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"The devil took a detour and escaped?"

In the headquarters of the new regiment, Li Yunlong's expression changed.

There is more than one highway from Baoding to Tianjin.

Li Yunlong sent a large number of cavalry and armored troops to cut off all roads.

"It seems that the Japanese are preparing to give up their heavy firepower."

Zhao Gang pointed at the map and said: "If nothing else happens, the Japanese should be at least a squadron or above and flee towards Tianjin. Should we let the independent regiment counterattack towards Baoding?"

The Japanese army was highly organized, and even if they scattered and fled, most of the Japanese troops could quickly return to Tianjin after arriving in Tianjin.

The Eighth Route Army could also achieve such organizational strength.

However, it will be more difficult for the national army and the puppet army. If they break out separately, the troops will disperse directly.

Li Yunlong's expression remained unchanged, even somewhat confident: "Everything is as I expected. The independent regiment will not move for the time being to guard against the three Japanese divisions in Tianjin."

As for Ding Wei's new second regiment, they are still in Peiping.

Peiping was finally recaptured by the Eighth Route Army and could not be easily surrendered.

If the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment all come out in full force and the main force of the Kwantung Army sneaks into Peiping, there will be big trouble.

"The situation of the Japanese is very bad now. They have to give up hundreds of mountain cannons and a large number of artillery shells."

Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly: "If I were Neji Okamura, I would be so angry that I would vomit blood."

The Japanese chose to take a detour, and the cavalry and tank troops of the new regiment had already reported to the regiment headquarters that a big explosion had occurred on the Japanese side.

Obviously, the Japanese blew up the cannon and shells.

"I don't think so. This kid's family has a big business, and these hundreds of cannons are nothing to him." A combat staff officer said.

Wang Dehou said: "The little devil is a big family and a big business. Compared with European and American countries, the little devil is extremely poor."

But Li Yunlong looked solemn: "Give me the order. As soon as the artillery fire stops, re-arm six combined battalions for labor and capital to attack across the board. Within half an hour, I will defeat the Japanese and the puppet army. After defeating the Japanese and the puppet army, all the troops will immediately Chase, this cooked duck can't fly!"

The Japanese were already running away.

But Li Yunlong was not panicked.

In order to pursue the Japanese, Li Yunlong had prepared 3 trucks and some tanks to pursue them along the road.

Prepare to go around to the front of the Japanese to intercept them.

No matter how fast the Japanese's legs are, can they be as fast as the wheels of the Eighth Route Army?

……

Ten minutes later.

The sound of gunfire gradually ceased.

Under the bombardment of more than 1000 cannons from the new regiment for several days, the Japanese position had been riddled with holes and reduced to scorched earth.

Almost all the fortifications were damaged by the bombing, and the entire fortification system was almost useless.

The Japanese mixed 2nd brigade was on the position. Since it needed to block the Eighth Route Army's attack, the 2nd mixed brigade could only be in the position outside the city, because once the Japanese entered the city and started a street fight with the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army could directly ignore the 2nd mixed brigade. The brigade directly bypassed Baoding to pursue the main force of the Japanese army.

Under the heavy artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops became increasingly dilapidated.

"attack!"

As soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the regiment headquarters issued the order to attack.

The heavy armored battalions and more than ten infantry battalions of the new regiment approached the Japanese and puppet positions from three directions.

Soon, six heavy-armed combined battalions had rushed to the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

There are only about 4 Japs on the position, but there are still more than 10 puppet troops on the position.

at the rear.

Thousands of 60mm and 82mm mortars continuously fire flares to provide visibility for forward troops.

"Kill to—"

Seeing the Eighth Route Army rushing up, the Japanese launched a counterattack.

However, they were directly beaten to a bloody sieve by the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese fell one by one.

"Go ahead."

The platoon leaders of each company took the lead in charging, and the gray torrent swept from east to west towards the deep positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Before the Japs could organize any decent resistance, they were swept away by a huge gray wave, and most of the Japs in the brigade were wiped out.

