"Tu tu tu tu!"

"Da da da!——"

The 10 heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, and dense bullets poured down, combined with the mortar shells that flew over from time to time, ruthlessly blocking the retreat of the Japanese independent mixed 8th Brigade.

After launching several breakthroughs one after another, all of which were intercepted by the powerful firepower of the new group, Yamashita Fengwu's brows suddenly knitted together.

However, the old devil did not lose his mind because of the current failure. He still maintained a clear mind.

While avoiding the new group of attacks, the old devil was also scanning the entire Phoenix Ridge with sharp eyes like a falcon, looking for a suitable position to break out.

Yes, Yamashita Fengwu had given up taking the main road and broke out from the entrance of the mountain road.

Because the firepower of the new regiment is too strong, even though there are still more than 3,000 people left in the 8th independent mixed brigade, if they continue to take the main road to break out, even if the number of people is doubled, it will not be enough for 10 heavy machine guns to harvest

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Don’t underestimate the power of heavy machine guns. During the Normandy landing in history, a German machine gunner named Severo killed more than 4,000 Allied soldiers in just 9 hours.

Yamashita Tomu also tried to use machine gun fire to suppress the new group of machine gunners on the mountain, and used mortars to knock them out.

However, Li Yunlong had been on guard against this move for a long time. The artillerymen of the new regiment did nothing but stare at the Japanese machine gunners and artillerymen.

Almost as soon as the Japanese machine gunners and artillerymen set up their machine guns and mortars, one or even multiple grenades would fly from the mountain, and then all the Japanese machine gunners and artillerymen, including their weapons, would be blown away.

After some reconnaissance, Yamashita Fengwu narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze on a mountain col not far to the left in front.

Although the New Regiment also deployed a heavy machine gun at that location, its firepower was obviously many times weaker than at the entrance to the mountain road.

As long as this heavy machine gun is suppressed, they can forcefully break through with a new group of other light machine guns and rifle firepower.

"Give me the order to immediately stop the breakout from the direction of Taiyuan, change direction, use the brigade as a unit, alternately cover each other, and break out from the left mountain col 100 meters ahead!"

As soon as the order was given, the Japanese who formed an independent 8th Brigade immediately rushed towards the mountain col.

Along the way, Japanese soldiers were constantly being hit by bullets or blown away by grenades.

But the other Japanese soldiers turned a blind eye and rushed towards him.

It is worth mentioning that Fenghuangling is not a big mountain or a mountain valley, but a small mountain package guarding a main mountain. It is named Fenghuangling because it looks like a phoenix.

The terrain here is not too dangerous, and Li Yunlong hastily set up an ambush and failed to block all the small forks.

So, in a panic, Yamashita Fengwu finally found a way out in the desperate situation, and after leaving more than 1,000 corpses, he finally succeeded in highlighting a new group of ambush circles.

Looking at the direction in which the Japanese had broken through and fled away, Fourth Battalion Commander Sun Desheng asked for instructions: "Commander, do you want to send troops to pursue them immediately?"

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said: "Don't chase the enemy when you are poor. Only a small part of this enemy escaped, and most of the heavy firepower weapons were lost here. Even if they go to Jinzhong, they will not be able to change the situation of the war at all.

Therefore, they will definitely return to Taiyuan along the same route.

If we continue our pursuit, they will definitely ask for help from Taiyuan.

Even though we have just won a battle, if we were to face the Japs head-on, we still don't have much chance of winning."

Although Li Yunlong is lawless, he is definitely not the kind of person who enjoys success. On the contrary, the more he takes advantage, the calmer he becomes.

Only when faced with desperate situations or other special circumstances, he would take desperate measures.

"Clean the battlefield immediately!"

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On the other side, the 3rd Japanese Armored Vehicle Battalion and the Black Island Cavalry Regiment were also blocked by the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment in Maerling and Jinwu Mountain respectively.

Because tanks and armored vehicles have hard shells, only half of a group of more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles were blown up by the independent regiment using towed mines, while the remaining tanks forcibly broke through the encirclement.

Since the intersection heading towards Jinzhong was blocked by damaged tanks and armored vehicles, these little devils had no choice but to turn around and return towards Taiyuan.

However, the accompanying brigade of Japanese infantrymen did not have a tortoise box as a cover, and most of them were killed or injured under the fierce attack of the independent regiment. In the end, only two squadrons escaped.

On the Jinwu Mountain side, the 772nd Regiment only faced a Black Island Cavalry Regiment, so the battle was relatively simple.

If Cheng Xiazi hadn't been greedy for the Japanese troops and wanted to expand the cavalry company of the 772nd Regiment into a cavalry battalion, he could have completely wiped them out.

As a result, more than 1,000 Japanese cavalrymen were allowed to escape, and more than 300 of them escaped, and most of the horses on the battlefield were killed and wounded.

There are less than 100 intact war horses, so the cavalry battalion is definitely out of business, but it is possible to expand the castrated cavalry company into a reinforced company.

There was no way. The battle situation at that time was too chaotic. At that time, the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment opened fire, and the dense bullets were like a violent rain. Although the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment deliberately controlled it, the bullets did not have eyes.

Looking at the corpses of the war horses on the ground, Blind Cheng was so distressed that he almost burst into tears.

"This horse meat should be used to improve the lives of the soldiers."

Blind Cheng could only comfort himself in this way...

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The screen is pulled back to Jinzhong County.

Each regiment of the Eighth Route Army formed a camp step by step and fought steadily, advancing bit by bit towards the center of the city, constantly encroaching on the Japanese occupied areas.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, Naoomi Hattori, the leader of the Japanese Brigade, felt heavier and heavier.

The chief of staff next to him, Yasuda Shindao: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, if the current situation continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on until dawn, and the crazy Eighth Route Army will break into our headquarters."

"Commander Yoshio Shinozuka called back and said that he had dispatched the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade, the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment, and the 3rd Armored Vehicle Group to provide us with tactical guidance. Counting the time, it has been almost two hours.

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Logically speaking, they should be almost at Jinzhong, but they are still nowhere to be seen. Could it be that they were blocked by the Eighth Route Army halfway?"

Hearing what Yasuda Makoto said, Hattori Naoomi's already extremely heavy heart sank to the bottom.

He said with a gloomy face: "It is absolutely impossible for Mr. Yamashita and the others to waste time on the road. They must have been blocked by the Eighth Route Army.

Since this Eighth Route Army will attack Jinzhong, it will definitely leave enough reserve troops to set up an ambush halfway to block the Imperial Army's reinforcements!"

After a pause, Hattori Naoomi changed his voice and said, "Yota-kun, please send a telegram to the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade to ask where they are."

"Hiyi!"

Yasuda Zhen nodded heavily, then turned and left...

(End of chapter)


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