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At the same time, within the command of the Fourth Japanese Brigade.

The commander of the 4th Brigade, Mitsuto Suzuki, Chief of Staff Huo Yizhensan and others were all present. Due to the failure of the day's offense, the atmosphere in the command center seemed extremely depressing at this time.

In addition, Mito Suzuki's face was as long as a donkey's face. Several team leaders of the Fourth Brigade and the captains were all sitting with heavy faces, not daring to slack off at all.

Seeing his subordinates silently, Mito Suzuki couldn't help but feel a little angry and snorted coldly: "Shame! It's simply a shame, a shame for the entire Japanese Empire! Today's attack has repeatedly ended in failure. Don't you feel ashamed? The great Japanese Imperial Army has the blessing of His Majesty the Emperor and Amaterasu, and the heroic imperial soldiers are brave enough to strive for the first place. The weapons and equipment are far beyond the reach of the Chinese pigs! With thousands of imperial warriors and firepower assistance from planes and cannons, they attacked for four days, and even a small Qifengkou could not be captured! Isn't this a shame? How can you satisfy His Majesty the Emperor's expectations for you?"

"Hay! The brigade commander is right. However, although the Imperial Army's attacks in one fell swoop a few days ago, it also caused serious damage to the Chinese defenders. Under the firepower of the Imperial Air Force and artillery, the Chinese army at Hifengkou was about to be unable to hold on. I believe that at most tomorrow, the heroic imperial army will be able to break through the defense line of China and completely defeat the 29th Army!" Colonel Sakai Saburo, the captain of the 17th Infantry Regiment, stood up and analyzed.

"Sakurai! Never underestimate your opponent! Facts have proved that the Chinese army opposite us are not ordinary miscellaneous troops mentioned in the newspaper. They are strict discipline and have strong combat effectiveness. Even the Central Army of the Nanjing National Government is not inferior to those of the corps of the Fifth Infantry Regiment." Masao Watanabe said a little sneeredly.

"Watanabe, why did Watanabe increase the ambition of the Chinese people and destroy the imperial army? Could it be that the failure of the daytime attack left a shadow on Watanabe? Fearing at the 29th China Army?" Sakai Saburo retorted.

"You! I'm just talking about things. The 29th Army on the opposite side should not be underestimated! The loss of Highland No. 1 and Highland No. 2 is the best proof!" Masao Watanabe retorted angrily.

Sakai Saburo was furious when he heard this. Highland No. 1 and Highland No. 2 were lost from their 17th Infantry Regiment. Masao Watanabe said this and undoubtedly slapped him hard.

Just as Sakai Saburo was so angry that he was about to break out, Suzuki Mitsuto shouted angrily: "Bagaya Road! No quarrels are allowed! Go back to rectify the troops. The 17th Infantry Regiment will attack the No. 1 Highlands, and the 5th Infantry Regiment will attack the No. 2 Highlands, and you will be required to take the No. 1 and No. 2 Highlands before dark tomorrow!"

"Hayi!" Watanabe Masao and Sakai Saburo quickly lowered their heads and responded, then turned around and left.

After Sakai Saburo and Watanabe Masao and his group left, Suzuki Mitsuru turned to Chief of Staff Huo Yizhensan and said: "Hao Yijun, if you send the order, all departments should be vigilant and strictly prevent the Chinese army from launching another night attack on the Imperial Army."

"Hayi!" Huo Yizhensan quickly lowered his head, then quickly walked out of the command center, conveying the order.

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The Japanese camp was about three miles away from Heights 1 and 2, and its brigade command was ten miles away. Because when Suzuki Mitsuto attacked during the day, he would go to the front line to command the battle in person, and he would only return to the brigade command center to rest at night.

In addition, the location of the brigade command is already in the deep hinterland of the Japanese army, so the entire brigade command has only one squadron garrison force.

When attacking during the day, two infantry teams will follow Suzuki Mitsuto to the front line and will return to the team at night.

The Japanese artillery positions were built not far behind its attacking troops, and the distance between the two sides was no more than two miles away. The Suzuki Brigade was a strengthened brigade, especially in terms of artillery. In addition to some war defense artillery left at the division headquarters, the remaining 70mm Type 92 infantry artillery, 75 mountain cannons, and field cannons were all equipped with the Fourth Brigade of Suzuki Mitsuto. It can be said that the artillery firepower of the Fourth Brigade is very strong.

