Rewind the clock to fifteen minutes ago.

When Niangzi Pass was shelled.

The Devil's communications team immediately reported the situation to the First Army Command.

In Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama did not play chess or practice calligraphy.

Rather, it is discussing the current situation in Shanxi.

"Your Excellency, the 2nd Guards Division, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade are after our First Army." Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "The life of the Eight Roads is not easy. ”

"The Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province has already reached the Jizhong Plain for activities, and now there are only sporadic Eighth Route guerrillas in the northwest of Shanxi."

"Next, we can concentrate our forces to deal with the eight roads in the two bandit areas of Taihang and Taiyue in the southeast of Jin."

Yoshio Shinozuka also looked excited: "The Zhengtai Railway will also be repaired soon, and when the Zhengtai Railway is rebuilt, the strategic materials in North China will continue to be transported in." ”

"In two or three months at most, the imperial army will be able to launch a sweeping operation against the Eighth Route Bandit District."

"Nanshan-kun, your staff department should make a battle plan in advance for the spring sweep against the Taihang and Taiyue bandit areas."

"Hey!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi paused, and then said, "But the commander, the spy lurking in the headquarters of the First Army has never been found. ”

"In order to prevent the plan from leaking, it is better for me to do the battle plan for the spring sweep alone."

"In this way, the First Army Command only has you and me knowing the content of the plan, and it is impossible to leak it."

Of course, Yoshio Shinozuka would not refuse, but he still pretended to be concerned and said: "But in this way, Nanshan-kun, you have other jobs, and your daily work tasks are very heavy." ”

"For the sake of the empire's hegemony, this amount of work is nothing." Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "What's more, there are still two or three months before the time to launch the sweep, and there is no time to do so." ”

"Then it's hard Nanshan-kun." Yoshio Shinozuka said.

Yoshio Shinozuka changed his words and said: "Commander Tada of the North China Front Army Command sent Major General Hirata Masa, deputy chief of staff, to inspect the First Army, inspect Niangzi Pass today, and greet the commander of the 2nd Guards Division by the way, go to Yangquan to rest for the night, and come to Taiyuan tomorrow. ”

"Calculate the time, Hirata-kun and Muto-kun should be at the Niangzi Pass by now, we have to be ready to meet them."

"Your Excellency, Commander, please rest assured." Kusunayama Hideyoshi said, "I will be fully responsible for the greeting work." ”

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Shinozuka said happily, "Then it's hard work for Nanshan-kun." ”

As soon as the words fell, Toshimatsu Kasai, a communications staff officer, hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand.

Walking up to Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama, his feet snapped together, and then he paused, and then said: "Report to the commander, chief of staff, the communication team stationed in Niangziguan sent an urgent telegram, five minutes ago, Niangziguan was bombarded by the enemy on a large scale, and the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce!" ”

When Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama heard this, they suddenly turned their heads, and they all stood up, their faces suddenly changed.

"Niangzi Pass was shelled?"

"Massive?"

Kusuyama Hideyoshi chewed these two sentences in his mouth, and his tone was incredulous.

Muto Akira and Hirata Masashi should have been meeting, and it is self-evident what it means to be shelled at this time.

If an incident happened to a major general and a lieutenant general on the territory of the First Army, the consequences... Kusuyama Hideyoshi didn't dare to think about it.

didn't have time to think too much, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately ordered: "Order, the aviation immediately dispatched all planes to aid Niangzi Pass, immediately ordered the 37th Wing of the 225th Division stationed in Yangquan to rush to the aid of Niangzi Pass, and requested the North China Front Army Headquarters to immediately rush to the aid of Niangzi Pass!" ”

Jingcheng County is within the scope of Ji Province, which belongs to the jurisdiction of the Second Army of the North China Front, and Yoshio Shinozuka has no right to mobilize troops there.

"Hey!" Toshimatsu Kasai turned around and walked quickly towards the communication room.

After Kasai Toshimatsu left, Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama immediately walked to a large, precise map on the wall.

The eyes of the two were staring at Niangziguan, and their brows were tightly locked.

Intelligence leaked again?

If the intelligence was really leaked, Balu knew that a Japanese major general and a lieutenant general appeared at Niangzi Pass at the same time.

Then after a massive artillery bombardment, it must be an attack by massive infantry.

The Eighth Route has never fought unprepared battles, and will definitely send troops to block reinforcements from Yangquan and Jingcheng County.

Even though Niangziguan has the 3rd Infantry Wing of the 2nd Guards Division, the 8th Route is no longer what it used to be, and their artillery is extremely powerful.

Masashi Hirata and Akira Muto may be in danger!

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama glanced at each other, and their expressions gradually became gloomy.

……

Lady off.

The shelling of the mountain artillery battalion of the new regiment has ended.

And the Niangzi Pass has become devastated, and the billowing smoke is rising, covering the sky and the sun.

The wails of the injured devils, the cries of organizing rescues, and the curses of the devils rang out.

The soldiers of the 3rd Wing of the 2nd Guards Division, as the Emperor's Guard, were trained in Bushido more than other Japanese units.

