Chapter 499: Encirclement and Reinforcements

"Wait!"

Liu Chundao led his troops to swim across the Mianhe River, and the sudden attack on the little devil not only caught the little devil off guard, but also made Liao Fan a little overwhelmed, which did not follow the predetermined script at all.

Liao Fan's original plan was to encircle the Jingcheng mining area from behind through the progress of Li Weimin or Ma Wanzhong, and then launch an attack on the Japanese troops in the Jingcheng mining area, but now he didn't expect that the Japanese army in the Jingcheng mining area was defeated so quickly that even the miners prepared by Liao Fan were not used.

Now the script has become a breakthrough in the center, and the two wings are not going well, since Liao Fan has decided to change the battle plan, since the middle lane has broken through, then directly open the current situation from the middle lane.

"Let the artillery who followed Liu Chundao's division cross the Mianhe River and obey Liu Chundao's mobilization, and the soldiers of your special operations brigade lurking in the Jingcheng mining area will be gathered, no need to lurk, directly use it as the main force, and rush behind the enemy*!"

Since the plan can't keep up with the change, follow the change. The unexpected breakthrough in the middle made Liao Fan feel that they would definitely win this battle.

"Brother Fan, what about our goal?" Huang Changsheng asked.

"It's all this time, what other goals do you want, let your soldiers bring enough ammunition, where there are little devils east of the Jingcheng mining area, you can fight, if you can't beat them, let Liu Chundao take their troops up!" Liao Fan was a little excited.

Although the weapons of the special operations brigade are sophisticated, most of them are automatic weapons, but the special operations brigade does not have heavy weapons and is not suitable for fighting tough battles.

If the soldiers of the special operations brigade lurking in the Jingcheng mining area add up, there is still no problem in attacking and occupying the point.

Huang Changsheng had already been in the command headquarters enough, and now that he had the opportunity to go out, he was even happier than Liao Fan, since he had no goal, then he improvised it.

The sudden change in the Jingcheng mining area not only caught Liao Fan a little off guard, but also caught the little devil commander of Hebei off guard. When he received that the Jingcheng mining area had been occupied by more than half of the Chinese army, he still couldn't believe it in his heart, and asked his staff to continue to confirm the news.

But within a few minutes, the last piece of the Japanese army-controlled area in the Jingcheng mining area, Jiazhuang Town sent a telegram asking for help, Jiazhuang Town has a total of about 500 Japanese puppet troops, which is the barracks and important supply depot of the little devils in the Jingcheng mining area.

Originally, there were only more than 100 Japanese troops and less than 200 puppet troops in Jiazhuang Town, after the Japanese army in the Jingcheng mining area was defeated and retreated from their positions, they all flocked to Jiazhuang Town, so Jiazhuang Town suddenly had more than 200 people, Liu Chundao led the troops to surround Jiazhuang Town, and after launching several strong attacks, they were all repulsed.

"Why hasn't the artillery brigade arrived yet?"

Liu Chundao had already led the troops to fight red-eyed, and when they first chased and defeated the retreating Japanese army, they didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and they rushed and fought all the way, but after all, it was dark, and Liu Chundao didn't know where to fight with the troops.

I only heard the gunfire in Jiazhuang Town was relatively intensive, and after taking more than 40 soldiers and eliminating more than 20 little devils, Liu Chundao decisively led the soldiers to move closer to Jiazhuang Town. Liu Chundao thought that this battle would be as easy as their attack on the little devil's position.

However, during the first wave of charge, a company of troops assembled in Jiazhuang Township lost a platoon, and Liu Chundao's arm was also drilled by the 38 big cover, but fortunately, the wound was not serious.

After suffering a loss, Liu Chundao finally calmed down, the Japanese army in front of them was not the Japanese army that had retreated before, they were in organized resistance, and from the perspective of firepower deployment, it was obviously an important place for the little devil's defense.

