The next day.

Chengde.

Early in the morning.

"General."

In the Devil's Headquarters, a staff officer ran in in a panic:

"General, the enemy has attacked."

Hearing the report, Hattori Kotaro, who was wiping his Heavenly Locust Imperial Katana, raised his head to look at the panicked staff officer, frowned, his face was displeased, and he scolded directly:

"Yaga!"

"What are you doing in a panic?!"

For more than a month, the Eighth Route has been attacking almost every day, either by heavy artillery shelling, by large-scale artillery bombardment, or by armored forces.

Wonder whatever!

And so panicked.

"General."

The staff officer settled his tone:

"Unlike before, today the Eighth Route launched an attack in two ways, and there were more than 100 tanks on each road, and the strength was twice as strong as before."

"Nani?!"

Kotaro Hattori stood up suddenly, his tone was puzzled, surprised, and surprised.

For a long time, the Eighth Road, which was gathered opposite Pingxian, had dispatched more than 100 tanks to attack each time, and launched an attack under the cover of more than 100 heavy artillery, which had never changed for more than a month.

Although there were not many infantry, only more than 5,000 people, with the blessing of more than 100 tanks and more than 100 heavy guns, he had to put in a full division and regiment to barely block it with the help of positions.

If you want to inflict heavy damage or annihilation, you can only lure the enemy deeper, but the opponent has no intention of attacking deep at all.

Either retreat after breaking through for more than ten or twenty kilometers, or retreat after a few hours of fighting, no matter how smooth the battle is, even if there is almost no effective resistance, there are no exceptions.

Hattori really hoped that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side would continue to attack all the way, because he could only hope to win if the tank troops were stuck in a large deep position.

But the other party is not at all what he wants.

Even if it was only a few hours, his position was penetrated by the other side, and even during these few hours of fighting, his defenders suffered heavy casualties, and even broke down and fled.

And this time, more than 200 tanks attacked together, that is to say... Is this attack really coming?

"Yo Si."

Thinking of this, Hattori was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the troops to get ready.

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Outside the city.

On the edge of the Japanese position.

Boom Boom...

Dense shells fell like raindrops, accompanied by explosions, a series of explosive fireballs were raised, rolling up the sky full of gunsmoke, and soon, the entire position was shrouded in gunsmoke.

Although the summer wind is very strong and can quickly blow away the smoke, the successive falling shells make the smoke thicker and thicker.

It took half an hour for the shelling to stop.

The smoke of the gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and the devils had just entered the position, when they saw more than 100 tanks rushing towards the position, and there were more than 100 armored vehicles behind the tanks, as well as more than 5,000 people of the Eighth Route Army.

"Spread out."

The captain of the devil brigade led by him is experienced:

"Machine guns are aimed at the infantry in the back, do not shoot tanks, armored vehicles."

The war is mutual.

In the absence of an absolute generation difference, it is impossible to be one-sided, and in the face of the attack of the mechanized troops of the independent regiment, although the little devil is weak, it is not completely without the ability to resist.

With the help of the position, the little devil can still block it, the meat bomb attack, there is also enough damage for the tank, more than ten kilograms of explosives explode at close range, not to mention the No. 4 tank, even if it is a tiger, it is no play.

In the attacks of the independent regiment again and again, after paying a heavy and huge price, the devil was also reborn, and accumulated rich experience in dealing with the attack of armored clusters, and dealt with it more and more calmly.

After more than a month of actual combat, it became very clear to the devils that heavy machine guns, infantry guns and other materials lacking mobility could only be cumbersome in such a situation, and many times they were directly wiped out by the enemy's tank guns before they had time to fire in a hurry.

Even if it is a battle defense artillery, in the face of a cluster of tanks, there is rarely a chance to continue firing.

As a result, the current first-line brigade of devils has completely abandoned heavy machine guns, infantry guns and other weapons with poor mobility, and is only equipped with rifles, light machine guns, grenadiers, mortars, anti-tank grenades, and explosives packs.

With the order of the captain of the devil's brigade, machine guns, rifles, grenade grenades, 82 mortar shells imitating the Separate Regiment, a dense rain of bullets poured down on the infantry of the Separate Regiment behind the tank.

Suddenly, several soldiers who had been careless in their position were hit, and several fighters were also wounded by shrapnel from grenades and mortar grenades because they could not dodge in time.

While the grenades did little to no damage to the tank, the fragments were extremely lethal to the surrounding infantry.

Under the blow, Xiao You succeeded, but the counterattack only lasted for a few seconds, and there was no need for the captain of the devil to command, and the devils shouldered their weapons and equipment one after another, turned around and ran.

Either hide in the crater, or hide in the deep defense hole.

However, after the devils left for a while, a series of shells exploded on their previous positions, and the temporary bunkers and fortifications were destroyed one after another, but because of the early evasion, the devils suffered few casualties, and only a few unlucky ghosts were hit.

