"Sodesne."

"Only when the Eighth Route Army and the Tsuda Detachment outside the front line are mixed up, and our 2nd Guards Division attacks again, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Military Region will no longer be able to come back."

Yuta Tsuchiya pretended to be suddenly enlightened.

Actually, Yuta Tsuchiya knows everything, but he just pretends not to understand.

As for the intention of doing this, of course, it was to pat Maeda Tadanobu on the back.

Maeda Tadanobu is a senior in the army world, and he has served as the president of Lu University, and his protégés and former officials are all over the army, and he can transfer Yuta Tsuchiya to a certain infantry wing as a wing commander with a casual message.

Maeda Tadanobu is old and mature, so he can naturally see Yuta Tsuraya's intentions.

But Maeda Tadanobu didn't mind this, young people should be ambitious.

Smiling slightly, Maeda Tadanobu said again: "In addition to this, there is another benefit. ”

"Oh yes?" Yuta Tsuchiya was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but she didn't expect that there was another benefit.

"Tsuchiya-kun, you actually know it very well." Maeda Tadanobu said earnestly, "At this time, the battle outside the first line has just begun, and the Eighth Route Army left behind in Shuiyao Mountain is worried that our 2nd Guards Division will send troops to attack, and it will definitely be on guard, and if we attack at this time, the resistance encountered will be the most stubborn." ”

"But if we wait a little longer,"

"The Eighth Route Army will think that we will not take the initiative to attack at night,"

"At this time, the vigilance of the Eighth Route Army will become lax, and if we attack suddenly, we will be able to receive miraculous results.

"Sodesne." Yuta Tsuchiya said heartily.

"The division commander is really well-informed and knowledgeable."

Another sycophant came over, and Maeda Tadanobu smiled happily.

……

Almost at the same time, Taiyuan had already received a telegram.

After receiving the telegram from the Communications Division, Ryuichi Sakamoto and another combat staff officer immediately fed back the latest situation of friend and foe on the sand table.

When Yoshio Shinozuka walked into the war room, the sand table operation had already been completed.

Judging from the sand table, I saw that the Tsuda detachment on the western front had already built a tight fortification in advance in an area three to five kilometers outside the sky of the first line.

The Tsuda detachment is the 6 sweeping detachments outside the sky.

In order to facilitate command and operations, Yoshio Shinozuka temporarily combined these six sweeping detachments into a single detachment, and the commander of the 237th Infantry Wing, Mitakeshi Tsuda, temporarily served as the detachment leader.

On the left and right flanks of the Tsuda detachment and on the front of the first line of sky,

At least 8 battalions of the Eighth Route Army have already launched an offensive.

Takashi Sakamoto pointed to the sand table and said, "Your Excellency Commander, according to the information provided by the Tsuda detachment, at least 8 battalions of the Eighth Route Army have launched a fierce attack on them from the left and right flanks and from the front. ”

"The Eighth Route Army not only invested at least 8 battalions of infantry in this campaign,"

"More than 200 mortars or grenadiers were also put in."

"The makeshift fortifications of the Tsuda detachment were greatly damaged."

"The two 75 Mountain Artillery Brigades of the Tsuda Detachment were unable to effectively suppress the infantry support fire of the Eighth Route Army due to the limited field of vision, which resulted in low accuracy."

Hearing this, several officers who followed Yoshio Shinozuka in whispered.

Obviously, the Eighth Route Army invested more troops and firepower than they expected.

Yoshio Shinozuka also looked stunned, and then said to Sakamoto Ryuichi: "Sakamoto-kun, now you still insist that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not in Shuiyao Mountain but on Zhengtai Road? ”

Takashi Sakamoto frowned and said: "When the Eighth Route Army fights, it likes to keep reserves, if it is the strength of a regiment, it will only deploy the strength of one battalion in the front, and sometimes even only one company. ”

"Now, the Eighth Route Army, which is attacking the Tsuda detachment, has a strength of 8 battalions, and from this point of view, the strength of the Eighth Route Army outside the front line is at least 8 regiments."

"But I still thought it was just an illusion."

"If everything that has happened before is a fake, it cannot be ruled out that this attack is also a fake."

Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka's face fell again, and he said that Ryuichi Sakamoto, a fool, seemed to be carrying him, and when this battle was over, find an opportunity to send him to a certain brigade to serve as the commander of the infantry wing, otherwise it would be very annoying that there was always such a guy singing against the stage.

