The devil's idea is very good, but the Eighth Route Army on the Niangziguan position has already changed people.

Even if the 2nd Brigade is still defending its position, it will not be easily touched by the devils.

More than 200 meters from the forward position of the independent regiment, there were devil infantry stepping on mines.

Rumble...

In the violent explosion wave, fireballs burst out, and several devils around them were instantly blown into stumps and broken arms by powerful mines.

The moment the fireball burst out, the observers of the independent regiment on the position saw devils all over the mountains.

These devils held rifles, leaned over, with ruthlessness and murderous intent on their faces, and quietly touched the position of Niangziguan.

As soon as the mine exploded, the devil's sneak attack plan was declared bankrupt.

In countless directions, the flares of the Eighth Route Army were raised, and within 1 kilometer of the entire position, it was illuminated as if it were daylight.

The devils who were attacking were slightly stunned, just exposed to the light from the darkness, and they were still a little uncomfortable.

"Kill and give..."

Seeing this, the captains of the infantry brigades brandished their command sabers and gave the order to charge with fierce faces.

Since the sneak attack fails, it can only be attacked.

According to the offensive experience gained from the 23rd Division and the 110th Division, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were resting in the tunnels at this time.

And it takes some time to get out of the tunnel.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers were only more than 200 meters away from the forward position of the Eighth Route Army, and it only took a few minutes for them to rush to the position of the Eighth Route Army.

The division commander had already given a death order to the 220th Infantry Wing that it was necessary to capture the positions of the Eighth Route Army tonight.

Amid the shouts of the devils, they rushed towards the position of the independent regiment with their rifles.

Boom boom...

There were constantly devils stepping on the mines that had just been planted by the sappers of the Independent Regiment, but the devils turned a deaf ear and charged the positions of the Independent Regiment one after another.

However, instead of a dense charge, it was attacked in a skirmish line, and one infantry company laid out a length of 2 kilometers and attacked in multiple echelons.

In the rear, the 35th Infantry Wing of the 221st Division was ready.

As soon as the 220th Infantry Wing attacked the positions of the Eighth Route Army, the 221st Infantry Wing immediately came up with reinforcements.

……

In the command of the Japanese army.

Watching more and more flares hit the sky, the 220th Infantry Wing was completely exposed to the night sky as if it were day.

The commander of the 23rd Division, Kanji Nishihara, and the commander of the 110th Division, Kuwaki Chongming, suddenly noticed that something was wrong.

"Sang Mujun, the Eighth Route Army in the first half of the night didn't have so many flares."

Nishihara Kanji looked at Kuwaki Chongming and said.

Sangmu Chongming also said: "It's a little strange. ”

Next to the two old devils, some wing commanders of the 23rd Division and the 110th Division were also there.

Nishihara Kanji and Kuwaki Takaaki specially called six infantry wing commanders to observe the attack of the 35th Division.

If the 35th Division can really capture Niangzi Pass, it is just right for the Wing Commanders to learn the tactics of the 35th Division.

If the 35th Division fails to capture Xianiangzi Pass, it can also allow the wing commanders to sum up the lessons learned.

"What's so strange about that?"

The 35th Division Shigeta Tokumatsu did not notice anything wrong:

"This shows that the Eighth Route Army is already at the end of its strong crossbows, and it needs to fire more flares to feel safer."

"Sangmu-kun, Nishihara-kun, don't worry, you also have a share of the credit for conquering Niangzi Pass."

"After all, if you hadn't attacked here for two days and two nights, causing heavy casualties and exhaustion of the Eighth Route Army, it would have been difficult for my 35th Division to capture Niangzi Pass."

Nishihara Kanji said: "Shigeda-kun, it's too early to say that you have captured Niangzi Pass, right?" ”

Shigeta Tokumatsu said confidently: "Then let's wait and see." ”

After speaking, Shigeta Tokumatsu confidently raised the binoculars and looked in the direction of the battlefield.

The Eighth Route Army fired a large number of flares, and even at night, Shigeta Shotoku could see the battlefield with a telescope.

Seeing that the soldiers were about to rush into the position of the Eighth Route Army, the corners of Shigeta Tokumatsu's mouth curled slightly.

It seems that this battle success came too easily.

Kuwaki Chongming and Nishihara Kanji are two idiots.

The Eighth Route Army has reached the end of its strong crossbow, and in the second half of tonight, they only need to gather troops to launch an attack to capture the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Kuwaki Chongming and Nishihara Kanji on the side glanced at each other, and they both saw a look of doubt in each other's eyes.

What's going on?

After two days and two nights of fighting with the Eighth Route Army, every time the Japanese attacked, the Eighth Route Army opened fire when the Japanese army was more than 100 meters away from the forward position.

This time, the Eighth Route Army actually put the soldiers of the 35th Wing of the 220th Division into the position of the Eighth Route Army?

The devils Dazuo also looked puzzled.

Just when the devil officers were puzzled.

The Japanese soldiers were about 30 meters away from the forward position of the Eighth Route Army, and on the position of the Eighth Route Army, sparks as dense as stars suddenly burst out.

"Da Da Da..."

"Tom tom tom..."

Extremely dense gunshots rang out like popping beans.

"Nani?"

The faces of the devils, including Shigeta Tokumatsu, suddenly changed greatly, and they hurriedly held the binoculars and looked in the direction of the battlefield.

Caught off guard, the Japanese soldiers fell in pools of blood one after another.

Where are the stars, it is obviously the tongue of fire gushing out from the machine guns and submachine guns of the Eighth Route Army.

In the midst of the tongue of fire, the bullets were like dense raindrops, shooting wildly at the Japanese soldiers.

Although the Japanese soldiers were also firing back, the fire was completely suppressed, and they all looked for cover to hide.

