Water Springs City.

Amidst the roaring cannonballs, Pinglu Yongfu sent his 14th Infantry Brigade out of the city to support Hutou Mountain.

But what he didn't expect was that this brigade had just left the city, and there was also a dense sound of artillery to the west of Shuiquan City.

A phone call followed, and Lieutenant Tsuyoshi Akimoto, who was stationed at Gaojiayuan in the west, reported that they had also been attacked by at least one of the main regiments of the Tuhachi Road, and asked for tactical guidance.

Faced with such a situation, Pinglu Yongfu instantly understood that the enemy was not good, and at least one division of troops was aimed at him and surrounded him!

He immediately said to Imamura Junhei:

"Imamura-kun, it seems that last night's attack on Tuba Road in Ping'an County and Yang County really has a big plan, they are definitely going to attack my Shuiquan City!"

Imamura nodded:

"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander is reasonable, but from a humble point of view, the Tuba Road is menacing, and the ultimate goal is probably not in my own water spring!"

"Nani?

What bigger plans do they have? ”

Yuo Hiraku couldn't believe it.

In fact, he also had some guesses in his heart, but he didn't dare to be sure.

"I think that the purpose of Tubalu's attack on Shuiquan with the strength of one division with such fanfare may be to deal with the Jinnan battlefield!"

Imamura Gunpei is sure to be authentic.

"Yaga!

Do they think that I, I'm going to ask General Okamura for help???

They think I'm such a coward who is afraid of death?? ”

Yuo Hiraku felt insulted.

As a major general of the empire, he would rather die than have his samurai honor tarnished.

He secretly decided that even if the whole army was annihilated, he would never harass General Okamura!

General Okamura's strategic deployment in Jinnan must not be disrupted!

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I'm afraid the situation won't go as we envisioned!

Once the water spring falls, Tuba Road to the east, you can go straight to Shimen, to the west to threaten Yuci, Jinyang line, when the time, the situation of the entire Jindi, northern Hebei will change greatly! ”

Imamura Junhei was embarrassed to say directly: Do you think that if you don't ask for help, you will be fine?

Tubalu clearly saw that our troops were insufficient, so at this time, such a big offensive was launched!

After listening to Imamura Junhei's words, Yuo Hiraku immediately nodded, he understood very well that the key point of this big game of chess was in Shuiquan City!

As long as he defends Shuiquan City, all the schemes of Tubalu will come to naught.

And if you can't hold it, then what Imamura Junhei said is indeed very likely to happen.

So he said categorically:

"Yo Si!

Do you think that one division can capture my water spring?

They are wishful thinking!

Immediately ordered Akimoto Gangzhi to resolutely defend Gaojiayuan!

It's less than 3 hours before it gets dark, and as soon as it's dark, I'll arrange for reinforcements to go out of the city and replace them!

The ammunition of the Tsuchihachi Road is limited, and it is impossible to continue shelling his positions for a long time! ”

Hearing this order, Imamura Junhei suddenly sighed.

He understood that although Pinglu Yongfu was very loud on his lips, he was very conservative in his heart, and he just wanted to delay time at the smallest cost until the end of the Jinnan War.

At that time, as long as the locusts army can draw out one or two divisions and regiments, let alone one division's dirt and eight roads, even if two more divisions come, it will inevitably suffer a devastating blow!

For this decision, he didn't dare to say that there was anything wrong, but deep down, he inevitably had some doubts.

He pondered: Tu Balu is planning to attack, will there be no big move?

Now that there is no movement on the north and south sides of Shuiquan City, will Tubalu give up attacking in these two directions?

Impossible, right?

……

In Weijiayu, north of Shuiquan City, the moment Yang Yuanshan heard the cannon sound of Hutou Mountain, he immediately ordered the soldiers who had been resting in the woods for a while to immediately get up and march towards Shuiquan with great fanfare.

As soon as he walked a short distance, he encountered several fighters riding bicycles and rushed back.

Yang Yuanshan looked at their appearance, and vaguely remembered that they seemed to be the soldiers of the special operations company, and couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart, and said secretly: Wei Dayong's wine and meat monk, shouldn't he be exposed in Shuiquan City and sacrificed?

That's so distressing!

"Report to the regiment commander, the little devils blocked Shuiquan City, and the company commander said that they would not come out, stay in the city, add some blockage to the little devils, and send us back to report the situation."

