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Guo Di Tie was stunned, and turned to look at the young but wretched commander of the Independent 3rd Regiment next to him. He heard that he was from the young marshal's hometown and was once a "small warlord".

He was so engrossed in the fighting just now that he forgot for a moment that there was another regiment. However, he was embarrassed to say directly that he had forgotten, so he pretended to be calm.

"You, the 2nd Independent Regiment, I have high hopes for you. In terms of the quality of the troops, my men may not be as good as you. So I have left you with the most difficult task."

Jiang Botao was overjoyed when he heard this. He did not miss any part of the battle just now. He ordered his men to follow the companies and platoons of the battalions of the 664th Regiment to learn combat methods.

It would have been fine if he hadn't seen it, but when he did, he was shocked. This kind of rich man's playing style completely overturned his three views.

Other infantrymen would fire a shot and then retreat back into the trench to hide, but the 664th Regiment was different. They stood and fired bursts of M16s, and then rushed forward a little after firing two shots. They were not afraid of stray bullets at all.

Because of the mortars and artillery battalions suppressing the Japanese, they had almost no time to fight back.

"Oh, I wonder what good job Captain Guo has left for me? The young marshal said that the protagonist of this battle is our independent regiment. I'm new here, so please give me more opportunities to show my abilities!"

He is not young anymore, and even looks older than Guo Diti, but he calls himself "brother" all the time and is very humble.

Guo Tietie was very satisfied with this attitude, nodded and said: "Our mission along the way is to go north to Shuitou Town, so that we can control the surrounding area. There will be a tough battle in Shuitou Town. You, the Independent 2nd Regiment, should learn how to fight first. When the time comes, Shuitou Town will be handed over to you!"

"Well, Captain Guo, I believe in you. Please keep your word and give Shuitou Town to my Independent 2nd Regiment!"

.......

On the other side, the 667th Regiment and the 3rd Independent Regiment had reached the outskirts of Yan County. Because it was a mechanized march, the soldiers did not need to rest at all, they just needed to jump out of the vehicle and start fighting.

Moreover, the tanks were leading the way and had already eliminated some of the more conspicuous Japanese fortifications. Next, their artillery units and rocket launchers would attack the Japanese hidden fortifications.

The Japanese soldiers of the independent guard team were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and some were temporarily transferred Japanese expatriates. Their combat effectiveness was so low that they could only scare poor troops like the guerrillas. In front of the 667th Regiment, many Japanese were scared to pee their pants.

"Hold on, you must hold on!"

On the battlefield, Yasuhei Maruoka shouted into the phone, and his men kept asking him for support, but he could only command one battalion, and the rest of the battalions were also facing fierce attacks from the 176th Division, and all suffered heavy losses.

"I'll say it one last time, hold on for another 5 minutes, you must hold on for another 5 minutes!"

He didn't want to be the first one to be breached, so he could only shout into the phone at the top of his lungs.

Then, just as he finished speaking, he heard a huge artillery explosion through the phone, and then there was no sound from the phone.

"It's over, it's broken!"

Unfortunately, before he could hang up the phone, a 105mm caliber shell appeared above his head.

Yasuhei Maruoka, former commander of the 114nd Infantry Regiment of the 102th Division, died.

The Japanese defense line was like a river bursting its dam. Once one part was broken, it caused a chain reaction, and the rest of the defense lines kept collapsing. Tanks rushed into the trenches in every place.

In the end, the Japanese had no choice but to abandon all the front-line positions and withdraw all their forces to Yan County, trying to concentrate their forces to delay time.

湮县攻坚战打响，炮2团的54-1式122毫米榴弹炮出手了，54门炮对着湮县东、南和西城墙就是乱轰。

At the front infantry position, artillery scouts passed the exact coordinates to the artillery regiment, so that the regiment's shells rarely flew over the city wall and hit the streets inside the city.

But with so many cannons, some of them would miss the target, so many shells fell under the city wall. The huge power of the explosion caused the surrounding land to fly, causing the ground to sink a little, and indirectly raising the city wall.

......

At this time, to the east of Pu County was the Linfen 21st Division.

Naofu Mikuni received an order to send troops from Yoshio Shinozuka, asking him to support Yan County at all costs.

The 21st Division is the main force division closest to Yan County. The last time, Mikuni Naofu led his troops to wander outside Pu County for a few days without firing a single shot.

Now he had to take the risk and hurriedly ordered his men to mobilize the troops and march to Pu County before dark. This was his mission.

Just like last time, attack Pu County to relieve the pressure on the front line.

But this time he was not so worried, because he knew from intelligence that the main regiment of the 176th Division had been transferred away and the artillery regiment was also gone, so he became bolder.

The Japanese in Huo County, Jiexiu, Lingshi, Zhongyang, and Lishi also received orders from Yoshio Shinozuka at the same time to support Yan County at all costs.

The most unexpected thing happened to the 176th Division's staff. Tens of thousands of the Japanese main forces in Quwo, Xinjiang and other places also moved, and not just a little bit, but all of them were mobilized.

Just like when they retreated from Xiangning and other places, these tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers moved again, abandoning the cities they had and heading north. As to whether they were going to support Yan County or had some other purpose, no one knew.

Even no one in the 176th Division, including Xu Le, knew that these tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers had moved.

Commander Yan and Commander Wei were the first to learn of the movement, and they were also confused. Logically speaking, Quwo was the entrance to the Nantongpu Line, and if they went up, they could march straight into the Jinzhong area, and the Japanese should have defended it to the death.

But now, neither the Jin Army nor the National Guard Army moved, and these devils actually gave up on their own initiative.

"It is most likely that the 176th Division broke the news, otherwise how could the Japanese voluntarily give up the natural barrier of the Fen River! What on earth did Xu Le do to cause the Japanese to make such a sacrifice!"

Commander Yan sighed, but then he thought of the key point: "Oh no, this group of devils must be heading for the 176th Division. This is the devil's elite field combat force. If they surround them all, the 176th Division will be in big trouble!"

As he said this, he shouted to his men, "Quick, contact Commander Wei for me, it's urgent!"