"Hurry, hurry."

In Pan County, Ito was driving away with his brigade, and beside his team were truckloads of supplies.

Ito's brigade was only an airport garrison brigade, and all the soldiers were old, weak, sick and disabled, and their combat effectiveness was low, and there was basically no fighting around Panxian, and even the weapons of the brigade were transferred, and the entire brigade of more than 500 people had less than 200 guns.

As the brigade mainly responsible for the collection of materials, Yamamoto valued it very much, so after deciding to defend Panxian County, Yamamoto immediately transferred the Ito brigade and ordered it to take away the remaining materials.

It makes sense.

Only by continuing to provide important supplies to the country can we get more support and make the Empire's top brass pay attention to dealing with the Independence Regiment.

Otherwise, with Shanxi's position on the edge of North China, and the now terrifying Tubalu guerrillas, Shanxi's mess may have been given up directly.

This is unacceptable to Yamamoto.

Without Ping'an County, without Pan County, he can still reluctantly accept it.

After all, he is a ragtag army that is inferior to some third-line troops, and the empire has not even given him the establishment of a wing, so he can only make up the brigade number by himself.

Even if there is a big defeat this time, tens of thousands of casualties, and the loss of two county seats, as long as the base camp does not intend to give up Shanxi, it will not necessarily remove him.

After all, I believe that no officer dares to take over the mess in Ping'an County, let alone the mess in Shanxi, and I believe that no imperial officer dares to accept the mess of the First Army.

Of course, this is only Yamamoto's hope.

In view of the current situation in Shanxi, the Tuba Road attacked in all directions, the garrisons suffered heavy losses, the entire Tongpu line was occupied by guerrillas, the contact between the Mongolian army and the First Army was cut off, and the casualties in He'an County were at least 20,000.

With such a big failure, the base camp will kill the two of them.

Holding the power of tens of thousands of troops in the three counties for so long, Yamamoto is very reluctant to hold the power in his hands. So even if there is only a 20% possibility, Yamamoto still has to fight for it.

When the Ito brigade withdrew, there were three devil brigades that retreated from the front line into Panxian to strengthen the defense. The devil Nakasa, who is in charge of the commander-in-chief of Pan County, is Yamamoto's henchman, the leader of the first combat team of the Yamamoto Special Forces, and Sadao Tanaka.

Being able to serve as the leader of the first combat team, and was also ordered by Yamamoto as the commander of Pan County, he has outstanding natural ability, and Sadao Tanaka made targeted arrangements for the terrain of Pan County.

The terrain around Panxian County is very similar to that of Shou County at the beginning, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only one side is close to the road, and the direction of the independent regiment's attack is the direction of the highway.

In view of the terrain, Tanaka concentrated part of the main force in the county seat, with the help of the complex environment of the county town and the reinforced concrete fortress to resist the independent regiment, and consume the vital strength of the independent regiment.

The remaining part was used as a reserve to establish positions in the rugged mountainous areas behind the county, and with the help of the complex terrain in the mountains, Panxian was prevented from being surrounded by independent regiments, leaving a retreat channel.

Yamada is clear.

A besieged lonely city, no matter how strong the fortifications are, no matter how perfect the supplies, will not last long.

All the samurai of the Imperial Army know very well that the Independent Regiment is very strong now, and once they know that they are trapped in a lonely city and surrounded by the Independent Regiment, the morale of the troops inside will quickly decrease.

The independent regiment does not need to attack, as long as it is surrounded and blocked by heavy firepower, time will slowly drag down the imperial army, and it will not be long before it collapses inside.

Even if you use bushido and medicine, you won't be able to last long.

But with access, there is hope, and with the death toll of great pressure.

As soon as the arrangement was completed, the right flank of the independent regiment in charge of the attack was under the city.

"Is the little devil hiding in a turtle shell?"

Looking at Panxian in the distance, Fang Yuanshan, who rushed to the front line to command, sighed, and there was a strong taste of Li Yunlong in his tone.

As the commander of the third battalion of the original independent regiment, Fang Yuanshan has always been inconspicuous and watertight, and he did not show any outstanding military talent in the battle, but he acted meticulously and steadily, and never made mistakes such as carelessness, so he was appointed by Li Yunlong as the commander of the right wing front.

As for himself, he was in charge of the left wing and went straight to Ping'an County.

"The reinforced concrete fortress can't be directly penetrated by 160 heavy pressures."

The commander of the reconnaissance company on the side reported.

The situation in Panxian County, the independent regiment knows it very clearly, and it is even more than ten times clearer than Ping'an County, which was intensively investigated by the intelligence personnel in the regiment, as for the reason, it is naturally ······

"Are there still ordinary people in Panxian?"

Fang Yuanshan asked.

160 Heavy Pressure can't be broken down directly, what does it matter? It's just a turtle shell, and the troops have the means to deal with it.

And more than one.

The new 240 is pressed, the aircraft throws heavy armor-piercing shells, the armor is pushed forward and the cement is blocked, and the gasoline is burned····· There are many ways to go.

