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Chapter 280 Take Advantage and Run!

Rewind time to 15 minutes ago.

When Niangziguan was shelled.

The devil's communication team immediately reported the situation to the headquarters of the First Army.

In Taiyuan, at the headquarters of the First Army, Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi did not play chess or practice calligraphy.

Instead, they are discussing the current situation in Shanxi.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 2nd Guards Division, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade are behind our First Army." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "The life of the Eighth Route Army will be difficult."

"The Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi has already moved to the Jizhong Plain, and now there are only sporadic Eighth Route guerrillas in Northwest Shanxi."

"Next, we can concentrate our forces to deal with the Eight Routes in the two bandit areas of Taihang and Taiyue in southeast Shanxi."

Shinozuka Yoshio also looked excited: "The Zhengtai Railway will soon be repaired, and when the Zhengtai Railway is rebuilt, strategic materials from North China will continue to be shipped in."

"In two or three months at most, the imperial army will be able to launch a sweeping operation against the Eight Route Bandits."

"Mr. Nanshan, your staff should make a plan in advance for the spring raids against the Taihang and Taiyue bandit areas."

"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi paused, and then said, "But Commander, the spy lurking in the headquarters of the First Army has never been found."

"In order to prevent the plan from leaking, it is better for me to do the battle plan for the spring sweep by myself."

"In this way, only you and I know the content of the plan in the First Army Command, and it is absolutely impossible to leak it."

Of course Shinozuka Yoshio would not refuse, but he still pretended to be concerned and said: "But in this way, Nanshan-kun, you have other jobs, and your daily work tasks will be very heavy."

"For the sake of the empire's hegemony, this amount of work is nothing." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "What's more, there are still two or three months before the mopping up is launched, and there is completely enough time."

"Then Kusuyama-kun will have to work hard." Shinozuka Yoshio said.

Shinozuka Yoshio changed the subject and said: "Commander Tada of the North China Front Army Command has sent Major General Hirata Masahani, the deputy chief of staff, to inspect the First Army. Rest overnight in Yangquan, and come to Taiyuan together tomorrow."

"Calculating the time, Hirata-kun and Muto-kun should both be at Niangziguan by now, we have to be ready to meet them."

"Your Excellency, Commander, please rest assured." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I will take full responsibility for the reception work."

"Yoshi!" Shinozuka Yoshio said happily, "Then Kusuyama-kun will be hardworking."

As soon as the words were finished, Toshimatsu Kasai, the communications staff officer, hurried in with a telegram.

Walking up to Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi, he slapped his feet together, paused and said, "Report to the commander and chief of staff, the communication team stationed in Niangziguan sent an urgent call. Five minutes ago, Niangziguan was attacked by the enemy." Large-scale bombardment, the enemy's artillery fire is very fierce!"

When Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama heard the words, they suddenly turned their heads, stood up together, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Niangziguan was shelled?"

"Large scale?"

Kusuyama Hideyoshi chewed on these two sentences with an unbelievable tone.

Akira Muto and Masahani Hirata were supposed to be meeting, and being shelled at this time meant something self-evident.

If a major general and a lieutenant general had an accident on the territory of the First Army, the consequences... Kusuyama Hideyoshi didn't dare to think about it.

Before he had time to think too much, Shinozuka Yoshio immediately ordered: "Order, the air force immediately dispatches all aircraft to assist Niangziguan, and immediately orders the 37th Regiment of the 225th Division stationed in Yangquan to assist Niangziguan, and asks the North China Front Army Command to request the emperor of Jingxing County The army rushed to the rescue of Niangziguan immediately!"

Jingxing County is within the scope of Hebei Province and belongs to the jurisdiction of the Second Army of the North China Front Army. Yoshio Shinozuka has no right to mobilize troops there.

"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu turned and went out, and quickly walked to the communication room.

After Kasai Toshimatsu left, Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi immediately walked to a large accurate map on the wall.

The eyes of the two were fixed on Niangziguan, and their brows were tightly furrowed.

Information leaked again?

If the information is really leaked, Balu knows that a major general and a lieutenant general of the Japanese army appeared in Niangziguan at the same time.

Then after the large-scale shelling, it must be a large-scale infantry attack.

The Eighth Route Army has never fought unprepared battles, and will definitely send troops to block reinforcements from Yangquan and Jingxing counties.

Even though Niangziguan has the 2rd Infantry Regiment of the 3nd Guards Division, the Eighth Route Army is no longer what it used to be, and their artillery is extremely powerful.

Masahani Hirata and Akira Muto are probably in danger!

Thinking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi looked at each other, their expressions gradually darkened.

……

Niangziguan.

The shelling of the Xinyi regiment Shanpao Battalion has ended.

And Niangzi Pass has become devastated, with billowing thick smoke billowing up, covering the sky and the sun.

The wailing of the injured devils, the shouts of organizing rescue, and the curses of the devils rang out.

The soldiers of the 2rd Regiment of the 3nd Konoe Division, as the emperor's bodyguard, were more educated in bushido than other Japanese troops.

