Rise from the sword

Chapter 470 Devils: Who the hell could have imagined this!
"idiot···"

"A bunch of trash."

In Taiyuan, in the headquarters of the Japanese army, Yoshimoto cursed after giving the reinforcement order.

No way he wasn't angry.

When the news of the attack on Heyuan County reached him, Li Yunlong had already started the siege for an hour. How could he not be angry if he wasted an hour in vain!

and.

Li Yunlong dared to attack Heyuan County.

Did he eat the bear's heart and leopard's gall?
Could it be that the nearly ten thousand imperial troops in Ping'an County, as well as the large number of imperial troops between Ping'an County, Yu County, Pan County, and Niangziguan Railway Station, actually diverted to attack Heyuan County?
"Order the Yoshino United Team to support Heyuan County as quickly as possible."

After swearing, Gibbon emphasized again.

Compared with Ping'an County, which is close to the Zhengtai Line Railway, Heyuan County is not so important, but there is a small iron mine in Heyuan County, which can produce nearly [-] tons of high-grade iron ore every year. The largest grain-producing area under the jurisdiction of the First Army.

Of course, it is Ping'an County now.

Once lost, the commander of the front army must be held accountable.

In addition, there have been frequent public security issues in the area under the jurisdiction of the First Army recently, and there is almost no news. If this county is occupied by Li Yunlong, then he may have to step down and return to China for retirement.

In order not to step down, Gibbon mobilized three regiments of the Imperial Army and two regiments of the Imperial Association Army in one breath, with a total of 3000 reinforcements.

Especially this Yoshino United team, which Yoshimoto has placed high hopes on.

The Yoshino Regiment belongs to the 41st Brigade. Although it is not a first-line division, it is also a second-line elite division formed before the full-scale war.

After most of the first-line divisions were transferred to participate in the Southeast Asian and Pacific battlefields, the Yoshino Regiment was the strongest infantry regiment of the First Army, and it was also the biggest card that Yoshimoto held in his hand to deal with Li Yunlong.

To this end, he deliberately strengthened the Yoshino United.

Originally, the Yoshino Regiment's mountain artillery brigade had only eight mountain artillery, but it was increased to twelve mountain artillery, and all were replaced with the latest Type [-] mountain artillery, and the soldiers were also supplemented with the best soldiers.

"Hi."

The staff quickly passed the commander's news to the ears of Yoshino Osamu, the captain of the Yoshino Wing.

Outside Taiyuan City, between the roads leading to Heyuan County.

Yoshino Osamu who received Yoshimoto Teiichi's news flashed fiercely in his eyes, full of murderous aura.

Colonel Yoshino and the Yoshino Regiment under his command belonged to the First Army at the beginning of the war. He has experienced the Battle of Xinkou, the Battle of Taiyuan and other major battles without defeat, and the regiment under his command has never suffered heavy casualties.

Yoshino thought in his heart that his regiment was definitely not inferior to any field regiment that had always been in the first-line divisions.

But a year ago, General He Shinozuka attacked Shou County. That time, the Yoshino United suffered a lot of losses. There were a full brigade of casualties, and as many as 500 people were killed.

After experiencing it personally, Colonel Yoshino had to admit that the independent regiment was not only not inferior to the imperial army in terms of equipment, but even the individual quality of the soldiers at the grassroots level, as well as their courage as soldiers, were not inferior to the imperial imperial army. Coupled with Shou County's solid defense system, it is normal for him to suffer losses.

But this time...

"Target Heyuan County, march quickly."

Under the crooked moonlight, Osamu Yoshino swung his samurai sword, and Yoshino led the troops towards Heyuan County at high speed.

A year ago, he suffered a big loss at the hands of Li Yunlong and his independent regiment. The alliance experienced a major loss for the first time. Counting serious injuries, the total number of staff was reduced by nearly 700 people. This time, he wants to avenge his shame.

Without solid fortifications, the two sides fought one-on-one in the field. He wanted Li Yunlong to see how strong the Yoshino United was as a field team!
During the march, Yoshino took out a map and discussed with the surrounding staff.

"United Captain."

The accompanying major staff officer of the wing team spoke first:

"Li Yunlong is not weak and has rich combat experience. Since he dared to attack Heyuan County, he must have responded to our army's support."

"Ah."

Yoshino nodded in agreement.