"The people of Panxian have all fled a long time ago."

The commander of the reconnaissance company replied.

The common people are not stupid, the things that the devil has done over the years are clear, there was no way before, there was nowhere to go if he left, but now, Zhao Jiayu is recruiting workers all year round, and an adult can easily support a family, and as long as he works hard, he can live a very good life.

With a place to escape, the people of Panxian County, which is near Zhao Jiayu, naturally ran over with a smoke.

The same is true for Ping'an County.

In fact, in the entire northwest of Shanxi, there has always been a wave of population flow to Zhao Jiayu, especially after Heyuan County was occupied by the independent regiment, the troops opened up the passage to the surrounding provinces, and the scale of the crowd was even larger, and it was increasing rapidly.

"That's good."

Fang Yuanshan nodded and said:

"Let the artillery siege artillery push it up and start preparing."

Following his order, ten half-track tractors in the rear towed ten 240 heavy mortars slowly into the position, and in the rear of the team, there were more half-track vehicles full of shells weighing more than a hundred kilograms to follow.

"How long does it take to prepare?"

Fang Yuanshan asked a deputy artillery company commander in charge of the shelling.

"An hour."

The deputy company commander replied.

The 240 heavy guns were heavy, it was very troublesome to set up positions, and the preparation time before shooting was very long, not to mention preparing ten guns at once, and this time there were a lot of shells.

"Okay."

Fang Yuanshan nodded calmly, he looked at his watch, not in the slightest.

It's still early.

Although the regiment commander's order was that after they took Pan County, they would continue to attack and join the regiment commander in Ping'an County, although the Pan County in front of him was strong, it could not stop him for long.

·······

Meanwhile.

Fu'an.

The 722nd Regiment has occupied and broken the defense line of the devils, destroyed three large artillery towers, and annihilated a devil brigade by the way, of course, this is the reason why the originally garrisoned devil wing saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly retreated.

"Commander, shall we?"

defeated Fu'an, and also annihilated a devil brigade, but the 772 regiment was not enjoyable at all, and the commander of the first battalion still wanted to continue to walk devils.

They haven't done it yet!

The devil ran away.

"Suspend the offense."

Cheng Shi waved his hand:

"Let's set up in Fu'an, notify you, collect railway materials, rails, sleepers, etc., and wait for the railway technicians sent by Zhang Wanhe to arrive and help them repair the railway."

Cheng Shifa is very clear.

The First Army is already declining, day by day is not as good as day, although the Tongpu line has always been in the hands of the devil, but that is the army does not move, one is that the time has not come, but the devil is not weak.

This time, in order to deal with Li Yunlong, the First Army mobilized a large number of troops to support, resulting in an empty force, and the troops attacked on all fronts.

The entire railway, except for Taiyuan City, the rest is a base area.

Unless they go to attack Taiyuan now.

But now in Taiyuan, there are too many troops, where have the nearby devils retreated, plus the strong city wall, he really can't afford to provoke over there, this kind of showmanship, let's leave it to Li Yunlong.

He still honestly occupied the Tongpu line and laid a good foundation for the troops to use the railway.

"Yes."

The commander of the first battalion nodded, and immediately led his troops to maintain law and order in Fu'an.

Before leaving, the commander of the first battalion asked again:

"Regiment commander, the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army occupied a small county near Fu'an before, and also sent a reconnaissance team near our troops, do we want to..."

"Leave him alone."

Cheng Shi waved his hand, his tone disdainful.

Chu Yunfei has seen it, he is a talent, it is a pity in the Jin Sui Army, although the 358th Regiment is the elite of the Jin Sui Army, but compared with today's 772 Regiment, it is completely scum.

"Yes."

The first battalion commander sighed emotionally.

Back then, when he first beat the devils, the head of the regiment drooled wildly at the 358th Regiment, but now, only disdain remains.

'Wait. ’

Cheng Shifa paused suddenly and continued:

"Show the team out and let Chu Yunfei take a good look."

The corners of the battalion commander's mouth suddenly hooked.

How did you learn this!

I like it.

·····

At the same time that Cheng Shifa despised the 358th Regiment.

Chu Yunfei's side.

"Tuanzao, it is the 772nd regiment that occupies Fu'an."

Fang Ligong reported to Chu Yunfei.

"772nd Regiment."

Chu Yunfei sighed, and then continued to ask:

"How many of them are there? What about the weapon configuration? ”

Being able to defeat Fu'an and defeat a wing, even if it is a new devil unit, this strength is not lower than that of the 358th Regiment, and it is much higher, but Chu Yunfei still wants to know the specific gap.

Independent regiments are a special case and cannot be discussed universally.

But the 772nd Regiment in front of you, which is a so-called main regiment, is different.

"According to the report of the reconnaissance force I sent, the total strength of the 772nd Regiment is about 4,000 people, which is a little less than ours, but..."

Speaking of this, Fang Ligong paused before continuing:

"They are generally armed with semi-automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns, 82 mortars are devolved to the battalion level, and...

