Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Hattori Naotomi suddenly turned his head, stared at Shimokawa Hideo, and asked, "What? Shimogawa-kun, are you scared?"

"Of course not!" Hideo Shimokawa shook his head: "When our imperial Japanese army first entered Shanxi, there were only half a division, and they dared to attack the Chinese army of more than 30 divisions. Now the Chinese army outside the city is no more than a mere There are more than [-] people, and it is still a poorly equipped Eighth Route Army. Of course, my job is not to be afraid, but to be excited!"

"Just use the blood of the Tuba Road outside the city to comfort the heroic spirits of the imperial army!"

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, when will we launch a counterattack, is it now? I can't wait!"

Hattori Naotomi was very satisfied with Shimokawa Hideo's performance, he waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, now is not the time."

Hattori Naotomi left the east gate, and after observing in several other directions, he returned to the brigade headquarters.

Makoto Yasuda, the chief of staff who stayed at the command headquarters, learned that Naotomi Hattori had the idea of ​​taking the initiative to attack, and immediately comforted him: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, you must not give up such beneficial fortifications as the city defense and take the initiative to attack.

You know, the Eighth Route Army is much more difficult than the Central Army and the Jinsui Army! "

"Once we launch a counterattack, we can indeed defeat the Eighth Route Army in one direction in a very short period of time, but the Eighth Route Army in other directions will definitely take the opportunity to launch a fierce attack."

"As long as an attack in one direction works, it will be fatal to our imperial army!"

Naoto Hattori said unconcernedly: "Of course I won't let all the imperial troops be dispatched. Our total force in the city is about 5000 people. We selected 2000 essences to launch a counterattack from one direction, and the other 3000 people will fight back." Divided into four parts, guarding the other four directions.

In this way, do you think that in the case of a one-to-one ratio of troops, our Great Japanese Imperial Army is still the opponent of the China Tuba Road? "

"Or do you think that 750 people can't even defend a city gate?"

"Wow!" Yasuda suddenly realized, after the brigade head Naotomi Hattori's analysis, it was really hard for them to lose this battle!

Then he asked again: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, in which direction do you plan to attack the Eighth Route Army?"

"West of the city!" Naoto Hattori spit out two words slowly, and continued: "According to the imperial army of the gendarmerie, the armored train intercepted by the Eighth Route Army seems to have appeared in the east of the city. Regardless of whether the news is accurate or not, we must do well Prepare to deal with it.”

"If the Eighth Route Army really repaired the rails that the imperial army had blown up and drove the armored train here, then if we attack the Eighth Route Army outside the East City Gate, we will definitely be hit by the armored train.

The same is true for the south of the city, the north of the city, and the direction of the railway crossing.

Although the artillery with a caliber of 75mm and above carried by the armored train can also attack outside the west city gate, the artillery of the Tuba Route does not have the quality of the artillery of the Imperial Army.

Even if they could manipulate the artillery to launch a bombardment outside the west city gate, they would definitely not be able to carry out precise strikes on the imperial army, and they might even bombard their own positions! "

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"Your Excellency, brigade commander, is wise!" Makoto Yasuda patted a nice flattery.

Naotomi Hattori nodded very usefully, and then ordered: "Order, the 15th Infantry Regiment has drawn a brigade, and together with the security regiment, it will be divided into four parts on average to contain the east gate, north gate, south gate, and Enemy at the railway crossing!"

"The rest of the main force of the Imperial Army, together with the 3rd Squadron of Armored Vehicles, took the initiative to attack from the west gate, and defeated the enemy at the west gate within an hour!"

"Gendarmerie, the 15th Regiment Headquarters, and the Brigade Headquarters are the reserves, stay at the brigade headquarters!"

"Hi Yi!" Xia Chuanxiu paused heavily, and then left with an excited expression to prepare.

……

On a hill two kilometers away from the east gate, the observers of the Spike Special Forces had already pulled up the telephone line and deployed the artillery mirrors here.

This location is a commanding height outside Jinzhong City. Standing here, you can have a panoramic view of the situation in Jinzhong County.

The observer deploys the artillery's 'eyes' here, which means that the artillery on the armored train can point and hit where according to his command.

The telephone lines between the regiments were also connected, and they called the temporary command post of the Second Independent Regiment outside the railway crossing, asking when to launch an attack.

The first one to call was Sun Yuliang, the brigade of the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army. Since the Battle of Yangquan was basically fought by the Second Independent Regiment, their 4th Mixed Brigade just opened the city gate, so strictly speaking Said that this was his first battle in the true sense after he surrendered to the Eighth Route Army, so he was eager to express himself well.

What's more, in these years of being in the Imperial Association Army, even though he is considered as the leader of a brigade, in fact, even an ordinary soldier who is just a devil doesn't think much of him.

Therefore, Sun Yuliang urgently needed a chance to vent the anger that had been pent up in his heart for the past few years.

"Captain Wang, when are we going to attack?"

Wang Chengzhu didn't answer but asked instead: "Have all the fortifications on your position been built?"

Sun Yuliang: "Basically everything is almost built."

Wang Chengzhu said: "When the fortifications in other directions are completed, then it is time to launch an attack."

"Yes!"

Although Sun Yuliang couldn't wait any longer, he could only follow orders.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Shengji, the head of the 771 regiment, and Chen Lian, the head of the 769 regiment, also called one after another. Wang Chengzhu's reply to them was still to wait until all the fortifications were built before launching an attack.

Because he was not sure whether the 9th Japanese Infantry Brigade stationed in Jinzhong City would take the initiative to attack in anger after seeing their actions.

Therefore, he must make complete preparations, at least to ensure that the regiments are able to fight against the counterattack of the devil's main force, instead of being defeated before the reinforcements from the rest of the brothers' troops.

So building fortifications is imperative!
It wasn't until Kong Jie, the head of the New Second Regiment, also called and reported that the fortifications outside the West City Gate had also been built, that Wang Chengzhu finally gave the order to attack.

All of a sudden, fierce gunshots rang out from the four city gates of Jinzhong County, as well as from the direction of the railway crossing.

In an instant, dense bullets poured towards the Japanese and puppet troops guarding the city gate like a gust of wind and rain, covering them.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Da da da!"

"Crack, clap clap clap!—"

A large number of bullets hit the city wall, leaving eye-catching bullet holes immediately, and the splashed brick chips fell down.

Many bullets flew directly over the city wall. However, under the attack of dense bullets, some devils and puppet soldiers hiding behind the battlements were shot one after another and fell to the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of mortars also opened fire...

Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment