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In the afternoon.

Baoding.

Accompanied by the buzzing sound of the aircraft motor, a reconnaissance plane roared past in the sky.

"Give me the order to fire!"

In the headquarters of the new regiment, Li Yunlong grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted orders.

As his order was issued, the artillery soldiers, who were well fed after a sumptuous lunch, began to work again.

In an instant, 1000 artillery pieces roared together.

This time the shelling targeted the Japanese and puppet positions.

Artillery shells soared into the sky one after another, and then fell into the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops like meteors.

Accompanied by the roaring and overwhelming sound of artillery.

The Japanese and puppet soldiers' positions suddenly filled the sky with smoke and debris, and you could even see the Japanese and puppet soldiers who were blown up.

In order to avoid the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, most of the Japanese and puppet troops were hiding in the artillery caves.

There were not many Japs and puppet troops on the forward positions, and more Japs and puppet troops were hiding in the artillery holes in the deeper positions.

but.

The forward positions of the Japanese and puppet troops are not the main targets of the Eighth Route Army artillery.

The artillery of the new regiment, after a burst of shelling on the forward positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, began to shell the deep positions of the Japanese and puppet troops with a barrage.

Today's new artillery regiment is of excellent quality, and Xu Jin can handle barrages at his fingertips.

Compared with the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong appears to be more wealthy.

Directly order two 2mm howitzer battalions and three of the six Katyusha rocket launcher battalions to join the shelling.

Coupled with the bombardment of more than 500 heavy guns and 500 mountain guns.

For a time, the sound of artillery was so loud that the Japanese and puppet troops were frightened.

The infantry and tank troops of the Eighth Route Army have not officially started their offensive, but a small number of Japanese soldiers and some puppet troops have already been frightened to death.

The high-density heavy artillery shells directly collapsed some anti-gun caves, and the Japanese and puppet soldiers inside died tragically on the spot.

Even many Japanese and puppet soldiers in the bomb-proof caves that were not destroyed by the bombing also lost their hearing due to the continuous heavy artillery fire without any interruption.

After a full hour of shelling, the sound of artillery gradually became sparse.

Just when the Japanese and puppet soldiers were about to take a breath, the drone of aircraft motors sounded in the sky again.

Dozens of fighters and bombers from the new group formed several echelons of dive attacks.

As the plane passed by, overwhelming explosions sounded, and the Japanese and puppet army positions were once again shrouded in smoke and fire.

At this time, the infantry and tank troops of the Eighth Route Army had begun to attack, gradually approaching the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Lieutenant General Dohashi Ichi, commander of the 12th Army of the Japanese North China Front, raised his binoculars in the frontline headquarters.

A fierce scene appeared in the field of view of the telescope. Following the crash of tanks, a gray water line suddenly appeared on the horizon more than 40 miles east and west, like rising tide, sweeping towards the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

"idiot!"

Tuqiao cursed angrily, and the Eighth Route Army actually dispatched tens of thousands of its main troops to attack across the board?

No feints, just main attacks.

Under the fierce bombardment of the Eighth Route Army, the tactics formulated by General Okamura were ineffective.

Another tactical attack that goes against military common sense.

Lieutenant General Dohashi Ichi was so angry that he cursed.

"Order the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army to enter the position immediately, order artillery fire, shoot at the enemy immediately, and immediately request air support from General Okamura!" Dohashi grabbed the phone at once and issued a series of orders.

As his order was issued, the Japanese and puppet troops quickly entered the forward positions.

The battle is imminent!

The explosions of various firearms have joined together, and grenades, mortars and gunshots have merged into a huge sound.

At the same time, from tunnels, caves, and anti-gun caves, the Japanese and puppet artillery fired 75mm mountain guns and 75mm field guns, as well as -type infantry guns, and various types of artillery. Model mortars were rolled out.

"fire!"

Taking aim, loading the shells, the Japanese and puppet artillerymen pulled the match.

Boom boom boom——

Continuous explosions of artillery shells rose up in the Eighth Route Army's offensive formation.

Although the Japanese and puppet troops have about 75 300mm artillery, but spread over a front line of more than 40 miles, it seems that the Japanese and puppet troops have very few mountain artillery.

In addition, the Japanese and puppet troops also had a large number of mortars and grenades.

But on the New Regiment's side, accompanying the infantry and tank troops in attacking, there were also artillery units from each battalion and company.

These mortar units set up mortars at the rear of the attack formation and bombarded the rear areas of the Japanese and puppet positions. They soon suppressed the Japanese mortars and grenades.

While the tanks of the Eighth Route Army were marching, their tank guns and vehicle-mounted large-caliber heavy machine guns were firing, forming absolute suppression of the Japanese and puppet troops in the forward positions.

The new regiment of infantry and the infantry of the Central Hebei Military Region following the tanks looked for opportunities to fire.

In addition to the suppression of the Japanese mortars and grenade launchers by mortars.

The Eighth Route Army reconnaissance plane observers in the sky were not idle either.

Continuously notify the heavy artillery troops on the ground of the location of the Guizishan artillery and field artillery positions via radio.

