Chen Ziyun currently controls eight artillery pieces and two infantry companies. They can provide combat support at any time.
In addition, there are guard companies and cavalry companies in the area north of the battlefield, and those two companies can also carry out quick strikes.
Even though the Fifth Battalion of Wu Ziqiang Independent Infantry was under great pressure, Chen Ziyun did not make any reaction.
This does not mean that Chen Ziyun deliberately caused heavy casualties to Wu Ziqiang's camp, but that he knew that the real fierce battle had not yet begun.
If he now puts his reserve team into the battlefield, Chen Ziyun would be faced with a situation where he would have no troops to adjust to any subsequent crisis.
"Battle Commander Wu, we must continue to go east. He believes that we can hold our position."
"Please let me believe him. At the most critical moment, he will immediately launch combat support and will never let you have a breakthrough in our position."
"He knows that we are in difficulty, but if we can block the Lunar Army's attack, then the Fifth Battalion of Independent Infantry will definitely become an elite in the future."
"If the hostess knows that we have performed like this, he will definitely reward us heavily."
Chen Ziyun mistakenly used the microphone and kept feeding Wu Ziqiang chicken soup for his soul, hoping that he would stick to his position.
"No, Commander Chen." Wu Zi gritted his teeth and hung up the phone.
Since ancient times, there has been no kindness but no military control, no war is cruel, no glorious victory is always full of blood.
Sacrificing two people and saving the lives of three people is a common thing on the battlefield.
If Chen Ziyun were to become the commander of the artillery battalion and the Fifth Battalion of the Independent Infantry encountered such a crisis, he would launch an artillery attack at all costs.
But now his position is that of an infantry and artillery commander, and the lives of more than 2,000 people depend on his legs.
If Chen Ziyun makes a wrong decision, more than 2,000 people will die there.
If a general loses an order and his army dies, it is no joke!
"It seems they need to prepare for the worst. The little devils are never soft-hearted."
"If they don't have the advantage of high ground at this time, with the posture of the Moon Army, it will not be difficult for them to break through the position."
"In elite troops, there are times when battles are defeated. But Chen Ziyun doesn't want to lose the battle!"
Chen Ziyun took a deep breath, glanced at the map, and murmured to himself.
The fierce fighting on the front line continues, and the defenders in Suohe Town have begun to withstand attacks from three sides by the Moon Army.
The two companies had only 200 men left. They were forced to abandon a large number of positions and began to retreat outside the city for defense.
The two company commanders thought of Chen Ziyun's instructions when he sent them there to defend, and they knew they had no way out.
Two hundred troops came to the residences outside the town to defend themselves. They took advantage of the favorable terrain and completely blocked the main road outside the town.
Light machine guns and Jin-made submachine guns were hidden outside the houses.
A small number of grenade launchers would have been set up behind broken walls and ruins.
Some riflemen had already reached the roofs of the remaining houses, and everyone was prepared to die there.
"Even if they retreat now, they will become easy targets for the Japs!"
"Fouyuan Pingcheng is in the north of Xin County. Do you know what happened there?"
"The 196th Brigade once fought a fierce battle with the Yuan Army in Yuanping City. After several months of fierce fighting, Brigadier Jiang arranged for doctors and nurses to transfer the wounded."
"But when the Moon Army encountered those transferred personnel, they killed all of them. Many nurses were raped by the little devils and tortured to death."
"If they leave the bunker there and evacuate back, they will die faster. Instead, it is better to continue to hold on there. Kill one to get enough money, kill two to earn one!"
A company commander held a rifle and looked at the officers and soldiers. He said with a serious expression on his face.
"Company Commander, they will not embarrass Commander Chen. Even if they die there, they will still knock their teeth out!"
"I have already won a battle with Commander Chen. Even if I die, I can still be considered a hero."
"Company commander, what happened to the 196th Brigade stationed in Yuanping City?"
Many officers and soldiers expressed their opinions one after another. At this time, they no longer thought about leaving Suohe Town alive.
At this time, many recruits were interested in the 196th Brigade. They wanted to know whether that unit could hold Yuanping City.
"The 196th Brigade has a total of five thousand people. They were attacked by the elite troops of the Wanyue Army and defended Yuanping City for ten days and nights."
"More than 4,000 people were killed east of Brigadier Ji Jiang, and a small number of troops broke out."
"Many people say that our Jinsui Army is a soft persimmon, but in the early days, our Jinsui Army still fought a lot of tough battles!"
"Now Commander Chen is continuously commanding the troops to achieve victory. He firmly believes that our Jinsui Army will be worthy of the elders of the three Jin Dynasties in the future!"
