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Neiji Okamura's expression made the communication staff officer slightly stunned.

Although he bowed his head to express his condolences, it was only a subconscious action, because a Lieutenant General Yu Sui, wouldn't it be abnormal if he didn't express his condolences for a while?

But in fact, the communications staff officer didn't feel much sadness in his heart. It was just a lieutenant general who died. How many lieutenant generals have died in North China?

What surprised him was that the way the enemy assassinated the lieutenant general became more and more elusive.

Shelling, sniping, railway bombing, and now even hitting generals with anti-aircraft guns...

But Commander, what's the matter with the corner of your mouth slightly curled up, are you even pretending?
Neiji Okamura also realized something was wrong, restrained his expression, and asked in a deep voice: "The plane of the observation group was shot down 20 kilometers northeast of Wusu Airport. Lieutenant General Kotosao, is the jade broken?"

"Hi!"

Suppressing the doubts in my heart, the communications staff replied:
"The communicator has confirmed with the First Army. The plane of the observation group was shot down, and the entire observation group, including Lieutenant General Gushou, was smashed."

"The two escorting fighter jets were also shot down!"

Neiji Okamura nodded upon hearing the words, without any sadness in his heart, and even wanted to laugh a little.

It's enough to be your reserve lieutenant general, come and compete with me for the position of commander of the North China Front Army?

Now the jade is broken, is it comfortable?

Because of Tojo Yingji's reminder, Neiji Okamura knew the purpose of Gushou's trip to North China with the observation group.

It is precisely because of this that Neiji Okamura did not meet Kosao.

Everyone came to North China to grab the position of the commander of the front army, and let Neiji Okamura greet him with a smile on his face, the old devil can't do it.

At the level of Okamura, apart from the locust, the cabinet and other commanders of the front army, there are not many people who can make Neji Okamura smile.

Ningji Okamura walked quickly to the map and found a location 20 kilometers northeast of Wusu Airport on the map.

After roughly calculating the time, Okamura judged that the enemy who shot down the plane of the observation group hadn't gone far.

And the enemy who shot down the plane of the observation group was most likely the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Northwest Shanxi.

Then the enemy will retreat towards the northwest after completing the task.

"Immediately order the two reconnaissance planes at Baoding Airport to take off, reconnaissance along the northwest direction here, find this group of enemies, and notify the First Army to pursue them with all their might!"

Neiji Okamura stared at the map, pointed to the location of Zijin Mountain on the map with his finger, and said to the communications staff.

"Hi!"

The communications staff officer bowed his head, turned and left.

Then Okamura Ningji turned around, returned to his seat, and then called to ask Tanabe Moritake and Arisue Seizo to come to the office.

He asked the reconnaissance plane to conduct a wave of reconnaissance, and ordered the First Army to pursue it with all its strength, just for show.

If an imperial lieutenant general and two major generals are broken in his jurisdiction, and he doesn't even put on a show, then he will look very suspicious.

Of course, no one in the North China Front dared to doubt him.

Hanging up the phone, Neiji Okamura felt a little happy. If the old devil Kotosao was killed, then Neiji Okamura would not be dismissed from his post, and he would still be the commander of the North China Front Army in a short time.

As the war progressed, there were more and more generals in the Japanese army, but few were capable of serving as commanders of the front army.

Tanabe Moritake and Arisue Seizo rushed to the commander's office, and heard that the plane of the observation group was shot down, and Lieutenant General Yu Kusao was broken.

The two old devils turned pale with fright.

I'm really afraid of what's coming.

At the same time, the two old devils also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately they didn't go to Taiyuan with Gushou.

Otherwise, the two of them will be broken.

……

at the same time.

Kazuki Yamamoto led the special agent team to the crash site.

After arriving at the crash site, he personally led the special agent team to investigate.

Collecting aircraft wreckage and searching for bullet casings, a group of Devils agents were extremely busy.

And Li Yunlong needs to lead the transport battalion, machine gun battalion and anti-aircraft gun battalion from Zijin Mountain to Tongpu Highway.

Then the car battalion carried the machine gun battalion and the anti-aircraft gun battalion back to the base area in Northwest Shanxi.

only.

The transport battalion carried machine guns, anti-aircraft guns and ammunition. Although it was a quick march, it was not fast.

The cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army chased them up along the bridle within a few hours.

The Devil Cavalry also knew that the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was not easy to mess with.

Therefore, the Japanese army sent reconnaissance cavalry to reconnaissance in front, followed by a Japanese cavalry squadron far behind, and then the large force of the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

About four hours after the observation group's transport plane was shot down, the devil's reconnaissance plane had already flown over the heads of the new group of soldiers.

Although the whereabouts of the transport battalion, anti-aircraft artillery battalion, machine gun battalion and two cavalry battalions of the new regiment were found.

But the devil's reconnaissance plane didn't have the guts to swoop down and attack.

The dense anti-aircraft guns and machine guns on the ground are no joke.

Even sensitive fighter jets can be shot down, let alone reconnaissance planes?

The devil's reconnaissance plane immediately notified the Eighth Route Army's whereabouts to the First Army of the ground forces.

After Major General Kuribayashi Chumichi learned about it, he immediately led the devil cavalry to catch up.

However, because it is a mountainous area, the devil's cavalry can only pursue along the horse trail.

It didn't take long for the devil scout cavalry to encounter a new regiment of cavalry.

The task of the new regiment of cavalry is to cover the retreat of the transport battalion, anti-aircraft artillery battalion and machine gun battalion.

