At this time, with the three county towns of Changzhi, Licheng and Xiangyuan as the center, it was made into a pot of porridge within a radius of several hundred miles.

Especially in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, the blocking troops of the Eighth Route Army exchanged fire with the devils, delaying the advance of the devils to help the 37th Division.

The units were ordered to stop at all costs from reinforcing the enemy.

However, the blocking forces did not fight the devils to the end, but used tactics such as sparrow warfare, mine warfare, and layer by layer blocking to deal with the devils.

Knowing that the situation of the 37th Division was critical, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the troops in the counties of southern Jinnan to rush to the aid immediately.

In addition to the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, there were also local troops of the National Army, as well as a large number of county brigades, district squads, militias and other local armed forces.

Although there was no order for coordinated operations between the Eighth Route Army and the Nationalist Army, the communication capability within the Eighth Route Army was poor, and the communication between the main forces and local troops was also very poor.

Many units in the surrounding guerrilla areas did not know that the Eighth Route Army was attacking the county towns of Changzhi, Xiangyuan, and Licheng.

But when the devil puppet army comes out of the stronghold in front of him, he can't let him walk happily, can he not take advantage of it?

In Ding Wei's words, even if the devil goes to worship his birthday, he can't let them succeed!

As a result, all the departments of the Eighth Route Army, the National Army, and the anti-Japanese forces in various regions in Jinnan, including the bandit Mountain King who gathered in the mountains and forests, were all involved.

The entire southeast and south of Jin are in chaos.

Yoshio Shinozuka sent another wing of troops from Taiyuan to the southeast of Jin by train to help.

The train had only gone for a few dozen kilometers before it stopped, and when the devil got off the train, he saw that more than ten kilometers of railroad tracks were missing.

At this time, Taiyuan City was already empty of troops, and it only took a few thousand troops to capture it.

However, at this time, only Yan Xishan's Jin Sui army could capture Taiyuan City.

Yoshio Shinozuka knew that if the 37th Division was eaten by the Eighth Route Army, then he would definitely not be able to protect the black yarn hat.

Moreover, Yoshio Shinozuka was sure that Yan Xishan would not dare to lead his troops to attack Taiyuan, because even if Yan Xishan defeated Taiyuan, he would not be able to withstand the anger of the Japanese army in the autumn.

The Japanese troops in Anze County received the reinforcement order, and as soon as they came out of the stronghold, they stepped on the mines one after another, and sent sappers to detect the mines, but in an instant they were half knocked down by the sudden machine gun fire, and the devil commander was in a hurry, and he spread out in formation to pounce, but he pounced again, and the devil commander ordered the attack to advance, harassing all the way, and only walked less than 20 kilometers before more than half of the casualties.

A brigade of devils stationed in Jincheng reinforcements walked in the middle of the ambush, first attacked by a regiment of the national army Pang Bingxun, exchanged fire for an hour, both sides suffered casualties, after the national army withdrew, the captain of the devil brigade ordered a team to send the wounded back to Jincheng, and he continued to lead his troops to help.

On the way back to Jincheng, he was attacked by a group of bandits, and the devils and wounded of a squad were all killed.

The bandits did not have a policy of humanitarianism and preferential treatment of prisoners like the Eighth Road, they robbed the devil of everything and then beheaded the devil and the wounded one by one, and dozens of headless and naked corpses were thrown on the road.

The Devil's Brigade continued to advance, but was harassed by the guerrillas again and again, and was ambushed by a new cavalry battalion not long after, and the two sides exchanged fire.

Under the command of Sun Desheng, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion first dismounted to fight an ambush, used their firepower superiority to kill and injure the devil's vital force, and then rode on war horses and rushed down the hillside to harvest the devil's head.

It didn't take long for most of the devil reinforcements in the brigade to be wiped out by the cavalry battalion.

Sun Desheng said triumphantly to the soldiers: The regiment commander ordered our cavalry battalion to block the attack, let's kill all the devils who have been reinforced, and complete the blocking task, this is very reasonable, right?

After learning that there were no extra devils in Jincheng to reinforce Changzhi, Sun Desheng returned to Changzhi with a cavalry battalion.

……

"Boss, the latest information."

"At present, we have more than 30 main regiments and a large number of local troops have been put into battle, and the national army troops in southern Jinnan have also been involved."

"The siege of the city, the reinforcement of the reinforcement, the ambush of the ambush, are very busy."

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff reported the latest situation to the boss.

Li Yunlong had more than a dozen main regiments on his side, and there were about 20 regiments to send reinforcements to Li Yunlong and be responsible for transferring the people.

As Li Yunlong led his troops to attack the 37th Division and attracted the 14th and 18th Brigades to the past, the pressure on the base area suddenly became much less.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the troops are already hurrying to move the people to the outside line.

"Good guy, Li Yunlong's siege of the city, the entire southeast of Jin has become a pot of porridge." The boss was immediately happy.

"How's the situation on Li Yunlong's side?" The boss asked again.

The chief of staff said: "At present, the three attack groups have successfully entered the city and started street battles with the devils, but the devils' resistance is also very tenacious, and I am afraid that the battle will not end for a while." ”

The boss nodded, he had captured the outer positions and city walls so quickly, and the attack speed of the attacking troops was considered fast.

