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Chapter 652 Life is hard for the locust army!
Following the order of the devil's captain.

Within a few minutes, the devils and puppet soldiers crawled out of the smoky barracks.

At this time, the shelling continued, and shells continued to fall into Niangziguan Station.

However, the firepower of 4 mountain cannons and 8 mortars is still not interesting after all.

If it was the firepower of a mountain artillery regiment, the devils and puppet troops would not even have the strength to fight back, let alone get out of the barracks to try to attack the artillery positions.

"Kill the chicken!"

A ghost squadron leader held a samurai sword and roared in the direction of the artillery emplacement.

The devils and the puppet soldiers immediately chattered, rushed out of the station with their rifles in hand, and rushed towards the artillery emplacement of the new regiment.

There are mountain cannons and mortars in Niangziguan, but the number is very small, and it is not yet dawn at this time, not only can't see the position of the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions, but even the general direction is not clear.

Using artillery to counterattack not only fails to achieve the effect, but also wastes shells in vain.

Although the devils are richer than the national army and the Eighth Route Army before, the shells are not blown by strong winds.

To the north of Niangziguan is a mountainous terrain, but it is not steep.

About a squadron of devils and a battalion of puppet troops rushed out of Niangzi Pass.

However, the devils and the puppet army only rushed a few hundred meters in the direction of the mountain, and there were intensive gunshots in front of them.

Da da da……

Dense bullets and grenades poured towards the devils and puppet soldiers, who were caught off guard and fell down.

The devils and puppet soldiers immediately crawled to avoid, but because the puppet soldiers rushed to the front, almost all the puppet soldiers died in the first wave.

Although the combat effectiveness of the new regiment of recruits is not that strong, there is no problem at all in fighting the puppet army. After all, they are the regular main force of the Eighth Route Army, and they are commanded by veteran commanders and fighters with rich combat experience.

Although many fighters are on the battlefield for the first time, after more than a month of training, they can barely manage to deal with this situation in an orderly manner.

The devils and puppet soldiers hid behind the bunkers and shot at the recruits of the new regiment.

At this time, the devil artillery in Niangziguan opened fire on the battlefield of the new regiment, and the explosion waves continued to rise, and the recruits began to suffer casualties.

At the same time, the artillerymen of the teaching battalion of the new regiment began to shoot at the devils and puppet soldiers who rushed out of the station and fired at the soldiers of the teaching battalion.

"Boom boom boom..."

The artillery firepower of the teaching battalion is stronger than that of the devils. In addition, the teaching battalion has much more troops than the devils and puppet troops, and the firepower is also suppressed.

The smoke and shock waves of the explosion continued to rise, and the firepower of the devils and puppet troops was suppressed immediately, and the casualties continued to increase.

The leader of the Devil Squadron led the soldiers to hold on for a while, seeing that his side was not the opponent of the Eighth Route Army, he decisively chose to retreat.

A dense rain of bullets swept over, and another wave of devils and puppet troops were swept to the ground during the retreat.

Repelling the enemy's first active attack immediately gave the soldiers a lot of confidence. The soldiers who participated in the big battle for the first time felt a lot less nervous.

"Don't attack!"

"Hygienists rescue the wounded immediately!"

"The rest build trenches in place!"

"..."

Following the orders of the platoon leaders of each company, the recruits began to get busy in an orderly manner.

Battalion Commander Shi did not rush to attack Niangziguan Station, but stabilized his position first.

On the one hand, the main task of the teaching battalion was to lure the enemy. As for whether it could capture Niangziguan, it was not important. On the other hand, Niangziguan still had many fortifications, cannon towers and dark forts.

With the current firepower, if you want to pull out the big bunkers and dark bunkers of the devils, you can only pull the mountain cannon closer to aim and shoot directly.

However, the devils in Niangziguan still have mountain cannons, mortars and grenades, and the aiming of the mountain cannons is definitely unrealistic.

If you don't kill the devil's cannon towers and bunkers and let the recruits charge to attack Niangziguan Station, it will be a death for the devil.

Therefore, Battalion Commander Shi did not order a charge, but ordered the soldiers to dig trenches and foxholes and other fortifications, while ordering to continue shelling Niangziguan.

The sky is getting brighter.

Niangziguan, inside a cannon building, Captain Yoshida of the devil brigade looked through the telescope on Monday.

In the distance, I saw thousands of people holding military shovels or hoes, working hard to build civil fortifications.

They were all uniforms of earth-gray military uniforms, and some soldiers even carried large blades on their backs, and they used a variety of weapons.

Seeing this scene, Yoshida was furious on Monday:
"Fire now and kill those Chinese pigs!"

The positions established by the Eighth Route Army were beyond the shooting range of machine guns and rifles, so they would definitely be impossible to hit with guns.

tom tom tom...

The devil's mountain artillery and infantry artillery fired, and the shells kept falling near the trench and exploded.

The recruits of the new regiment began to suffer casualties, but the devil's mountain cannons and infantry cannons combined were only 5, which was not enough compared to the entire army of thousands of people.

As soon as the devils fired, the soldiers crawled and hid in the trenches.

Moreover, the artillerymen of the teaching battalion immediately searched for the location of the Devil's cannon position and carried out artillery strikes to counter suppression.

Soon, one infantry gun and one infantry gun of the devil were blown into scrap iron, and the artillery of the devil fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing this, the devil artillerymen on the rest of the artillery positions quickly moved their artillery positions.

