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"In my opinion, the way the earthworks are being done, the casualties will only be higher."

"The devil's artillery is not bad. The artillery is extremely accurate. A single shell falling into a tunnel can kill or injure a group of people. Do you think your independent regiment has more people? Or does the Yamazaki brigade have more shells? "

"It's simple." Li Yunlong said, "We just need to dig a narrow tunnel."

A narrow tunnel is a trapezoidal tunnel with a narrow top and a wide bottom.

This kind of tunnel can effectively resist shelling, because it is difficult for shells to fall into the tunnel.

Cheng Shifa said: "Narrow tunnels are useless. Devils have infantry in addition to artillery. If I were Yamazaki Zhihei, I would join the infantry to counter-attack, rush to the top of the tunnel and stuff grenades down. How else can you break through?"

Li Yunlong couldn't help being stunned for a second when he heard the words, he hadn't thought about this question.

However, Li Yunlong reacted quickly, and immediately said: "Then use artillery to implement counter-suppression."

Cheng Shifa said: "It's probably useless to use artillery. How many shells does your independent regiment's artillery company have? Even if you use the column artillery regiment to support you, I'm afraid it won't last for a few minutes."

The Brigadier and Chief of Staff frowned subconsciously.

If the counterattack of the devil's infantry cannot be stopped, then the soldiers of the independent regiment digging the tunnel will be attacked by the devil's unscrupulous grenade, and the number of casualties will certainly not be small.

Just then, a voice came from outside the door.

"It's also simple. You can suppress the devil infantry with the firepower of heavy machine guns."

Accompanied by the words, Wang Ye strode in with a dusty body.

"Heavy machine gun?" Cheng Shifa said, "Xiao Wang, you probably don't know the terrain of Lijiapo?"

"How come?" Wang Ye smiled, "I just came from Lijiapo, how could I not know the terrain of Lijiapo?"

Cheng Shifa said: "Since you know the terrain of Lijiapo, how can you say what you just said? Use a heavy machine gun to suppress it? How to suppress it? Put the heavy machine gun on the ridgeline of the top of Lijiapo?"

"Haven't you ever thought that the fighters of your independent regiment's heavy machine gun company spent a lot of time lifting the heavy machine guns up and assembling them, but it is very likely that the devil's shells have already covered the sky before finishing a bomb guard Come here, Yamazaki Brigade not only has grenades, but also has two full squadrons of mortars!"

Wang Ye smiled and said, "Chief Cheng, I never said that the heavy machine gun should be placed on the edge."

"Not on the ridgeline?" Cheng Shi was stunned for a while and then said, "If you don't put it on the ridgeline, how can the heavy machine gun suppress the counterattacking devil infantry? Could it be that the bullets fired by the heavy machine guns of your independent regiment can still turn around? ?Ha ha."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Shifa thought it was funny, and laughed twice, but the smile on his face froze in the next second.

Because Wang Ye said to him very seriously: "Master Cheng, you are right. The bullets fired by the heavy machine guns of our independent regiment can really bend. In fact, the heavy machine guns of your 772 regiment can also bend."

"What did you say?" The smile on Cheng Shifa's face froze, with an expression of disbelief.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, the chief of staff and the brigade commander were also dumbfounded.

Wang Ye went on to say: "In addition to shooting in a straight line, heavy machine guns actually have a kind of overshooting shooting. In the Battle of the Somme, the German army concentrated 200 Maxim heavy machine guns and carried out overshooting shooting on the British tunnel positions four kilometers away. In half a day, 6 British troops were killed or wounded, which directly caused the British offensive to be aborted."

"Killed and wounded more than 6 British troops?" Cheng Shifa said dumbfounded, "Is it true?"

"I have a little impression." The brigade commander said, "When I was studying in Huangpu, I was introduced by a foreign instructor."

"Beyond the shooting method?" Ding Wei said, "Xiao Wang, you mean that the heavy machine gun can be used like a mortar? Shoot a curve and hit the reverse slope of the mountain?"

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "Not only the reverse slope, but also into the tunnel! In the Battle of the Somme just mentioned, 6 British troops were hiding in the tunnel when they were re-emphasized by 200 German Maxims." Machine gunned down."

"This is really unexpected." Ding Wei said, "I have learned a lot! There is also a new way of fighting!"

The brigade commander stood up and said, "Li Yunlong, the Yamazaki brigade will be handed over to your independent regiment."

"In addition, in order to strengthen the heavy machine gun firepower of your independent regiment, I will temporarily transfer the 772 heavy machine gun companies of the 9nd regiment, the new first regiment, and the new second regiment to the command of your independent regiment."

