Chapter 395: Siege!

Fang Ligong was suddenly taken aback: "Regiment commander, let's deal with devils with a wing and a brigade, this is not a joke, the ratio of troops is 1 to 1, and the loss of money cannot be done, please think twice." ”

Chu Yunfei said: "Of course, I don't plan to lose money, let's have an echelon configuration, block the attack in sections, and win some time for Li Yunlong." ”

Fang Ligong helped his glasses and said, "Tuanzuo, let's not interfere with the river water with the well water of the Eighth Route Army, what are we doing to help him?" ”

Chu Yunfei made up his mind and said: "You can't help other people's favors, but Li Yunlong's favors still need to be helped, this person is still a little something, if the Chinese army can have a few more officers like Li Yunlong, this war will be much easier to fight, prepare to fight." ”

"Yes!"

Fang Ligong straightened up and turned to leave.

He knew Chu Yunfei's character very well, once he made a decision, unless it was ordered by Principal Chang or Chief Yan in person.

Otherwise, Chu Yunfei would never change his mind.

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Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka received a call back from Li Yunlong.

replied to him with the clear telegram that Yoshio Shinozuka had sent to Li Yunlong before: wash your neck and wait for Li Yunlong to cut off his head.

Yoshio Shinozuka did not call Li Yunlong back, but personally formulated and deployed the city defense mission.

These tasks should have been done by the chief of staff, but now there is no chief of staff in the First Army, so Yoshio Shinozuka can only do it alone.

Yoshio Shinozuka knew that with this little force in his hand, he was definitely not the opponent of the Eighth Route Army.

In his opinion, the center of gravity of defense should be delayed as much as possible, and only need to wait for reinforcements to arrive to solve the crisis in Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka deployed four lines of defense.

The first line of defense was the fortifications outside the city of Taiyuan, and the strength of the defense was mainly the Imperial Army.

This fortification will definitely be bombarded by the fierce artillery of the Eighth Route Army, just to make the Imperial Alliance Army cannon fodder.

The second line of defense is the city wall of Taiyuan, the city wall of Taiyuan is 11 meters high, 13 meters wide at the bottom, about 8 meters wide at the top, the city wall is high and thick, and it is not the city wall of the county town that can be compared.

However, according to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with a lot of 105 howitzers, which can barely be regarded as heavy artillery.

The city wall of Taiyuan must not be defended, and it is only a matter of time before the city wall is blown down.

If there were no large-caliber guns on the Eighth Road, then Yoshio Shinozuka could order the Japanese artillery to carry the mountain artillery and infantry guns onto the city wall and aim at the infantry attacking on the Eighth Route to shoot directly.

However, not only did the Eighth Route have large-caliber guns, but the artillery of the Eighth Route was of extremely high quality.

It's hard to do.

The second line of defense is mainly the Japanese army and the Imperial Allied Army, and the number is 1 to 1.

Next is the third line of defense, which is also the line of defense that Yoshio Shinozuka expects the most.

Street fighting.

The main force is the elite Yoshino Wing directly under the First Army, and more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers of the Yoshino Wing are fighting street by street and house with the Eighth Route Army in the outer city of Taiyuan.

The fourth line of defense was the city wall of the inner city of Taiyuan, and it was also the last line of defense, which was defended by the gendarmerie and Shinozuka Yoshio's personal guard squadron.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka regretted sending his troops to guard Xiaodian Town, resulting in a bit of a shortage of troops now.

However, the old devil is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and soon leaves other emotions behind.

"Report to the general, the commander of the North China Front Army Tada called back, the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Mongolian Army, and the 108th Division of the Second Army received an order and are assembling and preparing to rush to the aid of Taiyuan!"

Toshimatsu Kasai, a communications staff officer, hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand and said hello to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Yo Xi!"

Yoshio Shinozuka was shocked when he heard this.

The 4th Cavalry Brigade attacking Nakajo Mountain and the 1st Cavalry Brigade preparing to rush to the aid were both reorganized by automobiles.

The reorganized cavalry brigade has a total strength of 5,600 people, equipped with 5,668 military horses, 3,705 rifles, 12 heavy machine guns, 36 field guns, 4 rapid-fire guns, 7 chariots and other weapons and equipment.

The 1st Cavalry Brigade has jurisdiction over the 13th Cavalry Wing, the 14th Wing, and the 71st Wing, and each cavalry wing has 4 squadrons, machine gun squadrons (8 heavy machine guns), artillery squadrons (3 mountain guns, 4 rapid-fire guns), and automobile squadrons (more than 70 cars), as well as a combat team directly under the brigade, the 1st Cavalry Artillery Wing, an engineer team, and a baggage team.

And the 108th Division is also a three-unit division, and its combat effectiveness is not weak.

Three days, as long as you can hold on for three days, reinforcements will definitely arrive.

At that time, the eight roads around Taiyuan will be able to drive back to the southeast of Jin.

Moreover, more than 40 kilometers to the south of Taiyuan are plains of Pingchuan.

It is very suitable for the mobility of the cavalry, and the 1st Cavalry Brigade may be able to inflict heavy damage or even kill the Eighth Route attacking Taiyuan.

The more Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it, the more he felt that it was very feasible.

So, the old devil decided to play a big game of chess, and he wanted to eat the eight roads that attacked Taiyuan in turn.

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Li Yunlong also knows the importance of time.

Lay down Taiyuan early and get rich early.

