I rise from the sword

Chapter 243 Devils attack, and Li Yunlong suffers again!

12 o'clock noon.

The Japanese offensive troops began to gather on the front line of Jiaocheng Mountain.

The Japanese army organized a total of 3 brigades, yes, 3 infantry brigades, and the 225th, 226th, and 227th regiments each deployed a brigade, so they were not counted as an infantry regiment.

Because the three old devils Aoi Koichiro, Iijima Nobu, and Muto Nan are not easy to save fuel.

They all know very well that even if this battle is not a protracted one, it is absolutely impossible to settle it quickly and set the world in one battle.

It is extremely unwise to put all your troops into it as cannon fodder without knowing the reality of the defenders.

Therefore, after some discussions, the three old devils, each with their own ulterior motives, decided that each of the three regiments would send a brigade of troops as the vanguard of the attacking force.

In this way, no matter whether it is an offensive loss or victory, none of the three of them will suffer.

Koichiro Aoi, Nobuo Iijima, and Mutou, after discussion, chose the weakest independent group as the breakthrough point.

In addition, the Japanese army also mobilized armored and artillery units, and dispatched some troops to contain Yang Lin's Zhongrui Regiment and Ding Wei's Xinyi Regiment.

The Japanese army believes that the strength of the independent regiment is the worst. It is by no means a wild guess, but a factual basis.

First of all, although the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Cangyunling, it got a longer period of recuperation.

After the battle in Yangcun, the independent regiment had much shorter rest time than the new regiment, and they didn't have any outstanding records before.

In particular, before this, the Independent Regiment had also withstood the attack of the Fourth Brigade. Although it was finally repulsed with the help of the Zhongrui Regiment, the Independent Regiment must have suffered considerable losses.

Therefore, it is not that the little devil thinks that Li Yunlong's independent regiment has the worst combat effectiveness, in fact, it is indeed the independent regiment that has the worst combat effectiveness.

After the assembly was completed, the devil infantry did not launch an attack immediately.

Instead, they are waiting for the arrival of the air force to provide them with tactical guidance, which is also their greatest reliance!

"Buzz, buzz buzz..."

Not long after, the roar of aircraft engines came from the distant sky.

About 20 Devil bombers, under the escort of fighter jets, flew aggressively over Jiaocheng Mountain.

"Attack! Attack!"

In order to guide the aviation force to meritorious service and firepower, when the fighter jets flew over Jiaocheng Mountain, the former Japanese enemy commander Koichiro Aoi couldn't wait to give an order to attack the artillery.

"Tom!"

"Tom tom tom tom!—"

All of a sudden, dozens of artillery shells of various calibers shot up from the Devil's artillery position and flew towards the position of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!—"

In order to prevent being countered by artillery fire from the defenders, Koichiro Aoi set up a field artillery position in a mountain depression 7 or 8 kilometers away from the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

As a result, these shells flew in the air for nearly 10 seconds before they slammed heavily on the position of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

"Boom, boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Deafening explosions followed one after another, blowing up the front positions of the Independence Regiment into flames and dust.

"Yosi! Attack, attack!"

Seeing the flames of the explosion on the ground, the ghost pilot's eyes lit up in the sky, and he immediately controlled the bomber, like a goshawk fighting a rabbit, and swooped down fiercely towards the ground.

Since it is far away from the main peak of Jiaocheng Mountain, it will not be intercepted by anti-aircraft fire, so that these devils' aviation units appear to be unscrupulous and lower their flying altitude to a very low position.

Aerial bombs, under the control of the Devils Aviation, scrambled to smash down towards the ground position of the Independence Regiment.

At the same time, those escorting Devil fighter jets were not willing to be lonely, and began to dive and shoot at the independent regiment's position.

"Be careful of enemy planes, be careful of enemy planes! Concealment, fast concealment!!!"

The defenders of the independent regiment on the right wing of Jiaocheng Mountain immediately shifted their positions as quickly as possible, and got into the nearby air defense fortifications.

Although no battle broke out in the past few days, the defenders of Jiaocheng Mountain were not idle, but seized the time to strengthen the fortifications.

In order to defend against the threat of Japanese aviation and heavy artillery, they even built many air defense fortifications.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

It was almost as if the defenders had just penetrated into the fortifications, and the aerial bombs fell viciously like meteors falling to the ground.

The explosion made the ground burst into flames, and the ground shook like an earthquake.

Immediately afterwards, a large rain of machine gun bullets continued to pour down like grit that cost no money, like plowing the ground, pulling up smoke and dust belts on the independent regiment's position.

"Damn it, do these little devils think our old Li is easy to bully? It wasn't Lao Tzu who raided their brigade headquarters last time, and it wasn't our independent group who acted as the main force. We were at best accomplices.

Why do you always take us under the knife?

If you have a grievance and a debtor, if you have the ability, go to Zhongruituan.

What kind of skill is bullying our independent group?Too much, so fucking too much! "

In the underground former enemy headquarters of the Independence Regiment, Li Yunlong shook the dirt on his military cap and cursed angrily.

However, the little devil did not stop attacking because of his curse, but bombed more violently...

A few minutes later, some of the Devil's artillery began to turn their muzzles, pouring shells towards the forward positions of the Zhongrui Regiment and the Xinyi Regiment.

However, the main targets of the Japanese attack were not the Zhongrui Regiment and Xinyi Regiment, so the incoming artillery fire was not very intensive, but only a symbolic diversion of firepower.

Its purpose is to better attack the independent regiment, so that these two troops cannot leave to provide support.

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Let's talk about the independent group.

As the main target, in order to be effective in one blow, the enemy not only threw in conventional artillery shells this time, but also smoke bombs, gas bombs, and incendiary bombs.

"Hurricane, Hurricane Hurricane..."

Aerial bombs of various types slammed down on the independent regiment's position with a shrill and piercing sound of breaking the wind.

Some of these aerial bombs have a mass of more than 100 kilograms, and their power is far beyond that of ground artillery.

Almost every aerial bomb falls, leaving a huge crater on the ground.

Not long after, the position of the independent regiment was devastated and in a mess.

In addition, there are a large number of fireworks burning on the position.

The raw material of these incendiary bombs is mainly sulfur, and as the sulfur burns, smoke bombs and gas bombs spread.

The entire Independent Regiment position seemed to have become a purgatory on earth.

This time, the poisonous gas was too much and too strong. Therefore, even if you use a wet towel to cover your mouth and nose, you can only reduce the damage, but cannot achieve absolute safety.

Not long after, some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were poisoned, injured, or even died due to poison gas entering their bodies.

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(End of this chapter)