Half an hour later, an urgent telegram from the 3rd Flying Division reached Okamura Ninji, who was waiting for news, and this telegram frightened Okamura Ninji.

Nani ...... The bombing squadron sent by the 3rd Flying Division suffered heavy losses and was no longer able to launch air strikes against the 202nd Division...... How is this possible? They're a marching army, huh? ”

Okamura Ninji couldn't believe his eyes, what the hell is wrong with this world, why can't the aviation that has always been invincible even deal with a moving army, is this a joke?

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." Numata Taka, the chief of staff on the side, also looked helpless, in fact, when he received this telegram, he also thought that the other party had sent it wrong, but when he checked the telegram again, the report of the Third Flying Division also made him dumbfounded.

"Your Excellency Commander, report of the 3rd Flying Division. They lost more than 50 bombers and fighters this time, and Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshitoshi was almost stunned, and after this battle, the Third Flying Division was no longer able to launch large-scale air raids and bombings against them in the short term. Numata replied honestly.

"How so?" Okamura Ninji sat on the chair weakly, his eyes were confused, and he snorted coldly after a long time: "It seems that if you want to win a big battle, you still have to rely on our army, order the 27th Division to speed up quickly, I want to see how this unit that is deep in the hinterland of the imperial army fights the imperial army without supplies!" ”

Yes, until now, Okamura Ningji still doesn't think that Su Jin can pose any threat to himself, in fact, he can't say that Okamura Ningji is proud. With the transformation of human warfare from cold weapons to hot weapons, the army's dependence on logistics has become greater and greater, but any commander with a little sense will not launch an attack on the enemy army without logistics supplies and being surrounded on all sides. This can no longer be described as bold, it should be said to be crazy.

On 23 June, the armored regiment, which was rushing all the way towards Dazhi, finally met the oncoming 27th Division in Yangxin County, and the battle broke out at this moment.

"Chariot...... The chariot of the people of China ......"

Lying behind a ruined wall, the commander of the 3rd Wing, Inoue Shindasa, brandished his command knife and shouted, "Hide! Take cover! Hurry up and hide! ”

As the assault force of the whole army, the armored regiment led by Fred assumed the task of the forward officer along the way, and the two troops immediately launched an attack after a sudden encounter, but the consequence of this was that the third wing, which was a pure infantry, was knocked to the head in the confrontation, and the battle began less than two hours later. The casualties of the third wing reached more than 1,000 people, and the infantry battalion of the armored regiment was defeated by dozens of tanks.

As the most combat-effective tank battalion of the armored regiment, the 1st Battalion was naturally not to be outdone. They also stormed the county town under Adele's command and engaged in street fighting with the Japanese army. And as soon as the street fight began, Inoue immediately realized that he had made a big mistake.

It stands to reason that the complex terrain of the city can effectively limit the mobility of the armored forces, but there is a premise for this, that is, the terrain of the city should be large. There should be enough depth. Keyang New County is only a small county town with a population of less than 20,000, and most of the buildings in the county are low-rise earth and stone buildings, and there is no way to resist the menacing tanks and armored vehicles, so the exit of the Japanese army after the battle begins is not good.

In order to fend off the onslaught of the armored regiment, Inoue had no choice but to organize a large-scale suicide attack, sending a large number of soldiers carrying explosive packs on their backs, or from rooftops or hiding in a corner, and then detonating explosives, inflicting a large number of casualties on the unprepared tanks and the soldiers following them.

Although this method is very stupid, I have to say that sometimes the stupid method is the effective way. Seeing that the Japanese army was so desperate, Fred, who was afraid that the armored regiment would suffer too many casualties, had to order the troops to withdraw from the county. The next battle was handed over to the 563rd Regiment of the 348th Brigade, which had just arrived.

In the battle just now, I don't know who invented a tactic, that is, the Whirlwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was slowly advanced as a tank, and after encountering the Japanese firepower point, the Whirlwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was used to strafe the target with the quadruple 20-mm anti-aircraft gun it was equipped with.

The 20-millimeter artillery may be somewhat effective against fighters in the sky, but it is not very useful for those fixed targets that are close at hand, as long as a round of 20-millimeter shells hits, the houses or bunkers where the Japanese are hiding are all turned into a pile of broken walls and broken meat in the rain of metal bullets.

Wu Zhuang, who was following closely behind a whirlwind anti-aircraft gun, was lying behind a pile of ruins, looking at everything on the opposite side, and when he saw a street occupied by the Japanese army being smashed into pieces of rubble by a 20-millimeter rapid-fire gun, he immediately shouted behind him: "Three platoons will pounce on me immediately." ”

Since the last time Xikou Village was heavily damaged by the Japanese army, Wu Zhuang's company has been replenished by a group of soldiers from the supplementary brigade, and today he is leading his company to be responsible for clearing the Japanese army south of Yangxin County, but as the troops advance, the ruins and obstacles on the streets are becoming more and more dense, and in the end the armored vehicles cannot enter at all, and now they can only rely on infantry to attack.

Without the cover of the Tornado anti-aircraft artillery, the battle became much more difficult, and every street and ruin had to be fought over and over again before it could be taken.

After a while, the signal corps came to report: "Sir...... The commander of the third platoon reported that they were stubbornly blocked by the Japanese army in the street in front of them, and that the Japanese troops were large in number and had heavy firepower, and they were making difficult progress! ”

Wu Zhuang waved his hand: "The first row, the second row, follow me to support the third row!" ”

Dozens of soldiers bent over the winding and rugged streets and trotted all the way, bullets flying past Wu Zhuang's head and ears from time to time. Although it was not yet evening, the battlefield shrouded in gunpowder smoke was already a little dark, and the air was filled with gunsmoke and dust. The county seat in front of me looks very desolate. All you can see are charred walls and collapsed houses, littered with bullet casings and scars from shells and bullets.

While the team was advancing, Wu Zhuang commanded the troops to support the streets in front, but this guy actually lost his foot when passing by a pile of ruins, and he had no choice but to let the soldiers go first, and he followed behind. Suddenly, there was a shout of killing in front of me. Wu Zhuang, who was carrying a 98k Mauser rifle, stared at the vicinity of a dilapidated house dozens of meters away. Seeing that there were a few people fighting hand-to-hand, two officers and soldiers in gray-green military uniforms were rolling up and down on the ground with two Japanese soldiers in khaki military uniforms, and Wu Zhuang, who was inconvenient in his legs, could only hold a rifle and try to help his comrades. (To be continued.) )