June 15th.

Daytime.

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Tominoshima looked at the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Brigade that was pressed back by the machine guns and grenadiers of the 8th Route Army in the distance, and a feeling that something was wrong appeared in his mind, and it always lingered.

Today is the fourth day of the Yamashima United's attack on the Xiazhuang stronghold.

For four whole days, the Yamashima Wing, a fully formed infantry wing of the Empire with reinforced artillery, was blocked from the stronghold by a Tubalu of less than a thousand men, and could not advance an inch.

The whole team was very aggrieved in their hearts, and they couldn't wait to kill the Eighth Route Army in the Xiazhuang stronghold.

But at the same time,

They were also shocked by the strength of the combat effectiveness of the earth eight roads.

Especially on the fourth day, after the obvious shortage of shells, he still used inferior forces to block the repeated attacks of the two brigades.

The officers were dumbfounded.

During the interval of the attack, almost all the devils were discussing, how much wood was used to build the position on the Dirt Eighth Road?

This morning, the 2nd Infantry Brigade attacked an enemy ring machine gun fortress, and after advancing to a distance of 500 meters from the fortress, the 2nd Infantry Group fired more than 30 shells at the machine gun fortress with infantry guns, peeling off layers of wood and planks, but still failed to penetrate the outer layer of the main defense of the fortress.

Tominojima didn't pay much attention to these things.

Or rather, his focus is not here.

Having experienced the battle of Cangyunling throughout the whole process, after knowing that the unit in front of him was the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment commanded by Li Yunlong, he was always like facing a great enemy.

The attacks again and again in the past few days also reminded Tominoshima of the time when he was in Cangyunling.

A time he didn't want to recall.

In the battle of Cangyunling, what Funoshima felt the most was the Eighth Route Army unit that although the weapons and equipment were extremely poor, the desire to attack was incredibly strong.

Like a pack of hungry wolves.

The claws may not be sharp enough, the teeth are not strong enough, but no matter what kind of pressure you press them into, even if you stab a bayonet in their chest, you must not let your guard down at all, otherwise a deadly counterattack may come at any time.

That terrible ferocity still appears in Tominojima's dreams from time to time - this is also the reason why that force at that time was able to launch a counterattack with such a small number of troops, and was able to defeat the Sakata United Attack Group.

And the independent regiment in front of you.

There's no doubt that it's still in that terrible style – it's still a pack of hungry wolves with bared teeth.

On the night of the first day, under the cover of night, a squad of the second brigade that attacked the position was completely annihilated in just ten minutes, which is the best proof of this.

But the strange thing is that this group of hungry wolves suppressed the desire to attack, always hid in the stronghold, relying on the stronghold to fight, even if they were attacked by the locust army at night, and after organizing troops to drive the attacking troops out of the position, they never launched a counterattack.

Is it a lack of troops?

Or is it because of some conspiracy?

Or is it because of the defeat in the battle of Cangyunling, he really has mental problems and is really afraid of Li Yunlong?

Tominojima couldn't tell the reason for the feeling that something was wrong.

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June 15 at 10 p.m.

Suddenly, lightning thundered, followed by raindrops the size of beans.

It was pitch black, and there were no fingers to be seen.

Only the moment the lightning flashes through can you see the scenery in the distance.

"Yo Si."

The pouring rain made Yamashima happy.

A large number of machine guns, submachine guns, grenadiers, 60 mortars, so that Yamashima had to admit that the Tubalu guarding the Xiazhuang stronghold in front of him had stronger light firepower than his wing.

And much stronger!

So much so that he had to launch the main offensive at night, weakening the enemy's firepower.

But even so, in the face of the Xiazhuang stronghold, which had a large number of flares and a well-established position, it was still very difficult to fight, and four days passed, and no inch could be entered.

And the Yamashima United themselves suffered heavy casualties.

Now, heavy rain at night will greatly weaken the enemy's firepower superiority, weaken the effectiveness of flares, and further expand the enemy's disadvantage.

It was the time for him to take the stronghold of Xiazhuang.

"Order, the 1st Brigade attacked."

"The 2nd Infantry Brigade is responsible for covering."

"The cavalry squadron rushed to the side, cutting off the rear reinforcements."

Unable to miss the opportunity, Yamashima decided to devote a large group of attack forces at once, and also prepared a second infantry brigade to attack seamlessly, and also sent a cavalry squadron to attack the rear roads.

Only one remained, and the 3rd Brigade garrisoned, which attacked for a whole day during the day.

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"Haha, God help me!"

Also excited about the downpour is Li Yunlong!

In this transaction, although Brother Lu gave the location of the Devil's United Team in advance, and will also provide the location of the United Flag in real time, it is still a hard bone.

If you don't pay attention, you will knock out all your teeth.

The reason why he chose to attack at night was to shorten the charging distance as much as possible and get as close to the devil as possible.

Now, the rain is pouring down, which is more conducive to him quietly approaching and launching a surprise attack.

The devil must have thought the same way, Yamashima will definitely devote all his attack forces, and the rear defense force will inevitably be empty.

"Up!"

