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Chapter 469 A lot of pressure!

"Nani!?"

"Heyuan County was besieged by the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, with at least 1 troops?"

Taiyuan, First Army Headquarters, Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was on duty during the war, listened to the telegram read by the communication staff officer Takeo Nakamura, his face darkened.

What exactly is going on?

After building so many thickened bunkers and fortifications on the road, they failed to block the attack of the new regiment?

Even if the Eighth Route Army is equipped with heavy artillery, it is impossible to attack under Heyuan County in such a short time, right?
Could it be that Jing Guanren and Ishikawa Zhishui cut corners when repairing the bunkers and gun towers?

The steel bars and cement materials he allocated were sufficient, and Jing Guanren even applied for another batch of materials. Logically, there should be no shortage of materials.

Takeo Nakamura picked up the second telegram and continued to read: "The artillery firepower of the new regiment consists of three artillery regiments, including about 20 large-caliber heavy artillery, which are shelling the defensive positions and city walls outside Heyuan County. Lieutenant General Jingguan requests Tactical guidance, long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Imperial Army of Japan!"

"20 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces!?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu was taken aback and was also jealous.

This is a large-caliber heavy artillery. To be a large-caliber heavy artillery, it must be at least 150mm. The entire First Army does not even have a 1mm heavy artillery. The largest caliber is a 150mm howitzer.

If there are special circumstances, he can apply to mobilize several large-caliber heavy artillery to the First Army, but he will have to be transferred after finishing the work.

There are not many Japanese troops with such strategic-level weapons as large-caliber heavy artillery, and only the artillery wing or heavy artillery brigade of the Type A division will be equipped.

During the day, the observers of the reconnaissance plane suspected that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, but that was only a suspicion.

Although Yoshio Iwamatsu was mentally prepared for the eight-way equipment with large-caliber heavy artillery.

But when he heard the news, and there were 20 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces, he was a little stunned.

A group of idiots, equipped with such good weapons, is simply reckless!

"Your Excellency, Commander?"

Looking at Yoshio Iwamatsu who was stunned on the spot, Takeo Nakamura called out softly, the commander of the secret channel, you must have been scared stupid by Li Yunlong and the 20 heavy artillery, right?

"Ok?"

"what's up?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu brought his thoughts back, frowned slightly, and looked at Takeo Nakamura.

Nakamura Takeo said: "Lieutenant General Iseki asked for tactical guidance, how should the Communications Department respond?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu turned and stared at the map with thoughtful eyes.

The Xinyi Regiment attacked the 36th Division at this juncture, was it supporting the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi and the Central Army on the south bank of the Yellow River?
Or... Li Yunlong wants to eat the 36th Division?

Did the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi participate in the battle?
However, Yoshio Iwamatsu focused more on Masao Miyazaki's analysis, and the new regiment's active attack on the 36th Division was to support the operation.

With the current strength of the new regiment, it is impossible to eat up the 36th division in the case of siege operations, and neither can the new second regiment and the independent regiment.

Unless it is a field battle, there is still a chance.

The artillery firepower of the new regiment is much stronger than that of the 36th division.

Thinking of Xinyi Regiment and Li Yunlong, Yoshio Iwamatsu was very troubled. A mere regiment was actually equipped with 3 artillery regiments, including about 20 large-caliber heavy artillery.

The number of artillery pieces is richer than a Type-A division of the Japanese army...

Damn Li Yunlong, one day, I must cut off your head!

As for Li Datuan, Yoshio Iwamatsu, like Yoshio Shinozuka, wished he could chop off Li Yunlong's head and put it on the table as a specimen.

Moreover, in order to keep an eye on the new regiment and curb the development of the new regiment, Yoshio Iwamatsu has mobilized a division of troops and a large amount of steel and cement materials, and even plans to transport some steel and cement to build permanent fortifications around Taiyuan. There are also construction workers who have been transferred to Northwest Shanxi, but it is still useless.

So far, since he took office, his Shanxi First Army has had about 4000 casualties, of which a little over 3000 were killed and hundreds were injured. Among the Japanese soldiers killed, most of them died at the hands of Li Yunlong.

It's all this damn Li Yunlong!
Otherwise, he would have an extra division to deal with the main force of the Eighth Route and the Central Army in Southeast Shanxi, and the main force of the Eighth Route and the Central Army in Southeast Shanxi would not dare to be so arrogant.

"Li Yunlong, since you are looking for death, don't blame me for being rude!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu slammed his palm on the table suddenly:
"Immediately generate electricity for Lieutenant General Jingguan, and order the 222nd and 223rd Wings stationed in Anhua County and Pingan County to reinforce Heyuan County."

"In addition, apply to the North China Front Army, dispatch fighter jets and bombers, find and destroy the large-caliber heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army!"

The originally sturdy desk was photographed crumbling, which shows how strong Yoshio Iwamatsu's slap was.

Palm proficiency +1.

But after all, he slapped the table hard with his hand, and when he used too much force, he felt pain in the palm of his hand.

"Hi!"

Nakamura Takeo was terrified, suddenly nodded, then turned and walked out.

Watching Takeo Nakamura leave, Yoshio Iwamatsu stared at the map with a gloomy face, and now the First Army fell into the embarrassing situation of fighting on all sides.

