Bright sword: starting from the logistics department

Chapter 116 Attack Again
Hiroyuki Yoshino: "General, the Imperial Army only has one fighter and bomber squadron at Taiyuan's airfield. You called a few hours ago and dispatched 26 fighter sorties and 18 bomber sorties;

You have already booked all the flight sorties of Yangquan Airport for tomorrow. The remaining 8 fighters and 4 bombers are guarding Taiyuan City, so I can't agree to your request! "

After hearing Yoshino Hiroyuki's words, Shinozuka Yoshio roared into the microphone angrily: "Yoshino Hiroyuki, I, as the commander of the First North China Army of the Huaxia Dispatch Army, ordered you to send a plane to help the Kumagai United take down the position in front of them!"

Yoshino Hiroyuki didn't seem to have heard Shinozuka Yoshio's words, and replied calmly: "General, my Air Force is not your subordinate, nor are you my superior. I have the final authority to transfer the aircraft, and I must be responsible for the safety of Taiyuan City. I agreed to your flight request a few hours ago. If you insist on transferring the aircraft again, please contact Mr. Neiji Okamura, Commander-in-Chief of the China Dispatch Army. Goodbye!"

After hearing the "beep" and "beep" sound coming from the phone, Yoshio Shinozuka threw the phone out angrily!
With a "bang", the phone instantly fell apart. This voice also attracted one of his guards in. After entering, he saw that Yoshio Shinozuka was safe and sound, and asked him, "General, what happened?"

Shinozuka Yoshio saw the guards coming in directly, and roared angrily: "Get out!"

The guard quickly stood at attention and bowed his head, and shouted respectfully, "Hi!"

Then take two steps back and turn around to go out.

Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly said to him: "Wait, clean up this place, and give me another phone!"

"Hi!"

When the guard had just finished cleaning, Chief of Staff Hiroyuki Nakamura walked in again and said to the guard, "Go out first!"

"Hi!"

After the guard went out, Hiroyuki Nakamura said to Yoshio Shinozuka: "General, the railway from Yushe to Yuci was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army. In order to hurry up, the garrison of Yushe has detoured to reinforce the Zhengtai Railway from the direction of Heshun by land;
The garrisons of Qi County and Taigu are rushing to Yuci by train at this time, among which the garrison of Taigu will arrive in Yuci in about an hour, and the garrison of Qixian is expected to take about 6 hours! "

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded when he heard it and said: "Call back the Kumagai United. Now that wars are going on everywhere and aircraft are needed, so we can't fly to support them here for the time being. However, the Taikoo reinforcements will arrive in Yuci in an hour. I hope that with the cooperation of your two alliances, we can pass through the Eighth Route Army's position as soon as possible!"

Hiroyuki Nakamura was a little puzzled by Yoshio Shinozuka's order, and asked him, "General, don't you set a time for him?"

Shinozuka Yoshio said with a sneer: "This time the Eighth Route Army's action is very big. Up to now, except for a few heavily guarded places on the Zhengtai Railway, all have been attacked;

They have made such a big plan, do you think that one or two regiments can break through to stop the imperial army in Yuci? "

"The general's order?"

"I still have some illusions, what if the two of them can win this position?

In this way, you will order the heavy artillery brigade to send a regiment of heavy artillery to help them break through the Eighth Route Army's position;

The Heavy Artillery Regiment is starting now, and should be able to arrive at the same time as Qi County's reinforcements! "

"Hi!"

Yu Shan here:

Just when Keiji Iwatani ordered the first and second battalions to stop attacking, Yu Shan and Liu Feng were staring at them behind them.

When the three captains of the Kumagai Regiment walked into Keiji Iwatani's Regiment Headquarters, Liu Feng said to Shan: "Deputy Regiment Leader, do you think this is their Regiment Headquarters? The soldiers outside the tent of the three who just entered are saluting to them!"

Yu Shan: "It looks like it, but it's too far away for our guns, and it's not easy for the assault platoon to sneak in when it's almost dawn!"

Liu Feng sighed, then seemed to think of something again, and said to Yu Shan: "Deputy regiment commander, how about we go to their artillery positions? Their artillery positions are only protected by a squadron of devils. Our mortars only need to be at their outermost patrol posts, and they can reach their artillery positions by advancing 300 meters!"

