People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

The Major Captain of the Sixth Battalion of the 18th Regiment could be described as arrogant. He commanded the troops to launch a general attack in an attempt to directly defeat Wu Ziqiang's 358th Regiment.

The Sixth Brigade has been strengthened, and they currently have a lot of heavy weapons.

There are twenty-four heavy machine guns alone, as well as twelve 90MM mortars, two infantry guns, and two rapid-fire cannons.

These artillery and heavy machine guns were dispersed in different positions for fire cover, and all four infantry squadrons were engaged in combat.

This small Japanese army began to attack with all its strength, while the 358th Regiment, under the command of its leader Wu Ziqiang, carried out a defensive defense.

The heavy weapons battalion under the regiment headquarters opened fire immediately, including 20MM machine guns, 82MM mortars, and 13.2MM anti-aircraft machine guns.

These weapons directly suppressed the Japanese heavy machine guns and artillery, and the weapons from both sides launched a fierce exchange of fire.

At the same time, the machine gun companies directly under the three infantry battalions have been transferred and their positions have been established.

The machine gun companies of each battalion are currently strengthened and are equipped with two infantry guns, two 65MM mountain guns, and two flat-firing guns.

In addition, there are five heavy machine guns, whose firepower is very powerful.

Infantry artillery and mountain artillery continuously fired grenades to attack the little Japanese charging troops.

The 37MM flat-firing cannons fired armor-piercing explosive shells one after another to suppress the Japanese heavy machine guns.

The troops on both sides started a fierce battle, and the Japs' heavy weapons were gradually suppressed.

However, a large number of their infantry squadrons advanced to a position less than 300 meters away from the position, and the Japs' light machine guns and grenade launchers fired one after another.

A large number of infantrymen alternately covered and advanced. These little devils sprinted very fast and almost reached the position.

"Bah, bang, bang." The little Japanese riflemen started firing one after another.

Accurate bullets were fired directly, and the exposed soldiers on the position were hit one after another.

The marksmanship of these Japanese rifles was precise, and at a distance of two to three hundred meters, they were almost a gun-to-gun attack.

Many machine gun shooters of the 358th Regiment will be hit immediately as soon as they are exposed.

As the four infantry squadrons advanced, the Imp grenades fired suppressively and even began to fire smoke grenades for cover.

The 358th Regiment faced these more than a thousand little Japanese troops, but they did not have much advantage. They were completely suppressed.

The machine gun companies of each battalion began to be hit by Little Japanese mortar grenades, and a large number of grenades were fired at them.

As the grenade landed on the position, a deafening explosion sounded, and shrapnel quickly spread in all directions.

The heavy machine gun was suppressed and could no longer fire.

Without heavy machine gun suppression, the Japanese infantry advanced rapidly.

At the same time, the Japanese heavy machine gun firepower also fired decisively to cover the rapid advance of the infantry.

The troops on both sides almost had to engage in hand-to-hand combat, but fortunately the artillery troops launched a bombardment.

Twenty artillery pieces opened fire one after another, and the 75MM mountain gun and 76.2MM field gun continued to fire grenades.

Grenades fell one after another in the little Jaap team, and as shrapnel spread in all directions, the little Jaap infantrymen were hit and fell into a pool of blood.

At one o'clock in the morning on May 18, the th Infantry Regiment gathered near the st Brigade position one after another.

As the main force of the 18th Regiment arrived to join the battle, the First Brigade was under greater pressure.

The 358th Regiment and the 601st Regiment were constantly suppressed, and the artillery position was attacked several times and was almost broken through by the little Japanese infantry.

The first brigade commander Li Chongtao had a solemn expression on his face, and he held the shell gun tightly.

"Commander Chen ordered that all regiments hold their positions with all their strength and are not allowed to evacuate their positions without authorization."

"Commander Chen has quickly contacted the Eighth Route New Regiment, and they will rush over for reinforcements soon."

"Hold the position, block the Japs' attack, let them get closer to the position, and then focus the fire to launch a combat strike."

"The artillery unit suppresses the Japs' heavy weapons to support the infantry in defensive operations."

Soon, the headquarters of the First Brigade received Chen Ziyun's combat order.

Li Chongtao had an excited expression on his face. He did not dare to delay at all and quickly arranged for the messenger to convey the message.

Orders began to be passed to various frontline units. After hearing Chen Ziyun's combat orders, the morale of the officers and soldiers recovered somewhat.

At around two o'clock in the morning, Li Yunlong commanded a new regiment of troops to rush over decisively for reinforcements.

The troops of the third and fourth battalions, which were originally commanded by Zhao Gang, were also returned to the establishment of the new regiment.

