"Yaga..."

"A bunch of trash."

In Taiyuan, in the Japanese headquarters, Yoshimoto, who gave the reinforcement order, scolded.

I can't help but be angry.

When the news of the attack on Heyuan County reached him, Li Yunlong had already begun to attack the city for an hour, wasting an hour in vain, how could he not be angry!

And.

Li Yunlong actually dared to attack Heyuan County.

Did he eat the bear's heart and leopard's gall?

Could it be that nearly 10,000 imperial troops in Ping'an County, as well as a large number of imperial troops between Ping'an County and Yu County, Pan County, and Niangziguan Railway Station, actually turned around to attack Heyuan County?

"Order the Yoshino Wing to support Heyuan Prefecture as quickly as possible."

After scolding, Yoshimoto emphasized again.

Compared with Ping'an County, which is close to the Zhengtai Line Railway, Heyuan County is not so important, but Heyuan County has a small iron mine, which can produce nearly 50,000 tons of high-grade iron ore every year.

Now, of course, it's Ping'an County.

In the event of a loss, the commander of the front army must be held accountable.

In addition, there have been frequent public security problems in the jurisdiction of the First Army recently, and there is almost no news that if this county town is occupied by Li Yunlong, then he may have to step down and return to China to retire.

In order not to step down, Yoshimoto mobilized three imperial army wings and two imperial alliance army wings in one go, with a total of 13,000 reinforcements.

This Yoshino United, in particular, was pinned on by Yoshimoto.

The Yoshino Wing belonged to the 41st Brigade, although it was not a first-line division, but it was also a second-line elite division formed before the full-scale war.

After most of the first-line divisions were drawn to participate in the Southeast Asian and Pacific theaters, the Yoshino Wing was the strongest infantry wing of the First Army, and it was also the biggest card that Yoshimoto pinched in his hand to deal with Li Yunlong.

To this end, he deliberately strengthened the Yoshino United.

Originally, the Yoshino Wing Mountain Artillery Brigade had only eight mountain guns, but it was increased to twelve mountain guns, and all of them were replaced with the latest Type 94 mountain guns, and the soldiers were also supplemented with the best soldiers.

"Hey."

The staff officer quickly passed the commander's message to the ears of Yoshino Daisa, the co-commander of the Yoshino wing.

Outside the city of Taiyuan, between the highways leading to Heyuan County.

Yoshino Daisa, who received the news from Yoshimoto Sadachi, had a sharp flash in his eyes, and he was murderous.

Yoshino Osa and his Yoshino Wing were subordinate to the First Army at the beginning of the war, and he experienced the Battle of Xinkou, the Battle of Taiyuan and other major battles, without tasting defeat, and the Wing under his command never suffered major casualties.

Yoshino thought to himself that his wing was definitely not inferior to any field wing that had always been a first-line division.

But a year ago, General Kazuka attacked Shou County, and that time, the Yoshino Wing suffered a lot of losses, with a full number of casualties and as many as 500 Jade Crushers.

After experiencing it for himself, Yoshino Osa had to admit that the independent regiment was not only not inferior in equipment to the Imperial Army, but also in terms of the individual quality of the grassroots soldiers and the courage of the soldiers, which was not inferior to the Imperial Army, coupled with the strong defense system of Shou County, it was normal for him to suffer.

But this time·····

"Target Heyuan County, a rapid march."

Under the crooked moonlight, Yoshino Osa waved his katana, and Yoshino led his troops to drive towards Heyuan Prefecture at high speed.

A year ago, he suffered a great loss at the hands of Li Yunlong and his independent regiment, and for the first time the wing suffered heavy losses, counting serious injuries, a total of nearly 700 men, and this time, he was going to be ashamed.

Without strong fortifications, the two sides fought one-on-one, and he wanted Li Yunlong to see how strong the Yoshino Wing, as a field unit, was combat!

During the march, Yoshino took out a map and consulted with the surrounding staff.

"Co-Captain."

The accompanying staff officer of the wing was the first to speak:

"Li Yunlong's strength is not weak, he has rich combat experience, since he dares to attack Heyuan County, it must be a response to the support of our army."

"Hmm."

Yoshino nodded in agreement.

He had fought with Li Yunlong, and even suffered losses, and moreover, the Imperial Army's troops that suffered big losses in the hands of Li Yunlong added up to a basket, and Yoshino naturally did not despise Li Yunlong.

