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Chapter 151 23 Army Aircraft and Ten Mountain Cannons

After hearing this special signal for help, Li Yunlong and Cheng Xiazi immediately looked at each other, and both sides saw anxiety and confusion in each other's eyes.

As members of the [-]th Division, they knew very well that the person commanding the battle at Lion's Head Mountain was a strong general, and there were two main regiments deployed there.

They really couldn't figure it out, why did the other side start calling for help just four hours after the raid started?

Even if it is the army of preserved fruit, it is impossible to collapse so quickly.

But if you don't understand it, you don't understand it, and the friendly army must support it when it is in trouble.After a brief discussion, the two regiment leaders decided that Li Yunlong would take the new second regiment to Lion's Brain Mountain to assist the friendly forces in combat.

The main reason is that Cheng Xiazi's troops are too scattered, and the other 200 people cannot be assembled in a short time. Now the strength of the troops is not as large as that of the New Second Regiment.

Moreover, their current task has not been completed, and the raids on several surrounding strongholds will continue.

But the New Second Regiment was different. In the original combat arrangement, they were not considered as the 22 regiments with strict requirements, but belonged to the actively cooperating troops.

Even if Li Yunlong led people away from here, there would still be other local troops to fill in, and the task of the New Second Regiment had already been completed two hours ago.

After the discussion, the new second regiment immediately prepared to set off.Although they have just experienced a battle, due to the enhanced diet, the soldiers are still physically strong.

Before leaving, Cheng Xiazi stopped Li Yunlong and brought out the gifts that the soldiers had just prepared.

"I lent you this Type [-] infantry artillery. If you, Li Yunlong, dare not return it, I will definitely go to the brigade commander for comment. I don't care if you stole it or robbed it. Remember to return an extra box of shells after the operation is over."

Hearing this sentence, Li Yunlong felt very moved.With his current emotional intelligence, of course he wouldn't feel that the other party was lending money at usury, and the concern in his words was very heartwarming.

He first signaled to Zhuzi to lead the people to remove the shells and infantry cannon parts, then patted Cheng Xiazi on the shoulder and said:

"The scourge has lasted for thousands of years. I, Li Yunlong, haven't gone to Tokyo to enjoy the cherry blossoms yet. I can't die! When I come back, I will definitely visit the house and treat you to a drink."

The two held hands tightly together, and then went to their destinations.

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Shinao Mountain is a commanding height located four kilometers southwest of Yangquan, and the Zhengtai Railway just passes by the foot of the mountain, which is the throat of the mountain.

Controlling this place is tantamount to choking the necks of the devil's reinforcements.

Not only can it prevent Xiaotian from deploying troops from the direction of Pingding and Liao County to assist Zhengtai Road westward.

It can also block the devils starting from Yangquan, so that they cannot send troops to rescue those strongholds and stations that are being destroyed one by one by the various units of the [-]th Division.

Even when necessary, the Eighth Route Army can directly launch a feint attack on Yangquan City, making the devils overwhelmed.

It is precisely because of the importance of Lion's Brain Mountain that the division commander and political commissar handed over the defensive task to the [-]th Brigade, and the brigade commander was personally responsible for directing and blocking enemy reinforcements.

In order to allow the raid to achieve the expected results smoothly, the division commander specially emphasized the importance of this mission.

According to his original words, the outcome of the battle depends on how many railways are destroyed, and the number of broken roads depends on how many days the line of Shinao Mountain can effectively stop the devils.

In the early morning of August [-]th.

After a night of rapid march, the [-]th and [-]th Regiments, the main force of the [-]th Brigade, made a long-distance raid for eighty miles, and secretly occupied Lion's Brain Mountain.

Brigadier Chen knew that the next few days would be fierce battles, and the devils would definitely seize this commanding height at all costs, and they must not take it lightly.

The headquarters required the [-]th Brigade to defend here for at least five days, so he ordered the troops to immediately put into preparations for the battle.

After receiving the order, everyone endured exhaustion to discredit and build various fortifications.Let this mountain, which originally had no natural bunkers, become easy to defend and difficult to attack.

During the whole day of NO.20, the two regiments did not take any action.Everyone is recharging their energy and recharging their batteries, waiting for the official start of blocking after [-]:[-] pm.

When the time is up, the entire line of Zhengtai Road will be raided!
Only 10 minutes into the operation, Shotaro Katayama, head of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Yangquan, received a call for help from Niangziguan.

In the next few minutes, the strongholds between Yuci and Yangquan sent reports of the attack, which made Katayama Shotaro, an old devil, immediately realize that the situation was not good.

As a major general, this person is naturally not an idiot.

He immediately ordered three infantry squadrons and one artillery squadron to go out of the city, preparing to go to the west for rescue missions, but this fell into the hands of the [-]th Brigade.

Moreover, Brigadier Chen is also a ruthless person. In order to teach the other party a bloody lesson in the first contest with Katayama Shotaro, he brought the enemy as close as 300 meters before attacking.

As the flare was lifted into the air, the firepower of the two regiments tilted into the valley, catching the enemy by surprise.Facing the sudden attack, the devils could only run away with their heads covered.

Katayama Shotaro, an old devil, was also a ruthless man. He ordered two infantry squadrons to cover up desperately, and he returned to Yangquan City with the remaining remnants.

Escaped back to his headquarters by chance, the devil major general immediately followed the pace of Shinozuka Yoshio and Mizuhara Yoshishige, he drew out his command sword and moved closer to the realm of swordsmanship masters.

Although he was very angry, his years of combat experience made him realize the seriousness of the situation.

The east and west lines of Yangquan are the defense zone of his Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade. Now that the Eighth Route Army is guarding Shinao Mountain, this is equivalent to cutting off their connection with various strongholds in the west section of Zhengtai Road.

There is more or less the Eighth Independent Mixed Brigade taking care of the eastern section, but the western section can only rely on itself.

Thinking of the return from Niangziguan, he immediately felt his scalp tingle, realizing that the enemy's target was the entire Zhengtai line.

After thinking hard for more than ten minutes, the old devil had no choice but to ask for help, but he still kept an eye on it.As a major general brigade commander, he is eligible to apply for the First Army Army Aviation dispatch.

In order to prevent his immediate boss from questioning his ability, Katayama Shotaro decided to make a secret move.

In order to open up the connection between Yangquan and the west section of Zhengtai Road, he forced together [-] soldiers from the stronghold in the east section, and even used his trump card.

An artillery brigade with 400 men and ten mountain cannons.

Just like this, this old thing still felt that it was not stable enough. After being reminded by the chief of staff, he remembered that there were still many foreign nationals in Yangquan City who came to make money from the war.

Most of these people have received formal military training. Although the overall combat effectiveness is not very good, they are definitely more useful than those imperial association troops who are struggling to fill in the line.

After three hours of preparation, the 2000-man army marched mightily towards Lion's Brain Mountain.

At the same time, 23 Army Aviation aircraft departing from Taiyuan Airport arrived at Shinao Mountain.

The pilots of these small days, regardless of whether there is an Eighth Route Army below, they shot out the bullets and bombs they carried in a very short period of time.

Katayama Shotaro launched a classic Japanese attack at the foot of the mountain.Because of the short fight a few hours ago, he still more or less remembered the approximate location of the Eighth Route Army's position.

Ten mountain cannons bombarded the position on the mountain, and then the infantry launched a pig-like attack.

(End of this chapter)