The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

The squadron leader led by the devils knew exactly what his advantages were. In order to reduce casualties and losses, he gave the order to retreat without hesitation.

Miyamoto, who was watching the battle later, also had the same idea, but his retreat order was a little slower than that of the squadron leader.

But at the same time he gave the artillery an order to bombard the positions of the first company.

The artillery had already bombed the first company's position twice, but they were still able to rush out more than a hundred people to launch a counterattack against the attacking troops, which shows that the defenders of the position suffered very little loss from the shelling just now.

According to past experience, they probably built anti-gun holes in the positions.

Before the bombardment starts, hide in the bomb defense hole and let the artillery blow up.

After the bombardment, they drilled out of the anti-battery hole and entered the position to fight.

Finally, when the Eighth Route Army was exposed on the surface, Colonel Miyamoto said that he could not let go of this good opportunity to kill and injure them in large numbers.

"Rumble..."

Explosions sounded suddenly, and a dozen soldiers who hadn't had time to retreat into the bomb defense hole were hit, like kites with broken strings, and were blown away with the splashing flames...

"Yoxi... After fighting for so long, I finally saw the picture of the Eighth Route Army being blown up by artillery fire!" Colonel Miyamoto was particularly satisfied with the effect of the artillery bombardment in front of him, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth when he spoke.

"Sir... After this round of shelling, the Eighth Route Army must have suffered heavy losses... If you believe me, I am willing to personally command two squadrons to launch an attack and take down the Temple of Earth!" The captain stood up and asked for a fight.

Colonel Miyamoto is also full of confidence in the next attack.

More than a hundred Eighth Route Army rushed out of the position to fight the attacking troops with bayonets, and only a hundred people returned to the position alive. As a result, they were subjected to several rounds of shelling before they got into the artillery hole...

After a series of losses, there are at most two platoons of the Eighth Route Army left in the blocking position.

The attacking troops can wipe out the Eighth Route Army with one mouthful of smear.

Without hesitation, he agreed, "I'll give you two more companies of the Imperial Association Army, and gather [-] people to launch an attack..."

"Rush forward after the shelling is over, don't give the Eighth Route Army any chance to breathe, and end the battle quickly..."

At the former enemy headquarters in Tudi Temple, Huang Yu also saw the scene of Tu Yilian being bombed while retreating.

This is an inevitable tragedy.

The Tuyi Company wanted to block the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops without any advantage, so they could only choose melee combat, so as to weaken the devil's artillery advantage, give full play to their melee firepower advantage, and kill them in large numbers.

In this way, the attacking force will inevitably be exposed to enemy artillery fire and be hit by enemy artillery fire...

Although the scene in front of me is quite tragic, it is not the worst.

If the little devil is ruthless enough and decides to die together, when the enemy and us are fighting hand-to-hand and fire, it is very likely that no one in the sudden company will be able to withdraw.

Heartbroken, he decisively ordered: "Drop another platoon from the recruit company and send it to Wei Dayong!"

"Remind Wei Dayong that it is enough to use the hand-to-hand combat method once, and he will definitely be prepared for the next attack on the Japanese and puppet troops...Let him prepare four machine gun bunkers to participate in the battle!"

"Be sure to put the devils in before firing, kill a few more Japanese and puppet troops, and maximize the effect of the machine gun bunker, so as not to waste our hard work in building the bunker!"

Outside Ping'an City, under the deliberate release of the devils, the new second regiment's offensive position was advancing very fast.

Just halfway through the time, the East Gate offensive position was dug to a position [-] meters outside the city.

Li Yunlong could figure out what the devil was thinking when he watched it, and said with a happy face: "Zhang Dabiao, that idiot from Yamamoto seems to regard the new second regiment as a piece of fat. I'm afraid we will give up attacking Ping'an County and retreat from under their noses. Let the reinforcements come to Ping'an County to make a fool of themselves!"

Zhang Dabiao just ran back from the forward position, and he said with deep conviction: "I also feel that the little devils on the top of the city are releasing water!"

"The casualties of the feint attack troops have obviously dropped a lot compared to before!"

"When the troops were digging trenches, the devils fired much less frequently..."

"The soldiers are advancing faster and faster...Continuing to dig at this speed, we can dig the offensive position to a distance of [-] meters in at most nine hours!"

"During the general attack, the commandos only need ten or twenty seconds to send the explosives into the gate hole, blow up the gate, and open the passage into the city!"

Li Yunlong immediately ordered: "Since the little devil is afraid of our retreat and deliberately waterproofs it, then let's act more realistically and ask the devil to put more water for us, so we can take the opportunity to dig closer to the offensive position!"

"The shooting accuracy of the Feilei Cannon is very poor... The closer the shooting distance, the higher the accuracy!"

"If the offensive position is dug at the foot of the city wall, and the Feilei cannon is mounted at the foot of the city wall to shoot, it will definitely save a lot of Feilei cannon shells!"

At the Japanese Garrison Command in Ping'an County, General Yamamoto was standing in front of the sand table to observe the battle situation.

The small sand table is filled with the flags of both the enemy and the enemy.

Looking at the overall situation, the nine flags representing the reinforcements are like a huge encirclement, enclosing the New Second Regiment attacking Ping'an County and the other Eighth Route Army blocking the reinforcements!
As long as the encirclement is narrowed down a little more and the reinforcements can get in touch with each other, the New Second Regiment and the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements will be hit by the enemy and trapped to death around safety.