Therefore, instead of confronting the devils head-on, they dealt with the devils' cavalry, relying on favorable terrain and fighting and retreating.

Whether it is cavalry firepower or artillery firepower, the firepower of the new regiment's cavalry can suppress the devils.

Therefore, the devil cavalry can only fight and chase.

On the horse road between the mountain roads.

Hearing the sound of gunfire and explosions a few kilometers behind, Li Yunlong urged the soldiers to speed up their march.

"Regimental Commander, the fighting is quite lively in the back. If we put out the machine guns and anti-aircraft guns and give the devil cavalry a shot, it will definitely be more lively."

Zhang Dabiao, the groom of the regiment headquarters, suggested to Li Yunlong with a grin.

Because Zhang Dabiao made a mistake in the last battle against Datong, he was punished by Li Yunlong and fined him to be the groom of the regiment headquarters for a week, leading the horse for Li Yunlong.

So, this time Zhang Dabiao also came to Zijin Mountain.

Li Yunlong carefully observed the surrounding terrain.

Zhang Dabiao's idea was very tempting, but Li Yunlong still shook his head.

Although the new regiment has a full 100 machine guns and 40 anti-aircraft guns, it is very cool to use anti-aircraft guns and machine guns to fight cavalry, but it is a pity that it is not easy to deploy here in the mountains.

Moreover, the devil cavalry is equipped with 90mm mortars, and the devil's mortars can bombard machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery positions in a long-range curve.

Li Yunlong looked at the map carefully, pointed and said:

"About 5 kilometers ahead is the Tongpu Highway, and about 15 kilometers further north is the Xinzhou Basin."

"After we get to the Tongpu Highway, let the Automobile Battalion pull the machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and soldiers from the two battalions to the Xinzhou Basin and set them up frontally."

"Then let our cavalry stand in front of the machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. When the devil's cavalry charges, our cavalry will spread out from both sides."

"In this way, the devil's cavalry will be exposed to our 140 anti-aircraft fire."

"Hey hey hey..."

"It's a waste of anti-aircraft firepower to fight aircraft. The effect of fighting devil infantry and cavalry is much stronger than that of heavy machine guns!"

There was a gleam in Zhang Dabiao's eyes.

Last time, the Xinyi Regiment wiped out the Japanese Black Island Cavalry Regiment, almost using this method.

The firepower composed of more than 100 light and heavy machine guns directly killed the main force of the Black Island Cavalry Regiment.

But this time it was directly replaced with 20mm machine guns and 37mm anti-aircraft guns, the power of which was not comparable to that of light and heavy machine guns.

Because the machine shells and anti-aircraft shells are not only powerful, but also shoot fast, they can definitely penetrate a few devils in one hit, and Da Luo Jinxian can't save the devil's army horse if it is shot.

Zhang Dabiao suggested: "There are also light and heavy machine guns and mortars from the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion. They can also be displayed, enough for the ghosts of the 1st Cavalry Brigade to drink a big pot."

Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao, and praised: "Your brain is quite fast, that's exactly what I mean."

The light and heavy machine guns of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Cavalry were erected, and there were more than 100 of them in total.

The firepower of more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, plus 140 anti-aircraft firepower, this firepower...

The eyes of Zhang Dabiao, He Jie, Gao Tianyi and others suddenly became hot.

Following Li Yunlong's order, the transport battalion moved a few minutes faster carrying ammunition, machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.

More than two hours later.

It was getting dark.

On the Xinzhou Basin, 140 machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, and more than 100 machine guns are lined up.

在防空火力和机枪火力的后方，骑兵第1营和骑兵第2营的60毫米和82毫米合计36门迫击炮，已经被架了起来。

The muzzle pointed in the direction where the devil cavalry came.

Although the target cannot be seen, there are a large number of mortars, which are directly covered by artillery fire.

In front of anti-aircraft fire and machine gun fire.

More than 1 cavalry soldiers from the 2st Battalion and the 1500nd Battalion of the Xinyi Regiment drew out their Yunlong sabers in the direction of the devil cavalry.

ready.

The devil's scouting cavalry rode their horses back and forth 2 kilometers away, not daring to approach at all.

Soon, the Devil Cavalry Squadron arrived, but the Captain of the Devil Cavalry Squadron saw this formation and knew that attacking was courting death, so he didn't dare to launch a tentative attack rashly.

Not long after, Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi led the 1st Cavalry Brigade to arrive.

The cavalry squadron leader rode forward and reported to Ribayashi Zhongdaohui: "Report to the brigade commander, the Eighth Route cavalry has put up a decisive battle posture. Do you want to launch a tentative attack?"

Riding on a tall and powerful maroon army horse, wearing a battle uniform, Kuribayashi Tadao rode forward a few steps and looked through the binoculars.

I saw that 2 kilometers ahead, the cavalry of the Eighth Route New First Regiment had already put on a decisive battle posture, and they drew their sabers one after another, as if they were about to charge and slash with the Japanese cavalry.

Kuribayashi Chumichi quickly judged the strength of the Eighth Route Cavalry, which was about 1500, which was only a little more than a cavalry regiment of the Japanese army.

More than 1500 sharp sabers are reflected in the setting sun, and the muscles are cold.

"Brigade Commander, is there an attack?"

Yuo Nishizawa, the captain of the 13th Cavalry Regiment, who had suffered two consecutive defeats in the hands of Li Yunlong, drew out his saber and held it in front of his chest, and couldn't wait to ask Kuribayashi Tadao.