Once the devil infantry finds cover to dodge, it will be difficult for the guns and firepower of the Eighth Route Army to hit the devil infantry.

But at this moment.

Boom boom...

In the sky, from the rear of the Eighth Route Army's position, a dense rain of shells rose up, and even orange-red ballistics as dense as spider webs could be seen in the night sky.

One shell after another fell on the lieutenant general of the devil's formation, dense explosion fireballs were everywhere, dirt was blown away, rocks were shattered, accompanied by a terrifying shock wave, one by one the devils were lifted up from behind the bunker, and even blown into minced meat.

"Nani?"

Looking at the dense rain of bullets and shells, Lieutenant General Shigeta Tokumatsu's eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of incredulity.

"It can't be!"

"How can an ordinary eight-way main force have such a powerful firepower?"

Lieutenant General Tokumatsu Shigeta said loudly with a face full of disbelief.

Lieutenant General Kuwaki Chongming and Lieutenant General Nishihara Kanji glanced at each other, and they both saw a look of disbelief in each other's eyes.

This Eighth Route Army is definitely not the Eighth Route Army that defended Niangzi Pass two days ago!

"Garand, large-caliber heavy machine guns, 20-mm machine guns, a large number of 60-mm, 82-mm mortars, 75-mm mountain guns..."

Nishihara Kanji's tone was solemn:

"The Eighth Route defenders of Niangzi Pass have been replaced by the Eighth Route Army troops in the northwest of Jin!"

Lieutenant General Sangmu Chongming nodded with an ugly face.

In the first half of the night, when the two divisions attacked Niangzi Pass, the Eighth Route Army still used Type 92 heavy machine guns, Type 96 light machine guns, and Type 38 rifles.

Although the main firepower of the Eighth Route Army that defended Niangzi Pass before was also very strong, the equipment was even better than that of the B Division, and even comparable to the equipment of the A Division.

A reinforced brigade was equipped with artillery of an artillery wing, as well as a large number of mortars, Type 92 heavy machine guns and Type 96 light machine guns.

But now the firepower on the position of the Eighth Route Army is at least five times that of the previous Eighth Route Army!

It is not an exaggeration to say that shotguns are exchanged for guns.

The commander of the 23rd Artillery Wing, Ji Fude Sanzuo, said in a deep voice: "At least 400 guns, with an error of no more than 30 guns..."

Ji Fudesan, who had rich experience in artillery operations, quickly estimated the amount of artillery firepower used by the Eighth Route Army.

The main artillery used by the Eighth Route Army was mainly 75 mm mountain guns, 60 mm mortars and 82 mm mortars, which were heavily equipped by the independent regiment.

Other than that.

In terms of the equipment of the bazooka, although the bazooka of the independent regiment did not spread to the squad, each platoon was equipped with at least 2 super bazooka.

And the power of the Bazooka is equivalent to the power of a high-explosive shell of a 105-mm howitzer.

In this way, the frontal firepower of the Eighth Route Army completely rubbed the devil's firepower on the ground.

And the vanguard of the devil was too close to the position of the Eighth Route Army, and the 35th did not dare to easily fire at the position of the Eighth Route Army.

"Yaga!"

"Retreat!"

The captain of the devil brigade, who was at the end of the offensive formation, looked at the firepower net that almost enveloped the offensive formation of the 220th Infantry Wing, and the explosion smoke that enveloped the entire offensive formation, and suddenly couldn't help but sweat profusely.

Such ferocious firepower, and a fart?

Even if they are all exhausted, they will not be able to capture the positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The devils retreated in a hurry, and in this attack, the 220th Wing left more than 1,600 corpses, more than half of the casualties, and the entire wing was directly disabled.

In the battle of attacking the Jizhong Military Region, the 220th Wing had already suffered more than 500 casualties, and it was not at full strength.

As soon as the devil retreated, the artillery fire of the 35th Wing of the Japanese artillery fell down on the position of the independent regiment.

However.

The fighters of the Separate Regiment had already quickly taken refuge in the tunnels.

Soon, the mountain artillery battalion of the independent regiment began to counter-suppress, and shells fell on and around the artillery positions of the devils, forcing the artillery of the devils to quickly transfer the artillery positions.

The artillery of the independent regiment is all elite, and it is not comparable to the artillery units of the 2nd Independent Brigade and the Jizhong Military Region.

This group of experienced veteran gunners, based on the accurate map of the standard and the trajectory of the shells, roughly calculated the firing elements of the position of the Japanese artillery position.

But.

There was no artillery observer to guide them, but only roughly calculated the direction of the Japanese artillery positions, and it was impossible to completely destroy the artillery units of the devils.

……

In the headquarters of the separate regiment.

The gunfire gradually stopped, and the chief of staff reported to Kong Jie: "Regiment commander, the devil has been repulsed!"

Kong Jie nodded, staring at the map in thought.

Just now, the chief of staff asked him for instructions, saying that he was calling for planes from the new regiment to come to air support.

However, he was rejected by Kong Jie, and the pilots of the flight group were busy for a few days and needed to rest at night.

What's more, with the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment, it can't stop the attack of a devil infantry wing?

Now Kong Jie is thinking about a tactic that Li Yunlong used during the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

The headquarters asked Li Yunlong to lead a new regiment to seize Lion Rock and block the 4th Brigade to reinforce the Zhengtai Railway, but Li Yunlong not only destroyed the 4th Brigade, but also captured Yangquan.

This is the highest level of fighting.

Kong Jie likes to say that war is an art.

At present, the independent regiment is defending Niangzi Pass and blocking the main force of the devils from reinforcing Shanxi, so can he also learn Li Yunlong's tactics and find an opportunity to destroy the devils?

(End of chapter)