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Neiji Okamura did not pay attention to the independent regiment and the new second regiment.

Because before this, the independent regiment and the new second regiment did not have any impressive records.

Although the counties in the two regiment defense areas were captured by the Eighth Route Army, according to intelligence, these counties were taken down by Li Yunlong's troops to help them.

Whether it is intelligence or attention, the North China Front Army and the First Army Command are all placed on Li Yunlong and the Xinyi Regiment.

As for the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, they are just the ordinary main force of the Eighth Route Army.

A brigade can easily defeat it, and an alliance can easily destroy it.

But Neiji Okamura never imagined that these two regiments were not good at dealing with each other, at least not as easy to deal with as imagined.

Not long after, the communications staff came in again with a telegram in his hand, and reported to Neiji Okamura, "Report to the commander, the latest news from Chief of Staff Tanabe!"

Neiji Okamura: "Read!"

"Hi!"

The communications staff picked up the telegram and read: "A large number of reinforced concrete bunkers have been built in the defense area of ​​the Eighth Route New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the New First Regiment. The Locust Army's 120mm howitzers cannot destroy them. Lieutenant General Tanabe requests the support of the heavy artillery force!"

Neiji Okamura narrowed his eyes. The fortifications of the eighth road can't even be destroyed by a 120mm howitzer?

Before the Battle of Xinzhou, Japanese reconnaissance planes approached the sky over northwest Shanxi for reconnaissance every day, and the Devil pilots naturally discovered that Balu was repairing reinforced concrete fortifications.

Moreover, the defense areas of the three regiments are all repairing bunker fortifications. Neji Okamura also knows that these materials must have been snatched from the 36th Division.

These materials are more than enough to repair the bunker fortification of a defense zone.

However, if it is used in three defense zones, the materials and materials will be insufficient. With the dispersion of cement and steel bars, the Eighth Road must be built with ordinary reinforced concrete bunkers, not thicker bunkers like the ones around Taiyuan.

The staff of the North China Front Army agreed that a 105mm howitzer would be enough to destroy the bunker fortifications on the Eighth Route, let alone a 120mm howitzer.

Therefore, even though the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army was equipped with 150mm heavy artillery, the Japanese army did not dispatch 150mm artillery this time.

The main reason is that Okamura Ningji believes that although the new regiment has 150mm heavy artillery, the mobility of the 150mm heavy artillery is poor.

After the war started, it was only necessary to dispatch bombers to blow up the roads and bridges in the Xinyi Regiment's defense area. Wouldn't the 150mm heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment become a display?

At that time, as long as the other four divisions encircle them, the Eighth Route New First Regiment will either blow up the 150mm heavy artillery in tears, or it will only be captured by the locust army.

However, Neiji Okamura never dreamed that in the First World War in Xinzhou, more than 80 aircraft were all destroyed, and the pilots suffered heavy losses.

The North China Front Army does not have heavy artillery units.

At present, the Japanese army has six heavy artillery brigades. The 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade belongs to the 2rd Division, the 12nd Heavy Artillery Brigade belongs to the 3th Division of the Kwantung Army, the 1rd Heavy Artillery Brigade belongs to the 4st Division of the Kwantung Army, and the 1th Heavy Artillery Brigade The regiment belongs to the 5st Guards Division, the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade belongs to the South China Front Army, and the 10th Heavy Artillery Brigade belongs to the [-]th Army.

This means that the Kwantung Army has 2 heavy artillery brigades.

And Ningji Okamura wanted to mobilize heavy artillery to attack Northwest Shanxi, so he could only apply to the base camp to mobilize some heavy artillery troops from the Kwantung Army.

The heavy artillery brigade is already a strategic force for the Japanese army. A standard heavy artillery brigade has two heavy artillery regiments under its jurisdiction.

其中包括大正七年式150毫米加农炮30—40门，九零式240毫米口径加农炮20门，另外还有九六式305口径的重型榴弹炮10门，有的重炮旅团还配有九八式320毫米臼炮3—6门。

Neiji Okamura turned his head to look at the communications staff officer: "Immediately generate electricity for the base camp, and apply to transfer a heavy artillery unit from the Kwantung Army to reinforce the North China Front Army!"

"Hi!"

The communications officer turned and left.

Although the Zhengtai Railway and Tongpu Railway were seriously damaged, the Pingsui Railway was still open to traffic.

If the base camp approves his application, it will only take a few days for the heavy artillery unit to be transported from Manchuria to Datong in northern Shanxi along the railway.

Then the heavy artillery unit can go along the road to the battlefield in Northwest Shanxi.

After coming over for a while, the deputy chief of staff, Seizo Arisue, walked in with a few combat staff officers.

These combat staff officers carried a combat sand table, which was made by the combat staff officers based on reports from the reconnaissance plane and the frontline headquarters on the Dagu Town battlefield.

Although the planes of the North China Front Army were completely lost, Anan Kei borrowed two reconnaissance planes from Neiji Okamura.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Neiji Okamura did not refuse, and used these two reconnaissance planes.

However, it can only perform some reconnaissance missions, and bombing and attacking are courting death.

Seizo Yusue reported to Ningji Okamura, "Report to the commander, the sand table of the battlefield in Dagu Town has been completed!"

"Yo Xi."

Neiji Okamura glanced at Arimese San without a trace, and then looked at the sand table.

