In the afternoon.

Baoding.

Accompanied by the sound of buzzing aircraft motors, reconnaissance planes roared past in the sky.

"Give me the order, open the gun!"

In the regimental headquarters of the new regiment, Li Yunlong grabbed the walkie-talkie and gave orders loudly.

With his order, the artillery soldiers, who had eaten a sumptuous lunch and were full of food, began to work again.

In an instant, 1,000 guns roared in unison.

This time the shelling was aimed at the positions of the devils and the puppet army.

Shells shot up into the air, and then fell into the positions of devils and puppet soldiers like meteors.

Accompanied by the roar of the overwhelming cannonball.

Gunsmoke suddenly rose from the position of the devils and the puppet army, rolling up a puff of dirt and debris, and even the devils and puppet soldiers who were blown up and flew up.

In order to avoid the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, most of the devils and puppet soldiers hid in the anti-artillery holes at this time.

On the forward position, there are not many devils and puppet troops, and more devils and puppet troops are also hiding in the anti-artillery holes of the deep positions.

But.

The forward positions of the devils and the puppet army were not the main targets of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

The artillery of the new regiment, after a burst of shelling at the forward positions of the devils and the puppet army, began to shell the deep positions of the devils and the puppet army with a barrage of Xu Jin.

Today's new regiment artillery is too good, and Xu Jin's barrage is at his fingertips.

Compared with the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong is more wealthy.

2 battalions of 203-mm howitzers and 6 battalions of rocket artillery of Katyusha rockets were directly ordered to join the shelling.

Plus the shelling of more than 500 heavy guns and 500 mountain guns.

For a time, the sound of artillery shook the sky, making the devils and the puppet army terrified.

The infantry and tank corps of the Eighth Route Army have not officially started the offensive yet, and a small number of devils and some puppet troops have already been scared.

The high-density heavy artillery shells directly blew up some anti-artillery holes, and the devils and puppet soldiers inside died tragically on the spot.

Even many devils and puppet soldiers in the anti-artillery holes that were not blown up lost their hearing in the continuous heavy artillery fire without any intermittent fire.

After a full hour of shelling, the sound of the artillery gradually thinned out.

Just as the devils and puppet soldiers were about to take a breath, the roar of the buzzing airplane motor sounded in the sky again.

Dozens of fighters and bombers of the new regiment attacked in several echelons of dives.

As the plane swept by, the overwhelming explosion sounded, and the positions of the devils and the puppet army were once again shrouded in a sea of gunsmoke and fire.

At this time, the infantry and tank corps of the Eighth Route Army had already begun to attack, gradually approaching the positions of the devils and the puppet army.

Lieutenant General Ichihashi Tsuchihashi, commander of the 12th Army of the Japanese North China Front, raised a telescope in the front headquarters.

The fierce scene appeared in the field of vision of the telescope, and with the sound of the impact of tanks, a gray water line suddenly appeared on the horizon of more than 40 miles east and west, like the sea water at high tide, sweeping towards the Japanese army and the puppet army position.

"Yaga!"

Tuqiao cursed angrily once, and the Eighth Route Army actually dispatched tens of thousands of main troops to attack on all fronts?

There are no feints, it's all the main attack.

Under the ferocious shelling of the Eighth Route Army, the tactics formulated by General Okamura were useless.

It is again a tactical offensive that violates military common sense.

Lieutenant General Tsuchihashi was so angry that he cursed.

"Order the Locust Army and the Locust Allied Army to immediately enter the position, order artillery fire, immediately shoot at the enemy, immediately request air support from General Okamura!" Tsuchihashi grabbed the phone at one point and gave a series of orders.

With his order, the devils and the puppet army quickly entered the forward position.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out!

The explosions of various firearms have become a single one, and the sound of grenades, mortars and gunfire has converged into a huge wave.

At the same time, from the tunnels, caves, and anti-artillery holes, the artillery of the devils and the puppet army pushed out a 75-mm mountain gun and a 75-mm field gun, as well as a Type 92 infantry gun, and a mortar of various types.

"Fire!"

Aiming, the shells are loaded, and the devils and puppet artillerymen pull the arquebus.

Boom Boom Boom –

There were constant explosions of shells rising in the offensive formation of the Eighth Route Army.

Although there are about 300 75-mm guns of the devil and the puppet army, it seems that there are very few mountain artillery pieces of the devil and the puppet army on the front of more than 40 miles.

In addition, the devils and the puppet army have a lot of mortars and grenadiers.

But on the side of the new regiment, along with the infantry and tank units, there were also artillery units of various battalions and companies.

These mortar units set up mortars in the rear of the attack formation, carried out artillery shelling on the rear area of the positions of the devils and puppet troops, and soon suppressed the mortars and grenadiers of the devils.

The tanks of the Eighth Route Army were marching, and the tank guns and vehicle-mounted large-caliber heavy machine guns were firing at the same time, forming an absolute suppression of the devils and puppet troops in the forward positions.

The new regiment of infantry and the infantry of the Jizhong Military Region, which followed behind the tanks, saw the opportunity to replenish their guns.

In addition to the mortars forming a suppression of the mortar and grenadier canisters of the devils.

The observers of the reconnaissance planes of the Eighth Route Army in the sky were not idle either.

The location of the Devil's Mountain Artillery and Field Artillery positions was constantly notified to the heavy artillery units on the ground by radio.

