"Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, the Eighth Route Army has retreated." Ichiro Sakai said respectfully.
Yamazaki Yehei sat on the stone, leaning on his saber, and said proudly: "Of course, we have built favorable fortifications, and it is impossible to attack them with just those Tubal soldiers."
After a pause, Yamazaki Yehei said: "Immediately send a telegram to the First Army Headquarters to tell them that our unit has repelled multiple attacks by the Eighth Route Army.
All the enemy's main forces are contained here, so Commander, please concentrate the main force of the 1st Army as soon as possible to carry out counter-encirclement against the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, so as not to delay the fighter opportunity."
After a pause, Yamazaki Yehei continued: "Remember to report to the Commander the deviation in the map measurement of the Intelligence Division.
If it weren’t for their mistakes in their work, I think we would be sitting on the ruins of the Eighth Route Army command post having dinner now!”
"Hai!" Ichiro Sakai paused and handed the recorded document to the soldier beside him.
Taiyuan, First Army Headquarters.
Yoshio Shinozuka paced back and forth in the headquarters with his hands behind his back and an anxious expression.
Yamamoto Kazuki stood respectfully on one side.
Although he was calm on the outside, he began to feel uneasy inside.
This operation was planned by him. If the mission failed, he would definitely be blamed for it.
Since the battle at Yamazaki began and a message was sent, they have lost contact. No one knows the outcome of the battle or whether it has achieved its goal.
Now all the troops heading to Lijiapo to support were on the way, but these supporting troops were also blocked by the enemy on the way.
Shinozuka Yoshio even began to think that the Yamazaki Battalion had been annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, that's why no news came from them.
Could it be that this was another failed operation?
Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but think pessimistically.
I have already begun to plan in my mind to withdraw the support troops sent to avoid greater losses to the troops.
"Your Excellency, General!" A Japanese soldier quickly walked up to Yoshio Shinozuka, stood up and said: "The Yamazaki Battalion is calling urgently!"
When Yoshio Shinozuka heard this, his expression was happy.
Yamamoto Kazuki also breathed a sigh of relief, finally there was news.
"Read it!" Yoshio Shinozuka stopped on the spot and said in a loud voice.
"Hai!" The Japanese soldier opened the folder and read out the contents of the telegram.
"Xiaoxi." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded with satisfaction.
When we learned that the Yamazaki Brigade was not in danger, and that it occupied a favorable terrain and could hold on for a long time.
Yoshio Shinozuka's confidence doubled.
If the flames of war can be ignited in Lijiapo, then all the losses suffered by the imperial army can be recovered, including the already shaken military morale of the First Army.
"What did you just say? Yamazaki-kun said there was something wrong with the map provided by the Intelligence Division?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked.
The Japanese soldier paused and said: "Hai, Lieutenant Colonel Yamazaki severely condemned the intelligence section's map in the message, which caused the delay of the fighter plane."
"Immediately call Yamazaki-kun back and ask him to hold on a little longer." Yoshio Shinozuka said solemnly: "After the battle is won, I will personally ask the head of the Intelligence Division to apologize to him!"
"Hai!" The Japanese soldier paused and retreated.
After Yamamoto Kazuki learned that the Yamazaki Brigade was in Lijiapo, he quickly locked the location of Lijiapo from the map.
He pointed at the map, faced Yoshio Shinozuka, and said, "General, please take a look."
"円西." Yoshio Shinozuka looked in the direction of Yamamoto Kazuki's finger, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he praised repeatedly.
"Yamazaki-kun has indeed chosen a good location. That area is easy to defend and difficult to attack. For Tubal Road, it is an insurmountable peak."
Kazuki Yamamoto echoed: "Yes, judging from the current map layout, Lijiapo is a huge platform. As long as the firepower points can be arranged flexibly, we can effectively resist the enemy's attack."
Yoshio Shinozuka also relaxed at this time: "Yamamoto-kun, it seems that it won't be long before we hear the good news from Yamazaki-kun."
"Hai." Yamamoto Kazuki suddenly paused and said, "What the General said is absolutely true."
Yoshio Shinozuka kept nodding and smiling. He believed that as long as this battle was over, the Northwestern Shanxi Eighth Route Army would be completely defeated.
Lijiapo position.
After Yamazaki Yehei read Yoshio Shinozuka's reply, he couldn't help but look at the battlefield in front of him with a somewhat puzzled expression.
Why hasn’t the Eighth Route Army launched a new offensive?
With the Eighth Route Army's perseverance, they should have started a new round of offensive long ago.
Although Lijiapo is located on a high ground, due to the complex terrain nearby, it is difficult for the Yamazaki Brigade guarding the mountain to see clearly what is going on down the mountain.
