Liao County, headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

When the deputy chief of the general staff walked into the war room, he saw the boss carrying a lantern in one hand and a magnifying glass in the other, leaning over the map to observe carefully, but several staff officers were nowhere to be seen.

At that moment, the deputy chief of the general staff stepped forward and asked, "Boss, where are the ponies?" ”

"Oh, I let them rest." The boss didn't raise his head and said, "The pony hasn't closed their eyes for several days, so change me to be on duty tonight." ”

The deputy chief of staff said: "Boss, I'll come, you go back to sleep." ”

"I can't sleep when I go back." The boss put down the magnifying glass, hung the horse lantern back on the hook, and said with a sigh, "The Battle of Northwest Jin has reached a critical moment, where will I still be able to sleep." ”

The deputy chief of staff said with a smile: "Boss, the battle in the northwest of Jin should not be a big problem. ”

The boss waved his hand and said: "Having said that, but the battle has not ended for a day, and my heart has always been hanging in the air and cannot fall to the ground." ”

As he spoke, a communications soldier walked in.

"Boss, the Taihang Military Region is in an emergency." The signal corpsman said, "The 36th Division of the Japanese Army transferred an infantry wing and an artillery brigade from Changzhi last night to strengthen the offensive. ”

When the boss and the deputy chief of the general staff heard this, their expressions suddenly turned grim.

After pondering for a moment, the boss said categorically: "Call the Taihang Military Region, immediately mobilize local armed forces and militia, and launch extensive guerrilla warfare and sparrow warfare, in a word, stop the enemy from reinforcing at all costs!" ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier agreed, and hurried back to the communication room.

The deputy chief of staff was silent for a moment and said, "Boss, do you want to urge the Northwest Column of Jinxi?" Let them appropriately speed up the offensive tempo? ”

"No, no matter how difficult it is on our side, can we still have difficulties in the northwest column of Jin?"

The boss waved his hand and said: "This battle is very important to our Eighth Route Army and even the entire Chinese War of Resistance, let them fight step by step according to the original plan." ”

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff was silent.

……

"Idiot!"

"Rubbish!"

"Rice bucket!"

"A bunch of rice buckets!"

Sadachi Yoshimoto was furious at the headquarters in Taiyuan.

The reason why Yoshimoto Sadachi was so angry was also very simple, that is, the 36th Division and the 37th Division were unable to break through the blocking of the Taihang District and Taiyue District of the Eighth Route Army.

The reinforcements of the two divisions went north to attack fiercely for two days and nights, but they only advanced less than 30 kilometers.

Yoshimoto Sadachi really didn't know what to say, but in a few years, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army had weakened to this extent?

The head of the intelligence division, Sakuma Jiro, said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, the 36th Division and the 37th Division should really rectify military discipline, according to the information obtained by our Intelligence Division, these two divisions have been stationed in Jinnan for a long time, from officers to soldiers, they have been seriously corrupted by the local Imperial Cooperative Army and the detective team. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Yoshimoto couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

"Yes." Sakuma Jiro said, "These two divisions, from officers to soldiers, often go in and out of local restaurants, restaurants, casinos, brothels, and even big tobacco houses, and many imperial soldiers have been infected with gambling and smoking, and even a large number of soldiers have contracted venereal diseases, because the virus has been painful, which has seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the troops." ”

"Yaga Yaru!" Yoshimoto said angrily, "What a bunch of fools! ”

Speaking of this, Yoshimoto Sadachi gritted his teeth and said, "What are the two idiots Shinozuka Yoshio and Iwamatsu Yoshio doing?" When such a serious problem arises, it is not rectified? ”

Takuya Mizuhara said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the main thing is that there is no time to rectify. ”

"Don't have time?" Yoshimoto Seda snorted and said, "When this battle is over, we must rectify the military discipline of these two divisions, it's really unusual!" If the situation continues to be allowed to prolong, the combat effectiveness of these two divisions will be on par with the Imperial Allied Army! ”

This sentence of Yoshimoto Sadachi is true.

While he was talking, a communications staff officer hurried in.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" The communications staff officer reported first, "The Fourth Brigade is in an emergency! ”

"The Fourth Brigade is in a hurry?" Yoshimoto Sada's heart suddenly sank, and he instinctively had a sense of foreboding.

