Using artillery fire can indeed prevent the Eighth Route Army from releasing smoke. After all, the Japanese army had infantry artillery and grenade launchers. They only needed to hit the source of the smoke, and the sorghum stalks were blown up and flew everywhere.

But soon Ichio Takeda discovered that this was not a good idea.

The reason is that the sorghum stalks are almost endless, while the Japanese army's artillery shells are very limited.

The sorghum stalks piled up here and there, and the Japanese could pile up two piles of piles after they exploded. As a result, the smoke was not reduced at all and it became thicker and thicker.

If you want to talk about the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon, its gun itself is not only 0.2 tons, but its shells are not light at all, with each shell weighing 3.8 kilograms.

Takeda Ichio only brought one hundred shells this time... This is because Takeda's brigade was interspersed this time, and it needed to intersperse as quickly as possible, which determined that it was impossible to use cars or even side tricycles to move. Their motor sounds would alarm the people on the roadside and make the Eighth Route Army prepare in advance.

Therefore, Takeda Kazuo can only use mules and horses to transport ammunition, which makes his shells very limited... Compared to shells, Takeda Kazuo believes that bullets are more important because he believes that the enemy will not have many targets that he needs to bombard with artillery fire, and if the same weight is converted into bullets, it can eliminate many enemies.

So more than a dozen shells passed, and when Takeda saw the smoke quickly rekindled, he ordered the artillery not to waste his energy.

"Put the enemy from the west in!" Takeda Kazuo ordered the staff helplessly: "Use fortifications to fight them in street battles, and leave the shells to the east!"

"Yes!" The advisor responded and conveyed the order.

Takeda Ichio's order makes sense.

The so-called "enemies on the west" he refers to the independent regiment. The independent regiment uses smoke to cover it, making it difficult for Japanese artillery fire and even rifles to play a role, while the "enemies on the east" is the 91st Regiment.

As mentioned earlier, the 91st Regiment was the main regiment, which was equipped with mountain cannons and mortars. The smoke was much smaller when it was blown to the east, so it was obviously more useful to lay the artillery fire on the east.

On the Eighth Route Army, the telephone lines of the Independent Regiment and the 91st Regiment were just pulled up. Li Changfu, the commander of the 91st Regiment, picked up the phone and said impatiently:

"How is your situation? Are there any major casualties?"

"What? You have already rushed into the village? Only more than a hundred casualties?"

"Okay... play well! Keep attacking!"

"No problem, just fight like this!"

When he put down the phone, Li Changfu felt a little unhappy. He couldn't figure out that the combat terrain on both sides was similar. Li Yunlong's independent regiment had only more than 1,000 people. A considerable number of them were newly replenished recruits, and those who had no artillery and lacked bullets, why did they enter the village first than the 91st Regiment?

And the price paid is less than half of the 91st regiment!

If this is spread, where will the 91st Group face be put? This is the main group!

Thinking of this, Li Changfu ordered the staff: "Start the pace of the offensive and strive to fight the streets of the village to fight with the enemy! The independent regiment has entered, so we can't fall behind!"

"yes!"

On the other side, Li Yunlong, with a wet towel on his face, hid in the temporary trenches and said proudly to Zhao Gang beside him:

"I said, Lao Zhao, you said that Li Changfu must be frustrated by us!"

"His main team is not as good as our independent team. Why do we have so much equipment? How good is it to give us an independent team!"

"I, Li Yunlong, promised that if the independent group had so much equipment, hey... I won't talk about bragging, and I will take over Xue Guocun with one group!"

Zhao Gang was holding up a telescope and poking his head out to check the enemy situation, but there was smoke everywhere and nothing could be seen. He only saw the Eighth Route Army rushing into the village.

Seeing Li Yunlong blowing again, Zhao Gang frowned and said, "Don't be too proud too soon, the situation seems not very good! The Japanese have a lot of troops in the village, so it's not easy to get rid of them!"

Li Yunlong nodded and his face turned cautious: "The enemy has more than 1,000 people, and we only have more than 1,000 people. The 91st Regiment was suppressed by the Japanese firepower and could not enter the village... It is indeed not easy to defeat it! It would be great if we could change the land with the 91st Regiment. Its more than 2,000 troops were all veterans. It would definitely be impossible for the Japanese to rush in!"

"What's the point of saying this?" Zhao Gang said: "The 91st group is in the downwind. There is no smoke left on their side unless the wind can blow back!"

Li Yunlong thought about it and shouted at the guard: "Monk, go and call Xiao Dongbei for me! This guy came up with the method of setting smoke, he has to take responsibility for it!"

When Wang Xuexin was called to the regiment headquarters, he was confused when he heard this statement. He was wrong to come up with a way to set off smoke. He still had to be responsible for the consequences? I am afraid that only a person like Li Yunlong can say this!

But who is the leader of the group?

I didn't even want to judge!

And Li Yunlong was still shamelessly scolding Wang Xuexin: "I tell you, Little Northeast! Without you, our people would not be able to rush in. If they could not rush in, there would be no such thing. So if you don't solve this problem today, I, Li Yunlong, will never be with you!"

"Is there anyone who says that?" Zhao Gang couldn't see it anymore. He interrupted Li Yunlong and said to Wang Xuexin: "Don't listen to your regiment commander. The problem now is that the Japanese use fortifications to fight with our army. They have grenade launchers in their hands, and they have accurate shooting skills and excellent stabbing skills. They cooperate with each other. Our people have suffered heavy casualties in the village. What do you think?"

Wang Xuexin knew these things. When he met the Japanese agent team in Lujiagou, he knew these ways of playing.

The Japanese stationed in Xueguo Village may not be as good as the Japanese special forces team, but they must have undergone special street fighting training. Street fighting also tests the quality of soldiers, so this fight is not a simple question of how many troops are.

Wang Xuexin thought about it and replied: "Captain, political commissar, I can't blame me for this. It's my idea to set off smoke, but I never said I would rush into the village to fight with the Japanese streets!"

What Wang Xuexin said is really not a joke. The quality gap is there, and the military strength is not superior. How can the independent regiment beat the Japanese?

"What do you mean?" Li Yunlong said with his eyes wide open: "Will you just let the troops hide from the smoke outside and hide from the Japanese?"

"I didn't say I was outside either!" Wang Xuexin replied.

Li Yunlong was a little impatient: "If you have something to say, say something, and let it go, don't play this trick with me!"

Wang Xuexin leaned closer and said, "Captain, don't we have bullet thunders in our hands? Why don't we touch the village to make a thunder?"

"How about cloth?" Li Yunlong asked back: "What if you think this bullet thunder will recognize people? Once cloth is put on, why would you get bombed?"

Wang Xuexin replied: "We can make an appointment with the cloth, not? For example, in front of the window, at the door, in the corner of the wall, or leave a path at the turn... We know where there is thunder but the Japanese don't know. If you go up, just bury the thunder first, then talk about it. Isn't that enough?"

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang couldn't help looking at each other and thought to himself that they actually had this kind of fighting style?!
Chapter completed!