Because the Eighth Route Army delayed launching an attack, this kind of violation of common sense inevitably made Yamazaki Jihei suspicious.
What on earth are these damn Tubals thinking? Why don't they launch a forceful attack and charge to their death?
Could it be that they have any other battle plans?
But it shouldn't be.
Due to the terrain of Lijiapo, there was almost no other way except a forceful attack.
The Eighth Route Army had no artillery or aircraft, so what else could they do?
But soon, Yamazaki Jihei knew.
Yamazaki Yehei, who was confused, suddenly noticed that patches of dust suddenly rose in the open space down the slope.
"Coil work?" Yamazaki Yehei chuckled and quickly understood the tactics of the Eighth Route Army.
Then, Yamazaki Yehei turned his head, looked at Ichiro Sakai beside him and said: "Order the artillerymen to bombard the Eighth Route Army's tunnels immediately!"
Yamazaki Yehei gave an order, and several mortars opened fire at the same time.
Rows and rows of artillery shells flew into the air, casting a shadow on the ground, and then the shells hit the tunnel fortifications of the Eighth Route Army hard.
A series of explosions suddenly sounded, immediately turning the place into a sea of flames.
When the smoke cleared, the excavation work below seemed to have stopped, and no dust could be seen rising.
But there are no signs of attack below.
How many shovels of soil were thrown up on Tubal Road and then left?
Yamazaki Yehei's face was full of confusion, and he was a little confused about the tactics of the Eighth Route Army.
What puzzled Yamazaki Yehei even more was what happened next.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant Colonel, something seems to be being excavated on Tubal Road in the direction of Huaishu Ridge." A soldier ran over and reported.
"Nani?" Yamazaki Yehei asked with his head full.
"But after we launched the attack, they stopped moving." The Japanese soldier reported.
Yamazaki Yehei was even more confused now.
While Ding Wei ordered people to dig the tunnel, Kong Jie led his troops to launch sporadic feint attacks to attract the enemy's attention.
They just stayed in the tunnel and fired without launching an attack or artillery bombardment. They were in a stalemate with the Japanese troops on Lijia Slope.
Yamazaki Yehei was full of suspicion and could not figure out the purpose of Tubalu's behavior, which was obviously a waste of ammunition.
Could it be that they thought they could capture Lijiapo this way?
Because the positions of both sides were very close to each other, in just one hour, the tunnel was already close to the position of Yamazaki Brigade.
And because Yamazaki Yehei's attention at this time was attracted by Kong Jie's feint attack, he had no idea that someone would actually dig a tunnel to get close to his Lijiapo position.
All that's left of the tunnel is the last few shovels.
Ding Wei also began to order the soldiers to transport grenades forward, and baskets of grenades were transported to the front line.
The first and second companies were already in their positions, waiting for Ding Wei's order.
Because Ding Wei didn't expect to encounter Japanese soldiers here this time, he didn't bring many troops with him.
Kong Jie and Li Yunlong decided that they would live and die together as good brothers.
In fact, these two guys just want to take advantage of the war to make another fortune.
The two men led a battalion respectively and hid in the tunnel, waiting for Ding Wei to launch the final attack. They drank two sips of soup.
Li Yunlong wanted to monopolize the Japanese soldiers on Huaishuling, so he asked the brigade commander for the mission before Kong Jie did.
Kong Jie had no choice but to follow Ding Wei and drink soup.
The three regiment leaders did not choose to command from the rear, but all personally led the troops to launch the general attack, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers.
"Yahei Yamazaki, I am Ding Wei, the leader of the 28th Regiment. I heard that you learned kendo from your wife in Japan, and I hereby issue a challenge to you..."
Under Ding Wei's instruction, a soldier took a native microphone and shouted to the Lijiapo position. It was bilingual in Chinese and Japanese.
Rear command post.
"Damn Ding Wei, what exactly is this kid trying to do?" The brigade commander held a telescope and always had a smile on his face.
The Japanese troops on Lijiapo did not notice that they were digging tunnels, and probably the Japanese thought they were digging tunnels at this time.
Unfortunately, old devil Yamazaki was completely wrong.
Yamazaki Yehei looked a little confused when he heard Yamashita's shouting. His Chinese writing was only half-baked.
So he didn't understand what Ding Wei said, but when he wanted to find someone who was proficient in Chinese, he heard familiar Japanese again.
This time he didn't need an interpreter, but when he heard clearly what was being said below, Yamazaki Yehei's nose almost became angry.
"Bagaya Road, these damn guys!" Yamazaki Yehei shouted, just about to order the artillery to attack and kill the group of people who insulted him.
