Qinglong Town is the gateway of Taiyuan since ancient times, the terrain is dangerous, there are mountains on both sides, a back mountain, a chess piece mountain, at this time because the time is too late, the Japanese army only arranged two squads in the two mountains, as a sentinel point.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was three o'clock in the morning, all the Japanese soldiers were sleeping soundly, and the Japanese troops guarding the city walls and outside were also listless, after all, they had been fighting continuously for more than a month, and had won a great victory, Shanxi was already in the bag of the empire, and now who would attack the imperial army.

ON CAIJIAGANG, THE ARTILLERY TEAM DIRECTLY UNDER THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS OF THE EIGHTH ROUTE ARMY, 30 120MM MORTARS HELD THEIR HEADS HIGH, AND THE GUNNERS NEXT TO THEM CARRIED BOXES OF SHELLS, WHICH WERE PAINTED WHITE AND RED, AND AT A GLANCE THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE NOT ORDINARY SHELLS. In the general headquarters of Xigang Village, Mr. Peng and Zuo Quan looked at their pocket watches, kept drinking tea, and waited patiently.

Around Qinglong Town, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army have gathered at this time, all the soldiers are wearing camouflage uniforms, passing through the safe passage determined at the beginning, wearing straw hats, and slowly crawling towards Qinglong Town. The Japanese troops on the mountains on both sides were dazed and did not know that death was coming, and the Eighth Route Army wearing camouflage uniforms often climbed next to the Japanese sentries and was not found. Because the spearhead soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were ambushed around long before the Japanese army came, the light and dark posts of the Japanese army were all under the nose of the Eighth Route Army.

Noaka Rentai got up to prepare to go to the toilet, suddenly stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but at a glance, it was a handful of scattered straw, Noaka Renta scolded helplessly, "These Yagachi people, running away made these things everywhere, and I don't know how to clean them up, and they completely fell on me." After saying that, he kicked the straw hard, only to find that a large amount of cinders flew up. Ren Nonaka was too curious to squat down and dig, and found that there was only a thin layer of soil on the ground, and coal underneath.

"Nani, this branch is so rich, it is a coal mine to dig casually, with such a place, the great cause of the empire will definitely be completed as soon as possible!" Nochu said happily.

Time will always pass, and the pointer of time finally pointed to three o'clock in the morning, and Mr. Peng shouted fiercely, "Start!" ”

Only three green flares were seen flying into the sky, and 30 120 mortars of the artillery corps were seen with signal flares. More than 60 mortars of the 115th and 129th Divisions, as well as a small number of mountain artillery and infantry guns, all roared together, and nearly 100 shells flew to their destination from all directions, among which the 120 mortars rushed to the direction of the coal piles and straw piles that had already been marked.

Honda Masasai, who was sleeping in the house, always felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't sleep, so he sat up, took out the book next to him and slowly flipped through it. What he watched was "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when he saw the section on the burning of Xinye, watching Cao Ren being burned by a fire, and when he was stunned, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart. Yelling "Not good!!!" He threw the book aside, ran out before he could put on his shoes, and as soon as he opened the door, he shouted at the guards, "Hurry, hurry." Inform everyone and get out of town!! ”

The guard was a second monk who was confused, and he still had some doubts in his heart whether his brigade commander was possessed by the ghost of this branch. Seeing that the guards had not moved for a long time, Honda Masasai kicked him angrily and shouted, "Don't hurry up and deliver the order!" ”

At this time, Renta Noaka was releasing himself, and suddenly saw countless meteors flying in the distance, and his mouth grew up, and he shouted fiercely, "Enemy attack!! "But it was too late, these countless shells instantly smashed into the small Qinglong Town, countless explosions of fire could be seen from above, the rate of fire of the mortars was already fast, plus the ammunition was sufficient, the small Qinglong Town was full of explosions, and there were flames everywhere.

