In Yangquan City, the Japanese command post.

Yoshio Watanabe, captain of the 108th Regiment of the Japanese Third Brigade, was staring at the map on the wall at the moment.

Zhou Shixiang, commander of the 5th Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army, walked in.

"Colonel Watanabe!" Zhou Shixiang said, "My second regiment has arrived at Fengzhang Mountain and will cooperate with the imperial army to defend the Fengzhang Mountain defense line!"

The 5th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army is no better than the 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army. It is a combat-effective force.

Unlike the 8th Mixed Brigade, which was formerly the National Army Security Corps, the 5th Mixed Brigade was formerly the main regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army, and the brigade commander Zhou Shixiang graduated from the Baoding Army Military Academy.

Compared with Chu Yunfei, Zhou Shixiang is good at playing both sides, and he is even more afraid of death. Every time he goes out, he always has a large number of guards behind him.

"Yo Xi!" Captain Watanabe Yoshio said, "Zhou Sang, your other two regiments are also sent to the city wall!"

"Hi!" After a pause, Zhou Shixiang asked again, "Colonel Watanabe, is this necessary? With the few broken spears on Tuba Road, it is estimated that even Fengzhang Mountain cannot be passed. With such a large formation, will it be possible?

Is it unnecessary?"

"Zhou Sang, although what you say makes sense."

Watanabe Yoshio said in blunt Chinese: "But you have an idiom in China, which is to be prepared, and if Tuba Road dares to attack Yangquan, it must be prepared. We must not be careless!"

A look of surprise appeared on Zhou Shixiang's face: "Colonel Watanabe is brilliant!"

Not surprisingly, upon hearing these words, Watanabe Yoshio's face suddenly showed a slightly proud look.

This is Zhou Shixiang's usual trick. First, he expresses confusion and confusion about the other party's arrangements, and waits until the other party explains the reason clearly.

First of all, regardless of whether what the other person is saying is right or not, you must manage your expression well and show a look of surprise to show that you really understand and understand what the other person means.

At this time, another slap in the face will make the other party feel comfortable.

Of course, this can only be done at a glance, and it can only be used against reckless and brainless Japanese officers. It is useless against ruthless and cunning officers like Koshiki Toranosuke, the commander of the Japanese 9th Brigade. The other party can see you clearly at a glance.

Be careful.

Zhou Shixiang said: "Then... I'll prepare for my humble duty first!"

Watanabe Yoshio said: "Go!"

…

Independent Regiment Forward Provisional Headquarters.

Li Yunlong picked up the telescope and looked towards Fengzhang Mountain.

The mountain is neither high nor steep, but there are many bunkers built on the mountain and two trench lines of defense.

Fengzhang Mountain in the telescope was silent, and no one could be seen, but Li Yunlong knew that the Japanese and puppet troops were hiding in trenches and bunkers at this time.

The two captains, Cheng Shifa and Ding Wei, were beside Li Yunlong.

The two of them were ready to see how the independent regiment could conquer the mountain defense line within half an hour.

"Yao Shangwu, are the mountain artillery and mortars ready?" Li Yunlong turned to the nearby artillery camp and asked loudly.

Speaking of the artillery camp, Cheng Shifa and Ding Wei were a little envious.

At present, among the entire regiment-level units of the Eighth Route Army, only Li Yunlong's independent regiment can possess both artillery and cavalry battalions.

Even the 386th Brigade has only one artillery battalion and cavalry battalion directly under its command. Of course, the artillery battalion and cavalry battalion of the independent regiment are also under the command of the brigade headquarters.

Especially when they saw the six machine guns, Cheng Xiazi and Ding Wei's eyes lit up like light bulbs, and they kept saying that Li Yunlong had made a fortune and became a rich man.

Li Yunlong, however, didn't have much pride. There were just a few machine guns, nothing compared to dozens of aircraft.

However, Captain Li's expression caught the eyes of Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa, and both of them thought Li Yunlong was showing off again.

They knew Li Yunlong's character very well. Every time he made a fortune, he would pretend to look like he had lost money, but in fact he could not tell how happy he was.

"Report to the regimental commander!" Yao Shangwu shouted back, "The artillery battalion is ready!"

Li Yunlong ordered: "Fire half of the base number of artillery shells at the enemy's position. After firing the artillery, the 2nd Battalion immediately rushes up and feints to attack!"

Hearing this, Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa suddenly showed doubts on their faces, what was Li Yunlong doing?

"fire!"

Yao Shangwu immediately gave the order to fire, and immediately the muffled sound of "Tum-Tum" sounded in his ears.

Then the shells rushed out of the barrel with a screaming sound, arced through the air, and hit the defensive position of Fengzhang Mountain.

