After a pause, he continued, "As for the other divisions, the three together may not be able to defeat the division that participated in the Battle of Songhu."

He Jingzhi said: "Even if this is the case, it is not such an exaggeration to mobilize ten divisions, right?"

Liu Fei said: "Ningji Okamura was probably out of caution. To mobilize one or two divisions is to die, and three or four divisions may not be sure to win, so the old devil simply mobilized ten divisions."

Bai Jiansheng said: "Weizhang is right. If I were Ningji Okamura, I would do the same thing. For opponents like Chen Gen and the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, we can't give him any chance. We must hit him with a stick." kill!"

Chang Kaishen said: "So Okamura Ningji can beat the [-]th Brigade to death with a single stick this time?"

Bai Jiansheng said: "Chairman, don't worry, the [-]th Brigade is absolutely doomed this time."

"Yes, the [-]th Brigade is definitely over this time." Liu Fei nodded and said, "If only facing the encirclement and suppression of four to five Japanese divisions, the [-]th Brigade actually still has a chance, but now Faced with the encirclement and suppression of ten divisions, including a heavy armor division and a tank division, there is no way to fight this battle."

He Jingzhi said: "That's why you say that the Eighth Route Army is stupid. What are you trying to do?"

Chang Kaishen said: "Telephone Wang Jiatang and continue to pay close attention to the progress of the battle."

"Yes!" Tang Zong slapped his leg, turned around and hurried back to the communication office.

……

The 1st Division has set up a barracks outside the north gate of Nao County.

The infantry of the 1st Engineer Regiment and the various infantry regiments are going all out to build camp fortifications.

This is an old tradition of the Japanese army. Whenever they go to a place, whether it is offensive or defensive, the first thing to do is to build fortifications.

As a heavy armored division, the scale of the camp was beyond imagination, with a radius of nearly five kilometers. This was due to the constraints of the terrain, otherwise the camp could be expanded to more than ten kilometers.

The 1st Division is still a heavily armed division with more than 2 people.

Mitsuo Nakazawa climbed a hill surrounded by Chief of Staff Manzo Takahashi and several combat staff officers.

This hill is in the middle of the entire camp, and within two kilometers are the camps of the 1st Division, so there is no need to worry about safety, and the view on the hill is also very good.

Therefore, Sanfu Nakazawa built an observation post on the top of this hill.

Standing at the observation post on the top of the mountain, you can clearly see the north gate of Nao County.

However, it is limited to the city gate and the northern city wall, but the urban area is covered by the city wall and cannot be seen.

Mitsuo Nakazawa couldn't help turning his gaze to the heavy artillery camp about 500 meters away to the left, and saw a sounding hot air balloon rising slowly. It was a sounding hot air balloon of the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.

There is a hanging basket under the hot air balloon, and in the hanging basket there are gun mirrors and an observation team.

The task of this observation team is to measure the target parameters and to correct the shooting elements.

Mitsuo Nakazawa asked: "Mr. Takahashi, when will the artillery positions of the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 1st Field Artillery Regiment be ready?"

Takahashi Mitsuzo said, "Probably around noon."

"Yo Xi." Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded happily, "Notify the 1st Infantry Regiment not to build fortifications, and let the imperial soldiers rest for a few hours, so that they can regain their strength and prepare for the first wave of attack."

Mitsuzo Takahashi said: "Division Commander, the 1st Infantry Regiment suffered the most casualties in the battle at Yezhugou, so should the 49th or 57th Infantry Regiment go first this time?"

"No." Mitsuo Nakazawa said decisively, "The first shot must be fired by the 1st Infantry Regiment."

"Hai!" Takahashi Mitsuzo paused, motioning for the messenger to send orders to the 1st Infantry Regiment.

……

In Nao County, inside the underground shelter.

Ding Wei said: "Guard, pour another bowl of cold water."

After finishing speaking, Ding Wei said to Feng Xianghe and more than 30 wolf warriors: "Eat slowly, don't choke."

Feng Xianghe took a big bite of the pancake and asked with a smile, "Head, can you reward us with a bite of sweet potatoes?"

"You boy, you must have been a drunkard in your previous life." Ding Wei cursed with a smile, and then said, "Guard, go and burn Lao Tzu's pot of sweet potatoes."

The guard quickly brought up a pot of sweet potatoes.

Feng Xianghe shared half a glass with each of his team members, and immediately enjoyed a mouthful of pancakes and a mouthful of shochu. He felt that there was nothing more joyful in life than this.

While eating, Li Xiaoxian hurried in.

"How is it?" Ding Wei asked, "Chief of Staff, have the devils started to attack?"

Li Xiao first said: "No, the devils are busy building fortifications, and their artillery positions have not yet been constructed, so I don't think they will attack this morning."

