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"Has the new artillery position been constructed?"

Amakasu Shigetaro asked a combat staff officer.

"Report Commander, not yet!"

The combat staff officer lowered his head and gave a bitter answer.

The devil's two artillery regiments moved their artillery positions. The artillery positions built earlier moved only after firing five rounds.

However, some cannons and artillery were blown to pieces by the artillery observers of the Eighth Route Army directing the artillery fire.

It will take a lot of time to find artillery positions and build artillery positions again.

"Order!" Amakasu Shigetaro said in a crazy tone: "After the artillery has built the artillery position, it will immediately fire in the direction of the Eighth Route Army tanks to implement artillery coverage."

"Hi!"

The combat staff officer suddenly lowered his head, turned around and went to deliver the order.

Seeing this, Nishihara Issaku let out a helpless sigh from the bottom of his heart.

As the division head of the 3rd Chariot Division, he is naturally very clear that it is impossible for the current Mongolian Army to defeat the Eighth Route Army after the battle has reached this level.

Whether it is the opponent's Eighth Route Army or the main force of our own army stationed in Mongolia, tank troops are each other's trump card.

It's just that the main tank unit of the Mongolian Army cannot beat the tank unit of the Eighth Route Army.

Nishihara's original plan was to use the 12th Tank Regiment and the Anti-Tank Brigade to kill the Eighth Route Army's tanks.

But the Yinren failed, and instead took the 12th Tank Wing and the Anti-Tank Brigade into it.

The tank losses of the Eighth Route Army were almost zero.

With only one chariot brigade remaining, the locust army's chariot unit is definitely not an opponent of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

In addition to tanks, the Eighth Route Army also has terrifying artillery firepower as its killer feature.

No matter how Issei Nishihara analyzes it, he feels that the Mongolian Army has no chance of winning.

In the current battle situation, even if Neiji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army, came in person, it would be impossible to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.

The gap in firepower is too large, and it cannot be made up by the commander's tactical command ability and the individual quality of the soldiers.

In peacetime, it is impossible for Commander Amakasu Shigetaro not to know the difference in strength between the Mongolian Army and the Eighth Route Army.

But the problem is.

In this battle, the current Amakasu Shigetaro has been able to fight a little bit.

Issei Nishihara held up his binoculars and saw that two tank regiments and two infantry regiments had already bypassed the Eighth Route Army's position from the left and right flanks.

The 13th Tank Regiment on the left and the 26th Infantry Regiment of the 11th Division aimed at the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The 17th Chariot Regiment on the right and the Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Chariot Division aimed at the northern city wall of Datong.

The entire battlefield was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the sound of artillery was booming, like a scene of the end of the world.

At this time, the left and right cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, who were about to go around and attack the devil's infantry, happened to encounter the left and right attack columns of the devil.

The devil's machine guns fired a rain of bullets, and the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army suddenly fell on their backs.

The two cavalry battalion commanders had no intention of fighting and immediately ordered to retreat.

Although they couldn't beat the devil's tanks, the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army were faster than the devil's tanks.

Soon they lost contact with the devil's tank.

In the headquarters of the Mongolian Army.

Itsaku Nishihara held up his binoculars and looked at the sky.

He found that the transport plane called by the Eighth Route Army, as well as the fighter jets, had flown away after the airdrop.

This made Nishihara Yice slightly relieved. Fortunately, those fighter jets did not attack the Mongolian army, otherwise the Mongolian army would suffer even greater losses.

In particular, the 3rd division of tanks on the ground, the machine guns on fighter jets called by the Eighth Route Army, can easily penetrate the armor of the top turrets of Type [-] and Type [-] tanks.

and.

Those fighter jets only repelled the 2nd Squadron, but did not shoot them down.

Currently flying the second team, it is already on the way back to Beiping Airport.

Speaking of which, the second flying team was quite aggrieved. It hovered over Datong with a full load of fuel and aerial bombs for more than half an hour. Before firing a single round of ammunition, it was scared away by the plane called by the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of this, Nishihara Issaku said to Amakasu Shigetaro:

"Your Excellency, Commander, the transport planes and fighter jets called by the Eighth Route Army have already left, and the 2nd Air Force is currently on its way back to Beiping Airport to replenish fuel."

"I propose to call back the 13th Tank Regiment, the 11th Infantry Regiment, the 17th Tank Regiment and the infantry regiments of the 3rd Division."

"Take a break."

"We will launch another attack when the fighters and bombers of the 2nd Squadron reach the sky above Datong again."

The Chief of Staff of the Mongolian Army, Major General Inamura Toyo Erlang, stayed behind at the Zhangjiakou Mongolian Army's lair.

Therefore, Nishihara Issaku acted as the chief of staff next to Amakasu Shigetaro.

When Amakasu Shigetaro heard the words, he immediately felt that there was some truth. When the second flying team came back again, the Mongolian army would have a better chance of winning.

He was about to give an order to retreat temporarily.

The communications staff came over to report: "Report, Commander, the 13th and 17th Tank Regiment reported that they both defeated a cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army. They are attacking forward. The distance from the 17th Tank Regiment The northern city wall of Datong is only 2 kilometers away!"

Amakasu Shigetaro, who was about to order the attacking troops to retreat temporarily, changed his expression, seeing the hope of victory.

