As the enemy's bunkers built at street corners and commanding heights were destroyed one by one.
The main force of the new regiment quickly entered the city and started street fighting with the Japanese, fighting for it street by house.
About half an hour later, the Japanese plane arrived as scheduled.
The Japanese plane first circled around the city wall, only to find scattered Eighth Route Army soldiers, and was suddenly not interested.
Then, the Japanese planes spread out in all directions, looking for a new group of heavy artillery positions around Heyuan County.
But this time.
The heavy artillery of the new regiment has already been pulled in the direction of Anhua County and Ping'an County.
The Japanese plane only saw densely packed machine guns on the ground around Heyuan County, numbering in the hundreds.
In the headquarters.
Li Yunlong held up his binoculars and looked at the Japanese planes that wanted to fight or not. He said in a disdainful tone: "This little Japanese plane can't be arrogant in front of our new group."
Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo grinned slightly.
They both knew very well that the Battle of Taiyuan frightened the Japanese Army Aviation Force, which led to the Japanese aircraft not daring to act recklessly.
If it hadn't happened before, the Japanese planes would have swooped down after smelling the smell, and would have swooped down and fired at the ground troops.
"Most of the Japs' planes have been circling in the sky outside the West City. They are probably looking for our heavy artillery positions."
Political Commissar Zhao put down the telescope and said.
The location of the headquarters is very hidden. In addition to using a camouflage net, it is also covered with a layer of branches and weeds, and then covered with soil, making it no different from the surrounding areas.
Moreover, there are four 37mm anti-aircraft guns and more than 20 machine guns protecting it.
As long as there are no carpet bombings by Japanese planes, the headquarters of the New Regiment will be safe.
Commander Li Da said: "Next time, let's ask the carpenters to get some fake heavy artillery and place it there to attract the Japanese planes to attack, and then use anti-aircraft guns and machine guns to shoot down the Japanese planes."
There were only about 20 Japanese planes this time. Li Yunlong was too lazy to withdraw the artillery like the last battle in Taiyuan, and then placed the cannons there for the Japanese planes to blow up, and then machine-gunned the Japanese planes.
The last battle was due to time constraints, but this time there is plenty of time, so the new group can take their time playing with the Japanese.
Zhao Gang asked: "Then why don't you make some fake cannons this time?"
"Didn't you forget because you were busy this time?" Li Yunlong glanced at the sky and said.
Zhao Gang smiled and said nothing.
The Japanese plane failed to find the heavy artillery position of the new regiment, dropped some aerial bombs at high altitude, and then flew away in despair.
The aerial bombs dropped were not very accurate and caused some damage to the machine gun building, but the damage was very small.
Heyuan County.
In a hidden house, the command post of the Japanese 36th Division.
Ishikawa Shuizhi reported to Jingguan Renhui: "Report to the division commander that the aviation force has left and the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery position has not been found."
"The Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery positions were not found?" Jingguan Ren asked, "What about the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery positions and 105mm howitzer positions?"
"We didn't find it either." Ishikawa Jisui replied, "The pilot flew the plane very high. Due to the anti-aircraft firepower of the new regiment, the pilot did not dare to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance. Yesterday, a reconnaissance plane was shot down."
Hearing this, Jingguan Ren was furious: "Baga, the aviation force is a bunch of rubbish. The empire has raised a bunch of rubbish for nothing. How can we not find such a big target?"
"There is nothing we can do about this." Ishikawa Zishui said helplessly, "These heavy artillery must be Li Yunlong's treasures. They will definitely move and hide them before dawn for fear of being attacked by the Imperial Army's aviation force."
"What we are most afraid of now is that Li Yunlong will use these large-caliber heavy artillery to deal with the 222nd Regiment and the 223rd Regiment that are reinforcing us."
"Li Yunlong's large-caliber heavy artillery must be maneuvered by trucks and can move 30 kilometers in an hour."
Jingguan Ren's face suddenly darkened when he heard this. A full three hours had passed since Li Yunlong's large-caliber heavy artillery ceased fire.
At this time, Li Yunlong's large-caliber heavy artillery was either dozens of kilometers away, or was used to block reinforcements.
However, knowing that Li Yunlong was likely to surround the point for reinforcements, Jingguan Ren had no choice but to order the 222nd and 223rd Regiments to come for reinforcements.
Last night, the Japanese army fought hard with the Eighth Route Army at the city wall. Most of the machine guns and machine gunners were wiped out, resulting in heavy losses.
At the moment, the soldiers of the new regiment are frantically fighting in the streets with the Japanese army, fighting house to house and street to street.
The weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the New Regiment were much more sophisticated than those of the Japanese soldiers. They were all equipped with submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles. Hand grenades and grenades were powerful and had sufficient ammunition. The Japanese soldiers were at a disadvantage.
If reinforcements are not called, the 36th Division Regiment Headquarters will be destroyed by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
This is conspiracy, knowing what will happen, but Jingguan Ren has to do it.
Seeing Jingguan's silence, Ishikawa Zhishui thought with his eyes, and then suggested: "Division commander, the Eighth Route Army has not attacked the East City Gate, which shows that the Eighth Route Army has insufficient troops. I suggest breaking out from the East City Gate and then turning to Taiyuan. As long as we can break through successfully,
The 22nd Regiment and the 223rd Regiment do not need any more reinforcements."
Ishikawa Harishui was already a little dissatisfied with Iseki Ren, but he did not dare to show it on his face.
If we had quickly abandoned the city after discovering something was wrong last night, how could the current situation have happened?
But Jingguan Ren waved his hand and said: "Ishikawa-kun, I dare to bet you that there must be heavy troops from the Eighth Route Army outside the East City, waiting for us to break out."