"Between the highway from Taiyuan to Heyuan County, there are three locations suitable for arranging blocking positions."

The staff officer pointed to the map and said:

"One is outside Taiyuan City, it's impossible here."

"The second place is Pukougou, but it is 37 kilometers away from Heyuan County in a straight line, and it is more than 70 kilometers away from the edge of Li Yunlong's so-called base area, and there is no sign of guerrilla activities of the Eighth Route Army in the surrounding area, so there is not much possibility here."

"Third, it is twelve kilometers away from Heyuan County, and the possibility here is the greatest,"

"Surrounded by mountains on both sides of Brown Yang Ditch, the surrounding mountains are rugged paths, if you want to detour, not only will it take more than three times as long, but also heavy weapons will not be able to pass through, Li Yunlong will definitely arrange a blocking position here to organize our army to approach."

"Hmm."

Yoshino says:

"I think so too."

"Captain, I suggest."

The staff officer smiled and continued:

"In the section of the road from Taiyuan to Brownyanggou before, first send cavalry troops to continue to pass the reconnaissance, and then the large army will follow up with a rapid march, and when they arrive at the section four kilometers away from Brownyanggou, they will stop and repair, prepare to attack, and break through Li Yunlong's blockade."

Although the Yoshino Wing was equipped with automobiles, most of the troops were on foot, and the rapid march caused great damage to the physical strength and formation of the troops, and it was impossible to turn into a combat state as quickly as possible, and there would be relatively serious losses in the event of an attack.

"I agree with your plan."

Yoshino nodded.

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Ping'an County.

Kazuki Yamamoto and Shinji Kosa also received telegrams from Taiyuan.

"Li Yunlong attacked Heyuan County?"

As soon as they got the news, Yamamoto and Kosa opened their mouths wide and couldn't close them for a long time.

This is really too unexpected.

"Is Li Yunlong crazy?"

Looking at Heyuan County on the map, and then looking at the terrain between Li Yunlong's base and Heyuan County, Kosa Shinji couldn't figure it out. It's good, why do you go over the mountains and mountains to fight Heyuan County?

"Heyuan County."

Yamamoto quickly regained his composure, and he quickly began to think in his heart.

From the perspective of Ping'an County, this is a good thing.

There is no direct highway between the base area of the independent regiment and Heyuan County, and the horse road is not wide, and cars and heavy-duty carriages cannot pass, so the independent regiment has to mobilize almost 10,000 troops in order to attack the county seat and block the reinforcements, and its base area must be empty, and it is the best time for the imperial army of Ping'an County to launch a large-scale attack.

Even if there is no full-scale attack, it will be possible to take advantage of the emptiness of the independent regiment to destroy part of its living forces, and create favorable conditions for the general offensive that is expected to begin at the end of November.

However, such a simple truth, Li Yunlong must have thought of it.

Li Yunlong is not stupid.

Then why did he dare to attack Heyuan County during the confrontation with the imperial army of Ping'an County?

What's the conspiracy here?

"General Yamamoto, then we ·····"

Shinji Kosa naturally thought of this problem as well, and he tried to discuss it with Yamamoto, but he didn't dare to decide to attack directly.

According to the command, when he and Yamamoto's orders clashed, Yamamoto was the main one.

At this time, the base camp had already sent an order for the promotion of the ranks of Kosa Shinji and Yamamoto Kazuki, so at this moment, both of them were major generals of the Great Japanese Brother.

"Attack now."

Yamamoto said categorically.

The order to attack was given by General Yoshimoto of the Taiyuan Command, and the two of them actually had no right to refuse, but fortunately, the specific scope and scale of the attack could be influenced by the two of them.

"Order the front-line troops to immediately launch an attack on the first line of positions of the Independent Regiment, with the full support of the long-range cannon brigade and the mountain artillery group."

Yamamoto continued to say to the staff officer:

"The main thing is to occupy the first line of positions of the independent regiment and destroy its living forces, and do not continue to advance."

Considering Li Yunlong's possible conspiracy, Yamamoto decided that the artillery would open fire with all its strength to support, and informed the infantry to also fight steadily and steadily, not to advance rashly, and to support each other, so that there would be no problems.

"Hmm."

Shinji Kosa also nodded.

