Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Therefore, Hashimoto really didn't have many choices. He could either stubbornly cross the river to the north to attack Hongdong County, or turn around and go back to Linfen and not embarrass himself here.

Between heading north and south, Hashimoto temporarily chose to stay where he was and continue to test! However, this time, he planned to disperse a squad of devils over a span of 3 kilometers and assign more than 200 puppet troops to reduce the harm of the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns and possible artillery fire with this sparse formation.

Hashimoto would also calculate the accounts. More than 250 soldiers were divided into three rows, about 30 meters apart. The distance between the soldiers was also about 30 meters. With such a formation, a shell could only kill one person, and the soldiers were not worth the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire. Of course, he also hoped that the Eighth Route Army's shooting skills were not so accurate, otherwise these soldiers would also be sent to death.

Does it look familiar? Yes, this is the origin of the three-three system. As long as you are smart, you will always be able to summarize it according to the situation on the battlefield. However, being able to summarize it, then systematically train, and then put it into actual combat, and still achieve excellent results, is something that not everyone can do! Fortunately, we have many capable people!

Hashimoto actually prepared for both situations, because artillery suppression is necessary during the attack, which is infantry-artillery coordination! So when Hashimoto planned a new round of attacks, he planned to have the Type 92 infantry artillery bombard the Eighth Route Army's positions under the city in order to consume the Eighth Route Army's forces and destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns.

For these, Hashimoto needed to prepare well, because this time he sent a small team of Japanese soldiers, they were his own people, not puppet soldiers that could be easily consumed. Puppet soldiers? The Japanese never treated them as human beings, and never cherished the lives of puppet soldiers! The Japanese played the trick of not being of my kind clearly.

The Japanese were preparing to attack, and the newly formed 16th Regiment guarding the mouth of Hong'anjian River also made new moves. Thanks to the installation of telephone lines, the new 16th Regiment could always grasp the movements of the Japanese and rush out of the mountain pass at any time to attack the Japanese flank. It was only 10 kilometers away, and the 16th Regiment only needed two hours to reversely encircle the Japanese.

Of course, the reverse encirclement is not a good idea, because the city of Linfen is 20 kilometers south of the enemy's troops, which makes it easy for the enemy to cut off their retreat. Therefore, a flank attack is the best option.

"Captain of the 1st Battalion, your mission this time is to quickly approach the Japanese's flank along the passage between Jian River and the stone beam in the south. When you reach the exit, you will be only 3 kilometers away from the Japanese. You will pause there and wait for the telegram from the 18th Regiment. If necessary, you must charge out with all your might and kill the Japanese by surprise!" The commander of the 16th Regiment ordered the commander of the 1st Battalion.

"Don't worry, Commander. We have brought all the submachine guns in the regiment, and even you should bring the mortars with you. If we can't perform well, I will go to the regiment headquarters to feed the horses!" said the commander of the first battalion.

"Go ahead. The regiment doesn't need a groom like you. What it needs is a victory, a victory that will make our new 16th regiment famous! But remember one thing. If you want to chase the Japanese, you must not chase them to Linfen. The farthest you can chase them is 10 kilometers north of Linfen, then you have to stop! The task given to us by the headquarters is to occupy the county towns in the middle, defend them, let the Japanese come to attack, and consume their troops!"

"Captain, we are also going to consume the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, right? The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army guards the Yellow River crossing and has caused us a lot of trouble!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? We are attacking cities and seizing lands here, and the Shanxi Suiyuan Army is just watching from behind. What if they can just put their superiors in charge and put national justice on our shoulders, and ask us to give up the county that we fought so hard to conquer, and let them take advantage of us for nothing? We can't do such a thing! We'll just stay here and if they have the guts, they can go and attack the county themselves!"

"Captain, I understand. Please go ahead! If I were a soldier of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and I heard that the Eighth Route Army was attacking the county town and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army did not dare to send troops, I would have deserted and come to our side! Good men of Shanxi, anyone who does not want to kill the devils and fight the Japanese pirates is not a Shanxi person! Comrades, let's go... follow me..."

At the command of the first battalion commander, all the backbone veterans of the first and second battalions, along with the regiment artillery company, rushed down the river towards Hongdong County. After half an hour of deployment, the Japanese finally began the rhythm of the attack.

Boom boom... Two Type 92 infantry guns were hidden in a depression, firing at the positions outside Hongdong County. Two shells whistled into the air, then drew a parabola and fell outside the city. The Type 92 infantry gun was a comprehensive artillery that could fire both directly and at large angles. The Japanese used a projectile this time, with the goal of bombing the trench positions outside the city.

However, the Japanese seemed to have overlooked one problem, that is, they only had two Type 92 infantry guns, and the span of the southern city wall was three kilometers, and the trench was more than three kilometers long. What could two guns do?

The key point is that the two guns were not test-fired, but were directly bombarded with three consecutive rounds. You can imagine how accurate they were!
On the city wall, Fang Hao, an artillery observer of the 18th Regiment, hid behind several sacks of sand and scanned the air with a telescope. Finally, he determined the approximate area where the enemy's artillery position was located.

Fang Hao picked up the phone and shouted into the receiver: "Maoli, the Japanese infantry artillery position, reference point No. 12, 7 o'clock direction, extend 50 meters, test fire!"

"Okay, Haozi!" After saying this, the squad leader of the artillery company, whose surname was Mao Mingli, put the microphone aside, adjusted the parameters himself, and aimed at the target area.

"Fire!" Mao Li shouted loudly, and the loader Wenhui loosened his hand, and an 82mm mortar shell bounced back and fired out.

Chirp... Chirp... Three shells hit each other in mid-air and then headed towards their respective areas.

Boom boom... The shells of the infantry artillery exploded, and the landing point finally approached the edge of the trench. However, the existence of the trench is to ensure the safety of the comrades, so the shells that did not fall into the trench, except for deafening, did not cause any casualties to the comrades. So far, this is the only effect.

Boom... The same explosion exploded at the 12 o'clock position of object No. 6 and extended forward a full 65 meters.

"Maoli, you missed the target. Your landing point is...Okay, you adjust it yourself. I'm waiting to see the show!" Fang Hao reported the coordinates accurately.

"I'll fuck your ancestors..." Comrade Maori adjusted himself while muttering his catchphrase, and was ready in the blink of an eye.

Comrade Maori seemed to be very confident in his skills. This time, he fired three rounds at the target area at high speed. Similarly, the two artillery groups belonging to the 18th Regiment, who were preparing just now, also fired a shell at the target area as an assistance. (End of this chapter)