"Our more than 1000 people were all exposed to the open area without any cover, and let the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army fire wildly and unscrupulously, and landmines exploded!"

There was a sound of breathing in the tent.

"The firepower of the Eighth Route Army is built on the cliff?"

"Did they dig fortifications in the cliffs?"

"How huge is that project? It is absolutely impossible to do it in a short time."

"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army started operating the fortifications of Shuiyao Mountain very early?"

"In this case, I'm afraid this battle will be difficult to fight, and it will be difficult for the imperial army to attack."

"Yes, the Eighth Route Army also has landmines modified with 150mm caliber high-explosive grenades!"

"Enough!" Maeda Tadanobu stopped the officers from whispering, and wrote another question, "Ono-kun, do you still remember the terrain in Suiyao Mountain? Can you draw a schematic diagram?"

"Hai." Koji Ono said, "It should be possible."

Yuta Tsuchiya handed Koji Ono paper and pencil.

Koji Ono began to draw a schematic diagram while thinking about it.

Ono Koji's stick figure drawing is actually pretty good, he has drawn the topography of Shuiyao Mountain in all directions, at least he has drawn the ring-shaped mountain range shaped like a well.

There are also shooting holes chiseled on the cliff.

Seeing the paintings drawn by Ono Koji, Maeda Tadanobu's heart sank involuntarily.

Yuta Tsuchiya and the dozen or so officers present also gasped, for they were in big trouble.

The terrain of Shuiyao Mountain is so long, it is simply a natural fortress, there are only two ways to attack by force, one is to attack from the sky, and the other is to attack from the mountain pass.

There are only mountains and roads connecting the first line of sky, and heavy equipment cannot go up at all.

Moreover, the terrain on the front line is narrow, and the troops cannot be deployed at all, and there is basically no condition for a strong attack.

If it is necessary to attack by force, it will become a squadron-by-squadron refueling tactic, and the Eighth Route Army is the happiest.

The terrain of the mountain pass is spacious and flat, even tanks can drive in, but the problem is that after entering, there is a large flat land with a diameter of 500 meters and no cover!

There is a large area of ​​houses under the cliff in the southwest corner, but what's the use?

Because the Eighth Route Army hid on the cliff opposite, the firepower point was also built on the cliff.

The infantry support firepower of the 2nd Guards Division, whether it was curved firepower or direct firepower, could not hit the Eighth Route Army's firepower points hiding on the cliffs.

Just outrageous, there is no more outrageous terrain than this.

At this moment, Maeda Tadanobu was so angry that he really wanted to scold his mother.

I have fought for most of my life, but I have never encountered such a strange terrain.

After a while, Tadanobu Maeda breathed a sigh of relief, and told Yuta Tsuchiya: "Tsuchiya-kun, please dictate this sketch hand-drawn by Ono-kun to the headquarters of the 1st Army."

"Hay."

……

According to Yuta Tsuchiya's dictation,

Ryuichi Sakamoto, who knew a little about stick figures, quickly restored the terrain of Shuiyao Mountain.

Seeing the topographic map of Mount Suiyao drawn by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yoshio Shinozuka felt chills in his heart. Isn't such a terrain impeccable?This is trouble!

The dozen or so staff officers present also looked confused.

There is such a wonderful terrain in this world?

Except for the fortifications of Yixiantian, almost all the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army were built inward?Almost all firing holes are also drilled inwards?How to play this?

The heavy artillery of the Japanese army couldn't use their strength across the mountains.

You can't directly blow down the mountain of Shuiyao Mountain, can you?

Bombing with aviation is not enough, because it is difficult for aerial bombs dropped from high altitude to accurately hit the shooting holes on the cliff. The dive fighter is fine, but after diving down, I am afraid that it will not be able to pull up, so the result can only be one for one. Isn't it crazy to exchange a fighter jet and a pilot for one firepower point of the Eighth Route Army?

After a while, Shinozuka Yoshio said quietly: "The topography of Shuiyao Mountain reminds me of a proverb in China, a lion bites a hedgehog, and there is nothing to say! It's really nothing to say!"

Ryuichi Sakamoto's expression moved and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, this terrain actually has weaknesses."

