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Chapter 193, want your head
Zhu Jingtang, the head of the 38th Regiment, was also a veteran who had participated in the jute riots and traveled miles.

He had studied in middle school, was a little short-sighted and wore black-rimmed glasses. Among the Eighth Route Army, which generally had a low level of education, he was considered a highly educated man.

However, academic qualifications do not represent ability.

Although he is highly educated, his level of fighting is relatively average.There is no problem with conventional command tactics, but if he encounters a difficult bone, he lacks a little thinking.

This time, their regiment got the main attack mission, but the terrain in the attack direction was very unfavorable for the attacking side.

There is only one small road in the direction of attack, from the frontier of the Japanese defense to the starting position of the attack, although it is only three to 40 meters away,

But this road was dug out on a steep hillside, only a few tens of centimeters wide, and only one person can pass through.

As long as there is a machine gun on the other side of the road, one man can guard the gate, and ten thousand men can't open it.

Until the moment before launching the attack, his brows were still tightly furrowed.

At ten o'clock at night, the second battalion first marched to the top of the mountain.

Several other battalions also entered the predetermined positions, and when the second battalion took down the machine gun position on the top of the wall, they began to act.

The Commandos of the nd Battalion did a great job.

The commandos approached in the darkness without making a sound.

The two sentries of the enemy yawned again and again, listlessly patrolling back and forth.

Although the captain personally confessed that whoever falls asleep while standing guard, he will stay here forever like the rock on the top of the wall, but these two sentries are really sleepy.

As they walked, their eyes closed unconsciously. They really wanted to slap themselves in the mouth.

They also know that today is not the same as before. Now the Eighth Route Army is surrounded by iron barrels at the foot of the mountain.
Maybe they will touch them at any time, and before the captain shoots them, the Eighth Route Army will probably kill them first.

Just when they were in a daze and couldn't tell whether they were asleep or awake, two black figures rushed over, and with a flash of bayonet, the two sentries fell silently.

The commandos quickly approached.

Although the Japanese army on the top of the wall reacted, it was too late.

Dozens of grenades were thrown from different directions at the same time. Before the Japanese machine guns could be called out, the commandos had already rushed up.

The Japanese soldiers who did not die retreated to the mountain one after another.

Zhu Jingtang gave an order, and the troops ambushing at the foot of the mountain rushed towards their respective targets.

When attacking a small village halfway up the mountain, they paid a heavy price for losing the suddenness of their attack.

After building during the day, the Japanese army built a complete fortification system relying on cave dwellings.

Each cave dwelling can not only form a firepower point by itself, but also cover and support each other with other cave dwellings, forming a cross fire net.

There is also a bulletproof pier dug in front of the cave. If the grenade is not thrown in place and falls into the bulletproof pier, it will be difficult to pose a threat to the Japanese army.

The Japanese army dug through the connected caves to form a network of fortifications.

The 38th regiment competed with the Japanese army for cave dwellings.Every time a cave dwelling is captured, a considerable price must be paid.

Zhu Jingtang saw that the Japanese army was backed by cave dwellings, and their firepower was fierce. If the fight continued like this, even if the 38th regiment was lost, it might not necessarily be defeated.

He believes that the attacks must be stopped and new methods must be studied.

The 38th regiment stopped attacking after struggling to capture less than half of the cave dwellings.

"Send a report to the brigade commander."

Seeing that Eighth Route had stopped attacking, Captain Yamazaki put down his binoculars complacently.

Although the Eighth Route Army launched a sneak attack, he didn't care at all.

The positions at the foot of the mountain and the cave dwellings halfway up the mountain are all positions that can be abandoned at any time.

The circular fortification he constructed ingeniously has not yet played a role!
Only when the Eighth Route Army really attacks and spreads layers on the ground will we know his greatness.

"Although our army is besieged by the enemy's superior forces, we trust that the soldiers will use their lives, and the position is firmly in our hands.

A large group of Eighth Route Army troops are attracted by our brigade here, this is an excellent opportunity to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, hereby ask for reinforcements..."

Captain Yamazaki poked a hornet's nest and recruited the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as the war broke out, the entire North China region became lively.

Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army Itagaki Seishiro, Commander of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in China General Hisao Nishio,

Yoshio Oozuka, the commander of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, and Tada Hayao, the commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, were all looking at the map at various headquarters.

The combat staff officers of the headquarters at all levels are nervously working on the map, and the area around Guanjianao on the map has been surrounded by huge arrows of different colors.

The mobile units that the Japanese army has assembled, the 36th Division stationed in Lu'an, the 16th Brigade stationed in Fenyang, the 9th Brigade stationed in Taiyuan, and the 4th Brigade stationed in Yangquan, are all traveling day and night to the Guanjianao area. Divide into a joint attack.

At the same time, the reinforcement troops of the various departments of the Eighth Route Army in the entire North China region have also joined the Japanese reinforcements.

The order of the Eighth Route Army headquarters is dead: stop the enemy from reinforcing at all costs.

As a result, around the little-known hill of Guanjianao, the Eighth Route Army troops in the entire North China region and various Japanese army units have put on a decisive battle posture.

However, the eyes of the supreme commanders of the two warring parties were still fixed on Shanxi, this small hill that had been unknown in the past.

The battle of Guan Jianao is destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

The battle lasted all night, but only two-thirds of the cave dwellings on the mountainside were taken down, but the 38th regiment suffered heavy casualties.

Zhu Jingtang really had no choice, he couldn't even handle these cave dwellings, let alone the path leading to the top of the mountain, which was passed by one person.

There are still a large number of enemy troops on the top of the mountain, and the 38th regiment is all here, and it may not be possible to take it down.

The call went directly to the brigade headquarters, and Chief of Staff Zhou answered it. He didn't say too much, just one meaning: guard first, and troops will replace them soon.

"It's all over, fan..."

After all, the brigade commander didn't swear the swear words out of his mouth, but he was really angry.

The 38th Regiment couldn't take down Guanjiao, and the nd Regiment attacked Liushunao, but there was no result.

How do you explain this?

The troops fighting on the periphery to block the attack must fight head-on with the enemy.The longer it takes, the greater the loss.

The general headquarters was under a lot of pressure, and the boss put down a harsh sentence: "If you can't destroy the enemy, remove your designation of the th Division."

"Where's Li Yunlong's new second regiment? Didn't he make several phone calls, clamoring to join?"

The brigade commander said angrily, "Then let him go. If he does, he won't be able to take down Guan Jianao. I want his head."

If you want someone's head, the brigade commander will not say it easily.

The firm and confident brigade commander would like to get angry at his subordinates like this time during the war, so that he lost his composure.

(End of this chapter)