The news of the defeat of the Japanese army all the way spread quickly, but it did not affect the advance of the other army! I have to say that the Japanese army still has so much confidence in themselves, even if a unit loses the battle, they can still deceive themselves that they will win.

Of course, war is like this, if you don't have confidence in yourself, you can only kill countless soldiers on the battlefield.

When Bai Chongxi rushed back to Ma Wanzhong's headquarters, the Japanese vanguard had already exchanged fire with Ma Wanzhong and them, and the enemies saw each other, their eyes were extremely red.

The Japanese vanguard withdrew from the battle after losing more than half of its ranks, while a company in the defensive position suffered considerable losses, and the wounded were more than half of the troops' composition.

The little devils are like being beaten with chicken blood, even if the vanguard force is more than half damaged, they still haven't given up the attack, their momentum is very strong, it seems that the vanguard force of a thousand people alone can complete the task of tens of thousands of people.

However, the reality is that the soldiers of a company of the Chinese army, under the cover of the divisional artillery regiment, were able to attack at the beginning!

Now in the troops, every company commander has learned to call for artillery support, a company is no longer a separate company, with support, behind this company stands a division, or even a corps.

The little devils are a little worse, and the reason why the vanguard is called the vanguard is because they are composed only of infantry, and they do not have much heavy firepower, and they take their heads to hit the enemy's muzzle.

After a few rounds of fighting, one company in the defensive position could no longer hold on, they injured two platoons of fighters, and the rest of the soldiers were also wounded.

The regiment commander personally ordered the company to withdraw from its position, but in fact, the battle reached this point, and the losses of the Japanese army were even worse, you must know that the Japanese army was the attacking side, and the defending Chinese army had the cover of fortifications and artillery support, how could the situation of the Japanese army be good.

The corpses strewn in front of the position, making people know at a glance that a tragic battle had been experienced here.

"There are troops on both flanks of the Japanese army on this road, and their advance speed is neither slow nor fast, it seems that the retreat of the Japanese army on the other road has taught them some lessons!"

Ma Wanzhong fought one way, so that the Japanese army on the other side knew that they could not rush forward, otherwise the result would be ......

"Now our troops have set up positions and built fortifications, but now our defense area is still too narrow, even if there is one less Japanese army, we are still pressed and beaten!"

The initiative was in the hands of the Japanese army, and it was impossible for Ma Wanzhong to order the troops to counterattack, otherwise they would only increase casualties and would not be able to achieve any battlefield effect.

"The Japanese army is fierce, we can't avoid their edge, only when the little devil finishes the three-plate axe first, can we have a chance to open the situation!" Bai Chongxi said.

First of all, they had to withstand the frenzied attack of the Japanese army, and when the Japanese attack was frustrated and their arrogance was suppressed, the Japanese attack would naturally slow down.

"We can't hold on to the Japanese army's three-plate axe, if this battle is fought so hard, even if we agree, the whole army will suffer a lot of casualties, and we still have to hope for Lao Hu, and the troops he sent will hurry up to support us!"

If the troops sent by Hu Guoshan break the blockade of the Japanese army, they can fight all the way to the back of this Japanese army! When the two armies outflanked the rear of the Japanese army, the Japanese army was in no mood to attack Ma Wanzhong and them, and whether to destroy them at that time depended on Ma Wanzhong's mood.

"What did Commander-in-Chief Hu say?"

"The situation of the two armies that will join us is not very good, two days ago Lao Hu just sent an armored brigade and Deputy Commander Zhao to support these two armies, hoping that they will speed up the attack!"

Without support, Hu Guoshan could win the battle, but ...... The casualty figure is definitely what many people don't want to see, and in Ma Wanzhong's eyes, he is used to seeing death, but it doesn't mean that he can see each life as a cold number.

Returning from the battlefield and being able to value humanity is the kindness of soldiers and generals! Of course, war can also hone a person into steel, steel from the inside out!

"If you want to reduce casualties, you can only rely on Commander-in-Chief Hu!"

Zhao Caizhu came to the front line in person, he was both the overseer and the commander, the battle was not good, Hu Guoshan wanted to hold him responsible! In order to join Ma Wanzhong's troops as soon as possible, Hu Guoshan asked him to bring armored troops.

If you don't go to the front line, you never know how difficult the situation of the frontline soldiers is, although they have also experienced that kind of difficulty, and even more difficult it was at that time than now.

Facing the Japanese army in front of him, Zhao Caizhu was full of emotion, it was only a few years, and the Japanese army has become the end of the crossbow from the invincible to the present.

However, the end of the strong crossbow also has the ability to hurt people, especially the Japanese troops opposite them, and they resist them to the end with stronghold fortifications.

"Up to now, we have captured only more than 100 Japanese soldiers, and more than 60% of those who fought with us head-on were veterans of the Japanese army!" An army commander told Zhao Caizhu about the situation at the front.

