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Chapter 400 There is a problem with this eight-way team!
Before dawn, the devils and puppet troops organized a counterattack in an attempt to recapture the city wall.

But unfortunately.

The firepower of the Eighth Route Army was very strong, coupled with artillery support outside the city, the devils and puppet troops could not get close to the city wall at all.

After dropping dozens of corpses, the devils and puppet troops retreated hastily.

The sky is bright.

The soldiers of the Xinyi Regiment, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd attack groups, who had already been ready, entered the city under the leadership of the platoon leaders of each company.

The soldiers carried ladders on the house, entered the house from the second floor, and fought house-by-house with the devils.

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army was advancing simultaneously on the street. When they encountered a position on the street that the devils had built up with sandbags, they did not need infantry to destroy it, and the members of the Sword Squadron called for artillery fire.

As a result, the ambush firepower points set up by the devils on both sides of the street completely lost their effect.

In desperation, the devils of the Yoshino Regiment and the small number of devils and puppet troops who had retreated from the city wall had no choice but to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army.

As a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers entered the city, the Eighth Route Army attacked from all directions, street by street and house by house in the inner city of Taiyuan.

Battles broke out at every moment, and with the constant and ruthless passage of time, the streets and alleys of the outer city of Taiyuan were nibbled away by the Eighth Route Army bit by bit.

"Report to the general, the Eighth Route has occupied the armory and bullet depot near the Xiaobeimen!"

In the inner city of Taiyuan, in the combat hall of the Japanese Army Headquarters, a communications lieutenant reported to Yoshio Shinozuka.

A combat staff officer next to him quickly placed a small flag representing the Eighth Route Army on the sand table representing the position of the small north gate's armory and bullet depot.

The armory and bullet depot were left by the Jinsui Army. After being occupied by the Japanese army, they were used as an ordnance repair shop and a sports ground for soldiers.

The real arsenal of the Japanese army is in the inner city.

The location of the Taiyuan Arsenal is also in the outer city, but it is near the inner city wall.

Yoshio Shinozuka stared at the map. In just one morning, the streets next to the city wall had been captured by the Eighth Route Army.

The mini-flag representing the Eighth Route Army has surrounded the Yoshino Regiment and the inner city. It is estimated that the Eighth Route Army will be able to occupy the entire outer city in just one day.

At this time, Shinozuka Yoshio couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

If I had known this before, I should have listened to the advice of my cronies and staff. When Balu appeared near Xiaodian Town, I took a plane from Xincheng Airport and left Taiyuan.

However, it is useless to regret now.

The only hope now is reinforcements.

"Where are the reinforcements from the 3rd Brigade?"

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Toshimatsu Kasai, the communications staff officer.

Kasai Toshimatsu hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "General, at 9:3 in the morning, the [-]rd Brigade has passed by Xinzhou. If there is no Chinese army blocking the way, it is expected to arrive in Taiyuan when it gets dark!"

Shinozuka Yoshio narrowed his eyes.

The 3rd Brigade came to assist Taiyuan with 4 infantry brigades and 1 artillery brigade, totaling more than 5000 people.

There is no doubt that these more than 5000 people are definitely not the opponents of the Eighth Route Army.

Especially when the siege troops of the Eighth Route Army still have ace troops like Xinyituan.

However, the arrival of more than 3 Japanese soldiers from the 5000rd Brigade can greatly reduce the pressure on Taiyuan.

If the 3rd Brigade can stay in Taiyuan City, then Taiyuan can last at least 2 to 3 days longer.

When reinforcements such as the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 108th Division arrive, the First Army Headquarters and Taiyuan will be safe.

In the final analysis, the 3rd Brigade was nothing but cannon fodder for Yoshio Shinozuka.

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Order the 3rd Brigade to speed up the march. If you can't reach Taiyuan before dark, Major General Miyazaki will perform a laparotomy to thank the Emperor!"

"Hi!"

Kasai Toshimatsu stood upright, bowed his head, turned and walked outside.

……

"Tuan Zuo, Baozi Mountain has been occupied by an Eighth Route Army. I sent communications soldiers up to negotiate. This Eighth Route Army is a battalion of Li Yunlong's department."

On a certain hill behind Baozi Mountain, there is the headquarters of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army.

Fang Ligong walked into the headquarters, paid a military salute and reported to Chu Yunfei.

