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As Okamura Ningji expected.

The 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment were killed. Not long after the Eighth Route Army invented code telegrams to the whole country, Yoshijiro Umezu, the commander of the Kwantung Army, called the North China Front Army Command to inquire about the situation.

Okamura Ningji had no choice but to tell the truth, Umezu Yoshijiro said a few words coldly, and hung up the phone.

The chief of staff of the Kwantung Army was killed in North China, the 2nd Flying Division was severely damaged in North China, the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing were wiped out in North China.

General Umezu Yoshijiro was furious, the North China Front Army was incompetent, and Okamura Neji was incompetent, which actually caused the Kwantung Army to lose so much.

If the 10th Division, 23rd Division, and 25th Division were severely damaged, Yoshijiro Umezu would have to think about it if the North China Front Army wanted reinforcements in the future.

Not long after, Tojo Yingji sent a telegram and scolded Neiji Okamura.

Although the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army were killed.

But the battle must continue to be fought, and it must be won, otherwise Neiji Okamura will really not be able to explain to the base camp this time.

After mobilizing so many combat troops and combat supplies, he didn't even break into the base area of ​​the Eighth Route Northwest Shanxi. How will he mess around in the future?
Heyuan County, the Japanese frontline headquarters.

"The 5th Infantry Regiment of the Heavy Artillery and the 3rd Infantry Regiment were wiped out by the Eight Route Army on Pingsui Road?"

Looking at the clear-coded telegram in his hand, Ishikawa Jiro, head of the 10th Division, narrowed his eyes slightly:

"No wonder General Okamura ordered us to suspend our offensive. It turned out that we were planning to transfer the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment from outside the pass, but..."

Then, Ishikawa Jiro looked playfully at the Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army.

"General Okamura transferred the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment from outside the pass. Why didn't you inform Tanabe-kun?"

After all, Ishikawa Jiro and the 10th Division are not troops of the North China Front Army, and they are not usually under the jurisdiction of Okamura Ningji and Tanabe Moritake, so it is not a big deal for Ishikawa Jiro to watch the excitement.

Neiji Okamura applied from outside the customs to mobilize the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment. Even the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, Tanabe Moritake, did not know about this.

It seems that the North China Front Army Command is not monolithic, Okamura Ningji doesn't even trust his chief of staff.

Moritake Tanabe has been with Jiro Ishikawa all the time. If Ningji Okamura sends a telegram to Moritake Tanabe to inform him of this, then Jiro Ishikawa will definitely know.

Moritake Tanabe narrowed his eyes, and blurted out: "Of course I..."

He originally wanted to say that of course I knew, but after thinking about it, if he said that he knew about it, wouldn't he be blamed if Neji Okamura found out?
Isn't it true that the spy of the North China Front Army Command is himself?
So he hurriedly changed his words and said: "Of course I don't know. Ishikawa-kun, you also know that there is a senior spy in our North China Front Army Command that has not been caught yet. General Okamura did not notify me in order to keep it secret."

Ishikawa Jiro smiled slightly, he naturally saw Moritake Tanabe's unnaturalness, presumably Moritake Tanabe also minded.

So, Ishikawa Jiro said in a strange way: "If it weren't for the clear code telegram sent by the Eighth Route Headquarters, we would not have known that the 1th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 5rd Infantry Regiment of the 3st Division had come to North China, but this is for Tanabe-kun. It’s a good thing to say.”

Moritake Tanabe asked: "Why is it a good thing for me?"

"Tanabe-kun doesn't know about this." Ishikawa Jiro said with a slight smile, "Of course there is no suspicion."

Mori Tanabe was at a loss for words, and was speechless for a while, why do you, Jiro Ishikawa, think I'm a spy?
However, Ishikawa Jiro's words are unavoidably reasonable.

That's right, he didn't know about the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment at all. How could it be the Eighth Route spy lurking in the North China Front Army Command?
Heaved a sigh of relief, at this time the communication staff officer of the 10th Division hurried in, lowered his head and reported:

"Report, General Okamura, Commander of the North China Front, has an urgent call!"

"Read!" Mori Tanabe said with a flick of his face.

"Hi!"

The communications staff picked up the telegram and read: "Order the 10th Division, the 21st Division, the 23rd Division, the 25th Division, and the 35th Division to immediately launch the most ferocious attack on the Eighth Route Army's bandit areas in Northwest Shanxi. Your Majesty on board, the Great Japanese Locust Army on board!"

"Understood, immediately order all divisions to attack the Eighth Route!"

Moritake Tanabe waved his hand, and the communications officer put the telegram on the table, bowed his head, and then turned around and backed out.

In order to wait for the heavy artillery units, the divisions of the Japanese army ceased fighting for nearly 5 days.

During these five days, the devils were not idle. All the Japanese troops were summarizing the experience of the first day's attack and the lessons of failure, and formulating targeted tactics.

The Eighth Route Army's anti-slope and tunnel tactics were too powerful. Coupled with the thickened bunker that could not be bombed or destroyed, and the side-firing firepower, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties.

With the order from the Devil's Frontline Headquarters, the divisions of the Japanese army started a crazier attack than at the beginning of the war.

Originally, the sixth and seventh battalions of the new regiment were transport teams that jumped outside to ambush the devils.

