Four days later

In the Japanese army headquarters while eating, while thinking, now Nakanishi Gong has a channel with the outside world, later generations often say that no one in the world is red, in the Japanese Empire at this time, there are also a large number of people who are dissatisfied with the status quo to devote themselves to the red cause, indeed, Japan is now the first power in Asia, the victor of the First World War. It has also obtained two colonies in the northeast and Taiwan, and now it is even more unfavorable in Chinese mainland, but the lives of the common people have not changed at all, and several high mountains of the emperor, chaebols, and warlords have oppressed countless ordinary people.

A very large part of Japan's domestic industry is in the hands of a small group of big monopoly capitalists. For example, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Yasuda, Sumitomo and other big chaebols play a great dominant role in Japan's economic life. On the other hand, in the rural areas, the landlords own about half of the country's land, while 70 percent of the peasants have no land at all, or have very little land. Japanese landlords levied land rent from the peasants, using the most backward form of rent in kind. Regardless of whether the harvest is good or bad, the peasants have to pay rent to the landlord for half or even three-quarters of the annual harvest. Due to the high land rent and the backward production technology, Japanese farmers could usually only rent small plots of land from landlords for farming. As a result, Japan's agricultural productive forces have not been developed, and the broad masses of peasants have no choice but to struggle on the hunger line for a long time.

The reason why the Japanese are so keen to join the army at this time is because serving in the army is the only way for civilians to climb to high places. There are even countless people who go to the army to eat a bite of white rice. At that time, the main dish of the Chinese people was pickled cabbage, while in Japan it was radish and seaweed soup. But fortunately, the prestige of the emperor and the long-term brainwashing of bushido have made everyone take all this for granted, and it is a glorious and proud thing to sacrifice everything for the empire, and it is even more of a supreme honor to die for the emperor, and even more so that invading other countries is the only way to make their country rich and strong - don't you see, those Western powers did this?

However, the spirit is the spirit. Life is life, and the Rice Riots of 1918 made countless people suddenly react, their lives were actually extremely miserable, and some young people began to look for a way to change all this, and finally, they found a way in the East - to eliminate the emperor and the people to govern. At this time, the communication channel of Nakanishi Gong was realized through the Japanese army's military postmen, after all, they were the only people who could reasonably and legally stuff documents into Nakanishi's room. When Nakanishi returned to his room after eating, he opened the door and looked at his secret memory, where there was no trace of passing. Relaxed, Nakanishi took out the letter he had just received, opened it and immediately began to decipher, and after reading it, he had an idea in his heart.

Nakanishi Gong came to Kagesa Zhaozhen's office and said that he wanted to go to Jinshanwei to investigate the truth in person, and Kagesa Zhaozhen saw that his subordinates were working so hard, so he naturally agreed. Nakanishi and another agent pretended to be a fisherman and came to Jinshanwei.

The two of them first went to Jinshan Weisan Island, and after finding that there was indeed no garrison, they went to the hillside to peek at the defensive position. It's almost time, let's go find a place to rest and go back tomorrow to report the situation. ”

Sakai nodded and said, "Okay, there are a lot of fishing boats around here. We pretended to be fishermen again, and we just stayed overnight. ”

The two went to a fisherman's house, and when they learned that they were also fishermen, the fisherman immediately brought out fish soup and straw for them to rest.

Kanayama once Sakai went out to the toilet. Secretly put some sleeping pills in his bowl, this medicine doesn't feel anything, just sleeps a little deeper. In the dead of night, when Sakai fell asleep, Nakanishi slowly got up and walked out of the door, where a person was waiting for him, but it was the fisherman.

The fisherman said softly, "Xuanzi has no social communist. ”

Nakanishi replied with a smile: "The speaker is dedicated." ”

After answering this code, which no one understood, the fisherman stretched out his hand and said, "Hello comrade, I'm a slippery ghost. ”

Nakanishi Gong held the fisherman's hand tightly and said, "Hello comrade, I'm a hundred-eyed ghost. ”

Both knew that time was urgent, and the slippery head asked, "How long will he sleep?" ”

Nakanishi looked at the moon and said, "We have six hours left, and he will never wake up in six hours." ”

The slippery ghost nodded and said, "Then hurry up and come with me, there are fast horses prepared outside." ”

Jiang Cheng looked at the slippery head ghost dressed as a fisherman in front of him and the person who called himself a hundred-eyed ghost, and asked curiously, "What the hell are your code names?" ”

The two of them looked at each other and shook their heads and said, "Sorry, it's classified. ”

Jiang Cheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, let's take a look at the picture, Baimu Ghost, can you help me see what is wrong with this picture?" ”

Zhongxi Gong glanced at it and exclaimed, "I didn't expect the organization's intelligence to be so accurate, most of this picture is correct, but there are still some discrepancies, give me a pen, I'll revise it." ”

Jiang Cheng handed him the pen, only to see that Zhongxi Gong immediately wrote and drew on the drawing, and the slippery ghost on the other side kept watching the time in case it was too late and something went wrong.

