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Chapter 354 Calling Air Support!

"Is Hirata Junyu broken?"

At the headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division, Lieutenant General Kunomura Momoyo read the telegram sent by the headquarters, and was stunned as if he had been tapped.

The expression was full of disbelief, another lieutenant general died at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

This was too sudden, didn't it mean that he could stick to it for 3 days, did not expect the jade to be broken so soon?

However, the telegram said that although the division head Yu Sui, the officers and soldiers of the 37th Division were still insisting, and Shinozuka Yoshio ordered him to speed up the offensive.

He was ordered to lead the 2nd Guards Division to completely destroy the Eighth Route Arsenal before dark.

Kunomura Momoyo calculated carefully, and this was already the fourth lieutenant general of the imperial army who died at the hands of Balu.

The first one was Lieutenant General Numata Tokushige, who was shot in the abdomen by Eight Routes and was sent to the hospital to be rescued and died. Although the Japanese army did not admit that Lieutenant General Numata was shot and killed by Eight Routes, it was undeniable that he died at the hands of Eight Routes.

The second place is Norihide Abe, the famous general, who died under the mortar of the Eighth Route Army in Huangtuling just after he was promoted to lieutenant general.

The third was Lieutenant General Akira Muto, who died under the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery in Niangziguan.

The fourth was Lieutenant General Hirata Kenkichi, who was also killed by eight-way shelling.

"Bagaya Road!"

Hearing the news of Kenkichi Hirata's broken jade, it also completely aroused his anger.

They were all excellent generals of the empire, and it was a great shame to die at the hands of a group of farmers.

"Teacher commander!"

Chief of Staff Nakazawa Shoichi came in, bowed his head and paused.

"Nakazawa-kun, Lieutenant General Hirata is broken." Kunomura Momoyo said in a deep voice, "This is a telegram from Commander Shinozuka."

"Nani?"

Zhongze Sheng's face changed, and he took the telegram and read it.

After reading the telegram, Nakazawa Shoichi was full of disbelief. This group of mice actually defeated the 37th Division, and Lieutenant General Hirata also died in battle?
In the past few days after entering the Eighth Route base area and fighting with the Eighth Route Army, although the Eighth Route Army has been blocking them layer by layer, Zhongze Shengyi believes that the Eighth Route Army's tactics such as mine warfare and sparrow warfare are just some small tricks, and these alone cannot defeat the Japanese army. The footsteps of the Japanese attack could not be stopped.

The only trouble is that the Eighth Route has the advantage of fighting at home. If their main force does not fight the Japanese army head-on, it will be difficult for the Japanese army to destroy the main force of the Eighth Route.

Moreover, the continuous layers of blocking and harassment made the Japanese troops a little tired.

But now it is close to the arsenal of the Eighth Route. In the old Chinese saying, it is said that if you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple.

Their soldiers can escape, but the arsenal cannot.

Zhongze Shengyi said: "Your Excellency, Division Chief, I went to the vanguard to inspect the vanguard in the morning, and I got something when I came back."

"What harvest?"

Zhongze Province said: "There is a Chinese man who calls himself Wang Fugui. He said that he is familiar with the terrain of Huangyadong. After arriving at the outskirts of Huangyadong, he is willing to lead the imperial army to attack the Huangyadong arsenal from the road."

"Oh?" Kunomura Momoyo's expression changed, "What about others?"

Zhongze Shengyi said, "It's just outside."

Kunomura Momoyo said: "Let him in!"

"Hi!" Zhongze Sheng turned around and walked to the entrance of the command department, shouting out, "Bring him in!"

A moment later, two soldiers carrying 38 caps escorted Wang Fugui in.

"Taijun, Taijun!" As soon as Wang Fugui came in, he couldn't help but nodded and bowed to Kunomura Momoyo and Nakazawa.

"Can you lead the way for the imperial army?"

Kunomura Momoyo leaned forward, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Wang Fugui with a gaze that seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts.

Zhongze Shengyi is a China hand, and simultaneously translated Kuno's question to Wang Fugui in Chinese.

"No problem. My friends and I grew up in this area and are very familiar with Huangya Cave." Wang Fugui replied cautiously.

"Why do you want to lead the way for the imperial army?"

Kuno stared into Wang Fugui's eyes and asked again.

Wang Fugui's tone was cautious and gloomy: "Because I hate the Eighth Route Army, as soon as they came, they robbed my house and land that belonged to me and distributed them to those mudlegs...I want revenge on the Eighth Route Army."

This Wang Fugui was originally a well-known squire in these ten miles and eight villages. After the arrival of the Eighth Route Army, he beat up the local tyrants and divided the land.

In order to save his life, Wang Fugui voluntarily distributed his land to Balu, but he kept secretly hating him.

When the devils came to carry out the raids, the Eighth Route Army mobilized the common people to move away. The local tyrants and evil gentry like Wang Fugui said that they refused to leave.

Seeing the devil's army attacking the hinterland of the base, this group of gentry thought that the Eighth Route Army was finished, and they did not hesitate to become the devil's traitor.

"Yoxi!" After hearing Wang Fugui's words, Kunomura Momoyo said happily, "Wang Sang, you are a friend of the imperial army. After you eliminate the Eighth Route Army, you will be rewarded greatly."

Wang Fugui expressed his opinion quickly, feeling grateful for a while, and then was taken away by the ghost soldiers.

"Nakazawa-kun, you did a good job on this matter." After a pause, Kunomura Momoyo asked again: "Where did the forward troops advance?"

The division headquarters and headquarters troops were with the artillery regiment, and the 2rd, 3th, and 4th regiments of the 5nd Guards Division attacked and advanced in the front.