However, the original plan was disrupted by the arrival of the Devil's heavy artillery unit, and the Devil's logistics supply line was not ambushed.

This allowed the devils to replenish their supplies of food and ammunition, and the devils' soldiers also got a rest.

This time, the devils of the 10th Division only sent a small group of troops to attack Dagu Town and Lijia Town head-on.

The devils first asked the puppet army to drive cattle, sheep and livestock to the landmines buried on the path, and then bombarded the positions of the Eighth Route Army with howitzers and mountain artillery.

Then use the squad as a unit to attack the Eighth Route Army's position on the small road.

Because the path is narrow, there are too many troops and they can't use it at all. They can only attack one by one. If there are too many offensive troops, the formation will be denser, and they can only be used as live targets by the eight-way machine gunners.

If Xinyituan hadn't built a dark fort in a dangerous location along the path, then it is very likely that the devils would really break through from the path.

After all, the opponent of the new regiment this time is the 10th Division of the Japanese Army. The offensive strength of these devils is not comparable to that of the second-tier divisions.

Coupled with the fact that the devils managed to get rid of the landmines, and all kinds of artillery support, occupying a position without a bunker was a piece of cake.

However, the Xinyi Regiment built thickened bunkers at the commanding heights of each path, and even repaired a lot.

And the devil's 120mm howitzer can't destroy this kind of thickened bunker.

Waiting for the devils to pay the price of more than 200 people, they finally conquered a bunker, and saw two bunkers of the Eighth Route Army appear 100 meters ahead, forming a crossfire.

Mountains are not like plains, which can be attacked from all directions, nor are the roads and paths extending in all directions like modern times.

At that time, there would be bandits occupying a special road to rob, and ordinary people had no other way to go, and the bandits had guns in their hands, so they had to obediently pay money and food.

Therefore, if the devils want to enter the new base area, they can only attack along these main roads and small roads, there is no other way.

At the same time, the 23rd Division and the 25th Division of the Japanese Army regrouped their troops and launched an attack on the base of the Independent Regiment.

The 21st Division and the 35th Division launched an attack on the New Second Regiment.

There is smoke everywhere in Northwest Shanxi.

After the Japanese army attacked at any cost for three consecutive days, the two important strongholds of Dagu Town and Lijia Town of the Xinyi Regiment were rock-solid, and the 10th Division did not succeed in attacking from the small road.

We had to concentrate our forces again to attack Dagu Town and Lijia Town.

The devils attacked from the small road, and they also wanted to outflank and occupy Dagu Town and Lijia Town from the opposite direction, and then transport heavy weapons such as howitzers and mountain cannons into them.

However, the firepower of the bunker on the small road caused heavy losses to the devils.

Dagu Town, Xinyi regiment headquarters.

Seeing Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo walking in from the door together, Li Yunlong looked up at them, and then continued to draw lines on the map.

Zhao Gang came over to take a look, and said with a smile, "That's not bad, Lao Li, the picture of the enemy's situation with red and blue pencils on this map is very standard, almost catching up with the chief of staff."

"Our old Li is born to draw pictures."

Li Yunlong smiled, and said again: "Ding Wei just sent a telegram that the outer positions of the new second regiment have been lost, and now the main force of the new second regiment has retreated to the second line of defense."

Xing Zhiguo also came over to look at the map. Sure enough, the outer positions of the New Second Regiment had been lost, and the arrows of the devil's troops had already pointed to the second line of defense of the New Second Regiment.

The same is true for the outer positions of the independent regiment, which were captured after the devils paid a lot of casualties.

"Our second line of defense is the hard core." Xing Zhiguo said with a slight smile.

Zhao Gang also nodded and said: "The devil mobilized the heavy artillery unit and stopped attacking for 5 days, which bought us a lot of time."

At the Yellow River ferry, the work of ordinary people crossing the river is going smoothly.

The so-called second line of defense is the echelon-matched fortifications built along the road, with machine gun fire points, bunkers, and anti-blasting holes densely scattered all over.

Because of the terrain, the devils could only nibble one by one. If they wanted to gnaw away these positions, the devils who lost their air superiority would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

"Captain Li, are you looking for me?"

At this moment, Chen Feng, who was wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army and a steel helmet, walked in from the door.

He went to kill devils just now, and Chen Feng killed three in a row without revealing anything. He cursed at the dog system.

At this time, Li Yunlong contacted Yan Shuangying on the walkie-talkie and asked Boss Chen to come to the regiment headquarters.

"Consultant Chen, are you here?" Li Datuan immediately smiled, "Sit down and pour water."

After Chen Feng sat down, Huang Erhu poured a bowl of water, and then Li Yunlong said: "That's right, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment just sent a telegram, and they are running out of ammunition, and they are applying for an airdrop of supplies. Look..."

The ammunition reserves of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment were not as large as that of the New First Regiment, and in addition to facing the attacks of the two divisions, the ammunition consumption was very high.

At present, nearly 3.5 bases of ammunition have been consumed, and only 1.5 bases of ammunition are left, so immediately apply to Li Yunlong for airdrop supplies.

"It's easy to say." Chen Feng smiled slightly, "Let's airdrop 3 base ammunition to the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment first."