It didn't take long for the main forces of the 1st Division to arrive.

Nearly 2,000 trucks, hundreds of tanks, and hundreds of artillery pieces not only filled the wilderness several kilometers outside the boar's mouth, but also pulled it out of the road for several kilometers.

Seeing that the 1st Search Wing and the 1st Infantry Wing were blocked out of the wild boar ditch, and that the 1st Search Wing had also suffered heavy losses, and the technical equipment was almost completely lost, the division commander of the 1st Division, Mitsuo Nakazawa, was half angry and slapped Yoshio Imada more than a dozen loud slaps in a row, causing Yoshio Imada's face to swell.

Immediately afterwards, Nakazawa ordered the 1st Field Artillery Wing, the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 2nd Mounted Artillery Wing to build positions on the spot.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, three artillery positions were constructed.

Nakazawa immediately issued an order to prepare artillery fire on the canyon in the middle of the boar ditch and on the northern slope.

After a quarter of an hour of shelling, Mitsuo Nakazawa ordered the 1st Infantry Wing to send three infantry squadrons at once to attack the canyon in the middle and the slopes on both sides.

The infantry squadron that attacked from the middle gorge was also covered by tank units.

In the blink of an eye, the infantry squadron in the middle broke into the canyon under the cover of the chariot troops, while the two infantry squadrons on both sides had climbed less than a quarter of the height.

I have to say that it is still quite difficult to climb the mountain and attack.

Then the previous scene was repeated, and hundreds of fire points suddenly appeared on the east and west slopes on both sides of the canyon, including several artillery fire points.

The devil tanks that entered the canyon and the infantry,

In an instant, it was strangled by dense crossfire.

In the blink of an eye, a squadron of more than a dozen tanks was destroyed one after another, and nearly 200 devil infantry were also brutally strangled by crossfire.

Seeing this scene, Mitsuo Nakazawa's face turned green.

Yoshio Konda, whose face was swollen into a pig's head, sneered.

Nakazawa-kun, aren't you a dick? You're still a dick!

Nakazawa Sanfu felt his throat dry, but he did not dare to rashly invest his troops to launch an attack on the middle road canyon, before destroying the side-firing fire points on both sides of the canyon, or before the ammunition of the Eighth Route Army was exhausted, no matter how many troops the 1st Division put in, it would be killed, this is beyond doubt.

But fortunately, there are also flank attacks.

Mitsuo Nakazawa pinned his hopes on the two squadrons on both flanks.

The two squadrons did not live up to expectations, and it took more than half an hour to finally cross the ridgeline.

This time, the 1st Infantry Wing learned the lesson of the failure of the first attack, and instead of stupidly fighting for the main peak, it crossed the ridgeline from the mountainside and launched an attack on the eastern and western slopes of the canyon.

Immediately afterwards, the eastern and western slopes of the canyon were filled with dense gunfire and explosions.

It's a pity that because the ridge obstructs the view, Mitsuo Nakazawa can't see the battle situation in the canyon.

I couldn't see it, so I could only wait, and after waiting for almost a quarter of an hour, I finally saw that some Japanese soldiers had returned to the ridgeline, but they didn't come back to wave their flags and shout long live.

These dozens of Japanese soldiers did not stop after rushing up the ridgeline, but went straight across the ridgeline and continued to rush down, running down the gentle slope of the mountain at full speed.

Seeing this, even idiots know what's going on.

It is clear that these two infantry squadrons also suffered defeat.

Before it was over, a team of the Eighth Route Army appeared on the ridgeline with the buttocks of the Japanese soldiers.

After reaching the ridgeline, these Eighth Route Army soldiers raised their rifles and, as if practicing target shooting, trained their marksmanship at the Japanese soldiers who were crawling down and fleeing.

Accompanied by a continuous burst of gunfire,

One by one, the Japanese soldiers fell on the northern slope.

"Yaga!" Mitsuo Nakazawa's nose almost fell off.

Mitsuo Nakazawa immediately ordered the artillery to launch a retaliatory shelling.

Under the cover of artillery, the remaining less than fifty Japanese soldiers finally escaped.

When one of the second lieutenants was brought to Mitsuo Nakazawa, he looked terrified, as if he had been frightened, which was an extremely unusual phenomenon.

You know, this is a battle-hardened veteran.