He had fought against Li Yunlong, and even suffered a loss. Moreover, the imperial army suffered a lot from Li Yunlong's hands, adding up to a basket of troops. Naturally, Yoshino would not despise Li Yunlong.

"From Taiyuan to Heyuan County on the highway, there are three locations suitable for setting up blocking positions."

The staff officer pointed to the map and said:

"One is outside Taiyuan City, it's impossible here."

"The second place is Pukougou, but it is 37 kilometers away from Heyuan County in a straight line, and more than 70 kilometers away from the edge of Li Yunlong's so-called base area. There is no sign of Eighth Route Army guerrilla activities in the surrounding area, so there is not much possibility here. .”

"Third, Brown Yanggou, which is [-] kilometers away from Heyuan County, is the most likely place,"

"Brown Yanggou is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and the surrounding mountains are full of rugged paths. If you want to detour, not only will it take more than three times the time, but also heavy weapons will not be able to pass through. Li Yunlong must set up a blocking position here to organize our troops to approach."

"Ah."

Yoshino said:

"I think so."

"Leader, I suggest."

The staff officer smiled and continued:

"On the section from Taiyuan to Brown Yanggou, first send cavalry troops to continue the investigation, and then march quickly to follow up. When they reach the section four kilometers away from Brown Yanggou, they will stop and repair, prepare to attack, and break through Li Yunlong's blockade."

Although the Yoshino Regiment is equipped with cars, most of the troops are tested on foot. The rapid march will cause great damage to the physical strength and formation of the troops.

"I agree with your plan."

Yoshino nodded.

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Ping An County.

Kazuki Yamamoto and Shinji Kozuo also received telegrams from Taiyuan.

"Li Yunlong attacked Heyuan County?"

The first time they got the news, Yamamoto and Kosa opened their mouths wide, unable to close them for a long time.

This matter was too unexpected.

"Is Li Yunlong crazy?"

Looking at Heyuan County on the map, and looking at the terrain between Li Yunlong's base and Heyuan County, Shinji Kozuo couldn't figure it out.Well done, why go over mountains and ridges to fight Heyuan County?
"Heyuan County."

Yamamoto quickly regained his composure, and he began to think quickly in his heart.

From the perspective of Ping An County, this is a good thing.

There is no direct road between the base area of ​​the Independence Regiment and Heyuan County, and the roads are not wide. Cars and heavy-duty carriages cannot pass through. In order to attack the county and block reinforcements, the Independence Regiment will have to mobilize almost [-] troops. The emptiness is the best time for the imperial army in Ping'an County to launch a large-scale offensive.

Even if there is no full-scale attack, it can take advantage of the emptiness of the Independent Regiment to wipe out some of its active forces, creating favorable conditions for the general offensive that is expected to start at the end of November.

However, such a simple truth, Li Yunlong must be able to think of it.

Li Yunlong is not stupid.

Then why did he dare to attack Heyuan County during the confrontation with the imperial army in Ping'an County?

What's the conspiracy here?
"General Yamamoto, then we..."

Shinji Kozuo naturally thought of this question, he tried to discuss with Yamamoto, but he didn't dare to directly decide to launch an attack.

According to the command authority, when he and Yamamoto's orders conflicted, Yamamoto took the lead.

At this time, the base camp has sent the order to promote the ranks of Shinji Koza and Kazuki Yamamoto, so at this moment, both of them are major generals of the younger brother of Japan.

"Attack immediately."

Yamamoto said firmly.

The attack order was issued by General Gibbon of the Taiyuan Headquarters. The two of them actually had no right to refuse. Fortunately, the specific extent and scale of the attack could be influenced by the two of them.

"Order the frontline troops to immediately launch an attack on the first position of the independent regiment, with the full support of the long-range cannon brigade and the mountain artillery group."

Yamamoto continued to speak to the staff officer:

"The main thing is to occupy the first position of the Independent Regiment and eliminate its vital forces. Do not continue to advance."

Considering Li Yunlong's possible plot and tricks, Yamamoto decided that the artillery would fire with all its strength to support, and told the infantry to also fight steadily, not to advance rashly, and to support each other, there would be no problems.

"Ah."

Shinji Kozawa also nodded.

The attack must be carried out, this is the order of the headquarters, but Li Yunlong is insidious and cunning, he can guess that they will attack, and he must have prepared for it. If he rushes forward rashly, he will easily be surrounded by the enemy, so steady and steady is the best way.

