The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 440 Xie Baoqing, Xie Baoqing, what are you doing with Li Yunlong? (Finish)

The Nishimura Temporary Headquarters of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, and Shubian Yamaguchi, the commander of the brigade, has been suffering like an ant on a hot pot for the past two days.

Every node in the West Village was guarded by the Independence Regiment of the Eighth Route Army with the help of increasingly solid concrete fortifications.

As for his Fourth Mixed Brigade, because it had sent troops to Yangquan many times, it was empty of troops. At this moment, there were only more than one brigade in Xicun.

At first, Yamaguchi thought that he would continue to contain the Independence Regiment for a while, and wait until the sweeping was over, and then he would evacuate calmly.

Unexpectedly, this independent regiment was so bold that it directly besieged his fourth mixed brigade, and even sent a siege to help.

In the past two days, Yamaguchi has launched many attacks towards the nodes held by the surrounding independent regiments.

There are attacks during the day and sneak attacks at night.

Yamaguchi even requested air support from Taiyuan First Army Headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio directly ordered twenty planes to be dispatched to reinforce the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang several times.

In an attempt to blow up the concrete fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army at various nodes.

But all ended in failure.

The devils used the bombs dropped by the plane to blow up many concrete fortifications.

But on the side of the Independent Regiment, every time the devil's bomber arrived, the scouts would sound the siren from a long distance away, and the soldiers would quickly leave the concrete fortifications, relying on the surrounding woods as a cover. .

At the same time, the machine gun was tied to the tree trunk and strafed the devil's plane that bombed at low altitude in order to accurately strike the concrete fortification.

This time, Kong Jie arranged to deal with the possible devil planes, and the machine guns used were not the conventional Czech ones and crooked ones.

It was the Japanese MG15 aviation light machine gun seized from the wreckage of several Devil planes shot down not long ago.

After being repaired by the repair shop, six MG15 aviation machine guns that could be put into combat were finally rescued.

This is a machine gun that Japan bought back from the German army, which was still an ally, and then independently produced the production technology and drawings.

In terms of power, range, accuracy and other performance, it fully surpassed the conventional light and heavy machine guns on the Japanese battlefield against China.

It is specially designed to hit targets at medium and long distances.

From a certain point of view, it is not impossible to use it as an overhead machine gun for anti-aircraft.

For this reason, the devils damaged three planes successively.

So frightened that in the follow-up bombing, the Devil pilots no longer dared to bomb at low altitudes, and the accuracy of striking concrete fortifications also dropped a lot.

As soon as the devil's bombing is over, the soldiers will quickly return to the concrete fortification from the forest to defend.

After all, the devil failed to take advantage of this gap to break through the defense at the node.

As a result, the remaining troops of his [-]th Mixed Brigade were getting smaller and smaller, and now it was less than the strength of a brigade. There were more and more wounded soldiers, and the medicines in reserve were gradually stretched.

What Yamaguchi feared was that if this continued, the Independence Regiment could even completely exhaust his Fourth Brigade.

The only thing Yamaguchi hopes for now is that the surrounding mopping up troops can be reinforced to break the deadlock of the siege of his Fourth Brigade in Nishimura.

It was in such a situation that the sound of fighting at the intersection of the northwest small mountain road and the flanks of Xicun reached the Japanese [-]th Brigade, and reached the ears of Japanese brigade commander Yamaguchi Shubian.

"It's strange. Apart from us, there shouldn't be any other troops fighting the Eighth Route Army. Could it be that reinforcements have arrived?"

Thinking of this, Yamaguchi's face became more expectant.

Chief of Staff Nakajima quickly returned with the news and reported: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the investigation is clear. It turns out that the team led by Yan Sanfu, the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, is fighting the Eighth Route Army in Xicun."

"Only his eighth mixed brigade, did not see other imperial troops?" Yamaguchi asked suspiciously.

Nakajima nodded, and said: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, I also feel a little puzzled. The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Association Army has always been mediocre, especially it is impossible for them to fight against the Eighth Route Army alone. Now the Eighth Route Army The mixed brigade actually has the guts to take the initiative to fight against the independent regiment?"

