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Chapter 403 Japanese Casualties and Air Support!
Major General Masao Miyazaki looked at the watch in his hand.

Exactly half an hour has passed.

The 4th Infantry Brigade not only failed to take the Eighth Route position, but suffered more than half of its casualties.

"The time has come, Yamauchi-kun, please apologize by cutting open your stomach!"

Masao Miyazaki said coldly.

"General, as a warrior of the empire, I request to die on the way to charge!"

Zhongzuo Yamauchi's face turned pale, and he bowed his head begging for mercy.

It is a disgrace to apologize by caesarean section, but dying on the battlefield or on the way to charge is regarded as an honor by the devils.

Chief of Staff Toda Yoshige said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, please give Yamauchi-kun a chance!"

The captain of Toshio Sato also helped to speak: "Your Excellency, please give Yamauchi-kun a chance!"

Lieutenant Commander Yamauchi quickly stated: "General, please give me another chance. I will definitely capture the Eighth Route position and open the passage for the large troops to go south!"

Masao Miyazaki looked at Zhongzuo Yamauchi, and said in a cold tone: "Then I will give you another chance. If you can't win the position, you know what to do!"

"Thank you General!"

Zhongzuo Yamauchi quickly lowered his head.

Then, Masao Miyazaki said to Toshio Sato: "Satou-kun, send a squadron from your wing and give it to Yamauchi-kun to command!"

"Hi!" Toshio Sato stood at attention and lowered his head, turned around and walked towards the Sato United team.

Not long after, Lieutenant Commander Yamauchi organized the remnant soldiers, together with a squadron from the Sato Regiment, to form a death squad of more than 400 people.

The devils tied cloth strips on their foreheads, and the words "must win" were written on the cloth strips.

The death squads of the Japanese army in World War II, such as the Kamikaze Secret Service, had to have such cloth strips or turbans on their hands, which meant that the devils had to work hard!

Amidst the rumbling of the guns, after a passionate speech by Zhongzuo Yamauchi, the devils suddenly seemed to have been beaten with blood, with frenzy and madness in their expressions.

Immediately, Lieutenant Commander Yamauchi led the Death Squad into the attacking position.

As soon as the sound of the cannons stopped, Lieutenant Commander Yamauchi held the command saber of the Lieutenant Commander and took the lead in the charge, shouting "Kill!"

However, there was no suspense in the result. In the face of the artillery support from the anti-slope artillery position and the dense bullet rain from the front-slope position, all of the more than 400 Devil Death Squadrons were killed in front of the position without exception, and even Zhongzuo Yamauchi was also beaten. became a sieve.

In this round, the No.13 Company of the Fourth Battalion had less than 20 casualties, which is still very small.

In the three rounds of the devil's attack, the casualties of the Thirteenth Company were about 50 people, but the number of devils killed had already exceeded 1000.

After killing all the devils, the soldiers immediately entered the tunnel, and the next moment, the shells of the devils followed and smashed down.

There are no conditions for detours, and the tactics adopted by the devils are still the same old ones. The artillery bombards the infantry and rushes, and the infantry rushes after the artillery bombards.

Japanese command post.

In front of the artillery mirror.

Masao Miyazaki's face was very ugly.

The first wave was a tentative attack. It was normal that the Eighth Route Army's position was not touched, and it was normal for the casualties to be a little higher. After all, the attack force was relatively small, and the Eighth Route Army's firepower was very strong.

The second wave was after the Mountain Artillery Brigade had plowed the artillery position of the Eighth Route, coupled with a brigade-level attack, the casualties were so heavy.

Not to mention the third wave of attack, pure suicide charge.

Masao Miyazaki frowned. It seemed that the artillery fire from his own side had no effect on the Eight Routes?

Could it be that all of the Eighth Route Army had copper skin and iron bones? Even if they were copper skin and iron bones, they should have melted long ago with so many shells falling on them?

Attacked three times, killed and injured more than 1000 people, and didn't even touch the Eighth Route position!

