After resting for half an hour, Liu Gen took the soldiers to set off again. This time Liu Gen asked the soldiers to slow down their speed.

As the speed decreased, the soldiers' state recovered a lot, but the time for continuous progress increased a lot. In this way, it seems to be quite good to move forward at such a speed. The soldiers wanted to speed up the advance, but were stopped by Liu Gen. What he needed was to keep the soldiers' physical strength to ensure that they could devote themselves to the battle after they arrived in Laiyuan Town.

Now let the soldiers accelerate their advancement and squeeze the soldiers' physical strength, it is easy to cause the soldiers to not have enough physical strength to fight after arriving in Laiyuan Town, which is not possible.

When Liu Gen and his soldiers arrived in Laiyuan Town, they could see Zhang Dabiao and others waiting for him. He could see the smile on Zhang Dabiao's face, which made him understand that there should be no more Japanese in Laiyuan Town. After saying hello to Zhang Dabiao, Liu Gen took the telescope from Zhang Dabiao and looked at Laiyuan Town below.

After a careful look, Liu Gen found that it was probably not that easy to take Yuanzhen. He could see the Japanese built artillery towers outside Laiyuan Town and arranged more than one heavy machine gun to ensure the safety of Laiyuan Town. For the Japanese, Laiyuan Town has very important strategic value. Who made Laiyuan Town the throat of the Jinzhong area to Changzhi?

A large number of mountainous hills separate the Jinzhong area from the Changzhi area, which also makes the strategic position of Laiyuan Town more important. The Japanese supplies and supplies need to be passed here to ensure the connection and transportation of the two areas. It is precisely because of this that the Japanese Zhongcun squadron in Laiyuan Town will be stationed here. With the cooperation of some puppet troops, it is quite difficult for the Eighth Route Army to take down Yuanzhen.

Once Laiyuan Town is attacked, the Japanese around will quickly support them. With the Japanese's reaction speed, the Eighth Route Army did not have enough time to attack Laiyuan Town.

Now it is different. Most of the forces of the Nakamura Squadron were transferred away, and there was only one small team of Japanese soldiers, less than fifty people left. With the number of these Japanese and puppet troops, it is still possible to defend themselves in Yuanzhen, not to mention that there are several heavy machine guns and artillery towers in Laiyuanzhen to defend. With the combat effectiveness of the Japanese, the ordinary Eighth Route Forces would not be able to take them down Yuanzhen in a short time.

In order to ensure the safety of Laiyuan Town, the Japanese were a little crazy in defense. On the outside, Liu Gen saw four heavy machine guns. I don’t know if there are any heavy machine guns inside Laiyuan Town. As for the mortars, Liu Gen didn’t know if there were any in Laiyuan Town, but Zhang Dabiao conducted an investigation into Yuan Town in advance and confirmed that there were no mortars in Laiyuan Town.

According to Zhang Dabiao's investigation, due to the importance of Laiyuan Town, the Zhongcun Squadron was equipped with two Type 92 infantry artillery. However, this time, the Nanguan Railway Station was attacked, and the squadron leader of the Zhongcun Squadron took away the two Type 92 infantry artillery, which made Laiyuan Town no artillery for defense.

"It seems that Brother Zhang has figured out the situation in Laiyuan Town. I wonder when Brother Zhang is going to attack?" Looking at Zhang Dabiao, Liu Gen asked.

It is early morning. Through the telescope, Liu Gen could see that the Japanese were alert and even the puppet troops had reached their respective defense positions. Now, there are certain risks in attacking the Japanese. The Japanese's defense is so strict that it may be difficult to force them down.

"The Japanese Nakamura Squadron may return at any time, so naturally the sooner the attack, the better!" Zhang Dabiao said in a deep voice.

Liu Gen nodded, and he knew that Zhang Dabiao would make such a decision. Looking at the soldiers around him, he could see the determination on the faces of the soldiers, and the soldiers were also ready to attack Laiyuan Town!

"Then prepare to advance immediately! The soldiers of the artillery company will also be given to you for command, so just leave me a few soldiers to help." Liu Gen said softly.

Zhang Dabiao had no objection. He did not think that the warriors of the artillery company could have strong combat effectiveness, but Zhang Dabiao knew that if he wanted to take Yuanzhen, he would inevitably have a hard battle! The Japanese are not fools, but they would not stand there and let Liu Gen shoot himself and kill him! Moreover, once the Japanese retreated into the interior of Laiyuan Town, Liu Gen, the artillery, would not have much room for development.

Seeing Zhang Dabiao bringing the soldiers down the mountain and heading towards Laiyuan Town, Liu Gen also brought several soldiers to push the Type 92 infantry cannons to find suitable artillery positions. Facing the Japanese in Laiyuan Town, Liu Gen needed an artillery position with a wide enough vision to ensure that he could see the Japanese's every move and then fire the gun to eliminate the Japanese's defensive positions.

When his eyes fell on the Japanese artillery tower, Liu Gen frowned. The Type 92 infantry cannon in his hand had no big solution to the Japanese artillery tower, unless it could be close to the Japanese artillery tower at 500 meters. But now it is not at night. If you want to approach the Japanese artillery tower at 500 meters, you are undoubtedly dreaming. The Japanese are not fools!

Liu Gen sighed lightly. He knew that he could only rely on Zhang Dabiao and his soldiers to seize the Japanese artillery tower. His artillery would not play much role.

Found a dirt slope less than one thousand meters away from Laiyuan Town. Standing on the dirt slope, Liu Gen could see the situation in Laiyuan Town.

Several soldiers brought the high-explosive bombs they carried, not many, less than twenty high-explosive bombs, and these high-explosive bombs were brought by Li Yunlong from the brigade commander. After leaving two soldiers to help him, Liu Gen asked the two soldiers to go to guard against the Japanese to touch them. As an artilleryman, Liu Gen did not want the Japanese to touch the artillery position when he fired his own artillery.

Looking towards the positions of Zhang Dabiao and others, Liu Gen could see Zhang Dabiao and his soldiers approaching the Japanese artillery tower. If he wanted to take down the far town, he had to deal with the Japanese artillery tower. His eyes fell on the heavy machine gun position not far from the Japanese artillery tower. Liu Gen calculated the corresponding shooting angle. He needed to deal with this heavy machine gun position to relieve the pressure on Zhang Dabiao and others.

The explosive packs carried by several soldiers were taken down, and Liu Gen looked helpless. If the power of the Type 92 infantry cannon was strong enough, then the soldiers would not need to use the explosive packs to attack the Japanese artillery tower. As for the shooting holes of the Japanese artillery tower within a thousand meters, Liu Gen does not have that ability yet. He can be sure that if the Japanese find his trace, they will definitely come to deal with him decisively.

Only by maintaining a sufficient distance from the front line can Liu Gen, the artillery, play a sufficient role and prevent Liu Gen from falling into danger. Zhang Dabiao also knew this and did not think about letting Liu Gen advance to a range less than 500 meters from the Japanese artillery tower with his infantry artillery.

"Castball!" Seeing Zhang Dabiao and the soldiers ready for battle, Liu Gen said in a deep voice,
Chapter completed!