At this time, in the direction of San'in, the troops commanded by Yi Liangpin were engaged in a fierce battle with the 32nd Division. However, Yi Liangpin, who lacked enough infantry, could only command the tank cluster in his hand and stick to the Japanese army in front of him with the tactics of small-scale cluster attacks in turn. That is, it is impossible to defeat the Japanese army in front of it, and it is impossible to get rid of the bite of the Japanese army in front of it.

That is, it was impossible to turn around and plunge into the battle on the front line of Mayi and Zhangzhuang, nor could it break through the resistance of the Japanese army and reinforce part of the troops of the 10th Division who fought hard in Yingxian. In front of him, although the Japanese army had an absolute superiority in strength, the anti-tank weapons that could effectively destroy the anti-coalition tanks were insufficient.

Even if he can't help Yi Liangpin in person, he can't complete the plan to cut off the connection between Yingxian and San'in. Under the impact of Yiliangpin's tank clusters in turn, they can only rely on the mountains to resist. At the same time, he constantly launched tactical counterattacks in an attempt to infiltrate Yi Liangpin's back, and flanked on both sides in order to drag this anti-union tank force to reinforce Yingxian.

On both sides, at the junction of San'in and Yingxian, the battle was unprecedentedly fierce, but no one could help anyone. Although Yi Liangpin organized troops many times, he tried to make a detour to the rear of the Japanese army in front of him. However, due to the complexity of the mountainous terrain, there are limited routes to navigate. The Japanese army preemptively occupied the main road for tanks, and many interspersed detours failed.

Despite Chen Hanzhang's order, Yi Liangpin has always been to hold the junction between Shanyin and Yingxian and entangle this Japanese army. However, as the commander of the 1st Anti-Union Armored Division, although the Japanese army did not have a large-scale formed armored force to meet the battle, and was limited by the terrain, he was unable to command all his troops in this battle.

But as the commander of the first armored division of the Anti-Japanese Federation, Yi Liangpin was never willing to let his armored troops be used in a scattered way. But the terrain of Shanxi is not suitable for large-scale armored clusters, and Yi Liangpin, who is no stranger to Shanxi, is still very clear in his heart.

This time it was rare to catch a wing of the Japanese army, and Yi Liangpin wanted to fight a good battle. But the insufficient number of infantry in his hands gave him a headache. Although the battle was fierce and the scene was vigorous, no one could help anyone. He had quite a few tanks, but not enough infantry.

Even if the Japanese army in front of you is only an infantry wing, but under the complex terrain, a tank without infantry cover is basically equivalent to death. This problem was already well understood when Yi Liangpin took over the 1st Armored Division. As an armored division of the Anti-Japanese Federation, he had heard No. 1 say more than once that he must not underestimate any infantry with a modern industrial base as its backing.

A tank without infantry cover is a live target in battle. Not only will they not be able to play their due role, but they may even suffer losses themselves. The performance of the Japanese tanks was indeed very poor, and the number was not large in general. But for an army like the Japanese army, which was brainwashed by bushido and supported by a modern industrial base behind it, the number of tanks did not represent the strength of its combat effectiveness.

They can not only produce tanks in large quantities at any time when they need them. And they can develop, and produce anti-tank weapons in sufficient quantities. Even if necessary, their flesh-and-bullet attacks will inflict severe losses on tank clusters without infantry cover.

And the infantry was insufficient, so Yi Liangpin did not dare to risk attacking. The battle north of Yanmen Pass was raging, and he knew that if he let the wing in front of him go, the battlefield that was already under great pressure over there would easily collapse. Yi Liangpin could only fight steadily and steadily, and the Japanese army in front of him was in a tug-of-war.

Yi Liangpin is steadily fighting here, but in the shape of Yingxian County, west of Shanyin, it is becoming more and more severe. The main force of the 32nd Division, which was eager to open up the road to the north of Jin, with the development of the form, the offensive of the corresponding county seat became more and more fierce. In particular, Chen Hanzhang's interspersed operations behind the 21st Division on the front line of Yanmen Pass were like stabbing a hornet's nest.

After the first line of Yanmen Pass was launched, the offensive of the 32nd Division, which was already fierce, was strengthened several times in a short period of time. After the loss of Xinguangwu, he even abandoned the usual infantry infiltration attack tactics, and instead adopted a group charge of squadrons and squadrons.

And concentrate all the artillery to bombard the southeast and south of the county seat of Yingxian with all their might. And concentrate forces to focus on attacking these two directions. Trying to break through one point to drive the whole front, concentrating forces to break through the southeast and due south directions, causing the collapse of the entire defense system of the Anti-Japanese Union.

The troops themselves are not much, and in the bitter battle for many days, it is not light, and the 10th division of the entire city defense can no longer afford to care, so they can only abandon the city wall, withdraw into the county seat, and rely on street fighting to delay the lost time of Yingxian as much as possible. The biggest headache for Sui Changqing, the commander of the 10th Division, was not only the lack of troops. Before the troops could be adjusted when they arrived in northern Shanxi, they were transferred to Yingxian to fight.

Before the ammunition could be replenished and the equipment could be replaced, it was transferred to Yingxian County because of the tension. The four battalions that arrived in Yingxian to fight had only seven general-purpose machine guns, five rocket launchers, two large-caliber machine guns and five 60 guns, and none of the 82 mortars and recoilless guns.

The attached mountain artillery battalion only arrived at five mountain artillery pieces. The follow-up artillery is still being airlifted. The most important thing is that the amount of ammunition carried is not enough, and in addition to the ammunition you carry, you will have to carry any supplementary ammunition in the future. The original ammunition stockpile in the city was less than 30,000 machine gun ammunition. There are quite a lot of Japanese-made light weapons and ammunition in stockpiles, but they cannot be used by the Anti-United Nations.

