The gunpowder was filled with smoke, and several Japanese planes dive bombed in turn, and the Eighth Route Army attacking troops suffered heavy casualties.

Yamazaki, who graduated from the Imperial Army University, is an excellent tactician. The field fortifications he commanded were very unique.

At the top of the Lijiapo Highland is a flat circular platform. According to conventional conditions, the fortifications of the guardian side should be built on the edge of the hillside platform, so that the movements of the attacking side can be clearly visible and convenient for the firepower from a condescending height.

But Yamazaki built the ring fortifications in the center of the plane circular platform on the high ground. The attacking troops could not see the defenders under the slope, and the direct firepower would lose its effect, while the curved firepower such as mortars were very small.

The attacking troops had just rushed up the steep slope and as soon as they showed up, they were immediately defeated by Japanese snipers.

After a whole day of battle, the hillside was covered with corpses of Eighth Route Army soldiers. More than half of the main groups who participated in the attack lost their attack ability.

Li Yunlong could see clearly in the telescope. He grabbed a battalion commander who had just withdrawn from the position and asked: "How far is the edge of the hillside from that ring fortification?"

The battalion commander who had the lottery immediately understood what it meant: "It's more than 80 meters and the grenades are not reachable."

Li Yunlong frowned and said, "Hard rushing is not a solution, it is a loss-making business."

As soon as the battle between Lijiapo began, the entire North China region became lively.

Japanese Chief of Staff Seishiro Sakagaki, General Nishio Shozao, Commander of the Japanese Expeditionary Army in China, Yoshio Shinozuka, Commander of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, and Jun Tada, Commander of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army in Japan, all stared at the map at the headquarters everywhere.

The combat staff of headquarters at all levels were nervously carrying out the work on the map, and the surrounding area of ​​Lijiapo on the map was surrounded by huge arrows of different colors.

The 36th Division of the Japanese army stationed in Lu'an, the 16th Brigade stationed in Fenyang, the 9th Brigade stationed in Taiyuan, and the 4th Brigade stationed in Yangquan all attacked the Lijiapo area day and night.

At the same time, the attacking and reinforcement forces of the Eighth Route Army units in the entire North China region have also been linked with the Japanese reinforcements.

The order from the Eighth Route Army headquarters was to die: to stop the enemy from reinforcements at all costs.

Therefore, around Lijiapo, the unknown hill Baoyipi, the Eighth Route Army troops and Japanese troops in the entire North China region have already taken the decisive battle, and the highest commanders of both sides of the war were still staring at this past unknown hill Baoyipi in Shanxi. The battle of Lijiapo is destined to be recorded in history.

In the telescope, Chen Geng, the commander of the 386th Brigade, saw his attacking force rushing towards the main position like a tide, and then retreating like a tide. The hillside was covered with corpses in gray military uniforms.

Chen Geng gritted his teeth, grabbed the phone and issued an order: "Concentrate all artillery fire to bombard the top of the mountain, and all the shells must be exhausted, but the reserve team will be dispatched, and even if it is stepped on, Li Jiapo must be leveled."

Li Yunlong said on the phone: "Brig Commander, I have a request."

Chen Geng said angrily: "Why are you so much trouble? Tell me quickly."

"I am temporarily in command of the artillery battalion of the division. I have only this requirement. If I can't take Lijiapo, I don't have to hold my head up to see you, because I must have been lying on the hillside at that time. I can only assure you that more than 1,000 people in our independent regiment will never withdraw from the battle alive."

Chen Geng's eyes were wet, and his hand holding the microphone trembled a little: "Agree with your request, the artillery battalion is under your command. I want you to take down Lijiapo and come back alive. This is an order! You must execute it."

In the command post of the Independent Regiment, Li Yunlong said to Guan Dashan, the battalion commander of the first battalion: "Do you think it's more than 80 meters from the edge of the slope to the circular fortification. In other words, our impact distance is so long. On this open land, we will become a living target for the Japanese. Besides, from the terrain, it is impossible for all the people in the group to be deployed, and it will be troublesome to do this. One company after another will become a "fueling tactic". This is called increasing the strength of the troops one after another. It is a taboo for military strategists. I will not do this stupid thing. I want to shorten this impact distance."

The first battalion commander Guan Dashan's eyes lit up and said, "Captain, are you talking about digging forward in the form of earthwork?"

Li Yunlong punched Guan Dashan and smiled and said, "You have a quick brain. There are 360 ​​people in your camp. I will transfer all the grenades to you. Each of them brings 10 grenades. How many should it be? Well, 3,600, the troops are all moving down the slope, and no one is allowed to show their heads. His grandmother's guns are not bad, so I won't touch this bad head. Propel forward in parallel with the earthwork method. Just dig 50 meters. For the remaining 30 meters, even a brewer can throw grenades into the ring fortification. As soon as my signal flare goes to the sky, you will throw grenades together. Each person will throw 10 grenades in two minutes. Hehe, 3,600 grenades are enough for Yamazaki to drink a pot."

Guan Dashan was happy: "Captain, this trick is amazing. We pulled the string for two or three seconds before throwing it away. The custody of them all exploded in the air, leaving him with no safety corners and nowhere to hide."

Li Yunlong said to the second battalion commander Shen Quan: "All 20 light guns in the regiment are all used by your second battalion. All the guns are organized into the first commando. The guns are hung on their chests. When the charge gun is used, the grenade explosion stops and immediately rushes forward. The 20 guns fire at the same time. The firepower must not be interrupted. Someone has to make up for it after being shot. The impact distance of 30 meters will be rushed in less than a minute."

Li Yunlong looked around all the personnel and gave a death order: "The whole regiment is from me, no one is left, and they are bayonets, and they are all for me. Prepare for hand-to-hand combat. Remember, no one is allowed to open the gun when he sees Yamazaki, keep it for me, I will chop him alive."

Yamazaki, in the Lijiapo ring fortification, felt something was wrong. Why was there silence around? The quietness made the Japanese soldiers feel cold. The soldiers disliked silence the most, because the silence on the battlefield often contained greater dangers and heralds a more intense battle.

Yamazaki realized by intuition that the Eighth Route Army was brewing a more violent attack.

On the other side, Chu Yunfei, possessed by Li Tian, ​​saw this scene through the telescope and was sure that Li Yunlong was about to appear.

He asked everyone to prepare, set up a thousand mortars, aimed at the little Japanese, and muttered to himself as he looked at the battlefield.

"Hehe, I have to say that your plan is indeed good, but I want you to understand that in the face of absolute strength, plan is false."
Chapter completed!