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The battle in Fanzhi County has entered a stalemate stage.
The Japanese army¡¯s attempts to sneak attack the rear of the Fourth Army basically ended in failure.
¡°Less than one-third of their armored vehicles and tanks are left.
Originally, a few days ago, the fifth division's defense line should have been penetrated by the armored troops led by Xia Yang.
¡°But a Japanese reorganized division was urgently transferred from Yanmen Pass, giving the Fifth Division the ability to continue to hold on.
The continuous attacks made Xia Yang's troops a little tired.
Xia Yang began to let the troops take a short rest at this time, and when the time was right, he would attack again.
On the walls of Fanzhi County lined with anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns, Itagaki Seishiro's expression did not relax just because Xia Yang and the others stopped attacking.
In fact, in the past few days when Xia Yang and the others stopped attacking, he couldn't even sleep well.
Because he always felt that Xia Yang must be brewing some conspiracy.
He is not afraid of Xia Yang's move. What he is afraid of is that Xia Yang will not make a move.
"Because if Xia Yang doesn't make a move, he will never know what Xia Yang will do next.
In fact, Xia Yang has not thought clearly about this issue.
He was just waiting, waiting for the Japanese defense line at Yanmen Pass to be attacked from both sides.
And he will launch the most ferocious attack on Fanzhi County at this time.
The Japanese army is in Fanzhi County, and there are still about 60,000 troops at this time. Moreover, the ammunition can sustain combat consumption for about a week.
Xia Yang did not want his soldiers to suffer too many casualties during this period.
He has to wait for the best time before attacking the enemy.
Outside Yanmen Pass, the commander of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed here, Morita Kiyoshi, was looking at the enemy troops under the Yanmen Pass city wall.
Those modified armored trucks were now using various weapons in the carriages to blast the Japanese city walls.
But the city wall made of huge rocks successfully withstood the bombardment of heavy artillery and rockets for the Japanese troops inside.
Together with the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the soldiers of the Second Division rushed towards the Japanese city wall again.
In front of them, a city-breaking vehicle transformed from an armored vehicle was slamming into the city gate of Yanmen Pass.
The original road below the Yanmenguan city wall has been destroyed by the Japanese army. But Ma Siyuan's troops used their blood and lives to pave a new path for the armored troops in the rear.
¡°Duang!!¡±
There was a loud noise, and the iron-clad door shook slightly, but it didn't mean to be knocked open at all.
Behind the gate, hundreds of Japanese soldiers were using giant trees to hold up the city gate.
The city wall is unreachable and very strong. If you want to break through the Yanmen Pass defense line from the front, you can only attack from the city gate.
"Let them withdraw!" Ma Siyuan said.
This time the attack ended in failure again.
At this time, a staff officer came over and said: "Master, the latest news is that Brigadier Bai and his people have arrived behind Yanmen Pass. They will launch an attack on the Japanese army early tomorrow morning. By then, they hope that we can provide artillery support. Launch a bombardment on the Japanese troops in Yanmen Pass."
As soon as he heard this, Ma Siyuan was immediately happy.
He has been waiting for several days, waiting for Bai Mingxuan and his troops to attack the Japanese Yanmenguan position from behind.
"Tell them that all the artillery of our howitzer regiment will be provided for their use." Ma Siyuan said.
"yes!!"
The soldier roared and turned around to pass on his information.
Behind Yanmen Pass, the Japanese army¡¯s forward positions have just been captured in two locations.
Morita Muyi concentrated most of his troops at the front gate of Yanmenguan, and there were very few defenses at the rear.
They only have a few small teams of dozens of people in several positions at the front.
These teams were bombarded by the rocket nests carried by Bai Mingxuan and Li Yunlong's troops. They did not even last an hour before they were able to break through the defense line.
Although the front gate of Yanmen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the back gate is not.
Several mountain roads can lead to Yanmen Pass.
News of the attack on the rear reached Morita Muyi immediately.He immediately said to his staff: "Immediately deploy a regiment of troops to consolidate the offensive on the rear line."
"But the front"
The staff officer was a little worried.
"It doesn't matter, the two regiments left in front are enough. Haven't you noticed that the terrain in front of Yanmen Pass makes it impossible for the enemy's armored forces to deploy?" Morita said.
"Okay! I'll pass it on right away."
Bai Mingxuan and Li Yunlong, with the main force, went north to attack and successively conquered several lines of defense of the Japanese army.
Until they were two kilometers away from the south gate of Yanmen Pass, they encountered a tenacious blockade by a regiment of Japanese troops.
And after breaking through such a line of defense, they can directly attack the south gate of Yanmen Pass.
The South Gate is different from the solid North Gate and is much easier to attack. This is why Xia Yang asked them to go around to the rear of the Japanese army and attack Yanmen Pass from the rear.
"The strength of a regiment really looks down on us." Li Yunlong said, looking at the Japanese defensive position on the hillside in the distance.
Bai Mingxuan smiled and said: "It is easy to defend but difficult to attack there. With the strength of a regiment, it is really difficult for us to fight without heavy artillery support."
"But who allowed us to have the fire support of the howitzer regiment?" Li Yunlong said, showing a cunning smile.
At this time, they were only a few kilometers away from Ma Siyuan's troops. As long as Yanmen Pass is breached, they will be able to complete the rendezvous.
And the 155-caliber howitzer with a range of up to 30 kilometers, its firepower coverage has included the entire Japanese defense line in Yanmen Pass.
"Call the howitzer regiment immediately, report the specific coordinates, prepare the troops, and launch an attack immediately after the bombardment is over." Bai Mingxuan ordered.
"yes!!"
Their artillery scouts quickly determined the coordinates of the Japanese regiment¡¯s defensive positions and reported them to the howitzer regiment directly under the Second Division.
Originally, these howitzer regiments could only bombard enemies hiding in the solid fortifications of Yanmen Pass, causing very limited damage to the Japanese army.
But now the area they need to bombard is a temporary position set up by the Japanese army on the hillside of Yanmen Pass.
This gives their howitzers a real use.
With a roar, the Japanese army's position on the hillside was suddenly enveloped in an explosion.
Li Yunlong and Bai Mingxuan used binoculars to see the Japanese army's position on the hillside being submerged by the explosion, and they couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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