In order to resolve the threat of light and heavy machine guns as soon as possible and reduce the losses, the Chief of Staff had almost no thought. He asked two mortar squadrons and two infantry artillery squadrons to fire at the same time to counterattack.

We are preparing to use five rounds of artillery fire to kill our opponents without giving them a chance to transfer their positions.

The Japanese artillery was on standby and had a very fast reaction. After receiving the order, the first round of shells was fired in half a minute.

More than 20 fireballs immediately rose from the artillery position of the National Salvation Army more than a thousand meters away, and it looked particularly dazzling under the night.

The captain of the Japanese Regiment Army kept staring at the direction of the artillery position of the National Salvation Army. With the help of the telescope, he could clearly see the scenes of several National Salvation Army artillery being blown away.

The solemn expression on his face disappeared instantly, and he secretly felt that the artillery troops that had just been exposed by the National Rescue Army were finished.

In less than half a minute, the artillery position of the National Salvation Army was blown up and the artillery fire was everywhere.

At this time, the regiment captain was already smiling, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

As a veteran who has been through the battlefield, he is very aware of the tragic outcome of a unit being targeted by more than 20 artillery pieces at the same time.

Even if I stayed in the artillery position of the National Salvation Army as a commander, I would be weak and I would have no chance of escaping.

The more dazzling the artillery fire on the artillery position of the National Salvation Army, the greater the impact, the happier the corps leader, and couldn't help but sigh: "Yoxi, without the artillery cover, I see how the National Salvation Army can break through the fire interception of light and heavy machine guns!"

"The artillery continues to fire the artillery, and you must destroy all the artillery in the hands of the National Rescue Army!"

"The infantry is ready to fight immediately. If I were the commander of the National Salvation Army, I would definitely take the opportunity to launch an assault. After all, their artillery bombardment just now destroyed several light and heavy machine guns, causing several defense gaps in the defense line. If they don't attack now, when their artillery troops are destroyed, we will transfer light and heavy machine guns from other places to block the gap. If we want to raid, there will be no chance."

In less than a minute, the artillery shells that the National Salvation Army attacked the circular position disappeared. The captain of the regiment took it for granted that the National Salvation Army's artillery unit had been killed by himself, and shouted proudly: "Is the National Salvation Army not that difficult to fight? The reason why everyone was caught off guard when they marched was entirely because they did not play cards according to common sense and used conspiracy to attack us!"

"As long as the troops are ready, the National Salvation Army is no match for us..."

Before he finished speaking, a "rumbling..." explosion rang behind the captain of the regiment. The sound was very loud, just like thunder, which shocked everyone's ears buzzed.

The roster captain's shouting was also interrupted by the sudden explosion. He looked back at the location where the explosion sounded, and the smile on his face frozen.

The relaxed expression on his face was first replaced by seriousness, then slowly became solemn. Finally, he stared at his round eyes and exclaimed loudly: "What happened to the explosion just now? It seems to be coming from the artillery position. Could it be that the National Saving Army also hid the artillery troops we don't know, and go and find out immediately!"

Several staff officers and correspondents rushed towards the artillery position not far away. After watching them leave, the corps leader watched them leave, his heart that was already in his throat could not be put down. The more he thought about it, the more worried he was praying in his mind that the artillery troops would not have any problems and that they must not have any problems... Otherwise, the remaining light and heavy machine guns on the defense line would definitely be named one by one by the National Salvation Army.

Without the firepower support provided by light and heavy machine guns, the number of rifles on the position cannot stop the cavalry assault, and everyone here will be massacred by the cavalry.

"Boom..." The explosion from the artillery position was out of control.

From the beginning of the explosion of the first shell, various explosions sounded one after another, and the explosions became increasingly dense. In a blink of an eye, balls of fire lights formed one after another, completely covering the artillery positions.

The solemn expression on the commander's face had turned into despair.

From the analysis of the intensity of the artillery fire, the hidden artillery forces of the National Salvation Army are stronger than the artillery they brought, including some large-caliber artillery.

Even if both sides fire at each other, the artillery troops under their command may not be the opponent.

Not to mention that the national rescue army first numbs itself by showing weakness. After being deceived, it suddenly launched an attack and caught its own artillery troops off guard.

