Shannan County is located west of Hangzhou, about forty kilometers away from Hangzhou City, and Pingyuan County is located southeast of Shannan County, about seven or eighty kilometers away from Hangzhou. Pingyuan County is the station of the tank regiment.

Ye Feng's plan was very simple, which was to order the tank regiment to attack, and leave Pingyuan County to directly attack the Japanese 6th Division outside Hangzhou City, attack a large number of Japanese devils outside the east defense line, adding pressure to the Japanese army, and it is even possible that they can enter Shannan County from the east defense line to reinforce Shannan County.

Since tank regiments attacked the Japanese army outside the east defense line of the city, the pressure on the east defense line of the city would be very small, leaving a battalion to defend enough. In addition to leaving about one battalion on the east defense line of the city, most of them could specifically deal with four infantry brigades of the Japanese army, three infantry regiments, plus guard battalions, etc. that were invading Shannan County, and the chance of victory would be much greater.

In addition, the tank regiment attacked the Japanese 6th Division outside the east defense line of the city, and the tank regiment could enter Shannan County for reinforcements at any time.

Ye Feng looked at the map and the entire combat plan became clearer and clearer in his heart, so Ye Feng began to issue a series of orders;

Order, the Cavalry Battalion of Milin County and the Special Forces to reinforce Shannan County;

Order, the tank regiment immediately left Pingyuan County and attacked the Japanese 6th Division;

The order was ordered to attack the Japanese army that was invaded by Shannan County, the third battalion of the infantry, the second battalion of the infantry, the third battalion of the infantry, the third battalion of the infantry registrar temporarily stationed at the east defense line of the city.

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Ye Feng issued a series of orders, so the entire Independent Brigade Command began to become busy, and radio waves were immediately sent from the Independent Brigade Command and sent to various regiments and battalions.

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Pingyuan County.

The soldiers of the Tank Regiment wiped out a field infantry brigade of the Japanese army in the morning, and the soldiers were still immersed in joy. At lunch, the regiment commander Sun Yougen even added meals to the soldiers, rewarding and rewarding the soldiers.

In the afternoon, an order was sent to the tank regiment. Sun Yougen, who received the order, immediately looked happy. This was a big battle. The whole regiment dispatched to attack the 6th Division of the Japanese Army in Hangzhou.

"Chief of Staff, look at this order."

Chief of Staff Zhou of the Tank Regiment received the order and couldn't help but get excited. Attacking the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, it was so cool and so satisfying.

"Chief Zhou, issue an order immediately and make preparations quickly. In an hour, the whole regiment will set out to target Hangzhou!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the tank regiment left only a small number of left-behind troops, with a total of five battalions almost all dispatched, three tank battalions, one mechanized and invasive battalions, one air defense battalion, a total of 12, thirty M4 tanks, dozens of armored vehicles, and nearly two hundred fighting vehicles left Shicaomen Town and headed straight for Hangzhou.

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Shannan County.

The four infantry brigades that the Japanese invaded had entered the defense depth of Shannan County. The closest Japanese army to the county town was less than ten kilometers away.

At present, the soldiers are using the advantages of the terrain to snipe these Japanese troops. After all, the soldiers are defending and the Japanese are attacking. The soldiers temporarily have an advantage in the terrain.

This time, regarding the survival of the Independent Brigade, Ye Feng personally visited the front line to encourage the soldiers. In the evening, Ye Feng's figure appeared in Dongmenling, northeast of Shannan County.

Dongmenling is less than ten kilometers away from Shannan County. The soldiers from two battalions of infantry registrars were fighting with the Japanese army here. Ye Feng was in a trench halfway up the mountain and was watching a large number of Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain. More than a thousand Japanese troops had been fighting with the soldiers for more than an hour. Although one or two hundred were killed by the soldiers, the ferocity of this group of Japanese troops was also aroused.

A Japanese magistrate was commanding two or three hundred Japanese troops to attack the position of the first battalion. The soldiers of the first battalion were lying in the trenches, carrying machine guns, holding Garland rifles, and even Tomsheng submachine guns, and were exchanging fire with the attacking Japanese troops.

"Brothers, call me!"

When the soldiers saw Ye Feng's figure, their morale surged. The first battalion commander shouted, ordering the soldiers to shoot. Suddenly, fierce shooting sounded.

The Japanese army attacked from the back, but the Japanese army made good use of the cover of trees, shooting up the mountain while slowly attacking and advancing.

"This is the Japanese army's first attack." Ye Feng looked at it for a few minutes and asked about the regiment commander next to him.

"Report to the brigade, this is the third attack by the Japanese army."

Ye Feng nodded and said, "Captain 1, I brought you some good things, you can use them."

Hearing this, the commander of the infantry first regiment smiled and said, "Brigate, you are here to give us great encouragement. Now the morale of the soldiers is high and they will soon repel the Japanese attack for the third time. You brought me good things. That's really thankful to the brigade."

Ye Feng smiled slightly, waved his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers came over carrying four 120mm mortars. Ye Feng pointed to these mortars and said, "Captain, how about these guns?"

When he saw the large-caliber mortar, the commander's eyes lit up, "Horseman, are you talking about giving us these four large-caliber mortars."

