Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

Accompanied by bursts of gunfire.

There were basically large numbers of Japanese corpses at every ambush site of the 772nd Independent Regiment.

The soldiers of the 772nd Independent Regiment also made a surprising discovery during the battle.

The arrogant Japanese in the past, the Japanese who wished they could use three Eighth Route Army soldiers to exchange for one.

At this moment, in front of them, it was so vulnerable.

The Japanese trucks and some motorcycles were directly targeted and fired upon by the mortars of the 772nd Independent Regiment.

Then mortar shells are even free.

This was also a request Zhang Ling specifically made after the Heli County Military Factory was established.

That is, when producing gunpowder and AKM47 rifles, a portion of production capacity must be reserved.

Specially used for the production of mortars and artillery shells.

At first the soldiers couldn't quite understand.

Light weapons were not enough in the first place, and the best solution was for each soldier to have an AKM47.

But part of the production capacity must be allocated to the production of mortars and mortar shells.

This is somewhat of a waste.

Even if they are a wealthy family, they can't waste it like this, right?

But now everyone understands that the team leader has good intentions.

Although the 772nd Independent Regiment is not inferior to the Japanese elite troops in terms of light weapons and heavy machine guns.

But the problem is that they are really not good at heavy weapons.

If we hadn't relied on the light weapons in our hands to fight the Japanese in the early stage.

Maybe you can win, maybe you can't win.

But the exchange ratio will definitely not look good, and there is no way to destroy much of the Japanese's stuff.

But it's different now.

This mortar shell is not as good as a howitzer shell, but it is still a shell after all.

It is much more powerful than a grenade.

If one shot doesn’t work, then use two shots. If two shots don’t work, then use five shots.

It will definitely let the Japanese know what real power is.

At present, the Japanese were completely stunned at various ambush points by the bombing of the 772nd Independent Regiment.

There's no way not to be confused, the Japanese themselves haven't figured it out.

Why is the 772nd Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army so powerful?

Is this still the Eighth Route Army? For a moment, every radio station in the Japanese regiment was frantically sending messages to the headquarters.

Request a retreat, and even if it is not possible, request support from artillery and tank battalions.

However, at this time, Yoshio Shinozuka and Nagamiyano were unable to take care of themselves.

Still supporting?

A tank battalion of the Japanese devils, more accurately it should be called a tank regiment.

About 64 tanks.

Yoshio Shinozuka's First Army is the most elite military unit in northwestern Shanxi.

The tank regiment under his command has as many as 80 tanks.

If these 80 tanks really confronted each other on the plain, then no matter how many mortars the 772nd Independent Regiment had, it would be useless.

Because of this, Zhang Ling chose this place as the ambush site.

But this is not the best ambush location.

Zhang Ling knew very well that although the 772 Independent Regiment had gained a great advantage, the Japanese would soon react.

Once the battle between the two sides becomes stalemate, the disadvantages of the 772nd Independent Regiment will immediately become apparent.

Therefore, Zhang Ling planned to send teams to ambush in various places from the beginning.

Do everything possible to drive all the Japanese devils to Cangyun Ridge,

As long as the First Army switches from offense to defense and enters Cangyun Ridge.

Then Zhang Ling could use the gas in Cangyun Ridge again to completely wipe out the Japanese First Army for the second time.

Otherwise, the outcome of this battle would at most be the defeat of the First Army, but the losses would probably not be too great.

However, Zhang Ling really didn't expect that Yoshio Shinozuka would underestimate his enemy.

They actually let the tank battalion, which was supposed to lead the way, and the artillery battalion, which was supposed to maneuver everywhere, move together with the headquarters.

This completely shows that they don't take the 772nd Independent Regiment seriously.

Since you, Yoshio Shinozuka, dare to do this, Zhang Ling must let him know what being powerful means.

The battle continues.

At this moment, the First Army's tank regiment had nearly 30 tanks destroyed by Zhang Ling and his five battalions of soldiers.

The remaining 50 tanks also fought back.

But because of terrain problems and formation problems.

These tanks simply could not be deployed.

Moreover, the scene was filled with heavy machine gun fire from all directions by the Eighth Route Army.

As a result, many Japanese soldiers in the artillery were killed.

Many of the Japanese soldiers who fought back also did not survive.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly critical, Shinozuka Yoshio immediately gave the order: "Retreat, retreat immediately."

"Retreat at all costs. The tank regiment will cover our retreat."

"We don't need artillery anymore!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's order was quickly executed by the Japanese.

It looked like the Japanese were trying to escape.

Zhang Ling immediately activated Hawkeye mode and shot down a Japanese heavy machine gunner who was counterattacking.

Then he immediately shouted: "The little Japs are trying to run away. Surround them and beat them up hard."

"Head towards Cangyun Ridge, quickly!"

At this time, Li Dazhuang was already furious. Hearing Zhang Ling's words, he immediately led his 1st Battalion to interfere with the Japanese troops, while working with other brother units to find a way to drive the Japanese troops to Cangyun Ridge.

The Japanese's retreat route had been cut off by Xu Erniu's 2nd Battalion and Wu Sanduo's 3rd Battalion.

Therefore, even though the Japanese troops were already retreating, they were still beaten back by the 2nd and 3rd Battalions.

Xu Erniu even carried a bag of explosives by himself and destroyed a Japanese tank.

This boosted the morale of the soldiers in the 2nd Battalion.

For a time, the Eighth Route Army soldiers would rush out of the fortifications carrying explosives whenever they found an opportunity.

Then he rushed directly towards the Japanese tanks.

Although some soldiers also sacrificed their lives.

But it was obvious that the Japanese also found in despair that their retreat route had been cut off.

Seeing this, Nagamiyano quickly said to Shinozuka Yoshio, "Commander-in-Chief."

"Now our retreat route has been completely cut off. We can only retreat towards Cang Yun Ridge."

Shinozuka Yoshio refused: "No, the Eighth Route Army wants us to retreat in the direction of Cangyun Ridge."

"Didn't you notice? This mysterious Eighth Route Army surrounded us from the very beginning."

"They have deliberately let the Cang Yun Ridge open. This is called "surrounding three and missing one" in the Dragon Kingdom's Sun Tzu's Art of War."

"If we go to Cangyun Ridge, we will die."

Yoshio Shinozuka was sober.

But the problem is that it’s useless even if he is awake now.

Because if we lead the Japanese troops towards Cangyun Ridge, there will at least be a glimmer of hope.

Although we know that Cangyun Ridge is a hellhole, there is at least a possibility of breaking out.

But if we continue to waste time here.

They were simply waiting to be annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, Nagamiyano once again analyzed the pros and cons to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Commander, the Eighth Route Army wants to annihilate our army in Cangyun Ridge."

"But it's not that easy, because the terrain there is open, and there are geographical advantages such as mountains."

"If we reach Cangyun Ridge and scatter to break out, the Eighth Route Army will lose its geographical advantage."

"Maybe the First Army can still break out of the siege."