"It seems that the Eighth Route Army really can't escape this time."

"I'm afraid it's." Shinozuka Yoshio smiled and said, "Immediately call the Tsuda Detachment and the 2nd Guard Division to speed up the construction of fortifications and be prepared for a long-term siege."

"Hayi!" Inoue Yasushi kicked his head and returned to the communication room.

...

A line of sky positions.

Worried that the poisonous gas in Shuiyao Mountain had not completely dissipated, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment held on the positions outside the first line of heaven for more than three hours, and did not withdraw back to Shuiyao Mountain through the first line of heaven until dawn.

As soon as I came in, I saw a corpse covered with almost the entire round flat ground.

Moreover, almost none of these corpses are complete, all of them are broken limbs.

More than 500 mines modified from 150mm caliber high-explosion grenades are simultaneously detonated within a region with a diameter of 500 meters, and their lethality can be imagined.

This is completely saturated firepower delivery.

The effect is also great, the Japanese were blown up badly.

There was also a strong smell of blood in the air, making people dizzy.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and the Independent Regiment, the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment quickly put on gas masks.

Then a battalion was left to guard the front line, and the other troops followed the Hangbi Highway to return to Huangyang Cave.

Because the terrain of the Huangyang Cave is high and the internal space is closed, it is difficult for the outside air to flow in, so there is no need to worry about the residue of mustard seed gas, so you don’t have to wear a mask anymore.

Li Yunlong took off his mask and shouted, "Old Kong? Xiao Wang?"

Before seeing Wang Ye, Kong Jie turned out from behind the mountainous wooden boxes.

Kong Jie was still holding a seized aluminum lunch box in his hand, and it was still steaming out.

"Haha, today's breakfast was noodles, and I've smelled the fragrance for a long time."

"Old Kong, you are so considerate. I know that Lao Li is hungry."

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he snatched the lunch box from Kong Jie.

When Kong Jie realized it, the aluminum lunch box had already arrived in Li Yunlong's hands.

At this moment, Kong Jie could only curse: "What's the reincarnation of your starving ghost?"

Li Yunlong didn't care about scolding him anymore, and started to eat hot noodle soup.

Ding Wei looked around and asked, "Old Kong, where is Xiao Wang? Why didn't you see Xiao Wang?"

Kong Jie whispered to the top of the mountain opposite and said, "I took a few people to the top of the mountain to observe the enemy situation."

"What? How dangerous is it to the top of the mountain on this snowy day?" Ding Wei said astonished, "He isn't he afraid of falling down?"

"Old Ding, you're thinking too much." Li Yunlong said disapprovingly, "At the beginning of the year, Xiao Wang and the others specially planned to train rock climbing in heavy snow. I went to see it once, and I was so frightened that Xiao Wang and the others were used to climbing a cliff of 90 degrees, and they were bare hands, just like walking on the flat ground. It was so fucking scary."

While talking, the chef in the kitchen team had already brought a big bucket.

But there was hot noodle soup in the bucket, and there were shredded donkey meat.

This guy, the soldiers who had been hungry all night, were making a fuss.

Lao Wang of the kitchen team held a dry tobacco pipe in his mouth, squatted beside him and looked at the soldiers with a smile.

"Slowly, eat slowly, don't choke, I will continue cooking if it's not enough, Xiao Wang said, please be enough!"

While speaking, a rumbling roar suddenly sounded outside the cave, and the soldiers who were eating noodles immediately had a meal.

"It's nothing, don't worry." Li Yunlong waved the chopsticks in his hand and said, "It's the Japanese reconnaissance plane. He shouldn't be able to drop bombs, and he won't be afraid of dropping bombs."

...

It's really a reconnaissance plane.

When dawn was almost dawn, two Type 96 land attack aircraft took off from Xincheng Airport in Taiyuan.

After nearly half an hour of flight, the two attack planes flew over Shuiyao Mountain.

It took half a night of heavy snow in Taihang Mountains last night, but it cleared up at dawn. Now it was clear, and the blue sky seemed to be washed by water.

There are no clouds and no haze, and the vision is very good.

Such weather is the most friendly to reconnaissance aircraft.

Looking down through the bomb drop observation hole of the attack aircraft, I saw that the entire Taihang Mountains were completely covered with snow. In such heavy snow, no trace would be hidden.

The scouts on the attack plane could easily find a large number of footprints outside the sky.

All the footprints and traces of battle are concentrated in the area between three kilometers and kilometers, and extending to the first line of Shuiyao Mountain.

In addition, Shuiyao Mountain is also in disarray.

But I saw huge explosion pits everywhere in the circular area.

You can also see the broken limbs and bodies of the fallen imperial soldier, and the scene is extremely bloody.

Turning further away, you can see two Japanese troops building fortifications in Daxia Bay and the first line of the sky, respectively, and posing as a preparatory attitude to stick to it for a long time.

The information was sent back to Taiyuan soon.

...

Taiyuan, 1st Army Command.

Inoue Yasushi reported to Yoshio Shinozuka: "The Commander, the aviation scout reported that the snow in the first line of the sky and around Mizuko Mountain is as bright as a mirror, and no footprints are found!"

"Yo Xi!" Shinozuka Yoshio nodded happily.

Staff officers such as Takaichi Sakamoto were also excited.

No footprints were found in Yishiwai and around Shuiyaoshan.

This is enough to prove that after the failure last night, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Military Region did not transfer in time, but retreated back to Shuiyao Mountain in desperation, trying to rely on Shuiyao Mountain to resist stubbornly.

This is a fatal mistake made by the Eighth Route Army!

Although Shuiyao Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack,

But there is a fatal weakness!

That's the source of water!

It's time to show off!

There is no need to hide it anymore.

At that moment, Shinozuka Yoshio strode towards Yukisuke Kaeda.

Yukisuke Kashida quickly handed the microphone and receiver to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Masashi Masashi." Yoshio Shinozuka took the receiver and said to the microphone, "I am Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the 1st Army of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Imperial Army stationed in Shanxi. Please let the prince talk to me."

The Chinese soldiers on the opposite side immediately stopped shouting and scolding.

A moment later, the prince's voice rang out of the channel.

"Shinozuka, you surprised me." said the prince, "You actually took the initiative to look for me?"

"Prince Sang, I was also surprised." Yoshio Shinozuka laughed, full of pride and self-pride in his laughter, and then continued, "I really didn't expect that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Military Region would have such strong combat power. If I hadn't been cautious enough, I mobilized 6 infantry brigades and 6 mountain artillery squadrons to block the first line of the sky, I would inevitably suffer another big loss last night, which would have become a tactic of adding fuel to it again!"

The prince was silent for a moment and said, "Shinozuka, do you think you have won?"

"Yes." Shinozuka Yoshio responded with a smile, "I think there is no suspense in this battle, because your more than 20,000 or nearly 30,000 main force is trapped in Shuiyao Mountain and can't get out at all, hahahaha!"

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka could no longer suppress the joy in his heart and burst into laughter.

The prince said: "Xiaozuka-kun, if I told you that the main force of our Taihang Military Region had already gone south, would you believe it?"

"Haha." Yoshio Shinozuka laughed again after hearing this, shook his head while laughing, "Prince San, at this time, we don't need to be scheming, right? Why can't we have a frank conversation?"

"Look." The prince said helplessly, "No one believes the truth."
Chapter completed!