Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

For the Japanese army in Shanxi, tonight is destined to be another difficult night.

Especially last night, after the four large strongholds of Niangziguan, Pingping, Jucheng and Donghui, as well as Pingding County and Yangquan County were lost one after another.

It also increased the pressure on the devils in other strongholds.

All the devils wished that time could fast forward and the sky would brighten immediately.

Because after the sky brightened, the Eighth Route Army, which used the cover of night, would have nowhere to hide and their movements would be restricted.

At the same time, the Japanese aerial reconnaissance planes could also launch aerial reconnaissance and launch retaliatory strikes against the Eighth Route Army on the ground.

In Jinzhong city.

Brigade Headquarters of the 9th Japanese Infantry Brigade.

To be honest, Naoto Hattori was not too worried about the safety of Jinzhong.

Even last night, the Eighth Route Army successively captured Pingding County and Yangquan County.

It was originally very simple. During the day yesterday, their planes carried out a bombing attack on the Zhengtai Railway, destroying at least dozens of sections of the railway track.

Therefore, tonight, unless the Eighth Route Army puts wings on the armored train, it is absolutely impossible to threaten Jinzhong County tonight.

And without the fire support of armored trains, the Eighth Route Army, which could not even capture a large stronghold, attacked Jinzhong County?

Of course, there is another more important reason, that is, Jinzhong County is different from Pingding and Yangquan, and the straight-line distance between Jinzhong County and Taiyuan City is less than 40 kilometers.

The Japanese army in Taiyuan used military cards to travel, and it took less than two hours to arrive in Jinzhong...

However, this is just wishful thinking of Naotomi Hattori after all.

Amidst the sound of hurried footsteps, Toru Yamashita, captain of the Jinzhong Gendarmerie, also hurried into the war room.

"Your Excellency, General!" Yamashita Toru also walked up to Hattori Naotomi, stood at attention and paused respectfully, and reported, "5 minutes ago, a large number of Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared outside the city of Jinzhong County!"

"Nani?" Hattori Naotomi suspected that there was something wrong with his ears and he misheard: "What did you say?"

Not only Naoto Hattori, Chief of Staff Makoto Yasuda, and all the staff in the war room were stunned.

Because all along, the Eighth Route Army just ambushed the Japanese army's supply troops, or pulled out a few small strongholds.

Although there were precedents for attacking Pingding and Yangquan counties this time, they still did not believe that the Eighth Route Army dared to attack Jinzhong.

The reason is simple. Jinzhong is less than 40 kilometers away from Taiyuan, and the Japanese army in Taiyuan can reach Jinzhong in only 2 hours and provide reinforcements to the Japanese army in Jinzhong.

What's more, the railroad tracks were blown up, and the armored trains couldn't pass through, so naturally they couldn't threaten the city defense of Jinzhong.

All, when they heard the news suddenly, all the devils couldn't believe it. The Eighth Route Army dared to attack Jinzhong?

Is this too long?
"Five minutes ago, a large number of Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared outside the city of Jinzhong County!" Yamashita Toru also repeated, and then reported: "These Eighth Route Army have surrounded the four city gates, the entrance and exit of the railway, and all the passages entering and leaving the county. .”

Hattori Naotomi finally heard clearly this time, he frowned slightly, and asked again: "Yamashita-kun, how many Eighth Route Army are there outside the city?"

"It's not clear yet." Yamashita Toru also truthfully replied: "But even if it is the most conservative estimate, there are at least 1 people." …

"More than 1 people?"

Naotomi Hattori was startled, but nothing showed on his face, but Chief of Staff Yasuda's face was extremely ugly.

Although the Eighth Route Army lacked heavy weapons to attack fortified positions, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The Eighth Route Army, with more than 1 troops, already has the size of at least one division, which can be called a heavy-handed group.

If they attack with all their strength regardless of the cost, it will still be enough to pose a threat to Jinzhong.

The reason is very simple. Regardless of the fact that there is a reorganized infantry brigade in Jinzhong County, there are also gendarmerie, ronin, and a security regiment, with a total strength of more than 5000 people.

But the security regiment is simply embarrassing and useful. The previous battle in Zhaojia'ao is the best proof. These guys saw the Eighth Route Army as if they saw their ancestors. They couldn't even hold their guns steadily. Even if they hit the ground, they couldn't pose much threat to the Eighth Route Army.

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Their role is to maintain local law and order.

The role of the gendarmerie is similar to that of the security regiment, and it is also responsible for maintaining local law and order. Its combat effectiveness may be much stronger than that of the puppet army, but it is definitely not as good as the Japanese field troops.

As for the ronin, it is more than enough to destroy and bully ordinary Chinese people, and it is completely cumbersome to go to the battlefield.

The only ones with real combat effectiveness are the 15th Infantry Regiment stationed in Jinzhong County.

But the problem is that the 15th Infantry Regiment almost suffered all casualties in the previous Battle of Zhaojiaao, and the soldiers of the 15th Infantry Regiment are all replenished from the reserve team.

Although these soldiers have also undergone professional military training and have very good combat effectiveness, compared to those devil veterans who have fought countless battles, these devil recruits not only lack wildness, but also lack murderous aura.

In addition, they have basically never been on the battlefield, and their fighting will is far inferior to that of veterans.

Therefore, Naotomi Hattori and Yasuda really don't have much confidence in how much combat power such a force can explode.

"Yamashita-kun, are you making a mistake?" Bao Tianzhen still didn't believe it, and frowned: "The Eighth Route Army is attacking the remaining 8 large strongholds on the Zhengtai Railway. The attacking force was at least two regiments, which was a part more than last night.

It must be that the Eighth Route Army that attacked Niangziguan, Pingping and other strongholds last night was also mobilized.

This does not include the reserve team hiding in the dark and ready to play at any time. "

"In other words, the Eighth Route Army has invested at least nearly 20 regiments in tonight's attack."

"In addition, the always cautious Eighth Route Army will definitely leave enough general reserves to block the reinforcements from the Imperial Army in the direction of Taiyuan, so how many people will be left in the Eighth Route Army?"

"How could they gather more than 1 troops to attack Jinzhong County?"

After being attacked tonight, the devils in each stronghold basically exaggerated the strength and strength of the Eighth Route Army in order to reduce the punishment they suffered after the fall of the stronghold.

In doing so, they were self-defeating, making Bao Tianzhen mistakenly believe that the Eighth Route Army that attacked Niangziguan, Pingping and other strongholds last night were all involved in the attack tonight, thus ruling out the possibility of them attacking Jinzhong.

The most correct answer is also excluded.

"Chief of Staff, I can't explain this." Toru Yamashita also nodded at Shinichi Yasuda, and said, "But the fact is that there are indeed a large number of Eighth Route Army outside the city of Jinzhong County, densely packed, countless, at least 1 people above."

After a pause, Toru Yamashita seemed to have thought of something, and added: "In addition, according to the soldiers of the imperial army on duty, they seem to have seen train lights a few kilometers away from the east gate..."

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