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As soon as the devils who attacked for the second time were routed, the 28 guns installed by the devils in the rear opened fire.

This time the 120mm howitzer was also added.

In the attack of the devils and puppet troops just now, some bunker firepower points of the new regiment joined in, and the side firepower suppressed the devils' machine guns so that they could not lift their heads.

During the firefight, Xinyi's fighters also found that the puppet army was still the same group of puppet troops, without any change.

But this group of devils is really strong in combat.

The devil's grenades were surprisingly accurate, and some of the grenades fired hit the firepower of the new group of machine guns at the first shot.

This group of tactics is superb, their marksmanship is terrifyingly accurate, and their machine gun firepower is stronger than that of the devils in the second-tier division.

Even though they had superior firepower to fight against the devils, the Xinyi Regiment also suffered some casualties during the devils' attack.

boom boom boom…

The shells fell on the frontal slope of the new group, and the dense artillery fire shrouded the position in gunpowder smoke.

The devil's 120mm howitzer, under the command of the devil's observer, aimed at the bunker of the new regiment.

Because the Eighth Route Army's mountain guns, howitzers, and heavy artillery hadn't been fired yet, even though the bunker was on a higher ground, the devils didn't dare to pull the 120mm howitzers over to aim and shoot directly.

For long-range shooting, the accuracy of bunkers like shelling cannot be guaranteed.

Often it takes more than a dozen shells to hit one.

Under the continuous bombardment of mountain artillery and howitzers, the bunker remained motionless.

These dark forts were built with a new batch of cement and steel bars seized from the devils, and they were all built in accordance with thickened standards.

Even a 150mm howitzer has to hit ten or twenty shells in a row before it has a chance to be destroyed.

And the maximum caliber of the artillery that the devils attacked the new regiment this time was only 120mm.

In the field of view of the artillery mirror, Major General Saburo Miura saw that those 120mm artillery shells fell near the bunker and exploded. Even if some shells hit the bunker, they did not overturn it.

When Miura Saburo couldn't see it, the new regiment of soldiers in the dark fort had already entered the tunnel along the secret passage.

Although the devil's shells couldn't destroy the thickened turret, the feeling of the shells hitting the bunker and exploding on the outer wall of the bunker was extremely uncomfortable.

"Is this a reinforced concrete fortification?"

Saburo Miura frowned slightly.

The positions of the Eighth Route Army plowed by the Baoshan artillery and field artillery were already empty, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had already drilled into the tunnels, and the locust army was just wasting shells in vain.

The resources of the Japanese Empire were poor, and every shell fired was one less.

Seeing that hundreds of shells were fired but with little effect, Saburo Miura felt extremely tricky.

"Yes!" Chief of Staff Bino Ono put down his binoculars and exclaimed, "It is indeed a reinforced concrete fortification, and it is thickened. If you want to destroy this kind of fortification, you must use aerial bombs or 150mm howitzers to destroy it." destroy!"

Hearing this, Miura Saburo frowned even deeper.

He has seen a lot of this kind of reinforced concrete bunkers recently. Yoshio Iwamatsu of the First Army ordered many of them to be repaired around Taiyuan. It is said that they can withstand the bombardment of 150mm heavy artillery.

"How did Balu have so much cement and steel bars?"

Apart from frowning, Saburo Miura had deep doubts on his expression.

Although before the start of the war, the reconnaissance planes of the 2nd Division carried out a lot of aerial reconnaissance in Northwest Shanxi, the Japanese army also knew that the Eighth Route Army was building positions and bunkers.

But I didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army's bunker would have difficulty breaking through its defenses even with 120mm howitzers.

Bino Ohno, who knew the inside story, said: "These cement and steel bars were originally assigned by Lieutenant General Yansong, the commander of the First Army, to the 36th Division to build bunkers and gun towers to block the new regiment. One regiment attacked, and then thousands of tons of cement and steel bars were shot by the new regiment, and the 36th Division was also severely damaged."

"idiot…"

Cursing secretly, Saburo Miura took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.

It's okay to be defeated, but even such important supplies can be snatched by the Eighth Route Army. The troops of the First Army are simply a bunch of waste.

Now these materials are built into reinforced concrete permanent fortifications by the Eighth Route, which will cause big troubles for the 10th Division.

"How did the Eighth Route capture those thickened bunkers and gun towers beside the road?"

Miura Saburo's tone was puzzled.

On the side of the road from Heyuan County, he saw some fortifications. Those were thickened blockhouses and gun towers, which looked intact.

These thickened bunkers and gun towers were not destroyed in the battle at that time.

After the war, after discussion, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang decided not to destroy those thickened bunkers and gun towers for the time being.

If the county is taken back by the devils in the future, the devils will definitely continue to stay in those thickened bunkers and gun towers. When the time comes, the Xinyi regiment will take them down again, and it will be another big fortune.

Business, how could it be done only once?
Bino Ohno said, "According to Major General Huagu, Chief of Staff of the First Army, the Eighth Route Army first used large-caliber heavy artillery to aim and shoot directly, and used smoke bombs to cover the sight of the machine gunners, and the fire-breathing soldiers carried flamethrowers. blockhouse."

