Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 447: 2 Daohezi Blocking Battle

The Japanese 21st Division had already reformed its military system in 40. As the division commander, Tanaka Hisaichi directly commanded three regiments and abolished the brigade organization.

Sending one regiment as the vanguard of the attack and another regiment to support the Japanese in the front was the safest offensive plan that Tanaka Kyuichi could come up with.

After setting out from Taiyuan, Tanaka Hisaichi's marching speed remained relatively stable until Ningji Okamura called and urged him to speed up.

"I heard that when the independent regiment attacked Ping'an County, the entire northwest of Shanxi was in chaos. Do you think the reinforcement team also attacked from our direction?"

Tanaka Hisaichi was sitting in the car and asked the officer next to him.

Officer: “…”

This is not a question. When the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment attacked Ping'an County, the locust army was defeated. Almost all the locust troops in northwest Shanxi were mobilized.

Now that Tanaka Hisaichi uses the Battle of Heiangle for comparison, this is probably not a good sign.

“General, according to the analysis of previous battle examples, our reinforcement team did take the route we took.

After ten kilometers, we should face the first node where the battle was fierce before, Erdaohezi."

The lieutenant officer flipped through the map and accurately found the forward blocking position that Ding Wei had chosen when he was blocking the Japanese before on the Japanese military map.

"Erdaohezi?"

"Yes, General."

"The telegram just sent by General Gangcun shows that the Locust Army is not doing well in the battle of Yuanqu. I suspect that the Independent Regiment has really joined the battle."

Tanaka Hisaichi said after looking at the map.

"Ah? According to our intelligence, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment should be the direct escort team of their most core Liaoyuan Arsenal.

Logically speaking, they would not allow the independent regiment to participate in the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. "

The Japanese lieutenant commander had a clear mind and quickly analyzed the possible problems.

"Don't look at me. I don't know either. When you pass by these bridges on the road later, take a good look. If there are Eighth Route Army guerrillas or militia ambushing and preparing to blow up the bridges, or if these bridges have already been blown up, it means that the independent regiment has indeed joined the battle."

After Tanaka Kyuichi finished speaking, he crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

"What if it wasn't bombed? Didn't the Independent Regiment participate in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain?"

"No, if it wasn't bombed, that doesn't mean anything. It's possible that the Independent Regiment really didn't move, or that the Independent Regiment really played an empty city trick on us.

However, it would be terrible if the independent regiment really did not take any action!

This shows that the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army has been improved to a level that we cannot imagine.”

Tanaka Kyuichi continued to close his eyes and rest, but the tone of his voice became more serious.

The 21st Division had been marching all the time, and the distances between the three regiments were neither too far nor too close, which not only avoided the risk of being completely surrounded by the Chinese army, but also allowed the other regiments to provide support at any time when one of them was under supply.

In terms of tactics, the Japs' tactics are not low.

When the winding Erdaohezi River appeared in front of the Japanese lieutenant, he found that the bridge over Erdaohezi had not been blown up, but stood there intact.

"General, the bridge is still intact..."

Before the lieutenant commander could finish his words, the Japanese vanguard regiment came under attack.

Boom, boom, boom.

The shells fell like raindrops and exploded in the Japs' ranks.

Tanaka Hisaichi's eyes suddenly opened. He got out of the car and took out his telescope to look at the vanguard regiment under attack in the distance.

In his field of vision, mortar shells were exploding almost everywhere he could see.

In just three minutes, the Eighth Route Army troops that ambushed the Japanese regiment had fired more than 500 mortar shells, almost covering all the areas that could be covered by the mortars in the distant Eighth Route Army ambush position.

Moreover, even though more than 500 mortar shells had just been fired, the artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army ambush team showed no signs of stopping and instead continued to bombard.

Listening to the explosions coming from afar, Tanaka Kyuichi almost felt numb.

What the hell is going on? The density of the mortar bombardment is even more dense than the sound of firecrackers in Taiyuan City, China during the New Year.

He was the commander of a Locust Army division, and the 21st Division under his command had only 216 grenade launchers, 48 ​​mortars, and 12 mountain cannons. The more than 500 artillery shells that were fired in just three or four minutes were more than half of the shells that his division carried on a daily basis.

When Tanaka Kyuichi saw this scene, he didn't know whether to say "Fuck it" or not!

No matter what Tanaka Hisaichi was thinking, the 771st Regiment, as the ambush team, had a great time. 80% of the mortars of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Shanxi area were concentrated here and in the small temple of Shiwuli more than ten kilometers away.

Over the past year, all the mortars captured by the Independent Regiment and other Eighth Route Army armed forces were given to the 771st Regiment and the 385nd Independent Regiment of the 2th Brigade, totaling more than 300 mortars.

Some of these mortars were captured from the Japanese, and some were taken by the Independent Regiment from the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The Independent Regiment looked down on these mortars and handed them all over, but in front of other teams at the headquarters, these mortars were all good stuff.

Thinking of this, Captain Lao Xu of the 771st Regiment wanted to complain. These guys from the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment were simply spoiled. They didn't call anything with a caliber below 100mm a mortar, and they looked down on the Japs' little gadgets. Now, wouldn't it be exciting to fight the Japs with these 144 artillery guns seized from them?

Old Xu's idea just turned around in his mind for a few rounds and he didn't say it out loud. If Li Yunlong knew about it, he would definitely laugh out loud and pat Captain Xu on the shoulder and say, "Old Xu, you still haven't seen or tasted it, so just play with the devil's little gadgets.

I still like what our Minister Yu said, what is a gun with a caliber less than 100mm called? "

Commander Xu had no idea what Li Yunlong was thinking. He only had one thought at this moment: "Damn it, can these artillery comrades move faster!

Fire all the shells you have at me, don't be so slow!

Once we slow down, the Japanese soldiers at the edge of the range will run away.

The attack speed slowed down, and others thought I was too stingy to even spare a few mortar shells. "

While bombarding these little Japanese devils, Captain Xu smiled bitterly. What the hell was the life he had been living before? The number of artillery shells he fired in ten minutes today was ten times more than all the mortar shells he had fired in all the previous years.