No wonder Hiroshi Yamada changed his plan to forcibly break through and turned to the defense again, it turned out that there was an airdrop of supplies to help!

"Damn, it looks like the little devil is going to defend the horse farm! It's a pity that Yamada Hao doesn't have many remnants of the army in his hands now, and he is far from being at a disadvantage. At this time, I am waiting for help, hum, I want to be beautiful! ”

Li Yunlong snorted and sneered in his heart, Yamada Hao wants to hold on to the backup and wait for the airdrop supplies to come, will he give you time?

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yunlong waved his hand and summoned the herald to order: "Order the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao and others to increase the intensity of the attack." Inform the battalion commanders of the information transmitted by the brigade headquarters together, and let them speed up and eat the remnants of Hiroshi Yamada's Japanese army! ”。

"Yes, Captain!" The herald stood up and saluted, then turned around and ran out of Li Yunlong's headquarters.

At this time, the fierce battle in the horse village has been going on.

Turning his gaze to the north of Mazhuang, according to the orders of Hiroshi Yamada and Hiroaki Sakamoto, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Wing of the 3rd Brigade and the 2nd Infantry Brigade of Mikuma Jiro and the remnants of the other two Japanese infantry brigades were already less than a thousand people left at this time.

Due to the heavy casualties in the storming of more than a dozen hilltop positions north of Mazhuang, in the process of retreating in embarrassment and moving closer to the depths of Mazhuang, they encountered the pursuit of more than 500 soldiers from the fourth battalion of the new regiment He Yongjie who rushed down from the mountain, and suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, the remnants of the Japanese army such as Mikuma Jiro had retreated to the direction of the north flank of the core position of Yamada's headquarters, and entered the depths of the horse village and waited for reinforcements.

"Boom, boom!!!"

At this time, the strength of the brigade in the hands of Myokuma Jiro was only about 200 people in one squadron, and the remaining seven or eight hundred people were the captains of the other two Japanese infantry brigades.

And with He Yongjie leading his troops to attack fiercely, Miokuma Jiro could only lead the remnants to defend the streets and buildings, and launched a fierce street battle with the soldiers pursued by He Yongjie's department.

"Captain, the left street is lost, and the right flank of the 3rd Infantry Brigade they defend is also suffering heavy losses. The strength of the enemy chasing down the mountain in street fighting was too strong. And there are too many submachine guns and light machine guns, especially light machine guns, most of which are jet-type light machine guns, with strong firepower and high accuracy. In the street battle, the front-line infantry imperial warriors were all armed with 38-type rifles, and the street battles were close to each other, and they all suffered too many losses!"

The rumbling shells continued to explode in the streets, and the smoke of artillery fire and gunfire was rising, and the chief of staff of Myokuma Jiro's brigade, Captain Nanki Taiyi, rushed to Myokuma Jiro's headquarters from between the smashed buildings, and said in a hurry.

With only more than 200 remnants in his hands, Myokuma Jiro held a street, and together with the captains of the two Japanese infantry brigades that had reinforced him before, they jointly blocked the southward attack of He Yongjie's troops.

It's just that he retreated all the way south, and he was chased and beaten by He Yongjie's subordinates all the way, not to mention the heavy casualties, and he still had palpitations!

"Now I have no choice, our brigade now only has about one squadron left, and it is already very difficult for more than 200 troops to defend a street. I'm sure the 3rd Infantry Brigade will give up some of the streets and hold on to important areas! We have no choice now, there are not enough troops! Myokuma Jiro smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly.

At this time, the continuous shells attacked, and the dust on the roof of the headquarters where Myokuma Jiro was blown up was shaken and fell.

Nanmu Taiichi was also very helpless, and ran back at this time, taking time to learn that the battle in which Yamada Hao gathered troops and forcibly broke out from the west of Mazhuang failed. In the forced breakthrough, hundreds of people were lost, and at present, the combined strength of the main forces of the Japanese army on the south road in Mazhuang is less than 4,000.

This is not optimistic for Nanmu Taiyi!

At present, they have been strictly ordered by Yamada Hao to hold the defense line north of the general headquarters, block He Yongjie's headquarters from rushing down from more than a dozen hills north of Mazhuang, and buy time for all the transport planes of the 3rd Air Brigade directly under the control of the Japanese First Army that took off from Datong Airport.

Although Taichi Minamiki and Jiro Myokuma were very happy to get this situation for the first time, when they thought of the current weather conditions, it was also unknown whether the transport plane could fly over Mazhuang for strategic airdrop and replenishment!

"Captain, what do we do now? At this point in fierce fighting, there are less than a thousand men left in our northern defensive line. The enemy rushed down from the hill with great firepower. There were too many submachine guns, and in the street fighting, even if we temporarily built a large number of barricade fortifications, the other side occupied the dozen hills north of Mazhuang, and the condescending artillery fire hit us a lot. Most of the casualties in the divisions, many of them were inflicted by enemy artillery fire. Nanki Taichi finally whispered to Myokuma Jiro, his eyes solemn.

Mikuma Jiro smiled bitterly, and he couldn't help it at the moment.

At this time, from Lingqiu County, Sanshan Town, Laiyuan and other places, the Japanese reinforcements from all walks of life who were rapidly reinforcing from the north were gathered, and Guangling had not yet been hit at this time. Ground reinforcements cannot be counted on, and now they can only count on their own side to hold on to their existing positions, waiting for airdrop supplies to strengthen the ammunition supply, so that the Japanese reinforcements who can have enough ammunition to support the ground will rush to Mazhuang.

"There is no other way to order the warriors of the Imperial Army under our command to hold their ground. Enemy troops from a distance rushed to kill, counterattacking with rifles, light and heavy machine guns. Throw grenades at close range, etc., in short, save ammunition and don't charge back without permission! ”

At this time, once some devil soldiers are beaten by the other party, they will charge suicidally with rifles, which is simply a waste of troops.

And in the current situation, Myokuma Jiro can only strictly order all the devil soldiers under his command to rely on barricade fortifications and various buildings to cover and block, so as to buy more time and wait for the arrival of airdrop supplies.

Nanmu Taiyi also nodded helplessly and said, "Understood, captain!" ”。

At this time, He Yongjie's troops had already taken advantage of the situation to enter Mazhuang, and most of the artillery and captured devil mortars were still left on the more than a dozen hills to carry out condescending artillery fire.

"Battalion commander, the regiment commander sent someone to report. After receiving an urgent telegram from the brigade headquarters, Hiroshi Yamada had sent an urgent telegram to the military headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army to report on the current situation of the Battle of Mazhuang, and Naosaburo Okabe had sent an urgent telegram to all the transport planes of the 3rd Air Brigade of the Devil at Datong Airport to transport ammunition, grain and grass and other materials for airdrop supplies. The regiment commander ordered us to cooperate with the other battalions to increase the attack, and we must completely annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army in Mazhuang within half an hour!" Suddenly, a herald reported to He Yongjie urgently!