At the west gate of Yangquan City, under the city gate.

The elite Japanese army of about 2,000 people was assembled.

Although the strength is less than one wing, the equipment of these more than 2,000 devils is extremely sophisticated.

Because these are all the headquarters units of the 4th Brigade.

There was not only an artillery brigade, but also a tank squadron, and the other two infantry brigades were also well equipped.

Each infantry brigade has an artillery squadron under its command, and the firepower is very strong.

This is also the reason why the headquarters handed over this diversion task to the new regiment, because other units may not be able to withstand it.

An ironclad car drove out of the city, and a Japanese soldier got down from the right, ran to the left, pulled the car door, and then put his hand on the roof of the car, and the brigade commander Mitake Tsuda stepped out of the car.

Shoji Kurosawa, who was observing Lion Rock, and several captains with the rank of Nakasa, walked over quickly.

Kurosawa Shoji paused and said: "Brigade commander, Lion Rock was occupied by the Eighth Route last night, and I am afraid that this Eighth Route will have to be annihilated before it can pass." ”

The terrain of Lion Rock is very peculiar, this is the throat of Yangquan, and occupying Lion Rock can cut off the passage of the Zhengtai Railway.

It's not impossible to take a detour from somewhere else, but you can't take tanks, trucks, and towed field guns with you.

Without these heavy firepower, the devil's combat effectiveness would have to be reduced by at least half, and the speed of advancing westward would have to be reduced by more than half.

There is not even heavy firepower, and there is a danger of being annihilated by the combination of the Eighth Route, after all, there are a lot of troops dispatched by the Eighth Route this time.

Moreover, the Eighth Route must have also taken into account the situation of the detour, and may have sent troops to wait for them on the side road a long time ago.

Between thoughts.

Mitake Tsuda looked cold and resolute with a look of coldness and perseverance, and raised her binoculars to look at Lion Rock.

Through the vision of the telescope, I saw that Lion Rock had many more fortifications such as trenches and foxholes overnight.

In the middle of the trench fortifications, a red flag fluttered in the wind on the top of the hill.

"Eight... Ga! ”

Seeing this scene, Mitake Tsuda suddenly became angry, and the Eighth Road actually dared to block the Fourth Brigade in Lion Rock, which was simply looking for death.

Kurosawa Shoji paused on the side and said, "Brigade commander, I suggest that the personnel of the Gangcun squadron be incorporated into the mountain squadron and launch a tentative attack on the enemy!" ”

Mitake Tsuda waved his hand, and his tone was cold: "We don't have so much time to spend here, so we ordered the first and second squads of the chariot squadron, the second infantry brigade, and the Gangcun squadron to be incorporated into the mountain squadron and take Lion Rock in one fell swoop!" ”

"The artillery brigade is ready to fire artillery at the Lion Rock Eighth Road position to provide artillery support for the attacking troops."

"Hey!" Kurosawa hesitated for a moment, then paused.

Launching a general attack as soon as it comes up is a typical madman's style of play, and the correct tactic is to let a small group of troops attack, in order to test the firepower and troop deployment of the eight routes.

Then use artillery to kill the fire points of the Eighth Road, and send troops to detour back to the rear flank of Lion Rock and attack from both sides.

However, considering such a strong firepower, two squads of tanks, and thousands of infantry, it was only one assault to take the opposite hill.

Shoji Kurosawa didn't say much.

With Misatake Tsuda's order, the Japanese troops quickly began to move.

The commander of the artillery group ordered his artillery to move forward to build an artillery position 2.5 kilometers away from Lion Rock.

Between Lion Rock and Yangquan City, there is a flat river, and there is not even a sheltered position.

Therefore, the artillery positions of the devils could only be exposed to the field of vision of the Eighth Route Army.

If you are far away, you will have to go to Yangquan City to arrange artillery, but the 97-type 90-mm mortar and the 92-type 70-mm infantry gun will not reach the Lion Rock position.

The effective range of these two guns is only 2.8 km.

As for the 38-mm field gun, the range of the 75-mm field gun is 8 kilometers, but the devil artillery does not believe in this evil at all, and the Eighth Route has the ability to destroy their artillery positions.

Two squads of tanks, an infantry battalion, and a mixed infantry squadron, and an assault force of about 1,000 men were also ready.

Seeing this scene, Mitake Tsuda showed a confident smile on his face.

With this attacking force, it was able to easily defeat a division of the Chinese army.

He had even seen the scene where his soldiers captured Lion Rock.

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In Lion Rock, the temporary command of the new regiment.

Temporary headquarters made of wood on the anticline of the ridge.

The top is covered with a camouflage net, and if you step on a ladder, you can use a pair of telescopes to get a panoramic view of the positive slope position and the outside of Yangquan City.

At this time, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were stepping on the ladder, using binoculars to observe the movements of the devils under Yangquan City.

In the position of the positive slope, there was no new regiment of soldiers, and Li Yunlong knew that the devil's cannon was powerful, so he put the soldiers on the anti-slope plane for the time being.

When the devils start to attack in earnest, they will enter the positive slope position from the anti-slope plane to fight the devils.

"One, two, three, four, five, six."

"Lao Li, look, there are 6 tanks, 3 light tanks, and 3 medium tanks that the devil is preparing to attack."

"There are also devils' artillery positions, there must be more than 20 guns, mountain artillery, infantry artillery and mortars."

"It seems that as soon as the devil came up, he made a lot of money."