This was done by the six heavy armored battalions of the vanguard of the new regiment.

Before the puppet troops could recover, their master was gone.

At first, the puppet army was prepared to resist, but as the huge gray wave continued to move forward, the puppet army was swept away by two more divisions.

The remaining puppet troops suddenly lost their courage to resist, and more than 10 puppet troops threw away their weapons and surrendered almost at the same time.

The whole battle lasted for more than 20 minutes. The new regiment ate up most of the Japanese brigade and captured more than 10 puppet troops. The rest of the puppet troops had long since escaped.

However, the main force of the new regiment ignored these puppet troops.

After capturing the position, the main force of the new regiment took trucks and chased eastward along the highway.

At this time, the distance to escape the Japanese had elapsed beyond the Eighth Route Army for about 2 hours.

However, the new regiment is a semi-motorized unit. Although all the units are not yet able to march by trucks, it is not a problem to transport tens of thousands of troops at one time.

The six heavy-armed combined battalions of the new regiment are all equipped with trucks and tanks.

The infantry battalion of the new regiment could only use its legs to chase the Japanese.

The Japanese troops are also battle-hardened, have rich combat experience, and have high spiritual understanding of Bushido. Except for weapons, ammunition and dry food, all other things are thrown away.

The Japs ran wildly through the middle of the night, covering nearly 40 kilometers.

but.

In addition to the ground troops of the New Regiment chasing the Japs, the air forces of the New Regiment also dispatched one after another to pursue and bomb the Japs.

At dawn.

A new group of planes flew over the fleeing Japanese.

"Lie down! Spread out!"

Accompanied by the miserable screams of Colonel Yukichi Kanaizuka, commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment of the 220th Division of the Japanese Army.

Over a small road leading to Tianjin, three Saber fighter jets lined up in a battle formation and swooped down to attack, and several huge metal domes were thrown down!

"Boom boom boom——"

As the fighter jet passed by, six napalm bombs exploded immediately. At least hundreds of Japanese soldiers were instantly swallowed up by the flames, and the overwhelming sound of explosions spread far away.

"Mother--"

"help me--"

Some of the Japs were contaminated with sparks and screamed heart-breakingly, but no Japs dared to come forward to rescue them.

The Japanese had already experienced the power of this incendiary bomb of the Eighth Route Army in Baoding.

The Japanese were afraid to avoid even the sparks from the Eighth Route Army's incendiary bombs, and they would die or be maimed if they caught them.

Before the Japanese could react, the three fighter jets circled in the air and came back again.

"Da da da…"

Accompanied by the sound of intensive aircraft cannons, a blue light appeared under the wings, and the 20mm aircraft cannon opened fire suddenly. The dense air cannon shells made the Japanese howl.

"idiot!"

Looking at this scene, Kanizuka Yukichi's eyes were splitting, but he was helpless in the face of the bombing by the Eighth Route Army planes.

Without anti-aircraft firepower and air support, they will only be bombed.

Fortunately, the Eighth Route plane quickly ran out of ammunition and had to return.

In this wave of bombing and strafing, his men suffered more than 100 casualties.

After defending the Baoding position for three days, a full regiment of his Colonel Imai suffered more than 3 casualties, leaving only about 1500 people to escape towards Tianjin.

Moreover, these 2000 people dispersed into groups of several hundred and fled towards Tianjin.

As the captain of the regiment, he could only escape with the infantry.

The division commanders and brigade commanders of each division followed Okamura Neiji, and under the protection of hundreds of cavalry, they were probably not far from Tianjin at this time.

Colonel Imai looked at the soldiers who were burned to ashes and gritted his teeth: "Keep moving forward and speed up!"

"Hi."

The Japs lowered their heads suddenly.

Faced with bombings from eight planes in the sky, the best way for the Japanese army was to find a forest or village to hide.

but!

