Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

After firing only three missiles, the Japanese artillery shells started to attack shortly after they withdrew.

If we were a step late, the entire artillery company would have suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese troops in front of the western position were immediately stunned by the first wave of bombing.

Not to mention the Japanese troops close to the position, most of them were bombed to pieces by the soldiers of the first battalion and there were few left unscathed.

Then, gunshots began to rang out throughout the front line.

Light and heavy machine guns began firing, continuously killing the Japanese troops in front of the position.

With the fire suppression of the Third Battalion, the Japanese troops in the front lost more than 300 people, and the Japanese troops behind retreated again.

When Ishiguro Sadanzo saw this scene, his expression suddenly became serious.

It seemed that there was no problem with the attack of the First Battalion just now. At the same time, the position on the opposite west side had been plowed by the Locust Army. Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army on the position did not suffer much damage at all.

Ishiguro Sadanzo thought for a while and decided to let the first battalion continue to attack the position on the west side, while the second battalion began to attack the town opposite.

At the same time, the third battalion bypassed Guanglu and began to scout southward along Gaoyu in the east.

According to Ishiguro Sadanzo's guess, if there was also an Eighth Route Army blockade in Gaoyu to the east, he would have to report it immediately to the division commander and request reinforcements.

After all, the Eighth Route Army's occupation of Ci County had caused the Pinghan Line to be interrupted in Ci County.

At this time, two trains of supplies shipped from the Northeast to Wuhan were piled up at Handan Railway Station.

If we continue to waste time like this, I'm afraid the South will have to urge us to hurry up.

As Ishiguro Sadanzo's order was issued, the 762nd Regiment and the Japanese Second Regiment began to engage in continuous fire.

The Japanese army launched several subsequent attacks, but each time they were beaten back by the Eighth Route Army on the opposite position.

At the same time, a huge bomb dropped from the sky from the opposite side from time to time, causing a huge explosion in the Japanese attacking team, lifting up all the Japanese soldiers within dozens of meters around.

Suddenly, all the attacking Japanese troops began to become timid.

After all, no matter how excitedly someone shouted to charge forward, they had already been taught a lesson by the previous explosive packs.

As for allowing the Japanese troops on the front line to attack under artillery bombardment, the current situation is not serious enough for them to start attacking at all costs without caring about accidentally injuring their own troops.

An hour later, Ishiguro Sadazo received a report from the Third Battalion.

When the Third Battalion was taking a detour through Gaoyu, it was ambushed by a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, after a tentative attack, the Third Battalion found it difficult to break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army opposite.

When Ishiguro Sadazo saw this news, he immediately realized that things were getting serious.

It was obvious that the Eighth Route Army troops on the opposite side were well prepared to stop the locust army.

What exactly did the Eighth Route Army troops in southeastern Shanxi want to do? They deployed such strong firepower to stop the locust army from advancing southward. This was definitely not just their intention to cut off the Pinghan Road.

Immediately, Ishiguro Sadanzo ordered the frontline troops to launch a tentative attack and prepare for defense, and then reported the news to the commander of the 14th Division, Kenji Doihara.

At the same time that Ishiguro Sadanzo reported the news to Doihara Kenji, Doihara Kenji also received a telegram requesting help from Colonel Morita Norimasa, commander of the 15th Regiment of the 28th Brigade in Anyang.

Morita Fanzheng reported in the telegram that in the morning, after Anyang received the news that Ci County was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, it sent a large brigade of locust troops to the north for support.

However, after the first battalion left the city, the locust army's strongholds around Anyang began to be attacked by local armed forces.

At the same time, when they arrived at Jiangwucheng Station, they were ambushed by three regiments of the Eighth Route Army. The entire brigade was wiped out, and the brigade they sent out to support was also half-crippled and retreated to Anyang.