Half an hour passed quickly.

What surprised Ge Dazhuang, Li Goudan and Lin Han was that the Japanese army did not launch a retaliatory shelling this time, nor did they rush to launch a second attack.

Ge Dazhuang said, "It's strange, why haven't the Japanese moved yet?"

Li Goudan said: "Is the Japanese apology afraid of us?"

"Battle Li, what are you thinking?" Lin Han said angrily, "The Japanese are not scared."

"Hey, that's what I said?" Li Goudan said embarrassedly, "Then tell me, why haven't the Japanese moved yet?"

"How could I know this?" Lin Han said.

As he was talking, Wei Xilai suddenly said, "Captain, there is movement!"

Wang Ye was leaning against the wall of the underground shelter, closing his eyes to rest. Hearing this, he stood up and said, "What's the movement?"

Wei Xilai rushed forward and said, "At the six o'clock direction, it seemed that there were Japanese engineers digging a tunnel, but no Japanese showed their heads. Only a handful of loess raised upwards."

"Let's take a look." Lin Han reached out to seize Wei Xilai's sniper rifle.

"Don't touch the hidden gun." Wei Xilai refused decisively, this was his treasure.

"Stingy." Lin Han snorted, and could only lie in front of the lookout hole and look with his naked eyes.

Although Ge Dazhuang is the leader of the local regiment, he also has a telescope. He raised the telescope to observe.

The captain of Li Goudan, the county brigade, could not be equipped with a telescope, and could only look at it with a glance, hoping that Ge Dazhuang would show him after he finished watching it.

Wang Ye also raised his telescope and indeed saw loess rising from the Japanese position directly in front of him.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ye was very happy. It was really a turn of feng shui. Two years ago, they used local work to fight Lijiapo. Now they were replaced by Japanese attacks Yunqi Town, which was actually local work.

Ge Dazhuang said: "This is a local work, Director Wang, I'm in trouble now."

"Ah, local work?" Li Goudan said in surprise, "It's really a bit troublesome now."

Wei Xilai now has rich combat experience. He said lightly, "The Japanese used local work to advance, so our firepower points could not hit them."

Li Goudan said: "It's not just a matter of inability to fight firepower, but the Japanese will dig up all the tunnels."

"Don't panic." Wang Ye said sneered, "If the Japanese want to dig, just let them dig it. When they push the tunnel to our position, they will dig all the tunnels outside Yunqi Town, and get the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month. By then, the battle to kill the pig's mouth will be over, and the main force of the column should come to Yunqi Town."

"It seems to be right, too." Ge Dazhuang and others reacted.

Wang Ye said again: "What's more, we are not completely unable to do anything."

"I know." Wei Xilai rushed to say, "When the Japanese push the tunnel to within fifty meters, we can attack them with grenades. Bullets cannot be shot into the tunnel, but grenades can still be thrown into the tunnel."

"That's it." Wang Ye said, "Anyway, we have some grenades."

...

No. 11, Tieshizi Hutong, Peiping.

After lunch, Okamura Yasuji had a good sleep. When he returned to the combat hall, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. He saw that Mo Sei-san was working on the sand table with several combat participants from the General Staff.

Seeing Okamura Yasuji, Atsumi quickly bowed his head and greeted: "Your Excellency General."

Okamura Yasuji waved his hand and asked, "You Mojun, has the Nan Cluster taken Yunqi Town?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across the face of Mo Jing San, and he shook his head and said, "Not yet, the Nan Cluster is still fighting with the Eighth Route Army outside Yunqi Town, and it seems that the fight is quite difficult."

"What's going on?" Okamura Nishi's face collapsed instantly.

There are three sub-sophisticated spirits: "Because the Eighth Route Army invented a very disgusting tactic."

"It's a disgusting tactic?" Okamura Niji frowned, "I wonder what kind of disgusting tactic it is?"

There are three meditations: "Didn't the bandit area in the northwest of Shanxi dig a large number of tunnels like the bandit area in the middle of Jilin? There are also spider-web-like tunnels around Yunqi Town. Originally, this tunnel net was only used to transfer personnel, equipment and supplies. The entrances and exits of the tunnels were generally very hidden, and they were even disguised."

"But the Eighth Route Army in Yunqi Town is abnormal."

"They dug up thousands of exits for the authentic tunnel network that is two to three kilometers around Yunqi Town!"

"Then these thousands of outlets are built into fire points. These fire points can not only avoid artillery bombardment, but the Eighth Route Army can also achieve rapid transfer between these fire points through tunnels."

After a pause, Aomo Jing San smiled bitterly and said, "It's really very difficult."

"Haga, you're really cunning." Okamura Yanji also frowned.

Ai Mo Jing San smiled bitterly and said, "Faced with such a tactic, it is obviously not possible to attack. Because the casualties are too great, although there are two divisions of the Nan Cluster, it cannot afford it. So Yanagawa Jun thought of the tactics of earthwork, which is to dig tunnels, advance in line, and launch a sudden attack after it reaches the tunnel entrance. This tactic is used to destroy and fill the tunnel exit one by one until all the thousands of tunnel entrances outside Yunqi Town are filled."

Okamura Yasuji nodded and said, "This is a good idea."

Amiso Jingsan smiled bitterly and said, "But it takes a long time."

When Okamura Yasuji sighed when he heard this, time, it's time again.

With his eyes falling on the sand table, Okamura Yasuji asked again: "What's going on in all other directions?"

Youmo Jingsan immediately pointed to the sand table and said, "Please look at the 71st Division in Yelangyu, and the 72nd Division in Xijikou was very slow, and it only advanced more than 100 meters."

