This steel giant is the Japanese army's Type 94 "Kamikaze" armored train.

The Type 94 armored train has a total of 8 carriages, each of which is equipped with heavy firepower.

10 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 2 105 cannons, 2 75-mm anti-aircraft guns, this kamikaze armored train was also modified to add 1 150-mm howitzer.

The firepower is very strong.

This armored train, not to mention the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, is not even the main force of the Eighth Route Army that the general Eighth Route Army cannot provoke.

It was built by the South Manchurian Railway Company in 1934 in order to defend against the Soviet Union and control the railway line.

Masa Hirata, who was carrying the rank of major general on his shoulder, was sitting on the leather sofa in the command compartment at this time, holding the major general's command saber and closing his eyes to recuperate.

The interior of the command compartment is very luxurious, and the communication is also very complete, not only telephone, but also radio and radio are fully equipped.

"Your Excellency General, Niangzi Pass has arrived."

The guard officer, Hisaharu Nonaka, walked up to Hirata Masashi and said with a pause.

Hirata Masashi slowly opened his eyes, compared to the inherent coldness and perseverance of the expressions of other Japanese officers, this old devil's expression still revealed a kind of ruthlessness.

"The Niangzi Pass has arrived?"

"Hey!" Hisaharu Nonaka paused.

Hirata said, "Then get out of the car." ”

This time, Hirata was sentenced to Niangzi Pass, in order to inspect the reconstruction of the Zhengtai Railway on behalf of Tada Jun and urge the First Army to speed up the construction.

And on behalf of Tada Jun greeted the commander of the 2nd Guards Division and the first officers and soldiers.

Railway transportation was extremely important to the Japanese army, and without railway materials, it would be difficult to bring them in, and without materials, they would not be able to organize a sweep, and if they could not organize a sweep, they could only let the Eighth Route continue to grow.

The first task of the 2nd Guards Division in Shanxi was to take over the Zhengtai Railway to ensure that the Zhengtai Railway was repaired as soon as possible.

The 37th Division was transferred back to the Yuncheng area, continued to besiege the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain, and waited for the follow-up replenishment of troops.

The door of the command car was pushed open, and a cold current instantly drilled into the command car, causing the temperature inside the warm car to plummet.

However, this cold current did not seem to have any effect on Hirata's judgment, and the cold, resolute and ruthless expressions on his face did not fluctuate or change in the slightest.

Although he felt very cold, as a major general of the Japanese Empire, he had to hold it and maintain the demeanor and demeanor that a major general should have.

Walking out of the command carriage with the command saber on his shoulder, Hirata saw a group of Japanese officers, raising their hands to him in unison and saluting, and the area around Niangzi Pass was a white expanse.

Hirata raised his hand in return.

"General, I'm Itaya Mingxian, the supreme commander of the Niangziguan garrison, lunch has been prepared, please move."

Then, Itaya Akiken went to Hirata Masashi in the middle and left.

"There's no hurry." Hirata asked, "How long will it take for Lieutenant General Muto of the 2nd Guards Division to arrive?" ”

"About 10 minutes to go." Itaya Mingxian said, "Lieutenant General Muto led the 3rd Guards Infantry Wing of the 2nd Guards Division is about to arrive!" ”

Hirata said, "Then I'll wait here for Lieutenant General Muto." ”

"Hey!" Itaya Mingxian didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly paused.

"Itaya-kun, where is the railroad of your First Army?"

Hirata asked, "How long will it take for the Zhengtai Railway to be fully operational?" ”

Itaya Mingxian said: "At present, it has been repaired to Yangquan soon, and Taiyuan is also sending sappers and people to Yangquan to repair the railway, and it is expected that it will be fully restored to traffic in mid-January next year." ”

It's mid-December, and there's still one month left before the opening of the Zhengtai Railway, which is not bad.

Hirata said, "I've heard... The Kwantung Army Brigade, which was replenished to your First Army, was ambushed by the Eighth Route in the middle of the way, and all the jade was shattered, what is going on? ”

"This..."Itaya Akiken's tone was awkward, "I don't know what's going on. ”

……

On the hills.

Although Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang both saw the devil's large ironclad train stopped in the Niangziguan Railway Station.

But the embarrassing thing is that Hirata Masashi stepped off the platform from the other side, and the direction of the two of them used artillery mirrors and scopes, and they couldn't see the target at all.

So the two had no idea if the target was in this car or not.

However, this large devil armored train is not very long, as long as the target is out of range of the armored train, he can see it.

But after waiting for a while, he didn't see the target come out, and Zhao Gang frowned:

"Lao Li, this old devil won't look twice and leave, right? Isn't our business going to be in vain? ”

With such a big battle, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang both agreed that there was a high probability that their sniper target was in this car.

If you are not in the car, you will probably have already gotten off, most likely on the platform of the railway station on the other side of the large armored train at this time.

If Hirata, an old devil, came to Niangzi Guan to take a few glances and then got in the car and left, wouldn't it be a waste of work?

Li Yunlong's face also rarely showed a tangled look.

The target gets off the platform on the other side, and there is no way to snipe without seeing the target.

Now either continue to wait, or order the mountain artillery battalion to blow up the railway station and the devil's armored train, and then fire a red signal flare to order the infantry to attack Niangzi Pass.

In half an hour, the Japanese army was completely annihilated at Niangziguan.

But there is another question, what if the target is not on this armored train?

