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Xiao Huan was not in a hurry and answered in fluent Japanese: "Thank you for your concern, General. This place is indeed different from Tokyo, but I feel it is more beautiful here. It would be even better if I could live here forever!"

Shinozuka Yoshio climbed up with the help of a pole: "That's right, every place in Datang is beautiful, even every county has its own unique side, which is incomparable to our Fuso. It is because Datang is so good that we want to attack Datang and lead the people of Datang to explore this treasure land! In the future, we will need Ms. Yamaguchi Keiko and Ms. Yukawa Sakurako's help!"

Not only did Xiaohuan's fake identity have no loopholes, but she also learned the accent of Tokyo, Japan, and then Keiko Yamaguchi corrected some pronunciation details, making Xiaohuan a pure native of Tokyo, Japan.

Even if there are occasional non-standard pronunciations, it can be understood that it is normal that one has become a little rusty in his mother tongue after working as a spy in the Tang Dynasty for many years.

Yoshio Shinozuka did not get any information from Keiko Yamaguchi, and the two sides could only chat for a few words before dispersing.

Yamaguchi Keiko did not lie to him. Even Xiao Huan did not know what anti-aircraft weapons the 176th Division had....

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Just as the 666th Regiment and Xu Le were rushing to the Hejin area, the 21st Division, which had set out from Linfen, had already arrived at the outskirts of Pu County.

The 21st Division suffered heavy losses in the Linfen battle last month, but only lost about 300 people in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain when facing the Shanxi Army and the National Guard Army.

In order to restore the Nantongpu Line, the 21st Division was urgently transferred from the front line to relieve the siege of Linfen.

Sanguo Zhifu, who knew nothing about the battle situation, thought that the 176th Division was also a Tang army that had always been weak, and was simply relying on its advantage in numbers to force the original 114th Division to stay in the city.

Although the 37th Division was more cautious than the 21st Division, the difference was not much, so when they launched the general offensive, they suffered a fierce attack from the L118 howitzers of two field artillery battalions.

Those are 54 medium-caliber artillery pieces that fire cluster bombs, and their power is 75 times greater than that of 10mm mountain artillery.

In this way, the 21st Division lost nearly two infantry regiments, and only one squadron was left in the cavalry regiment, but the artillery regiment was still intact.

The military simply gave him the remnants of the 114th Division, and he barely put together a triple division.

Now Mikuni Naofu was no longer so brave. He dispersed his troops 20 kilometers east of Pu County and sent out several waves of scouts to scout the artillery positions of the 176th Division.

If a scout does not return within the scheduled time, he will not take any offensive action.

At the same time, he also had to wait for the Luliang Guard formed by Numata Tokushige to implement the east-west encirclement of Pu County.

The purpose of this battle was not to capture Pu County, but to put pressure on Pu County and force the southern line troops of the 176th Division to return for support.

As a result, both the 387th Brigade and the 21st Division in Pu County were waiting in boredom.

Guo Diet and Zhen Zhiying responded in unison: "If you are not in a hurry, then we are even less anxious! Just wait and see..."

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With Xu Le's order in front, Lin Jingyan arrived at the meeting point half an hour earlier than expected.

Seeing the soldiers covered in mud, Xu Le couldn't help but feel sad: "Thank you for your hard work. I know this road has not been repaired yet, and there is heavy dew in the morning, so there is mud everywhere. But if we end the battle as soon as possible, the pressure on Pu County will be much less!"

Lin Jingyan touched the mud on his trouser legs, as if he wanted to wipe it off, but it was just thin mud, and the more he touched it, the dirtier it got. He simply gave up wiping it off: "Young Marshal, this is nothing! In fact, we came here directly by car from many places, but there were a few sections of the road that were not very good, so the soldiers got off and pushed the carts, which is why they got covered in mud. It's not a problem!"

"Okay, the field artillery battalion is coming up, right?"

"The field artillery battalion is slower, but it will catch up in half an hour at most!"

"Well, come with me and see!"

Xu Le led Lin Jingyan to the edge of a steep slope, pointed to the distance below the mountain and said, "15 kilometers in that direction is Hejin County. The escort team has just gone to scout it. The Japanese already know our purpose and have drawn heavy troops from Jie County, Yuxiang, Lin County and other places to defend it, including 120-caliber artillery and dozens of tanks.

All the tanks were Type 95 medium tanks, which should have been temporarily gathered from various front-line troops.

As for the military force, there are not many of them, only more than 2. It is a tough nut to crack!

What ideas do you have? How can we take Hejin with the least loss?"

Lin Jingyan did not answer immediately, but took the map from the chief of staff next to him. Because the ground was still a little wet, he spread it directly on the back of a soldier.

"Young Marshal, please look, the Japanese don't have many troops in southern Shanxi, and their main force is to defend against the Shanxi Army and the National Guard Army, so I dare to conclude that all the troops they can mobilize are here!

At the same time, it can also be seen that the Japanese are fighting a desperate battle. They are gambling that their 20,000 troops can stop us.

If we can't stop them, they will most likely withdraw from southern Shanxi, or at least withdraw to the north of Xinjiang, Quwo, and Jiangxian. Otherwise, if we take over Hejin County, the situation of the Japanese in Yuxiang will be very embarrassing!"

At this point, Xu Le interrupted: "If Hejin can't be defended, the devils can send Yuxiang troops to support us!"

Lin Jingyan shook his head: "The main force of the Japanese in Yuxiang will not participate in the Hejin Campaign, because they are defending against the main forces of the Jin Army and the National Guard. Now the 2 troops in Hejin have already drained all the troops that the Japanese can mobilize in the surrounding areas. If the Japanese withdraw more, unless the Jin Army and the National Guard are fools, they will not miss such a good opportunity and launch a general attack!"

Xu Le nodded: "Your analysis is good. This is similar to the Kwantung Army entrenched in the Northeast by Fuso. Its combat power is the strongest in all of Fuso, but it will not be easily mobilized. That is to fight against the Bear Country."

Under the guidance of Xu Da and others, Xu Le's military capabilities have improved rapidly. The reason why he asked Lin Jingyan was to test him. In the future, the army will grow and develop, and it will need many senior officers, and he can use those he has trained himself with confidence.

"Young Marshal, what I mean is that if we continue to use cluster bombs for the field artillery battalion, it will be much easier to fight. Even if we don't use cluster bombs, our L118 howitzers deployed around here can also cover the enemy from all directions.

Artillery fire is our biggest advantage now. As long as artillery fire can solve the enemy's artillery and tanks, the jeep assault troops can use their mobility and long-range shooting to disrupt the enemy's deployment.

The last main force uses the range advantage of the weapon, combined with the ultra-long range of the L16 mortar, and adopts a progressive combat method. This battle can be easily won! "