When the artillery regiment began to prepare for artillery fire, the brigade commander had already taken Wang Ye to the forward observation post.

This forward observation post was also chosen by Wei Dayong, and I have to say that for this battle, Wei Dayong's reconnaissance team really made a lot of preparations, and even his legs had to run thin.

In a word, the whole team didn't rest for a moment last night.

Wei Dayong even wore out the upper of his cloth shoes, because he repeatedly ran back and forth between the mountains and mountains, and wore out a pair of cloth shoes that had just been worn for a few days.

Standing at the front and observing and looking down,

You can clearly see the entire Japanese camp outside the pig-killing mouth.

But I saw that the entire Japanese camp had been plunged into a sea of fire.

Cao Sanlian's artillery regiment is still nominally only an artillery regiment, but the number of cannons equipped has long exceeded that of a regiment, and it is enough to form an artillery brigade.

The artillery regiment now has four artillery battalions and 16 artillery companies, each of which is equipped with four 75mm guns, and the regiment has a total of 28 American-style M1A1 75mm mountain guns and 36 Japanese-style 75mm mountain guns.

Some of these Japanese-style mountain guns were newly restored by the arsenal.

After having an arsenal, it is different, just repairing guns can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

By the way, 12 Meiji 38-style 75mm field guns captured from the 2nd Guards Division have also been repaired.

However, these 12 75mm field guns, together with the previous 4 guns, as well as 37mm caliber anti-aircraft guns and more than 20 92 infantry guns, were all assigned to the three military divisions and deployed in the fortress.

Therefore, these three military subdivisions of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region are definitely the best-equipped military subdivisions in the Eighth Route Army.

If there was no such foundation, how would the brigade commander dare to let the three army divisions carry the elite divisions of the Japanese army such as the 1st Division, the 28th Division, and the 27th Division?

……

Straight to the point.

Even if the artillery regiment is only equipped with 75mm caliber mountain guns, the number is a full 64.

Sixty-four 75mm mountain guns fired simultaneously from an artillery position five kilometers away, pouring rows of shells into the barracks of the Japanese 28th Division at a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute.

With this firepower intensity, it seems that Cao Sanlian took the brigade commander's words seriously.

Because with a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute, 64 guns can shoot 20,000 rounds in half an hour!

In addition, in the later stage, it was necessary to support the infantry regiments to carry out fixed-point elimination of the Japanese army's firepower points, so after this battle, it is estimated that there are really not a few of the 30,000 shells carried by the army.

The brigade commander apparently did not realize this.

This will still praise Cao Sanlian vigorously.

"Beautiful! Well done! Well done artillery regiment! ”

The brigade commander's hands holding the binoculars were trembling slightly.

At this moment, the brigade commander's heart was really filled with emotion that he had no regrets even though he died.

Unknowingly, our army also has such powerful artillery firepower!

For a long time, the weakest thing in our army is firepower, not to mention artillery, machine guns are seriously insufficient, and bullets have to be counted one by one, poor!

But now, the Northwest Column of Jin Province can use artillery fire to ravage devils.

Finally, it was the devil's turn to shrink into the barracks and be bombarded by our artillery!

Wang Ye turned his head sideways and looked at the emotional brigade commander, but he felt a little sad in his heart.

The heart said brigade commander, you must live a few more years in this world, if you can live to ninety, your fear of lack of firepower will be completely cured.

Because by that time,

China's army firepower will be the only one in the world, and no one can compare!

With a light sigh, Wang Ye's gaze returned to the barracks of the 28th Division in front.

I have to say that the tactical literacy of the 28th Division is really good, even if it is suddenly covered by the fire of an artillery group composed of 64 mountain guns, their artillery wing still quickly organized a counterattack.

The 12 105mm field guns and 36 75mm field guns of the 28th Field Artillery Wing turned their guns from the direction of the Zhukou to the direction where the artillery positions of the Northwest Column of Shanxi Province were located.

Ten minutes after the shelling of the Northwest Column of Shanxi, the Japanese artillery completed the parameter calibration.

The Japanese artillery immediately began to return fire, and although only half of the artillery was left at this time, the remaining Japanese artillery was not affected at all, and still fired the artillery in an orderly manner in strict accordance with the combat procedure.

