Even the 683rd Brigade, which was once the 683rd Brigade, grew into the number one brigade of the Eighty Army during this period, and had enough strength to compete with a Japanese infantry brigade, let alone this time and space.

After leaving the Four Army Regiment, the Taihang Arsenal opened its full power to manufacture various types of ammunition, with only various caliber bullets. It produced 6 million rounds within this year, while the various caliber shells needed by the Guard Brigade and the various departments of the Eighty Army produced more than 100,000.

It can be said that the real strength of the Eighty Army at this time was enough to fight a head-on battle with the entire North China Front Army.

Faced with such a strong enemy, the Japanese rely on a thousand-level infantry brigade and relying on the city wall to persevere until reinforcements arrive. That is simply a dream.

Due to insufficient troops, when the Japanese army found that a large number of Chinese troops were moving towards Linfen City, they voluntarily gave up positions and fortifications outside the city and all huddled into the city wall.

Wang Xiaoqiang was not polite either. As soon as he came up, he used his treasure artillery battalion and the heavy company supported by the brigade. More than 26 artillery pieces blasted at the city wall, and nearly 500 shells were knocked out, blowing out a gap of more than 20 meters to the city wall, which was nearly 3 meters thick.

The Japanese army guarding the city were desperate at that moment!

However, Wang Xiaoqiang did not immediately order the troops to rush into the gap in the city wall with Japanese guns and bullets, but used small-caliber mortar groups to cover the rear of the gap and on both sides of the left and right.

Yes, after being practiced on the battlefield, the 60-level squad-level support firepower was greatly welcomed by various departments of the 80th Army. Taihang Arsenal specially arranged a workshop to produce such small-caliber mortars. Half a year ago, the 683rd Brigade, which was first equipped with the 60-level 683rd Brigade, was equipped with such small cannons alone, with a total of 460 doors.

Wang Xiaoqiang, the commander of the 772nd Regiment, once had a sudden idea to concentrate 46-door equipment of an infantry battalion, and forced a small cannon to catch fire at the Japanese position in the distance.

The result was very ideal.

As the saying goes: If there are too many ants, they bite the elephant to death! Although this kind of small shell weighing only one or two kilograms is limited in damage, it can throw more than 40 shots in one wave, and can throw more than 600 shots into the target area with a rapid fire in one minute. The bombing effect is also extremely amazing.

I haven't done this before, because the shells are limited, so I can only use good steel on the blade. Now that I have this condition, I can naturally play like this, right?

Without the protection of trenches and fortresses of more than 1.5 meters, no human body exposed on the battlefield can escape the continuous sweeping of artillery fire.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from redeploying temporary positions on both sides of the gap and in the front, they caused a large amount of damage to the chargers and soldiers, 80 doors and 60 were prepared to complete an unprecedented small cannon fire on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The single shot of 60-force shells is common for veterans.

But what does it feel like when a small cannonball that can knock out several people in one shot and explode continuously like firecrackers?

I'm afraid only the Japanese army, which is deep in the center of the artillery fire area, can experience it!

But no one can tell you about this feeling!

Because, after being washed by artillery fire for more than 2 minutes, no one can survive.

Wang Xiaoqiang's prediction came true. Colonel Chao Shengping, the highest commander of Linfen City, was keenly aware that the Chinese would use various artillery to bombard the city walls.

Colonel Shiro Toshihei quickly transferred 6 heavy machine guns and 3 infantry squads to establish three temporary positions around the city wall. There were 4 heavy machine guns and 3 infantry squads of 3 light machine guns and 3 grenade launchers on the front. There were 1 heavy machine gun and 1 infantry squad in the two flank positions, forming three cross-fire firepowers on the left, center and right.

If a soldier rashly breaks into the city wall, under the attack of such cross-fire, not to mention a company, hundreds of people in a battalion will be shot and killed.

But there was not much time left for the Japanese army. The Japanese army rushed to dig trenches at all, so they could only use houses and piled sandbags as temporary fortifications on the spot.

These fortifications are fine to block bullets, but if you want to block the air waves of shells, you will be a bit of a strong man to lock them up.

As a result, the Japanese, who were on high alert, waited for the Chinese to charge, but waited for small cannonballs as dense as raindrops.

The more than 200 Japanese troops deployed by Shiro Toshiki were like unfamiliar girls who met a group of strong men who had just been released from prison, and they lay down without any time to resist.

However, they were not in vain. More than 200 lives were exchanged for more than 2,000 artillery shells on the Chinese side. The war loss of nearly 1 to 10 is enough to be proud of it.

But the problem is that the 772nd Regiment has entered the city.

At that time, it was only 30 minutes before the telegram sent to Siro Sato.

