dusk.

Nearly six o'clock.

The last moment before the dark curtain shrouded the world, as Han Feng said, at most, the sky will be completely dark for another hour.

If it is normal, no one should prefer the night compared to the day. It is precisely because humans are always full of fear of unknown fields. Once the night comes, you can't see your fingers and be in the darkness. You will feel that your fate is in the hands of others, and that kind of natural fear will immediately cover your heart.

But at this moment, at least three people were looking forward to the arrival of this dark night at the same time.

Outside the southern city gate of Linfen, the teams of the New Third Regiment and the Independent Regiment launched a feint attack on the southern city gate before night came. The dense troops gathered from all directions, making the Japanese soldiers guarding the city numb.

On the top of Linfen South City Gate, the Japanese Supreme Commander, Saburo Yamaya, looked solemn. Although he was full of confidence before, when he was truly facing the siege of the Eighth Route Army, especially when he witnessed so many enemies suddenly emerged from all directions, his panic involuntarily arises.

Sanro Yamaya's idea was that the Eighth Route Army was going to launch its final charge before dark, and prepared to take down Linfen in one go.

Regarding the Eighth Route Army team, Yamaya Ichiro mocked them for their backward equipment and wearing tattered clothes, but he had to admire the team's fighting will. Sometimes he even thought from the perspective of the people. Even under the premise of the environment and identity of the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial soldiers may not be able to show more tenacious combat power than the Eighth Route Army team.

Although Mirako Yamaya despised the enemy psychologically, she never dared to underestimate her opponent strategically. The prudence of Japanese officers is also uncommon in the entire World War II troops.

The battle began. Han Feng and Li Yunlong divided the entire team into four teams and approached under the southern city gate. The final combat distance between the two sides was about 200 steps.

This is also impossible. The range of the Type 38 rifle in the Japanese army is far greater than that in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. The old sleeves and bird guns are much farther away. If the distance is too far away, the Eighth Route Army will only be a living target and will not pose much threat to the Japanese army on the city wall.

Neither Li Yunlong nor Han Feng were only beaten but not fight back. Naturally, it was impossible to watch this happen. Therefore, even if he was braved by the enemy's artillery fire, he would narrow the combat distance.

Sanro Yamaya didn't know the enemy's intentions for the time being, and he didn't know what method he wanted to use to attack the city.

Could it be a strong attack?

Sanro Yamaya always felt that the enemy would not be so stupid, otherwise the dozens of counties around Linfen would not have been defeated by this team in just one day with a destructive and destructive momentum.

After all, he couldn't understand the enemy's intentions, so Saburo Yamaya simply didn't think too much. When the two sides were less than 200 steps away, he issued an order to fire with all his might.

For a moment, outside the southern gate of Linfen became a hell made of modern thermal weapons. Under the crazy strafing of Japanese machine guns and bombing of cannons, casualties spread like plagues in the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army was on the wall and was condescending. Even if they used rifles against rifles, they would not mention the superiority of the rifles in the hands of the Japanese army, but they would have the upper hand on the terrain.

The view above the top of the city is wide and aiming is simple. After the Japanese army shot one shot, they can hide behind the marquee and pull the bolt, and then continue aiming and shooting.

The Eighth Route Army, which was sieging the city under the city gate, had no such conditions, and was exposed to the Japanese shooting line and range from beginning to end.

In addition, most of the Japanese soldiers were well-trained, and their average shooting level was far above the average shooting level of the Eighth Route Army.

Especially those old Japanese who have beards and have experienced many battles, their marksmanship is so accurate that they are basically shot one by one.

Not to mention that the Japanese grenade launchers are even more powerful, and grenades can even be used as mortars. Anyway, there is a black mass under the city, and anyway, they can be bombed with three or five.

So they charged forward, even though Li Yunlong and Han Fengming knew that this was a feint attack, the casualties still made them tremble with heartache.

