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"Report!" A devil staff officer ran up with the smell of gunsmoke, bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency! The earth mountain in front was actually a field fortress of the enemy, and the sudden fire caused heavy casualties to the Imperial Allied Army. ”

"Yaga, the enemy is very cunning." The devil commander lay on the ground, looked at the small dirt mountain like a fire thorn in the distance with a telescope, and couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "Are the spy offices all rice buckets? Why doesn't our intelligence give any hints? Tune up the artillery, bombard, give me to destroy it. ”

In a short time, the Japanese artillery fire began to exert its might, and the earthen bags were enveloped by artillery fire in an instant, and large areas of earth, wood chips, and stones flew into the air.

In the distance, a Japanese officer pulled out his command knife and howled, and a large number of puppet soldiers lying on the ground immediately got up and bent over to charge. It didn't go far before a few puffs of smoke and dust rose from the attacking ranks, and mines were stepped on one after another.

Under the cover of the sound of the explosion, an accurate bullet was fired from some hidden place, and the Japanese officer shook his body and fell, and the soldiers under his command had no commander, and the formation began to riot.

In the shooting hole on the hill, machine guns were firing like poisonous snakes, and the Japanese and puppet soldiers were constantly hit by the rain of bullets.

"Fire, fire." The devil commander is going crazy, how to fight this battle, how to advance the troops, and advance while clearing mines under the enemy's bullet rain?

On the flank, a kilometer away, an artillery officer of the third column was mobilizing artillery, and the three 82 mortars were placed, opening the black hole in the ditch.

"Three shots, ready." The artillery officer, covered in sweat, waved his arm after rechecking the firing Zhuyuan.

With a somewhat broken "fire", the shells flew into the sky one after another, drawing an arc of death, with a scream of death, and went straight to the enemy's command group.

"Shelling-" In the elongated exclamation, Saburo Nagano, who was holding the telescope, was knocked down by the staff officer next to him, and then there was a continuous explosion.

The ground was shaking violently, and Nagano Saburo's ears were buzzing, and the shaking of the ground made him nauseous and dizzy.

For a long time, the shaking disappeared, the loud noise was gone, and Nagano Saburo looked around a little blankly, blood, dead bodies, stumps and broken arms...... The staff officer who had fallen on him was half lying on top of him, half of his head had been cut off by shrapnel, and red and white were flowing.

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"Punch the master to death." Huang Ruihua put down the binoculars and said with a wry smile: "If I am a devil, I will be crazy soon." ”

"Well, when I encounter such a play, I can't think of any good way to crack it anyway." Xu Cheng looked around for a moment and said, "Looking at the destruction of this road, I thought it was digging indiscriminately, but in fact, people have a plan." ”

"Going out into the wilderness?" Meng Ruogang frowned and thought about it, but then denied his own method, "The small army may work, but the large team will be too difficult." Besides, how useful is it to just move forward? ”

"Playing is one thing, of course we have to learn." Du Shihua, who has the highest military rank, easily did not speak, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he could see people's thinking and vision, "And the military production capacity of the three verticals is the key." With so many mines, how many explosives are needed? Mortars are attacking on the ground, and the reserve of shells is also indispensable. ”

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Xu Cheng nodded in agreement, "Yes, look at us using cannons, like misers, we have to count them." Although the Third Column has not yet suppressed artillery fire from a long distance, the number of mortars at medium and close ranges is already stronger than that of the devils. As long as you don't confront the heavy artillery at the level of the devil brigade and division, you won't be left behind. ”

Xu Cheng said very reasonably, what the three verticals lack now is a suppressed heavy artillery of more than 10,000 meters. Heavy mortars are only 8,000 meters away from extended-range shells, and they are very poorly accurate. But there is no way to do this, the manufacturing process of rifled long-barreled artillery is very complex and high-end, and it cannot be achieved in the short term with the capabilities of the arsenal.

Therefore, Yang Tianfeng asked the artillery to give full play to its advantages in medium and short range, effectively make use of the terrain and geographical advantages, and give the devils a sustained blow. Heavy mortars, because of their slightly poor mobility, are used as strategic-level firepower, and they are also a trump card after seeing the right time.

"Dragged the devil into an infantry, with the convenience of geography and the advantage of troops, this battle is already invincible." Du Shihua sighed: "If the devil wants to crack it, he actually has tricks, but unfortunately he can't do it now." ”

"What's the trick?" Meng Ruogang asked curiously.

"Squeeze, nibble." Du Shihua made a posture of encirclement with his hands, "It is better to be slow than fast, occupy a place to stabilize a place, build a flat ditch, and slowly advance and compress." ”

"This—" Meng Ruogang shook his head in disappointment.