The news of the annihilation of the 2nd Brigade has been conveyed to all regiments and brigades by the North China Front Army Headquarters.

The large forces of the Eighth Route Army were already chasing madly from behind. Once they stop, they will die when the Eighth Route Army catches up.

Even though they were very tired, Colonel Imai and the Japanese could only stretch their legs and continue running.

however.

What Imai and the Japanese didn't know was that the pilots in the sky had already communicated their positions to the ground troops.

The Japs ran forward for about 5 kilometers, and what came into view were tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army.

"Nani?"

"This is impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Colonel Imai and the Japanese soldiers looked horrified.

I ran wildly for most of the night. I thought I had thrown away the Eighth Route Army, but I didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army had already run ahead of me.

How did the Eighth Route Army get in front of them?

The Japanese thought they were deceived, but the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side did not give them time to react.

As soon as they met, rifle, machine gun, bazooka, and tank gun fire poured in.

In an instant, a large group of Japanese soldiers fell down.

"Baga, retreat!"

As Colonel Imai howled miserably, he turned around and ran away, unable to muster the courage to resist at all.

Seeing that the Japanese were about to run away, the new group of soldiers immediately caught up with them.

In fact, Okamura Neiji also expected that the mobile troops of the Eighth Route Army might move quickly along the highway to intercept the Japanese army.

Therefore, Okamura sent some troops to stay on the highway to block the attack.

However, how could the Japanese resist the tank's attack?

In addition, the Eighth Route Army has armored units and cavalry units that have been guarding key nodes on the highway.

As a result, a new group of mobile troops quickly walked along the road last night and circled directly to the front of the Japanese.

Almost at the same time, a new group of troops came around to the front of the Japs, intercepted the Japs everywhere, and exchanged fire with the Japs.

The Japanese were not willing to fight. They ran away at the first touch and quickly broke away from the crossfire with the new group of intercepting troops.

However, the intercepting troops of the new regiment firmly captured most of the main force of the Japanese.

By the time the new infantry battalions arrived, the intercepting troops were no longer organized.

Not to mention battalion-level commanders, there are not even company-level commanders.

As soon as the machine guns and tank cannons fired, the new regiment of soldiers rushed forward.

A group of thirty people and a group of twenty people, each fighting his own way, recognizing only the clothes but not the person, and opened fire on anyone wearing a Japanese military uniform.

……

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang also arrived with the guard battalion.

In the temporary headquarters, listening to the messy report from the staff, Zhao Gang frowned and his face darkened: "What the hell kind of war is this? The chaos is like herding sheep."

Li Yunlong's expression remained unchanged. The complexity of the situation was indeed beyond his expectation, but it was under his control.

One of the orders he issued before was not to be afraid of disrupting the establishment.

The morale of the Japanese at this time must be greatly reduced, and they are breaking out in a scattered manner. It is considered good if the Japanese can exert 100 points of their usual combat effectiveness of 30 points.

The new regiment has strong morale at this time, and it is a beating of the lost dog. The usual combat effectiveness of 100 points can be exerted to the level of 130 points.

But Li Yunlong said: "It's okay to herd sheep, go to the market, order the troops, and fight where there are no rules, and get angry when you see the Japanese!"

"correct."

"Order our cavalry troops to pay attention to the Japanese cavalry. Not a single Japanese cavalry can be sent to Tianjin."

"Maybe the Japs' cavalry is protecting that old Japs Okamura on his way to Tianjin."

Ever since Boss Chen started a long-term business of killing Japanese war criminals.

In this battle, Li Yunlong's primary goal was to kill the Japanese generals.

If he could capture or kill Okamura Neji alive, it would be a huge profit.

"Yes."

The communications staff officer turned around and hurried to convey the order.

……

In a forest about 60 kilometers away from Tianjin.

In the sky, two eight-way reconnaissance planes passed by at low altitude.

