Liang Jian: Peaceful battle, I will bring a group to help the scene

Chapter 283 Bombardment across the river and bad news for the old nest!
"The head of the division said so."

Major General Tada Hideki, chief of staff of the 41st Division, nodded, then pointed to the area on the north bank of the Shiqiao River, and said: "Now, everything is ready.".

"Division commander, are we really going to use these two hundred iron assault boats to forcefully cross the Nanliu River in broad daylight?"

Seeing this, Takeshita Taro said with a solemn expression: "Tada-kun is worried about crossing the river?".

"After all, somewhere on the north bank of the Nanliu River, the enemy's 105mm howitzers and other artillery will definitely block the surface of the Nanliu River with artillery fire. It is daytime, with excellent visibility, and there is no gloomy weather. Although it is beneficial to our air force The air strikes of fighter jets and the artillery fire of the ground artillery wing covered the river crossing troops."

Tada Hideki said in a condensed voice: "However, the enemy can also see our river-crossing troops. Once the enemy's artillery threat cannot be completely eliminated, the river-crossing troops will definitely suffer casualties."

"This is for sure."

Taro Takeshita waved his hands and said, "As long as the four thousand troops crossing the river can cross half of it, it will be victory.".

"When the river-crossing troops cross the Nanliu River and set foot on the land on the north bank of the Nanliu River, then under the cover of the artillery fire of our artillery regiment, the infantry and artillery will coordinate and slowly attack northward, then the follow-up troops will be able to cover the ground in the engineering regiment. After the bridge is completed, the rest of the ministries can safely cross the river. At that time, we can follow our steamroller tactics and continue to fight all the way to the north along the road with heavy troops."

After a pause, Takeshita Taro said again, "So, the casualties of the troops crossing the river are worth it."

Seeing that Takeshita Taro had said that, Major General Tada Hideki didn't say much, so he said: "Understood, division commander.".

"well!!!"

Takeshita Taro nodded, and then asked Tada Hideki: "How many fighters are there in the aviation fighter fleet directly under our headquarters that took off from Taiyuan City Airport to support us? In addition, the first wave of air strikes on the north bank of the Nanliu River, When will the fleet reach the sky above the north bank of the Nanliu River?".

"Master, it will take about half an hour!"

Tada Hideki raised his right wrist to look at the time on the mechanical watch he was wearing, and then said.

"Half an hour?"

Takeshita Taro frowned and said: "Let Tachibana Kazuo send a report to the fleet commander of the first wave of air strikes on the north bank of the Nanliu River, in my name, order the air strike fleet commander to command the air strike fleet to speed up the flight. ".

"Anyway, in this sky, Xu Rui and other enemy troops have no fighter planes that can threaten the imperial army's air strike fleet. Why are they flying so slowly?"

Tada Hideki nodded and said, "Yes, division commander!".

"In addition, I ordered the artillery regiment commander Fukuto Secondo to complete the construction of the artillery position and concentrate artillery fire on the area on the north bank of the Nanliu River Stone Bridge that may be the key defense area and hiding place of the enemy's infantry. By the way, let him The twelve 105mm howitzers should not be used for the time being, and after the river-crossing troops are deployed, the howitzers can be used to cover the river-crossing troops."

Takeshita Taro instructs Chief of Staff Tada Hideki.

"Yes, Division Chief, I'll do it right away."

Tada Hideki nodded solemnly.

"Um!!!"

Takeshita Taro nodded, and then Tada Hideki went down to make arrangements.

Takeshita Taro continued to raise the binoculars and looked at the north bank of the Nanliu River Stone Bridge.

Under the bright sunshine, the north bank of the Nanliu River Stone Bridge, although there are river defense trenches everywhere along the river.

But from the binoculars, Takeshita Taro couldn't see the head of an enemy soldier appearing in his binoculars.

"As expected of the 358th Regiment of the Joint Jinsui Army and the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the two enemy forces together wiped out the 36th Division and the 41st Infantry Regiment, one of the more than 303 elite enemy troops of the Imperial Army. Xu Rui's The [-]rd regiment is indeed an elite unit."

Although angry and contemptuous of the enemy, the opponent's infantry kept their heads hidden in the fortifications, and they were very calm. Takeshita Taro knew that the 36th Division and the 41st Infantry Regiment were wiped out before. It is not without reason .

By 01:30, the artillery wing of the 41st Division had already located the artillery positions and built artillery positions behind several mountains for anti-artillery operations.

"Yosie, order the shelling to begin!"

