Yoshio Iwamatsu has asked Ninji Okamura for tactical guidance.

But Okamura Ninji has not replied to him so far, so Iwamatsu Yoshio plans not to wait, and is ready to give the order to break through and respond.

Late will change.

How many surrounded soldiers can be saved.

Tonight is the time when the Japanese army has the greatest chance, and once the Eighth Route Army completes the encirclement fortifications, there will be no chance.

The tunnels of those Japanese soldiers were not very large, and they did not hoard much food and water.

When they were not surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army in Taiyuan could send a heavy wing to continuously send food, ammunition and water to the Japanese troops in the tunnel.

The Japanese troops in the tunnel had no problem persisting in fighting for two months.

But now these Japanese troops are surrounded in the tunnels, and they can last for a few days without food, and if there is no water, it will be really fatal.

Then.

Chief of Staff Hanaya was quickly formulating a battle plan and ordering the 21st Infantry Brigade, 24th Division, and 41st Division to break through on time at 2 a.m.

Units of the 5th Brigade, the 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 1st Cavalry Brigade, as well as the 28th Division, will be ready to respond.

The other side.

The Eighth Route Army had already guessed that the devils would break through tonight, so they ambushed heavy troops on the way to the devils to meet the troops.

At the same time, the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which surrounded the devils, were also ready to eliminate the devils at any time.

The night is like ink.

The position of the Japanese army at Qinglong Mountain.

Seeing that the appointed time was about to arrive, the devils came out of the tunnel mouth of the forward and anti-inclined planes one after another, and approached the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Soon, a devil stepped on a mine, and there was a loud bang.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army jumped up from the trenches and foxholes, and in a flash of fire, the dense devils were already close to the distance of 100 from the position.

"The devil is coming!"

"Get him!"

Seeing the devil puppet army preparing to break through, the soldiers not only did not have the slightest fear, but were very excited.

The devil is hiding in the tunnel, and the Eighth Route Army has no way to take the devil.

But the devil puppet army came out of the tunnel, no different from a live target.

Seeing that it was exposed, the devil's puppet army was no longer disguised, and in the shouting of killing, the devil rushed towards the position of the Eighth Route Army with a rifle.

"Hit!"

"Kill!"

“……”

The platoon commanders of the companies surrounding the devil puppet army did not hesitate to give the order to open fire.

"Da Da Da..."

In an instant, a sound like popping beans sounded, and a dense rain of bullets poured towards the charging devil, and the devil suddenly fell into a large area.

After the new regiment was equipped with five or six gun clans, its firepower was more than one notch higher than the original.

Type 56 semi-automatic rifles fired accurately, Type 56 submachine guns and Type 56 light machine guns continued to suppress fire.

The mortar positions in the rear were constantly firing flares, providing visibility for the infantry, and the devils who were trying to break through were exposed, all of them under dense fire.

"Tom tom tom..."

The dense gunfire of the lieutenant general was also interspersed with the sound of a lot of 20mm machine guns and 12.7mm heavy machine guns.

Both machine guns are truly high-powered weapons.

The devil who was hit was directly interrupted by the waist.

Of course, there were also devils who charged and shot at the positions of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the firepower of the devil is too big compared with the firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

Just when the devils broke through, the devils who were preparing to attack opened fire in the direction of the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the devils who received the breakthrough launched an attack towards the area of engagement.

Soon.

The artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army carried out counter-suppression in the direction of the devil's artillery position, so that the devil's artillery position had to be moved.

At the same time, dense shells fell in the direction of the devil's attack, disrupting the devil's attack at once.

Soon the devil who answered was repulsed.

But the devils did not give up, and soon organized a second and third attack, both of which were repulsed by dense fire.

Then, the tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army launched a counter-charge against the attacking devils.

In the northeast, northwest, and southeast of Taiyuan, the sound of guns and cannons was very dense, and the battle was like a pot of hot oil.

Cai Dong Village.

The new regiment, the general command of the front.

Listening to the rumbling explosion in front of him, Li Yunlong was smoking a cigarette, and there was no worry on his face.

Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou had already gone to sleep, and Grand Master Li was temporarily on duty in the second half of the night.

All the orders for combat deployment have been issued, and even emergency plans and reserves have been left, and the outcome of the battle is not something that Li Yunlong can decide.

The battle lasted from two o'clock in the middle of the night to six o'clock in the morning, the sky was exposed to the white belly of the fish, and the devils who responded retreated, and the devils on the position retreated into the tunnel.

The Qinglong Mountain position was covered with the corpses of devils.

About the results of last night's battle, one after another, came to the command of the new regiment.

At this time, Wang Dehou and Zhao Gang also woke up after sleeping.

Li Yunlong briefed Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou on last night's battle.

