The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

"Regimental Commander, with this big victory in place, we are getting closer and closer to our ultimate goal of annihilating the reinforcements from the Third Route!" Li Wensheng said excitedly.

Kong Jie took the telegram and read it twice before putting it down: "Shen Quan has already run ahead of us...we can't be too behind!"

"Let the troops rush to repair the fortifications in the last two hours!"

"Try to end the battle before one o'clock in the morning tonight, kill the Japanese and puppet troops on the right, and then go to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops on the middle!"

Li Wensheng understood the divine way: "I'll make arrangements now..."

The land temple blocking battle became more and more fierce.

In order to take down the Temple of Earth, Colonel Miyamoto not only dispatched six 120mm mortars, but also called in three planes to assist in the battle!
The time was limited, and the blast holes repaired by the Assault Battalion in Tudi Temple could only withstand ordinary mortar attacks.

In the face of the roaring large-caliber mortar shells and aerial bombs dozens of times more powerful, the anti-blasting hole was like paper, and it was blown down in an instant...

The Tuyi Company originally planned to hold off the enemy here for more than three hours. Facing the joint attack of heavy artillery and aircraft, they only persisted for two and a half hours before they had to retreat because of too many casualties!

"Battalion Commander, let the cavalry company dispatch early!" Zhong Chengjun suggested with a heartbroken face.

"The cavalry company has nearly [-] cavalrymen. If they suddenly attack and force a breakthrough, there is still a high possibility of entering the devil's artillery position and destroying their artillery!"

"If you don't fight like this, let the infantry continue to hold on, no matter how many troops we have, they won't be enough to bomb them!"

Huang Yu thought for a long time before shaking his head and said: "The cavalry company cannot move for the time being!"

"This is our last trump card to turn defeat into victory, block reinforcements and defeat them!"

"Let the cavalry company join the battle in advance. If we fail, we will lose our cards to defend the land temple. If the devils take the opportunity to break through the blocking position here and kill Ping'an County, the new second regiment will be attacked by the enemy. The price we pay is comparable to our defense of the land." How big is the temple?"

"Then how should we fight next?" Zhong Chengjun was anxious.

"The devils have aircraft support in the sky, and heavy artillery on the ground to provide artillery support... We only have six or seven hundred people left, and the artillery holes can't withstand heavy mortars and aircraft attacks!"

"If we don't find a way to destroy one or two of their advantages, we won't be able to fight the next battle at all!"

Huang Yu frowned and replied: "Not all battles can be tricky!"

"When it's time to fight a tough battle, you must fight, and no one can escape!"

"Our assault battalion can not only fight clever battles and take advantage of the devils, but also fight tough battles..."

"Let the Tuer Company get ready for battle, and remind Xiang Tiezhu that there are only two new recruits in the battalion headquarters, and I will give him one at most..."

"It will be dark for more than two hours, and the Tuerlian Company must persist until dark before giving up its position!"

"At that time, we only need to guard against the heavy artillery brought by the little devil!"

"Combined with the cover of night, the shooting accuracy of heavy mortars will be greatly reduced, the survival rate of troops will be greatly improved, and the combat pressure will be much lower!"

Zhong Chengjun couldn't think of any other way to break the situation, so he could only nod in agreement, approving the decision.

The Japanese army attacked the position and saw that the attacking troops captured the first line of defense of the Earth Temple, but Grand Master Miyamoto was not at all happy.

The troops were dragged by the County Brigade of the Eighth Route Army for nearly two hours on the marching road. There is still no news about a reinforced squadron of the County Brigade that was divided into pursuit.

After finally arriving at the Temple of Earth, the main force of the Eighth Route Army stopped him for more than two hours.

In order to take this line of defense, the reinforcements lost more than [-] people...

The land temple in front of me still has two defense lines occupied by the Eighth Route Army. According to the attack rhythm just now, it will take four or five hours and lose thousands of troops to take it down.

Not much time to say...

He was not the only one to reinforce Ping'an County, as long as the other troops arrived in Ping'an on time, his being a few hours late would not affect the overall situation.

What worries him the most is the strength of the troops...

In the previous march, in addition to dividing troops to hunt down and kill more than [-] people from the county brigade, the reinforcements were also killed and injured more than [-] people by guerrilla warfare and mine warfare, with a total loss of more than [-] people.

If they capture the Earth Temple, they will lose another [-] people.

The total strength of the reinforcements would drop sharply from [-] to [-], and the casualties would be too great.

Just when he was frowning and trying to find a way to reduce the casualties of the troops, the radio operator hurriedly ran towards him: "Sir, there is an urgent call from Ping'an County!"

"Let's seize the time to take down the land temple blocking position and reinforce Ping'an County..."

"The telegram also said that the New Second Regiment attacking Ping'an County has shown signs of retreating and may run away at any time!"

"If the reinforcements arrive late, they may be empty at any time!"

Colonel Miyamoto quickly took over the telegram and browsed through it. After confirming that what the operator said was correct, he began to issue an order: "We finally reached the Temple of Earth, lost so many troops on the way, and paid such a high price. loss!"

