Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

The screen returns to Jinzhong County.

Wang Chengzhu's attack on Jinzhong County seems to have completely angered the Japanese army.

One after another, the Devils Air Corps bombed the Jinzhong county town like plowing the ground, but there was still no sign of stopping.

In the face of the devil's continuous air raids, Wang Chengzhu didn't have the time and space to transfer the people in the city, so he could only stand firm.

"hurricane"

At this moment, an aerial bomb fell from the sky again.

"careful!"

Wang Chengzhu, Monk Wei and the others rushed forward with all their strength and lay down behind a broken wall.

The next moment, the aerial bomb fell to the ground and exploded, making a loud bang, kicking up a large amount of sand, gravel, soil, broken bricks and broken tiles, and smashing towards Wang Chengzhu, Monk Wei and others.

Fortunately, several of them were wearing the devil helmets they had just seized. Even so, the bang bang of broken bricks and tiles on the helmets still made them dizzy for a while.

After a while, Monk Wei, who looked ashamed like a groundhog, shook the dirt on his head and said, "Commander, this is not the way to go."

Of course, Wang Chengzhu also knew that going on like this was not an option. In the face of the devil's continuous air raids, not only the people in the city were constantly injured and died, but the casualties of the Eighth Route Army regiments also continued to increase.

But right now, it is even more impossible to leave the city.

If you don't go out of the city, at least there are buildings in the city as bunkers, but if you go out of the city, you need to pass through an open area of ​​thousands of meters before entering the nearby forest.

For a distance of 1000 meters, even a long-distance running champion needs more than two minutes. This time is enough for the Devil fighters to shoot them countless times as if they were living targets.

Wang Chengzhu glanced at the houses that were set on fire by the bombing bombs not far away, and seemed to have an idea, and then said: "Monk, pass on the order! Let the brothers light more firewood such as straw in the city. Raw firewood is the best. Make some more smoke."

Although Monk Wei was simple and honest, he was not stupid, and he quickly understood what Wang Chengzhu meant: "Regimental Commander, are you planning to have smoke to block the sight of the devils' aviation soldiers?"

"Not bad!"

Wang Chengzhu nodded heavily, and said, "Hurry up and deliver the order!"

Although the smoke cannot weaken the lethality of aerial bombs and airborne machine guns, it can obscure the sight of the devils' aviation troops, thereby reducing the accuracy of attacks and achieving a protective effect.

"Yes!"

Monk Wei promised, then turned and left to deliver the order.

As the order was communicated, soon, clusters of fireworks were lit in Jinzhong City, and clusters of thick smoke rose, covering most of the city in a short time.

The Devil Air Force in the air had their sight blocked and could no longer carry out precise attacks on the ground. After angrily cursing 'Ba Ga' a few times, they could only return and report the news to the headquarters.

Immediately, the angry Yoshio Shinozuka had no choice but to stop the bombing of Jinzhong County, and instead let the air force scout the whereabouts of the other Eighth Route Army.

In this way, Jinzhong County finally returned to calm, and Wang Chengzhu and the others could finally devote themselves to rescuing the injured and trapped civilians and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

……

The screen is pulled to Taiyuan City.

Japanese 1st Army Headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio and other ghost officers also stayed up all night. The difference from the Eighth Route Army headquarters at all levels is that Shinozuka Yoshio and other old devils are as angry as the heads of the Eighth Route Army at all levels are happy. …

Yoshio Shinozuka's face was extremely gloomy, as if his wife had just put on some big green hats for him.

All the devils and officers also lowered their heads and said nothing, for fear that the disaster would be diverted and burned on themselves.

The atmosphere is terribly depressing!
After waiting for a while, Yoshio Shinozuka cast his eyes on Kazuki Yamamoto and asked, "Yamamoto-kun, what do you think about the battle in Jinzhong?"

Kazuki Yamamoto asked instead: "Your Excellency, Commander, do you want to hear me tell the truth?"

Shinozuka Yoshio said blankly, "Of course!"

Kazuki Yamamoto: "The reason why the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army was able to capture Jinzhong County was because they captured the armored train of the Imperial Army, drove it to the foot of Jinzhong City, and then used their artillery to blast open the city of Jinzhong County. Door."

"Otherwise, even if the strength of the Eighth Route Army is doubled, it is impossible to capture a county guarded by an infantry regiment of the Imperial Army. Even if it can be captured, it will definitely pay a heavy price, and it is even more likely to be completed in such a short period of time. .”

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto changed the subject, and continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, now, the cunning Eighth Route Army has hidden the armored train in a certain tunnel again.

It now appears that just blowing up the railways is no longer able to prevent the Eighth Route Army from using armored trains to fight.

If we want to prevent the Eighth Route Army from continuing to use armored trains to attack the Imperial Army's strongholds, we need to make some changes to yesterday's strategy. "

"Otherwise, if the Eighth Route Army continues to operate the armored trains to fight, not only Shouyang, but also those large strongholds on the Zhengtai Railway, and even Taiyuan may be attacked."

Kazuki Yamamoto's words were like a slap in the face, and he slapped Shinozuka Yoshio heavily on the face, making the old devil's facial muscles twitch uncontrollably.

Yesterday, Shinozuka Yoshio did not want to restore the Zhengtai Railway after regaining control of the southeast of Shanxi, so the amount of work to repair the Zhengtai Railway was too large, so he only let the air force blow up some ordinary railway tracks, but did not blow up bridges and tunnels.

Looking at it now, yesterday's strategy was undoubtedly extremely wrong and extremely failed. The fall of Jinzhong is the best proof.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka is not the kind of person who doesn't listen to good advice. After listening to Kazuki Yamamoto's words, he nodded in agreement and said, "Yamamoto-kun, your analysis is good!"

"Order the First Flying Group to take off immediately and blow up all the bridges from Taiyuan to Shouyang!"

In Shinozuka Yoshio's view, the Eighth Route Army had just attacked Jinzhong County, and they must have hidden the armored train in a tunnel near Jinzhong, and it was impossible to drive to Yangquan.

Therefore, it is only necessary to blow up the bridge from Taiyuan to Shouyang to prevent the Eighth Route Army from continuing to use armored trains to fight.

And in this way, it can also reduce some restoration projects after retaking the Zhengtai Railway.

"Hi Yi!"

Chief of Staff Toshi Miyano nodded heavily, then turned and left, delivering the order himself.

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the battle map again and asked, "How is the battle going on in other places?"

Iijima Mori, head of the intelligence section, said: "Reporting to your Excellency, in addition to the Zhengtai railway line, the imperial army strongholds on the Tongpu and Pinghan railway lines were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army last night, but those strongholds are still impenetrable and have not been attacked. capture."

"Even with the assistance of the troops stationed in some surrounding counties, the imperial army regained the initiative on the battlefield in certain areas."

Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka's face twitched a few more times. If he hadn't been indecisive yesterday and didn't blow up the bridge on the Zhengtai Railway, the battle situation on the Zhengtai Railway would probably be similar to other places.

Fortunately, there is still time to make amends, Shinozuka Yoshio can only comfort himself in this way...