Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 423 The Niangziguan has fallen, and the old devil Xiaozuka is not calm anymore.

In Yangquan County.

On the street, the Second Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army had already fought against the Japanese garrison, and there were many times of intense gunfire and explosions everywhere.

There were thousands of people in the Second Independent Regiment, and there were devil patrols everywhere in the city. After entering the county, it was impossible to get close to the brigade headquarters of the Japanese Independent and Mixed First Brigade quietly.

So we can only attack by force.

The reaction of the devil defenders in the county was also very quick. After the initial panic, they quickly stabilized their positions, and then rushed towards the west of the city continuously, and quickly built fortifications relying on the favorable terrain.

Some devils climbed onto the roof and set up light machine gun fire points, while others built barricades on the streets or intersections, and quickly set up a heavy machine gun.

With full firepower, a large rain of dense bullets poured out in an instant.

Some bullets hit the ground, splashing clusters of sparks, but more bullets hit the houses on both sides of the street.

Pieces of smoke and dust were splashed on the masonry walls, while the wooden walls were directly pierced. After the bullets flew into the room, they hit all kinds of furniture.

Fortunately, the citizens in the room had already been awakened from their sleep by the gunshots, and they all hid in the safest place at home, so there were no casualties.

The fighters of the Second Independent Regiment who were rushing forward also quickly pulled away to dodge, but even so, some fighters were still unable to dodge, were shot in the body, and fell into a pool of blood.

War is like this, cruel and bloody, and you will not suffer casualties just because you represent justice.

Xu Hailang's 1st Battalion was attacking from the main street. If the general Eighth Route Army faced this kind of barricade, there really was no better way to do it. It could only take human lives to pile up, concentrate firepower to cover the approach of the blasters, and then use The grenade explodes.

But the Second Independent Regiment is obviously different from the general Eighth Route Army. They not only have their own artillery battalion, each battalion also has its own mortar company, and its grenade launchers are even equipped to the platoon level.

This kind of firepower configuration is even worse than that of the Japanese army.

The soldiers in the artillery platoon quickly set up mortars, and each platoon also set up grenades, aiming at the devil's barricades and the devil's firepower points on the roof of the houses.

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!—"

Amid a burst of violent explosions, the barricades of the devils were blown to pieces in an instant, and the devil soldiers hiding behind the bunkers were also affected. Some were killed on the spot, and those who were not killed were also covered with broken shrapnel. Losing his combat power, he lay on the ground struggling and twisting in pain.

The light machine gunner on the roof of the house was also blown out with a gun under the bombardment of the grenade, or was killed on the spot, or rolled down from the eaves, falling half paralyzed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion quickly moved forward, and in the spirit of humanitarianism, they sent the wounded devil soldiers to meet the King of Hades.

In the same way, the 1st Battalion quickly broke through the barricades of the devils.

The same is true for the rest of the battalions. In just about half an hour, they occupied most of the west of the city and continued to advance eastward.

……

The screen is pulled to Taiyuan.

The War Room of the Japanese First Army Headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio thought that with the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army, it was absolutely impossible to capture the secondary strongholds of the Japanese army. Even if it could be captured, it would take a lot of time and cost a lot of casualties.

By that time, the Eighth Route Army was already a exhausted army, and as long as he gave an order to send out the general reserve, he would be able to severely damage or even wipe out these Eighth Route Army.

The rest of the devil officers also agreed with this point of view.

Therefore, even if dozens of secondary strongholds along the Zhengtai Railway, along the Tongpu Railway, along the Pinghan Railway, and along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway were attacked again, their faces did not show much worry, even more than last night. Those third-level strongholds were even more relaxed when they were attacked.

Based on the information from the basic frontlines sent by the devil staff members of the Operations Section, and the information collected by the Intelligence Section, the battle plan was formulated.

Yoshio Shinozuka, Toshi Miyano, and Kazuki Yamamoto stood beside the sand table, doing various war games.

At this moment, the head of the communications section hurried up to Yoshio Shinozuka with a translated message, and reported to him after a sharp pause: "Report to Your Excellency, the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army has just An urgent telegram was sent from Yangquan, saying that Niangziguan Railway Station was also attacked by the Eighth Route Army!"

The communications staff paused for a moment, and was about to continue with the shocking news, but was interrupted by the chief of staff Miyano Jun: "Mr. Ono, since the Eighth Route Army of China is attacking the secondary strongholds of the imperial army, it will attack the lady." It's no surprise."

"Moreover, the fortifications of Niangziguan are far stronger than other secondary strongholds, the Eighth Route Army can't even break through other secondary strongholds, and naturally it is impossible to threaten Niangziguan Railway Station.

So, your worries are completely unnecessary, don't panic. "

After a pause, Jun Miyano changed the subject and continued: "According to the time, the armored train of the imperial army should arrive at Linniangziguan soon, and then the Eighth Route Army will die!"

Both Shinozuka Yoshio and Yamamoto Kazuki nodded in agreement, obviously agreeing with Miyano Toshi's analysis.

At this time, Nobunaga Ono, the head of the communications section, finally had the opportunity to intervene. He said: "Your Excellency, Commander, and Chief of Staff, according to the news from the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, the armored trains of the Imperial Army were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The attack has now fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army is currently using the artillery mounted on the armored train to launch an attack on Niangziguan Railway Station!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on the faces of Yoshio Shinozuka, Toshi Miyano, and Kazuki Yamamoto froze immediately, because they knew exactly what this meant.

Those artillery towers at Niangziguan Railway Station are naturally impregnable against the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army, but facing 105mm caliber howitzers, or even 150mm caliber howitzers, it doesn’t make much difference if they say they are just paper.

With the artillery assistance of armored trains, the Eighth Route Army will surely be able to break through Niangziguan Railway Station with ease.

The most important thing is that it is night now, and the air force cannot take off to fight, which means that the armored train cannot be destroyed or taken back, and the fall of Niangziguan will become an established fact.

"Nani? What did you say? You said that the armored train was also attacked by the Eighth Route Army and fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army is using the armored train to attack Niangziguan Railway Station?"

"Hi Yi!" Ono Nobunaga nodded heavily.

Yoshio Shinozuka's face turned gloomy to the extreme, because the armored train falling into the hands of the Eighth Route Army would not only threaten Niangziguan Railway Station, but also all secondary strongholds along the Zhengtai Railway, and even major counties. Shrouded in crisis...

(End of this chapter)