Youmo Jingsan also dissuaded him: "Your Excellency, you can't fly anymore."

After a pause, Yusue Seizo said again: "Last time you personally flew to Northwest Shanxi to carry out air reconnaissance, and the Ministry of War and Your Excellency the Prime Minister were extremely angry when they found out. If you insist on going your own way this time, then I, the Deputy Chief of Staff There is no way to do it, and we can only report this matter to the Ministry of War and His Excellency the Prime Minister.”

"There is Mo-kun, and I don't want to go." Neiji Okamura said with some helplessness, "But the 1st Division and the 28th Division have obviously encountered new situations that have never been seen before. Nakazawa-kun and Ishiguro-kun are here The explanation was not clear in the telegram, so I had to go to the front line to conduct on-the-spot investigations in order to obtain timely and accurate first-hand information."

After a pause, Ningji Okamura said again: "You Mo-kun, you know that if we fail to grasp the situation in time, there is a high possibility of misjudgment, which will cause unpredictable consequences on the battlefield."

Yusue Seizo said: "Your Excellency, otherwise I will go to Northwest Shanxi."

"No, I'll go." Neiji Okamura didn't want to say that it's useless for you to go, but said tactfully, "Youmo-kun, you are best at overall planning and coordination, so you should stay at the headquarters to coordinate the participating divisions Bar."

"Okay then." Yusue Seizo was obviously convinced, and said again, "But you must be careful."

"Youmo-kun, don't worry, I don't want to be enshrined on the wall of the Yasukuni Shrine so early." Neiji Okamura smiled, then turned to Nakamura Moritaka and said, "Nakamura-kun, please."

Nakamura Shengxiao said helplessly: "Alright then, but this is the last time."

"Of course, of course." Neiji Okamura smiled, "I promise this is the last time."

Watching Neiji Okamura leave, Arisue Seizo turned his head and told the communications section chief: "Order, the 1st Division and the 28th Division will suspend their attack, and they will attack again in about an hour and a half, and this time they will attack with all their strength."

"Hayi!" The head of the communications section paused.

……

Neiji Okamura took off from Beiping Nanyuan Airport at [-]:[-] a.m. in a Mitsubishi [-] reconnaissance plane piloted by Nakamura Moritaka, and flew over Yezhugou in Northwest Shanxi at about [-]:[-] a.m.

At this time, the 1st Division happened to attack Yezhugou Fortress again.

Because the front army command issued a strict order, the attack was very strong.

This time, the 1st Division not only invested four squadrons on the hillsides on the left and right sides, but also invested two infantry squadrons plus a tank squadron in the middle.

It's just that the Japanese army's attack on the middle road was later.

It was not until the left and right Japanese troops crossed the ridgelines of the hillsides on both sides that the two infantry squadrons of the central Japanese army attacked along the road under the cover of a tank squadron.

The 1st Division really paid for it this time.

So Neiji Okamura saw everything he wanted to see.

In order to see more clearly, Neiji Okamura asked Nakamura Moritaka to lower the height to 500 meters.

From a low altitude of 500 meters, Okamura Ningji could see clearly that when the Japanese army launched an attack, when the three Japanese troops from the left, middle and right broke into the defensive position of the Eighth Route Army at the same time,

A shocking scene appeared immediately.

Countless firepower points suddenly appeared in the originally silent wild boar ditch.

Seen from the ground, the hillsides on both sides of Yezhugou actually have a drop, and there are ravines in the middle, and the entire terrain is separated from each other.

But Neiji Okamura looked down from the sky, but it was a two-dimensional figure.

Therefore, given the visual effect of Ningji Okamura, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army's machine guns is more intensive and more terrifying.

In the field of vision, along the left and right sides of Yezhugou Canyon, at a depth of about 100 meters from north to south, at least two hundred firepower points suddenly appeared.

Okamura Ning times did not count,

No time to count at all.

But based on years of experience, he can judge that the Eighth Route Army has at least two hundred firepower points!

More than two hundred firepower points fired wildly at the middle canyon and the opposite hillside, not only forming intensive crossfire on the middle canyon, but also forming cross protection on the opposite hillside.

In other words, the devils attacking from the left hillside will be shot and killed by the firepower from the right hillside.

The devils advancing from the hillside on the right will be shot and killed by the firepower from the hillside on the left.

The devils and tanks advancing from the middle of the canyon will be covered by cross-fire from the left and right sides at the same time.

In addition to light and heavy machine guns, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army also had artillery. It was these artillery that posed a fatal threat to the Japanese tanks advancing in the middle.

Just when Nakamura Moritaka drove the Mitsubishi Type [-] reconnaissance plane over the low altitude for the second time, Okamura Neiji clearly saw through the porthole that more than a dozen Type [-] light tanks advancing along the middle road had basically It was destroyed, but the two infantry squadrons, and the four squadrons on either side of the hillside, were still advancing.

At this time, a scene that surprised Neiji Okamura even more appeared.

