Bright Sword Military System

There is a brigade of more than 1000 devils stationed at Niangziguan.

Among the devils, considering that there are artillery positions on the high ground and artillery detection radar, a brigade is more than enough to guard Niangziguan.

The devils hadn't done anything these days, but used helicopters to hoist the artillery to the high ground and then transport the shells... Several howitzers in the high ground artillery fort were blown up by the Eighth Route Army, and the devils added a few more guns and stored a lot of ammunition.

With these cannons, the devils are confident that even if a few regiments of the Eighth Route Army attack, they will never return, so they feel very relieved about Niangziguan.

Who would have thought that their cannons would be buried in the cannon bunker after a loud bang, but the Eighth Route Army's artillery bombarded Niangziguan again...

This made a big difference, and the situation in Niangziguan was reversed.

The devil immediately realized that if the Eighth Route Army's new artillery position was not captured, Niangziguan would definitely not be able to hold it, so even though the attack started, the losses were heavy... The artillery on the high ground was completely wiped out, and only the infantry protecting the artillery survived. , The infantry stationed at Niangziguan was bombed to death and burned to death more than [-] people, and directly went to a quarter of the troops.

But the devils immediately launched an attack on the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

This is not to say that the devils are brave. The devils stationed at Niangziguan are not the Kwantung Army but part of the 97th Independent Mixed Brigade. They have dealt with the Eighth Route Army before and know that it is best not to provoke the Eighth Route Army in the mountains.

But that's not for them to decide.

Naozaburo Okabe would never allow Niangziguan to fall, otherwise the Yamada Division, including the Independent Tank Brigade, would be sealed off on the other side of Taihang Mountain, so he issued an order directly to Niangziguan: "Be sure to capture the enemy artillery No matter what the price is, the position will be spared!"

Who would dare to disobey such an order?

Otherwise, I'm afraid they will all be shot when they go back!
So the devils could only bite the bullet and attack the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army. They only hoped that before the infantry of the Eighth Route Army arrived, what they had to face was the artillery.

But the reality is cruel...

Wang Xuexin deployed a regiment of troops in the mountains on both sides of Niangziguan.

In fact, it cannot be said to be deployment. These two troops were transferred from both ends of the Taihang Mountains, and one of the regiments was the main regiment.

Adding these two regiments to the one originally stationed at Niangziguan, there were three regiments in total.

These three regiments have been gathered near Niangziguan for some time, and at this time they have forcibly marched towards the artillery position under Wang Xuexin's order.

It was just right when the devils came up, and as soon as several regiments of the Eighth Route Army rushed up, they all surrounded them in the mountains and chased them fiercely.

This should be said to be the fault of Naozaburo Okabe's command.

He should be able to tell that the Eighth Route Army is not just artillery ambushing in the mountains... In the Taihang Mountains, you can't see a few divisions inside, and a few regiments are even more trivial.

If the Eighth Route Army has infantry to cooperate with artillery, wouldn't it be courting death to send a brigade to compete for its artillery positions?

Naozaburo Okabe should let this brigade disperse in Niangziguan and defend with favorable terrain, so that at least it can hold Niangziguan and other large troops.

As for the artillery of the Eighth Route Army on the high ground... the infantry is the most afraid of artillery in actual combat, and the infantry is also the least afraid of artillery.

If infantry gather together to charge and are covered by artillery fire, they will be vulnerable.

But if you spread out and lie on the ground or hide in the trenches, the artillery fire will not hurt many people.

What's more, the artillery forts of the Eighth Route Army must have limited shells on the top of the mountain, and it is a good thing to use these infantry to consume some shells of the Eighth Route Army.

Naozaburo Okabe did not react until the devil was surrounded and unable to move, but at this time it was too late to regret, so he could only order Niangziguan to gather the last bit of strength to organize the defense.

But this "last bit of strength" consisted of more than a hundred people plus a group of auto soldiers who could not fight. It could not withstand the attack of the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army equipped with repeating rifles, but it was occupied by the Eighth Route Army within half an hour.

The battle is not over yet: the devils trapped in the mountains are still fighting stubbornly. This is because the terrain of the mountains is complicated and it is night, so it is difficult to wipe them out in a short time.

But this didn't affect the overall situation. The main force of the Eighth Route Army quickly organized a defense at Niangziguan and chased east for a while... Seeing that the situation was not good, some devil car soldiers turned their cars around and tried to escape.

But at night and on a small road, the driving was not as fast as the Eighth Route Army's running. The last vehicle was caught up and the supplies were brought back. There were so many bullets and shells that there was no need to replenish them.

In the Taiyuan headquarters, Chen Songyong reported information to Wang Xuexin one by one, including the Eighth Route Army and devils.

After Niangziguan changed hands, the devil's response was to send two artillery regiments to rush to Niangziguan.

Wang Xuexin knew what Naozaburo Okabe was planning. He hoped that at the critical moment, he could rely on numbers to suppress the Eighth Route Army artillery and help the imperial army break through.

But this was obviously in vain. In front of the artillery detection radar, the artillery regiments would all come up to their deaths, not to mention that the narrow terrain of Niangziguan was not suitable for artillery deployment at all.

Chen Songyong couldn't help but said: "Okabe Naozaburo is in a hurry!"

"Can you not be in a hurry?" Zhang Zongping said with a smile: "It is the Kwantung Army he brought from the northeast that is surrounded, more than 1 people! If this is surrounded and wiped out, where will his old face be? Do you still dare to say that Neiji Okamura is suitable for intelligence and will not fight?"

"Hey!" Chen Songyong said, "Have you spoken nicely to Neji Okamura?"

There was a burst of laughter from the headquarters, and the commanders and fighters were all excited about the victory on the battlefield, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

Wang Xuexin frowned and thought about it, and ordered: "Order the troops at Niangziguan to shrink the defense line to defend the artillery position!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Zongping couldn't help but asked: "Regimental Commander, the devils have been beaten and retreated steadily, are you still worried about the safety of the artillery positions?"

Wang Xuexin asked back: "Did you forget that devils still have helicopters?"

Having said that, Zhang Zongping understood that the devils might actually send a special brigade to surrender in a hurry, but at this time the focus of the attack on Niangziguan was on Niangziguan and the remnant army that surrounded and searched for the devils.

The subsequent battle situation really developed like this.

Naozaburo Okabe sent the artillery unit to mislead the Eighth Route Army. His real intention was to set up artillery positions on the high ground, and to concentrate his forces to attack one side...

Naozaburo Okabe was worried that he would not get anything if he divided his troops to attack both sides, so he just attacked one side.

If one side can be shot down, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire will inevitably have a blind spot on Niangziguan, so there will be room for maneuvering.

Moreover, Naozaburo Okabe still let the helicopter take the risk of landing directly on the target high ground... Only in this way can the enemy artillery be caught off guard.

What Naozaburo Okabe didn't expect was that the Eighth Route Army had already shrunk the line of defense and waited for them on the ground.