After graduating from Huangpu, he rose to prominence as a regiment leader.

"The Osaka Division was completely wiped out?"

"Isn't this a bit exaggerated?" Kong Jie waved his hand immediately.

That’s the Osaka Division, an entire division’s worth of troops!

Not to mention that the enemy is the elite among the Japanese, even an ordinary Japanese unit cannot be wiped out in such a short time!

After all, even if it was converted into more than 20,000 pigs, it would take three days to catch them all!

However, after immediately rejecting it, Kong Jie suddenly realized that if the Osaka Division had not been wiped out, their journey would not have been so smooth!

He swallowed subconsciously: "Wait a minute, Old Ding! Do you think this is really possible?"

Ding Wei shook his head: "It's only possible. We have to wait until we find Lao Li and ask him what exactly happened."

Even though the intelligence and clues were very close to reality, they still found it hard to believe that such a large division could just disappear like that?

Logically speaking, no one in the entire northwest of Shanxi can do this, even if Commander Yan has any backup plan, it is unlikely!

Just as Kong Jie was about to speak, an investigator quickly came over here.

"Report to the captain! There is a situation ahead!"

"speak!"

"Captain! A small-scale war has been discovered ahead!" the scout said quickly.

"A small-scale war? We have been travelling smoothly all the way here, so how come there is a battlefield when we are almost at Taiyuan?" Kong Jie looked at Ding Wei in confusion.

Ding Wei also stared at the investigator: "What about the warring parties? Have you figured it out?"

"It was a group of troops in navy blue uniforms who were exchanging fire with the Japanese, but we don't know exactly which organization they belong to!" The investigator told all the information truthfully.

After thinking for a moment, Ding Wei said decisively: "Lead the way!"

"Yes!"

...

When Ding Wei and Kong Jie arrived at a bunker and observed for a while.

Ding Wei put down the telescope in his hand: "Lao Kong, this doesn't look like an encounter, but more like a positional battle!"

I didn't know which direction the Japanese came from, they were all light infantry, about a squadron in number.

The friendly force was engaged in positional combat.

"Oh no! These Japs are carrying grenade launchers!" The sharp-eyed Kong Jie immediately saw the equipment the Japs were about to pull out.

It is obvious that after the Japanese attack failed, they simply chose to line up the grenade launchers in a row!

The grenade launcher was very light, and the Japanese had completed their position in just a few breaths.

Looking at this scene, Kong Jie subconsciously pulled out his tortoise box: "Old Ding, shall we do it?"

Ding Wei frowned. He hadn't figured out the current situation yet and was not in a hurry to take action.

Just when he was about to persuade Kong Jie to wait a little longer, suddenly!

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

A burst of intensive gunfire rang out nearby, and it was obviously not coming from the two warring parties in front!

"Who fired the shot?" Ding Wei's expression quickly turned cold.

A deputy shouted urgently: "Captain! It's not good! It's the Japs!"

"A whole battalion of Japanese soldiers! The rear troops are being entangled!"

The deputy's voice was slightly trembling, which was enough to indicate the number of the devils.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie hurriedly looked towards the place where the gunshots came from, only to see that the troops in the rear had been fighting with the Japanese at some point.

The dense swarms of Japanese soldiers came like a tide, and the strength of a battalion of Japanese soldiers was enough to defeat the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment!

"Old Ding! It is said that Kazuo Shinozuka has completely withdrawn his troops. These should be the Japanese soldiers who are coming back to support Taiyuan!" Kong Jie spoke subconsciously, his expression filled with anxiety.

Their two regiments had already suffered heavy losses in the sweep, and now they could only mobilize less than 600 men in total.

This is totally incomparable to a battalion of Japanese devils!

"Go back to help Taiyuan? Could something really have happened to Taiyuan?" Ding Wei's attention was completely focused on another aspect at this time.

This made Kong Jie very anxious. It was already this late, and he still cared whether Taiyuan got into trouble or not?

"Old Ding! Don't be distracted, we must find a way to break out now!" Kong Jie took out his arsenal and fired a shot at the Japanese in his sight.

"Where are we going to break out?" Ding Wei also pulled out his pistol and fired back, "There are Japanese devils behind us!"

The enemy they are facing now is a large battalion, but it is hard to say whether there are more devils or even a regiment behind them!