"Ye Feng nodded, pointed to the distance and said, "I saw that the Japanese's temporary command center in the distance did not."

"I saw the brigade, but the Japanese's temporary command is far away from here, at least two kilometers, and our existing 60mm mortar is almost inaccessible."

"Find me a place and send soldiers to build artillery positions. First, knock out the Japanese command center, and then bombard the Japanese in the distance." Ye Feng said.

When the first infantry regiment came to block the Japanese, they carried 12 60mm mortars and some artillery shells. When the two sides fought, they had shelled the Japanese who charged, but after the Japanese were shelled by the mortars, they learned to be smart.

The Japanese's large troops were on standby outside the range of the mortars, while the Japanese charging and attacking were in a scattered formation, and used the cover of trees and terrain. The soldiers bombarded Japanese charging and the effect was greatly reduced. Often, one shell would be knocked down at most to one or two Japanese.

Now there are 120mm mortars with a long range and powerful range, and the situation is very different. In the distance, many Japanese devils are on standby, with large areas and not scattered. They are a little further away, about two kilometers away from the soldiers, and they are obviously the Japanese devils' temporary command center.

Several field tents, even through telescopes, can be vaguely seen, and an antenna extends from one of the field tents.

After looking at the Japanese army's situation, the commander of the First Infantry Regiment immediately said loudly: "Brigate, don't worry, we will use these mortars to bombard the Japanese army this time."

After about twenty minutes, the Japanese army's attack failed again. After two attacks, the three hundred Japanese army left dozens of corpses and retreated.

Japanese temporary command center.

The Japanese brigade captain was watching the charge of the Japanese retreat with a stern face. He failed in three consecutive attacks. The Japanese officers looked bad. Next to the Japanese brigade captain, several Japanese officers also had their heads lowered.

The Japanese brigade captain thought indignantly that if he had heavy equipment, he would definitely not have been able to fight so hard. Under the cover of mountain cannons, the attacking infantry could easily rush to the position of the Chinese army on the hillside.

However, this Japanese brigade had almost no heavy equipment, only a few small-caliber mortars and some grenade launchers, and the shells they carried were very limited.

Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound came from the sky. Many Japanese officers thought, were the soldiers of the Independent Brigade firing again? The Independent Brigade Infantry Regiment was equipped with more than a dozen 60mm mortars. These Japanese officers knew that when the two sides first started fighting, they even suffered the losses of these mortars.

However, at this time, many Japanese officers were inexplicably firing, because the attacking Japanese soldiers had basically retreated, and the Japanese soldiers on standby were also outside the range of the 60mm mortar in the Independent Brigade.

A Japanese major was even more ready to laugh. The Japanese major led an infantry squadron and had entered the attack position. The dense Japanese devils, at least two hundred, looked like a large number.

However, the Japanese brigade captain was quite experienced and had already heard that these whistling sounds were obviously different from the previous 60mm mortars. The Japanese brigade captain thought to himself, was it a large caliber mortar?

When he thought of this, the Japanese captain's face changed drastically. His troops were too dense. If a large-caliber mortar bombarded the troops on standby, it would be terrible.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Several shells exploded at the Japanese temporary command center. Although two shells were slightly off, two shells still drilled into the Japanese field tent, completely blowing the entire tent away, and all the Japanese inside the tent were blown to death.

This is a 120mm mortar shell, which is extremely powerful.

The Japanese captain was also overturned to the ground by the air waves caused by the explosion. His back was covered with blood and several shrapnel had already pierced.

"Your Captain, Your Excellency the Captain..."

Several Japanese devils and several Japanese officers who were not killed in a tent next to him, saw that their captain was seriously injured by the bomb, rushed over immediately and shouted sadly around the captain of the devils.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Another violent explosion was the second round of artillery bombardment by the soldiers. All four shells hit the Japanese temporary command center, almost flattening the entire Japanese command center. Several field tents were blown to pieces, and several large pits appeared on the ground, as well as many Japanese corpses, and even many Japanese officers.

The Japanese soldiers surrounding the Japanese brigade captain, including several Japanese officers, were also shattered by the second round of artillery bombardment, and the ground was covered with broken limbs and broken arms.

On the Dongmen Ridge.

It was not completely dark yet, and Ye Feng still clearly saw that the Japanese command center in the distance was blown to pieces. Ye Feng couldn't help but say happily: "Okay, fight well, continue to fight for me."

After four 120mm mortars razed the Japanese command to the ground, they began to shell the Japanese crowd. One by one, the shells exploded among the Japanese crowd, killing many Japanese troops. The originally neat Japanese troops suddenly fell into pieces, and many Japanese soldiers ran away with their heads in their arms.

The shelling took more than ten minutes until all the shells were shot.

Ye Feng looked at the sky and it was getting darker. With the Japanese command system paralyzed and at least more than 200 Japanese troops killed in the artillery bombardment just now, the Dongmenling area was finally safe.

Ye Feng looked at his gold watch and couldn't help but think of the tank regiment. At this time, the tank regiment should have arrived outside Hangzhou City and may have had a fire with the Japanese in Hangzhou.

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