With the addition of the mechanized infantry regiment, the fighters of the 36th Army completely occupied an overwhelming advantage, and the number of little devils was already less than 500 people, and the little devils were surrounded by at least a few thousand soldiers of the 36th Army.

More than 30 Type 39 tanks stopped shelling, opened the hatch on the roof of the car, a soldier on the roof of the 12.7 mm machine gun, a burst of strafing at the little devil, the machine gun strafing is terrifying, the little devil who was hit, are a bowl of large blood holes, there is a little devil was hit by a machine gun bullet in the arm, the whole arm was knocked away, this little devil, holding his broken arm, rolled on the ground and howled in pain.

Hundreds of little devils, in the face of death, have shown their fear of death, the expressions on their faces are very frightened, a few little devils began to tremble, and the hands holding guns were also shaking violently.

Suddenly, a little devil finally couldn't bear such a big psychological pressure, threw the 38-type rifle in his hand to the ground, and began to flee in a panic, there was the first little devil like this, there was a second little devil like this, so immediately there were more than a dozen or twenty little devils, threw away the rifle in their hands, and began to flee blindly.

Seeing the appearance of the little devil, many soldiers laughed, and one soldier even shouted at the little devil: "Little devil, come to grandpa, grandpa will give you peanuts to eat." ”

The soldier next to him smiled even more when he saw the soldier say this.

The battle came to this point, there was no suspense, and after ten minutes, the remnants of the little devils were cleared by the soldiers, and a chariot wing of the little devils was wiped out by the soldiers in just over an hour, in addition to hundreds of little devils' cavalry.

Seeing that the battle was over, Pan Guoxing, the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment, walked quickly to Wu Youqing, who had just come down from the armored command vehicle, and shouted loudly: "Hello chief, Pan Guoxing of the mechanized infantry regiment greets you." ”

Wu Youqing is the commander of the armored division with the rank of major general, and Pan Guoxing is the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment with the rank of colonel.

Seeing Pan Guoxing, who was in good spirits, Wu Youqing said jokingly: "Captain Pan, you still came in a very timely manner, and you eliminated at least two or three hundred little devils at once." ”

"Division Commander Wu, the armor of your armored division is still powerful, a chariot wing of the little devil, you have gnawed to the scum, we want to take the opportunity to eat some meat, but in the end we only drank a little soup." Pan Guoxing also replied with a smile.

The two greeted each other, but the other soldiers had already begun to clean up the battlefield, collecting the guns and ammunition of the little devils on the ground together, carrying the corpses of the little devils together, and the burning tanks were also extinguished by the soldiers, and these tanks would be dismantled and transported back to the Datong base area, and turned into steel.

A little devil's tank, each of which can recycle at least a few tons of steel, and there are dozens of little devil's tanks here, and the amount of steel that can be recycled is also considerable.

On the ground, the corpses of the little devils' war horses will also be transported back to Datong, and the corpses of hundreds of war horses can also be slaughtered out of a lot of horse meat, which will be distributed to the canteens of various troops and enter the stomachs of the soldiers.

The battle ended smoothly and was a great victory, so Wu Youqing immediately sent a report to Zhang Yunfei, who was far away in Datong, to report on the battle.

Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

Zhang Yunfei took the telegram just sent by the correspondent, praised it again and again, with a smile on his face, and happily said to a few people next to him: "The first battle of the armored division was really beautiful, and with small casualties, it completely annihilated a chariot wing of the little devil. ”

Hearing Zhang Yunfei say this, the chief of staff of the left next to him immediately became interested, took the telegram in Zhang Yunfei's hand, read it several times, and said happily: "Commander-in-chief, the armored division has achieved such a big victory with only one regiment, and it is really an excellent performance." ”

Deng Wenping, director of the Political Department of the headquarters, and Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, were also very happy to hear the two leaders say this, and a slight smile appeared on their faces.

"Commander-in-chief, our tanks and armored vehicles are exposed to the steppe in broad daylight, and I'm afraid that the planes of the little devils will come to us for trouble." The left chief of staff said worriedly.

It is worthy of graduating from the first phase of Whampoa, and the victory did not overwhelm the mind of the left chief of staff, although he was very happy just now, but the left chief of staff's mind was indeed very calm, and immediately thought of one of the nemesis of the armored group, the aircraft. Now, whether it is an armored vehicle or a tank, the anti-aircraft fire is still very weak, and if the planes of the little devils attack, it will really be a troublesome matter.

Liu Dazhu, who was next to him, couldn't help but smile when he heard Chief of Staff Zuo's concern, and without waiting for Zhang Yunfei to answer, he said proudly: "Chief of Staff, don't you know, the little devil's plane has been scared by us, and their plane doesn't dare to fly here easily." ”

"Oh, there's such a thing." Chief of Staff Zuo smiled in disbelief.

