Before Wang Ye and Wei Xilai shot, the devil's forward brigade had actually entered the ambush circle of the special operations brigade.

But because Wang Ye didn't shoot for a long time, Lin Han and Wang Xikui didn't dare to shoot, and one of the main battalions that fought together didn't shoot.

So I can only watch the devil pass by.

When Wang Ye and Wei Xilai finally fired, Lin Han gave the order to fire without hesitation.

In an instant, dozens of firing points in ambush in the bud valleys, sweet potato fields, and millet fields opened fire at the same time, pouring dense bullets on the devil's head violently.

At this time, the devil's forward brigade had completely entered the ambush position, and the two sides were staggered, so from the devil's point of view, it was really the Eighth Route Army in all directions, and there were machine gun fire points in all directions, and these Eighth Route Army suddenly emerged from the ground, and they were simply everywhere.

The devil doesn't even know where to hide.

I didn't know where to run, and I was completely confused.

The devils of the 73rd Division cannot be compared with the devils of the 28th Division and the 1st Division, whether it is combat experience, tactical literacy, or will to fight, they are not at the same level at all.

If it is the devil soldiers of the 1st Division or the 28th Division, it will be chaotic for a few seconds at most, and then they will be able to spontaneously counterattack the Eighth Route Army in any direction.

But the devils of the 73rd Division can't do this.

The quality of the soldiers of this infantry brigade is especially poor, because they are workers.

Yes, that's right, the Japanese army has already begun to recruit industrial workers in large numbers.

Because the supply of reserve soldiers of appropriate age has been exhausted, and there are not enough soldiers even in the townships, the base camp of the Japanese army has been forced to recruit these industrial workers who have never been on the battlefield and have even been trained for military service for a long time to join the army to fight, and this has had a great impact on the industrial production of the Japanese mainland.

The quality of these industrial workers can be imagined.

Most of them are between thirty and forty years old, and they are still in the prime of life.

However, 10 or even 20 years have passed since they received two years of military service training, and the style they developed in the army has long since disappeared, and some of them have not even joined the army at all.

As for experience, they had never been on the battlefield before coming to China.

Therefore, as soon as the gunshots rang out from all directions, these devils were stunned on the spot.

After being stunned for about ten seconds, these devils finally reacted, and then their first reaction was to run away, and they didn't run in one direction, but scattered in all directions, and they had no sense of direction!

To put it bluntly, the quality of this infantry brigade of the 73rd Division is unbelievably poor.

"me, me!" Lin Han exclaimed in surprise as he shot, a little incredulous.

Wang Xikui shook his head while shooting continuously: "I didn't look dazzled, is this a devil?" ”

This is completely different from the devil in their impression, and they have never seen such a weak devil.

An entire infantry brigade and more than a thousand devil infantry, like a frightened flock of sheep, rushed in the ambush circle of their wolf brigade and a main battalion, and they were killed in less than a quarter of an hour.

At this speed, it was so fast that the main forces of the devil team behind had no time to react.

There is no way, the main force of the Devil United can only be withdrawn.

If you don't withdraw, you can't do it, the division commanders have already been killed.

Both divisions of the Southern Cluster have lost their effective command.

……

The news soon spread back to No. 11 Iron Lion Hutong in Beiping.

"What?" Okamura Ninji looked at Seizo with a shocked expression, and asked in disbelief, "Yusue-kun, did I hear you right?" ”

"Hello." There was a third pause in the first place, "Your Excellency, although it is unbelievable, but Nan Cluster did send an urgent telegram just now, and Ando-kun and Takamura-kun have been martyred. ”

After a pause, Seizo said again: "And Kamei-kun." ”

Okamura Ninji was stunned there, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Okamura Ninji couldn't imagine at all, how could such a thing happen?

It's outrageous enough for one division commander to be killed, and two division commanders to be killed at the same time? There was even an infantry regiment commander who was killed incidentally, could it be that he was beheaded by the Eighth Route Army?

