"Chief of Staff, the 3rd Squadron suffered heavy casualties, with less than twenty remaining combat personnel, a third of the casualties of the 4th Squadron, and a quarter of the casualties of the 5th Squadron."

After the reorganization of the Fourth Brigade, the commander of the Shosa Brigade, Nanjiro Araki, received the casualties of the troops, he immediately came to the chief of staff, Hattori Chiaki, to report.

Nanjiro Araki had gauze wrapped around his right arm, and his military uniform was stained with blood, and after Chiaki Hattori heard Nanjiro Araki's report, he slowly lowered his binoculars.

"Order the troops to temporarily disengage from contact with the troops of China, and order the artillery detachment to carry out covering fire on the village of Zhao Qingong." Chiaki Hattori immediately gave the order.

The eight guns of the Japanese army began to fire again, and one shell after another continued to hit Zhao Qingong Village, and the Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for half an hour.

At half past ten o'clock in the evening, the Japanese troops launched a strong attack on Zhao Qingong Village again, and more than 500 devil soldiers of three infantry squadrons fiercely advanced towards Zhao Qingong Village under the cover of light and heavy machine guns.

At this time, there were less than 600 troops in the pre-1st regiment in the village, almost every soldier was scarred, the artillery commander Zheng Jingjing was blown unconscious by a cannonball, and several 94-type mountain guns were also exhausted, and the artillerymen were armed with weapons to fight as infantry, and it was only a matter of time before the pre-1st regiment was completely annihilated.

The reconnaissance and engineer companies began to encounter the frenzied strafing of heavy machine guns, and these two companies lacked heavy weapons and could not deal with the Japanese heavy machine guns, and they were always blocked on the perimeter.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, Fu Tao, the head of the first regiment sent a telegram, Fu Tao is determined to defend Zhao Qingong Village, he told us not to carry out rescue, so as not to make unnecessary casualties."

A communications soldier immediately came to Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong with the telegram he had just received, and the communication soldier looked at Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong and reported.

"The Eighth Route Army did not abandon the tradition of ignoring its comrades-in-arms, call Fu Tao back and let them hold on, we will definitely open a gap." Shen Wei replied immediately.

The communications soldier nodded, and he immediately returned to the radio and began to call back the troops of the New Second Brigade.

The fierce battle in Zhao Qingong Village was still ongoing, but the situation of the pre-first regiment was already precarious.

The devil soldiers are not made of mud, they are very strong in combat, otherwise they would not have conquered so many cities and towns in China in a short period of time.

The backwardness of the equipment of the Chinese troops is one thing, but this cannot negate the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army; a few years later, the Japanese army marched south to fight, but the British and American troops armed to the teeth were defeated, which is enough to show how strong the combat effectiveness of the Japanese troops is.

The first brigade of the melee was a unit ordered by Terauchi Shouichi himself, and the entire unit could be said to be composed of elite soldiers, and this time they seized the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the first regiment, and they naturally would not miss it.

The two sides fought to the death, and neither side took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield.

At 11 o'clock on the night of April 8, while the fierce battle in Zhao Qingong Village was fierce, Ge Haifeng led the cavalry battalion to quickly advance beyond Zhao Qingong Village, and after the cavalry troops crossed the Songxi River, the cavalry troops were ambushed by the Japanese armored troops, and the cavalry troops were forced to retreat after paying more than 60 casualties.

Kunomura Momoyo has always kept an eye on the Chinese cavalry troops, he deployed the armored troops around the Songxi River, and sent the cavalry team to serve as the eyes and ears of the armored troops, looking for the Chinese cavalry units.

After the cavalry battalion was forced to withdraw, the Japanese troops did not give up, and they immediately crossed the Songxi River and launched a pursuit.

Five tanks and three armored vehicles led more than a hundred cavalry units in pursuit, and in the face of these tanks and armored vehicles, the cavalry battalion of the new 2nd Brigade began to suffer heavy losses.

When Sun Weiguo commanded the troops to fight, he would skillfully use cavalry, and in uncertain situations, Sun Weiguo would not rashly use cavalry to attack.

After all, since the advent of tanks and armored vehicles, cavalry has met nemesis, and a tank can easily solve the attack of dozens of cavalry.

Shijiazhuang, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army.

It was not early, but Kiyoji Kazuki did not rest, he was in his office, waiting for the report from the front.

After receiving the news that Sun Weiguo was injured and in a coma, Kazuki Kiyoji realized that the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the troops of the New Second Brigade had come, and he knew that this was also the time for Hashimoto Group and Yuno Muratau to show their skills.

"Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the 25th Brigade Nakano Zhi3rd Brigade sent a telegram that the 25th Brigade will contain the local troops of the Eighth Route Army in the county seat of Xiyang County and Kongzhuang Village in Dazhai Town, and the local troops of the Eighth Route Army in these two places have exceeded 10,000 people, and the commander of the Nakano Zhi3rd Brigade has requested that the air force carry out an air attack at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, and they are scheduled to launch a counteroffensive against the local troops of the Eighth Route Army at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

An Osa staff officer came to Kiyoji Kazuki's office with a telegram, which was sent by Nakano Naozo.

When Kazuki Kiyoji heard that the 25th Brigade was holding back the tens of thousands of local troops of the Eighth Route Army, he had a calm expression on his face, which did not make him too happy.

You must know that in the Japanese army's record of fighting, an infantry brigade was once created to chase a regular division in China, and there was such a record, and it was nothing for a brigade to contain tens of thousands of local troops of the Eighth Route Army.

"Mixi, call Nakano Naozo back, tomorrow the 5th and 6th Bomber Groups of the 1st Flying Regiment of the Air Force will go to Xiyang County to help in the war." Kiyoji Kazuki replied lightly.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Chief of Staff has sent a telegram that the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Combat has begun to attack the village of Zhao Qingong Village, and the troops are currently fighting in the streets with the 1st Advance Regiment."

As soon as Kazuki Kiyoji's words fell, a young staff officer hurriedly came to the office, and he said in an excited tone.

Kazuki Kiyoji was not angry at the rough behavior of the young staff officer, and he stood up from the chair with an excited expression on his face.

"Call back to the chief of staff, if I can completely annihilate the first regiment of troops, I will personally ask for credit for them." Kiyoji Kazuki said excitedly.

"Your Excellency Commander, this pre-1st regiment will definitely be completely annihilated." Staff Officer Dazuo said a word at the right time.

Kazuki Kiyoji nodded, his face was full of smug expression, thinking of Terauchi Shouichi's criticism of him not long ago, he couldn't help but pick up the microphone and directly dial the phone number of the North China Front Headquarters.

The Japanese command was overjoyed, as if the troops fighting on the front had annihilated the first regiment.

And here in Pingding County Hospital, everyone has a layer of sadness on their faces, Qin Xianliang simply set up the radio station here in the hospital, he stood outside the door, and looked inside the house from time to time.

In Qin Xianliang's view, the only person who can solve the crisis now is the comatose Sun Weiguo.

"Deputy Chief of Staff, the cavalry battalion was attacked by the Japanese armored forces, and they were temporarily unable to reinforce the past, and the battalion commander Ge Haifeng requested artillery support."

Luo Hongyi came to Ge Haifeng at this time, and he said with a solemn face.