"Lao Li, something is wrong with the situation, the devil's artillery position doesn't seem to be firing at our attacking troops."

In the headquarters, Zhao Gang put down the binoculars on his chest, looked at Li Yunlong and said.

"I saw it!"

Li Yunlong nodded, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Twenty Sabre fighters and 20 attack planes swept by, but there was no rumbling explosion on the other side of the mountain.

It is clear that the pilots of the flying group did not find the artillery positions of the devils.

Wang Dehou's expression suddenly became a little solemn: "It seems that the devil doesn't play cards according to the routine, and he knows that we have planes, so in the face of this attack, all the devil's artillery positions are hidden." ”

"But...," Zhao Gang said, "our tanks and infantry are about to storm the devil's position." ”

Li Yunlong's expression was calm, he did not stop the attack, and continued to look at the battlefield in the distance with the vision of the artillery mirror.

A new group of planes continued to hover in the sky, but the devil's position was as dead silent, without any sound.

Li Yunlong judged that the devils should not plant explosives on the position.

If the devils had planted explosives on the position, they would have been detonated by the heavy artillery and aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army.

With the sound of the impact of the tank tracks, the Eighth Route Army, which was attacking several kilometers from east to west, rushed towards the devil's position like a gray waterline, like the sea at high tide.

Suddenly, the devil on the battlefield jumped up as if suddenly resurrected.

Boom boom...

Da Da...

In the air of explosions and gunfire, the explosion of light and heavy firepower was no longer audible, and the sound of grenades, mortar shells, various explosives, and tank guns was no longer audible.

The clashing of bayonets and guns, and the hoarse shouts of killing like a tidal wave converged into a huge wave.

The battle lasted more than half an hour and ended with the new regiment's military flag planted in the various positions of the devils.

Looking at the sky, Li Yunlong ordered all units to rest and stop attacking.

The night is like ink.

"In today's offensive battle, the casualties of various units have already come out."

At the headquarters of the new regiment, Zhao Gang held a list of casualties in his hand, looked at Li Yunlong and said:

"The total casualties of our regiment are more than 1,300 people, and according to the calculation of the corpses of the devils, we will kill more than 1,500 people of the devils today."

"However, we captured the pit and anticline positions of the five devils today..."

Li Yunlong frowned slightly when he heard this. The ratio of casualties on both sides was almost 1 to 1.

Although he made a small profit, Li Yunlong was still a little dissatisfied with this result.

The night before yesterday, the 1st Battalion and the Flying Brigade cooperated with each other and killed 4,500 devils at the cost of more than 500 casualties.

Today, more than 1,300 people were killed and wounded, and more than 1,500 devils were killed.

"The devils used pit and anticline tactics." Wang Dehou analyzed, "Our aircraft and heavy artillery firepower are useless, and the devils put our tanks and infantry units into the fight again, and we can't take much advantage..."

The death squads of the Fifth Division were almost all fanatical soldiers and officers.

Full of bushido and loyalty to the locust, and first-class stabbing skills, he came up with explosives and Type 4 anti-tank stabbing mines and died with the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and the tank.

Even if the new regiment of tanks and infantry has strong firepower, it does not take much advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang and asked, "How much did the tank lose today?" ”

"Lost more than two dozen tanks." Zhao Gang looked at the list in his hand and replied, "However, the safety factor of the tank produced by Boss Chen is very high, although the tank was bombed, the casualties of the tank soldiers in the tank were very small." ”

Li Yunlong frowned again: "We have to find a way, if we continue to fight like this, the casualties of the troops will be too great." ”

At present, the new regiment has a total of more than 100 tanks.

More than 20 tanks were lost on the first day, and at this rate, the tanks were all wiped out in less than 10 days.

In the face of the enemy's tunnel and anti-slope tactics, Li Yunlong also felt a little big.

He really doesn't have much to do to deal with the devil's pit and anticline tactics.

In addition to sending out ground-penetrating bombs, tanks and infantry can only be sent to attack the positions of the devils as they do today.

Once the tanks are exhausted, the casualties of the infantry will be greater.

If the devils of the 5th Division did not use the tactics of tunnels and anticlines, the new 1st Regiment would have been able to press the 5th Division to the ground and rub it under the condition that it had a comprehensive advantage in heavy firepower such as air support, heavy artillery, and tanks.

The new regiment was able to fight a 1:5 or even 1:10 battle loss ratio with the Japanese army, such as the battle between the 1st Battalion and the 5th Division the night before.

Zhao Gang suggested again: "Lao Li, tomorrow it's time to send medium-sized bombers to carry goblet aerial bombs." ”

Wang Dehou also nodded, looking at Li Yunlong expectantly.

The bombers and aerial bombs obtained by the Devil General must be very powerful, and they may be able to crack the Devil's tunnels and anti-slope tactics.

Li Yunlong said worriedly: "I'm worried, if this goblet bomb is too powerful, what if a bomb blows up a devil's position?" ”

"Captain, isn't that a good thing?" Wang Dehou said, "Let the goblet aerial bombs blow up all the devils' positions, and kill all the devils hiding in the tunnels, we can kill many soldiers and push them directly to Taiyuan City." ”

Li Yunlong glanced at Wang Dehou angrily and said, "Chief of Staff, are you stupid to be a devil?" ”

"The devil knows that we have powerful aerial bombs, and will hide in the tunnel and wait for death?"

