The fierce battle on the plank road continued, and the bullets of the two sides whizzed at each other on the narrow plank road, and the fight was very fierce.

Nanata Ichiro and the division's chief of staff, Nakai Shotaro, personally supervised the onslaught of the war headquarters, but the narrow plank road itself could not invest too many troops in the onslaught on a large scale.

The defenders of the 3rd Battalion and 2nd Company of the New 1st Regiment only needed to defend the plank road with a width of less than three or four meters, which was enough to block the Japanese offensive.

On the small plank road, the fierce battle between the two sides at close range was less than 50 meters, but the Japanese army, as the attacking side, suffered huge casualties.

Less than half an hour after Yoshio Shinozuka gave the death order to attack and sent a team to personally supervise the battle, the Japanese troops, who had lost two squadrons, were still unable to break through the last 100 meters of the plank road defensive position held by the headquarters of the third battalion and the second company.

"Bang !!"

Nanata Ichiro withdrew to his headquarters and slammed his fist on the headquarters table, and the sound suddenly began.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka did not immediately command Ichiro Nanata, and when he saw Ichiro Nanata's anger, he immediately snorted a few times.

At this time, Nanata Ichiro was shocked to realize that Yoshio Shinozuka had not left his headquarters, and immediately hurried up and paused: "Your Excellency, Commander, in less than half an hour of fierce fighting, we have suffered two more squadrons of casualties. If you continue to fight like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through the plank road of the new group of defenses! Their firepower was too strong, and the plank road was narrow, which was not conducive to the onslaught of the imperial soldiers. Your Excellency, Commander, do you want to stop the offensive for the time being? ”。

After saying the suggestion, Nanata Ichiro and the chief of staff of the 20th Division, Nakai Shotaro, who was standing next to him, were all uneasy, and they must know that Shinozuka Yoshio's order was to take the last defensive position of the plank road as soon as possible and attack the foot of Cuiping Peak and Tianfengling Mountain.

Out of the worry and surprise of the two old devils, they saw that Yoshio Shinozuka did not suddenly become angry, but waved his hand to signal Ichiro Nanata and Shotaro Nakai to sit down on the side.

"What are the total casualties of your unit now?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked Ichiro Nanata unexpectedly calmly.

Nanata Ichiro, who felt quite wrong, didn't think much about it, but said in a bitter voice: "Your Excellency Commander Qiqi, in the battle of attacking the valley mouth of the Jinlong Gorge, the valley road and the plank road, the total casualties of our department have been nearly 4,000 people. ”。

"Nani? So much? ”

Yoshio Shinozuka is not calm at this time, and he has suffered such a serious loss? This was unexpected by Yoshio Shinozuka, in other words, at this time, there were only more than 16,000 Japanese troops left in the various divisions under the command of Yoshio Shinozuka.

Although it seems that the troops are still very strong, the food, grass and ammunition needed by the 20,000 Japanese troops who were stored in Pingxing Pass and transported to the front line here were almost blown up by the artillery cluster of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared.

At this time, the remaining Japanese troops were able to fight with less than an hour of ammunition supply.

At this time, hearing about the loss of so many people, even Yoshio Shinozuka felt that the casualties were too great.

Seeing this, Nanata Ichiro said helplessly: "Your Excellency Commander, the new regiment of fortifications at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Valley, the defense of the valley road, and the plank road that is still attacking are all very strong and difficult to fight. The imperial army took the initiative to attack one side, while the other side occupied favorable terrain and fortifications, and defended according to danger, which had a great advantage. And these places we are attacking are narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The defenders of the new regiment had firepower to concentrate the counterattack, and it was inevitable that the Imperial army would suffer too many casualties, Your Excellency the Commander. ”。

"Baga Ya Road, damn it!" Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the table in front of him, kicking and slamming, but his expression was helpless.

