The other side.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

When the 1st and 2nd Battalions had just set off.

"Let's go."

In the front-line command post, Li Yunlong personally gave the order to attack.

"Fire at full speed."

On the artillery position in the rear, Iwamori received the order by telephone.

In an instant, a hundred 105 howitzers burst into flames.

Unlike the previous continuous fire, this time the order was to fire at full speed, and each gun crew was riveting, and each gun fired shells at a rate of eight rounds per minute at the devil's position in the distance.

The muzzle of the cannon continued to shine, far more dense than before, and the dense rain of bullets enveloped the devil's position in the distance.

Boom Boom Boom ·····

Dense explosions rose over the devil's position.

This time, the shelling lasted only three minutes, but two thousand four hundred shells also fell on the devil's position, that is, more than thirteen shells fell every second. The density of firepower is unprecedented.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, three tank companies of 90 tanks and 180 armored vehicles rushed to the devil's position in the distance in three directions. Two more battalions of infantry followed.

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At the same time.

"General Yamamoto."

In the devil's headquarters, a staff officer rushed in in a hurry:

"The fourth position was subjected to intensive artillery bombardment, the enemy used more than 100 artillery pieces to carry out artillery bombardment, and the garrison brigade suffered heavy losses, according to preliminary statistics, about 300 casualties."

"Nani?"

Yamamoto was shocked, and then immediately understood.

He fell for it.

Recently, the attack of the Independent Regiment was very regular, relying on ferocious firepower and the armor superiority of tanks during the day, and relying on the defensive positions at night to resist the night attacks of the Imperial Army.

In the past six days, the enemy has never shelled the frontline positions of the Imperial Army at night, and even if the Imperial Army hastened to repair the fortifications at night, it has never shelled the positions on a large scale at night, and at most used a few small-caliber mortars to harass them.

At first, he was still on guard, and he was careful to repair the fortifications at night, ready to hide from the shelling at any time, but after a few days of calm, the front inevitably relaxed its vigilance.

Urgent repairs of fortifications are a dead order, and they must be completed before dawn, especially the anti-tank positions damaged by artillery fire, which must be repaired as soon as possible. In the face of such pressure, the front-line commander often ignored his orders for his troops to be able to hide from shelling at any time.

He also knew, but he couldn't change it.

Before Yamamoto could speak, another staff officer rushed in:

"General."

The staff officer's tone was even more flustered:

"The Independence Regiment has attacked."

"Nani?"

Yamamoto was horrified again.

This sonani is even more lofty and incredible than before.

The position was subjected to large-scale shelling at night, he could still understand it, but when the independent regiment launched an attack at night, did Li Yunlong go crazy?

"How's the attack?"

Yamamoto hurriedly asked.

"It's not clear."

The staff officer bowed his head.

During the night, the positions were again subjected to intensive artillery bombardment, heavy losses, and chaos, so how to judge the size of the enemy. Not to mention that it's only been a few minutes.

"Order the Seventeenth Brigade to go to the position at once."

Without the slightest hesitation, Yamamoto quickly mobilized the reserves.

"Order the long-range cannon wing..."

Saying this, Yamamoto stopped.

But the second order, Yamamoto hesitated.

The enemy's surprise and sudden attack at night must have been a long-planned attack, and at this moment, the use of long-range artillery to block it was the best option.

But the enemy had at least a hundred artillery pieces, and the firing range was farther than the Imperial Type 92 cannon, and the power was greater than that of the Empire.

As soon as your artillery fires, then there will be losses, and they will inevitably be heavy losses, and they may even be completely annihilated. This was his last artillery, and Yamamoto was reluctant.

"Continue to be on standby."

Finally, Yamamoto spat out four words.

"Hey."

The staff officer quickly went to convey the order.

Looking at the departing staff officer, Yamamoto sighed faintly.

In these days, he carefully observed the means of attack of the Separate Regiment.

Compared to the Empire, the attack of the Independent Regiment is also much more reasonable.

Once the shelling is over, the No. 4 tank is dispatched to quickly open the gap in the position through speed, armor, and firepower, followed by the half-track armored vehicles carrying the infantry, the armor of these armored vehicles is not thick, and the Type 92 can penetrate it, but it can still easily resist bullets, and it can also keep up with the speed of the tank, and there is a strong passage, which can allow the infantry to follow the tank attack in time.

Once the tank breaks through the position, the infantry on the armored vehicle follows the tank to protect and rely on the tank to continue the attack, while the armored vehicle acts as a fire point, providing fire support and suppression.

In contrast, even if the empire is equipped with tank troops, the infantry can only follow the tanks on foot, which greatly delays the fighters and gives the enemy time to react and prepare.

The gap is huge.

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As Yamamoto summarizes the law.

At only 8:20, the troops in charge of the attack had completely torn through the devil's defense.

But this time, it's a little different.

"A company continues to attack."

At the front, the commander of the armored battalion in charge of the command gave the order on the radio:

"The second and third companies quickly broke through from both flanks."

Under the order of the battalion commander, the first tank company of thirty tanks continued to advance, and the rear sixty armored vehicles and infantry got off the car to follow up, but the remaining two armored companies drove along the two flanks of the devil's position at high speed, ignoring the devil's firepower, running over the trenches one after another, all the way forward.

