""     Chapter 398: Hunting (Part 2)

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Chapter 398: Hunting (Part 2)

(...The Japanese are crazy. When pursuing our army, they often have no bullets in their guns and do not fill them up, but continue to pursue them. Therefore, after many successful tactics of luring the enemy into depth, we will be surprised to find that we have just annihilated a remnant army... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

"Woo Ang~" The sound of bombers diving came from the sky. In the past, this sound always boosted the morale of the troops, but recently, soldiers ran around in panic when they heard this sound!

"The Chinese people's plane is here! Evacuate!" The troops on the ground were dense and could not disperse for a while. Six SB2 bombers swept down quickly, and the huge projection under the scorching sun was like a god of death wearing a black robe.

After a fierce bombing, the dust rising from the ground was shining with golden light by the scorching sun, and it looked like a rolling lava ocean on the plane. The Japanese fighter jets that were late in the distance had just revealed their faces, and the bomber pilots retreated without fear of the pursuit of enemy fighters.

The Japanese fighter jets did not really catch up with them. They also knew the strength of this Soviet bomber. Sometimes they could not see any signs of injury after they fired the machine guns and bullets. What was even more terrifying was that there would definitely be fighters waiting at high altitude above this bomber. When they chased and flew with the bomber over a section and were injured by the rear machine gun on the bomber, the Chinese fighter jets in the sky would dive down. At this time, neither the Type 96 nor the most advanced Type 97 fighter could resist.

Just drive away the Chinese bomber group! The Japanese aircraft battle group is on guard from afar...

On the ground, the Japanese officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division who had just assembled were searching for the bombing and rescued their companions in the flames and smoke; the ground was covered with corpses, and this time the infantry gathering was caught by the Chinese Air Force, and it seemed that at least two brigades had been lost.

However, the Japanese army, which was so anxious that they were blown up, quickly assembled and set off as quickly as possible, because in Hefei they are now the most combat-capable unit, and in the south the Third Division was in danger of the destruction of the entire army!

The two regiments of the Eastern Route Army of the Third Division of the Japanese Army (not a brigade, but lack other elements of the brigade, such as the artillery brigade), were being surrounded and beaten by five divisions. What is even more unexpected is that the Western Route Army was beaten to death in the duel with the 198th Division because it was seeking breakthroughs at any cost. Now, let alone attack, there is still the danger of being eaten by the brigade counterattack at any time.

The Japanese army had no choice but to continue to increase their troops. Half of the Fifth Division was transferred to rescue friendly troops.

The 133rd Division of the Sichuan Army heading towards the south by the Japanese Third Division was the authentic Yang family army. The division commander Yang Hanyu was Yang Sen's nephew. This time, he was the dominant force on the preset battlefield arranged in the "Cao Tactics". The reason why such a unit was allowed to participate in this battle was that Yang Sen had both expressed goodwill to Xu Yuanquan and had hope of making a contribution to the Yang Hanyu. The 133rd Division was transferred to this area before the Lujiang front line was started. Their preparation time was very sufficient. In addition, the replenishment materials for the withdrawn troops were protected by them, so their own combat materials naturally exceeded the standard.

Yang Hanyu divided the troops very scattered. Except for the two main battle groups, the other troops scattered, almost occupying all the dangers in this area. Although the mountains in this area are not high, they are dangerous, and it is very difficult to attack from the ground.

The Japanese vanguard was the blocking force that had just started fighting, and they thought the enemy was the blocking force. They immediately began to launch a strong attack on these dangerous positions. This was exactly what Yang Handi thought, and he wanted the Japanese army to lose troops in the strong attack!

"Kill for you!... Kill for you!..." From west of Luohe River to east of Qianqiao, the beautiful mountains and rivers in southern Anhui echoed the howls of the beast army everywhere, and six mountains were besieged by the Japanese army from multiple directions. However, the officers and soldiers of the 133rd Division, who had been ready to beat the Japanese quickly gave the head-on blow!

After measuring the average battlefield, every shell dropped, you can see the broken limbs and broken arms of the Japanese who were thrown up. Every seemingly smooth slope was covered with corpses that the Japanese could not rob... Not to mention the strong attack, it was almost a one-sided massacre drama when the fight started!

The ** troops actually have so many artillery! "Boom! Boom!..." The shells kept shooting down from the mountains, and the condescending artillery could take care of a large area. But what scared the Japanese the most was not the artillery's shooting accuracy but the cannon itself - the ones that smashed the shells down the hill were not German artillery or Soviet artillery but the Japanese Type 92 infantry artillery! This shows that this Chinese team must have been very outstanding in previous battles, and they were able to seize the Japanese artillery...