This veteran must have encountered something unusual in the canyon.

At that moment, Mifu Nakazawa asked in an extremely gentle tone, "Second Lieutenant, what is your name?" ”

"Hello." The second lieutenant was stunned and said in shock, "Division commander, my name is Kameda, Kameda Shouichi." ”

"It turned out to be Kameda-kun." Mitsuo Nakazawa asked in a harmonious voice, "What happened on the other side of the ridge just now?" And how did your squadron lose? ”

"Division commander, I have never seen such a scene."

Kameda Shouichi raised his head, obviously looking at Mitsuo Nakazawa, but his eyes were not focused, as if Sano Nakazawa was a transparent person and did not exist.

"What sight?" Mitsuo Nakazawa said awe-inspiringly.

"It's all bunkers." Kameda Shouichi said dreamily, "The field of vision is full of bunkers, on the hillside, in the ditch, and even under your feet and behind you, there are bunkers, dense, endless, all over the entire hillside!" Division commander, I have never seen such a scene, I have never seen it, I have never seen it, I have never ......"

"We want to hide, but we don't know where to hide."

"We want to fight back, but we don't know where to go back."

"I've never experienced this war, and I don't know how to fight?"

Kameda Shou talked for a long time, and Mitsuo Nakazawa finally understood.

After hearing this, the hearts of Mitsuo Nakazawa and several brigade commanders and wing commanders sank.

It seemed that the fortress in front of them was far more difficult to deal with than they had imagined, and it was already dark, so they had to wait until tomorrow to find a solution.

……

In Anhua, the headquarters of the Northwest Column of Shanxi.

Wang Ye was answering the phone and said loudly: "The devil was repulsed? Okay, got it. ”

Hanging up the phone, Wang Ye walked back to the sand table and said to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, the second division reports that the attack of the 28th Division has been repulsed, and there is no pressure on the Pig-Killing Fortress. ”

The brigade commander snorted when he heard this, but there was no reaction.

Because this result has long been expected by everyone.

The four fortresses that have taken so much manpower and material resources to build for so long, if they can't hold even a day, then Wang Ye, the chief of staff, can directly pull them out to shoot targets.

Ding Wei on the side asked, "What about the results?" Is it big or not? ”

"The results are not great." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "I also killed more than a hundred and ten devil soldiers." ”

"The little devil is cautious enough." Ding Wei shook his head and said, "The first attack, there was only one infantry squadron. ”

As soon as the voice fell, the phone of the headquarters rang again, and Wang Ye immediately stepped forward and grabbed the microphone: "Hey, this is the column headquarters, where are you?" ”

"Director Wang? I'm Zhong Sheng. ”

"Oh, it's Commander Zhong, how's your situation over there?"

"It's not good, that is, it repelled two attacks from the devils."

"You repelled two attacks by the 1st Division? The result? ”

"The result, you say? It didn't take much to get results, but more than a thousand devils were killed, more than twenty tanks were destroyed, oh, and three trucks were destroyed, and that's it. ”

"That's less, isn't it? Commander Zhong, it's really yours! ”

Hanging up the phone, Wang Ye excitedly said to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, the first division won the first battle, killing more than 1,000 devils, and destroying more than 20 tanks and three trucks!" ”

"Good fight!" The brigade commander swung his fist vigorously.

"Beautiful!" Ding Wei also said hesitantly, "This is enough for the 1st Division." ”

Li Yunlong laughed and said: "This will, I guess the old devil of Nakazawa Sanfu is crying to Okamura Ningji, Brother Okamura, the fortress of the Eighth Route Army is too difficult to manage, our 1st Division can't gnaw, I don't have a trick anyway, otherwise you will try it on a dog day?" Let's see what you're capable of, too. ”

"Get out." The brigade commander smiled and kicked Li Yunlong.

Wang Ye, Ding Wei and Kong Jie also laughed when they heard this.

……

Beiping, No. 11 Iron Lion Hutong.

"What do you mean?" Okamura Ninji asked with a dark face, "What does Nakazawa Sanfu mean, is it that the Wild Boar Ditch Fortress of the Eighth Route Army has not been recruited, right?" ”

"Not really."

Seizo said: "Nakazawa-kun just said that the price of a strong attack will be very large. ”

"If the cost is too high, don't you attack it?" Okamura Ninji said angrily, "How can there be a war that does not have to pay a price? Can you win the battle with your lips? ”

"As a division commander,"

"To say such childish things!"