Of course, the veterans of the Japanese army are also divided into new and old, uneven, but there is a very big difference between soldiers who have been on the battlefield and soldiers who have not been on the battlefield, and they can be distinguished from their eyes.

"These Japanese soldiers are not afraid, at the beginning in Taihang Mountain, the Japanese troops we met were all soldiers who had survived a hundred battles, and the current Japanese army is far from the combat quality at that time!"

Most of the veterans of the Japanese army have already been lost in the pass, and the frenzied replenishment of new recruits has caused the combat quality of the troops to fall off a cliff.

"Now that our armored brigade has brought over to support you, Commander-in-Chief Hu has given me five days, but ...... I said that it would not take five days, but only three days to meet with Commander Ma's troops! ”

The two army commanders looked at each other, they estimated the time, it was too difficult to break through the layers of Japanese defense in three days!

"What! Questions? Zhao Caizhu asked looking at the expressions on their faces.

"Deputy Commander Zhao, at the beginning of the battle, we also thought that the task could be completed in three days, but the Japanese army set up layers of defense lines! According to reconnaissance, there are some places where the Japanese army does not have a defensive line, but when we break through the Japanese defense line and continue to advance, the Japanese army will suddenly appear another defensive line! ”

"The Japanese army stopped us from advancing, and we also had to consider the problem of the stability of the rear area, if the Japanese army copied the back road, even if we could meet Commander Ma, the back road would still be blocked by the Japanese army!"

The reason why the two army commanders did not dare to attack forward without scruples was that they were worried that they would not join Ma Wanzhong when they went deep alone, and they would be surrounded by the Japanese army first.

"Is that the only question? If I solve this problem for you, can you guarantee that you will meet with Commander Ma within three days and open a life channel? ”

"If we can get the Armament Brigade to open the way for us, I promise that within three days, we will complete the task!"

"Well, with such determination, we will win this battle! I will contact the commander-in-chief and ask him to guarantee the safety of our rear, and you two armies can attack boldly with confidence! ”

The resistance of the Japanese army was very fierce, and even though the artillery ploughed the Japanese defensive positions, the surviving Japanese troops still completely resisted the attack of the Chinese army.

"Tell all the troops that after capturing the Japanese position, don't care about anything, replenish ammunition, continue to move forward, and the position will naturally be taken over by someone else!"

Zhao Caizhu ordered the troops not to stop, and while the Japanese army had not yet prepared a defensive line, they rushed directly over, which could completely disperse the Japanese army!

Zhao Caizhu's order is tantamount to telling the troops to kill the gods when they encounter them, and the Buddha will block them*! Quick!

After the battle began, it was completely a test of the soldiers' ability to continue fighting, and during these three days and three nights, neither the soldiers nor the officers had much time to rest.

Relying on powerful weapons of war, Zhao Caizhu led his troops to sweep the Japanese army all the way, and in a tight day, they achieved good results, and the Japanese army was powerless to resist.

Even the commander of the Japanese army personally sent a telegram asking them to stabilize the line of defense, and whoever dared to take a step back would shoot whom!

However, the commander of the Japanese army was far away in the headquarters, hundreds of miles away from here, and even if there was a telegram to figure it out, he did not know the situation at the front at all.

The little devils began to fear the artillery of the Chinese army, and when there were more shells than they had, it was easy to disintegrate the combat effectiveness of the troops all along.

Under the blow of artillery fire, the Japanese army had no cover at all! Coupled with the rampage of the armored forces, the task of the infantry was to receive Japanese prisoners in the rear.

"Deputy Commander Zhao, today's results are remarkable, if this continues, tomorrow there will be another day, and we will be able to join Commander Ma's troops!"

"Don't be too optimistic, all the troops are not allowed to rest tonight, continue to advance, but slow down the speed of our attack, in case the Japanese have an ambush on us!"

According to their intelligence, the Japanese army obviously does not have much ability to ambush them, if they draw troops from other directions, once Zhao Caizhu has a situation here, Hu Guoshan will press on the whole line! The commander-in-chief of the Japanese army could not afford to lose a big one by a small one.

"I understand! Tomorrow morning we will speed up the march again, and when this battle is over, the troops will rest! ”

The battle was fought quickly, they no longer cleaned the battlefield, let alone whether the rear needed to be defended or not, and even the wounded had other units to help them transfer to the rear.

The efficiency of the troops was improved, and the combat efficiency was suddenly changed, so that the Japanese army did not have time to buffer over, the little devils came in a hurry, and before the fortifications were repaired, the Chinese army rushed in front of them, and there was no need for artillery shelling, and the tanks could chase them all over the ground.

As the speed of the battle increased, the advantages of the tanks became more and more prominent, and the Japanese did not dare to compete with the armored forces in the absence of fortifications.