Just when the Japanese 11th Army was preparing to attack.

The main forces of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment have completely controlled Beiping.

After two battles in Zhangjiakou and Huailai County, as well as many days of travel, these two troops were also a little tired.

Li Yunlong ordered the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment to rest in Beiping and prepare to meet the Kwantung Army.

Once the Eighth Route Army had recovered Beiping, it would be impossible to let it fall again.

On the one hand, the artillery unit and the logistics unit were ordered to prepare for the shelling of the position of the devils in Baoding.

"Report to the head of the regiment, just now the headquarters called, and the general reserve has been dispatched."

In the headquarters of the new regiment, Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong, who had just gotten up.

In the second half of last night, Li Yunlong was on duty during the war, and he did not go to sleep until almost dawn, and did not wake up until noon.

Although he only slept for a few hours, Li Yunlong at this time was full of energy, full of energy, and his brain was also very clear.

Not long after the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram, a secret telegram sent by the headquarters to the new regiment followed.

"Where are the devils of the Kwantung Army?" Li Yunlong asked.

Wang Dehou said: "According to the intelligence, the devils of the Kwantung Army have already passed Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao, and are marching in the direction of Tangshan. ”

"The Kwantung Army's speed is a bit slow!"

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed.

Didn't you say that the Kwantung Army was the elite troops of the devils, and that was the result?

Wang Dehou smiled slightly, the regiment commander has indeed been waiting for the Kwantung Army for a long time.

But.

The air force units of the Eighth Route Army blew up the main bridges of the railways and highways entering the pass, and the devil Kwantung Army could not enter the pass by train, but could only enter the pass on foot to reinforce the North China Front.

Wang Dehou said: "The quality of the individual soldiers of the Kwantung Army is indeed strong enough, but dozens of kilometers a day, half a month of continuous marching, the devil soldiers are not machines, and it is estimated that there will not be much combat power left when they arrive in North China." ”

Li Yunlong nodded: "After the main force of the Kwantung Army that entered the pass is eliminated, it will be much easier to counterattack the northeast next." ”

"By the way, the regiment commander, a telegram was sent from the headquarters in the morning, and the four flying regiments directly under the headquarters and the four flying brigades of the new regiment have been formed in Taiyuan."

After a pause, Wang Dehou reported again:

"The head of the headquarters asks you, when will our planes be in place?"

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up slightly, and the head of the headquarters was really resolute and resolute, just do what he said.

In order to welcome the return of this group of pilots, the new regiment and the headquarters have long been making preparations.

In Taiyuan, northwestern Shanxi, and southeastern Shanxi, additional airports were built, aviation fuel and aerial bombs were prepared, additional airport oil depots and ammunition depots were built, fuel and ammunition were stored, and additional pilots' dormitories and canteens were built.

and the deployment of trained ground staff to the airport.

Now the pilots have been stationed at the newly built airports and are waiting for Li Yunlong's plane.

Li Yunlong said: "Call back to the headquarters, Boss Chen's side will start delivering goods tomorrow, for three consecutive days, this time there are a total of 300 aircraft, including 100 fighters, 100 medium bombers, 50 heavy long-range bombers, 30 heavy strategic transport aircraft, and 20 reconnaissance aircraft." ”

Although there are a few reconnaissance aircraft, under normal circumstances, fighter jets can also be used as reconnaissance aircraft.

Because every fighter of the Eighth Route Army was equipped with a radio.

And out of the 100 fighters, there are 20 Sabre fighters, and the other 80 are Hellcat fighters.

Because Sabre fighters are so expensive, each Sabre fighter needs to consume 5 ordinary aircraft quota, and each heavy strategic bomber or heavy strategic transport aircraft only consumes 2 ordinary aircraft quota.

This time, although Li Yunlong only exchanged 300 planes, he consumed 200 planes and a large number of devil infantry quotas.

Of course, it was not Li Yunlong who paid alone, and the head of the headquarters also had a wave of blood.

"Yes!"

Wang Dehou grinned.

He quickly drafted a telegram, signed by Li Yunlong, and then asked the Ministry of Communications to send it to the headquarters.

After receiving the telegram, the head of the headquarters must have been happy to keep his mouth shut.

This is a great event of double happiness.

Yesterday, the Eighth Route Army's North Route Attack Group had just recaptured Beiping, and then the Eighth Route Army had acquired another 300 planes.

Had a hearty lunch.

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong: "Regiment commander, all artillery positions have been prepared, and we have prepared 360,000 shells for this shelling. ”

360,000 rounds of shells is a lot, but when it comes to each gun, there are only 250 to 300 rounds per gun.

In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in another time and space, the US army poured nearly 2 million shells and consumed 50,000 tons of ammunition in Shangganling.

But the battle has only just begun.

In this operation, the Eighth Route Army will be even more arrogant than the US army in another time and space.

"Hey, hey!" Li Yunlong was happy, "360,000 rounds of artillery shells are enough for the devils and puppet soldiers on the opposite side to drink a pot." ”

In the original play, Li Yunlong used 3,600 grenades to break through the defense line of the Yamazaki brigade.

But this time, Li Yunlong prepared 360,000 rounds of artillery shells against the main force of the North China Front, many of which were heavy artillery shells, and one heavy artillery shell weighed dozens of kilograms, which was full of power.

Zhao Gang smiled slightly: "In addition to 360,000 rounds of artillery shells, there are also 100-ton aerial bombs prepared by 2 flight regiments. ”

Li Yunlong looked at the watch in his hand: "Wang Dehou! ”

Wang Dehou: "Yes! ”

Li Yunlong's tone was categorical: "Pass my order, and in 10 minutes start shelling the enemy's position!" ”

Wang Dehou: "Yes! ”

……

After 10 minutes.

