"Not necessarily, although the boardwalk is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack. But judging from the political commissar's urgent telegram, Yoshio Shinozuka, the old devil, is determined to continue the onslaught and is about to end up my new regiment's base area. Lao Zhang, we can't be careless! ”

Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion, shook his head and expressed a slightly different opinion.

Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry company on the side, also agreed with Zhou Hua's analysis, and the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka had been slapped in the face countless times by the new group.

This time, the elite of 20,000 Japanese troops attacked the Hengshan base area, and it was impossible to withdraw the troops after a casual battle.

What's more, judging from the latest urgent telegram sent by Zhao Gang at this time, Li Yunlong should obviously know the news that the grain and ammunition stored in the Pingxing Pass were blown up by his own side.

But Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned that he did not retreat, but continued to order the Japanese troops under his command to storm the plank road, and it is conceivable that Yoshio Shinozuka is going to fight to the end.

So Li Yunlong said in a condensed voice: "Yoshio Shinozuka, the old devil, must have known the news of the attack on Pingxingguan, and most of the grain, grass and ammunition for his logistics supply were blown up in Pingxingguan. At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka should have withdrawn his troops, but the old devil showed no signs of withdrawing his troops. Signal Soldiers! ”。

"Captain!" The communications soldier on the side stood up and saluted.

"Did you intercept the Hengshan Japanese military radio station to Pingxingguan to return the signal?" Li Yunlong asked.

I saw that the signal soldier said firmly: "Report to the regiment commander, according to our tracking, the front-line radio of the Japanese army in Hengshan has called back to the Japanese army in Pingxingguan more than two minutes ago, and the specific content cannot be translated. The radio code of the little devil has been changed and we can't decipher it! ”。

"Okay, got it, keep listening! Report the situation at any time. ”

Li Yunlong waved his hand and ordered, at this time, even if he did not decipher the incoming and outgoing radio sent by Yoshio Shinozuka's command station, Li Yunlong also knew Yoshio Shinozuka's response.

Sure enough, Zhang Dabiao and others on the side suddenly realized, and Zhang Dabiao said loudly: "Regiment leader, it seems that Yoshio Shinozuka has not withdrawn his troops, what should we do?" ”。

"There's no way, at this time, there is no chance to fight back against Pingxingguan. However, we used cluster artillery fire to blow up most of the food and ammunition needed by the 20,000 Japanese troops who were stored in the Heixing Pass, which was enough to make Yoshio Shinozuka not have the strength to wantonly attack the commissar at the moment! Next, it's time for us to go back to the north and meet the political commissars! ”

Li Yunlong smiled and said, at this time, it is estimated that Yoshio Shinozuka does not know that he has already rushed north to return to his division.

Everyone had no opinion, and then under the command of Li Yunlong, everyone followed the secret path by the river on the west bank of the Guanshui River for more than a mile, and the cavalry team roared north, approaching the Hengshan base area to help.

On the way north to return for reinforcements, Li Yunlong also ordered the signal troops to send a report to Zhao Gang, who was left behind in the base area to command, and ordered Zhao Gang to defend the plank road.

Once the time is ripe, use all the troops and 2,000 elite cavalry to attack the 20,000 Japanese troops commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka, and maybe in this counterattack, it is unknown whether Yoshio Shinozuka can be captured or killed!

Just as Li Yunlong led his army north to return to the Hengshan base area, at this time, Yoshio Shinozuka was standing behind the valley road of the Jinlong Gorge to the entrance of the plank road, in the temporary field headquarters of Ichiro Nanata, observing the fierce battle on the plank road through a telescope.

"Da !!"

The little devils concentrated light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns, along the narrow plank road towards the onslaught. However, the plank road winds up, and the terrain is not conducive to the attack of Japanese soldiers, but under the command of Xiao Yan, the commander of the third battalion and the second company of the new 1st regiment guarding the plank road, there were heavy casualties.

In particular, the snipers of the more than a dozen new regiments of special combat teams who stayed in the base area condescendingly hid behind the sacks and sandbags built on the plank road, and sniped at the little devils coldly when the opportunity came.

This hand responded to the counterattack, and the fight made Nanata Ichiro a little anxious.

At this time, seeing that Yoshio Shinozuka had already arrived from the general headquarters at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge valley, Nanata Ichiro suddenly said urgently: "Commander devil, this is already within the sniper distance of the new group of snipers, and it is dangerous, please go back to the general headquarters at the mouth of the canyon to coordinate and command!" Your Excellency, Commander! ”。

"Bagaya Road, I, Yoshio Shinozuka, commanded the imperial army to go down to Jin Province in a battle and defeat the main force of the Jin Sui Army, are you still afraid of the snipers of the new regiment of the small Eighth Route Army? Putting that aside, what's going on now? ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's face was stinky, and he waved his hand and asked Ichiro Nanata.

Nanata Ichiro was helpless, pointed to the plank road erected on the cliff not far in front and said: "Your Excellency Commander, you see that the plank road is narrow, with the strength of a squadron towards the onslaught, we can only battalion five or six people in the front to attack horizontally, and the soldiers behind can only stand up and shoot to cover!" If we continue to fight like this, we will suffer too many casualties! At the moment, the opponent occupies a geographical advantage and counterattacks condescendingly. Our soldiers were only able to attack on their backs, and the casualties of the two wings under my command on the plank road, plus the defensive position of the new regiment at the mouth of the valley in the Jinlong Gorge, had already suffered more than 3,000 casualties. ”。

"Your losses, I will replenish you after the war from among the new elite recruits! Now, the commander's order is that the plank road must be taken as soon as possible. I might as well tell you that Qitian Sang, Pingxingguan was attacked by fierce artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army, and a large amount of grain, grass and ammunition stored in Pingxingguan were all blown up. For now, we can only maintain the momentum of the fierce attack and force the new regiment of troops on the defence to be emboldened. Otherwise, we will have to withdraw our troops! ”

Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head, and then said to Nanataichiro.

Nanata Ichiro was taken aback when he heard this, and the chief of staff of the 20th Division, Nakai Shotaro, who was also surprised, was also surprised, which was a bit troublesome.

According to the current situation of the troops belonging to the 20th Division, the attack continued, and the ammunition carried by the army could only last for about an hour. The grain and grass can last for two hours, even three hours is not a problem.

But without a steady supply of ammunition, the next battle will be very troublesome. As soon as the new defending regiment learns that its ammunition is short of ammunition, it will inevitably launch a counterattack.

Therefore, Nanata Ichiro hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander, I understand my humble position!" ”。

"Yo Xi, you command the troops as soon as possible, and take the plank road for me at all costs. I have already ordered the battle team to come up and supervise the battle, as long as we take the plank road and break through the Yunge Hongqiao, and then face the battle of Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, we will be under our superior artillery fire! Yoshio Shinozuka said with a serious expression, at this time, Yoshio Shinozuka had no choice but to force Ichiro Nanata to take the plank road at all costs.

As long as you take the plank road, the fierce battle behind will be much easier.

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, obey your orders!"

Ichiro Nanata and the chief of staff of the 20th Division, Masataro Nakai, both agreed to stand on the right path, and Yoshio Shinozuka even sent the most used supervision team of the National Army, can he still slack off?