Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Fierce Battle
The ensuing war seemed to have become much simpler, and the 105-mm howitzers and 155-mm heavy artillery had begun to withdraw from their positions and began to move in the direction of Jining. 75-mm field guns and 60-mm mortars continued to fire shells one after another, taking the life of a famous soldier.
The artillery of the divisions and regiments had been wiped out as early as the first wave of artillery attacks, and the artillery attached to the other brigades and wings behind them was also vulnerable to the armored units of the Chinese army.
The only remaining small-caliber artillery did not dare to be too presumptuous, as soon as this side appeared, the opponent's 75-mm field artillery on that side would take care of their positions. The battle had been fought for nearly an hour since the beginning, and the artillery of the Japanese army had been basically destroyed, the casualties of the infantry were gradually increasing, and the tanks that had broken into the interior of the position had never come up with an effective way to deal with them.
"What a loser!" Pang Bingxun on the head of the city couldn't stop beating the city wall hard, but he was helpless.
After living for such a long time, this is the first time he has seen such a war, although this style of play seems to be very effective, and it can also leave a deep sense of fear in the hearts of the enemy, even as a friendly Pang Bingxun himself, there is a feeling of fear in his heart, but this style of play is too expensive, how can the Chinese army afford to fight?
Even those elite divisions of the Central Army probably don't dare to fight like this, right? Since the beginning of the war, in just a few hours, at least 10,000 shells of various kinds have been fired, and countless bullets and so on. Pang Bingxun couldn't help but be curious about this unit again, and really wanted to see with his own eyes which army the other party was, who led it, and had such a big hand.
"One regiment stayed to defend Linyi City, and the rest of the troops went out of the city with me to fight, damn it, this little devil has bullied us for a long time, and it's time to go back." Pang Bingxun walked down the city tower and shouted to several officers, now the troops of the two regiments are holding their positions on the city wall, and the rest of the troops are basically on standby at the foot of the city wall behind, and it is not too troublesome to assemble, just open the city gate and go out.
"Military, it's not good to rush out of the city to meet the enemy, right? On the other side is a division of devils. A colonel looked a little surprised, and then spoke with some anxiety.
"Look at your cowardice, don't you hear the sound of artillery outside? Our reinforcements are coming, and I have no time to deal with us here, there is only one wing of devils outside, and I don't go out of the city to fight at this time, how long will I stay? Lao Tzu still doesn't believe that the four regiments of our 40th Army can't beat a wing of devils. Pang Bingxun scolded angrily, these subordinates have been following him for a long time, and they are relatively brave in fighting in peacetime.
But even in today's situation, even he was a little worried, let alone them, so Pang Bingxun just scolded the colonel for a cowardice, and then there was no follow-up. The four regiments just mentioned naturally took down the regiment that defended Linyi City.
Because of Pang Bingxun's encouragement, and his personal participation in battle, it also gave the officers below a lot of courage. Prior to this, the prestige of the Yue army in the Chinese army was not small, and no army dared to say that it could defeat the opponent with twice the strength of the enemy.
In addition to the strategic needs and the fact that there is no way, many troops will not take the initiative to find the army to fight, and if it were not for the sudden change in the situation today, Pang Bingxun would not have ordered the troops to go out of the city to face the battle. However, the actions of the 40th Army now seem to be more accurate in cooperating with the 99th Army.
The outcome of the battle seemed to be predestined, and although the 99th Army, which had been arranged for a long time, did not have any advantage in numbers, it was the case, and the 766th Division, which had more than 30,000 people, did not make any effort to surround the Fifth Division of the Yue Army. There are more than 10 tanks on each section of the defense line to help, and once they encounter a large-scale charge by the Japanese army, more than 10 tanks will rush up and quickly crush the breakthrough of the Japanese army.
At this moment, the encirclement of the 766th Division has been reduced several times, and the scope of the entrenchment of the army has also been continuously reduced. On the other hand, in the direction of Linyi, the battle did not go very smoothly, although Pang Bingxun's troops had a numerical advantage, but they were still inferior to the Yue army in terms of firepower, launched many attacks, left nearly a thousand corpses themselves, and finally took away less than a hundred Yue troops.
This is also a matter of no choice, the firepower configuration of the 40th Army is not at the same level at all compared to the Yue Army, if it is sorted from small to large, the firepower configuration of the 40th Army is level 1, then the firepower configuration of the Yue Army is at least about 4 levels. It's simply an asymmetrical battle.
However, Rao is so, the two sides have not been able to break the deadlock so far, it is still the same as the pre-war situation, the army is stationed outside Linyi City, Pang Bingxun can only attack vigorously, if the front of the army is not repulsed, the 40th Army will not be able to meet with the troops of the 766th Division at all.
The time of the day passed in the blink of an eye, and the sky gradually became a little darker, and the night at this time was far less than that of later generations, and everywhere was full of bright lights, and everywhere could be called the city that never sleeps. In the headquarters of the 766th Division, Su Dao sat in it and watched the results of today's day, originally wanting to fight a quick battle, but in view of the lack of actual combat experience of the troops, even if they relied on the priority of equipment, they could not defeat the Yue army in a short time.
Moreover, during the day, the naval aviation also came to support several times, but it did not pose much threat to the Chinese army, and when they came, most of the troops of the 766th Division and the 40th Army were fighting with the army, and the two sides were mixed together, and the fighters of the army had no chance to participate in the battle at all.
"Let the soldiers rest for three hours, and after three hours continue the attack, and tonight we will defeat the opposing army anyway. Let the artillery not stop, the mortars are firing flares all the time, and I don't want a dark place on the military position. Su Dao glanced at the telegram, the situation on the side of the 767th Division and the 768th Division was much better than on this side, after all, that side was not a unit of an integrated division and regiment, and there were more than 60,000 troops on his side, so it would naturally not be too bitter to fight.
As for the casualties, it is still within the acceptable range, and Su Dao is secretly thinking about how to make good use of this battle so that his soldiers can have a good experience. The 766th Division killed more than 5,000 soldiers in one day's attack, and suffered more than 1,000 casualties of its own.
Of course, if it were not for the help of advanced weapons and equipment, and the elimination of the artillery of the army in advance, this casualty figure would probably continue to increase.
"Another ten tanks and a regiment of soldiers will be sent to Linyi to prevent the army from breaking through from the direction of Linyi in the short time we are resting, and launch an attack with the large army in three hours." After thinking about it for a while, Su Dao then ordered, this time Su Dao planned to destroy the entire Fifth Division, and the tactical arrangement naturally had to be considered, if the Fifth Division ran away from Pang Bingxun, it would not be able to row.
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