These soldiers came to Yang Yuanshan and saluted and reported.

Upon hearing this, Yang Yuanshan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Monk Wei didn't die.

Immediately, he understood that the blockade of the little devil was certainly a reason, but the reason why Wei Dayong didn't go out of the city on this dog day was probably because he wanted to deliberately do something, so he couldn't come out.

I couldn't help but feel a little angry in my heart, and I couldn't wait to immediately order this guy to get out of here.

However, he immediately pondered for a while, and felt that the special operations company making trouble for the little devils in the city of the little devils might have a greater effect than coming out to attack the city with a large army.

If he is lucky and can kill the brigade commander of the little devil, it will be a good turn, so he will not worry about Wei Dayong.

Nodding his head and asking:

"How's the hostile situation in Watersprings?

Where are the weak points of defense?

What are the heavy firepower? ”

These soldiers were originally worried that Yang Yuanshan was angry about Wei Dayong's failure to come out, but now seeing that he didn't say anything, their hearts suddenly relaxed, and they hurriedly recounted the information they had spooked.

Knowing that there were only four brigades in the little devil's city, and that a brigade had just been sent out of the city in the direction of Hutou Mountain, Yang Yuanshan suddenly felt that this Water Spring City was stable!

He immediately called Gao Yuanzhi and ordered:

"Gao Yuanzhi, the little devil is in Shuiquan City, and there is a reinforced artillery squadron equipped with 6 75mm mountain guns.

Currently scattered on four city walls, you have to find a way to expose the artillery positions of the little devils, and then knock out all these artillery!

Don't let go of a single one! ”

In fact, in addition to these 6 mountain guns, there are also 2 Type 92 infantry guns for each infantry brigade, and the whole brigade of the Little Devil in Shuiquan City originally had 5 infantry brigades, that is, 10 Type 92.

However, the power of the ninety-two style, Yang Yuanshan had long been out of his eyes, so he did not specifically emphasize it to Gao Yuanzhi.

Now Gao Yuanzhi's artillery battalion has 36 guns, and when he heard that Yang Yuanshan's request to him was to kill 6 mountain guns, he immediately nodded without hesitation:

"Rest assured, the regiment commander, our artillery battalion is guaranteed to complete the task!"

"Good!

Now go find favorable terrain, build an artillery position, and as soon as you are ready, you don't need to ask for instructions, and open fire! ”

"Yes!"

Gao Yuanzhi agreed, looked around with a telescope, and then after a little discussion with Wang Gensheng, he beckoned the people of the artillery battalion to run to a hillside to the west.

……

As soon as the spy group moved from Weijiayu, the little devil observation post in the turret set up two or three kilometers north of Shuiquan City immediately discovered the situation and hurriedly called the brigade headquarters in Shuiquan City.

"Report to Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, a large tubalu has been found in the north, with at least two or three regiments in size!"

When Yuo Hiraku heard this, he immediately glanced at Imamura Junpei, and both of them understood what they meant by each other, that is, the layout of the dirt eight roads finally began to be exposed.

He immediately ordered:

"Continue to observe clearly, the heavy weapon configuration of the Dirt Eight Road!"

As soon as he heard this, the little devil sentry felt bitter in his heart.

It is clear that the enemy is coming so much, and there are only a few people in his small turret, if he doesn't withdraw now, he will definitely not be able to run away after a while!

But the order of His Excellency the brigade commander, he could not disobey it, and could only honestly agree to it.

Then order everyone in the turret to continue to observe and be ready to report at any time.

At this time, they saw the tanks "rumbling" from the special task force, as well as the heavy artillery dragged by the horses of the artillery battalion.

"Nani? That's a chariot? ”

Several little devils screamed in horror.

Immediately prepared to call again to report to Yuo Pinglu.

However, at this time, suddenly several huge cannons rang out—

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

……

All of them felt black in front of them, and then they returned to their hometowns with their bodies incomplete.

This was because Gao Yuanzhi saw that this turret was too much of an eyesore, so he ordered the three mountain cannons to fire at the same time, blasting them into the sky.

As for why he only used three mountain cannons to fire, it was naturally to complete Yang Yuanshan's task and fish out the little devil's mountain cannons and eliminate them.

(End of chapter)