"In the direction of the Taigu defensive line attacked by the 129th Division, some devils escaped, but there were not many, and there were only a few hundred devils who escaped."

"Most of the devils were sent back."

"The 21st Infantry Wing and the 41st Division of the Fifth Division, no devils escaped from their positions."

Attacking the position of the 41st Division was the new 2nd Regiment led by Ding Wei.

The two positions were not far apart, and considering that the new second regiment wanted to guard against the attack of devils and surround the devils of the 41st Division, Li Yunlong sent a synthetic battalion of more than 10,000 people to reinforce Ding Wei during the day.

In the position are not all the devils of the 41st Division, but the combat units of the devils, such as the 41st Division Engineer Wing and the Baggage Wing, all of which are in Taiyuan.

"Expected." Zhao Gang nodded, "Although night combat and close combat are our Eighth Route Army's forte, after all, the firepower of the 129th Division is not as strong as our new first regiment and new second regiment." ”

"It was expected to be broken out by some devils."

"Since most of the devils are blocked." Wang Dehou also said, "Then it will not affect the overall situation." ”

Hehe smiled, Li Yunlong said: "The devil who answered last night fell into our trap, many devils were surrounded and eaten, and the devils suffered a lot of casualties. ”

Zhao Gang's expression was fierce: "We just want to make the devils feel desperate, completely desperate, I suggest that we don't fight Taiyuan first, first kill the devil puppet army in the encircled tunnel, and then slowly attack Taiyuan." ”

At present, it takes a lot of troops to surround the devils, and the other troops to attack Taiyuan will definitely not be enough.

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded: "That's what I think, although we can't attack Taiyuan, but we can't be idle!" ”

"Those concrete bunkers and turrets, it's time to clean them up."

"Send 2 heavy howitzer battalions and a synthetic battalion to pull out all the devil bunkers and turrets north of Taiyuan City!"

"When we kill the Fifth Division and the 41st Division, we can go directly to Taiyuan City."

"Yes!" Wang Dehou stepped forward.

……

Taiyuan.

Inner City.

The headquarters of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army.

Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu got up early in the morning, and after washing up, he didn't have time to eat breakfast, so he took Shiro Kamegawa to the war hall.

"Hanaya-kun, how many locust troops managed to break through last night?"

As soon as I entered the war hall, I saw Chief of Staff Hanaya Masa, Deputy Chief of Staff Masao Miyazaki, and Yamamoto Kazuki, commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, standing in the war hall.

So Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at the chief of staff, Hanaya Masa, and asked in a tone that he couldn't wait.

"Report to the Commander..."

Hanaya Zheng's expression was bitter:

"Last night, only more than 500 people from the 24th Infantry Brigade of the 89th Wing of the 7th Division successfully broke through!"

"Nani?" Iwamatsu Yoshio's expression suddenly became ugly, "Only so many troops have succeeded in breaking through?" ”

The 7th Infantry Brigade of the 24th Division had more than 1,000 people, and only more than 500 people successfully broke through, indicating that the other 500 people had been loyal to the locust.

What made Iwamatsu Yoshio angry was that he had organized such a large-scale response attack last night, and only such a small number of troops had successfully broken through.

Needless to say, whether it is to respond to the attack or to prepare for a breakthrough, the troops must have suffered heavy losses.

"Hey!"

Hanaya explained with an ugly face:

"The Eighth Route Army had already prepared, knowing that the surrounded locusts would break through last night, and also knowing that there were locust armies that would go to meet them, so the Eighth Route Army set up an ambush on the road."

"The Eighth Route Army has very strong firepower, coupled with full preparation, and the locust army has suffered great losses."

"Yaga!" Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Hanaya Masa, and scolded mercilessly, "Waste! ”

"Hey!"

Although Hua Gu was unconvinced, he still bowed his head suddenly:

"Your Excellency, Commander, please give me another chance, I will definitely rescue the surrounded locust army troops tonight."

Iwamatsu Yoshio was about to speak, but Yamamoto Kazuki suddenly said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, commander, with all due respect, if you give the chief of staff another 10 nights, you won't be able to save the surrounded locust army. ”

"Yamamoto-kun!" Hanaya was furious, "Do you know what you're talking about? ”

Hua Gu is a person who has low eyes and is extremely arrogant.

Even if he was reprimanded by His Excellency the commander, Yamamoto Kazuki had to stand up and question it, which made Hanaya instantly angry.

I'm also one of the planners of 918, what are you Yamamoto Kazuki?

Iwamatsu Yoshio waved his hand and said, "Yamamoto-kun, go on!" ”

Yamamoto Kazuki's expression was still paralyzed, and his tone and expression did not fluctuate in the slightest: "In last night's attack operation, my mixed 3rd Brigade suffered more than 900 casualties, and if we attack for 5 nights at most, my 3rd Brigade will be completely annihilated." ”

The mixed 3rd Brigade was put together from east to west, with average equipment and average quality of soldiers.