The company commander looked at the soldiers nearby and said with a determined expression on his face.
As the company commander finished speaking, footsteps began to appear on the street ahead.
Not long after, there was fierce gunfire outside Suohe Town!
Because the troops of both sides were already fighting outside the town, the Moon Army's heavy weapons were unable to provide support.
For a while, the Second Battalion thought about taking Dongsuohe Town and annihilating the defenders inside. Would it be difficult?
At that time, the battlefield changed dramatically.
The Moon Army troops responsible for the roundabout on the north side have reached the area north of Yangpo Village.
The 13th Independent Infantry Regiment is directly under the artillery brigade, and twelve Type 41 mountain guns were assembled immediately.
Since Yangpo Village is currently undergoing combat defense, can the Japanese artillery be able to easily lock its position?
Can the Moon Army artillery gather advanced foreign artillery combat concepts, add their own characteristics, and summarize a set of artillery combat concepts of their own?
Each of their artillery brigade has a professional survey team, which can use relevant equipment and excellent technical personnel to quickly draw up artillery location grids.
At this time, can the Lunar Army's artillery unit easily carry out precise bombardment while relying on the map to operate?
On the other hand, most troops such as the Shanxi-Sui Army still adopt backward artillery combat concepts.
The Type 41 mountain artillery established an artillery position, and the first infantry brigade began to secretly advance towards Yangpo Village.
Whether they could launch a surprise attack from the north or completely catch the Yangpo Village defenders off guard.
Moreover, up to now, everything in the Lunar Army combat troops has been carried out according to the deployment of Colonel Harada.
There were two infantry companies and one machine gun company in Wu Ziqiang's camp in Yangpo Village, but they were facing a frontal attack by hundreds of Moon troops from the Third Battalion.
The two infantry companies deployed by Wu Ziqiang's camp in Suohe Town are under great pressure and may be annihilated at any time.
Under such pressure, the overall morale of the Yangpo Village defenders was low.
Fortunately, the third battalion's hundreds of moon troops could contain the attack, otherwise Yangpo Village might have been breached at any time.
Now the first battalion of the Moon Army was quickly approaching there, and they were advancing rapidly from the north.
Twelve Type 41 mountain artillery were ready to support, but in order to ensure the concealment of the infantry, they did not launch artillery fire for the time being.
At around 11:10, the defenders in Yangpo Village vaguely sensed something was going on.
"There are reflections of helmets to the north, and little Japanese troops to the north!"
"Ma Zai is reporting to the company commander that the Moon Army has appeared on their north side!"
"And judging from the number of reflective helmets, there are a lot of little devils."
There are security forces in the north of Yangpo Village. Although they have a platoon, they are very vigilant because they are in combat mode.
Do the little devils have helmets, and the moonlight is good tomorrow? They asked if they have reflective helmets.
Those Lunar troops wanted to make a concealed attack, but they were discovered directly.
Yue army troops appeared on the north side of Yangpo Village and were quickly reported to Wu Ziqiang.
When Wu Ziqiang heard that a large number of Moon troops appeared on the north side, he almost collapsed on the ground.
After all, the Fifth Battalion of the Independent Infantry was already under a lot of pressure at this time, and there were actually Moon troops on the north side. He didn't know how to respond.
Wu Ziqiang shook his head vigorously, forcing himself to calm down. He came to the map.
He immediately deployed troops to launch defense, and the Yangpo Village defense force was divided into two.
Two infantry companies are equipped with two heavy machine guns and one mortar respectively, directly facing the north and east sides for defense.
At the same time, Wu Ziqiang picked up the phone again and contacted Chen Ziyun directly.
It is worth mentioning that the north side of Yangpo Village is relatively steep and the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Moreover, there are many natural stone bunkers there. After Wu Ziqiang quickly mobilized troops to strengthen the defense there, the Yue army would have difficulties if they wanted to break through.
"Have you asked for reinforcements? I only have the Eastern Service Soldiers and the Order Soldiers left by my side."
"When we ran out of fire, he would take them over to fill our vacancies."
"If Yangpo Village is lost, they will suffer a devastating blow."
"Whether we know the temper of the brigade, the Fifth Battalion of the Independent Infantry will be severely damaged, and they will be held accountable."
"The Suohe garrison is very defensive. They occupy the terrain advantage and are reinforced with heavy weapons. Are we inferior to two infantry companies?"
"In a word, even if I die, I want to die on the battlefield and in the battle to defend the Moon Army."
Wu Ziqiang, carrying a rifle, personally came to the front line and continued to boost the morale of the troops.
