The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

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Different from Zhang Yunfei's relaxed and laid-back attitude, the two or three thousand devils huddled in Shanyang County, looking at the tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops outside, felt that their doomsday was approaching, and felt that they were in constant panic.

Asada Taro hurriedly reported to the headquarters of the 46th Division at the headquarters, saying that Shanyang County was surrounded by tens of thousands of well-armed Eighth Route Army troops, and the Asada United was in danger, so he asked for the support of the division. [

After receiving Taro Asada's distress telegram, the head of the 46th Division did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly reported to Kiyoshi Kazuki, the commander of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan, and asked for tactical guidance.

In Taiyuan, at the headquarters of the Japanese First Army, Kiyoshi Xiangyue, who received the telegram, looked solemn. Shanyang County was surrounded by tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army.

This group of Eighth Route Army can't be Zhang Yunfei's army, if it is really Zhang Yunfei's army, it will be troublesome, and the Asada unit will be in danger, even the hope of breaking through is slim, Xiangyue Qingji thought in his heart.

But the Eighth Route Army has tens of thousands of troops, which does not match the number of Zhang Yunfei's troops. According to the information provided by the North China Front Army's Special High School, Zhang Yunfei's 136th Division has only about [-] people, and it is impossible to have tens of thousands of people.

Could it be that in just one or two months, Zhang Yunfei expanded from more than [-] people to tens of thousands of people? This speed is too terrifying.

Xiangyue Qingji walked up and down the office restlessly while thinking, after ten minutes, Xiangyue Qingji didn't come up with any clue.

It is better to report the situation to the North China Front Army and let the North China Front Army decide.

A radio wave from Kiyoshi Kazuki made Ningji Okamura, who had just taken office as the commander of the North China Front Army, feel dizzy for a while.

At present, the Battle of Wuhan is in full swing. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops and millions of soldiers are engaged in a tragic fight on a front thousands of kilometers away.

Relying on their aircraft and artillery, the Japanese army advanced smoothly all the way. At present, the vanguard troops have entered Hubei and Hunan. As the troops won successive victories, Okamura Ningji, who had just taken office, was also proud and high-spirited.

But looking at the telegram from Kiyoshi Kozuki, Neiji Okamura, who was in a good mood, immediately felt heavy. He walked to the huge map, looked at it for a long time, and finally ordered the No. 30 Fourth Division to rest in Shijiazhuang and assemble immediately. Go to Taiyuan along Zhengtai Road, and stationed in Xinkou, and stationed in Xinkou together with the No.40 Sixth Division.

The No.30 Fourth Division of the Japanese Army is also a second-class division that has just formed to land in China this year. It has participated in several small-scale battles and is currently resting in Shijiazhuang.

Okamura Ningji's strategic intention is obvious, that is, he is going to abandon the vast area north of Xinkou in Shanxi, and send heavy troops to guard Xinkou, the northern gateway of Taiyuan, to prevent the Eighth Route Army from going south.

After the Battle of Wuhan is over, when there are enough troops, go north from Xinkou to attack the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Some time ago, Zhang Yunfei's 136th Division with more than [-] troops wiped out the Suzuki Brigade and the Fifth Division successively. The Japanese army believed that Zhang Yunfei's troops could not be compared with the general Communist Party or the Eighth Route Army. The direct line of the Central Army is not as powerful as Zhang Yunfei's troops.

Therefore, even if Xinkou was guarded by heavy troops from two divisions, they did not dare to take the initiative to attack, but focused on defense.

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shanyang county seat

Night had fallen, and the soldiers camped on the spot. Except for a certain number of soldiers who served as sentinels, most of the soldiers soon fell asleep. [

Zhang Yunfei was also in his tent, falling asleep soundly.

Unlike the Eighth Route Army, the little devils in the city can be said to have stayed up all night, and most of the devils spent this sleepless night in anxiety and restlessness.

In the early morning of the second day, when most of the soldiers were just waking up, the artillery brigade's position was busy.

Yesterday afternoon, several infantry brigades were busy for a while, and the officers and soldiers of the artillery brigade seemed to have nothing to do. Today, early in the morning, they finally received the order from the division commander.

The forty heavy artillery brought by the Artillery Brigade can finally be opened. This morning, the division commander gave the Artillery Brigade an order to shell Shanyang County, and several places in Shanyang County will become the targets of the Artillery Brigade's shelling today.

These places are the little devil's barracks, headquarters, and the city walls of Shanyang County, among which the city walls are the focus of shelling. Zhang Yunfei's request is that the artillery brigade blow down the city walls, which is good for the infantry to charge next.

Zhang Yunfei had no reason to let go of the Asada Regiment in Shanyang County, at least there were more than 3000 little devils, and they had been heavily surrounded by their own troops, and they had become a catch in a urn.

According to Zhang Yunfei's personality, there is no reason to spit out the fat in his mouth.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, not long after dawn, the soldiers of the Artillery Brigade had already taken their positions, and the black muzzle was pointing at the county town more than ten kilometers away.

Next to each cannon, thick shells have already been placed, and the cannons can be fired only after the brigade commander gives an order.

Artillery brigade commander Wang Daquan looked at his pocket watch. It was 10 minutes before seven o'clock, and the soldiers were also ready and waiting for his order.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Wang Daquan signaled to the Artillery Brigade to watch the hot air balloon take off. The observers on the hot air balloon would observe the effect of the first round of shelling and feed back the shelling situation to the gunners of the Artillery Brigade, who would then correct the shooting according to the situation. Hit the elements, thereby improving the shelling effect.

Large-caliber howitzers are different from small-caliber artillery. Small-caliber artillery can observe targets that need to be bombarded through the artillery mirror (telescope). bombing targets.Then, according to the shelling effect observed by the artillery mirror, the shooting parameters were corrected.

The range of large-caliber howitzers can reach [-] to [-] kilometers, or even farther. The shells fired often need to fly over mountains, hills and buildings, so it is difficult to see [-] to [-] kilometers through the artillery mirror. In the case of other targets.

Therefore, the usual method is to use a hot air balloon. Observers take a hot air balloon to rise to a height of several hundred meters. The so-called standing high can see far. At a height of several hundred meters, observers can use telescopes to see targets tens of kilometers away. Case.

Nearly eight o'clock, the observer fed back the situation of the distant target, including the distance tested, and the gunners of the artillery brigade revised the shooting parameters again based on the feedback from the observer.

In the first round, forty cannons fired at the same time, and the shells flew towards the target more than ten kilometers away with a scream. After a while, the observers reported back the results of the shelling.

This shelling basically hit the target, but in order to strike more accurately, the gunners revised the shelling parameters again based on the feedback from the observers.

After correcting the parameters, Wang Daquan gave an order to bombard for 10 minutes. Forty cannons would bombard the little devil's barracks, headquarters and the city wall of Shanyang County at the same time.

According to the normal rate of fire of each gun, two rounds per minute, nearly a thousand rounds of shells will be fired at Shanyang County within 10 minutes.