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Chapter 765 Artillery Army?
Following the order of the second battalion commander.

The soldiers of the main second battalion surrounded Xiaohe Village from all directions.

There is a river to the south of Xiaohe Village. On the other side of the river, the troops of the 386th Brigade have set up light and heavy machine guns and mortars.

Once a devil tried to escape across the river, he would be shot and killed on the spot.

More than 1000 people from the remnants of the Devils fled into Xiaohe Village, and the headquarters of the 227th Infantry Regiment was also inside.

The captain of the 227th Regiment sent three consecutive telegrams requesting tactical guidance to the headquarters of the 37th Division.

However it was of no use.

The soldiers of the Second Battalion, the main force, lined up in a three-three battle formation, and rushed into Xiaohe Village in one charge.

At the beginning, there were still living devils fighting stubbornly.

But as time went by, the gunshots became more and more sparse, until finally the gunshots disappeared completely, which meant that all the devils entrenched in Xiaohe Village were wiped out.

On the hill a few kilometers away, there are devils from the 37th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery, and some devil infantry.

Under the siege of the 386 brigade, it was also quickly wiped out.

As for those puppet troops, they either died under shelling long ago, or surrendered their guns long ago.

As for the devils, the Eighth Route Army was here to eliminate the devils and never gave the devils a chance to surrender.

……

Yangquan, the headquarters of the 37th Division of the Japanese First Army.

A combat staff officer hurried in and bowed his head to report to Anda 23.

"Reporting to the head of the division, the 227th Regiment and the 37th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery have just sent a farewell telegram..."

"Farewell telegram?"

Adachi 23 and Eguchi Taro exclaimed at the same time.

"Yes!"

The combat staff officer bowed his head, his tone trembling:

"The Eighth Route Army assembled hundreds of cannons and bombarded the positions of the 227th Infantry Regiment and the 37th Mountain Artillery Regiment for half an hour."

"The 227th Regiment and the 37th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery Corps failed to withstand the offensive of the Eighth Route Army. The battle outside the city is drawing to a close..."

Last night, the 227th Wing of the Japanese Army and the 37th Wing of the Mountain Artillery were first covered by artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army.

It was also attacked by the large-scale infantry of the Eighth Route Army, and the large troops were directly dispersed.

The Eighth Route Army's individual combat effectiveness is no longer inferior to the Japanese army, and when fighting, they only recognize clothes but not people, and shoot devils and puppet troops when they see them.

and so.

Most of the 37 mountain cannons of the 36th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery Corps were seized by the Eighth Route Army before they could be blown up. Only a small number of mountain cannons were blown up during the battle.

The Guizi Regiment Headquarters of the 227th Wing, and the Guizi Regiment Headquarters of the 37th Mountain Artillery Regiment, looked for the commanding heights nearby and stood by for help.

The devil's idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The artillery firepower of the Eighth Route Army was too fierce, and without solid fortifications, the Japanese army could not stop the Eighth Route Army's attack at all.

For example, during the battle in Xiaohe Village in the morning, more than a thousand devils from the Japanese army fled into Xiaohe Village.

The Second Battalion of the Xinyi Regiment fired a total of more than 10 shells at Xiaohe Village, and each devil could share [-] shells on average.

Under the powerful artillery firepower, the devils have no artillery fortifications, and there is no room for resistance.

The Second Battalion only suffered dozens of casualties, and at the cost of more than 1 shells, wiped out more than 1000 devils entrenched in Xiaohe Village.

The shells of the Eighth Route Army can be reimbursed.

Anda 23 slumped down on the chair, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

The tactics of the Eighth Route Army are already obvious, that is, to eliminate the Japanese army outside the city first, and then concentrate their forces to deal with the 37th Division inside the city.

It was originally thought that the 227th Infantry Regiment and the 37th Mountain Artillery Regiment could last at least half a day.

But I didn't expect that they didn't even last for half a day, and they were all wiped out in the morning.

Anda 23's heart is bleeding, this is an elite infantry regiment and a mountain artillery regiment, and they were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army just like that.

but.

The only good news is that both wings sent farewell telegrams before being wiped out.

Presumably the alliance flag was also burned, and it did not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

After a moment of depression, Anda 23 cheered up again. As the head of the division, he must not lose his fighting spirit first.

Once he, the head of the division, loses his fighting spirit, the remaining 37th division will be lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Anda 23 slapped the table hard, with a harsh tone:

"Mr. Jiangkou, immediately distribute all spare weapons to the soldiers of the supply and engineering regiments, and prepare for street fighting with the Eighth Route Army."

"Tell all officers and soldiers that reinforcements to the 37th Division are on their way."

"As long as we stick to Yangquan for two days, reinforcements will come and wipe out the Eighth Route Army outside the city!"

Staff officer Changjiangguchi Taro was about to pause, but he heard Adachi 23 continue to say:

"Every hour, send a telegram requesting urgent tactical guidance to the First Army Command and the North China Front Army Command!"

"Hi!"

Eguchi Taro suddenly lowered his head.

……

The new regiment of soldiers outside the city is hurrying to eat breakfast.

The soldiers ate canned meat and fruit.

Now the combat supplies of the new regiment are extremely sufficient, enough to overflow.

So now the new regiment's troops are running long-distance raids, and they rarely carry dry food, and they directly carry canned meat and fruit.

Canned meat is self-heating canned, with several flavors, and the taste and nutrition are very good.

of course.

