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Chapter 824 Chapter 833, devils are really poisonous
Yangquan County, Ximen.

"Bageya Road..." With a groan, Katayama Shotaro unsheathed his command saber, and the sharp blade stuck to the maintenance chairman's neck and stopped.

"You, you did a good job...very good, I'm angry, I'm angry with the Eighth Route Army! I want to thank you for bringing back the remains of the imperial soldiers! Come on, tell me, what does the Eighth Route Army's position look like?" Katayama Province While Taro was speaking, he retracted the command knife, and asked the maintenance president kindly.

"Madam...Taijun..." The crotch of the maintenance president was already soaked, and he said tremblingly: "We...we didn't see the position of Lion's Brain Mountain at all, we only received it from the east of Xiyu Village. of…"

The maintenance president intermittently told the truth, making Katayama Shotaro frown.When the maintenance president had nothing more to say, he said kindly: "You, great good man, go back!"

"Yes, yes..." The maintenance president moved with difficulty, left the county town backwards, and drove the carriage towards his own village.If it is not necessary, I will never come to Yangquan in this life.

"Bageya Road..." After the people left, Katayama Shotaro drew out his command sword again, and cut off a small tree next to him with one blow.

"Prepare firewood and cremate the soldiers! Also, inform all the expatriates in the city that all males from the age of 14 to 60 should be armed! We have encountered a great enemy!" Shotaro Katayama said as The new head of the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade, the new [-]th Brigade active in Yangquan and Ping'an counties.

Even if the soldiers didn't let the maintenance president see their position, the maintenance president really only told what he saw.Katayama Shotaro could also hear from a few words that there were two main regiments on the front line of Shinao Mountain.The two main regiments, except for the 385th brigade, he couldn't think of anyone else.

Then, he combined the farewell telegrams sent from multiple strongholds from the west to Yuci, and it was easy to judge that there should be at least one division of troops in Yangquan to the west at this moment.

The strength of a division, if it was two years ago, he would have dared to fight with an independent mixed brigade.But now...he dare not, especially since this division is still the 129th Division of the Eighth Route.

"Order, step up the training of expatriates immediately so that they can familiarize themselves with military skills as soon as possible! Send me a telegram to contact the military department and I will apply for the deployment of the aviation department to help! Also, take out the special smoke..."

While Shotaro Katayama was organizing a new offensive, Brigadier Chen was also holding a meeting with several battalion leaders.Summarize the experience, find the shortcomings, arrange a new round of defense, and solve them together.

"Comrades, in today's battle, you showed bravery, dared to fight, and many fighting models emerged... But this time, we also saw that our defense still has some deficiencies... After today's battle, the Japanese devils did not stop. Will be willing to fail! Tomorrow, the 14th Regiment, crucify me on Lion's Brain Mountain, no matter how the devils attack, the Lion's Brain Mountain position must not be lost!"

"Kong Dapao, tonight, don't be idle with your regiment, continue to dig mountains and air-raid shelters, and I will ask the 769th regiment to help you defend!" Brigadier Chen patted the table.

"Brigade commander, don't worry, the Lion's Head Mountain position is here, and the 14th Regiment is there. If the Lion's Head Mountain position is gone, the 14th Regiment will be wiped out!" Commander Kong stood up and assured.

"Regiment 769, while you are guarding, continue to strengthen your position. In addition, be on guard against the direction of Ping'an County. There are also devils there. Don't let the devils in Ping'an County take advantage of the loopholes!" Brigadier Chen said.

"Understood!" Head Zheng stood up and assured.

"Very good... I will put the brigade headquarters on the mountain to the west. In the next few days, we will stay here to buy time for the large troops to deliver supplies!" Brigadier Chen said.

"I understand!" The two regiment leaders and six battalion commanders all looked at each other and smiled.Shipping supplies?What supplies can I have?Isn't it the devil's railway? Steel rails are a good thing, and they can be made into guns.

To the west, supplies are indeed being transported, and it is also such a good thing as railroad tracks.

With yesterday's battle and today's battle, the small strongholds on both sides of the railway line have been destroyed, and the remaining devils are huddled in the county town and dare not come out.It's not worthwhile to hit the county seat, so hurry up and dig the railroad tracks.

