I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 407 Yamazaki Jihei looking at the sky from the top of the hill

Shinozuka Yoshio: "How many people are there in the Yamazaki Battalion defending Lijiapo now?"

Ono: “When they set out, there should have been about 800 people.

We just had a battle with the Eighth Route Army's guard troops.

One hundred and ten of them were killed in the battle, and there are still seven hundred soldiers on Lijiapo."

Of course, Captain Yamazaki would not mention the number of casualties suffered by the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

If this was said two years ago, Yoshio Shinozuka would have been in big trouble.

Perhaps, the Eighth Route Army would surround and attack the Japanese troops, killing a large number of their manpower.

But today's Commander Yoshio Shinozuka is a very cowardly person.

We have suffered heavy losses in the past two years, especially in mid-February of this year.

Thinking that the Eighth Route Army's divisional headquarters had been blocked, they quickly sent in heavy troops to sweep it, but ended up annihilating an entire elite brigade.

According to his classmates, the headquarters in Tokyo is already very dissatisfied with him.

If a similar situation occurs again, I am afraid he will lose his official position.

It is very likely that he will be recalled to the country by the headquarters and transferred to the reserve.

The empire's development situation is good this year, and the Chen puppet government has been established in China.

I believe this war will end soon, at the latest by next year.

Once this rumor spreads, there will probably be many people who want to take advantage of his position as the commander of the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it and decided that the situation in Shanxi was relatively stable.

Anyway, he didn't want to break this delicate balance.

It is okay to blossom in the center, or it is okay to hold on and wait for help.

As for the idea of ​​wiping out the Eighth Route Army headquarters in one fell swoop, let’s just forget about it, but we can’t just ignore it.

"Xiao Ye, order the troops near Lijiapo to prepare to march to Lijiapo immediately.

Wait a moment, if we can still contact Yamazaki Shihei after two hours, let them set off!

At the same time, notify Captain Yamazaki of Lijiaopo that I will send the Empire's air force to support him.

I told him to hold on for twelve hours, and I will wait for him to return victoriously in Taiyuan.

By then, the position of Colonel-General will belong to Yamazaki Jihei."

There is a reason why Yoshio Shinozuka did this.

It is said that the Sakata Regiment in Cangyunling was fighting a defensive battle at that time.

They lasted less than half an hour before the entire squadron was wiped out.

Now, the Yamazaki Battalion in Lijiaopo fought a skirmish and lost more than a hundred soldiers.

It can be seen that the Eighth Route Army troops protecting the hospital must be the elite among the elite.

If the Yamazaki Battalion was wiped out before two hours, there would be no need for a rescue point.

After two hours of fighting, the Eighth Route Army suffered few casualties.

This means that the Eighth Route Army is going to surround the point and attack the reinforcements, so he can't send anyone to rescue.

Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka was waiting for an opportunity to judge the true intentions of the Eighth Route Army.

As for the Yamazaki Battalion, I didn't ask him to go, so his life or death is none of my business.

Staff officer Ono went to send a telegram to Yamazaki, and as he walked he cursed in his heart, "Yoshio Shinozuka is a good-for-nothing."

If you send troops immediately, the Eighth Route Army might move away immediately.

In this way, Captain Yamazaki might be able to save his life.

If you stop for two hours before setting off again, the Eighth Route Army might get angry and capture Lijiaopo directly.

Alas, Yamazaki-kun, it is Yoshio Shinozuka who is trying to trick you, so please don't blame me.

Captain Yamazaki was sitting inside the circular fortification of Lijiaopo, looking up at the birds!

He received Yoshio Shinozuka's telegram and was ready to die with honor.

He now thought that if the Eighth Route Army was easy to deal with, he would not have lost two squads of soldiers in the first encounter.

We were still careless. Now we can only hope that Commander Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan will arrange for reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible.

Even if only one fighter plane came to help, his Yamazaki Squadron would still have hope and could hold on until the final breakout.

In order to hold the strategic position and implement the strategy of center-blooming, a key condition is required.

That is, the other party does not have a hammer that can break your turtle shell.

Does the Eighth Route Army have heavy weapons like this that can be used to attack strong points?

It seems that there really was one, in the Eighth Route Army led by Li Yunlong, but I have never heard of him in other troops.

They have been in Shanxi for almost three years, and have been fought by the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

He had fought against the Eighth Route Army's guerrillas and death columns, but they basically had no heavy weapons such as artillery.

Of course, the Nationalist army ran so fast that they didn’t have time to deploy their artillery.

The Eighth Route Army had nothing at all, and all they had were a few artillery shells.

That was in the hands of those few regiments. Ordinary troops didn't even have grenade launchers.

As for the inference about the old Japanese devil Yamazaki Jihei, all we can say is that he is really not liked by his own people.

He was usually either in charge of security patrols or escorting ammunition. He had no chance to make any contributions.

If we fight a few battles with the Eighth Route Army, we will no longer think that the current Eighth Route Army does not have heavy weapons to attack strongholds.

Just like Ding Wei today, although he has the Type 92 infantry gun at home.

But they brought more than twenty mortars of various types.

There is no need to worry about the mortar shells, because our arsenal is right behind us.

The Japanese had bullied us right at our doorstep, so as long as the model matched, Zhang Wanhe would approve it for the New 1st Regiment to use.

In fact, Captain Yamazaki’s first choice should be to retreat into the narrow gap immediately after being discovered.

While leaving a small number of troops behind to cover the retreat, they retreated.

Notify the First Army Command in Taiyuan and send the Air Force to bomb.

The bombers from Taiyuan can fly over in less than an hour.

The Eighth Route Army's hospitals and arsenals had no time to retreat, and the losses they suffered must have been huge.

At that time, as long as Yamazaki Jihei can return to Taiyuan safely.

With all these achievements of his, it is enough for him to be promoted to the position of Chief of Staff of a wing.

This way he won't have to worry about being forced to retire.

It's a pity that his eagerness to make a contribution not only made him hurt himself.

At the same time, the entire Yamazaki Battalion was put in danger and had no chance of survival.

Song Wenwan rushed over at full speed and saw that thick smoke was already billowing above Lijiaopo.

Was it because I was late this time? Song Wenwan jumped off the horse and started looking for Ding Wei.

When Ding Wei heard that his "God of Wealth" had arrived, he didn't bother to arrange a second attack and hurried over to visit Song Wenwan.

"Commander Song, look at the dust here, why are you here?

Why don't you go to my regiment headquarters and sit down there first? I'll go have a drink with you after I've dealt with these little devils."

Song Wenwan: "Your regiment headquarters is still dozens of miles away from here. Why would I go there when it's so far away?"

He pointed to the Lijiapo battlefield and said, "Drinking is not as good as watching you fight the Japanese. How is it going? Is our attack going well?"

Ding Wei said: "Although this group of Japanese soldiers are not smart, they are really good at fighting a defensive battle.

We fired hundreds of mortars, but they didn't make any move.

I was just saying I was going to go up and see what was going on, and here you are."

Song Wenwan grabbed Ding Wei and said, "It's a good thing you didn't go up to observe, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see you.

You call over a company of soldiers and ask them to put their Type 38 rifles on the top of the slope.

Use a small wooden stick to slowly lift up your hat, and you will understand what is going on. "