Chapter 150: Mortar Brigade

Takano Shuichi quickly completed the combat deployment, and the officers of the Japanese puppet army quickly began to follow Takano's orders.

At this time, the Japanese puppet army had a squadron of cavalry, a mortar brigade, an infantry brigade, a tank squadron, an armored vehicle brigade, and they also had a regiment of the puppet army to assist in the battle, and the Japanese puppet army had invested more than 3,000 troops.

Takano Shuichi, who came to Pingding County, was not idle, and he was thinking about how to fight Sun Weiguo's troops all the time.

This time, the independent regiment chose to stick to Chengguan Town, and Takano Shuichi was shocked, but at the same time he was ecstatic in his heart, because what he was good at was directing offensive operations.

The officers of the Japanese army were good at commanding offensive operations, and the devil soldiers were also good at offensive operations, and they were full of confidence in this operation, whether it was Shuichi Takano or the devil soldiers.

Thirty-six 90M mortars of the mortar brigade have been erected, the muzzles of the black holes are aimed at the sky, and the artillerymen are ready to open fire at any time.

On the frontal position of Chengguan Town, Takano Shuichi assembled two infantry squadrons of the infantry brigade, a machine gun squadron and an artillery squad, and sent a battalion of the puppet army to assist in the attack, while the mortar brigade would provide them with artillery cover.

The frontal assault force was under the full command of the commander of the infantry brigade, and their task was not to break through the position, but only to pin down and attract the troops of the independent regiment.

The tactics of the Japanese attacking positions were somewhat rigid, with artillery shelling the positions and the infantry repeatedly attacking in several echelons until the positions were broken.

Chinese troops rarely set up defensive positions in depth, and if they were breached, the Chinese troops would often be defeated.

Of course, the Japanese attack was covered by artillery, light and heavy machine guns, and even tanks and planes, and it was very difficult for the backwardly equipped Chinese troops to resist their attack.

In addition to repeated attacks on frontal troops, Japanese units are very good at taking roundabout operations, they will send a part of their soldiers, find the junction of the Chinese troops' positions or the places where the defenses are empty, make a detour, break through from the flanks, and appear directly in the rear of the Chinese troops to outflank.

For example, in the Battle of Songhu, the flank outflanking of the Japanese army almost outflanked hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops on the Songhu battlefield, and their flank outflanking was obviously one of the reasons for the rout of the Chinese troops, but the only fortunate thing was that although the Chinese troops were defeated, these hundreds of thousands of troops were not surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army, which was a great luck in misfortune.

Shuichi Takano is a Japanese officer with a lot of military literacy, and he has spent time in various military schools since he was a child.

The frontal attack was a decoy thrown out by Shuichi Takano to attract Sun Weiguo's attention, and Shuichi Takano's big killer detoured the troops on the flank.

In order to be able to completely defeat Sun Weiguo's independent regiment, Takano Shuichi formed two squadrons, a tank squadron, an armored vehicle squadron, a cavalry squadron, and an infantry squadron.

The commander of the armored vehicle brigade of the roundabout army was under unified command, and they had begun to quietly assemble on the flank of Chengguan Town.

The commander of the First Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, did not plan to send so many armored units to Binh Dinh County before, after all, for the Japanese Army, these armored forces were very scarce, but the commander of the 20th Division, Kawagishi Bunzaburo, applied several times to strengthen the defense of Binh Dinh County, and the First Army sent a tank squadron and an armored car brigade to Binh Dinh County to strengthen the defense of Binh Dinh County.

After Hideichi Takano, who had gone to Germany to study, had these armored vehicles, he was even more ecstatic in his heart, and he felt that with these armored vehicles, there would be absolutely no problem in defeating Sun Weiguo's independent regiment.

Takano Shuichi is also very bold, he sent almost all the combat arms of the Japanese army, he only has a transport squadron and two battalions of the puppet army with nearly 700 troops by his side, and the division commander of the puppet army, Zhu Shiqiang, was naturally left by Takano Shuichi.

The Japanese divided their forces into two parts, one part of which they attacked frontally to attract the attention of the independent regiment, and the other part was a roundabout force, which was the killer weapon of the Japanese army, equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and cavalry, and they were able to maneuver quickly.

The combat troops had already begun to prepare, and Hidehide Takano raised his binoculars to observe the position of the Independent Regiment, and an expression of excitement appeared on his face.

"Zhu Sang, judging from your experience, who will win this battle?" Takano Shuichi looked at Zhu Shiqiang beside him, and he asked playfully.

"Takano Taijun, it must be the victory of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, where will Sun Weiguo's troops be your opponent. Powerful roundabout troops, don't say that Sun Weiguo only has one regiment, even if he has a division, he will definitely not be your opponent. Zhu Shiqiang said with a flattering face.

"Kill, give!"

Suddenly, without the slightest warning, Hideichi Takano drew his saber, he raised his saber, his face gloomy, and roared loudly.

With the roar of Hideichi Takano, the Japanese units began to move, and the thirty-six mortars of the mortar brigade began to carpet shell the position.

One by one, grenades were quickly fired, and these grenades fell on the positions of the independent regiment, and huge explosions continued to sound.

The devil soldiers in the early days of the anti-Japanese war were very powerful, and aside from the side of the devil soldiers and beasts, they can be called the most elite soldiers.

Whether it is light or heavy machine gun shooters or riflemen, grenadiers and artillerymen, their accuracy has reached the point of perfection.

The artillerymen carried out accurate shelling of the positions of the independent regiment, and all the shells fell on the positions, and not a single shell missed.

Sun Weiguo stood in the command headquarters, he held a telescope, looking at the constantly exploding position with a calm face, and his eyes showed a fierce light.

The battalion commander of the artillery battalion, Shi, stood in front of Sun Weiguo, he wanted to speak several times, and the arrogance of the Japanese artillery made him feel very uncomfortable.

Shi really wanted to ask for battle, he wanted to take the artillery battalion to fight an artillery battle with the Japanese army, and extinguish the prestige of the Japanese artillery.

Sun Weiguo never expressed his position, Shi knew that Sun Weiguo did not have this idea, if Sun Weiguo had let the artillery fire, he would have given the order a long time ago.

The stone who followed Sun Weiguo for a period of time was very clear that Sun Weiguo did not express his position, which means that Sun Weiguo did not let the artillery counterattack.

"Battalion Commander Shi, what kind of artillery are the Japanese people using?" Sun Weiguo put down the binoculars, glanced back at the stone, and asked softly.

SHI WAS STUNNED FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN REPLIED: "JUDGING FROM THE SOUND OF THE CANNON AND THE EFFECT OF THE EXPLOSION, IT SHOULD BE A MORTAR OF LESS THAN 100 MM, AND IT MAY BE A 90MM MORTAR FOR THE JAPANESE ARMY." ”