Chapter 584: Making Progress

The battle in Jingcheng was very fierce, although Ma Wanzhong did not feel dangerous in the encirclement of the little devil, but the division headquarters was surrounded, and all the troops under Ma Wanzhong felt that it was a shame, and they all wanted to ask, why was the little devil so arrogant.

So the battle revolved around Jing Cheng, and there were battles everywhere within a radius of more than ten kilometers, and all the troops, regardless of whether they were the main attack or the assist, launched a fierce attack on the little devil.

The little devils in the Hebei direction are depressed, and the current situation on the battlefield is obvious, that is, their troops have surrounded Jingcheng. However, the commander of the little devil felt as if it was not them surrounding the troops of the New 33rd Army, as if the troops of the New 33rd Army were attacking them.

Although the number of artillery pieces owned by Ma Wanzhong's division was less than half of that of the little devils, the flying thunder cannons they were equipped with were more than twice as many as the cannons in the hands of the little devils.

The flying thunder cannon is a sharp weapon both in defense and offense, and there is nothing that cannot be solved by a bag of explosives of more than ten kilograms.

On the battlefield, the little devil looked at the miserable situation of his companions, and was more frightened than angry. Because the little devil's position is full of stumps and broken arms, occasionally seeing a complete corpse still bleeding to death.

When the little devils saw the death of their companions, they thought of what they would look like after their deaths, and they didn't dare to hide in the trenches.

In the afternoon, a regiment under Ma Wanzhong had already solved the problem of the vanguard of the little devils and withdrew into Jingcheng, which was originally defended by only one battalion and other auxiliary troops, and now this regiment was arranged in Jingcheng again.

The Japanese looked at the city in front of them, all kinds of artillery were used, and the infantry also attacked under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, but there was no progress outside the city except for leaving one corpse after another.

The commander of the Japanese army in Hebei mobilized a wing of Japanese troops from other directions to support Jingcheng, and he did not believe that a small Jingcheng could hold back their artillery.

In addition to the large-scale attack launched by the little devils on the Zhengtai Railway, the Japanese army also sent troops in other areas, these Japanese troops were not only to contain the combat units of the Ma Wanzhong Division in the Jingcheng area, they also wanted to take the opportunity to seize more places, if the Japanese army did not make progress on the Zhengtai line, maybe there would be other gains in other directions.

The battle in the Jingcheng area has been fought for a day and a night, except for Shen Zhengwen's mine protection team, which did not participate in the battle, the rest of the troops are engaged in the battle.

At this time, Shen Zhengwen was seriously analyzing the situation on the front line in the headquarters of Jiazhuang Town, judging from the current situation, although Ma Wanzhong's division was defending such a large area, in the face of the attack of the little devils, Ma Wanzhong's division still had an advantage, and it was able to launch a counteroffensive in local areas.

But Shen Zhengwen knew that this advantage was only temporary, and as more and more troops were reinforced, the balance of superiority would tilt towards the little devil's side little by little.

"This kind of battle cannot be fought for a long time, we must concentrate our forces to eliminate a part of the little devil as soon as possible and cut off its troops all the way, so that we can gain an invincible position!"

As time drags on, the little devils' troops will not only increase in number, but will also become more and more prepared. If one of the little devils' troops is eliminated during the advantageous period of Ma Wanzhong's troops, the situation on the battlefield will become more and more passive.

As Shen Zhengwen expected, the commander of the Japanese army had already prepared a wing, and when Ma Wanzhong ate the vanguard of the Japanese army this afternoon, this wing had already begun to set off.

This Japanese wing was not the last Japanese army to put into the battlefield, and the Japanese troops in Baoding, Handan, and even Cangzhou and Hengshui began to urgently mobilize to reinforce the Jingcheng area.

The commander of the little devil didn't believe that the attack was ironclad, and even the iron wall could not stop their Imperial Japanese army.

In the face of the crazy attack of the little devils, Ma Wanzhong believed that he could solve all the problems in the area without anyone's help. It is also Ma Wanzhong's self-confidence that leads to their passivity on the battlefield.

If Ma Wanzhong had sent a battalion of troops to attack westward at this time, and had cooperated with the troops who had come to support him to flank the Japanese troops besieging the city on both sides, it would have been easy to open a road, and the Japanese encirclement would have no effect at all.

But with Ma Wanzhong's temper, since the little devil surrounded them, Ma Wanzhong wanted to see if the little devil had good teeth, so Ma Wanzhong insisted on not opening up the outward passage of the well, and fought with the little devil!

In fact, there is a feeling of pride among all the officers of the New 33rd Army, and the source of this emotion is not Liao Fan, but their repeated victories in the past battles against the little devils, so the New 33rd Army has a kind from top to bottom that they are the most powerful army.