Chu Yunfei also took a fancy to this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, and wanted to use this echelon ratio to prevent the Japanese 3rd Brigade from going south to reinforce Taiyuan.

"Oh?" Chu Yunfei raised his eyes from the map on the table, looked at Fang Ligong, and said in a somewhat surprised tone, "It's actually Li Yunlong's army? Li Yunlong's battalion commander has a good vision, and Baozi Mountain is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack." great place."

Fang Ligong said: "That's right, the regiment, it is Li Yunlong's troops. Their task is to block the 3rd Brigade for 3 days."

Chu Yunfei immediately laughed when he heard the words: "It seems that Li Yunlong's attack on Taiyuan is not enough. He actually used a battalion to stop the Japanese 3rd Brigade for 3 days."

"Yes, group seats!"

Fang Ligong echoed: "The enemy is the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army. Although it is not the entire 3rd Brigade, it has 4 infantry brigades plus 1 artillery brigade, with a total strength of more than 5000 people. Besides, Miyazaki is not a good old devil." No, Li Yunlong’s battalion might have been eaten by the Japanese 3rd Brigade within an hour or two.”

Chu Yunfei ordered: "Order the brothers to be prepared, match the ratio of echelons, and block the enemy step by step. After the Eighth Route Army can't beat the devils and withdraw, our 358th regiment will continue to fight against the devils!"

"Yes!"

Fang Ligong stood up and gave a military salute, then turned and left.

Chu Yunfei put on a pair of white gloves, Browning's gun and the Zhongzheng sword given by Principal Chang on one left and one right, with an eager expression on his face, ready to fight the Japanese army.

He thought to himself, this time he has done such a favor to Li Yunlong, Brother Yunlong, why don't you give Chu some American equipment as compensation?

……

Time passed relentlessly and steadily.

noon.

The Japanese 3rd Brigade marched all night and one morning, and the main force of more than 5000 people finally reached Baozi Mountain.

"Report to the general, the scout cavalry found the enemy's position in the fort 1.5 kilometers ahead!"

A Japanese staff officer hurriedly ran to the command vehicle in which Major General Miyazaki was riding, bowed his head and said.

The Fourth Battalion of the New First Regiment built trenches, foxholes and other civil fortifications on Baozi Mountain. Naturally, they could not hide from the devil's vanguard cavalry scouts.

Masao Miyazaki was leaning on the major general's sword and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Hearing this, he slowly opened his eyes, and a sharp light flashed between them.

Although Major General Masao Miyazaki looked a bit older, his expression was cold and resolute.

"Stop moving forward!"

Masao Miyazaki said sharply.

"Stop moving forward!"

Immediately the devil's staff officer shouted loudly.

The entire Japanese marching team stopped advancing immediately, and orders were strictly prohibited.

After ordering the troops to stand by, Major General Miyazaki took the binoculars to a position one kilometer away from Mount Baozi, and raised the binoculars to look.

I saw a hilltop guarding the road ahead, and the slope had already been built by the enemy with earthworks such as trenches and foxholes.

Looking through the binoculars again, Masao Miyazaki found that there were mountains on the left and right sides, and the highway was the only road leading to Taiyuan nearby.

"The artillery mirror!"

Masao Miyazaki said.

The staff officer beside him hurriedly shouted backwards: "The artillery mirror, Ha Ya Gu, bring up the artillery mirror!"

Several artillerymen quickly trotted to take up the artillery mirrors, and put them in front of Masao Miyazaki.

Through the field of view of the artillery mirror, Masao Miyazaki finally saw clearly that there were soldiers running with ammunition boxes on the ground. Judging from the color of their clothes, it was the Eighth Route Army who was preparing to stop the 3rd Brigade here.

Masao Miyazaki asked the staff to spread out the map and find the location of Baozi Mountain on the map, which is 50 kilometers away from Taiyuan.

If he could not arrive in Taiyuan before dark, he would be ordered to make a confession by caesarean section.

He knew that Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was trying to scare him, because at the level of major general, he would not be ordered to plead guilty.

But Masao Miyazaki knew that Taiyuan must have reached a moment of urgency at this time.

Putting away the map, Masao Miyazaki called Lieutenant Yamauchi, the captain of the 4th Infantry Battalion, to him.

Masao Miyazaki said: "Yamauchi-kun, there is a pile of dirt roads blocking our way ahead. Your 4th Infantry Battalion will wipe out this dirt roads within half an hour, otherwise we will cut open our stomachs to thank the emperor."

