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

Hearing the words of the 120th Division representative, Wang Tiezhu nodded vigorously and said with a smile, "That's right. What we need to do now is to hold these Japanese and puppet troops tightly and wait for the arrival of reinforcements."

"This battle was so exciting!"

"We have been calculating against the Japanese the whole time, and they have not let us down. They have fallen into our traps no matter how we arrange them."

"Hahahaha!" Wang Tiezhu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The entire front-line command center was filled with laughter. It wasn't that everyone was arrogant, but what was clearly shown was that the advantage and initiative were in my hands!

"Send a telegram to the air base and ask them to prepare. Before sending out the bombers, send out a fighter unit. If they find any signs of retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops, they will immediately cooperate with the ground forces to suppress them."

However, Wang Tiezhu did not get carried away. To prevent possible accidents, he immediately issued another order.

"At the same time, order the 3rd and 4th Regiments to keep a close eye on the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops and report any developments at any time."

This was the first time that Wang Tiezhu presided over such a large-scale battle. Compared with previous battles involving tens of thousands of people, this battle was the largest battle the Independent 1st Brigade had ever fought.

No, it was the first campaign-level battle.

Wang Tiezhu was also under great pressure. Without the help of a technically competent staff and the support of cadres from the Eighth Route Army, he would not have been able to be so meticulous and comprehensive.

The bombardment of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Artillery Regiment ended quickly. With hundreds of shells falling into the artillery positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, and including the Japanese and puppet troops' own shells, the area around the entire artillery position was in ruins.

Not only was there no one alive, but the artillery pieces were also overturned to the ground, and many were directly twisted and damaged by the explosion.

"Bagya Road!"

After receiving the feedback from the artillery battalion, the Japanese brigade commander, Major General, was so angry that he gave two big slaps to the Japanese artillery battalion commander who was brought over.

"Baga, you idiot! My artillery was destroyed because of your stupid command!"

"Baga, you should be court-martialed!"

"No, you are not worthy of a court-martial. You should commit seppuku to thank His Majesty the Emperor."

When the other officers of the remaining artillery battalion heard the brigade commander's words full of murderous intent, they lowered their heads like ostriches and dared not speak, for fear that it would affect them.

After looking at the artillery captain with disgust, the Japanese brigade commander, Major General, waved his hand, and the military police dragged the Japanese artillery captain out like a dead dog.

After a while, a scream was heard and the artillery captain died.

"Your Excellency, after our sorting, we currently have 35 Type 92 infantry guns, 12 Taisho 11-year-old 70mm indirect-fire guns, and 12 82mm mortars."

Here, the Chief of Staff of the 67th Brigade came over respectfully and reported to the Major General Brigade Commander.

"well!"

Upon hearing the news, the Major General Brigade Commander couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In any case, although the mountain cannon with longer range and greater power was gone, there were still more than 50 cannons of other calibers. So he didn't have to worry about the troops encountering the embarrassing situation of having no artillery to assist the attack when they attacked later.

The mighty Imperial Japanese Army, a force of more than 10,000 people, had no artillery cover during the attack. If this were to be spread out, he would probably be laughed at by his colleagues, and he could not afford to lose face.

"The Chinese army's artillery is very powerful. Divide the artillery into several artillery positions." At this point, the brigade commander, Major General, looked at the officers of the artillery battalion and said with cold eyes, "These artillery pieces are your lives. If you lose them, you don't have to come to see me anymore. You can just commit suicide by disembowelment!"

"Hi!" *N!

The Japanese officers who escaped the disaster breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what happened later, they finally didn't have to die.

Just when the Major General Brigade Commander breathed a sigh of relief and was about to order his troops to prepare to launch an attack on the Chinese troops to wipe out the shame of the artillery battalion being completely wiped out.

A Japanese captain ran in with a panicked look on his face and shouted loudly: "Report to the brigade commander, a large number of Chinese troops have been spotted behind us."

"Nani?!!!"

Upon hearing the news, the Major General Brigade Commander was stunned and his expression suddenly became solemn.

The appearance of Chinese troops in the rear is not good news.

"Could it be that the Chinese want to surround and annihilate us?"

Involuntarily, this thought emerged in the mind of the Major General Brigade Commander.

"Baga, impossible! Why would the Chinese army do that? How dare they?"

"We are attacking Chu Feng's army with three main forces. How could Chu Feng have so many troops?" The Major General Brigade Commander dismissed this absurd idea and said, "Order the troops to keep a close eye on this Chinese unit. By the way, find out if it's Chu Feng's army or another Chinese unit."

"Hi Yi!"

The Japanese captain responded and turned around to quickly convey the order.

At the same time, General Terauchi Hisaichi, who was sitting back and listening to the good news coming back from the two armies, received a telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

"Nani?!!!"

At first, General Terauchi Hisaichi didn't care much, but after taking the telegram and taking a look at it, he could no longer sit still.

"How is this possible? Baka, impossible!"

"Are you sure it's from the Kwantung Army Headquarters? Are you sure it's from General Umezu Michijiro?"

Looking at the telegram, it was found that the Kwantung Army and the Pseudo-Mongolian Army in Yungang City were actually surrounded by Chu Feng's troops, and they had even sent a farewell telegram. Now they could not be contacted, and there was a great possibility that they were in great danger.

General Terauchi Hisaichi couldn't believe it at first, and then a bad premonition emerged in his heart.

"Order the air force to quickly conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Yungang City!"

General Terauchi Hisaichi subconsciously wanted to ask the air force to find out the details, but he stopped after saying a few words because he remembered that his two air force battalions had been defeated and destroyed.

The airport was also bombed. Even if he gave an order to the air force to take the risk to conduct reconnaissance, it would take a lot of time, and he couldn't wait that long.

For a moment, General Terauchi Hisaichi, who was holding the telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, was in a dilemma.

Logically speaking, if one of the three armies was destroyed, it would mean that Chu Feng's troops had the ability to destroy the other two, but General Terauchi Hisaichi did not believe that Chu Feng really had such strength.

He also speculated that the Yungang City was destroyed, in addition to the Chu Feng troops having air superiority and aircraft assistance, he also transferred a large number of his own troops in order to force them to retreat.

Thinking of this, General Terauchi Shouichi suddenly woke up: "Yes, it is possible that Chu Feng is deliberately setting up a false formation. They are concentrating their forces to eliminate us along the way and force me to retreat."

"The best way to test whether your guess is correct is to order one of the forces to intensify the attack."

"Lingqiu and Yuanyuan are a bit far, so we have no choice but to have the 67th Brigade launch an attack." Thinking of this, General Terauchi Juichi revealed a hint of confidence and said, "Send a telegram to the 67th Brigade and have them immediately organize a tentative attack to see the number and firepower of the Chinese troops they encounter."

With the order issued by General Terauchi Hisaichi, the escape route of the 67th Brigade was directly blocked.

Chu Feng, Wang Tiezhu and others did not expect that in order to buy time and fear that the Japanese and puppet troops led by the 67th Brigade would escape, General Terauchi Hisaichi gave them a great assist.

It takes a lot of time from the initiation to the end of a battle, to obtaining specific intelligence and sending telegrams for communication, which can be as short as dozens of minutes or as long as more than an hour.

At that time, the reinforcements from Yungang City had arrived. When all the personnel were present, it was time for the general attack to begin. Even if the Japanese and puppet troops came to their senses and wanted to escape, it was too late.