Time travel! Regrets will never happen again!

The 772nd Regiment learned from Wang Chun that two reinforcements of the Japanese had already set out, and of course there was also the third regiment of the Imperial Army, which was currently "fighting fiercely" with the Eighth Route Army.

All the losses from the battle were given to the 772nd Regiment to continue the attack on the Matsumoto Battalion.

Along with these lost supplies, a 772-man soldier from the 200rd Regiment of the Imperial Army arrived at the nd Regiment.

When the officers of the 772nd Regiment saw the army in front of them that was armed to the teeth, they were all shocked.

Because these guys were all wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, if it weren't for the staff officer from the Logistics Department leading the team, the 772nd Regiment would have thought that it was a Japanese army disguised as the Eighth Route Army intending to attack the 772nd Regiment from behind.

Commander Cheng of the 772nd Regiment held Wang Chun's hands tightly and kept thanking him, "Thank you, Commander Li! Thank you for your strong support to our army!"

"We have reported to the higher-ups that our brigade commander admires Captain Li very much. A few days ago, he even hoped to meet a soldier like you who understands the greater good after the war!"

Facing the sincere gratitude of the head of the 772nd Regiment! Wang Chun was also very happy! Looking at the head of the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army in front of him, whose uniform was stained with several puddings, he felt that what he had done was still too little and too insignificant!

"Captain Cheng, you are too polite! I am only doing my bit! You Eighth Route Army soldiers are great. Compared with you, I am really ashamed!"

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After the two of them enthusiastically extolled their business for more than ten minutes, they got down to business.

The more than 200 soldiers that Wang Chun brought this time were all the commandos who participated in the last night attack on the Zhu family compound.

The gold, silver and treasures brought back from the Zhu family's old house have now become equipment for these soldiers.

200人的可以算武装到牙齿，60枝冲锋枪、30挺歪把子轻机枪、6门90毫米迫击炮，火箭筒五具，还有毛瑟98K狙击步枪五杆。

The other soldiers were all equipped with Type 38 rifles, and each of them was also equipped with a gas mask. They wore the same rubber-soled shoes as the Japanese. Several snipers were wrapped in white snow camouflage suits.

At the same time, two 2mm infantry guns and four 92mm mortars were sent to the Eighth Route Army.

When they saw the 92mm infantry gun, the entire 772nd Regiment was stunned.

These puppet troops actually sent themselves 92 infantry guns, which are tube-shaped artillery!

Even the brigade headquarters didn't have many guns, and now their 772nd Regiment had unexpectedly hit the jackpot. In just over ten days, their artillery platoon had just been expanded into an artillery company.

But if this happens today, won’t we need to set up a reinforced artillery company?

"Brother Li! Are you telling the truth? Are you sure these two Type 92 infantry guns are given to us?"

Blind Cheng was already a little incoherent! This couldn't be blamed on him, this was really a pie in the sky, it hit the 772nd Regiment directly on the head, no, this was not a pie, it was gold falling from the sky!

The political commissar and two battalion commanders standing nearby were also clasping their hands in excitement, with a look of surprise on their faces. Their dark faces, which were covered with frostbite and cracks, were filled with smiles that they had never seen before.

The entire Matsumoto Battalion is now holding on to a canyon, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides, all of which are relatively steep mountains, with only one canyon entrance facing east.

The widest part is less than 70 meters, which is indeed a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The only drawback is that the valley is not big.

Now the remaining 600-odd soldiers are a bit crowded inside. In addition, there are cliffs nearly 100 meters high all around and few trees in the valley, which makes it much more difficult for Matsumoto's team to cut wood and make fire.

Despite various difficulties, this canyon is indeed the best defensive place for the Japanese Matsumoto Battalion, which is now in trouble.

In this way, we can concentrate firepower to defend one direction without having to worry about the Eighth Route Army launching attacks from all sides.

Matsumoto stood at the exit of the canyon and watched through a telescope as the Eighth Route Army built fortifications in the snow.

