Bright Sword: Double penetration of the dealer, shocking Li Yunlong

"Order the artillery to harass the Japanese marching troops and prevent them from gathering superior forces to attack."

"Send a message to the forward positions at Dayukou Pass and Yunfengling."

"Tell them to properly arrange their soldiers for defense and not fall into the Japanese's strategy of wearing out their troops."

"It is important to finish the previous batch and then take a break."

"Also, contact Zuoyun County and have the new recruits be prepared to reinforce at any time."

At this time, the advantage of the independent regiment having reserve troops became apparent.

There is no need to be afraid of fighting the Japanese.

Both ammunition and manpower can be replenished in a timely manner.

"Boom boom boom..."

As time approached nine o'clock, a fierce battle broke out again at Dayukou Pass and Yunfengling positions.

More than 20,000 soldiers of the Eighth Division were divided into two groups and launched a fierce attack on the two positions at the same time.

"Fire flares to maintain visibility in front of the position."

At the Yunfengling position, Wang Huaibao could clearly see the densely packed Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain with a night vision telescope.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers walked lightly and continued to approach Yunfengling.

Following Wang Huaibao's order, the mortars in the rear fired dozens of high-lumen flares directly into the sky.

As the flares rose into the air, the swaying figures of the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain all appeared.

The soldiers who were on high alert on the position opened fire immediately after seeing the Japanese devils clearly.

In an instant, a torrential rain of bullets attacked the Japanese.

It immediately set off a bloody storm among the Japanese crowd.

After seeing that they were exposed, the Japanese soldiers no longer hid and launched an attack with loud shouts.

The 8th Division was one of the elite units of the Kwantung Army.

This is a time when morale is high.

However, they did not charge forward mindlessly, but skillfully used squad infantry tactics.

Use the bomb craters at the foot of the mountain as cover to counterattack while moving forward interactively.

The Japanese soldiers' shooting skills were very accurate and their counterattacks were very sharp, which caused some casualties to the Yunfengling position.

This also put considerable pressure on the Yunfengling position.

They could clearly feel that this group of Japanese devils were different from the Japanese devils during the day.

"Use smoke bombs to cover the charge, and kill them all."

As the sounds of grenade launchers and mortars continued, smoke bombs were released in front of the Japanese attacking forces, and the white-gray smoke quickly filled the hillside of Yunfengling.

The soldiers on the Yunfengling position also lost their vision.

"Increase the firepower and keep firing at the smoke."

"Order the mortar battalion to fire rapid fire at the smoke."

"Communicator, connect me to the artillery battalion, quickly!"

After seeing this scene, Wang Huaibao did not panic, but gave orders calmly.

The firepower advantage of automatic rifles, light and heavy machine guns is not so easy to make up for.

Even with the cover of smoke, the Japanese offensive momentum was temporarily suppressed.

In less than ten seconds, the signalman came running over with a walkie-talkie on his back.

"Commander, the artillery battalion is connected. It's Commander Fang."

Wang Huaibao picked up the walkie-talkie and said directly, "Captain Fang, do you see the smoke here?"

The voice of Fang Tianrui, the commander of the self-propelled artillery battalion, soon came over.

"I saw it. What's the situation over there? I can dispatch two companies of artillery to support you."

After hearing this, Wang Huaibao said happily, "Great! Tell your artillery to fire at the smoke. Make sure you aim carefully, and don't let the shells hit our own people."

Fang Tianrui felt a little unhappy when he heard this.

"What? Still don't trust our technology? Don't worry."

During the time when Wang Huaibao was talking on the phone, Japanese soldiers continued to rush out of the smoke and launched attacks on the Yunfengling position.

It can also be seen that this group of Japanese devils are indeed not simple.

"woo woo woo woo......"

However, their offensive momentum was soon curbed.

More than ten heavy artillery shells were fired at Yunfengling at once.

In an instant, a series of dense and shocking explosions broke out on the hillside.

The entire area was directly enveloped in the flames of the explosion.

Under the covering bombardment of heavy artillery, the Japanese attacking forces suffered heavy casualties.

As the sky gradually brightened, the battle that had lasted all night began to come to an end.

The 8th Division's offensive began around nine o'clock last night and lasted until after five in the morning.

Apart from leaving behind more than thousands of corpses, there was no gain at all. No Japanese army was even able to break into the independent regiment's position.

After a long period of high-intensity combat, the soldiers relaxed and lay down in the trenches to rest.

Bloodshot appeared in Wang Huaibao's eyes, his forehead was wrapped in a bandage, and blood scabs covered the right side of his forehead.

As the battalion commander, he was accidentally injured by shell fragments while participating in the battle last night.

Fortunately, he was lucky. If the shrapnel had been a little more off, it would have entered his temple.

He was now slumped in the trench, stubbed out his cigarette, stood up and shouted, "Don't go to sleep yet, breakfast will be here soon, eat first and then go to sleep."

"Where's the quartermaster? Serve the food faster."

Wang Huaibao didn't need to say much. He saw a group of kitchen soldiers wearing aprons carrying large barrels and moving through the trenches.

