Chapter 271: Crossing the River and Attacking!
"Division commander, most of the forces of the two wings of the 29th Brigade have captured the positions on the north bank of the enemy! Li Yunlong's elite battalion has been withdrawn to the south bank area to defend it! ”
In any case, after occupying the position of the 1st Battalion, Kanichiro Ueno, the commander of the 29th Brigade, still called the chief of staff of the division, Tayuan Toshio Osa, to report to Tayuan Toshio, who then rushed to Fujita to report urgently.
However, Fujita Jin held a telescope in the division headquarters to observe the Japanese attack at any time, and when he heard this, he scolded: "Yaga! Also seized. This is clearly the enemy's abandonment of the position on the north shore, does Kanichiro Ueno think I can't see it? Eight grid tooth road! ”。
Tian Yuan Lixiong was also a little embarrassed when he heard this, but the 29th Brigade could be regarded as taking the enemy position on the north bank of the river without much effort, at least it would not be stopped by the other side.
Otherwise, there are two different situations between taking the position of the next battalion with heavy casualties and easily taking the position abandoned by the enemy!
But Tian Yuan Lixiong would not say what he thought in his heart like this, but just changed the topic head-on: "At present, the 29th Brigade has entered the position on the north bank of the enemy, and across the river it faces the enemy's main position outside the north gate of Wei County!" Kanichiro Ueno asked for instructions, should he attack the south bank directly through the river bridge? ”。
"Let them attack! Don't you fight across the river? Your Excellency the General is watching! Fujita Jin pointed a little helplessly in the direction of the general headquarters where Matsui Ishine was, and then said.
Tian Yuan Lixiong immediately paused and said: "Hai, Your Excellency the division commander, I understand my humble position!" He immediately personally called Kanichiro Ueno to convey the order to launch a third attack on the main position outside the north gate of the new regiment.
At this time, Zhang Dabiao, who had already crossed the river and the headquarters of the fourth battalion, and He Yongjie, the commander of the fourth battalion, carried out separate defenses according to the previously deployed defense areas.
Zhang Dabiao also promptly reported to He Yongjie that he had observed that the enemy had tanks to guide the assault, and then, both of them knew that once the devil's Type 94 tank led the main force of the Japanese infantry to attack, it would still be a little troublesome.
After all, even if it's an ultralight tank, it's a tank!
However, fortunately, the devil's tank is only equipped with a 37 mm caliber gun and a 7.7 mm caliber Type 92 machine gun, and the tank's auxiliary weapons are not very strong.
And after learning the news from the front, Li Yunlong, who was standing at the head of the north gate of Wei County, climbed high and looked far away, and took a telescope to take a closer look.
"Haha, this isn't a little devil's bean tank! He was an infantry chariot, and the thickness of the armor did not require the 88mm anti-aircraft gun of labor to kill. An ordinary Type 92 infantry cannon can also blow it up if it shoots directly! Hahaha! ”
Li Yunlong also laughed, the Japanese army's Type 94 tank is known as a small bean tank, as the name suggests, it is too small like a bean. In fact, it is more appropriate to say that it is an armored transport vehicle, and the thickness of the armor can be penetrated by a rifle at close range!
Therefore, Li Yunlong just laughed, and he felt quite cute about the appearance of the three devil tanks.
"Tell Zhang Dabiao to use the five captured devil 92 infantry guns to hide, and wait until the devil tank comes at close range, shoot directly to ensure that the bombed devil's tank is broken into slag!" Li Yunlong ordered with a smile at a staff officer on the side.
Tan Nan, a staff officer of the regiment headquarters, smiled and said, "Yes, regiment commander!" ”。
There was a battlefield phone connection, and Zhang Dabiao soon received Li Yunlong's order, and he also smiled in his own headquarters.
At this time, the Japanese troops who were preparing for the attack were facing each other across the river, and the 2,000 Japanese troops directly under the 29th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, which were responsible for harassing the positions of the new 1st Regiment in the direction of the two flanks of Ul County, made feints respectively, so as to contain the defenders in the direction of the two wings of Ul County to provide support to the main position of the new 1st Regiment north of Ul County at any time.
"The target, outside the city of Ul, on the south bank of the river, is the enemy position. Open the gun, kill the twitter! ”
Oda Masakazu, commander of the artillery unit of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, drew his samurai saber and roared and commanded his devil soldiers to launch a fierce artillery bombardment of the defensive positions jointly guarded by the 1st and 4th Battalions of the New Regiment outside the city north of Ul County.
"Knock Knock Knock !!!"
The shells were smashed out of the dazzle, and with the tail flames behind the shells strikingly across the sky, the remaining twelve Type 92 infantry guns of the little devil concentrated on the positions of the 1st and 4th battalions north of Wei County.
Suddenly, deafening explosions erupted one after another on the positions guarded by the 1st and 4th battalions outside the north gate of Wei County.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!"
The shells overturned the sacks on the position, some heavy machine guns that had not had time to take away, and some concealments piled up on the position were blown up into the sky, and then smashed down heavily.
However, there was no new regiment of soldiers on the positions guarded by the two main battalions of the new regiment under the cover of artillery fire.
After the devils confronted each other across the river on the north bank, Zhang Dabiao and He Yongjie, who realized the attack routine of the little devils, both ordered most of the soldiers of their respective troops to hide in the anti-artillery holes dug under the trenches. Only a few sentries were left on the position for observation, reporting to the battalion headquarters at any time.
I have to say that the offensive routine of the little devils is nothing more than a frontal attack, and the artillery bombards the infantry and rushes. After the infantry rushed the artillery bombardment, once the frontal onslaught could not be overcome, the little devils would attack in a roundabout way. However, at this time, the number of troops in one of the directions of the roundabout attack would require at least 4,000 troops, but in order to do so, it was necessary to devote the last 4,000 Japanese troops directly under Matsui Ishone's command to participate in the battle to attack Ul County.
But once this happens, when the time comes, the last living force will be invested, and once things change again, Matsui Ishine will not even have the last force to run away to cover the retreat.
Therefore, until now, Matsui Ishine still has 4,000 Japanese troops in his hands, which is the last force that Matsui Ishine can use.
At this time, Oda Masakazu commanded artillery to bombard the defensive positions jointly guarded by the first and fourth battalions of the new regiment between the south bank and the north gate. It lasted at least five minutes, and the shells were overwhelming, shaking the ground.
Of course, Li Yunlong could not sit idly by and watch the defensive positions guarded by the two battalions outside the north gate passively being bombarded, and a phone call directly ordered Wang Chengzhu to command the artillery positions deployed in the city to immediately suppress Oda Masakazu's devil artillery positions.
The artillery battle between the two sides continued, and at the right time, Kanichiro Ueno, commander of the 29th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, personally came behind the Japanese team responsible for crossing the river, drew his samurai saber and pressed a finger forward, and then roared: "All assault, assault, assault, kill!" ”。
With the roar of Kanichiro Ueno, all the 18th Infantry Wing and most of the 34th Infantry Wing of the 29th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had already been ready, totaled more than 6,300 Japanese troops, under the cover of three Japanese Type 94 tanks passing through the river bridge to the south bank area, they attacked the south bank through the river bridge.
In addition to crossing the south bank on the only bridge over the river, the Japanese army also prepared to carry infantry from the fishing grounds looted from the area around the river to cross the river and storm the positions of the two main battalions of the new regiment on the south bank.