As the Japanese army advanced, more machine gun firepower appeared in the depths of the canyon.

Originally, some firepower points were close to Taniguchi, but after the Japanese attacking troops moved forward, these firepower points basically lost their effect, so they stopped shooting one after another.

However, in the depths of the canyon, a large number of machine gun fire emerged from the originally empty hillside, causing continuous damage to the advancing Japanese infantry.

After barely advancing about 200 meters, the six infantry squadrons that were put into the attack finally couldn't hold on.

Because more than half of the six infantry squadrons participating in the attack had suffered casualties, it was pointless to continue advancing.

Therefore, a captain of the team decisively issued an order to retreat, and the Japanese infantry who received the order immediately retreated along the original road like a tide.

At this time, the Type [-] reconnaissance plane passed over the Yezhugou Canyon for the third time.

Through the porthole, Neiji Okamura suddenly discovered that the firepower point on the hillside deep in the canyon had stopped firing, but the firepower point near the valley mouth opened fire again, causing continuous damage to the retreating Japanese army.

Watching groups of Japanese soldiers fall to the ground under the crossfire of the Eighth Route Army, Neiji Okamura's face sank.

However, the casualties of these Japanese soldiers were not worthless. At least it helped him figure out the defensive deployment of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Yezhugou. It was not easy!

Whoever came up with this defensive deployment is a genius!

……

Half an hour later, in Anhua, the Shanxi Northwest Column Command.

Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Li Yunlong were gathering in the battle to chat with the brigade commander.

As the commanders of the three detachments of the regular army, Li Yunlong and the others are relatively free now.

While the three of Li Yunlong were chatting with each other, Cheng Yue hurried in and reported: "Commander, I just received a call from the first and second detachments. This attack is very powerful, not only six infantry squadrons have been invested, but also a chariot squadron is responsible for guiding it!"

"Huh?" Kong Jie's expression froze when he heard the words, and he asked again, "What happened? Did you keep it?"

Li Yunlong scolded angrily: "Idiot Kong Er, do you have donkey hair plugged in your ears? Xiaoyue said directly when she came in just now that the devil's attack has been repelled. Do you think you have defended it?"

"Oh, yes." Kong Jie slapped his forehead and said mockingly, "Look at my memory."

Ding Wei asked: "Xiaoyue, what about the results? How many devils were wiped out in the two battlefields?"

Cheng Yue replied: "A total of more than 2000 devils were killed and 21 tanks were destroyed."

"Good job!" The brigade commander said happily, "Adding yesterday's three thousand, that's five thousand!"

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "More than 5000 devils were killed in less than two days. At this speed, one division is enough for the local troops to fight in six days, and eight divisions is one and a half months. This does not require our regular army Take action, and the local troops of the two military divisions will easily clean up the eight divisions of Neiji Okamura."

"What are you thinking?" Ding Wei said angrily, "Is it really stupid to think of a devil?"

The brigade commander also said: "The devils have suffered such a large loss in the past two days because they haven't learned how powerful the collapse-style fortress built by Xiao Wang is, but now that they have tasted the power, it is impossible for them to be brainless again." Strong attack, so it will definitely not be possible to have such a big result in the future."

"That's okay." Li Yunlong said, "As long as these four fortresses can help our three military divisions hold back the devil's four elite divisions, that's enough."

"That's right." Kong Jie also said, "The remaining four divisions will be handed over to our regular army. The performance of our regular army can't be worse than that of the local troops, right?"

"But it's strange, why haven't the other four divisions come yet?" Li Yunlong said impatiently, "Watching the local troops slaughter there, our regular army can only sit by and stare. Mom is not a problem, Brigadier, why don't we replace the local troops first?"

"Shut up." The brigade commander scolded, "What's the matter here, really."

After a pause, he said again: "Ningji Okamura has called back eight divisions to sweep up. Are you afraid that there will be no battle to fight?"

Chapter 545 The Plan Does Not Change Fast

"Brigade Commander, that's exactly what I said."

After being scolded by the brigade commander, Li Yunlong felt at ease.

To be honest, Lao Li would feel bad if he didn't get scolded by the brigade commander every day.

While speaking, Xing Zhiguo, who is also the Minister of Logistics, hurried in with a look of dust on his face.

"Brigade Commander." He called out to the Brigadier Commander, and Xing Zhiguo handed over a report to the Brigadier Commander to sign.

The brigade commander glanced at it, then couldn't help but let out a hoot, and said with a smile: "How come the output in these three days has suddenly increased, and 20 rounds of ammunition and 5000 rounds of shells have been reloaded?"

"Let me see." Li Yunlong hurried forward.

But Xing Zhiguo said with a smile: "Brigade Commander, the cadres and workers in the arsenal heard that the devils have come to attack the door. The soldiers on the front line are anxiously waiting for ammunition, so they are all spontaneously working overtime."

The Brigadier took out a pen from his jacket pocket and signed his name.

