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The battle was one-sided. The Japanese tanks could not get in, the bridges were blown up, and cavalry units appeared in the rear.

The command center was destroyed and the lieutenant general was at a loss as to what to do.

The Eighth Route Army's tanks charged forward at will, and their shells landed accurately on the enemy's crowd as if they were free.

Every round of artillery fire cost them a heavy price.

The massacre continued in the mountains. When they ran out of bullets, they had to fight with bayonets.

Pick up the devil's weapons and fight.

The commandos rushed forward too fast, killing as they went.

The autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves, and they blow away all at once.

The arrogant Kwantung Army was killed so hard that their scalp numbed.

The remaining puppet Mongolian troops had collapsed. Some surrendered, some surrendered, and some surrendered their weapons. They had lost the desire to resist.

The three Japanese infantry regiments were completely destroyed, and the grassroots soldiers who were charging on board were strafed by heavy machine guns.

Since the emergence of heavy machine guns, the pattern of war has long changed, and physical charges and cavalry charges have become a thing of the past.

There was a heavy machine gun pressed there, shooting them all no matter how many people rushed over.

The Japanese's tactics were rigid, and when they were at a disadvantage, they would just charge forward mindlessly, wave after wave.

Or dig fortifications and hold on.

This was exposed very thoroughly in the Pacific battlefield. In order to deal with their charge, the US military used flamethrowers, which were extremely lethal.

This was not just a defeat on one side, but a defeat on the entire battlefield.

The front was charged, the headquarters raided, the rear cut off by cavalry.

By daybreak, the Japanese army was in a worse state. The situation had collapsed beyond repair.

Nishiyama Fukutaro was also very smart. He saved the mobile forces of the 23rd Division, joined his search detachment, and escaped the pursuit of the special forces under the protection of the tank.

There is nothing we can do to help the troops that have already been deployed into the mountains. We must quickly request aircraft support for the battlefield.

The defeated Japanese soldiers turned to the rear and formed groups.

Ding Wei suddenly slowed down the offensive and allowed the remaining Japanese soldiers to leave in an orderly manner.

Zhang Dabiao didn't quite understand.

"Commander, why don't we pursue the victory and capture more devils?"

"Steady the front, stop the offensive, withdraw the troops from the battle in an orderly manner, and clean up the battlefield as well."

Sometimes it is better not to pursue an enemy who is desperate. The Kwantung Army was a group of lunatics. Under the artillery bombardment, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were killed.

The enemy's aircraft coming to support is not conducive to pursuit.

The remaining Japanese still have the strength to fight. If we continue to pursue them, the casualties of our troops will increase, which will not be worth the cost.

Sometimes you have to consider the gains and losses when fighting a war. You have already captured the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops, and you can let the wounded retreat.

According to Zhang Dabiao's idea, if they pressed forward in one go, it would be enough to wipe out all the Japanese.

With two columns and two detachments, it would be easy to defeat this group of Japs.

Ding Wei went against the majority opinion and decided to let the wounded and defeated Japanese soldiers leave, which would be more effective.

The wounded soldiers would drag down the Kwantung Army's logistics and medical supplies, and the morale of the defeated soldiers would also infect the rest of the troops.

The troops took the opportunity to clean up the captured combat supplies and count the casualties.

There are still many battles to be fought with the Kwantung Army, and we cannot finish them all in one go.

Soldiers were everywhere in the mountains and plains, quickly clearing the battlefield and finding the Japanese soldiers who were still alive to give them a finishing blow.

However, the puppet soldiers, who were still alive, were thrown to the edge of the mountain area.

It is placed in front of the Japanese and puppet troops. Will you save it?

Failure to rescue them would inevitably lead to dissatisfaction among the puppet troops.

Saving them will continue to consume logistical supplies.

War relies not only on guns and weapons, but also on the logistical support behind them.

After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, the casualties were counted and reported.

1.7 Japanese and puppet troops were killed, and our own side suffered more than 3200 casualties. The wounded have been transported to the rear for treatment.

