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Chapter 176 Hurry and Invite Colonel Yamamoto!
Li Yunlong stared at Yangquan City Wall with his binoculars, then put down the binoculars, turned to Zhao Gang and asked:

"Old Zhao, please estimate again, how many devils are there in Yangquan City?"

Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Are you asking me to do the work of the political commissar and chief of staff of the regiment alone?"

"What's wrong with that?" Li Yunlong said, "Those who are able work harder."

Zhao Gang said: "This is meaningless, don't think I don't know, in fact, you already figured it out in your heart."

"Calculated from the information obtained before the battle and the enemies we eliminated."

"Now there are no more than 300 devils and 200 puppet soldiers in Yangquan City."

"If we attack now, we should be able to take Yangquan City very quickly."

For the Eighth Route Army, county towns are much more difficult to fight than strongholds. Under normal circumstances, strongholds only have defensive fortifications such as gun towers and bunkers.

The county where the devils are guarding has strong walls, complete fortifications, fierce enemy firepower, and sufficient ammunition.

It is very difficult for the Eighth Route Army to break through the defense of the city wall.

And the enemy will also make corresponding combat deployments according to your attacking ability.

If the opponent does not have a cannon that can blast through the city wall, then focus the troops and firepower on the city wall or the fortifications outside the city wall.

If the enemy has cannons to blast through the city walls, focus the defense on the inside of the city and let the enemy in for street fighting.

Li Yunlong said.

"Don't worry, we have plenty of time to play with devils."

"Let the battalions report casualties and losses first, and clean up the battlefield."

"Let the soldiers replenish their strength after eating dry food, and we will attack the city in two hours."

Zhao Gang worried: "Is this too risky? Why don't we attack the city at night to be safer?"

"After all, once our mountain artillery battalion is pulled out to bombard the city wall, the little devil's plane will definitely come to bomb it."

"The mountain artillery was bombed, and we still have assistance to kill 5 planes, but those artillery are precious..."

However, Li Yunlong said: "This is how wars are. It is impossible to just take advantage and not suffer losses. It mainly depends on who has the greater loss."

"Let's exchange one or two mountain cannons for a damn plane. I think this deal is a good deal."

"Besides, didn't brother Chen Feng give us more than a hundred camouflage nets?"

"Let's take them all out and use them. Which camouflage net can the devil pilot find hidden under the mountain cannon?"

The precision method is mainly used for artillery fire coverage, and it is not good for precision artillery fire, because the calculated shooting parameters are mainly to cover a certain area on the map.

If you want to attack the city and knock down the city wall, you can only push the artillery forward and shoot directly at the tower, and try to hit the same position as much as possible to knock down the city wall.

In this way, the attacking troops could enter the city along the collapsed city wall.

Zhao Gang's expression changed: "Don't say it, this is a way."

At the moment, Zhao Gang ordered the communications corps to report the number of enemies wiped out and the plan of the Xinyi regiment to attack Yangquan to the brigade headquarters.

Now there are only a few hundred enemies in Yangquan, and the Xinyi Regiment has a mountain artillery battalion, which has a strong ability to attack key points. There is no reason for the brigade commander to disagree with this battle plan.

After a while, Second Battalion Commander Zheng Yu walked into the regiment headquarters and saluted Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang with a snap.

"Report to the head of the regiment, the political commissar, the statistics of the casualties of the battalions and the companies directly under it."

Zhao Gang hurriedly asked: "How many soldiers were killed or injured?"

Zheng Yuhui reported: "72 soldiers were killed, 52 were injured, and... 52 soldiers were missing."

No need to guess, both Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang knew that the 52 missing soldiers must have been blown up by the devil's aerial bomb.

Either it was directly bombed, or it was buried under the soil by shells.

There was no way to do this, the devil's aerial bombs were too powerful, thanks to the Xinyi regiment's 40 anti-aircraft guns that could be used for air defense, otherwise the number of casualties would be several times higher.

"One hundred 24 plus 52 equals one hundred 76."

Zhao Gang's expression was dignified at first, and then his brows relaxed. Both he and Li Yunlong guessed that there were at least two hundred casualties in these battles.

The soldiers of the new regiment are not inferior to the devils in marksmanship accuracy and fighting will, and their firepower is stronger than that of the devils, and they are supported by the artillery coverage of the Shanpao Battalion.

Coupled with Li Yunlong's proper tactics, the casualty rate was greatly reduced.

Almost half of the casualties were caused by the aerial bombs dropped by the Devil's plane.

Zhao Gang asked again: "Have you counted the casualties of the cavalry battalion?"

"No." Zheng Yu said, "Battalion Commander Sun hasn't sent someone to give me the casualty data yet."

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "The casualties at the cavalry battalion should not be large, within an acceptable range."

"I have sent someone to notify the militia." The second battalion commander continued, "The militia will come to take the wounded off the line of fire for treatment later."

Li Yunlong nodded, showing a hint of satisfaction with the arrangement of the Second Battalion Commander.

Zheng Yu asked again: "By the way, we also captured more than [-] puppet soldiers, and we also captured more than [-] devils. What about these devils and puppet soldiers?"

Zhao Gang thought for a while, then said: "Now we don't have much time to take care of these captives. Let the devils be escorted back to the militia. If the puppet soldiers are to be educated, let them go."

"Don't let the puppet soldiers go, I hate traitors the most in my life." Li Yunlong waved his hand, "Let all these puppet soldiers go to the railway track and tell the soldiers in charge that if any puppet soldiers dare to escape or Stealing, raping and playing tricks will be shot without asking for instructions!"