The enemy's artillery fire was so fierce that our artillery troops were not prepared and were suddenly attacked. Not to mention anything else, they could only be passively beaten for the next half minute and could not fight back.

Judging from the sound of artillery, the ones that the National Salvation Army had just fired were all mortars, which was enough for them to fire five rounds of shells. The total amount was not much different even if there were not a hundred. Moreover, there were many large-caliber shells among these shells.

Their power is greater than the combined three ordinary mortar shells. One blow is a large area, and the blows it brings to the artillery troops is absolutely devastating.

By doing this, it would be great if the artillery troops in hand could be able to maintain one or two percent of the strength in the artillery fire.

If you are not lucky and the troops fail to retreat in time, the entire army may be destroyed.

"Sir, the artillery troops are finished!" Before the staff and the correspondents who went to the artillery position to find out the situation had returned, an artillery lieutenant suddenly ran to him with a desperate report.

"We were attacked by at least two artillery companies of the National Salvation Army, including a heavy artillery company equipped with large caliber mortars. The power of the shells is too great. One third of our troops were killed in just one round of artillery attacks."

"Everyone is just about to transfer, and the second round of shells kills one-third of our troops!"

"Only a dozen gunners located at the outermost periphery of the artillery position escaped with Bei Yi, but did not bring out a single artillery."

"It's over!" The commander sat behind the cover, and he seemed to have become seven or eight years old in an instant, with despair in his eyes, staring at the front helplessly, and his face turned pale at this moment.

The only remaining captain under his command wanted to stand up and comfort him, and by the way, the captain of the regiment was cheering up again, but he swallowed it back when the words came to his mouth.

My mind was running rapidly, but I couldn't think of a reason to convince the captain of the corps.

Light and heavy machine guns are the biggest killer weapon against cavalry, and mortars are the trump card against light and heavy machine guns.

As a result, not only did his own artillery troops fail to destroy the artillery troops of the National Rescue Army, but were killed by the artillery troops of the National Rescue Army.

In this way, the mortars equipped by the National Salvation Army can unscrupulously attack light and heavy machine guns in the subsequent battles, and knock out their killer weapon against the cavalry.

After all the light and heavy machine guns were shot, the cavalry troops of the National Salvation Army attacked themselves as they wanted, treating themselves as a dish!

Two minutes later, the explosion from the artillery position ended.

A few minutes later, the staff officer who went to the artillery position to find out the situation hurried back with a particularly solemn expression: "Sir, the artillery position was hit by the enemy's devastating blow, and the gunners and equipment were not one in ten, and they almost lost their combat effectiveness!"

After all, the team leader is the team leader, and his psychological quality is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The few minutes just passed were enough for him to calm down from the initial despair. After learning from the staff that the artillery troops had really been killed, the corps captain immediately told the solution he had temporarily thought of.

"If we can't suppress the artillery fire of the National Salvation Army, our light and heavy machine guns will be named one by one by one by them. It is impossible to block the cavalry assault. Continuing to defend here to death is tantamount to death."

"I just looked at the surrounding terrain and marched two kilometers northwest to the hills. As long as we get there, the threat of cavalry to us will be minimized, and we can find a favorable terrain to persist until the third wave of reinforcements arrive."

"Tell me the order, all the wounded stay and slow down the national rescue cavalry unit!"

"Other troops broke through with me immediately and left here!"

The wing leader's proposal was the only way to avoid the destruction of the entire army here.

Although this hero cut off his arm is a bit cruel, in order to survive more soldiers, he could only sacrifice the minor and serious wounded people in the team.

The artillery troops began to shift their shooting targets, staring at the Japanese light and heavy machine guns that exploded in a mess, the Japanese who were hiding in the circular position suddenly rushed out of the position and marched quickly to the northwest direction.

Chen Zhengyu did not expect that the Japanese would give up their positions at the last moment of the decisive battle between the two sides and escape at the last moment.

While surprised, he was very anxious to order: "The Japanese want to escape to the hills in the northwest to save their lives!"

"The cavalry battalion chases us immediately, and we must intercept them!"

"All the artillery can use cannons aimed at the Japanese breakout troops and specifically bombed them in places with a large population. They must not be allowed to escape."

It was too dark, and there were more than 1,200 Japanese soldiers breaking through and running for life. As soon as the cavalry troops commanded by Tao Yongsheng were dispatched, they began to divide their troops. In the end, they could only choose some Japanese soldiers to chase them.