However, this is in vain, not to mention that due to the lack of aerial observation, it is impossible to obtain the precise parameters of the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army, even if it can obtain accurate parameters, it is useless, because of the limitation of ballistics, the shells of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army can hit the artillery of the devils, but it is difficult for the artillery of the devils to hit the Eighth Route Army.

After about a quarter of an hour of artillery fire, the commander of the Japanese artillery finally realized this, and immediately ordered the artillery to turn again and aim at the infantry of the Eighth Route Army, which had appeared on the outskirts of the barracks.

However, by this time it was too late to turn around, because the Japanese artillery was already running out.

The Japanese artillery positions were already dense, and they were the key targets of the artillery regiment of the Eighth Route Army, so after 20 minutes of shelling, the artillery positions of the 28th Wing of the Japanese field artillery were basically destroyed, and the 48 Meiji 38-style field guns equipped were basically blown up.

The infantry artillery coordination of the Eighth Route Army was also good.

Almost exactly half an hour later, as soon as the artillery regiment's artillery coverage was over, six regiments of the first and third detachments appeared to the east and south of the Japanese camp.

A fierce exchange of fire ensued.

……

"What's the situation?"

Okamura Ninji buttoned his buttons and walked quickly into the battle hall.

Okamura Ninji had just been woken up by his adjutant, and when he learned that the 28th Division outside the pig-killing mouth was under attack, Okamura Ninji almost couldn't believe his ears.

"Your Excellency, General." There are three firsts on duty.

Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "There is Sue-kun, please talk about the main point directly." ”

"Hello." "About half an hour ago, that is, at about 0:30, the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared southeast of the pig killing mouth, and invested a huge number of artillery groups, covering the entire camp of the 28th Division with fierce artillery fire!" ”

"A huge artillery group?" Okamura Ninji said awe-inspiring when he heard this.

"Yes." "Tonegawa-kun estimates that there are at least fifty or sixty cannons in the Eighth Route Army, and all of them are 75mm caliber cannons!" ”

After a pause, there was a sue Jingsan and said: "Your Excellency, it seems that we have been deceived at present, the target of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is actually not the southern cluster, but the 28th Division, so after arriving at Heifengkou, it did not continue to march eastward, but went south over Heiyun Mountain to kill the 28th Division of the pig. ”

"Yaga!" Okamura Ninji's facial muscles twitched violently for a while.

"How is this possible? Heiyun Mountain is a high road risk, not to mention half a night, you can't turn it over in one night, right? ”

Yousue Jingsan shook his head and said, "Maybe there is an unknown path in Heiyun Mountain, who knows?" Anyway, it is a fact that the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has already reached the mouth of the pig and is launching a fierce attack on the 28th Division. ”

"Damn, damn it!" Okamura walked quickly to the edge of the sand table, holding the edge of the sand table with both hands and observing it carefully.

While observing the deployment of the enemy's forces from the sand table, Okamura Ninji asked Yusue Seizan to say: "Yousue-kun, how is the situation of the 28th Division now?" ”

"It's not going well." There are three low ways of the end of the essence.

"The artillery positions of the 28th Wing of the Field Artillery have been largely destroyed."

"The 28th Wing of the Heavy Troops, the division headquarters, the field hospital, and the 28th Search Wing also suffered heavy losses."

"How so?" Okamura Ninji said in disbelief, "Even if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army can cross Heiyun Mountain in half a night, but after they arrive at the pig killing mouth, they always need time to prepare for battle, such as selecting a suitable artillery position, and also time to determine the firing elements of artillery, right?" ”

After a pause, he said, "It can't be so fast anyway, right?" ”

Seizo said, "Your Excellency, we may have overlooked a fact. ”

"What?" Okamura Ninji frowned and said, "There is Sue-kun, what did we ignore?" ”

"The Eighth Route Army has a special forces." Yousue Jingsan said solemnly, "If I am not mistaken, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is afraid that it has already used this special force to conduct detailed reconnaissance of the 28th Division, and even the terrain of the Killing Pig Mouth has been repeatedly reconnoitred, so after the main force of the 386th Brigade arrived at the Killing Pig Mouth, there is no need to prepare at all, and the first time to find a suitable artillery position, and launch artillery fire coverage on the camp of the 28th Division." ”