And Taku Mizuhara is also a die-hard supporter of Yoshio Shinozuka.

At that moment, Takuya Mizuhara retorted: "Sakamoto-kun's words are too arbitrary, right? ”

"Arbitrary?" Takashi Sakamoto, "Whether my words are arbitrary or not, in fact, is easy to verify. ”

After a pause, he said: "As long as you look at the results of the attack of the Eighth Route Army on the Tsuda detachment, you can see the clues, if the offensive of the Eighth Route Army is really as fierce as they showed, and it has caused great casualties to the Tsuda detachment, then my judgment is wrong, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army is really the first line outside the sky." ”

"And if the offensive of the Eighth Route Army ends hastily, the casualties of the Tsuda detachment will be very small."

"Hehe, then my judgment is right, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not in Shuiyao Mountain at all, so this sweeping operation has already been a de facto failure."

……

On the first line, the two sides are fighting fiercely.

A Type 92 heavy machine gun of the devil blocked the way of the team directly under the independent regiment.

Including Li Yunlong, dozens of veterans of the direct team were suppressed under a ridge and couldn't even lift their heads.

"Pillars? Pillar! Li Yunlong turned his head and yelled, "Pillar?!" Wang Chengzhu? Damn, call Lao Tzu Wang Chengzhu of the dog day. ”

Ge Erdan ran away with his steel helmet.

After a while, Ge Erdan rushed back with Wang Chengzhu.

Wang Chengzhu was still holding an 81mm mortar in his arms, followed by two artillerymen.

"Captain!" Because of the rapid running, Wang Chengzhu's chest rose and fell violently, and he spoke with a violent wheezing sound.

Li Yunlong stretched out his hand and pointed to the Type 92 heavy machine gun in front of him, and shouted: "Kill this heavy machine gun for me!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Chengzhu agreed, then went around to the back of a rock, got up under the cover of the rock, stretched out his right thumb and estimated the distance.

The light in the dark night is not good, it can only be estimated.

However, an experienced veteran like Wang Chengzhu can estimate it very accurately, and he can even control the error of the impact point within half a meter within a thousand meters!

Then the mortar was quickly erected.

After adjusting the angle of fire, he reached out and shouted: "Cannonballs!" ”

An artilleryman immediately handed over an 81mm high-explosive grenade.

Wang Chengzhu stuffed the cannonball through the muzzle, and as soon as he let go, the cannonball slid into the chamber.

Hearing the sound of tom, a red light erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and a few seconds later, the Type 92 heavy machine gun in front of it was violently firing to the side.

Several of the Devil Heavy were also killed.

Li Yunlong immediately turned over and jumped up and shouted, "Brothers, rush with me!" ”

While yelling, Li Yunlong turned the box cannon in his hand sideways, and shot a long point in front of him.

The dense Mauser pistol bullets fanned forward, and the two devils who rushed up to try to take over the heavy machine guns were immediately stacked on the ground.

In the next moment, dozens of elite veterans who were suppressed under the ridge jumped up one after another, and rushed forward with the 38 big covers with good bayonets.

In the blink of an eye, the assault team rushed forward for dozens of meters.

Until another Type 92 heavy machine gun blocked the way.

"Pillars? Pillar?! Li Yunlong began to yell again.

"Wang Chengzhu, where did you go on a dog day? Roll over to Lao Tzu! ”

Wang Chengzhu, who had just turned to another position and fired a cannon, ran over in a hurry.

Wang Chengzhu carried a 20-kilogram mortar and scolded with a black face: "Damn, with such a method, even if Lao Tzu is not killed by the devil's retaliatory firepower, he will run to death sooner or later." ”

scolded and scolded, but Wang Chengzhu's cannon effect was surprisingly good.

Soon another heavy machine gun fire point of the devil was taken out.

Li Yunlong led the assault team to rush forward again.

Artillery support is arrogant.

……

In Taiyuan, the headquarters of the 1st Army.

Ten minutes passed.

As he spoke, another communications staff officer walked out of the communications room and handed a telegram to Yasushi Inoue.

After reading it, Yasushi Inoue's face suddenly changed, and he said to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Your Excellency Commander, the Tsuda detachment is in an emergency, their first line of defense has been lost!" ”

"Nani? It's only been a few minutes! ”

"The first line of defense was lost so quickly?"