After a pause, Okamura Ninji said again: "I don't believe it, how strong can a fortress with a mere civil structure be? Can it be stronger than the Lushun Fortress back then? ”

"Even the Arthur Fortress was finally conquered by the Imperial Army,"

"He can't take the boar ditch with a heavy division?"

When Okamura Ninji was in a rage, another communications staff officer hurriedly walked in.

After reading the telegram handed over by the communications staff officer, a wry smile appeared on the face of the Seizo Arisue.

"There's the end of it." Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice, "Is it a telegram from the 28th Division?" ”

"Yes." "The 28th Division's statement is similar to that of the 1st Division, and it also says that the fortress that kills the pig's mouth is very complicated, and the cost of attacking it will be very high. ”

"It just doesn't make sense!" Okamura Ninji couldn't suppress the anger in his chest anymore.

A punch slammed on the edge of the sand table, and Okamura Ninji said again: "One by one, they all complain? All forgiveness? I think they have been in Manchuria for a long time, and they have lived in peace for too long, so they have forgotten how to fight! Therefore, when encountering the slightest difficulty, it is just a fortification of a civil structure, how strong can it be? Where can it be complicated? I don't know, I thought they were fighting the battle of Tianwang Mountain! ”

The Battle of Tennoyama was a classic battle of Japan's Sengoku period.

Hideyoshi Hashiba defeated Akechi Mitsuhide through the Battle of Mt. Tenno, and finally unified Japan.

Okamura Ninji used the battle of Tennoyama to satirize the battles of the 1st Division and the 28th Division in the Wild Boar Gully and the Pig Killing Mouth, and he was obviously really angry.

Okamura Ninji does have a reason to be angry.

Seriously, the 1st Division would be blocked in the Wild Boar Gully, and the 28th Division would be intercepted by the Eighth Route Army at the mouth of the Killing Pig, which had long been expected by Okamura Ninji, and before the start of the war, Seizo Arisue had also used these key points to stop the advance of the Japanese army in the war games with Oshiroto Sanji.

So, it's not a problem that the offense is blocked.

What made Okamura Ningji angry was that Mitsuo Nakazawa and Ishiguro sent telegrams one after another, emphasizing how dangerous and complicated the fortress of the wild boar ditch and the pig-killing mouth was.

It's just a fortress of two civil structures,

As for such a solemn emphasis on the difficulties to the command?

Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji became more and more angry, and said in a deep voice: "There is a sue kun, immediately call the 1st Division and the 28th Division, and order them to launch a strong attack on the wild boar ditch and the pig killing mouth overnight!" ”

"Hello!" Youmo Jingsan didn't dare to dissuade him, so he could only pause.

……

Anhua, the headquarters of the Northwest Column of Shanxi.

The brigade commander asked Wang Ye again: "Xiao Wang, how is the transfer arranged?" ”

Wang Ye hurriedly said: "At noon, the political commissar just came back, saying that more than 40 districts in six counties have been moved, and most of the people and businessmen have expressed their support, and only a small number of squires refuse to leave. ”

The brigade commander said: "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, let him go, if they don't want to go, let them go." ”

After a pause, the brigade commander turned his head and asked Li Yunlong, "Li Yunlong, is your wife about to give birth?" Do you want me to give you two days off and go back and make arrangements first? ”

"No, you don't." Li Yunlong said, "It's all arranged." ”

"Really?" The brigade commander said, "I can tell you, if you want to go back, hurry back now, wait for a few days for the main force of our column to fight, and you won't have time to go back even if you want to." ”

"Brigadier Commander, I really don't need to." Li Yunlong said, "I have already asked Uncle Li for a long time." ”

"Okay, whatever you want." After the brigade commander finished speaking, he asked Wang Yedao, "Xiao Wang, have the other six divisions of Okamura Ningji entered our field of vision?" ”

Wang Ye said: "There is no news yet. ”

The brigade commander said: "In this way, it is that it has not yet entered the periphery of the base area. ”

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "As long as the devil's sweeping force enters within twenty kilometers of the periphery of our base area, the reconnaissance team that scattered out will definitely find out." ”

"It's kind of weird." The brigade commander said, "Isn't this disjointed? ”

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "Could it be that Okamura Ninji plans to use two divisions to fight halfway first, and then change to the other two divisions to fight?" Engage in wheel warfare? ”

Ding Wei said: "Engaging in wheel warfare, isn't that a tactic to add fuel to?" ”

"Fueling tactics?" Li Yunlong was surprised, "Okamura Ningji, this old devil can't be so stupid, right?" ”

While he was talking, Cheng Yue hurriedly came in, shouted a report, and handed the two telegrams to Wang Ye.

