I really came here to fight against Japan

The Japanese division commander asked the remaining brigade commander to wait for his orders at any time.

If the time is ripe, he will not only destroy the Chinese army outside Jiaozuo that is attacking the reinforcements.

He also had to wait for an opportunity to destroy the Chinese troops that were besieging the 26th Division.

Once he succeeds, he might be the one to sit on the throne of commander of the Taiyuan First Army.

The commander of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army was daydreaming while sitting on horseback.

While commanding the main force of his brigade, he changed his plan and left the city through the west gate to rescue.

When the team arrived at the west gate, the Japanese became a little worried and sent people to search ten miles to the west.

Only after they were sure that there was no artillery ambush by the National Army did they dare to go out of the west gate, circle half the city and head eastward.

After a while, Deng Beihou received the good news from Captain Wu.

Captain Wu had already completed a quarter of the task of blocking the Japanese army for four hours.

Commander Kimura of the 27th Division received another urgent telegram from the Central China Expeditionary Force.

Let him leave Jiaozuo at all costs to rescue the 26th Division.

Moreover, so much time had passed that the Central China Expeditionary Force expressed strong dissatisfaction with Kimura's arrival at the south gate of Jiaozuo.

Kimura had no way out and could only lead several infantry regiments to march quickly.

As for the artillery, ask the brigade that remains behind to dispatch a battalion to escort the artillery and follow up.

The Japanese soldiers who were repairing the road had to put down their shovels and carts and return to the barracks to assemble and distribute ammunition.

Wait until the Japanese army sets out together with the artillery battalion.

It was nearly half an hour's journey between them and the main force of the 27th Division.

Kimura had just gone less than twenty miles out of the city when he was intercepted by Captain Wu.

First there was a minefield filled with small flags, but after working for a long time, I didn't find any real mines.

After being teased by Captain Wu twice in a row, the Japanese troops in front became angry.

They rushed into the third minefield without any hesitation, and the mine exploded.

In the middle of the road are mines made from artillery shells, and at the ready points on both sides are broadswords.

The Gansu Army has never been stingy with equipment that can explode.

After this round of attacks, the Japanese army no longer had two battalions of troops.

When he saw Kimura changing his route again, Captain Wu sent out another guerrilla group, who fired shots here and there, harassing the Japanese army.

If there were any National Army soldiers here, they would surely recognize that this was the tactic used by the Red Guards to deal with their encirclement and suppression campaigns.

This made Kimura unable to stop!

If you fight, you still can't find where the Nationalist troops are. If you don't fight, the sneak attacks are really annoying.

When Kimura saw that his brigade had just left the city less than 30 miles away, he found that more than 2,000 people had been killed by the National Army.

He was so angry that he showed his vicious side and ordered his subordinates not to care about the attack and to advance at full speed towards the salt flats.

At this time, Captain Wu had already completed the task of blocking Kimura.

He wanted to lead his troops and retreat to the Red Stone Mountain position to defend against Kimura's eastward advance together with Deng Beihou.

At this time, Captain Wu received an important piece of information.

According to the report from the scouts ahead, the Japanese artillery reinforcement battalion did not act with the main force of the brigade.

They were about half an hour behind, and had only one battalion of Japanese troops for protection.

Captain Wu knew that if the Japanese artillery was not eliminated, both they and the Sichuan Army would suffer heavy losses in today's defensive battle.

Now that the Japanese artillery battalion has finally revealed its weakness, we can take advantage of you to kill you.

Commander Wu said: "Order the first and second artillery companies to quickly meet up with General Deng Beihou.

The Japanese 27th Division was blocked at Hongshi Pass and could not advance.

Please also tell General Deng that we are going to deal with the Japanese artillery.

Let him work harder today, I will be back to help him later."

The Japanese artillery battalion was chasing after Kimura, but they couldn't catch up with him.

Because the situation was urgent, only one squadron of Japanese soldiers was left on guard, and all the infantry helped the artillery march.

But the roads in Jiaozuo are really hard to describe and are not really suitable for sports cars.

Many Japanese soldiers helped the artillerymen push the artillery carts in order to gain strength.

He simply placed the Type 38 rifle he was carrying on the shell box.

The breathless Captain Wu and his men finally helped the artillery company to deliver the artillery to the designated location.

This time, Captain Wu spent a lot of money and refused to let the chief and deputy gunners carry the shells.

It is to allow these gunners to maintain peak physical strength.

It would be best if we could accomplish our goal in one battle and destroy the Japanese artillery battalion in one go.

As long as we break the front teeth of Kimura Division, how can they break through Hongshi Pass? Will they use Type 38 rifle?

The two Type 92 infantry guns they brought from the hillside a thousand meters away were specifically designed to deal with the Japanese artillery trucks.

Then use ten mortars to deal with the entire artillery team.

Now he is still too close to the main force of the Japanese brigade. He is ready to fight and run away. He cannot let the Japanese get entangled with him.

Just as we were getting ready, the Japanese artillery battalion arrived.

At the command of the artillery company commander, the Gan Detachment's artillery shells rained down.

Qin Haichuan’s artillery training was not in vain.

The first grenade fired by the Type 92 infantry gun landed accurately on the Japanese ammunition truck.

The shells that exploded instantly blasted everywhere, and the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun had already flown into the sky.

Even the two Type 41 mountain cannons that were reinforced for them were overturned to the ground.

Seeing that the barrel was twisted, it could no longer be used.

Even the artillerymen nearby were smashed beyond recognition by the flying gun barrels.

Then the mortar's covering attack came again. There was no need for test firing, just two minutes of rapid firing.

After two minutes, it was too late to check the results.

Except for two Type 92 infantry guns, all the booby traps were set up but remained motionless.

The others picked up all the mortars and ran back following Captain Wu.

The main force of his infantry regiment was still in the woods behind, ready to meet them.

As soon as Captain Wu and his men ran into the woods, they heard a violent explosion from where the infantry artillery had been fired.

The Japanese went to the hillside to check and hit the booby traps laid by Captain Wu. It seems that they have all been destroyed.

Captain Wu saw that the artillery company commander was still angry about abandoning two Type 92 infantry guns.

He said to him: "Don't be depressed, now we are more valuable than artillery gold.

I forgot what Commander Song said. Don’t be afraid of losing equipment. I will replenish as much as you lose.

Besides, didn’t you see how many Japanese soldiers we killed just now? At least half a battalion, right? "

This time, Captain Wu really miscalculated. One infantry battalion plus one artillery battalion is about 2,000 people.

Except for the Japanese squadron responsible for guarding, the rest were basically destroyed by the artillery company's indiscriminate bombing.

When they went to the hillside to check, they found that the devil who was killed by Captain Wu was the soldier of that Japanese squadron.

Now, of the two large groups of Japanese soldiers, only two small groups were left who could move.

When Division Commander Kimura heard the sad news, he was devastated.

He felt a sweetness in his throat, his vision went dark, and he almost fell to the ground.

Before we even left the city today, almost a battalion of soldiers were killed.

Now two more battalions have been wiped out, one of which is the artillery battalion he relies on.