Two days later.

Outside Heyuan County.

A group of devil soldiers suddenly appeared on the horizon.

This group of devils wore steel helmets on their heads and marching backpacks, and their tactical movements were extremely skillful, and they approached the county gate vigilantly.

The gate of the county seat was closed, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army could not be seen on the city wall, and the county seat of Heyuan looked desolate.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, the squad leader stopped the devil reconnaissance soldiers who were scouting towards the county gate.

Hearing the cheers, the devil scouts made standard cover alternate tactical movements, crawling behind the bunker, staring at the county town with wary eyes.

At this distance, if there are machine guns on the city wall, they will definitely be able to shoot this group of devils.

In the rear, the commander of the 10th Infantry Wing, Kiyojiro Umano, ordered the artillery to set up 6 Type 92 infantry guns by the devil artillery and shelled them towards the city wall.

The 10th Infantry Wing is part of the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division and is the vanguard of the 10th Division.

The 10th Wing soon formed an encirclement posture against Heyuan County.

With a muffled tom, the cannonball rose into the air, cutting an arc through the air and landing on the city wall.

The cannonballs landed on the devastated city walls with a loud explosion.

The artillery of the A division was extremely high-quality, and the first round of 70-mm shells fell on the city wall without conducting a pre-test firing.

After three rounds of shelling, seeing that the city wall had not moved for a long time, the captain of the devil wing, Kiyojiro Umano, drew his command knife and pointed forward:

"3rd Squadron, sortie!"

With the order of the captain of the devil wing, about 200 devil soldiers with weapons in their hands attacked the city gate in a straggler line.

Kiyojiro Urano is familiar with the Chinese art of war, and he knows that there is a strategy in the art of war called the empty castle strategy.

He knew Li Yunlong's cunning very well, and even if he didn't find any traces of the Eight Paths, he had to be cautious.

In case there was an ambush in the city, I was afraid that the 10th Wing would suffer heavy losses, and only by ensuring the absolute safety of the county would Urano Kiyojiro dare to lead a large army into the county seat.

The former Japanese military police headquarters in Heyuan County will also become the front-line command post for the Japanese army's sweep of the Eighth Route Base Area in the northwest of Shanxi.

NSW is still too far apart.

The devil soldiers who were trying to attack soon came to the city gate, pushed it a few times and found that it could not be pushed away, and then put the explosives in front of the city gate.

With a loud bang, the city gate was blown open, and the devil soldiers rushed into the county town with guns.

The devils searched the county seat, and there were not many ordinary people in the county, let alone Balu.

Two hours later, Kiyojiro Umano, who was fighting wits and courage with the air, led the devil soldiers of the 10th Wing into Heyuan County.

Followed by.

The chief of staff of the North China Front, Moritake Tanabe, the commander of the 10th Division, Jiro Ishikawa, and various operational staff officers entered the county seat of Heyuan.

The large army of devils is stationed outside the county seat.

This time, Tanabe Moritake and Ishikawa Jiro did not send troops to attack the county towns of Heian and Anhua.

The reason is very simple, with the strength of the new regiment now, to disperse the troops is to seek death.

If the infantry wing of the 10th Division is sent to capture the county seat of Ping'an and the county seat of Anhua respectively.

Li Yunlong will definitely concentrate his superior forces and first deal with one or two infantry wings of the 10th Division.

The roar of heavy artillery and the impact of tanks, even the infantry wing of the A division could not withstand it at all, and the defeat of the 39th Wing was a lesson from the past.

At present, the 10th Division has 9 wings.

They are the 8th Infantry Wing of the 39th Brigade and the 40th Infantry Wing, the 33rd Infantry Wing of the 10th Brigade Infantry Wing, the 63rd Infantry Wing, and the 237th Infantry Wing temporarily withdrawn from the 41st Division.

As for the two machine gun brigades that were strengthened during the war, they were incorporated into the 39th Infantry Wing, which was disabled, and came under the command of Eisuke Suzuki.

In addition, there was the 10th Cavalry Wing, the 10th Field Artillery Wing, the 10th Engineer Wing and the 10th Baggage Wing.

The logistics troops of the A division and regiment also have combat effectiveness, and their combat effectiveness can be compared with the field troops of the second-line division.

However, the 13th Tank Wing and the 108th Artillery Wing, which were strengthened during the war, had already been heavily damaged and the other was completely annihilated in the Battle of New State.

Inside the headquarters.

An operational staff officer reported to Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa:

"At present, the scouts and reconnaissance cavalry of each wing have been sent out to reconnoiter the periphery of the Eighth Route Bandit District."

"Yo Si! Order the captains of the wings to immediately go to the headquarters for a meeting! ”

The division commander Ishikawa Jiro nodded, facing the new regiment with great achievements, even the 10th Division of the A Division, he did not dare to be careless.

At the beginning, Jiro Ishikawa had some contempt for Li Yunlong and Shinichituan.

But after the Battle of Shinshu, Ishikawa Jiro already regarded Li Yunlong as an equal opponent.

The fighting will of the soldiers of the new regiment is no worse than that of the soldiers of the 10th Division, and the weapons of the soldiers of the new regiment are also better than those in the hands of the soldiers of the 10th Division.

In addition, the new regiment was armed with heavy artillery and tanks, and the firepower of 75-mm mountain guns and 105-mm howitzers was also strong.

There is even the possibility of sudden air support.

This made Jiro Ishikawa very clear that the outcome of this battle between the 10th Division and the new 1st Regiment was still unknown.

"Hey!"

The operational staff officer turned and left.

With the order of Jiro Ishikawa was given.

The captains of the devil wings outside the city rode into the city one after another and rushed to the headquarters for a meeting.