At the front of the line was a No. 4 tank responsible for minesweeping.

This scene was quickly transmitted to Yamamoto.

"General."

Staff Officer's Report:

"The Separate Regiment sent about ninety tanks and nearly two hundred armored vehicles to attack, followed by a large group of infantry. Thirty of them attacked head-on, and the remaining sixty quickly broke through along the flanks of the third line. ”

"During the offensive, they fired a large number of flares."

"Nani?"

"Ninety tanks."

Yamamoto's third time was even higher than before, and at the same time, his pupils shrank, his complexion changed greatly, and his voice was horrified:

"Li Yunlong wants to divide and surround it."

The fourth line of positions has been repeatedly contested by both sides, and the positions are already dilapidated, the fortifications are not systematic, and even after a day of repairs, they are still riddled with holes.

This situation gave the two wing tank companies the opportunity to penetrate and encircle at high speed.

"General, what are we going to do?"

Hearing this, Shinji Kosa on the side also changed his face.

At present, there is a 7th Brigade on the 4th position, as well as a reserve unit that has just been reinforced, the 17th Brigade, with a total strength of 2,300 troops, and the 17th Brigade is the main brigade, with a total strength of 1,200 troops. However, the 7th Brigade was shelled and had already suffered more than 300 casualties, so in fact there were still 2,000 combat troops left.

With these people, it is impossible to hold back ninety tanks.

After all, on the fourth line of positions, there are no more fortified positions, as well as anti-tank fortifications.

"Command."

Yamamoto narrowed his eyes and immediately ordered the front-line troops to retreat:

"The seventh, seventeenth brigades quickly retreated, and the twenty-second and twenty-third brigades were responsible for answering."

If you don't retreat, the two brigades will be gone.

"Hey."

The staff officer quickly conveyed the order.

"Command."

Yamamoto then seemed to want to continue giving orders, but opened his mouth, stopped again, waved his hand, and motioned for the staff officer to continue to be busy.

He originally wanted the heavy artillery wing to open fire, but in the end he gave up, for the sake of more than 2,000 people, it is not appropriate to expose the position of the heavy artillery wing now, after all, once the position is exposed, the heavy artillery wing will not die but also be crippled.

After the staff officer left, Yamamoto walked out of the headquarters, looked at the sky, and was silent.

"General, why are they attacking at night?"

Beside Yamamoto, Captain Yamada, who has a lot of experience in fighting against Li Yunlong, expressed doubts.

Yamamoto didn't answer, he also had this doubt in his heart, and he kept thinking about it, but to no avail.

It stands to reason that the effect of the attack during the day will be much better, and the powerful force composed of 90 tanks will be divided and surrounded, and none of the troops he has arranged on the forward positions will be able to return, but Li Yunlong will definitely have his reasons for attacking at night.

There was no moon tonight, it was already dark at this time, and Yamamoto, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly flashed sharply, he called a staff officer and asked:

"How many magnetic anti-tank grenades have been sent by the Empire?"

Although it is impossible to produce new large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, in the face of Yamamoto's predicament, the devil has not thought of a way in China.

Because of the relationship with Germany, as well as the No. 4 tank accidentally found in the Shanxi area, the devil got the magnetic anti-tank grenade technology from the Germans, although the Germans found that this thing was not practical at all and had given up, but the little devil quickly organized production.

This thing is simple to produce, magnets, grenades, and hollow charges, the technology is relatively simple, and it is easy to produce.

In order to simplify the production process, the little devil even simplified the design of the Germans, increasing the weight, increasing the volume of the magnet, and increasing the amount of charge. This set has directly increased to 1.3 kilograms, and it doesn't matter if it can be used or not, and I don't even bother to test it.

The first batch of 300 has been delivered to Yamamoto.

"Three hundred."

The staff officer pursed his lips and replied.

Although the Reich advertised the latest anti-tank weapons from Germany, after testing, this thing was not practical at all.

The weight is large, a kilogram of guy can't be thrown a few meters away at all, and someone will be killed so close to it a long time ago, and the attraction of the magnet is also unstable, it is easy to fall off, and the hollow charge of the small factory is also not qualified, and the armor-piercing effect is greatly reduced.

"All were issued to the 27th Cavalry Wing, which was ordered to attack the tank units of the Separate Regiment from the flanks."

Yamamoto's tone was cold.

Although the magnetic anti-tank grenade had such and such defects, the firing range was short, and the infantry was almost unusable, because the small factories of the empire made it, the charging technology was not up to par, and the penetration was insufficient.

But if cavalry is used, it's different.

Usually the cavalry had no chance to get closer, but now it was night, and with the speed of the cavalry, there might be a chance that the anti-tank grenade would still be on top of the tank·····

"Hey."

The staff officer quickly went to convey the order.

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At the same time.

The first battalion led by Zhang Dabiao and the second battalion led by Luo Er were already under the cover of night, thinking all the way to the predetermined location.

The devil's eyes were all attracted by the front line, and no one noticed this group of people at all.