After more than an hour, Zhongxi stood up and said, "Okay, I have corrected the drawings, and also marked the main personnel and troop deployment, there is a brigade guard outside this headquarters, and there are more than 1,000 guards and staff inside the headquarters." There's a squadron stationed in the sewers, and I haven't gone down there, but I've heard that there are a lot of police agencies, so you have to be careful. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "When we act, if you are still in the headquarters, you will tie a black cloth on your right arm." ”

Nakanishi nodded in understanding. Then he sketched it on the map of Shanghai again, and halfway through the drawing, the slippery ghost said, "The time is almost up, we must leave immediately." ”

Zhongxi Gong was a little unwilling, but he also knew the iron law of the secret front, and he must be careful in everything, so he nodded and said, "I hope you can succeed." ”

Jiang Cheng watched the two of them prepare to leave, and suddenly asked curiously, "I want to know, you are obviously Japanese, why would you help us?" ”

Nakanishi smiled and said, "First, foreign wars will not save Japan, but will destroy Japan, only by letting the war end as soon as possible can we truly love Japan, and second, our goal is not only Japan, but all the oppressed people, where there is oppression." We're here right there. ”

Jiang Cheng said understandingly, "I understand, I hope the war can end as soon as possible." ”

Seeing the two of them leave quickly, Jiang Cheng said to Wang Yong, who had been waiting outside, "Go and call Zhou Weiguo." ”

After a while, Zhou Weiguo came to the room and asked, "Hello sir, Zhou Weiguo is here to report." ”

Jiang Cheng beckoned and said, "Come in, how about it?" How are my teammates and yours getting along? ”

Zhou Weiguo said with a smile, "Both sides are elite soldiers, although there are some small frictions, but they get along well." ”

Jiang Cheng pointed to the picture on the table and said, "This picture has been corrected, from tomorrow onwards, I ask all of you to keep this picture firmly in mind, and be sure to be foolproof when you act." ”

Zhou Weiguo hurriedly saluted and said, "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Jiang Cheng asked Zhou Weiguo to take the picture and left, and Wang Yong said to the outside: "I'm going to leave for a few days." You train well. ”

After Wang Yong nodded in understanding, Jiang Cheng traveled back to Black Iron Island in the room. I saw a lot of boxes full of them. And a letter.

Jiang Cheng opened it and took a look, but Ying Tianlin not only brought the weapons he used to rescue, but also sent the weapons he gave to the Eighth Route Army last time, and said that he knew a lot of armed forces, and if there was really anything, he would send a message to him, and the ends of the earth would come to save him.

Jiang Cheng shook his head with a sigh, looking at the weapons in this place, Jiang Cheng had no choice but to classify the weapons by himself. Ying Tianlin's unintentional move made Jiang Cheng tired and half dead. Jiang Cheng looked at the chariots, and Ying Tianlin also thoughtfully sent a few cans of diesel, but Jiang Cheng from the province went to Shanghai to transport it.

When Zhou Weiguo, Li Qian and others looked at the room full of new equipment, their eyes felt that they couldn't see it. Especially when you see that mighty and domineering armored car. Zhou Weiguo couldn't imagine how Jiang Cheng transported these equipment back, but he had been here all along, why didn't he hear any movement.

Jiang Cheng waved his hand and said, "You guys are familiar with these things first, and in addition." Select 16 team members with some driving experience and learn to drive these vehicles when time is of the essence. Everyone has to work hard day and night. ”

Thanks to the existence of Gallagher, with the help of Gallagher, Jiang Cheng can do all kinds of weapon operations, and all the team members are quickly familiar with these new equipment.

Jiang Cheng took the time to go to the park again, and the Chinese team that was driven to the corner saw Yu Qiaqing's letter, and readily agreed to Jiang Cheng's request to borrow the road, and prepared a place for Jiang Cheng to place the vehicle with a large number of tents. Jiang Cheng transferred the point of time and space from the current place to here.