The aroma of the food immediately filled the entire position.

Because the battle at Yunfengling was quite difficult, the Army Aviation Battalion arranged several helicopters to deliver a batch of supplies in the early morning.

This batch of additional supplies mainly consists of meat buns.

Wang Huaibao took a few buns and began to inspect the position again.

"Everyone can eat as much as they want today. Take as much as you can. Don't worry about not having enough."

"These are all pure pork buns, without any vegetable leaves. Eat them all to your heart's content. I don't know when the Japanese will come again."

"All the soldiers in each company and platoon who smoke should go to the logistics department to get a pack of cigarettes."

After hearing Wang Huaibao's words, many soldiers cheered immediately.

At this time, the deputy battalion commander trotted up to Wang Huaibao and whispered, "Battalion Commander, the casualty report is out."

Wang Huaibao paused chewing the meat and asked, "How much?"

A trace of sadness flashed in the deputy battalion commander's eyes.

"We lost more than 300 soldiers in last night's battle, and there are more than 200 seriously injured."

“Why are there so many casualties?”

After hearing this number, Wang Huaibao was a little bit unbelievable.

Their two battalions combined have less than 2000 people.

More than 500 people were killed in the battle last night, which is a quarter of the troops, which is not a small number.

"This Eighth Division is somewhat different from the Japanese we encountered before. They are very powerful and are good at night combat. We still suffered a little loss in this regard."

"But the headquarters has already issued a notice that they will replenish us according to the number of troops lost."

Only after hearing this did Wang Huaibao breathe a sigh of relief.

Now that he has reinforcements, he will have enough confidence to stop the Japanese offensive in this battle.

They suffered such heavy casualties, so the Japanese casualties must have been quite heavy as well.

This can be seen from the corpses at the foot of the mountain that had not been carried away in time.

Temporary headquarters of the Eighth Division.

"Reporting to the division commander, the casualty report is out. Our army's casualties are 3754, with over 2800 remaining wounded and over 900 seriously injured."

"idiot!"

After hearing this number, veins on Shizuo Yokoyama's forehead bulged, and he stood up suddenly, looking very angry.

He had high hopes for last night's battle.

In the direction of Yunfengling alone, he deployed more than 6,000 troops, hoping to take it in one fell swoop.

Not only did the result fail to meet expectations, but they even failed to reach the Eighth Route Army's position.

It would have been fine if they hadn't touched it, but there were such heavy casualties.

Nearly four thousand casualties were a serious blow to the Eighth Division.

After all, the entire Eighth Division has only more than 20,000 people.

The casualties of these 4,000 people are equivalent to the strength of a full-strength regiment.

"Division Commander, is the plan proceeding as planned?"

After Shizuo Yokoyama calmed down, the chief of staff asked in a low voice.

Yokoyama Shizuo held his command knife, took a deep breath, and then said, "Continue. Let the 36th Division and the 14th Mixed Brigade continue the attack. We can't let them stop."

"At the same time, send a telegram to Datong Command, asking them to continue sending reinforcements."

"Forget it, I'll contact His Royal Highness myself."

After saying that, Shizuo Yokoyama came to the division headquarters hall and directly contacted Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry I've disappointed you."

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko on the other end of the phone wasn't angry. Instead, he said, "Don't blame yourself, Yokoyama-kun. If this independent group was so easy to deal with, they would have been eliminated long ago."

"A small setback is nothing to us, but I hope to hear some good news in the next battle."

"You're not contacting me now just to say sorry, are you?"

Yokoyama Shizuo immediately nodded and said, "Hi, Your Highness, according to my observation, the main force of the independent regiment has been drawn to Dayukou Pass. Zuoyun County must be undermanned."

"I think we can launch a general offensive in advance. If we attack the independent regiment from two directions, they will definitely not be able to withstand it."

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko on the other end of the line was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Mr. Yokoyama's suggestion is very good. I also think it's time to launch an attack."

"Even though some of our troops are not ready, it doesn't matter anymore."

"I have decided to launch a general offensive today."

"Two divisions of troops will arrive today. I'll leave that to Yokoyama-kun."

Yokoyama Shizuo took a step forward and immediately assured, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, there will be absolutely no mistakes on my part. I will personally chop off Li Yunlong's head and present it to you."

Two more divisions of reinforcements are about to arrive.

This news is exciting good news for the 8th, 36th and 14th Divisions.

At around seven o'clock in the morning, the 36th Division and the 14th Mixed Brigade launched another attack.

After a night's rest, the two Japanese armies went into battle with full spirits and high morale.

The soldiers of the independent regiment on the opposite side had just rested for a short while before they had to join the battle again.

Li Yunlong was not very worried about all this.

Because in the morning, good news came from the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

Because the battle broke out early at Dayukou Pass.

The boss decided to launch a general offensive in advance.

More than 120 people from the 129th and 20th Divisions plus local troops, a total of more than people will be deployed in this battle.

This time, the Eighth Route Army will appear in a brand new look.

This may be a big surprise for the Japanese.