The two Japanese infantry brigades who were still participating in the attack had no time to report to the major general of the government, so they took the initiative to withdraw from their positions and sent a correspondent to report to the current battle situation in Linfen City to the Independent Mixed Brigade, and hurried back to Linfen.

After all, there are their infantry corps commanders and corps headquarters there, and it is true that the major general is more powerful than the major general, but they can't control them even if they become the 2nd Brigade independently.

Until now, the Japanese army had not estimated the combat effectiveness of China too high, and believed that more than a thousand imperial colleagues in the city could withstand the buildings in the city for at least one day, at least until their arrival.

"Extremely stupid!" Benzheng Duocai cursed with a pale face.

He estimated that his opponent's strength had made a mistake once, so what he should do now is to wipe out the Chinese people in front of him with all their might, and then join forces to return to Linfen.

And when these two infantry brigades receive a telegram for help, they immediately abandon the battlefield and run back. That is to make mistakes, just like walking a dog, they are led by someone in the nose.

The final result can only be that neither battlefield can be achieved well.

If the Chinese come to siege the city and fight for help, if you are not careful, the entire army will be destroyed.

The talented major general finally showed that he could become a general, but he lacked command of friendly forces and could only curse and watch the two infantry brigades leaving, getting farther and farther away from the battlefield.

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The 772nd Regiment is here. How could the 771st Regiment, another main force of the 683rd Brigade, not come?

The 771st Regiment, personally led by Brigade Commander Chen, who had been promoted to commander of the Taiyue Military Region, actually entered the battlefield earlier than the 772nd Regiment lurking in the Taiyue Mountains.

As early as when Lei Xiong led the security brigade to Taihang from southern Hebei to head towards Wangwu Mountain, the 771st Regiment was broken into pieces, abandoned all large equipment, and set out from the Taiyue Military Region to lightly penetrate into the mountains and forests that were only 40 miles away from Linfen.

For this day, they have been drinking cold water in the mountains and forests for 7 days.

Finally, they waited for two Japanese infantry brigades that were rushing back to the rescue.

There is a lot of intentional calculations and no intentions. Moreover, the main force of the 771st Regiment has 4,500 people. Although there is no heavy force in terms of firepower, mountain cannons and infantry cannons, they are all carrying 20 kilograms of 60.

In terms of heavy machine guns, all the Maxim or Min Twenty-four were abandoned, and all the heavy machine gun MG42 were replaced. The 771st Regiment also had a full advantage in both light and heavy firepower and military strength.

Wang Xiaoqiang, who received the ambush from the brigade commander, officially issued a military order to fully recover Linfen.

The 772nd Regiment that entered the city did not use all its strength. The purpose was to let the Japanese troops trapped in the city seek help and completely eat the Japanese troops who could still move around Linfen. Within at least two days, the Japanese troops around Linfen would only have thousands of independent 2nd Mixed Brigade.

Although street fighting is very difficult, for the 772nd Regiment with infantry artillery, these not-sturdy houses in Linfen City will not cause much difficulty at all. If there are Japanese troops hiding in it, they can be solved with grenades and explosive packs. If they cannot be solved, they will be transferred to Japanese 70mm infantry artillery. If they can't be damaged, they will be killed by two or three.

It took 4 hours to eliminate all the Japanese troops in the city.

The 772nd Regiment, which had no time to burn the Japanese army in the city, set off at night to the battlefield of the garrison brigade, was not at all nostalgic for the city.

At that time, the 771st Regiment had all defeated the enemy in front of him and arrived at the battlefield at 11 o'clock in the night.

If the major general had a lot of power and could receive news of a friendly army ambush, he would have lost his feet long ago, and he would have been entangled with the security brigade.

But what's so bad is that as soon as the battle started, China launched a shelling attack on the middle section of the Japanese army that was marching. Several shells landed in the queue of the Japanese communications unit with extremely accurate accuracy, and directly destroyed the two radio stations owned by the Japanese army.

This also led to the complete loss of contact between the Japanese army and the outside world.

If the weather is good, the Japanese reconnaissance planes will fly across the sky, and at least they can see this battlefield that has been in full swing.

Unfortunately, it happened to drizzle that afternoon, and the Japanese reconnaissance plane located in Yuncheng failed to take off in time.

Excellent tactics and good luck also made the 683rd Brigade and the Security Brigade fight an extremely stunning battle when the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan was already in danger.

The key to this battle is not Linfen, nor is it the independent mixed 2nd Brigade that has been attacked by inside and outside.

For a large battlefield at this level of battle, although the casualties of 10,000 soldiers will make the commander heartbroken, it will not be hurt.

Even Okamura Koji, who was far away in Pingbei City, was ready to take 30,000 imperial officers and soldiers when formulating the tactical plan for the Battle of Nakajo Mountain.