Not long after, fighting started on the north side of Yangpo Village.
After the First Infantry Battalion of the Moon Army approached, the two Type 92 heavy machine guns deployed there started firing in conjunction with the Jin-made light machine guns of the infantry squad.
A series of light and heavy machine guns hit the reflective helmet. A little Japanese was hit and fell to the ground.
Soon, a 90MM mortar also started firing.
The grenades were shot out one after another. Those grenades fell into the Moon Army, which also caused casualties to them.
After the firepower was exposed, the First Infantry Battalion of the Lunar Army immediately launched suppression.
They assembled light and heavy machine guns and grenade-laden infantry artillery to counterattack.
Intense bullets and artillery shells continued to fire towards the position. Do the Moon Army troops have absolute advantages in numbers and weapons?
Under such circumstances, the position was suppressed by firepower.
A large number of Japanese soldiers with rifle legs were advancing there rapidly. However, due to the steep road, it was very difficult for the Moon Army to advance.
As they advanced along the road, the riflemen opened fire, and they also began throwing leg grenades.
One leg grenade fell on the road along the high ground, and with the sound of explosions, the Moon Army troops were hit.
At this time, the firepower of Bu Nao's position was exposed, and the Moon Army assembled a large number of weapons to counterattack and suppress it.
Soon, the Type 41 mountain cannons also launched a bombardment.
Yangpo Village began to be attacked by a concentrated force of the Yue army, and the troops commanded by Wu Ziqiang were under great pressure.
The battle lasted until 11:30, and Wu Ziqiang had to call Chen Ziyun again.
It was at that time that Chen Ziyun ordered Liang Guoping's artillery unit to launch an artillery bombardment.
Zhou Wenbo's observation team provided accurate shooting data, and two field guns and six mountain guns gathered fire to attack the Yue army on the north side of Yangpo Village.
Grenades were fired one after another, and deafening explosions came one after another.
The First Battalion of the Moon Army Infantry was attacked intensively by six Bofors Mountain Cannons. Their troops were forced to stop advancing and dispersed and hid.
The twelve Type 41 mountain artillery pieces of the Moon Army's artillery brigade were also attacked from a distance by two Liao-made field guns.
Even though the Little Japanese artillery had established a position, the Moon artillery would have suffered casualties if they had built field artillery in the Liao Dynasty to attack the east.
Eight artillery pieces launched a powerful rush to Yangpo Village. The Moon Army troops on the north side were bombarded and forced to stop the attack.
Two infantry companies and one machine gun company commanded by Wu Ziqiang in Fou Yangpo Village continued to fight and were attacked one after another.
At this time, their combat strength totaled more than 400 people.
Some of the seriously wounded were quickly transported away by heavy troops for treatment, while the lightly wounded remained in their positions and continued to fight.
The fighting in Suohe Town was fierce, and the Japs continued to attack.
Colonel Harada repeatedly observed the map at the Jinshan detachment headquarters, and he continued to mark based on frontline reports.
It should be known that although the Second Battalion entered the outside of the town in groups, it was unable to annihilate all the defenders outside the town.
Colonel Harada's face was full of anger, and he couldn't help but yelled loudly.
"It's just a bunch of idiots, with more than a thousand troops, but they haven't been able to deal with the Suohe garrison."
"How did the Second Battalion carry out the operation? They were ordered to withdraw their troops from Suohe Town, and the First Battalion of Mountain Artillery carried out shelling."
"Tell the second brigade what's going on in Bulong. They all want to completely take over Dongsuohe Town before one o'clock in the morning!"
"There are troops outflanking from the north. They are trying to break through the high ground of Yangpo Village in the shortest possible time."
Harada Dazu had a serious expression on his face, and he immediately gave the battle order.
At twelve o'clock at midnight, the Second Brigade withdrew from Suohe Town. Immediately afterwards, Type 94 mountain artillery began to continuously bombard Suohe Town.
Deafening explosions continued to sound, and at that time, trains began to set off along the Tongpu Railway, traveling directly to the south-east.
The reconnaissance force of the Buluozhang Armed Cavalry Company quickly discovered the train and quickly reported it.
After Zhang Wu got the news, he immediately found the guard company commander Chu Yu!
"Commander Chen Dongda gave an order before, begging them to pay close attention to the railway situation."
"Now that trains are starting to appear, can they be military trains that transport combat supplies?"
"Captain Chu, please do we immediately launch combat operations to attack the Moon Army's columns!"
After Zhang Wu saw Chu Yu, he asked with a serious expression on his face.