The attack must be carried out, this is the order of the headquarters, but Li Yunlong is insidious and cunning, he can guess that they will attack, he must have been ready to deal with it, and it is easy to fall into the enemy's encirclement if he rushes forward, so it is the best way to fight steadily.

"Hey."

The staff officer quickly went to convey the order.

"Strange, why did Li Yunlong attack Heyuan County?"

Shinji Kosa still doesn't understand.

Although Heyuan County is also adjacent to the base area of the Independent Regiment, there are more than 20 kilometers of mountain roads in the middle, and the transportation is inconvenient, even if Li Yunlong has that kind of incredible animal power to help the troops maneuver, he should not attack Heyuan County without obtaining a stable passage.

"Hmph."

Yamamoto snorted coldly, and his tone was mocking:

"Heyuan County is a gendarmerie system, and the vigilance of the county is relatively weak, Li Yunlong should infiltrate the county with a small group of elite troops, and then launch an attack inside and outside at the same time, I estimate that Heyuan County will fall within two days."

Street fighting is very time-consuming, and because of the gendarmerie system, the fortifications in Heyuan County are very perfect, unless Li Yunlong can completely annihilate the command system in one fell swoop, otherwise it will take a lot of time to fully occupy Heyuan County.

"Special Operations."

Jia Zuo was stunned, he remembered the matter of Shou County.

At the beginning, Li Yunlong also used this trick to attack Shou County, and Shou County was captured in half a day.

"That's right."

Shinji Kosa's face suddenly changed, and he remembered one thing:

"Ichiro Hirata will hold a birthday banquet today, banqueting the officers of the Imperial Army of Heyuan County, the officers of the Imperial Association Army and others."

"Yaga."

"Idiot."

Yamamoto's complexion also changed drastically.

If the command system is destroyed and effective command is lost, then at most, Heyuan County will fall into the hands of Li Yunlong in one day and one night.

No wonder Li Yunlong dared to attack Heyuan County.

······

Just as the Yoshino Wing rushed over, Yamamoto and Shinji Kosa mobilized their troops to prepare for the attack.

It had been three hours since the Independent Regiment attacked Heyuan County, and it was late at night, and the gunfire in the city was getting weaker and weaker, only in the direction of the barracks and the direction of the Devil's Headquarters, and the rest of the patrols had been completely wiped out.

"Commander."

In Heyuan County, the monk covered in gunpowder put down the recoilless cannon in his hand and saluted Li Yunlong.

"You're having a good time."

Looking at Wei Dayong with a smile on his face, Li Yunlong, who was holding a submachine gun, was a little envious.

In fact, he also wanted to carry a gun to the front line to fight devils, and this time he came for this purpose, planning to have a good time, but Zhao Gang and Ding Wei's strong opposition also made the guards stay by his side, and Grand Master Li had to give up.

However, the addiction was still over, and when attacking a house occupied by devils, he used a recoilless cannon to bombard the devils a few times, killing at least seven more devils.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

The monk touched his head, but had to change the topic, he raised the recoilless gun in his hand, and smiled:

"This cannon is really exciting."

The Gustav M2 model weighs only 16 kilograms, can be operated by a single soldier, and is used as a hand cannon by the soldiers of the independent regiment.

This is the real hand cannon.

"Hey."

Li Yunlong said with a smile:

"The battle can go so smoothly because of these 84 hand cannons."

Grand Master Li's tone was a little gratifying.

Because of the gendarmerie system, the devils of Heyuan County have built a lot of machine gun bunkers and sandbag bunkers in the county, and the environment in the city is complicated, which is not suitable for mortars, and the 92-type infantry guns are troublesome to maneuver.

Fortunately, there are 84 hand cannons, with a long range, direct firepower, and great power, and it will be over with one shot when encountering the devil's bunker and machine gun fortress, and there will be no accidental injury, otherwise even if the city gate is opened, the troops will attack the city, even if most of the devil's officers are killed, don't think about it for half a day.

Street fighting in the city is no ordinary nuisance.

"You just have to be careful with the tail flame when you use it."

Monk tsk, tsk, tsk.

When he bombarded Juxian Tower and killed Ichiro Hirata, in order to avoid the tail flames from hurting his own people, he could only run outside the house to launch, and he had to ensure that the back of the nozzle could not be against the wall.

It's okay in the wild, but it's more troublesome to use in street fighting.

"If you still have the strength, you will go and support the battle against the devil barracks."

Li Yunlong scolded.