"Oh is that so?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked with a look on his face, "Sakamoto-kun, what's your weakness?"

"Water source!" Ryuichi Sakamoto said in a deep voice, "According to the information provided by the 2nd Guards Division, there is no water source in Shuiyao Mountain, so as long as the imperial army implements a long-term siege on Shuiyao Mountain, the Eighth Route Army will be trapped to death sooner or later."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and said, "It snowed in Taihang Mountain last night."

Mizuhara Takuya immediately echoed, "Yes, the Eighth Route Army can get snow water, so why is there a shortage of water?"

"Taking snow-melted water is not a long-term solution." Sakamoto Takashi said, "What's more, how much snow is left in the mountains?"

"Before the 2nd Guards Division attacked, it first covered the mountain with a round of artillery fire, and then the Eighth Route Army detonated hundreds of mines converted from artillery shells buried in the ground."

"If there is no accident, there should be no snow in the mountains at this moment."

After a pause, Ryuichi Sakamoto continued: "Experiments by Unit 731 have proved that a person can survive for at most half a month without food, but without drinking water, they can only live for at most three days!"

"Even if there is snow, at most it will last for a few more days."

"So if there are no accidents, the Eighth Route Army will last for a week at most."

Hearing this, Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes finally regained their spirits, will it only take a week?

Ryuichi Sakamoto said again: "However, there must be a prerequisite for this, that is, the Eighth Route Army must obediently stay in Shuiyao Mountain. If they move, they will lose this opportunity."

"Transfer?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "Will the Eighth Route Army transfer?"

"I think the possibility is very high." Ryuichi Sakamoto said, "The reason why the Eighth Route Army chose such a terrain is to block the 2nd Guards Division with the help of a line of sky terrain, and then concentrate the main force to wipe out the encirclement and suppression forces on the western front. , but they did not expect that Your Excellency the Commander would concentrate so many troops."

"Then, after discovering that the fighter plane has been completely lost,"

"According to the consistent style of the Eighth Route Army, transfer is a high probability event."

"They will definitely leave Shuiyao Mountain and continue to run around in the Taihang Mountains."

"Then, mobilize the imperial army while scurrying around, and then look for new fighters from it."

Hearing this, Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly smiled slightly and said, "No, they probably have no chance."

"Nani?" Takashi Sakamoto was taken aback when he heard the words, and then suddenly asked, "Your Excellency, Commander, are you talking about the heavy snow?"

"Yes, this heavy snow!" Yoshio Shinozuka smiled, "This heavy snow has covered the entire Taihang Mountains with ice and snow, not only making the road more difficult to walk, but more importantly, no matter whether people or beasts pass by, They will leave clear traces on the snow, if the Eighth Route Army leaves the steep Shuiyao Mountain at this time, how can they hide their whereabouts?"

"Before, what the imperial army was most afraid of was the division of the Eighth Route Army, because the Eighth Route Army was familiar with the terrain. Once the troops were divided, the imperial army would have no way of tracking them."

"But now it's no longer possible."

"No matter what the Eighth Route Army does now, it is impossible to hide from its tracks anymore."

"The imperial army's pursuit troops can find them along the tracks on the snow and destroy them."

"So now, when the Eighth Route Army divides its forces, the Imperial Army can follow suit. If the Eighth Route Army gathers its troops, the Imperial Army can also complete the gathering faster than the Eighth Route Army! There is no need to worry about being defeated by the Eighth Route Army one by one."

Speaking of this meal, Shinozuka Yoshio said again: "Of course, if the Eighth Route Army didn't escape and retreated back to Shuiyao Mountain obediently, then there would be no such risk."

"Suoga!" Sakamoto Ryuichi nodded happily.

"It seems that the Eighth Route Army really can't escape this time."

"I'm afraid it is." Shinozuka Yoshio said with a slight smile, "Immediately call the Tsuda Detachment and the 2nd Guards Division and ask them to step up the construction of fortifications and be prepared for a long-term siege."

"Hai!" Inoue Jing paused and returned to the communication room.

……

A line of heaven and earth.

Worried that the poisonous gas in Shuiyao Mountain had not been completely dissipated, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment held on for more than three hours on the ground outside the first line of sky, and did not retreat to Shuiyao Mountain through the first line of sky until it was almost dawn.