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang was right when he said they were groundhogs. Whenever they go to a place, the first thing the devils do is always to build fortifications. This time in Nao County is no exception."

After this pause, Ding Wei said again: "If the devil doesn't come, let's go! Give the devil a blow first!"

"Ah?" Li Xiaoxian was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "Captain, the devils are attacking us now, what are we going to do outside the city without defending the city?"

"You don't understand this, you can't stick to the old rules in war." Ding Wei said, "Who stipulates that defensive wars can't take the initiative to attack? Chief of Staff, remember that offense is the best defense! Blindly defending can only be defending." Death, only with offense in defense can the enemy be afraid, and even sleep at night with eyes open!"

Having said that, he paused, and then said, "Have all the artillery emplacements on the city wall been repaired?"

"It has been repaired a long time ago." Li Xiaoxian replied without thinking, "The inner walls are all put back."

As early as five days ago, Ding Wei ordered Li Xiaoxian to personally take charge of a project, which was to dig twelve mountain artillery positions on each of the four walls of Nao County.

It was similar to the layout Chu Yunfei made in Heyuan County back then.

It's just that Chu Yunfei asked Xiu to shoot, and the shooting hole was opened towards the city, that is, a hole was dug at the root of the city wall and the mountain cannon was placed inside.

But Ding Weixiu's shooting holes were opened outwards.

It is to dig through the city wall more than ten meters thick, and open a shooting hole on the outermost side, which is equivalent to transforming the city wall seven or eight meters high and more than ten meters thick into a huge fortification.

"That's good." Ding Wei said, "Let the artillery push all the 12 mountain cannons to the north wall."

"Let the artillerymen wash the devil's ground first, and while the artillerymen are washing the ground, let the 1st Battalion move quietly from the tunnel to the periphery of the devil's camp, and launch a surprise attack as soon as the shelling stops!"

After a pause, Ding Wei said again: "Tell the 1st Battalion Commander to bring as many grenades as possible, and throw all the grenades on the devils' heads in the shortest possible time. After throwing them, quickly withdraw from the original tunnel. You can't be dragging your feet, let alone be greedy for meritorious deeds, otherwise the military law will be followed!"

……

In Anhua, Wang Huaibao also had the same confusion.

"Captain, the devils are attacking now." Wang Huaibao said, "We are defending."

"What's wrong with the devil's attack?" Li Yunlong stared, "For the sake of the battle, we can do nothing but attack. If you don't dare, I will let Shen Quan go!"

"Don't, Captain, don't." Wang Huaibao said hastily, "I won't bother Lao Shen to take action on this matter."

"That's fine, you two regiments hold tight." Li Yunlong said, "I have already greeted the artillery battalion. When the time comes, the artillery battalion will first send a wave of artillery fire to the devils to wash the ground, and then you will continue to attack."

"Remember, the point of this counterattack is to be fast, the action must be fast!"

After a pause, he warned again: "Leave when you're done beating, absolutely don't let the devils haunt you!"

"Yes!" Wang Huaibao snapped to attention, and said again, "Leader, just watch. If our Second Regiment can't beat the devils out of the shit this time, I, Wang Huaibao, will take their surname."

"Okay, there is some momentum."

Li Yunlong said, "Go."

Wang Huaibao turned and left.

……

At this time, in Ping'an County.

Guan Dashan approached Kong Jie and suggested, "Headman, while the devils have just arrived and their foothold is not stable, should we beat him first to give them a blow?"

"No." Kong Jie said, "Our second detachment has to deal with devils from Dagu Town and Qingyun Town. The pressure is even greater than that of Lao Li and Lao Ding. Our troops are precious and must not be wasted. "

"So, we have to be sure of the word here, you tell the heads of the regiments below,"

"Counter-assault is strictly prohibited during the battle. According to the deployment of the headquarters, use the preset fortifications in the city to kill and injure a large number of devils."

After a pause, Kong Jie continued: "I'm not Li Yunlong, nor Ding Wei. I don't seek to overwhelm the devils in momentum. A beautiful counterattack may gain the upper hand in momentum, but the loss is precious troops. We Don't do that kind of thing, I just need to hold my ground and prevent the little devil from crossing Ping'an County!"

After another pause, Kong Jie asked again: "Old Guan, are the defenses in the city ready?"

"Head, everything is done." Guan Dashan nodded and said, "Most of the houses have been reinforced with bricks or sandbags, and the houses at the entrance of streets and alleys have been reinforced with cement bricks to form blockhouses."

"Also, some residential buildings in the city were also demolished to form a separation zone."

"Ensure that even if the devils use sulfur bombs on a large scale, they will not burn the whole city."

After a pause, Guan Dashan continued: "Then the tunnel, the main structure has been reinforced with logs, even if it is bombarded by the Japanese heavy artillery group, or bombed by heavy aerial bombs, it will never collapse. "

"Okay." Kong Jie said happily, "Then it's all right."