The most difficult thing to gnaw in Heyuan County is the barracks, there are many fortifications in it, and there are even anti-artillery holes, and there is also a devil squadron leader who did not go to eat to command, which is very tricky.

"Yes."

The monk immediately took people to the devil camp.

On the other side, on the commanding heights outside Heyuan County, the 358th Regiment and his party have been watching the battle here.

During the time when the Independent Regiment attacked Heyuan County, it had been quiet, almost eerily quiet.

After a long time.

Chu Yunfei looked at Heyuan County, where there were only two firefighting points left, and broke the silence:

"Let's go."

"The battle is almost over, let's go meet Li Yunlong."

After speaking, he took the guard platoon of the 358th Regiment, the adjutant and the regiment's chief of staff Fang Ligong to Heyuan County, along the way, Fang Ligong's face was solemn, and even faintly pale.

The independent regiment attacked the county town, and he was hit hard by what it showed.

······

Between the highways from Taiyuan to Heyuan County.

At night.

The Yoshino Wing marched in a mighty way, with cavalry in the front and a large army with heavy weapons in the back, and smoke and dust billowed along the way.

In the center of the line, in the bed of a truck with a roof and side bulletproof steel plates, Yoshino sat inside, his eyes closed and meditating, and beside him was a group of people from the wing's staff.

After the partisans were well armed, the sparrow war was brought to the extreme, and after the devils suffered many losses, the commander no longer sat in the cab of the truck.

"The first four kilometers are Pukougou, and we are still 37 highways away from Heyuan County, and it will take four hours."

The staff officer on the side said.

Thirty-seven kilometers, the car can reach it in more than an hour, but the infantry cannot, and when carrying equipment, the fastest rapid march is seven or eight hours and one kilometer, and it is very physically demanding.

"Hmm."

Yoshino just nodded, not bothering to open his eyes.

At the same time.

Shop mouth ditch.

"Company commander."

The reconnaissance fighters reported to Xu Husheng, the commander of the first company in charge of the command here:

"The vanguard of the devil's cavalry is coming, and it is about to pass through our defense area, this group of devils is quite cautious, there are horses behind them dragging plows and rakes to sweep mines, and the large army is still four kilometers away from us."

The scout soldier spoke in a relaxed tone, although the little devils were very cautious in their mine-sweeping measures, but this time, they did not bury mines.

"Inform me and let the devil cavalry pass, this gang of devils is useless."

"Let's fight the devils in the back."

Xu Husheng cracked his mouth.

More than a hundred cavalry, just small fish, he didn't bother to start, even if these cavalry arrived in Heyuan County, they couldn't even make waves against the siege troops with more than half of the submachine guns.

The big team of devils in the back is the big fish.

According to intelligence, the Taiyuan mobile unit is the Yoshino Wing, a field wing that has previously attacked Shou County, and has recently been strengthened, with a total strength of more than 4,000 men, equipped with a fully equipped artillery brigade.

"Prepare the artillery units."

Xu Husheng continued to order.

With his order, the mortar platoon of the 1st and 3rd companies, located in the rear of the position, began preparations before the shelling.

Li Yunlong expected from the beginning that the largest number of reinforcements would be from Taiyuan, so he sent two companies to block the attack, and also strengthened the first company of the provisional artillery.

He added half of the three companies of the provisional artillery to the first artillery company, so that at this time the first artillery company had a full twelve 120 mortars. Together with the 82 mortars of two battery artillery platoons, there are twenty-four mortars of caliber above 82.

In addition, thanks to the large mules and a transport company dedicated to transporting ammunition, each shell had up to five base shells, that is, a single 400 shells.

In short, the artillery fire was fierce.

"Wait for the advance of the devil's army to enter the ambush position before making a move."

Xu Husheng continued.

The range of the 120 mortar is nearly six kilometers, but the maximum range of the 82 mortar is only a little more than four kilometers, and the farther it goes, the worse the accuracy.

When the time comes, even 82 mortars will cover the entire Yoshino Wing.

"Inform the artillery unit."

Finally, Xu Husheng licked his lips:

"After the battle began, all the artillery shelled at full speed, and this battle will not last long."

He had already learned through the radio that the battle in Heyuan County was almost over, and the remnants of the devils were left with only two places, the headquarters and the barracks, and it was estimated that the Yoshino Wing would receive an order to retreat after being beaten.

"Yes."