Devils and puppet army positions.

Just when the devils and the puppet army were guessing whether the Eighth Route Army did not plan to attack.

A large shrill whistling of cannonballs sounded in the sky.

Immediately after, there was an overwhelming explosion.

In addition to artillery fire, there were fighters and bombers, which dropped a large number of aerial bombs on the positions of devils and puppet troops.

After an hour of bombardment, the infantry and tanks launched a feint to prevent there were no devils and puppet troops on the position.

If there were no devils and puppet troops on the position, the shells would be wasted.

Although Li Yunlong has a lot of shells, he has the full support of the gold owner Boss Chen.

You can hardly worry about logistics and supplies, but Li Yunlong is a poor person after all, and it is strictly forbidden to waste ammunition.

The infantry and tanks made a feint to make sure that the devils and the puppet army were in their positions, and then retreated.

An hour later, a new round of aerial bombardment and artillery bombardment began, and the positions of the devils and puppet troops seemed to be flattened, torn to pieces, and drowned in the blazing fire,

Under the continuous and uninterrupted bombardment of high-density heavy artillery and aerial bombs, one after another anti-artillery holes and hidden military holes were hit by heavy artillery and aerial bombs.

The devils and puppet army inside were blown to pieces.

After half a day of shelling, the devils and the puppet army suffered heavy losses.

And Okamura Ninji also prepared to organize death squads at night to launch a decisive attack on the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

……

After dark.

The Japanese 11th Army in the Xuzhou area took the lead in the attack.

The cold winter winds whined through the wilderness.

Tonight is the night of the full moon and the night of killing.

Under the cover of mortars and grenadiers, the Japanese launched an attack on the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army.

Just like last night, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is very sparse, and even the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is not as strong as last night.

The devils of the 4th Division soon attacked the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army and the devils saw red bayonets on the battlefield and engaged in brutal white-knuckle battles.

This time, the devils of the 4th Division showed their ruthlessness and burst out with a combat effectiveness that was a little stronger than usual.

The Eighth Route Army on the forward position did not seem to expect that the enemy's combat effectiveness was so strong tonight, and it was not at the same level as the enemy last night.

Not only the 4th Division, but even the 6th Division and the 13th Division, which were the main attackers, easily occupied the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The devils naturally did not let go of this opportunity and prepared to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The 96 150-mm heavy guns, more than 200 75-mm mountain guns and 75-mm field guns of the 10 artillery wings of the devils began to shell the deep positions of the Eighth Route Army.

Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound tore through the air, and hundreds of shells from the first round of disembowelment fell on the positions of the Eighth Route Army from different directions.

The death-laden metal projectile emitted a terrifying screeching sound, forming a dense orange-red trajectory in the night sky.

The deep positions of the Eighth Route Army immediately fell into a sea of smoke and fire.

In order to achieve the suddenness of the shooting, the artillery cluster of the devils did not carry out pre-firing, but had already determined the shooting of Zhuyuan and prepared a large number of shells a few days ago, just to wait for this moment.

Japanese shelling continued.

A large number of soldiers of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army had already poured into the forward positions that the Eighth Route Army had lost.

These soldiers of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army, carrying backpacks and bayonet rifles, watched with pride in their faces as their artillery bombarded the deep positions of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as the artillery stopped, they immediately rushed to the position of the Eighth Route Army and harvested the heads of the Chinese soldiers.

The commander of the 8th Infantry Wing, Taro Nittaro, grabbed the phone and reported loudly to the division commander Sekihara Liuhui: "Your Excellency the division commander, I am now on the position of the Eighth Route Army, and we have captured some weapons of the Eighth Route Army, including 75mm American mountain guns, 82mm mortars, as well as loudspeaker anti-tank rocket launchers, as well as some new semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

In the headquarters of the 4th Division.

The division commander Guan Yuanliu looked slightly happy.

As the commander of the lieutenant general's division, he naturally will not attack with the troops.

"Yo Xi!" Sekihara asked, "How much ammunition was seized?" ”

"Commander of the Reporting Division." Taro Nitta replied on the phone: "There is almost no ammunition!" ”

Hearing this, Guan Yuanliu was completely relieved, it seems that the Eighth Route Army is really running out of ammunition and food.

Sekihara Rokuchi immediately ordered: "As soon as the cannonfire stops, all the attacking troops will immediately launch a full-scale attack and crush the enemy in one fell swoop!" ”

"Hey."

Taro Nitta Osa bowed his head suddenly.

……

Meanwhile.

Sangha Monastery.

Eighth Route Army Divisional Headquarters.

"Commander."

A chief of staff reported:

"The Japanese army has captured our forward positions, and the Japanese artillery has begun to launch artillery bombardments on our deep positions."

"Expected."

The division commander smiled slightly.

In the deep position of the Eighth Route Army, there were not many Eighth Route Army at all, and the devil's shells exploded lonely.

In order to lure the enemy deeper, the Eighth Route Army has endured devils and puppet troops for several days.

The political commissar also smiled: "It seems that the devil is still in a hurry, two days earlier than we expected." ”

"Can the devil not be in a hurry?"

The chief of staff said: "Beiping has been recovered by our Eighth Route Army, Okamura Ningji and more than 100,000 devils are struggling to support in Baoding, if Yokoyama Yong and his 11th Army can't rush to North China again, Okamura Ningji and the North China Front Army may have to be all broken." ”

"It's better for the devil to attack earlier." The division commander nodded and said, "Deal with the devil as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

(End of chapter)