Chapter 418: Time!
"The 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 37th Brigade has broken through the first line of Japanese riverbank defense, is stabilizing the riverbank position, and is preparing to cross the river and erect a pontoon bridge!"
"The 391st Regiment advanced five hundred meters, captured the 61.9 heights, and annihilated a small Japanese army."
"The northbound detachment went from south to north, and the Tuman battalion raided a Japanese logistics warehouse and captured a batch of Japanese logistics materials."
"XSJ Jiangbei guerrillas reported that the Japanese had a tentative encounter with them. There have been no casualties in the exchange of fire. ”
"They weren't exposed, were they?"
"No, I should have guessed your intentions." Long Yingqin closed the folder and said with a slight smile.
"Report!"
"This is a recently intercepted secret telegram of the Japanese army, and the two corners have called for air power, this is the direction and coordinates they sent back, and it should be going to our heavy artillery position." Xue Ping walked up to Leng Feng and took out a telegram.
"That's right, it seems that our enemy is still very sharp, and the bearing and coordinates are basically accurate." Leng Feng nodded, "Has the heavy artillery regiment evacuated its original position?" ”
"It has been evacuated, and it will take ten minutes to completely evacuate."
"Ten minutes is enough, and it will take at least twenty minutes for the Japanese plane to arrive from takeoff, and it will take at least twenty-five to thirty minutes to refuel and hang up bombs in between." Leng Feng analyzed.
"At this time, our heavy artillery has long been hidden."
"Don't be careless, let the 37 Brigade pay attention to air defense!" Leng Feng said, "I hope that this time our fake target can deceive the Japanese." ”
"Yes!"
Leng Feng calculated very accurately, and in 20 minutes, a mixed aircraft formation of a squadron of Japanese troops flew over Pukou, and they did not stop, and flew directly over the heavy artillery position.
Needless to say, their target was the heavy artillery of the 1st Division of Honor.
Three minutes later, Leng Feng received a report from Xie Zaoshi that the Japanese had dropped twenty-four aerial bombs over the heavy artillery position, among other things. Four powerful incendiary bombs were also dropped, and thick smoke billowed over the entire heavy artillery position, and a sea of fire was in flames.
In order to convince the Japanese that they had destroyed the heavy artillery position of the 1st Honor Division, Xie Zaoshi also specially left some ammunition on the position. The sound of martyrdom was endless.
After the Japanese planes bombed the heavy artillery positions, they returned directly.
Soon Xue Ping and the others received a telegram from the Japanese Central China Front Headquarters to the 65th Wing, which contained the news about the destruction of the heavy artillery positions of the 1st Honor Division.
This was a good consolation for the two Jiao Ye Zuo, at least, he could breathe a sigh of relief now, and he was no longer afraid of the heavy artillery of the Honor 1st Division.
But the nightmare is the beginning.
Just when the Japanese army was glad that the heavy artillery positions of the Chinese army were killed. Two armored detachments suddenly entered the battlefield and plunged straight into the heart of the Japanese defensive positions at an astonishing speed!
The seemingly solid defensive line of the Japanese army did not organize effective resistance at all under the fierce onslaught of the armored assault detachment.
When the two corners received the report, they were shocked, how could the opponent still have armored troops, and it was still a chariot they were familiar with, it was their chariot?
In the face of the accusations of the two corners, the intelligence department of the Central China Front Army Headquarters did not know how to answer.
Could it be that this is what the opponent snatched from his own hands?
Does that mean they're too incompetent. No, this account should be counted on the 16th Division, but unfortunately there are not many people left in the 16th Division, and all of them will be in the dust.
The 65th Wing had anti-tank weapons, which were not many in number, but before that, their anti-tank weapons were almost completely destroyed in the shelling.
At this moment, the Japanese army can only learn from the squadron and use flesh and blood to deal with its own "chariot".
A combat vehicle without infantry protection is very dangerous, and the cold front especially emphasizes this. Therefore, when the tank brigade was established, an infantry battalion was also set up to protect the tanks, and they were equipped with armored cars or armored vehicles modified from cars. Fight with tanks.
Practice has proved that this kind of cooperation is indeed very effective, not only can be effectively protected by multiple tanks, but also can give full play to the powerful ability of tanks to attack fortifications.
"Inform the 2nd Regiment to press the troops up and encroach on the Japanese positions. If this trend continues, it won't be long before half of the Japanese army's positions fall into our hands, and this battle is too enjoyable! "Ju Youlin was at the former enemy command post, and he saw with his own eyes that the chariot detachment broke into the Japanese position, as if there was no one, it was an excitement.
"Yes, deputy master, we finally raised our eyebrows." Chief of Staff Han Xianyuan said with a smile.
"When I think of the German artillery in Shenjiang when Nanjing broke through, I feel that my heart and lungs are burning." Ju Youlin said with emotion.
"yes."
"Old Ju."
"Who called me?"
"It's me, Leng Feng!" Leng Feng personally went to the front line, and the commander could not sit in the headquarters all the time to read the map and listen to the report on the war, but had to go to the front line in person to understand the situation in order to make a sober judgment.
"Master, why are you here, this is the frontier, and the bullets of the little devils don't have long eyes." Ju Youlin was startled, and hurriedly turned around.
"Aren't you here too?" Leng Feng said with a smile, and said in his heart, he went to the battlefield in person yesterday, why can't he come to the front?
"How's it going?"
"So far, the progress is going relatively well, the Japanese are now shrinking their defenses, and it seems that they want to hold on and wait for reinforcements." Ju Youlin judged based on his own experience.
"Look at this." Leng Feng handed Ju Youlin the message he had just deciphered.
"They're going to break out to the east?" Ju Youlin said in surprise.