However, this pride made them suffer a big loss, when the Japanese army just began to attack Jingcheng, the three company commanders did not care about the Japanese attack at all, and finally when the Japanese launched a surprise attack, they were not the slightest defense, and had to withdraw from the defense line with their troops without orders.

It is precisely with this pride that Ma Wanzhong will be angry in his heart when he is surrounded by the Japanese army......

However, pride is a chronic poison, and as long as you are not aware of this emotion, it will lead you step into the abyss.

The sun is gradually slanting to the west, and in some places in the Taihang Mountains, the high mountains have blocked the sun. It was getting dark, but the soldiers of the special operations brigade who had infiltrated Datong had not heard any news so far.

As long as there is no news in Datong City, Liao Fan will have to wait forever, because the lives of the common people are pinched in the hands of the little devils, and Liao Fan of course has to suppress himself and let the troops not move.

Because it seemed that there was going to be a battle, there was no light in Datong City when it was too dark, but a few dog barks came from the deep alleys, and the night stalls on weekdays also disappeared.

Datong City is quiet at night, almost like a dead city.

When night fell, the Japanese army began to get busy, and the Japanese army and the common people of the city wall did not eat during the day, but now it is night, if they don't eat again, they don't have to fight, they will be too hungry to hold a gun.

Especially the people on the city wall stood for a day, which was very exhausting, and if they were hungry tomorrow, the little devil would have no hostages as an umbrella.

As soon as it got dark, torches were lit on the city wall, of course, the light of the fire was not to point out the direction of the attack of the new 33rd Army, but to let the troops outside the city see clearly that the common people would not remove the city wall at night, and should not think of attacking the city in the dark.

The torches on the city walls illuminate the whole city of Datong, just like a lively bonfire party will be held in the city, but everyone knows that this is not the time for entertainment and joy.

Of course, there is a problem that is overlooked, and that is that the people in the city do not light up the lights on such a night.

So in Datong City, there are only a few places where lights are lit except above the city wall, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the soldiers of the special operations brigade.

"One of those two houses in front of you should be the headquarters of the little devils!"

The lights on marked the target for the soldiers of the special operations brigade, and the lights must be turned on in the headquarters of the little devils at this time.

"We have to figure out which one is the command of the little devils, we have to hit it with one hit, if something goes wrong, it's a big problem!" The leader of the special operations brigade said that there can be no mistakes at this time, as long as they make a small mistake, the little devils will not show mercy.

"Look over there!"

The leader of the special operations brigade pointed to the little devil who was delivering food to the city wall.

"Take them down first, and the rest will be done!"

The fighters of the special operations brigade began to act, and their first target was the team of little devils delivering food. Then some of them disguised themselves as food deliverers, and then went into the two lighted places and the second lieutenant to investigate, and they were able to figure out where the commander of the little devil was, and how many people were in the command of the little devil.

"This method is good, but we also have to inform other troops, we must be prepared, in case something goes wrong, we must take care of all aspects, and we can't let the people have any problems!"

The first and second groups can't just think about their own successes and failures, after all, all the troops are a whole, and there are still so many troops in Datong City to coordinate and protect the various factories.

"I'm going to take a group of fighters to act, and the fighters you arranged are going to inform the other troops to get ready for action!"

In the darkness of the night, the fighters of the Special Operations Brigade began to move towards their respective goals.

The two little devils who delivered the food were talking about what happened today and whether they would survive tomorrow, and what they would do if they could.

At this time, two Japanese soldiers appeared in front of them: "Is there anything else to eat?" We didn't have it over there, the captain asked us to come over and get food! ”

At this time, the little devils in the direction of the city gate in other directions had not yet eaten, and the two Japanese soldiers pointed in one direction at random. The little devils supply so many people to eat, of course, they can't be busy for a while, and these two little devils don't know how much they are supplied, they are only responsible for the food in a part of the area.

I haven't eaten for a day, and it's normal for someone to come to eat at this time, and the two little devils who deliver food don't have the slightest suspicion.

"Come with us, there are not enough people, you came just in time, and we don't need to arrange someone to deliver food!"

After a busy day, the little devil was tired enough, and at this time, someone took the initiative to find it, which also saved them from running errands to deliver food to various areas.

"Did Your Excellency the Commander send you something to eat? We just dropped by, and we sent him over! ”

"Thank you very much!"

The little devil did not suspect that the two people in front of him were fakes, and took them directly to the place where they were cooking.

The two fighters of the special operations brigade did not do anything to the two little devils who delivered the meal, because there were many people back and forth of the Japanese army along the way, and it was not a good place to start at all, and their main purpose was to reconnoiter the situation of the little devil headquarters first.