Rebirth of the National Marshal

When Mao Yuanshan learned that all the people in a village had been killed, he wanted to rush forward immediately with the Second Regiment.

But he was also a man who took the overall situation into consideration, and he also understood what his mission was now. If Chenjia Town fell, the two regiments would run back to Tianjin, which would have a great impact on the war situation in North China. He did not want to be the loser, so even if he was to be recorded in history books, it would be a commendatory one. People with such derogatory connotations should stay away from him.

The strength of a single patrol team is too weak, but the power of two together makes a difference.

20 jeeps and 30 tricycles.

The defense capabilities of the motorcycle tricycles are basically zero, and their mobility is not very strong. If they are surrounded by cavalry, the probability of survival is too low, so they are just waving flags and shouting on the periphery. It is these jeeps that actually launch the attack.

Wang Minghe had been attacking for a while, so he was quite familiar with this tactic and quickly taught the other two patrol captains how to do it. In this way, their three patrol teams could launch harassment tactics against the Japanese devils in different directions.

Although they could not cause serious damage to the two Japanese infantry regiments, they could prevent them from rest and keep them on high alert at all times. They could do so in the short term, but in the long run their energy would be wasted, and it would be good if they could have half of their original combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

Toshiya Takeshita discovered the terrible conspiracy of the three patrols, but what can he do now? The cavalry is the fastest in the entire team, but the cavalry is not on the same level as the jeeps. Even if you catch up with them, the cavalry can only rely on a rifle to fight against their large-caliber heavy machine guns. Isn't this a joke?

"Your Excellency, Captain, we must make a decision. From this morning till now, they have attacked us seven times, and our total casualties are nearly 600. If this continues, our casualties will continue to increase. Before we find a way to retreat to Tianjin, we will be killed by them." The chief of staff said with a bitter face. Today, there are telegrams for help everywhere, and everywhere is asking for artillery support, but the problem is that these people drove away just after adjusting the angle.

It is normal to lose 1/10 of the troops in a day in a regular battle, but now 1/10 of the troops have been lost during the march, which is a bit abnormal.

"These damn Chinese people are hiding their heads and showing their tails. They dare not come out to fight with our warriors of the Great Japanese Empire. They will always be just rats." Now, Takeshita Shun has no other choice but to curse these patrol members. The former top students of the Japanese Army University can only deal with the enemy with their mouths here. I wonder if the Japanese top leaders will faint collectively after knowing this.

After a day of fighting, Mao Yuanshan suddenly realized that this method could also reduce the number of enemy troops. As long as the Japanese devils continued to run around, theoretically, he could continue to harass them and make their numbers decrease day by day. However, what you think is beneficial may be harmful to the enemy. As a top student of the Japanese Army University, how could Takeshita Shun not see this? So this guy prepared to concentrate his troops and break out by force.

As for the breakout location, Takeshita Shun has already chosen it. It has nothing to do with Chenjia Town. From these patrols, he has seen that the weapons and equipment of the security regiment are definitely much stronger than those of these two infantry regiments. If they really want to rush through Chenjia Town, it is estimated that there will not be many people left in their two infantry regiments.

Takeshita Shun chose the intersection of the 29rd Division of the 33th Army and the 12th Division of the Central Army as the breakout site. The intersection of the two armies was basically the weakest point in defense.

There have always been some grudges between the 33rd Division and the 12th Division of the Central Army. During the Central Plains War, these two divisions killed and slaughtered people all over the ground. Because Takeshita Shun was familiar with this history, he chose to rush to the junction of the two troops. This is also the most promising place, rather than the previous suggestion of the Imperial Intelligence Agency that they had to rush through the defense zone of the Security Corps.

Now that the target of the operation was determined, the Japanese acted very quickly, but the patrols following them were really annoying, like flies.

"Leave the Ushijima Battalion to cover the retreat." After Takeshita Shun said this, everyone in the Ushijima Battalion understood their fate. They were going to die for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan.

In addition to a reorganized battalion, the Japanese also left behind a large number of seriously wounded soldiers. Anyone who could not walk alone was given two grenades, forcing them to continue to hold on here with the idea of ​​dying together with the Chinese army.

"Captain, come and take a look quickly. Something seems to be wrong. The Japanese are building some stronger fortifications, which they didn't do much before." The people in the patrol team soon discovered this unusual thing. The Japanese had only stopped before, made a little blocking and then continued to advance, but now they have at least a thousand people staying where they are, and the other troops have left quickly. This is the legendary hero cutting off his own arm.

"Not good, immediately notify the headquarters and tell them our current location. Tell them that the Japanese devils are preparing to break out of the encirclement, but their exact location is unknown. We should split into three groups, quickly deal with the enemy in front of us, and then rush up to bite them." Wang Minghe also felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy. If they really lost this group of enemies, they would not know where they would go. Although the encirclement had been formed, it could not be said that they were completely prepared to withstand the attack of 8000 Japanese troops.