When a devil's mountain artillery or field artillery position is caught, a battalion's heavy artillery opens fire in unison, covering the devil's mountain artillery or field artillery position.

After several devil artillery positions were destroyed, the devil's mountain artillery and field artillery were silent.

Most of the remaining devil mountain artillery and field artillery were hidden, and they did not dare to fire rashly.

Without artillery fire support, the tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army soon attacked the forward positions of the devils and the puppet army.

……

Forward command post of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong watched this scene in the field of vision of the telescope, and his expression was very satisfied.

The sky was roaring, the heavy artillery on the ground was roaring, and a few salvos blew up the enemy in the deep position on their backs, and the tanks and infantry occupied the enemy's forward position with a single charge.

This was the scene when he used to dream.

Unexpectedly, this scene was realized on the battlefield of Baoding.

However, there are still some gaps from the scene in Li Yunlong's dream.

There are not enough aircraft groups in the sky, there are not enough heavy artillery and tanks on the ground, and there are no dense battleships on the sea.

But.

The guy in his hand at present is enough to deal with the North China Front and the puppet army of the Japanese army in front of him.

……

Baoding City.

The headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army.

"Report to the commander, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack, and the commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Tsuchihashi, requests air support!"

"Report to the commander, our artillery fire is suppressed!"

"Report to the commander, enemy infantry and tanks have stormed our forward positions!"

News came from the front line, making the faces of Tokuokamura Ningji and Yusue Seizo very solemn.

The offensive of the Eighth Route Army was too fierce.

Before Okamura Ninji and Seizo Arisue had time to react too much, the Eighth Route Army had already attacked the forward position of the Japanese puppet army.

"Your Excellency, Commander, did you order reinforcements from the 6th Flying Division?"

Yusue Seizan asked in a deep voice.

In the face of the ferocious offensive of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, only aircraft can effectively deal with the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

His Excellency the Commander has not used the 6th Flying Division.

But.

When all the jade of the North China Front is shattered, what is the point of leaving the 6th Flying Division?

Okamura Ninji gripped the hilt of the general's sword tightly with his right hand, and his face was in a struggle.

If immediately send fighters and bombers of the 6th Flying Division.

In the unlikely event that Japanese fighters and bombers encountered the jet fighters of the Eighth Route Army, as they did on the Jinju battlefield, they were all shot down.

Then it will be a great blow to the morale of all the Japanese troops and the locust allied army.

Okamura Ninji plans to defend in Baoding for half a month, if the 6th Division is lost on the first day of flight, then what will be held for half a month?

After thinking for a moment, Okamura Ninji let go of his right hand and let go of the hilt: "The 6th Flying Division continues to standby!" ”

"Hey!"

Yusue Seizan suddenly bowed his head.

At this moment, the communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand and walked in quickly: "Report to the general, Major General Yamamoto, deputy chief of staff, that the main force of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Beiping, and Major General Yamamoto is forced to lead the 11th Brigade of the 5th Brigade to Chengde!" ”

Okamura Ninji and Seizo Arisue were taken aback.

The Eighth Route Army moved so fast?

However, I immediately thought that the Eighth Route Army had cavalry and trucks to reach Beiping so quickly.

Not surprising.

As the political, economic and cultural center of North China, Beiping had very important strategic significance, and it was captured by the Eighth Route Army, and Okamura Ninji and Arisue Seizo were also very uncomfortable.

But there is no way, who let the base camp give Okamura Ningji an order that Zhangjiakou and Baoding cannot be lost?

Okamura Ninji left only one infantry brigade for Kazuki Yamamoto.

If Yamamoto Kazuki didn't run, facing the main force of the Eighth Route Army, he and this 5th Infantry Brigade would have to die.

"Got it."

Okamura said with a wave of his hand.

Beiping was captured by the Eighth Route Army, as expected by Okamura Ninji and Arisue Seizo.

Because Okamura Ninji deliberately gave up Beiping tactically.

But once you give up like this, it will be difficult to take it back from the Eighth Route Army.

After all, the Eighth Route Army was not a national army.

However, now, Okamura Ninji is still full of confidence in the imperial holy war, and dreams of greater East Asia co-prosperity.

The occupation and conquest of China by the Great Japanese Empire was only a matter of time, and now it has only encountered a minor setback.

After Kitani Jio left, Okamura Ninji gave an order in a gloomy tone: "Order the death squad to attack, at all costs, to repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army." ”

"Hey."

Yusue Seizan suddenly bowed his head.

With the order of the Japanese command was issued.

Japanese positions.

Devil death squads strapped with explosives and armed with Molotov cocktails fought their way out of the anti-artillery holes, tunnels and caves.

More intense fighting broke out in the forward positions.

The battle lasted until late in the evening, when the infantry and tank men of the Eighth Route Army retreated from the forward positions of the devils and puppet troops.

Although the infantry and tank crews of the Eighth Route Army can occupy the forward positions of the devils and puppet armies, and use them as a base to continue the offensive.

But there is no need, because when shelling, it is easy to hurt your own comrades.

"Damn, this little devil and the puppet army are quite tenacious."

In the headquarters of the new first regiment, after listening to the report of the operational staff officer, Li Yunlong's tone was not good:

"In that case, then labor and management are not welcome!"