Everyone wanted to do a great job on the battlefield in China and make contributions to their Emperor Majesty.

It's just that just a few days after coming to China, this group of Tokyo boys and brothers have personally experienced the cruelty of war.

After all, the spirit of bushido is not able to resist the broth of steel.

"Division commander?"

"Division commander?"

There are devil officers shouting loudly.

The entire train station was littered with severed limbs.

The station was not large, it was scrubbed with 500 rounds of 75-mm shells in five minutes, and there was no cover to hide.

And the devils gathered more than 4,000 people in this railway station, and they were bombed, and the devils suffered extremely heavy losses.

Three trains parked inside the train station and an armored train with the Divine Seal were blown up.

The devil officer was looking for the division commander, and with his loud shout, the devils who survived all joined the team to find the division commander.

"Has anyone seen the division commander?" A ghost officer asked loudly.

"Before the enemy shelling, I saw the division commander under the train." There were devil soldiers who responded.

"Where?" The devil officer asked.

"There!" The devil soldier pointed.

A group of devils looked in the direction pointed by the devil soldiers, only to see that the train car had been blown up.

And the bottom plate of the train is basically made of wood, if the division commander hides under it, wouldn't it?

The faces of the devils changed drastically, and they rushed towards the carriage, and then began to rummage through their division commanders.

Before the shelling, Muto's guards pushed him off the platform, and a group of devils jumped off the platform one after another.

There was a train under the platform, and Muto Akira and a group of devil officers were ready to get under the train and leave here.

But at this time, the cannonball group happened to fly, and Muto Akira and the devil officers hid under the train to avoid the cannonballs.

A group of devil officers felt that there must not be many shells on the Eighth Road, so they hid under the train and didn't get out.

But the devils didn't expect that there were so many shells on the Eighth Road.

The entire railway station was washed back and forth several times directly with shells, and by the time the devil officers wanted to run again, it was too late.

Akira Muto and his officers of the 2nd Guards Division were lucky enough to catch two 75-mm shells.

Then the officers of the 2nd Guards Division were served in one pot.

By the time the devils dug their division commander out from under a pile of iron and wood chips, his breath was weak, and only one breath remained.

On one’s last legs.

There were devil guards who lay on his body at the critical moment and protected him with their bodies.

"The division commander has been found, and the division commander is still alive!" The devil officer shouted: "Get the military doctor over immediately!" ”

At that moment, some devils brought a stretcher and carried their division commander onto the stretcher...

Several devil military doctors immediately gave up treating the devil soldiers and ran over to treat Muto Zhang.

After more than ten minutes of busy work, Muto Akira still lost his breath, and his injuries were too serious and he died.

The devils who learned the news wept like their dead parents.

At this time, the planes of the 9th Flying Brigade of the First Army that took off from Taiyuan arrived, and 10 fighters lined up in battle formation and swept past Niangzi Pass at a low altitude.

The devil pilots did not find the enemy, only saw the devastated Niangzi Pass and the corpses of Japanese soldiers all over the ground in Niangzi Pass.

Appalling.

At the moment, Takuichi Kato, who was in charge of leading the team, signaled the flight formation to disperse, looking for traces of the eighth road.

The devil plane flew over the Niangzi Pass and pulled upward, then somersaulted and scattered.

There were 3 fighters and 2 attack aircraft flying in the direction of Mianshan.

A new regiment of mountain artillery positions 2 kilometers away from Mianshan.

The strong men of the artillery battalion had already dismantled the mountain guns and tied them to the mule horses with ropes.

The M1 75mm mountain gun can be broken down into 8 large pieces and transported by mules and horses, which is not only easy to operate, but also convenient for the rapid transition between the marching state and the combat state.

Li Yunlong was not in a hurry to leave, and continued to wait for the first, second and third battalions here.

It didn't take long for the three main infantry battalion commanders to arrive almost simultaneously.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, have you succeeded?"

As soon as they met, the three battalion commanders saluted, and Zhang Dabiao couldn't wait to ask.

"Got it." Li Yunlong nodded, "Our political commissar Zhao will kill 1 major general and a big left with one shot." ”

When the three battalion commanders heard this, Tong Kong shrank and turned their heads to look at Zhao Gang, their eyes full of admiration and incredulity.

"It's just a matter of luck." Zhao Gang waved his hand, and his tone was very modest.

"One shot is luck, but what about the second and third shots?" Li Yunlong's eyes widened and said: "The second shot killed two devil officers, the third shot killed two devil soldiers, a total of three shots killed six devils, do you think I'm bragging, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I won't believe it." ”

Grand Master Li's tone seemed to be more excited than killing six devils with three shots.

As soon as he said this, the three battalion commanders and the surrounding soldiers looked at Zhao Gang, and their admiration and incredible eyes lit up a little.

To be honest, Zhao Gang was also a little excited in his heart, but now is obviously not the time to be excited: "Pass my order, retreat immediately, maybe the devil reinforcements are rushing here." ”

"Yes, yes, we have taken advantage of it, we have to retreat immediately!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly.

At this moment, there was a buzzing sound in the distance.

The devil's plane has arrived!