"Yo Xi!"

Miura Sanlang's face changed from cloudy to clear when he heard the words: "This provides a way for us to attack. There is an old Chinese saying that treats another person with his own way. If the third attack is not good, use this again." A tactic!"

The locust army has smoke bombs.

Flamethrower, locust army also has.

Although there is information that the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment is equipped with gas masks.

But Saburo Miura still wanted to give it a try, because when the 10th Division attacked the national army a few years ago, the use of gas bombs was almost invincible.

As for the excavation method of soil work mentioned by Bino Ohno, it is too time-consuming.

According to reconnaissance, the Eighth Road has built many positions and bunkers at a depth of more than ten kilometers. This is just the beginning, and there are still tough battles to be fought.

In the field of vision of the artillery team, the Japanese army fired hundreds of shells, but none of the bunkers exposed by the Eight Route New Regiment could be destroyed.

Saburo Miura ordered coldly: "Send the order, stop the shelling, and fire chemical bombs!"

The communication pair immediately called and issued an order to fire chemical bombs to the rear artillery battery.

Tens of seconds later, a sharp whistling sound passed over the head, flying towards the new Eighth Route Army's position, and then quickly exploded.

This time, the devils fired the yellow and red bombs in the gas bombs.

The red bomb explosion can release poisonous gas that strongly stimulates the respiratory organs, commonly known as the sneeze bomb; while the yellow bomb releases erosive gas, which can cause skin and mucous membranes to ulcerate.

It is about 400 meters away from the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Two squadrons of about 2 devil soldiers, all wearing gas masks, have touched here and are ready to attack.

The devils don't have many gas masks, and they don't equip the puppet army, so this time all the attacks are devils, and there are no puppet troops.

I saw poison gas bombs spreading over the positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The devil's squadron leader suddenly became frenzied, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty the locust is on board!"

The devils held up their rifles and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty the locust is on board!"

The excited and fanatical appearance was like seeing the locust with his own eyes. The ghost soldiers of the first-class division were more enthusiastic about Bushido and worshiped the locust than the ghost soldiers of the second-tier division.

Then, under the leadership of the two devil squadron leaders, more than 400 devil soldiers held rifles, spread out and rushed towards the new group of positions.

……

"The devils have started to attack, with about 400 troops, and a distance of 380 meters!"

The poisonous gas filled the Xinyi group's position, blocking the observation post's sight, but the observers on the commanding heights of the hill could see the devil's attack at a glance.

The observer immediately communicated this situation to the First Battalion with a low-power walkie-talkie.

Following Zhang Dabiao's order, this time the two companies are still responsible for going out from the tunnel to defend the position.

"Wear a gas mask and tie your sleeves and neck tight!"

"Enter the position!"

The two battalion commanders had rich experience in combat and knew the power of the devil's gas bombs. Apart from wearing gas masks, they had to keep their skin from being exposed, otherwise they would be hit.

Within half a minute, all the soldiers were ready. Following the order of the company commander, the soldiers wearing gas masks entered the position from the tunnel with weapons.

Although they entered the position, because the devils fired poisonous gas bombs into the position, it was like a thick fog, and the line of sight was poor.

but.

The soldiers were still fearless in the face of danger, pushing bullets into the chamber one after another, aiming at the direction the devil came from, with fierce eyes.

……

Li Mancang is a 24-year-old machine gunner in the first battalion, three companies and one platoon. He is from Tianjiazhuang, Hebei Province. He uses an M1917 Browning heavy machine gun.

The same heavy machine gun used by John Basilone in Guadalcanal to shoot and kill more than 2000 devil soldiers.

At this time, through the gap in the bunker, Li Mancang quietly watched the ghost soldiers wearing gas masks rushing towards the new group's position in the distance.

This group of devils walked lightly and fast, and their attention was all on the new group of positions shrouded in poison gas bombs.

During this period, the artillery units of the devils continuously fired poison gas bombs at the new group of positions, so that the permeation of the poison gas could continue.

The front of the position is not flat ground, but there are many uneven soil bags, some of which have been transformed into thickened bunkers, and restored to their original state, no abnormalities can be seen.

This is a side fire specially prepared for the devils, and there are six other bunkers like this on the flanks.

As the devil entered the shooting range, Li Mancang asked the deputy shooter to push away the brick blocking the shooting hole, then pulled the bolt, opened the safety, and put his thumb on the firing weight of the heavy machine gun with a stern expression.

Accompanied by the sound of continuous shooting, 250 rounds of ammunition belts were continuously eaten into the gun chamber, but when they came out from the other side, only the belts and bullets were left.

The bullet broke into two parts, and the eggshell was thrown to the ground inside the bunker, but the bullet flew towards the devil infantry 150 meters away!

The machine gunners of the other six bunkers fired almost simultaneously. Through the firing holes, Li Mancang saw that a large number of devils who were caught off guard fell down in an instant.

Under the intensive firepower of machine guns, even the formation of the Type A division devils suddenly changed, and then fell one by one in a pool of blood.