It was almost the artillery firepower of a division, which caused such great damage to the 29th Army of the National Army at Xifengkou, which also prompted General Zhao Dengyu and others to make up their minds to destroy it, so they would risk night attacks on the Japanese artillery positions.

The artillery units of the Fourth Brigade are mainly composed of artillery corps directly under the division. In addition to three artillery brigades, this artillery corps is also equipped with a squadron's garrison force.

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Japanese artillery position, artillery corps command.

The corps leader Colonel Lai Ionjiro was having dinner with several brigade leaders in his command center. Since their artillery corps are directly under the division, and they are artillery corps, their treatment is much better than that of ordinary infantry corps.

The dinner was also quite rich. In addition, the old devil Lai Ionji is a drunkard. Every time he fought a war, he would pull several of his subordinates to drink. Although there was a clear rule within the Japanese army that officers and soldiers were not allowed to drink during wartime, few of the senior commanders of the Japanese army would abide by it. Although Lai Ionjiro was only a colonel, the family behind him was considered aristocrat in Japan. His ancestors had a lot of military achievements and no one was supervising them, so this kind of drinking during wartime is not surprising.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this. From ancient times to the present, the general who led troops to fight did not drink alcohol when marching and fighting? Of course, drinking and drunk are two different things. Some famous generals in history are self-disciplined. Although drinking alcohol does not miss the situation, alcohol can boost people's courage. Drinking some wine before going to war is still a bit beneficial to the morale of the army.

However, some people mislead their lives due to excessive drinking. Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide, a powerful general of the Three Kingdoms, is a good example.

Lai Iwajiro and others were drinking and talking with several subordinates. At this time, a communication soldier strode in and suddenly stood at the same time and reported: "Your Excellency Colonel, the Brigade and Regiment Headquarters called and asked our headquarters to be vigilant to prevent the Chinese army from raiding at night!"

"What? Chinese army? Night attack?" Lai Ionjiro, who was already a little drunk, couldn't help but smile contemptuously when he heard this, "Haha, Suzuki Jun is really worried. There is the 17th Infantry Regiment and the 5th Infantry Regiment in front of us. How could the Chinese army come here? Even if the Chinese pigs can get here, our garrison squadron can destroy them all!"

"Your Excellency the Corps is right! The stupid Chinese were already scared by the powerful artillery fire of our Imperial Army during the day. How could he dare to come out to die? However, the infantry buckets, under the cover of our fierce artillery fire, were unable to defeat the already timid Chinese army! I think they should have wasted all their strength, so they were so weak when attacking, haha!" A major laughed loudly as he said.

"Yoxi! Onojun is right! You can continue! The Chinese people won't show up at all, there is no need to scare yourself." Lai Ionjiro nodded happily, waved his hand to the communication soldier with a dim look.

"Hayi!" The correspondent suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and walked out quickly.

"Come ono! Drink with you today! Our artillery corps will be able to show off again tomorrow, so that the damn Chinese pigs can taste the power of our great Japanese Empire artillery fire! Haha!" Lai Ionjiro smiled proudly, holding a wine bowl.

"Drink! Haha!" Several Japanese officers raised their glasses and said with a lewd smile.

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It was pitch black. General Zhao Dengyu took the 600 warriors down the No. 1 Highland and headed straight to the Motianling Mountains to the west. The Motianling Mountains were rugged and steep, and they could not move smoothly during the day. The night was pitch black at night. Because they were worried about exposure and could not ignite the torch, it was very difficult to walk. If you accidentally fell into the mountain stream.

The soldiers almost held hands and supported each other and moved forward.

The ones who walked in the front were Zhang Xinghan and Hou Wanshan, and a veteran nicknamed the Russian. He was not tall, but he was good at being good at it, especially his big hands, who were extremely powerful. He was once a hunter in the mountains and was very good at walking on the mountain roads at night, so he volunteered to step forward and ask to lead the way.

Zhang Xinghan and Hou Wanshan were the guides appointed by General Zhao Dengyu. After the previous bloody battle, Zhao Dengyu had noticed this skill. The young privateer was a young man, and the young Zhang Xing was both literary and military. He was very fond of General Zhao Dengyu and was interested in it and was deliberately used and cultivated. It was just that the battle was imminent and there was no time.