"It's not urgent, I'm afraid there is no good way for the devil now." Huang Ruihua groaned and said: "With such a loss method, within five days, the devil will not be able to stand it." When the soldiers are exhausted and weak, I am afraid that the three columns will have a big counterattack. ”

"Yang Tianfeng is a very cautious person, and he pays great attention to reducing the casualties of his soldiers, and I am afraid that he will have to consume and weaken the enemy before he will counterattack." Du Shihua said: "This point is also worth learning from. Commander Ho - Alas, don't talk about it. ”

A few days ago, Regiment Commander He repelled an attack by devils in Anhui, but suffered casualties of an infantry company. After Liao Lei saw the battle report, he angrily rebuked Regiment Commander He, saying that guerrilla warfare could not be fought like this, and now it is difficult to replenish soldiers, and it is really ...... Commander He was so angry that he committed suicide after going back.

Liao Lei regretted it very much when he learned about it, and felt that his words were too radical, so he went to the festival in person and sympathized with the family of Head He.

However, the officers and men of the Gui family were all awe-inspiring in their hearts, and felt that they could no longer fight as hard as before. Although most of the guerrilla areas are regular troops, they must always have the appearance of guerrilla warfare and have a guerrilla warfare style. Therefore, there was an observation group this time, and the Mo regiment was also transferred to participate in the war.

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"Entering the bandit area is like a quagmire, and the road is like a river valley washed by a flash flood, full of criss-crossing ditches, and it is difficult to walk; The enemy's land is full of thunder and many kinds of tricks, so that our army is always like facing the abyss, and it is not afraid of it; The enemy's village was well fortified, and although it was defended only by a small number of enemies, it repeatedly cost our troops disproportionately......"

Matsushima frowned as he looked at the report sent by the striker. In the two days since approaching the border of Yongcheng County, although there has been no head-on battle with the enemy, the casualties have reached more than 200, and they have only advanced less than 30 miles. Although most of the casualties were the Imperial Army, such a consumption could not be afforded.

According to the report of the reconnaissance plane, the enemy's main force of more than 2,000 people seems to be waiting for the bell tower and Chiang Tower 20 miles away, and has built a complete fortification. But this was not the full strength of the enemy, and the intelligence before the sweep showed that the total strength of the three columns was at least seven or eight thousand.

It seems that there should be no less than one regiment of troops hidden from the enemy who defended the friendly forces in Sucheng. Matsushima was frustrated and discouraged, even if he fought the two thousand main forces head-on? With the continuous loss of personnel and the consumption of materials, even if the defense line of the bell tower and Chiang Lou is broken, according to the weaponry and combat effectiveness displayed by the enemy at present, it will inevitably suffer great losses. At that time, was there still the strength to continue attacking and advancing towards the enemy's base areas?

"Your Excellency." Miyamoto read the information that was circulated, and said cautiously: "The strength of the enemy, the enemy's military industrial capabilities, are beyond our expectations. We were dragged into an infantry-on-infantry battle, which was exactly what the enemy wanted. In the absence of effective means of mine detection, the lowly government suggested that the advance should be halted for the time being, and the base camp was requested to urgently dispatch mine detectors. ”

Matsushima looked at Miyamoto and suddenly understood what he meant. Bringing in bulky mine detectors from Xuzhou or elsewhere is obviously a slow thing to do, but it is a reason to stop moving forward for the time being.

"Send a telegram to Xuzhou." Matsushima pondered for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Since the beginning of the sweep, our army has been troubled by the enemy's unpredictable tactics and tactics. The enemy has been able to produce high-power gunpowder, and the number of mines produced is staggering, and the enemy area is full of mines, and if there are no effective means, it will be difficult to move an inch. Quick-adjust the mine detector ......"

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Late at night, the moonlight shone on the shadows of the trees, swaying silently and slightly.

There was a slight clattering sound from the railway, followed by a white light. A small railroad motorcycle tram of a devil flew over. This is a small truck patrolled by devils, there are five devils on it, two machine guns, and a searchlight.

Boom, boom, two flames suddenly lit up next to the railway, and the steel fist slammed into the small truck with tail flames, almost at the same time as the devil was about to turn the muzzle of the gun to shoot, two explosions sounded, and the patrol truck was suddenly surrounded by smoke and fire.

The figure flickered, and Li Shizhuang led hundreds of guerrillas to rush out of their hiding places and go straight to the railway. When he came closer, he started to work with a shovel and pickaxe. The fishtail plate (the link plate between the two rails) at the rail joint was dismantled, the road spikes were lifted, and a group of people shouted to pry up and carry the rails away, and the work was in full swing.

Explosions and gunfire could be heard in the distance, and it was the interfering troops exchanging fire with the enemy. Li Shizhuang urged, but he was very confident in his heart, and he was not worried that the enemy would break through the block. Because it was the main force of the three columns, after meeting the cavalry units of the Miyayama Brigade, there were 14,500 people, and only with a squad of devils and a puppet army garrison at the station in Jiagou Town, not only could not rush forward, but I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape the fate of being annihilated.

Then, it's time to storm the station and create even more chaos, right?

Li Shizhuang exhaled a long breath lightly, looked at the still burning motorcycle tram and sneered.

Happy, with a steel fist and the support of the main force, the devils who used to constantly chase the guerrillas finally couldn't be arrogant.

………… (To be continued.) )