Yan Chang.

As the largest city in western Jiangsu, the first of a province, the economic center of the province, even if it is in an inland province, the development here is very good, the transportation is developed, and the population is large.

Of course, it's not small.

The ancient adobe thatched houses, the elegant kiln brick and green tile houses, and the modern reinforced concrete structure houses form a huge hodgepodge, chaotic and disorderly located in the large and small streets of Yanchang.

At this moment, in this city occupied by devils for more than four years, more than 10,000 devils are in small teams, some are hidden behind brick houses, some are hiding in concrete buildings, and some are in clusters of anti-artillery holes.

All the devils have taken advantage of this city to hide.

The devils, some of them huddled in the fortifications with their weapons, their faces pale and trembling with nervousness, some of them wore plaster flags on their heads, they held a long stinging thunder in their arms, they howled in a low voice, and their faces were crazy, and some of them hid in the anti-artillery holes, wiping and checking the anti-tank guns beside them.

At this time, the elite sixth division of the locust army,

Like a great enemy.

Although Kanda Zheng looks down on the Eighth Road, thinking that this so-called mechanized army is only in vain, and it is far from the American soldiers, as evidenced by the previous defeat in Dingzhou, but he is not a fool to be able to become a division commander, and he still understands the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

Moreover, the imperial army only won one victory in Dingzhou, which also intuitively illustrates the problem.

Naturally, when he encouraged the soldiers under his command, he also emphasized many times that the enemy who surrounded Tanchang this time was very powerful, with advanced weapons and sufficient supplies.

The equipment and firepower are of the same level as the US military.

In a word, it completely attracted the attention of all the old devils of the Sixth Division.

Not long ago, everyone on Bougainville Island still vividly remembered, and the bombs that seemed to fall endlessly, fleet-class heavy artillery shells, were the eternal terror in the hearts of all the devils who survived the Sixth Division.

As for the new devils, that is, the two new formations, although these devils did not fight head-on with the Eighth Road, they have also been devastated by the guerrillas in recent times, and now they are waiting for the elite Sixth Division, so they naturally dare not be careless.

"Enemy tank clusters are massing outside the city."

At the headquarters in the city, Kanda received a message from the front:

"The tanks that have been found, about three hundred tanks, are all German tank No. 4."

"More than 300!"

Hearing this number, Kanda was dripping with cold sweat on his forehead.

Street fighting is easy to defend, but tanks are against that.

Even on the island of Bougainville, the Americans did not pull out so many tanks, and at that time a hundred tanks made him helpless, deeply feeling the difficulty of tanks, and now, there are more than 300 tanks outside the city of the independent regiment.

It was only at this time that he felt the pressure from the Eight Roads.

Although the eight roads are all mud legs, they are not idiots.

How can someone who can drive tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles, who can assemble a tank unit and fight, who can fight against the locust army with few defeats, how can he be an idiot.

Although there was a big defeat for the right wing in Dingzhou, it did not happen again after just one time, which is very telling.

Eight roads are not so easy to deal with.

Even if this group of people can't use the strength of tanks, his troops are seriously lacking in anti-tank weapons, and the only ones that can penetrate the opponent's No. 4 tank are three new 75 anti-tank guns.

But.

The Eighth Route Independent Regiment on the opposite side popularized semi-automatic rifles, a large number of submachine guns were equipped, and the machine guns were all general-purpose machine guns, and the light firepower was much, much stronger than that of the Locust Army.

From Ping'an County, to Yangquan, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, and then to Chengde, it has been proved again and again that the Eighth Route knows how to cover each other and cooperate with each other to attack.

The death squad wants to get close to the tank, it's hard.

Even in a complex city, it is not easy, he already knows that this time the enemy's total strength is nearly twice as much as him, whether it is firepower, armor, or troops, he has an absolute advantage.

Under the enemy's absolute superior firepower, even if he can consume these more than 300 tanks, how much will it cost?

Even if a detachment, twelve or thirteen people killed a tank, the sixth division would be crippled.

"The enemy is arranging barbed wire positions, and a large number of clusters of armored vehicles have also been found."

The enemy was preparing for total annihilation, so all the breakthrough routes were blocked····· The second news from the front made sweat dripble down Kandamasa's forehead.

"Send a report to General Isamu Yokoyama."

Kanda immediately shouted:

"Request tactical guidance."

"That's right."

After asking for help, Kanda Zheng spoke in a fierce tone, and his eyes were hideous:

"Arrest all the people in Yanchang City and tie them up in front of all the positions, I want to see if they dare to open fire..."