Then this premonition soon became a reality, and the communications staff officer immediately said: "The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province ambushed the Fourth Brigade in Killing Pigs, not only with tens of thousands of troops, but also with heavy artillery units and cavalry units, and the two infantry brigades of the 2nd Infantry Wing under the Fourth Brigade were severely damaged in the first round of attacks of the Eighth Route Army, and only a small number of remnants were left to merge with the brigade headquarters and the wing headquarters, and they have fallen into a bitter battle. ”

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi?" Yoshimoto Sadachi couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn, isn't the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin still besieging Anhua?" How could there be a pig killing mouth fifty kilometers away? ”

Sakuma Jiro said with a dark face: "The 69th Division was obviously deceived by the Eighth Route Army, and only the partial division of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin Province remained in Anhua, and their main force had already secretly moved south. ”

"Yaga Yaru!" Yoshimoto said hatefully, "Isn't this harmful? ”

If there is no news provided by the 69th Division, saying that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi is still in Anhua, then Yoshimoto Sadachi will not urge the reinforcements of the Fourth Brigade to make great strides to the north to reinforce, then the reinforcements of the Fourth Brigade will not be so easy to step into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army, Inoue Sadawei, this fool is very harmful!

Masao Inamori said: "Your Excellency Commander, do you want to transfer another brigade from the 22nd Wing to the north?" ”

"A brigade?" Yoshimoto said with a dark face, "Do you think it's useful to transfer an infantry brigade?" ”

When Masao Inamori heard this, he immediately fell silent, not to mention that an infantry brigade was transferred, even if the entire 22nd Wing was transferred to kill pigs, I am afraid that the headquarters of the Fourth Brigade would not be able to be saved.

There is no doubt that the headquarters of the 4th Brigade is finished.

"Damn it!" Yoshimoto said hatefully, "These dirt roads are really good at running!" ”

After this battle, Yoshimoto Sadachi had a new understanding of the ability of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi and even the entire Shanxi Province to force marches and fight continuously.

Just then, another communications staff officer walked in.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" The communications staff officer was stunned, "The 11th Infantry Wing is in an emergency!" ”

"11th Wing emergency?" Yoshimoto Sadachi lost his voice and said, "Is the 11th Infantry Wing also in trouble?" ”

"Yes." The communications staff officer said, "The rear guard unit and baggage unit of the 11th Infantry Wing have suffered heavy losses, and the main force of the wing that has passed the wild boar ditch has been forced to return to reinforcements, and is engaged in a hard battle with the 94th Brigade of the Central Army of China. ”

"How so?" Yoshimoto Sadachi frowned and said, "It shouldn't be, it was the 94th Brigade of the Central Army of China that blocked the 11th Infantry Wing in the wild boar ditch, how can the Central Army of China have any combat effectiveness at all?" When did a brigade of the Central Army of China dare to engage in positional warfare with an infantry wing of the Imperial Army? It's unimaginable! ”

Sakuma Jiro and several other section leaders were silent, and they didn't know what was going on.

Because it stands to reason that an infantry wing of the Japanese army can definitely easily defeat a division of the national army in a field battle, let alone a brigade, but now the 11th infantry wing, which is reinforcing from Datong to the south, only faces a brigade of the national army, and it actually fell into a bitter battle? What's going on here?

Could it be that the 26th Division has also been corrupted?

……

"Brigade, look, the four-one mountain cannon!"

Liang Jun led the mule and reported excitedly.

In the battle just now, the main force of the 94th Brigade was divided into two routes, one regiment was responsible for blocking the Japanese troops who turned around and headed north, and the other two regiments concentrated all their forces and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese rearguard troops.

I have to say that the luck of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army this time is really good.

The Fourth Brigade had suffered several losses under the Eighth Route Army, so it became very cautious, and when marching, the two infantry brigades were placed in the front and rear, like two palanquin men carrying the brigade headquarters and baggage troops in the middle, so as to ensure the safety of the brigade headquarters and baggage troops as much as possible.

However, because the 11th Infantry Wing was stationed in Datong all the year round, except for occasional battles with the Sui Army, it rarely dealt with the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, and it was even more difficult to talk about losses, so its vigilance was not high.

Therefore, when the 11th Infantry Wing was marching, the three infantry brigades were in front, and the wing headquarters, the mountain artillery brigade, and the baggage brigade were following behind.

