Matsumasa Ayane said in a serious tone, "I order you to hold on to this place at all costs. I will dispatch reinforcements to you immediately."

After putting down the radio, he turned to the officer and asked, "Which unit is closest to the Meiyukou position?"

The officer took a look at the sand table and immediately replied, "Reporting to the brigade commander, the nearest ones are our 71st Regiment stationed in Zuoyun County, and there is also a regiment of the Imperial Army."

Matsumasa Ayane immediately ordered, "Order the 71st Regiment, except for the necessary defensive forces, to rush all other troops to Meiyukou to support the battle."

"Order the 27th Brigade to return the same way. No accidents must happen at the Datong Coal Mine."

At this moment, he also felt that he had been deceived before.

This was entirely a tactic of the Eighth Route Army to make a feint to the east and attack in the west.

Because according to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army in Datong mainly fights in small groups.

Once these Eighth Route Army troops encountered the main force, they would flee immediately without any intention of stopping to fight.

He was a little surprised at first.

Now it's not surprising.

The other party's target is not our side at all.

The purpose was to transfer the 27th Brigade and then attack Datong Coal Mine.

That is one of their most important resource bases in western Shanxi Province.

If something goes wrong here, the Datong Coal Mine will not be able to provide resources to the empire for at least three months.

"What a despicable, sinister, and cunning fellow, Bakayalu."

At this time, Yamamoto Ikki hurried in.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I heard that the Eighth Route Army attacked the Datong Coal Mine?"

Matsumasa Ayane nodded gravely and said in a deep voice, "That's right. The Eighth Route Army has mobilized its main forces and heavy artillery to attack the Datong Coal Mine. The situation is extremely critical."

"I have mobilized the 71st Regiment from Zuoyun County to rush to reinforce, and the 27th Brigade will also go to reinforce the battle."

"What's the current situation on the front lines?"

After hearing what Matsumana Ayane said, Yamamoto Ikki's heart skipped a beat. He always felt that something was wrong here.

Datong Coal Mine? Why did the Eighth Route Army choose to attack here?

However, after hearing Matsumasa Ayane's question, he immediately came to his senses and replied, "We have now blocked all the gaps, and the Eighth Route Army's offensive has weakened a lot. It seems that they have realized that they can't break out."

After hearing his reply, Matsumasa Ayane said to himself, "As expected."

As soon as Datong Coal Mine launched the attack, we immediately stopped the offensive.

Their target turned out to be Datong Coal Mine, damn it.

In Zuoyun County, the 71st Regiment immediately assembled its troops and set off after receiving orders from Datong.

Only one battalion of troops and a battalion of puppet troops were left to defend the city.

In the field outside Zuo County, Wei Dayong, lying on the snow and covered with camouflage clothes, saw this scene through a telescope and couldn't help but smile.

He said to the radio operator beside him: "Inform the commander immediately. The fish has been hooked."

"Notify the troops in the city and have them hide for me."

The inside is often the easiest to break through.

Previously in Ling County, it was their assault team that sneaked into the city and opened a gap from the inside to welcome the siege troops into the city.

This trick is still very useful, so they still used it this time.

The assault brigade has now grown to more than 200 people.

If there are too many people, the target will be too big. There are only more than 80 soldiers lurking in the city, which is enough.

At this moment, the main force of the independent regiment had already arrived at a mountainous area about 8 kilometers away from Zuoyun County last night and hid there.

The siege was commanded personally by Li Yunlong.

This time he brought three infantry battalions, two heavy artillery companies, an anti-tank battalion, a firepower reinforcement battalion and an air defense force.

In the direction of Datong, he left two battalions of troops to attract attention, and two infantry battalions led by Zhao Gang.

They will cooperate with the New 71st Regiment to encircle and attack the reinforcements, preparing to swallow up the st Regiment in one bite.

To ensure that there are no problems over there, quickly eat up this squadron.

Li Yunlong transferred the rocket artillery battalion and the tank battalion to take over.

Neither of these two battalions would be used in siege operations.

After all, they were facing a regiment of Japanese devils, with a total of 3,000 people, who should not be underestimated.

"Tell Lao Zhao the news. Once the battle starts over there, we will set out immediately to attack Zuoyun County."

"Pass my order, end the rest state and be ready to set off at any time."

"Yes, Commander!"

The 3rd Battalion, the 4th Battalion, the 1st Independent Tank Battalion and the 1st Independent Rocket Artillery Battalion led by Zhao Gang were lurking on a high ground between Zuoyun County and the Datong coal mining area.

Ding Wei's New Second Regiment was lurking on their left and right wings, responsible for blocking the 71st Regiment's forward and retreat routes.

The tank battalion's 20 tanks were lurking in a depression at the foot of the mountain, ready to attack and cooperate in combat at any time.

Their main task was to break up the Japanese army's formation and create opportunities for the troops to encircle and annihilate the 71st Regiment.

At the Meiyukou position, the Eighth Route Army's offensive forces continued to approach.

The Japanese army had to expose more firepower points to suppress the Eighth Route Army's offensive.

Some bunkers were also involved.

After the offensive was thwarted again, the New Second Regiment continued with the old method, looking for cover at or near the original location to engage in fire against the Japanese army.