It made him furious!

According to this style of play, how long will it take to eat up the Eight Routes blocking the road and go south to reinforce Taiyuan?
two days?

three days?

How many imperial troops will be lost?

Chief of Staff Toda Yoshihime came over and said, "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, there is something strange. The shells from the Artillery Brigade do not seem to have caused casualties to the Eighth Route Army!"

"Of course I can see that."

Masao Miyazaki looked gloomy.

That's the crux of the matter.

According to common sense, after two rounds of shells, even if the Eighth Route Army built anti-gun holes in the trenches, it would be able to kill at least half of the Eighth Route Army.

But the fact is, not to mention that the shelling killed half of the eight routes, but the eight routes seemed to have lost none of them.

The artillery blasted a lonely.

Yoshihito Toda said: "It is very likely that the Eighth Route has constructed reinforced concrete fortifications or multi-layered civil engineering works in advance, and it is difficult for the mountain artillery to destroy them. I suggest immediately requesting air support from Commander Shinozuka, and use the air force to blow up the Eighth Route with aerial bombs. Forward slope positions and reverse slope artillery positions!"

Masao Miyazaki stopped talking, and said coldly: "Mr. Toda, send a power call to Commander Shinozuka immediately!"

"Hi!"

Yoshika Toda stood at attention and bowed his head, turned and walked towards the telegraph.

"Stop firing!"

Masao Miyazaki shouted loudly, and the flag commanders immediately sent orders to the rear artillery positions with flag language.

The cannonade stopped immediately.

The air force is about to be called in to attack, and it would be a waste of shells to fire any more.

……

358 regiment headquarters.

Chu Yunfei ordered the soldiers to step up the construction of more solid earthworks, and at the same time ordered the scouts to pay attention to the battle between the Eighth Route Army and the devils.

Judging from the sound of the guns alone, Chu Yunfei knew that the artillery firepower of the Japanese army was very fierce.

Fortifications such as trenches and foxholes alone must not be able to stop the Japanese attack.

Not long after the cannons stopped, the phone in the regiment headquarters rang, and Fang Ligong picked up the phone: "Hi, this is the regiment headquarters...Okay, I will report the situation of the regiment immediately!"

Looking up and seeing Fang Ligong hang up the phone, Chu Yunfei asked him, "Brother Ligong, is there something going on with the Eighth Route Army?"

"Tuanzuo is really predictable." Fang Ligong smiled, "Yes, it was the frontline observation position that called to report the battle between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army."

"What's going on with Eight Road now?"

Chu Yunfei asked: "How long can the eighth road last?"

The regiment headquarters of the 358th regiment is 3 kilometers away from Baozi Mountain, and there is a Lieutenant General mountain blocking the line of sight, so the battlefield of Baozi Mountain cannot be seen from the headquarters.

However, the forward position of the 358th regiment was connected to the regiment headquarters with a telephone line, so Chu Yunfei could grasp the situation of the battle between the Eighth Route Army and the devils in time.

Fang Ligong's tone was inconceivable: "Balu's situation is very good. According to scout reports, Balu has killed more than 1000 Japanese soldiers."

"What did you say?" Chu Yunfei's pupils shrank suddenly when he heard this, and his tone of voice suddenly rose, "In less than half an hour, more than 1000 Japanese soldiers were killed?"

Sun Ming beside him also suddenly widened his eyes.

"It's really unbelievable." Fang Ligong said, "According to the scout's report, the front of the Eighth Route's position is already full of Japanese corpses."

"How did Eight Road do it?"

Chu Yunfei asked in disbelief.

Eighth Road's weapons and equipment are very sophisticated, and Chu Yunfei has seen it with his own eyes.

Submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, Bren light machine guns, rocket launchers, Maxim...

All goods from foreign military manufacturers.

But the little devil's weapons and equipment are not bad, and there is even a mountain artillery brigade, which alone is enough for the Eighth Route Army to drink a pot.