When the cavalry troops eliminated their pursuit targets and were about to chase other Japanese troops, they had long since disappeared.

In the end, more than 500 Japanese soldiers escaped from the cavalry and fled into the hilly areas.

"Chief of Staff, give me another two hours. I promise to find all the Japanese hiding in the hilly area!" Tao Yongsheng looked back at the hilly area not far away, and looked unwilling to ask for battle at Chen Zhengyu.

Chen Zhengyu also looked up at the hilly area not far away. Although he was very moved, he still shook his head firmly.

Tao Yongsheng subconsciously felt that the Chief of Staff was worried that combating in the hilly areas would increase cavalry casualties, so he refused. Unwilling to give in, he continued to ask for battle: "Although the hilly areas are not suitable for cavalry assault, as long as we do not enter the mountains, do not divide the troops, and chase them along the road, and be more vigilant, the troops will definitely not suffer too much losses."

"Chief of Staff, just agree! Even if we can't wipe out all the Japanese devils entering the hilly areas, it's good to kill one or two hundred more people. In just two hours, I promise to kill another two hundred Japanese devils!"

Chen Zhengyu still shook his head: "I also want to kill all the remaining Japanese, but we don't have time!"

"When you chase the Japanese, the reconnaissance sent a piece of information."

"The third wave of reinforcements from the Japanese have already left Taiyuan City! There are three infantry brigades, one baggage brigade, two regiments of Imperial Army, one chariot squadron, and many artillery soldiers, with a total force of more than 7,000 people, and they are coming to Jinzhong in a mighty way!"

"The regiment commander has received the news that we will set off immediately, lay out landmines on the path that the Japanese must pass, destroy the road, and use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to slow down their marching speed."

"As soon as the siege of Jinzhong ends, the regiment commander will lead troops to reinforce us."

"When the time comes, we will join forces and deal with the third wave of reinforcements from the Japanese and puppet troops!"

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the third wave of Japanese and puppet troops had already left Taiyuan nearly twenty kilometers.

Perhaps it was because the two waves of reinforcements in the first two waves of reinforcements drove away the national rescue army, and their march went very smoothly and they were not attacked.

Now it's dawn, the air force will arrive at the battlefield in an hour and cruise in the air to cover everyone's reinforcements.

Colonel Kato was the commander-in-chief of the reinforcement forces. After learning that the first two waves of reinforcement forces were attacked by the National Salvation Army, the first wave of reinforcement forces was destroyed, and the second wave of reinforcement forces was severely injured, his heart was always in his throat, fearing that he would repeat the mistakes of the previous two waves of reinforcement forces.

When the troops left the city, he was full of energy and asked the reconnaissance and vanguard troops to strengthen their vigilance while marching.

Several subordinates adhered to the Japanese's arrogance as always, and always felt that the captain of the regiment was too cautious, just like a turtle shrank. He could not see the courage and courage that the imperial army should have from him.

After learning that the air force would come to protect everyone in less than an hour, he immediately proposed to the wing captain to speed up the marching speed.

Colonel Kato also felt that it was much safer now than slandering the march at night, so he immediately ordered the troops to accelerate reinforcements on the battlefield.

But less than ten minutes after the order was issued, the explosion of the slap in the face reached Kato's ear, and then a stream of black smoke rose up in the forward troops.

A second lieutenant ran towards them quickly and reported: "His corps leader, the vanguard troops stepped on the landmine buried by the enemy, killed two people in battle and injured two people!"

Colonel Kato's first reaction was to give up the highway and continue to reinforce Jinzhong.

As for organizing engineers to clear mines, he rejected this idea as soon as it appeared.

But as soon as he said his decision to abandon the highway, he was unanimously opposed by his subordinates.

In addition to ordinary infantry, the reinforcements also brought a lot of artillery, baggage troops, and chariot troops. Their marchings were inseparable from the highway.

As a last resort, Colonel Kato had to marching while clearing mines, and the speed of the marching was less than half that of the evening.

At this time, the battle that occurred in Jinzhong had ended.

The weapons and ammunition seized by the soldiers were constantly leaving Jinzhong through mules and horses and sent to the hands of ten independent battalions.

At the same time, hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers also quietly touched the vicinity of Jinzhong.
To be continued...