At this time, in the area north of Makino City, Chen Ziyun could be described as an expert and bold man. He only commanded the machine gun battalion of the guard regiment, and the battle defense artillery battalion contained the special agent unit.

Of course, these more than a thousand special agent units have been hit before, so they dare not attack without authorization.

At four o'clock in the morning, south of Makino City and northwest of Yuanyang City, fierce fighting started here.

The 18th Regiment, which originally wanted to quickly defeat the st Brigade, was now forced to give up the attack and quickly launched defense on the spot.

The 18th Regiment has three infantry brigades and a mountain artillery brigade.

In order to strengthen their combat capabilities, the North China Front specially equipped them with twelve mortars and twelve heavy machine guns.

Their full strength exceeded 4,500 men, but after continuous fighting, they also suffered casualties.

Its current combat strength is around 4,200, but these Japanese troops are still very powerful.

Their main casualties were riflemen, machine gun marksmen, grenade launchers and other technical arms, but there were still no major losses.

And their artillery, machine guns and other weapons are almost completely intact.

Under such circumstances, after the 18th Wing fully shifted to a defensive state, they stood firm and were still very powerful.

The First Brigade organized troops to launch several offensive operations, but did not achieve much.

Li Yunlong's new regiment also immediately mobilized troops to attack, but they were hit by fierce firepower from the Japs.

The 18th Wing has a very strong attack power, and it can carry out precise strikes when defending.

When they are defending, they will focus on attacking the technical arms of the attacking troops.

Machine gun shooters, grenade launchers and other soldiers are their focus.

After several attacks, the First Brigade and the New Regiment lost many machine gunners.

At five o'clock, Li Yunlong and Li Chongtao had to meet.

The two people were still at odds with each other before, but now, they have to meet to discuss.

"Captain Li, the 18th Regiment has a very strong fighting capacity. Even now, they still don't have many casualties."

"If we continue to fight like this, we will definitely have to pay heavy losses, and the combat opportunity Commander Chen fought for will be wasted."

"So I suggest that we jointly carry out offensive operations. Even if we cannot inflict heavy damage on them, we must inflict a certain degree of losses on them."

Li Chongtao looked at Li Yunlong in front of him and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Brigadier Li, I mean the same thing. If we fight separately like this, it's just a fueling tactic."

"Commander Zhou Wenbo of the Second Artillery Regiment can uniformly command the artillery units in operations. We concentrate heavy weapons on one side to attack."

"In addition, a certain number of troops will be deployed to carry out diversionary attacks on three sides to disperse the defensive firepower of the little devils."

"According to my observation, these little devils still have at least 4,000 troops. We must reduce their strength to less than 4,000 no matter what." After Li Yunlong pondered for a while, he directly put forward combat suggestions.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them and the staff began to discuss in detail.

Soon, they drew up a detailed battle plan.

The new regiment will serve as the main attacker, and they will attack from the north.

The 358th Regiment and the two heavy weapons battalions directly under the 601st Regiment were all strengthened to the new regiment.

At the same time, the mountain artillery battalion attached to the new regiment is under the command of the second artillery regiment and is responsible for supporting operations.

The 358th Regiment launched a diversionary attack from the west, while the 601st Regiment deployed two infantry battalions to carry out diversionary attacks from the south and east.

The cavalry battalion of the new regiment is responsible for guarding the direction of Makino City to prevent the Japanese troops here from rushing to help.

An infantry battalion of the 601st Regiment serves as the general reserve for combat operations.

The various ministries began to mobilize quickly, and they gathered towards the designated areas.

The position of the 18th Little Japanese Regiment, here at the Regiment Headquarters.

Captain Tanabe Matsutaro stood in front of the map with a thoughtful expression on his face.

A Major Regiment auxiliary stood behind him. After hesitating for a long time, he slowly made a suggestion.

"Your Excellency, Captain, the number of enemy troops near us currently exceeds 10,000, and their overall weapons and equipment are well-equipped."

"And they are all elite troops with strong combat capabilities. These troops are definitely the elite of the 201st Division and the independent detachment."

"According to this situation, if they launch an attack with all their strength, even if we occupy the defense, we will definitely pay a certain amount of losses."

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, we are such an elite unit, and the losses incurred by these troops are completely outweighed by the gains."

The Major Alliance looked at Matsutaro Tanabe in front of him and slowly opened his mouth to make suggestions.

Matsutaro Tanabe glanced back at the major, with a cold expression on his face.

"What do you mean?" Tanabe Matsutaro said in an unhappy tone.