"Interesting, continue to send scouts to investigate the specific situation."

"Hi!"

Nakajima responded, and said with some hesitation: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, it is rare for Yan Sanfu to fight bravely. Do you think we should take care of them?"

But Yamaguchi shook his head and said, "The situation is unclear now. Our opponent is very cunning. Maybe this is another trap set by Kong Jie. Let the Chinese fight the Chinese!"

"Hi!"

Not long after, the news came back. When the Chief of Staff Nakajima returned to the headquarters, his face was full of joy, "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there is news from the forward observation post that the Eighth Mixed Brigade has knocked down the fortifications in the middle of the village."

"How is this possible?" Yamaguchi felt a little unbelievable. "The defense deployment of this independent regiment in the village is very good. Every step is a trap, and there are crises everywhere. Since the big sweep, we have tried to attack the West Village, as many as ten times, and all of them have failed." Being repelled, how could the Eighth Mixed Brigade easily seize the fortifications now?"

Nakajima said: "According to the report from the frontier observation post, it seems that the Eighth Mixed Brigade discovered a small mountain road leading directly into the West Village, and caught the Eighth Road in the village by surprise."

"Oh! So, this Yan Sanfu is really capable."

Just as he was talking, a communications soldier came to report: "Reporting sir, the communications soldier of the [-]th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army has arrived and said that he has something important to report to His Excellency the brigade commander."

"Let him in quickly." Yamaguchi said.

"Hi!"

After the signal soldiers sent by Yan Sanfu arrived, they folded their heels together, saluted the mountain pass and Nakajima, and then said respectfully: "Report to the majesty, our department found a small mountain road from the northwest to the West Village, brigade commander Lead us to intersperse and attack the eight roads in the village.

Now the fortifications set up by the Eighth Route in the village have been laid down.

The brigade commander asked me to bring a message to the Taijun, and our department will stick to our positions, cover the Taijuns of the Fourth Brigade, and quickly break through from the northwest to Xiaoshan Road. "

Hearing the news suddenly, Nakajima and Yamaguchi looked at each other with joy on their faces.

If things are really as the communicator said, this may be the best opportunity for the Fourth Brigade to break out.

For the nodes stationed by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army around Xicun, it has become very difficult to break through under the fierce firepower and solid defense of the Independent Regiment.

Yamaguchi has been struggling with the problem of how to break out of the siege, but now he has hope.

Out of caution, Nakajima asked one more question, "Are you sure you repelled the eight routes?"

"Reporting to the prince, there is absolutely no mistake. The brigade commander led us to rush out from the small mountain road suddenly. Eight roads never thought of it, and we were caught off guard.

So far, we have killed more than one company of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The troops deployed by the Eighth Route were not too many, and they were directly defeated by us and retreated. "

Perhaps it was in the same line, but when the communications soldiers of the Eighth Mixed Brigade spoke big words, they didn't blush or heartbeat.

"However, the brigade commander asked me to tell the Taijun, please hurry up, otherwise the Eighth Route from the rear will definitely come to reinforce it."

The situation was urgent, and there was no room for Yamaguchi and Nakajima to think too much. It was equally dangerous to be trapped here. Now that there was a chance to break out, the two old devils did not hesitate.

Yamaguchi shouted: "Okay, go back and tell Brigadier Yan, please continue to guard the fortifications, and I will lead the team to transfer."

"Hi!" The communications soldier responded and turned to leave.

After the communicators left, Yamaguchi continued to order: "Nakajima-kun, immediately order the Hirakawa Brigade to send out an infantry squadron to cover the wounded and evacuate from the northwest mountain road where the [-]th Mixed Brigade advanced."

"The main force of our department will follow up and prepare to break out from the West Village."

"Hi!" Nakajima responded.

As if the winning ticket was in his hands, after giving the order, Shankou looked in the direction of Zhangjiazhuang and sighed: "Ishii-san, I'm sorry, I can only break out first, and then try to save you."

Time moved forward quickly, and 5 minutes had passed since Kong Jie gave the order to the mountain artillery company of the howitzer.