"When did the Eighth Route Army's ability to attack fortifications become so strong?"

Hearing this, the faces of more than a dozen staff officers in the combat hall suddenly changed greatly.

Yoshio Shinozuka's face also sank, but fortunately, he transferred 6 sweeping detachments over.

If only 3 sweeping detachments are transferred, maybe they will repeat the mistakes of Tabumi, Ogasawara and Sasaki's detachments! It's dangerous!

Takuya Mizuhara turned his head to Ryuichi Sakamoto and said, "Sakamoto-kun, what else do you have to say?" ”

At this moment, Ryuichi Sakamoto was finally completely shaken, and said with some reluctance: "The offensive of the Eighth Route Army is so fierce, it shows that it is the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and it seems that my previous judgment is indeed wrong." ”

Speaking of this, Ryuichi Sakamoto gave another head to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Your Excellency, Commander, I apologize to you for my ignorance and offense. ”

"Forget it."

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said generously: "It's just a trivial matter." ”

Although Yoshio Shinozuka said trivial things on his lips, he was still very happy in his heart, Sakamoto was so stubborn, didn't he be convinced in the end?

At this time, another communications soldier came out.

The report said: "Your Excellency Commander, the Tsuda detachment is in an emergency. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't want to read the telegram, so he waved his hand violently and said, "Read." ”

"Hello!" The signal soldier paused, and immediately unfolded the telegram and read, "Headquarters of the 1st Army and Headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division: The offensive of the Eighth Route Army was unexpectedly fierce, and it took less than half an hour to break through the outer defense line of our detachment, and the second line of defense was also in danger, so I requested urgent support from the 2nd Guards Division. ”

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka's face collapsed.

"It seems that Jinnan's life is too comfortable, and he has abandoned these idiots of the 237th Infantry Wing."

"In less than half an hour, the Eighth Route Army broke through the outer defense line, and they still had the face to ask for help from the 2nd Guards Division, why didn't they die?"

Yoshio Shinozuka is really angry.

Because the performance of the Tsuda detachment was really bad.

You know, the Tsuda detachment had six infantry brigades, as well as six mountain artillery squadrons.

Although the Eighth Route Army had more than 8 regiments in strength, outnumbering the Tsuda Detachment, the artillery firepower of the Tsuda Detachment crushed the small-caliber curved guns of the Eighth Route Army, which should not have been the case.

At this time, Ryuichi Sakamoto persuaded in turn: "Your Excellency Commander, it's not surprising that the Tsuda detachment has such a clumsy performance, isn't it?" ”

"After all, they faced the Central Army of China in the Jinnan battlefield before."

"What kind of goods is the Central Army of China, isn't it clear to Your Excellency the Commander and the monarchs?"

"When the imperial army first entered Shanxi, the Central Army of China still had some combat effectiveness, but in the past two years, the senior generals of the Central Army of China have been busy filling their pockets, the middle-level officers only care about deducting military salaries, and the low-level soldiers even steal their own weapons and ammunition to sell in order to make ends meet.

"How can the Tsuda detachment fight against such an army in the Jinnan battlefield, how can its combat effectiveness not decline?"

"What's more, there are still a large number of imperial allies and detective teams in the Jinnan Theater, these armed forces were originally local ruffians and hooligans who were recruited, these guys can't fight, they are proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, Tsuda Detachment, no, the imperial soldiers of the three divisions and regiments in the entire Jinnan Theater have been corrupted by these guys, how can their combat effectiveness not decline?"

After a pause, he said, "However, Your Excellency Commander doesn't have to worry too much. ”

"Oh?" Yoshio Shinozuka sighed softly and asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Sakamoto Takaichi said abruptly: "The imperial army in the Jinnan Theater has been corrupted by the imperial army and the detective team, and has not only learned the ability to eat, drink, prostitute, gamble, and smoke, but also learned the ability to complain about hardship. ”

"So don't look at them screaming fiercely now, it's not a big problem."

"I don't dare to say anything else, but it will never be a problem to hold on for at least two more hours."

"Well, Sakamoto-kun's words are not unreasonable." Yoshio Shinozuka bowed his head slightly, and then said, "However, we still can't take risks easily, so let's let the 2nd Guards Division attack and respond to the Tsuda detachment." ”

……

Daxia Bay, headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division.

