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Chapter 390 Siege!

Chapter 95 Siege!
Fang Ligong was startled suddenly: "Regimental Commander, we have one regiment to deal with the devils, one regiment and one brigade. This is not a joke. The ratio of troops is 1:1. We can't do business at a loss. Please think twice."

Chu Yunfei said: "Of course, I don't intend to lose money. Let's make a step-by-step configuration and block the attack in sections to buy Li Yunlong some time."

Fang Ligong adjusted his glasses and said: "Tuan Zuo, we are not in conflict with the Eighth Route Army, why do you help him?"

Chu Yunfei made up his mind and said, "You don't need to help others, but Li Yunlong still has something to offer. If the Chinese army can have a few more officers like Li Yunlong, this war will be smooth." It's much easier to fight, get ready to fight."

"Yes!"

Fang Ligong turned around and left.

He is very clear about Chu Yunfei's character, once a decision is made, unless Principal Chang or Chief Yan personally orders it.

Otherwise, Chu Yunfei would never change his mind.

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Taiyuan.

First Army Command.

Yoshio Shinozuka received a call back from Li Yunlong.

Reciprocated with the plain code telegram that Shinozuka Yoshio had sent to Li Yunlong before: wash his neck and wait for Li Yunlong to chop off his head.

Shinozuka Yoshio didn't call Li Yunlong back, but was making and deploying the city defense task himself.

These tasks should be done by the chief of staff, but now the First Army does not have a chief of staff, so Yoshio Shinozuka can only do it by himself.

Shinozuka Yoshio knew very well that with this little force in his hand, he was definitely not an opponent of the Eighth Route Army.

In his view, the focus of defense should be delayed as much as possible, as long as the reinforcements arrive, Taiyuan's crisis can be resolved.

Yoshio Shinozuka deployed four lines of defense.

The first line of defense is the fortifications outside Taiyuan City, and the defensive forces are mainly the Imperial Association Army.

This fortification will definitely be fiercely bombarded by the Eighth Route Army, which happens to be cannon fodder for the Imperial Association Army.

The second line of defense is the city wall of Taiyuan. The city wall of Taiyuan is 11 meters high, 13 meters wide at the bottom, and about 8 meters wide at the top.

However, according to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of 105 howitzers, which can barely be regarded as heavy artillery.

The city wall of Taiyuan must not be defended, and it is only a matter of time before the city wall is bombed down.

If the Eight Routes did not have large-caliber artillery, Yoshio Shinozuka could order the Japanese artillery to move the mountain artillery and infantry artillery to the city wall, aiming at the infantry attacking the Eight Routes.

However, the Eighth Route not only has large-caliber guns, but also the Eighth Route's artillery is of extremely high quality.

It's hard to do.

The second line of defense is mainly the Japanese army and the Imperial Association Army, the number is 1:1.

Next is the third line of defense, and it is also the line of defense Yoshio Shinozuka expects the most.

street fighting.

The main force was the elite Yoshino Regiment directly under the First Army. More than 3000 Japanese soldiers from the Yoshino Regiment fought street by street with the Eighth Route Army in the outer city of Taiyuan.

The fourth line of defense is the city wall of Taiyuan's inner city, and it is also the last line of defense. It is defended by the gendarmerie and Shinozuka Yoshio's personal guard squadron.

At this time, Shinozuka Yoshio regretted sending troops to guard Xiaodian Town, which made the current strength a bit insufficient.

However, the old devil is a person who has experienced great storms, and he quickly put other emotions behind him.

"Report to the general, Commander Tada of the North China Front Army has called back, the 1st Brigade of the Cavalry Garrisoned in Mongolia, and the 108th Division of the Second Army have received orders and are gathering, ready to rush to Taiyuan!"

Toshimatsu Kasai, the communications staff officer, hurried in with a telegram in hand, and nodded to Shinozuka Yoshio.

"Yo Xi!"

Shinozuka Yoshio was shocked when he heard this.

The 4th Cavalry Brigade, which attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, and the 1st Cavalry Brigade, which was preparing to rush to rescue, were both adapted by car.

改编后的骑兵旅团定员为5600人，配备军马5668匹、步骑枪3705支、重机枪12挺、野炮36门及速射炮4门、战车7辆等武器装备。

骑兵第1旅团辖骑兵第13联队、第14联队、第71联队，每个骑兵联队辖4个中队及机关枪中队（重机枪8挺)、炮兵中队(山炮3门、速射炮4门)、汽车中队(汽车70余辆)、并有旅团直属战车队、骑炮兵第1联队、工兵队、辎重队等，部队实现了全部车辆化。

The 108th Division is also a three-unit division, and its combat effectiveness is not weak.

Three days, as long as you can stick to it for three days, the reinforcements will definitely arrive.

At that time, the eight roads around Taiyuan can be driven back to the southeast of Shanxi.

Moreover, more than 40 kilometers south of Taiyuan is a flat plain.

It is very suitable for the maneuvering of the cavalry. At that time, the 1st Cavalry Brigade may be able to severely damage or even kill the Eighth Route that attacked Taiyuan.

The more Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it, the more feasible it became.

Therefore, the old devil decided to play a big game of chess, and he wanted to take the eight routes that attacked Taiyuan in turn.

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Li Yunlong also knows the importance of time.

Lay down Taiyuan early and get rich early.

After the troops were ready, he prepared to give the order to attack the city without hesitation.

