The commander of the Korean army did not have time to worry about what was happening at the field airfield, because the situation at the front began to deteriorate completely. Compared with the life and death of hundreds of thousands of troops, the matter of the field airfield has become a trivial matter.

At the No. 2 assembly area, at the moment when the Japanese Seventh Brigade launched a counterattack, Liu Hei, who had an amazing sense of smell, judged that the enemy was going to flee, so in the face of the enemy's counterattack, the Northeast Army not only did not relax its offensive and avoid the enemy's edge, but instead fought-for-tat and launched a more primitive and bloody contest. The heavy artillery was even more desperate to pour artillery fire on the Japanese positions. The barrels of the guns were red, and some soldiers wrapped snow in cotton clothes to cool down. In this case, the artillery in the northeast maintained a long and continuous fire support. It provided a huge guarantee for the attack of the Northeast Army.

Cao Zhengbu in the rear also increased the speed of the attack, and collided with the vanguard of the 18th Division.

As a mobile unit and reinforcement, the Fifth Division led by Cao Zheng did not have a heavy artillery unit, but the heavy machine gun and light machine gun configuration were very high. The mortar unit was even a whole large regiment. In addition, the Fifth Division did not experience a long period of fighting, and when the 17th Division was ambushed, because of the convenience of occupying the terrain and the large use of kerosene, the strength consumed by the Fifth Division was not large. After taking out the enemy's headquarters, Cao Zhengbu began to attack the Japanese positions. At the same time, the encirclement is unfurled, ready to envelop these enemies in one bite.

The defensive position of the Japanese army is to defend the enemy in the front, and it is naturally lacking in defense against attacks from the rear, otherwise the soldiers on the front line will not watch the command headquarters in the rear being attacked by the Chinese army.

In the face of the two-sided attack and the Northeast Army's attempt to encircle, the Japanese army, under the order of the Korean Army Headquarters, consciously stayed behind to block Cao Zhengbu, and the remaining army quickly assembled and prepared to break through, wanting to rush out before the encirclement of the Northeast Army was closed.

The sun retracts its last rays. It was already a little dark. Both sides are desperate. The Northeast Army had to complete the encirclement before dark and encircle the Japanese army inside, while the Japanese army had to break through before nightfall, otherwise there would be a danger of annihilation, and as soon as it was dark, it would be even more difficult for them to move. The two sides have long been exhausted, after all, it has been almost a day since the start of the war. The soldiers have always been in a state of high-intensity combat, and if it weren't for the support of faith in their hearts, I'm afraid the soldiers would have been unable to hold on.

Kill!

Under the charge of the Northeast Army, Liu Hei finally chiseled through the defense line of the Seventh Brigade and Regiment regardless of the sacrifice, and the Japanese defense began to collapse completely. Under this overwhelming situation, the Japanese army finally collapsed. And expand rapidly. On the other hand, the soldiers of the Northeast Army, although they looked extremely tired, were greatly boosted because of the gap in the enemy's position. The offensive has intensified.

At the same time, the Cao Zheng Department of the Northeast Army finally defeated the defensive positions set up by the 18th Division of the Japanese Army and began the final encirclement.

It was completely dark. The whole battlefield also fell silent. The encirclement of the Northeast Army was completely formed, and a large number of Japanese troops who did not break through were besieged to the death. After a day of competition, the Japanese army was almost exhausted of weapons and ammunition. Those unlucky Japanese troops were besieged in a hilly area less than two miles in radius, and if it weren't for the darkness, I'm afraid the Northeast Army would have launched a final attack long ago.

Liu Hei's command. Cao Zheng strode in.

"Commander Liu, you guys fought a good battle! The little devil is not as simple as losing a lot this time! Cao Zheng said with a smile. Although in terms of identity, Cao Zheng, as the commander of the Northwest Military Region, is no worse than Liu Hei, the commander of the Northeast Military Region. But in terms of qualifications, he is slightly inferior to Liu Hei. As Feng Yong's earliest follower, Liu Hei is very valued by Feng Yong, and many people in Liu Hei's family hold important positions in the army. After all, people from criminal prison families, the ruthlessness of disregarding life and death is not comparable to ordinary people.

"Commander Cao, fortunately you arrived in time, otherwise we would have defeated the Japanese army at most, and it would have been impossible to encircle such a large part at all." Liu Hei said with a smile.

"Report to the commander, Commander Cao, the theater headquarters is in an emergency!" Before the two could say a few words, the staff officer of the Confidential Section sent the latest operational order from the theater headquarters.

Liu Hei looked at the telegram and frowned.

"Commander Cao, it seems that I have to work hard for you again! The Commander-in-Chief of the Theater ordered your five divisions to set out immediately and launch a pursuit of the Japanese routed troops. Liu Hei handed the telegram in his hand to Cao Zheng. This battle order must have been sent to Cao Zheng's army as well.

"Commander Liu, it seems that your troops are needed to take over the defense of our fifth division. We're going to go as soon as possible! Cao Zheng nodded at Liu Hei and strode away.

In this day, there were two major battles, and the casualties of the Fifth Division were not small, especially during the day, assisting Liu Heibu to tie up the mouth was a real battle, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in a state of crisis was very terrifying.

