Over time.

The tanks of the new regiment soon came to a position within 100 meters of the forward position of the devil puppet army.

In the rear, the fighters always maintained the formation of a three-three combat offensive formation.

At this time, the heavy artillery group and the mountain artillery group had stopped firing, because it was easy to injure their own people by mistake.

However, the 82-mm mortars and 60-mm mortars of the first battalion continued to pour shells at the positions of the devil puppet army.

The devils and puppet soldiers hiding in the tunnel have already come out of the tunnel one after another, shooting at the soldiers of the third company under the dense explosion.

Da Da...

In the continuous smoke of artillery fire, against the shrednel that swept over at any time, and listening to the deafening explosions, the devil machine gunners sprinkled one barrage after another at the soldiers of the new regiment of three companies.

There are constantly devils who are hit by shells, but the devils seem to be not afraid of death, and the devils and puppet soldiers shoot with guns one after another.

The marksmanship of the devil soldiers of the 10th Division was displayed at this moment, and at a distance of about 100 meters, the marksmanship of the devils was accurate and terrifying.

Two Leopard tanks opened fire on the Devil's positional firing point.

With a muffled sound, the body of the tank shook slightly, and a ball of fireworks bloomed from the mouth of the tank's barrel, and a shell hit a heavy machine gun fire point of the devil.

Rumble!

At the targeted firing point, several devils and Type 92 heavy machine guns suddenly flew into the sky.

The Devil's 20-mm anti-tank guns and 37-mm anti-tank guns were also firing, but alas, it didn't hurt to hit the Leopard tank.

The tank's machine guns were also firing at the Devil's position 100 meters away, and occasionally machine gun shells hit the heads of the Devil's puppet army, exploding like watermelons.

At this time, as the smoke grenades gradually dissipated, the vision of the devil machine gunners in the turrets and pillboxes became clear, so they joined in the shooting of the soldiers of the third company.

At the same time.

The Devil's Mountain Cannon in the distance opened fire, and under the guidance of the Devil's Observer, the target was 2 tanks that were attacking.

Explosions constantly rose around the tank, the turret was the weaker part of the tank, the armor on the top of the turret was only 16 mm thick, and it was very dangerous if the turret on the top of the tank was hit by a 75 shell.

Coupled with the continuous firing of mortars and infantry guns on the anti-slope of the devils, the attack of the third company was suppressed.

In the headquarters of the first battalion, Li Yunlong, who saw this scene, immediately said to Zhang Dabiao: "Immediately stop the attack and withdraw the third company and the tank!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Hey, Sanlian?" ”

"This is the battalion headquarters, I'm Zhang Dabiao, I now immediately order your company to stop the attack and retreat immediately!"

With the order of the battalion headquarters, the three companies that were attacking, under the order of Yang Chuanlin, retreated back and withdrew from the offensive area under the cover of two tanks.

The two attacks of the new regiment were frustrated, and if there was no tank cover, the devils and the puppet army might have a counter-charge.

Then, the two tanks also withdrew, and were not hit by the devil's mountain artillery.

The 10th Division had an artillery wing, and it was divided into two parts to fight, half on the side of Lijia Town and half on the side of Dagu Town.

Although the third company did not capture the position, the devils and the puppet army were not comfortable.

The first battalion of 82-mm mortars and 60-mm mortars totaled nearly 30 guns, and under full firepower, about half of the devils and puppet troops on the position were stuffed with shells.

Looking at the retreating Sanlian, Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed slightly, and the most feared thing still happened.

The 10th Division really used the tactics of the new regiment to deal with the new regiment.

The tunnels, anti-slopes, thickened pillboxes and turrets, and the artillery support of the mountain artillery groups in the distance were exactly the same as the new regiment resisting the attack of the 10th Division.

The difference is that the 10th pit is not as stable as the pit of the new regiment, the thickened pillboxes and turrets are single, there is no dense group of hidden bunkers of the new regiment, and the artillery firepower of the devil is far less powerful than that of the new regiment.

In the attack that lasted just over 10 minutes, the casualties of the third company were nearly one-third of the troops.

If the devils had a new regiment of bunkers, artillery firepower, and strong infantry firepower, it would not be surprising that the three companies suffered two-thirds of the casualties.

The combat effectiveness of the third company is a few ahead of the new regiment, if the enemy is a second-line division and there is no tunnel, after the artillery group shells the devil's position, it can capture the position with only one wave of attack without the cover of tanks.

At the moment, the third company is equipped with 8 flamethrowers, 2 in each platoon.

If you can rush to the position of the devils, even if the devils and the puppet army are hiding in the tunnel, they will be roasted into pigs by the flames shot by the flamethrower.

Li Yunlong knew very well that in just half of the night, the devil's tunnel must not have been dug deep, and the flamethrower could completely burn the devil's puppet army hidden inside.

The devils in the bunkers and turrets will also be burned into roast pigs.

The problem now is that the devils have built a lot of civil fortifications around the turrets and pillboxes, and the flamethrowers and infantry must first take positions if they want to approach the mouth of the pit and the bunker turrets.

If you want to take the position, you have to pay the price of at least two-thirds of the soldiers.

If there are still devils' infantry hidden on the antislope, the devils will counterattack in a wave, not only will they not take the position, but they will have to be reimbursed for all 200 people.