At the end, he told Xing Zhiguo to say: "Don't put this batch of ammunition in storage, and send it directly to Yezhugou Fortress and Killing Zhukou Fortress. These two fortresses have consumed a lot in the past two days."

"Yes." Xing Zhiguo took the report and turned to leave.

Watching Xing Zhiguo leave, Li Yunlong suddenly laughed twice.

"Li Yunlong, what are you so silly about?" The brigade commander couldn't help cursing again, "Eating bee droppings again?"

"Brigade Commander, I just feel that our life is getting more and more prosperous now." Li Yunlong smiled, "I remember when the 26th Brigade first entered Shanxi in the 4000th year of the Republic of China, there were only more than 2000 people in the whole brigade. There are only more than [-] rifles, only a dozen light machine guns, not a single heavy machine gun, let alone cannons.”

"There are still bullets. The whole brigade adds up to less than [-] rounds of bullets."

"The average machine gun has less than a hundred rounds, and the rifle has less than ten rounds."

Speaking of this meal, Li Yunlong grinned again and said: "But now, our 5th Brigade has developed into two columns. The regular army alone has more than [-] people, and the local armed forces and militias have more than [-] people." Ten thousand!"

"We have all the weapons and equipment, not to mention the Japanese equipment, and the American equipment is also used."

"There is still ammunition. In just three days, our own arsenal has reloaded 20 rounds of ammunition and an additional 5000 rounds of shells. We no longer have to calculate the amount of ammunition we used to fight wars."

"Yes, what Lao Li said is right." Kong Jie knocked on the pipe and said with emotion, "I, Kong Jie, have never fought such a battle for wealth in my life. Going back two years, I can't even dream I never thought it would happen today.”

Ding Wei said: "Don't talk about two years, if you go back for a year, you wouldn't dare to think that you will have today."

The brigade commander took the opportunity to whip him and said: "Now that the army has grown stronger, the weapons and equipment are better, and there is no need to calculate the amount of ammunition to fight the war like before. If our Shanxi Northwest Column does not have a decent record, the head of the headquarters and If the folks in the base area don’t talk about us, they won’t be able to get over this hurdle in their hearts, right?”

Li Yunlong said proudly: "Brigade Commander, just watch."

Ding Wei said: "This time, the devil will definitely be unable to eat and walk around."

Kong Jie said: "Even if you die, let Neji Okamura peel off his skin!"

"Okay, I'll remember that." The brigade commander nodded happily.

……

Near noon, Neiji Okamura returned to the headquarters from Nanyuan Airport.

As soon as he entered the war room, Okamura Ningji said to Yusue Seizo: "Yusue-kun, call all the colleagues in the combat department immediately, and discuss important matters."

You Mo Jing said: "Your Excellency, it's time for lunch, how about having lunch first?"

"Don't eat for now." Neiji Okamura said in an unquestionable tone, "The plan has not changed quickly. I discovered an important piece of information during this aerial reconnaissance. Our sweeping plan must be adjusted."

Yumo Seizo didn't dare to say any more, and immediately summoned all the staff members of the combat department.

Facing the combat staff who surrounded him, Neiji Okamura pointed to the sand table and said, "I went to Northwest Shanxi for reconnaissance this time, and I discovered a very important piece of information."

"The fortress built by the Eighth Route Army in Yezhugou is very unusual."

"They dug anti-tank trenches and deployed anti-tank cones on the road in the middle of the canyon, but they didn't deploy even a single firepower point, nor did they build a bunker."

"Their firepower and bunkers are all hidden on both sides of the canyon."

"The hillsides on both sides of the canyon are densely packed with bunkers."

"Just 200 meters deep at the front of the canyon, at least two hundred firepower points were discovered."

"However, the entire canyon of Yezhugou is at least 2000 meters long. According to this firepower density, there are at least [-] bunkers or firepower points on both sides of the canyon!"

"Such a large number of firepower points not only completely locked the canyon,"

"It can also perfectly avoid the coverage of the heavy artillery firepower of the imperial army!"

"Because most of the bunkers or firepower points are built on the reverse slope of the mountain."

Speaking of this meal, Neiji Okamura sighed: "This is simply a genius idea, and it will abolish the imperial army's advantage in heavy artillery firepower!"

"Your Excellency, isn't that right?"

Yusue Seizo immediately questioned: "There are only [-] firepower points in Yezhugou? Then the three dangerous places of Shazhukou, Yelangyu and Xijikou must have the same number of firepower points."

"In this way, it means that there are at least [-] firepower points."

"But the question is, does the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army have so many machine guns?"

Speaking of this meal, Yusue Seizo went on to say: "The [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army won many battles and seized a lot of weapons from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army, but their total number of machine guns will never exceed two thousand. , so even if all [-] machine guns are deployed in the four outer forts, each fortress can only get [-] machine guns, how can there be so many [-] machine guns?"

The dozen or so combat staff officers present also nodded one after another, thinking that Mo Jingsan's analysis made sense.

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