Seeing the entanglement on Li Yunlong's face, Zhao Gang said in a low voice: "Lao Li, what to do now, you have an idea." ”

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed: "Wait a minute, if Pingtian was on this ironclad car and took such a lot of trouble to get to Niangzi Pass, he shouldn't have left so quickly." ”

After a pause, Li Yunlong whispered to Lu Yingjun beside him:

"Lu Yingjun, you immediately inform the mountain artillery battalion that all the mountain artillery firing Zhu Yuan is aimed at the devil's railway station."

"The cannonballs are loaded, and they will be ordered to fire later."

Once Zhao Gang shoots, whether he hits the target or not, the devil will definitely hear the gunfire of this large-caliber sniper rifle.

Based on the sound of gunshots, the devils will surely find that there are gunmen ambushing on this side of the mountain.

The heavy artillery on that armored train was too much of a threat to them, judging by the caliber, the guns on the devil's armored train were even bigger than the 75-mm mountain guns equipped with the new regiment.

It was really a big explosion, not to mention that there were devils' mortars and infantry guns covering this place.

If you want not to be bombed, you can only strike first.

"Yes!" Lu Yingjun responded in a low voice.

Then he picked up the receiver microphone of the radio communication machine and informed the mountain artillery battalion positions a few kilometers away.

Originally, the guns of the mountain artillery battalion all had their own goals, some hit the devil's bunker and gun tower, some hit the devil's barracks, and some shelled the devil's railway station.

However, the devil dispatched the armored train, and Li Yunlong must first concentrate artillery fire to defeat this big guy.

In addition, once Li Yunlong found that the devil's armored train showed signs of starting, he could not hesitate to order the mountain artillery battalion to open fire.

After defeating this devil's armored train and railway station, let the mountain artillery battalion adjust the shooting Zhuyuan, and blow up the pillbox, turret, and devil's barracks.

At the same time, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were ordered to attack Niangziguan Station.

It's just that more than 400 devils have increased in Niangziguan in the morning, and it may not be so easy to wipe out all the devils at Niangziguan Station within half an hour.

At the moment, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang continued to wait for the target to appear.

After about ten minutes, a whistle sounded in the distance, and Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang raised their binoculars to look over.

I saw another train coming from the railroad tracks in the direction of Jingcheng County, and the smoke from the locomotive chimney was billowing out, and the whistle was sounding there from a long distance.

At this time, the train had begun to slow down, and like the armored train, it was moving into Niangziguan Station with a puff.

Not long after, the train pulled into Niangziguan Station and stopped at another platform at the train station.

The train door was pushed open, and a large number of devils poured down from the train, and Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Lu Yingjun, who saw this scene, all looked at each other.

Could it be that the plans of the new regiment have been leaked?

But if the plan of the new group is leaked, the devil will definitely go straight to Mianshan.

What kind of fame is this devil doing?

Several people didn't know why, so they continued to observe.

……

"Your Excellency the division commander, the lady is here!"

"Major General Hirata, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, is waiting for you outside."

In one of the middle train cars, Motoharu Okada, the adjutant of the 2nd Guards Division, said to the commander of the division, Muto Akira.

"Then let's see."

Muto Akira nodded, then got up and said.

Although the other party is a major general, he is a lieutenant general, and the other party is the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, a person close to Tada Jun.

It's impossible not to give the other side a face.

The 2nd Guards Division was formed from the Guards Division, one of the 17 permanent divisions.

From the original four-unit Guards Division, it was expanded into the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Guards Divisions, a total of three Guards Divisions.

The 2nd Guards Division is under the command of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Wings, as well as the Guards Reconnaissance Wing, the 2nd Guards Field Artillery Wing, and the 2nd Guards Field Engineer Wing.

Because it was expanded from a permanent division, the combat effectiveness of the 2nd Guards Division was not as good as that of those permanent divisions.

However, the combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of those divisions and regiments with a three-order system.

The first to arrive in Shanxi were the 3rd Guards Wing and the division headquarters in front of them.

The next 5 wings will arrive one after another.

Akira Muto first led the 3rd Wing to Yangquan by train, and then took an armored car to Taiyuan to meet Yoshio Shinozuka.

By the time Muto Sho got off the train, Yoshiro Ikunuma, the commander of the 3rd Guards Infantry Wing, was already waiting in front of the carriage door, and the alert troops were already in place.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander!"

Seeing Muto Akira get out of the car, Yoshiro Ikunuma and a group of devil officers hurriedly raised their hands and saluted.

Muto Akira's expression was cold, and he raised his hand to return a military salute, his eyes swept around, and finally fixed his gaze in the direction of the armored train.

In the direction of the armored train, a group of Japanese officers were walking along the platform towards his location with sabers.

The leader was Masashi Hirata, who carried the rank of major general on his shoulders.

……

"There's a devil coming out of the train, it seems to be a lieutenant general?"

"It's not Hirata's judgment."

Grand Master Li was in the artillery team mirror when he saw a devil officer coming out of the carriage door, and his tone was first surprised, and then a little disappointed.

This is the advantage of the 16x artillery mirror, and the 8x mirror is still too much worse than it.

For example, if you use a telescope to watch a bird, you can see a bird in a tree with an 8x mirror, and you can see the feathers of the bird with a 16x mirror.

However, the larger the magnification, the smaller the field of view, the picture is unstable, and it is easy to shake, but the artillery mirror in front of Li Yunlong is mounted on a tripod and is very stable.

At this time, Muto Zhang, whether it was his face or the rank he was carrying on his shoulders, was clearly seen by Grand Master Li.

"Where?" Zhao Gang was still asking.

"Three o'clock." Li Yunlong said, "Even if the old devil Hirata is not here, it will not be a trip in vain to kill this lieutenant general." ”