Kazuki Yamamoto has the ability to lead troops, but there is no way to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the 3rd Brigade in a short period of time.

Even if the combat effectiveness of the mixed 3rd Brigade is raised to the level of a soldier of the A Division, it is not an opponent of the Eighth Route Army.

Although Yamamoto Kazuki was very good at improving the morale of his troops, under the leadership of Yamamoto, not long after the establishment of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, it became a howling army, and the spirit of bushido was quickly comprehended, and the soldiers were all vying to be the first to be loyal to the locusts.

Does it work, it definitely works.

But it is of little use.

The heavy artillery and tanks of the Eighth Route Army ruthlessly crushed the spirit and body of bushido, which were mixed into the 3rd Brigade.

Bushido and the spirit of allegiance to the Locusts and the Empire are simply useless in the face of heavy artillery, tanks and aerial bombs.

The Battle of Nomenkan has already been demonstrated.

Moreover, Kazuki Yamamoto participated in the Battle of Nomenkan, and heavy artillery, tanks, and aerial bombs left an indelible impression on Yamamoto Kazuki.

At present, the Japanese army is facing the Eighth Route Army, and the firepower in all aspects is not inferior to the Soviet army at Nomenkan.

Even.

The tactical command ability of Li Yunlong, commander-in-chief of the front line of the Eighth Route Army, was no worse than that of Sukov, the commander of the Soviet army who commanded the Nomenkan operation.

Kazuki Yamamoto is not a low-eyed and fanatical officer like Hanaya Masa, and he knows that if he continues to fight like this, there will be only one ending.

That is, the 90,000 locust armies of the Taiyuan and Zhengtai railways were all wiped out.

"My 1st Cavalry Brigade also suffered more than 1,000 casualties!" The commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade also said, "The 5th Division also suffered more than 800 casualties!" ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio's brows furrowed suddenly, the casualties were much greater than he expected!

Together with the 28th Division, which responded to the attack, and the encircled 21st Wing, 24th Division, and 41st Division, last night's battle resulted in at least a few thousand more casualties.

However, this is only an estimate, and the specific casualty data has not yet been counted.

Last night's battlefield was in several places, all of which were very large, and the total number of troops invested by both sides was nearly 200,000.

"Yamamoto-kun, what do you say you should do?" Iwamatsu Yoshio's eyes were gloomy and he asked in a deep voice.

"Breakout!"

Kazuki Yamamoto's tone was serious:

"The encircled locust army can't be saved, taking advantage of the fact that Crouching Tiger Mountain, Tianlong Mountain, and especially the Shizuizi position in the southeast are still in our hands."

"I propose to immediately issue an order to prepare for the work, and wait until the evening when the large army immediately leaves Taiyuan."

"After passing through Shouyang and Yangquan, with the 40th Division and the 56th Division, and then through Niangzi Pass, this is the only way to get out of trouble."

"Once the Eighth Route Army eats the surrounded locust army and captures positions such as Wohu Mountain, Tianlong Mountain, Fengliang Pavilion and Shizuizi, we can't go even if we want to."

"Yaga!"

As soon as Yamamoto Kazuki's words fell, Hanaya Masa's curses and questions rang out:

"Yamamoto Kazuki, you also said that you are not a senior spy of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the headquarters of the First Army?"

"Your Excellency the Chief of Staff!" Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes narrowed, and a solemn momentum did not disperse, "You said that I am a senior spy of the Eighth Route Army, is there any evidence?" ”

At this moment, Yamamoto Kazuki had a murderous intent towards Hanaya in his heart.

I, Yamamoto, have fought hard for the locusts and shed blood for the empire, and you actually suspect that I am a senior spy of the Eighth Route Army?

If Hua Guzheng doesn't get rid of this kind of idiot, the First Army won't want to defeat the Eighth Route Army.

Hanaya was bold and turned a blind eye to the murderous intent revealed by Yamamoto Kazuki: "You actually bewitched the commander and gave up 30,000 elite soldiers of the Locust Army, what are you not a spy?" Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that Kazuki Yamamoto be killed immediately, rather than kill by mistake. ”

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, you are wrong, this is not called giving up." Yamamoto Kazuki corrected in a deep voice, "This is called a strong man's broken wrist!" ”

"When a hand is bitten by a venomous snake, the wrist should be cut off immediately to prevent the poison from spreading and endangering life."

"Our current situation has reached the moment when a strong man should break his wrist!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio hesitated suddenly, he was afraid of death, his body wanted to escape from Taiyuan, but reason told him that he could not retreat without the order of his superiors.

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(There was a delay during the day, and today is a big chapter.) ）

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