In the evening of the same day.

"Attack!"

"Yaga, is this using us as cannon fodder?!"

Hearing the attack order of the rear captain, Nan Shangzhi scolded secretly, and his heart became more and more dissatisfied, but he also had to lead the squadron under his command to launch a third attack.

In fact, this is already the sixth time that their brigade has launched an attack.

Each time, it was pressed back by the enemy's powerful artillery fire.

Although thanks to the straggler attack array, as well as the poor accuracy of the mortars and the fact that they had to carry out rapid shelling in order to evade the artillery of the wing, as well as the shelling of the artillery brigade, many craters were formed that could be used as cover, the losses of the attacking troops were not large, only a dozen or twenty people at a time.

But after six accumulations, there were more than 100 casualties, including more than 70 people in Yusha.

And the mountain artillery brigade of the Yamashima Wing, although it has been firing, it can't do it, let alone destroy the enemy's positions, destroy the enemy's artillery group, or even suppress the enemy's artillery.

Tomotomo has already seen that the enemy's artillery is not only numerous, but also has a fast rate of fire and high mobility, and can quickly fire a series of shells and then divert.

Extremely difficult to suppress.

In fact, in the fifth attack, the mountain artillery brigade seemed to have suppressed the enemy's artillery group, but when the attacking troops were close to the enemy's position at a distance of 800 meters, they were shelled by a large number of small-caliber mortars of the Eighth Route Army.

So much so that after a day of fighting, the enemy has not fired a single shot!

Yes, the battle, which lasted for a day, the Imperial Army launched six attacks, and did not even touch the enemy's positions, and more than a hundred casualties were caused by enemy shell casualties.

It is clear to him that this is not the incompetence of the locust army.

Rather, the Wing Commander was deliberately using his newly formed brigade to drain the enemy's ammunition and test the enemy's firepower.

"Yaga!"

Cursed again in his heart, Nan Shangzhi looked at the surrounding circle of soldiers who were charging forward frantically, and quietly slowed down, but his heart was confused.

Even if he survives this time, what can he do?

He's a squadron leader, just a high-level cannon fodder!

···

"The enemy's artillery fire is so fierce!"

More than two kilometers from the front line, the headquarters of the mountain island wing.

Yamashima Osa held the binoculars and looked at the 3rd Infantry Squadron of the 3rd Brigade that was forced to retreat again in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, as well as envy.

After being taught a day, Yamashima had to admit in his heart that mortars were indeed a good thing.

Although the accuracy is poor, the high rate of fire can effectively compensate for this shortcoming, coupled with high mobility, good range, and high power, which is very suitable as an infantry companion suppression artillery.

In terms of suppressing the enemy's offensive, mountain artillery would definitely not be able to do so much.

He also understood at this time why the Beijing Brigade lost so badly.

In the face of such intensive shelling, the defeat of the Beijing Brigade, which could not be used in the mountainous terrain, was inevitable.

Still.

With a smile on his face, Yamashima Daisa sneered in his heart.

He asked the staff officer to calculate that in order to block his one-day attack, more than 600 rounds of 82 mortar shells and more than 300 rounds of 60 mortar shells were fired at Tubalu, causing only one of his squadron casualties.

I had a wing, three infantry brigades.

How many shells can you have?

How many thousand rounds?

Tens of thousands of rounds?

This mission was to establish a permanent base and establish regular patrols, and he carried enough baggage to send a brigade to transport ammunition and baggage if necessary.

He had plenty of time to spend with Li Yunlong.

"Order the 2nd Infantry Brigade to launch a night attack."

"The 3rd Infantry Brigade has strengthened its vigilance."

Yamashima left an order and went into the underground command post that had just been excavated.

On the opposite side was an independent regiment commanded by Li Yunlong.

He didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Nobutsu Sakata.

···

"Little devil, this is preparing for a war of attrition?"

Morning.

Receiving the report from the Xiazhuang stronghold, Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment.

Unexpectedly, one day, the little devil actually played a war of attrition.

"When are we going to do it?"

Zhao Gang's tone was a little worried.

Not worried about this battle.

Only one wing was sent to attack Xiazhuang and Shangcun, and the devils obviously underestimated the strength of the Taiyue Military Region, and also seriously underestimated the strength of the independent regiment.

With the current strength, weaponry, and logistical supply of the Taiyue Military Region, unless the devils send a full infantry brigade in, they can directly keep the devils out.

He was worried about Li Yunlong's safety.

This mission is to take out the headquarters of the Devil's Mountain Island Wing and capture the wing flag.

The battle plan was to set up a night assault team with the backbone of the battle, led by Li Yunlong himself, relying on the information provided by Boss Lu, and approaching the headquarters of the Shandao Wing at night in concealment.

With lightning speed, the headquarters of the wing, including the devil Yamashima Osa, quickly captured the wing flag and did not give the devil time to react.

Zhao Gang actually didn't want Li Yunlong to go.

But this deal is too important!

After killing the headquarters of the Mountain Island United, only more than 20 kinds of materials can be added to the list of applications.

But if you can capture the Devil Wing flag, you can get two epoch-making mortars.