When entering Yingxian County, the whole army carried only 30 rounds of 60 shells and 21 rockets. Five mountain guns, all the shells added together are less than a hundred. Now the biggest headache for Sui Changqing in the city is not even the lack of troops, but the lack of ammunition.

After abandoning the defense of the city wall, in some positions, the troops could only exchange the automatic rifles in their hands for the captured Japanese 38 rifles. The remaining part of all the standard ammunition was handed over to the squad machine gun for use. In order to ensure machine gun fire, it can be maintained.

However, despite the critical situation, Sui Changqing in Shanyin City resolutely demanded that the newly incorporated troops of the 10th Division, which had been reorganized in the mountainous areas north of the city, continue to train according to the plan, and even if the Japanese army had already occupied the county seat of Yingxian County, it was absolutely not allowed to send a single soldier into the city for reinforcements.

Sui Changqing's attitude was very clear, and the whole division was first reorganized according to the plan. Immediately after the completion of the reorganization, the political commissar and deputy division commander of the division who collected the follow-up troops after the break were to command the 32nd Division to forcibly outflank the rear of the 32nd Division from the right flank. He commanded the only troops with the chief of staff of the division, dragging the main force of the 32nd Division.

Although after arriving at the battlefield in northern Jin, Chen Hanzhang gave the 10th Division the task of dragging the 32nd Division. So that the main force will not be disturbed in any way in the operation of the 21st Division. However, after carefully analyzing the shape of the surrounding battlefield, Sui Changqing did not think that his responsibility would end here.

Although the current battlefield is not locally favorable, but the overall battle situation is relatively favorable, let him be beaten honestly in Yingxian, which is his style. Although the speed of deterioration is very fast, the overall strength of the Japanese army is not too much.

Especially the Japanese army in front of them, but two wings. The two wings are nothing in Sui Changqing's eyes. Although the Japanese army on the right flank had a large number of troops, it was firmly pinned down by Du Kaishan and could not come to the west. The 21st Division to the west was being besieged by the troops commanded by Commander Chen. The entire two wings of the 32nd Division were almost in a situation of fighting alone, which made Sui Changqing very excited.

And at the moment, although he is struggling to support himself with the strength of the disadvantage, the days of the past few days can be said to be quite difficult. However, after two or three days of fighting, although his own casualties were not light, the life of the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army on the opposite side would not be too good.

The two battalions of his original old army are all veterans of the rest of a hundred battles, whether it is military or political, there is absolutely no such thing. And what kind of troops are those two battalions transferred from the headquarters guard regiment? It is a unit known as the training base for reconnaissance cadres of the whole army, and it has the skills of individual combat and the tactics of companies and platoons, which are counted by the whole army.

All of them are veterans, and platoon commanders from other units can only be one squad leader when they are transferred to this unit. Its combat style is unusually fierce, and its combat effectiveness is extremely tenacious, not to mention its technical and tactical skills. The whole body is full of two weapons, long and short, the combat effectiveness of a company, and a battalion of ordinary troops.

Such a unit has indeed suffered many casualties in the past few days. But he, Sui Changqing, didn't believe in the Japanese army in front of him, and his life would be much better. Although his own losses were not small, in the past few days, the casualties of the Japanese army as the attacking side could only be greater.

This was a well-known militant at the time of the Anti-Japanese Federation. Moreover, he was born as a chief of staff, and he has always been known for being thoughtful and calm, and he can calmly analyze any form. From the deputy director of the Operations Department of the General Headquarters to the 10th Division, he served as the division commander. Because of his ability, his 10th Division has always been fighting on the main battlefield.

After the First Battle of Xinjing, because of the casualties and excessive attrition of the troops, and the lack of supplementary soldiers, he had been on standby in the rear for nearly a month. Seeing that the brothers' troops were fighting in full swing, but he could only stare at him because he had no additional soldiers, where would he be so willing to be a supporting role in this battle? has always been the first-class main force in the Northeast Battlefield, and when he arrived in northern Jinbei, he was only a supporting role, how could he swallow this breath.

Although their own troops are now all new units. But when it was compiled, the system was complete. There was even a whole regiment, completely integrated into its own troops. Although it is an engineer regiment, it is integrated into its own unit in an organized manner. Although there is a certain shortage of heavy weapons, the gap is not too large.

In addition, most of the units assigned to the unit are from the guard army, but they are all units that have completed the training program. The engineer regiment was also fully equipped and completed all military training. Moreover, in accordance with the regulations and regulations of the Anti-Japanese Federation, the military cadres of this engineering regiment are fully equipped and have received strict training.

Although all those technical personnel had been transferred before they were integrated into the troops, the transfer of these personnel had no impact on their combat effectiveness. After all, this is a formation that has been brought to the battlefield, not to build airports and roads. Those technicians went to the battlefield, but they delayed things.

The most important thing is that the proportion of veterans who have experienced actual combat is very high in the current troops, especially among the guard units that have been transferred, and it can even be said that the proportion of veterans in the current troops is the highest. There are even quite a few of them who are veterans who have been in the army for two years. The combat effectiveness of those units is very strong.

It is precisely because of the calm analysis and judgment of these problems that Sui Changqing believes that although it is now a formed army, the decline in combat effectiveness is limited. Even because of the proportion of veterans who have been incorporated into the army, there has been some improvement in some aspects.

He thought that in the face of the two wings of the Japanese army in front of him, after all the troops were all assembled, he still had the strength to fight. Although it is somewhat difficult to annihilate them all, there is no problem in defeating them. Especially on the premise that he can still apply to Commander Chen for tank and air support, he is still sure of fighting a rout.