My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 145 There are heavy artillery on Tubal Road!

"Colonel Sakamoto."

"Hi!"

He County is thirty kilometers away from Liao County.

The headquarters of the [-]th Division.

The division commander, Masao Sandichi, called for a captain of the Colonel-General.

"Your Bantian Regiment will be responsible for the main attack in tomorrow's attack on Liao County."

San Daozhenfu's tone was serious.

"Hi!"

Captain Lengben bowed his head again and shouted loudly.

But the deeply depressed face was full of unwillingness.

Nobutetsu Sakata is dead, and now he is the captain of the third regiment. Why does the division commander still call the regiment he commanded the Sakamoto Regiment? Shouldn't it be the Sakamoto Regiment?

"Whether the [-]rd Infantry Regiment can be called the Capture Regiment depends on tomorrow's attack."

Looking at the man who bowed his head deeply, San Dao Zhenhu raised the corners of his mouth and said in a proud tone:
  "The troops guarding Liao County are the troops commanded by Li Yunlong."

"Only by defeating this unit can you prove that you are capable enough to command the Sakata Alliance and even reach a higher level."

As a division commander, and to be able to serve as a division commander, Sandao Zhenfu naturally has enough real materials and is well versed in people's hearts. He naturally knows that the people under his command are dead to the regiment he commands. The former captain's name is still haunted.

But this is the effect he wants!
  "Hi!"

Sure enough, after the words were spoken, the man's eyes suddenly turned red, like a bullfighting bull.

"Go."

"Go and prove yourself!"

San Dao Zhenfu waved his hand.

"Hi!"

The people of Labenshan stood at attention and saluted.

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  Bang Bang··
  The night in Shanxi in July is refreshing with the gentle breeze.

Xu Huzhi, leader of the New Third Regiment, and Xing Zhiguo, deputy leader of the independent regiment, came to the forward position to inspect the situation of the position.

During this period, Xu Hu took a direct shot of the four-layered civil shell structure and the fire bunker, and couldn't help but sigh:
  “What fine wood!”

“It would be great if we could use this wood to build a house.”

System produced, must be a boutique.

Even the wood is the world's top wood, and it is all first-class good wood, straight, strong, and without knots.

All of them have good roof beams.

"It's also good to use as a coffin for Japanese soldiers."

Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly:
  "Although the Japanese came uninvited, it is our way of hospitality to give our guests the best treatment."

"Of course, the best coffin should be given to the devil!"

"Also, the most powerful and violent cannonball."

"Hahaha··"

Xu Huzhi suddenly burst into hearty laughter.

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  Thirty kilometers north of Ze County.

A village called Fengzhen.

This is a Japs stronghold, with half a squadron of Japs stationed there, and it is also the main stronghold for the Japs to control surrounding villages and towns.

boom··

With one explosion after another, the [-]th Regiment was launching an attack on the stronghold under the cover of the artillery unit.

Half a squadron, about seventy Japanese.

Facing an attack by a main group with a total strength of [-] men.

In particular, the 60th Regiment first used [-] mortars and grenade launchers to fire smoke grenades to obscure the sight of the enemy in the stronghold, and then the infantry approached to cut off the barbed wire and occupy the surrounding positions.

The Japanese were unable to stop them due to lack of troops.

Once they leave the stronghold, they will be suppressed and destroyed by fierce firepower. If they do not leave the stronghold, their sight and range of fire will be restricted and cannot be blocked.

I could only watch as the construction works outside the stronghold were being cleared bit by bit.

The reinforcements on the left and right, faced with the blockade of two battalions on the left and right, as well as the fire support of three 82 mortars from the regiment's artillery platoon, were unable to get close at all. In the end, the stronghold was destroyed in just a few hours.

Seventy-one Japanese were annihilated.

The [-]th Regiment only paid the price of [-] casualties.

Moreover, most of the casualties were due to the two wings blocking the Japanese reinforcements. In fact, the casualties from attacking the Japanese strongholds were very small.

"Report."

"The Feng Town stronghold has been lost, and the two teams stationed there are all in pieces."

Colonel Heze received a report from the frontline reinforcements.

"I see!"

"Go down."

Colonel Heze, however, was not as good as Baga before Baga. He spoke in a calm tone and waved his hand to signal the officers to leave.

As one of the few Japanese officers who disliked Bushido, Colonel Heze had always had a calm and quiet attitude. Within the Japanese officer system, especially those who were generally frustrated and crazy, he was out of place among the first-level Japanese military officers before and after him.

Of course, he expected that the Fengzhen stronghold would fall.

After receiving reinforcements, weapons, equipment, and food supplies from the Tubal Army in the Taihang region, the Tubal Army in the southern Hebei region surged in strength. With the same strength, the light weapons were only slightly weaker than the Locust Army, and the regiment-level light artillery was stronger than the Imperial Brigade.