Liu Chundao decisively ordered the surrounding troops to gather in Jiazhuang Township, and the soldiers of a regiment surrounded Jiazhuang Township, but after launching several attacks, Liu Chundao's regiment suffered many casualties, so Liu Chundao hurriedly urged the soldiers of the artillery brigade to assemble in Jiazhuang Township.

While waiting for the artillery brigade, a soldier of a special operations brigade reported to Liu Chundao what they had detected in the Jingcheng mining area, and told Liu Chundao that this place was called Jiazhuang Town, which was an important gathering place for the Japanese army.

For the information of the late arrival, Liu Chundao didn't think it was too late, at least he knew what the name of this place was, and in the dark, they also knew where they were now, at least it wasn't a black eye.

In order to get the soldiers of the artillery brigade to assemble in Jiazhuang Town as soon as possible, Liu Chundao sent a company of soldiers to meet them.

"Division commander, the guys of the artillery brigade are heavy, there is no boat to cross the river, and they can only rely on people to resist!" The head of the regiment under Liu Chundao reported to him.

"Where are the rest of our troops now?" Liu Chundao asked.

"It's too dark, all the troops are chasing the little devils on their own, and I don't know where they are!"

Liu Chundao's troops had already crossed the Mianhe River, and those soldiers who couldn't swim were all swimming across the Mianhe River with their logs. As soon as he arrived at the shore, he put on his clothes and checked his equipment, and participated in this pursuit battle.

Even Liu Chundao's regiment that is now besieging Jiazhuang Town is now assembled from the battlefield, and it does not belong to the soldiers of a regiment at all.

Half an hour later, some of the soldiers of the artillery brigade finally arrived, and Liu Chundao had already ordered the troops to stop the attack and surround the little devils in Jiazhuang Town.

"Let the company launch a tentative attack, buy time for the artillery, let them find out the point of fire of the little devils!"

After consulting with a regimental commander of an artillery brigade, Liu Chundao arranged for a company of soldiers to launch a tentative attack on the little devils, with the purpose of allowing the artillery to find the right direction.

"Da Da Da"

The little devil saw that the Chinese army had launched another attack and opened fire decisively, and at this time the artillery observer silently noted several important points of fire of the Japanese army.

"Boom Boom"

After the soldiers of the first company retreated, the artillery immediately aimed at the firing point of the Japanese army just now and carried out a fierce artillery bombardment.

"Rush!" The regiment commander saw that the little devil's firepower point was destroyed, and immediately led his troops to charge towards Jiazhuang Town.

"Artillery fire extended!"

When the soldiers of the artillery brigade saw the infantry rushing forward, they immediately extended their artillery fire to cover the fire points in Jiazhuang Town, suppress the Japanese firepower, and reduce the casualties of the infantry. The fighters eventually stormed the town of Jiazhuang.

After a day of fierce fighting, Li Weimin had already led his troops to block the Japanese troops from Dingzhou in Xingtang, and in the gap of the battle, they strengthened their fortifications.

But Li Weimin did not gather all the troops, and there was still one trouble that was not solved at their time, that is, the defenders of Pingshan County. Li Weimin and they launched an attack on the whole front, so they bypassed Pingshan County and successfully took down many strongholds of the little devils.

Although they had already eliminated all the firepower points around Pingshan County, the Japanese troops in the city caused a lot of casualties to one of their regiments attacking Pingshan County, so Li Weimin ordered the attack to be suspended and only besieged Pingshan County.

According to Li Weimin's initial plan, he wanted to gather troops, besiege Xingtang, and then block the reinforcements from Dingzhou to the east of Xingtang.

But now they can only block the Japanese reinforcements west of Xingtang with the Japanese reinforcements, and they are not able to defeat the Japanese reinforcements at all, and the little devils cannot tear through the defense line of the Chinese army.

The little devils relied on their own armored squadron and went on a rampage, causing great casualties to one of Li Weimin's regiments, but Li Weimin ordered to fight to the death and not retreat until all the troops gathered and ate these little devils.

