Author: Awkwardness

Half an hour later.

Saburo Hirata led three infantry brigades to pursue Wuyi Prefecture.

The Sixth Battalion of the Tiger Regiment, who had just chased after fourteen kilometers and had already been ambushing the road, blocked the three infantry brigades of Saburo Hirata.

There were 36 mortars, and they were bombarded with a burst of bombardment at the pursuing Japanese!

The pursuing Japanese were unprepared for a while, and more than 300 soldiers were sacrificed under a bombardment.

Saburo Hirata ordered the newly-organized First Infantry Squadron to attack the defense line of the Sixth Battalion of the Huben Regiment.

The newly formed first infantry squadron was already a tired division. The 6th Battalion of the Huban Regiment had always been waiting for his work and easily repelled the newly formed first infantry squadron led by Saburo Hirata.

The Sixth Battalion of the Huben Regiment once again killed more than 120 people in the Japanese's new first infantry squadron!

Saburo Hirata withdrew the new first infantry squadron and directly sent the new second infantry squadron to launch a fierce attack on the position of the Sixth Battalion of the Huben Regiment, and at the same time, he asked the new first artillery squadron to cover artillery fire.

During the second charge, the Japanese newly formed second infantry squadron fought fiercely, and the entire Japanese newly formed second infantry squadron was wiped out, and the Japanese newly formed second infantry squadron did not take a step back.

The Sixth Battalion of the Hu Ben Regiment suffered a lot of losses, and more than 300 people arranged on the front line sacrificed 96 people.

There are too few troops arranged in the Eighth Route Army positions, and at the same time, the Eighth Route Army positions are not built in a steep place.

After blocking the Japanese three waves of attacks in succession, the battalion commander of the Sixth Battalion of the Huben Regiment directly ordered the troops to alternately cover the evacuation of the position.

The troops that blocked the Japanese in sections along the way and attracted the Japanese main force to Wuyi County. This was an order issued by the Supreme Command of the Hu Ben Regiment. The battalion commander of the Sixth Battalion of the Hu Ben Regiment naturally had to follow the orders of the Supreme Command of the Hu Ben Regiment.

The Japanese repaired for half an hour! The fourth charge was launched.

However, the Japanese's fourth charge did not encounter any counterattack from the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese newly formed third infantry squadron and the newly formed fourth infantry squadron jointly took over the defensive positions of the Eighth Route Army.

After easily taking down the defensive positions of the Eighth Route Army, Saburo Hirata became arrogant.

Saburo Hirata believed that the Eighth Route Army did not have a strong defensive offensive and would be easily defeated by the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire.

He led the troops to continue to pursue the retreating Sixth Battalion of the Hu Ben Regiment frantically.

It easily defeated the Eighth Route Army's defense and won a great victory. The Japanese on the front line instantly rushed towards the Eighth Route Army as if they were furious.

The 280-man chasing speed of the new Japanese Squadron was the fastest. Under light and simple travel, the 7th Infantry Squadron caught up with the retreating Sixth Battalion of Huben.

The 6th Battalion of Huben, which was retreating in an orderly manner, was not going to continue to ambush the Japanese army, but the 7th Infantry Squadron led by Saburo Hirata was too rampant.

The Sixth Battalion of the Tiger Ben Regiment chose a high mountain ridge suitable for ambushing, and built ambush fortifications on site in the high mountain ridge.

The Seventh Infantry Squadron of the Japanese chased to the high mountain ridge and sent no vanguards to conduct reconnaissance. They plunged directly into the high mountain ridge.

Faced with such a situation, the Sixth Battalion of the Huben Regiment naturally did not abuse of the Seventh Infantry Squadron of the Japanese.

The Seventh Infantry Squadron of the Japanese entered the ambush circle, and all the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion fired with all their might. Without remembering the ammunition consumption, the arrogant Seventh Infantry Squadron of the Japanese was wiped out by the Sixth Battalion of the Huben Regiment.

The ambush ends!

The Sixth Battalion of the Humen Regiment continued to retreat.

Saburo Hirata knew about the pursuit on the front line, and at the same time, he also knew that the newly formed Seventh Infantry Squadron advanced lightly and was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and was wiped out.