"Hi."

The staff officer quickly went to convey the order.

"Strange, why did Li Yunlong attack Heyuan County?"

Shinji Kozawa still didn't understand.

Although Heyuan County is also adjacent to the base of the Independence Regiment, there are more than 20 kilometers of mountain roads in the middle, and the transportation is inconvenient. Even if Li Yunlong has the incredible animal power to help the troops maneuver, he should not attack Heyuan County without obtaining a stable passage. .

"Humph."

Yamamoto snorted coldly, with a mocking tone:

"Heyuan County has a gendarmerie system, and the county's security is relatively weak. Li Yunlong should infiltrate the county with a small group of elite troops, and then attack both inside and outside. I estimate that Heyuan County will fall within two days."

Street fighting is very time-consuming, and because of the military police system, the fortifications in Heyuan County are very complete. Unless Li Yunlong can wipe out the command system in one fell swoop, it will take a lot of time to fully occupy Heyuan County.

"Special operations."

Jia Zuo was stunned for a moment, he remembered what happened in Shou County.

At the beginning, Li Yunlong also used this trick to attack Shou County, and Shou County was captured in half a day.

"correct."

Shinji Kozuo's complexion suddenly changed, and he remembered one thing:

"Ichiro Hirata will hold a birthday banquet today for officers of the Imperial Army of Heyuan County, officers of the Imperial Association Army, and others."

"idiot."

"idiot."

Yamamoto's complexion also changed drastically.

If the command system is destroyed and effective command is lost, then at most one day and one night, Heyuan County will all fall into Li Yunlong's hands.

No wonder Li Yunlong dared to attack Heyuan County.

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Just as the Yoshino United rushed over, Yamamoto and Shinji Kozu mobilized troops to prepare for the attack.

It had been three hours since the Independence Regiment attacked Heyuan County, and it was late at night. The gunshots in the city became weaker and weaker. There were only gunshots from the direction of the barracks and the devil's headquarters. The rest of the patrols had been wiped out.

"Captain."

In Heyuan County, a monk covered in gunpowder put down the recoilless gun in his hand and saluted Li Yunlong.

"You had a great time, kid."

Looking at Wei Dayong who was smiling all over his body, Li Yunlong, who was holding a submachine gun, was a little envious.

In fact, he also wanted to go to the front line with a gun to fight devils, and this time he came here for this purpose, intending to have fun with his hands, but Zhao Gang and Ding Wei strongly objected, and even made the guards guard him to death, so Captain Li had no choice but to give up.

However, the hand addiction is over. When attacking a house occupied by devils, he blasted the devils several times with a recoilless gun, and killed at least seven devils.

"Hey hey..."

The monk touched his head and had no choice but to change the subject. He raised the recoilless gun in his hand and smiled:
"This pistol is really powerful."

The Gustav M2 model weighs only [-] kilograms and can be operated by a single soldier. It was turned into a hand cannon by the soldiers of the independent regiment. Compared with this thing, his two 'hand cannon' guns are not popular at all.

This is the real hand cannon.

"Hey."

Li Yunlong said with a smile:

"The battle can go on so smoothly, thanks to the 84 hand cannon."

Leader Li's tone was a little rejoicing.

Because of the gendarmerie system, the devils in Heyuan County built a lot of machine gun bunkers and sandbag bunkers in the county seat, but the environment in the city is complicated and not suitable for mortars, and the [-]-type infantry guns are troublesome to maneuver.

Fortunately, there are 84 hand cannons with a long range, direct firepower, and great power. When encountering devil bunkers and machine gun fortresses, it is over with one shot, and there will be no accidental injury. Otherwise, even if the city gate is opened and the troops enter the city, even if After killing most of the devil's officers, it won't take a long time to beat them down.

Street fighting in the city is no ordinary trouble.

"Just be careful with the tail flame when using it."

The monk tsk tsk tsk.

When he bombarded Juxian Tower before and killed Hirata Ichiro, in order to avoid the tail flame from hurting his own people, he could only run outside the house to launch, and he had to ensure that the back of the nozzle could not face the wall.

It's okay in the wild, but it's more troublesome to use in street fighting.

"If you still have the strength, go support the battle against the devil's barracks."