The devil's army is stationed, everyone knows that the situation is not good, plus the base area recruits workers, it is no problem to feed the whole family alone, and also sends quilts and tarpaulin tents to provide accommodation, everyone wants to leave, but many people are not in a position to leave.

Faced with this situation, Kong Jie then gave the caravan a certain benefit, asking them to bring the people over, and in a short period of time, the population of Yanchang was not one of the three.

But after all, it is a city, and it is not the kind of army in Hengyang that is directly transferred, and there are still many people who stay.

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"Kanda-kun asks for tactical guidance."

Looking at the telegram in his hand, Isamu Yokoyama looked solemn.

He had just received the good news, and before he could be happy, he saw this telegram asking for help.

Devils are generally embarrassed to say directly for help, so the so-called request for tactical guidance means to ask for support, and once this telegram is sent, it means that the situation is very critical.

Kanda-kun's telegram also mentions.

The chief of staff on the side continued to strike at Isamu Yokoyama's heart:

"On the eighth road to attack Yanchang, there are more than 300 tanks, more than two full-fledged divisions and regiments, and hundreds of artillery pieces to cover it."

As soon as these words came out, Yokoyama Yong's face changed greatly.

With more than 300 tanks and the strength of two full-fledged divisions, it is estimated that there must be more than 300 large-caliber (more than 100 mm) body-barreled artillery to cover them.

Lacking a strong position, it was impossible for Yan Chang to block the attack of the Eighth Route.

Although Hengyang blocked his attack for more than a month, Isamu Yokoyama was well aware that this situation was a special case.

It's hard to replicate.

Before Hengyang attacked, the defenders dug a solid defensive position, and it was very cleverly constructed, while Changchang, after the arrival of the Sixth Division, did not strengthen the defense at all, let alone a strong position, and there were few field positions.

Secondly, Hengyang has sufficient logistical supplies, and the independent regiment in Songxian County transports several hundred tons a day and has strong firepower, while the Sixth Division of Yanchang has nothing, and there are few anti-tank guns.

Finally, the imperial army attacking Hengyang lacked powerful heavy weapons, such as the empire's siege weapon 240 howitzer, which he did not equip, and his troops also lacked supplies and had a small number of shells.

The materials transported from the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway are simply not enough.

However, the Eighth Route Army, which attacked Chenchang, was not short of heavy weapons and material supplies, and there were a large number of tanks, and it took a week at most to defeat Chenchang.

Once Tanchang is lost, the independent regiment can threaten the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, then he will be in great trouble in Hengyang.

The terrain around Yanchang is flat and lacks dangerous terrain, which is very suitable for armored troops to exert their strength, even if he sends three divisions to support, he will also deliver food.

"Contact General Shunroku Hatata."

Although the situation in Tanchang is in crisis and he can't support it, Isamu Yokoyama is not desperate now, he said to the chief of staff:

"Let him urge the Eighth Air Force to move as soon as possible."

"Order the troops."

Subsequently, he went on to order:

"Increase the scale of the attack on Hengyang, and from today onwards, dispatch four wings to participate in the attack."

As long as the Eighth Air Force can suppress the independent regimental flight unit in Songxian, as long as he can take Yanchang as soon as possible, there will be a fight.

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Outside the Chang Chang.

"Attack."

In the afternoon of the same day, with Kong Jie's order, the independent regiment launched an attack.

Because the devils used ordinary people to block guns, this attack was launched without artillery preparation.

The tank opened the way, the tank gun fired directly to destroy the obstacles and bunkers in front, and then the tracks caught the position and rushed directly into the devil's position, the rear of the tank, the infantry followed, with the help of tank cover, and the devil fought to the death.

Also because the devil used the common people to block the gun, Kong Jie also took out a new weapon.

Shock bombs.

Strong light and strong sound can temporarily make people lose control, and it is convenient for the troops to rescue ordinary people.

The battle was fierce.

It was not until noon on the third day that the main position of the devils in Yanchang was taken, and the main force of the Sixth Division was annihilated, but at this time, the skirmishes were still in the large and small streets of Yanchang.

I have to admit that the Devil A Division is really powerful.

Even if there was a lack of anti-tank firepower, even if the troops were of inferior quality, with the help of the cover of the terrain and the complex streets and environment in the city, the independent regiment still lost more than 300 tanks.

