Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

When Li Dazhuang saw Zhang Ling coming with people from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, he excitedly pointed at a tent below.

"That's where Shinozuka Yoshio is. Our intelligence officer has just pointed it out."

Zhang Ling looked in the direction where Li Dazhuang's finger was pointing.

I saw some tents on a flat ground in the distance.

The Japanese must have just finished making breakfast and are now getting ready to set off.

I didn't expect that I still caught up.

Zhang Ling nodded, took out his weapon and aimed.

The distance was not enough, I could roughly see someone in the tent, but it was still too far.

Even though Zhang Ling has the Eagle Eye skill, he still can't reach it.

But it doesn’t matter, now the First Army belongs to the rear troops.

Basically, all of them entered the huge pocket formation set up by the 772 Independent Regiment.

Therefore, just wait and start the fight.

Then the entire First Army will have no way out.

In order to prevent the Japanese from fighting in a corner, Zhang Ling deliberately opened the road leading to Cangyun Ridge.

The Japanese can fight and retreat at the same time.

And there is still a chance to retreat too far from Cangyun Ridge.

The reason why Zhang Ling did this was to give the Japanese devils something to think about.

As the saying goes, "surround three and lack one", this is the reason.

At this time, Zhang Ling quickly ordered the soldiers of each unit to prepare for the general attack.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Finally, at 6:59, the last rearguard of the Japanese army successfully entered the pocket formation.

Zhang Ling finally let go of his worries.

At 7 o'clock, Zhang Ling gave the order: "Fight!"

Da da da……

chug chu...

bang bang bang...

"Li Dazhuang, give the order immediately and have our mortar gunners bombard the enemy's artillery battalion."

"Don't let the enemy's artillery battalion fight back, and the same goes for the enemy's tank battalion."

"Let the mortar soldiers bomb to death with all their might!"

Zhang Ling had just finished speaking when the mortar company, under the command of the company commander, had already begun frantically firing shells at the Japanese artillerymen driving on the road.

Of course there were also tank battalions.

By the way, Yoshio Shinozuka's artillery battalion and tank battalion were also attacked by the 772nd Independent Regiment.

In fact, Zhang Ling had already anticipated this from the very beginning.

The pocket formation set up by Zhang Ling is not an ordinary pocket formation.

In fact, this was already a large-scale battle involving tens of thousands of people.

The 772nd Independent Regiment included transport personnel, medical personnel and combat personnel.

It also exceeded 30,000 people.

The main reason is that there are a large number of logistics and transportation personnel.

There is no way. For a combat team of 20,000 people, the consumption of ammunition alone is terrifying.

Not to mention that the military factory in Heli County is still in production at a standstill.

That's no joke.

As for the Japanese First Army, the number of people participating in the battle was 32,000.

These are just the combat units, there are also a large number of logistics personnel.

All in all, there were at least 50,000 Japanese soldiers, although most of these logistics personnel were puppet troops.

There is no fighting power.

But its scale was one of the largest among the battles in northwest Shanxi.

Therefore, Zhang Ling made the pocket formation as big as possible from the very beginning.

In other words, the four roads leading into Zhaojiay Village are actually four directions centered on Zhaojiay Village.

These four directions are actually separate independent battlefields.

But the 772nd Independent Regiment took the approach of occupying advantageous terrain and blocking roads.

The four separate battlefields were actually connected together to form a huge pocket formation.

The purpose is to wipe out all the tens of thousands of Japanese devils in the First Army.

It might be difficult to understand Zhang Ling's battle deployment just by looking at the text.

But if it is on the map, you can see it clearly.

The 772 Independent Regiment that Zhang Ling now commands is actually like a giant pair of pliers.

It was placed right in front of the Japanese First Army, waiting for the Japanese to enter the center of this big pincer.

Then the 772nd Independent Regiment directly and fiercely surrounded the Japanese soldiers of the First Army in this big clamp.

This is called a pincer attack.

In the early days of the battle between Germany and the Soviet Union, Germany relied on such fighting methods to capture millions of Soviet soldiers alive.

In fact, Zhang Ling's deployment and battle this time actually sounded like he was going to encircle tens of thousands of Japanese devils.

But in fact, there were not many. It was much inferior to the battles of Kiev and Kharkov where Germany surrounded the Soviet Union.

But this does not mean that the Eighth Route Army or the yellow race are not good at fighting annihilation wars.

But the weapons in the hands of the Eighth Route Army could not support such a strategic deployment.

As for Zhang Ling's current battle deployment, it was an extraordinary performance of Heli County, and many ordinary people were holding their breath for national hatred and family feuds.

Thanks to the Eighth Route Army's spirit of not fearing hardship or death, such a strategic deployment could be barely achieved.

Look carefully, it's just reluctant.

If you want to annihilate the enemy on a large scale, you really need a large amount of supplies and the individual qualities of the combatants.

Anything less will not be enough.

Zhang Ling was able to lead the Eighth Route Army to fight such a battle in such a harsh environment in northwestern Shanxi 40 years ago.

It can be said that Zhang Ling is already qualified to be a division commander.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka was still resting in the truck and was surprised by the sudden gunshot.

"what's the situation?"

"Commander." Chief of Staff Miyano ran into the truck with an anxious look on his face and said, "We were attacked by the Eighth Route Army."

"What are you afraid of? Just fight back." Yoshio Shinozuka obviously hasn't realized the seriousness of the matter.

"No, Commander. The 3rd, 5th, and Koishikawa Regiments all sent telegrams just now."

"Our First Army encountered ambushes by the Eighth Route Army on all four roads leading to Zhaojiayu Village."

"And according to the news sent by the commander at the front, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army they encountered was extremely fierce."

"From observation, there were about three regiments of the Eighth Route Army ambushing on each road, and each regiment had about 1500 people."

"A regiment has at least eight heavy machine guns and hundreds of mortars."

"Moreover, the weapons in the hands of the soldiers of each regiment are weapons we have never seen before. They not only have a long range, but also are powerful and have strong firepower."

"These Eighth Route Army soldiers are different from the Eighth Route Army soldiers we have encountered before. Their shooting skills are even more accurate than those of our empire's soldiers."

"Also, this Eighth Route Army does not seem to be short of ammunition."

"What!!!" Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Nagamiyano in disbelief.

"You mean the main force of the Eighth Route Army ambushed us?"

"Yes, it should be the main force of the Eighth Route Army. At least one of our regiments will face the attack of at least three regiments of the Eighth Route Army."

"And the firepower is very fierce. Now that the Shimaya Regiment and the Koishikawa Regiment have just come into contact, hundreds of people have been killed or injured."

“And the situation is getting worse!”

biu……

Rumble…

Go, go, go…

bang bang bang...