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As soon as the Guanjianao battle started, the entire southeastern Shanxi area became lively.

Seishiro Itagaki, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army, Hisao Nishio, Commander of the Japanese Dispatched Forces in China, Hayao Tada, Commander of the Japanese Dispatched Forces in North China, and Yoshio Shinozuka, Commander of the First Japanese Army in Shanxi, were all looking at the map at various headquarters. and waiting for news.

The combat staff officers of the headquarters at all levels are busy working on the map, and the area around Guanjianao on the map is surrounded by arrows of different colors.

The two regiments of the Japanese 37th Division and the Mountain Artillery Regiment, the two regiments of the 36th Division, the 29th Brigade, and the 9th Brigade.

Japanese troops from all walks of life went to the Guanjianao area to attack separately.

At the same time, the reinforcement troops of various ministries in the southeast Shanxi base area have also exchanged fire with the reinforcement troops of the Japanese army.

The order of the Eighth Route Army headquarters is to prevent the enemy from reinforcing at all costs.

Around the little-known hill of Guanjianao, the troops of the Eighth Route Army and various units of the Japanese army in the entire southeastern Shanxi base area put on a decisive battle.

In the circular fortification of Guanjianao, Zhongzuo Yamazaki felt that something was wrong.

After the Eighth Route Army organized two or three attacks, it stopped attacking.

Zhongzuo Yamazaki realized intuitively that the Eighth Route Army must be planning a more violent attack.

But he was not too worried, let alone the casualties. Although the Yamazaki brigade had suffered more than 300 casualties in the previous confrontations, there were still 1000 people left.

He knew that armies from all walks of life were closing in on him. With favorable terrain, sufficient ammunition, and close-range air support, it would be no problem to hold on for another two days.

What surprised Yamazaki was that the fighting will of this group of Tubalu was very tenacious, and their morale was also very strong.

Except that the weapons and equipment are not as good as the Japanese army, there is not much difference with the Japanese elite in other aspects.

Their commander gave an order, and all the soldiers rushed forward one after another. Even if they fell on the way of charging, none of the soldiers took half a step back.

This army is definitely not a group of beggars with crude weapons as advertised by the propaganda department.

In addition, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army is actually very powerful.

The artillery configuration of the Yamazaki Detachment is very luxurious. It is equipped with 12 Type 16 infantry guns, 81 Type 80 [-]mm mortars, and more than [-] grenades. unimaginable.

In order to prevent himself from being too passive, Yamazaki is ready to take the initiative.

He lay down on the circular trench, carefully observed the situation around the battlefield, and called the staff officer Matsuki Kumakichi over.

"Mr. Songmu, after dark, you lead two squadrons of the imperial army to take down that hill."

Yamazaki Yohei pointed to the top of Fengnao Peak, which is not lower than the main peak of Guanjianao, and said to Matsuki Kumakichi.

In the morning, Yamazaki Yehei was going to send a squadron of soldiers to seize the hill, but was given a step ahead by the Eight Route Army.

Losing the opportunity, considering the strong firepower of the eight-way artillery, he planned to launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night.

"Hi!"

Song Muxiong Ji Dun first said: "The captain is wise, I admire him!"

"That hill and the Guanjianao Highland form the horns of each other. As long as it is occupied there, no matter which hill the Tuba Road attacks, it will be attacked by the other hill."

"In this way, we can persist for at least two days."

After a pause, Matsuki Kumayoshi showed concern: "But in two days, will our reinforcements arrive?"

Yamazaki Yehei held the saber bestowed by the emperor, and said confidently, "It doesn't take two days. It only takes one day for the reinforcements to arrive here."

"We are here to firmly attract the main force of the Eighth Route Army. After the reinforcements' anti-encirclement is closed, another center will bloom."

As Yamazaki said, he made a fist with his right hand, with the palm facing up, and the five fingers quickly opened.

"When this battle is over..."

"Commander Tada promised to transfer me to the 37th Regiment of the 225th Division as the regimental commander."

"The 225th Regiment is still short of an adjutant. I will apply to Commander Tada to transfer you, Mr. Matsuki."

"Hai!" Matsuki Kumakichi looked happy, "Thank you, Captain, no...thank you, Captain!"

"Yoxi!" Yamazaki's face showed a smug look, he felt that he would make great achievements in the battle of Guanjianao and become famous in the first battle.

The future looks bright.

……

In the forward command post of the new regiment.

"Reporting to the regiment commander, the new artillery regiment is all in place!"

"The brigade artillery regiment is ready!"

"The Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment have completed the construction of artillery positions, ready to fire at any time!"

"The division artillery regiment is ready!"

Communication soldiers kept coming in to report to Li Yunlong.

The last to be prepared was the Divisional Artillery Regiment.

The Artillery Regiment of the brigade was already near Guanjianao, so there was no need to prepare too much.

The artillery regiment belonging to the division is not far from Guanjianao, and rushed over immediately after receiving the order.

In addition, the artillery positions of each mountain artillery group are set in different positions. A few kilometers away from Guanjianao, the precise shooting method is used to determine the shooting positions.

And the mortar groups also built mortar positions at invisible positions on the Guanjianao main peak position.

Although the Japanese army on the Guanjianao Mountains did not have mountain artillery, they were equipped with Type [-] infantry artillery, which had a longer range than mortars.

Once the devils discovered the mortar position of the Eighth Route Army, the shells would directly hit from the position on the main peak of Guanjianao.

The quality of the devil artillery is not blown out.