Seeing that the patrol team of the Security Corps tried to bypass them and catch up with the large force in front, the remaining Japanese troops tried their best to keep these people. If they let the patrol team's car follow, their sacrifice would be of no use.

A full-strength Japanese battalion has more than 1000 people, and they have been reinforced a lot here. It is very easy for 1200 people to stop these patrols. After all, the place where the Japanese army chose to escape has poor transportation, and the advantages of jeeps and motorcycles cannot be brought into play.

It seemed that these damn guys were about to disappear from the patrol's sight.

"Captain, the Japanese army's front brigade seems to have encountered some kind of ambush." ​​It looked like this was the case, as an explosion occurred ahead.

This place was not far from the 33rd Division's defense line. The Japanese devils had just run out for less than 2 km when they were discovered by the patrol team of the 33rd Division.

Although both are patrol teams, there is a huge gap between the patrol team of the Security Regiment and the patrol team of the 33rd Division.

The patrols of the Security Corps could drive the Japanese to the point of committing suicide, but the patrol of 33rd team could not even last ten minutes and more than 30 people were all killed.

The observation post of the 12th Division of the Central Army discovered that a large group of Japanese devils were rushing towards them. People from the Central Army and the Northwest Army had the same idea that the Japanese devils would definitely go through Chenjia Town. The superiors also said that why the Japanese devils didn't go over there, but ran here.

To be honest, Chenjia Town was definitely the Japanese devils' first choice for a breakout, but after fighting with the patrol team of the Security Corps, they retreated and chose the intersection of the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army and the 12th Division of the Central Army as the breakout point.

Mao Yuanshan in Chenjia Town also received the news soon. The 33rd Division of the Northwest Army was not taken seriously at all. Even though a large number of weapons were purchased this time, not many were allocated to them. The main forces of the 29th Army were the 37th and 38th Divisions.

"Gather quickly. The second and third battalions will continue to guard Chenjia Town. The first battalion and the artillery battalion will march out in full force." Mao Yuanshan estimated that the 33rd Division would not be able to provide any support, so he had to quickly take his own troops over to provide support.

The people from the First Battalion and the Artillery Battalion quickly got on the cars. At their current speed, they would definitely arrive in half an hour.

"Damn it, Captain, the Japs' grenade launchers are so accurate, much better than our people. One of their motorcycles has been scrapped." The patrol team here also launched a fierce attack, which was completely different from the harassment tactics just now.

"We are not meant to do this kind of thing, but now we have no other troops. Order the brothers to attack them from a distance as much as possible." The patrol team was indeed unable to carry out a storming mission, and they had just suffered losses.

As soon as the men of the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army came into contact with the Japanese devils, more than 300 of them were killed in one encounter. The truth was that the men of the 33rd Division had not received much training and were short of weapons and ammunition. There were only two Czech light machine guns on the position that was hundreds of meters long. It was simply a dream for them to want to stop two companies of Japanese soldiers with such firepower.

The Japanese did not even bother to deploy infantry guns and mountain artillery, but directly used mortars and grenade launchers to stun an entire regiment of the 33rd Division. The chief of staff of the 33th Regiment of the 718rd Division was killed by this group of Japanese devils as soon as he reached the position. When the surrounding soldiers saw that the chief of staff was dead, they immediately lost their fighting spirit and moved to the second position.

They gave up the first position in less than ten minutes. They were the only ones who could fight such a battle.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on these Northwestern Army troops. They have not received their military pay for two months. They can be said to be the worst of the worst. As members of the 29th Army, the 37th Division and the 38th Division have received a lot of equipment replacements and received a lot of military pay, but basically no one takes them seriously.

Just when the 33rd Division was about to retreat, a battalion of the Central Army came over.

"Stop right there, what are you doing? Can't you see that the Japanese are only a few thousand strong? Our two divisions together have more than 10,000 people. No one can leave. If anyone leaves, don't blame me for being ruthless." The battalion commander of the Central Army was followed by two Czech light machine guns, which temporarily stabilized the situation. Everyone went to the second line of defense and prepared to snipe the Japanese army.

Although the Japanese devils were confused by Mao Yuanshan's patrol team, they were extremely brave when facing the Central Army and the Northwest Army.

Under the command of officers and under the cover of artillery and heavy machine guns, they quickly occupied the first line of defense, and using some fortifications built by the National Army, began to engage in close combat with the people on the second line of defense.

At this distance, neither the 33rd Division nor the 12th Division had very good marksmanship. They killed only a handful of Japanese devils. Instead, people on their positions kept falling. The marksmanship of the Japanese veterans was so amazing that they could basically kill an enemy with two bullets.

After 15 minutes of fighting, nearly 200 people fell on the second line of defense, while only a dozen Japanese were slightly injured. The gap in military quality between the Chinese army and the Japanese soldiers was really too big.