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Chapter 537 Probe Attack!

Two days later.

Outside Heyuan County.

A group of devil soldiers suddenly appeared on the horizon.

This group of devils wore steel helmets and carried marching backpacks. They were extremely skilled in tactical movements, and approached the gate of the county on guard.

The gates of the county seat were closed, and no Eighth Route Army soldiers could be seen on the city walls. Heyuan County looked desolate.

"Stop moving forward!"

Suddenly, the squad leader stopped the devil scout soldiers who were scouting towards the gate of the county seat.

The devil scouts heard the shouts and performed standard cover alternation tactics. They crawled behind the cover and stared at the county town with wary eyes.

At this distance, if a machine gun was mounted on the city wall, it would definitely be able to shoot this group of devils.

In the rear, Seijiro Urano, the captain of the 10th Infantry Regiment, ordered the artillery to set up six 6-type infantry cannons and shell them towards the city wall.

The 10th Infantry Wing belongs to the 10rd Brigade of the 33th Division and is the vanguard of the 10th Division.

The 10th Wing quickly surrounded Heyuan County.

Accompanied by a muffled bang, the shells soared into the air, arced through the air and landed on the city wall.

The shells landed on the devastated city walls, and there was a bang.

The artillery literacy of the Type A division is extremely high. Without pre-test firing, the first round of 70mm shells all fell on the city wall.

After the three rounds of bombardment, seeing that the city wall remained silent, Seijiro Urano, the leader of the Devils Alliance, drew out his command saber with a swipe, and pointed forward:
"No. 3 Squadron, attack!"

Following the order of the leader of the Devils United, about 200 devil soldiers, armed with weapons, attacked the city gate in a skirmish line.

Seijiro Urano is familiar with the Chinese Art of War, and he knows that there is a strategy in the Art of War called the empty city strategy.

He was well aware of Li Yunlong's cunning, even if he did not find any traces of the Eighth Route, he had to be careful.

If there is an ambush in the city, the 10th Regiment may suffer heavy losses. Seijiro Urano dares to lead a large force into the county only if the county is absolutely safe.

The former Japanese Gendarmerie Headquarters in Heyuan County will also become the frontline command post for the Japanese army to raid the Shanxi Northwest Eighth Route Base.

Xinzhou is still too far away.

The ghost soldiers who tried to attack soon came to the city gate, pushed it a few times and found that they couldn't push it open, and then put the explosives in front of the city gate.

With a loud bang, the city gate was blasted open, and devil soldiers rushed into the county seat with their guns in hand.

The devils searched the county. There are not many ordinary people in the county, let alone eight roads.

Two hours later, Seijiro Urano, who was fighting wits with the air, led the devil soldiers of the 10th Regiment into Heyuan County.

Followed by.

Tanabe Moritake, chief of staff of the North China Front Army, Ishikawa Jiro, head of the 10th Division, and various combat staff officers entered Heyuan County.

The large army of devils is stationed outside the county seat.

This time, Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa did not send troops to attack Ping'an County and Anhua County.

The reason is very simple, with the current strength of Xinyi Regiment, to disperse the troops is to seek death.

If the infantry wing of the 10th Division is sent to capture Ping'an County and Anhua County respectively.

Li Yunlong will definitely concentrate his superior forces and first eliminate one or two infantry regiments of the 10th Division.

With the roar of heavy artillery and the impact of tanks, even the infantry regiment of the Type A division could not stand it at all. The defeat of the 39th regiment is a lesson from the past.

At present, the 10th Division has 9 regiments under its jurisdiction.

分别是第8旅团步兵第39联队、步兵第40联队，第33旅团步兵第10联队、步兵第63联队，以及临时从41师团抽掉的步兵第237联队。

As for the two machine gun brigades that were strengthened during the war, they were incorporated into the 2th Infantry Regiment, which was disabled, and were under the command of Colonel Suzuki Eisuke.

There are also the 10th Cavalry Regiment, the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, the 10th Engineer Regiment and the 10th Baggage Regiment.

The logistics troops of the Type A division also have combat effectiveness, and their combat effectiveness can be compared to the field troops of the second-line division.

However, the 13th Tank Wing and the 108th Artillery Wing, which were strengthened during the war, have been severely damaged and the other completely wiped out in the Battle of Xinzhou.

Inside the headquarters.

An operational staff officer reported to Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa:

"Currently, the scouts and scout cavalry from each regiment have been sent out to reconnaissance outside the Eight Route Bandit area."

"Yoxi! Order the captains of each regiment to go to the headquarters for a meeting immediately!"

The head of the division, Ishikawa Jiro, nodded. Facing the illustrious Xinyi regiment, even the 10th division of the first-class division, he did not dare to be careless.

At the beginning, Ishikawa Erlang still had some contempt for Li Yunlong and Xinyituan.

But after the Battle of Xinzhou, Ishikawa Jiro has regarded Li Yunlong as an equal opponent.

The fighting will of the soldiers of the new regiment is no worse than that of the soldiers of the 10th division, and the weapons of the soldiers of the new regiment are better than those of the soldiers of the 10th division.

In addition, the new regiment is also equipped with heavy artillery and tanks, and the firepower of the 75mm mountain gun and 105mm howitzer is also very strong.

There is even the possibility of sudden air support.

This made Ishikawa Jiro very clear that the outcome of the battle between the 10th Division and the Shinichi regiment is still unknown.

"Hi!"

The combat staff officer turned and left.

Following the order of Ishikawa Jiro.

The captains of the devil alliance outside the city rode into the city one after another and rushed to the headquarters for a meeting.

In the conference room, Moritake Tanabe sat in the main seat, Jiro Ishikawa sat in the second place, and the two brigade leaders followed.