The 30 120 guns were even more powerful, and the shells were a sea of fire, especially the first round of shells that hit the straw piles and coal piles, and soon turned the two places into large torches, lighting up the entire sky. And the shells that hit other places also blew up the floating soil that covered the coal, setting the coal on fire inside, and turning large areas of the ground into fire pits. 1

Most of the houses in Shanxi in this era are still civil structures, and they are not as fire-resistant as the reinforced concrete of later generations, and they were quickly ignited by fires, and Shanxi was dry and windy in early January, and after a while, the entire Qinglong Town was burned, and Qinglong Town at this time could already be renamed Huolong Town.

At this time, all the Japanese soldiers have been awakened by the sound of explosions and screams, and the devils who hurried out only saw that there were fires everywhere, some devils who were unfortunately hit by white phosphorus bombs, the white demon flames instantly burned through the clothes and muscles, attached to the bones and burned, and the boundless pain made him have to roll around, but where can this fire be extinguished in this way, I saw that the more he rolled, the more he was, and after a while, he was motionless.

Renta Nochu looked at the ghost-like scene in front of him, and he screamed in fright, so he could only take his bushido and pistol and run to the place where there was no fire.

Several communications soldiers hurriedly ran to the location of the Honda political materials, shouting "Report! ”

Honda Masako, who had already put on his shoes, pushed the communication soldier away and scolded, "What else are you talking about? Who doesn't know the situation now, gather troops for me and get out of here!! ”

The staff officer next to him said, "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the fire is now the greatest in the north, where the straw piles and coal piles are located. We had to go south, or we went up the hills on either side. ”

Honda Masasai quickly calmed down and said, "Don't panic, although the enemy's artillery fire is fierce, it seems that there is no heavy artillery, it is all mortars, immediately let the chariot troops rush out, and the others will follow to rush south, so that the troops in the positions outside the southern city are ready for battle, in addition, order the two brigades to rush to the mountains on both sides, and be sure to control the commanding heights!" ”

The 2nd Independent Brigade had a squadron of chariots, which had already been assembled to cover the infantry to break through the city, and the artillery of the Eighth Route Army began to switch to ordinary artillery attacks, after all, incendiary shells and white phosphorus shells were too rare.

Honda Masasai looked at Qinglong Town, which was full of fire, and his tears were about to fall, he never thought that he would lose so badly in such a small town when he was rampant.

Later generations have a poem that praises "Millions of Japanese pirates peeped into Middle Earth, and went east to Taiyuan in October." Feng Bo was angry in Qinglong Town, and Zhu Rong flew down to the sky. ”

After all, there are only a small number of troops that can be contacted in the midst of heavy fire and artillery shelling. More Japanese troops trampled on each other in the chaos and died in the fire.

When Honda Masako escaped from Qinglong Town with his troops under the response of the troops in Nancheng, everyone was in the sigh of great difficulty in escaping, and suddenly a earth-shattering charge horn sounded from all directions, and countless gunshots exploded one after another, and the Japanese troops in the outermost periphery died in the rain of bullets before they even opened the bolt.

"Report, report, there are ambushes on the hills on both sides, and our troops have been driven down." A communications soldier said breathlessly.

"What did you say?" Honda Masasai grabbed the signal soldier and shook for a while: "How many of them are there?" ”

The signal soldier shook his head and said, "There are at least fifty or sixty machine guns on both sides, and there are a lot of rifles. Most likely, there are two divisions. ”

Honda Masasai looked at the mountains that were already in fierce battle on both sides in surprise, and looked at the gunlight and machine gun bullets that appeared from time to time, and he was at a loss. His eyes were flustered for a while, and he said, "Now that most of our army's ammunition is still in the town, the enemy will definitely take the opportunity to attack, we can only use the current ammunition to repel the enemy and wait for tactical guidance." Order the tank squadron to immediately crush the enemy from the front! In addition, immediately send a telegram to General Sakagaki for tactical guidance and air support. ”

Once again, Honda Masato pinned his hopes on his own tank squadron. I saw that the dozen or so Type 89 chariots immediately gathered and led the infantry to charge forward.