Originally, due to the unreasonable equipment of light and heavy weapons and the complex terrain of this area, small hills with prominent peaks appeared from time to time. Their team could only divide their troops into several directions. When the battle suddenly started, the Japanese army thought they could surround them from all directions when they found a bargain, but soon they found something wrong. Why did they feel like they were divided naturally?

"Jun Changshan, your troops will be feinted at the enemy, my troops will cover..." A bearded Japanese suggested to a green-faced Japanese, but he did not get recognition.

"Mr. Oitumura, my troops are not particularly good at mountain combat..." The Japanese named Changshan replied.

This is a very fatal point in the current Third Division: Due to the excessive loss of combat in the early stage and the fight was to continue, Okamura Yasuji sent various troops withdrawn from the Yellow River area as supplementary troops into the Third Division. It turned out that some officers from each unit transferred a small number of more followers to serve as deputys. In this way, there were too many middle-level officers in the Third Division. Usually, because they were supplementary troops, they would obey the original officers of the Third Division, but when the danger occurred, their differences came when they were surrounded. Many soldiers were only willing to obey the old commander, and now there were thirty-two people in these two regiments who had reached the rank of Nakasas!

After shirking each other for a long time, the Japanese army, who were beaten so hard that they could not find the north, began to attack the mountain in front of them. At this time, their soldiers had been enduring the shelling for three hours. The three-hour passive beating corpses were everywhere, causing the soldiers to lose their fighting spirit. When these soldiers found that although the mountain in front of them seemed not high, they were full of cliffs everywhere, they no longer had the intention to capture the target. The Japanese in front were just hiding in the hiding place away from the commander and avoid being forced to charge with a command knife!

"...The Majiawan area was attacked by the Chinese army, and the lagging heavy artillery troops were almost wiped out..." Because there were too many middle-level commanders with high rank, the news always spread very quickly, and the news that the return road was cut off spread among the entire army. The Japanese soldiers who were already tortured by hunger and fatigue did not want to fight, and the Japanese soldiers who were hit by the ambush were gradually in chaos. They wanted to break through but didn't know which direction to go. Some people thought they should fight back, but more people thought they would definitely enter the tighter siege; some people thought they would just attack the south, but more people thought that it was seeking death, and they could not break through the fierce division in front of them, which was mainly Japanese artillery; some people thought that they should go to Tongcheng to seek to attack with the Western Route Army of the Third Division, but more people felt that since ** locked them as targets of annihilation, there would definitely be many interceptions in that direction...

Where should we go?? Another half day passed, but the Japanese army was still undecided. Thousands of people were still in a state of natural division by the terrain and were constantly being killed by the cannons. They didn't know that the 41st Division of the 10th Army, which occupied the Majiawan area, had gathered again to chase them fiercely and chased them southward. The 48th Division was on the other side of the Luochang River for a long time and found that there was no Japanese breakthrough and began to cross the river and advance westward. The 199th Division of the 87th Army, the other encircled troops, had already completed crossing the river and encircling from the west to the east, and the Japanese army was besieged in a very small range!

"From tonight, the general offensive must complete the complete annihilation of the Japanese army in two days with an indomitable spirit!..." Bai Chongxi issued the final general offensive order at the command center with a high spirit!

"Do you know what makes the Japanese feel most heartbroken on the Songhu battlefield? It is not the sound of cannons or machine guns, it is the sound of the "National Remaining, I Die" by our Sichuan Army soldiers! It is the muffled sound of the ** bag!... Tonight's general attack, our army must prepare all the suicide squads and bring them with them. As long as there is the stubborn firepower point of the Japanese, we will use our invincible fighting spirit to blow it up! Tonight, there will be advance but no retreat, and there will be invincible!"

"The numbers on each of you have been used by people. Countless people have died in Nanjing, Bengbu, and every inch of China's land! You must be worthy of those brothers who died for their country, and let the comrades who once wore your same military uniform smile. Tonight, even if they bite them with their teeth, they will bite the Japanese in front of you to death! I order the officers above the general attacking army tonight were dressed in battle and carried flags for the troops. The first charge was to be a decisive charge. Those who dared to retreat would be shot and executed on the spot!"

"Brothers! There is a saying: 'China will perish unless the Hunan people die!', how many children from Sanxiang have buried their bones in foreign lands and turned into soil over the past year, but how many victories have we won? Tonight, we will wipe out the Japanese in front of us, and we will make achievements; everyone should know that this is the opportunity for the brothers of the 198th Division to carry them with a skeleton to us! We must move forward and kill all the Japanese in the shortest time. This is both glory and the best reward for the brothers of the 198th Division! I order: 'The battle to begin tonight is not allowed to leave a prisoner, and people are blocked and kill ghosts!'..."

All the mobilization orders of each army were gone, and all four division commanders came to the front line with only one goal: to wipe out the besieged Japanese troops!

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Chapter completed!