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Chapter 751 Sudden coverage of heavy artillery firepower!
Datong.

The 1th Division Headquarters.

More than half an hour after the 1st Division telegram was sent to the North China Front Army Command.

The communications team leader quickly walked into the division headquarters and reported to Mitsuo Nakazawa: "Report division commander, North China Front Army Commander Neiji Okamura calls back!"

Yoshi, General Ningji Okamura, commander of the North China Front Army, finally replied.

Sanfu Nakaze's expression lifted, and he said, "Read!"

Yoshio Noguchi, the chief of staff at the side, also quickly pricked up his ears.

This telegram is likely to be related to the life and death of the 1st Division.

"Hi!" The communications captain read with a telegram, "The North China Front Army Command has sent a reconnaissance plane to the Northwest Shanxi to Datong Highway to reconnaissance. Neiji Okamura, Commander of the Front Army, His Majesty the Emperor is onboard, and the Locust Army of the Great Japanese Empire is onboard!"

Mitsuo Nakazawa frowned slightly. The telegram sent by General Ningji Okamura was not a telegram to Mongolia.

But after thinking about it, Sanfu Nakazawa can understand.

After all, now that the enemy's situation is unknown, it is indeed a pity to abandon Datong, an important military town.

As long as the 1st Division keeps the passage to the north unimpeded, even if the main force of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is moving towards Datong, the 1st Division can calmly withdraw.

At that moment, Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at Yoshio Noguchi, Chief of Staff, and asked, "Noguchi-kun, how many troops are there in the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army outside the city?"

"There are about 400 people." Yoshio Noguchi immediately replied, "They are rushing to build a position outside the north of the city, about 2 kilometers away from the city wall."

Sanfu Zhongze snorted coldly, and said in a disdainful tone: "The Eighth Route Army is still the same old way. It only uses a few hundred cavalry to trap the locust army in Datong City. We are not the idiots of the 3rd Brigade. We are the 1st Army of the Great Japanese Empire." Division, the most elite unit. Noguchi-kun, immediately order the 1st Infantry Battalion of the Suzuki Regiment to destroy this group of Eighth Route Army cavalry."

"Hi!"

Chief of Staff Yoshio Noguchi bowed his head, turned and walked towards the telephone.

……

Outside the North City.

Suzuki Regiment of the Japanese Army, Headquarters of the 1st Infantry Battalion.

The commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Hidebachi Fujita, was stepping on the ladder at this time, holding up his binoculars and looking at the Eighth Route Army position opposite.

The Suzuki Wing has been reorganized, with one-third of soldiers and officers, and is the main force of the original 1st Division.

And Fujita Hidehachi was one of the few captains who managed to escape from the ambush of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The captains of the 1st division are basically lieutenant commanders, and their tactical command ability is much stronger than that of the captains of the second-tier divisions.

Commander Fujita Hidehachi was like most Japanese military officers at that time, not tall, but bow-legged and strong, with a neck and head about the same thickness.

His face carried the usual expression of Japanese military officers, cold and resolute.

Before being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, Fujita Hidehachi was a samurai ready to dedicate himself to His Majesty the Emperor.

But after that narrow escape, Fujita Hidehachi changed his mind, that his life is his own, and only by living can he make contributions to His Majesty the Emperor.

He witnessed thousands of soldiers of the 1st Division die tragically under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

In that battle, the dense artillery fire density, like a brand, left a painful memory for Fujita Hidehachi that can never be erased.

In the field of vision of the binoculars, the cavalrymen of the Eighth Route Army were sweating profusely with rifles on their backs, wielding military shovels and hoes. In just over half an hour, the trenches had been dug by the Eighth Route Army to a depth of nearly 1 meter.

"Captain, why don't you attack the Eight Route Army?"

A squadron leader ran over and asked Fujita Hidehachi:
"On this point, the Eight Routes, our 1st Infantry Battalion, wiped out the Eight Routes with a single charge."

Fujita Hidehachi's tone and expression remained unchanged: "Matsuo-kun, please be safe, I haven't received the order from the regimental commander yet."

Matsuo Harushige said, "But our soldiers are ready to attack!"

Ding ding ding, ding ding ding, ding ding ding—

The phone on the table rang. Fujita Hidehachi turned around and picked up the phone: "Moshi Moshi, this is the 1st Infantry Battalion!"

Osamu Suzuki's voice sounded on the phone: "Fujita-kun!"

Fujita Hidehachi straightened his body first, then subconsciously made a motion of nodding his head: "Hi!"

Colonel Suzuki's voice was emotionless: "The commander of the division has just issued an order, ordering your troops to immediately destroy the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army outside the northern city, and open up the channel for our 1st Division to turn north."

"Hi!" Fujita Hidepachi said, "Your Excellency, Captain, please give me half an hour. Our 1st Infantry Battalion will definitely chop off the heads of all the Eighth Cavalrymen outside the city!"

After finishing speaking, Fujita Hidehachi hung up the phone with a snap.

Then, Fujita Hidehachi walked to the window, pulled out his command saber, and pointed forward: "Give me the order to fire at the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Kill the chicken!"

The 4 Japanese 4-type infantry guns and [-] [-]-type mortars that had already been prepared were ready to fire.

First, a Type 1 infantry gun and a Type 1 mortar fired a round of shells.

The shells exploded near the Eighth Route Army cavalry positions, setting off several clouds of mud and fog.

