At last.

A full brigade of more than 1,000 devils, and less than 150 people were left to successfully return to the attack position.

Immediately, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army also plowed the artillery position of the devil, but the artillery of the devil saw that the situation was not good, and the position was already shifted.

Looking at their own position strewn with corpses, Regiment Commander Zhang Ziyuan and the soldiers of the regiment did not come back to their senses for a long time.

Although many of the artillerymen are new recruits, these new artillerymen are basically only in the learning stage, responsible for carrying shells, loading shells and pulling the fire rope.

The veteran gunners who adjusted and shot Zhuyuan and the observers who were responsible for providing the shooting Zhuyuan were all the elite of the new regiment, and the veteran gunners who had reached perfection in handling the guns, plus the observers who cooperated tacitly, as well as the artillery mirrors and precise maps provided by Boss Chen to the artillery, dealt a heavy blow to a full-fledged brigade of the Japanese army's A division, making this brigade basically lose its combat effectiveness.

"This artillery support, it's so comfortable!"

The first battalion commander had a comfortable expression on his face.

In the formation that the devils attacked just now, his entire battalion rushed forward, and I am afraid that most of the casualties would be lost, and it was possible that the entire battalion would be wiped out by the devils.

The combat effectiveness and stabbing strength of the devil's armor division are not blown.

Although the 1st Regiment of the Garrison Brigade is the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army, its combat effectiveness is still far inferior compared to the devils of the A Division.

Of course.

The gap between the two sides is very large, but the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army have not been intimidated, even if the whole regiment is exhausted, they will have to gnaw a piece of meat from the devil.

And now, looking at the mutilated corpses of the devils, the commander of the first battalion felt that this devil was a division.

Doesn't that seem to be the case?

But soon, the first battalion commander showed a puzzled look on his face: "Our garrison brigade, when will we have such fire support?" ”

With the vision of a battalion commander, it is natural to see that the scale of the shelling just now, close to 400 shells per minute fell in the formation of the devils, and the artillery firepower is definitely not inferior to that of an artillery brigade.

And also a heavy artillery brigade.

And they are just an infantry brigade.

"It should be a new regiment of heavy artillery units."

Zhang Ziyuan said with a slight smile, his heart was suddenly full of confidence and expansion.

Your 11th Division will also bully troops like our garrison brigade.

The new regiment of our Eighth Route Army's ace unit has arrived, what is your arrogance with the 11th Division?

"I see."

There was a touch of envy in the tone of the first battalion commander, his cousin turned out to be a militia backbone, and was later selected to be the main force of the new regiment:

"My cousin also went to the new group."

"Now that the main force of the new regiment has arrived, then our regiment will only have the part of cooperating with the battle."

Zhang Ziyuan said.

As Zhang Ziyuan expected, it didn't take long for the infantry of the new regiment to come up and take over the position of the first regiment of the garrison brigade.

……

"Yaga, Yaga..."

In the command of the Japanese army.

Looking at the captain of the 2nd Infantry Group who had a leg blown off and was carried off the line of fire by several soldiers, Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu glared angrily and scolded several times in a row:

"The intelligence department is all a bunch of rice buckets and stupid pigs!"

According to intelligence, in Jingcheng County is the garrison brigade of the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, with about 4,000 people and poor weapons and equipment.

An infantry wing of the 11th Division could easily and happily defeat it.

But it is clear that there is definitely more than one infantry brigade of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.

If he had known that the Eighth Route Army had such powerful artillery firepower, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu would never have let the troops charge like this.

"Judging from the shelling just now, the Eighth Route Army has no less than 70 heavy artillery pieces and no less than 20 mountain artillery pieces."

Led his troops to assist the 22nd Infantry Brigade in the attack, the commander of the 11th Artillery Wing, Minoru Kohata, said in a deep voice.

Minoru Kohata's expression was solemn.

After all, it is the artillery wing of the A division, and his 11th artillery wing is also a reinforced artillery wing, equipped with 12 75mm mountain guns and 36 75mm field guns.

In addition, the 11th Division had 12 47-mm anti-tank rapid-fire guns, but it was a separate anti-tank brigade.

The artillery firepower of the 11th Artillery Wing is already very strong, right?

However, compared with the artillery firepower of the Eighth Route Army, the gap is not half a star, and the caliber and quantity have been crushed to the slag.

In addition, as soon as the Eighth Route Army came up, it implemented long-range artillery fire coverage without prior test firing.

After the artillery fire was covered, the retreating 2nd Infantry Brigade was also subjected to long-range Xujin barrage fire.

Xu Jin barrage... His 11th Artillery Wing was able to shoot out, but without a pre-test fire, it was covered by more than 90 guns, and most of the shells hit accurately.

With such an artillery literacy, Kohata Minoru Daisa is ashamed of himself.

"General, it should be the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the new regiment has arrived."

After a pause, Minoru Kohata added in a more solemn tone.

"Retreat."

Kuroiwa gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat.

Now that the new regiment, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, has arrived, and then taking the initiative to attack is looking for death, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu is very forced.

……

"Report."

"The commander of the 22nd Infantry Brigade just now, Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa, reported."

"The attacking 2nd Infantry Brigade, as soon as it occupied the position of the Eighth Route Army, was shelled by heavy artillery on the scale of two heavy artillery wings."

"Heavy losses..."

"The 22nd Infantry Brigade has stopped the offensive."

In Shimen City, in the headquarters of the Japanese army, an operational staff officer reported to the commander of the 11th Division, Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori.

"Nani?"

Hearing this, Ying Senxiao's face changed, and he stood up suddenly:

"There are 2 artillery units of the Eighth Route Army with the size of heavy artillery wings in Jingcheng County?"

The faces of the chief of staff on the side, Seio Nishihara, and several combat staff officers also changed suddenly.

"Hey."

The operational staff officer who came to report bowed his head.

"Division commander, the situation has changed, maybe the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Jingcheng County."

"Do you want to order the 12th Infantry Wing to abandon the ambush plan and return to Shimen City?"

Seio Nishihara stared at the map for a while, and asked Takashi Takamori with a solemn face.

"No!" Takashi Takashi waved his hand and said, "Even if the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Jingcheng County, won't the Eighth Route Army need to transport war materials and ammunition?" ”

"But..."Seio Nishihara looked worried, "Our original plan was that after the 12th Infantry Wing successfully ambushed, the locust army in Shimen City would attack in the direction of Jingcheng County and meet the 12th Infantry Wing, but now the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army may have arrived in Jingcheng County, and we may not be able to capture Jingcheng County." ”

Takamori thought for a moment and said, "Then let the 12th Infantry Wing return the same way after the successful ambush, move quickly, and enter Pingshan County before the Eighth Route Army reacts." ”

"At present, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Jingcheng County."

"The Eighth Route Army would never have expected that an elite unit of the Locust Army had gone around to the rear of the main force of the Eighth Route Army to sneak attack the transport troops of the Eighth Route Army."

Takashi Takami's tone was confident.

After a pause, he asked again, "Has Nishihara-kun heard of the Battle of Pingxingguan?" ”

"I've studied that battle specifically." Seio Nishihara replied, "In that battle, the Eighth Route Army, with a main division, ambushed the baggage troops of the Fifth Division of the Locust Army, breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Locust Army..."

"It's the same as fighting at Pingxingguan."

"In this battle, I want to break the myth of the invincibility of the Eighth Route Army."

Between the words of Lieutenant General Takashi Takashi Takamori, the killing intent was awe-inspiring.

"Hey."

Seio Nishihara bowed his head suddenly.