"With these 72 Type [-] heavy machine guns, it's enough for a devil to drink a pot."

Li Yunlong got up and said: "Brigade Commander, don't worry, the independent regiment will never lose the chain!"

Now, Cheng Shifa has nothing to say, what else can he say?Who told him not to have soldiers like Wang Ye?

However, Wang Ye said beyond shooting?Why don't I believe it?It depends on whether you can shoot it like a dog. If you can't shoot this transcendence shot, don't blame me for laughing at you.

……

On the way back to the independent group, Li Yunlong also had the same worry.

"Xiao Wang, is the beyond shooting you mentioned, true or false?"

"Don't be unable to fight at that time, making Cheng Xiazi a joke is the next thing, and the troops will be in trouble if they suffer a lot."

"Regimental Commander, don't worry." Wang Ye said solemnly, "The Transcendence Shooting Method is absolutely true, and it's as good as it gets. Besides, I went to the vicinity of Lijiapo to investigate just now, and I have even selected the position of the heavy machine gun."

"The straight-line distance from the Japanese army position at the top of Lijiapo is about four kilometers."

"There is a mountain between the two positions, and the devil will not know how he died when the time comes."

"Haha, that's good." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "In this way, we can carry out the soil work with peace of mind. Otherwise, if the little devil counterattacks, the situation will really be a little tricky."

……

Lijiapo, the Japanese army position.

"Second Lieutenant, please call the 1st Army Headquarters."

Holding a saber, Yamazaki Zhihei said proudly to the communication team leader: "Our Yamazaki troops have seized Lijiapo and built a complete fortification relying on favorable terrain."

After a pause, he continued, "One more thing."

"With the strong fortifications built by this army,"

"And the sufficient ammunition carried by this unit,"

"It is more than enough to stick to it for three days, and it is also possible to persist for five days."

"So, Commander, you can wait for two days until the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army gathers at the periphery of Lijiapo, and then concentrate the main force of the 1st Army to carry out an anti-encirclement against the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army."

Second Lieutenant Guizi copied the telegram, translated it into dotted characters and sent it out.

After sending the telegram, the second lieutenant Guizi led the communications troops to rush to repair the fortifications.

Since the Meiji Restoration era, the Japanese army has developed a fine tradition of advocating fortifications. When camping in a place, the first thing to do is to build fortifications around the camp. If you camp for more than three days, you can build a simple military camp. Even a small fortress can be built in half a month.

The devil's communication soldiers also need to repair fortifications.

However, Yamazaki Zhihei patted Lieutenant Kisui on the shoulder and said: "Second Lieutenant, you should sit down and rest for a while, the existing fortifications are enough, so you should save some energy, and wait for the main force of the 1st Army to come from here." When launching a counter-offensive from the periphery, we have to carry out a large-scale counter-attack against the Eighth Route Army, and we cannot sustain it without sufficient physical strength.”

"Hayi!" The devil's second lieutenant paused, and he really stopped repairing the fortifications.

After all, who really likes manual labor?

Chapter 149 Beyond Shooting

Taiyuan, the War Room of the 1st Army Headquarters stationed in Shanxi.

The huge sand table has been set up, and the two combat staff officers are doing the final finishing work.

The sand table presents the [-]-kilometer terrain of the Eighth Route Army headquarters at Daxia Bay.

The chief of staff of the 1st Army, Takashi Tanaka, stood directly in front of the sand table, looking with satisfaction at the masterpiece that the staff had spent two days and two nights building.

This sand table is truly a masterpiece.

Yoshio Shinozuka and Kazuki Yamamoto stood aside and talked softly.

Yoshio Shinozuka had a gloomy expression on his face, and Kazuki Yamamoto also had a serious expression on his face.

Takuya Mizuhara, the head of the Communication Section, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, the head of the Operations Section, stood on the other side of the sand table, with dignified expressions.

Only Yoshio Oshima, the intelligence section, leaned against the window and smoked silently, with an indifferent expression that had nothing to do with him.

The atmosphere in the entire war room was a bit heavy, because the Yamazaki Brigade had lost contact since diving into Taihang Mountain two days ago, and communication has not been re-established until now.

The two combat staff officers were busy talking in low voices.

"Is this the radio silence of the Yamazaki Battalion?"

"Enforced radio silence behind enemy lines is routine."

"The problem is that the Eighth Route Army is simply not capable of carrying out counter-telecommunication reconnaissance, and there is no need to implement radio silence."

"A rule is a rule, and it must be implemented. It cannot be changed just because the enemy does not have the ability to counter telecommunications."

"I always feel that there must be an accident in the Yamazaki brigade, otherwise there would be no news for two days."