Chapter 570

When Sanfu Nakazawa came down from the observation post, several orderlies had already set up the square-top tent of the division headquarters, and even set up the canvas table, canvas stool, and camp bed in the tent.

Knowing that Sanfu Nakazawa likes to drink tea very much, an orderly has even started to boil water.

Soon, the water in the stainless steel box started bubbling, and the orderly hurriedly took out the tea set and placed it on the canvas table, and took out the tea leaves to make tea for Sanfu Nakazawa.

As soon as the orderlies had finished making tea, Katsuo Miyamoto, head of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, and Yujiro Watanabe, head of the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, arrived hand in hand.

Sanfu Nakazawa smiled and said, "Miyamoto-kun, Watanabe-kun, do you smell the tea?"

"It's true." Yujiro Watanabe said, "I smelled the scent of tea outside the tent just now. If I'm not wrong, it should be West Lake Mingqian Longjing, right?"

"It seems that Watanabe-kun is also a member of this way." Nakazawa said happily, "Yes, it is the West Lake Mingqian Longjing, which was given to me by the Commander-in-Chief, and it is said that it is the new tea picked from the eighteen old tea trees. "

"Oh really?" Katsuo Miyamoto smiled, "Then we have to taste it."

After the two sat down, Mitsuo Nakazawa stood up and offered a small cup of tea to each of them.

While drinking, there was a faint bang sound outside the tent, which seemed to be an explosion.

Sanfu Nakazawa frowned, and said in a deep voice, "What's going on? Where is the explosion?"

As soon as the words fell, there were explosions one after another outside the tent, and some explosions were quite close, and even the ground under their feet trembled slightly.

"Baga!" Mitsuo Nakazawa's face immediately collapsed.

Immediately, the three old devils got up quickly and went outside the tent.

After coming out of the tent to see clearly, Mitsuo Nakazawa's expression became even more embarrassing.

Why?Because the southern edge of the camp being built by the 1st Division was actually within range of the artillery group of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, it had already been blown into a sea of ​​flames.

"Baga, what's going on?" Nakazawa's lungs were about to explode.

After hearing the news, the Chief of Staff Mitsuzo Takahashi hurried over to Mitsuo Nakazawa to admit his mistake: "Master, this is all my fault. It's because I didn't do my job properly that this kind of thing happened."

Sanfu Zhongze became more and more angry, and shouted, "I'm asking you, what's going on?"

"Hayi!" Takahashi Musashi paused and said, "Division Commander, that's the case. I calculated before stationing in the camp that the artillery from the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army would not be able to hit our camp from inside the city."

Sanfu Nakazawa said angrily: "Then what's going on now? Why can I fight?"

"Because the artillery of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is not in the city." Takahashi Musashi said, "They are hiding inside the city walls."

"What? Hiding inside the city wall?" The three old devils raised their binoculars at the same time when they heard the words.

Through the field of vision of the telescope, it can be clearly seen that there are indeed many shooting holes on the north city wall of Nao County, and dazzling red light is emitted from these shooting holes from time to time, obviously firing cannons.

"Damn it." Sanfu Nakaze gritted his teeth, "The [-]th Brigade is too cunning!"

"Yes." Katsuo Miyamoto also said sincerely, "Whenever we thought we were familiar with the tricks of the [-]th Brigade, they would immediately prove with new tricks that we were careless again. Nao County, along the way we have been plotted against by the [-]th Brigade countless times, it is really endless!"

Watanabe Yujiro also sighed: "I have never met such a cunning enemy."

"But fortunately, we still have the coordinated operations of the aviation unit." Nakazawa Sanfu said bitterly, "Although the sudden shelling by the 3th Brigade's artillery group caught the imperial army by surprise, they also exposed their position in this way. When the fighter group of the [-]rd Flying Division arrives at Nao County, they will be dead."

While speaking, the humming engine roared in the sky.

"Yo Xi." Nakazawa Sanfu said, "This is what the Chinese say about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here."

Katsutada Miyamoto also said proudly: "The fighter group of the imperial army came at the right time, and we can take this opportunity to destroy the artillery group of the [-]th Brigade left in Gu County in one fell swoop."

While speaking, the fighter jets in the sky have already launched a dive.

Accompanied by bursts of ear-piercing screams, fighter jets swooped down one after another.

Immediately, one after another, aerial bombs landed on the north city wall of Nao County, and then exploded with a bang.

In just a moment, the north city wall of Nao County and the entire city wall were engulfed by the flames produced by the explosion of the aerial bomb. After the flames, there was thick gunpowder smoke, which blocked the sight.

Under heavy bombardment by Japanese aviation,

The artillery of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army finally stopped cooking.

"Yoxi." Nakazawa Sanfu said happily, "It seems that the artillery group of the [-]th Brigade is over."

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