A sentence suddenly appeared in Colonel Takahashi's mind: "Stealing a chicken will not lead to a loss of rice."

If the Yangquan County City is not captured in the end, the offensive troops commanded by him will suffer heavy losses in the battle, and it may even be a problem to withdraw from the National Rescue Military Defense Zone alive.

The attacking troops in front of them have suffered more than half of their casualties. If they continue to fight, they have no other meaning except for the inflated casualties.

Colonel Takahashi decided not to fight. No matter what, he would save the remaining forces of the offensive troops first, and immediately ordered: "The artillery and heavy machine gun squadrons will cover them, and the offensive troops will retreat immediately. We will lose the first round of offensive!"

As a siege, it will not only bear the head-on strike from the National Savior Army when attacking, but will also be chased by the National Savior Army on the top of the city when retreating until they withdraw from the effective range of the light and heavy machine guns.

After the Japanese began to turn around and retreat, the firepower on the city not only did not weaken, but instead became stronger and stronger.

The bullet rain chased the Japanese ass and flew behind them, crawled in from their backs, and then crawled out from their chests, leaving Japanese after Japanese on the battlefield like a gourd.

Colonel Takahashi was stunned. His hands had already been clenched into fists, and his eyes seemed to be able to spit fire, red and very angry.

But after anger, a deep sense of powerlessness was created.

All the heavy weapons he could use had fired, but he could not suppress the blocking firepower of the National Rescue Army. He could only watch his subordinates be killed...

Three minutes later, the gunfire on the battlefield finally stopped.

The three fully-organized infantry squadrons retreated less than a hundred people, and the remaining soldiers all fell on the battlefield.

After listening to the loss report, Colonel Takahashi was crying and asked quickly: "Is the losses of the three Yanggang troops in the Yanggang troops? Contact Yanggang troops immediately and let them retreat here immediately. Now it is dark, and the troops' separate operations are like sending the National Salvation Army a chance to defeat us in vain!"

In less than ten minutes, the chief of staff of the corps who had counted the losses returned to Colonel Takahashi with a very serious expression: "Report to the commander, the three attacking troops of the three routes were attacking fiercely, and the troops suffered heavy losses."

"Not one infantry squadron left in the three reinforcement squadrons to evacuate the battlefield, and all other warriors died in battle!"

Colonel Takahashi regretted after hearing this, and suddenly felt that the chariot brigade was no longer a burden to the team.

If the attack just now was covered by chariots and relying on its thick skin and strong flesh, the National Salvation Army's blocking firepower would not hurt them no matter how strong it was.

The attacking troops hid behind the chariot and assaulted forward, which was like blocking a shield in front. They could definitely rush to the foot of the city wall at the minimum cost, explode the city gate, and enter the county town.

But it is too late to say anything now. Because there is no cover for the chariot, the troops will lose a full infantry brigade in one attack. Judging from the performance of the National Salvation Army just now, the remaining brigade will definitely not have the opportunity to continue to take down Yangquan County.

And now it's dark. With the combat style of the National Salvation Army, I will definitely try my best to attack myself at night. Maybe the remaining troops outside the city will even protect themselves.

The Chief of Staff also frowned, looking at Colonel Takahashi with a worried look on his face, "Sir, how can we fight next?"

"According to the report of the offensive army, the National Salvation Army hollowed out the city wall, and a large number of machine gun castles were built inside the city wall, and all the light and heavy machine guns were hidden inside. The mortar shells we fired were too powerful and could not hurt the National Salvation Army inside!"

"Unless we use heavy artillery to destroy the city walls and knock down those machine gun castles, no matter how many attacking troops are, it will not be enough to save the country and kill the army!"

Colonel Takahashi shook his head: "There is another way!"

"We can join the chariot brigade to attack Yangquan County."

"Although the power of tank guns is not as powerful as mountain guns and heavy artillery, the tanks are rough and thick in flesh, and can block the light and heavy machine gun bullets fired at us by the National Salvation Army."

"As long as there are chariots participating in the battle, the offensive troops can rush to the foot of the city wall under the cover of the chariot, destroy the city gate with explosives, and enter the county town!"

"Notify the troops to retreat immediately! Go back to the river and meet with the chariot brigade. After they all cross the river, we will attack Yangquan County together!"

The Chief of Staff did not immediately accept the order, but frowned and analyzed: "It's dark now, and the National Salvation Army will definitely try every means to attack us and weaken our strength. Now we have heavy casualties and no heavy weapons. Staying here is like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger. If we can push it to the river and join forces with the chariot brigade, we have to think more about it even if the National Salvation Army wants to attack us."

"My only worry is that I am afraid that there will be insufficient time. The troops will first join the chariot brigade, then join forces to fight outside Yangquan City to launch an attack. If everything goes well, it will take at least five hours."

