At this time, in the new regimental headquarters on Hutou Mountain, Zhao Gang stood on the hillside in front of the regimental headquarters, condescendingly observing the battle situation in the direction of the plank road with a telescope.

"Commissar, the head of the regiment wants to talk to you." Just as Zhao Gang was concentrating on observing the battle situation in the direction of the plank road, he rushed out from the entrance of the regimental department behind him and reported to Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang hummed, then walked back to the regiment headquarters house, picked up the walkie-talkie and said with a smile to Li Yunlong: "Lao Li, how is your situation?" I have already ordered the Fourth Battalion He Yongjie's headquarters to follow the path we have carved out to ambush on both sides of the woods six or seven hundred meters in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Gorge, and be ready to cooperate with you at any time to copy the back road of the little devils. ”。

"Haha, Lao Zhao, you kid did a good job!"

Li Yunlong on the other end of the walkie-talkie smiled and said, "How is the current battle situation?" ”。

"According to the reports of various ministries, our plank road is ready to be abandoned. The little devil went crazy, and he was not afraid of a large number of losses in human life, and rushed up by stepping on the corpses of his own people. It's the first time I've seen Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, desperate. We have suffered a lot of casualties, the third battalion has lost more than 300 people, plus the loss of the third battalion and one company guarding the valley road, a total of more than 400 people have been lost! ”

Zhao Gang paused and continued: "But the number of Japanese troops we killed is estimated to be about eight or nine thousand, and after another ten or so minutes, I estimate that the 20,000 Japanese troops commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka are likely to lose more than half of their troops in the battle of storming our dangerous strongholds. ”。

"Okay, Lao Zhao, you command the three battalions and them to defend the plank road for at least ten minutes, and see if Yoshio Shinozuka will continue to command his troops to storm Yunge Hongqiao after ten minutes. Once Yunge Hongqiao withstood the ten-minute onslaught of the little devils, it means that Yoshio Shinozuka is going to destroy our new base at all costs! It seems that the four princes who killed the little devil, as well as the labor and capital swept across the three provinces, stirring up the little devil's face, and it has already forced Shinozuka Yoshio to be angry! ”

Zhao Gang said with a smile: "Then Lao Li, if Yoshio Shinozuka continues to storm the Hongqiao of Yunge, it means that Yoshio Shinozuka is not giving up." I thought, should I order the third battalion to retreat to Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge after ten minutes of fighting to the death at Yunge Hongqiao, and put the rest of Yoshio Shinozuka's main force in to fight? ”。

"Haha, Lao Zhao, your kid's idea is good. Lure the enemy deeper, and want to eat the remaining more than 10,000 people of Yoshio Shinozuka in one fell swoop? Li Yunlong on the other end of the walkie-talkie said with a smile.

Zhao Gang said in a condensed voice: "Yes, this is a good opportunity." If we kill all the rest of Yoshio Shinozuka here, then the Hengshan base will definitely be a nightmare for the Japanese army in Jin Province! Our new regiment will be able to stabilize the situation in the base area when the time comes! As long as the 20,000 Japanese troops are killed, when the time comes, it will inevitably deter the Japanese army. If you want to attack the Hengshan base again, you have to weigh it bravely. ”。

"Okay, liver damn it! When the time comes, as soon as the situation allows, Lao Zhao, you are contacting me! ”

Li Yunlong agreed.

Zhao Gang smiled: "Okay, just do it!" ”。

Hanging up the walkie-talkie, Zhao Gang went out of the regiment headquarters and looked at the hillside in front of him, the plank road down the mountain, and the direction of Yunge Hongqiao.

At this time, Ma Wenhai, the commander of the third battalion, had already sent the headquarters of the third battalion and the fourth company out of the pass to meet the second company that was fighting on the plank road in front of him, and the rest of the third company retreated.

Thirty-seven minutes after Yoshio Shinozuka ordered a fierce attack on the plank road, he finally took a section of the plank road more than 300 meters long behind the valley road of the Jinlong Gorge.