"Then we can't sit still and wait for death." Ishikawa Zhi Shui said, "The Eighth Route Army has good weapons and equipment. If this continues, it will only be a slow death. We can't put all our hopes on the 222nd Regiment and the 223rd Regiment. The Eighth Route Army will probably send troops to stop the attack.
, we must take action.”
At this point in the battle, it was already clear to Jingguan Ren and Ishikawa Zhi that Li Yunlong wanted to kill the 36th Division.
"Of course we have to take action." Jingguan Ren said coldly, "I have admired Li Yunlong's name for a long time, and now Li Yunlong comes to visit in person. Wouldn't it be rude if I don't know how to greet him?"
Ishikawa Harishui was stunned when he heard this and said in a confused tone: "Your Excellency, division commander, what do you mean?"
"It's very simple, make a sound in the east and attack in the west." Jingguan Ren said, "Send a suspected soldier to break out from the east city gate. The momentum must be loud. The main force of the imperial army quietly gathered at the west city gate. I concluded that Li Yunlong's headquarters must be outside the west city gate. The division
The main force of the regiment breaks out from the west city gate and can also capture Li Yunlong's headquarters."
Ishikawa Harishui worriedly said: "But the houses in the direction of the west city wall have been occupied by the new regiment's troops. It is not that easy to stand out."
Jingguan Ren asked a combat staff officer to bring a city defense map, stared at the map for a while and said:
"Yamen West Alley, there are relatively few houses in this alley, but it is relatively close to the city gate."
"When launching a breakout, organize troops with strong combat effectiveness to retake this alley and seize the city from here. According to the aviation report, there are not many Eighth Route Army at the city wall, but there are a large number of Eighth Route Army outside the east city."
Ishikawa Zhishui was shocked by Iseki Ren's idea: "Your Excellency, division commander, I suggest that it is better to break out from the East City Gate. After all, the East City is still in our hands. If the breakout does not go smoothly, we will not be trapped."
A situation where the Eighth Route Army is attacking from two sides."
At this time, all the houses near the West City Wall were captured by the New Regiment, and at least 2,000 New Regiment soldiers poured in from the West City.
If a breakthrough is not successful and the main force of the Japanese army is outside the city.
After the Eighth Route Army reacts, they will definitely occupy the city wall and attack from both sides with the Eighth Route Army outside the city. Even Amaterasu will not be able to save them!
But Jingguan Ren shook his head and said: "The success rate of breaking through from the east and west is greater!"
Ishikawa Zhiyuan wanted to persuade him again, but Iguchi Ren's expression changed leisurely, and he ordered coldly: "Ishikawa-kun, execute the order, we only have one chance!"
In desperation, Ishikawa Zhishui had no choice but to pause and say: "Hi!"
Although Jingguan Ren's order was issued, the specific deployment of the battle, such as which troops will continue to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army, which troops will go out from the east gate to serve as cannon fodder to attract firepower, and which troops will follow the division and regiment headquarters to break out, still have to be controlled by Ishikawa.
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at the same time.
A Japanese Type 94 reconnaissance plane patrolled along the highway and flew over Onomura. The Japanese pilot discovered that there was a large cornfield below.
The Japanese pilot looked down from above and couldn't tell whether there was an Eighth Route Army ambush in the cornfield.
So the Japanese pilots swooped down in their reconnaissance plane.
Da da da…
The two 7.7mm machine guns under the wings screamed wildly, and the machine gun bullets they fired sank into the cornfield.
The 7.7mm machine gun bullets used by the Japanese reconnaissance planes are far more powerful than the 6.5mm Arisaka rifles used by the Sanba Daigai.
The rate of fire of the 7.7mm machine gun equipped on the reconnaissance aircraft is also far higher than that of the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
Under the heavy rain of bullets, five soldiers died on the spot, and three others were shot and wounded, bleeding profusely.
In addition to lying down in the cornfield to hide, each soldier also had weeds and branches hanging on his body, and a grass ring on his helmet to achieve the best concealment effect.
Eight soldiers were killed or injured in this round of Japanese shooting.
The Japanese reconnaissance plane turned around, swooped and fired at the cornfield again, and then turned around and continued flying towards Anhua County.
Fortunately, the soldiers' ambush was spread out and the casualties were reduced. The two rounds of strafing by the Japanese reconnaissance planes caused a total of more than a dozen soldiers casualties.
The soldier who was shot and wounded lay motionless on the spot like a rock. After the Japanese plane left, he let out a muffled groan when the roar of the plane could no longer be heard in his ears.
"Hygienist!"
Several veteran squad leaders saw a soldier in their squad being hit and quickly shouted loudly and pressed their hands on the soldier's wound.
Several health workers carrying medicine boxes quickly came over to treat the wounded soldiers.
A veteran squad leader found that the soldier under his command had been almost shot in two by machine gun bullets. The soldier had been killed in action.
"What a stupid little devil!"
The veteran squad leader cursed in the direction of the Japanese plane's departure, his words filled with killing intent.
The eyes of the surrounding soldiers were filled with murderous intent.
At the height at which the Japanese reconnaissance plane dived, the more than 70 machine guns of the Independent Regiment and the New Regiment's Seventh Division had a high probability of shooting it down.
It is not difficult to take down a Japanese reconnaissance plane, but once it is taken down, the ambush troops will also be exposed.
Therefore, Kong Jie did not order the machine gun battalion to open fire. In order to catch big fish, he tolerated the Japanese reconnaissance planes.
The damage caused by the Japanese aircraft to the soldiers would be recovered hundreds or thousands of times from the Japanese infantry!