In order to deal with the Tubal Road in Taiyue Mountain, the Locust Army deployed a full division. The garrison in southern Hebei was reduced by one regiment, and its strength was greatly reduced.

Although the Locust Army still has an absolute advantage,
  However, the main force of the locust army is trapped on railway lines and in important cities. The mobile forces that can be mobilized are already weaker than those on Tuba Road in southern Hebei.

It would be strange if Feng Town was not lost!

Thinking of this, Colonel Heze looked at the Taiyue Mountains on the map.

The problem of insufficient strength of the Locust Army is very serious. General Tada Shun's cage tactics greatly restricted the base area of ​​Tubal Road, but it also made the strength of the Locust Army more dispersed, which in turn amplified the problem of insufficient strength of the Locust Army.

Nowadays, as Tubalu's strength increases, the cage tactics are almost self-defeating.

Now I just hope that the [-]th Division can really cut off the source of foreign supplies for Tubal Road, and then deploy troops to deal with the growing strength of Tubal Road in various places one by one.

Otherwise, if things continue to develop, not to mention the cage plan, even Tuba Road in southern Hebei will begin to expand its territory aggressively, and may even threaten the safety of the Ping-Han Line.

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  The next day.

early morning.

Yangcun, the Independent Regiment Headquarters.

"Looking from the map, the Japanese Bantian Alliance is preparing to attack Liao County."

"Hey hey..."

Looking at the simple map projected by the communicator on his wrist, Li Yunlong smiled particularly happily.

In the task of seizing the Japs Regiment Flag, Brother Lu only gave one piece of help, which was to display the specific location of the Japs Regiment Flag near the independent regiment troops, and also indicate which Japs Regiment it belonged to, and update it in real time.

But later Li Yunlong discovered that this help was very suitable for detecting Japanese troops.

Especially large-scale battles.

Where the Japs Alliance flag is, it almost means where the Japs Alliance headquarters is, which means that the Japs will attack in that direction.

"Are you planning to take action?"

Zhao Gang came over.

The purpose this time is the Sakata United flag.

"Do not."

Li Yunlong shook his head:
  "It's not time to kill yet."

"Let the Fourth Battalion rub off the Japanese spirit first."

Although he often said that he was fighting elite troops, Li Yunlong also knew very well that in a head-on confrontation with the elite Japanese troops, the Independent Regiment could not beat them now.

But not cost effective.

Captain Li would not do a loss-making business.

It is better to take advantage of the heavy artillery and let the Japanese feel the feeling of being covered by heavy artillery.

"How many days will the brigade headquarters order Liao County to hold on?"

Zhao Gang suddenly asked.

"Five days!"

Li Yunlong answered. “Five days!”

Zhao Gang drawled his voice:
  "That's five hundred rounds of 120 mortar shells a day?"

Zhao Gang used to think that twelve 120mm mortars and twelve thousand 120mm mortar shells per month were enough.

Totally enough.

But now that I think about it carefully, I suddenly feel that [-] rounds of artillery shells per month are indeed a bit small.

It's not enough at all!

Each artillery has only one thousand rounds per month, and only more than thirty rounds per day.

Currently, the [-] troops in Liao County are facing an attack by more than [-] Japanese soldiers from a mixed brigade, but they only have [-] rounds of heavy artillery shells per day.

No matter how you look at it, it’s never enough.

However, considering the subsequent battle, only two thousand rounds of artillery shells could be allocated to Liao County.

After all, after Yu County took away [-] rounds, the independent regiment already had only [-] rounds of artillery shells.

"Are you sure?"

Zhao Gang asked.

He can't wait for fifty 120 mortars and one hundred thousand rounds of artillery shells per month.

"rest assured."

"I want to decide on the flag of the Sakata United Team!"

Li Yunlong vowed to do so.

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  "The division commander's order is to capture Liao County in three days."

early morning.

Outside Liao County.

At the Sakata Regiment Headquarters, Banshanren called all the junior officers of the Regiment.

as well as,

The correspondent and combat staff officer of the heavy artillery battalion directly under the division's independent field artillery wing.

The chief of staff who came from the division headquarters to supervise the battle.

"Three days?"

"According to intelligence, there are only more than [-] people stationed on Tuba Road in Liao County. Although the strength is the same as that of our regiment, its main defense force is still a new regiment that has only been established for a few months."

"The fighting ability is very poor."

"The only one with combat effectiveness is the fourth battalion of the independent regiment, with a total strength of about [-] people."

"This battalion has six 82 mortars that need attention."

Except for the heavy artillery company that arrived at night, the main forces in Liao County were basically inquired by the Japanese. Although a display of force can enhance the trust of the people, it also allows the Japanese to easily know the strength of their own forces.