However, when the little devils who seized the plank road took advantage of the victory to storm Yunge Hongqiao, due to the lack of follow-up artillery, mortars and other artillery cover, only rifles, light and heavy machine guns and machine guns as offensive weapons, the Japanese army was beaten by the defenders under the Yunge Hongqiao Pass and suffered heavy casualties.

"Bang!"

In Yoshio Shinozuka's temporary headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka, who got the battle situation, was quite annoyed.

Yunge Hongqiao was originally just a steep mountain pass behind the plank road, and the terrain was high due to the narrow opening. After the new regiment entered the Hengshan Mountains, it was found that this was the only way to the two peaks of Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge.

And behind Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge is Hutou Mountain, where the new regiment headquarters is stationed, so if you want to completely kill the armed forces of the new regiment Hengshan base area, Yunge Hongqiao must be taken.

Otherwise, the rest of the battle will not be fought.

Sure enough, the Japanese troops who captured the plank road concentrated the strength of an infantry brigade to storm Yunge Hongqiao, but because the follow-up troops could not transport artillery and mortars in time, the battle to attack Yunge Hongqiao was quite tragic.

The Japanese infantry brigade that attacked Yunge Hongqiao suffered at least 300 casualties, and more than 100 people were seriously injured by the defenders and could not move.

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the report of the commander of the Imperial Army on the front line, the Yunge Hongqiao blocked the only road pass for our attack on Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge. The new regiment built a transverse wall here, with a height of five meters and a thickness of about three meters. I'm afraid it's not easy to attack! ”

Yusuke Dohi analyzed to Yoshio Shinozuka, and then suggested: "Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that the Type 92 infantry artillery be mobilized to bombard the Yunge Hongqiao in a concentrated manner. Although the Yunge Hongqiao is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as we concentrate artillery fire to cover the infantry attack, it is not much difficulty to capture the Yunge Hongqiao. Just to capture Yunge Hongqiao, it may require the loss of at least one or two thousand imperial troops. ”。

"Bagaya Road, no matter! Keep calling me! ”

If you can take the Yunge Hongqiao, you will be able to storm the commanding heights of the two peaks of Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, and when the time comes, you will have an unobstructed view of the new regiment headquarters of Hutou Mountain, and the plan to end the new regiment of Hengshan base will be successful.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka had no scruples about the casualties of the Japanese troops he led.

Even if he lost 20,000 Japanese elites, in the eyes of Yoshio Shinozuka at this time, it was just a number.

"Hai, Your Excellency, Commander! Humble duty understood! Seeing this, Yusuke Dohi paused, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart for the ruthlessness of Yoshio Shinozuka.

The 20,000 elite Japanese soldiers said that they would lose if they were lost, and they were worthy of being the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, and there were not many cruel words!

Yoshio Shinozuka's order continued to be conveyed, and the commander of the Japanese army attacking on the front line had no choice but to storm the Japanese troops at the command post.

At this time, the fierce battle of Yunge Hongqiao had already begun, and more than ten Type 92 infantry guns of the Japanese army that were transported up were mobilized to set up in the direction of the plank road less than 200 meters in front of Yunge Hongqiao, and opened artillery bombardment at Yunge Hongqiao.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The shells of the Type 92 infantry guns that roared across the sky and immediately smashed into the city pass, exploding clouds of gunpowder smoke and fire.

Shells flew everywhere, killing and wounding many soldiers of the third battalion of the new regiment, and the stumps and broken arms soon appeared on the city pass.

"Made, the little devil artillery is coming, withdraw, withdraw from Yunge Hongqiao!" Seeing that the little devil's artillery had come up to cover the Japanese infantry attack, the third battalion commander Ma Wenhai directly issued an order to withdraw from Yunge Hongqiao.

Lure the enemy deeper, drag the remaining Japanese main forces of Yoshio Shinozuka step by step at the foot of Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge Mountain, and then launch a counterattack on both sides after trapping the main force of the little devil, it will get twice the result with half the effort.