An operational staff officer conveys operational orders to the wing captains.

Fearing that the battle plan would be leaked, the combat orders for each wing were not given to the wing captain until the day before the battle.

The specific combat order was that the 8th Brigade attacked Dagu Town and the 33rd Brigade attacked Lijia Town.

The 237th Wing attacked from the side lanes, trying to penetrate the side lanes and attack behind the Xinyi regiment.

There were two brigades of puppet troops assisting the 10th Division to attack the Xinyi Regiment, with a total of more than 6000 people. These were all cannon fodder.

The cavalry wing is the reserve team, and the field artillery wing is divided into two parts, responsible for covering the attacks of the 8th and 33rd brigades.

第10师团的炮兵联队下辖4个炮兵大队，共编有36门75毫米野炮和12门120毫米榴弹炮。

In addition, each infantry wing also has an artillery squadron directly under the wing and a rapid-fire artillery squadron, equipped with four 4mm mountain guns and four 75mm rapid-fire guns.

所以第10师团完整的装备120毫米榴弹炮12门，75毫米野炮36门，75毫米山炮16门，37毫米速射炮16门，另外还有几十门迫击炮、九二式步兵炮和400多具50毫米掷弹筒。

However, the 10th Wing of the 39th Division suffered heavy losses in the Xinzhou battlefield, but the 237th Wing of the second-line division joined the 10th Division during the war, and the total number was similar.

The firepower of the 10th Division was strong.

The logistics unit is responsible for logistics, and the engineering unit is responsible for clearing obstacles for the large troops.

Early the next morning.

After a night's rest, the troops of the 10th Division quickly assembled and set off.

The 8th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade, led by the head of the brigade, rushed towards the base of Xinyi Regiment.

There was no harassment from the main force of the Eighth Route Army or guerrillas along the way.

This time the devils are very powerful and have a large number of troops. If they send a small group of troops to attack and harass, it is very likely that the small group will be taken in.

Therefore, Li Yunlong did not send troops to fight the sparrow war, but directly waited in the base area for the devils to come to his door.

Attacking Dagu Town was the 8th Infantry Regiment and the 39th Infantry Regiment led by Major General Miura Saburo, head of the 40th Brigade.

In addition, there are 6 120mm howitzers and 18 field guns from the Field Artillery Wing to cooperate with the attack.

再加上步兵第39联队和步兵第40联队的4门山炮和4门速射炮，一共是28门炮。

The mountain artillery and rapid-fire artillery equipped by the 39th Infantry Regiment have been completely lost in the Xinzhou battlefield.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese 8th Brigade, the artillery unit and a puppet brigade arrived at the outskirts of Dagu Town, and then prepared to attack.

The head of the brigade, Major General Saburo Miura, took Chief of Staff Lieutenant Bino Ono, Captain Eisuke Suzuki of the 39th Regiment, and General Tatsuharu Yamaguchi, commander of the 40th Regiment, to scout the terrain.

Miura Saburo looked through the field of vision of the telescope, and saw a mountain about 2 kilometers away blocking the way forward, and many civil engineering works had been built on the front slope of the mountain.

Lieutenant Assistant Ohno Bino, who had checked the battle report of the 36th Division of the First Army, looked at the map, then pointed to the front and said:
"Brigade leader, after climbing over the mountain in front, you will find Dagu Town."

Miura Saburo nodded, expressionless on his face.

Bino Ohno continued: "A few months ago, the head of the 36th Division attacked here under the leadership of Lieutenant General Jing Guanren."

"How did it end?"

Major General Saburo Miura asked.

Bino Ohno said: "The 36nd Regiment of the 222th Division launched two attacks on the forward position, losing a total of more than 800 people, but the locust army did not even touch the forward position of the Eighth Route New First Regiment."

"I've said it before."

"The combat effectiveness of this new regiment is no worse than ours. The 36th division is only a second-tier division. It's normal that they can't beat the new regiment."

Suzuki Eisuke took a look at Tatsuharu Yamaguchi. Since the 39th Wing's disastrous defeat in Xinzhou, Eisuke Suzuki was often ridiculed by Tatsuharu Yamaguchi.

"Waste is waste. Our 40th Infantry Regiment can fight five infantry regiments of second-line divisions."

Tatsuharu Yamaguchi snorted coldly, with an arrogant tone:

"Brigade Commander, please let the 40th Infantry Regiment attack, at most 3 hours, our department can capture the new regiment's position ahead!"

"Yoshi, you have great courage!" Saburo Miura glanced at Tatsuharu Yamaguchi and Eisuke Suzuki approvingly.

As for Suzuki Eisuke, after the Battle of Xinzhou, his courage seemed to be lost. Everyone would say how good Li Yunlong and Xinyituan were. Those who didn't know thought he was Li Yunlong's fanboy.

Of course, Suzuki Eisuke wanted to eliminate Li Yunlong and Shindantuan more than anyone else.

Eliminate the man who brought disgrace to the 39th Regiment and nailed Eisuke Suzuki to the pillar of disgrace.

It has been 7 days since the end of the Xinzhou campaign. These 7 days may not be long, but God knows these 7 days. How did he come here?
During these 7 days, Suzuki Eisuke was often ridiculed by his colleagues, and he wanted to chop off Li Yunlong's head all the time and annihilate the new regiment.

After a pause, Saburo Miura said again: "Yamaguchi-kun, launch a tentative attack on the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment's position immediately!"

"Hi!"

Tatsuharu Yamaguchi suddenly nodded, turned around and walked quickly towards the 40th Regiment with his saber in his arms.

(End of this chapter)