Although Liu Dazhu said this, Zhang Yunfei was still ready to do it just in case, in case the little devil's Mengsui army was in a hurry by himself, and the North China Front Army of the little devil sent planes to bomb an armored regiment, then the loss may not be less, and it is not so easy to produce a tank now, and the output of armored vehicles is only a few dozen per month.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yunfei still said: "Dazhu, having said that, we still have to do it just in case, so let's send a report to the cavalry division and ask the mechanized infantry regiment of the cavalry division to transfer a battalion to assist in the air defense of the armored regiment." ”

"Okay, I'll give the order to the cavalry division right away." Liu Dazhu immediately said with a straight face.

A mechanized infantry regiment has dozens of off-road vehicles in a battalion, and the off-road vehicles are equipped with 30 mm machine guns, which can be used as anti-aircraft guns, and the shooting elevation angle is very large, which can be used for air defense. The machine guns on the armored personnel carrier have a relatively small elevation angle, and basically can only fire from the vertical and flat fire at a small angle, and cannot carry out air defense.

After Liu Dazhu left, Zhang Yunfei said to Zuo Qingquan and Deng Wenhua again: "Now that the battle has begun, I plan to let Sun Chuanzhi, the cavalry division, Wu Youqing, the armored division, and Chu Tianming, the sixth infantry division, set up a command headquarters in front of the enemy and temporarily take charge of battlefield command." ”

Fighter planes on the battlefield are often fleeting, and if you ask Zhang Yunfei and others back and forth, it will delay the fighters, so that the three of them can set up a command center in front of the enemy, and they can temporarily deal with some unexpected situations, and only some major operations need to ask Zhang Yunfei for instructions.

Thirty kilometers south of Jining.

The soldiers were busy setting up field tents, and the temporary headquarters in front of the enemy was set up here, and two or three kilometers next to the headquarters was the assembly point of the Sixth Infantry Division, and the first batch of soldiers of the Sixth Infantry Division had already arrived at this assembly point by truck, and the first batch of soldiers to arrive was several thousand.

Sun Chuanzhi, Wu Youqing, and Chu Tianming were standing together talking and laughing, the three of them were wearing brand-new military uniforms, a gold star on their shoulders was very dazzling, and there were several guards standing straight next to the three.

Chu Tianming looked at Sun and Wu, and glanced at the tanks and armored vehicles in the distance, his eyes looked very eager, and said to the two with a smile: "I said Lao Sun, Lao Wu, you are all equipped with armored personnel carriers, Lao Sun, you are even equipped with dozens of our latest Type 39 tanks, I really envy you." ”

Wu Youqing looked at Chu Tianming, with a proud smile on his face, and then said: "Commander Chu, don't say it, this Type 39 tank is really good, in today's tank battle with the little devil, it actually created a record of 0 to 30, none of our tanks were destroyed, only a few tanks were slightly damaged, and the thirty or so tanks of the little devil were all destroyed by us." ”

Seeing that Wu Youqing was so proud, Sun Chuanzhi looked at Chu Tianming next to him again, and then comforted: "Division Commander Chu, don't worry, I believe that in the future, several of our infantry divisions will also be equipped with tanks and armored vehicles." ”

While the three of them were talking and laughing together, a soldier ran over quickly, and reported in a loud voice: "Three chiefs, the temporary headquarters has been set up, please move to the headquarters." ”

The temporary headquarters consisted of several large field tents, inside the headquarters, everything was ready, several radio stations had been set up, several communicators were debugging and sending telegrams, in the center of the headquarters, a large table had been laid out with military maps, and several combat staff officers were busy in the headquarters......

Guisui, the headquarters of the Mengsui Corps.

Okabe Naosaburo took the telegram sent by Takashi Takamori, his expression was a little trance, a chariot wing was actually broken, and the middle [***] team was actually equipped with a chariot, Zhang Yunfei's opponent was getting stronger and stronger, Okabe Naosaburo thought in his heart.

At present, it is difficult to resist the attack of tens of thousands of troops of Zhang Yunfei's 36th Group Army with only one cavalry brigade and a small number of puppet troops.

At present, the wisest way is to withdraw the troops, abandon the Jining area, withdraw the 1st Cavalry Brigade to Guisui, join up with the 26th Division, and concentrate superior forces to defend against the attack of the 36th Group Army.

In the past, when Okabe Naosaburo was chief of staff of the North China Front, he had fought with Zhang Yunfei's 136th Division and was relatively familiar with Zhang Yunfei's troops.

In Okabe Naosaburo's mind, Zhang Yunfei's troops are strong in combat and advanced in weapons, Okabe Naosaburo does not dare to use a cavalry brigade to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Yunfei's tens of thousands of troops, and other little devil commanders may make such a mistake and use a small number of troops to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Yunfei's superior forces, but Okabe Naosaburo will not.

(To be continued)