"Special forces?" Okamura Ninji said awe-inspiringly, "It's really possible." ”

"Your Excellency, but there is also good news, the 3rd Infantry Wing and the 30th Infantry Wing have not suffered many casualties because they have built a large number of trench fortifications and underground shelters, and the 28th Engineer Wing, which is killing pigs and building roads, and the 36th Infantry Wing, which is responsible for protecting the engineers, are even more unscathed. ”

"In that case, the situation is still promising." Okamura Ninji quickly regained his composure.

The old devil is really powerful, such a big change only made him panic for a few minutes, and after a few minutes, he quickly regained his composure, and his brain regained the ability to think.

Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice: "Although the combat effectiveness of the 28th Division is very strong, especially the three infantry wings under its jurisdiction are all elite wings drawn from the permanent divisions within the number of ten, but in the previous three days of fighting, nearly one wing of troops has been killed and wounded, and this time it was suddenly attacked by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, so ......"

Yousue Jingsan continued: "So if there is no external force to intervene, the 28th Division is definitely no match for the 386th Brigade. ”

Okamura Ninji bowed his head slightly, and then continued: "The question now is which direction to draw reinforcements? And in what way should the rescue be carried out? ”

"Your Excellency, General, please take a look." Youmo Jing pointed to the sand table and said, "The closest to the 28th Division is undoubtedly the two divisions of the South Cluster stationed in Hongniwan, and the straight-line distance is only less than fifty kilometers. ”

"But the problem is that there is not even a path from Hongniwan to the pig-killing mouth." Okamura Ningji frowned and said, "I don't know how long it will take to open the road in the mountains, and it may not be successful, so the southern cluster can only return to the Maguan stronghold and then go north along the Tongpu Highway to reinforce the pig mouth, but the distance is close to one hundred and twenty kilometers." ”

There are three words of the end of the essence: "Then you can only directly order the 4th Brigade of Taiyuan to go north, although the straight-line distance is far, almost 100 kilometers, but you can maneuver from the road along the way, no need to detour or find a way." ”

"The 4th Brigade?" Okamura Ningji shook his head and said, "The 4th Brigade was hit by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army repeatedly, and the losses of weapons and equipment and veterans were serious, and they have not been replenished until now, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened, plus they have been defeated by the 386th Brigade many times, and it is inevitable that the 386th Brigade will have a fear of war, and they can't even give full play to their combat effectiveness, so it is extremely unwise to pin their hopes on the 4th Brigade." ”

There are three ways of the end of the essence: "Then you can only transfer the 36th Division or the 37th Division from Jinnan." ”

"The 36th Division and the 37th Division are also unreliable." Okamura Ningji shook his head and said, "First, the Eighth Route Army in the Taiyue Bandit Area and the Taihang Bandit Area will definitely not sit idly by, and secondly, these two divisions have been seriously corrupted by the Imperial Cooperative Army, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as before, so it is stupid to expect them to rescue the 28th Division." ”

There are three words of the end of the essence: "Otherwise, let the 110th Division rush to the aid from Zhengding?" ”

"110 Division?" Okamura Ninji asked rhetorically, "Do you think the 28th Division can hold out until the 110th Division arrives?" ”

"I'm afraid it's hard." Yousue Jingsan calculated the time in his heart and said, "The 110th Division will take three days and nights at the fastest time from assembling to being transported to Taiyuan Railway Station through Zhengtai Road, and then reorganizing the team to go north along the Tongpu Highway. ”

Speaking of this, Arisue Seizan said again: "But the 28th Division can only last two days and nights at most." ”

"Two days and nights?" Okamura Ninji said, "Yousue-kun, I'm afraid you overestimate the 28th Division, in my opinion, it will be difficult for the 28th Division to survive tonight!" ”

It's one o'clock in the morning on June 28th.

Okamura Ninji means that the 28th Division will not last until dawn on the 29th.

That is to say, Okamura Ninji believed that the 28th Division would only be able to hold out for 30 hours at most.