Then the 94th Brigade of the Central Army attacked the Japanese rearguard unit this time.

The rear guard of the Japanese army was roughly divided into three sections, from front to rear, the headquarters of the 11th Wing, the baggage brigade, and the mountain artillery brigade, and because of the long march, they were somewhat disconnected from each other.

Therefore, after the 94th Brigade of the Central Army launched a surprise attack, the headquarters of the 11th Wing was able to react quickly and seize the commanding heights on both sides of the road to resist stubbornly, but the baggage brigade and the mountain artillery brigade did not have time to make any response at all, and were annihilated by the Central Army at the first time.

As a result, the materials carried by the army and the 12 41-type mountain guns became the trophies of the Central Army.

Liang Gang's eyes fell on the back of the big mule led by Liang Jun, and saw that there was indeed a cannon barrel on it, which should be a 75mm gun from the caliber.

75mm caliber, and can be disassembled to march by mules and horses,

It was most likely the Little Japanese 41 75mm caliber mountain gun.

This kind of mountain artillery cannot be compared with the American M1A1 75mm mountain gun in terms of range and accuracy, but it is still a rare battlefield weapon for the 94th Independent Brigade, which is seriously lacking in heavy weapons.

Especially for the battle in front of you, it is simply a decisive strategic weapon.

"Quick, hurry up and call Deputy Chief of Staff Guo over!" Liang Gang said, "He can go back to his old job as an artilleryman." ”

Guo Guanying, deputy chief of staff of the 94th Independent Brigade of the Central Army, was originally the platoon commander of a Krupp Mountain artillery platoon in the artillery battalion directly under the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy.

Soon, Guo Guanying rushed to hear the news.

Seeing the parts of the 41-style mountain cannon carried on the back of the mule and horse, Guo Guanying's eyes lit up.

"Four-one 75mm caliber mountain gun?!" Guo Guanying was overjoyed and said, "Traveler, it's a good thing!" ”

"Then don't be stunned." Liang Gang said, "Hurry up and gather all the brothers who can shoot artillery, assemble these 12 41-type mountain cannons, and then bombard these dogs for me!" ”

"Yes!" Guo Guanying responded violently, "It's going to be right away!" ”

In the next moment, Guo Guanying roared hoarsely.

"All the brothers who can handle guns come here, and the brothers who can handle guns come here!"

Many officers from the Central Military Academy's teaching corps can more or less operate artillery.

Soon, dozens of officers or backbone veterans gathered around Guo Guanying.

Liang Jun also took the Jiaolong squadron to assist Guo Guanying and them to unload the mountain cannon parts and start assembling.

In less than half an hour, the 12 41 75mm caliber mountain guns were assembled and lined up, with the muzzles of the black holes pointing to the battlefield ahead.

……

The wild boar ditch is still fighting fiercely, but the pig killing side has come to an end.

It is necessary to explain here that the 3rd Brigade and the 4th Brigade are not infantry brigades under the jurisdiction of the Japanese divisions, but independent mixed brigades.

It's just abbreviated as the 3rd Brigade, the 4th Brigade, etc.

In the same way, the 3rd Infantry Wing and the 22nd Infantry Wing under the 4th Brigade are not formed infantry wings of the army, but independent infantry wings, which are simply referred to as the X Wing.

This time he went north to reinforce Anhua, and Nakajima Tokutaro only brought two brigades of the 3rd Wing.

In addition, there are several units directly under the 4th Brigade, such as the baggage brigade, the engineer brigade, the search team, an independent mountain artillery brigade, and the medical team.

After the marching column of the 4th Brigade entered the mouth of the pig,

The Northwest Column of the Eighth Route Army passed the concentrated fire of the artillery regiment at the first time and inflicted heavy damage on the infantry brigade that was broken.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry regiment was dispatched to raid from behind, cripple another brigade that had rushed back to help, and then concentrated its forces to launch a strong attack on the headquarters of the 4th Brigade.

By this time, there was no suspense in the battle.

There are more than 2,000 devils, and most of them are technical troops, and they are also distributed in a narrow valley with a length of more than a thousand meters, and it is difficult to organize effective resistance in the face of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushing down like a tide on the dirt slopes on both sides.

In less than half an hour, the headquarters of the 4th Brigade was divided into more than a dozen small units by the Eighth Route Army.