In the entire first day of the offensive, apart from the brigade that was ambushed, it was the 10th Division that suffered the most losses in Dagu Town.

Yusue Jingsan pointed to the sand table and introduced: "This is the location of Dagu Town. This is the road entering Dagu Town. This is the hill defended by the Eighth Route Army. Tunnels have been dug in the mountain. Once the locust army fires, the Eighth Route Army will be killed Hiding in the tunnel, once the locust army attacks, the Eighth Route Army will come out of the tunnel, and the Eighth Route Army's mortar positions are set up on the reverse slope of the mountain, these are the eighth route's bunkers."

The combat staff of the Japanese North China Front Command was very high, almost restoring the entire Dagu Town battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, Arisue Seizo told Neiji Okamura how the 10th Division lost all four attacks.

Okamura Ningji frowned slightly when he heard this, the entire Eighth Route Army position looked impeccable.

With tunnel and reverse slope tactics, coupled with side fire bunkers, and ferocious firepower, it is not surprising that the 10th Division fought so hard.

The 10th Division, which lost its air superiority, could only use the lives of infantry to fill it, and the 10mm howitzers of the 120th Division could not destroy the bunkers of the Eighth Route, let alone the tunnels that the Eighth Route dug in the mountain.

Neiji Okamura pondered. The most critical question now is how to shorten the attack distance of the Japanese soldiers.

The few hundred meters in front of the position will definitely become a Shura field for Japanese soldiers.

With a flash of inspiration, Okamura Ningji said to Yusue Seizo: "Yousue-kun, immediately send a report to Chief of Staff Tanabe, and let the 10th Division Engineering Corps carry out soil work in front of the Eighth Route position, using trench methods The method of geotechnical excavation shortens the attack distance of locust soldiers."

"Your Excellency, Commander, is wise!"

"My admiration!"

Yusue Seizo didn't know that he was being suspected, and after flattering him, he lowered his head and turned to leave.

……

Heyuan County.

Japanese Frontline Command.

A communications staff officer walked quickly into Tanabe Moritake's office.

In the office, the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, Tanabe Moritake, and the head of the 10th Division, Ishikawa Jiro, are discussing tomorrow's offensive plan.

On the first day, the 10th Division suffered more than 1000 casualties, which was somewhat beyond the expectations of the 10th Division Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa.

And it's not a whole day, but only half a day of offense.

If the fight continues under this situation, even if the 10th Division suffers more than half of its casualties, it is likely that the new regiment will not be able to break through the outer positions.

Ishikawa Jiro suggested: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I suggest suspending the offensive."

"Why?" Tanabe Moritake squinted his eyes and asked, "Don't Ishikawa-kun have confidence in himself and the locust soldiers of the 10th Division to defeat the Eighth Route New First Regiment?"

"That's not it."

Ishikawa Erlang showed determination and coldness, and said: "If it is a frontal field battle, the 10th Division can beat out the brains of Li Yunlong and the dogs of the Xinyi regiment."

"But this is not a frontal field battle. The Eighth Route New First Regiment has already built solid fortifications. If the 10th Division continues to fight, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

"When the casualties of the 10th Division reach a certain level, the Xinyi Regiment will be able to defeat the 10th Division in turn."

"Now our 10th Division only needs to keep an eye on the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment to preserve its strength."

"Wait for the other two directions to attack the Eighth Route New Second Regiment and the four divisions of the Independent Regiment, and encircle them from the north and south directions. Li Yunlong and the New First Regiment will definitely be wiped out."

Although Ishikawa Jiro knew that the fighting power of the new regiment was very strong, he didn't expect it to be so strong.

On the first day of the attack, the artillery and infantry firepower of the new regiment was almost in an absolute advantage.

Ishikawa Jiro was really afraid that the 10th Division would follow in the footsteps of the 36th Division.

Moritake Tanabe nodded, feeling that what Jiro Ishikawa said made sense.

Li Yunlong's new ball is a hard bone to chew. Whether this bone can be gnawed is another matter, but the 10th Division will definitely be full of teeth, or even be eaten in one bite.

Since the new regiment is so difficult to attack, it is better to encircle and not fight, and wait for the other four second-line divisions to encircle and attack before attacking.

Although the other four divisions suffered losses during the first day of the attack, it was only a matter of time before the new Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment were defeated.

"Yoxi..."

"report!"

Moritake Tanabe was about to speak when a communications staff officer walked in with a telegram in his hand, bowed his head and reported, "Commander Okamura has a telegram!"

Moritake Tanabe took the telegram and read it, and then said: "Ishikawa-kun, I am afraid that your 10th Division can only continue to attack."

Ishikawa Jiro was taken aback, and asked, "Is it an order from Commander Okamura?"

"That's right!" General Mori Tanabe handed the telegram to Jiro Ishikawa, "Commander Okamura ordered your 10th Division Engineering Wing to work on the ground in front of the Eighth Route position to shorten the attack distance of the locust infantry."

"Isn't this the request of Major General Saburo Miura?"

Ishikawa Jiro narrowed his eyes and said, "Could it be that Major General Miura sent a telegram to Commander Okamura?"

"Probably not!" Moritake Tanabe shook his head, "Major General Miura and Commander Okamura probably thought of going together. You can try this tactic, and it may have a miraculous effect."

"That's the only way to go." Ishikawa Jiro nodded, "Since it is the order of Commander Okamura, the 10th Division must obey it."