A Japanese squadron of the 100th Mixed Brigade, carrying stretchers and transporting more than [-] seriously wounded people, was already on the way, advancing towards the intersection area between the West Village and the northwest small mountain road.

The news of the Japanese army's advance quickly spread to the headquarters of the Eighth Mixed Brigade.

Yan Sanfu, who had placed the temporary headquarters on Xiaoshan Road in the northwest, was overjoyed when he heard the news.

Immediately ordered: "Brothers, all guard the fortifications for me. Before the Taijun is successfully transferred, the Eight Routes must not be allowed to sneak over."

"You are very clever, don't be idle, let the sixth regiment leader lead the team to meet the imperial army troops that came earlier."

"Yes!" Adjutant Wang Dacong replied.

By the 8th minute.

The Japanese squadron, carrying more than 100 seriously wounded people, rushed to the intersection area between the northwest path and Xichong.

Niukou Village.

Independent Regiment Headquarters, frontier scouts passed the news back.

"Reporting to the head of the regiment, a Japanese squadron with wounded devils is advancing towards the intersection area and has arrived at the fortification area."

Kong Jie nodded. As expected, once the devils knew about the small mountain road to the northwest opened by the [-]th Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army, most of the devils would choose to avoid the nodes and break out from this direction.

The order that Kong Jie gave to the mountain artillery company of the howitzer earlier, although there was an element of anger.

However, Commander Kong, who was considerate in his work, still took the Japanese army into consideration.

In the following bombardment, Kong Jie wanted to kill chickens and respect monkeys, severely damage the Eighth Mixed Brigade, and show the puppet troops in the entire Shanxi area a good look at what will happen if they dare to provoke the independent regiment.

While avenging the sacrificed soldiers, Kong Jie didn't mind, and hit the Japanese army hard by the way.

10 minutes seems to be the most appropriate now.

Looking in the direction of the West Village intersection, Kong Jie raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was already nine minutes and 30 seconds, and there were still 30 seconds left.

When the second hand clicks on the last small scale.

The howitzer, which was meticulously executing Kong Jie's order, gave the order to fire, and the sound of the guns rang out.

At this time, the Japanese squadron brought more than 100 wounded soldiers, most of whom had arrived at the intersection area from the northwest hill to the west village.

The head of the Sixth Regiment of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army led a group of puppet soldiers to greet them. They helped carry stretchers and helped the wounded soldiers one by one. They were very attentive.

On the soil slope of the fortifications at the head of the West Village, Yamaguchi and Nakajima held binoculars and looked at the situation at the intersection of the West Village with smiles on their faces.

"It's a blessing, Your Excellency the brigade commander, it seems that we can transfer out smoothly!"

"Yaoxi..."

Yamaguchi nodded, and before he could finish the rest of his sentence, the sound of cannons exploding at the intersection of Xicun and Xixixiangxiaoshan Road made his words come to an abrupt end.

Next, what Nakajima and Yamaguchi saw through the binoculars horrified them both:
The explosion of the first shell was the opening. Immediately afterwards, I don’t know how many shells landed on the intersection area of ​​Xicun and Xixiang Xiaoshan Pass. It is estimated that the area with a radius of 200 meters was covered by firepower.

In the second half of the West Village, the howitzer commander of the Independent Regiment Mountain Artillery Company was directing the artillery soldiers to fire wildly.

Anyway, the commander's order was not to be precise, but to cover with full firepower. After determining the approximate area where the cannon would hit, the howitzer directly ordered rapid fire.

The independent regiment originally had only one artillery company, and the company commander at that time was Wang Chengzhu.

Later, as the number of artillery in the regiment continued to increase and the shells gradually became abundant, Kong Jie ordered the expansion of a mountain artillery company, and the company commander was howitzer, the deputy company commander of the original artillery company.

The independent regiment also had two artillery companies. The artillery and main artillery of the two artillery companies were not the same in style.

The artillery company led by Wang Chengzhu is mainly composed of captured Type 82 infantry artillery and some 81mm and [-]mm mortars.

The mountain artillery company led by the howitzer, as the name suggests, uses mountain artillery as its main firepower.

So far, there are five 75mm mountain guns, three 37mm rapid-fire guns, plus two 82mm and three 75mm mortars.