Li Yunlong scolded.

The most difficult thing in Heyuan County is the military barracks. There are many fortifications inside, and there are even artillery holes. There is also a devil squadron leader who has not eaten. It is very difficult.

"Yes."

The monk immediately took people to the devil's barracks.

On the other side, on the commanding heights outside Heyuan County, the [-]th Regiment and his party have been watching the battle here.

During the time when the Independence Regiment attacked Heyuan County, it was very quiet here, almost eerily quiet.

After a long time.

Chu Yunfei looked at Heyuan County where there were only two firefighting points left, and broke the silence:
"Let's go."

"The battle is almost over, let's go see Li Yunlong."

After finishing speaking, he took the [-]th regiment's guard platoon, the adjutant and regiment chief of staff Fang Ligong and walked towards Heyuan County. Along the way, Fang Ligong's face was solemn, even faintly pale.

When the independent regiment attacked the county seat, he was hit hard by what he showed.

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The road between Taiyuan and Heyuan County.

Under the night.

The Yoshino Regiment marched forward in a mighty way, with cavalry leading the way in the front, and a large army carrying heavy weapons behind, billowing smoke and dust along the way.

In the middle of the team, in a truck compartment with a roof and side bulletproof steel plates, Yoshino sat inside, closed his eyes and meditated, surrounded by a group of people from the wing staff.

After the guerrillas were equipped with weapons, the sparrow warfare was brought to the extreme. After the devil suffered many losses, the commander no longer sat in the cab of the truck.

"The first four kilometers is Pukougou. We are still 37 roads away from Heyuan County, and it will take another four hours."

The staff officer on the side said.

37 kilometers, a car can reach it in more than an hour, but infantry can't. With equipment, the fastest march is only seven or eight kilometers per hour, and it consumes a lot of energy.

"Ah."

Yoshino just nodded, not bothering to open his eyes.

at the same time.

Shop mouth ditch.

"Captain."

The scouting fighters reported to Xu Hushenghui, the company commander in charge here:

"The vanguard of the devil's cavalry is here, and they are about to pass through our defense zone. This group of devils is quite cautious. Some horses are dragging rakes behind them to clear mines. The large force is still four kilometers away from us."

The reconnaissance soldiers spoke with a relaxed tone. Although the little devils were very cautious in clearing the mines, they did not plant mines this time.

"Notify, let the devil cavalry pass, this group of devils is useless."

"Let's fight the devils behind."

Xu Husheng opened his mouth.

There were more than 100 cavalrymen, just small fish, and he didn't even bother to strike. Even if these cavalrymen arrived in Heyuan County, they would not even be able to set off waves against the siege troops with more than half of their submachine guns.

The brigade of devils behind is the big fish.

According to intelligence, the Taiyuan mobile unit is the Yoshino Unit, a field unit that has attacked Shou County before, and has recently been strengthened.

"Get the artillery units ready."

Xu Husheng continued to order.

Following his order, the temporary artillery company at the rear of the position, as well as the first company and the third company's mortar platoon, began preparations before the shelling.

Li Yunlong predicted from the beginning that the reinforcements from Taiyuan would send the most reinforcements, so he sent two companies to stop the attack, and strengthened the temporary artillery company.

He added half of the temporary artillery company three to the first artillery company, so at this time the first artillery company had a total of twelve 120mm mortars.In addition to the 82 mortars of the two artillery platoons, there are a total of 24 mortars with a caliber above 82.

In addition, due to the large mule and a special transport company for transporting ammunition, each shell has as many as five base shells, that is, a single shell of [-] rounds.

In short, the artillery fire was fierce.

"Wait until the forwards of the devil's large force enter the ambush position before attacking."

Xu Husheng continued.

The range of the 120 mortar is nearly six kilometers, but the maximum range of the 82 mortar is only a little more than four kilometers, and the accuracy becomes worse the farther you go.

At that time, even the 82 mortars can cover the entire Yoshino Regiment.

"Notify the Artillery."

Finally, Xu Husheng licked his lips:

"After the battle started, all the cannons fired at full speed. This battle won't last long."

He has already learned through the radio that the battle in Heyuan County is almost over, and the only remaining devils are the headquarters and the barracks. It is estimated that the Yoshino United will receive an order to retreat after being beaten up.

"Yes."

The communicator felt that the voice was a bit louder.