"Hi!"

Zhongzuo Yamauchi's expression froze, so he could only bite the bullet and agree.

Now the pressure is on him.

Nakazuo Yamauchi said: "Your Excellency, I request artillery support from the Artillery Brigade!"

Masao Miyazaki's tone did not fluctuate at all: "It takes time for the Artillery Brigade to set up the cannon. Your 4th Infantry Brigade will launch a feint attack first to find out the reality of the Eighth Route and the deployment of firepower."

"Hi!"

Yamanouchi Nakasori lowered his head, turned around and walked towards his troops.

He raised his hand and looked at his watch. He won the position of the Eighth Route in half an hour, and the time was a bit tight.

However, after a tentative attack, after the artillery bombards the infantry and then charges again, it should be able to be defeated.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

Yamauchi Lieutenant immediately ordered Sato Squadron Leader to lead his troops to launch a tentative attack on the Eighth Route position.

Under the leadership of Squadron Leader Sato, the devils bowed their bodies, held weapons, and headed towards the Eighth Route Army's position in a skirmish line.

……

"Company commander, the little devil is coming up, 300 meters away from the forward position!"

The frontline observer shouted.

The commander of the Thirteenth Company took his last puff of cigarette, threw the cigarette butt into the trench, and stomped it out with his toes:

"It's nothing new for the devils to launch an attack without firing a cannon."

Immediately shouted loudly: "Every squad enters their respective positions, listen to my order and then fire!"

Following his orders, about 300 soldiers from the Thirteenth Company came out of the tunnel in squads with weapons in hand, and entered their respective positions.

After shaking the submachine gun in his hand, the company commander didn't feel nervous at all.

The mountain body of Baozi Mountain has been excavated from the front slope and the reverse slope at the same time under the overnight soil work of the brother troops of the three companies, and finally a stable tunnel has been dug out.

Each trench is connected with tunnels.

The location of the tunnel is very hidden. The tunnel can not only prevent artillery, but the wounded can be transported from the tunnel to the reverse slope, and the ammunition supply on the reverse slope can be transported to each trench along the tunnel.

Before entering the range, devils stepped on the S-shaped landmines buried in front of the position one after another.

"Boom boom boom!" The power of the land mines is very great, and from time to time, devils step on the land mines, and then they are blown into blood mist.

However, the devil's formation was scattered, and the landmines only made the devil's formation chaotic.

"Fire!"

When the devil's vanguard entered a distance of 100 meters, the company commander ordered to open fire.

6 Maxim heavy machine guns, 16 light machine guns, 16 submachine guns, 16 bazookas, and more than 200 semi-automatic rifles fired at the same time.

Da da da…

clap clap clap...

Gunshots like popping beans were heard immediately, and a dense rain of bullets enveloped the devils, causing a large area of ​​devils to fall on the spot.

However, the reaction of the devils was also very fast. When the soldiers in the front line were shot and fell down, the devils behind either lay down on the ground, or rolled to the rocks or mounds in different postures to avoid the rain of bullets. After evading, the devils pushed bullets into their chambers and raised their guns to aim and shoot at the Eighth Route Army's position.

The Devil's machine gunner set up a light and heavy machine gun to try to suppress firepower, but the machine gun was shot by the Eighth Route Army's snipers with precision.

The devil grenadier soldiers took off the grenades and operated the grenades to knock out the firepower of the Eighth Route Army's machine guns.

But the next moment, it was blown up into the sky by a rocket bomb flying with tail flames.

The grenadiers and the light and heavy machine guns all misfired. Without firepower to suppress and destroy them, Squadron Leader Sato ordered the retreat without hesitation.

On the way to retreat, some devils stepped on landmines and fell to this land forever.

It was just a wave of probing attacks. Without the use of anti-slope artillery support, the Fourth Battalion lay a large number of devil corpses in front of the position.

"Report to the captain, the Sato Squadron has more than 110 casualties!"

Squadron leader Sato's face was blackened, and he reported to Yamauchi Battalion Commander.

"waste!"

"idiot!"

Nakazuo Yamauchi slapped his bow left and right, and slapped Squadron Leader Sato twice in the face.

It's a shame that a tentative attack caused more than half of a squadron's casualties!

Afterwards, Nakamura Yamauchi walked up to Major General Miyazaki with his command saber in his hand, bowed his head and said, "General, there is a problem with this eight-way army!"

(End of this chapter)