The number of shells is not small.

Although Yang Chongshan, the head of the 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, never dared to sell artillery to Kong Jie, he still dared to secretly smuggle some artillery shells.

Especially after the devils launched a big raid on the Taihang area this time.

The 57 regiments were not far away and were almost affected.

Kong Jie promised Yang Chongshan that as long as the 57th regiment can provide shells, once the devils sweep over, the independent regiment will attract all the firepower of the Japanese army.

In addition, how much does each shell cost or how much.

When Yang Chongshan heard that there was such a good thing, there was nothing to say, and he immediately spared no effort to obtain arms from various sources and sell them to the independent group.

At this moment, under the command of the howitzers, thirteen artillery pieces directly locked on the intersection of Xicun and Northwest Xiangshan Road, covering the area with full firepower. Round after round of shells, they fell continuously, and the power can be imagined.

This is a rare scene since the Eighth Route Army's Anti-Japanese War.

Yamaguchi and Nakajima, who were watching the battle from behind, were stunned.

The puppet troops of the [-]th Mixed Brigade who were being covered by artillery, as well as the devils who had just rushed to the intersection area, were directly bombarded.

The little devil hated so much in his heart, and when he was dying, he scolded these puppet soldiers from the bottom of his heart.

If it weren't for these meddling imperial association troops, why would they rush over to die?

Anger, shock, helplessness and desolation, all kinds of emotions were mixed in the bottom of my heart, so that Yamaguchi, who was trembling all over, slammed his fist hard on his chest.

The squadron sent by the Hirakawa Brigade, and more than 100 wounded soldiers from the Empire, have been overwhelmed by artillery fire.

The artillery attack method currently being used by the Eighth Route Army is completely powerless to fight back when his Fourth Mixed Brigade has lost its artillery unit.

An angry Yamaguchi issued an order: "Immediately contact the headquarters by radio and request emergency air support from the commander!"

"The location is locked at the end of the West Village. The target is the Artillery Unit of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

"Hi!"

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Yan Sanfu, the brigade commander of the [-]th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army who witnessed this tragic scene at a closer distance, now has a face full of horror, despair, and regret.

Now he finally understands why such a sentence gradually circulated in the Royal Association Army:
I would rather mess with the National Army than the Eighth Route Army, and I would rather mess with the Eighth Route Army than the Independent Regiment!

The tiger's butt is really untouchable.

Under the full firepower of the Independent Regiment Mountain Artillery Company, all the fortifications that the puppet army and the Japanese army were stationing at the intersection of Xicun and Northwest Xiangshan Road were flooded by artillery fire.

Most of the fifth and sixth regiments of his eighth mixed brigade were stationed in the fortification area.

Yan Sanfu was cautious out of character, greedy for life and afraid of death, that's why he placed the temporary headquarters on the northwest mountain road, otherwise, the current moment would be equally dire.

Looking at the main force of the fifth and sixth regiments who were directly swallowed by artillery fire.

Yan Sanfu staggered back a few steps, his face turned pale in an instant, "It's over, it's over!"

In this troubled world, guns are the last word, and troops are king.

He, Yan Sanfu, was able to mediate between the forces of all parties, and he was able to get to where he is today. He relied on the fact that he had guns and troops under his hands!
Right now, the strength of his two regiments cannot escape the fate of being severely damaged.

As a result, Yan Sanfu's heart was filled with ashes.

The intestines are almost green with regret.

If I had known that this independent group was such a stubble, I was so full that I came to provoke this independent group!
To use the classic plot: Xie Baoqing, Xie Baoqing, what are you doing with that bastard Li Yunlong?
Yan Sanfu, Yan Sanfu, what are you doing to provoke this fierce tiger from the Independence Group?
Adjutant Wang Dacong's reaction was rather quick, and he said hastily: "Traveler, if you wait any longer, our two regiments will be finished. Please give an order and retreat immediately!"

Hearing this, Yan Sanfu glared at the adjutant fiercely, and cursed: "Hey, you are really smart, I will settle accounts with you later!"

"Pass my order, notify the fifth and sixth regiments, and retreat immediately!"

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(End of this chapter)