"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The fierce artillery fire kept bombarding the fortifications built by the independent brigade at the mouth of the valley in the Jinlong Gorge, and the fire on the position was everywhere, and the smoke from the shells suddenly filled the position in front of the valley mouth.

Haruki Fujimoto, together with Ryuichi Suzuki, chief of staff of the detachment, stood on a hillside less than 300 meters from the mouth of the valley and condescendingly observed the shelling with a telescope.

It was only the scale of three artillery brigades that was successively invested in bombing, but the defensive position of the independent brigade at the mouth of the valley of the Jinlong Gorge was still as solid as a rock!

"Such a boom, the ground fortifications were only partially blown up! The Independent Brigade built the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge very powerfully! The bunker is low, and it must be built with sleepers, all kinds of solid stones, etc., and the fortifications of the bunker are the same! It's a bit hard to play!"

Haruki Fujimoto gritted his teeth and said, the other party's fortifications are too powerful, no wonder the Japanese army under the personal command of Shinozuka Yoshinan can't break through here.

Ryuichi Suzuki put down his binoculars and said worriedly, "General, the mouth of the canyon is too narrow. The infantry that can be put in at one time to attack, a brigade is too much! If 15,000 of us are here to add fuel to the tactics, we will be in harmony with each other's intentions. ”。

Haruki Fujimoto shook his head, also a little helpless!

"There's no way, add another artillery squadron and increase artillery fire! I don't believe it, this canyon valley mouth, I don't believe that it can't be broken! Haruki Fujimoto gritted his teeth.

When Suzuki Ryu saw this, he also suggested: "General, it's better to continue bombing him for ten minutes." With such a large amount of artillery fire, I believe that the fortifications of the Independent Brigade on the ground should be blown up by then! It will be much easier for our infantry to attack and advance when the time comes. ”。

"Yoxi, then execute it!"

Ryu Suzuki paused and said, "Hai, General!" ”。

And as the two old devils negotiated and added the firepower of an artillery squadron, the ground fortifications of the Independent Brigade at the mouth of the valley of the Jinlong Gorge withstood the fierce Japanese artillery bombardment. The trenches on the ground were covered with bombed potholes, and the trenches were covered with mud from the shells.

Behind the mouth of the canyon, in a hidden bunker, Zhao Gang frowned.

The Japanese artillery fire of the Fujimoto Haruki Department is very large, and this is already increasing the number of artillery shells!

"Political commissar, if you bombard like this, I'm afraid that the trench fortifications at the mouth of the canyon valley will be unusable after the shelling stops!" He Yongjie, the commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Independent Brigade standing beside Zhao Gang, said in a condensed voice, the mouth of the canyon blown up by the shells was deafening, but fortunately, when the devils shelled, everyone had already withdrawn the infantry defending on the ground to the rear of the canyon to hide.

The Japanese artillery could not reach the valley road behind the mouth of the valley, after all, the valley road was crooked, and the shells could not be directly bombed.

Zhao Gang nodded when he heard this, he didn't expect that Haruki Fujimoto's artillery fire cost was so cheap, it was a bit surprising. Worry-free Chinese network

"Send a report to the brigade commander again and inform him of the situation in his hometown! In addition, the Fourth Regiment and the Independent Regiment can be prepared, secretly detour behind the main force of the Fujimoto Harukibu, and be covertly on standby! Zhao Gang thought for a while and said.

And Zhou Hua, the head of the independent regiment, was worried: "Political commissar, the two of us have gone out with the independent regiment and the fourth regiment, but you don't have many elites here!" ”。

"Haha!"

Zhao Gang said with a smile: "You two regiments can each leave a battalion to help me defend the Jinlong Gorge and the valley mouth." The rest of you will each take out a detour and wait for the brigade commander's army to capture Pingxingguan and deal with the Japanese troops occupying Guangling and Laiyuan, and then Haruki Fujimoto will be in the midst of our counter-encirclement. When the time comes, you will be the first to strike at the Japanese army of Fujimoto Harukibe. Don't worry, the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is no problem in holding it for a day. ”。

"Understood, commissar!" He Yongjie and Zhou Hua glanced at each other, and then left in a hurry.

After the Independent Regiment and the Fourth Regiment were deployed to secretly descend the mountain from the path behind Hutou Mountain and detour to the rear of the Japanese troops in front of the Taniguchi of the Jinlong Gorge in the Jinlong Gorge, Zhao Gang struggled to command the defenders of the canyon, ready to block the attack after the devil's artillery fire stopped.

Fortunately, the mouth of the canyon is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhao Gang took himself to block the onslaught of the Fujimoto Haruki Department for a day, and insisted that there was no problem for Li Yunlong to lead the main force of the Independent Brigade to return to help.

What's more, the current main force of the independent brigade should be killed to the Pingxing Pass! Zhao Gang looked south!

At this time, Li Yunlong, who Zhao Gang was thinking about, had already led the army to kill less than three miles away from Pingxing Pass!

As the reconnaissance fighters sent back to report that the Japanese army had strictly defended the Pingxing Pass, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. A frontal attack, I'm afraid the casualties will be too great.

"Brigade commander, according to reconnaissance, the Japanese army has increased its troops at Pingxingguan. It is estimated that at this time, there were probably two infantry brigades in Pingxingguan, and there were more Japanese troops. Probably, there are about 25,600 blocking troops! If we attack head-on, I am afraid that the casualties of the soldiers will be very large. Pointing to the map that was laid out, Zhang Dabiao, the head of the first regiment, said a little worriedly.

At this time, Li Yunlong and the others had temporarily hidden in the woods on the side of the highway to rest, after all, they had marched eastward all the way. On the way, it also encountered an air raid by more than 30 Japanese fighters, but fortunately, there were guerrillas along the way to observe and warn, so that the independent brigade marched all the way east, and the losses caused by the air raid by the fighters of the two devil flying teams were not very large.

It's just that there are so many Japanese troops blocking the road at the current Pingxingguan, and Zhang Dabiao feels that if he attacks head-on, he may not be able to take the Pingxingguan for several hours.

After all, the Pingxing Pass is known as a dangerous pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the valley road is long and narrow. As long as the Japanese army occupies the Pingxing Pass, both sides of the narrow valley road and some curved sections, it is enough to block the main force of the Independent Brigade from returning to the base area.

Li Yunlong and the others nodded, and among them, Li Yunlong said in a condensed voice: "So, a frontal attack is not okay!" The political commissar had just called, and Haruki Fujimoto intensified the artillery bombardment again, and the trench fortifications currently built in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge were almost covered by the mud blown up by the devil's artillery fire. As you can imagine, there is a lot of pressure at the mouth of the canyon. We must deal with the Japanese troops at Heikakan Pass as soon as possible and copy them to the rear of Haruki Fujimoto. ”。

"Brigadier, it's a little difficult! At this time, the devils of Pingxingguan were full of two infantry brigades. We don't have much chance of winning with a head-on attack! What to do? Ma Wenhai, the head of the third regiment, said worriedly.

"Haha, you guys! We have fought with the Japanese army at least twice in Pingxingguan, and I Li Yunlong still don't know about Pingxingguan? I ordered, the large army took a small road, detoured to the back of the Japanese defenders of Pingxingguan and carried out a flank attack! Li Yunlong pointed to the Qinxi Mountain area south of Pingxingguan, and said with a smile.

Zhang Dabiao and the others' eyes lit up, in the mountainous area of Qinxi Mountain, close to Pingxingguan, there is indeed a small road that can outflank the back road of Pingxingguan!