Everyone wants to do a lot on the Chinese battlefield and make contributions to their Majesty the Emperor.

However, within a few days of coming to China, these Tokyo sons experienced first-hand the cruelty of war.

After all, the spirit of Bushido cannot resist the broth of steel.

"Teacher head?"

"Teacher head?"

A devil officer was shouting loudly.

The whole train station is littered with broken limbs and broken arms.

This train station is not big, and it was washed by 5 rounds of 500mm artillery shells within 75 minutes, and there was no shelter to hide from.

And the devils gathered more than [-] people in this train station, and they were blown upright, and the devils suffered extremely heavy losses.

The three trains parked in the train station and one armored train with the title of "Shenfeng" were blown up.

The devil officer was looking for the head of the division, and as he shouted loudly, all the devils who survived by chance joined the team looking for the head of the division.

"Has anyone seen the division commander?" a devil officer asked loudly.

"Before the enemy shelled, I saw the commander of the division under the train." A devil soldier responded.

"Where is it?" the ghost officer asked.

"There!" The ghost soldier pointed.

All the devils looked in the direction pointed by the devil soldiers, and saw that the train carriage had been blown up.

And the floor of the train is basically wood, if the division head is hidden there, wouldn't it be?

The faces of the devils suddenly changed, they rushed towards the carriage, and then began to search for their division commander.

Before the shelling, Akira Muto's guards pushed him off the platform, and all the devils jumped off the platform one after another.

There was a train under the platform, and Akira Muto and a group of devil officers were about to get under the train and leave here.

But at this time, the artillery shells just flew in, and Akira Muto and the devil officers hid under the train to avoid the shells.

All the devil officers felt that the Eighth Route Army must not have many shells, so they hid under the train and did not go out.

But the devils didn't expect that there were so many shells from the eight routes.

The entire railway station was washed back and forth several times with shells, and by the time the devil officers wanted to run away, it was too late.

Akira Muto and the officers of his 2nd Guards Division were lucky enough to get two 2mm shells.

Then the officers of the 2nd Guards Division were taken away in one go.

By the time the devils dug their division commander out from under a pile of iron and sawdust, he was already breathing weakly, with only one breath left.

dying.

A devil guard lay on top of him at a critical moment, protecting him with his body.

"I found the division commander, and the division commander is still alive!" The devil officer shouted: "Let the military doctor come over immediately!"

Immediately, some devils brought a stretcher and carried their division commander onto the stretcher...

Several devil military doctors immediately gave up treating the devil soldiers and ran over to treat Akira Muto.

After more than ten minutes of hard work by the devils' military doctors, Akira Muto died of his injuries.

The devils who heard the news were crying like dead parents.

At this time, the plane of the 9th Flying Team of the First Army that took off from Taiyuan arrived, and 10 fighter jets lined up in battle formation and swept past Niangziguan at low altitude.

The devil pilots did not find the enemy, only saw the devastated Niangziguan and the corpses of Japanese soldiers all over the ground in Niangziguan.

Miserable.

Kato Ryuichi, who was in charge of leading the team at the moment, signaled the flight formation to disperse and look for the trail of the eight routes.

After the Devil's plane flew over Niangziguan, it pulled upwards, then turned somersaults and scattered.

There are 3 fighter jets and 2 attack planes flying towards Mianshan.

The new group of mountain artillery positions 2 kilometers away from Mianshan.

The strong men of the artillery battalion have already disassembled the mountain cannon and tied it to the mule with a rope.

The M1-type 75mm mountain cannon can be broken down into 8 large pieces and carried by mules and horses.

Li Yunlong was not in a hurry to leave, and continued to wait for the first, second and third battalions here.

Not long after, the three main infantry battalion commanders arrived almost at the same time.

"Leader, political commissar, have you succeeded?"

As soon as they met, the three battalion commanders gave a military salute, and Zhang Dabiao couldn't wait to ask.

"Successful." Li Yunlong nodded, "Our political commissar Zhao killed a major general and a senior officer with one shot."

The three battalion commanders shrank their pupils when they heard this, and turned to look at Zhao Gang, their eyes full of admiration and disbelief.

"It's just luck." Zhao Gang waved his hand in a very humble tone.

"One shot is good luck, what about the second and third shots?" Li Yunlong widened his eyes and said: "The second shot killed two devil officers, the third shot killed two devil soldiers, and a total of three shots killed six devils." , Do you think I'm bragging, I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."

Leader Li's tone seemed more excited than his own killing six devils with three shots.

When he said this, the three battalion commanders and the surrounding soldiers looked at Zhao Gang, and their admiration and disbelief brightened a little.

To be honest, Zhao Gang was also a little excited, but it was obviously not the time to be excited: "Give me an order to retreat immediately, maybe the devil's reinforcements are rushing here."

"That's right, we took advantage, we have to retreat immediately!" Li Yunlong shouted.

At this time, there was a buzzing sound in the distance.

The devil's plane has arrived!
(End of this chapter)