There is a reason why we have to go to Motianling, because according to the observations of the day, the Japanese artillery positions were at least several miles away. If we kill them head-on, we might not be able to find the artillery positions of the Japanese, so we would first meet the Japanese's main force.

Therefore, we can only circle the Motianling, bypass the Japanese frontal troops, and attack the Japanese artillery positions behind us.

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At the gate of Xifengkou, after General Zhao Dengyu led his team to set off, Colonel He Jifeng, deputy commander of the 109th Brigade, arrived here overnight with a battalion of cavalry.

In the command center.

After learning that General Zhao Dengyu had already set out with the Big Sword Team, He Jifeng hurriedly said to General Wang Zhibang: "Brig Commander Wang, the brigade led his team to attack the Japanese artillery. Even if he succeeded, he would be surrounded by the main Japanese army. It would not be so easy to break through the siege."

"Well! I'm also worried about this. Brother He, do you have any good solutions?" General Wang Zhibang asked with a frown.

"Brig Commander Wang, Bei Zhi suggested that after the Japanese artillery positions were destroyed, we immediately took the initiative to attack the Japanese invaders in front of us with the sound of explosions, forcing them to return to support, so as to alleviate the pressure on the Big Sword Team and support them to break through the siege!" He Jifeng expressed his thoughts.

"Okay! That's it! Brother He, you go and gather the troops immediately!" General Wang Zhibang agreed immediately after hearing this.

"Yes!" He Jifeng stood up and saluted, then turned around and left quickly.

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In a valley about two hundred meters southwest of the Japanese artillery position, after nearly two hours of march, General Zhao Dengyu led 600 members of the Big Sword Team to arrive here. Due to the guidance of the Russians, the soldiers did not have any accidents of falling into the mountain stream. Only two soldiers accidentally knocked on the rocks and swelled their legs.

In the valley, General Zhao Dengyu was leaning against the soldiers and resting in the valley. After about a moment, Zhang Xinghan, the old Russians, Hou Wanshan and the other two who were going out to explore the way were returned.

Seeing the three people, General Zhao Dengyu hurriedly asked, "How is it? Are there any targets nearby?"

The old Russian gasped and replied: "Yes! It's about two hundred meters away from here, just behind the hillside in front, there is a flat land with fire. Because the night is too dark, we cannot determine whether it is the Japanese artillery position. We are afraid of alarming the snakes, so we did not continue to approach the reconnaissance."

"Oh, that's it?" General Zhao Dengyu couldn't help frowning when he heard this. There was a Japanese army ahead, but he was not sure whether it was a Japanese position. If he continued to move forward and search, it was very likely that the Japanese army would be alarmed, and then all his efforts would be wasted.

At this point of dilemma, even General Zhao Dengyu, who has experienced many battles and has rich combat experience, is at a loss and can't help but sigh heavily.

At this moment, Zhang Xinghan said: "I think the brigade must be the artillery position of the Japanese in front of him."

"Oh? How do you know?" General Zhao Dengyu, the Russians, Hou Wanshan and others all looked at Zhang Xinghan with surprise.

"I just observed carefully. The terrain here is very conducive to building artillery positions. First of all, the hill in front just sat for the Japanese artillerymen to have a good concealment and improved their concealment. The hill has no impact on the Japanese's curved cannons at all.

Moreover, this place is located in the hinterland of the Japanese sphere of influence, and it is at least four or five miles away from our position. If the Japanese artillery is far away, it will exceed the range, so it is certain that this is the Japanese artillery position." Zhang Mingyu replied.

"Well! Xinghan's analysis makes sense." General Zhao Dengyu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he nodded happily, and looked at Zhang Xinghan with deep meaning in his eyes. He thought to himself: Why did such an outstanding talent with both civil and military skills be considered a private? When he returns from the battle, he must report to the military captain and use him with great importance.

"Hostel! Will we fight?" Hou Wanshan also said excitedly after listening to Zhang Xinghan's analysis.

"Send the order! Everyone prepares for battle immediately! The bomb throwers are in front and the big sword team is in the middle. The brothers responsible for carrying explosive bags follow up! Secluded to catch the enemy!" Zhao Dengyu said with a stern expression.

"Yes!" Hou Wanshan happily agreed.

The order was quickly conveyed, and all the members of the Big Sword Team stood up and followed General Zhao Dengyu closely, quietly touching the Japanese artillery positions.
Chapter completed!