These dozen or so small forces either occupied a hill or controlled one or two earthen guns, and were in a desperate situation of fighting on their own, including Nakajima Tokutaro's brigade headquarters.

Together with Tokutaro Nakajima's brigade headquarters, there is also the wing headquarters of the 3rd Wing.

Ichiro Araki, the commander of the 3rd Wing, was already burning the Wing Flag, and although they were not formed units of the Army, but only independent infantry wings, they also had the wing flag given by the Emperor.

Burning the wing captain, Ichiro Araki said to Tokutaro Nakajima: "Brigade commander, break through!" ”

The current situation is already clear, and if you continue to defend on this small dirt bag, you can only have a dead end, and there may be a chance to break through.

"Okay, then let's get ready to break through."

Tokutaro Nakajima decisively took Ichiro Araki's advice.

He turned back to the communications captain and said, "Ying Senjun, call the headquarters immediately, and say that our 4th Brigade Headquarters and 3rd Wing Headquarters have decided to break through!" If there is no contact with the headquarters after five minutes, it means that the more than 3,000 imperial soldiers of the 4th Brigade have been collectively shattered. ”

"Hello!" The communications captain paused.

Tokutaro Nakajima immediately drew his saber.

"Order, target Anhua, forward!"

The old devil is really a head iron, even if he breaks through, he also has to break through in the direction of Anhua.

As soon as Tokutaro Nakajima gave the order, the last remaining more than 200 devils from the brigade headquarters and the wing headquarters immediately rushed down from the hill and launched a fierce counter-assault.

Ichiro Araki rushed to the first with a saber in his right hand and a southern-style pistol in his left.

However, before Araki Ichiro could rush to the foot of the hill, a shuttle of machine gun bullets slammed over, and the old devil's body was smashed into a broken sieve.

Ichiro Araki's body spun violently in the air, and then fell to the ground unwillingly.

Ichiro Araki's death did not affect the devils behind, including the old devil Tokutaro Nakajima, more than 200 devils still rushed down from the dirt bag with a roar.

The machine-gun fire of the Eighth Route Army continued to pour down violently.

The devils who followed Nakajima Tokutaro to charge fell in rows.

In the blink of an eye, more than 200 devils were killed and injured.

Including Nakajima Tokutaro, the old devil was shot in the chest more than a dozen times, and the blood had stained his entire body red, and when he was dying, the old devil still struggled to turn his gaze to the east and cast his last glimpse.

Is it over? China has not yet been conquered, and it is really unwilling.

……

Taiyuan.

Yasushi Inoue walked into the war room with a dark face, and immediately reported: "Your Excellency Commander, Lieutenant Takamori Kan, the captain of the communication team directly under the 4th Brigade, has just sent a telegram that General Nakajima has led more than 200 imperial soldiers from the headquarters of the 4th Brigade and the headquarters of the 3rd Wing to launch a decisive counterattack against the Eighth Route Army. ”

Hearing this, the entire war room suddenly fell into a dead silence.

Because it is clear to everyone what the decisive counterattack of the 4th Brigade means?

Inoue Yasushi said again: "If the headquarters of the 4th Brigade has not restored the contact with the headquarters after five minutes, it means that the more than 3,000 imperial troops of the 4th Brigade from General Nakajima to General Nakajima have all been collectively shattered!" ”

Everyone's eyes turned to the wall clock on the wall.

With the click of seconds walking, five minutes passed quickly.

However, there was silence in the communication class, and no one came out.

Yoshimoto sighed, and the 4th Brigade was finished again.

But fortunately, the 22nd Wing is still in Taiyuan, and in the future, this infantry wing can be used as the backbone to supplement the reserve soldiers and reorganize into the 4th Brigade.

Yoshimoto turned his gaze back to the map.

Now one can only hope for the 11th Infantry Wing.

If the 11th Infantry Wing is not able to turn the tide,

Then the end that awaits the 69th Division is already doomed.

However, this last extravagant hope of Yoshimoto was soon dashed.

Soon a communications staff officer hurriedly came out to report: "Your Excellency Commander, the Central Army of China has snatched 12 mountain guns that accompanied the 11th Wing to the south for reinforcements, and shelled the 11th Wing, the attacking troops have suffered heavy losses, and they are no longer able to continue the attack on the 94th Independent Brigade of the Central Army of China. ”

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