Although there is tank cover, the tank cannot protect the infantry from the soldiers killed by the devil cannon in the anti-slope position, and the devil machine gun with thickened pillboxes and turrets.

Although the casualties of the devils and puppet troops of the 10th Division were indeed greater than those of the new regiment, from here to Heyuan County, there were more than 30 such thickened pillboxes and artillery towers.

Even if there is no place to thicken the bunkers and turrets, the devil's sappers can find a random hill on the side of the highway to build civil fortifications and dig tunnels.

If you fight like this, it is estimated that you will have to fight most of the new group before you can break out, and it will take more than ten days.

But what the new regiment lacks most now is time, and the new regiment must defeat the 10th Division as soon as possible and open a gap to cover the retreat of the common people, otherwise when the devils of the other 4 divisions come over, the situation will be very bad.

However, Grand Master Li, who has always had a lot of ghost ideas, suddenly ran out of a better way.

"Da Biao, pause the attack before the order is given!"

"Let's go back to the regiment headquarters!"

Li Yunlong first said a word to Zhang Dabiao, and then beckoned Chen Feng and Xing Zhiguo to get into a jeep and return to the regiment headquarters.

He went to the battlefield to take a look, just to see if the devil used that kind of tactic, and to think of another way to see if he could think of countertactics.

……

More than 20 minutes later.

Li Yunlong, Chen Feng and Xing Zhiguo returned to the regimental headquarters of Dagu Town.

While discussing tactics, the three of them walked towards the regimental headquarters.

As soon as he walked into the regiment headquarters, Wang Dehou greeted him and said to Li Yunlong and others: "Just now the headquarters called, the 26th Independent Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army in Datong has set out from Datong to reinforce the 10th Division. ”

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"That's not really good news." Li Yunlong frowned slightly.

The 10th Division was actually reinforced by an infantry wing, which made the already bad situation for the new regiment even worse.

"How's the battle going over there in the first battalion?"

Looking at the expressions of Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo, Wang Dehou couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and then asked.

"The war is not good." Xing Zhiguo said, "The devil used our tactics, and the position was really fucking difficult to fight, and the three consecutive attacks suffered one-third casualties twice, but they failed to capture the position." ”

"That's not a good situation." Wang Dehou's brows furrowed, "Several other battalions and several battalions of the division have just reported, and the situation is the same as that of the first battalion, and the attack is not going well." ”

His tactics of tunnels and anticlines were indeed powerful, making it difficult for the 10th Division to advance an inch, and causing heavy casualties among the four devil divisions attacking the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment.

Now the devils of the 10th Division are using this tactic to deal with the new regiment, and they can't think of a good countertactic.

Suddenly, Wang Dehou seemed to think of something, and looked at Chen Feng on the side: "The tunnel and anti-slope tactics were invented by Consultant Chen, does Consultant Chen have countertactics?" ”

Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo also looked at Chen Feng busily.

"There are no countermeasures, but I have a weapon that can greatly reduce casualties and increase the speed of attack." Chen Feng glanced at everyone and said.

If the tunnel and anti-slope tactics were really so easy to crack, the U.S. military would not have been beaten by the volunteers.

Unless there are weapons of mass destruction such as thermobaric bombs, cloudburst bombs, and ground-penetrating bombs.

However, it is also the first time for the devil to play this tactic, and he has not yet comprehended the essence of the tunnel tactics after groping and studying in battle.

"What weapon?" Li Yunlong hurriedly asked.

……

Midday.

Heyuan County, 10th Division Headquarters.

Chief of Staff Yoshiyoshi Asada reported to Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa the operational reports submitted by the brigades:

"This morning, the 8th Brigade repelled 6 attacks on the 8th Route, and the 33rd Brigade repelled 5 attacks on the 8th Route, killing at least 500 soldiers of the 8th Route and more than 800 casualties among the Locust Corps soldiers."

In addition to the first battalion attacking, the other battalion troops are also attacking the devils, and they have become a pot of porridge.

"Yo Xi!"

"Yo Xi!"

When Jiro Ishikawa and Moritake Tanabe heard this, they said almost at the same time, and their faces showed smiles that they hadn't seen for a long time.

Although the casualties of the Japanese soldiers were more than those of the new regiment, they were much smaller than those of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army when they attacked a few days ago.

"This pit and anticline tactics are really powerful!"

Tanabe Moritake's tone sighed, if it weren't for the tunnel and anti-slope tactics, this new group would have been overwhelmed.

"This is called taking the enemy's way, leaving the enemy with no way out."

Jiro Ishikawa's expression regained his confidence: "The 11th Wing of the Independent Infantry of the 26th Division will be supplemented into the 10th Division, and the strength of the 10th Division will far exceed that of the new 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and the 10th Division can afford it at all." ”

Moritake Tanabe nodded, his expression extremely satisfied:

"It seems that Li Yunlong has no way to face this tactic, otherwise he wouldn't have fought so hard."

Then, Tanabe Moritake looked at the chief of staff and said, "Asada-kun, immediately send this battle report to Commander Okamura." ”

"Hey!"

Yoshiyoshi Asada paused, turned around and walked towards the divisional communications team.

About 20 minutes later, Okamura Ninji, who was far away in Beiping, received a telegram from the front headquarters.

Listening to the communications staff officer finish reading the contents of the telegram, Okamura Ninji breathed a long sigh of relief.

The locust army has a great advantage!