60 mortars weighing nineteen kilograms and firing at a range of three and a half thousand meters.

The weight, without counting sights, was only thirty-six kilograms, and the maximum firing range was 82 mortars of five thousand seven hundred meters.

And the accuracy is much higher than the existing mortars.

Especially the latter, the firing range has caught up with the devil's 41 mountain artillery, and the weight is even nearly 20 kilograms lighter than the existing mortars of the troops.

And the silver dollar!

This month, Zhao Gang inquired that the silver dollar could only be exchanged after getting the wing flag.

In the final analysis, the war is the country's industrial foundation and economic foundation!

If the troops receive a large amount of food, and after the initial solution of the shortage of materials, they can still have a large amount of silver dollars to completely solve the financial problem, then they can further mobilize the forces of the base areas.

More troops, more mobilized people, more training and absorption of more talents, and even factories can be built to produce weapons and equipment on their own.

Perhaps, it is really possible to establish a real base in the rear occupied by this devil.

A base to keep the devil out.

In the past, the troops used to use sports warfare and put devils in to fight, not because it was the best, but because there was no way, the strength was not enough, otherwise who would want to put devils into the house to destroy?

finally developed a little foundation, but it was destroyed by the devil.

The construction of clothing factories, horse farms, and arsenals should also consider transfer and concealment, which are small in scale and low in efficiency.

Therefore, such an important task can only be led by Li Yunlong himself!

"In a few days."

Li Yunlong smiled sympathetically:

"Let the old devil on the mountain island be arrogant for a few days, let him be careless and arrogant."

"Then we'll do it again."

"It can also give the brigade headquarters time to mobilize troops."

"Brigade headquarters mobilizes troops?"

Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment and said:

"Didn't you already explain to the brigade headquarters that this battle will be solved by us?"

As long as the headquarters of the Yamashima Wing is killed, even if there is no command structure, it is impossible to annihilate or severely damage the Yamashima Wing with the strength of an independent regiment, but it is very simple to defeat and retreat.

"The brigade commander's appetite is much greater than that of labor and management."

Li Yunlong smiled.

"The brigade has a big appetite?"

Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and said in disbelief:

"Could it be that the brigade commander wants to be annihilated?"

"What do you think?"

Li Yunlong snorted.

If!

The brigade commander who was in Cangyunling at that time, Li Yunlong was sure that Bantian was still dead!

···

Compared to daytime.

The battle at the Xiazhuang stronghold that night was much harder.

The 2nd Brigade of the Yamashima Wing is an old brigade, although it is also a C-level brigade, with only one Type 92 infantry gun, but the soldiers are obviously more experienced than the 3rd Brigade that was newly formed during the day.

And has considerable experience in night combat.

On many occasions, with the help of night cover, they broke through the front of the position of the third battalion and launched an attack.

In addition, the mortars at night were relatively ineffective, the artillery in the regiment seriously lacked night combat experience, and most of the three battalions were recruits.

In the third attack, there was even a devil squad around the side, and the mine guard was accidentally destroyed by artillery, and it actually quietly approached the outer position, and suddenly rushed into the attack position from a position where the fire was weak.

At one point, it was necessary to continue to go deeper along the position.

In order to avoid a large number of casualties in the position, and the devils took the opportunity to expand the breakthrough, the commander of the third battalion immediately took two platoons of reserves to surround and annihilate the devils of this small group.

However, the situation was not urgent at the time.

After all, there was still a platoon in the third battalion, several squads, and more than forty people in the battalion headquarters, and together, the reserves of more than a hundred people were not used.

If necessary, a part of the battalion's artillery platoon, as well as a part of the ammunition of the 3rd artillery company, transport fighters can also join the battle, and the reserve of more than 200 people.

It wasn't until the morning that the devil's attack stopped for a while.

The casualties of the three battalions during the night were not small, with a full thirty soldiers killed or wounded, including the deputy platoon commander of the third platoon.

After the commander of the third battalion asked the regimental headquarters for approval, the firing line promoted Ma Rongshun, the leader of the third squad who had performed well in the battle, to serve as the acting deputy platoon commander.

Last night, after the position was opened by the devils, it was Ma Rongshun who led his squad to block the attack of the devil's squad to the death, and also created an opportunity for the third battalion to annihilate the devil's squad.

If Ma Rongshun performs well in the follow-up, this agent can be removed, and he will become the deputy platoon commander.

···

A night of fierce fighting ended.

Compared to the ease of the three battalions.

The smile of the old devil on the mountain island yesterday was completely gone.

The loss during the day was expected by him, he already knew that the independent regiment had sufficient shells, and he also dispatched a newly formed cannon fodder brigade, just to test the firepower of the Xiazhuang stronghold.

But the nighttime attack was badly frustrated, and it was beyond Yamashima's expectations.

The casualties were enough for a squadron, and even a squad was wiped out!

And, he also found one thing.

The stronghold built by Tubalu in the Xiazhuang stronghold was very strong, using a large number of wooden beams, and his shelling during the day caused almost no damage.

This is the root of Yamashima's smile disappearing - he realizes one thing, this is the stronghold of the village, and he wants to break through,

Hard!

(End of chapter)