Speaking of this, Fang Ligong paused for a long time before continuing:

"His regiment is an artillery unit, equipped with twelve 105-caliber mountain guns, as well as 12 120 mortars."

"What?"

Chu Yunfei didn't have any expression in the front, but in the back, his face couldn't hold back anymore, and he couldn't help but ask rhetorically to confirm:

"How much?"

"Twelve 105 mountain guns, and twelve 120 mortars."

Fang Ligong replied repeatedly.

He could understand the shock and disbelief of the group, after all, when he received the news, he also had such an expression, the same incredulity, he had asked several times at the time.

"Are you sure it's a regimental unit?"

Chu Yunfei took a deep breath.

This artillery firepower is nearly ten times stronger than his 358th Regiment, and the gap between the 75 mountain artillery and the 105 mountain artillery is huge, which is not a thing at all, but if it is a higher-level artillery, this battle is delegated to the 772 Regiment, which makes sense.

"This is the regimental artillery of the 772 regiment."

Fang Ligong sighed and said:

"Twenty-four regiments are heavy artillery, divided into two artillery battalions."

As for why Fang Ligong was clear, it was naturally told to him by the first battalion commander, and this matter was not a secret anyway, so the first battalion commander invited friendly and neighboring troops to visit each other by the way.

"This is a reinforcement regiment."

Chu Yunfei sighed deeply.

His 358th Regiment is also a reinforced regiment, with a total of 5,000 people, which is the strongest regiment of the Jin Sui Army at present, and even among the domestic troops in the national capital, it is also one of the best.

The 358th Regiment has an artillery battalion, eight 75 mountain guns, more than 20 82 mortars, more than 30 60 mortars, machine guns are popularized to the squad, and after the last transaction with Li Yunlong, the ammunition is also very sufficient.

But presumably, it is too far from the 772 regiment in front of him.

As for the expeditionary force, it is not comparable, and even if it is a regular American army, it is nothing more than that.

And since the 772 regiment is equipped with these weapons, then, I am afraid, other units will also be soon.

According to the international situation, the United States will invade the devil's homeland in three years at most, and at that time, it will be their own business.

Fang Ligong also fell silent, and the two were speechless for a long time.

·····

The other side.

Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the battle reports spread on the table, and also fell into silence for a long time.

Whole jade shattered.

Forced to retreat.

Positions lost.

The turret was broken.

These four words can completely sum up this large pile of war reports. And to sum it up, in one sentence, around the Tongpu line, except for Taiyuan, all the strongholds, turrets, and even the county seat were all lost. Even Datong is lost.

There was a wing in Datong, but the guerrillas used Li Yunlong's method of occupying Shou County, and infiltrated an elite unit in advance to flank inside and outside, so as to complete the occupation.

"Order all wings to go to Yangquan."

After a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka had no choice but to order.

Now all the troops on the Tongpu line are concentrated in Taiyuan, there are too many people, he can only be sent to other places, fortunately, because of Ping'an County, Yangquan has a lot of food, and there is no problem to feed these.

As for recapturing the Tongpu line, he didn't think about it.

Although the First Army still has more than 40,000 people, the Tubalu guerrillas at this time are no longer the Tubalu guerrillas they were more than a year ago.

Not to mention Li Yunlong, the total strength of Tubalu is also more than three times that of him, and the equipment is not bad, there are more than 100 75 mountain guns, not to mention the super strong regiment that attacked Fu'an.

At first, when he received Fu'an's telegram asking for help, he thought that the independent regiment was going to attack.

After the staff officer went to deliver the order, Yoshio Shinozuka stayed in the headquarters for a long, long time.

At this time, he had been cleared, and the troops that went to support Ping'an County also suffered heavy losses, three infantry wings, one artillery wing, more than 12,000 people, and a reduction of more than 3,000 troops, which was still due to the timely retreat.

And the most troublesome thing is that the loss of heavy equipment is more than two-thirds.

On the side of Ping'an County, the situation is also very unoptimistic, the three counties have been divided into two, and the 30,000 army has been made dumplings by Li Yunlong, and there will definitely not be more than 10,000 people who can run out in the end.

"Well, that's fine."

Yoshio Shinozuka sighed faintly.

After this failure, he and Yamamoto should have been removed, and it is also a good thing to leave Shanxi and Li Yunlong.

······

Yoshio Shinozuka sighed, and the battle continued.

On the same day, the troops of the Independent Regiment outside Panxian County, which had completed their preparations, launched an attack, and ten 240 heavy mortars spewed flames into the devil's position for the first time.

In the face of shells with a total weight of more than 100 kilograms and loaded with more than 10 kilograms of black sorkin, the newly built concrete fortress of the devils could not bear it at all.

In just one hour, all positions outside the county were bombarded.

Tanaka saw that something was wrong and quickly informed Yamamoto of the news.

"General, Panxian emergency call."

A staff officer rushed over in a hurry.

Looking at the staff officers who rushed over, and the panicked footsteps, Yamamoto sighed, and his tone was very calm:

"The independent regiment has a larger caliber of heavy artillery!"