After the commander of the 4th Brigade, Mitake Tsuda, was blown up and his bones were completely gone.

Yoshio Shinozuka gave the brigade chief of staff, Shoji Kurosawa, full command of the 4th Brigade.

Unlike Mitake Tsuda's madman-style play, Shoji Kurosawa was cautious, first formulating a battle plan with several combat staff officers.

In the operations room of the 4th Brigade Headquarters, Kurosawa asked the communications staff officer to send the battle plan to the headquarters of the 1st Army and request tactical guidance.

Kurosawa Shoji turned his head and said to Toshio Ogata: "Ogata-kun, this time you don't want to participate in the attack on the Lion Rock Eighth Road position. ”

Toshio Ogata's tone was incredulous: "Chief of Staff, you don't trust me? After an attack in the morning, the Eighth Route no longer has much ammunition, give me two more squadrons of troops, I will definitely take the position of the main peak of Lion Rock, please believe me, give me another chance! ”

Kurosawa Shoji took a sip of tea and said, "Of course I trust Ogata-kun very much, I have a more important task to give to you." ”

"Hey!"

"The main reason for the failure of the first attack was because of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army in the rear of the Lion Rock side."

"I asked the artillery to calculate that the artillery position of the Eighth Route is likely to be 5 kilometers behind the Lion Rock side."

"The task of you and your soldiers is to make a detour to the rear of the Eighth Road, find the Eighth Route artillery position, and completely eliminate the Eighth Route artillery position."

Kurosawa Shoji's tone was cold and hard, and his expression was gloomy.

Toshio Ogata paused, "Please give me another soldier of the artillery squad." ”

"If I can find the Eighth Route Artillery position, destroy the Eighth Route Artillery, and capture a few cannons."

"I will be able to immediately shell the position of the main peak of the Eighth Route Lion Rock and provide artillery support for the frontal attack troops."

"Give the Eight Roads a taste of their own artillery fire."

Kurosawa Shoji said: "Ogata-kun, your method is good, but you must be careful, there will definitely be troops near the Eighth Route Artillery Position to protect it." ”

"Chief of Staff, please rest assured, unless there is a regiment left behind in the Eighth Route to protect it, the cannon of the Eighth Route is in the pocket of the Imperial Army." Toshio Ogata's tone was quite confident.

"Yo Si." Shoji Kurosawa said happily, "In addition, you must bring the radio, and if there are too many troops on the Eighth Route, immediately report the location of the Eighth Route Artillery position, and the brigade headquarters will call for aviation support to the headquarters." ”

"Hey!" Toshio Ogata said, "In this way, nothing goes wrong." ”

The Japanese radio station spread to the brigade level, and Toshio Ogata was the captain of the brigade, so he was equipped with a radio station.

Toshio Ogata's 2nd Brigade suffered heavy losses in the morning attack, and in addition to the wounded, only about 200 men and one squadron were able to fight.

However, in the opinion of Shoji Kurosawa and Toshio Ogata, it was enough for the strength of one squadron to sneak attack the Eighth Route artillery position.

With that, Toshio Ogata walked out with his saber on his shoulder.

Immediately, Kurosawa Shoji looked at the first captain of the Fourth Brigade, Sadatake Nakayama.

"Zhongshan-kun, the headquarters is calling, in Lion Rock is the old opponent of our Fourth Brigade, the new regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Road."

"Nani?" Zhongshan Zhenwu's eyes narrowed, and his murderous aura was awe-inspiring, "Is it Li Yunlong?" ”

The number of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army and its commander Li Yunlong, the Fourth Brigade is known to everyone, and his name is engraved in the hearts of these devils like a brand.

"That's right, it's Li Yunlong." Kurosawa Shoji said, "This is an extremely cunning and ferocious enemy, and Sakata Daisa and His Excellency the Brigade Commander have died at the hands of this person. ”

Nakayama Zhenwu's tone was cold: "Chief of Staff, please let me lead the warriors to level the Lion Rock, cut off Li Yunlong's head, and pay tribute to the brigade commander and Sakata Osa's Yingling." ”

"Of course, I want to cut off Li Yunlong's head." Kurosawa said, "But the firepower of the eight roads is too fierce, and the frontal attack can't be done, so we have to outwit it." ”

"I will order the Japanese ronin in the city to be armed to strengthen the troops."

"The ronin is wearing the clothes of the Imperial Army, and he is driving the Imperial Army to attack Lion Rock from the front."

"You take two squadrons to make a detour from Yanzigou, go around to the rear flank of the Eighth Road to attack, and take the Eighth Road position in one fell swoop with two flanking attacks."

Compared to Mitake Tsuda's reckless style of play, Shoji Kurosawa is much more insidious.

This time, in order to take the Lion Rock position, he made four preparations: one was to call for aviation support from the headquarters, the second was to order Toshio Ogata to sneak attack the Eighth Route artillery position in a roundabout way, the third was to use the ronin to pretend to be a regular army to drive the puppet army to attack the Eighth Route head-on, and the fourth was to launch an attack from behind the Lion Rock by the main force of the Japanese army.

The Japanese Fourth Brigade also had two infantry wings, but these two wings were stationed on the Zhengtai Railway and some other roads.

Moreover, more than 1,000 soldiers have recently been evacuated to the battlefield in Central China, which has led to an even greater shortage of troops in the Japanese Fourth Brigade.

