Chapter 498: The Little Devils Are About to Run

Yu Jishi and Ou Zhen of the East Line reported that the Japanese Army was pouring in continuously, and furthermore, many Japanese soldiers were actually resorting to suicide attacks to break through the blockade line.

Many soldiers suffered heavy losses, and now, the remaining mountain field guns of the Japanese Army on the East Line had also begun to disregard casualties, carrying out carpet bombing on the positions of the Republic of China Army.

This posture of the Japanese artillery was clearly a "kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred of your own" tactic!

On the West Line, Feng Zhanhai of the Biandanshan Position reported that the Japanese Army had abandoned several high-ground points that could have suppressed the defenders; he had now sent men to seize these high-ground points and had strengthened the guard.

Hearing this!

Yu Hua abruptly threw the towel in his hand into the washbasin!

"Commander-in-Chief, Commander Xue, Commander Chen, the little devils are about to run!"

"This fully demonstrates that our defense on the outer perimeter of the East Line is relatively poor!"

The ambush against the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles must be done by firing a shot and changing locations each time, to prevent the Japanese Army from destroying the M2 Heavy Machine Guns.

Basically, it was the Central Army, the Northeast Army, and the Sichuan Army finishing the work, then letting the 187th Division mop up, train the new recruits, let them feel the atmosphere of the battlefield, and see some blood!

Sun Zhen was also confused: "Brother Yu, wouldn't it be better for the Japanese Army to break out from the West Line?"

Otherwise, the longer they were delayed here, the greater the losses for the Imperial Army would be, so Matsuura Junrokuro's current method was to sacrifice the tank units to carve out a bloody path.

He held a submachine gun, wore a steel helmet, and shouted: "Brothers, hold the line for me."

"I just reviewed the situation; at the beginning, the Japanese Army charged fiercely toward the West Line and broke through our defensive line, and with the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, all the reserves we had on hand were used on the West Line."

Because the focus of the Japanese attack now was the 187th Division!

The 187th Division was the unit with the most new recruits among all the troops; the little devils' ability to discern the entire battlefield was truly strong.

At this moment, Yu Hua stepped forward again, "The suicide squad inside the Japanese camp has been contacted now."

The high-ground points at Zhanggu Mountain and Biandanshan on the West Line, which the Japanese reinforcement troops had taken with such difficulty, were now being abandoned with ease.

"Our reinforcements have arrived, everyone don't be afraid, the little devils also have one head and two shoulders."

"In addition, send a telegram to Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division, telling their division to concentrate all artillery fire and set up more artillery positions to harass the outflanking Japanese Army."

They had found the weakest army on the East Line so quickly; throughout this encirclement battle, Yu Hua and Xue Yue had tried their best to cover for the 187th Division so that the Japanese Army could not detect this flaw.

"The little devils must have discovered this loophole, which is why they chose to break out from the East Line."

Fighting until now, they had actually begun to abandon their original plan and were fiercely attacking the East Line; it looked like the little devils were preparing to break out, although it was unknown what reason made the Japanese Army choose to break out from the East Line.

The two were cursing; tonight was truly damn strange, either they were running from here or they were running from there!

The little devils were like damn monkeys, constantly putting their two divisions through the wringer!

22nd Group Army Headquarters!

Yu Hua felt his intuition could not be wrong; although he did not know why the Japanese Army chose to break out from the East Line, he was now certain that there would not be much of a result on the West Line.

After receiving the order, Guo Xunqi and Rao Guohua immediately assembled their troops and began to pursue the little devils!

Soon, more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles began to drive toward the 187th Division's position!

Facing such steel beasts, many new recruits of the 187th Division were very afraid; Sun Kequan immediately called over his trusted aides and had them take the two M2 Heavy Machine Guns supported by the Sichuan Army to fight the tanks and armored vehicles.

Xue Yue and Yu Hua successively adjusted the combat plan; the two now only hoped that the 187th Division could hold on.

