Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 968 "High Fire" Base

Because of the air supremacy, Shinta Kono's "Blitzkrieg" plan was fully launched.

On the front of the Yuncheng defense line, the Imperial 21st Division continued to launch a fierce offensive against the Eighth Route Army, making it impossible for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to return to aid.

In the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, the "Endo Task Force" consisting of two brigades with a total strength of more than [-] people spread out and advanced in units of squadrons.

Three of the squadrons divided into three routes and headed northward to approach the three stores.

The three squadrons raided the base of the silo where the 'high fire' was located in a left, center and right encirclement situation.

The remaining four squadrons were divided into two groups, with two squadrons in each group making long-distance raids on Wanxian Airport and Wangxing Airport.

(Note: A brigade of devils is usually divided into five squadrons, one transport squadron plus one machine gun squadron and three infantry squadrons)

The first to receive fire was the "High Fire" silo base.

These bases are only more than ten kilometers away from the Yuncheng defense line, and the positions are all under the control of the devils... The devils have basically figured out the location of the high-fire silos during the stage of intercepting the "high-fire" with fighter planes. It is enough for troops to attack these bases.

The fighting was fierce.

Although the devil's strength is not large, the three squadrons have no more than 700 people.

But each squadron is equipped with three 95-type light combat vehicles and almost everyone has a sidecar motorcycle.

At this time, the devils have also learned how to behave, knowing that the Eighth Route Army has rocket launchers in their hands, so 95 Qingzhan basically does not launch close-range attacks, but provides fire cover for the attacking troops from a hundred meters away.

Sidecar motorcycles also played an important role in combat.

This is not to say that sidecar motorcycles can be used to charge... In fact, this kind of sidecar is used to charge the enemy is basically the same as courting death.

But the side three rounds can provide the devil with sufficient ammunition (the sidecar can barely carry two ammunition boxes). In addition, the devil also tied sandbags to the outside of the sidecar, and immediately used the side three rounds and 95 light combat. A line of defense.

What's more important is the devil's air cover.

If it was in the past, the devils usually would not use bombers and fighter jets to deal with the infantry of the Eighth Route Army, especially the Eighth Route Army hidden in the mountains.

Because the devils think that this is a waste of precious ammunition in exchange for negligible results... The troops of the Eighth Route Army can almost be said to be endless. If they lose on the battlefield, they can immediately get replenished from the people, so use fighters and bombers to deal with it What are they for?

Therefore, fighters and bombers should deal with more valuable targets such as the Eighth Route Army headquarters, warehouses, and factories.

But this time, the devils put fighters and bombers into attacking the Eighth Route Army's defense line, and there were quite a few of them, 96 Type 8 fighter jets, 97 Type 10 bombers, and 5 Type 98 light explosives.

And the devil's offensive tactics have also changed.

In the past, the devils mostly used fighter planes to cover the infantry to attack, and even the infantry attacked under the cover of machine guns and grenadiers.

Now they are hiding behind the three-round defense line and confronting the Eighth Route Army, and then use mortars to fire smoke bombs to indicate targets for fighter jets and bombers.

For a while, the whistling and bombing of fighter jets in the air could be heard endlessly, coupled with the firepower of the devils' ground troops, it only made the Eighth Route Army's defensive troops unable to hold their heads up.

Then the Devil infantry broke into the Eighth Route Army's defense line along the gap in the defense line blasted by the bomber.

Information soon spread to Wang Xuexin's headquarters.

Chen Songyong handed the telegram to Wang Xuexin, and said: "Battalion Commander, the defense line of the 'High Fire' silo was breached by the devils. The devils' firepower is very fierce. A regiment of our army only guarded for less than 10 minutes!"

Wang Xuexin nodded, which was beyond his expectation.

Because the silo base is guarded by the main division transferred from the headquarters directly under the independent regiment, which is not only well-equipped (fully equipped with Yingjiang's Springfield rifle) but also has extremely rich actual combat experience. Wang Xuexin originally thought that this regiment could hold off the devils for at least a few hours. Unexpectedly, they only guarded for less than 10 minutes, especially the casualties between the enemy and ourselves were completely disproportionate... Judging from the telegram, the devils had at most [-] casualties, while the Eight Route Army had more than [-] casualties.

Chen Songyong seemed to see Wang Xuexin's doubts, so he explained: "The devils have learned a lot. They use infantry to signal flares as the aviation command position, and bombers and fighter jets bombard the target indiscriminately. The result is an important fire support point for our army. They are often blown up to the ground before they have any effect, and even Commander Shao has failed!"

Wang Xuexin let out an "oh", thinking to himself that it was so.

This should be Hans' air-ground coordination, or it can also be said to be one of the characteristics of "Blitzkrieg".

In fact, "blitzkrieg" is very taboo to use infantry units to carry out strong attacks on the enemy's defense line. They always attack the enemy's weak points in a roundabout way.

If some strategic places must be captured by storm, then they will try to use aviation instead of infantry.

Because Hans knew that it would be the cheapest to use aviation at this time.

The reason is simple. The ground troops implementing the "blitzkrieg" must face the situation of being surrounded by the enemy at any time, and they must make every effort to save ammunition, food and gasoline.

If these are missing, there are only two ways to supplement them: one is to capture them from the enemy, and the other is to use a transport plane to drop them by air.

It takes luck to capture it from the enemy, and use a transport plane to airdrop it...it is better to use fighter planes and bombers to pour the bullets and bombs that need to be airdropped on the enemy's position.

The devil's attack on the "High Fire" base should follow this principle.

After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin gave an order: "Order Zhou Yuankai to blow up the entrance of the tunnel according to the situation. It is really impossible to blow up the 'High Fire'. We must not let a 'High Fire' fall into the enemy's hands!"

"Yes!" Chen Songyong responded and conveyed the order.

After the transformation of the "High Fire" these days, it is no longer as simple as a silo. It has actually been transformed by the soldiers into a "tunnel" in which they can live.

This is also one of the reasons why Wang Xuexin is very relieved about the "high fire" silo.

It doesn't matter if you can't hold it, as long as you blow up the entrance of the tunnel, the devils won't be able to get in for a while, and the Eighth Route Army can live in the tunnel for ten and a half months.

Even if the devils can dig the entrance of the tunnel and come in, they will die one by one. Even if the devils pay a heavy price to break into the tunnel in the end, what they get is the "high fire" that has become fragments.

Shinta Kono, who was in command in Taiyuan, sighed when he heard that the Eighth Route Army had blown up the entrance of the tunnel: "The Eighth Route Army is prepared, we can't get the 'special bomb' from the silo!"

Neiji Okamura nodded. In fact, he knew from the beginning that the "special bomb" in the silo was difficult to capture.

Because it's so easy to blow up, just drop a grenade at the last minute...

(End of this chapter)