The gorge could not be walked, and it was there that the Japanese infantry wing was completely destroyed. For the battlefield, it is a shortcut, but it is also a dead end.

Shanliang can't go either, because, Liu Tuanzuo said, the Japanese planes are very likely to come to help.

Marching on the bare mountain beams was undoubtedly the best target for the Japanese machine.

The 20-mm machine guns of the Independent Regiment had almost been withdrawn from Jiuguan and Qidonling Ridge, and in the battlefield of Qiqian Village, the Independent Regiment and the 386 Brigade had no other anti-aircraft firepower except for the heavy machine gun MG42 that could be used against the air.

Liu Lang's guess was correct.

After seeing the explosion in the canyon without any sound, he hid in the hollow and watched the soldiers climb the hillside with great difficulty to seize the commanding heights under the leadership of the squadron leader and squad leader, Yoshio last month immediately asked the division headquarters for support from the aviation wing.

However, in addition to reporting to the division headquarters that the 40th Infantry Brigade had been ambushed by the "Tuba Road" and was surrounded by a 2,500-meter-long mountain road, he finally retained the news that the 79th Infantry Wing had basically been wiped out.

It was last month that Liangfu still had a glimmer of hope, and here he defeated the "Tuba Road" that had been encircled, and he could continue to attack Niangzi Pass, and at that time, the death of the two infantry brigades of the 79th Infantry Wing was pushed to the battle of Niangzi Pass. Perhaps, the big guy behind him can still intercede for him, so that his military career will not end in the 20th Division.

Yes, when the 79th Infantry Wing was completely killed in the canyon by the crazy explosives of the Chinese, Yoshio Kazuki knew that whether this battle was lost or won, it was the business of the 40th Brigade, and for him, the commander of the Major General Brigade, he had actually been defeated.

Someone must be responsible for the casualties of the 2700 Imperial officers and soldiers, and the wing commander of the 79th Infantry Wing, Moriki Yin Ichichi Daisaye, has been killed in battle, so only he, the commander of the brigade of the major general, is responsible. The thought that he might be ordered by the commander of the North China Dispatch Army to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, and cut a cross cut on his abdomen with a cold katana, and finally died of pain, and a cold sweat flowed from his head last month.

Yoshio didn't know that because of his own selfish interests, he missed the last chance to save the 40th Infantry Brigade. His telegram for help made Kawagishi Bunzaburo, who was far away in Shijiazhuang, know that the 40th Infantry Brigade was surrounded, but he did not know how bad the situation was.

Because, in the information he received, there is only one infantry division in the "Tuba Road" in the Chinese theater, two infantry brigades of nearly 10,000 people, and perhaps one more brigade, breaking 15,000 people.

I have to say that the intelligence agencies of the Japanese army are really pervasive, and the top secret of the number and number of the various units invested in Jindong by the 2nd Theater can appear on the desk of the supreme commander of the Japanese front.

The 18th Group Army, which came to the front line with the 129th Division, did not only belong to the 386th Brigade and the 385th Brigade under the 129th Division, but also to the 343rd Brigade under the 115th Division, which was indeed similar to Kawagishi Bunzaburo's estimate, and the total number of red troops in the entire Jindong region did not exceed 15,000.

"Last month, Liangfu was a stupid man, an infantry brigade could be surrounded by more than 10,000 people on Tuba Road, and he had to ask for help from the division headquarters." Kawagishi Bunzaburo angrily picked up his pen and drew a big cross at the location of Shichiwa Village, and then gave a categorical order: "Kimura-kun, inform the 38th Air Wing to dispatch fighters to assist the 40th Brigade in defeating the invading enemy, I need them to dispatch at least two air squadron fighters, and I ask them to erase all the visible Shina people from view, including the lowly Shina peasants." ”

"Hey!" Hisazo Kisamura nodded heavily.

This time, he didn't dare to talk crookedly. Although it was not a big problem to defeat the enemy forces who were not able to measure their strength, it would inevitably delay the division's plan to launch an all-out attack on Niangzi Pass at 4 p.m.

Perhaps, because the 40th Infantry Brigade could not get to the battle site in time, the division had to change the general attack plan to tomorrow. The North China Dispatch Army Headquarters had to deal with the divisions and regiments for a while, and the Itagaki Division on the Xinkou side fought too hard, just waiting for them to break through from Jindong and enter Taiyuan!

"Also, order Hashimoto Hiromitsu Nakasa, the county seat of Jingcheng, to send two heavy squadrons, with the 79th Infantry Brigade of the 79th Wing remaining behind, as the main force, to advance in the direction of Qiqian Village, and after assisting the 40th Brigade to annihilate the Chinese in the mountainous area, there is no need to return to the county seat, and it will be under the unified command of Major General Yoshio last month to attack Niangzi Pass. Let them not be careless along the way, so as not to fall into the trap of the Chinese to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and along the way the field radio will be kept on, and the march situation will be reported to the wing headquarters of the heavy wing every hour. Fumizaburo Kawagishi, who had regained his calm, continued to order.

"Hey!" Hisazo Kimura hung his head again, turned around and went out.

The chief of staff of the Japanese army was both aggrieved and a little happy.

What is aggrieved is that as the war progresses, Kawagishi Bunzaburo becomes more and more powerful, and does not give him, the chief of staff, a chance to speak at all, and all military orders are made by him. His current situation is like a herald of the rank of a large lieutenant, copying the original text of the military order of His Excellency the lieutenant general and conveying it downwards.

