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Zhou Cheng likes Tao Yongsheng's unruly personality very much.

If a unit wants to continue to grow and grow, as the soul of the army, the commander must have the spirit of not giving up, so that the commander and the commander will compete before, and then continuously improve their command ability and combat effectiveness through learning and training.

After a glance at the sky around him, he ordered: "The cavalry troops who clean the battlefield don't need to participate. You can immediately lead all the cavalry to reinforce the Xiyang garrison and help them take down the county town as soon as possible."

"After dawn, the Japanese will definitely send planes to reinforce the county town and attack our siege troops. If the battle cannot be ended before the plane arrives, the siege troops will definitely suffer heavy losses, and the siege war will be full of variables. You can set off now."

When Tao Yongsheng led more than 200 cavalry to the county town, the siege was coming to an end.

When Zhou Cheng returned to the battlefield with his seizure, the siege was completely over. Dong Fei was commanding his troops to transport weapons and ammunition from the Japanese and puppet troops in the county to prevent the Japanese army from sending planes to blow them up!

At this moment, the other attack commanded by the Chief of Staff was not so smooth.

At 3:30 in the morning, the troops successfully occupied the first defensive position of the Japanese and puppet troops and wiped out more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops.

At 4:30 in the morning, they fought with the Japanese in the second defensive position.

Just like Zhou Cheng, we are planning to concentrate all artillery fire to blow the Japanese and puppet troops on the positions, and then cooperate with the cavalry to attack the Japanese and puppet troops on the positions, and end the battle before dawn.

But they all underestimated the degree of attention of the Japanese and puppet troops to Yangquan. To be precise, they should underestimated the degree of attention of the Japanese army to the Zhengtai Railway.

In Shouyang, the fortifications built by the Japanese and puppet troops were basically civil structures. Even the county towns rarely saw reinforced concrete fortifications. The mountain cannons were broken when they exploded. The Japanese and puppet troops had nowhere to hide and could only be blasted passively.

Yangquan is different because there is a railway passing through the territory, so transporting supplies and supplies is very convenient.

During the preparation stage for the decisive battle, the Japanese army not only transferred a large number of puppet troops from other places, just like the Shouyang garrison, used the puppet troops to consume the strength of the national rescue army. They also used the convenience of railway transportation to transport a large amount of steel bars and cement from Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang.

In addition, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Yangquan also used the railway garrisons and sleepers stored by the railway garrisons on the battlefield.

In the words of the corps leader: If everyone fails to defend Yangquan, all the things that exist at the railway station will fall into the hands of the National Salvation Army.

Instead of taking advantage of the National Salvation Army in the end, it is better to use it on the battlefield and use them as weapons to fight the National Salvation Army.

The positions built with sleepers, rails, cement, steel bars... are not comparable to civil fortifications. If you hit the mountain cannons, they will not have any destructive effect when they are tickled.

Chief of Staff Chen Zhengyu defeated several times in the second defensive position. The most fundamental reason was that the Japanese and puppet troops built a large number of permanent firepower points here.

No matter how strong the National Salvation Army attacked the artillery fire, the blocking firepower on the position would not be affected too much.

So, the entire battle lasted until 8:00 a.m. without a winner.

Looking at the blocking position in front of him that was harder than a bone, Chen Zhengyu decided to suspend the attack and wait until it was dark before taking action.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army took the initiative to attack while they were retreating, giving up their indestructible defensive positions to fight the national rescue army in a field battle.

If the Japanese and puppet troops continue to hide in defensive positions and become turtles, Chen Zhengyu has no way to deal with them.

Now the Japanese and puppet troops voluntarily gave up the turtle shell and left their positions to fight the national rescue army, and the result was different.

Chen Zhengyu felt that this was an excellent opportunity to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops, so he immediately ordered the troops to suspend retreat and kill the Japanese and puppet troops and shoot back.

At the beginning of the battle, the situation was almost the same as Chen Zhengyu's judgment.

Without the protection of defensive positions, the Japanese and puppet troops, which accounted for the majority, were no match for the National Salvation Army.

As soon as the two sides contacted, the Japanese and puppet troops were defeated step by step, with heavy casualties.

Chen Zhengyu led his troops to snatch behind them, preparing to take the opportunity to enter the defensive positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

As long as the troops enter the trenches and fight them at close range, the permanent fire point on the position will lose its effect.

The shooting went very smoothly. Chen Zhengyu became more and more excited as he fought. The first line of defense was ahead of him. If he took it, the troops would have a foothold, and then rely on this line of defense to erode the remaining line of defense in the defensive position little by little!

"Everyone rushed up quickly... first use grenades to blow up all the Japanese and puppet troops in the trenches, and completely occupy the trenches in front..." Chen Zhengyu ordered while rushing.

The next battle was completely developed according to the script that Chen Zhengyu had already thought of.

Hundreds of grenades hit the trenches in front of them like rain. The violent explosion was like setting off firecrackers. In the blink of an eye, the trenches that stretched for nearly one kilometer were filled with smoke...