Now he still has about 4 squadrons of more than 800 troops in his hands, 1 squadron to defend the city, and 1 squadron to sneak attack the Eighth Route artillery position.

There are only 2 squadrons of troops that can be used to sneak attack the Eighth Route behind the rear.

However, Kurosawa Shoji is very confident, and this set of combination punches will not be a big problem to win Lion Rock.

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, five Nakajima fighters and four Type 96 attack planes took off from Xincheng Airport outside the north of Taiyuan City.

The formation was led by the 1st Army's 9th Flying Squadron, Ryuichi Kato.

Their mission was to support the 4th Brigade in Yangquan, bomb the Eighth Route Army at Lion Rock, and by the way conduct reconnaissance along the Zhengtai Railway.

Ryuichi Kato piloted such a Nakajima fighter and led the group to turn 90 degrees and flew straight east along the Shota Railway.

The planes lined up in neat battle formations, and the engines roared over the villages, fields, and mountains, and soon the Zhengtai Railway was seen.

Considering that this time it was only a reconnaissance railway, and that the Eighth Route was likely to be equipped with anti-aircraft guns, fighters and bombers flew higher.

The two rails under the wings are like two parallel lines, like two black wires laid on the ground, and this place has not been destroyed by the Eighth Road, it seems that Taiyuan will not be threatened.

It didn't take long for the devil pilots in the cabin to see the Eighth Route Army destroying the railroad tracks and attacking the stronghold.

These Eighth Route Army Army did not hide at all when they saw the plane coming, and they were not afraid of death, and the battle below was extremely fierce, because the smoke of gunpowder raised from the battle covered the sky and the sun.

These little devils really want to drop a few bombs, but they don't use them at all, because there are too many eight roads, dense, and I can't count how many there are.

The distance from Taiyuan to Yangquan is about 100 kilometers in a straight line, but for fighters and bombers, it only takes half an hour.

"01, camouflage net was found in the lower right, suspected of being an eight-way artillery position, is it an attack? Attack? "The right-wing fighter pilot was calling to Ryuichi Kato.

In fact, Ryuichi Kato also discovered the color of one open space at the same time, which clearly distinguishes it from other places.

Kato Ryu raised his binoculars and looked down to the right, and he could clearly see the camouflage nets and the eight-way soldiers in gray clothes lying near the camouflage nets.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Ryuichi Kato's mouth, it seems that this group of mud-legged people has never flown a plane, and they don't know how to avoid the bombing of the plane.

How could such a clumsy camouflage be hidden from the pilot's eyes? Didn't you know that pilots are also equipped with telescopes?

"If you don't eat the fat in your mouth, you'll be a little sorry for the eight roads."

Takashi Kato made a joke, and then ordered: "03, 04 is responsible for covering, and 06 is responsible for attacking enemy artillery positions." ”

"Other fighters and attack aircraft continue with me."

"Everyone, be careful, our opponent this time is about 20 anti-aircraft machine guns."

The modified Nakajima fighter was equipped with a radio, while the Type 96 attack aircraft also had a radio and radio.

Ryuichi Kato had already learned from Kasai Toshimatsu, a communications staff officer of the First Army, that their opponent this time was the Eighth Route Army unit that had fought against them in the Shinsu Basin last time.

The Japanese flying formation swept over the sky, and two Nakajima fighters and one Type 96 attack aircraft broke away from the flying formation.

After turning to the left, it went back in circles, and although the turning radius of the Nakajima fighter and the Type 96 attack plane was not large, from the ground, the diameter of the devil plane making a circle in the air was at least 10 kilometers long.

The three devil pilots pulled the control sticks, the nose sank down, and swooped down through the clouds.

The open-air artillery positions on the ground were getting closer and closer, and the devil pilot put his hand on the bomb dropping button, and then pressed down without hesitation.

The 10 100-kilogram bombs under the wings of the Type 96 attack aircraft were all detached, and the bombs were dropped like dumplings on the artillery positions.

As the three planes swept by, the bombs landed at the same time, accompanied by a deafening loud noise, the ground shook violently, and the flames of the bomb explosion formed a mushroom smoke cloud more than dozens of meters high!

"06 completed the bomb drop mission and was not attacked." The devil pilot who piloted the Type 96 attack plane looked behind him at the rising gunpowder smoke and reported on the radio.

"Yo Xi!" Ryuichi Kato responded, "06 immediately return home, 03, 04 second dive attack on the Eighth Route Artillery position, don't let go of a single Eighth Route Artillery." ”

The Type 96 attack planes flew straight west, while the two Nakajima fighter wingmen who were serving as cover flipped a somersault cloud and flew back.

Then he quickly swooped down to the bombed position, but he didn't see the cannon that had been blown into parts, the ground was not blown up by the aerial bombs, and the lying Eighth Road was motionless.

One of the pilots grabbed the microphone and shouted: "We were fooled, this is a fake position, there is no artillery below at all, and the eight roads lying on the ground are also fake." ”

"Yaga!"

Ryuichi Kato's curse came from the radio earpiece.

"03, 04, immediately return to the team and join the attack on the Lion Rock Eight-Way position."

"Hey!" 03, 04 The devil in the two fighters responded.

At this time, Ryuichi Kato had already led the flight formation to sweep over the Lion Rock, saw the target clearly, flew to the sky over Yangquan City and quickly turned back.

3 fighters, 3 bombers, a total of six devil planes roared through the clouds, and swooped down towards Lion Rock desperately.