Chapter 656: Pingding County Crisis

Thirty tanks of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, hundreds of cavalry units, and dozens of artillery light and heavy machine guns began to fight against the breakout of the 16th Independent Infantry Brigade, which had no anti-tank weapons, and the mortars and light and heavy machine guns they carried were easily destroyed by the artillery of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, and the infantry could only fight with rifles.

However, their rifles could not pose a threat to the tanks, and when hundreds of horsemen slashed at them with their sabers, the devil soldiers could not resist.

The number of the 16th Brigade is getting smaller and smaller, but the corpses of the devil soldiers on the ground are increasing, and the bright red blood gathers together, forming blood-red ditches.

The officers and men of the 6th Cavalry Regiment fought very bravely, the tank commander flexibly commanded the troops to fight, and the tank machine gun became a sharp weapon to kill the enemy.

Thirty tanks crisscrossed the Japanese ranks, and after a strafing fire by four fighters in the air, they began to circle overhead.

In the distance, six Japanese bombers flew over the town of Lijiazhuang again, and four fighters began to respond.

When the Japanese pilots saw the four Chinese fighters appear, they turned around and ran, without even having time to drop aerial bombs.

Four fighters made a heroic pursuit, and after two of the four Japanese bombers were destroyed, the four fighters stopped the pursuit.

At this time, the ammunition of the four fighters had been exhausted, and the four fighters came to hover over the Chinese troops at a low altitude, and then left the sky over Xiyang County.

In this battle, the Chinese Air Force suffered zero casualties and shot down eight Japanese bombers, which dealt a serious blow to the Japanese air force and greatly boosted the morale of the troops of the New Second Brigade.

The morale of the officers and soldiers began to fight, and the first battalion of the 1st Regiment under the command of Huang Gang began to attack the 17th Brigade of the Japanese Army outside the city of Lijiazhuang Town, which was contrary to Sun Weiguo's deployment, but the morale of the officers and soldiers was high, and they were not willing to continue to wait on the position.

At the same time as the 1st Battalion launched the attack, the 3rd Battalion of Zhang Wenbin, which did not suffer too many casualties, began to launch a fierce attack on the 18th Brigade of the Japanese Army in Huanglong Village.

The officers and men were like tigers descending from the mountain, quickly rushing into front of the Japanese position, and they did not comply with Sun Weiguo's deployment.

However, the operation of the various units was smooth, because at this time the new 2nd Brigade and the 1st Regiment occupied a great advantage, and they had a large number of artillery to support the operation.

Without the threat of Japanese bombers, the officers and men rushed towards the Japanese positions one after another.

"Infantry artillery, knock out the little devil's heavy machine gun for me."

Zhang Wenbin, commander of the third battalion of the 1st Advance Regiment, personally led the troops to charge, and Zhang Wenbin held a shell gun in his right hand, and he rushed to the front of the troops.

The troops of the 9th and 10th Companies attacked from the front, and the troops of the 11th and 12th companies attacked from the flanks under the personal leadership of Zhang Wenbin.

The 12th Company was a machine gun company, equipped with three Type 92 heavy machine guns and three infantry guns.

As Zhang Wenbin's order was issued, three infantry guns began to fire anti-personnel grenades, and the three anti-personnel grenades quickly fired at the exposed fire points of the Japanese troops.

When the Japanese firepower was knocked out, Zhang Wenbin quickly rushed forward with a shell gun, and the officers and soldiers of the 11th Company followed closely behind Zhang Wenbin.

More than a dozen devil soldiers on the position of Huanglong Village immediately showed their heads to shoot, but they were suppressed by the fire of one Makqin heavy machine gun and nine Czech light machine guns of the 11th Company.

The 1st Regiment launched an attack on the remnants of the 5th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, and the Japanese troops were completely annihilated, apparently a matter of time.

At half past two in the afternoon, Sun Weiguo returned to the brigade headquarters, and Sun Weiguo, who had just returned to the brigade headquarters, received an astonishing news, that is, the first brigade of the melee had captured Baijing Town, and they were not far from the county seat of Pingding County.

At the same time, the troops of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army have begun to assemble in Yangquan County, and the troops of the 21st Division will soon enter Pingding County to participate in the battle.

Sun Weiguo immediately ordered Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong to mark the situation of the enemy and us on the map, and after seeing the situation of the enemy and the enemy on the map, the expression on Sun Weiguo's face became solemn.

The Japanese army's divisions and brigades were already under siege, and only Zhong Jian's independent regiment remained in Pingding County at this time.

This independent regiment was only a thousand people, and they naturally could not resist the Japanese troops.

"The casualties of the First Army Subdivision and the Second Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region have exceeded 1,000 people, and they have done their best, and what they can do at present is to carry out guerrilla attacks behind enemy lines, and the brigade commanders, the troops of the Third Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region and the Third Army Sub-division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are still operating in Jingcheng County, but they have not made great progress, and they have not yet completed their operational objectives."

Zhao Lerong came to Sun Weiguo's face, and he pointed to the map and reported that the expression on Sun Weiguo's face had now become solemn.

The 1st Brigade and the 21st Division of the Japanese Army entered Pingding County, which was equivalent to cutting off the rear route of the New 2nd Brigade, and after these Japanese troops captured Pingding County, they could quickly go to Xiyang County to copy the rear route of the New 2nd Brigade troops, thus bringing a devastating blow to the troops of the New 2nd Brigade.

"The first brigade of the melee is very difficult to deal with, we must pin them back to Jingcheng County, Huang Guohua, set off with the guard battalion troops, you must assist the two third army divisions of Jinji, Henan and Jinchaji to take the Jingcheng mining area before dark."

Sun Weiguo looked at the map and hesitated, and he immediately gave Huang Guohua an order.

Now the troops of the new Second Brigade can only be mobilized by Huang Guohua's guard battalion troops.

"Brigade commander, our battalion is gone, and there will be no guards at the brigade headquarters." Huang Guohua said embarrassedly.

"Carry out the order, you don't have to worry about the safety of the brigade headquarters." Sun Weiguo said solemnly.

Huang Guohua saluted Sun Weiguo, and he immediately walked outside, and the guard battalion troops quickly began to march towards Jingcheng County.

"The troops of the 21st Division have been assembled, and sent a telegram to the commander of the Qin detachment and the commander of the Gui detachment, asking them to feint to attack the county seat of Yangquan County, and the 21st Division has received the news that the county town has been attacked, and their troops will definitely come back to help and drag the Japanese troops, as long as our troops solve the Japanese troops in Xiyang County." Sun Weiguo continued to give the order and said.

Zhao Lerong immediately began to arrange for the communication soldiers and heralds to inform the Qin detachment leader and the Gui detachment leader, while Sun Weiguo sat on the chair.

Shen Wei looked at the gauze on Sun Weiguo's head, and there was a concerned expression on her face.

"The wound on your head is fine, do you want to bring Liu Qian here?" Shen Wei asked softly.

"It's no big deal, commissar, you don't have to worry about me." Sun Weiguo replied with a reluctant smile.

His eyes were still looking at the map, and at this time Sun Weiguo knew very well how dangerous his troops were.