The troops took the opportunity to break into the trenches, occupied it without much effort, and captured more than a hundred puppet troops who had no time to retreat.

Chen Zhengyu was very happy. The troops were blocked here for nearly four hours, and he was almost desperate. Unexpectedly, the troops were favored by God at the last moment when they were about to evacuate the battlefield. They seized the fighter plane and finally opened the situation.

With the trenches under your feet, the troops have a foothold here, where they can attack and retreat or defend.

The second battalion commander Fang Shanlin and the captain of the Pingding Guard Team Tan Fei was also very happy. Their ideas were exactly the same as Chen Zhengyu. With this good start in front of him, the subsequent attack would be much easier.

Fang Shanlin found Chen Zhengyu and started to fight: "Chief of Staff, I think we can continue to attack. While the Japanese and puppet troops were defeated by us and their footholds were not stable, we will continue to take down the second trench."

The captain of the pacification garrison team, Tan Fei, his eyes began to shine out when he heard this.

The previous few hours of attack were basically mainly to pacify the garrison, and the losses were almost one battalion, but the result was that the Japanese and puppet troops did not even encounter the blocking positions.

Now that he finally took the first trench, he wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue the enemy who died in the attack more than anyone else.

Chen Zhengyu also wanted to take advantage of the victory to attack. Fang Shanlin's words happened to be in his heart. When he saw Tan Fei agreeing to attack, he immediately ordered: "The artillery soldiers were dispersed immediately, and try to equip each infantry company with two mortars. One direct-fired artillery. The troops will continue to attack forward regardless of assist or main attack, and eat up all the remaining positions of the Japanese!"

The sudden victory made everyone in the National Salvation Army very excited and felt that their chance had come.

As soon as the offensive order was received, the battlefield became lively.

The soldiers held guns, light machine guns, heavy machine guns and mortars, and rushed forward bravely, all wanting to be the first to break into the trench ahead.

Chief of Staff Chen Zhengyu, Battalion Commander Fang Shanlin, and Captain of the Punishment of the Guards Tan Fei, all his eyes were focused on the offensive troops. Others could take advantage of the victory and take down the trenches in front, and no one paid attention to him.

"Boom boom boom..." Several shells suddenly hit the middle of the attacking troops, and several soldiers were blown away together with the soil on the ground.

After the first round of explosions, Chen Zhengyu did not pay much attention.

There were more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops stationed here. In addition to ordinary infantry, there was also a mixed artillery unit. They would definitely not watch the National Salvation Army break through their two trenches in succession and fired a counterattack.

Moreover, he is not unprepared for the Japanese and puppet artillery units.

Although most of the artillery was strengthened by themselves to the infantry company, they still had four field cannons and six large-caliber mortars.

As long as the Japanese and puppet artillery troops dare to move, these ten artillery cannons will surely blow all the artillery they equipped into scrap iron as soon as possible.

It was not until the second round of shells fell that Chen Zhengyu realized the problem.

"English, these shells seem to fly from behind us, not from behind the Japanese and puppet troops. The enemy artillery positions are behind us, how is this possible?" Chen Zhengyu frowned and exclaimed.

Fang Shanlin also discovered this problem and immediately asked Chen Zhengyu for battle: "Captain, the Japanese are so arrogant that they dare to place artillery positions behind us. This is the fat meat sent to our mouths and must be eaten."

"I'll take a killer immediately and kill them!"

Chen Zhengyu was about to nod his head and agreed, a communication soldier entered his sight and hurriedly ran towards him along the trench.

"Chief of Staff, something happened... A large number of Japanese and puppet troops suddenly appeared about one kilometer behind us, with a total strength of no less than 3,000 people, and they also brought artillery. The enemy who was firing at us was them!"

Chen Zhengyu was frightened and quickly raised his telescope to look behind him.

Although one kilometer is still far away, with the help of telescopes, the figures of the Japanese and puppet troops clearly appeared in his field of vision.

In addition to behind him, there were also Japanese and puppet troops on the left and right wings, as if they wanted to surround themselves here.

As he looked at it, his face began to turn pale, and he finally shouted with despair: "No, we're fooled!"

"The Japanese and puppet troops just took the initiative to give up their positions and chase us on purpose, making us feel that we have the opportunity to take down the defensive positions and then stay here to continue fighting, so that they have the opportunity to surround us and surround us here!"

Fang Shanlin couldn't calm down anymore, so he immediately asked Chen Zhengyu for battle: "Chief of Staff, we must break through and leave here immediately."

"The closer the Japanese and puppet troops get to us, the tighter the encirclement will become, and it will be difficult to break through!"

"It's too late!" Chen Zhengyu shook his head.

"If we didn't kill the Japanese and puppet troops just now, we would definitely be able to easily break out of their encirclement. Now that we can't do it, the artillery has been scattered. By the time all the artillery is assembled, the Japanese and puppet troops have reached four or five hundred meters behind us. There are nearly a thousand Japanese and puppet troops in any direction, and they are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars. Now it's daytime again. If you force yourself to break out, you will be a living target for the Japanese and puppet troops, which is no different from sending death."
Chapter completed!