Yu Shan thought for a while and said: "No need, the little devils only have 75mm mountain guns now, and they can't pose a threat to our position. If we do it, they will be on guard against us when their heavy guns arrive. I think destroying one of their heavy guns is more worthwhile than destroying these four mountain guns!"

After hearing this, Liu Feng complained and said: "We can't do anything, what are we doing here, it's better to go back to the battlefield and kill devils!"

Yu Shan knocked Liu Feng on the head and said, "I know it's reckless, so I need to move my head. If the kid doesn't attack, he's probably waiting for support from planes or heavy artillery. There's nothing we can do with the planes, but if the heavy artillery comes, it's time for us to work!"

Liu Feng rubbed his head and said, "Deputy head, stop harassing the devils behind?"

Yu Shan tapped Liu Feng's head again and said, "I told you to move your head a little bit. The devils are all here in one regiment. What's the point of harassing the troops behind? Why don't you take a good rest during the day and see if there is any chance at night!"

20 kilometers to the north of Xiyang County, the 771st and 772nd regiments had just repelled two attacks by the devils. Taking advantage of the Japanese army's rest, Ding Wei came to the regiment headquarters of the 772nd regiment!

"Old Cheng, how are you doing here?"

"It's okay, I just repelled the devil's two squadron-level charges, but the casualties were a bit heavy, more than 50 people were killed or injured!"

Ding Wei sighed and said: "The casualties of our Xinyi Regiment are not small, about the same as yours; Lao Cheng, I am here to discuss with you the issue of blocking after dawn!

It will be dawn in two hours, and the little devil's plane will be able to take to the sky. How can we stop it then! "

Leader Cheng thought for a while and said: "In order to block the attack for a long time, our position is built very strong, and the anti-gun holes are deep enough;

When the little devil's plane comes, let the soldiers hide in the anti-gun hole, and come out after the little devil approaches, so that the little devil's plane will not dare to drop bombs;

Then arrange a few machine guns to shoot at the devil's plane, don't be afraid of the waste of ammunition, so that they don't dare to shoot at us at low altitude;
As for their high-altitude strafing, let's hope for luck, I have nothing to do! "

Ding Wei sighed and said, "This is the only way to do it!"

Nakamura Hiroyuki walked in again with a telegram in Taiyuan Shinozuka Yoshio's office, and said to him: "General, the reinforcements from Xiyang County to support the Zhengtai Line were stopped by a group of Eighth Route Army at a position 20 kilometers north of Xiyang. After 4 hours of fighting, 700 casualties were forced to retreat!

They telegraphed and said that the position of the Eighth Route Army was very strong, and the 75mm mountain artillery could not damage it, so they asked for bomber support! "

Shinozuka Yoshio stood up with his hands leaning on the table, and said in disbelief, "What? It's the Eighth Route Army again! They have assembled nearly 20 troops on the Tongpu Railway, Pinghan Railway, and Zhengtai Railway. When did they develop to such a scale?"

Hiroyuki Nakamura did not answer Yoshio Shinozuka's question when he sent the telegram, but handed him the telegram respectfully.

After receiving the telegram, Shinozuka Yoshio glanced at it and said, "Baga, the position is too strong again, what are these patrolling guys doing for food, and let the Eighth Route Army carry out such a big project under their noses;
Go and shoot the squadron leader in charge of patrolling this area in Xiyang County! "

Hiroyuki Nakamura reminded: "General, should I be sent to a military court for trial?"

Shinozuka Yoshio roared angrily: "You're still judging me, I'm extra merciful for not having my laparotomy performed, but if these patrolling soldiers are more serious, there won't be these two positions blocking the imperial army!"

"Hi!"

"Wait, send an order to the garrison in Lu'an Mansion to send a 105 howitzer artillery regiment north to support!

In addition, let Pingding's garrison go south and attack Xiyang's garrison back and forth to assist Xiyang's imperial army to break through! "

"Hi!"

386 Brigade Headquarters:
The brigade commander glanced out the window, then looked at his watch, and said to the crowd: "It's almost dawn, pass an order to all the ministries, and when fighting during the day, try to fight hand-to-hand with the little devil, and mix with the little devil, so that the little devil's plane will not be able to fly!"

"Yes!"

"Brigade Commander, the troops below are here to report that a brigade of devils from Pingding County is gathering at the south gate, and it looks like they are about to come out!"