Zhao Gang also nodded, and analyzed according to Li Yunlong's train of thought: "When the time comes, the tens of thousands of devils in the tunnel will either flee eastward, or enter Taiyuan City and fight with us in the streets." ”

"It's good that the devil wants to flee east." Li Yunlong said, "If you enter Taiyuan City and fight with us in the streets, then it will be a big trouble." ”

Taiyuan City is very large, but it is not a county seat.

If the devil is determined to fight with the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan, the casualties of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be very large.

Li Yunlong frowned, his gaze sank, staring at the map and thinking.

Taiyuan is difficult to fight, as Li Yunlong expected.

If it continues like this, the battle will last for a month or two, and in the end Taiyuan will definitely be defeated, but the casualties of the troops will be too great.

When Li Yunlong was thinking, Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou were busy and did not disturb Li Yunlong.

The New Second Regiment, the 129th Division, and other units sent telegrams reporting on the first day's offensive.

Except for a few positions captured by the new regiment, the other troops failed to capture the positions of the devils, but fortunately, the casualties were not large.

……

Taiyuan.

Late at night, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army was brightly lit.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

Chief of Staff Hanaya was holding a folder in his hand, walked into the war hall quickly, and reported to Yoshio Iwamatsu:

"The casualties and enemy killings of various units have been counted."

Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was staring at the map and thinking, raised his head when he heard the voice.

Hua Gu Zheng opened the folder and said: "In today's battle, the total casualties of the Locust Army were more than 3,500 people, and the casualties of the Eighth Route Army were about 3,200. ”

Hearing this, Iwamatsu Yoshio immediately frowned slightly.

This casualty figure was somewhat unexpected by him.

This is equivalent to saying that after a day of fighting, the locust army lost a full infantry wing.

Before the war, Iwamatsu Yoshio had more than 70,000 people in his hands, but more than 5,000 were killed and wounded the night before yesterday, and more than 3,500 are killed or injured today, and the total casualties of the locust army so far are nearly 10,000.

"Damn Ninji Okamura, why didn't you order a retreat?"

Scolding fiercely in his heart, Iwamatsu Yoshio said to Hanayamasa:

"Hua Gujun, report this casualty to the North China Front Headquarters, and immediately request that Taiyuan's troops move to Hebei."

"Hey!" Flower Valley is bowing his head suddenly.

……

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

Although it was late at night, the officers of the North China Front Command were extremely busy.

Yangquan, Shouyang and other important military towns of Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railway were all heavily attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

The 110th, 23rd and 35th Divisions were attacking Niangzi Pass, trying to open up a way for the Japanese army in Shanxi.

Shanxi has been beaten into a pot of porridge.

Judging from the battle at Niangzi Pass, Okamura Ninji finally understood.

The campaign launched by the Eighth Route Army was definitely aimed at annihilating the 100,000 locust army in Shanxi.

"When will the 35th Division arrive at Niangzi Pass?" Okamura asked, staring at the map.

The 23rd Division and the 110th Division had been attacking Niangzi Pass for two days.

Today, the fighting between the Taiyuan and Zhengtai railways broke out, and the planes of the Eighth Route Army went to support the other Eighth Route Armies, and the air threat of the 23rd Division and the 110th Division suddenly decreased.

Originally, I thought that the 23rd Division and the 110th Division would be able to capture Niangzi Pass today.

However, the resistance of the Eighth Route Army was still stubborn, the Japanese offensive still made no progress, and Niangziguan was firmly in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

"The 35th Division is only about 30 kilometers away from Niangzi Pass, and it will be there by tomorrow morning." Moritake Tanabe replied.

Okamura Ninji frowned and said, "Order these three divisions to capture Niangzi Pass within tomorrow." ”

Moritake Tanabe: "Hey! ”

At this moment, Haruo Kitani, a communications staff officer, walked in with a telegram in his hand and reported to Okamura Ninji:

"Report to the commander, just now the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Iwamatsu, sent a telegram."

Okamura Ninji took the telegram and looked at it, but he couldn't help but look slightly happy.

"Yo Xi..."

"The First Army's tunnels and anticline tactics worked."

As for Iwamatsu Yoshio's request, it was directly ignored by Okamura Ninji:

"The Locust Army, with its inferior strength and firepower, fought a casualty ratio of 1 to 1 with the Eighth Route Army, which was a victory."

Okamura Ninji opened the method of spiritual victory.

Tanabe Moritake and Seizo Arisue took the telegram and looked at it, and both of them were a little speechless.

Your Excellency, how long has it been since you won a battle?

Tanabe Moritake wanted to persuade Okamura Ninji that now it was too late to withdraw the locust army from Taiyuan to Hebei.

But seeing that Okamura Ninji actually had a smile on his face, Tanabe Moritake's words came to his mouth and swallowed it back.

Okamura Ninji looked at Osamu Kitani, and gave an order in an indifferent tone: "Immediately send a telegram to all troops to commend them, and order all troops to make persistent efforts to continue the battle with the goal of killing and injuring the Eighth Route Army." ”

Osamu Kitani suddenly bowed his head: "Hey! ”