At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, it was not yet dawn, but the atmosphere in the headquarters was very good.

The lieutenant general, the chief of staff, all with smiles on their faces.

"Sir, this is good news from Guanshan Town, and they won a big victory tonight with very few casualties."

"The garrison not only did not destroy the blockade ditch and blockade wall that we had built during the day, but also lost more than a thousand men, and then retreated in disarray. More than 800 corpses were left on the battlefield. ”

"After this battle, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not dare to attack our idea of blockading the wall again."

"As long as the blockade wall on this line is repaired, the garrison will be divided into several pieces of base area occupied by us."

"At that time, the imperial army will be able to concentrate its superior forces, break them individually, and wipe out all the resistance forces inside."

The commander also had a smile on his face.

Add to this victory tonight, this sweep against the garrison, the Imperial Army has won two battles at the beginning.

Although they were all small victories and did not affect the battle situation, they were enough to prove that the strategy and policy of this sweep were correct.

In the eyes of the army commander, the combat effectiveness of the imperial army must exceed that of the Eighth Route Army, as long as the general direction of the sweep is right, the imperial army does not make the mistake of lightly advancing the enemy during the sweep, strictly implements the orders of the military department, and fights steadily and steadily, and the final victory will definitely belong to itself.

After forcibly suppressing the joy, the army commander's smiling face returned to seriousness: "Chief of Staff, as long as the battle is not over and the garrison regiment is not completely wiped out by us, everyone must not be careless. ”

"Send a telegram to the imperial army in Guanshan Town, after the garrison can't do anything about the blockade ditch and the blockade line, it will definitely target them, attack them, and directly solve the problem fundamentally."

"They must strengthen their vigilance and prepare for battle, so that the garrison regiment will once again collapse and sink into the sand."

"Also, the operation to destroy the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison regiment cannot be stopped, and as long as they have one heavy artillery left, the bombardment will continue."

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the heavy artillery battalion, which had only three real guns, was bombed by Japanese planes in the mountains 25 percent away from the Gangziling attack.

When the group left, the four damaged "heavy guns" were dragged out of the forest and swaggered away.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the remaining six heavy guns continued to set off.

Compared with last night, although there are fewer artillery, the guard force is more vigilant, and nearly half of the Japanese puppet army spies were killed by the guard force.

Although the losses of the spies were great, the remaining spies still transmitted the latest situation of the heavy artillery battalion to the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan to prepare for the third bombardment.

At the same time, a grain transport team appeared on the Gangziling Highway, and there were 30 cars and large trucks that were rarely seen in the base area, all of which were loaded with grain, and headed in the direction of Guanshan Town.

After arriving at Gangziling, the convoy suddenly stopped.

A platoon of escort troops marched away from the convoy and rushed into the woods on both sides of the road in squads to search.

To outsiders, the search must have something to do with the bombing the morning before.

Half an hour later, the convoy continued to depart, and the number of carts and cars remained thirty, no more, no less.

From afar, it looks like nothing has changed in the entire fleet.

But a closer look reveals some problems, with 10 of the big cars being noticeably more bloated than the others.

They were all disguised as gun trucks, with thatch tied to the barrels and covered with tarpaulins, which looked like a cart full of grain from a distance.

As for the original ten grain trucks, half an hour was enough for the mobile battalion to hide them in the woods.

When the matter is over, they will be scattered and sent to various places.

The food team also has spies to watch, but there are not many people, and because the food team is frequently attacked, the escort team is very vigilant, they can only stare from a distance, and dare not get too close.

Under the cover of night, they did not see the tanuki hidden in the forest for the prince.

At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, Li Hao has been guarding the war room and waiting for news.

Whether or not the heavy artillery battalion participated in the battle was related to whether the garrison regiment could attack Guanshan Town, and if it did not receive a telegram that the heavy artillery battalion was moving smoothly, it would not be able to sleep in bed.

"Commander, it's done!" Hong Lin rushed in like a wind and shouted excitedly.

"The heavy artillery battalion and the grain transport team have successfully converged, and they are on their way to come, and if nothing happens, they will be able to reach Guanshan Town the night after tomorrow."

Li Hao took a long breath: "It's good to come." ”

"Chief of Staff, I've decided to do it quickly."

"The longer this battle drags on, the stronger the fortifications built by the little devils in Guanshan Town, and the greater the pressure on us to take down."

"At twelve o'clock in the evening the day after tomorrow, the troops launched an attack on time."

"The heavy artillery battalion must be in place by ten o'clock, set up artillery positions for an hour, rest for an hour, and then take part in the battle."

The garrison regiment is outside to dispatch troops and prepare supplies, and it is impossible for the little devils in Guanshan Town not to know.

Coupled with the reminder telegram sent to them by the military department, Dazuo who was guarding here became more cautious.

Every night, he had to convene a meeting with his subordinates to learn about the progress of the construction of the stronghold and urge his subordinates to continue to speed up.

Only by building the stronghold more solidly can you have the confidence to defend this place.

"Report to the sir, the cement bunkers on the two outer lines of defense have been repaired, but due to time constraints, it is not yet the time to be at its strongest." The captain of the next brigade reported.

"We shouldn't have to wait that long for these bunkers to come in handy." Dazuo replied helplessly.

"The reconnaissance force reported that nearly 2,000 Eighth Route Army troops had been assembled around us."

"The military department has judged that the next target of the garrison regiment will definitely be us, so everyone must prepare for the worst and fight the garrison regiment before the stronghold is repaired."

Speaking of this, Osa directly shifted his gaze to the engineer captain: "Sakuragi-kun, you are an expert in engineers, is there any way to increase the solidity of these bunkers in a short period of time, so that they can withstand the continuous shelling of shells." ”

"No, it's okay to keep them under fire for a few more minutes."

The sapper captain thought for a few seconds and replied: "There is a way,"

"You can build sandbags on top of the bunker, the thicker the better, and use sandbags to counteract the destructive power of the shells."

"Unless all the shells fired by the garrison hit a point, blowing up all the sandbags we had covered the bunker, and then several shells hit the bunker directly in a row, it will definitely not be able to destroy it."

"What about the shockwave? Many soldiers on the battlefield were killed by the shock wave, not directly by the shells. ”

The engineer captain replied confidently: "Don't worry, sir, we have been prepared for this. ”

"The bunkers are all built with cement, which is very strong, unless the bomb hits the bunker directly, and if the heavy artillery shells hit it continuously, the shock wave can't kill the soldiers inside, and at most stun."

"Yo Xi!" Dazuo was finally relieved.

"Starting tomorrow, half of the men will continue to repair the turrets and bunkers, and the rest will all strengthen the forts that have been repaired, and prepare to meet the garrison that may attack."