"Nani!?"

"Heyuan County was besieged by a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, with at least 10,000 troops?"

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army, Iwamatsu Yoshio, who was on duty during the war, listened to the telegram read by Takeo Nakamura, a communications staff officer, and his face became gloomy.

What the hell is going on?

After building so many thickened pillboxes and turret fortifications on the road, they couldn't stop the attack of the new regiment?

Even if the Eighth Route Army was equipped with heavy artillery, it would be impossible to attack under Heyuan County in such a short time, right?

Could it be that Iseki and Ishikawa cut corners when they were repairing the bunkers and turrets?

The steel and cement materials allocated by themselves are sufficient, and even Jing Guan Qian has applied for a batch of materials, so it stands to reason that there should be no shortage of materials.

Takeo Nakamura picked up the second telegram and continued: "The artillery fire of the new regiment is three artillery wings, of which there are about 20 large-caliber heavy guns, which are shelling the defensive positions and city walls outside Heyuan County, Lieutenant General Iseki asks for tactical guidance, Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Great Japanese Imperial Army!" ”

"20 large-caliber heavy guns!?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu was taken aback, and at the same time his eyes were red.

This is a large-caliber heavy artillery, and if it can become a large-caliber heavy artillery, it must be at least 150 mm, and the entire First Army does not even have a 150 mm heavy gun, and the largest caliber is a 105 mm howitzer.

If there were special circumstances, he could apply for the mobilization of several large-caliber heavy guns to the First Army, but he had to be transferred after finishing his work.

There are not many large-scale weapons of mass destruction at the strategic level such as large-caliber heavy artillery, and only the artillery wings or heavy artillery brigades of the A division and regiment will be equipped with them.

During the day, the observers of the reconnaissance plane suspected that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, but that was only suspicious.

Although Iwamatsu Yoshio has long been mentally prepared for the Eighth Route to be equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery.

But hearing the news, and it was 20 large-caliber heavy guns, made him a little stunned.

A group of dirt and eight roads, equipped with such a good weapon, is simply a tyrannical thing!

"Your Excellency, Commander?"

Looking at Yoshio Iwamatsu who was stunned on the spot, Takeo Nakamura shouted softly, Your Excellency the Commander of the Secret Dao couldn't be stupid by Li Yunlong and 20 heavy artillery, right?

"Huh?"

"What's the matter?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu pulled his thoughts back, frowned slightly, and looked at Takeo Nakamura.

Takeo Nakamura said, "Lieutenant General Iseki asked for tactical guidance, how should the Communications Department reply?" ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu turned to stare at the map, thoughtful.

The new regiment attacked the 36th Division at this juncture, was it responding to the Eighth Route Army southeast of Jin and the Central Army on the south bank of the Yellow River?

Still is... Li Yunlong wants to eat the 36th Division?

Did the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi participate in the war?

However, Iwamatsu Yoshio focused more on Miyazaki's analysis, and the new regiment took the initiative to attack the 36th Division this time in response to the operation.

With the current strength of the new regiment, it is impossible to eat the 36th Division in the case of siege operations, and it is not possible to add the new second regiment and the independent regiment.

Unless it's a field battle, there's still a little chance.

The artillery firepower of the new regiment was much stronger than that of the 36th division.

Thinking of the new regiment and Li Yunlong, Iwamatsu Yoshio was very troubled, a mere regiment was actually equipped with 3 artillery wings, including about 20 large-caliber heavy guns.

This number of artillery is richer than that of a division of the Japanese army...

Damn Li Yunlong, one day, I must cut off your head!

For Grand Master Li, Iwamatsu Yoshio, like Yoshio Shinozuka, can't wait to cut off Li Yunlong's head and put it on the table as a specimen.

Moreover, in order to keep an eye on the new regiment and curb the development of the new regiment, Iwamatsu Yoshio has mobilized the strength of a division and a large number of steel and cement materials, and even some steel and cement materials that are ready to be transported to the vicinity of Taiyuan to build permanent fortifications, as well as construction workers have been transferred to the northwest of Shanxi, but it is still useless.

So far, since he took office, the number of casualties of his Shanxi First Army has been about 4,000, of which a little more than 3,000 have been killed and hundreds have been wounded, and most of the Japanese soldiers killed in battle have died at the hands of Li Yunlong.

It's all this damn Li Yunlong!

Otherwise, he still has a redundant division to deal with the main force of the Eighth Route and the Central Army in the southeast of Jin, and the main force of the Eighth Route and the Central Army in the southeast of Jin will not dare to be so arrogant.

"Li Yunlong, since you are looking for death, then don't blame me for being unkind!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu slapped his palm on the table:

"Immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant General Jingguan, and you can order the 222nd and 223rd Wings stationed in Anhua County and Ping'an County to reinforce Heyuan County."

"In addition, apply to the North China Front, dispatch fighters and bombers, find the large-caliber heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army and destroy it!"

The originally sturdy desk was crumbling, which shows how strong Iwamatsu Yoshio's slap was.

Palm Mastery gain +1.

But after all, he slapped the table with his hand, and when he used too much force, he felt pain in the palm of his hand.

"Hey!"

Takeo Nakamura was frightened, and suddenly paused, then turned and walked out.

Seeing the back of Takeo Nakamura leaving, Iwamatsu Yoshio stared at the map with a gloomy face, and now the First Army fell into an embarrassing situation of fighting on all sides.