"The Eighth Route Army's collapse defense was too disgusting."

"The 1st Division only advanced more than 300 meters in the Wild Boar Gully."

"But fortunately, the simple road outside the Wild Boar Gully will be repaired soon."

"In other words, the chariots of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Search Team can drive up the mountainside and assist the infantry in launching an attack on the Eighth Route Army bunkers on the hillsides on both sides of the Wild Boar Gully."

Speaking of this, Youmo Jingsan said again: "With the protection of the chariot, I believe that the advancement speed of the 1st Division will be greatly accelerated. It is optimistic that it is likely to break through the Wild Boar Gully Fortress within one week."

Okamura Yasuji said: "What did you say just now? This tactic is called a collapsed defense?"

There are three sub-seven: "The technicians from the Special High School class deciphered the secret code of the Eighth Route Army and found that the term collapsed defense was frequently mentioned in the previous correspondence between the 386th Brigade and the Eighth Route Army headquarters. I speculate that this is likely to be the defensive tactic designed by Wang Ye for the four fortresses, so I will name it collapsed defense for the time being."

"You can't say it, it's really appropriate." Okamura Niji said, "This is really similar to the collapse of the body frame when the car collided with each other, but the frame cannot be restored after the body frame collapses. However, the Eighth Route Army's fortress defenders can launch a counterattack after retreating and regain the lost bunker."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji asked again: "Wait, Yumojun, what did you say just now? The technician of the Special High School class deciphered the secret code of the Eighth Route Army?"

There are three sub-sophisticated spirits: "But the Eighth Route Army has just changed."

"It's really damn." Okamura Yanji was a little upset when he heard this.

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji asked again: "Where is the Kita Cluster? Is there no progress?"

"Yes." Youmo Jingsan said with his head down, "The Eighth Route Army gathered in the front of Tiandagang, with at least 5,000 local armed forces, and firmly occupying the advantage of the terrain, so despite the continuous fierce attacks of the North Cluster, it has never been able to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line."

"Bagayaru." Okamura said with a hatred, "Are the North Cluster and the South Cluster all pigs? If the frontal attack is blocked, will it not be flanking? Send a gang to detour, isn't it okay?"

There are three ways of the ultimate essence: "The north and south clusters are all round, but they are useless."

Speaking of this, Yi Jingsan said again: "The Nan Cluster even sent two infantry regiments to detour behind Yunqi Town to cut off all his contact with the outside world, but it was useless."

"The Eighth Route Army is not the Central Army, nor the Jinsui Army."

"As long as the flanking positions of the Central Army and the Shanxi Sui Army are lost, they will be shaken in an instant."

"But even if you surround him, you won't be shaken at all."

He paused and said, "So, before the Eighth Route Army local armed forces in Yunqi Town were completely eliminated, the North Cluster and the South Cluster did not dare to go deeper rashly."

In a word, the Japanese army was also afraid that the Eighth Route Army would cut off its retreat.

Once the retreat is broken, you may be made into dumplings.

No matter what, northwest Shanxi is the territory of the 386th Brigade. Before the rear road was opened, Okamura Yasuji did not dare to let the two major clusters of north and south go deeper.

At this moment, Okamura Yasuji turned his attention to the pig-killing battlefield again.

"Where is the pig's mouth?" Okamura Yasuji asked, "How is the 28th Division? When will the 4th Brigade heading north to reinforce to arrive at the pig's mouth?"

You Jing Sandao: "The situation of the 28th Division is still good. Because the attack aircraft of the 3rd Flying Division continues to provide air firepower support, the defense pressure is not very high. However, the 4th Brigade was blocked by a tough attack from one of the main regiments of the 386th Brigade, which can be said to be difficult to move forward."

"It's hard to move forward?" Okamura Yasuji said angrily, "It's really a waste."

"Yes." You Mo Jing Sanshen agreed, "The combat effectiveness of the divisions and brigades of the First Army has been declining too much. It seems that the years he has been stationed in Shanxi have been too comfortable."

Okamura Yasuji said: "If it weren't for this, why would I have dispatched troops from Hebei to sweep the bandit area in northwestern Shanxi? Northwestern Shanxi is the defense area of ​​the First Army. This group of waste, a bucket!"

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said again: "Have the artillery group of the 386th Brigade participated in the battle?"

"No." Youmo Jingsan said, "Until now, the artillery group of the 386th Brigade has not moved at all."

"It's a big trouble." Okamura Yasuji lamented, "With the Mokun, the 28th Division may be in big trouble now."

Atsushi Seizo couldn't help but frowned. He felt that it was inappropriate for Okamura to say this. You are the commander of the North China Front Army and the backbone of the entire Front Army. How could you say such a discouraging thing?

Sure enough, as soon as Okamura Yasuji said this, the dozen or so staff officers present changed their faces.

But Okamura Yanji soon realized that he had missed his words and immediately remedyed: "However, I believe that the 28th Division will be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive!"

He asked again: "How is the 110th Division ready?"

You Mo Jing San said: "All the vacationers have returned to the team and the supplies are loading. It is expected that some combatants and supplies will be able to depart from Zhengding this evening and will be able to meet with the 4th Brigade tomorrow morning. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be pushed to the Zhukoukou tomorrow and meet with the 28th Division."

"Yoxi." Okamura Yasuji nodded happily.

"Call the 28th Division and hold on until noon tomorrow anyway."

"Hayi." You Shuo Jing paused his head and turned around to arrange for the 28th Division to send a report.

...
To be continued...