They were obviously scouting the woods, but the Japanese cavalry were well disguised and the Eighth Route Army's reconnaissance plane did not detect anything and flew into the distance.

"Your Majesty General, have a drink of water."

After the Eighth Route Army reconnaissance plane left, General Arisoe handed a military kettle to Okamura Neiji.

Okamura Neiji took it and took a sip. A stream of clear water fell into his stomach. Okamura Neiji suddenly felt that he had regained some energy.

Under the protection of the cavalry troops, after a night's attack, the frontline headquarters of the North China Front Army and the division and brigade commanders had left the Japanese infantry far behind.

"Hey!"

Okamura Neji sighed deeply.

Unexpectedly, this battle would have this result, ending with the complete defeat of the North China Front Army.

The Eighth Route Army will obviously not let go of the North China Front. At this time, the Eighth Route Army may be chasing the Japanese army.

But before dawn, the headquarters radio station had been given a radio silence order. I don’t know what the situation is in each unit?

Youmo Jingsan suggested: "Your Majesty General, the reconnaissance planes of the Eighth Route Army have been flying around in the sky. How about we wait until dark before turning to Tianjin?"

In the middle of the night, they had traveled more than 60 kilometers.

Give them another day, and they will definitely reach Tianjin.

But the Eighth Route Army's aircraft are really annoying. Once they are targeted by the Eighth Route Army's reconnaissance aircraft, they will definitely be bombed by the Eighth Route Army's fleet.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army's aerial bombs and incendiary bombs were so powerful that Youmo Seishan did not want to be bombed by the Eighth Route Army's aerial bombs.

Only waiting until night to march could avoid being bombed.

"Wait until night?" Okamura Neji waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid the cavalry and infantry of the Eighth Route Army have already caught up here."

"What should I do?"

Youmo Jingsan's expression suddenly changed.

They cannot march during the day. If they are overtaken by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they may all have to be loyal to the Locust.

"Jun Mugu, tell me to go down and have all the cavalry change into Eighth Route Army uniforms."

Okamura Neji looked at Kiya Haruo and said in a deep voice.

"Hi."

Kitani Haruo turned and left.

"Nani? Eighth Route Army uniform?"

Youmo Jingsan looked stunned for a moment, with a look of doubt on his face.

Your Excellency, the General, has prepared the Eighth Route Army uniforms. How come I, the Chief of Staff of the North China Front, don't know about it?

But Okamura Neji is not in the mood to explain to Arisu Seizo now.

As a general of the Japanese army and commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji was not only sinister and vicious, but also extremely smart.

He had long expected that there might be such a situation. In order to prepare for the Eighth Route Army's planes, he had already ordered hundreds of sets of Eighth Route Army uniforms to be prepared.

Because there are senior spies of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the North China Front Army Headquarters.

Therefore, in order to prevent the leakage of intelligence, even Chief of Staff Seizo Yusue did not know.

"General."

Soon, Kitani Haruo brought two sets of Eighth Route Army gray military uniforms and handed them to Okamura Neji and Arisu Seizo.

Okamura Neiji quickly took off his general uniform and then put on the Eighth Route Army uniform.

Youmo Jingsan also quickly took off his lieutenant general uniform and then put on the Eighth Route Army uniform.

"Arimatsu-kun." Okamura Neiji closed the button, put on the gray military cap, and smiled slightly: "In this way, in the eyes of the Eighth Route Army pilots in the sky, we are the Eighth Route Army cavalry."

Youmo Jingsan put on the Eighth Route Army uniform and flattered you out of habit: "General, I admire you for your wisdom!"

But when he looked closely, he saw Okamura Neji wearing a straight Eighth Route Army uniform, his expression and eyes showing determination.

The more you look at it, the more you look at it, the more you feel that Okamura Neji is not just pretending, but like the real Eight Route.

General, something is wrong with you! (End of chapter)