But before he could give the order, Yamazaki Yehei suddenly saw overwhelming grenades flying towards their position.
When Yamazaki Yehei's attention was attracted, the soldiers finally dug the tunnel and successfully arrived 30 meters away from Yamazaki's brigade without any effort.
Hundreds of soldiers picked up grenades one after another and threw them desperately towards the position where Yamazaki Brigade was.
The successful digging of the tunnel indicates that there are cracks in the horn defense established by Yamazaki Yehei.
The originally unbreakable fortification began to fall apart instantly from this crack.
Within a few minutes, hundreds of grenades hit the Yamazaki Brigade's position.
Lijiapo is a large piece of flat land, not very big at all. If a grenade explodes in such a small area, the damage caused can be imagined.
Yamazaki Yehei squatted in a tunnel, looking at the grenades that kept hitting him, his eyes widened.
To him, this was all incredible.
How did Tubalu do it? He arrived in front of his own position without any sound.
Rumble~
A violent explosion sounded on the Lijiapo position.
Wave after wave of explosions continued, and the red flames instantly engulfed Li Jiapo's position, and the smoke rising from the ground directly enveloped Li Jiapo's position.
Thousands of grenades exploded at the same time, directly blowing up the Japanese soldiers on Lijiapo.
A mess in the true sense of the word.
The Japs on Lijiapo's position didn't even have a chance to fight back.
At least three to four hundred Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces in the explosion just now. The largest Japanese corpses in the position were only the size of a palm.
The defensive position built by Yamazaki Yehei was directly destroyed by the bombing, and it is difficult to see the original appearance of Qi.
Gunpowder smoke kept billowing on the Lijiapo position, and the screams of the Japanese could be heard in the thick smoke.
"Comrades, charge!" Ding Wei roared and jumped out of the tunnel first, holding a machine gun in his hand and pouring bullets into the smoke.
A dazzling tongue of flame spurted out from the muzzle of the gun in an instant, and the Japanese soldiers who had been bombarded for a long time were swept to the ground by machine gun bullets as soon as they climbed out of the trench.
Hundreds of soldiers followed Ding Wei and plunged into the smoke.
Seeing the sudden intrusion of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese soldiers on Lijiapo were all dumbfounded. They were obviously stunned for a long time without any reaction.
They were probably stunned by the bombing, and then they suddenly saw people rushing towards them, causing their brains to shut down for a moment.
The Japanese were stunned, but the Eighth Route Army would not give them a chance to react.
Noisy gunfire sounded instantly.
The soldiers held rifles in their hands and kept shooting at the Japanese soldiers in the tunnel.
Ding Wei held a machine gun and swept down the Japanese soldiers in front of him to the ground one after another.
With a gun in hand, Ding Wei would not be stupid enough to fight hand-to-hand with the Japanese. If a problem could be solved with a gun, Ding Wei would never be stupid enough to use a knife.
When the last machine gun bullet was empty, Ding Wei picked up a 38-meter cap on the ground and stabbed a Japanese soldier who was charging towards him to death.
"Bagaya Road!" Just as Ding Wei sheathed his sword, two more Jaap soldiers rushed towards Ding Wei, howling.
"Captain!" Wu Ding saw this and rushed forward.
He had just arrived here not long ago, and he didn't want to see Ding Wei being picked to death on the spot.
But Wu Ding obviously thought too much.
But Ding Wei remained calm in the face of danger, and in an instant he knocked the two Japs to the ground.
As soon as Wu Ding ran to Ding Wei, the two Japs were already dead.
The leader of the group is a bit interesting.
Wu Ding was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Ding Wei to kill three Japs so easily.
Moreover, the moves of his leader are quite a bit like the sword-breaking technique.
Naturally, what Ding Wei was doing was the Blade Breaking Technique. This was the reward given by the previous system, but Ding Wei never had much time to use it.
Although the Blade Breaking Technique uses a broadsword, for an expert like Ding Wei, the tricks are very simple for him.
Even if you are holding a bayonet, you can still exert the power of the edge-breaking sword technique.
"Captain, what a great effort." Wu Ding couldn't help but praise.
"The good news is yet to come." Ding Wei said with a smile.
With that said, Ding Wei yelled at the top of his lungs: "Listen to me. If you encounter the old devil Yamazaki, keep it for me. Don't let anyone do anything to me. I will have a good fight with him."
While he was talking, two more Japs rushed toward Ding Wei.
They still had military ranks on their shoulders, and at first glance, they were actually two majors.
They were holding command knives in their hands, with some blood stains on the edge. When they saw Ding Wei's dress, they were stunned for a moment, and then revealed a sinister smile.
"Xinei!"
The two of them shouted in unison and charged towards Ding Wei with their swords raised.