"Ah, this ......," Yusujing San was stunned when he heard this, and then said again, "Then we have no other choice but to order the two divisions of the Southern Cluster to rush from Hongniwan to the aid of Pig's Mouth." ”

"But the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will definitely not come to our aid." Okamura Ninji said.

"If I were the commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, I would only need the strength of one regiment, and blocking a certain dangerous place would be enough to block the Southern Cluster for a day, and with this day's time, it would be enough for the 386th Brigade to eat the 28th Division."

"Ah, this ......" The face of the last Jingsan changed greatly, doesn't this mean that the 28th Division is finished?

Okamura Ninji stopped talking, but began to pace back and forth in the battle hall with his hands behind his back.

The eyes of Seizo and several staff officers on duty followed the figure of Okamura Ninji back and forth.

At a certain moment, Okamura Ninji suddenly stopped and said in a deep voice: "Order, the 4th Brigade immediately rushed north to help, and all the aviation teams of the 3rd Flying Division immediately prepared for the attack." ”

"The southern cluster immediately opened from Hongniwan and advanced at full speed towards Heyuan County!"

"Again, the 28th Division immediately abandons the barracks outside the Zhukou Killing Pig, although the open terrain there is conducive to the chariot troops to launch a counter-assault, but it is also conducive to the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to give full play to the firepower advantage, so the lesser of two evils, we should decisively abandon the barracks in the open field, retreat to the commanding heights on both sides of the Zhukou Killing Pig, and wait for reinforcements!"

After a pause, Okamura Ninji emphasized again: "This order is urgent, and there must be no mistake in following it!" ”

"Hello!" Seizo Arise recorded the message as quickly as possible, handed it to Okamura Ninji for review and signature, and then walked quickly into the communication room and handed the message to the communications staff officer.

……

Hongniwan is located on the edge of the Heiyun Mountains and the XZ Basin.

Behind Hongniwan is the vast XZ Basin, and further ahead is the hilly area of Heiyun Mountain, and the further west the mountain becomes, the steeper it becomes, and the main peak of Heiyun Mountain is even more precipitous.

At this time, the 73rd and 74th divisions of the Japanese army were still rushing to repair the fortifications.

The world line has indeed become unrecognizable, in the original world, the Japanese army's divisions and regiments did not have the 74th division and the 75th division at all, but in this world, the Japanese army's base camp not only adopted these two numbers, but also these two divisions, like the 71st, 72nd, and 73rd divisions, are specially formed for mountain and jungle operations, with strong mobility and combat effectiveness, at least much stronger than the 36th and 37th divisions.

This can be seen from the artillery firepower of these divisions.

Taking the 73rd and 74th divisions as examples, there are artillery squadrons at the brigade level, artillery brigades at the wing level, and artillery wings at the division and regiment level, and in addition to the extremely mobile 75 mountain guns and 92 infantry guns, there are also a large number of 81 mm caliber light mortars, and the infantry support firepower far exceeds that of the 36 and 37 divisions.

Yoshio Yasudo, the commander of the 73rd Division, and Yoshiro Takamura, the commander of the 74th Division, had not yet slept, and the two old devils were standing at the door of the tent talking with sabers in their hands.

Just now, they had received the latest order from Okamura Ninji.

"Takamura-kun." After reading the telegram, Yoshio Ando asked, "What do you think?" ”

Takamura Yoshiro said without thinking: "Since His Excellency the General has issued a death order, it is natural to carry it out." ”

"Of course the order is to be carried out." Yoshio Ando said, "What I want to ask is, what do you think of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army attacking the 28th Division?" And what do you think of His Excellency General's response to this matter? ”

Takamura Yoshiro said in a deep voice: "The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is attacking the 28th Division, I just want to give them two words, arrogant, but Your Excellency the General's way of dealing with it, I don't want to have too much evaluation." ”

After a pause, he added, "However, one thing is certain. ”

"That is, the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has already gone out, and the bandit area must be extremely empty at this time."

"Therefore, our two divisions have the opportunity to sweep through the hinterland of the bandit area with lightning speed, seize Heyuan, Anhua and Ping'an counties, and then destroy the industrial park set up by the Eighth Route Army on the bank of the Yellow River."

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