"I don't think so. The Yamazaki Brigade is still an infantry brigade. Even if it is besieged by tens of thousands or even 10,000+ people from the Eighth Route Army, it will not fail to send out telegrams."

Listening to the two combat staff discussing there, Takashi Tanaka's face also collapsed.

"Enough." Tanaka Longji said with a dark face, "What are you two muttering about?"

"Hayi!" The two combat staff officers paused, shut their mouths and dared not say anything more.

At this time, hurried footsteps sounded suddenly, and a communications staff officer hurried in.

"General!" The communications staff officer walked up to Yoshio Shinozuka, stood up with a snap, and handed over the folder in his hand, "Urgent call from the Yamazaki brigade!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's expression lifted when he heard the words, finally there was news.

Tanaka Takashi and the staff present were also in high spirits.

Shinozuka Yoshio didn't reach out to pick it up, but waved his hand and said, "Read!"

"Hayi!" The communications staff opened the folder and read, "First Army Headquarters: After two days and nights of hard marching, our Yamazaki troops marched more than 1 kilometers and successfully arrived near Daxia Bay."

"However, the map provided by the intelligence section contains a lot of errors."

"Near Daxia Bay, there is a pass called Yixiantian."

"The map is not marked, which made our army's surprise attack fail."

It seems that shirking responsibility is a basic operation for both the national army and Japan.

Although the map provided by the intelligence section was wrong, it was not the map that caused the Yamazaki Brigade's surprise attack to fail, but the Yamazaki Brigade's ineffective combat.

But in this telegram from the Yamazaki Battalion,

The intelligence class became the backer for the failed surprise attack.

Fuyoshi Oshima's face immediately collapsed.

Can this kind of thing be blamed on our intelligence class?The map is not drawn by us.

Yoshio Shinozuka cast a cold glance at Yoshio Oshima, and said, "Go on."

The communication staff officer read again: "There was a key pass blocking the road before, and the eight-way chaser came again. Our Yamazaki troops had to turn around and stand near Lijiapo. Now we have built a solid fortification by virtue of the favorable terrain."

"It is more than enough to stick to it for three days, and it is also possible to persist for five days."

"The headquarters can calmly deploy troops to implement anti-encirclement against the enemy."

"The Great Japanese Empire, on board, His Majesty the Emperor, on board!"

"On June 15, Showa 6, the Yamazaki unit presents it!"

Shinozuka Yoshio waved his hand to signal the communications staff to step down, and asked, "Where is Li Jiapo?"

Oshima Yoshio immediately found Li Jiapo from the sand table, and said to Shinozuka Yoshio: "Li Jiapo is here."

After seeing the terrain of Lijiapo clearly, Shinozuka Yoshio finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Yo, the terrain of Lijiapo is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, Yamazaki-kun has a good eye."

Kazuki Yamamoto also said: "At least from the sand table, the top of the Lijiapo slope is a platform with a diameter of about 500 meters. If the Yamazaki Brigade can build the machine gun firepower behind the ridgeline of the top of the slope, it can effectively avoid the direct firepower of the Eighth Route Army. Countermeasures, then the chances of holding the position will be greatly increased, but I don’t know if the map is accurate?”

"This..." Yoshio Oshima was a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to answer in the affirmative.

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "No matter whether Lijiapo's terrain is as good as it is shown on the sand table, I firmly believe that the Yamazaki Brigade can hold Lijiapo's position for at least two days! We have enough time!"

After a pause, he continued: "Order, the 222nd, 225th and 237th Infantry Regiments immediately launch a centripetal attack on Lijiapo from Taiyuan, Pingding and Nao counties!"

"Before tomorrow evening, we must rush to the outskirts of Lijiapo,"

"Form an anti-encirclement against the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army on the periphery of Lijiapo!"

"In addition, report these situations to the North China Front Army Command. Your Excellency is very concerned about this battle."

"Hai!" Communications section chief Takuya Mizuhara paused, walked into the communication room with the manuscript he had just recorded, and sent telegrams to the various regiments participating in the war and the North China Front Army Command.

……

Neiji Okamura really cared about this battle.

Because this battle was fought according to Neiji Okamura's intention, the concept of the entire battle was proposed by Neiji Okamura, and the 1st Army was only executing it.

Therefore, no matter the victory or defeat of this battle, it will be remembered by Ningji Okamura.

As the so-called three fires of new officials took office, Ningji Okamura's first fire after he took office was in southern Hebei. He ordered the 110th Cavalry Brigade to intercept a small unit of the Eighth Route Army, but it turned out to be a black hole.

And this time the Battle of Daxia Bay was the second fire that Okamura Ningji burned.