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Chapter 471 It's not a mistake!

Taiyuan.

First Army Command, War Hall.

"Report to the commander, the 36th Division has an urgent call!"

Communications Staff Takeo Nakamura hurried in and reported to Yoshio Iwamatsu.

"Read!" Yoshio Iwamatsu reported with a sudden pause.

"Hi!" Takeo Nakamura picked up the telegram and read: "In half an hour, the Eighth Route Army's Xinyi Regiment assembled about 100 cannons and poured nearly 222 shells on the city wall. The gap in the city wall has been opened. , The Divisional Headquarters has ordered the 223nd and [-]rd Regiment to reinforce Heyuan County after dawn, long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Imperial Japanese Army!"

This is not a telegram requesting combat guidance, but a telegram reporting important battle situations.

Hearing that the Eighth Route Army artillery had poured nearly [-] shells on the city wall, Yoshio Iwamatsu's face changed slightly.

Just bombarding a city wall, they were willing to fire nearly [-] shells.

An artillery regiment has two bases of shells, and there are only more than 7000 shells. Li Yunlong is simply inhumane.

Chief of Staff Hanaya, who replaced Yoshio Iwamatsu on duty during the war, just walked in and heard the contents of the telegram read by Takeo Nakamura.

"Your Excellency, I feel something is wrong."

Hua Gu was walking quickly to Yoshio Iwamatsu, and said to him with a pause.

"What's wrong?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu narrowed his eyes and looked at Masa Hanagu.

Hua Guzheng said: "This is probably Li Yunlong's plan to encircle the spot to help."

"Siege to fight for aid?" Yoshio Yanmatsu looked thoughtful, and then said: "Even if it is to besiege to fight for aid, there must be so many troops. The new regiment has a total of more than 1 people, including about 3 artillery regiments. The artillery of the team is all in Heyuan County."

"The 222nd Wing stationed in Anhua County still has more than 1800 imperial soldiers, and the 223rd Wing stationed in Ping'an County has more than 2500 imperial soldiers."

"If you want to quickly eat up 4000 imperial soldiers and more than 1000 imperial alliance troops, Li Yunlong needs 1 more troops."

"In addition, once the battle started, Li Yunlong had to send troops to stop the reinforcements from the imperial army in Datong and Taiyuan."

"At least 5 reinforcements are needed to block the imperial army's reinforcements. Does Li Yunlong have 2 troops?"

When the 36th Division first arrived in Northwest Shanxi, it was the 222nd Wing that attacked Dagu Town. In that battle, the 222nd Wing lost more than half of its troops.

Coupled with the devils who were killed by the bunkers and gun towers that were taken down three times, the 222nd Regiment lost almost half of its strength.

The 223rd Regiment stationed in Ping'an County had relatively little loss, and still had more than 2400 soldiers. The Japanese soldiers of the 223rd Regiment plus the puppet troops left one or two squadrons and some puppet troops to defend the city, and they could gather about 2400 soldiers. The troops reinforced Heyuan County.

Hua Guzheng thought for a while when he heard the words, and then said: "Li Yunlong's Xinyi Regiment does not have that many troops, but don't forget, Commander, there are not only Xinyi Regiment and the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, but also the Independent Regiment and the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. The new second regiment, these two regiments are also the main regiment of the Eighth Route, if these two regiments participate in the battle, there is a chance to get one of the reinforcements."

Yoshio Iwamatsu walked to the map, staring at the map and frowning.

What Hua Guzheng said made sense. If the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army also participated in the battle, it would be a bit bad for the 36th Division.

If it is fighting in the field, even if the new first regiment, the new second regiment and the independent regiment are combined, they can only draw with the 36th division at best.

However, the three main combat wings of the 36th Division are scattered within and around the three counties.

At first, Yoshio Iwamatsu thought that the three county towns, which were facing each other, could withstand [-] elite soldiers of the Eighth Route Army after the trenches, thickened blockhouses, and gun towers were repaired.

But it never occurred to me that after the 36th Division was dispersed, it was attacked one by one by the Eighth Route Army. Now it is necessary to be careful when sending reinforcements.

"The 222nd Wing and the 223rd Wing must reinforce Heyuan County."

Yoshio Iwamatsu ordered coldly: "Mr. Huagu, immediately order the Imperial Army and the Imperial Army from the Tongpu Railway's Maguan stronghold, Yujing stronghold, and Xiaozhuang stronghold to rush to Ping'an County and reinforce Heyuan County together with the 222nd Regiment !"

"At the same time, order the 222nd Wing and the 223rd Wing to be careful and send more scouts to prevent being ambushed by the Eight Route Army."

"In addition, apply to the North China Front Army, and send reconnaissance planes to reconnaissance along the roads from Anhua County, Ping'an County to Heyuan County after dawn."

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, when fighting Li Yunlong, Yoshio Iwamatsu is very cautious.

"Hi!" Huagu was responding with a bowed head, and then persuaded, "Your Excellency, Commander, you go to rest for a while, leave this place to me?"

Yoshio Yanmatsu waved his hand. He wanted to say that I would not be able to sleep at this time, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words and said, "No need, I can still hold on."

Then he fixed his gaze on the Taigu and Qixian areas. The main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army had broken through the defense line and was heading north along Baijin Road.

Compared with Li Yunlong in Northwest Shanxi, the main force of the 129th Division, which is currently heading north, is the greatest threat to Taiyuan and the First Army Command.