There were no two divisions on those two hills. Rather, it was the two regiments of the 129th Division, Liu Bocheng held a telescope in the back mountain and said with a smile, "It seems that the firepower of the little devil has been suppressed by us." ”

Chen Geng next to him said, "Division commander, these are two Soviet weapons regiments. Combined with the Japanese-style guns we have captured, there are almost 200 machine guns alone, and the two brigades that the little devils may not even have guns with them now, are simply bullying them. ”

Liu Bocheng looked at the fire that was still burning and said, "Although I don't know how many devils have been burned to death." But the devil must not bring out much ammunition, and tell the soldiers that they must take advantage of his illness. If you want his life, don't be afraid of sacrifice, hit me hard!! ”

Nonaka Renta is attacking a hill at this time, looking at the Shina machine gun that is constantly firing in the dark, Noaka Renta is bitter, in the fire, bring out the gun is already because the first division is well-trained, as for the ammunition, some people don't even have a base, as for what artillery, don't even think about it, only the light grenadier is constantly counterattacking, but as long as the grenadier attacks, there will be several mortars to counterattack immediately, and you can't get the 50MM grenadier against the 82MM mortar, Renta Nonaka can still do such calculations.

"How? What did the brigade commander say? Renta Noaka hurriedly asked when she saw the communication soldier coming back.

The signal soldier said, "The brigade commander gave the order to keep fighting, and as long as it was after dawn, there would be aviation to support it." ”

At this time, it was almost four o'clock, and Lin Sanhu, who was directly in front, seemed to be waiting for something, when a communication soldier came in and said, "Report!" The devil's tank sorted. ”

Lin Sanhu said with a smile, "Order the cavalry to prepare, order Chen Guang and Xu Haidong, you must fight resolutely!" ”

More than a dozen chariots drove slowly to the southern front battlefield in the fierce battle with their headlights on, at this time on the southern front, thousands of people were fighting, the machine guns, submachine guns, rifles, with the sapper shovel, grenades, constantly charging forward, the high-spirited charge made the soldiers seem to have inexhaustible strength, the Japanese army continued to retreat, and finally joined forces with the tanks from Qinglong Town.

"Blow the trumpet of retreat! Let the devils rush out! Xu Haidong shouted.

Seeing the headlights of the Japanese tanks, all the troops heard the clarion call to retreat, and immediately fought and retreated, and the Japanese began a big charge under the idea of using the first fighter to repel the enemy troops, and several flares hit the sky, making the battlefield as if it was daylight.

"Recoilless cannon ready!!" Several warriors worked together to carry a thick, long, black barrel.

"Align! Fire! "At the sound of an order, twenty or thirty shells from all directions hit the invincible Japanese tanks, the Chinese recoilless guns from later generations passed through time and space, hit the target they should hit the most, the 57 mm shells slammed into the 89 type steel plate, the soft warhead was like a puddle of mud on the steel plate, and then the explosive explosives created a huge shock wave with tens of billions of pascal pressure on the steel plate, and the huge force was transmitted to the steel plate, as if hitting the wall with a hammer. The wall did not penetrate, but the skin on the back of the wall peeled off piece by piece, and countless flying iron fragments killed all the Japanese tankmen inside in an instant.

After only two or three rounds, the Japanese tank squadron announced the total annihilation. At this time, the Japanese army had already moved hundreds of meters away from the trenched position because of the charge.

"Cavalry regiment!! Charge!!! A roar like Zhang Fei came from the darkness, hundreds of horses' hooves kicked and trampled up, and when the infantry was fighting, the 129th Division and the 115th Division jointly formed a temporary cavalry regiment launched, which was an ancient branch of the army that had been galloping in China for thousands of years and once again exerted its strength to protect this land.

"Mom, what's that?"

"The chariot squadron is finished, and the cavalry of the Shina people is coming."

"Machine guns. Where are the machine gunners, hurry up and take cover! ”

"Don't escape, fight back on the spot."

In the face of the Japanese army that was instantly destroyed by the chariot squadron, and in the face of the cavalry charge like a raging storm, the formation was immediately torn apart.