The communications soldier felt that his voice was a little louder.

Meantime.

The 358th Regiment also learned of the movements of the Yoshino Wing, although it knew that it was to support Heyuan County, but after all, the regimental seat was also in Heyuan County at this time, so the 358th Regiment also sent a reconnaissance platoon to observe the situation at a commanding height near Brownyanggou.

Two o'clock in the evening.

Yoshino's wing arrived at the predetermined position, and Xu Husheng gave the order for shelling.

Suddenly, twenty-four mortars opened fire in unison, each of which was shelling at full speed, and the dense shells fell into the ranks of the Yoshino Wing like meteors, and the maximum rate of fire of the 82 mortars was thirty rounds per minute, and the maximum rate of fire of the 120 mortars was twenty rounds per minute.

In the first minute, all mortars were fired at full speed.

In other words, a full 600 shells fell into the ranks of the Yoshino Wing in the first minute, ten rounds per second.

Of course, after the first round of burst fire, in order to ensure the continuity of fire, as well as the overheating of the barrel, the rate of fire will be reduced, but it will not be much less. At the same time, the light and heavy machine guns of the first company and the third company on the side of the road also opened fire in unison.

In an instant, the entire sky seemed to be illuminated, and tracer bullets intertwined like a swarm of meteors.

Boom Boom Boom ·····

The mortars that were scheduled to shell Zhuyuan were accurate, and most of them landed near the Yoshino Wing on the road, and suddenly, groups of devils were blown up on their backs.

"Nani? How can there be an ambush of troops here? ”

Faced with the sudden and unexpected shelling, Yoshino Daisa was stunned for the first time.

He never thought that there were also troops blocking him in this pukougou, but soon, he had no time to doubt, because the enemy fire on the opposite side was only fierce, which he had never seen before.

In just a few minutes, his troops were cut into several pieces by enemy artillery fire, and they did not care about each other.

Fortunately, the Yoshino team is all old devils, and they are looking for cover as soon as possible, and Yoshino also gave the order to retreat as soon as possible, and the loss is not too great.

"The Separate Regiment is more powerful than before."

While organizing the retreat, Yoshino was horrified.

The firepower in front of him was much stronger than when he was in Shou County.

Just as Yoshino was arranging to organize the retreat of his troops and set up artillery positions, intending to find the field, a communications staff officer ran over:

"Wing Commander, General Yoshimoto ordered us to retreat, Heyuan County has fallen."

"Yaga."

"Waste."

The news was so angry that Yoshino blew his beard and glared, and slapped the staff officer in the face on the spot.

In just six hours, a county town with 1,500 imperial troops was actually captured.

Rubbish.

If he held on a little longer, he could teach the group of eight roads on the opposite side a lesson, let them know that the imperial army was not easy to mess with, and then rushed to the rescue.

Now he was bombarded in vain, losing two mountain guns and five trucks. If it weren't for the large spacing of his team and his quick reaction, I'm afraid the losses would have been even greater.

Although he has not yet counted the number of specific casualties, it will definitely not be less.

"Withdraw."

Taking a deep breath, Yoshino exhaled the retreat order fiercely.

The commander's order to retreat, he did not dare not disobey.

······

At the same time that Yoshino United had just been shelled.

Ping'an County Front.

Shinji Kosa also coincidentally launched an attack order,

Even though he had received the news that Heyuan County had been captured at this time, it was impossible for the troops of the Heyuan County Independent Regiment to rush back immediately, so he still launched an attack.

And Yamamoto fell into doubtful life, he couldn't figure out how in less than six hours, 1,500 imperial troops in the county were wiped out?

This time, the devils in Ping'an County are in full swing.

Eight 105 long-range howitzers, supplemented and strengthened thirty-five mountain guns, also fired at the same time.

Last time, the artillery spotter also rose into the air again, looking down on the battlefield.

On the other side of the Separate Regiment position, a hundred Bofors mountain guns raised their barrels, and a hundred loaders simultaneously stuffed shells into the chambers.

·······

Meanwhile.

Zhengtai Railway.

The 772nd Regiment Cheng Shifa ambushed the position, and they also waited for the long-awaited devil train.

Boom...

In the snorting exhaust sound of the steam train, Cheng Shifa pulled the detonation rope in his hand, and the explosion caused the devil train to derail and overturn to the ground.

"Up."

Immediately after, he rushed forward with his troops.