But the ferocious artillery fire also suppressed the devils, making it impossible for them to fight back.

"Attack, attack."

Seeing that the devil was suppressed, the commander of an infantry battalion of an independent regiment shouted loudly on the radio:

"Pay attention to the position, if you don't want to die, just hide behind tanks and armored vehicles for me honestly, and when you find it close, you can use the burning stick in your hand to kill the devil."

At the same time, the voice of a tank battalion commander also sounded in the channel of the tank battalion:

"Damn, it's a shame for the Independence Regiment."

"The little devils have been running for a long time, and you just opened fire, and the cannonballs are actually slower than the devils, I don't know, I thought you were here to set off fireworks for the little devils!"

"What are you eating?"

"Huh?"

"Cannonballs don't have time to reload? Then use a coaxial machine gun, the bullet is always on the chamber, damn it, a bunch of waste who only know how to eat dry food. ”

"And the armored vehicles in the back, your heavy machine guns have a range of more than a kilometer, and the little devils are in your face, why don't you shoot? Ah, why not shoot? Don't you have eyes? ”

The battalion commander's scolding sounded in the tank, armored car channel of every tank battalion.

The harsh swear words made every crew and every soldier concentrate on the battlefield, and the commander directly ordered a high-explosive bomb to be stuffed into the barrel.

Actual combat is always the best training.

After a few minutes of fighting, this group of soldiers of the Independent Regiment who went to the battlefield for the first time began to mature, and those who had mastered in Nissan training gradually integrated and gradually became instinct.

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"Tuanza."

(West) Chang'an, Chu Yunfei came here with his adjutant, that is, Fang Ligong:

"In the distance is Chang'an City."

"We are here to attend a meeting organized by the military department."

"Chief Yan, Chief Tang and other theater commanders will also come to participate."

Chu Yunfei looked at it.

In the distance of Xi'an City, on the road, the bustling crowd is endless, beside the road, there are all kinds of vendors selling, eating, wearing, using, and even children playing, all kinds of goods can be found here.

On the road, there are caravans and caravans coming and going, and you can even see many trucks emitting black smoke and entering the city full of goods.

The Xi'an City in front of him does not look like a rear city during the war at all, but like a port city ten years ago, that is, before the Silver Crisis, during a short period of prosperity in the Republic of China.

"Hmph."

Looking at the prosperous Xi'an City in the distance, Chu Yunfei snorted coldly, and his tone was extremely mocking:

"It's ridiculous."

In this meeting, the bigwigs gathered, the most important ones were lieutenant generals, and the organizer of the meeting was the highest level of Shancheng, so that a head of the regiment could attend the meeting, so the purpose was self-evident.

It's nothing more than trying to find a way to deal with Li Yunlong's gang, and he has a deep friendship with Li Yunlong, and he once cooperated with the Independent Regiment in the Battle of Central Henan, and wants to get some news from him.

"Tuanza."

Fang Ligong asked with some concern.

After the Battle of Central Henan, Tuanzao was almost dismissed, and even had to be investigated by the military police, but it was Chief Yan who came forward to settle the matter.

"Brother Meritorious Service."

Chu Yunfei pointed to Xi'an City in the distance and said:

"You've been here in Xi'an for a year and a half!"

"I came here for a meeting two years ago."

Fang Ligong nodded.

"Was Xi'an so prosperous back then?"

Chu Yunfei then asked.

"Nope."

"Far from it."

Fang Ligong replied:

"At that time, in Xi'an, materials were scarce, food was very expensive, the people lived in great poverty, beggars could be seen everywhere, and there were many refugees..."

As he spoke, Fang Ligong's tone was also mocking.

In just two years, this Xi'an was reborn, from desolation to prosperity and wealth, and the reason for all this, he knew very well.

He also knew that the changes in Xi'an were happening in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Mongolia, etc., in every city occupied by Li Yunlong's gang, and it was even more incredible.

Where the city, more prosperous, incredibly prosperous.

If Xi'an is like this, then other cities in the Guotong area, even the mountain city, may not be much better.

Although the prosperity of these cities can also increase taxes and increase the power of the rulers.

However, others can make these cities prosper quickly, and they can also make these cities decline rapidly at a faster speed, and it is very simple, as long as the circulation of caravans and materials is restricted, then the rear of the southwest will collapse quickly and completely.

Not to mention anything else, just cutting off the grain, the mountain city collapsed.

At present, all the low-cost grain on the market is from Jin, Shaanxi and other places. Faced with grain of extremely high quality, which is more than half lower than the cost price, the local food supply channels in Shancheng disappeared very quickly.

That's it, and you're still thinking about how to deal with others?

It's ridiculous.

"Tuanza."

Fang Ligong changed the subject:

"I've heard that there has been movement on the Eighth Road in Fuping recently."

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