In the conference room, Moritake Tanabe sat in the main seat, Jiro Ishikawa sat in the second place, and the two brigade commanders followed.

An operational staff officer communicates operational orders to the commanders of the wings.

For fear of leaking the battle plan, it was not until the day before the start of the battle that the battle orders for each wing were issued to the wing commanders.

The specific combat order was that the 8th Brigade attacked Dagu Town, and the 33rd Brigade attacked Lijia Town.

The 237th Wing attacked from the side lane, trying to penetrate the back of the new regiment and attack.

Assisting the 10th Division in attacking the new regiment were two brigades of puppet troops, totaling more than 6,000 people, all of whom were cannon fodder, and the puppet brigade commander was not even qualified to enter the headquarters for a meeting.

The cavalry wing was in reserve, and the field artillery wing was divided into two parts, which were responsible for covering the offensive of the 8th and 33rd brigades.

The artillery wing of the 10th Division has four artillery brigades with a total of 36 75-mm field guns and 12 120-mm howitzers.

In addition, each infantry wing also has a squadron of artillery directly under the wing and a squadron of rapid-fire guns, equipped with four 75-mm mountain guns and four 35-mm rapid-fire guns.

Therefore, the 10th Division is fully equipped with 12 120-mm howitzers, 36 75-mm field guns, 16 75-mm mountain guns, 16 37-mm rapid-fire guns, dozens of mortars, Type 92 infantry guns and more than 400 50-mm grenadiers.

However, the 39th Wing of the 10th Division was heavily damaged on the battlefield in New South Wales, but the 237th Wing of the Second Line Division joined the 10th Division during the war, and the total number was about the same.

The firepower of the 10th Division was strong.

The baggage wing is responsible for logistics, and the engineer wing is responsible for clearing obstacles for the large force.

Early the next morning.

After a night's rest, the troops of the 10th Division quickly assembled and set off.

The 8th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade, under the leadership of the brigade commander, rushed towards the base of the new regiment.

There were no attacks by the main forces of the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas along the way.

This time, the devils have very strong combat effectiveness and a large number of troops, and they will send a small force to attack and harass, and it is likely that the small troops will be put in.

Therefore, Li Yunlong did not send troops to fight the sparrow war, and waited directly in the base area for the devils to send them to the door.

The attack on Dagu Town was the 8th Infantry Wing and the 39th Infantry Wing led by the commander of the 39th Brigade, Major General Saburo Miura.

In addition, 6 120-mm howitzers and 18 field guns of the field artillery wing were used to accompany the attack.

Together with the 39th Infantry Wing and the 40th Infantry Wing's 4 mountain guns and 4 rapid-fire guns, there were 28 guns in total.

The mountain artillery and rapid-fire guns of the 39th Infantry Wing have been completely lost in the NSW battlefield.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the 8th Brigade and Artillery Unit of the Japanese Army, as well as a brigade of puppet troops, arrived at the outskirts of Dagu Town, and then made preparations for the attack.

Brigade commander Major General Saburo Miura immediately took Chief of Staff Ono Hiroo Nakasa, 39th Wing Commander Eisuke Suzuki Osa, and 40th Wing Commander Tatsuharu Yamaguchi Osaku to reconnoiter the terrain.

When Saburo Miura looked through the telescope, he saw a mountain about 2 kilometers away blocking the way, and many civil works had been built on the slope of the mountain.

Hiroshi Ohno, who had checked the battle report of the 36th Division of the First Army, looked at the map, then pointed ahead and said:

"Brigade commander, over the mountain in front, it's Dagu Town."

Saburo Miura nodded, no expression on his face.

Hiroo Ohno continued: "A few months ago, the commander of the 36th Division, under the leadership of Lieutenant General Iseki, attacked here. ”

"How did it end?"

Major General Saburo Miura asked.

Ono Bunfu said: "The 222nd Wing of the 36th Division launched two attacks on the front position, losing a total of more than 800 people, but the locust army did not even touch the forward position of the new regiment of the Eighth Road. ”

"I said it a long time ago."

"The combat effectiveness of this new regiment is no worse than ours, and the 36th Division is just a second-line division, and it is normal that it cannot defeat the new regiment."

Suzuki Eisuke glanced at Tatsuharu Yamaguchi, since the 39th Wing failed in New State, Suzuki Eisuke has not been sneered at by Tatsuharu Yamaguchi.

"Waste is waste, our 40th Infantry Wing can fight 5 infantry wings of second-line divisions."

Tatsuharu Yamaguchi snorted coldly, and his tone was arrogant:

"Brigade commander, please let our 40th Infantry Wing attack, at most 3 hours, our unit will be able to capture the new regimental position in front!"

"Yo Xi, courage is commendable!" Saburo Miura glanced approvingly at Tatsuharu Yamaguchi and Eisuke Suzuki.

As for Suzuki Eisuke's battle in Xinzhou, his courage seems to have been lost, and when he meets people, he says how powerful Li Yunlong and the new regiment are, and those who don't know think he is Li Yunlong's fan brother.

Of course, in Suzuki's heart, more than anyone else, he wants to eliminate Li Yunlong and Shinichi.

Eliminate the man who made the 39th Wing a disgrace and nailed him to the pillar of shame Suzuki.

It has been 7 days since the Battle of Xinzhou ended, and these 7 days may not be long, but God knows how he came over these 7 days?

In the past 7 days, Suzuki Eisuke has been sneered at by his colleagues, and he has been trying to cut off Li Yunlong's head and annihilate the new group all the time.

After a pause, Saburo Miura said again: "Yamaguchi-kun, immediately launch a tentative attack on the position of the new regiment of the Eighth Road!" ”

"Hey!"

Tatsuharu Yamaguchi paused suddenly, turned around and walked quickly towards the 40th Wing with his saber on his shoulder.