"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"——"

Bi Yuntao, Fan Tietou and others had just run out of the regiment command center, and aviation bombs were like meteorites outside the sky, wrapped in the sound of wind tearing the air and smashing down to the ground.

At the same time, the direct artillery corps of the Japanese divisions east of the first line of the gorge also launched bombardment.

A large area east of Yixian Gorge was suddenly blown up by flames and smoke and dust.

Countless plants and trees broke and rocks collapsed. The shock waves generated by the explosion scattered everywhere, and finally rolled down the slope into the mountain stream.

The huge roar sounded even more through the sky, as if the world was coming.

The birds and beasts around were frightened and fled from this area as fast as possible.

Bi Yuntao, Fan Tietou and others ignored this and continued to rush towards their respective defense areas under the Japanese artillery fire.

The soldiers of each battalion and company also hid in the fortifications built in advance as soon as possible.

Therefore, the Japanese's joint ground-space bombing seemed terrifying, but in fact they did not cause much casualties to the Tiger Ben.

In particular, the inflatable field cannon position of the Tiger Ben Regiment once again attracted a large amount of firepower from the Japanese aviation army.

...

40 minutes later, the Japanese combined bombing of the ground and air finally gradually stopped. Then, tens of thousands of Japanese troops immediately divided their troops and launched a fierce attack on the Tiger Regiment position west of the Yiyi Gorge.

Bi Yuntao, Fan Tietou and others also arrived at their defense zones one after another and ordered the troops to launch a counterattack.

"Da da da da!"

"Tututu!——"

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"——"

In an instant, the fierce gunfire and explosion almost resounded throughout the entire Yixian Gorge area.

This time, the Japanese army came with heavy troops, and once they started, they were all in their efforts, and they were determined to complete their contributions in one battle and completely annihilate the Tiger Ben regiment.

Fortunately, as the defensive party, the Hu Ben Group occupied favorable terrain in advance and built solid fortifications.

At the same time, a large minefield was deployed.

Therefore, the Japanese army launched several charges in succession, but failed to successfully cross the front line of the trench.

In the end, due to the heavy casualties, he had to stop the attack.

…………

The picture is drawn to Hefei, the 11th Japanese Army Command.

A colonel and staff officer came to Okamura Yasuji and Takeshi Fujiwara with a telegram, and reported to them with respect: "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the 13th Division of the Imperial Army has successfully conquered the mall."

"Yo Xi!"

Take Fujiwara's face suddenly showed a chrysanthemum-like smile. He immediately turned around and came to the battle map, found the location of the mall, and said, "Commander, Gushi and the mall have all fallen into the hands of our great Japanese Imperial Army.

It means that we have completely cut off the retreat of the Chinese army's Tiger Ben regiment and the reinforcement of other Chinese army!"

As he said that, two wolf-like gazes suddenly burst out from the old Japanese eyes, and he continued with a cold look on his face: "This time, the Tiger Group will definitely be unable to escape!"

Okamura Yasuji said somewhat dissatisfied: "Kun Fujiwara, the 101st, 6th and 106th Divisions of the Imperial Army have arrived in Linzhai Prefecture. With these three imperial troops here, it is enough to destroy the Tiger Ben of the Chinese Army!

Our ultimate strategic intention is to cooperate with the main force of the Central China Imperial Army that went up the Shuojiang River to conquer Wuhan and completely destroy the entire China, rather than dealing with a small Tiger Ben Group.”

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji immediately turned his head to look at the colonel and staff member on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Call back to the 13th Division of the Imperial Army and order the 13th Division of the Imperial Army to continue to lead the 13th Division of the Imperial Army to pursue the victory, and advance to the Guangshan and Huangchuan areas before the Chinese army was not yet firmly established and had established a solid defense line!"

"Master, no!" Fujiwara Takeshi interrupted, "I don't know if you have noticed that since the Battle of Songhu, every time the Imperial Army was frustrated, it has almost nothing to do with this hateful Tiger Ben Group!

Baoshan Rushi, Songjiang Rushi, Kunshan Rushi, and later Yangzhou, Jinling, and even Xuzhou battlefields!

If it weren't for this Tiger Ben, the casualties of the Imperial Army on the China battlefield would have been reduced by at least half!

Even, Wuhan may have fallen into the hands of the Imperial Army!

Therefore, compared with other Chinese armies, this Tiger Ben is the real top priority of the Imperial Army!

Even if it takes a few more days to destroy the Chinese army's Tiger Ben Group, it will be completely worth it!"

After a pause, Take Fujiwara continued: "And this Yang Jing is also extremely cunning. In the previous battles, the Imperial Army forced him into a desperate situation more than once.

But in the end, everything allowed him to escape successfully!

This time, he finally surrounded him from all directions, so he must not have the chance to break through and escape!"

"Yoxi!" Okamura Yasuji pondered for a moment, and finally nodded with consent, adopted Take Fujiwara's proposal, turned to the mastermind who came to report and said: "Call back to the 13th Division of the Imperial Army, tell Ogisu Ribbing, and immediately lead his troops to cut off the retreat from Jinzhai to Gushi and the mall!

