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In the early morning of September 9, the shelling of the artillery companies of the 8th Brigade had already stopped. After all, mountain artillery also needs rest. If it fires continuously for too long, the gun barrel will not be able to withstand the high temperature and high pressure and will be damaged.

Although the troops had strong logistics, they could not withstand the continuous firing of 72 artillery pieces throughout the night.

In order to completely confuse the Japanese, Liu Quanhua ordered the troops to take turns to rest and attack the city gate in different orders, but they were all just pretend and did not get too close, so the losses were very small.

As for the heavy firepower of the Japanese at several city gates, they were not completely eliminated, making the Japanese think that their troops were stopped by several heavy firepower points, so they did not dare to attack.

Although there are big flaws in doing so, the Japanese had to believe it, because no matter what, all they could do was wait, even if there was a conspiracy.

"Oh, why haven't the Japanese reinforcements arrived yet? My patience is almost exhausted!" Liu Quanhua yawned and complained.

A battalion commander at the side said: "Brigade Commander, this can't be blamed on the Japanese. We are fighting a blitzkrieg this time, and the Japanese's reaction ability is not that strong. We have to give them time to hurry!"

Liu Quanhua seemed to have thought of something and let out a long sigh. "Alas, ever since the Japanese invaded our Tang Dynasty, our Tang Dynasty army has been defeated! Our Tang Dynasty army's soldiers are not bad, but they are lacking in equipment and mobility!

Now our 176th Division has turned the tables and is suppressing the Japanese. I still haven’t gotten used to it after so long!

If the Marshal had such equipment, our thousands of brothers wouldn’t have been able to… Alas…”

The battalion commander was also a veteran of the Xu family army. After listening to Liu Quanhua's words, he sighed: "Yes, if our Tang army had the firepower of our 176th Division, Fuso, a tiny country, would not dare to enter our Tang even if he had ten times the courage!"

As he spoke, a communicator beside him put down his walkie-talkie and reported: "Brigade Commander, the observation post has sent information that a small group of Japanese troops were found 5 kilometers south of the fork. There are more than 1000 Japanese and puppet troops in total, and they are not carrying heavy weapons."

Liu Quanhua was immediately overjoyed, but soon lost his smile: "There are only 1000 people, and there are puppet troops!"

Battalion Commander: "Brigade Commander, what should we do? Should we fight this group of enemies? Our battalion can guarantee that the battle will be resolved within 15 minutes!"

Liu Quanhua: "Let's do some appropriate sniping. Our goal is to attract the main force of the devils and give them a fatal blow. There is no need to wipe out the Japanese puppet army with only 1000 people and no heavy firepower. Otherwise, it will attract the attention of the rest of the devil's support forces and they will know that we are deliberately targeting them.

Which troop is stationed at the fork in the road?"

Battalion Commander: "The 666th Regiment is responsible for Jiaquan, Gaohedian, Duandian and some important roads in the north and east of Linfen. The 667th Regiment is responsible for the area south of Linfen, and the first and second battalions of the 667th Regiment are responsible for the forks."

Liu Quanhua: "Well, give the first battalion an order to send a small force to snipe this group of devils. Don't use heavy weapons first, slowly consume the devil's troops, and make the devil think that our outer defense line is not strong. Then find an opportunity to open a gap for the devils to pass through, and use heavy firepower to attack them when the devils are about to get close to Linfen.

This will avoid the Japs' suspicion and inflict heavy damage on them!"

"Yes!" The communicator received the order and then used the walkie-talkie to issue orders to the first battalion!

The temporary command post of the 388th Brigade was in Bozhuang, near Xiangling, where the safety factor was the highest. Only the Third Battalion of the 667th Regiment was here to snipe the Japanese reinforcements from Xiangling and Fencheng.

The brigade already has a chief of staff, and the chief of staff of the 388th Brigade, Fang Yue, is responsible for the command of the 666th Regiment and temporarily serves as the regiment commander.

He also received news from time to time that small groups of Japanese reinforcements were approaching. They were all Japanese from the vicinity of Linfen, and most of them were puppet troops.

These Japanese and puppet troops had received death orders to support Linfen as quickly as possible at all costs, so they did not carry heavy weapons, and some did not even carry heavy machine guns.

If it weren't for the soldiers led by Liu Quanhua, they didn't communicate, they thought the same as Liu Quanhua, and Fang Yue also used the same method as Liu Quanhua.

So by noon, more than two-thirds of the small groups of Japanese reinforcements that were approaching from several directions were wiped out, and most of the rest entered Linfen City with injuries to participate in defending the city.

We must not let the Japanese's hopes be completely shattered. We must make them feel that there is still a chance and a breakthrough, so that a steady stream of troops will be sent in later.

Just when the 388th Brigade was expecting support from the main force of the Japanese enemy, the 664th Regiment in Pu County started fighting fiercely.

In order to prevent the enemy from detecting the 388th Brigade's actions in advance, the attack was not launched until the 388th Brigade reached the middle of Pu County and Linfen last night.

Since the last Battle of Meidongshan, the defensive fortifications outside Pu County and Xiangning were almost destroyed, and only one tenth of the remaining troops were left. The Japanese were preparing for the Battle of Tiaoshan and had not yet sent any reinforcements.

Therefore, the offensive of the 664th Regiment went very smoothly. When the 388th Brigade arrived at the vicinity of Linfen, they had completely occupied several fortresses including Xueyi and Jiangjiayu, and launched an attack on Pu County overnight.

Pu County is different from Linfen, so it doesn't matter even if it is captured. Moreover, they are close to the Meidongshan headquarters and have fast logistical support, so the artillery battalion of the 665th Regiment launched several fierce bombardments on Pu County in the second half of the night.

Three of the four walls of Pu County were bombed into pieces, and Xu Le also arrived at the Bosi River in the direction of Pu County from the mountain village in the morning.

"Captain Zhen, the 665th Regiment needs to sniper the Japanese reinforcements, and can't spare the troops to attack the city! If I let you lead a battalion to attack the city, with the cooperation of the 665th Regiment's artillery battalion, how long will it take you to capture Pu County?"

Xu Le said to Zhen Zhiying who was accompanying him that he had not slept the whole night just thinking about whether it was necessary to change the battle plan and whether to take down Pu County!

Later, he decided to capture Pu County and cut off the traffic between the devils and western Shanxi, so as to increase the safety of Meidong Mountain.

Previously, he had only planned to stay in Meidong Mountain for a maximum of two months before leaving, but the profits from the iron mine were so great that he couldn't bear to leave.

The troops still had to leave, but he wanted to preserve the iron mine and continue mining it to provide a steady supply of military merit points.

But in this case, the safety of the iron mine must be guaranteed. After all, not too many troops will be left here in the future.

That's why he temporarily decided to take over Pu County. As long as Pu County was under the control of the 176th Division, Meidongshan could rest assured!