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't expect that he commanded 20,000 heavy troops and horses to storm the Hengshan base of the new regiment, and he was proud to hold the handle, but he didn't expect the other party to be so tenacious.

The fortifications in Jinlongxia Gorge and other places are so strong that they occupy dangerous terrain and set up defensive positions to hold on. This hand really made Yoshio Shinozuka quite helpless.

As soon as he thought of this, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately felt that if he continued to fight, he was afraid that the little ammunition left would be used up. After all, commanding 20,000 horses to enter the new regiment base in Hengshan is a difficult road, and it is not easy to transport heavy grain and grass.

At the moment, the situation is quite urgent, once the plank road can no longer be attacked, the battle will be scorching, and the little food and ammunition left will be consumed, and things will be in trouble.

Nanata Ichiro saw that Yoshio Shinozuka was silent for half a minute, but he still dared to condense and said: "Your Excellency Commander, I suggest that you stop the attack temporarily?" The casualties of the troops are too great, so let's rest first! Let the warriors of the Imperial Army replenish their physical strength, Your Excellency, Commander! ”。

"Well, order to temporarily stop the attack, hold the captured plank road, and be vigilant at any time for the counterattack of the Chinese army! I will send a telegram urging Fanzhi, the imperial troops in Daixian, Xinkou, and Datong to quickly escort grain, grass and ammunition to the front line. Rest for an hour, and then attack the plank road, and hit Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge and other places in one go! ”

Yoshio Shinozuka got up and glanced at the topographic map of Mount Heng, clenched his fists and waved.

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, do your bidding." A little frightened, Nanata Ichiro and Nakai Shotaro and other Japanese officers said one after another, and then rushed out one after another to urge the little devil troops to rest and be on standby.

It's just that at this time, Yoshio Shinozuka was worried, at this time, after conquering Yuci, the two thousand men and horses of Li Yunlong's troops who withdrew from Yuci and did not know where to go, at this time, had they already gone north to the Yunzhong Mountain Range, or did they turn around and go south, attacking the south towards Otani, Pingyao, and Jiexiu?

And once the 2,000 new regiments of cavalry under the personal command of Li Yunlong were active in the towns around Taiyuan, it would be tantamount to forming a huge pressure on Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Forget it, let's get rid of the new base area first! Li Yunlong, who has lost his base, will be like duckweed without a water source, and it will be lifeless. Yoshio Shinozuka thought secretly in his heart.

With Yoshio Shinozuka's order, the Japanese troops who stormed the plank road suddenly stopped attacking, and only sent troops to consolidate the plank road that had been occupied.

Most of the Japanese troops retreated, and according to the order of Yoshio Shinozuka, they withdrew to the mouth of the Jinryukyo Gorge or buried a pot in the Jinryukyo Gorge valley to rest and recuperate.

The smoke was faint, and they were all relieved to see the new plank road defenders who had stopped the Japanese army to stop their onslaught and rest, and Zhao Gang and others who were observing the battle situation on Hutou Mountain. It seems that the tenacious stubbornness at least made Yoshio Shinozuka a little difficult to retreat.

On Hutou Mountain, the communications soldier in charge of communications at the regimental headquarters of the new regiment walked up to Zhao Gang and saluted and said, "Report to the political commissar, the regiment commander has called back, and I have agreed to your suggestion political commissar." They were already less than 20 minutes away from the woods more than 700 meters in front of the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge in Hengshan Mountain. Kill back to the base in an instant, and ask us to keep in touch with the regimental commander and their radio station. ”。

"Well, got it! Call back the head of the regiment and say that we are in touch at all times. When Zhao Gang heard this, he nodded and said, and then thought of something, so he stopped the signal soldier and ordered: "By the way, by the way, report to the regiment commander that the Japanese army has stopped attacking the plank road, and I don't know if it will withdraw its troops, please ask the regiment commander to return to the division base as soon as possible."

"Yes, Commissar!" The signal corps left to deliver the report.

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