Before the shell could hit the ground, the gunner behind grabbed another shell and stuffed it into the barrel.

One after another, the artillery shells exploded on the defensive positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, kicking up clouds of soil, sputtering shrapnel and air waves, constantly killing the Japanese and puppet troops.

In the telescope, they saw Japanese soldiers or puppet troops being set off by artillery shells from time to time. Both Cheng Shifa and Ding Wei were shocked by Li Yunlong's fighting style.

After the artillery hits the infantry, charge... This is a classic Japanese style of play.

Although this is not a clever tactic, the simpler and cruder it is, the more effective it is, especially against the Chinese army that lacks firepower.

The Eighth Route Army also wanted to do this, but they had no capital, not to mention artillery, and they didn't even have a few artillery shells.

It was the Independent Regiment that could carry out such a wealthy artillery attack, and the artillery shells captured by the Independent Regiment also consumed a lot.

If Yangquan had not been captured in this battle, the artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment would have been in short supply.

After firing half of the base amount of ammunition, you can almost see that the top of the mountain opposite has become overwhelming.

"Move!" Yao Shangwu then loudly ordered the artillerymen.

Yao Shangwu knew very well that his own artillery positions would soon be counterattacked by the Japanese army.

He had already experienced the combat literacy of the Japanese artillerymen on the battlefields of North China and Zaoyi.

The four horses were led over, and the ropes were tied to the horses, and then the four mountain cannons were easily pulled away.

The artillerymen also moved quickly carrying shells and mortars.

Li Yunlong said: "Let's change places too!"

Immediately, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa quickly moved away from the slope.

Less than a minute after the artillery position was moved, several piercing screams sounded in the sky, and several artillery shells rained down on the previous position.

Within half a minute, there was a scream again in the sky, and more artillery shells landed at the artillery position just now.

Accompanied by the roaring sound of explosions, the artillery position just now, as well as the position where Li Yunlong and the others were previously, were shrouded in flames.

After the shelling, the original artillery position had been plowed by Japanese artillery shells, and there were dozens of craters the size of washbasins.

Seeing that the artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment was in good order, Ding Wei looked envious and said: "Say, Lao Li, the artillery battalion commander you have is pretty good. Where did you get the talent?"

"His name is Yao Shangwu." Li Yunlong said, "He graduated from the sixth artillery section of Huangpu Military Academy. He was originally the deputy battalion commander of the artillery battalion of the 33rd Group Army of the National Army. He came down from the Zaoyi battlefield last year to visit relatives and voluntarily joined the independent regiment.

Within one year, I went from being a soldier to a battalion commander."

Cheng Shifa said sourly: "Old Li, your shit luck is really good!"

A top student from Whampoa Military Academy, and a graduate of the gunnery department. Talents like this are treasured in the headquarters. Why did he choose to fall in love with a big boss like Li Yunlong?

Ding Wei couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

At this time, the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Regiment had already started a feint attack at the Xiangfengzhang Mountain position.

The soldiers, led by 2nd Battalion Commander Shen Quan, rushed toward the Japanese and puppet positions with rifles in hand.

The Japanese army had extremely high fighting skills and quickly stabilized their position. However, after being shelled just now and seeing densely packed eight-pronged troops rushing towards them, the Second Regiment of the puppet army was frightened and panicked.

Under the scolding of the puppet battalion commander and company commander, the soldiers of the second puppet regiment quickly stabilized their position and lay on the ground to prepare to resist the attack of the second battalion of the independent regiment.

The machine gunners of the puppet army quickly set up their light and heavy machine guns and fired at the surging Eighth Route Army.

Da da da da da da…

It doesn't matter whether he can hit the eighth route, but the sound of gunshots makes him emboldened.

If the bandits heard such intensive gunshots, they would probably be frightened and run away with their heads in their hands.

However, when the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion heard the gunfire, they couldn't help but grin.

Two or three hundred meters apart, who are you going to hit?

Still firing click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, think there are too many bullets or something?

Experienced machine gunners fire machine guns with short bursts or long bursts of "ta da da, da da, da da da, da da".

Only a new machine gunner would hold the trigger of the machine gun and not let go. If he fired like this, the bullets from the machine gun would fly into the sky.

It looks great, but in fact the effect is very low and it is a waste of bullets.

In World War II, an average of tens of thousands of bullets killed a soldier. This is how it came about.

"idiot!"

"Who asked you to shoot!"

The Japanese commander came over with a gloomy expression and angrily reprimanded, holding a command knife.

The traitor translator behind him simultaneously translated to the puppet army.

"Put the Eighth Route Army 100 meters away before shooting. No shooting is allowed without my order!"
To be continued...