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Chapter 347 Defense of the 37th Division!
At this time, with the three counties of Changzhi, Licheng and Xiangyuan as the center, a pot of porridge was made within a few hundred miles.

Especially in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, the blocking troops of the Eighth Route Army exchanged fire with the devils, slowing down the progress of the devils' rush to help the 37th Division.

The orders received by the various units are to prevent enemy reinforcements at all costs.

However, the blocking forces did not fight the devils to the end, but dealt with the devils with tactics such as sparrow warfare, mine warfare, and layer-by-layer blocking.

Knowing that the situation of the 37th Division was critical, Shinozuka Yoshio ordered the troops in the counties in southern Shanxi to rush to help immediately.

In addition to the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, there are also local troops of the national army, as well as a large number of local armed forces such as county brigades, district squads, and militias.

Although the Eighth Route Army and the national army did not have an order to coordinate operations at all, the internal communication capabilities of the Eighth Route Army were poor, and the communication between the main force and the local forces was also poor.

Many troops in the surrounding guerrilla areas did not know that the Eighth Route Army was attacking Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng counties.

But if the devils and puppet soldiers come out of the stronghold in front of them, they can't let him walk happily. Can they not take advantage of it?
In Ding Wei's words, even if the devils go to pay homage to their birthday, they can't let them succeed!
As a result, various departments of the Eighth Route Army in southern Shanxi, various departments of the national army, and anti-Japanese armed forces in various regions, including the bandit mountain king who screamed in the mountains and forests, were all involved.

The whole southeastern and southern Shanxi are in chaos.

Shinozuka Yoshio sent another regiment of troops from Taiyuan to the southeast of Shanxi by train to help.

The train stopped after only a few tens of kilometers. The devil got out of the car and saw that more than ten kilometers of railroad tracks had disappeared.

At this time, Taiyuan City was already empty of troops, and it only needed a few thousand troops to capture it.

However, only Yan Xishan's Jinsui army could capture Taiyuan City at this time.

Shinozuka Yoshio knew very well that if the 37th Division was eaten by the Eighth Route Army, then he would definitely lose his black hat.

Moreover, Shinozuka Yoshio was determined that Yan Xishan would not dare to lead his troops to attack Taiyuan, because even if Yan Xishan captured Taiyuan, he would not be able to bear the anger of the Japanese army to settle accounts after autumn.

The Japanese army in Anze County received the reinforcement order, stepped on landmines one after another as soon as they left the stronghold, and sent engineers to detect the mines, but was knocked down half of them by the sudden machine gun fire in an instant. Fleeing again, the devil commander ordered to attack and move forward. The harassment continued all the way, and more than half of the casualties occurred within 20 kilometers.

A brigade of devils stationed in the Jincheng reinforcements ambushed in the middle of the road. First, they were attacked by a regiment of the national army Pang Bingxun. After an hour of firefights, both sides suffered casualties. Sending back to Jincheng, he continued to lead his troops to help.

Who would like to be attacked by a group of bandits on the way back to Jincheng, and all the devils and wounded in a small team were killed.

The bandits did not implement the policy of humanitarianism and preferential treatment of prisoners like the Eight Routes. They snatched everything from the devils, and then beheaded the devils and the wounded. Dozens of headless naked corpses were thrown on the road.

The devil brigade continued to advance, and was harassed by the guerrillas again and again, and was ambushed by the cavalry battalion of the Xinyi regiment not long after walking, and the two sides exchanged fire immediately.

Under the command of Sun Desheng, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion first dismounted to lay an ambush, killed and wounded the devils with superior firepower, and then rode their horses and rushed down from the hillside to harvest the heads of the devils.

It didn't take long for most of the devil reinforcements in the brigade to be wiped out by the cavalry battalion.

Sun Desheng triumphantly said to the soldiers: The regiment commander ordered our cavalry battalion to fight and stop. Let's kill all the reinforcements and complete the stop mission. Is this reasonable?
After learning that there were no extra devils in Jincheng to reinforce Changzhi, Sun Desheng returned to Changzhi with the cavalry battalion.

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"Boss, the latest information."

"At present, we have more than [-] main regiments and a large number of local troops engaged in the battle, and the national army troops in southern Shanxi have also been involved."

"The siege of the city, the reinforcement of the reinforcement, the ambush of the ambush, it is very busy."

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff reported the latest situation to the boss.

There are more than a dozen main regiments on Li Yunlong's side, and there are about [-] regiments to help Li Yunlong and transfer ordinary people.

As Li Yunlong led his troops to attack the 37th Division and attracted the 14th and 18th Brigades, the pressure on the base area was immediately reduced.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the army is already moving the common people to the outside line.

"Good guy, Li Yunlong's siege has turned the entire southeast of Shanxi into a mess." The boss immediately said happily.

"How is Li Yunlong's situation?" The boss asked again.

The chief of staff said: "At present, the three attack groups have successfully entered the city and started street fighting with the devils. However, the devils' resistance is also very tenacious. I am afraid that the battle will not be over for a while."

The boss nodded, and the attacking troops' attacking speed was considered fast by capturing the outlying positions and city walls so quickly.