Liang Xingchu is an old Red Army, and is currently the battalion commander of the 115th Regiment of the 685th Division, and was the commander of the cavalry company as early as the Long March. With the cavalry rushed into the ranks of the Japanese army, in the moonlight, the steel helmet of the Japanese army flashed white, and Liang Xingchu raised his sword and fell. A human head suddenly flew up, and the blood was bubbling high, and Liang Xingchu smelled the smell of blood and immediately became excited. shouted, "Comrades, kill devils!!" ”

I only saw that wherever the cavalry went, the Japanese troops fell to the ground like wheat. The cavalry in the dark was more terrifying than the day, the sound of the horse's hooves and the sound of fighting made the Japanese army confused, and the Japanese machine gunners also lost their heads in the dark, and the cavalry whose horse speed had been completely raised was not at all something that the infantry could resist, even the Japanese army in 1937 was not good, only to see the Japanese army like a duck being chased all the way to the trench by nearly a thousand cavalry. Only then did they use machine guns to resist the cavalry attack.

When Honda Masasai received the battle report from the front, he only felt frightened, the chariot squadron was completely annihilated, and the charging brigade had not returned to thirty percent, and the others all fell under the guns and hooves of the Chinese troops.

"This, what kind of troops is this? What kind of troops is this? Does anyone know, what kind of troops is this?? Honda Masasai shouted madly.

A staff officer replied, "We haven't gotten a single corpse of the other party until now, and we don't know the other party's number for the time being, but this kind of firepower and tactical literacy must be the elite of the Central Army in China, and we found that the other party has MG-34, and we suspect that the other party is a German mechanic." ”

Honda Masako shook his head and said, "No, the central army of Shanxi only has Wei Lihuang, and Wei Lihuang's troops definitely do not have such combat power, this is a new army." ”

At this time, Seishiro Sakagaki, who was still in Xinzhou, received several telegrams asking for help from Honda Masasai, and hurriedly ordered the follow-up 15th Mixed Brigade to prepare for help, and ordered the air force to prepare for takeoff immediately, and rushed to the battlefield after dawn. Looking at the chaotic headquarters, Sakagaki seemed to have a strong sense of déjà vu, he slowly clenched his fists, and said in a cold tone, "Who is it this time?" ”

The fierce battle in Qinglong Town continued, the fire in Qinglong Town had gradually weakened, but the gunfire and explosions were getting louder and louder, and the 129th Division on the hills on both sides of Qinglong Town used machine guns and mortars to suppress the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain, and continued to charge down the mountain. And the Japanese army in front could only parry the onslaught of the 115th Division at this time.

Honda Masasai finally got the latest troop statistics at this time, looking at the figures reported by each unit, Honda Masasai felt that he might have to go to the reserve after fighting this war, of course, on the premise that the headquarters did not let himself commit suicide by disembowelment. More than 200 wounded soldiers were all left in Qinglong Town in the fire, and at the same time, because of the fire, explosion, trampling and death of nearly 1,000 people, after a night of fierce fighting, at this time there were only less than 2,000 people in their hands, among which there were a large number of wounded soldiers. More than half of the troops have been lost.

At this time, the sky is gradually getting brighter, experienced people know that the sky is bright from east to west, the Japanese planes at Baoding Airport have taken off at this time, and looking at the time has reached more than five o'clock, Liu Bocheng and Lin Sanhu launched the largest onslaught since the start of the war almost at the same time, and the mortar group that rested for half a day began a new round of bombardment, especially 120 mortars, a shell can kill and injure the enemy of hundreds of square meters, the Japanese machine gun points have been broken by mortar guns one after another, Honda Masako saw that the front line was losing and retreating, I also saw that the fire in Qinglong Town had gradually become smaller, and I thought that a large amount of ammunition was still in Qinglong Town at this time, although I don't know if it was all destroyed by the fire, but now the ammunition brought out is too little. As soon as he gritted his teeth, he shouted, "Order the troops to retreat back to Qinglong Town in turn, and prepare to defend to the death!" ”

Everyone looked at Qinglong Town, which was still burning, and they were all a little afraid, and Honda Zhengcai shouted, "If you don't retreat into Qinglong Town soon, what are you waiting for?" ”

The Japanese army reluctantly left the trenches one after another, preparing to retreat back to Qinglong Town. (To be continued......)