17 mountain cannons, 24 infantry cannons, a number of light and heavy machine guns and countless bullets were seized.

A large number of mules and horses, as well as more than 200 vehicles were seized. The destroyed and damaged vehicles were towed to the rear with ropes for repair.

Supplies were piled up into mountains, and the front-line positions on the edge of the mountain area were recaptured, and all the Japanese invaders who entered the mountain area were cleared out.

Along the Pingyuan, Jianping, Lingyuan and Ningcheng lines, wounded Japanese and puppet soldiers could be seen everywhere, lying on stretchers and wailing.

Fukutaro Nishiyama, who suffered a defeat, reorganized his troops here.

The Japanese lost more than 5000 troops, and the puppet army lost more than 1.2 people. Some troops lost their way in the mountainous area and were being surrounded and annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

It is estimated that there will be more than a thousand casualties, no, there will be thousands of missing persons.

As long as the body is not found, it is not considered a death.

At this point, is it meaningful to still worry about the casualties of one or two thousand people?

After the Eighth Route Army surrounded the area from three sides and recaptured the mountain positions, small groups of troops tried to clear out the remaining Japanese troops.

Take the initiative to enter the plains to fight.

The war returned to the time before the arrival of the 23rd Division.

This made Nishiyama Fukutaro very angry. His mechanized troops were difficult to deploy in the mountainous area, and they had to rely solely on infantry to advance, which was a clear way to send people to their deaths.

It’s hard to fight. It’s really fucking hard to fight.

A layer of haze hung over the Japs' heads.

This time, the defeat was complete. The command center was taken over by the special forces, and the deployment map also fell into Duan Peng's hands.

This group took the opportunity to cause sabotage in the rear, blowing up logistics vehicles and burning supplies.

If you can’t get it, destroy it. It’s better to burn it than leave it to the enemy.

The main battle ended on the same day, and the small-scale fighting lasted for seven or eight days before gradually subsiding.

During the retreat, they encountered guerrilla harassment from the Eighth Route Army and were never able to find peace.

The wounded soldiers delayed the rescue and died one after another.

The Japanese lieutenant general had to open fire in the county town, burn the corpses, put them into cans, and wait for transport ships to transport them back to the country.

The general of the front army, Jun Hougong, asked Fukutaro Nishiyama to come to the headquarters immediately. He wanted to criticize him in person for the mistakes in this operation.

The sound of gunfire from the Eighth Route Army was heard in Chaoshi and Fuxin.

If the fighting continues, will we reach the headquarters of the Third Front Army?

Fukutaro Nishiyama also had some complaints. He said that he was the commander of the 23rd Division and only transferred the mobile forces such as the search regiment. The rest of the infantry were drawn from other divisions.

It is difficult to command, the tactics are rigid, and the combat style is solidified.

The problem was not the command, but the overall strategic mistake.

Looking back on this incident, it is purely hindsight. One blames the front-line commander, while the other blames the tactics and strategy. In any case, Fukutaro Nishiyama will not take the blame.

His mobile forces suffered few losses and did not enter the mountains.

The tanks and artillery were still there; at most, only some vehicles for the baggage troops were lost.

Harem Jun had a headache. Looking at Nishiyama Fukutaro who looked like a dead pig in front of him, she wanted to slap herself twice.

Why transfer him back to the Kwantung Army? Let him continue to fight the US military on the Pacific islands.

No matter how you review it, a defeat is a defeat, and a defeat is a defeat.

The battle line returned to its pre-war level. Not only that, after inflicting heavy damage to the main forces of the Japanese and puppet troops, the troops became more active.

Especially in the Jidong area, we boldly pushed forward and penetrated into the Jianchang area.

Threatening the Jingfeng Railway.

The Japs are very anxious and know the Eighth Route Army's combat methods very well. If you let them get close to the railway line, they will bomb you sooner or later.

Ding Wei was extremely enthusiastic. He was determined to destroy the Beijing-Fengtian Railway to see how many cannons and tanks he would be rewarded for destroying the railway.