There was no passion or anger in Li Yunlong's eyes, only the silence like water. He grabbed the high-powered walkie-talkie and shouted loudly: "Send me the order, fire!"

Less than ten seconds after the voice fell, the sky suddenly rang out a sharp sound.

Both Li Yunlong and the soldiers preparing to attack are very familiar with this beautiful voice.

This is exactly the screeching sound of the cannonball rubbing through the air.

But to the devils and the puppet soldiers, the screeching sound was not so wonderful.

After a while, the artillery shells fell on the positions of the devils and puppet troops outside Taiyuan City.

All the artillery groups did not conduct a pre-test firing. When they came up, they were covered by artillery fire, and they fired rapidly. Exploding fireballs and gunpowder smoke suddenly rose on the positions of the devils and puppet troops.

A turret built by the devils outside the city was hit by a 105mm howitzer. Amidst the explosion of artillery fire, the devils turret exploded like a goddess scattering flowers.

The devils and puppet soldiers inside were killed instantly.

In round after round of bombardment, the positions of the devils and puppet troops seemed to be flattened and submerged in flames.

After bombarding the positions of the devils and puppet troops for 5 rounds, the barrage of shells extended and began to bombard the city walls of Taiyuan.

On the city walls of Taiyuan, there are fortifications, shelter holes and ammunition holes.

The Devil's artillery on the city wall was also firing back, but the Devil's artillery and observers could not see the position of the Eighth Route Army's artillery position at all.

It can only shell the visible Eighth Route infantry, but the Eighth Route Army infantry is relatively scattered and has little effect.

When the devils in the artillery barracks on the city wall fired, the special forces of the Sword Squadron had already quietly calculated the number of shots they fired.

With the extension of Xu Jin's barrage, the special forces of the Sword Squadron passed the shots from the devil's artillery position to the artillery group behind.

The artillery forts set up by the devils on the city walls were knocked down one by one.

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The inner city of Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Command.

Landslides and ground cracks, shaking mountains and mountains, and the sound of shell explosions rumbled like thunder.

Although Shinozuka Yoshio had known for a long time that the Eight Routes were equipped with a large number of large-caliber guns.

But when I really heard the roar of these large-caliber guns, I still felt unbelievable.

Judging from the continuous sound of cannons, there are probably no fewer than a hundred large-caliber cannons from the eight routes.

Where did Eight Road get so many cannons?
Could it be that the mysterious person named Chen Feng provided them all?

Could the eight-way air support have anything to do with Chen Feng?Will air support be used in the eight-way attack on Taiyuan this time?
Yoshio Shinozuka was also afraid that if Li Yunlong couldn't conquer Taiyuan for a while and dispatched bombers to raze the inner city of Taiyuan to the ground, things would be very bad.

"Report to General!"

The communication staff Toshimatsu Kasai has a tense expression, and hurried into the combat hall: "The defenders of the city walls reported that the artillery fortresses on the city walls were destroyed and suppressed by the eight-way artillery fire, and most of the shelters and ammunition holes on the city wall were bombed down. The eight-way artillery fire is too real. Ferocious."

Shinozuka Yoshio's complexion gradually became dark, and he still underestimated the Eighth Route artillery unit.

If the artillery of the Eighth Route is not dealt with, the city wall will not last long. Maybe the Eighth Route infantry will be able to enter the city today.

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Order the observation balloon team to raise the balloon to find the location of the eight-way artillery position, and help the artillery observe the drop point of the shell."

"In addition, the 3rd Flying Brigade has dispatched two Type 32 command and liaison aircraft to reinforce Taiyuan in the air along with the [-]nd Flying Squadron."

"Your communication room immediately send 4 radio communication machines to the artillery."

The First Army has a balloon observation team of more than 50 people to help the artillery observe the impact of the shells.

Observation balloons were a powerful tool used by artillery from various countries to observe the effects of shelling during World War I, but they were actually a bit outdated during World War II. After all, aircraft technology was very mature at this time, and fighter jets were a great threat to observation balloons.

However, because China's air power is weak and the Japanese army has air superiority, they did not encounter any challenges when using observation balloons, so they did not pay much attention to this issue.

But because Yoshio Shinozuka was afraid of the anti-aircraft guns of the Eighth Route Army, he didn't order the observation balloon to take off at the beginning.

The Type 76 command and liaison aircraft, numbered ki-[-], is a command and liaison aircraft newly equipped by the Japanese Army.

Designed and manufactured by the Japan International Aviation Industry Corporation, this aircraft has multiple functions such as air command, reconnaissance, communication, and impact point observation, and can perform short-field takeoff and landing on ordinary ground without a runway.

However, Shinozuka Yoshio knew well that the Eighth Route Army was cunning, and would definitely set up a large number of false positions on purpose to confuse the Imperial Army as before.

It's hard to say whether it will be effective, but if you don't do anything, you are waiting for death, and now you can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu suddenly lowered his head, turned and left.

Listening to the continuous sound of shell explosions at the city wall, Shinozuka Yoshio became more and more irritable.

Judging from the fact that the eighth route artillery is not stingy with shells, the eighth route does not look like it ran out of ammunition in the last mopping operation.

Instead, ammunition is abundant.

Shinozuka Yoshio thought to himself, Balu is really cunning and cunning, even their chief lieutenant, saying that two-thirds of the troops were killed and wounded in the battle, and the ammunition was almost exhausted.

All are deceitful.

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(End of this chapter)