"Sir, Miyamoto sent an urgent message that they were blocked by an Eighth Route Army at the Earth Temple...the opponent's combat power is very strong, and they would rather die than retreat. It will take some time for Miyamoto Education to take down the Earth Temple and continue to reinforce Ping'an County!" Communications Staff Officer He took the message he had just received and ran to Yamamoto to report.

Without raising his head, Yamamoto stared at the sand table and began to give orders: "Let them go faster!"

"The New Second Regiment besieging Ping'an County may retreat at any time, and there are already signs of retreat!"

"If they don't rush to Ping'an County and the Second Second Regiment escapes, our encirclement and suppression plan will come to nothing!"

After finishing speaking, he stared at the captain of the defense and asked, "What's going on with the New Second Regiment outside the city!"

"Why do I feel that the sound of the firefight is getting weaker and weaker!"

"The outer encirclement has not yet been formed, and there are a lot of defensive loopholes between the reinforcements. If the new second regiment retreats now, it will be easy to break out of the encirclement!"

"I have already issued a military order in the military department, and I must wipe out the new second regiment outside Ping'an City!"

"So they must not evacuate safely in advance!"

The guard captain was very aggrieved.

The legs are on the Eighth Route Army. If they really decide to give up attacking Ping'an County and withdraw from the battlefield, no matter how powerful they are, they will not be able to stop them.

But he dared not speak his mind.

Yamamoto has bet his military career on this decisive battle, and will certainly not allow any accidents to occur in this decisive battle.

If you stand up and pour cold water on yourself now, isn't that asking for trouble?

Quickly answer the call: "Please rest assured, sir, I have ordered the city defense forces to further weaken the blocking firepower, let the new second regiment continue to dig trenches towards the city wall, and let them see the opportunity to break through Ping'an County!"

"The frequency of our artillery counterattacks has also dropped a lot compared to before!"

"Ten minutes ago, the Eighth Route Army only dared to launch a platoon-level feint attack, but now it dares to launch a feint attack by two platoons!"

"The advance speed of their offensive position is also much faster... They have already advanced to a position of [-] meters outside the city!"

"Yoxi..." The worry on Yamamoto's face suddenly eased, and he said very satisfied.

"Just do it..."

"As long as the Eighth Route Army is not allowed to get close to the city wall, even if they advance their offensive position to a position [-] meters outside the city, I will still be able to hold Ping'an County until the reinforcements encircle them!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his attention to the sand table again, and asked while looking at it: "How about the reinforcements passing through the Xinyi Regiment and the Independent Regiment's defense zone!"

"The Eighth Route Army is not like any other Chinese army we have encountered before!"

"Once any troops are attacked, the other nearby Eighth Route Army will definitely try their best to reinforce them!"

The captain of the garrison thought it was true: "The new second regiment and the independent regiment really did this!"

"The two regiments mobilized the main force!"

"It's blocking, destroying roads, and slowing down the marching speed of the reinforcements through guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, consuming their strength!"

"Judging from the current situation, there is a lot of pressure on these reinforcements to reach Ping'an County on time, but safety is definitely no problem!"

"That's good!" Yamamoto Changsong said with a sigh of relief.

"I'm most afraid that the Xinyi Regiment and the Independent Regiment will take the opportunity to ambush and reinforce our imperial army!"

"The New Second Regiment can gather five or six thousand main troops and local troops to besiege Ping'an County. The strength of these two regiments must not be much smaller!"

"As long as they want to, they are fully capable of ambush those large-scale reinforcements!"

The guard captain immediately comforted: "Please rest assured, sir!"

"The Xinyi Regiment and the Independent Regiment are indeed very strong, but they have several reinforcements to stop them. After dividing up the troops, there will be at most a thousand people in the blocking troops along the way. No matter how strong the combat power is, they will not be able to ambush those who are easily attacked by two or three thousand people." Human reinforcements!"

At the former enemy headquarters of the Independence Regiment, Kong Jie came back from inspecting the position. Before his butt was hot, he saw Chief of Staff Li Wensheng running towards him in a hurry!

"Head...good news..."

"The guard battalion and the fourth battalion cut off the tail together, and wiped out more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops behind the devils in just [-] minutes. They also wiped out more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops in the battle to block the return troops. The overall result is positive. More than four hundred people!"

Kong Jie's face was already full of joy, and he immediately pulled out another battle report: "This is the battle report sent by Guan Dashan when I was checking the position!"

"They killed and wounded nearly [-] Japanese puppet troops in Jinniuling, and their own casualties were less than [-]!"

"The Japanese army lost nearly a thousand people in these two battles alone!"

"If you add up the Japanese and puppet troops killed by the local troops with guerrilla warfare and mine warfare, there are at most [-] Japanese and puppet troops left on the right!"

"The third battalion is heading here on a small path. As long as the guard battalion and the fourth battalion are in place on time, we can gather twice as many troops to ambush them here!"

At this moment, Zhang Xuelin suddenly put down his earphones, picked up the telegram he had just translated, and ran towards Kong Jie: "Regimental Commander... Battalion Commander Shen and the others won the battle..."

"Annihilate 218 Japanese and puppet troops, capture 476 puppet troops, seize a large number of weapons and ammunition, and directly lose 398 troops, of which [-] were killed and others were seriously injured..."

"Battalion Commander Shen still has [-] people who can continue to fight. He decided to take the heavy weapons he seized and immediately reinforce the Second Battalion!"