After Haruo Sato and the other devil officers walked out of the military tent headquarters, the look on his face that Nakamura Zhenxiong had just laughed a little bit was gone all of a sudden.

Instead, Nakamura Zhenxiong's face became solemn.

Seeing this, the chief of staff on the side, Kita Taijiro, said, "Division commander, who are you?" ”。

"Although it is proposed to dig tunnels and secretly infiltrate the city to attack, it is still unknown whether it can succeed without Li Yunlong noticing."

Nakamura Zhenxiong looked at the map of Qingzhou City on the table, and said in a condensed voice: "Our opponent should not be underestimated!" ”。

"That's what the division commander said."

When Mudo Taijiro heard this, he comforted: "But we are ready to cover the excavation of the tunnel, and we should not be noticed by Li Yunlong." ”。

"Now Li Yunlong, I guess I still think that the main direction of the imperial army is still at the east gate, but I don't know that the main direction of the imperial army has changed."

Nakamura Zhenxiong thought about it, maybe he was a little worried because of the previous casualties, and he was too worried.

If the feint attack on the east gate continued to make a bigger noise, Li Yunlong probably wouldn't have thought that his side would use the method of digging tunnels to secretly sneak into the city to attack.

"What Muta-kun said is also right!! I'm a little worried! ”

Nakamura smiled, then said.

"Division Commander!!"

Seeing that Nakamura Zhenxiong was happy, Kido Taijiro said: "At present, my two armies are fighting fiercely in Liujia Town and Qingzhou City, and the total casualties have been as high as 5,000. ”。

"At present, the total strength of the 9th Brigade, the 15th Brigade and other divisions combined, there are only 13,000 people left."

After a pause, Kita Taijiro said in a condensed voice, "Do you report these situations to the commander?" ”

"Not yet!!"

After thinking about it, Nakamura Zhenxiong shook his head and said, "Let's wait until we take Qingzhou City!" ”。

"By the way, how is the situation in the direction of Liujiazhen? Did the commander of the 15th Brigade, Okamoto Youichi, send the latest war briefing? ”

Kita Taijiro walked to the side of the military tent headquarters and the devil signal soldier in charge of the radio station, whispered a few words, and then walked back to Nakamura Zhenxiong's side, and said helplessly: "The latest battle telegram of the 15th Brigade was sent fifteen minutes ago. ”。

"The 15th Infantry Brigade on the right side of Okamoto, there is not much progress, but the casualties have been contained."

Kita Taijiro pointed to the map and continued to condense his voice to Nakamura Zhenxiong, "There are more than a dozen enemy pillbox fortifications extending from the east of Liujia Town and the north and south sides of the town entrance, and even two 105 howitzers can't blast through them at close range. ”

"In order to prevent the position of the howitzer squad from being blown up by the enemy's artillery fire, the two 105 howitzers assigned to the 15th Infantry Brigade in the direction of Liujiazhen were deployed about three or four kilometers away from the enemy's artillery fire, just like us."

As a result, the long-range fire of the two howitzers, although fierce, could not accurately hit the enemy pillbox fortifications. Even if it hits, it can't be blown up, this is Okamoto's call report fifteen minutes ago! ”

Hearing this, Nakamura Zhenxiong frowned and looked at the small dot marked as Liujiazhen on the map, and couldn't help but look solemn.

"According to the second battalion of the independent regiment guarding Liujia Town, didn't they divide their troops and go around from the two flanks of the town entrance and sneak attack their 15th Brigade and the troops that attacked Liujia Town at that time!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong said to Kita Taijiro, "Call Okamoto Youichi and ask him to send troops to make a detour to see if he can find some way to the flanks of the city and break into the rear of Liujia Town."

"Don't wait for the battle in the direction of Qingzhou City to have a result, and he Okamoto will only move."

When Kido Taijiro heard this, he paused and said, "Yes, division commander, I will immediately ask the signal soldier to call Okamoto Youichi to convey your order." ”。

"Hmm!!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong nodded, and then Kido Taijiro walked to the Devil Signal Soldier in charge of communication and liaison at the Military Tent Headquarters, and asked the Devil Signal Soldier to call Okamoto Youichi, the commander of the Devil's 15th Infantry Brigade.

Nakamura then walked out of the military tent headquarters with Kita Taijiro, walked to the hillside in front, and raised a telescope to observe the position guarded by the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company of the Independent Regiment outside the East Gate and at the head of the city.

I saw that outside the East Gate and its head, the defenders of the second battalion and the first company of the independent regiment were very hidden, and they did not give the cold guns and cannons sent by the devils to stop attacking the city.

"Baga, Li Yunlong's troop tactical literacy is much stronger than Chang Kaishen's Central Army and Yan Laoxi's Jin Sui Army!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong looked at it, and couldn't help muttering to himself.

At this time, Li Yunlong, who was being talked about by Nakamura Zhenxiong, was standing on the eight-story roof of the East Gate City with Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, and also held a telescope to observe the situation outside the East Gate.

"The little devil has stopped attacking the city for at least eight minutes, right?"

Li Yunlong put down the binoculars and asked the kid Wang Huaibao, the third battalion commander on the side.

Wang Huaibao also looked at the time, nodded and said, "Commander, it's almost nine minutes." ”。

"The devil didn't even fire the Type 92 infantry gun."

"Hehe, it's possible that in Wang Chenghai's artillery attack, after the devil artillery position was destroyed, there won't be a single Type 92 infantry gun left on the devil artillery position, right?"

When Li Yunlong heard this, he smiled and said: "Maybe it's really possible that the devil's artillery position is not left because of the martyrdom, and there is not a single Type 92 infantry gun left." ”。

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two 105 howitzers roared and shelled from a distance four kilometers outside the East Gate.

However, the explosion occurred about 30 meters from the outer position of the moat outside the East Gate.

However, most of the soldiers of the three battalions and one company guarding the outer position of the moat outside the east gate were veterans, and they were soon hidden before the shells fell and exploded.

"Damn, it's a pity we don't have 105 howitzers in our hands, otherwise we would have been able to carry out artillery counterattacks and kill the howitzer squad of devils!!"

Li Yunlong slammed his fist on the wall of the roof and gritted his teeth and said.

"Regiment Commander, the devil's 105 howitzer is at least three kilometers east of the East Gate City, and it should be about four kilometers."

Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, also said a little helplessly: "Wang Chenghai said that the captured Devil's Type 92 infantry gun in his hand has a range that cannot reach the position of the devil's howitzer squad. ”。

"That's nature!!"

Li Yunlong said helplessly: "The maximum firing range of the Devil's Type 92 infantry gun we captured is only 2,788 meters, even if it is a dumb standing gun handed over by your second battalion to Wang Chenghai to command the artillery counterattack, although the effective firing range is also 8,500 meters, Wang Chenghai can't hit the artillery position of the devil's howitzer squad at a long distance." ”。

(End of chapter)

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