When the devil's shelling was over, the soldiers began to dig fortifications again.

Seeing this scene, Yoshida's nose was crooked on Monday.

"These gangsters are looking for death."

"Call the Yangquan division headquarters immediately!"

"Ask for tactical guidance!"

The strength of the Eighth Route is about one brigade, more than 4000 people, and there are sufficient weapons and ammunition, and it has an artillery brigade.

Relying on the strength of the Japanese army and the puppet army alone by Niangziguan will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Maybe there will be troops from the Eighth Route Army coming to attack Niangziguan later.

The current Eighth Route Army is not the Eighth Route Army of the past. Even ordinary Eighth Route Army units have sufficient ammunition and are equipped with cannons.

If you can't afford it, you can only shake people.

"Report to the captain, the telephone line has been cut off!" said the telephone soldier, grabbing the telephone receiver.

"Baga!" Yoshida scolded angrily on Monday, "Send a telegram to the Division Headquarters immediately."

Hearing this, a staff officer quickly drafted a telegram and handed it over to the telegraph soldier to send it out.

……

Yangquan.

Headquarters of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army.

The head of the division, Anda 23, just woke up and practiced a wave of swordsmanship in the courtyard of the division headquarters.

The current headquarters of the 37th Division was the brigade headquarters of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army.

During the so-called Hundred Regiments War launched by the Eighth Route Army, the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army attacked and occupied Shinao Mountain, and bombarded Tsuda Mitake, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, into a pile of meat sauce.

In that battle, the number of the Fourth Brigade was lost.

At first it only needed a disabled brigade to defend the Zhengtai Railway from Shouyang to Niangziguan, but now it needs a division to barely hold it.

The growth rate of the Eighth Route Army's strength is simply frightening.

When the locust army was strong, the Eighth Route Army could expand its strength tenfold within a few years.

Now the locust army in North China can't organize a decent sweep, and even the territory of the locust army in Shanxi is getting smaller and smaller, and Anda 23 is getting more and more anxious.

If this continues, the Eighth Route Army's major counter-offensive may be about to begin.

Now I also hope that the North China Front Army Command can mobilize heavy troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

Anda 23 had just finished washing his face worriedly, the communications captain of the 37th Division hurried in with a telegram in his hand, paused and said, "Report to the division commander, Mr. Zhou Yi, stationed in Niangziguan Yoshida, sent an urgent call!"

"Give it to me!" Anda 23 dried his hands, took the telegram from the communications captain, and read it.

The communications captain stood aside, waiting for Anda 23 to issue an order.

This kind of telegram requesting tactical guidance will usually be replied by the head of the division.

After Anda23 finished reading the telegram, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

The content of the telegram is: Niangziguan was attacked by a brigade of Tuba Road, with a strength of about 5000 people and an artillery brigade. They planned to besiege us and asked for tactical guidance. His Majesty Tian Locust onboard, and the Japanese Locust Army onboard.

Regarding the strength of the Eighth Route Army, the devils at Niangziguan made a false report of one thousand.

But the devils don't know exactly how many there are, anyway, it is impossible for the division headquarters to really know how many there are in the Eighth Route Army.

If the puppet army were to report the attacking strength of the Eighth Route Army, it would probably be said that tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops were attacking Niangziguan.

Knowing that Niangziguan, the most important station of the Zhengtai Railway, was attacked, and that the Tuba Road had a lot of troops, Anda 23 immediately shouted:
"Immediately send the first mobile detachment of Yangquan and the second mobile detachment of Jingxing to kill all these annoying Tuba roads!"

Since the Eighth Route Army attacked Taiyuan for more than half a year, the strength and territory of the First Army have gone from bad to worse.

The Eighth Route Army and guerrillas frequently attacked the gunhouses, strongholds and railways on Zhengtai Road.

Even the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army are equipped with infantry artillery and mortars. It is not surprising that a main brigade of the Eighth Route Army is equipped with an artillery brigade.

Anda 23 judged in an instant that this was definitely not a unit of the Eighth Route Army's Xinyi Regiment, if it really was the Xinyi Regiment.

Not to mention the number 4000 people, even if it is the number 2000 people of the new regiment, they can just use the lady to shut down the 2000 locust army and the locust alliance army.

If he were Li Yunlong, he wouldn't even need to send out any troops at all. He only needed to deploy a team of mountain artillery, and a dozen rounds of shelling would blow Niangziguan to pieces.

Moreover, the defense zone of the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment is more than 200 kilometers away from the Zhengtai Railway.

This group of enemies is likely to be troops from the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army in the north.

"Hi!"

The communications captain turned and left quickly.

Seeing the back of the communications captain leaving, Anda 23 quickly came to the war room, staring at the map on the wall.

Although his tone is very arrogant, he also knows that it is almost impossible to eliminate this eight ways.

When the two mobile detachments arrived, the Eighth Route Army might have already fled. After the mobile detachment left, Tuba Road would return to attack Niangziguan.

The Eighth Route Army rarely initiates guerrilla warfare on this scale.

Now there are signs that the main force of the Eighth Route Army will attack and harass the Zhengtai Railway in the future, and I am afraid it will become the norm.

The Eighth Route Army guerrillas are easy to deal with, but the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not so easy to deal with.

Life is hard for the locust army!
Anda 23 had a worried look on his face, and he was suffering from a headache.

(End of this chapter)