There are four battlefields in the northwest of Shanxi, Zhongtiao Mountain, Zhengtai Railway and Taiyuan.

The Eighth Route Army and the Central Army have joined forces, and if the Jin Sui Army also intervenes, then things will be very bad.

Fortunately, the letter written to Yan Xishan should have worked, and for the time being, he has not received the information that Jin Suijun is about to move.

……

Meanwhile.

The fighting in the county town of Heyuan continues.

It was not so much a battle as a one-sided artillery fire, and the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army crushed the devils.

Nearly 100 artillery pieces from three artillery battalions continued to rain shells at the walls.

If it weren't for the fact that there are still some Chinese people living in the county.

Li Yunlong would order all the artillery of the new regiment, including 60-mm mortars, 82-mm mortars, 70-mm infantry guns, and hundreds of artillery pieces of 75 mm caliber and above, to fire a salvo into the county.

Tens of thousands of shells can be smashed down, at most half an hour, and at least half of the devils will be killed or wounded.

Ten minutes later, the shrill whistling of shells and explosions continued.

Fifteen minutes later, the explosions continued.

For half an hour, the three artillery battalions poured nearly 10,000 shells on the defensive positions and city walls outside the city, and half of the sky was red.

Large sections of the city wall were blown up and destroyed, the city tower was blown away without a trace, and the devil puppet army on the city wall was blown to the ground.

Many of the devil artillerymen in the gun emplacements were shocked to death and bled to death.

There were even quite a few artillery positions that were directly hit, and they were blown into the sky along with mountain artillery and artillery.

It wasn't until decades later, after experiencing this battle, there were devil artillerymen who survived the capture of the Eighth Road, and when they mentioned the situation at that time, their feet trembled and they couldn't speak.

You know, these devils came out of the rain of bullets, but this shelling has become a nightmare for the devils.

Wait for the cannon to stop.

The tentative attacking troops of the battalions, except for the eastern wall, attacked from their attacking positions and slaughtered the city gates.

This wave of attacks was a tentative attack, and it adopted the tactics of the three-three system.

The devils on the city wall basically died, and as soon as the cannon fire stopped, the devils went up to the city wall and the ruins with weapons and ammunition.

At this time, the wall tiles were still boiling hot, but the devils couldn't care about it so much.

"Woohoo!"

Countless flares were fired from the city wall by the devils, and the front of the city wall was suddenly illuminated as if it were daylight.

The devils immediately saw the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were attacking.

Da-da-da, da-da, da-da...

The devil's machine guns clattered wildly, and dense fire poured down on the attacking new group of soldiers.

The warriors immediately prostrate themselves to avoid the oncoming harvest.

The devil's firepower was very fierce, and many soldiers were shot, but because the troops were scattered, the casualties were not very large.

Seeing the devils on the city wall firing, a new regiment of mortars, infantry guns, and machine guns that had been deployed long ago followed suit.

Suddenly.

The night sky was suddenly filled with orange-red ballistics of artillery shells, and tracer shells of machine guns and machine guns rained down like meters.

At this time, several devil mountain cannons hidden in the city wall and not destroyed by shells finally opened fire.

The target of the devil's artillery fire was not the infantry of the new regiment, but the mortar positions and machine gun positions of the new regiment.

Because the infantry of the new regiment was very spread out, it was not the pig-like group charge of the Japanese army, even if it was against the infantry of the Eighth Route Army, it would have no effect.

It is better to hit machine gun positions and mortar positions.

However, because most of the devil's artillery positions were destroyed, many devil artillery were shocked to death, and the devil's mountain artillery firepower was greatly reduced.

After hurriedly firing a few shots at the mortar and machine-gun positions of the new regiment, the living devil artillerymen pulled the mountain artillery back from the city walls.

A few minutes later.

The main mountain artillery and howitzers of the new regiment began to exert their strength again, and the targets of the shelling were the artillery positions of the devils.

The cannonballs landed extremely accurately, and it didn't take long to destroy the gun emplacements set up by the devils behind the city walls.

Immediately afterward, under the cover of mortars and machine guns, the infantry of the new regiment again attacked the city walls.

Although the battlements of the city wall have been reinforced by devils, without steel plates, they cannot protect against the power of machine shells.

Not long after a wave of devils came up, they were beaten to pieces by machine shells, and the next wave of devils continued to top.

The attacking fighters of the new regiment braved the rain of bullets and followed one after another, and the casualties gradually increased.

The battle quickly went to a fever pitch, and it was a battle of attrition, with both sides playing for their lives.

……

After listening to the latest battle situation reported by Ishikawa Daisa.

Jing Guan Yan suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

Half an hour of shelling of nearly 10,000 shells, followed by a white-hot battle.

What kind of strategy is this?

Li Yunlong clearly put on a posture of wanting to eat the headquarters of the 36th Division.

"Baga, order the 222nd Wing and the 223rd Wing to reinforce Heyuan County immediately after dawn!"

Although he was worried that the 222nd and 223rd Wings would be ambushed, he was more afraid that Heyuan County would be captured by the new regiment, so Izuki gave an order to Ishikawa Zhishui.

As for the large-caliber heavy artillery of the new regiment, Iwamatsu Yoshio and Okamura Ninji must be more anxious than themselves, and it is estimated that aviation will be sent to bomb at dawn.

"Hey!" Ishikawa Jisui had a cold expression, put his feet together, and then turned around and walked out.

(End of chapter)