"And most of my regiment are elite soldiers who have been in the army for two and a half years."

"Moreover, our regiment is supported by the division's four 105 heavy field guns this time. It can take Liao County in one day at most."

The captain of the [-]st Infantry Battalion sounded rampant.

As soon as the words fell, Captain Benben suddenly looked satisfied.

He himself had long wanted to say it.

The county towns defended by the 105 Tuba Road are all county towns with some civil fortifications. Facing the [-] artillery of the division, it will take three days to capture this county town.

Who do you look down on?
  But the staff officer of the division headquarters was present, and it was not suitable for him to be too arrogant. This sentence was not suitable for him to say.

At this time, the subordinates expressed their feelings, which made Ben very satisfied.

"very good."

The war supervisory staff officer from the division headquarters sounded serious:

"Then please show me the true strength of the empire."

"Hi!"

A kind of Japanese army officials all lowered their heads and cheered.

"Let's leave the main attack to the First Brigade this time."

The satisfaction of regaining the capital was rewarded with the task of the first brigade being the main attacker.

"Hi!"

"Please rest assured, captain, I will definitely be able to capture Liao County."

The captain of the first brigade was naturally overjoyed.

Several captains of the Sakata Alliance in the surrounding area showed envy in their eyes.

In this attack, although the First Army Aviation Wing was unable to provide timely support due to insufficient supplies and ammunition, the 105 artillery shells from the division headquarters destroyed the enemy's defensive positions.

It's a huge achievement at your fingertips.

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  after an hour.

boom boom boom

105 grenades weighing [-] kilograms hit the defense fortifications and city walls outside Liao County. Smoke and clouds rose up, trenches collapsed, and soil and wood chips filled the sky.

"It's really different!"

Looking at the explosion in front of him and the destroyed trench fortifications, Xing Zhiguo looked envious.

The independent regiment has a 120mm mortar. In theory, the shells are even more powerful than the Japanese 105 artillery.

Although the Japanese 105 howitzer projectile is also 16 kilograms, the same as the 120 mortar, the mortar shell has a larger charge than the grenade and should actually be more powerful.

But a body-barrel cannon is a body-barrel cannon after all.

Higher muzzle velocity.

It is inherently more suitable than mortars for dealing with solid fortifications.

"In the future, we will also have body-barrel cannons?"

Xing Zhiguo was envious in his heart, but it was just envy.

There was even a disdainful expression on the corner of his mouth.

The 105 howitzer is theoretically enough to deal with the reinforced four-story civil fortifications, but it requires more than a dozen and a large number of shells. The Japanese's four 105 howitzers are still not enough.

"The devils are attacking."

At this time, the Japanese artillery began to move inward, and the 75th mountain artillery also joined the bombardment. Xing Zhiguo walked into the underground bunker.

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  "It's not good!"

Although the captain was arrogant and wanted to break through Liao County impatiently to prove his ability, his ability must not be bad, otherwise he would not be able to serve as the commander of the B regiment.

He held up his binoculars and looked at the position outside Tubal Road that had been shelled by 105 howitzers in the distance, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Relying on his rich command and combat experience, Colonel Benben discovered that,

It was different from anything he had seen before.

It is different from the positions of the preserved fruit troops that were also bombarded by 105 howitzers.

seem,

The damage to the position was far less serious than he expected.

Could it be...
  Thinking of the news in the battle report of the [-]th Brigade that Tubal Road showed a very solid civil fortification structure during the battle at the Xiazhuang stronghold, Colonel Benben's ominous premonition became more serious.

Could it be that the civil positions on Tubal Road are strong enough to withstand the 105 howitzer?
  Is this possible?

In the midst of doubts, the first brigade had already begun to attack.

More than [-] locust troops launched an attack on Liao County in a large skirmish line. At this time, artillery shells continued to fall on the enemy's position.

It fully demonstrated the infantry and artillery coordination of the Locust Army.

No time is given to the enemies lurking behind to enter the position.

But contrary to all the Japanese officers' expectations, those positions that were supposed to be destroyed by the 105 artillery suddenly erupted with fierce sparks - machine guns, grenades and mortars.

Completely suppress the leading troops of the first attacking group.

I haven't been shocked by being a Japanese army officer.

Sudden··
  boom boom boom

The same violent explosions rose up in the formation of the follow-up troops of the First Battalion. The power of these explosions was not weaker than the Empire 105 howitzer, and even the explosion range was greater.

The offensive of the First Battalion was immediately interrupted, and even cut into two sections due to the sudden bombardment, unable to respond to the front and rear.

"idiot!"

At this time, Banben's expression finally changed:
  "There are heavy artillery on Tubal Road!"

(End of this chapter)