Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

More than twenty minutes passed.

Following the footprints, the exhausted Japanese and puppet troops finally appeared in the eyes of the third battalion commander and the officers and soldiers of the two companies of the third battalion.

"Battalion Commander, the Japanese and puppet troops are coming!"

Seeing the Japanese and puppet troops show up, a company commander of the third battalion excitedly said to the third battalion commander.

"Order the troops to prepare for battle!"

The third battalion commander also showed excitement. Whether he could defeat the Japanese and puppet troops in front of him, as well as the Japanese and puppet troops that kept coming, depended on his acting skills.

The order was quickly transmitted to the two companies via walkie-talkies.

"Crash!!!"

"Click!"

"..."

More than 300 officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion stared at the approaching Japanese and puppet troops, loaded their rifles, and prepared for battle.

"Snapped!"

On that day, the vanguard of the puppet army rushed into the ambush circle breathlessly and entered the optimal attack distance.

The third battalion commander did not hesitate and immediately pulled the trigger of the pistol in his hand.

A crisp gunshot rang out, and a Japanese soldier with a Japanese ointment flag hanging under his rifle fell to the ground immediately.

"Da da da!!!"

"Clap clap clap!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The gunshot is the order!

The battle is imminent!

Dense artillery shells, buried mines, explosive packs, cluster grenades, grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns, and rifle fire.

The unprepared Japanese and puppet troops were caught off guard and suffered countless casualties.

"Baga! Enemy attack!!!"

"Hurry up, hide, hide!!!"

"Get down! Get down!!!"

"Save me, I don't want to die!!"

"..."

The Japanese and puppet troops were in chaos. To be more precise, the Japanese were still able to remain calm, while the puppet troops were not only slow to react, but also ran around in disorder.

The Japanese were directly led in, and there was no way to avoid them in the first place.

In just over ten seconds of firepower attack, hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops were killed or injured.

"idiot!!!"

The Major General Chief of Staff of the Mongolian Army, who was following behind the team, saw this scene and cursed.

But he was not angry, instead he showed a hint of joy.

They were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, which meant that they had caught up with that group of Eighth Route Army soldiers.

These Eighth Route Army soldiers must have stayed behind to cover our retreat and delay time.

"Hurry up, the first squadron will launch a frontal attack, and the second and third squadrons will make a left and right detour."

"Don't give the Eighth Route Army any chance to delay. Break through their blockade as quickly as possible and continue the pursuit!"

As the order from the Japanese Major General Chief of Staff was issued, the Japanese and puppet troops behind immediately began to act.

Four or five minutes after the ambush began, three Japanese infantry companies, coordinated with a battalion of puppet troops, launched an attack on two companies of the third battalion from three directions.

"hey-hey!"

Seeing this, the third battalion commander chuckled and said, "Just in time!"

The commander of the third battalion was not in a hurry to retreat. Under his command, the two companies of the third battalion, with more than 300 officers and soldiers.

They repelled two attacks by the Japanese and puppet troops, and fought with them for more than 20 minutes before retreating with their men.

"idiot!!!"

Looking at the Eighth Route Army retreating into the mountains and disappearing, the Major General Chief of Staff of the Mongolian Army was very angry, but he was only angry for a moment and there was nothing he could do.

“Chase!!!”

Faced with the wounded and dead, he ignored them, leaving the wounded behind and continuing the pursuit with the rest of the men.

As for the bodies of the wounded and the dead, they would naturally be the responsibility of those who arrived later.

What he had to do now was to hold on to the Eighth Route Army and not let them escape, so as to buy time for the arrival of follow-up troops.

Next, the third battalion commander led two companies to block the enemy every few miles.

Before I knew it, it had been delayed for more than two hours.

Four or five blocking battles were fought, each time causing considerable casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops.

However, the number of Japanese and puppet troops did not decrease, but increased instead.

Because the Japanese and puppet troops from the surrounding strongholds arrived one after another, except for a part of the Japanese and puppet troops who gathered the wounded and corpses, they did not retreat. Instead, they stayed at the Huangjia Town stronghold and were responsible for receiving the subsequent wounded and corpses. The remaining Japanese and puppet troops all gathered together.

The third battalion that set out from Zhangjiakou also met up with him ten minutes ago.

Now, the Major General Chief of Staff of the Mongolian Army has more than 2,100 Japanese troops and more than 1,600 puppet troops under his command, totaling more than 3,700 people.

It can be said that these people mobilized all the Japanese and puppet troops that could be mobilized from the surrounding areas.

It can be said that all the Japanese and puppet troops in the counties and strongholds around Zhangjiakou are here.

In terms of numbers, the Japanese and puppet troops were not small, but they also had shortcomings, namely the lack of heavy firepower. When the Third Battalion came, they only brought with them five Type 5 infantry guns.

The Japanese and puppet troops were lured deep into the territory by the Third Battalion, and were still three miles away from the blocking position built by the Second Battalion Commander.

At this time, the commander of the third battalion brought officers and soldiers from two companies to meet with the commander of the second battalion.

In the continuous blocking battles, the Third Battalion suffered more than 30 casualties, but not many were killed. Only 12 people remained, and they were all slightly injured.

"The detachment commander sent a message that the main force is making its final detour."

"As long as we hold on for another two hours, the encirclement will be formed!"

As soon as the Third Battalion Commander came in, before he could speak, the Second Battalion Commander smiled and said, "Brigade Commander Luo of the Fifth Detachment has already met up with the detachment commander."

"Right now, the detachment commander and Brigadier General Luo are on their way to us. They will be here in half an hour at most."

Hearing the words of the second battalion commander, the third battalion commander smiled.

"Haha, I'm already looking forward to what the Japanese and puppet troops' expressions will be when our main force completes the encirclement and discovers the true situation."

At this point, the Third Battalion Commander seemed to have thought of something and said, "By the way, the leader of this team is the Major General Chief of Staff of the Mongolian Army."

"We've captured a Lieutenant General Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army. Let's try and see if we can capture a Major General Chief of Staff."

"It's a pity that the Lieutenant General Commander of the Mongolian Army didn't come with us. Otherwise, we could try to capture another Lieutenant General."

Listening to the words of the third battalion commander, the second battalion commander also smiled brightly.

"If we can capture one, we can capture the second!"

"As for the Lieutenant General Commander of the Mongolian Army? There's no chance this time. Let's try again next time."

As they spoke, the two looked at each other and burst into laughter.