If you want to break through, you must never retreat!

"Forward!" Kong Jie killed a Japanese soldier who showed his head. "The situation in the Taiyuan direction is unknown. That's our only way to survive!"

Kong Jie thought very thoroughly. Going backwards would mean a dead end. Only the battle ahead seemed worth a try. For now, they could only place their hopes on that friendly force!

"Okay!" Ding Wei nodded.

However, as soon as they finished speaking, a series of explosions occurred beside them!

"boom!"

"Boom!"

Ding Wei fell to the ground with a mouthful of dirt, his face looking even uglier. With their current abilities, they could not resist the Japanese grenade launchers at all!

Ding Wei took a deep breath and said, "Damn it! Lao Kong, there is no time to lose. We must get closer to that friendly force immediately!"

"Okay!" Kong Jie said ruthlessly, "Notify all soldiers to gather quickly and follow me to fight!"

"Yes!"

......

The position of the 5th Company, 3rd Battalion, 357th Regiment of the Independent Brigade.

"Captain, we are currently dealing with only one squadron of Japs, but they do have five or six grenade launchers."

In the trench, the deputy company commander of the fifth company put down his binoculars and looked at his own "airborne" company commander.

Duan Peng coughed twice; he was still not used to his new identity.

"Then let's wait a little longer. The brigade has not issued any orders yet. The brigade commander said that the real battle will take at least another day."

"We don't need to waste our energy on these cannon fodder." Although Duan Peng had just taken office, his tone was quite loud.

These Japanese devils were definitely Kazuo Shinozuka's vanguard, but in the eyes of their independent brigade, they were just trash.

After all, the real enemy is the elite devils from the other four divisions, and those devils are the top priority!

"The brigade commander gave me this training opportunity, so I must seize it. A squadron of Japs can't turn the tide. Let's wait a little longer." Duan Peng said confidently.

His fifth company is strong and powerful, with a total strength of almost one thousand!

In terms of weapons and equipment, there are more than ten light and heavy machine guns, more than twenty grenade launchers, and even large-caliber heavy artillery. In addition to the Italian cannon, there are also two Type 92 guns!

In the battle of the Osaka Division, the entire independent brigade reaped rich rewards and seized countless equipment and weapons.

Although some of them were handed over to the brigade headquarters, most of them remained in the organizational structure at all levels, and whoever captured them owned them!

After all, even Captain Wang’s artillery regiment cannot expand indefinitely, right?

Just as Duan Peng was about to say something, the scout's voice suddenly rang out: "Report to the company commander!"

"Emergency in the rear!"

"Hmm?" Duan Peng frowned subconsciously.

The scout quickly reported: "Captain! A small-scale battle broke out in the area three kilometers behind us!"

Hearing this, the deputy company commander looked puzzled: "That's not right. This is the defense area of our Third Battalion. I haven't heard that the battalion commander has other troops besides our Fifth Company?"

The scout hesitated for a moment and said, "They don't seem to be our independent brigade. They are wearing gray uniforms and seem to be friendly troops of the Eighth Route Army!"

"The Eighth Route Army?" Duan Peng's expression became serious. "What's the situation on the battlefield?"

The scout spoke quickly: "It doesn't look good! A large group of devils have bitten them, and there are two mortars. This friendly force seems to be breaking out in our direction!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of gray military uniforms appeared visibly behind the position, the number was equal to that of two normal battalions.

This movement also attracted the attention of the Japanese squadron that was already there!

The Japanese squadron quickly turned their guns around and shot at the friendly Eighth Route Army.

In an instant, the friendly forces were completely surrounded!

"The situation is not good!" The deputy company commander frowned.

Duan Peng pondered for a moment, then stood up suddenly: "Pass my order! Inform the artillery company to quickly cut off the Japanese brigade and suppress it with comprehensive firepower!"

"Also, first and second platoons, assemble and follow me to fight our way out and support our friendly forces in retreating!"

"Yes! Company commander!"

"Yes! Company commander!"

Duan Peng took a deep breath and said, "In addition, we will report the situation to the battalion headquarters, and the battalion commander will report it to the regiment headquarters, and even the brigade headquarters."

"Being able to follow us all the way to Taiyuan City, this is definitely not an ordinary Eighth Route Army!"

"Yes! Company commander!"