Thinking of this, Okamura Ningji hurriedly said: "Which special forces of the 386th Brigade did it?" ”

"I don't know." Yousue Jingsan shook his head and said, "The Southern Cluster only reported that it was the two snipers of the Eighth Route Army who did it, and they only fired three shots!" ”

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

After a pause, Okamura Ninji said again: "There is Mo-kun, what is the situation in the southern cluster now?" ”

"At the same time that the Southern Cluster was beheaded, an infantry brigade in the forward was also ambushed and most of them were killed, and then the two divisions of the Southern Cluster were forced to retreat three kilometers and build fortifications on the spot to prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack, because Liu Chuanjun was worried that there was another main force of the 386th Brigade near Yunqi Town." ”

"Yanagawa-kun?" Okamura Ninji said, "Is it the commander of the 74th Infantry Regiment, Yanagawa Koji?" ”

"Yes." "Ando-kun, Takamura-kun, and Kamei-kun sacrificed their lives for the empire at the same time, and Yanagawa Jun is already the only general, and now the southern cluster is temporarily commanded by him." ”

"Damn it!" Okamura Ninji was also a little impetuous.

However, Okamura knows better that the more times like this, the more important it is to stay calm.

Taking a deep breath, Okamura Ninji tried his best to calm himself down, and asked Yusue Seizo, "Yousue-kun, what do you think of this attack on the Southern Cluster?" ”

Yousue Jingsan said: "Your Excellency, the main force of the 386th Brigade must still be killing pigs, so Yunqi Town attacked the South Cluster only with that special force, at most one or two thousand local forces." ”

After a pause, Yusue Jingsan said again: "As long as the Southern Cluster can calm down and reorganize the offensive, the special forces of the 386th Brigade and the local armed forces will not be able to hold it no matter what." ”

"I think so too." Okamura nodded heavily.

"Order, Yanagawa Koji to take over the command of the South Cluster in full."

"Tell Liu Chuanjun again, I only give him four hours, now the time is eleven o'clock in the morning, you must take Yunqi Town before three o'clock in the afternoon, and then you must seize Heyuan County before ten o'clock in the night!"

"Hello!" There are three times of the last essence.

……

After receiving the order from the front army headquarters, Yanagawa Koji did not know whether to be happy or sad?

It stands to reason that he should feel sad, after all, the commanders of the two divisions have died on the battlefield, and as a subordinate, he shouldn't be happy anyway, but in fact, Yanagawa Koji is indeed secretly happy.

The reason for this is also very simple, because after Yoshio Ando, Yoshiro Takamura, and Kazuhide Kamei were killed at the same time, he Yanagawa Yukiji became the only surviving general of the Southern Cluster, and he became the supreme commander.

This means that he will be able to independently command two divisions and 30,000 men to fight.

Before, Yanagawa Koji didn't dare to think about such a thing, how could it be?

But now, such a good thing has fallen on his head.

Therefore, after receiving the order, Yanagawa Koji immediately summoned the chiefs of staff of the two divisions and regiments to prepare for an emergency operational meeting to discuss the next combat plan.

Toshihiro Asano, chief of staff of the 73rd Division, and Koichi Akutagawa, chief of staff of the 74th Division, were a little unhappy because they felt that Yanagawa Koji was not qualified to command the southern cluster.

How can the commander of an infantry regiment command two divisions?

However, the order of the front command has come down, and they can only pinch their noses and admit it.

At least until the new division commander takes office, they must obey Yanagawa Koji.

"Asano-kun, Akutagawa-kun." Yanagawa Koji said, "Your Excellency the General has already given a death order to Nan Cong, Yunqi Town must be taken before three o'clock in the afternoon, and then Heyuan County must be captured before ten o'clock in the evening, so I don't think there is any need to set up camp and waste time, just launch a strong attack." ”

"Agreed!" Toshihiro Asano has no disagreement on this.

Akutagawa Koichi also nodded and said, "I also agree to attack directly." ”

"Yo Si." Opinions were unanimous, and Yanagawa Koji looked very happy.