At present, only the New First Regiment, Independent Regiment, and New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army have this treatment.

Soldiers like the 386th Brigade also distributed canned food, but not many.

Most of the soldiers carried dry food.

Li Yunlong had just finished his breakfast, and took another big sip of water, and immediately felt that he was revived with blood.

The exhaustion of not sleeping all day and night was swept away, and my whole body was full of strength.

"Reporting to the head of the regiment, the 386nd Battalion, [-]rd Battalion, and [-]th Brigade reported that the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city have basically been wiped out."

After the chief of staff gathered the intelligence from each unit, he reported to Li Yunlong.

"Action is fast enough!"

"Let's just have breakfast, and the devils will be wiped out?"

Li Yunlong's tone was somewhat surprised.

At the same time, I felt a little unsatisfactory in my heart. Besides being the commander-in-chief of the 22 main force, Li Yunlong actually wanted to go to the battlefield to fight the devils himself.

It is best to participate in a hand-to-hand battle, cut off the heads of dozens of devils, and have a hand addiction.

For more than ten years in the army, Commander Li has participated in many hand-to-hand battles, and he has killed at least a hundred enemies, including the national army, puppet army, and devils.

Although he is now commanding 22 main forces to fight against the Japanese army, this hobby is still there, and his heart is itchy, like a cat scratching.

However, Zhao Gang was always by his side, and Li Yunlong didn't even have the chance to go to the battlefield.

Originally, Li Yunlong wanted Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo to command the attack and encircle the 33rd Division together.

But Zhao Gang said that he wanted to be by Li Yunlong's side to watch him, and that he wanted to do it for his own good and not let him make mistakes.

Listen, political commissar Zhao, is this human?
When did our old Li make a mistake?
Li Yunlong glared at Zhao Gang angrily, and felt a little depressed. This old Zhao is good everywhere, but sometimes he is too lenient.

And the Eighth Route Army can't kill prisoners, where can I find the devil's head to chop off?

Zhao Gang raised his head and just met Li Yunlong's eyes. He suddenly felt a little baffled. He didn't mess with him, so what is this bastard up to?
At this moment, a war horse neighed outside the headquarters.

"Call-"

A moment later, a big man wearing a leather jacket, holding a horsewhip, and black round glasses walked in. No matter his eyes and expression, this big man showed determination and confidence.

It was Li Yunlong's former brigade commander, Chen Geng.

Brigadier Chen quickly walked into the headquarters, saw Li Yunlong, and saluted Li Yunlong: "Report to the commander-in-chief, Chen Geng, the commander of the 386th brigade, is here to report, please give instructions!"

Today's 386 Brigade and Taiyue Military Region are the backbone of the 129th Division.

Including the troops of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, the brigade commander now has more than 8 elite troops, plus the militia of the Taiyue Military Region, there are 10,000+ people.

Li Yunlong turned pale with shock: "Brigadier, Brigadier, where is it your turn to salute me, isn't this cutting off my Li Yunlong's life?"

Li Yunlong hurried forward, put down Brigadier Chen's right hand, and raised his hand to give a military salute.

Commissar Zhao, Chief of Staff Wang, and combat staff around Li Yunlong also quickly raised their hands to salute the brigade commander.

Brigadier Chen immediately blamed with a smile: "Li Yunlong, you are the commander-in-chief, commanding more than 20 troops, what kind of salute do you give me? You make me look like the commander-in-chief."

"Brigade Commander, what you said." Li Yunlong pretended to be unhappy, "Although our Xinyi Regiment does not belong to the battle order of the 386th Brigade now, you will always be Li Yunlong's brigade commander."

"Even if I, Li Yunlong, become the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army in the future, you will still be Li Yunlong's brigade commander."

Brigadier Chen smiled immediately: "To be the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army? You are not qualified enough. That's enough, let's stop talking nonsense, how will we fight next?"

Li Yunlong and Brigadier Chen are a bit like Li Yunlong being relegated to battalion commander in the original play.

Although Li Yunlong was demoted to the first battalion commander, the whole regiment still recognized Li Yunlong as the commander of the independent regiment.

Although the new regiment does not belong to the battle order of the 386 brigade, Li Yunlong still recognizes Chen Geng as the brigade commander.

Because the brigade commander is the most admired and respected person in Li Yunlong's life, and the brigade commander really thinks about Li Yunlong. His assistant division level treatment is only obtained by the brigade commander's help to speak.

"After the soldiers have finished their breakfast, attack the city according to the original plan, and then fight street battles with the devils."

Li Yunlong smiled slightly. In front of Brigadier Chen, he still couldn't let go and was a bit shy.

Chen Geng nodded. To be honest, being directed by a former subordinate, it was impossible to say that he didn't feel uncomfortable.

But this is the order of the head of the headquarters, plus the reimbursement of weapons and ammunition, and tens of thousands of helmets for the 386 brigade.

Brigadier Chen wished Li Yunlong could command a few more times, because if Li Yunlong commanded, the 386 brigade could make a fortune!
After the war, Li Yunlong's business with Boss Chen also earned a share of weapons and ammunition for the 386 brigade.

With a smile, Li Yunlong asked: "Brigade Commander, how many artillery regiments does your brigade have, is it enough for one artillery regiment? Is it not enough for me to give you dozens of mountain cannons?"

"Artillery Army? Almost there."

Speaking of this, the brigade commander was not sleepy anymore, he pushed his glasses, and his smile gradually became richer.

(End of this chapter)