After the troops were ready, he did not hesitate to give the order to attack the city.

There was no passion or anger in Li Yunlong's eyes, only as calm as water, he grabbed the high-power walkie-talkie and shouted: "Pass my order, fire!" ”

Less than ten seconds after the words fell, the sky suddenly resounded with the sharp sound of Xiu Xiu.

They are all very familiar with this beautiful voice, whether it is Li Yunlong or the soldiers who are preparing to attack.

This is exactly the screeching sound of the cannonballs grazing through the air.

But this scream is not so wonderful for the devils and the puppet army.

A moment later, the shells galloped down on the position of the devil puppet army outside Taiyuan City.

All the artillery groups did not carry out pre-test firing, and when they came up, they were covered by artillery fire, and they were still firing rapidly, and explosive fireballs and gunpowder smoke rose up on the position of the devil's puppet army.

The devil was hit by a 105 howitzer in a turret built outside the city, and in the explosion of artillery fire like a landslide, the devil's turret burst like a goddess scattering flowers.

The devil puppet army inside was killed instantly.

In round after round of artillery bombardment, the positions of the devil puppet army seemed to be blown flat and drowned in flames.

After shelling the position of the devil's puppet army for 5 rounds, the barrage of shells extended and began to shell the city wall of Taiyuan.

The city walls of Taiyuan are equipped with artillery forts, shelter holes and ammunition holes.

The devil's cannon on the city wall was also firing out to counterattack, but the devil's artillery and observers couldn't see the position of the Eighth Route Army's artillery position at all.

It could only shell the visible Eighth Route Infantry, but the Eighth Route Army infantry was relatively scattered and had little effect.

When the devils in the fort on the city wall opened fire, the special forces of the Sword Squadron had already quietly calculated their shooting Zhu Yuan.

As the barrage of Xu Jin extended, the special forces of the Sword Squadron passed the Devil Gun Position to the artillery group in the rear.

The forts set up by the devils on the city walls were knocked out one by one.

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Taiyuan Inner City.

The headquarters of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army.

The landslides cracked, the mountains shook the mountains, and the sound of shell explosions like muffled thunder came with a roar.

Although Yoshio Shinozuka has long known that the Eighth Road is equipped with a large number of large-caliber cannons.

But when I actually heard the roar of these large-caliber guns, I still felt unbelievable.

Judging from the continuous sound of artillery, there are probably no less than 100 large-caliber guns on the Eighth Road.

Where did the Eighth Road get so many cannons?

Could it be all provided by the mysterious person named Chen Feng?

Will the air support of the Eighth Route have anything to do with Chen Feng? This time the eight-way attack on Taiyuan, will air support be used?

Yoshio Shinozuka was also afraid that if Li Yunlong couldn't take Taiyuan for a while and sent bombers to raze the inner city of Taiyuan to the ground, then things would be very bad.

"Report to the General!"

Communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai's expression was tense, and he hurriedly walked into the battle hall: "The defenders of the city wall report that the artillery forts on the city wall have been destroyed and suppressed by the eight-way artillery fire, and the shelters and ammunition holes of the city wall have been mostly collapsed. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's face gradually darkened into the bottom of the pot, and he still underestimated the artillery unit of the Eighth Road.

If the artillery of the Eighth Route is not eliminated, the city wall will definitely not last long, and maybe the Eighth Route Infantry will be able to attack the city today.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Order the observation balloon team to raise the balloon, find the location of the Eighth Route Artillery position, and help the artillery observe the landing point of the shells. ”

"In addition, the 3rd Flying Brigade has sent two Type 3 command and liaison planes to reinforce Taiyuan in the air with the 32nd Flying Team."

"Your communications room immediately sends 4 radio communication sets to the artillerymen."

The First Army had a balloon observation team of more than 50 people to help the artillery observe the landing of the shells.

Observation balloons were a powerful tool used by artillerymen of various countries to observe the effects of artillery during World War I, but in World War II, they were actually somewhat outdated, after all, aircraft technology at this time was very mature, and fighter jets posed a great threat to observation balloons.

However, because China's air power is weak, the Japanese army has air supremacy, and there are no challenges in using the observation balloon, so it does not pay much attention to this issue.

However, because Yoshio Shinozuka was afraid of the anti-aircraft machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, he did not order the observation balloon to rise at the beginning.

The Type 3 Command and Liaison Aircraft, numbered KI-76, is a new command and liaison aircraft equipped by the Japanese Army.

Designed and manufactured by Japan International Aviation Industry, this aircraft can be used for air command, reconnaissance, liaison, and landing point observation, and can take off and land in short fields on ground without a runway.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka knew that the Eighth Route Army was cunning, and he would definitely deliberately set up a large number of false positions to confuse the imperial army as before.

It's hard to say if it can be effective, but if you don't do anything, you are waiting for death, and now you can only use dead horses as live horse doctors.

"Hey!" Toshimatsu Kasai bowed his head and turned to leave.

Listening to the continuous sound of shells exploding at the city wall, Yoshio Shinozuka became more and more irritable.

Judging from the situation of the Eighth Route Artillery's unsparing shells, the Eighth Route did not look like it ran out of ammunition in the last sweeping operation.

On the contrary, there is an abundance of ammunition.

Yoshio Shinozuka thought to himself, the Eight Roads were really cunning and cunning, and even their commander lied to them, saying that in the battle, the troops suffered two-thirds of the casualties and almost ran out of ammunition.

It's all a lie.

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