Check in from the bright sword

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"I believe that as long as this infantry squadron appears behind the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army will collapse."

"Detour from the flank?" Kunomura Momoyo pointed to the towering mountains on both sides, and said coldly, "How long do you think it will take to detour? Half a day? One day? Or two days?"

"This..." Morita Fumizo was speechless, he hadn't thought about this question yet.

"Idiot, you didn't think about this issue at first glance." Kunomura Momoyo said, "By the time we round the way, Ping'an County may have already fallen, and the 69th Division may have been collectively destroyed! In this case, even if we break through After passing 72 Daowan, even if we took Yanmen Pass, what's the point?"

"Hai!" Morita Fumzo was speechless.

Kunomura Momoyo gritted his teeth again and said: "Morita-kun, you gather the remnants of the 1st and 2nd Squadrons together and form a temporary squadron. If the attack of the 3rd Squadron is still not going well, you can personally lead the temporary squadron up. This time, no matter what, we have to break through the 72 bay defense line, otherwise you will be thanked for it!"

"Hayi!" Morita Bunsan nodded heavily, turned and left in a hurry.

At this time, a signal soldier hurried over and reported with a pause: "The captain, the detachment headquarters called to ask where we have arrived now? When can we arrive at Yanmen Pass?"

Kunomura Momoyo said in a deep voice, "Call back the detachment headquarters and say that Kunomura's troops have arrived at 72 Daowan, probably..."

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a few seconds, Kunomura Momoyo finally said with a dark face: "I will arrive at Yanmen Pass before evening!"

"Hay!" The messenger paused.

……

At Yanmen Pass, the fighting was extremely brutal.

Seeing the Japanese soldiers retreating again, Fumuro Saeki's mouth almost crooked.

"Baga... Yalu!" Saeki Fumuro gritted his teeth, "The two wing positions are just dirt roads, not to mention poor equipment, and lack of training!"

"What is this idiot Chida Sadao doing?"

"I've been fighting for half the morning, but I still haven't been able to get it down!"

"At this speed, when can we reach Ping'an County?"

The commander of the 26th Independent Artillery Regiment, Irijiang Wan'er, put down his binoculars and said, "Detachment leader, although the Chinese troops in the two wing positions are only a group of local troops, the morale of these local troops is very high."

"Have you noticed? During the attack just now, the Eighth Route Army actually launched a counterattack!"

"This group of Tubalu actually used hand-to-hand combat, which the imperial army is best at, to forcibly push an infantry squadron of the Qiantian Regiment back from the hillside!"

Saeki Fumuro's expression suddenly became even more embarrassing.

Today is different from the past, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army has really declined.

Even in their 26th Division, the technical and tactical literacy of soldiers is also declining.

The reason is very simple. The backbone veterans of the 26th Division are being consumed rapidly, and the speed of replenishment is far behind the speed of consumption. Moreover, the newly recruited soldiers are either reserve soldiers in the countryside or recruits with no combat experience. Tactical literacy can not be compared with the previous veterans.

However, the technical and tactical literacy of the Eighth Route Army is rapidly improving.

Now even the Eighth Route Army guerrillas dare to bayonet them!

"Order!" Saeki Fumuro said viciously, "The Artillery Wing will immediately cover the positions on the two wings with artillery fire, and blow up these bastards, kill them!"

"Hayi!" Irie nodded heavily.

The artillery group of the 26th Regiment of the Independent Artillery immediately aimed its muzzles at the positions on the two wings of Yanmenguan and launched shelling.

Looking at the clouds of smoke and dust rising from the hillsides on both sides of Yanmen Pass, and the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army being thrown into the air by the blast waves from time to time, Saeki Fumuro finally felt a little better.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Saeki Fumuro said in a deep voice: "The Eighth Route Army is the Eighth Route Army after all, and it is impossible to compare with the main force of the Eighth Route Army in terms of technical and tactical accomplishments or fighting spirit."

"So, as soon as the Jiuye Village troops appear on the side of the Yanmen Pass, the Tuba Road will definitely fall apart in an instant."

"I just don't know when the Junomun troops will arrive? It's best to arrive before noon, so as not to delay too long at Yanmen Pass."

As soon as the voice fell, a messenger ran over in a hurry.

The messenger ran to Saeki Fumuro and reported with a pause: "Detachment Captain, Kunomura's troops called back, and they will arrive at Yanmen Pass in the evening."

"Nani?" Saeki Fumuro asked in amazement, "Can we arrive in the evening?"

The next moment, Saeki Fumuro exploded: "Immediately call back the Kunomura troops and tell them to speed up. They must arrive before [-] o'clock in the afternoon. Otherwise, their entire Kunomura troops will give thanks!"

"Hayi!" The messenger paused, and hurried back to call back the Kunomura troops.

Fumuro Saeki raised his binoculars again, aiming at the hillside on the right side of Yanmen Pass.

But all I saw was that the entire hillside was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and the battlefield could no longer be seen clearly.

Down the hillside, another squadron of more than 100 Japanese soldiers was charging up with bayonets.

Chapter 476

72 Road Bay.

The second attack of the 3rd Infantry Squadron was broken up again, dropping more than 20 corpses on the hillside.

Looking at the sparse queue in front of him, Morita Fumizo wanted to cry but had no tears. Less than an hour ago, the 3rd Infantry Squadron was still a full-stacked infantry squadron.

The entire squadron adds up to more than 250 people.

But now, there are less than a hundred people who can still stand in front of him.

Morita Wensan seriously suspected that if he continued to attack like this, by the evening of this evening, his entire brigade would have been lost by more than half, or even more than half!

Just when Morita Bunzo was secretly sad, Kunomura Momoyo walked over with a dark face.

"Morita-kun? Why stop?" Kunomura Momoyo said angrily, "Why don't you continue to attack?"

"Captain, the casualties are really too great!" Morita Fumizo said, "If we continue to fight like this, even if we break through 72 bays, there will be only a few people left in our brigade."

"In this case, even if we rush to Yanmen Pass, what's the use?"

"You don't need to think about this, you just need to think about taking the 72nd Bay!" Kunomura Momoyo said angrily, "Immediately organize the remnants of the 3rd Squadron into the temporary squadron."

"Then lead the temporary squadron to attack again!"

"The detachment leader just issued a new order. If we can't reach the Yanmen Pass before [-] o'clock in the afternoon, we will have our entire Kunemura army cut hara-kiri to thank the emperor!"

"Hayi!" Morita Wensan paused heavily, and said again, "Commander, if you have to fight, I have a suggestion."

"Suggestion?" Kunomura Momoyo moved slightly, and said, "Morita-kun, have you found anything?"

"Hayi." Morita Wensan said suddenly again, "Have you noticed, Captain, that the Eighth Route Army's machine gun firepower is actually not intensive. In the many attacks just now, the Eighth Route Army always had only two heavy machine guns. They were all rifles, not even a light machine gun."

"Originally, with such firepower, it was impossible to block the imperial army's attack."