Okamura Ningji's expression made the communications staff officer slightly stunned.

Although he bowed his head to express his condolences, it was just a subconscious action, because a lieutenant general jade was broken, if he didn't express his condolences, wouldn't it be abnormal?

But in fact, there is not much sadness in the hearts of the communications staff officers, just one lieutenant general has died, how many lieutenant generals have died in North China?

It was just to his surprise that the enemy's method of assassinating the lieutenant general was becoming more and more elusive.

Shelling, sniping, railway bombs, and now even a lieutenant general with anti-aircraft guns......

But Your Excellency, Commander, what's the situation with the corners of your mouth slightly curled, and you can't pretend to be it?

Okamura Ninji also realized that something was wrong, restrained his expression, and asked in a deep voice: "The plane of the observation group was shot down 20 kilometers northeast of Takejuku Airport, Lieutenant General Kotofu, the jade is broken?" ”

"Hey!"

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, the communications staff officer replied:

"The signal corps has confirmed with the First Army that the plane on which the observation group was flying was shot down, and all the members of the observation group, including Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu, were shattered."

"The two fighters escorting the escort were also shot down!"

Okamura Ninji nodded when he heard this, there was no sadness in his heart, and he even wanted to laugh a little.

Just be your reserve lieutenant general, and come and fight with me for the position of commander of the North China Front?

Now the jade is broken, is it comfortable?

Because of Tojo Hideji's reminder, Okamura Ninji knew the purpose of Gu Shoufu's trip to North China with the observation group.

It is precisely because of this that Okamura Ninji did not meet with Kojuo.

Everyone came to North China to grab the position of the commander of the front army, so that Okamura Ningji greeted him with a smile, and the old devil couldn't do it.

At Okamura's level, apart from the Locusts, the Cabinet and other front commanders, there are not many people who can greet Okamura with a smile.

Okamura walked quickly to the map and found the location 20 kilometers northeast of Takejuku Airport on the map.

After roughly calculating the time, the enemy who shot down the plane of the observation group, Okamura judged that the enemy had not gone far.

And the enemy who shot down the plane of the observation group was most likely the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in the northwest of Shanxi.

Then the enemy, having completed the task, will retreat in a northwesterly direction.

"Immediately order two reconnaissance planes at Baoding Airport to take off, reconnoiter along the northwest direction here, find this group of enemies, and notify the First Army to pursue them with all their strength after discovering the enemy!"

Okamura Ningji stared at the map, pointed his finger at the location of the Purple Mountain on the map, and said to the communications staff officer.

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer bowed his head and turned to leave.

Then Okamura Ninji turned around, returned to his seat, and then called and asked Moritake Tanabe and Seizo Arisue to come to the office.

He asked the reconnaissance planes to conduct a wave of reconnaissance and ordered the First Army to pursue them with all their might, but it was just for show.

If an imperial lieutenant general and two major generals are shattered in his jurisdiction, and he doesn't even look good, then he looks very suspicious.

Of course, no one in the North China Front dared to doubt him.

Hanging up the phone, Okamura Ningji felt a little happy, Gu Shoufu, the old devil, was killed, then he Okamura Ningji would not be removed from his post, and he would take the position of commander of the North China Front in a short time.

As the war progressed, there were more and more generals in the Japanese army, but few were capable of serving as commanders of the front army.

Moritake Tanabe and Seizo Arisue rushed to the commander's office, and when they heard that the plane of the observation group had been shot down, Lieutenant General Kotoshi Tama shattered.

The two old devils were shocked.

I'm really afraid of something.

At the same time, the two old devils were also relieved, fortunately they didn't go to Taiyuan with Gu Shoufu.

Otherwise, they will also have to break the jade.

……

At the same time.

Kazuki Yamamoto led a team of agents to the crash site.

After arriving at the crash site, he personally led the special forces to investigate.

Collecting the wreckage of the plane and searching for the bullet casings, the devil operatives are very busy.

And Li Yunlong needed to lead the transport battalion, machine gun battalion, and anti-aircraft artillery battalion from Purple Mountain to Tongpu Highway.

The automobile battalion then carried the machine gun battalion and the antiaircraft artillery battalion back to the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province.

Merely.

The transport battalion was armed with machine guns, anti-aircraft guns and ammunition, and although it was a rapid march, it did not move very fast.

The cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army caught up along the horse road in a few hours.

The devil cavalry also knew that the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army was not easy to mess with.

Therefore, the Japanese sent reconnaissance cavalry to reconnoiter in front, followed by a squadron of Japanese cavalry far behind, and then the large force of the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

About four hours after the transport plane of the observation group was shot down, the devil's reconnaissance plane had already flown over the heads of the new group of fighters.

Although the whereabouts of the transport battalion, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, the machine gun battalion and the two cavalry battalions of the new regiment were discovered.

But the devil's reconnaissance plane did not have the audacity to dive down and attack.

The dense anti-aircraft guns and machine guns on the ground are no joke.

Even a nimble fighter can shoot down, let alone a reconnaissance aircraft?

The reconnaissance plane of the devil immediately informed the 1st Army of the ground forces of the whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army.

When Major General Kuribayashi Tadamichi learned about it, he immediately led the devil cavalry to chase after him.

However, because it is a mountainous area, the cavalry of the devils can only pursue along the horse road.

It didn't take long for the devil scout cavalry to encounter the cavalry of the new regiment.

The task of the cavalry of the new regiment was to cover the retreat of the transport, anti-aircraft and machine-gun battalions.