Knowing that the artillery positions in the rear had been built, Taro Takeshita directly picked up the field phone in the military tent of the temporary headquarters, and directly ordered the Artillery Regiment Commander Fukuto Secondo to immediately start shelling the area on the north bank of the Nanliu River Stone Bridge.

"Yes, division commander."

The second son of Fukuto, the commander of the Artillery Regiment of the Devil's 41st Division, said heavily, and then hung up the phone.

"Bombard Zhu Yuan according to the plan, fire, fire!"

Secondo Fukuto raised the command flag in his hand, then lowered it heavily, and ordered the artillery group to start shelling.

In an instant, in the Devil's artillery position, 36 75mm mountain cannons and 24 [-]-type infantry cannons fired countless shells in an instant.

"Tom tom tom, tom tom tom!"

"Tom tom tom, tom tom tom!"

Accompanied by the bombardment of the shells, the shells with clear white tail flames shot out from the Devils artillery position in the sunny afternoon, and then flew across the sky above the south bank of the Nanliujiang Stone Bridge at high speed. Then it slammed into a large area of ​​woods and grass along the road on the north bank of the Nanliujiang Stone Bridge and on both sides.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!"

The violent explosion immediately overturned the fresh soil, and the smoke and dust of the explosion shot straight into the sky, which looked spectacular.

At this time, under a mountain about 200 meters north from the north bank of the Nanliu River Stone Bridge, a mountain was hollowed out to build a temporary headquarters of the 303rd Regiment of the Jinsui Army.

Xu Rui and Chief of Staff Luo Youdu were looking south through the observation port of the bunker.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

At least seven or eight of the shells landed near the headquarters, and the smoke from the explosion had already dissipated.

Xu Rui and Luo Youdu both asked about the smell of gunpowder smoke after the explosion.

"Made, the little devil is really good enough. The shelling started before crossing the river."

Xu Rui complained.

"Tanza, if I were Takeshita Taro, I would do the same!"

Chief of Staff Luo Youdu smiled and said, he didn't seem afraid that the bunker headquarters where he was located would be blown down.

"Right!!!"

Xu Rui heard the words, thought about it, and this is true.

"Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!!"

While Xu Rui and Luo Youdu were talking, Gu Jiaping, the communication staff officer, walked over vigorously.

When Xu Rui and Luo Youdu heard footsteps coming from the side, they saw that it was Gu Jiaping, so they stopped talking.

"Tuan Zuo, Chief of Staff, intercept the radio from the latest devil."

Gu Jiaping handed the deciphered telegram to Xu Rui and said, "This is the devil's telegram that was just deciphered."

"Ok!"

Xu Rui nodded, took the deciphered telegram and quickly read it.

After reading it, he handed it to Chief of Staff Luo Youdu, and said casually: "The devil's first wave of air strikes will come soon, at about two o'clock in the afternoon.".

"Almost twenty minutes to go."

Luo Youdu also said after quickly reading the deciphered telegram.

"Order the battalions, pay attention to air defense!"

Xu Rui said to Luo Youdu.

"Row!"

Luo Youdu nodded and said, and then arranged for people to send orders to go down, preparing for the next air defense and concealment.

Xu Rui turned his head and said to Gu Jiaping, the communication staff officer on the side: "Immediately send a report to the Xinyi Regiment of the friendly army and ask them to contact the Independent Regiment and the 28th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army that were in charge of raiding Datongcheng, an important town in northern Shanxi. raided."

"Yes, group seat."

Gu Jiaping nodded and said, then immediately turned around and walked to the side of the command post, ordering his communications soldiers to send a report to the Eighth Route Army Xinyi Regiment.

And soon, Li Yunlong, the head of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, who received a call from the 303rd regiment, immediately sent a secret message to the two brother units of the independent regiment and the 28th regiment.

At 45:[-] p.m. on the first day of the war, the news of the raid on Datongcheng, an important town in northern Shanxi, immediately sent an urgent report to Taro Takeshita directly by radio through the devil defenders guarding Datongcheng.

"Nani?"

Takeshita Taro looked at the urgent telegram handed over by Kazuo Tachibana, the communication staff officer, and heard the news that the former home of the 41st Division, Datongcheng, was raided by the Independent Regiment and the 28th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. His face immediately changed drastically: "How can it be?".

"It's true, division commander!"

Major Tachibana Kazuo, the communications staff officer of the 41st Division, quickly handed the urgent telegram in his hand to Taro Takeshita, and then said with a serious expression: "It must be the urgent telegram sent by the infantry regiment that will succeed us and guard Datongcheng.".

"The enemy army that raided Datongcheng was the Eighth Route Army, and they were very elite, at least as high as 8000 troops."

(End of this chapter)