Because Yanagawa Koji felt that this was undoubtedly an extremely good start, which meant that he had initially obtained the approval of the two chiefs of staff, which was undoubtedly very helpful for him to truly grasp the command of the Southern Cluster, and maybe after this battle, he could really be promoted to the commander of the 73rd Division or the 74th Division.

At that moment, Yanagawa Koji said: "Then, let Kagoshima United go first." ”

The Kagoshima Wing is the backbone wing of the 73rd Division, and is formed based on the reserve of the 45th Infantry Wing, which is the main Kagoshima Wing.

And the 45th Infantry Wing is one of the four infantry wings of the former 6th Division.

The 6th Division is known for its ability to fight, and it is because of the fierce folk customs of Kagoshima, Oita, Kumamoto and other places that the 73rd Division of the Kagoshima Wing is also very strong.

Yanagawa Koji sent Kagoshima United when he came up, which shows his determination.

Obviously, Yanagawa Koji wanted to establish his prestige through a hearty victory and a quick victory.

Toshihiro Asano and Koichi Akutagawa also had no problem with this, because they didn't want to spend too much time here, and the sooner they captured the county seat of Heyuan, the better it would be for them.

……

At this time, Wang Ye had already returned to the defensive position on the left.

"Captain." Lin Han immediately greeted him happily, and said with a disdainful expression, "This group of devils in front of me is almost like paper paste, and we haven't made much effort yet, so they lie down." ”

"Don't be careless." Wang Ye remained calm enough.

"It's just an infantry brigade, it doesn't mean anything."

Lin Han said: "Captain, I really didn't lie to you, this group of devils is much weaker than we imagined, and after fighting devils for so many years, I have never seen anything weaker than this, and it is not much worse than the puppet army." ”

While the two were talking, the devil in front of them suddenly moved again.

I saw about a wing of devils coming out of the temporary station.

However, to Wang Ye's surprise, this group of devils did not go around from both sides, but went straight to Yunqi Town.

"Not good." Wang Ye said with a dark face, "It seems that the devil has changed his mind and decided to fight Yunqi Town, go back quickly, I don't know how the head of Ge and the others dug the hole." ”

At that moment, Wang Ye didn't care about getting into the tunnel, and ran back directly from the ground.

Fortunately, the bud valley provided cover for Wang Ye and the members of the special operations team, and was not discovered by the devils.

Hurrying and hurrying, Wang Ye finally rushed back to Yunqi Town in front of the devil, and at this time, Ge Dazhuang and Li Goudan were already arranging defense deployment.

"Director Wang?"

Seeing Wang Ye, Ge Dazhuang and Li Goudan instantly had a backbone.

Wang Ye asked, "Commander Ge, Brigade Li, how is the hole I asked the two of you to dig is doing?" ”

Ge Dazhuang said: "Director Wang, according to your instructions, we have dug thousands of such exits in and out of the town, and there are already entrances and exits within a two-kilometer radius of Yunqi Town. ”

Although the people of Yunqi Town and the surrounding villages have been transferred,

However, Ge Dazhuang's regiment has nearly 2,000 people, and Li Goudan's county brigade also has nearly 400 people, and it can be said that there is no pressure to dig 2,000 entrances and exits two or three meters long in an hour.

They just can't figure it out, what are you doing digging so many entrances and exits?

Li Goudan said: "But Director Wang, is it really good to dig so many entrances and exits?" ”

Ge Dazhuang also said worriedly: "Yes, the more secret the tunnel entrances, the better, but now, the more than 2,000 newly dug tunnel entrances are all exposed, aren't our tunnels discovered by devils?" ”

Wang Ye smiled: "Let's tell you straight, I have no intention of hiding these tunnels anymore." ”

Li Goudan said: "But if you don't hide the authenticity, how can you use the authentic to fight the devil?" ”

"You'll know when the fight starts." Wang Ye smiled and said, "Commander Ge, Brigade Li, now let your troops enter the tunnel in groups of three." ”

"Once the teams enter the tunnels, they are free to fight."

