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Chapter 590 The second is not suitable to stay for a long time!
Just when the 150mm howitzers were intensively shelling the Japanese artillery positions.

The 105mm howitzers and 75mm mountain guns of the new regiment, as well as the 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars, were also firing shells at the Japanese positions.

At this time, it was still a little while before it was dark, but the orange-red cannonball trajectory that was like a shooting star could already be seen in the sky.

Boom boom boom...

The artillery shells continued to fall towards the Japanese army assembly area, and the violent explosion smoke rose around the Japanese army assembly area. One shell even landed tens of meters away from the brigade headquarters, scaring the brigade directly under the guard. The staff were in a cold sweat.

Because the brigade headquarters needs to have a good field of vision and be able to see the battlefield, and because the location of the headquarters needs to be concealed enough, although the headquarters is well camouflaged, it is within the range of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

If the brigade headquarters was hit by a shell, the consequences would be disastrous, and there would be no need to fight this battle.

I heard that Li Yunlong is very good at beheading with a cannon. Could the shell just now be a test fire?
The shells fired at other areas are likely to be fake, and the artillery target of the new regiment is likely to be the brigade headquarters...

Thinking of Saburo Miura here, he couldn't help shivering all over.

"The brigade department will change positions immediately."

"Notify the 39th and 40th Wings that they must block the eight-way attack!"

After finishing speaking, Miura Saburo grabbed the major general's saber and strode out of the command headquarters, and Chief of Staff Noro bino hurriedly followed.

It is said that there are two wings, but in fact there are only a little more than two brigades.

However, the target of Xinyi Regiment's shelling this time was not the headquarters of the 8th Brigade, but the area where the devils' troops were concentrated.

Although the devil's infantry and tanks were behind a small hill, observers could not see the specific location of the devil.

However, the new regiment has a lot of shells, so it must fire a few rounds of shells before attacking, otherwise it always feels like something is missing.

The infantry has become accustomed to the way of fighting supported by artillery.

I have to say that this way of fighting is very comfortable, and now that there are tanks working together, soldiers are gradually getting used to this way of fighting.

Coordination of infantry and artillery, and coordination of infantry and tanks, this is the battle of large corps, and there will be three-dimensional combat such as air-ground coordination in the future.

The current Xinyi Regiment is a model unit built by the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

After shelling the Japanese positions for a full 15 minutes, the 4 infantry companies of the 6nd Battalion of the New First Regiment, in coordination with 4 Leopard tanks, 4 Joffre tanks and [-] flame-breathing tanks, began a fierce attack on the Japanese.

Fourteen tanks lined up and advanced in battle formation. Behind the tanks were hundreds of new infantry regiments. Gray waves rolled towards the devil's position.

Among the infantry, there were three artillery observation groups following the infantry, and an elite infantry squad was arranged for special protection.

The three artillery observation teams can respectively call 150mm howitzers, 105mm howitzers and 75mm mountain guns to carry out precise bombardment of the devil's firepower points.

As the tanks and infantry of the new regiment entered the attack position, the devil's 12 tanks drove to the position and opened fire on the tanks and infantry of the new regiment.

"boom……"

A ball of flames burst out from the muzzle of a Type [-] tank, and the shells fell among several soldiers of the new regiment, overturning them.

"Da da da……"

The 7.7mm heavy machine gun in the Devil's tank roared wildly, and in conjunction with the light and heavy machine guns of the Devil on the ground, it spewed barrage after barrage at the attacking troops of the Second Battalion of the New First Regiment.

At this time, the Leopard tank was still 250 meters away from the devil's position.

In order to avoid the oncoming rain of bullets, the soldiers all shrank behind the tank.

Leopard tanks and Xiafei tanks pushed forward and fired at the devil's position. Soon, two Douding tanks were hit by tank guns and burst into flames.

The tank's vehicle-mounted M2 large-caliber heavy machine gun continued to fire, suppressing the devil's machine gun.

The machine guns on the Japanese positions and the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army fired at each other, and the air was filled with dense orange-red ballistics, and the bullets flew randomly.

The new regiment of tanks stopped at a distance of 200 meters from the devil's position, and the tank guns began to shoot precisely at the firepower point on the devil's position.

And the three artillery observation teams were not idle, and used high-power walkie-talkies to communicate the shooting elements to the rear artillery positions.

The artillery shells tore through the air and made a terrifying whistling sound, and 150mm, 105mm high-explosive grenades and 75mm artillery shells continued to fall towards the Japanese positions.

Boom boom boom...

Cannons of three calibers and shells fired by tanks jumped up on the devil's position, and the devil's position quickly turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the sky was covered with smoke from the explosion.

The devil's mountain artillery position was destroyed by the heavy artillery of the new regiment 20 minutes ago.

Although there are devil's mortars and [-]-type infantry guns firing at the attacking troops of the new regiment in the distance, they are not many in number, and their power is far inferior to that of mountain guns and field guns, and the power of grenades is even worse. Its fur can't be hurt.

After 10 minutes of artillery coverage and precise shelling of tank guns.