The chief of staff said: "Li Yunlong also reported that our artillery has severely damaged the enemy's artillery wing in Changzhi City. ”

"Not bad!" The boss looked satisfied and praised, "Li Yunlong, this kid has a few brushes in the use of artillery fire, and his combination of special forces and artillery basically refers to where to fight." ”

The chief of staff nodded and said: "Mainly because of his channel, he has been assisted with a full set of artillery equipment, cannons, shells, accurate maps, artillery mirrors, and even a lot of spare parts and camouflage nets, especially precision maps and artillery mirrors, which are simply the treasures of artillery, and our artillery should also strengthen their learning to use accurate maps." ”

"I'll talk about this after the battle." The boss nodded.

The chief of staff said, "The 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army is also coming at our arsenal, and the comer is not good." ”

"Where is the 2nd Guards Division?" The boss asked, staring at the map with his eyes down.

The chief of staff said: "At present, the 2nd Guards Division has passed through the county seat of Liaoxian County, and the straight-line distance from the Huangyadong Arsenal is only about 30 kilometers, and our reinforcements are estimated to not be delayed for long." ”

The boss said: "Then send a few more regiments of troops to block this 2nd Guards Division, I still don't believe it, this emperor's guard is so powerful?" ”

The troops that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army can fight are all with Li Yunlong, and with the current troops, it is difficult to resist the 2nd Guards Division.

However, Li Yunlong's side had already attracted most of the troops in the past, and the Japanese troops who rushed to the Huangyadong Arsenal only had the 2nd Guards Division and an infantry wing.

Under the layers of resistance, the 2nd Guards Division could not reach Huangya Cave for at least a day.

However, now the Huangyadong Arsenal has hundreds of sets of machine tools and equipment of several thousand catties, and it is very difficult to transfer.

Unless Li Yunlong's channel dispatches a dragonfly plane to transport all the machine tools and equipment, and then transport them back after the devil leaves.

It was only a matter of time before the 2nd Guards Division surrounded the Huangyadong Arsenal.

"It seems that the 2nd Guards Division does not go to Changzhi, but attacks our arsenal, Shinozuka Yoshio wants to encircle Wei to save Zhao, force the Taihang column to come back to help, and relieve the siege of the 37th Division."

"This 2nd Guards Division is also to save the 37th Division..."As he spoke, the boss had a strange expression and tone: "How do I feel that the Japanese army has swept the iron wall of our base area, and it has become a battle for the defense of the 37th Division?" ”

The chief of staff said with a smile: "Boss, be confident, get rid of the feeling, this battle is the defense of the 37th Division, I dare to bet with you, if the 37th Division of the Japanese Army is wiped out by Li Yunlong, Yoshio Shinozuka will definitely not be able to eat his pocket." ”

The boss nodded and said, "Now, it's up to Li Yunlong to see if he can eat the 37th Division of the Japanese Army!" ”

……

In the county seat of Changzhi.

The battle is in full swing.

The siege troops of the Eighth Route Army poured into the city from the gaps in the north and west walls.

According to Li Yunlong's tactics, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who entered the city from these two directions did not rush into the neighborhood to fight street battles with devils.

Instead, they attacked in a roundabout way along the city wall, joined forces with the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city, and killed the defenders of the south and east walls.

Then, the troops of the Eighth Route Army attacked in depth from four directions at the same time, and launched a street-by-street battle.

The Japanese 37th Division apparently had little experience in street fighting.

At the beginning of the street fighting, the devils put their troops on the streets, built sandbags on the streets, and seized the commanding heights of the houses, setting up machine guns to defend themselves layer by layer.

If the Eighth Route Army does not have an artillery group, and the quality of observers and artillery is low, there is no problem with this style of play.

Without these, if the Eighth Route Army wanted to eat the 37th Division, it could only attack street by street, and slowly gnaw at one defense point after another.

However, the Eighth Route Army happened to have artillery groups, and the quality of observers and artillerymen was extremely high, and they could call for shells at any time.

The fire points set up by the devils on the streets and on the rooftops were knocked out one by one by the cannonballs called by the swordsmen.

Refer to where to hit.

After being conquered two streets in a row, the devils changed their tactics, and all the devil soldiers entered the houses and fought house by house with the Eighth Route Army.

The news was immediately transmitted to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army through walkie-talkies.

Kong Jie's tone was surprised: "The devil's tactics are adjusted very quickly, it doesn't look like he has lost his command system, and there is a high probability that Hirata's old devil was not killed." ”

Zhao Gang said: "This is normal, in the battle between Yangquan and Shouyang last year, our new regiment was to behead the devil command by calling for artillery fire, the devil is not a fool, he will not suffer three losses in the same way, it must be before we call for artillery bombardment, the position of the command headquarters was transferred." ”

"Hirata, this old devil is quite cunning." Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed, "Lao Kong, use the walkie-talkie to order the troops to grab a few tongues and hand them to Lu Yingjun for interrogation, figure out the location of the devil's headquarters, and then let the sword squadron call for artillery fire to behead him, Changzhi County is such a big place, labor and management want to see, where can this old devil in Hirata hide?" ”

(End of chapter)