Zhao Gang pointed to the devil who was preparing to attack in front of the West Gate and said.

Li Yunlong raised his eyebrows: "Damn, Mitake Tsuda This is a typical madman's play, but it is a bit similar to Lao Tzu." ”

"There is no tentative attack, as soon as it comes up, it is the main attack, concentrating superior firepower and troops, and defeating the enemy with only one attack."

"But the drawbacks of this tactic are obvious." Zhao Gang said, "If the first attack fails and is frustrated, it will affect morale very much, and it will be difficult to take the mountain later." ”

Li Yunlong said: "Look at the devil's firepower configuration, tanks, artillery, and infantry thousands, if it weren't for our new regiment, few regiments of our Eighth Route Army would be able to withstand it." ”

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "That's the same." ”

Li Yunlong turned his head to look at Lu Yingjun and asked, "Lu Yingjun, are you okay?" Have the shelling parameters of the devil's artillery positions been calculated? ”

"Report to the head of the group, it will be right away!"

Lu Yingjun stood on the ladder, and in front of him was a 16x artillery scope, and he used the artillery scope to observe the artillery position of the devil while calculating with a precise map.

Precision method, every member of the sword squadron must learn to calculate, they are the eyes of the artillery.

"Commander, the calculation is done." Lu Yingjun put down his pen and said, "There is an ironclad car parked under the city gate, and there are many people standing next to it, I guess it is the commander of the devil." ”

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang raised their binoculars to look at the city wall, but the magnification of the telescope was not as good as the cannon mirror, so they couldn't see clearly.

"I can't see well through this telescope." Zhao Gang said, "Lao Li, where is your telescope?" ”

"I can't see it clearly." Li Yunlong said.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, you try my cannon mirror." Lu Yingjun gave up the observation position, and Li Yunlong stepped on the ladder and looked through the field of vision of the cannon mirror.

Sure enough, I saw an ironclad car under the city wall, and there were several trucks around, surrounded by armed devil soldiers.

Although I can't see the ranks of the devils next to the ironclad car, the devils who can sit in the ironclad car must be not small.

The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth curled slightly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Haha... It seems that the devil commander didn't take me Li Yunlong in his eyes, and dared to swagger in front of us. ”

"Lu Yingjun, calculate the shooting parameters of the position of the ironclad car and inform Wang Chengzhu."

"Before shelling the devil's artillery position, bombard it with artillery fire to my ironclad car."

After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong gave up the observation position of the gunner, and Lu Yingjun stepped on the wooden ladder again and began to measure the shooting parameters of the ironclad car.

Soon, after the shooting parameters were calculated, Lu Yingjun turned on the radio communication machine, held the earpiece in one hand to his ear, and held the microphone to his mouth in the other.

"Hole three hole three, I'm hole two, please answer when you hear it!"

The new regiment has three radio communication sets, Li Yunlong's numbered Dong Yu (01), Lu Yingjun's number Dong 2 (02), and Wang Chengzhu's number Dong 3 (03).

"Dong San received, please speak!" Wang Chengzhu's voice sounded in the radio communication machine.

"The battalion targets the city wall, the ruler is four hundred and fifty-seven, and to the right is zero and sixty-nine, ready!"

Then Lu Yingjun looked at Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong shook his head: "Don't worry, wait for the devil to attack first." ”

As soon as the words fell, a sharp whistling sound sounded in the sky, and an overwhelming number of shells fell on the artillery positions that the new regiment had built last night.

A moment later, a swarm of shells fell into the position, and the explosions continued to roar and stretch wantonly, and the artillery fire shrouded the entire Lion Rock forward slope position in the smoke of gunpowder.

There was no test firing, and it was covered by artillery fire as soon as it came up.

In the incessant smoke of gunpowder, all the civil fortifications built by the new regiment last night were destroyed, and the 70-mm infantry guns, 90-mm mortars, and 75-mm field guns, all of which were all powerful, plowed the positions of the new regiment over and over again.

"Damn, the devil is so fucking rich, this cannonball is like no money." The mud and sand kicked up by the explosion of the shell fell from the top, and Li Yunlong couldn't help but flatten his mouth.

"The devil's assault force is starting to move forward." After the devils shelled the position for 5 minutes, Zhao Gang suddenly said.

Li Yunlong hurriedly raised his telescope to look, and through the field of vision of the telescope, six devil tanks were in front, followed by devils as dense as locusts, and rushed towards the inclined position.

When the devil attack troops entered the forward position 300 meters, Li Yunlong gave an order.

The fighters of the 1st and 2nd Battalions on the anticline, led by Zhang Dabiao and Zheng Yu, crossed the anticline and entered the positive incline position.

Mitake Tsuda, who saw this scene in the telescope, almost had a crooked nose, and just more than 1,000 shells were fired out and exploded lonely?

By the time the devil tank entered the forward position at a distance of 150 meters, the soldiers of the first and second battalions were already in place, and all the light and heavy machine guns were set up.

While the Devil Tank was moving forward, the turret rapid-fire guns and heavy machine guns were firing at the position, and the Devils were separated in a skirmish line behind, and the machine gunners and grenadiers set up crane guns and grenadiers to pour fire on the position.

The devil tank entered the forward position 100 meters, and Li Yunlong asked the guards to fire a red signal flare and give the order to open fire.

Lu Yingjun grabbed the earpiece of the radio communication machine and roared loudly: "Hole three, hole three, fire immediately!" ”

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