Therefore, instead of facing the devils, they fought with the devil cavalry, relying on the favorable terrain and fighting and retreating.

Whether it is cavalry firepower or artillery firepower, the firepower of the cavalry of the new regiment suppresses the devil.

Therefore, the devil cavalry can only fight and chase.

On the horse trail between the mountain roads.

Listening to the dense gunfire and explosions a few kilometers behind, Li Yunlong urged the soldiers to speed up their march.

"Regiment commander, the battle in the back is quite lively, or we will put out the machine guns and anti-aircraft guns and give the devil cavalry a shuttle, it will definitely be more lively."

Zhang Dabiao, the horseman of the regiment headquarters, suggested to Li Yunlong with a grin.

Because Zhang Dabiao made a mistake in the last battle against Datong, he was punished by Li Yunlong and punished him as a horseman in the regiment headquarters for a week, and led the horse to Li Yunlong.

Therefore, this time Zhang Dabiao also followed Purple Mountain.

Li Yunlong carefully observed the surrounding terrain.

Zhang Dabiao's idea was tempting, but Li Yunlong still shook his head.

Although the new regiment had a full 100 machine guns and 40 anti-aircraft guns, it was cool to use anti-aircraft guns and machine guns to fight the cavalry, but unfortunately it was not easy to deploy in the mountains.

Moreover, the Devil cavalry is armed with 90-mm mortars, and the Devil's mortars can shell machine gun and anti-aircraft gun positions at a long distance.

Li Yunlong looked at the map carefully, pointed and said:

"About 5 kilometers ahead is the Tongpu Highway, and about 15 kilometers further north, there is the Xinzhou Basin."

"After we get to the Tongpu Highway, let the automobile battalion pull the machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and two battalions of fighters to the Xinzhou Basin and swing them head-on."

"Then let our cavalry stand in front of the machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, and when the devil's cavalry charges, our cavalry will scatter from both sides."

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"In this way, the devil's cavalry will be exposed head-on to the fire of our 140 anti-aircraft guns."

"Hey, hey, hey......"

"How wasteful anti-aircraft fire is used to fight planes, and the effect of fighting devils' infantry and cavalry is much stronger than heavy machine guns!"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes burst into a gleam.

Last time, the new regiment completely annihilated the Japanese Black Island Cavalry Wing, and it used almost this method.

The firepower composed of more than 100 light and heavy machine guns directly killed the main force of the Black Island Cavalry Wing.

And this time it was directly replaced with a 20-mm machine gun and a 37-mm anti-aircraft gun, which was not comparable to a light and heavy machine gun.

Because the power of machine shells and anti-aircraft shells is not only great, but also the rate of fire is very fast, and the devil can definitely be pierced by a hit, and the devil's military horse is hit by a shot, and Da Luo Jinxian can't save it.

Zhang Dabiao suggested: "There are also light and heavy machine guns and mortars from the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, which is enough for the devils of the 1st Cavalry Brigade to drink a big pot." ”

Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao and praised: "Your kid's head is turning quite fast, I have this intention." ”

The light and heavy machine guns of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Cavalry were mounted, and there were more than 100 in total.

The firepower of more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, plus 140 anti-aircraft fire, this firepower ......

The eyes of Zhang Dabiao, He Jie, Gao Tianyi and others suddenly became hot.

With Li Yunlong's order, the transport battalion moved a little faster with ammunition, machine guns, and anti-aircraft guns.

More than two hours later.

It's getting dark.

In the Xinzhou Basin, 140 machine guns and anti-aircraft guns and more than 100 machine guns were lined up.

In the rear of anti-aircraft fire and machine-gun fire, the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, a total of 60-mm and 82-mm mortars, 36 mm, have been erected.

The muzzle of the gun pointed in the direction where the devil cavalry came.

Although the target is not visible, there are a large number of mortars, and they are directly covered by artillery fire.

In front of anti-aircraft fire and machine-gun fire.

More than 1,500 cavalry soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the new regiment faced the direction of the devil cavalry and drew their Yunlong swords.

Ready to go.

The devil's scout cavalry rode back and forth 2 kilometers away, not daring to approach at all.

Soon, the devil cavalry squadron arrived, but when the devil cavalry squadron leader saw this formation, he knew that attacking was looking for death, so he didn't dare to rashly launch a tentative attack.

It didn't take long for Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi to arrive with a large force of the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

The cavalry squadron leader stepped forward and reported to Kuribayashi Tadamichi: "Report to the brigade commander, the Eighth Route Cavalry has put on a decisive battle posture, is it a tentative attack?" ”

Kuribayashi Tadamichi rode on a tall and majestic maroon red military horse, wearing a battle suit, and rode forward a few steps to look through the binoculars.

I saw that 2 kilometers ahead, the cavalry of the new regiment of the Eighth Route had already put on a decisive battle posture, and they drew their sabers one after another, looking like they were going to charge and fight against the Japanese cavalry.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi quickly judged that the strength of the Eighth Route Cavalry was about 1,500, which was only a little more than a cavalry wing of the Japanese army.

More than 1,500 sabers are shivering in the reflection of the setting sun.

"Brigade commander, are you attacking?"

The commander of the 13th Cavalry Wing, Yuo Nishizawa, who had suffered two consecutive defeats in the hands of Li Yunlong, drew his big left sword and held it in front of his chest, and couldn't wait to ask Kuribayashi Tadamichi.