The artillery in the rear increased the intensity of the bombardment.

Suppress the firepower of the Japanese positions and create opportunities for the anti-tank forces to attack.

One after another, the Red Arrow 8 anti-tank missiles whizzed out.

Basically, each one can destroy a Japanese firepower point.

More than two-thirds of the machine guns on the Japanese front-line positions had been destroyed.

As the intensity of artillery fire from the rear increased, the firepower on the Japanese positions was suppressed again.

After hearing the whistle, the two battalions of the New Second Regiment stood up again and launched a charge.

Under the tactic of coordinated infantry and artillery operations, the distance to the Japanese position was less than 100 meters.

"Blow the horn and charge!"

When the distance is so close, we can launch a charge directly.

“Tick-tick-tick-tick…”

As the charge sounded, soldiers jumped out of their bunkers and charged towards the Japanese positions with rifles in hand.

"Machine gun, set up a machine gun here and suppress the Japanese troops here."

As the Eighth Route Army launched its final offensive, the Japanese troops on the position did not care about casualties and came out to shoot.

However, the firepower of the individual soldiers of the New Second Regiment is much more ferocious than that of the Japanese 543.

"Da da da...."

"Bang bang bang..."

After turning on the full-automatic mode, the Type 56 automatic rifle demonstrated its powerful firepower advantage.

The charge formation of the New Second Regiment is also very interesting. It is the three-three tactics brought by Li Jingrong from modern time and space.

After Kong Jie learned it, he promoted this tactic to the entire regiment. This was also the first time this tactic was applied.

This three-three tactic is an infantry squad assault tactic with the squad as the core.

Each class is divided into three combat teams, each with three people.

The squad leader, deputy squad leader and group leader each led a group in a triangular attack formation.

The division of labor among the three soldiers is also very clear: attack, cover, and support.

Among them, the squad leader, deputy squad leader and assaulter serving as group leader carried Type 56 automatic rifles.

The remaining six soldiers carried Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.

The battle group composed of these three combat teams can effectively avoid causing too many casualties after encountering the enemy's heavy firepower advantage during the charge.

Moreover, this tactic is quite flexible and changeable, often producing miraculous results, and is known as the pinnacle of light infantry tactics.

These tactics are experiences gained through countless sacrifices and can be used directly.

Under the powerful firepower of the New Second Regiment, any Japanese troops on the position would be covered by dense rain of bullets if they counterattacked.

Soon the charging team approached the position within about 30 meters.

At this time, both sides could clearly see each other's faces.

"Drop the bomb, drop the bomb!"

At this time, the advantages of team tactics come into play.

The two combat teams in the rear fired at the front positions without caring whether there were Japanese soldiers in front.

The soldiers at the front took out Type 69 grenades and threw them directly.

Grenade after grenade fell accurately into the trench.

Suddenly, a bloody storm broke out in the trenches, and blood and flesh covered the trenches.

The Type 69 grenade has a very powerful charge, but its biggest drawback is probably that it is a bit heavy and you can't carry too many of them.

Under the suppression of grenades, the Eighth Route Army rushed to the top of the position trench at the fastest speed.

They fired a volley of bullets at the Japanese soldiers who were still alive in the trenches.

At this time, the advantages of the Type 56 automatic rifle came into play.

With the firing rate of a submachine gun and the power of a rifle, it easily wiped out all the Japanese in the trenches.

Unable to defer to the inevitable, the Japanese army began to hastily withdraw from their positions and move to the second line of defense.

"Report to the regiment commander, our troops have captured the frontier position at Meiyukou."

Kong Jie saw all of this and was still very excited.

He had been fighting for so long, but this was the first time he defeated a battalion of Japanese troops.

Moreover, they were the ones attacking, while the Japanese were responsible for defending.

Of course, he also knew that this was because of the independent regiment's heavy artillery and anti-tank units.

If it weren't for their fire suppression and quick clearing of the Japanese positions and fortifications.

Even if his entire team pressed forward, he would not be able to gain such an advantage.

"Order the troops to continue the attack and put more pressure on the Japanese."

"After the troops blocking the reinforcements start fighting, I will directly capture the Datong Coal Mine and rescue the people inside."

After the front-line position at Meiyukou was lost, cold sweat broke out on Yuhe Nagasawa's head.

Fortunately, reinforcements from the local garrison battalion arrived.

Otherwise, this second line of defense will also be lost.

"Quick, contact the 71st Wing and tell them that our frontier positions have been lost. Tell them to speed up their advance."

The commander of the 71st Wing was sitting in a car at the moment.

As one of the Class A combat units, the 16th Independent Brigade has a relatively high degree of motorization.

When he saw the telegram for help from Datong Coal Mine, he immediately became angry.

"This damn bunch of losers, more than 2,000 people, can't even hold a position. They are a disgrace to the empire."

He found it hard to imagine how these idiots had lost their position in such a short time.

The defensive fortifications of Datong Coal Mine are not weak.

"Pass my order to speed up the march and rescue those damn losers."

"Yes!"

The Japanese convoy increased its speed again.

At this moment, they no longer cared about the icy and slippery ground.

Fortunately, these soldiers' driving skills were quite good, so no car accident occurred.

Soon the 71st Regiment approached the ambush site.

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