As Okamura Ninji expected.

The 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing were wiped out, and not long after the Eighth Route Army invented a code telegram to the nation, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, called the North China Front Headquarters to inquire about the situation.

Okamura Ninji had to tell the truth, and after Umezu Mijiro said a few words coldly, he hung up the phone.

The chief of staff of the Kwantung Army was killed in North China, the 2nd Flying Division was heavily damaged in North China, and the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing were completely annihilated in North China.

General Umezu Mijiro was furious, the incompetence of the North China Front and the incompetence of Okamura Ninji actually led to such a large loss of the Kwantung Army.

If the 10th, 23rd and 25th Divisions are heavily damaged, then if the North China Front wants reinforcements in the future, Umezu Mijiro will have to think about it.

Not long after, Tojo Hideji sent a telegram and scolded Okamura Ninji with a crackled head and a face.

Although the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing of the Japanese were taken out.

But the battle has to continue to be fought, and it must be won, otherwise Okamura Ninji will really not be able to explain to the base camp this time.

After mobilizing so many combat troops and combat materials, he didn't even enter the base area of the Eighth Route in the northwest of Jin, how could he mix in the future?

Heyuan County, the front headquarters of the Japanese army.

"The 5th Infantry Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing of the Heavy Artillery were completely annihilated by the 8th Route on Pingsui Road?"

Looking at the clear code telegram in his hand, the commander of the 10th Division, Jiro Ishikawa, narrowed his eyes slightly:

"No wonder General Okamura ordered us to suspend the attack, it turned out that we were going to transfer the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing from outside the Kansai, but..."

Then, Jiro Ishikawa looked at the chief of staff of the North China Front with playfulness.

"General Okamura transferred the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing from outside the Kansai, why didn't he inform Tanabe-kun?"

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In the final analysis, Jiro Ishikawa and the 10th Division were not troops of the North China Front, and they were not under the jurisdiction and command of Okamura Ninji and Tanabe Moritake in peacetime, so Jiro Ishikawa didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement.

Okamura Ninji applied for the mobilization of the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing from outside the Kansai, which even Tanabe Moritake, chief of staff of the Front Army, did not know.

It seems that the North China Front Command is not monolithic, and Okamura Ninji actually doesn't even trust his chief of staff.

Tanabe Moritake has always been with Jiro Ishikawa, and if Ninji Okamura sends a telegram to Moritake Tanabe informing him of this, then he, Jiro Ishikawa, will definitely know.

Tanabe Moritake's eyes narrowed, and he blurted out, "Of course..."

He originally wanted to say that of course I knew, but after thinking about it, wouldn't he be responsible for letting Okamura Ninji know if he said that he knew about it?

Isn't it true that the spy of the North China Front Headquarters is himself?

So he hurriedly changed his words and said: "Of course I don't know, Ishikawa-kun, you also know that in our North China Front Headquarters, there is a senior spy who has not been caught, and General Okamura did not inform me in order to keep it secret." ”

Ishikawa Jiro smiled slightly, he naturally saw the unnaturalness of Tanabe Moritake, presumably Tanabe Moritake also minded in his heart.

So, Ishikawa Jiro said in a strange way: "If it weren't for the clear code telegram sent by the Eighth Route Headquarters, we wouldn't know that the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing of the 1st Division had come to North China, but this was a great thing for Tanabe-kun." ”

Moritake Tanabe asked, "Why is it a good thing for me?" ”

"Tanabe-kun doesn't know about this." Jiro Ishikawa smiled slightly, "Naturally, there is no suspicion." ”

Tanabe Moritake was speechless, and he was speechless for a while, why do you think Ishikawa Jiro also thinks I'm a spy?

However, Ishikawa Jiro's words inevitably have some truth.

Yes, he didn't know anything about the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing at all, how could he be a spy lurking in the North China Front Headquarters on the Eighth Road?

Breathing a sigh of relief, at this time, the communications staff officer of the 10th Division hurriedly walked in, bowed his head and reported:

"Report, General Okamura, commander of the North China Front, urgently telegraphed!"

"Read!" Tanabe Moritake said with a moving expression.

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer picked up the telegram and read: "Order the 10th Division, the 21st Division, the 23rd Division, the 25th Division, and the 35th Division to immediately launch the most ferocious attack on the bandit area in the northwest of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Got it, immediately order all divisions to attack the Eighth Road!"

With a wave of his hand, Tanabe Moritake put the telegram on the table, bowed his head and let out a sigh, then turned around and retreated.

In order to wait for the heavy artillery troops, the Japanese divisions and regiments ceased fighting for nearly five days.

In the past five days, the devils have not been idle, and all units of the Japanese army have summed up the experience and lessons of the failure of the first day of the offensive and formulated targeted tactics.

The Eighth Route Army's anti-slope and tunnel tactics were too powerful, coupled with the thickened bunkers that could not be blown up, as well as the side-firing firepower, which caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

With the order of the Devil's Front Command, the Japanese divisions began an even more frantic offensive than at the beginning of the war.

Originally, the 6th and 7th Divisional Battalions of the new regiment were convoys that jumped to the outside line to ambush the devils.

However, the original plan was disrupted by the arrival of the Devil's Heavy Artillery Wing, and the Devil's logistical supply line was not ambushed.

