On the upper floor of Yushe County, five miles away from Wang Jing's stronghold.

The city wall of Yushe County was built in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty. The well-preserved city wall is four to five feet high, with a wide horse path above it. The city bricks are made of glutinous rice juice mixed with mortar, and are extremely strong. Although the water chestnuts at the crenels have been eroded by the wind,

It is still intact and neat, reflecting the tactical characteristics of the cold weapon era.

There is a moat surrounding the city outside the city wall, but due to the passage of time, the moat has dried up and become silted up.

The Fujimoto Squadron is the elite of the 4th Brigade. It is also a reinforced squadron with more than 220 troops. Because it is stationed in the county town, its artillery, heavy machine guns and other equipment are comparable to a Japanese brigade.

As for Hu Jixiang's puppet company in the city, it was part of the brigade that was annihilated by the independent regiment in Shipan. This brigade was formerly the Kuomintang security force. In the national army's battle order, it was a third-rate force. It could maintain public order and was capable of using real swords and guns.

That's not possible for fighting.

Sou Fujimoto stood behind the crenel, frowning with his telescope at Wang Jing's stronghold, which was almost in a sea of ​​fire in the distance.

The moment gunshots rang out from the stronghold outside the city, the defenders closed the city gate and sent a message for help to Taiyuan and Yangquan. Fujimoto gathered the Japanese and puppet troops in the city as quickly as possible to the city wall. Weapons and ammunition were being collected on the city wall.

They were quickly transported from the arsenal to the city wall, and artillery was also deployed on the city wall.

Type 92 heavy machine guns, crooked machine guns and all kinds of firepower were mounted on the city wall, and the Japanese and puppet troops were ready.

It's just that there is a serious shortage of troops in the city now. There are only more than 300 people, but they need to defend the east, west, north, and south.

The Eighth Route Army from the east and south were not in a hurry to attack. They were probably waiting for the Eighth Route Army from the west and north to finish the two strongholds of Wangjing and Yanhua.

If the troops in Yushe County had not been transferred, let alone two regiments coming from the Eighth Route Army, even if four regiments came, it would not be easy to capture Yushe County.

But the problem now is that the troops in Yushe County are empty, and the Eighth Route Army has mountain artillery, infantry artillery and other heavy weapons for attacking fortresses.

Even if the city wall he had re-reinforced was able to withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack, Fujimoto was not sure.

In his observation, although the defenders at Wangjing Stronghold and Yanhua Stronghold obeyed his orders and stood firm, the accuracy of the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire greatly exceeded his expectations. The opponent's excessively accurate artillery was destroyed in an instant.

The bunkers and gun towers made him look livid with anger and kept showing his teeth.

Through the telescope, I saw that the defenders of the Wangjing stronghold suffered heavy casualties under the enemy's eight-pronged artillery fire. The eight-pronged soldiers began to charge, and dense crowds of people rushed towards the stronghold like a tide.

In less than ten minutes, there were no more sporadic gunshots in Wang Jing's stronghold, and the defenders were completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

Fujimoto hoped to hold on to Wang Jing's stronghold for five hours, but it didn't even last half an hour before it was completely overwhelmed by the Eighth Route Army.

This made him realize that what he was about to face was the most powerful Chinese army he had encountered since entering China.

Sou Fujimoto suddenly realized that the artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army was so accurate, so what kind of pressure would the city wall bear later?

Thinking of this, Fujimoto couldn't hold it any longer and said to the communications soldier beside him: "Immediately let the artillery find the artillery positions on the Eighth Route and bombard them from a long distance. Don't begrudge the artillery shells. You must let the artillery destroy the Eighth Route artillery positions!"

"Hi!"

Just as the communications troops were preparing to leave, a low scream suddenly came from the sky, which seemed particularly abrupt.

When he heard this voice, Sou Fujimoto was startled for a moment, then his expression changed, and he threw himself on the city wall without thinking, shouting: "It's mountain artillery, the Eighth Route Army is about to attack the city, prepare to meet the enemy!"

"

"boom--"

With a deafening explosion, the shell hit the city wall more than ten meters away from Fujimoto, where there was a heavy machine gun fire point behind the crenel.

Now after one shot came down, a four-man heavy machine gun team was instantly blown away, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun was also scrapped.

Fujimoto quickly picked up the telescope and observed. After the Eighth Route Army occupied Wang Jing's stronghold, they did not stop for a moment, and dense crowds of people poured towards the city gate like a tide.

…

Taiyuan, Japanese First Army Headquarters.

The commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, and the chief of staff, Michichi Miyano, were staring at the map closely.

Starting last night, the Eighth Route Army launched another massive attack on more than 100 kilometers of railways.

Not only was the railway repaired during the day yesterday destroyed, but also a large number of bridges were blown up by the Eighth Route Army. The Baijin Railway, which the Japanese army had worked so hard to build, was about to be completely paralyzed.

Today, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the garrison troops in surrounding Qi County, Liao County, Yushe County, Qin County and other places to gather troops to support the Baijin Railway.

Having learned from yesterday's ambush, reinforcements from all walks of life searched and advanced cautiously.

Except for the loss of contact with the Banjin brigade in Yushe County, all departments are making good progress and will soon reach the Baijin Railway.

However, Shinozuka Yoshio and Miyano Michichi were not too worried, thinking that the reason why they could not contact the Itazu Brigade might be that the radio station malfunctioned.

The main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is now on the Baijin Railway. The Eighth Route Army does not have any extra troops to deal with a Japanese and puppet army of thousands of people. At most, it can send troops to block and delay or repel it. This is the Eighth Route Army's consistent trick.

"From the night before yesterday to this afternoon, the Eighth Route Army destroyed more than 100 kilometers of railway from Dongguan to Liu section, and attacked Qinxian, Guyi, Zhangyuan, Quandian, Dongyang and other strongholds. These strongholds were all defeated by the Eighth Route Army," Miyano said.

I picked up a telegram and reported it to Yoshio Shinozuka.

Next to Miyano Michichi, Yamamoto Kazuki in military uniform stood.

"In addition, the Handan-Changzhou Highway and the Wusha Highway have also been damaged to varying degrees!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Does it mean that the eight roads all grow out of the wild fields? Why are they all over the mountains and plains?"

"With such a long combat range and such great destructive capabilities, where did they come from with so many troops?"

At this time, a voice sounded outside the door: "Report!"

Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice: "Come in!"

Takehiko Inoue, chief of the telecommunications section, walked in with a telegram.

"Inoue-kun, you came just in time." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Why did the Eighth Route Army suddenly show up with so many people? Is it a bluff? There is only one 129th Division in the Taiyue area of ​​Nantaihang. How could this happen?

So many troops at once?"

"Your Majesty General, I believe this matter will be clarified!"

"Our telecommunications department has just received an urgent message from Fujimoto's squadron stationed in Yushe County. Half an hour ago, Yushe County was fiercely attacked by two main regiments of the Eighth Route Army. The enemy had heavy weapons such as mountain artillery and infantry artillery. Fujimoto also said that from Yushe County,

The Banjin brigade that went to Guanshan Town is probably already in pieces!"

Takehiko Inoue looked very ugly. This telegram undoubtedly made the bad situation worse for the Japanese army.

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly raised his head, "What did you say? Yushe County was attacked and the Itakin brigade was shattered?"
Chapter completed!