"Tell me what you think." Leng Feng asked, in fact, he didn't think much in his heart, although the Japanese army is the most strict army in the world to implement the orders of their superiors, but the Japanese army is not stupid, breaking through to the east, it is a completely dead end, even if the Iizuka detachment can come over, can they cross the river?
"If this is an order from the Japanese Central China Front Command, the two corners will not disobey this order." Ju Youlin thought a little bit and said.
"Chief of Staff Han, what do you think?"
"I think that if this is Shunroku Hatata's order, the Japanese army should obey it." Han Xianyuan said, he came from the 88th Division, although he was also from the Central Army, but in the Honorary First Division, a unit where the teaching corps holds great power, he, the chief of staff, sometimes seems to be light-hearted.
However, Leng Feng still admired him very much, calm and resolute, otherwise he would not have appointed him as the chief of staff of the new 37 Brigade. partnered with Ju Youlin.
"If they break through to the east, then the river is an obstacle that must be crossed, and they don't have a ferry, how can they do it?"
"If you have to break through to the east. The Japanese army had only one way, to snatch our ferry, as well as the pontoon bridge we had erected over the river. Han Xianyuan said.
"Make a phone call and ask Liao Sen, how is the pontoon erection going?" Leng Feng commanded decisively.
Guo Weiquan went to call, and he was quickly connected.
"Boss. The pontoon bridge is already close to two-thirds, and in twenty minutes, the pontoon bridge will be erected. Guo Weiquan trotted over and said.
"Order Liao Sen to slow down the speed of erecting the pontoon bridge." Leng Feng ordered.
"Yes!"
"If the Japanese army chooses to break through to the east, then as long as we finish erecting the pontoon bridge, it will be their time to do it." Leng Feng said, "We have to guard, I asked Liao Sen to slow down the speed of building the bridge, so that we can buy a little time to deploy." ”
"Is it possible that the Japanese army is shrinking its defenses in preparation for a breakthrough?"
"It's not impossible."
"The defense zone of the Japanese army on the western front has shrunk inward by almost a kilometer. This little Japan is really ready to break through! Ju Youlin gestured on the sand table and said hatefully.
"The Japanese army broke through to the east, which is not conducive to our plan, and only by forcing the Japanese army to break through to the west can we completely annihilate this Japanese army." Leng Feng said, "So, now we have to break their hopes of breaking through to the east." ”
"Understood!"
"Tell Liao Sen to be ready to blow up the pontoon bridge at any time."
"Yes!"
In fact, Leng Feng hoped that the Japanese army would disobey the order and directly choose to break through from the Western Front, so that he would plunge into the pocket he prepared. I can't pounce anymore.
But if the Japanese army has to be stubborn and stubbornly stumble on the Eastern Front, then he can only let him hit his head first and break the blood.
Ushijima continued to storm Uraguchi like a mad dog. Biting and not letting go, Luo Yufeng was under great pressure and consumed a lot.
However, Shunroku Hata didn't support Ushijima like he did on the first day, and on the first day of attack, what did Ushijima want from Mitsuru Ushijima. What to give, the artillery fire of the Navy today, as well as the number of aircraft sorties, is significantly less.
Of course, there is no way for Shunroku Hatata, Japan is a small country, and it is necessary to save steel to build a tank, not to mention anything else, if it weren't for Leng Feng to end the military supplies of the Japanese army in Nanjing, they would not be like this.
Those aerial bombs were all dismantled by Leng Feng's celebrities to make bullets and grenades.
Otherwise, in such a short time, the arsenal will be able to produce eighty boxes of grenades, dream about it.
Iizuka Kunigoro is also full of bags, he has been fighting for three days and three nights, and he has advanced less than three kilometers, and he has never fought such a battle.
The bones of the Chinese are too hard.
The top kept urging him to move forward quickly.
It's not that he didn't think about a detour, but there is a cavalry of the Zhina Army cruising nearby, and if he moves slightly, he will be discovered, and if he wants to make a detour, he can't hide from the other party's eyes.
Iizuka exhausted all the methods, and almost used all the offensive means that could be used, but he couldn't break through the defense line of the squadron.
The casualties of the 371st Regiment were not small, the main regiment of 2,000 men fought for three days and three nights, the officers and men barely rested, and the losses were already halfway through.
Now it can still last, or because there is a steady stream of support behind them, the seriously injured can be treated in time, do not have to worry about the lack of weapons and ammunition, eat, drink, everything, although this battle is a great sacrifice, but it is much better than hungry, eat the last meal without the next meal, sometimes even the ammunition can not be supplied, and you have to fight with your life.
Sometimes a good supply of materials is also an effective way to ensure morale, and an army that is always hungry can provide them with enough security unless they have a consistent faith.
A soldier with a gun in his hand has a completely different psychology of having plenty of bullets than not having them.
The 9th Division drove out of Yangzhou, which was a dangerous signal, and an Iizuka detachment had already made it difficult for Cheng Gang to deal with, and this was still with the help of the cavalry regiment, so that the Japanese army could not take advantage of it again.
Now that there is an increase in the 9th Division, and the number of troops in Iizuka's hands exceeds 7,000 people, the pressure on Cheng Gang's body has suddenly doubled.
However, it seemed that it would not be so easy for the Ninth Division to converge with Iizuka, and the second team of the Yaksha Special Operations Team infiltrated the enemy-occupied area and blew up many highway bridges, making it impossible for the Japanese army's mechanized equipment to advance quickly, slowing down the speed of the Japanese drama.
At the same time, in the control area of the 1st Division of Honor, Leng Feng also ordered the sappers to blow up some important bridge facilities, and it was not so easy for the Japanese army to make a detour.
Everything was done to buy time for the annihilation of the 65th Wing of the Japanese Army.
(To be continued.) )
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