Compared with huge casualties, the blockade of the Japanese North China Front Army by the mountain range north of the Yellow River is the thorn in the eyes of the Japanese North China Front Army. If it is not removed, the Japanese North China Front Army will not want to march towards Shaanxi Province, let alone the strategy of attacking northern Sichuan from the west and forcing the Shancheng government to surrender.

The two Chinese troops that suddenly appeared under Linfen City and successfully defeated Linfen, the biggest threat to the Japanese army on the front line was Yuncheng.

Yuncheng is only 150 kilometers away from Linfen. If an army can march quickly, it only takes one day and night to get there.

In normal times, Anda 23, who was then the commander of the Japanese front line, had sufficient troops to return to Yuncheng, which was only 60 kilometers away from the front line.

However, the collapse of Linfen City and the 2nd Brigade of Independent Independent City almost happened in a while, leaving only one night for Lieutenant General Anda. Moreover, the Chinese army, which was about to collapse, seemed to know the news. The two major armies that were retreating began to defend on the spot. The Fourth Fifth Army, which was divided and surrounded, also began to attack the Japanese defense line that had just been established in the short-standing manner in units of infantry divisions, at all costs.

In particular, the 17th Division, which belonged to the 38th Army, even counterattacked between 12 kilometers of mountains at the regiment level, and at the expense of nearly 3,000 people, they broke through the two lines of defense that the Japanese army hastily built.

Although such an attack caused a surge in casualties among Chinese troops on the front line, Anda Twenty-Three had to send two divisions reserves in advance so that he had no extra troops to return to Yuncheng in a short period of time.

No one will give up the strategic goal that has been achieved easily after spending a week, with nearly 10,000 casualties. No one will give up easily. Anda's 23rd Lieutenant General, and Okamura Koji, who is far away in Pingbei City, can't.

Both Japanese Army generals knew very well that the empire's strategic focus had shifted to Southeast Asia, and the North China Front Army had received orders to draw two elite divisions to the Southeast Asian battlefield in September. It may be a chance to break the Zhongtiaoshan defense line. If you miss this rare opportunity, the Japanese North China Front Army may stay north of the Yellow River forever.

Therefore, the two Japanese generals who were staring at the map of southeastern Shanxi at night would hope to put them on the 2nd Brigade of Independent Mixed Brigade.

It was an infantry brigade with independent combat capabilities. Except for two fully equipped infantry corps, 7,000 people, there were no shortage of cavalry, artillery, workers, and baggage. Perhaps it could not defeat the more than 10,000 Chinese troops that had appeared. It was delayed by mountain defense battles for two days. When the Chinese army was fighting wildly, the casualties were too high. The front-line army recovered and sent troops back to rescue, which was enough to ensure that the previous results were not lost, and there was still an 80% chance to break through the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line.

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But, without sacrifice, where can victory come from?

Koji Okamura was also a very decisive general. He chose the former without hesitation when choosing to break through the Nakajoyama defense line and the survival of an independent mixed brigade.

The number of the Independent Mixed 2nd Brigade has been crossed out in Okamura Koji's heart.

He knew very well that the speed at which the opponent captured Linfen City showed that it was the main force of the Eighty Army, and it was very likely that the 921st Division, which became famous in the Battle of Zishan.

The Independent Mixed 2nd Brigade faces their attacks, it is highly likely that it will suffer heavy losses.

But that doesn't matter. They only need to trade their lives for 2 days and nights.

As the commander of the Front Army, the divisions are just chess pieces on the chessboard, let alone a small mixed brigade? As long as this piece can play a due role when it is used, its final destiny is not important.

Such tactical deployment is actually fine. According to statistics after the war, in order to hold back the main force of the Japanese army, China suffered more than 14,000 casualties, which was even close to the total losses three days before the entire Zhongtiaoshan Battle began.

The 17th Division even paid a 30% loss rate for this!

This is also known as the most outstanding night for the Chinese troops, which were originally unreasonable in the Second Battle of Zhongjoyama.

Without this extremely bloody night, Anda's Twenty-Thirds of the Year would have been very likely to transfer a reserve division back to Yuncheng to set up defenses. The main force of the 80th Army and the security brigade, which had no past grudges, would have at most the result of breaking through Linfen City and annihilation of an independent mixed brigade.

Although that was also a good result, compared with the loss of Zhongtiaoshan defense line, the result of annihilation of 10,000 enemies will be meaningless.

The 10th War Zone located in Shaanxi Province will lose the most important line of defense on the edge of the Yellow River, and the Japanese North China Front Army will be able to advance east at any time.

For the national strategy, the Chinese Ministry of Military Affairs had to draw elite infantry troops in central and southern China to enter Shaanxi Province west to prevent the loss of the Yellow River defense line.
To be continued...