"Comrades, folks, everyone has worked hard... Come, come, drink millet soup, let's work harder..." On a certain railway in the west, Political Commissar Zhao led the cooking soldiers of the independent regiment to give the working soldiers I brought millet soup with my fellow villagers.Well, the kind of millet soup with a lot of millet, the kind that still has a big mouthful of millet rice at the bottom of the bowl after drinking it.

In this battle, Li Yunlong was ruthless. At any rate, it is our independent regiment's turn to show off its power, and we can't let the new regiment in the west compare to it.As for Lao Kong's new second regiment?That's a brother.

Therefore, before the start of the battle, the reconnaissance company that Li Yuexuan and the others had trained for a long time directly dispatched many sharpshooters to cover the artillery in the regiment under the cover of the night, and directly placed long artillery grenades within 200 meters of the stronghold.Then, there are flat-firing grenades to cooperate with the battle.In the early morning when the battle started, as the stopwatch went to the last second, the long artillery grenade and the grenadier fired together.

Then... the devil's blockhouse was gone, the gun tower collapsed, the puppet soldiers were killed, and those who survived surrendered... No, Li Yunlong is commanding the guard company at this moment, escorting more than 300 puppet troops to fight against the enemy. What about railroad work?The puppet army resisted the rails, because it was a narrow-gauge light rail, so only 6 people could carry one and carry it away.

It is also good for the puppet army to resist the railroad tracks, that is, it is difficult to escape in a group of six!

"Political commissar, political commissar...you didn't fight for it with the brigade commander anymore? Today, there were two battles in Lion's Brain Mountain in the east. Our old Li is itching like a kitten in his arms! When Li Yunlong saw Commissar Zhao, he approached with a shy face.

"Regimental Commander, our task is to break the raid, destroy the railway, and increase production materials for the arsenal. When I went to the brigade headquarters for a meeting, I also asked, and the brigade commander said let us complete our task." It's been a month, and political commissar Zhao has already figured out Li Yunlong's way, and directly carried the brigade commander out.

"Hey... Seeing that there is a battle, our old Li can't make it, so I am anxious... Sun Desheng, come here, I will leave the safety issues along the way to your cavalry company, so many fellow villagers help Let's work, don't let anything happen along the way!" Li Yunlong warned.

"Don't worry, head, I will definitely protect it!" Sun Desheng made a promise.

"Okay, you go!" Li Yunlong waved his hand and continued to direct the soldiers to scrape the railway.In addition to the independent regiment, there are also people working in the Qinlai detachment who work on the spot. There are 7 to 8 people.

The Eighth Route Army, now incarnated as the Paluan Army, has deployed dozens of kilometers of troops on the Zhengtai Line, working in full swing.

Speaking of the work of picking up railways, no one in the world today can do it better than our Eighth Route Army!Not to mention the 12-ci total attack on the Ping-Han Railway the year before last. Wasn’t it returned to the Baijin Railway in the first two months?Before leaving, the arsenal specially gave the team a lot of big wrenches, big hammers, big crowbars, lever cars... In short, with a full set of tools in hand, everyone can work smoothly.

The only disadvantage is that it is too far away from Qingqiu, so it cannot be sent there in a short time, so the railroad tracks can only be hidden in the mountains of the base.For this battle, almost all the coal miners in Yangquan participated.Compared with the common people who are farming, the coal miners are more proficient in their work and have better physical strength.The point is, some tools are more useful.

"Comrades, let's dig rails here, and when these rails are sent to the rear, they will become grenades, mines, and weapons in our hands! What is our slogan?" Li Yunlong shouted.

"Leave not a single rail, not a single sleeper, not a single station, not a single blockhouse, not a single bridge, not a single electric pole!"

"Let the enemy race with us with their feet! Let the enemy use oxen and donkeys to carry shells and cannons!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

"Hahaha, that's right! What's wrong with the little devil? He also has two shoulders and one head, and they are all small! Come and work harder, and this section is overturned. The devil lost the railway line and wanted to Fight us? Run and kill them!" Li Yunlong seized the opportunity to encourage the soldiers to maintain a high degree of enthusiasm.

Of course, for this battle, a lot of food was distributed before leaving, and there is no work without food.

Here, after working day and night, the Zhengtai Railway was dug section after section, and the sleepers were not spared. Some wood that was not used by the arsenal was directly set on fire.That's not to mention, some rails that couldn't be taken away were also put on the sleepers together, and the fire burned red.The rails are basically useless after annealing.