"Yo Xi!"

Amakasu Shigetaro exhaled heavily:
"Order!"

"The 13th Chariot Regiment, the 17th Chariot Regiment, the 11th Infantry Regiment, and the Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Chariot Regiment, continue to attack according to the original plan!"

"Scatter the tanks as much as possible to avoid being covered by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army!"

This battle has been fought until now, and the locust army has finally achieved some results.

Moreover, defeating two cavalry regiments of the Eighth Route Army was no small feat.

The total strength of the two cavalry regiments of the Eighth Route Army exceeded that of one cavalry regiment of the Japanese Army.

"Hi!"

The communications staff officer bowed his head, turned around and went to deliver the order.

When the communications staff left, Amakasu Shigetaro said coldly: "The trash of the First Army, if my 1st Cavalry Brigade were here, this battle would not be so difficult."

Issaku Nishihara wanted to persuade Shigetaro Amakasu to withdraw his troops or even give up the mission, but the words stuck on his lips, but he didn't know how to say it.

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"Regimental Commander, the devils organized two attack columns again, attacking from the left and right wings."

"The strength of each attacking column is a tank regiment, plus an infantry regiment."

"Judging from the attacking posture of the devils, the devils attacking troops on the left are coming towards our artillery position."

"The devils attacking troops on the right are heading towards the north city wall, and want to cooperate with the 1st Division."

In the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the combat staff officer reported to Kong Jie:

"Our attacking cavalry on the left and right flanks encountered the Devil's attacking troops. The cavalry has already withdrawn and lost contact with the Devil's tanks. Our cavalry has not lost much."

Although the cavalry of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment were also equipped with bazooka rocket launchers.

But after all, the devil's chariot unit has more than 60 tanks.

The tank guns of more than 60 tanks and the 7.7mm heavy machine guns mounted on the tanks are enough for the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to drink a pot.

Cavalry can only be abused to fight tanks, even if it is a devil's Douding tank, even if the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army is well equipped, they still cannot fight.

The devil's chariot unit did shoot and kill some Eighth Route Army cavalry, but the number was very small.

However, the captains of the two chariot regiments, in order to please their division commanders and commanders, deliberately said that they defeated the cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Coincidentally, Yamamoto Qiba was cheated to death by his subordinates in this way.

However, the captains of the two chariot regiments lied about the military situation this time, and it was themselves who deceived them.

"It's kind of interesting."

"This battle is getting more and more interesting!"

At the headquarters, the corners of Commander Kong Da's mouth turned up slightly.

The 12th Wing of Devils Tanks in the middle and the Devils' anti-tank brigade were severely damaged by the Katyusha Rocket Battalion, and they were no longer able to attack.

Kong Jie quickly analyzed the current battle situation in his mind.

The devils have already lost a tank brigade and an infantry brigade.

Kong Jie thought that the devils stationed in Mongolia would retreat, and the Eighth Route Army would catch up and beat the dogs in the water.

But he didn't expect that the devils stationed in Mongolia would continue to attack after losing so much?

"If Li Yunlong was in command of this battle, how would he fight the current situation?"

Kong Jie narrowed his eyes and thought:
"According to the dog's tactical command style, if Li Yunlong were to command this battle, he would definitely send a tank battalion and two infantry battalions to attack the headquarters of the Mongolian Army from the center."

"Using tanks, infantry and artillery fire to decapitate the headquarters of the army stationed in Mongolia."

"Then defeat the Mongolian army in one fell swoop."

Kong Jie thought for a while, and felt that this tactic was a little too risky, and he preferred a steady and steady tactic.

As long as no mistakes are made, this battle is already a sure win for the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of this, Kong Jie ordered loudly:

"Pass my order!"

"The tank battalion returned immediately and launched an attack on the Japanese tanks and infantry of the right-wing movement."

"In addition, concentrate all the artillery fire and shell the devil tanks and infantry on the left!"

The chief of staff asked: "Will the 203mm howitzer battalion also fire?"

"That's right." Kong Jie's tone was firm: "The 203mm howitzer battalion also fired at me!"

Tanks and infantry fighting devils, of course, Katyusha rockets are more powerful.

However, the loading time of the Katyusha rocket launcher is long, and it takes 10 minutes to reload all the rockets before firing once.

After waiting for 10 minutes, the devil's tank troops were almost rushing to the front of the artillery position.

The devil's attack formation is more scattered, and the tanks and infantry are scattered far apart, which will inevitably lead to poor shelling effects.

This time, Kong Jie wanted to concentrate the artillery group that removed the Katyusha rocket launchers, and fired at the devil attacking troops on the left.

Following the orders of the headquarters.

First, the tank battalion and two infantry battalions of the Eighth Route Army turned around and attacked the flank of the troops on the right wing of the Devils.

In an instant, the tank battalion of the Xinyi Regiment and the two infantry battalions of the Independent Regiment, like an arrow from the string, shot wildly towards the right-wing attacking troops of the Mongolian Army.

When the two sides entered a range of one kilometer, the tank gunners of the Eighth Route Army used 75mm main guns to call the devil's tanks one by one.

During the bang, the devil's tank was hit by the armor-piercing shells of the tank gun one after another, igniting a fire that soared into the sky. (end of this chapter)