Wang Ye took the telegram and hurriedly read it, and said: "Brigade commander, two divisions have just entered Shuiquan and Yangquan counties, but the other four divisions have still not found their whereabouts. ”

The brigade commander and Li Yunlong hurriedly walked back to the sand table.

"Yang Spring, Water Spring?" The brigade commander said in a deep voice, "It seems that Okamura Ningji's combat intentions are the same as we expected, and the four-way siege is still adopted, with the strength of four divisions, and the attack is launched at the same time from the four directions of Wild Boar Gully, Killing Pig's Mouth, Wild Wolf Valley, and Xijikou, which makes it difficult for me to take care of each other. ”

Ding Wei said: "But the question is what about the other four divisions? ”

"yes, what about the other four divisions?" Kong Jie said, "Where will the attack be launched from?" ”

"You don't have to guess this, you can't judge." Wang Ye said, "Because except for the Jiugong Mountains and the Wohu Mountains close to the Yellow River, any other direction may become a breakthrough for the Japanese army." ”

After a pause, he said: "However, no matter which direction the four divisions of the Japanese army attack from, they will definitely be discovered by our reconnaissance detachment, the Japanese army is fighting on the outside line, and we are fighting on the inside line, so we have enough time to set up an ambush in advance in front of the Japanese army, waiting for the devil to get into the ambush circle." ”

At this time, Li Yunlong suddenly said: "Brigade commander, Xiao Wang, can we go to the outside line to fight first?" ”

"Nope." The brigade commander shook his head categorically and said, "The whereabouts of the other four divisions of the devil have not yet been determined, in case our side has already started fighting, but the other four divisions of the devil suddenly arrive, then it will not be the outer division of the devil that we will eat, but will be eaten by the devil in turn, then it will not be over." ”

Wang Ye's heart moved when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

Because at least at this stage, there is really no condition to fight on the outside line.

But if the time comes, fighting on the outside is also an option.

……

Kill the pig outside the mouth.

The temporary headquarters of the 28th Division of the Japanese Army has been erected.

The division commander Ishiguro Sadazo was telling the chief of staff, Isamu Tonegawa: "Tonegawa-kun, you must notify all wings, so that the officers and men of the Imperial Army do not be afraid of hardship, and must dig trench fortifications in strict accordance with the combat procedure." ”

"The field artillery wing should also set up a guard post and a secret post at least two kilometers away."

"According to the information provided by the special high class, the opponent this time is not an ordinary eight roads."

After a pause, Ishiguro Sadazo said: "So we must be up to the spirit of twelve, first repair the fortifications, and this is also in line with the essence of Sun Tzu's Art of War, for the generals to not think about victory, first think about defeat, so we can not be defeated in a hundred battles." ”

"Hello!" Tonegawa was stunned, and was about to turn to leave when a communications soldier came in.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the Front Army Command has an urgent telegram." The communications corps handed over a telegram.

After reading the telegram quickly, Tonegawa Isamu's face fell, and he said in a deep voice: "Division commander, Your Excellency the General seems to be very unhappy, and orders our division to launch a strong attack on the Pig-Killing Fortress overnight. ”

"What? Telegram to me. "Ishiguro snatched the telegram with his hand.

Obviously, Ishiguro didn't believe what Isamu Tonegawa said.

But after reading the telegram, Ishiguro Sadazo's face also fell.

Sighing, Tonegawa said helplessly: "It seems that His Excellency the General thinks that we are deliberately exaggerating the difficulty, and thinks that our 28th Division is in a cowardly mood, so he is furious. ”

"Forget it, let's not talk about that." Ishiguro said coldly.

"Order, the 28th Wing of Field Artillery to prepare for artillery fire."

"Order, the 30th Infantry Wing is immediately ready to attack."

"Hello." Tonegawa shook his head bravely and turned to deliver the order.

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