When a Japanese mountain artillery or field artillery position is captured, a battalion of heavy artillery will fire in unison to cover the Japanese mountain artillery or field artillery position with artillery fire.

After several Japanese artillery positions were destroyed, the Japanese mountain artillery and field artillery stopped firing.

Most of the remaining Japanese mountain artillery and field artillery were hidden and they did not dare to fire rashly.

Without artillery fire support, the tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army quickly invaded the forward positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

... Eighth Route Army forward command post.

Li Yunlong looked at this scene through the telescope with a very satisfied expression.

The aircraft fleet roared in the sky, the heavy artillery roared on the ground, and a few volleys of fire knocked the enemies in deep positions off their feet. Tanks and infantry occupied the enemy's forward positions in one charge.

This was a scene from his previous dream.

Unexpectedly, this scene came true on the Baoding battlefield.

However, there is still some gap between the scene in Li Yunlong's dream.

There are not enough aircraft in the sky, not enough heavy artillery and tanks on the ground, and there are not densely packed warships on the sea.

but.

The guys currently in hand are enough to deal with the Japanese North China Front and puppet troops in front of us.

……

In Baoding City.

Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters.

"Report to Commander, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack, Lieutenant General Doqiao, Commander of the 12th Army, is requesting air support!"

"Report to Commander, our artillery firepower has been suppressed!"

"Report to Commander, enemy infantry and tanks have invaded our forward position!"

One piece of news came from the front line, making Okamura Neji and Arisu Seizo look very solemn.

The Eighth Route Army's offensive was too fierce.

Before Neji Okamura and Seizo Arisu could react too much, the Eighth Route Army had already attacked the forward positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

"Your Excellency, Commander, do you order reinforcements from the 6th Flying Division?"

Youmo Jingsan asked in a deep voice.

Facing the fierce offensive of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, only aircraft can effectively deal with the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

Your Excellency, the Commander, has not activated the 6th Flying Division.

but.

When the North China Front is completely destroyed, what's the point of having the 6th Flying Division left?

Okamura Neji tightly grasped the handle of the general's sword with his right hand, and his face was struggling.

If the fighters and bombers of the 6th Division were immediately dispatched.

Just in case, like on the Jinju battlefield, Japanese fighter jets and bombers encountered Eighth Route Army jet fighters and were all shot down.

Then it will be a huge blow to the morale of all Japanese troops and the Locust Alliance Army.

Okamura Neiji planned to defend Baoding for half a month. If the 6th Flying Division was wiped out on the first day, why would he defend it for half a month?

After thinking for a moment, Okamura Neji loosened his right hand and let go of the handle of the knife: "The 6th Flying Division remains on standby!"

"Hi!"

You Mo Jing San suddenly lowered his head.

At this moment, the communications staff officer walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand: "Reporting to the general, Major General Yamamoto, deputy chief of staff, called that the main force of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Peiping, and Major General Yamamoto was forced to lead the 11th of the 5th Brigade. The brigade is transferred to Chengde!"

Okamura Neji and Arisu Seizo were suddenly shocked.

Did the Eighth Route Army move so quickly?

But then I thought that the Eighth Route Army had cavalry and trucks and could reach Peiping so quickly.

Not surprisingly.

As the political, economic and cultural center of North China, Peiping has very important strategic significance. It was so difficult for Okamura Neji and Arisu Seizo to be captured by the Eighth Route Army.

But there was no way. Who asked the base camp to give Okamura Neji the order that Zhangjiakou and Baoding should not be lost?

Okamura Neji only left one infantry brigade for Yamamoto Kazuki.

If Yamamoto Kazuki did not run, he and the 5th Infantry Brigade would both die when facing the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

"understood."

Okamura Neji waved his hand and said.

Peiping was captured by the Eighth Route Army, as Okamura Ningji and Arisu Seizo expected.

Because Okamura Neji deliberately gave up Peiping tactically.

But once you give up like this, it will be difficult to take it back from the Eighth Route Army.

After all, the Eighth Route Army is not the national army.

But now, Okamura Neiji is still full of confidence in the Imperial Holy War and dreams of co-prosperity in Greater East Asia.

It was only a matter of time before the Japanese Empire occupied and conquered China, and now it has only encountered a small setback.

After Haruo Kitani left, Okamura Neji issued an order in a sinister tone: "Order the death squads to attack and repel the Eighth Route Army's attack at all costs."

"Hi."

You Mo Jing San suddenly lowered his head.

As the Japanese military command issued an order.

On the Japanese military position.

The Japs' death squads, packed with explosives and armed with Molotov cocktails, fought their way out of bomb-proof caverns, tunnels and caves.

More intense fighting broke out at the forward positions.

The battle lasted until evening, before the Eighth Route Army's infantry and tank troops withdrew from the Japanese and puppet troops' forward positions.

Although the infantry and tank troops of the Eighth Route Army can occupy the forward positions of the Japanese and puppet troops and use them as strongholds to continue their attacks.

But it is not necessary, because it is easy to hurt your comrades during shelling.

"Damn, these little devils and puppet soldiers are pretty tough."

In the new regiment headquarters, after listening to the combat staff report, Li Yunlong spoke in a bad tone:

"In this case, then labor and management are not polite!"