the two reinforcement regiments into abandoning the road and go directly to the small road to kill them, so as to catch the Eighth Route Heavy Artillery Regiment by surprise."
"If we take the road and destroy the heavy artillery regiment in front of us first, and then attack the remaining two heavy artillery regiments, I'm afraid we won't have enough time."
"If the heavy artillery regiment in front of us resists desperately and gives the remaining two heavy artillery regiments time to move, the enemy will slip away from under our noses."
When the North China Front Army is fighting against the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, it is most taboo to divide the troops so as to create good opportunities for the opponent to defeat each other.
When the troops fought their way out of Gu'an, the division commander, Lieutenant General Nagata, specifically reminded the brigade commander.
But the opportunity cannot be missed.
Rather than destroying one heavy artillery regiment of the Eighth Route Army and letting go of two heavy artillery regiments, the brigade commander wanted to eliminate three heavy artillery regiments at the same time to avoid future troubles.
Otherwise, the remaining two heavy artillery regiments that escaped can come back at any time and continue to attack the Nagata Division with artillery fire from a long distance.
In addition, the retreating Eighth Route Army in front only had one heavy artillery regiment and one battalion of guard troops, and the total strength was no more than 2,000 people.
The troops he led out of Gu'an County formed a chariot brigade and four infantry regiments, with a total strength of more than 12,000 people.
Even if the army is divided into three, there will be more than 4,000 troops in each group.
With a manpower advantage of more than twice, and tanks to cover the operation, the opponent is a group of gunners with almost no combat effectiveness. It is difficult to lose.
Immediately ordered: "We can divide our troops..."
"You lead a reinforced regiment to attack one of the heavy artillery regiments, and Colonel Yamamoto leads another reinforced regiment to attack the last heavy artillery regiment of the Eighth Route Army, trying to wipe them all out."
The captain's face immediately lit up with joy.
He felt that this was a sure-win attack. No matter who led the attack, it would be a piece of pie in the sky, and they would get nothing for their victory.
He immediately patted his chest and assured the brigade commander: "Please rest assured, General, I will definitely annihilate the Eighth Route Army heavy artillery regiment and capture all the heavy artillery equipped by them."
"It just so happened that our heavy artillery regiment was severely damaged in the city and suffered heavy losses. We continued to replenish the troops with artillery."
"By seizing the heavy artillery equipped by the Eighth Route Army, our heavy artillery unit will soon be able to regain its combat effectiveness."
After the commander of the regiment said that, he led his men off the road and headed towards another artillery position of the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong.
Little did he know that his opponent had already laid a dragnet around the three artillery positions. The artillery and tank troops were all ready to go, just waiting for the little devil to hit his guns.