The Major Wing Commander bravely came to the map. He pointed at the map and began to make operational suggestions.

"We can quickly dispatch troops from the Makino City 110th Regiment to assist us in the battle. They don't need to dispatch all their troops, they only need to bring some howitzers. Even if only three or four howitzers come, we can turn the tide of the battle."

"If we cannot mobilize the troops here in Makino City, then we should quickly move towards Yuanyang City before the enemy can react, quickly station here in Yuanyang City, and rely on the fortifications here to gradually wear down the enemy's troops. "

"Your Excellency, Captain, this enemy force is not simple, it has very strong combat effectiveness, and Chen Ziyun is likely to personally command it. You must know that Chen Ziyun has achieved many results in Jin Province, and he has the title of a victorious general."

The wing officer saw that Matsutaro Tanabe was not very happy, but considering the situation of the army, he still expressed his opinion.

But after he finished speaking, Tanabe Matsutaro made a fist with his right hand and punched the map hard.

"Bagaya road!"

"Do you think we have such an elite force that even the Shanxi-Sui Army and Tubal Army in Jin Province can't handle it?"

"They do have advantages in strength, prudence and weapons, but they have not posed a threat to us despite their several attacks."

"On the contrary, they suffered greater losses. These troops launched an all-out attack and will not pose any threat to us."

"On the contrary, after daybreak, we can check the enemy's situation in detail, and then gradually launch combat operations."

Matsutaro Tanabe stared and roared loudly.

The Major Wing Commander stood aside and wanted to say something, but Matsutaro Tanabe had already raised his right hand and slapped him hard several times.

A loud slap sounded in the wing headquarters, and Matsutaro Tanabe wanted to continue scolding him.

But at this time, the deafening sound of artillery sounded.

This is Zhou Wenbo gathering ten Soviet-style field guns and twenty-two 75MM mountain guns for bombardment.

These mountain artillery were either drawn from the artillery regiment of Li Yunlong's independent detachment or from the mountain artillery battalion directly under the First Brigade.

As the artillery units conducted shelling, the new regiment immediately launched combat operations.

The new regiment was directly under the artillery battalion, and the two heavy weapons battalions assigned to them completed the construction of their positions.

Its four infantry battalions began to advance the attack from the north.

Not long after, the troops from both sides fought fiercely.

But there was no panic here at the Little Devils Wing Headquarters. They believed that their troops could completely hold on.

Especially when the north side was attacked, Matsutaro Tanabe was not nervous at all.

Their strongest fourth brigade is stationed here, and they block the attack. Matsutaro Tanabe thinks there is no problem.

However, as the battle continued, the sound of gunfire on the north side became very intensive, especially a large number of artillery fire.

The battle-hardened Matsutaro Tanabe gradually realized something was wrong. He quickly came to the observation hole and raised his telescope to observe.

When he saw the situation on the battlefield, Tanabe Matsutaro couldn't help but take a breath of air.

As for the position on the north side of the 18th Wing, the Fourth Battalion was originally vowed to defend.

They believed that the new regiment was simply here to die, and these Japanese troops did not take Li Yunlong's troops seriously.

But as the battle began, its artillery squadron began firing.

When the two rapid-fire cannons tried to destroy the covering firepower of the New Regiment, as the two rapid-fire cannons were exposed, the New Regiment launched a crazy fire attack.

Two heavy weapons battalions assembled twelve 20MM machine guns and twelve anti-aircraft machine guns to launch fire suppression.

The artillery battalion directly under Li Yunlong's new regiment assembled six Type 75 infantry cannons and six MM mountain cannons to fire grenades.

A dense barrage of armor-piercing bullets, grenades, and large-caliber bullets came over.

The two rapid-fire cannons were destroyed on the spot, and most of the twenty or so little Japs nearby were not even left intact.

Four infantry battalions quickly advanced toward the front with the help of artillery cover.

At the same time, eighteen mortars launched violent bombardments one after another to suppress the firepower of the Little Japanese position.

Now the new regiment has been directly supported by two heavy weapons battalions and an artillery battalion.

These three battalions have many artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns.

These weapons provide cover, and the situation of the Fourth Group can be imagined.

Not long after, the two infantry cannons of the Little Devil were also finalized.

At this point, four artillery pieces in their artillery squadron were directly destroyed.

"Stop the shooting and let them advance gradually."

"At a distance of about 400 meters, the brigade focused its firepower to launch an attack."

"Baga Yalu, we must completely annihilate these enemy troops."

Soon, the Major and Captain of the Fourth Brigade couldn't help roaring.

At this time, the sky gradually became brighter, and it was already 5:50 in the morning. (End of chapter)