Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

In fact, the leaders were also afraid that Xiao Zongmin was young and hot-tempered and would directly defeat the National Government in one wave.

After all, Xiao Zongmin's attitude towards the outside world has always been tough.

From the fact that Xiao Zongmin's players are rampant with counterfeit money, you can see that Xiao Zongmin has always been disdainful of making peace with other forces.

After all, all of Mr. Chang's men who were in a position close to the International Youth Column were corrupted by Xiao Zongmin's men.

Another point is that the reorganized divisions are scattered across the territory of Longguo, and the main combat direction of the Eighth Route Army is also moving outward, which also means unified command of the battle.

In comparison, the Second Division is the easiest one.

As early as in northern Shaanxi, Xiao Zongmin set the combat direction for the Second Division to go north to pacify the grassland.

On the grassland, there are no leaders watching over them, so the Second Division can let loose and have fun as they please.

Now, in addition to the three brigades in the Second Division, officers and soldiers from other newly established independent detachments and independent regiments have gathered in this command center, waiting for further instructions from Zhan Loulan.

Zhan Loulan stood at the head of the group, looked around and said, "I just received an order from the headquarters to move our divisional headquarters forward and catch up with the Fifth and Sixth Brigades that have already headed north."

As soon as Zhan Loulan finished speaking, Captain Zhang asked excitedly, "Boss He, did the commander-in-chief ask us to go to the front battlefield?"

Zhan Loulan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, the headquarters has ordered the Second Division to go north immediately, first pacify the four provinces in the northern part of the Great Wall, and then go north to the grassland immediately to wipe out the devils and rebels entrenched in the grassland!"

"I understand! That's great. The commander-in-chief finally lets us go to the battlefield." Captain Zhang agreed loudly and seemed extremely excited.

The commanders and fighters from other units did the same and responded loudly.

During this period, the main force of the Second Division went north first, leaving these independent regiments and independent detachments to suppress bandits in the local area, which really frustrated these warmongers.

Now that they heard the news of going to the battlefield, how could they bear it any longer? They all shouted loudly to express their excitement.

Zhan Loulan looked at the command center which had turned into a vegetable market again, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

"Silence!"

A low shout frightened the officers and soldiers so much that they all quieted down and waited for Zhan Loulan's next move.

"The 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th independent regiments form the 1st independent detachment of the 2nd Division. Zhang Hailiang, the commander of the 1st regiment, will be the detachment leader. Your unit will be responsible for launching gradual attacks on the devils in the Chahar area."

"The Second Independent Brigade of the Second Division is composed of six regiments, including the Second Independent Brigade, the Second Independent Brigade commander Cao Wenrui will be the commander. Your unit will be responsible for coordinating the combat missions of the First Brigade."

"The 12th Independent Regiment and the other five independent regiments will form the Third Independent Brigade, responsible for protecting the safety of the division headquarters. There will be no detachment leader for the time being, and all operations will be arranged by the division headquarters."

"Comrades, our mission is very difficult. If our Second Division moves quickly enough, we can liberate the nine infantry regiments that General Huang has deployed in the Huayuan area."

"Comrades, think about it. If these nine infantry regiments responsible for fighting the reinforcements were freed up in advance, how much of a role they could play in the Northeast."

"I now declare that the battle for the four northern provinces has begun. The first phase targets the series of rebels and puppet governments supported by the devils!"

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Northeast Huang Zherang encirclement,

After Principal Hu's guards officers launched an attack from the Japanese flank, they cut off three Japanese divisions.

Four days later, Huang Zherang led seven regiments to attack the Japanese forces from all directions. The encirclement had firmly surrounded the Japanese, ensuring that no one could escape their encirclement.

The temporary command center set up by Principal Hu

Huang Zherang is reporting the current situation on the battlefield to Principal Hu.

"Principal, now the Z0508th and Z0510th Regiments are gradually destroying the enemy's organized troops, and our encirclement is still shrinking."

"Since there are so many wounded in the 203rd Regiment, I have arranged for this regiment to return to the base and a new officer regiment will fill in their gaps."

"The 204th Regiment attacked the enemy's flank fiercely because of my previous arrangement, causing them to move closer to the small army officer regiment. After the pocket was entered, I had the 204th Regiment take a rest and only fight defensive operations."

"The three regiments led by Cui Jiu have been advancing at full speed and have surrounded the remnants of the enemy's 129th Division. They will be able to destroy this unit in a few days."

"it is good!"

After listening to Huang Zherang's report, even Principal Hu, a seasoned commander, couldn't help but applaud.

"Your choice is correct. Now the three Japanese divisions in our encirclement are like headless flies, rushing here and there."

"Our troops are actively expanding their victories. It's probably only a matter of time before we destroy the three Japanese divisions, right?"

Huang Zherang nodded and said, "The supplies of the Japanese in our encirclement are limited. Their baggage train was destroyed by us at the beginning of the battle."

"I made an estimate at the time. Even if they were to save on their food, the food they had would only last them three days. Now it's the fourth day, so I guess they've used up all the food they had."

"I have deployed five anti-aircraft artillery companies around the battlefield. We will prevent them from getting any supplies. We will launch an attack on them after two to three days."

There was one point Huang Zherang didn't say, which was that the combat effectiveness of this group of Japanese devils should not be underestimated. In the battles over the past few days, many soldiers were ambushed by the Japanese devils because they exposed too much of their bodies on the battlefield.

Because the 203rd Regiment had little combat experience, on the second day after the encirclement was formed, it was attacked by the wave-like charge of the Japanese skirmishers and its position was almost broken.

Even throughout the entire battle, there were very few machine guns on the infantry positions of the 203rd Regiment that lasted for half an hour.

Basically, when the Japanese skirmishers rushed to the front of the position, the grenade launchers mixed in with the Japanese infantry would specifically eliminate the machine gun positions of the 203rd Regiment.

When the battle was most intense, the machine guns of the 203rd Regiment could not hit the second magazine drum after opening fire and were targeted by more than one grenade launcher.

For this purpose, he temporarily assembled a group of new recruits and fought a head-on battle with the Japanese, thus suppressing their desperate momentum.

Similarly, Principal Hu, who was sitting opposite him, also knew Huang Zherang’s concerns. After all, the battle report passed through his hands.

Compared with the previous battles in Shanxi, the battles in the Northeast were obviously more difficult.

The Japanese support firepower in the Northeast is much stronger than that in Shanxi.

He had seen more than one platoon-level unit withdraw from the battle because of the Japanese's large-caliber mortars.

Just when Principal Hu wanted to give a few more instructions, the messenger outside rushed in hurriedly.

"It's bad! Boss Hu, one of our supply companies has been robbed by bandits in the mountains!"