"The remaining West Line troops, strive to encircle and annihilate the Japanese rearguard!"

"Later, it fell into a stalemate; neither of us could do anything to the other. The devils likely don't dare to stay in a stalemate at Wanjialing, fearing that some change might occur."

"They are preparing to break out now; immediately order the East Line troops to flank the devils along the road. Pay attention, we hit the trucks and horse columns first, then we hit the men!"

"Ou Zhen's 4th Army is to immediately abandon part of their positions to reinforce the 187th Division and assist Sun Kequan in blocking the outflanking Japanese Army."

Since it was known that the Japanese Army was going to break out from the East Line, what needed to be done now was to defend in place and block the Japanese Army from leaving.

This battle was fought in a muddle; suddenly the Japanese East Line feinted an attack to pin down our troops, preparing to have a big go on the West Line and eat up our West Line troops.

What the 106th Division lacked most now was time; they had to pass through this high-ground point as quickly as possible.

After Xue Yue gave the order, Yu Hua also spoke up: "Immediately order Liu Zhangqing's Independent Brigade to collect gas masks and give them all to the Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion, the Artillery Battalion, and the Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion!"

"Have the Independent Brigade's Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion, Artillery Battalion, and Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion kill their way in from the toxic valley of the Japanese camp, seize the high-ground points, and blockade the Japanese retreat road."

At the foot of the mountain, the commander of the Japanese 106th Division, Matsuura Junrokuro, saw the last high-ground point and gritted his teeth, saying: "Immediately dispatch the Tank Squadron and charge up for me."

"Do not fear tank casualties, take the enemy position for me as quickly as possible."

Furthermore, the devils on the West Line were moving toward the East Line, which indicated that the Japanese Army was preparing to break out from Wanjialing.

However, the fact was that the Japanese Army was now going to run.

"The Japanese Army on the East Line is abandoning their baggage and clearing obstacles on the road; it looks like they are preparing to head toward De'an along the road."

"Boom—!!"

"The West Line is closer to the Japanese 27th Division, and previously, the Japanese Army had also occupied several high-ground points."

After a violent explosion, the M2 Heavy Machine Gun was destroyed!

That old devil Matsuura Junrokuro had long been guarding against the anti-tank weapons of the Republic of China defenders; as soon as the opponent appeared with anti-tank weapons, the mortars and Type 92 Infantry Guns would immediately open fire.

Facing the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, the M2 Heavy Machine Gun destroyed two armored vehicles as soon as it opened fire, but soon the Japanese mortars and Type 92 Infantry Guns launched artillery fire at the M2 Heavy Machine Gun.

When the East Line battle started, the 187th Division had always been following behind the Central Army, the Guangdong Army's 4th Army, and the Sichuan Army, undertaking auxiliary attacks.

Two-thirds of the 187th Division's position was soon occupied by the Japanese Army; Sun Kequan himself went to the front line.

"West Line troops, Rao Guohua Division and Guo Xunqi Division, immediately rush to the East Line, bite onto the Japanese tail, and beat the hell out of them!"

"Order!" Xue Yue spoke: "The Yu Jishi unit on the East Line, immediately concentrate troops and artillery fire, and at all costs, block the Japanese Army."

"Old Sun!" Xue Yue's war intuition had always been sharp, "I think Adjutant Yu's words make sense; we should strengthen the defense of the West Line."

"After the fierce battle, the little devils discovered that the artillery fire on the East Line was weaker than on the West Line, and we didn't send reinforcements to the East Line, keeping the previous troops to contend with the remaining troops left behind by the 106th Division."

Chen Cheng nodded: "During the previous engagement, a Japanese unit attacked from the direction of De'an and quickly cut through our defensive line to rendezvous with the 106th Division on the West Line."

"Damn it!" Sun Kequan cursed angrily, his hands slamming hard against the sandbags.

"Brothers, hit them hard, provide fire cover, suicide squad, charge up and blow up the tanks for me!"

(End of chapter)