However, the soldiers didn't even let go of the red-hot rails. They struck while the iron was hot. The soldiers used iron tongs to lift the rails to the roadbed, and then hammered them down—well, this is completely useless with the rails.

Over there, on Lion's Brain Mountain, the soldiers of the 14th Regiment, under the protection of the soldiers of the 769th Regiment, wantonly expanded the fortifications on the mountain, and dug many anti-cannon pits to prevent the bombing of the devils.

I don't know what the little devil is thinking. Eight roads are repairing fortifications under their noses, but the mountain cannons on the city wall don't respond, so they just let the eight roads work.

"Do you want to set up a false position?" Someone asked the brigade commander.

"Put it on, dig a layer of shallow trenches at the front of the position, and put some dummies on it, as many as you can dig!" Brigadier Chen also agreed to this request.

The night passed like this, and the devils in Yangquan had no intention of coming out. The soldiers of the two regiments worked hard for most of the night, and didn't rest until after 12 o'clock to eat and recover their strength.Tomorrow, there is still a battle to be fought, so I can't exhaust my physical strength...

The next day, the 23rd, until 9 am, no devils came to attack, and the soldiers had already had enough sleep and recovered their spirits.

However, it didn't take long before the roar of the plane came from the sky, and there was a roaring sound.It didn't take long for the planes to appear and circle over Lion's Brain Mountain, and then they swooped down one after another.

"The Japanese devils got mad and sent 20 planes to bomb them all at once. Are they trying to raze Shinao Mountain to the ground?" Li Yunlong and the others were a few kilometers away from Shinao Mountain, so they could still see it clearly.

"The 14th Regiment is a little dangerous, I hope they can withstand it..." Ding Wei also stood up and looked to the east, hoping that the comrades would be safe and sound.

However, can it be safe and sound?
Boom boom boom... Bomb after bomb exploded on Lion's Brain Mountain.The blasted soil and rocks were thrown radially and fell with a clatter.Visible to the naked eye, a section of trench has thus become a soft soil layer.

"Hey... Sun Laoga is finished..." In the hidden place to the west, a soldier looked at the bombed place and lamented the sacrificed comrades.

With yesterday's experience, everyone didn't dare to put down too many troops on the Lion's Brain Mountain position today, and only one company stood firm on it.However, the little devil actually used aviation and bombed it with aerial bombs!
Everyone, I can only pray that the aerial bombs did not fall near the comrades, or above the blast holes.

"Comrades, hold on, don't be afraid, there are only a few little devil planes, and they will run away after the bombing..." The veterans comforted everyone's emotions.

"Boom..." The aerial bomb fell, and a bomb defense hole was blown down, and there was no life here anymore...

"Okay, we have aviation and artillery, and we will definitely be able to take Lion's Brain Mountain this time!" On the bank of the Peach River, Katayama Shotaro actually rode out of the city on his horse.

Following him was a disabled infantry brigade (one squadron was lost yesterday) with more than 500 people, and a newly added special operations team with more than 500 people (armed by expatriates) and an artillery team.

It's pitiful to say, the brigade commander of the major general, there are only so many troops around him that can be mobilized, which can be described as extremely embarrassing.

Soon, the 20 bombers finished dropping their aerial bombs, and after strafing the broken positions on the mountain, they flew away in a cloudy sky.

"Shooting..." The plane flew away, and the approaching artillery team started bombing again, trying to completely destroy the position of Lion's Brain Mountain

"Company 1, it's dangerous..." Commander Kong looked at the dense craters and sighed in his heart, hoping that there would be some soldiers left.

After another 10 minutes of bombing, some special shells were exploded on the mountain, and the yellow smoke dispersed.

"The little devil is really poisonous, and the gas bombs have been used..." Captain Zheng was also extremely resentful.

"Ahem..." On the Lion's Brain Mountain, the remaining dozens of soldiers, with wet towels covering their mouths, persisted motionless, persisted...

"Death to death..." Finally, feeling that the time was almost up, Katayama Shotaro waved his command knife.

"Kill..." A squadron of devils, leading the same squadron of overseas Chinese, attacked Lion's Brain Mountain.

"2nd company, 3rd company, go!" Commander Kong also sent two companies up.

The battle is about to start!Whoever wins depends on who is stronger!

(End of this chapter)