The snow was so heavy that Maeda Tadanobu and Yuta Tsuchiya stood outside the tent for a while, and the hats and cloaks were already covered with snowflakes.

However, Maeda Tadanobu was unaware of it, and just held a telescope to observe the front.

Unfortunately, it was dark ahead, and nothing could be seen in the field of vision.

In the footsteps, a communications staff officer hurriedly came over with a folder and reported: "Division commander, the Tsuda detachment has requested urgent support, and the headquarters of the 1st Army has also asked for support. ”

"Got it." Maeda Tadanobu waved his hand.

Sending away the communications staff officer, Maeda Tadanobu said to Tsuchiya Yuta again: "Originally, I wanted to wait a few more minutes, but now even Shinozuka-kun has sent a telegram, which shows that the situation of the Tsuda detachment is not good, so let's attack in advance, Tsuchiya-kun, send a signal, order the Noda Brigade to prepare for the attack, and the 2nd Guards Field Artillery Wing and the 10th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Brigade will begin to prepare for artillery fire on the Mizuyao Pass." ”

"Hello." Yuta Tsuchiya was stunned when he heard this.

He raised his flare gun and fired a red flare.

With the launch of the red signal flare, dazzling streamers suddenly bloomed in the direction of the entrance of Daxiawan Village, and then these streamers roared across the snowy night sky and fell towards the Shuiyao Mountain Pass.

The next moment, the Shiba Mountain and Mishan Mountain in the water kiln pass fell into a sea of fire.

……

"Masks, all gas masks!"

Wang Ye rushed all the way up from the figure-7 wall-hanging road, while loudly reminding the soldiers of the new 2nd Regiment who retreated to the wall-hanging road to wear gas masks.

Although in the previous battles, the devil did not use gas bombs.

But Wang Ye knew that this was definitely not because of the devil's good intentions, but because of insufficient preparation, because the storage and use process of poison gas bombs was much more complicated than ordinary grenades, and they could not be used casually.

But the artillery units of the 2nd Guards Division were definitely carrying poison gas shells.

So this shelling, there is a high probability that the devils will use poison gas bombs to carry out a sneak attack.

Wang Ye's order was quickly conveyed, and the members of the Wolf Warrior Squadron and the soldiers of the new 2nd Regiment put on gas masks one after another.

Because he was wearing a mask, when Kong Jie walked to his side, Wang Ye didn't notice it, and it wasn't until Kong Jie called him several times that Wang Ye finally recognized Kong Jie.

"Head Kong, what's wrong?"

"Eh, if it weren't for Xiao Wang's reminder this time, our new 2nd regiment would have to suffer a big loss."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie pointed to the Shuiyao Pass again, and saw that the positions of Chai Mountain and Mi Mountain, where the two main battalions of the new 2nd Regiment were stationed just now, had been blown into a sea of fire.

Wang Ye said: "What is this?" ”

Kong Jie said: "The 2nd Guards Division has begun to attack, can we let Lao Li and Lao Ding come back?" At this time, let the independent regiment and the new 2nd regiment withdraw to Laishui Kiln Mountain, the two devils should no longer be suspicious, right? ”

"Basically, I don't doubt it anymore." Wang Ye said this, and then turned back to Wei Xi and said, "Xinei, go and inform the head of the regiment and Commander Ding immediately, you can come back." ”

Wei Xilai immediately rushed away.

The artillery of the 2nd Guards Division prepared for artillery fire on the position of the Shuiyao Pass for a quarter of an hour.

About a quarter of an hour later, the devil's artillery fire began to extend towards the water kiln mountain, and rows of shells began to smash on the circular flat ground with a diameter of more than 500 meters.

Mines have been planted under the ground.

From time to time, mines were hit by shells, triggering detonations.

There will also be wires connecting mines that will be blown up.

However, it was not a big problem, because all the mines were connected to separate wires, which were connected to the walled highway before being grouped together on a single general wire.

Doing so is nothing more than spending more wires.

There are many wires left behind by the headquarters organs, and they are not short of wires at all.

The artillery fire extended to the cliff wall in front, and the smoke from the explosion soon filled the walled road.

Without warning, a mule tied to the wall road fell to the ground and convulsed violently, and there was oozing white foam gurgling out of its mouth.

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