For air defense, the brigade commander and division commander took out all the large-caliber heavy machine guns and machine guns handed over by Li Yunlong to protect the mountain artillery and mortar positions.

Moreover, many fake artillery positions were made to confuse devil pilots.

Hearing that the artillery regiment belonging to the division was ready, Li Yunlong did not hesitate to use the radio communication machine to issue an order for the test firing of the mountain artillery.

At this time, Captain Lu Yingjun of the Sword was staying with the snipers at Fengnaoding with a radio communication device.

The mountain cannons are located in three different directions. Once the cannons are fired, no one knows who missed them, and there is no way to adjust the shooting elements.

Therefore, each mountain artillery group must take turns to test fire once to ensure that every shell falls on the devil's position after the shelling starts.

At present, Lu Yingjun adjusted the precise shooting parameters on the radio channel according to the impact points of the artillery regiment of the division, the artillery regiment of the brigade, and the artillery battalion of the new regiment.

……

In the forward headquarters of the 386 brigade.

"salute!"

Hearing the voice of the sentinel at the door, the brigade commander turned his head to look at the door on the ladder, only to see the boss and the chief of staff walking in.

"Boss, Chief of Staff?"

"How did you come here? It's very dangerous here. The little devil's plane just left."

"Let's go back to the headquarters quickly."

The brigade commander hurriedly persuaded.

"Nonsense!" The boss snorted, "You are not afraid of danger, and the soldiers on the front line are not afraid of danger. Is it true that the chief of staff and I are afraid of danger?"

The boss stepped on the ladder and raised the binoculars on his chest to look, only to see sporadic shells falling near the Guanjianao highland.

Immediately he was surprised and said: "What is Li Yunlong up to, why didn't he start attacking?"

Ever since Leader Li didn't cause trouble, the boss also fell in love with Li Yunlong.

A cadre who doesn't cause trouble, can lead troops and win battles, and can also engage in side jobs to obtain weapons and ammunition is simply a treasure.

Who doesn't like it?
The brigade commander explained with a smile: "Li Yunlong is testing the impact point of the mountain cannon. This time Li Yunlong borrowed my artillery regiment and the division commander's artillery regiment."

"He also said he would be reimbursed for shells and cannon damaged in battle."

"That's it..." The boss laughed, "If I knew I had lent the artillery brigade to Li Yunlong, it would be reimbursed anyway, just for my artillery to practice."

"That can't be done." The brigade commander said, "The artillery and artillery participating in the battle need air defense protection from machine guns and large-caliber heavy machine guns."

"Boss, add your artillery brigade, but there won't be so many machine guns and large-caliber heavy machines."

"Without the protection of machine guns and large-caliber heavy machine guns, the Mountain Artillery Brigade became a living target for devil planes."

The boss nodded and said, "That's true."

"It's better to come early than to come at a good time." The chief of staff smiled, "Boss, we happened to catch up, and this time we just happened to watch how this kid Li Yunlong fights."

"Ok!"

The boss nodded heavily.

……

The Eighth Route Army did not attack for a long time, and the whole mountain was surrounded by silence.

It was so quiet that the ghosts on the Guanjianao Highland felt chills.

Soldiers are the last to like silence, because the silence on the battlefield often contains greater danger and heralds a fiercer battle.

Yamazaki felt a little panicked for no reason, so he ordered the soldiers to continue building positions and make some noise.

The Eighth Route on the diagonally opposite hill seems to have increased troops, but Yamazaki is not going to startle the snake.

When it is getting dark, first let the artillery adjust to shoot the elements, and after dark, let the waves of artillery fire there to wash the ground, and the two squadrons can take the high ground with only one charge.

However, it didn't take long before intermittent shells fell, some on the high ground of Guanjianao, and some on the foot of the mountain.

Yamazaki Yohei was suddenly at a loss.

Balu wouldn't want to launch an attack with this level of shelling, would he?

It's too much to disregard me, Lieutenant Commander Yamazaki Yohei!

The artillery squadron leader hurried over, paused and said: "Captain, this is the Eighth Route Army's cannons being tested, and it is to provide a reference for the revision of the shooting before the official artillery attack."

"Nani?" Yamazaki Yehei was stunned. The shells came from three different directions just now. Didn't the eighth road have three artillery groups?
The leader of the Devil Artillery Squadron continued: "According to the trajectory of the artillery shells, the artillery position of the Eighth Route is far away from us. There must be observers of the Eighth Route Artillery near us."

Yamazaki Yehei understood as soon as he heard it, and immediately raised the binoculars on his chest to look around, and finally locked on the peak of Fengnao Peak diagonally opposite. Only that hill can see the impact point of Guanjianao Peak.

"The order!"

"The artillery squadron immediately shelled the eight-way position on the diagonally opposite hill."

"The communication team immediately called the air force to find and destroy the eight-way artillery position!"

Yamazaki Yohei held the command saber tightly, with a ferocious face, almost roaring to give orders.

However it was too late.

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Hearing the sound, Yohei Yamazaki looked up at the sky with his head as thick as his neck, and a red flare was slowly lifted into the sky.

Look puzzled.

Isn't the artillery position of the Eighth Route very far away? What's the point of firing signal flares at such a close distance?
Soon Yamazaki Yohei knew what this meant, and the screams of many, many shells tearing the air rang in his ears.

More than 140 shells fired from the first round fell on the Guanjianao Japanese army positions from different directions, and the metal projectiles with a breath of death exploded with a series of thunder-like sounds.

The entire highland of Guanjianao was immediately engulfed in smoke and flames.