From Chu Yunfei's point of view, when the Devil's mountain artillery battalion fired two rounds, more than half of the Eighth Route Army's casualties, and the Japanese infantry charged again, the battle would almost be over.

However, the gap between reality and imagination was too great, which made Chu Yunfei lose his composure.

The combat power is so hip, these devil soldiers are not pretending to be puppet soldiers, right?
Fang Ligong adjusted his glasses, and said in an awkward tone, "This... I don't know for now, the scouts didn't make a detailed report."

After a pause, Fang Ligong continued: "However, no matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army is, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to defend the Baozishan position."

"Oh?" Chu Yunfei changed his expression and asked, "Brother Li Gong, why did you say that? Why do I think that the 3rd Brigade will have a big fall in Baozi Mountain?"

Fang Ligong said: "Have you forgotten the regiment seat? The Japanese army has gathered more than 200 planes to attack the Central Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. The Japanese army only needs to dispatch more than [-] bombers to easily destroy the front slope of the Eighth Route." Compared with the destruction of the anti-slope position, the power of aerial bombs is by no means comparable to that of mountain artillery shells."

In addition to the intelligence network that Chu Yunfei formed, the second theater command will also share some information with him.

Of course, the important information obtained by Chu Yunfei will also be sent to the theater headquarters.

Therefore, Fang Ligong and Chu Yunfei knew about the strength of the Japanese army's attack on Zhongtiao Mountain.

However, Fang Ligong and Chu Yunfei did not know about the information that the Japanese army had shot down more than 110 planes yesterday.

"That's true, but... Li Yunlong's troops are equipped with anti-aircraft cannons." Chu Yunfei said.

"Even if Li Yunlong's battalion is equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, it is estimated that there will not be too many machine guns. Most of the machine guns should have been taken by Li Yunlong to fight Taiyuan." Fang Ligong said.

"So the Eighth Route Army won't last long." Chu Yunfei nodded in agreement. The Eighth Route Army would definitely be bombarded by Japanese planes when they attacked Taiyuan, and it would definitely not work without anti-aircraft guns.

"Yes!" Fang Ligong said firmly, "Eight Road can hold its ground for another hour or two at most."

……

"Nani?"

"The 3rd Brigade asked me for help?"

In the inner city of Taiyuan, in the battle hall of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka turned around suddenly after hearing the words, with an angry expression on his face.

I order you to come for reinforcements and you ask me for help?
Taiyuan is in this situation now, and it has become a pot of porridge. What reinforcements are there for the 3rd Brigade?

"Hi!" Toshisong Kasai lowered his head, "The 3rd Brigade was heading south along the Tongpu Highway, and was stubbornly blocked by a battalion of the Eighth Route Army at Baozi Mountain."

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard this, he looked down at the map. A combat staff officer pointed out the location of Mount Baozi on the map, and measured the distance to Taiyuan with a scale.

From the map, the 3rd Brigade is only about 50 kilometers away from Taiyuan.

Toshimatsu Kasai continued: "The Eighth Route Army has strong firepower, sufficient ammunition, and is equipped with heavy weapons such as mortars and infantry artillery. The artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army are located on the reverse slope of the mountain, which poses a great threat to the infantry attacking by the 3rd Brigade. , Major General Miyazaki asked the general to send out aviation support to bomb the eight-way forward-slope infantry position and reverse-slope artillery position in Baozishan!"

"Immediately do what Major General Miyazaki said, and send out an aircraft from the flying team to reinforce the 1rd Brigade!"

Yoshio Shinozuka pushed his glasses and heaved a sigh of relief. Major General Miyazaki asked him for support. He thought that the 3rd Brigade was surrounded by the Chinese army.

As long as the 3rd Brigade can arrive in Taiyuan today, it doesn't matter if it is an hour or two late.

"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu stood at attention and lowered his head, turned around and walked quickly to the communication room.

(End of this chapter)