The chief of staff said again: "Li Yunlong also reported that our artillery severely damaged the enemy's artillery regiment in Changzhi City."

"Not bad!" The boss praised with a satisfied expression, "Li Yunlong is very good at using artillery fire. His combination of special forces and artillery basically refers to where to fight."

The chief of staff nodded and said: "It's mainly his channel, which provided him with a full set of artillery equipment, cannons, shells, accurate maps, artillery mirrors, and even a lot of spare parts and camouflage nets, especially the accurate maps. And the artillery mirror is simply the treasure of the artillery, our artillery should also strengthen their learning and use of accurate maps."

"We'll talk about this after the battle." The boss nodded.

The chief of staff added, "The 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army is also coming towards our arsenal. The visitors are not kind."

"Where is the 2nd Guards Division?" The boss asked with his eyes lowered, staring at the map.

The chief of staff said: "Currently, the 2nd Guards Division has passed through Liaoxian County, and the straight-line distance from the Huangyadong Arsenal is only about 30 kilometers away. Our reinforcements may not last long."

The boss said: "Then send a few more regiments to stop the 2nd Guards Division. I still don't believe it. How powerful is the Emperor's Guard?"

The troops that can be fought by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army are all with Li Yunlong. With the current troops, it is very difficult to resist the 2nd Guards Division.

However, Li Yunlong had attracted most of the troops in the past, and the only Japanese troops who rushed to the Huangyadong Arsenal were the 2nd Guards Division and an infantry regiment.

Under layers of resistance, the 2nd Guards Division could not reach Huangya Cave for at least one day.

However, now the Huangyadong Armory has hundreds of sets of machine tools and equipment weighing several thousand kilograms, and it is very difficult to transfer them.

Unless Li Yunlong's channel dispatches a dragonfly plane to transport away the machine tools and equipment, and then transport them back after the devils leave.

It was only a matter of time before the 2nd Guards Division surrounded the Huangyadong Arsenal.

"It seems that the 2nd Guards Division did not go to Changzhi, but instead attacked our arsenal. Yoshio Shinozuka wanted to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and force the Taihang Column to return to help and relieve the siege of the 37th Division."

"The 2nd Guards Division is also to save the 37th Division..." As he spoke, the boss had a strange look and tone: "How do I feel that the Japanese army encircled and raided the iron walls of our base area, hitting them and turning them into The defense of the 37th Division?"

The chief of staff smiled and said: "Boss, be confident and get rid of the feeling. This battle has become the defense of the 37th Division. I dare to bet you that if the 37th Division of the Japanese Army is wiped out by Li Yunlong, Shinozuka Yoshio Absolutely can't afford to walk away."

The boss nodded and said: "Now, let's see if Li Yunlong can get the 37th Division of the Japanese Army!"

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In Changzhi County.

The battle is in full swing.

The siege troops of the Eighth Route Army poured into the city through gaps in the north and west walls.

According to Li Yunlong's tactics, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who entered the city from these two directions were not in a hurry to enter the neighborhoods to fight street fights with the devils.

Instead, they attacked along the city wall in a roundabout way, and cooperated with the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city to kill the defensive forces on the south and east city walls.

Then, the Eighth Route Army troops fought in depth from four directions at the same time, fighting street by street.

The 37th Division of the Japanese Army obviously has little experience in street fighting.

As soon as the street fighting started, the devils placed all their troops on the street, piled up sandbags on the street, seized the commanding heights of houses, and set up machine guns for defense.

If the Eighth Route Army has no artillery groups, and the observers and artillery are of low quality, this style of play is fine.

Without these, if the Eighth Route Army wanted to eat up the 37th Division, it would have to attack street by street, slowly gnawing at defensive points one by one.

However, the Eighth Route Army happened to have artillery groups, and the observers and artillerymen were highly qualified, and they could call artillery shells at any time.

The firepower points set up by the devils on the commanding heights on the street and on the roof were destroyed one by one by the shells called by the sharp sword team.

Where to hit.

After being conquered two streets in a row, the devils changed their tactics. All the devil soldiers entered the house and started a house-to-house battle with the Eighth Route Army.

The news was immediately transmitted to the Eighth Route Army headquarters through the walkie-talkie.

Kong Jie's tone was surprised: "The devil's tactics were adjusted very quickly. It doesn't look like he lost his command system. There is a high probability that the old devil Pingtian was not killed."

Zhao Gang said: "This is normal. In the battle between Yangquan and Shouyang last year, our Xinyi regiment beheaded the devil headquarters by calling artillery fire. Devils are not fools. They won't suffer the same loss three times. It must have been before we called artillery fire." , Transferred the location of the headquarters."

"This old devil, Pingtian, is quite cunning." Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, "Old Kong, use the walkie-talkie to order the troops to grab a few tongues and hand them over to Lu Yingjun for interrogation, to find out the location of the devil's headquarters, and then ask the Sword Squadron to call for artillery fire. Beheading, Changzhi County is such a big place, labor and management want to see, where can this old devil Pingtian hide?"

(End of this chapter)