"The National Salvation Army, who were left in Pingding by the aviation army, must have begun to reinforce Yangquan. What if they arrived in Yangquan County before us?"

"Map!" Colonel Takahashi did not respond and pointed to the map that his subordinates had just spread out to analyze: "Putting over 60 kilometers of Yangquan County, light infantry marched for at least ten hours before they could come over. If they carried heavy weapons, they would definitely not be able to get there without twelve hours. The only one who could reach Yangquan within five hours was the cavalry battalion of the National Rescue Army."

"If we had no chariot brigade, we would still be a little worried when facing the cavalry battalion of the National Salvation Army. But now we have a large number of chariots to cooperate in combat. No matter how strong the cavalry's combat effectiveness is, they will only be killed after encountering a chariot!"

"So as long as we can return to Yangquan County within five hours, we will not worry even if the National Rescue Army Cavalry Battalion reaches Yangquan. And we can get an additional result of the National Rescue Army Cavalry Battalion, why not do it!"

On the pipeline to Yangquan County, nearly two thousand cavalrymen rode their horses and ran wildly, and wherever they went, they were dusty and very fast.

Colonel Takahashi's analysis of the National Salvation Army was very correct. Even if the National Salvation Army sent troops to reinforce Yangquan as soon as possible, only cavalry could arrive at the battlefield in a short period of time.

But he ignored one thing: In addition to the cavalry battalion equipped with a war horse, the mobile battalion also reached the point where everyone was carrying a war horse.

In the battle of Zhujiazhuang, the cavalry battalion and mobile battalion paid a considerable price of casualties, and nearly four hundred war horses were vacant.

With the capture of one or two hundred war horses from the Japanese, Zhou Cheng's extra war horses reached more than 560.

Zhou Cheng strengthened them all to the Artillery Battalion's two heavy mortar companies, rapid-fire artillery company, and air defense company, and asked them to tie all their equipment and shells to their horses. The gunners rode forward and followed the Cavalry Battalion and the Mobile Battalion to reinforce Yangquan.

With the addition of three artillery companies and air defense companies, the entire cavalry team was much slower, but no matter how slow it was, it was at least twice as fast as the infantry.

Zhou Cheng was also in the team and planned to go to the Japanese chariot brigade for a while.

The armored company directly under the National Salvation Army has been established for a long time, but it has too little equipment and has not made any achievements. Its presence in the National Salvation Army is very low, and many soldiers do not know that the National Salvation Army has such a unit.

As a time traveler, Zhou Cheng knew more than anyone else about the powerful role of armored troops on the battlefield.

It won't take long to replace the cavalry and become an unmatched elite division among the infantry.

Zhou Cheng wanted to expand the armored company more than once so that they could play a greater role in the battlefield.

But a clever woman is hard to cook without rice. The National Rescue Army cannot produce armored combat vehicles by itself, and can only be supplemented by seizure. The Japanese seldom dispatched combat vehicles every time they encircled and suppressed the National Rescue Army, which resulted in Zhou Cheng's lack of chance to seize the chariot.

Now the opportunity has come. The Japanese actually dispatched a chariot brigade of 20 to thirty tanks and armored vehicles to attack Yangquan. If they could keep this chariot brigade, even if only one-third of the equipment was seized, the combat effectiveness of the armored company could increase several times.

In order to achieve this goal, Zhou Cheng decided to meet the Japanese devils in person.

After all, no one in the entire National Salvation Army knows the combat methods of the chariots better than themselves.

"Captain Chen, the leader of the regiment, sent an emergency call: They have repelled the first round of attacks of the Japanese, and used the castle in the city wall to severely damage the Japanese attacking troops and eliminated six or seven hundred Japanese. Then the remaining Japanese troops evacuated the battlefield and marched towards the location of their chariot brigade."

Chen Zhengyu rode a horse next to Zhou Cheng. After hearing this, he frowned and asked with a worried look: "Captain, do you think the Japanese will slip away when they see something is wrong!"

Zhou Cheng was silent for a moment and replied: "This possibility is not ruled out, but I don't think the Japanese army will run away directly."

"It took so much effort, the train and the marching were urgent. It was finally difficult to send more than 4,000 troops to the vicinity of Yangquan County. As a result, he had not made any achievements and he was even more deprived of his troops. If he retreated like this, it would be too embarrassing to lead the Japanese officers. The Japanese military headquarters that formulated this raid plan would definitely not want to see such a result."

"And now the Yangquan army is empty. Our National Salvation Army can only send cavalry battalions to reinforce in a short period of time. The impact on the battle situation is very limited, and it is impossible for the Japanese army to understand this principle."

