"Commander, kill a middle and a young one."

Li Yunlong stepped on the devil's position, and when Zhang Dabiao saw this, he hurriedly brought over the two captured Japanese command sabers.

The position of the 1st battalion attack was exactly where the Japanese headquarters was located.

Li Yunlong took the two command knives and looked at them, his face suddenly showed a look of disgust, and he casually threw them to Zhang Dabiao: "The adjutant knife is not interesting? Here you go."

The corners of Zhang Dabiao's mouth curled slightly, and he was overjoyed: "Thank you, commander-in-chief!"

"Look at your little bit of talent, it's just two adjutant knives."

"It's a bit of a skill to get me Yoshio Shinozuka's lieutenant general command knife."

Grand Master Li said angrily.

Zhang Dabiao said energetically: "Isn't it the general sword of Yoshio Shinozuka, commander-in-chief, you can take a look, as long as we let a battalion serve as the main attacker, I will definitely cut off Yoshio Shinozuka's head and give you a night pot."

"Haha!" Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Okay, I'll wait!"

Li Yunlong said loudly, "Pass on my order, the battalions of the new regiment will continue to attack and advance to open the way for the large army!"

Although the defense line of the devil puppet army was defeated, there were still enemy turrets and pillboxes along the way, which had to be uprooted one by one before the large army could reach Taiyuan.

With Li Yunlong's order given, the battalions quickly began to attack and advance.

With the firepower of the main battalions of the new regiment now, there is no need to call for artillery support at all, and the devil's turrets and pillboxes can be easily uprooted.

……

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

"Report to the general, the defense line of Xiaodian Town and the Wusu Airport have been lost."

"According to the report of the imperial army in the turret near Xiaodian Town, as soon as the artillery stopped, the Eighth Route Army rushed into the defensive positions of the imperial army and the imperial allied army."

"Only dense gunfire was heard, and the Imperial Army's defenses soon collapsed."

Communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai hung up the phone and reported to Commander Yoshio Shinozuka.

Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned when he heard this, and in less than an hour of fighting, the defense line of 5,000 people collapsed?

What is the origin of the other party, it can't be Li Yunlong's troops, right?

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka asked with a gloomy face, "What about Takahashi Nakasa, how many troops have been withdrawn?"

Toshimatsu Kasai replied, "After the Eighth Route Infantry broke through the Imperial Army's position, they sent at least 600 cavalry, and the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army on the way back were overtaken by the Eighth Route Cavalry... There is a high probability that Takahashi Nakasa has been martyred."

"Yaga Ya Road!"

Yoshio Shinozuka scolded angrily.

He doesn't blame Takahashi for being too wasteful, he only blames the strength of the Eight Roads is indeed very strong, and it is not what it used to be.

Kasai Toshimatsu continued, "The Eighth Route is attacking northward, and the Imperial Army Turrets along the way will soon be unable to contact after asking for help, so I am afraid that it will not be able to stop for long."

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Immediately order the imperial army and the imperial association of all the turrets and bunkers around Taiyuan to enter Taiyuan City, order the defenders of Xincheng Airport to withdraw to Taiyuan City, and then ask when the 32nd Flying Brigade of the Kwantung Army will arrive in Taiyuan?"

In the past, when the equipment of the Eighth Road was poor, the blockhouses and artillery towers within a radius of 10 kilometers from Taiyuan were enough for the Eighth Road to gnaw.

But now these masonry bunkers and turrets have become a nightmare for the Japanese army and the Imperial Allied Army, in the face of the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, it is not as good as trench fortifications, at least in the trenches can hide a little, and in the turrets and pillboxes, a shell can kill all the defenders inside.

"Hey!" Toshimatsu Kasai bowed his head, turned around and walked quickly to the communication room to give orders.

After Kasai Toshimatsu left, Yoshio Shinozuka looked in the direction of the south of the city from a distance, and his eyes couldn't help but stare.

Li Yunlong, are you here?

About half an hour later, more than 20 devil planes of the 32nd Squadron of the Kwantung Army flew over the south of Taiyuan City.

The devil pilots soon spotted the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army marching with a swagger on the ground.

However, due to the loss of 4 planes at the hands of the Eighth Route Army yesterday, the cautious captain of the devil flying team took the first order

Ordered 2 fighters to launch a tentative dive attack.

Because the sky was already bright, the position of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army could not reach the city wall of Taiyuan, so it could only continue to march forward.

Even if the cannon is camouflaged, the mules and horses pulling the cannons are too eye-catching, especially the 105 howitzer, which requires 2 or 3 mules to pull 1 gun.

However, Ding Wei's 1st Attack Group and Cheng Shifa's 3rd Attack Group are still there.

Moreover, they all used the machine guns of their respective units to defend the artillery units.

Together with the machine guns of the new regiment, and a small number of machine guns equipped by the howitzer regiment and the new regimental artillery battalion, a total of more than 350 machine guns were used for air defense.

The moment they heard the buzzing and roaring of the devil's plane, the artillery units also quickly dispersed in company and platoon units.

The fighters of the machine guns were ready to fight around the artillery at the first time.

This 20-mm machine gun weighs more than 130 kilograms, and it is less than 150 kilograms with protective shields and rubber tires.

For example, the 772nd Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment have long been equipped with 20-mm machine guns, and there are not a few fighters who will make machine guns.

The book "How to Fight Airplanes" has been popularized and spread in all units of the 129th Division, and in addition to the air defense drills that are perfect in peacetime, the soldiers have a lot of experience in fighting airplanes.