As soon as he entered, he saw corpses covering almost the entire circular flat ground.

Moreover, almost none of these corpses are complete, and they are all stumps.

More than 500 landmines modified from 150mm caliber high-explosive grenade detonated simultaneously in an area with a diameter of 500 meters, and its lethality can be imagined.

This is completely saturated firepower delivery.

The effect is also great, the little devil was blown up badly.

There was also a strong smell of blood in the air, making people dizzy.

Soldiers from Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, the Independent Regiment, and the New 1st Regiment hurriedly put on their gas masks.

Then one battalion was left to guard the sky, and the other troops returned to Huangyang Cave along the Huabi Highway.

Due to the high terrain of Huangyang Cave and the closed interior space, it is difficult for outside air to flow in, so there is no need to worry about the residue of mustard gas, so there is no need to wear a mask.

Li Yunlong took off his mask and shouted, "Old Kong? Xiao Wang?"

Wang Ye was not in sight, but Kong Jie turned out from behind a mountain of wooden crates.

Kong Jie was still holding a seized aluminum lunch box, which was still steaming.

"Haha, today's breakfast is noodles, and it smells delicious."

"Old Kong, you are so caring, you know that Lao Li is hungry."

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he snatched the lunch box from Kong Jie's hand.

By the time Kong Jie reacted, the aluminum lunch box had already been in Li Yunlong's hands.

At that moment, Kong Jie could only scold, "What's the matter with your reincarnation of a starving ghost?"

But Li Yunlong couldn't care less about cursing back, and ate the hot noodle soup in a huff.

Ding Wei looked around and asked, "Old Kong, where is Xiao Wang? Why don't you see Xiao Wang?"

Kong Jie smirked at the opposite mountain top and said, "I took a few people to the top of the mountain to observe the enemy's situation."

"What? How dangerous is it to go up to the top of the mountain in this snowy day?" Ding Wei gasped, "Is he not afraid of falling?"

"Old Ding, you think too much." Li Yunlong said disapprovingly, "At the beginning of the year, Xiao Wang and the others specially chose heavy snow days to train rock climbing. It's like walking on flat ground with bare hands, it's really f*cking scary."

While talking, the cook from the cooking team had already brought a big bucket.

Inside the bucket was hot noodle soup with shredded donkey meat.

This guy, the soldiers who had been starving all night long started to build.

Mr. Wang from the cooking class squatted beside him with a pipe in his mouth and looked at the soldiers with a smile.

"Slow down, eat slowly, don't choke, I'll continue to cook if it's not enough, Xiao Wang said, take care of enough!"

While speaking, there was a rumbling roar outside the cave, and the soldiers who were eating noodles immediately gave their hands a meal.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Li Yunlong waved the chopsticks in his hand and said, "It's the little devil's reconnaissance plane. It shouldn't be able to drop bombs, and I'm not afraid of dropping bombs."

……

Really a scout plane.

At dawn, two Type [-] land attack aircraft took off from Taiyuan's Xincheng Airport.

After nearly half an hour of flight, the two attack planes flew over Shuiyao Mountain.

It snowed heavily in the Taihang Mountains for half the night last night, but it cleared up at dawn, and now the sky is clear, and the blue sky seems to have been washed by water.

There are no clouds or haze, and the line of sight is very good.

Such weather is the most friendly to reconnaissance aircraft.

Looking down through the bombing observation hole of the attack aircraft, I saw that the entire Taihang mountain area was completely covered by white snow. In such heavy snow weather, there would be no trace of it.

The scouts on the attack plane easily found a large number of footprints beyond the sky.

All the footprints and traces of the battle are concentrated in an area of ​​three kilometers to one kilometer, and extend all the way to the vicinity of the first line of sky in Shuiyao Mountain.

In addition, Shuiyao Mountain is also a mess.

But there are huge explosion craters everywhere in the circular area.

The severed limbs and remnants of the fallen imperial soldiers could also be faintly seen, and the scene was extremely bloody.

Turning your gaze to a further distance, you can see that two Japanese troops are building fortifications in Daxiawan and Yiyitianwai respectively, and they are ready to stick to it for a long time.

The information was quickly sent back to Taiyuan.

……

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