You must know that the troops participating in the attack on Yanchang are all veteran troops, and every tank crew is the elite of the elite, and even so, it is almost all tanks.

Of course.

This also has something to do with the combat style of the troops, as well as the devil's use of ordinary people as shields.

In order to reduce infantry casualties, many positions directly let tanks mine mines, rely on tank armor to attract devils to attack, and then wait for an opportunity to destroy.

In fact, although there were a lot of tank losses, the tank crew actually suffered very little losses, and there were very few casualties and serious casualties, but there were a lot of minor injuries, but these minor injuries hardly affected the battle.

Lost tanks can be replenished immediately, seamlessly.

So the infantry losses were not large.

Relying on stun bombs, the casualties of the common people are not high.

At the beginning of the war, Kong Jie ordered the logistics battalion, the Zhouqiao battalion was in the back airfield, and the wounded were also directly transported back to Songxian County or Ping'an County by transport planes, and treated directly in the hospital.

The aftermath of the battle lasted until the early morning of the fourth day, when the devils were all wiped out.

The most interesting battle of the attack on the battle of Tanchang took place on the night of the second day.

In order to protect the people, the troops of the Independent Regiment also launched continuous attacks at night, after all, night is the most suitable for the power of stun bombs and for rescuing the people who were captured by the devils.

On that day, Duan Peng and Wang Xikui led a team of people, not advancing with the cover of tanks as usual, but quietly infiltrated into the devil's position in the middle of the night, with the help of night cover.

It doesn't matter that this team didn't attract the attention of the devil all the way, and they actually touched the outside of Kanda Masa's headquarters directly.

Finding out that it was the Devil's Command, everyone was overjoyed, and immediately launched an attack, relying on superior equipment and the fire support of the air gunboats under the flares, the group successfully captured the headquarters of the Sixth Division and captured a number of high-ranking members of the Sixth Division, including Kanda Masa.

There are a total of thirty-seven people, including three generals, and the lowest are adjutant staff officers.

At that time, Kanda was a group of high-ranking members of the Sixth Division, and Duan Peng beckoned more than a dozen detonating bombs in a closed underground bunker, and there was no time to commit suicide and resist, and when they woke up, they were already in the prison of the Independent Regiment, and there was no chance.

Also because of the arrest of a high-ranking officer in Kanda, the remnants of the Sixth Division lost their command, and were annihilated by the Independent Regiment on the third day, and the aftermath was cleaned up on the fourth day.

"Haha, what a catch."

Knowing that dozens of high-level devil division regiments were caught, it was still the sixth division, Kong Jie was immediately overjoyed and prepared to publicly try these old devils.

If these old devils were to be executed in an open trial, all the high-ranking devils of the Sixth Division were killed, photos and incriminating evidence were attached, and leaflets were scattered through airplanes, it would definitely be a great boost to the morale of the whole country to resist Japan.

It can also deter devils and prevent little devils from unscrupulously using the common people as meat shields in the future.

Of course.

In the leaflet, there was also a note that not a single member of the 6th Division would be left, as well as a photo of the armored units of the Independent Regiment, as well as a photo of the flying units of the Separate Regiment.

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During the battle.

There were also big battles in other devil-occupied areas.

Hundreds of guerrillas, armed with mortars, heavy machine guns, and mountain artillery, launched an attack on a large number of devil warehouses, although these guerrillas were no more than five or six hundred people, and the minimum was only fifty or sixty people, and the scale was small.

Although the number of people is far from comparable, in terms of scale and intensity, it is comparable to or even surpasses the 100 regiments of the year.

For a time, countless devil warehouses, bases, and airfields were subjected to intensive shelling and suffered heavy losses.

Meantime.

Hundreds of attack planes also simultaneously bombed various devil airfields, and the bombshells that fell accurately allowed hundreds of devil warehouses and military station camps to be destroyed.

Even if there was accurate intelligence, Li Yunlong had already been prepared for no intelligence.

With the attitude that he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, he contacted his superiors and organized people to attack with all their might, regardless of whether there was an airplane or not, as long as it was suspected that there were airplanes, he would not let them go.

Of course, he also made perfect use of intelligence, in the underground battlefield, with the help of accurate intelligence, the devil's intelligence organization also suffered a devastating blow, and a large number of devil spies were arrested.

Because the scale of this round of attacks was too large, too sudden, and the communication of the devils was cut off at the first time, it was not until the third day that Yokoyama received the news.

Before that, he had received a farewell telegram from the Sixth Division.