"But there is one rule, a maximum of one shot is allowed at one entrance, and after one shot, it will be transferred immediately."

After a pause, he said: "Don't participate in the battle, just stay in Yunqi Town to fight in the streets." ”

Because of its heavy weight, heavy machine guns cannot maneuver quickly through tunnels, so they cannot participate in groundhog combat.

"Yes!" Although Ge Dazhuang and Li Goudan were puzzled, they still resolutely carried out Wang Ye's order.

Soon, more than 2,500 soldiers from a regiment and a county brigade were divided into more than 800 groups, and then they split up into the dense tunnels like spider webs.

……

Jiro Owada was a commander of the 4th Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the Kagoshima Wing.

While the artillery groups of the cluster headquarters and the wing headquarters were preparing for artillery fire on Yunqi Town, Owada Jiro and his comrades in the same squadron were lying quietly under the ridge.

The shelling range of the mountain artillery group is a two-kilometer radius in front of Yunqi Town.

Because according to the judgment of the cluster headquarters and the wing headquarters, there must be fortifications of the Eighth Route Army in this area, the goal of this shelling is to destroy the fortifications in this area.

Then they will take the area by their Kagoshima United.

After capturing this area, launch an attack on Yunqi Town.

Jiro Owada leaned sideways and lay quietly under the half-human-high ridge.

This is not the first time that Jiro Owada has participated in a battle, so he is not panicking at all.

Four years ago, during the Battle of Wuhan, when he participated in the battle with the 6th Division, he once stabbed to death more than a dozen Chinese soldiers with bayonets with his own hands.

Unfortunately, he was injured later and was transferred back to China to recuperate.

After recovering from his injuries, he was transferred to the 6th Division's garrison.

Then he was transferred to the 73rd Division with the reserves of the 6th Division, and his rank was also promoted to the rank of commander of the army.

In the blink of an eye, the artillery bombardment of the mountain artillery group had ended, and with the roar of the group leader Ken Sato, more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers of the entire brigade jumped up from under the ridge where they were hiding at the same time and launched a charge.

The commanders of the cluster headquarters and the wing headquarters are very determined, and they come up with a group-level charge.

More than 1,000 Japanese soldiers opened a 2,000-meter-wide skirmish line, forming several wavy skirmish lines and rushing forward, with a distance of at least six or seven meters between the soldiers.

The Kagoshima Wing was not a newly formed infantry wing.

In fact, the junior non-commissioned officers of the Kagoshima Wing are all elite veterans like Jiro Owada.

Therefore, the performance of the 1st Brigade of the Kagoshima Wing was completely different from the previous infantry brigade composed of workers.

Jiro Owada rushed forward with his comrades in the 4th Squadron, and the entire squadron was from the same village as him, so they knew each other, so they were relieved.

Soon, Jiro Owada rushed into a bud valley.

However, at this time, the entire bud valley had already been blown up by the mountain artillery group.

What made Owada Jiro feel a little uneasy was that there were many dark holes in this bud valley.

"Everyone, be careful! These could be tunnel mouths! Owada Jiro reminded loudly, then unfastened the grenade on his waist, pulled out the safety and knocked it into the steel helmet, and then threw it into a hole.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and a red light burst out of the hole.

Then a thick smoke came out of the hole.

The other Japanese soldiers followed suit and threw grenades at the entrance of the cave.

As a result, a continuous explosion sounded from the openings of the caves.

But the speed of the entire infantry brigade was not affected, and soon it advanced almost a thousand meters.

Owada Jiro looked up and looked ahead, and found that it was less than a thousand meters away from the ancestral hall in Yunqi Town, and he could even see the fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

"Stay in formation and be vigilant!" Captain Ken Sato shouted loudly.

This is to remind those recruits, and a veteran of a hundred battles like Owada Jiro doesn't need to be reminded at all.

But for some reason, Owada Jiro felt more and more uneasy in his heart, because he found that there were more and more holes in the bud valley, and he always felt that these holes were not simple.

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