You must never let the Hu Ben Group escape west from the Jinzhai territory, otherwise you will ask for it!"

"Hayi!"

The Japanese colonel with a tuft of black hair in the middle of the man bowed his head heavily, then turned around and rushed to the confidential room.

Okamura Yanji looked out the window and looked at the direction of Jinzhai in the sunset, and asked, "By the way, didn't the 101st, 6th, and 106th Division of the Imperial Army launched an attack two hours ago?

How is the battle?”

As soon as Okamura Yanji finished speaking, a communications officer hurried in from outside: "Commander, something is wrong, the attack of the 101st Division of the Imperial Army and other units failed!"

Upon hearing this, Okamura Yanji's face suddenly became gloomy.

Fujiwara Takedo: "It is completely reasonable that the commander, the 101st Division of the Imperial Army and other units were defeated.

Otherwise, if the Tiger Ben is so easy to deal with, then this army would not be worthy of becoming the top confidant of the Imperial Army!”

"Well! Fujiwara Jun's words are reasonable!"

After calming down, Okamura Yasuki nodded with consent, and then ordered the communications officer who came to report: "Tell me the order, for a tense battle, Lieutenant General Ito Masaki, the commander of the 101st Division of the Imperial Army, will be the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, and will command the 101st, 6th and 106th Divisions to fight.

In addition, it is getting late today, so you can order the front line troops to take a break and temporarily suspend the attack.

Take a detour and blockade first, consolidate the position, and do not give the enemy a chance to break through.

After dawn, we will launch an official attack!”

"Hayi!" The Japanese communications staff member lowered his head suddenly and immediately took the order to leave.

It is worth mentioning that the 6th Division is one of the 17 permanent A Divisions of the Japanese Army, while the 101st Division and the 106th Division are special divisions. Although they are also in the 44th Division, their status is obviously lower than that of the permanent A Division.

Therefore, it is more appropriate for Shiro Inaba, the commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy.

However, considering the previous unbearable achievements of the 6th Division and the fact that Shiro Inaba had just taken office, he had a slight lack of qualifications compared to Masaki Ito, so Okamura Yasuji appointed Masaki Ito as the commander-in-chief of the front-line battle in the Jinzhai.

...

The picture is pulled to the first line of the gorge, and the Japanese Joint Command.

Ito Masaki, Inaba Shiro, Matsuura Junroro and others all seemed a little sad because of their defeat.

It was not until after receiving a call from Okamura Yasuji from Hefei that the Japanese generals breathed a sigh of relief.

Ito Masaki did not act as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, but turned his head to look at Shiro Inaba and Junroro Matsuura, and said in a controversial tone: "Inaba, Jun Matsuura, if you have no objection, then follow the commander's instructions and launch an attack tomorrow morning."

Shiro Inaba, who had just taken office and was eager to show himself, obviously felt that Okamura Yanji was too cautious, so he put forward a different opinion: "Kun Ito, according to reliable information, our troops are at least 10 times that of the Chinese Army Tiger Regiment.

To annihilate it is just a matter of turning things around. Why waste time and give it a chance to break through and escape?"

Ito Masaki said: "Mr. Inaba, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army's Tiger Ben regiment, I believe you have seen it after this battle.

Not only is this army far more powerful than the average Chinese army, but its commander Yang Jing is also an extremely difficult opponent!

Although the Tiger Regiment is at a disadvantage at this time, it cannot be taken lightly.

We must be foolproof and not give them a chance to break through so that they can be wiped out!

When you were in the Fuyang battlefield, Lieutenant General Tani Suo and Lieutenant General Yoshika Ryosuke must have had your thoughts on underestimating the enemy.

But you have also seen the final result, not only did you fail to annihilate the Tiger Ben.

Instead, he was defeated repeatedly and finally led his troops to complete a shocking reversal. He relied on his inferior forces to severely damage the Imperial Army's tens of thousands of encirclement and suppression troops in the mobile war!

So, we must learn from it!

What's more, the terrain of the first line is so dangerous that after dark, the Imperial Army's artillery power cannot be exerted, and we cannot get tactical guidance from the Imperial Army's aviation.

Even if we can cross the first line of gorge and wipe out the Chinese army's Tiger Ben in the mountainous area west of the first line of gorge, we cannot ignore the casualties of the Imperial Army, right?"

Shiro Inaba thought that ito Masaki's analysis was very reasonable. Moreover, if not, he would not have been appointed as the commander of the 6th Division, so he no longer said anything.

The commander of the 106th Division, Junroro Matsuura, had no objection to this.

So they took orders and left.

The main corps of the 101st Division immediately headed to the east of the Yishixia and the important roads of each pass.

The main corps of the 6th and 106th Divisions also detoured from the north and south wings of the first line, ready to attack.

Just waiting for the morning tomorrow, we immediately launched an attack.

...

The picture is pulled back to the west side of Yishiya.
To be continued...