In just half an hour, when the New Third Regiment and the Independent Regiment retreated, the battle damage situation had just been counted, and Li Yunlong and Han Feng's faces were solemn and ugly and sad.

The Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment each fought a company, and nearly 500 soldiers were sacrificed in total.

On the other hand, some casualties were probably under Li Yunlong's Italian artillery and Han Feng's several mortar grenades.

But which one is rich and powerful, Han Feng or Li Yunlong?

Now he was so fucking that he was so fat! How dare he squander like a Japanese devil? The shells were so good that they hit him. After a while, he hurriedly put them away.

Good steel must be used on the blade, and artillery cannot be wasted at this time.

Naturally, from beginning to end, the Eighth Route Army was suppressed and beaten by the Japanese army at the city gate.

Li Yunlong cursed angrily: "Damn it, these damn god, when I break through the city gate, I will chop off all the heads that the gangsters have raised to comfort our sacrificed brothers."

Han Feng said: "Old Commander, the Japanese's firepower is still beyond our imagination. It seems that even if it is a feint attack, the distance must be further extended.

Finally, this feint attack covered our local work. When the Japanese saw the situation outside the city through the telescope, they probably couldn't sit still.

You said, if you were the Japanese officers in the city and saw the Eighth Route Army outside the city digging towards the city gate in the form of dirt operations, what would you think they were thinking?"

Li Yunlong thought for a while and said, "Then I must think they were trying to shorten the charge distance and then attack the city.

Speaking of which, if we really use this method, the movement will be slower. Although the effect will not be too good, it will always play a role. At least it can provide a lot of cover for our feint attacks later, and the casualties will not be that great."

Han Feng said: "The old commander said something right. After we have been going through the past few days, the Japanese are probably completely confused. When we continue to attack and harass the earth trench we dug through the earthwork industry, the Japanese will definitely be exhausted when they are nervous. By 12 o'clock tonight, once we sleep well, unless we expose ourselves with gunfire, the Japanese will not notice it."

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Above the city gate, Saburo Yamaya then saw from the telescope that the dust was flying five hundred steps outside the city gate.

At such a long distance, he noticed that the bent earth mounds had been dug out and were constantly winding towards the south gate.

Sanro Yamaya was surprised. As Li Yunlong expected, the first thought that came to his mind was that this Eighth Tu Route Army was preparing to approach the city gate by dirt work and then take the opportunity to attack the city.

Of course, Saburo Yamaya didn't want to sit and wait for death, but at such a long distance, all the eighth players were lying on their backs and digging the soil. In addition, the sky became increasingly dark, even the old Japanese with accurate marksmanship would not be able to hit the target.

As for bombing with grenade launchers, it would not have much effect. These cunning Eighth Route Army obviously considered that the Japanese army might bomb with grenade launchers, so they deliberately dug the soil in a winding way.

In this case, it is difficult for the Japanese artillery shells to accurately shoot into earth moats that are only about one meter wide 500 steps away. Even if the artillery shells fall into it, there are obstacles from the bends of the rich, the Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding inside will not be too much harm.

So Yamaki Saburo could only watch the Eighth Route Army troops digging soil and moving forward in a state of uneasyness, moving closer to the city gate.

The somewhat uneasy Saburo Yamashiro quickly called professional scouts to visually observe the progress of the Eighth Route Army's earthwork.

The scout said: "Captain, there are many people in the eighth route, but the tools for digging the soil are simple and the digging speed is very slow. According to their speed, even if it is dawn tomorrow, the local tyrants at their farthest will be about 300 steps away from our city gate."

300 steps!

Saburo Yamatani breathed a sigh of relief. The distance was still within the controllable range.

As for tonight, he didn't want to make a big move. He sent sentries to keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army's every move. When the day dawn tomorrow, reinforcements will be closer, and he will defend the city gate.

Now, he only hopes that the sky will be darker sooner. After it is dark, due to the sky, the digging speed of the eighth routes will be slower. It is still very happy to delay time in this cost-free way.
Chapter completed!