"Yes!" Zheng Yu walked out.

……

At the same time, Masahiro Kurosawa, who was standing on the tower, was looking at the situation of Lion Mountain with a telescope.

Standing on the tower, he couldn't see the battle on the reverse slope of Lion Mountain, but Kurosawa Shoji could roughly see the battle in the direction of Yanzigou.

The battle in the direction of Yanzigou ended in less than half an hour. After the battle, not a single Japanese soldier returned to Yangquan.

This shows that the soldiers of the two squadrons he sent out were wiped out.

The hoped-for artillery fire that snatched the Eighth Route Army's artillery to counterattack the Lion Mountain position has not yet appeared.

Not only did the plane with high hopes fail to inflict heavy damage on Eight Roads, but it also took 5 planes, which was a loss to grandma's family.

In this wave of games, Masahiro Kurosawa felt that the opponent's commander's deployment was impeccable. At present, it seems that his four-handed preparations have all failed.

As for the soldiers in his hands, there was only one squadron left, and the rest were puppet soldiers and ronin waste.

Suddenly, Masahiro Kurosawa's pupils shrank slightly, and a terrifying thought emerged in his mind. He hurried down the city wall, and then got into a car, which quickly started and drove towards the brigade headquarters.

Quickly rushing into the communication room, Masaji Kurosawa immediately asked the communication staff with a dark face:

"Has Lieutenant Ogata not contacted yet?"

"Report to the Chief of Staff, we haven't been in touch yet." The communication staff hurriedly stood up and paused, "More than half an hour ago, the telegram from the radio station of the Second Battalion was only half-sent, and the signal was interrupted. Lost the radio signal of the Second Battalion."

Masaji Kurosawa asked, "Nani? The telegram was terminated halfway through? What content did Nakazuo Ogata send?"

The communications staff handed a telegram to Masaji Kurosawa: "This is the translated telegram."

I saw the telegram read: Report to the brigade and regiment headquarters, our department found the eighth artillery position...

The telegram is very short, and it ends here. If it is a complete telegram, the location will be reported later, and tactical guidance will be requested.

The telegram was only halfway through, and either the telegram suddenly broke or something happened.

But obviously, the possibility of the telegram suddenly breaking down is extremely low.

Masahiro Kurosawa said sharply: "Send power to the headquarters immediately. The three attacking troops of our department were all wiped out in the Eighth Route Army's attack on Lion Mountain. The Eighth Route Army has a high probability of attacking Yangquan. Please ask for tactical guidance."

The communications staff officer was stunned when he heard the words, Eighth Route is going to attack Yangquan City?Wouldn't they have nowhere to escape?
"Ba Ga, what are you still doing?"

"Send the telegram immediately!"

"Hi!" The communications staff member nodded quickly, quickly drafted a telegram and handed it to the telegraph operator.

……

In Taiyuan, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.

A lot of small red flags were added to the sand table in front of Shinozuka Yoshio.

Each small red flag represents a stronghold of the Zhengtai Railway and Tongpu Railway that was captured by the Eighth Route.

Although the First Army Command has lost contact with these strongholds.

However, starting in the morning, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the planes from Changzhi, Taiyuan and Datong airports to take off and reconnaissance along the railway.

As he expected, these out-of-contact strongholds have indeed been captured by the Eighth Route.

Since the daytime, the Eighth Route has been attacking medium-sized strongholds, and it is expected that all these medium-sized strongholds will be captured before noon tomorrow.

Finally, the Eighth Route will concentrate its forces to attack the large strongholds on the railway. If there is no support for a long time, these large strongholds will not last long.

Even on the section from Shouyang to Pingding, the Eighth Route has captured all medium-sized strongholds and is attacking large-scale strongholds.

This section is in charge of the section of the 386th Brigade. Since the 386th Brigade is equipped with American mountain cannons and super bazooka rocket launchers, the ammunition is sufficient, and the attacking ability is geometrically enhanced.

Shinozuka Yoshio's gaze sank, and his gaze moved east along the Zhengtai railway line, and finally stopped at Yangquan.

I don't know what's going on there?The aviation force paid 5 planes to inflict heavy losses on Li Yunlong's department. Presumably Kurosawa Shoji will not let me down, right?

If Kurosawa Shoji wiped out the Xinyi regiment and Li Yunlong this time, what if the position of the fourth brigade commander is given to him?

Thinking of this, Toshimatsu Kasai, the communications staff officer, hurried into the battle hall with the telegram in his hand, and nodded to Shinozuka Yoshio.

"Your Excellency, the Fourth Brigade is urgently calling!"

Without waiting for Toshio Kasai to read it, Shinozuka Yoshio snatched the telegram and swept his eyes towards the telegram.

After seeing it, he was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually turned black.

"Baga, Kurosawa Masaoji is a waste, the aviation army has severely damaged the Xinyi regiment, and he still can't take the Shizishan position?"

"Nani?" Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi asked in surprise, "What is this guy Kurosawa Shoji doing? He hasn't taken down the Lion Mountain position yet?"

After receiving the telegram from Shinozuka Yoshio, Kusuyama Hideyoshi glanced at it, and couldn't help being furious.

Is this more than an offensive failure?This is simply annihilation of the entire army, and even Yangquan is in danger of being captured by the Xinyi Regiment.

what is the problem?Didn't it mean that the Aviation Corps has reinvented itself?
Yoshio Shinozuka raised his head, looked at Toshimatsu Kasai, and said urgently, "Go to the training camp of the secret service team and bring Mrs. Yamamoto back!"

(End of this chapter)