I saw two devil planes carrying huge engines and swooping down towards the artillery unit.

Dozens of machine guns fired at the same time, and the dense shells like spider webs were laid on the dive path of the devil plane.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the devil pilot immediately pulled the control stick and pulled the plane up again.

But it was too late, and the machine shells were sandwiched with a large number of tracer shells, and the gunner was able to adjust the direction of fire at any time.

One of the devil planes was struck by two or three whips almost at the same time, and exploded and disintegrated with a bang.

The ghost pilot in the other devil plane was so frightened that he hurriedly pulled the plane up, and while doing evasive actions, he finally pulled the plane into the clouds.

Since each machine gun was camouflaged and covered with branches and weeds, the devil pilots did not notice it at the first time.

It wasn't until dozens of machine guns fired at the same time that I saw that the little green dots at the bottom were actually machine guns.

And there are green dots all around the artillery, and there are hundreds of them, so doesn't this mean that the Eighth Route Army has at least a few hundred machine guns protecting the artillery units?

How can this be fought?

This can't be fought, but it's not good to go back like this, and the captain of the flying team ordered to attack freely under the premise of ensuring safety.

The devil's fighters and attack planes must dive at medium and low altitudes to ensure the hit rate.

As the devil flew to the captain of the team, the devil pilots went their own way and dropped aerial bombs at high altitude.

The hit rate is naturally extremely low.

The devil ace pilot with 2 fighters relied on his skill and courage to dive down towards the infantry of the Eighth Route Army.

The range of the machine gun was 4000 meters, and the surrounding infantry was also under the protection of the air defense forces.

If nothing else, there was an accident, more than 350 machine guns were operating at the same time, and the 2 devil ace pilots became dead pilots.

The remaining devil planes circled and entangled with the air defense forces in the air for more than half an hour, and when they saw that the fuel was in a hurry, they flew away in a roaring south.

After the devil's plane left, the troops continued to march.

Although it shot down 3 devil fighters, the Eighth Route Army also lost 3 guns and more than 100 casualties.

After the devil's puppet army fled into the city with the devil's puppet army in the turret and bunker outside the city.

The Eighth Route Army drove all the way and soon approached the city of Taiyuan.

The artillery units set up artillery positions and pulled camouflage nets, and the infantry units began to eat breakfast to replenish their strength.

Li Yunlong had also led a new regiment to arrive outside the north gate of Taiyuan, and the new regiment's attack mission was to attack the north gate.

At the headquarters, Li Yunlong ate

Two pieces of pancake, and a few more gulps of water, suddenly felt that the fatigue of the night of rapid marching disappeared, and the whole body was full of energy.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, Chen Dagu reports to you!"

A voice suddenly appeared behind Li Yunlong, and Li Yunlong turned around to see that Chen Dagu was saluting him.

Li Yunlong returned the military salute and asked, "Ohtani, have you eaten breakfast?"

"Report, I've already eaten it."

Li Yunlong turned around and pointed to the map and said: "Come and see, this is Taiyuan, this is Datong, from the northwest of Shanxi to Taiyuan, this section of the Tongpu Railway, without our main force, the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army will definitely take a train along the railway south, a combat squad of the Sword Squadron has gone north to blow up the rail bridge, the task of your four battalions is to go north to block the 3rd Brigade for three days, how about it, do you have the confidence to complete the task?"

If the railroad bridge were blown up, the 3rd Brigade would only be able to travel half of the train at most, and the rest of the distance would have to go south on foot.

The 37th Division and the 2nd Guards Division were blocked by two other columns, and the only one that could reinforce Taiyuan in a short period of time was the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Originally, Li Yunlong planned to capture Taiyuan in four days, but after killing 2,000 devils and 3,000 puppet troops this morning, Taiyuan could be captured in three days at most.

There are up to 7,000 devils and puppet troops in Taiyuan City, and he still has 30,000 main forces and 20,000 militia in his hands.

The advantages are great.

Chen Dagu's tone was confident: "Within three days, if a devil arrives in Taiyuan from Tongpu Road, I, Chen Dagu, will come to see him."

Although there is a brigade in the north, Chen Dagu knows very well that the devil will definitely leave some troops to guard his home, and the Japanese army that can be reinforced will be at most one wing and one or two brigades.

"Good!" Li Yunlong said happily, "I just like your kid's self-confidence, after breakfast, take the four battalions to set off, you can choose the location of the blockade yourself, I only need the result, remember to bring enough ammunition, and if you have any other requirements, you can mention it."

Chen Dagu said: "Commander-in-chief, there's nothing else, can you give me some of the Type 92 infantry guns and machine guns?"

75 mm mountain artillery and 105 howitzer Chen Dagu did not dare to think, after all, to stay to siege the city, the high wall of Taiyuan City is not comparable to the city wall of the county seat.

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "No problem, I'll add you 4 Type 92 infantry guns, 8 machine guns, 3 infantry shells, and 1,000 rounds of machine shells each."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"

Chen Dagu looked overjoyed, turned around and left, this firepower is not bad.

After Chen Dagu left, Li Yunlong suddenly thought of a commotion again, and called Wang Dehou and said: "Chief of Staff Wang, send a clear telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan City, and ask Yoshio Shinozuka if I asked Li Yunlong to wash his neck and wait, I, Li Yunlong, have already gone outside Taiyuan City, see if Old Man Shinozuka has the courage to go out of the city and cut off my head, just polish this and send it by clear code."

The corners of Wang Dehou's mouth grinned slightly: "Yes!"