He immediately ordered the front-line troops to pursue an orderly manner, and effective mutual support must be formed between the troops. At the same time, the front-line troops must send vanguards to investigate when they pursue them. The Eighth Route Army must not ambush the front-line troops again.

The order from Hirata Saburo issued, and the pursuit speed of the front-line Japanese troops naturally slowed down.

The Sixth Battalion of the Huben Regiment easily escaped from the Japanese, and all the troops arrived at Yunwu Mountain.

Yunwu Mountain is the only way to Wuyi County!

The remaining troops of the 6th Battalion of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the troops of the 7th Battalion of the Tiger Bundes, were all arranged in Yunwu Mountain.

This is the last defensive front in Wuyi County. As long as the Japanese army breaks through the defense line of Yunwu Mountain, they can drive straight into Wuyi County, which is heavily defended by the Eighth Route Army.

Yunwu Mountain Frontier Command.

The commander of the 6th Battalion of the Humen Regiment and the commander of the 7th Battalion were gathered.

Wang Jianjun, the battalion commander of the 7th Battalion, asked: "Lao Fang! How is the combat effectiveness of the Japanese chasing troops? At the same time, how is their firepower configuration?"

"Old Wang, don't worry, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese front-line pursuit troops is average. Their pursuit speed is too fast, and the logistics supply cannot keep up. The Japanese front-line pursuit troops are very rare, let alone the artillery troops."

Fang Yan, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, said: "We have already built solid fortifications in Yunwu Mountain, as well as mortar defense positions and heavy artillery defense positions. It is naturally easy to defeat the Japanese front-line pursuit troops."

Wang Jianjun, the commander of the 7th Battalion, said: "Since this is the case, then our Sixth Battalion and Seventh Battalion should have performed well in this battle, and strive to completely wipe out the Japanese front-line pursuit troops.

Our first to fifth battalions of the Huben Regiment fought very tenaciously on the south bank of the Muma River. The 5,000 troops directly lost about 3,000 troops and wiped out a total of 16,000 Japanese troops.

All the commanders and soldiers of our Sixth Battalion and Seventh Battalion combined have 2,000, and they occupy the terrain they want here in Yunwu Mountain. After all, we must annihilate seven or eight thousand Japanese troops, so that our Sixth Battalion and Seventh Battalion can summarize and raise our heads after the Huben Group Battle."

"Old Wang, don't think about causing trouble. Our mission is just to consume the Japanese army's vitality, not to completely block the Japanese army in Yunwu Mountain."

Fang Yan, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, said seriously: "The real decisive battle between us and the Japanese army was in Wuyi County. Most of the heavy artillery of our Eighth Route Army were brought back to Wuyi County. Our friendly troops, the 385th Brigade, the New Eighth Brigade, the New Ninth Brigade, and the New Tenth Brigade have been assembled.

If you destroy the regiment commander's encirclement and annihilation plan, let's see if the regiment commander will peel you off?"

"Lao Fang, you don't have to be so serious. Am I just a joke? Do you think I really dare to destroy the leader's plan."

Wang Jianjun, the commander of the 7th Battalion, stated: "Let's simply block the Japanese army and eliminate some of the Japanese army's vital forces, and our troops will begin to retreat in an orderly manner.

I am still very clear about the role of this line of defense that our regiment commander set up in Yunwu Mountain. The first is to consume part of the Japanese army's vitality, and the second is to block the Japanese army so that they cannot catch up with the heavy artillery we transferred, and at the same time they cannot catch up with our brothers from the first to fifth battalions."

"Just know!"

Fang Yan, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, said with a smile: "Lao Wang, the first line of defense in Yunwu Mountain is defended by the Seventh Battalion.

The army of our Sixth Battalion had just fought a big battle with the Japanese army. Now the morale of our Sixth Battalion is rising. Can we hand over the first front of the seventh Battalion to our Sixth Battalion to defend?"

Wang Jianjun, the battalion commander of the 7th Battalion, said: "Lao Fang, there are only a few opportunities to fight with the Japanese army. The army of your sixth battalion has fought with the Japanese army, and at the same time, it has also killed many Japanese troops.