Due to the terrain, the devils are not familiar with small roads, so they can only attack along the main road.

However, the Eighth Route Army has been blocking the attack, and the wounded devils have been increasing.

Zhongze Province pointed to the map: "Division commander, the vanguard will arrive at Gujia Village immediately. After passing Gujia Village, go to Huojiazhuang and turn west 3 kilometers to reach the Eighth Route Armory."

Kunomura Momoyo lowered his gaze and nodded: "Yoxi, the vanguard is only 6 kilometers away from the periphery of the Eighth Route Arsenal. Order the vanguard to speed up!"

After a pause, Kunomura Taodai drew out the lieutenant general's command sword with a swipe: "I can't wait for my sword. After capturing the Huangyadong arsenal, I will chop off the heads of all eight routes and hang them on the cliff in the sky to pay tribute to Lieutenant General Hirata. And the Heroic Spirit of Lieutenant General Takeda!"

"Hi!" Nakazawa let out a smirk, bowed his head, turned and walked out.

……

Takeshi Imaka, the search wing leader of the 2nd Guards Division, led the troops to attack.

According to the map, Gujiazhuang is in front of you.

The search wing is a special establishment of the Japanese army.

It is mainly responsible for multiple tasks such as reconnaissance, campaign breakthrough, campaign maneuver, and campaign pursuit.

In addition to the wing headquarters, it also has a horse squadron, a vehicle squadron, and an armored vehicle squadron under its jurisdiction.

There are about 400 people in the entire wing, more than 120 horses, 12 Type 15 tanks, and [-] trucks.

This kind of organization does have high mobility and protection, and can achieve a certain degree of rampage on low-tech and relatively flat terrain.

Especially after tearing apart the line of defense of the infantry-based troops, it is easier to cause confusion and fear to the enemy, and further develop the results of the battle.

From Jinzhong Wuyi's point of view, such an army would be a piece of cake to deal with the Tuba Road.

However, the effect of the search wing was far beyond his expectations. Eighth Road was actually equipped with powerful anti-tank weapons, and 12 of the search wing's 7 tanks had been scrapped.

Even the cavalry could not give full play to their mobility advantage in the ravine-ridden mountainous terrain.

There are also a lot of German-style S landmines buried on the eighth road on the road. This kind of landmine is so powerful that it will be a large piece when it is exploded.

When the engineers of the search wing were clearing mines, they were often knocked down by sudden machine gun fire.

When Jinzhong Wuyi responded with a firepower and then led his troops to attack, Balu ran away again.

When you feel safe, you will suddenly appear again after walking a few steps and attack you with a burst of firepower.

From yesterday to this morning, the search wing has only advanced less than 30 kilometers, and has already suffered more than half of the casualties. It is only through replenishment from each wing that they can continue to serve as the vanguard.

Otherwise, relying on the remaining 100 or so people, they would have been eaten by the eight roads.

Jinzhong Wuyi forcefully lifted the turret cover of the Type [-] light tank, and looked forward at the bleak village in front of him.

A soldier ran over with a rifle and reported: "Report to the regiment leader, no Chinese people have been found in the village!"

"Continue to search and move forward!" Imamaka Wuyi said.

"Hi!"

Several engineers held minesweepers and slowly searched along the road next to Gujia Village.

……

Siding Mountain.

Taihang column headquarters.

Huang Erhu put down the high-power walkie-talkie, stood up, turned around and saluted Li Yunlong: "Report to the commander-in-chief that the enemy's vanguard troops have arrived at Gujia Village."

"Okay!" Li Yunlong nodded, "Order the scouts to report the enemy's position at any time!"

"Yes!" Huang Erhu replied, turned around and returned to his seat.

Li Yunlong raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was estimated that the devils would arrive at the outskirts of the Huangyadong Arsenal in 3 hours and enter the encirclement in 2 hours.

So, he went to the radio, switched on the call, and picked up the receiver.

"Hey, Boss Li is calling Boss Chen, and Boss Li is calling Boss Chen."

At this time, in the base below a certain hill less than 20 kilometers away from the Huangyadong Arsenal, a handsome boy heard the sound of electric current coming from the radio talker around him.

Liangzai picked up the receiver and responded: "Boss Chen received it, Boss Li, please tell me."

Li Yunlong said, "Boss Li applied for the pigeon to take off."

Not long after, Chen Feng said on the radio: "The pigeons have been arranged to take off immediately."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately hung up the call with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, the little devil just waited to become an adult.

"Li Yunlong!" A familiar voice sounded in Li Yunlong's ear.

Li Yunlong turned around quickly, saw the commander wearing glasses walking in from the door, and quickly saluted: "Master!"

It was the commander who personally commanded the 4 regiments to stop the 2nd Guards Division of the Devils, and the 2nd Guards Division did not get any advantage in the hands of the commander.

But now it should not be called blocking, but should be called luring the enemy to go deep.

The teacher asked: "Li Yunlong, the devil's vanguard troops have arrived at Gujia Village, how are you doing?"

"Report to the commander." Li Yunlong said, "The pockets have been laid out, and now we are waiting for the son of a bitch of the 2nd Guards Division to sneak in."

The division commander relaxed, and asked Li Yunlong about his troop deployment.

Li Yunlong first reported the deployment of troops, and then smiled: "Master, in addition to laying out a big pocket array, I also called for air support, and promised to let the emperor's guards raised in the year of the dog drink a big pot."

"Not bad!" The teacher nodded, and adjusted his glasses again, with an extremely satisfied expression.

(End of this chapter)