After three test shots, the artillery of the Japanese army had already determined to shoot at Zhu Yuan, and then fired at full power, and relatively dense shells poured into the Eighth Route Army cavalry positions.

Because the two artillery regiments of the 1st Division were completely lost in an ambush by the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army.

所以现在的第1师团已经没有山炮和野战炮，只有20门150毫米加农炮和10门240毫米重型榴弹炮。

but.

To deal with the Eighth Route Army cavalry unit of more than 400 people, the 1st Division did not have to use 150mm cannons and 240mm heavy howitzers.

The Eighth Route Army cavalry was not to be outdone, and the 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars were fully fired.

The artillery of both sides poured shells into the other side's position.

However, the Japanese army's positions were very complete, with complete civil fortifications and blast holes.

Unless a 75mm mountain gun or a 105mm howitzer is used, the devil's fortifications can be destroyed.

The 82mm and 60mm mortars of the Eighth Route Army caused very little casualties to Japanese soldiers.

However, the Japanese Type [-] infantry artillery and Type [-] mortars caused considerable casualties to the Eighth Route Army cavalry.

After 10 minutes of shelling, Fujita Hidehachi looked at the dense bomb craters and corpses of the Eighth Route Army in the field of vision of the telescope, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Yo Xi!"

"Order all the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Battalion to attack!"

"Kill the chicken!"

Fujita Hidehachi brandished the commander's saber and pointed at the Eighth Route Army's position in front of him.

More than a thousand devil soldiers from the First Infantry Brigade immediately rushed out of the trenches, armed with bayonet-mounted [-] rifles, and rushed towards the unconstructed position of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese soldiers used the most adept pig-style charge.

The positions of the two sides are about 1 km apart.

However, at this time the Japanese artillery continued to fire at the cavalry positions of the Independence Regiment.

Although they are cavalry, the cavalry of the independent regiment, like the cavalry of the new regiment, are light cavalry, which can dismount and fight on foot or mount.

Since it was to block the way for the Japanese army to flee north, the cavalry of the independent regiment dismounted and fought on foot.

The devil's light and heavy machine gunners were on the flanks. After entering the range of the machine guns, they set up the [-]-type light machine gun and the [-]-type heavy machine gun, and poured firepower at the cavalry positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The firepower composed of artillery and light and heavy machine guns crushed the cavalry on the Eighth Route Army's position.

Fujita Hidehachi, who was in the field of vision of the telescope, saw this scene with a proud and confident smile on his face.

At this time, the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army withdrew from their positions, returned to the position of the horse post, rode on their horses and fled, while saving the lives of some cavalry.

But the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army obviously chose to fight to the end, so they could only be wiped out.

Regardless of its strength or firepower, its infantry brigade is no worse than the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.

Because he was afraid of death, Fujita Hidehachi did not personally participate in the charge, but charged with the officers and soldiers watching him in the headquarters.

Seeing that the work was about to be completed, the corners of Fujita Hidehachi's mouth curved upwards, and his face became more proud and confident.

Just when Fujita Hidehachi thought that the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were doomed, a sudden change occurred!

In the field of vision of Fujita Hidehachi's telescope, something seemed to fall towards his soldier's position.

Before he could react, a huge explosion appeared in the field of vision of the telescope, and the sound of the explosion sounded almost simultaneously.

At this time, the charge of the Japanese officers and soldiers was barely halfway through.

However, this was just the beginning, and the continuous shells fell towards the charging Japanese army.

Boom boom boom boom boom...

Suddenly, with continuous explosions, circles of blazing and dazzling orange-red fireballs rose up in continuous explosions like landslides and ground cracks, and huge mud fog and gunpowder smoke filled the air.

The position where the Japanese soldiers were located was immediately shrouded in fireballs and gunpowder smoke, and was submerged in the raging fire.

This is 12 Katyusha rocket launchers firing at Japanese soldiers.

192 rockets equivalent to the power of Soviet-style 152mm high-explosive grenades directly hit the charging Japanese soldiers with a round of artillery fire.

A round of artillery fire covered it, and a brigade of Japanese soldiers disappeared without a trace.

"Nani?"

In the headquarters of the Japanese army outside the city, Hidehachi Fujita looked at the scene in the telescope in front of him, and he was completely dumbfounded.

One of his brigade of more than 1000 elite soldiers was almost torn to pieces by artillery fire in less than half a minute.

Only twenty or so machine gunners on the flanks fled back in desperation.

"idiot!"

It took a while for Fujita Hidehachi to recover from the shock.

The artillery firepower of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army has strengthened again!

Fujita Hidehachi ordered in a flustered tone: "Turn back into the city, fast!"

If the Eighth Route Army hit the Japanese positions outside the city with another round of heavy artillery fire, everyone would die.

This is at least the heavy artillery firepower of an artillery division, and each cannon is the caliber of a 150mm cannon!

At the moment, Fujita Hidehachi fled into the city with the remaining Japanese soldiers in desperation.

Watching a brigade of devils feeding rockets, compared to the panic of the Japanese soldiers, the cavalry soldiers of the independent regiment on the opposite side were full of smiles.

"retreat!"

Huang Zhiyong ordered loudly.

If you don't retreat, the Japanese 150mm and 240mm shells will have to hit your head.

Under the order of Battalion Commander Huang Zhiyong, the cavalry soldiers immediately took the wounded and headed towards the horse post.

(End of this chapter)