Just when Jiang Cheng was painstakingly preparing, the Battle of Xinkou in Shanxi finally began.

Xinkou is a mountainous area here, not only the terrain is narrow, but also several rivers run through it, and it is not easy for the attacking troops to deploy their troops, and it is a standard terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The terrain here is dangerous, the right is the Wutai Mountains, the left is the Yunzhong Mountains, there is only a river valley between the two mountains can be passed, this river valley is also the Tongpu Railway, and the only road to enter Taiyuan with the North Shanxi Highway.

In the middle of the river valley stands a soil mountain of tens of meters, 16 kilometers long from north to south, 3 kilometers wide from east to west. The Jin Sui army had built a large number of semi-permanent fortifications nearby more than a year ago.

If the Japanese army wanted to pass through here, they had to pass through this valley and they had to break through these fortifications. Due to the dangerous terrain on the left and right, the Japanese army could not make a detour from both sides, and could only attack head-on from the Xinkou River Valley. The width of the river valley is not large, the Japanese army cannot be deployed, and the firepower is not easy to develop, in short, it is a relatively unfavorable terrain for the attacking side!

Itagaki Seishiro looked at the map in front of him, and couldn't help but feel that this was an extremely difficult bone to gnaw, and the hard battle in front made him feel that the troops in his hands were already a little less, after all, only 30,000 of the 60,000 people in his hands were actually Japanese troops, and the other 30,000 were the strength of the nine puppet Mongolian armies. He immediately sent a telegram to Terauchi Shouichi for support, and at the worst of all, he hoped to transfer back the 9th Brigade that had been transferred.

Terauchi Shouichi saw that the overall situation in the north had been decided, so he ordered the 9th Brigade to immediately return to help, and then the 20th Division of the First Army of the North China Front, the 108th Division of the Second Army, and the 31st Brigade of the 109th Division directly under the Front Army formed the Westward Advance Corps, which was under the unified command of Kawagishi Bunzaburo, and attacked west along Zhengtai Road and approached Niangzi Pass.

After receiving the news of reinforcements, Seishiro Itagaki ordered the 5th Division to be the left flank and the 15th Brigade to be the right flank and start the attack.

-- Xinkou

Li Mo'an, the commander of the 14th Army, held a telescope and looked at the approaching Japanese army in front of him, and he couldn't see the end as far as his eyes could see. couldn't help but murmur and scolded, "Mom, little devil, this is going to play for real." ”

Liu Huan, the commander of the 89th Division next to him, sighed, "Military seat, it seems that there are three or four thousand little devils, this is still the first wave, you see, there are still thirty or forty Iron King Ba, can we hold it?" ”

Li Mo'an glared and scolded, "If you can't defend it, you have to defend it, we are lucky, it seems that we have been attacked by the main attack, so let the brothers take a look." When the devil comes up, he will call me. After speaking, he returned to the headquarters and called the 10th Division and said, "Peng Jieru, the only anti-aircraft artillery company of our army is with you, give me a good look, and the devil's Iron King Eight will be handed over to you." ”

Peng Jieru's 10th Division was the Central Army, with six German 37 guns, which could be said to be the only anti-tank capability of the 14th Army.

I only saw that the Japanese army first bombed and strafed with more than 20 planes, and then twelve tanks creaked up, perhaps because of the smooth journey, these tanks began to shoot from a long distance. Unbeknownst to them, several artillery pieces were slowly facing them.

Yu Chen was the company commander of the battle defense artillery, he divided his six guns into three places, personally commanded two guns, and watched the damn Iron King Eight slowly drive into his range. Hurriedly knocked on the steel helmet of the artillery and said, "Hurry up and open fire, don't you see that the brothers are all so pressed that they can't hold their heads up?" ”

Maybe the devil was lucky, maybe the artillery was too nervous, and the two guns didn't hit either. Instead, it attracted the attention of the Japanese tank, and fortunately the tank was a small bean with only a heavy machine gun. And the PAK37 gun has a shield, and only saw the first-class sparks on the shield coming, so frightened that the artillerymen hurriedly lay down.

Yu Chen immediately became anxious when he saw it, took out the shell gun and scolded, "If you can't hit again, your platoon will all be shot." ”

When the platoon commander next to him heard this, he hurriedly kicked the artilleryman away and said, "Kill the talent who eats and doesn't do anything, I'll clean you up later." With that, he began to aim slowly, and the other artilleryman also began to aim carefully.

At this time, the other guns also began to shoot, four guns fired one shot, and the angry Yu Chen really wanted to pick up a Czech type to break through these poorly trained artillery.