However, Li Weimin did not know when all their troops could be assembled, Pingshan County was now only suitable for siege, not for a strong attack, and his cavalry regiment had already infiltrated behind enemy lines, and there was no news until now, and only one regiment of troops in Li Weimin's hands was holding on to death.

The Japanese artillery fire became more and more ferocious, but fortunately, Li Weimin also had a mountain artillery battalion in his hands, so he was able to suppress the little devil's armored squadron to death, otherwise they didn't know how many soldiers' lives would be needed to blow up the little devil's armored vehicles and tanks.

Finally, when it was too dark, a regiment of the Chinese army that was stubbornly defending the Xingtang position had a chance to breathe, and Li Weimin watched his soldiers lying on the ground exhausted and collapsed, and they were not willing to eat until the soldiers of the cooking squad brought the food to them.

"Division commander, the communications corps of the military headquarters is here!" A fighter finds Li Weimin on the position.

The communication soldier was sent by Liao Fan, and Li Weimin also guessed in his heart that Liao Fan must have asked him why he besieged Pingding County and did not attack it, and whether he, the division commander, still wanted to be it.

"Tell Brother Fan, when this battle is over, I will explain to Brother Fan in person!"

Li Weimin's initial idea was also to finish the Japanese army in Pingding County as soon as possible, and then move eastward, pass the pass, and fight from Xingtang to Dingzhou.

But Li Weimin finally understood himself, he was good at defense, not offensive warfare, at the beginning they raided to take the lead and the Japanese army was not well prepared, and took a big advantage on the first night.

But now that the little devils are ready, if they want to capture a stronghold, they will have to pay more casualties. Even if he captured a stronghold, Li Weimin didn't have time to organize a defense, and the little devil's reinforcements arrived.

Moreover, the first goal of attacking Jingcheng was to occupy the Jingcheng mining area, and the second purpose was to kill and injure the living forces of the Japanese army, in order to better defend the Jingcheng mining area after the victory.

Even if Li Weimin leads his troops to Shijiazhuang now, the main force of the Japanese army will retreat to Shijiazhuang, and their combat effectiveness will still exist, and when the offensive edge of the new 33rd Army has passed, the Japanese army can still fight back in the future, so that all their things will be in vain.

Therefore, Li Weimin changed his combat methods, turning the offensive war into a defensive war, and the best way to change was to encircle the point and send reinforcements, Pingshan County was that point, and the reinforcements who came to Dingzhou by himself were fighting.

During the day, Li Weimin's division had already achieved preliminary results, and it was Yan Xingwang's cavalry regiment that achieved this result, with 2,000 cavalry heading straight to Dingzhou, although the speed of the cavalry could not catch up with the speed of the Japanese mechanized troops, but they were also mobile troops.

When Yan Xingwang took more than 2,000 cavalry to feel the city of Dingzhou, the little devils on the defensive position outside Dingzhou were completely panicked, they never thought that the Chinese army would come so quickly, and as soon as their reinforcements set off, the Chinese army arrived.

Yan Xingwang saw that the little devil didn't react, and directly ordered the cavalry to charge head-on, and the smoke and dust raised by the two thousand cavalry covered the sky and the sun, and the shells fired by the little devil's artillery fell to the rear of the cavalry team.

In just a few minutes, the first wave of cavalry rushed to the Japanese defensive position outside Dingzhou City, and the little devils looked at these monsters in horror, and before they could react, the saber had already slashed through their chests, and blood gushed out.

The fortifications outside Dingzhou City were no longer able to stop the cavalry charge after supporting it for half an hour, and the Japanese army began to retreat to Dingzhou City in a hurry, but where could the speed of a man outrun the horse......

The war horses outside Dingzhou City neighed, blood stained the wilderness outside Dingzhou City, the horses' hooves trampled on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers at will, and the Japanese infantry looked at the war horses coming towards them in horror......