The Third Chariot Division and the 110th Division arrived at the Longhai Railway, and they quickly advanced towards Dangshan City.

As the 3rd Tank Division sent a large number of armored reconnaissance troops to search, they gradually discovered that the assault divisions had been scattered in villages and towns near the railway.

This means that even if they rush to Dangshan City, they will not gain any results.

They need to leave the railway quickly in order to conduct a combat attack on the assault division troops.

Nishihara Yice quickly contacted Lin Fangtaro, and the two troops began to stop advancing towards Dangshan City.

By five o'clock, the 3rd Tank Division and the 110th Division began combat operations.

They quickly launched a combat attack towards the area where the assault division was located, and a large number of armored troops advanced accompanied by infantry.

After the assault division discovered that the Japs troops were advancing towards their own troops, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong quickly ordered the various divisions to disperse and move.

Their troops were completely transferred in units of battalions and companies, directly out of the attack range of the Japanese troops.

Some of these troops are advancing towards Henan Province, and some are moving towards Anhui Province.

The Third Tank Division has strong maneuverability, but they have been hit before because of fighting alone.

So now they dare not leave the infantry cover. As the assault division disperses and moves, the 3rd Tank Division does not know how to deal with it for a while.

Nishihara Issaku ordered the troops to temporarily stop the pursuit. He was worried that once the troops dispersed in pursuit, they might be attacked.

The little Japanese troops have no choice but to hold on and pursue them all the way.

Time passed bit by bit, and the sky gradually became dark.

At this time, the main force of the security group had quickly assembled in Fengcheng, and Ding Wei and Kong Jie quickly generated electricity to contact Li Yunlong.

At this time, the little devil also made arrangements, after knowing that the main force of the security group was here in Fengcheng.

The frontline headquarters of the North China Front requested the 15th Division and the 17th Division to quickly advance towards the closure of the city.

At the same time, the 3rd Tank Division and the 110th Division gradually advanced to ensure that these two divisions would not be hit.

However, at this time, these troops were separated by a certain distance, and they would not be able to get together in a short time.

Under such circumstances, Li Yunlong and Lu Ming quickly commanded the security regiment troops and hurriedly advanced towards Fengcheng.

As night fell, the surroundings became pitch black.

The 15th Division and the 17th Division were advancing in a hurry, and the two division commanders felt unspeakable anger in their hearts.

They spent most of the day marching, and rarely had a chance to fight with the security group, but they were attacked.

At this time, Okamura Neiji had already sent a telegram. He requested the two divisions to advance to Fengcheng quickly and completely contain the troops in Fengcheng.

The little devil has obtained accurate information through the intelligence agency. What is gathered in Fengcheng is the main force of the Security Corps.

Okamura Neiji's tactics are very simple, that is, to use the 15th Division and the 17th Division to contain the main force of the Toyo City Security Regiment.

Then the Third Tank Division and the 110th Division quickly rushed towards Fengcheng for reinforcements, thus gathering the strength of the four divisions and quickly launching a battle of annihilation.

There is a road connecting Dangshan City to Fengcheng, and there is also a dirt road.

In order to prevent the 15th Division and the 17th Division from being attacked, they adopted a simultaneous advancement strategy.

The 15th Division took the road and the 17th Division took the dirt road. The two divisions advanced hand in hand.

In this way, no matter which division is attacked, the other division can rush to help quickly.

Of course, during the march, both Masafumi Yamauchi and Yasu Sakai were full of anger.

Now they only have one idea, which is to quickly advance to Fengcheng, contain the main force of the Security Corps, and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive and annihilate them.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it is really hard to imagine that Li Yunlong's troops would be so difficult to deal with."

"A detachment of theirs, equipped with artillery, was actually able to fight against a division of ours."

"Based on the current situation, one of their detachments has three regiments and one artillery battalion."

"And their artillery regiment is equipped with a large number of artillery, and the range of these artillery is more than tens of thousands of meters."

"If these artillery units were to gather together and launch shelling directly, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Fortunately, it is night now, and our troops are advancing under the cover of night, so they cannot detect it."

"Otherwise, if our troops are marching like this during the day, if they conduct long-distance shelling, they will definitely cause us greater casualties."

The chief of staff of the 17th Division came to Sakai Yasu and spoke directly.

Lieutenant General Yasu Sakai, commander of the division, couldn't help but show a solemn expression on his face when he heard these words.

He subconsciously glanced at his advancing troops and breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to prevent being attacked, the 17th Division was organized into regiments to advance.

There is a certain distance between each wing, and there is also a certain distance between the various brigades under the marching wing.

This will ensure that the troops can quickly disperse and hide after being attacked.

At the same time, once they are attacked, they can quickly support each other in combat.

"Their strength is indeed terrifying, but they are not invincible. Now they are constantly avoiding us out of fear of a decisive battle with us."

"If we can bite them quickly, then we can quickly obtain results and completely annihilate them."

"For us, now we only need to wait for an opportunity to achieve significant results."

"I have a hunch that such an opportunity will come soon. Whether it is Li Yunlong's troops or Chu Yunfei's troops, they will be annihilated."

Sakai Yasu glanced into the distance and said with a serious expression on his face.

As his voice fell, gunshots began to ring out from ahead.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the vanguard troops have discovered a small group of enemy troops..." Soon someone came over to report.

Before the little devil had finished his report, signal bombs came directly from everywhere.

The dazzling red flare directly hit the troops of the 17th Division, which caused the little devils to be temporarily confused.

After all, these signal flares are not very lethal and are not combat weapons at all.

"Damn, they're sending signals to the artillery. These flares will reveal our position."

"Immediately order the troops to take cover quickly, spread out and hide, and prevent enemy troops from shelling."

"The field artillery regiment, immediately set up artillery positions dispersedly and prepare for suppressive fire."

Sakai Yasu looked at the signal flares around him, with a solemn expression on his face, and shouted hurriedly.

The messenger quickly conveyed the order, causing a brief panic in the little Japanese troops.

However, just as the Japs were preparing to disperse and escape, the artillery regiment, under the command of regiment commander Tang Jingchun, quickly launched an artillery bombardment.

Ten 76.2MM field guns from the 1st Artillery Battalion.

Ten 85MM field guns of the 4th Artillery Battalion.

Twelve 105MM field guns from the 5th Artillery Battalion.

Ten 100MM howitzers from the 6th Artillery Battalion!

There were a total of forty-two artillery pieces of different calibers. After launching the signal flares, they quickly launched long-range fire strikes.

A large number of grenades were fired at the Jaap team, and these shells landed around the 17th Division troops.

As the grenade landed on the ground, a deafening explosion sounded.

Set up an artillery observation post on the front line to immediately check the impact point of the bomb.
Chapter completed!