This devil's position has become the same as the Xiaoliangshan position. The earthworks on the entire surface of the position have been completely destroyed, and it looks more thorough than the plowed ground.

Under Li Yunlong's order, the artillery group immediately stopped shelling.

As the shells from the artillery group stopped falling on the devil's position, the tank restarted, and the transmission of the track made a metallic rattle and headed towards the devil's position.

The devil's machine gun was firing at the tank, and the machine gun bullets hit the tank with tinkling sounds.

When they reached the forward position, the tank stopped moving, and the infantry stepped out from behind the tank and rushed towards the devil's position.

Ten minutes later, the position defended by an elite brigade of devils and 10 tanks was successfully captured by the second battalion.

"Report to the head of the brigade, the position is lost, and the entire tank brigade is broken!"

Tatsuharu Yamaguchi, the captain of the 40th Regiment with bandages on his hands and head, walked into the brigade headquarters with a dejected face and bowed his head to report to Major General Saburo Miura.

A 75mm shell landed near the headquarters of the 40th Regiment, but Tatsuharu Yamaguchi was lucky enough to survive, only slightly injured.

Miura Saburo's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Not to mention taking back the Xiaoliangshan position, in less than half an hour, more than half of the brigade's strength was lost.

"Brigade Commander, as soon as the shelling was over, the tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route New First Regiment rushed to the position of the Locust Army. My soldiers suffered heavy losses under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route New First Regiment..."

Seeing Miura Saburo's face, Tatsuharu Yamaguchi's face thumped in his heart, and he quickly explained.

Before the war, if anyone said that the Eighth Route New Regiment was stronger than the 10th Division, he would definitely slap the opponent hard.

But now that he has been defeated, or feared, the Xinyi Regiment's artillery fire is so accurate and fierce that he can't hold it at all.

Before the war, the 40th Infantry Regiment was fully staffed, with a total of more than 3600 people, all of whom were elite.

But now, there are only a few hundred people left in the 40th Infantry Regiment, which is comparable to the strength of two squadrons, one of which is still the strength of the regiment headquarters.

Miura Saburo wanted to slap Yamaguchi Tatsuharu twice to vent his anger, but he finally held back, and now even beating Yamaguchi Tatsuharu to death would be useless.

It's not that the locust army is incompetent, it's just that the firepower of the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment is too fierce.

Major General Miura Saburo looked at Chief of Staff Bino Nono: "Ohno-kun, immediately report the battle situation to the Division Headquarters. The 8th Brigade requests to be transferred to Heyuan County!"

"Hi!" Bino Ohno bowed his head.

……

Heyuan County.

The headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, which is the frontline headquarters of the Japanese offensive in Northwest Shanxi.

"Nani, the 8th Brigade has requested to be transferred to Heyuan County?"

After listening to the communication team leader read the telegram, Ishikawa Jiro and Tanabe Moritake fell into deep thought.

Although the 8th Brigade is a remnant, it has a tank brigade, a reinforced artillery brigade, three full-staffed infantry brigades, and an engineering brigade, with a total of 5 elite troops.

Can't even the Eighth Route Xinyi Group stop it for a day?

It's outrageous, simply outrageous.

The two old devils originally thought that the defense of the new regiment was already the ceiling of the Chinese army. They didn't know how strong the new regiment was until they faced the attack of the new regiment.

"Hi!" The communication captain bowed his head and said, "The communication team of the 8th Brigade of the base area reported that the artillery position of the 8th Brigade was bombarded by eight 150mm artillery groups. In the brigade position, heavy tanks cooperated with infantry to attack, the 16th brigade suffered a lot of losses, and currently there are less than 8 brigades left!"

The 8th Brigade was completely disabled and almost wiped out.

"Tanabe-kun, what should we do now?"

Ishikawa Jiro looked at Moritake Tanabe with a gloomy expression:
"Once the 8th Brigade can't resist, then the Eighth Route New First Regiment will be able to drive straight in and attack all the way to the city of Heyuan County. We must not follow in the footsteps of the 36th Division."

"Of course I know!" Tanabe Moritake's face was gloomy.

The old devil also knows very well that once the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment is allowed to attack the city of Heyuan County, the 10th Division will definitely follow in the footsteps of the 36th Division.

And this sweeping operation against Northwest Shanxi will eventually evolve into a battle to defend the 10th Division.

Then, Moritake Tanabe looked at Jiro Ishikawa: "How is the defensive battle of the other two locust armies?"

Ishikawa Jiro said: "According to reports from Chief of Staff Asada and Major General Okada, the other two enemy attacks are also very fierce, and there is no way to spare troops to reinforce the 8th Brigade."

What Moritake Tanabe thought before was that once the Eighth Route New First Regiment focused on one of the routes, the other two routes would withdraw some troops to reinforce this route.

But the idea is very full, and the reality is very cruel. The Eighth Route New First Regiment mainly attacked the road of Heyuan County.

After finishing speaking, Ishikawa Erlang stared at the map, and suddenly his pupils shrank: "Tanabe-kun, Li Yunlong's strategic target is probably our frontline headquarters, and Heyuan County should not stay for a long time."

Mori Tanabe's expression also changed when he heard the words.