Beat the devil with a system

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During this period, the Devils Air Force dispatched bombers for support many times. The little devils of the 6th Brigade wanted to break through the weak points of the national army. Unfortunately, the enemy's long-cherished wish came to nothing.

Even though the Japanese army had air support, the besieged 6th Brigade was still unable to recover from the defeat.

In this battle of encirclement and annihilation, in addition to the 4 brigades and 13 combat regiments of the national army, the Eighth Route Army also dispatched three combat regiments to block, effectively supporting the frontal battlefield.

In the end, under the command of Chen Tingxiao, the entire 6th Brigade of Little Devils was wiped out, and the Chinese army won a complete victory.

In this battle, the Chinese army suffered more than 4000 casualties. With such a cost of casualties, the 6th Infantry Brigade such as Guizijia was wiped out. This can be said to be another great victory.

Before, the 6th Infantry Brigade succeeded in Niangziguan, and has been invading Shanxi towns. It participated in the Battle of Xinkou and the Defense of Taiyuan, with few defeats on the battlefield.

Although the 6th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army is not as powerful as the 21st Brigade, it can be regarded as a first-class unit with strong combat effectiveness.

As soon as the news of the annihilation of the Devil's 6th Brigade spread, the entire World War II zone was immediately invigorated, and it greatly encouraged the determination of the Shanxi army and civilians to resist the war.

It can be said that Li Hong contributed a lot to achieving such a victory.

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Soon, Li Hong also received a telegram from the war zone, and learned that the Devil's 6th Brigade had been wiped out.

With Chen Tingxiao personally sitting in command and supervising the battle, he had expected such a result. The time to wipe out the enemy seemed to be much faster than Li Hong expected.

After taking down Nanji Town, Li Hong did not stop for a moment, and immediately led his troops back, and began the combat deployment to annihilate the 21st Brigade.

25 kilometers west of Lvliang city, the headquarters of the security regiment.

In the conference room of the headquarters, besides the chief officers of the battalions of the security regiment, there was also a major general officer of the 22nd Division.

This major general is Tan Zhendong, the deputy brigade commander of the 22rd Brigade of the 53nd Division. He graduated from the fourth phase of Whampoa and is a rare and brave general under Chen Changjie.

What is strange is that Chen Changjie's order was to let him, a deputy brigade commander, obey Li Hong's orders.

As a normal person, if a superior is ordered by a subordinate officer, few people will obey.

After receiving such an order, Tan Zhendong was not at all unconvinced, because the person who commanded him to fight was Li Hong!

Li Hong made great achievements in battle, and his commanding ability was obvious to all in the World War II zone. Tan Zhendong naturally had no complaints when he asked Tan Zhendong to obey Li Hong's arrangements.

"Officer Tan, tonight, you lead your troops to Yulin Town to block the enemy's northward withdrawal route. Yulin Town is the back of the 21st Brigade. Once the battle starts, your troops will attack from the enemy's back!"

Although Li Hong could directly command Tan Zhendong, he still had to address him as a senior official, after all, Tan Zhendong was considered a superior.

"Yes!"

Tan Zhendong responded loudly.

Li Hong then ordered, "First Battalion, Fifth Battalion, you two battalions will move to Xiawan Village, five kilometers south of the 21st Brigade, to gather and stand by tonight."

"Yes, group seat!"

Hu Tudan and Zhou Wenxun stood up to answer.

After deploying the combat mission, Li Hong asked Tan Zhendong, "Mr. Tan, what else is missing in your army, I can fill it in for you."

Tan Zhendong thought for a while and said, "Commander Li, my troops are short of medicines and suppressive artillery."

Li Hong nodded, "Well, I'll send you 5 Italian guns, [-] mortars, medicines and other supplies, and you can go to the logistics to get them later."

"Leader Li, thank you then."

"You're welcome between us, ha ha." Li Hong said with a smile, "You and I will cooperate sincerely to defeat the 21st Brigade."

Tan Zhendong also smiled, "Yes, that's right, we cooperate sincerely."

"Okay, everyone dismisses the meeting."

Subsequently, the chief officers of the battalions left the headquarters.

After the deployment of combat operations, logistics began to distribute various materials, medicines and ammunition.

The security regiment now has 4 battalions, with 2800 troops capable of fighting. Tan Zhendong's troops have a complete combat regiment with nearly 2300 troops.

In terms of numbers, the Devil's 21st Brigade was about the same as Li Hong and the others. However, the 21st Brigade lost its logistical support and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Perhaps the little devil's combat effectiveness was not half as strong as before.

Li Hong sent a convoy to transport all the wounded of the security team back.

During the day, the security regiment and Tan Zhendong's troops did not conduct any military operations, and at night, as soon as it got dark, various ministries launched operations.

Tan Zhendong led his troops from east to north at night, and the first and fifth battalions moved south. The cavalry battalion and armored battalion stayed in the camp, and Li Hong personally commanded the battle.

At this time, the Devil's 21st Brigade did not know that the security regiment troops were mobilized at night, forming a siege.

Li Hong decided to launch a general attack on the 21st Brigade at dawn tomorrow.

Of course, he wouldn't make the little devil too comfortable tonight, and was going to take the commandos to harass the enemy camp.

When the enemy is stationed, we harass, when the enemy is tired, we fight!

The combat effectiveness of the Devil's 21st Brigade has already weakened a lot. If they are exhausted, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will drop by a notch.

After dinner, Li Hong called Jiang Wu into the headquarters.

Jiang Wu walked into the headquarters in a hurry and asked, "Tuan Zuo, are you looking for me?"

"Notify the commandos that there is an operation tonight, let them rest well tonight!"

"Understood, Tuan Zuo!" Jiang Wu nodded, and then asked Li Hong, "Tuan Zuo, do you want to send an assault team to scout the enemy camp first?"

"Well, that's exactly what I mean, you arrange it."

"Okay, group seat."

Soon, Jiang Wu left the headquarters.

After notifying the commando, Li Hong walked out of the command post with the binoculars.

Holding up the binoculars to observe the enemy camp, groups of little devils in the forward position sat around eating together, or nibbling on field rations.

"Communication monitor!"

The communications squad leader hurried over from the headquarters.

"Order the artillery to bombard the devil's forward positions with arson bombs, and I will let the little devil eat without food!".

"Yes, group seat!"

The communications squad leader ran back to the headquarters and called the artillery company.