On the south bank of the Sangqian River, in the narrow area north of Guangling County, at the northern foot of the east-west Hengshan Mountain Range, the positions constructed by Li Yunlong's command post were being bombarded by the Japanese army at this moment.

The roaring Japanese artillery fire came from the north bank of the Sangqian River, tore the soil on the position, and some barbed wire was blown up, and many soldiers of the new regiment had already taken refuge in the anti-artillery holes under the trenches.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Artillery shells bombarded unscrupulously, and the position was full of artillery smoke and gunfire, which whistled through the position with the cold north. From time to time, the new regiment of fighters who had not evaded the Japanese shelling in time was affected by the shells and suffered heavy losses.

At this time, Li Yunlong was hiding behind a dirt slope near the Hengshan Mountain Range behind the position, covertly observing the Japanese artillery bombardment.

"Damn, the little devil is really a three-board tiger, artillery fire covers the river crossing attack! Made, it's a pity we don't have infantry artillery in our hands, otherwise we can fight back! Li Yunlong hid on the oblique back of the dirt slope and muttered a grit in his mouth.

Guard Wei Dayong Wei Monk couldn't help but smile and said: "Regiment commander, we captured Datong at that time, and there were many infantry artillery pieces of the little devils in the city. We didn't even collect and pull out. At this time, hey, hey, hey! ”。

"Monk, Lao Tzu knows what your kid is talking about! However, the situation was urgent at that time, and in about ten minutes, Japanese reinforcements would arrive in Datong. With our strength at that time and the lack of large-scale heavy equipment transportation work, it was difficult to transport the devil's infantry artillery out! ”

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued to laugh and said: "Damn, although it's a pity, you can't risk the consequences of being blocked by devil reinforcements for the sake of some infantry artillery!" You kid go and give an order, let Zhang Dabiao and He Yongjie pay attention, and after the devil's pontoon bridge is erected, then use mortars to blow up the pontoon bridge for me. ”。

"Understood, Commander!" Wei Dayong put away his smile, squatted and saluted, and then the cat leaned over and personally gave orders to Zhang Dabiao, He Yongjie and others.

At this time, the Japanese artillery continued to bombard the forward positions built by Li Yunlong and others, especially the several barbed wire fortifications deployed in the forward positions, which were even more bombarded by the Japanese artillery brigade.

Many barbed wire fences have been blown up, and at least about 30% of the barbed wire has lost its effect on blocking the Japanese infantry charge.

Japanese artillery bombarded fiercely, covering the engineering units to erect pontoon bridges. The Japanese sappers specially found a section of the river that was not deep and not very long in width to erect a pontoon bridge, and it took less than half an hour for at least two pontoon bridges to be erected.

Immediately, Seishiro Itagaki ordered seven Japanese Type 94 ultralight tanks to cross the river first, and then two Japanese wings of the Japanese 21st Brigade crossed the river at a distance from each other.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the whole army has begun to cross the river! Is there a force left on the north bank to receive the troops and protect the pontoon bridges? On the bank of the north bank of the Sangqian River, Major General Ueno, chief of staff of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, reminded Seishiro Itagaki, who was contemplatively looking at the defensive position built by the new regiment on the opposite bank at this time.

Itagaki Seishiro thought for a while, and then said, "Leave two hundred men to protect the pontoon, and the rest of the infantry will all cross the river." This time, it is necessary to use the strength of the whole army to break through the defensive position built by Li Yunlong. We must kill Li Yunlong and annihilate the Zhina army in front of you! ”。

"Understood, Your Excellency the Division Commander, obey your orders!" Major General Ueno wanted to oppose something, but he didn't finally say it, but answered with a heavy pause.

With the order of Seishiro Itagaki , two Japanese wings of the 21st Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army quickly crossed the Sangqian River and set foot on the land on the south bank after a short distance of time.

After the Japanese army crossed the river, the Japanese artillery brigade had already stopped artillery fire to cover the infantry crossing the river, after all, the Japanese country was an island country, and its own strategic resources were not very rich. In particular, there is a serious shortage of steel and coal resources, so that the Japanese army's artillery is not as unscrupulous as Eagle Sauce Country.

Once the river had been crossed, the two artillery battalions of the 21st Brigade had ceased their shelling. After all, cannonballs are very expensive, and with the shyness of the little devil's pocket, at least there is no open-mindedness like eagle sauce!

The Japanese troops who crossed the river, under the command of Seishiro Itagaki, spread out in an arc and surrounded the blocking positions constructed by Li Yunlong's troops on three sides.

As the attack was ready, Seishiro Itagaki and Major General Ueno, chief of staff of the division, Major General Masao Nakamura, commander of the 21st Brigade, and other senior Japanese commanders gathered together to look at the defensive positions constructed by Li Yunlong's commanded troops.

From a close look, even the old devil Seishiro Itagaki had to agree with the other party's defense capability, and it was indeed more than N streets of the Central Army of the National Army.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the position of the new regiment is very tricky, and at the front is several barbed wire fortifications made of barbed wire produced by the Empire, and there are explosives such as mines that are easy to touch and detonate. Moreover, we sent sappers to investigate, and found that there were mines distributed dozens of meters in front of the barbed wire, and the sappers had been probing for more than 10 minutes. But under the blows of the snipers of the soldiers of the Chinese Army in the trenches, our demining sappers suffered great losses. ”

Major General Nakamura Masao, commander of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, pointed to the preliminary simple map of Li Yunlong's position and reported to Seishiro Itagaki with a solemn expression.

Hearing this, Seishiro Itagaki pointed to the simple map that had just been released, and said with a frown: "Order the sappers to withdraw, let the artillery open fire, detonate the mines with shells, and try to blow up the barbed wire fence deployed by the Shina Army!" ”。

"Understood, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" Major General Ueno, chief of staff of the division and regiment on the side, replied casually and motioned to the Japanese staff officers standing on one side to deal with it quickly.

The Japanese staff officer nodded and quickly left for the arrangement.

"Nakamura-san, you command the troops and start preparing for the attack!" Seishiro Itagaki then signaled to Masao Nakamura, the commander of the 21st Brigade under his command.

Nakamura Masao paused heavily and said: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the division commander, the humble post will definitely take the position of the Chinese army, and let them understand that it is impossible to block the attack of our imperial army." ”。

"Yo Xi, then it's hard Nakamura-san!"

Nakamura Masao bowed and said, "Hayi, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, I will never give up my life." Immediately, Nakamura Masao stopped talking nonsense, and hurriedly left to command the two Japanese wings under his command, preparing to launch a fierce attack on the defensive positions built by the troops led by Li Yunlong under the cover of seven Type 94 ultralight tanks.

At this time, before the Japanese artillery fire was unknowing, after the infantry of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army had crossed the river, it had been fighting for at least seven or eight minutes, and at least the positions built by the officers and men of the new regiment were filled with gunfire.

Soon, the Japanese artillery fire extended, and the Type 94 tanks lined up, followed by a bunch of Japanese soldiers, and began to attack the defensive positions of the new regiment in tandem. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Li Yunlongclaw, God of War of the Anti-Japanese War" for free reading for the first time.