On the Zhengtai Railway, the armored train spitted black smoke and patroled back and forth with a huge roar.

The large-caliber artillery on the train turret pointed at both sides of the railway and fired a shot when he found a suspicious target.

In a medium-sized stronghold not far away, more than 800 Japanese were ready to rush out of the stronghold at any time and eliminated all the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army who wanted to cross the railway line.

This is a mobile unit arranged by the Japanese army on the Zhengtai Railway, including an armored train, three infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squadron, a mortar squadron, and a mountain artillery squadron used to attack the toughest...

The total force exceeds 800 people, and they can attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

They rest during the day and stand by at night.

As long as there is a nearby stronghold that is attacked, set off immediately and, under the cover of an armored train, you can reach any place within fifteen kilometers on both sides of the stronghold within two hours...

"Dingling..." The rapid phone ringing suddenly rang in the central artillery tower of the stronghold.

The staff on duty grabbed the microphone and listened for a few seconds and his face changed: "Report to the commander, the Dongyou stronghold was attacked by the National Salvation Army. The opponent was equipped with a large number of artillery and heavy machine guns, and at least two battalions of troops. The defenders at the stronghold suffered heavy casualties. Please reinforcements!"

The captain who was standing by the side became excited as if he had taken stimulants.

He strode to the sand table and analyzed: "The Dongyou stronghold station has a Royal Army stationed with a squadron and a battalion. It has more than 500 troops and is equipped with mortars. It is definitely no problem to guard for two hours."

"We can kill you twelve kilometers across the Dongyou stronghold in a hurry for one hour and forty minutes!"

"The mobile troops set out immediately and use the fastest speed to reinforce the Dongyou stronghold, attack the National Salvation Army that attacked the Dongyou stronghold from the front and back, and eliminate them all!"

Less than ten minutes after the attack order was issued, more than 800 Japanese soldiers gathered in the stronghold disappeared into the night, and followed the railway and the armored trains to march towards the battlefield.

An hour later, they came to a slope that was flat and very unsuitable for ambushing.

The tight-knit mobile troops couldn't help but relax.

At this moment, a string of "Woooooo..." screams suddenly sounded above their heads.

The captain of the mountain cannon squadron walking in the middle of the team first reacted, his face instantly turned into a crushing defeat, and he snarled down while shouting!

"Arson, we are attacked by the enemy's large-scale artillery cluster, quickly dispersed and hidden... Rumble..."

The shell rain came too suddenly and very quickly. The squadron leader's scream had just reached the captain's ears, and a violent explosion had already sounded.

Eighty or ninety fireballs immediately rose among the more than 800 Japanese marching along the railway.

The bigger fireballs are obviously shot by mountain cannons, the bigger fireballs are shot by infantry cannons, and the smaller fireballs are shot by mortars.

The captain was thrown to the ground by the guards, and luckily escaped the broken rain above his head and saved his life.

Other Japanese were not that lucky.

Half of the more than 80 groups of fireballs of different sizes were raised in the middle of the team, and many Japanese devils who had no time to lie down were blown up.

Even if he lie down in time, if a shell hits him, his life will still be taken away by a powerful shock wave...

The shells were like they could not be finished, and they were out of control, and the Japanese army could only lie on the ground and prayed.

The armored trains on the railway were least affected, and thick protective armor easily blocked the shell fragments, leaving the soldiers hiding inside intact.

They quickly manipulated the artillery on the turret to counterattack to relieve the pressure on the infantry.

As soon as five rounds of shells were fired, good luck was gone.

A field cannon shell hit the train's protective armor. In the violent explosion, a large hole was blown out of the thick protective armor. The Japanese hiding in this carriage were either dead or injured, and all fell in a pool of blood.

One minute later, the second carriage of the armored train was destroyed...

Two minutes later, the third carriage covered with machine guns was blown into scrap iron...

At this moment, the Japanese soldiers who survived the battlefield were still suppressed by artillery fire and could not move slightly on the railway line.

The National Salvation Army, which raided them, quickly approached the railway line under the cover of artillery fire.

The terrain here is indeed not suitable for ambushing, but it is very suitable for chariot raids.

The Armored Battalion and two infantry battalions directly under the National Salvation Army were ambushed in the forest more than a thousand meters away.

After the shelling began, the railway line was quickly approached under the cover of the cannon sound.

The assault troops brought nothing but weapons and ammunition, and the marching speed was very fast, and they rushed forward six or seven hundred meters in five minutes.

It was not until this time that the Japanese who were suppressed by artillery fire realized the danger.

"Sir, there is a national rescue army on the north side of the railway and is coming towards us. They have tanks and armored vehicles!" The squadron leader, who found the danger, reported nervously.

The captain was stunned when he glanced at it.

More than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles lined up, spitting black smoke, and rushed towards the railway, aiming all the black muzzles and muzzles at him.

Behind the chariot, there were soldiers of the National Savior Army holding a crawler.

Following closely behind the chariot, ready to pounce on the mobile troops at any time...

"It's over..." This is the first thing the captain said after being scared. He was lying on the ground and feeling uncomfortable all over, as if the god of death was summoning him!

"Sir, you must cheer up immediately... The mobile unit has at least half of its combat effectiveness. At worst, we can fight with the National Savior Army!" The deputy captain of the mobile brigade was a fanatical Bushido, looking at the captain with murderous aura.

"Shut up!" The captain glared at the brainless deputy.

"The National Rescue Army's chariots launched an assault on us, and there were eighty or ninety artillery launching long-range attacks. We had at most five hundred people left. According to your fighting style, even if the troops fight, they can't kill a few National Rescue Army. How can they guard the Zhengtai Railway!"

"You need to use your brain more when fighting, and you can't just think about rushing forward!"

"The Dongyou stronghold was attacked. This battle was obviously a conspiracy of the National Salvation Army. They wanted to surround the points and attack the strongholds along the railway line, kill the mobile troops and then defeat them one by one, and attack the strongholds along the railway!"

"We must not let their conspiracy succeed!"

"As long as the mobile troops exist, the enemy will not dare to let go of their hands and feet to attack the stronghold, and we can defend the railway line!"

"The troops retreat immediately, we will not fight!"

"We have really reached the point where we fight the National Savior Army. We must die meaningfully, instead of charging towards the chariots and being massacred by the enemy on the battlefield like we are now..."

The National Salvation Army had already reached them under the cover of the chariots, and there were still artillery shells like rain falling down above their heads. The retreat was not something that the captain could carry out with the order.

In order to reduce the killing caused by artillery bombardment to the troops, the troops were bombed and lay along the railway in combat units.

The captain's retreat order was only passed to both sides for sixty or seventy meters before it was broken!

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