At this time, the platoon leader pulled the cannon rope violently, only to see the little bean that was still charging slammed, and then exploded, and the muzzle of the machine gun flew high for a long time before it fell, Yu Chen shouted loudly, "Fight well, just like that." The artillery next to him also followed, and another Japanese tank also exploded.

Yu Chen danced excitedly and said, "Beat, beat me hard, and when I fight, I'll go to the master seat to ask for credit." ”

Probably the luck of the Japanese army really ran out, and after a while, six anti-aircraft guns knocked out seven Japanese tanks, and the remaining five were so frightened that they hurriedly reversed and retreated.

But at the same time that the Japanese tank was destroyed, the Japanese reconnaissance plane had already discovered this anti-tank gun position of the national army.

Under the guidance of this reconnaissance plane, more than a dozen Japanese planes that had been hovering nearby immediately flew in to bomb and strafe, and more than a dozen Japanese artillery pieces also desperately bombarded, knocking out these two antitank guns almost instantly.

From the first shot of these two guns to the time when they were defeated by the Japanese army, it took only 10 minutes before and after, and none of the entire artillery platoon, including Yu Chen, who said that he wanted to kill your head, survived. The only anti-tank force of the 14th Army had lost a third of it in just ten minutes of battle.

This kind of fire coverage frightened several other guns at once and hurriedly transferred, and the Japanese felt that the defenders still had two hits, so they began to cover the defenders' positions with a barrage composed of dozens of meters of artillery.

Li Mo'an saw that the frontline position was already a sea of fire, and hurriedly called Wei Lihuang in the rear and said, "Chief Wei, the devil's artillery fire is too powerful, give me some support." ”

If Wei Lihuang had resisted before, he could only say that he had withstood it, but now it is different, with Wei Lihuang of Yan Xishan's nine artillery regiments, Wei Lihuang dares to have a good artillery battle with the Japanese.

Wei Lihuang said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll let the artillery support immediately." After hanging up the phone, he said to the signal soldier: "Immediately notify the artillery, and hit me hard at the artillery position of the devil." In addition, Chen Qixia's air force was ordered to provide air cover for the artillery. ”

AT THIS TIME, MORE THAN 200 GUNS OF 75MM OR MORE WERE CONCENTRATED IN THE ARTILLERY POSITIONS ON THE HILLS ON BOTH SIDES OF XINKOU, AND AFTER RECEIVING THE ORDER, THE ARTILLERY IMMEDIATELY RAISED THE SHELLING BALLOONS AND THEN BEGAN TO RETURN FIRE ACCORDING TO THE COORDINATES.

During these more than ten days of preparation, the artillerymen had already marked the entire battlefield, and only saw more than 200 guns of various types violently shake. The sound of artillery was earth-shattering, and more than 200 shells with the bright light of revenge flew quickly towards the Japanese artillery positions of their kind.

Standing on the high mountain outside Haradaira Castle, Seishiro Itagaki looked at the chariots in the distance with binoculars, looked at the Chinese positions that were burned into a sea by the Japanese artillery, nodded and laughed wildly and said, "The people of China, it's really not good to fight, they are not the opponents of our empire." ”

As if to slap him in the mouth, more than 200 shells smashed into the positions of the Japanese artillery, because there was no situation of Chinese troops shelling the positions of the Japanese artillery all the way, the Japanese artillery did not make any anti-artillery preparations at all, only saw more than a dozen Japanese mountain guns being swept away by the artillery fire, and one after another clusters of orange and red flames swallowed up the lives of one Japanese artilleryman. What's worse is that the shells that piled up on the side also exploded. Countless Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces, and they couldn't even fight hard after the war.

Seishiro Itagaki was dumbfounded, and his mouth trembled and shouted, "Nani? ”

Before the war, the 14th Army had already moved all the places that could be covered so that it was convenient for the troops to shoot, and the Japanese had no place to hide, so they could only lie on the ground and wait for the artillery to end.

I have to say that Yan Xishan has no other skills, he is a good farmer, Wei Lihuang saw Yan Xishan's piles of shells, he completely became a loser, and fired tens of thousands of shells in one day, Yan Xishan in the rear was distressed and grinned, and Itagaki Seishiro was even more tearful, since the start of the war, when have thousands of Japanese soldiers not even rushed to the position and were killed by Chinese artillery fire, Itagaki Seishiro hurriedly gathered troops, more than 10,000 Japanese troops launched a line, and began the second round of attack. (To be continued......)