"Captain! The entire brigade has completed the statistics. So far, there are still 816 Locust Army warriors in our brigade, including 39 seriously injured and 127 slightly injured!"

"The entire battalion still has 340 rifles and 24 light machine guns. The heavy machine guns and grenade launchers have suffered heavy losses. Now there are only 5 heavy machine guns left, 21 grenade launchers, 90 3 mortars, and one of the 2 92 infantry guns is damaged. There are 127 shells left!"

"The entire brigade still has two bases of ammunition! We still have 2 special rounds, but we don't have much food or wood for heating!"

Listening to the staff officer's report, Matsumoto sighed slightly. In just over ten days of fighting, Matsumoto's battalion had suffered nearly 400 casualties among the Locust Country warriors.

But now we no longer have to worry about the attacks from the Eighth Route Army. We just need to hold on here and wait for reinforcements. Once the reinforcements arrive, the Eighth Route Army outside will either retreat or face being attacked from both sides!

In his heart, Matsumoto actually hoped that these Chinese troops would not retreat easily, so that he would have a chance to avenge his previous humiliation.

The shame of the locust army can only be washed away with the blood of the enemy!

Since accidentally finding this canyon yesterday, the Matsumoto Battalion of the Japanese Army finally had a good night's sleep.

The 772nd Regiment has tried to storm the canyon several times since yesterday, but suffered nearly a hundred casualties due to the disadvantageous terrain and only pushed the front line forward 50 meters.

The original plan was to send people to climb the mountain behind the valley, but due to heavy snow and the steep mountain wall, they could not climb up at all, and instead several soldiers were injured.

Although the canyon was not big and was filled with Japanese soldiers, they just couldn't take it down. The range of the mortar could not compare with the Japanese 92 infantry gun.

Commander Cheng also organized two artillery companies to bomb the canyon, but was finally forced to give up under the counterattack of the Japanese 92 infantry gun.

Now that we have two 92mm infantry guns, we can effectively suppress the Japanese 92mm gun. Such artillery suppression will reduce the resistance for the attacking troops after launching the attack.

In the afternoon, Wang Chun and others arrived at the forefront of the 772nd Regiment's defense line. Through the telescope, the narrow canyon entrance looked like a horn.

The Japanese had concentrated a large number of light and heavy machine guns at the mouth of the canyon. Wang Chun alone observed no less than 30 machine guns through the telescope.

"Captain Cheng! How do you plan to bombard the Japanese positions?" Wang Chun asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Ah! What else can we do? We have received an order from above. We must seize this opportunity. It would be best if we can completely wipe out this group of devils and deal a heavy blow to the Japanese arrogance!"

"We're going to have to pay with human lives. It's all my fault for commanding. How could I have forgotten there's such a canyon here? Alas!"

When Captain Cheng heard Wang Chun's question, his face looked even more dejected, because it was his mistake that allowed the Japanese to accidentally enter the canyon.

They also knew the advantages of this place for the defenders. Of course it was not impossible to conquer it. In fact, as long as the Japanese were trapped here for four or five days, they would inevitably take the initiative to attack due to the lack of supplies!

Otherwise they would be frozen to death or starved to death here, but what the Eighth Route Army lacks most now is time.

The Japanese had already sent out three reinforcements, and this morning two more squadrons of Japanese troops were heading here. The 772nd Regiment only had two to three days at most.

Originally, the 772nd Regiment had never considered completely annihilating the Matsumoto Battalion, but with the large amount of weapons and equipment sent by Wang Chun, coupled with the Matsumoto Battalion's own impressive operations.

With the joint efforts of several parties, things have become what they are today. Looking at the Japanese troops in the encirclement, they can be completely wiped out if given four or five days.

Captain Cheng was unwilling to give up the fat meat that was right in his mouth, so he planned to attack a few more times. If he really couldn't conquer it, he would be forced to give up.

However, this would deal a heavy blow to the morale and spirit of the troops, and it would be difficult to explain to the brigade commander.