At the No. 1 assembly area, after nightfall, the firepower competition between the two sides did not decrease because of the darkness, but tended to increase.

Because the Northeast Army had already felt the change in the firepower of the Japanese army, the special combat team in the rear also found the retreating Japanese army, numbered the 15th Division of the Japanese Army.

The main force of the Southeast Military Region led by Lin Hu also attacked for a day, and the troops suffered very heavy casualties. No less than 20,000 people were seriously wounded just to carry down the line of fire, and you can see the severity of the battle from here. With the addition of the war dead, the battle losses of the Northeast Army in the entire No. 1 assembly area have been close to one-third, which is a very terrifying data.

It's been a day now. Finally, Japan began to retreat, and as the attacking party, Lin Hu certainly would not let go of this good opportunity. Even though the soldiers were extremely tired, Lin Hu gave the order to attack. After he received the news of the victory at Assembly Ground 2, he threw the last of his reserves into battle. Now the little devil is going to run. If you don't work harder, the little devils will all run away.

Headquarters of the 7th Division. Lieutenant General Akiyama's face was extremely gloomy. After receiving the order to retreat, he did not hesitate to let the Seventh Division take on the task of the queen of the palace, after all, only the elite Seventh Division could resist the attack of the Northeast Army. If it is changed to the 13th Division or the 15th Division, I am afraid it will not last long in the face of the attack of the Northeast Army. Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama now has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army. In no way inferior to the command of the 7th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Lieutenant General Akiyama's face was extremely gloomy. After receiving the order to retreat, he did not hesitate to let the Seventh Division take on the task of the queen of the palace, after all, only the elite Seventh Division could resist the attack of the Northeast Army. If it is changed to the 13th Division or the 15th Division, I am afraid it will not last long in the face of the attack of the Northeast Army. Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama now has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army. Not inferior to the fighting will of the Imperial Japanese Army, powerful firepower preparation, and a steady stream of logistical support, all of which made the Japanese army passive, if it were not for the Japanese army's strong upper hand in heavy artillery, I am afraid that the current form on the battlefield would be different.

The will to fight, the powerful firepower equipment, and the continuous logistics support, all of which made the Japanese army fall into passivity, if it were not for the Japanese army to gain the upper hand in heavy artillery, I am afraid that the current form on the battlefield would be different.

"Report to the division commander. The 15th Division has been evacuated on all fronts. ”

"What about the losses of the 15th Division?" Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama asked.

"The 15th Division suffered heavy losses, and the actual battle losses are still being counted." The herald whispered.

"Send a telegram to the 13th Division, asking them to move closer to the 7th Division, and then evacuate quickly!" Although he did not know the specific losses of the 15th Division, he certainly couldn't think of it. Up to now, the Seventh Division, as the focus of the Northeast Army's attack, has lost more than half of it. Several wings sent farewell calls. Several more wings were heavily damaged, and most of the troops were lost. In order to concentrate the troops as much as possible, Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama continued to reorganize the heavily damaged soldiers, remove the wounded, and put the newly reorganized troops on the battlefield again. After all, the Northeast Army, which does not have the upper hand in heavy artillery, is the best way to be cautious in the war and not to be bombarded by heavy artillery. Japanese drama your artillery is very powerful, if it weren't for their insufficient logistics supply and not very sufficient shells, the losses of the Northeast Army would be much greater.

"Report to the commander of the division, a telegram was sent from the command of the DPRK Army. Our division was asked to speed up the withdrawal, and the remnants of the 3rd Division and the 1st 18th Division in the No. 2 assembly area were surrounded by the Northeast Army, and now they have gone to contact. The command asked us to retreat to the Snow Valley area as soon as possible and reset the defensive line. ”

"What? So fast? "Although after receiving the news from the headquarters that the headquarters of Lieutenant General Iguchi Province had been terminated, Lieutenant General Yoshiko Akiyama had already predicted that the second assembly was likely to be defeated. But I didn't expect it to be so completely defeated, and a division and regiment were trapped to death. In its current form, it is difficult for the North Korean army, which lacks reinforcements, to send reinforcements.

"The 13th Division was ordered to abandon its move towards the 7th Division and take the lead in evacuating. Order the heavy artillery units to increase their firepower and not to keep any shells. Wait until all the shells are gone, blow up the heavy artillery! Lieutenant General Iguchi said in a deep voice.

"Blowing up heavy artillery?" The chief of staff of the 7th Division was taken aback.

"Division commander, really want to blow up the heavy artillery. If there is no heavy artillery. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to compete with the Northeast Army. ”

"In the current form, the artillery can't move, otherwise as soon as the artillery brigade moves, the Northeast Army will take the initiative on the battlefield, and it will be difficult for us to evacuate at that time. What's more, the heavy artillery is too cumbersome and inconvenient to evacuate, and if we don't make a decision early, we may even fall into the first case of the Northeast Army, but then we are in greater trouble. Human life is more important than weapons! Lieutenant General Akiyama Yoshiko said in a deep voice.

"Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" The chief of staff nodded.

(To be continued)