"Order the troops to start attacking the second line of defense of the Earth Temple... Be sure to take it down in the shortest possible time... There is no time to think about ways to reduce casualties!"

"Contact the air force to provide us with another air support, and blow up the second blocking position of the Earth Temple to the ground..."

"After the plane was blown up, the artillery continued to blow up..."

"Even if the Eighth Route Army defending the position is made of iron, I will blow them into molten iron..."

Although the brigade commander of the [-]th brigade was hundreds of kilometers away, he was still concerned about the three regiments in Northwest Shanxi.

The base map on the table had long been replaced with a map of Northwest Shanxi, and several ongoing battles were all marked on the map.

"Brigade Commander...good news..." Chief of Staff Zhou rushed all the way to Brigadier Chen to report.

"Kong Jie divided his troops into two main battalions, Shen Quan unified his command, successfully annihilated a reinforcement force, killed more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops, captured more than [-] puppet troops, and captured a large number of weapons and equipment, with less than five casualties. Hundreds of people!"

As he spoke, he erased the blue flag representing the reinforcements on the map.

After hearing this, Brigadier Chen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The independent regiment deserves to be the elite who fought against Taiyuan... Even in Northwest Shanxi, it still didn't disappoint us!"

Chief of Staff Zhou continued to report: "There is another piece of good news!"

"Comrade Kong Jie is personally commanding the four main battalions of the Independence Regiment to ambush the reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops on the right... At present, more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops have been killed, and they are preparing for a decisive battle with the remaining one thousand Japanese and puppet troops here! "

"Analyzing the strength and firepower of both the enemy and us...they have at least an [-]% chance of winning this battle..."

"If they win this battle, even if Li Yunlong fails to take down Ping'an County, the Independence Regiment will still kill three or four thousand Japanese puppet troops!"

"This is not counting the results of Ding Wei and other reinforcements!"

"If all of them are added up, we can at least kill tens of thousands of puppet troops in this battle!"

Brigadier Chen answered, "You are underestimating Li Yunlong by saying this!"

"Based on what I know about him, if we can't win Ping'an, we would have changed our original plan of capturing Ping'an County to a siege for reinforcements, and went with Kong Jie and the others to take advantage of it!"

"We haven't received a telegram that he is going to surround the spot to fight for aid, indicating that his goal is still to attack Ping'an County!"

"I guess they had some problems during the siege, and if they try to solve it, it shouldn't take long for good news to come back!"

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and said, "Should I remind Li Yunlong!"

"If there is really no way to capture Ping'an County, just give up. It's no big deal...We will attack Ping'an County after we accumulate more strength in the future!"

The brigade commander shook his head and replied, "That's not necessary!"

"Li Yunlong's combat command experience is no worse than ours. If he doesn't have the ability to adapt to changes at all, he won't be the head of the new second regiment as soon as possible!"

At [-]:[-] p.m., the offensive position of the New Second Regiment in the east of the city had been dug to a position [-] meters outside the city!

The devils also knew that the offensive position should not be close to the city wall, otherwise the Eighth Route Army would be able to send explosives into the city gate hole in one charge, and the city defense troops would not even have time to block the attack.

The blocking firepower began to be gradually increased, and the firing frequency of the grenadiers and mortars also began to increase, so as to prevent the Eighth Route Army from digging trenches as unscrupulously as before.

The distance of [-] meters has far exceeded the distance of [-] meters that he had just determined. Li Yunlong stopped as soon as he saw it, and decisively ordered the troops to stop digging forward.

Instead, hide the troops in the offensive position, further deepen and widen the trenches, and build a few more firing positions for the Feilei Cannon by the way.

"Old Li..." Zhao Gang panted and appeared behind Li Yunlong.

He bent over to touch Li Yunlong and began to report: "We have brought all the twenty-four flying thunder cannons we built during this period..."

"I also brought more than [-] special shells for the Feilei Cannon..."

"As long as [-]% of the shells hit the top of the city, the little devil's garrison will be finished!"

Li Yunlong patted Zhao Gang on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work...the next battle will be left to me!"

"After being suppressed and beaten by the devil for a whole day, I have already suppressed my anger, and I can finally fight back!"

"The offensive position has been repaired, and the launching position of the flying thunder cannon should be almost ready..."

"All the troops have entered the position, and we strive to enter Ping'an County within two hours!"

As he spoke, he pulled out the box cannon and walked towards the traffic trench not far away.

The flying thunder cannon brought by the horses was carried by the soldiers into the traffic trench, and soon disappeared from Zhao Gang's sight.

At this moment, Yamamoto Osamu appeared again on the head of Chengdong Cheng.

As soon as the sun went down, he realized that the general attack of the New Second Regiment was about to begin.

The vision is clear during the day, and the city defense troops are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns. No matter how many troops the New Second Regiment dispatches to launch an attack, they will be treated as live targets and eliminated.

And he can call for air support during the day.

As soon as the plane arrived, no amount of troops from the New Second Regiment would be enough to bomb it.

And there are no such problems in Tianhei!
The hit rate of light and heavy machine guns at night is definitely not as good as that of daytime, and the planes can't come to support, and the advantage of the city defense force is directly weakened to the minimum!