Northwest Shanxi, Zhongtiaoshan, Zhengtai Railway and Taiyuan four battlefields.

The Eighth Route Army and the Central Army have joined forces. If the Jinsui Army also intervenes, things will be very bad.

Fortunately, the letter to Yan Xishan should have played a role, and I haven't received any information that the Jinsui Army is about to move.

……

at the same time.

The battle in Heyuan County continues.

It's not so much a battle as it is a one-sided artillery crushing, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire crushing the devils.

Nearly 100 cannons of the three artillery battalions continued to pour shells towards the city wall.

If it weren't for the fact that there are still some Chinese people living in the county.

Li Yunlong will order all the artillery of the new regiment, including 60mm mortars, 82mm mortars, 70mm infantry guns, and hundreds of artillery guns with a caliber of 75 mm or more, to fire into the county.

Tens of thousands of shells hit, at most half an hour, can cause at least half of the devils casualties.

Ten minutes later, the high-pitched whistling and exploding shells continued.

After 15 minutes, the explosion still did not stop.

For half an hour, the three artillery battalions poured nearly [-] shells at the defensive positions and the city wall outside the city, and half the sky was shot red.

Large sections of the city wall were blown down and destroyed, the city tower was blown up without a trace, and the ghosts and puppet soldiers on the city wall were blown to nothing.

Many Japanese artillerymen in the emplacements were so shaken that they bled to death from their orifices.

Many artillery positions were even hit directly, and the mountain artillery and artillery were blown up into the sky.

Until decades later, after experiencing this battle, some Japanese artillery soldiers who survived being captured by the Eight Route Army would tremble with their feet and be speechless when they mentioned the situation at that time.

You know, these devils all came out of the hail of bullets, but this shelling has become a nightmare for the devils.

Wait for the gunfire to stop.

The tentative attacking troops of each battalion except the east wall rushed towards the city gate from the attacking position.

This wave of attacks is a trial attack, and it adopts a three-three system tactic.

The devils on the city wall basically died. As soon as the sound of the guns stopped, the devils carried weapons and ammunition to the city wall and the ruins.

At this time, the wall tiles were still hot, but the devils couldn't care less.

"Shhhhhh!"

Countless flares were shot out from the city wall by the devils, and the front of the city wall was immediately illuminated like daylight.

The devils immediately saw the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were attacking.

Da da da, da da, da da da...

The devil's machine gun screamed wildly, and concentrated firepower poured down on the new attacking regiment of soldiers.

The warriors immediately prostrated themselves from the oncoming harvest.

The devil's firepower was very fierce, and many soldiers were shot, but because the troops were scattered widely, the casualties were not very large.

Seeing the devils on the city wall open fire, the mortars, infantry artillery, and machine guns that the new regiment had deployed long ago followed suit.

all of a sudden.

The night sky was immediately filled with the orange-red ballistics of artillery shells, covered with tracer bullets from machine guns and machine guns like raindrops.

At this time, the ghost mountain cannons hidden in the city wall that were not destroyed by the shells finally opened fire.

The target of the Devil's artillery fire was not the infantry of the new regiment, but the mortar positions and machine gun positions of the new regiment.

Because the infantry of the new regiment was spread out, it was not the pig-like group charge of the Japanese army, even if it attacked the infantry of the Eighth Route Army, it would have no effect.

It is better to fight machine gun positions and mortar positions.

However, since most of the devil's artillery positions were destroyed, many devil artillerymen were shocked to death, and the firepower of the devil's mountain artillery was greatly reduced.

After hastily firing a few shots at the mortar positions and machine gun positions of the new regiment, the living devil artillerymen pulled the mountain cannons from the city wall back into the city.

After a few minutes.

The main mountain guns and howitzers of the Xinyi regiment began to exert force again, and the shelling target was the devil's artillery position.

The shells landed extremely accurately, and it didn't take long for them to destroy the devil's artillery emplacement behind the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, under the cover of mortars and machine guns, the infantry of the new regiment attacked the city wall again.

Although the crenels of the city wall had been reinforced by the devils, without steel plates, they couldn't resist the power of machine shells at all.

Not long after a wave of devils came up, they were smashed to pieces by machine shells, and the next wave of devils continued to go up.

The soldiers of the new attacking regiment braved the rain of bullets, and the casualties gradually increased.

The battle quickly became fierce. This was a battle of exhaustion, and both sides risked their lives.

……

After listening to Ishikawa Dazuo's report on the latest battle situation.

Jing Guanren suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

The bombardment of nearly [-] shells for half an hour was followed by intense fighting.

What kind of support operation is this?
Li Yunlong clearly put on a posture to eat up the headquarters of the 36th Division.

"Baga, order the 222nd and 223rd Wings to reinforce Heyuan County immediately after dawn!"

Although he was worried that the 222nd and 223rd regiments would be ambushed, he was even more afraid that Heyuan County would be captured by the Xinyi Regiment, so Jing Guanren issued an order to Ishikawa to control the water.

As for the large-caliber heavy artillery of the new regiment, Yoshio Iwamatsu and Neiji Okamura must be more anxious than themselves, and it is estimated that they will send aviation troops to bomb them at dawn.

"Hi!" Ishikawa Jisui's expression was cold, he put his feet together, paused, then turned and walked out.

(End of this chapter)