After hearing this, the brigade commander immediately picked up the map and checked it carefully, and then said: "Assemble at the South Gate! It doesn't look like supporting the railway, no good! They should want to dig Ding Wei's ass!"
Order the first troop of the raid not to rest, go and destroy this brigade in Pingding County for me!
Be sure to tell them that once the battle drags on until dawn, you must get me and the devils together! "

"Yes!"

The positions of the Second Independent Regiment and the 771st Regiment have been here for 4 hours since the Kumagai United retreated. During this period, the Kumagai United did not attack the position on the mountain again!
At this time, the sky was already dawn, and the commander of the Second Company, First Battalion and Second Company of the Second Independent Regiment looked at the rising sun, feeling infinitely melancholy in his heart!
Yu Shan, who was sleeping soundly at the foot of the mountain, was woken up by the soldiers of the assault platoon: "Platoon leader, there is another little devil from the regiment behind, what should we do?"

Yu Shan rubbed his eyes and said, "Lianzhu, it's broad daylight. You let us, more than 100 people, go to fight the devils of a regiment? Even if you harass them, it won't cause much reduction in their numbers, and you will leak what we are still behind them. The loss outweighs the gain. Rest well, continue to sleep, and see if there is any good opportunity at night!"

"Yes, platoon leader!"

Keiji Iwatani, the regiment command of the Kumagai Regiment, had just woken up and walked into the headquarters when the orderly handed him a telegram: "Regimental Captain, this is the telegram from the headquarters three hours ago. You were sleeping at that time. Since it was not an urgent matter, I didn't wake you up!"

Keiji Iwatani nodded, took the telegram and read it. After a rough scan, Keiji Iwatani tore up the report angrily: "Bastards, these bastards in the staff department, they are murdering, murdering soldiers of our Great Japanese Imperial Army!"

The three captains who heard the movement rushed in and asked, "What happened to the captain?"

After exhaling, Keiji Iwatani tried his best to calm his voice and said: "The staff department said that it is impossible to send planes to support us. Let us continue to attack the Eighth Route Army after the Taikoo garrison arrives. We must break through the blockade of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible to support the Zhengtai Line!"

The three captains of the Xionggu United took a breath at the same time. Even the third captain who did not participate in the attack yesterday could know how strong the position on the mountain was during yesterday's battle. Without planes and heavy artillery, if he wanted to take down the position in front of him, he had to die. No wonder the captain got so angry!
Two hours later, the Taikoo County garrison Hamada Regiment arrived at the temporary camp of the Kumagai Regiment. Regiment leader Hamada Eihito came to the Kumagai Regiment headquarters, saw Keiji Iwatani and said, "Iwatani-kun, what's going on with the eighth road on the mountain? Your regiment's imperial army can't take this position?"

Keiji Iwatani said depressedly: "Hamada-kun, what is the situation with the Eight Routes on the mountain? I still haven't figured out which part they belong to and how many people there are, because our alliance has not attacked the position once!
This position is extremely strong, and our 75mm mountain artillery can't cause any damage to it at all, and we can only use the soldiers of the imperial army to advance a little bit;
Soldiers from two squadrons on each side of the mountain pass attacked successively. Only more than 200 people survived, and the latest time they only advanced to a position about 40 meters away from the position! "

Hamada Eihito: "What?"

Keiji Iwatani continued: "Hamada-kun, everything I said is true, I think you should have received an order from the General Staff, think of a way to take this position!"

Hamada Eihito: "What else can I do, the staff can't send planes to support, so I can only use the lives of the imperial army to push forward!"

Keiji Iwatani sighed and said, "This is the only way to do it!"

Then the two said to their messengers at the same time: "Reorganize the troops and prepare to attack!"

Keiji Iwatani said to Eihito Hamada: "Hamada-kun, your regiment has an artillery brigade, and my artillery squadron will be temporarily merged into your artillery brigade, and you will command it together!"

Hamada Eihito smiled at Keiji Iwatani and said, "Then thank you Iwatani-kun!"

Hamada Ruiren said to the messenger again: "The artillery brigade of the messenger, temporarily incorporate the artillery squadron of the Kumagai Regiment, and build an artillery position as soon as possible!"

"Hi!"

An hour later, the messenger ran back and said to Hamada Eihito, "Captain, the artillery position has been constructed and can be attacked at any time!"

Hamada Eihito: "Now that the construction has been completed, let's fire!"

"Hi!"

(End of this chapter)