Simultaneously.

The [-]th Regiment also learned of the movements of the Yoshino Regiment. Although it knew that it was supporting Heyuan County, the regiment was also in Heyuan County at this time, so the [-]th Regiment also sent a reconnaissance platoon to conduct an investigation near Brown Yanggou. Observe the situation from the commanding heights.

At two o'clock at night.

The Yoshino Regiment arrived at the predetermined location, and Xu Husheng gave the shelling order.

Immediately, the 24 mortars opened fire in unison, each at full speed, and the dense shells fell into the Yoshino Regiment's ranks like meteors. The maximum rate of fire of the mortar is twenty rounds per minute.

For the first minute, all mortars fired at full speed.

In other words, a full six hundred shells fell into the Yoshino United team in the first minute, ten rounds per second.

Of course, after the first round of burst shooting, in order to ensure the continuity of the firepower and the overheating of the barrel, the rate of fire will be reduced, but it is not much less.At the same time, the light and heavy machine guns on the positions of the first company and the third company on the side of the road also fired in unison.

In an instant, the entire sky seemed to be illuminated, and tracer bullets intertwined like horses, streaking across like a swarm of meteors.

boom boom boom

The mortars that were scheduled to bombard Zhuyuan had good accuracy, and most of them landed near the Yoshino Regiment between the highways. Suddenly, groups of devils were blown up.

"Nani? How could there be an ambush here?"

Facing the intrusion and the unexpected shelling, Colonel Yoshino was stunned immediately.

He never thought that there were troops blocking him in this gully, but soon, he had no time to wonder, because the enemy's artillery fire on the opposite side was only violent, which he had never seen before.

In just a few minutes, his troops were cut into several pieces by the enemy's artillery fire, regardless of the head and the tail.

Fortunately, the Yoshino United team were all old devils, and they searched for bunkers immediately, and Yoshino also issued the order to retreat immediately, so the loss was not too great.

"The independent regiment's artillery fire is stronger than before."

While organizing people to retreat, Yoshino was terrified.

The firepower in front of him was much stronger than when he was in Shou County.

Just when Yoshino arranged to organize the troops to retreat, set up the artillery positions, and planned to recover the place, a communication staff officer ran over:

"Leader, General Gibbon ordered us to retreat, Heyuan County has fallen."

"idiot."

"waste."

The news made Yoshino blew his beard and stared, and slapped the staff officer on the spot.

In just six hours, a county where 500 imperial troops were stationed was completely captured.

waste.

If he persisted for a while longer, he could teach the group of Eight Routers on the opposite side a lesson, let them know that the imperial army is not easy to mess with, and come to the rescue.

Now he was bombarded in vain, and lost two mountain cannons and five trucks.If it weren't for the large distance between his teams and his quick response, I'm afraid there would be even more losses.

Although he has not counted the number of specific casualties, it will definitely not be less.

"withdraw."

Taking a deep breath, Yoshino spat out the retreat order fiercely.

He dared not disobey the commander's retreat order.

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Just when Yoshino United was bombarded.

The front line of Ping'an County.

Shinji Kozuo also coincidentally initiated an attack order,
Even though he had received the news that Heyuan County had been captured at this time, it was impossible for the Heyuan County Independent Regiment to come back immediately, so he still launched an attack.

But Yamamoto fell into a life of doubt. He couldn't figure it out. In less than six hours, how did the [-] imperial troops in the county be wiped out?

This time, the devils in Ping'an County were fully fired.

Eight 105mm long-range howitzers and 35 mountain guns that have been supplemented and strengthened also fired at the same time.

The artillery observer from last time also lifted off again, overlooking the battlefield.

On the other side of the independent regiment's position, a hundred Bofors Hill guns raised their barrels, and a hundred loaders simultaneously stuffed the shells into the barrels.

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at the same time.

Zhengtai Railway.

Cheng Shifa of the 772nd regiment went to the ambush position, and they also waited for the long-awaited devil train.

boom···

Amidst the hissing sound of the exhaust of the steam train, Cheng Shifa pulled the detonating rope in his hand, and the explosion derailed the devil train and overturned it to the ground.

"superior."

Immediately afterwards, he rushed up with his troops.

　. . . .

　　The battle plot is over once and for all. ╮(╯▽╰)╭

　　
　
(End of this chapter)