Looking at the communicator on his wrist to confirm the location of the Devil Wing flag, Li Yunlong took more than 100 people and touched towards the target.

On the other side, there were more than 300 people led by Zhang Dabiao, and more than 300 submachine guns, which were touching the headquarters of the devil wing.

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"Haha..."

Like Li Yunlong, the brigade commander was also excited.

At this point,

The devil didn't know that in the four days he surrounded the Xiazhuang stronghold, the seven main regiments of the 386th Brigade, as well as the cavalry battalion of the brigade headquarters, totaled 22 main battalions, totaling more than 12,000 people.

It was already a battalion unit, and under the cover of night, it quietly surrounded the entire mountain island unit.

And the devil is obsessed with attacking the stronghold, and he is unaware.

It stands to reason that even if it is a night march, with such a large number of troops, it is impossible for the devil not to know.

Although Yamashima was arrogant, he was not stupid, and during the four-day offensive, he always maintained external reconnaissance, and always sent cavalry squadrons to spread to the outside world, up to five or six kilometers.

Yamashima received a report that only sporadic Tuhachi Alert and Reconnaissance Units had been found.

He was relieved.

Moreover, Yamashima is not worried about being surrounded.

With the strength of the wing under his command and the baggage supplies he carried, even if he was surrounded, as long as he held on and waited for reinforcements, he could hold on for more than ten days.

There was plenty of time to wait for reinforcements.

But the devil obviously didn't know that at this time, all the main battalions of the 386th Brigade were equipped with two latest walkie-talkies, and with the use of reinforced antennas, even at night, the communication distance could be 13 kilometers.

Under such circumstances, there is no need for the communications corps to maintain contact with the outside world, and they can always keep out of the day and night, and the mountains and islands will naturally be unaware.

"Up."

The brigade commander immediately ordered the twenty-two main battalions to approach further.

With the order of the brigade commander, the twenty-two battalions began to narrow the encirclement and block the retreat and escape routes of the devils.

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"Attack!"

At twelve o'clock in the night, Yamashima ordered his troops to attack, and gave the order to die:

"We must take the Xiazhuang stronghold tonight."

The Xiazhuang stronghold was not taken in four days, and the brigade headquarters was already very dissatisfied, and if he didn't come up with any results, I am afraid that his wing captain would really not be able to keep it.

"Hey!"

After receiving the order, the captain of the 1st Devil Infantry Brigade decided to personally lead the charge with his team.

"Kill and give..."

Fierce fighting broke out in the Xiazhuang stronghold.

A 3,000-strong wing of the devil is lone and deep, and the artillery is only six Type 41 mountain guns and three Type 92 infantry guns.

Not to mention the separate regiment with a total strength of five thousand people.

With all his strength, he can directly beat the Devil Mountain Island United.

However, in order to attract the devils to continue the attack, create an opportunity for the annihilation of the headquarters of the devil's wing, capture the wing flag, and create an opportunity for the brigade headquarters to annihilate the entire mountain island wing.

Li Yunlong could only let the third battalion and stuff two more supplementary recruit companies that had been trained for two months to defend.

Even in the later period, because the defense of ten 82 mortars of the third battery of the artillery was too strong, the number of shells had to be reduced.

On a rainy night, the firepower was greatly limited, and in the face of a large brigade, more than 550 devils charged in a cluster, and an hour later, the defensive position on the periphery of the Xiazhuang stronghold was broken through.

The battle went into a brutal trench melee battle.

But in the face of the three battalions, which were almost armed with submachine guns, the devils who broke through to the position immediately suffered.

In the trenches, in the narrow terrain of a complex position, the use of a 38 cover with a length of more than 1.5 meters after being equipped with a bayonet is obviously far less convenient than the 40-type submachine gun about half a meter after folding.

No matter how fast the bayonet is, it can't be faster than a bullet.

Training 10,000 stabs is about the same as adjusting the muzzle of a three-month recruit to pull the trigger.

After a short exchange of fire for more than ten minutes, the devil was in a state of being driven out.

The captain of the Devil's First Infantry Brigade also quickly realized this problem and immediately called for help.

"Report, the 1st Brigade has broken through into the enemy position and is fighting the enemy."

Receiving the news, although the breakthrough had not yet been opened at this time, Yamashima still invested the Second Infantry Brigade for the first time:

"Order, the 2nd Infantry Brigade begins to attack!"

With the addition of devil reinforcements, the pressure on the three battalions increased sharply.

But that's exactly what the three battalions need to see.

"It's coming!"

"Send a report to the regiment commander, just say that the two brigades of devils are attacking the Xiazhuang stronghold and asking for reinforcements."

After sending a phone call to Li Yunlong, the commander of the third battalion personally led the regimental headquarters and more than 200 last reserves to join the front-line battle.

In accordance with the order, the artillery company did not shrink back, and launched artillery to bombard fiercely to block the follow-up devil attack troops.

When two devil brigades and more than 1,000 devils stormed the Zhuang stronghold,

"Let's go!"

On both sides, Li Yunlong, who was only 800 meters away from the position of the devil's flag protection team, also stood up from the haystack where he was dodging, bent over, and quietly approached the target under the cover of night and rain.

(End of chapter)