You can't be occupied by your Sixth Battalion, if we have a chance to fight against the Japanese army, do we have to have a chance to fight against the Japanese army?

The first line of defense in Yunwu Mountain is in the hands of our Seventh Battalion. Our Seventh Battalion must defend the first line of defense in Yunwu Mountain. This matter does not require the people of your Sixth Battalion to worry about.

The people of your sixth battalion should be well repaired. When our seventh battalion releases water and lets the Japanese army cross the first line of defense, your sixth battalion can fight the Japanese on the second line of defense."

February 12th!

Nine o'clock in the morning.

The troops led by Saburo Hirata came to the plain in front of Yunwu Mountain.

The Japanese vanguards had discovered that the Eighth Route Army had stationed heavy troops in Yunwu Mountain, so Saburo Hirata was not in a hurry to attack Yunwu Mountain, which was defended by the Eighth Route Army.

Instead, fortifications were built on the plain in front of Yunwu Mountain.

Now Saburo Hirata is very cautious in advancing.

He was very worried that the Eighth Route Army would suddenly appear in an unknown place and ambush their front army directly.

When he set out, he also brought ten infantry squadrons, one artillery squadron and one logistics squadron, totaling more than 3,800 people.

After the blocking battle of the Sixth Battalion of the Tiger Ben Regiment, only more than 2,900 imperial soldiers led by Saburo Hirata were left.

He lost more than 900 people, but very few of the Eighth Route Army killed.

If he really wants to continue to lose like this, the front army he led may be wiped out.

As a former army attacking Wuyi County, Saburo Hirata had to open the passage from Muma River to Wuyi County.

Even if Saburo Hirata did not want to attack the Yunwu Mountain position defended by the Eighth Route Army, this was impossible.

He had to open up the Yunwu Mountain position. Only by completely opening up the Yunwu Mountain position can their troops reach Wuyi County.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Saburo Hirata ordered the newly-organized Eighth Infantry Squadron, and the newly-organized Ninth Infantry Squadron launched an attack on the first line of defense in Yunwu Mountain, and the newly-organized First Artillery Squadron assisted the two infantry squadrons in attack.

The Japanese army's attack was very fierce!

The defense of the 7th Battalion of the Huben Regiment was also very tenacious and fierce.

The 7th Battalion's first company, second company and third company, led a total of 600 Eighth Route Army soldiers to the front line and fought with the Japanese Ninth Infantry Squadron and the Ninth Infantry Squadron.

The 7th Battalion's fourth company, the fifth company and the sixth company, was used as a reserve team, and had been hiding in the air-raid shelter.

Only when the 7th Battalion's first and second company suffered too much casualties will the reserve troops take over.

Due to the lack of firepower of the Japanese, the Ninth Infantry Squadron of the Japanese newly formed the Eighth Infantry Squadron was quickly repelled by the Eighth Route Army.

With just the first wave of attacks, the Japanese army dropped more than 200 bodies on the offensive position.

The sacrifices of the first and third companies of the 7th Battalion were not very big. After all, they were the defensive side with solid fortifications, and their equipment also crushed the Japanese army.

In this case, there will be too many casualties, which means there is something wrong with their command.

Saburo Hirata combined the three captains under his command and began to discuss at the command center how to open up the Eighth Route Army's defense line in Yunwu Mountain.

Saburo Hirata said seriously: "Everyone, the Eighth Route Army's defense line in Yunwu Mountain is beyond our imagination. There is no shortage of various light and heavy machine guns and mortar-making bullets. Our attack was suppressed by the enemy's light and heavy machine guns, and also suffered crazy attacks from the enemy's mortar-making bullets.

If you continue to attack the Yunwu Mountain defense line at any cost, I think that if you suppress all the troops of our former army, you may not be able to capture the Eighth Route Army's defense line at Yunwu Mountain in the end.

Do you have any good solutions? We can successfully capture the Eighth Route Army’s defense line in Yunwu Mountain with as little sacrifice as possible."

The captain of the newly formed First Infantry Brigade took the lead in speaking: "Captain of the Regiment! I think we should stop the attack on the front line at this time and wait for our Central Army to come and support us with two artillery brigades.
To be continued...