"Since they have enough time to take advantage of the situation and take down Yangquan County, they don't want to steal chickens and lose rice, and return without success. I estimate that the Japanese who failed the first round of offense will probably meet with the chariot brigade."

"The good news from Chen Zhong said: The Yangquan garrison used the castle in the city wall to severely damage the Japanese offensive troops. If the Japanese army did not destroy the castle, no matter how many troops launched an attack, it would be in vain!"

"Unless they have chariots to cover the chariots, use the chariots to cover the infantry to approach the city wall, destroy the city gate, and then enter the county town."

"Of course, no matter whether the Japanese army is about to slip away or not, we must arrive at Yangquan as soon as possible!"

"Order the troops to speed up and strive to arrive at the battlefield before the early morning."

"If the Japanese really go to join the chariot brigade and don't escape, we can just kill us now and just happen to be able to collide with them."

"Boom..." With a huge roar, the last tank finally drove out of the wooden bridge and reached the other side of the river.

Before the expedition, there were 28 tanks and armored vehicles, and now there were 25 left. When two tanks and one armored vehicle were left, the wooden bridge was destroyed. Finally, the destroyed wooden bridge was smashed into the river together...

Colonel Takahashi, who rushed over, wanted to pull out the three chariots, and maybe he could continue to use them.

But doing this took too much time. In order to take down the county before the reinforcements of the National Salvation Army entered Yangquan, he did not dare to delay for a minute. He immediately commanded the chariot brigade and the corps to kill more than 2,000 people left to the target.

At one o'clock in the morning, Yangquan County entered the sight of Colonel Takahashi. The captain of the reconnaissance team nailed outside the city ran over and reported anxiously: "Sir, one hour ago, about 500 cavalrymen entered Yangquan County. They should be the cavalry battalion sent by the National Salvation Army!"

"Good come!" Colonel Takahashi shouted excitedly after hearing this.

The National Rescue Army Cavalry Battalion promptly reinforced Yangquan County. He had already come to this situation, and he was confident that he would kill the cavalry battalion together when capturing the county town. He immediately ordered: "Everyone is ready to attack the city, and the chariots cover the four directions to launch an attack at the same time."

"The National Rescue Army Cavalry Battalion arrived here an hour ago. From the analysis of the marching speed of the infantry and cavalry, it will take five or six hours for the National Rescue Army infantry and artillery to arrive here. We must conquer Yangquan County before they come.

Out of trust in the chariot brigade, and Colonel Takahashi knew that the National Salvation Army was hidden in the castle, and ordinary mortars could not hurt them at all, so the attack did not cover the city with artillery fire at the beginning.

Nearly twenty tanks and armored vehicles came up and rushed towards the city gate.

The infantry followed closely behind the chariot, using the chariot as bunkers and shields, and approaching the city wall step by step.

"Da da da da...Da da da dong dong..."

Just like the first round of attack, when the two sides were still 100 meters apart, the National Salvation Army hiding in the castle opened fire.

A dense rain of bullets instantly covered the Japanese tanks and tanks rushing in front.

A crisp metal impact sounded around the chariot immediately, and the protective armor was beaten to the point where Mars splashed everywhere, looking very scary.

However, the armored vehicles and tanks that were attacked were not affected at all, and they spit out black smoke and maintained their speed to continue to assault forward.

Only a few infantrymen who were too lucky were killed by stray bullets. The remaining soldiers hid behind the chariot to avoid bullets and continued to advance with the chariot.

"Yo Xi!" Colonel Takahashi sighed with satisfaction when he saw this scene.

The National Salvation Army cannot do anything to the chariots blocking the infantry, so the subsequent attack will definitely go very smoothly.

He felt that Yangquan County only needed one attack in front of him to take it down.

The attack speed of the chariot was very fast, and the distance between the two sides was shortened to fifty or sixty meters in the blink of an eye, while the losses of the offensive troops were still minimal. The balance of victory seemed to be tilting towards itself a little bit.

As long as the tanks cover the infantry and attack forward twenty or thirty meters, the attacking troops can cross the tanks and armored vehicles and go straight to the city gate hole!

Colonel Takahashi became happier the more he looked at it, and the smile on his face became stronger and stronger. It seemed that he had seen Victory wave to him again.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

A string of gunfires louder than the sound of machine guns fired in the city.

Two "boom..." explosions also sounded at this moment, and then I saw a tank in the front of the attacking troops instantly exploded, turning into a ball of gorgeous fireballs, very dazzling, and the soldiers following closely behind were blown up together.

An armored vehicle not far away was parked inexplicably!

Colonel Takahashi, who was shocked, shouted: "What's going on? What weapons did the explosion and gunfire just now? Why did the tanks and armored vehicles stop moving? Could it be that the National Salvation Army in the city have equipped anti-tank weapons!"
Chapter completed!