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To make matters worse, at such an important moment, Lieutenant General Abe Heisuke fell ill.

His heart ached so much that he could hardly control himself.

The doctor came and gave me an injection of painkiller to avoid a heart attack.

After a simple and quick diagnosis, it was determined that the lieutenant general was unable to continue commanding the battle and needed to be immediately sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

The Chief of Staff temporarily took over command and ordered the troops to move closer to the right wing wing.

Build counterattack fortifications in the plains to block the Eighth Route Army's pursuit.

The initiative on the battlefield was in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Ding Wei had an absolute offensive advantage and squeezed the enemy's troops into the plains west of the Hutuo River and east of Jinshan.

As long as the mountain artillery is deployed on the top of the mountain, the guns can radiate the entire battlefield.

In addition, there is a mobile force stage at the sides and rear, forming a double-teaming posture.

He can fight this battle any way he wants.

Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong also took action.

The elite troops under these two men have good combat effectiveness, at least they can fight the Japanese in a one-on-one battle and are not at all inferior.

The 358th Regiment had fought against the Japanese regiments before, and their performance was a bit poor, but Chu Yunfei was also an experienced commander, and the reinforced regiment under his command was enough to deal with the Japanese logistics troops, engineers, and baggage troops.

The main forces of the regiment are all on the front line, wrestling with Ding Wei.

If you can’t defeat the infantry regiment, can you defeat the logistics troops?

Needless to say, Li Yunlong had strong enough troops at his disposal and he always took advantage of the Japanese.

The cunning fellow targeted the weak county town and launched a fierce attack.

This caused the Japanese and puppet troops in the county to panic and they kept asking for help from the 41st Division.

The public security team and the security group are simply pig teammates. The more chaotic the situation is, the more they scream like pigs.

Not only was there no food, but the situation was also made noisy.

The young chief of staff was in a great trouble, and the two Japanese regiment commanders had no interest in helping him.

The current situation is already difficult to deal with, so where would the extra troops be to support the county?

It was a mess, a mess. The entire Xinding Basin was in chaos.

The 41st Division was attacked by multiple forces, which put their commander's skills to the test.

With Abe Heisuke's level, he was able to deal with the situation. He could retreat when he should, and give up when he should. After stabilizing the situation, things wouldn't be too bad.

The key point is that this lieutenant general fell ill at the most critical moment.

The command will be handed over to the Chief of Staff, and the combat operations will be commanded by the brigade commander on the front line.

The 41st Division's forces were immediately divided into three groups.

First, the baggage troops and the rear troops headed by the chief of staff were mostly baggage soldiers, engineers, and puppet troops;

Second, the 239th Infantry Regiment led by Utsunomiya;

Third, the 238th Regiment led by Colonel Takasaki.

This kind of command is more concerned with the situation of the troops at hand, and it is difficult to judge how to fight from the overall perspective.

The Takasaki Regiment occupied the right wing and was the least affected.

Under normal circumstances, the Takasaki Regiment should be ordered to provide support to the west to ease the Eighth Route Army's offensive.

However, in order to prioritize the safe evacuation of his own troops, the colonel led all his troops to the eastern Hutuo River.

The Utsunomiya unit behind him bore the pressure alone.

Not to mention the two infantry battalions of the Mito Regiment, the colonel has lost contact and is most likely dead.

I can only follow the Utsunomiya team.

Logically, five infantry battalions, huddled together for warmth, could always hold out. At least some troops could be deployed to counterattack, buying time for other troops.

Find the right terrain to ease the situation.

At this time, Colonel Utsunomiya was also in a very helpless state. He saw two battalions of the Mito Regiment coming, but there was no one to command them.

He decisively sold them out, letting two infantry battalions cover their retreat, while he was the first to break out of the encirclement and ensure the safety of the Utsunomiya Regiment.

Anyway, Colonel Mito is dead, so there's nothing wrong with him taking the blame.

The Mito Regiment was wiped out. What does it have to do with the Utsunomiya Regiment?

Reasonable and legal, legal and reasonable, reasonable and legal, reasonable and reasonable.

A lot of baggage and supplies were abandoned along the way, and there was not even time to destroy them, or the soldiers who were ordered to destroy the supplies were directly killed.

In the chaos, it is difficult to take care of the whole situation.

Take as much as you can take away, and destroy the supplies that you cannot take away depending on the situation.

In many cases, the Japs would choose to take away supplies first, after all, losing weapons was a serious crime.

The battle for the Jinshan position ended quickly, and the pursuit from west to east had just begun.

The fighting was relatively calm for a while, giving the Japs a chance to catch their breath and the Eighth Route Army enough time to accumulate firepower.

The shells whizzed over the hills and fell onto the plains in the east.

The elite company penetrated directly and divided the enemy's forces.

The cavalry regiment and the armored battalion attacked from the side and rear, rushed into the flank of the Utsunomiya Regiment, and intercepted a large number of troops.

Under the machine gun fire, a large number of Japanese soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

The tank guns fired continuously, selecting suitable targets.

At about four in the morning, when it was just getting light, the Japanese soldiers were already exhausted, some of them fell down in the trenches, motionless.

Some were shot in the thighs but were still crawling, with blood all over the ground.

Some had half of their bodies blown off, with the parts below the waist destroyed by shells, but their heads were still moving, indicating they were not completely dead.

The scene was extremely tragic, and this was the outcome the devils deserved.

The 358th Regiment surrounded Xin County, the Independent Regiment surrounded Dingxiang, and Ding Wei's troops surrounded the two regiments in the Hutuo River, Yunzhong River, and the eastern part of Jinshan.

The 41st Division was split into three groups, ready to be annihilated separately.

After a night of bloody fighting, both sides were exhausted. More than 3000 Japanese soldiers were left dead, and the Mito Regiment was basically wiped out.

16 artillery pieces were lost, and countless vehicles, horses, and combat supplies were abandoned.

The soldiers sat on the ground, holding their guns in their hands and lying anywhere.

I'm so sleepy that I can't open my eyes.

Everyone took a can and stuffed it into their mouths, then went back to sleep.

They were only given three hours of rest time and had to disperse before the Japanese planes arrived.

The artillery regiment and heavy artillery battalion continued to advance, and their firepower was sufficient to cover the plains.

The two main regiments of the Japanese army were surrounded in a triangle.

Just one round of attack is enough to defeat them.

Current offensive and defensive situation

The main forces of the 5th and 6th Regiments, the Cavalry Regiment, the Reconnaissance Battalion, the Armored Battalion, and the Kong Jie Detachment were all assembled near the entrance to the mountain.

Taking advantage of the mountains and the water flow of the Hutuo River, the Japanese invaders were encircled in this plain area.

After a day and night of fierce fighting, both sides were exhausted.

The Japanese did not have the extra energy to escape, and Ding Wei did not have enough reserve troops to continue the attack.

After a short rest of three hours, the two Japanese regiment commanders, the staff officer, and the artillery regiment commander listened to the instructions of the First Army Headquarters with dizzy heads.

Yoshio Iwamatsu will arrange for aircraft cooperation and launch a breakout at 10 o'clock.

The main forces of the Utsunomiya and Takasaki regiments were required to quickly break out in the direction of Xin County, repel the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and stabilize the defense of Xin County.

But at 8 o'clock in the morning, Ding Wei had completed a short rest and launched a new round of offensive.

Amid the whistling of artillery shells, the infantry quickly rushed to the front line.

Nearly a hundred artillery pieces were put into battle, including mortars, infantry guns, and rapid-fire guns, forming covering firepower and firing at the Japanese defenders.

Such dense artillery fire coverage made the battlefield filled with smoke.