This allowed the devils to replenish food and ammunition, and the devil soldiers also got rest.

This time, the devils of the 10th Division only sent a small force to attack Dagu Town and Lijia Town head-on, while the main force attacked from the small road, trying to open the road into the base area, and outflank Lijia Town and Dagu Town.

The devils first asked the puppet army to drive cattle, sheep and livestock to the mines buried on the path, and then bombarded the positions of the Eighth Route Army with howitzers and mountain artillery.

Then use the squad as a unit to attack the position of the Eighth Route Army on the small road.

Because the path is narrow, many troops can't be used at all, and they can only attack in one squad and one team, and if there are too many attacking troops, the formation will be more dense, and they can only be used as a live target by the machine gunners of the eighth route.

If the new regiment did not build a dark fort in a dangerous position on the path, then it is likely that the devils would really break through from the path.

After all, the opponent of the new regiment this time is the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, and the offensive power of these devils is not comparable to that of the second-line division.

Coupled with the fact that the devils managed to solve the mines, as well as all kinds of artillery support, it was easy to occupy a position without a dark bunker.

However, the new regiment built thickened bunkers at the commanding heights of various paths, and built a lot.

And the devil's 120-mm howitzer can't collapse this thickened bunker.

When the devil paid the price of more than 200 people, he finally conquered a dark fort, and saw two hidden forts of the Eighth Route Army appear 100 meters ahead, forming a crossfire cross.

Mountains are not like plains, which can be attacked from all sides, nor are roads and paths in all directions, as in modern times.

At that time, there would be bandits who occupied a road to rob, and the common people had no other way to go, and the bandits had guns in their hands, so they had to pay money and food obediently.

Therefore, if the devils want to enter the new base area, they can only attack along these main roads and small roads, and there is no other way.

At the same time, the 23rd and 25th divisions of the Japanese army once again gathered their troops and launched an attack on the base area of the independent regiment.

The 21st and 35th Divisions launched an attack on the New 2nd Regiment.

Gunsmoke erupted in the northwest of Shanxi.

After three days of continuous attacks by the Japanese army at any cost, the two important strongholds of Dagu Town and Lijia Town of the new 1st Regiment were as solid as a rock, and the 10th Division did not succeed in attacking from the small road.

had to concentrate forces again to attack Dagu Town and Lijia Town.

The devils attacked from the small road, and they also wanted to outflank and occupy Dagu Town and Lijia Town from the opposite direction, and then transport heavy weapons such as howitzers and mountain artillery into it.

However, the firepower of the dark fort on the path caused the devil to suffer heavy losses.

Dagu Town, the headquarters of the new regiment.

Seeing Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo walking in from the door together, Li Yunlong glanced up at the two of them, and then continued to draw lines on the map.

Zhao Gang leaned over to take a look at it, and said with a smile: "That's right, Lao Li, the red and blue pencil pictures of the enemy's situation on this map are very standard, and they are about to catch up with the chief of staff." ”

"Our old Li was born to draw."

With a smile, Li Yunlong said again: "Ding Wei just sent a telegram that the outer positions of the new second regiment have been lost, and now the main force of the new second regiment has retreated to the second line of defense. ”

Xing Zhiguo also came over and looked at the map, and sure enough, the outer positions of the New Second Regiment had been lost, and the arrows of the devil's troops had already pointed to the second line of defense of the New Second Regiment.

The outlying positions of the Independent Regiment were the same, which were captured after the devils suffered heavy casualties.

"Our second line of defense is the hard one." Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly.

Zhao Gang also nodded and said: "The devil mobilized the heavy artillery wing and stopped the attack for 5 days, which bought us a lot of time." ”

At present, on the side of the Yellow River crossing, the work of ordinary people crossing the river is going very smoothly.

The so-called second line of defense is the echelon-proportioned fortifications built along the road, with machine-gun fire points, bunkers, anti-artillery holes, and dense patchwork.

Because of the terrain, the devils can only gnaw one by one, and if they want to gnaw off these positions, the devils who lose their air superiority will inevitably pay heavy casualties.

"Head Li, are you looking for me?"

At this moment, Chen Feng, who was wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army and a steel helmet, walked in from the door.

He went to kill the devil again just now, Chen Feng killed three in a row and didn't break anything, he scolded the dog system.

At this time, Li Yunlong used a walkie-talkie to contact Yan Shuangying and asked Boss Chen to come to the regiment headquarters.

"Advisor Chen, are you here?" Grand Master Li suddenly smiled, "Sit, Huzi pours water." ”

After Chen Feng sat down, Huang Erhu poured a bowl of water, and Li Yunlong said: "That's the case, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment have just sent a telegram, their ammunition is urgent, apply for airdrop supplies, you see ......"

The ammunition reserves of the independent regiment and the new 2nd regiment were not as large as those of the new regiment, and in addition to the fact that they were facing the attack of two divisions each, the ammunition consumption was very large.

At present, nearly 3.5 base ammunition has been consumed, and only 1.5 base ammunition is left, so he immediately applied to Li Yunlong for airdrop supplies.

"Well said." Chen Feng smiled slightly, "Let's first airdrop 3 base ammunition to the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment." ”