Fortunately, it seems that the division and regiment are not going well. The 28th Cavalry Wing was completely wiped out, and it can be said that they were arrogant and arrogant, but they were to blame for crashing headlong into the Independent Regiment, but the 77th Infantry Wing located in Jiuguan has lost more than one and a half brigades in five days, the 80th Infantry Wing attacking Xuehua Mountain and Donkey Ridge has lost more than 1,600 people, and the entire division has suffered more than 4,000 casualties since the Jindong War, which is also a terrible number.

You must know that the 80,000 people of the Itagaki Division, which seems to have fought hard in the northwest of Shanxi, have only suffered 8,000 casualties so far, and they are facing nearly 200,000 Chinese troops.

The chief of staff of the 20th Division, who was cautious about all kinds of things, did not know that not counting the remaining 3,000 or so people of the infantry brigade that was being beaten, the 2,700 people of the 79th Infantry Wing were completely finished, and the 4,000 casualties of the 20th Division had to be added to 2,700 people.

It is estimated that when he heard this number, this Dazuo Ke did not have the slightest sense of joy. By the time he gave the order, the 20th Division, which numbered as many as 28,000 men, had a casualty rate of almost 25 percent.

And this casualty toll, will increase.

Because, last month, Yoshio didn't expect that in the battle for the commanding heights at the beginning, he would fall into disadvantage.

In order not to be discovered by the Japanese soldiers, the three infantry battalions were hidden in the bushes or mountain forests far away from the ridges and hills that could threaten the Japanese troops.

According to common sense, it must be the one who is close to the mountain first.

However, the Japanese army was on a mountain road. And what's worse is that the mountain roads are generally in ravines and ravines. To put it bluntly, they have to climb the mountain, climb the mountain beam.

And the three infantry battalions, although a little farther away, are all in areas at about the same altitude.

In other words, the Chinese army is farther away but does not have to climb the mountain, and the Japanese army is close but has to climb the mountain.

The Japanese soldiers wearing leather boots embedded with iron plates had no problem running on the same road, and the rigorous training and sufficient nutrition on weekdays were enough to make up for the bulkiness of the leather boots. But on mountain climbing。。。。。。

The officers and men of the two battalions of the Independent Regiment all wore imitation "liberation shoes" with rubber soles, while the red troops wore lighter cloth shoes. Don't think that you can't run fast in cloth shoes, on the contrary, cloth shoes that are tightly tied to your feet with straw ropes are light and breathable, except for slightly poor foot protection, they are definitely the best choice for marching.

Don't think that the Red Troops are poor, just because they still wear straw sandals. The Red Army, which often walks a hundred miles, attaches more importance to the feet of officers and soldiers than any other unit in China. When the full-scale war broke out, and the soldiers of the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army, the Hunan Army, and even some of the Central Army were still wearing straw sandals, the Red Army had already put a few pairs of cloth shoes in their backpacks.

What do the aunts and sisters-in-law who support the front line mainly do, either to do anything else, or to make cloth shoes with soles. It can be said that the mobility of the Red Army's foot is unsurpassed, not to mention the world, at least in Asia, and this cloth shoe is one of the important reasons.

The officers and men of the Independent Regiment were even more well-nourished, and the shoes on their feet were also fitting, so the speed was naturally faster than that of the Japanese army.

Therefore, in this life-and-death competition, most of the commanding heights were seized by three infantry battalions. What the Japanese could seize was either a hill closer to them, or a precautionary soldier who had already occupied it.

However, for the entire encirclement, it is only 12 out of 10.

The biggest advantage of the vantage point is that you can shoot at the mountain road from a high position, and you can also drop grenades or something. For an enemy who still needs to shoot from the back tens of meters or even hundreds of meters, it is absolutely suppressive.

No matter how good your marksmanship is, you have to expose at least half of your body to shoot on your back, and you can be killed by a bullet flying out of nowhere at any time, and that terrible psychological pressure is huge for a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time. That can also lead to inaccurate marksmanship.

And the soldiers on the commanding heights, while throwing grenades, can hide themselves and shoot downward, without even having to risk their heads, as long as there are enough bullets, they can shoot down as much as they want. The treatment of the two, just like their position, is separated by heaven and earth.

For the independent regiment and the 772nd regiment on the ambush side, seizing the commanding heights can suppress the Japanese invaders with firepower, compress the living space of the Japanese invaders, wait until the encirclement is completely formed, and then use enough mortars to drive them out and shoot them again.

For the Japanese army, seizing the commanding heights can leave enough breakthroughs for the brigade and regiment, not only to fight their way out of the encirclement, but also to rush out of the gap to counterattack the Chinese army, and then defeat the invading enemy. The Japanese army, even at this moment, from the supreme commander to the officer of the rank of military Cao, did not think that the "Tubalu" could do anything to them, even if the mortars of the Chinese were extremely fierce.

But, they still have planes! In a maximum of 25 minutes, the bombers taking off from Yangmingbao, more than 100 kilometers away, will come.

Therefore, at the very beginning of the war, the commanders of the two sides demanded that the officers and men of both sides go all out to seize the commanding heights, which is the lifeblood of the Chinese and Japanese armies, and there is no room for error.

Obviously, judging from the present situation, the Chinese armed forces have basically achieved their strategic objectives and seized more than 85 percent of the mountain.

And the Japanese army, not too much of a loss, driven by strong enough short legs and strict military discipline, also grabbed a few hills enough to protect the living space of some infantry, and even enough to tear apart the encirclement of the Chinese.