When Huagu was going to the communication room to give the order and returned to the battle hall, he saw Yoshio Iwamatsu's eyes, still staring at the Taigu and Qixian areas.

"Your Excellency, Commander, where is the main force of the Eighth Route in Southeast Shanxi?" Hua Guzheng asked.

"We have broken through the Bai-Jin line of defense." Yoshio Yanmatsu pointed at the map with a long stick in his hand and said, "We are about to enter the Fenhe Plain. Major General Lilin has led the 1st Cavalry Brigade to stop the enemy."

Huagu was looking at the map, and couldn't help but gasp.

Although the main force of the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade have withdrawn to Taiyuan.

But after a short sleep, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army broke through the line of defense so quickly?It must be too fast, right?What is the difference between this line of defense and no one?
Yoshio Iwamatsu said quietly: "According to the report of the battle situation of the garrison troops on the Baijin Line, they were bombarded by at least five artillery regiments."

"Five artillery regiments?" Hua Guzheng's pupils shrank slightly, and his expression became extremely solemn: "Your Excellency, Commander, it seems that we have to re-evaluate the strength of the Eight Route Army!"

The main force of the 41st Division has been sent to southern Shanxi to reinforce the 33rd Division.

The 37th Division stationed in Yangquan faced the threat of more than 3 main forces of the Eight Route Army, and was barely able to protect itself.

Now Taiyuan's forces include the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the 14th Infantry Brigade, and the 18th Infantry Brigade, as well as the logistics troops of the 41st Division.

The situation in Taiyuan is also very bad.

"We still underestimated this group of mud-legged people hiding in the mountains. The speed at which this group of mud-legged people expanded their troops was indeed unexpected."

After taking a deep breath, Yoshio Iwamatsu's complexion returned to normal:

"After the Guan special performance plan is over, the base camp will definitely send a Class A division to deal with this group of mud legs."

"By the time…"

In Yoshio Iwamatsu's words, there was an awe-inspiring killing intent.

……

Peking Airport.

There is still about half an hour until dawn.

About 20 planes are taking off sequentially.

The aviation unit of the Japanese North China Front suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Taiyuan, and has yet to recover.

Only a small part of the pilots and aircraft supplemented from the Kwantung Army were in place.

Therefore, North China only gathered enough fighter jets and bombers for a flying team, and flew towards Heyuan County.

Okamura Ningji was a little panicked when he learned that the new regiment was actually equipped with about 20 large-caliber heavy artillery, and ordered the air force to blow it up at all costs.

Not long after, all the planes took off from the airport runway one after another.

A flight formation composed of more than 20 fighter jets, bombers and reconnaissance planes roared in the night sky and flew towards the northwest of Shanxi.

……

at dawn.

Soldiers from the Independent Regiment and the Seventh Division of the New Regiment completed concealment near Onomura.

In this ambush, the fighters of the seventh division were under the command of Kong Jie.

Kong Jie brought more than 3000 people, plus more than 2400 people from the seventh division of the New First Regiment, the total force was nearly 6000 people.

There is a big difference between an ambush involving nearly 6000 people, hundreds of people, or more than 1000 people.

An ambush with hundreds of people or even more than 1000 people can be called a small-scale ambush. It can hide well on the side of the road. Even after the devil's scouts pass by, the troops can enter the ambush position without any problem. After the battle starts, you can quickly rush up to start hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

However, an ambush with nearly 6000 people obviously cannot be ambushed and concealed like hundreds or more than 1000 people.

The ambush troops can only hide at a further distance, setting up a large pocket formation, and after the devils get in, the troops will shrink the encirclement.

In fact, there is no ambush condition near Xiaoye Village, which is a rare plain terrain in Northwest Shanxi.

But now it was the beginning of July, and the road was lined with cornfields, and the fields were full of good-growing cornstalks and sorghum stalks.

This provided the conditions for the soldiers to hide. Even if the devil's plane scouted from the sky, it would never be able to find people hiding in the cornfield.

Compared with infantry, artillery positions are the most difficult to conceal.

but.

The artillery positions were set up 5 kilometers away, and the cannons were placed in the woods next to the road. It would not be too late to pull out the cannons and set them up when the scouts found the devils.

Such a long distance, in Yimapingchuan terrain, can only be played if you calibrate and shoot Zhuyuan in advance, or have excellent artillery observers like Xinyi Regiment.

"Report to Commander Kong, according to the information just received, all the devils and puppet troops in the three large strongholds near Tongpu Road have entered Anhua County."

In the headquarters of the independent regiment, Duan Peng read the telegram and turned to report to Kong Jiehui.

"Oh?" Kong Jie asked in surprise, "How many devils and puppet soldiers are there in these three strongholds?"

Duan Peng recalled a little, and said: "There must be more than 1200 people, half of the devils and half of the puppet army."

Kong Jie asked, "So, the number of devils and puppet troops reinforced from Anhua County may be close to 3000?"

"That's right!" Duan Peng nodded and said, "It's twice as much as we expected."

"The devils actually gave up the Tongpu Railway. I never thought of that." Kong Jie was surprised at first, and then said loudly domineeringly, "It doesn't matter if the devils and puppet troops come with 3000 or 5000 troops, they will hit you!"

Duan Peng smiled slightly.

According to the reconnaissance of the Sword Squadron, the devils had hoarded a lot of cement and steel bars at a small station on Tongpu Road.

After this battle is over, all these cement and steel materials will be a new batch!
(End of this chapter)