Chapter 209: The Eastern Route Army appeared
Montelle underestimated the combat power of his headquarters and the determination of the Japanese army to fight to the death.
At his urging, the Guchrons swooped down on the top of the hill again, and this time, they were beaten back by the Japanese before they even reached the top. After forty minutes of fierce fighting, two attacks before and after, more than half of the casualties of the Guqilong regiment had lost the ability to continue the attack. Montere was about to attack again with a regiment himself, when Menquieri arrived. He called out to Monterre and said to him: "Hold off the attack, and move your brigade to the foot of the mountain first!" ”
"Commander, what do you mean?"
"Later, I will ask the Eighth Division to support a round of artillery fire. Follow the artillery fire and attack! ”
"Ah, that's going to hurt you by mistake."
"Accidental injury? Won't you control the distance? Montere, this is a war, either you die or I die. What did the commander explain before we set off? Don't be afraid of sacrifice, but look at what our soldiers do? Attacking with artillery fire, although it is possible to be injured by mistake, it can ensure that the Japanese can reach the hilltop position before the Japanese army. So it was decided!"
"Yes!"
The Japanese army successfully repelled an attack by the Cadet Army, and the opponent was a tall Westerner, which greatly boosted the morale of the Japanese army. When Isamu Yokoyama led his troops to take charge of the sniper battle at Lion Gate, Okamura Ninji, Yoshimoto Sadaji and others were urging their subordinates to dig trenches and anti-tank trenches from Lion Gate to Oshiro.
After a heavy snowfall, any civil engineering work becomes doubly difficult. But Okamura had no other choice. The firepower displayed by the Cadets was too strong, and the artillery was no more, and although they caused the greatest damage to the Western Route Army, Okamura firmly believed that the Cadets would eventually want to eat themselves completely, and the artillery alone could not do it. So after weighing it, he thought that the biggest threat to them now was the tanks and armored vehicles of the Cadet Army.
Originally, the aviation unit was responsible for suppressing these two weapons, but with the introduction of the mysterious weapon of countering fighters by the Cadet Army, Okamura now does not have much hope for the First Air Regiment. So far in the air raids, the First Air Regiment has lost two wings of bombers, and now they have at most about one wing of bombers left. And to use the bombers of this wing to destroy all the tanks and tanks of the Cadet Army is simply a fool's dream.
The aviation forces can't count on it, so they can only rely on the most primitive methods. "Quick, quick, speed up the digging, before nightfall, we must build a complete defensive position, otherwise, we will all have to finish the game!" The middle and low-level officers of the Western Route Army, except for those who held the Lion Gate, all the others ran to the next line and participated in civil engineering operations.
Among the war materials of the Japanese army, shovels were not very adequate, and many devils used wooden planks to participate in the excavation work at this time. However, the ground was extremely hard after the snow, which greatly delayed the construction of the fortifications by the Japanese army.
At this time, a small victory achieved by Isamu Yokoyama's sniper unit was infinitely magnified by the officers, and it turned into a big victory, which greatly boosted the morale of the Japanese army. Under the propaganda of the officers, the devils have become more energetic.
The devils under the mountain are in full swing, but the devils on the top of the mountain are beginning to be scared. Soon, their fears became a reality - as a flash of fire suddenly rose in the snow in the distance, and the next moment, swarms of shells whistled again.
This time, the commander of the Japanese army did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered a retreat: "Retreat!" Retreat down the mountain! ”
The shelling lasted only five minutes.
A minute after the shelling stopped, the Japanese commander had just directed his troops to launch a counteroffensive when the cheers of Jews rang out from the top of the hill.
Menqueri's strategy paid off, and although the process was not too good, nearly a company of soldiers was killed and wounded by his own artillery fire, but the price of being able to reach the top of the mountain before the Japanese army was worth it.
"Eight grids!" Seeing this, Yokoyama was so angry that he scolded angrily: "The student army is too much of a bully! ”
"Your Excellency, let me lead my troops to attack, these Jews are average in battle, and I am confident that I will take back the position again!" A captain walked up to him and asked him for help.
Isamu Yokoyama shook his head: "Then what if there is another round of shelling by the people of China?" Eight grids, Ouyang Yun, this bastard, he just bullied our army without artillery! ”
"Your Excellency, what should I do then?"
"We can only wait for them to attack. Hide yells under the cliff over there. No matter how powerful the Chinese artillery is, they can't hit it there, right? ”
"Your Excellency, that's a good idea!" The devil captain's eyes lit up.
Yokoyama didn't react to this flattery at all, he squinted at the top of the mountain, watched the tall Jews build a position on the top of the mountain, drove the tanks to the side of the ramp to make a movable fortress, and thought in his heart: Is the Cadet Army on the defensive, is this accumulating strength, or has it already discovered the Eastern Route Army and has other plans? After looking at it for a while, he found that the Jews on the top of the hill had no intention of attacking, so he looked away and thought, "Whatever, as long as we can delay it until the evening, then we will have a turnaround!"
This time, Montere launched another offensive after the defensive position was completely constructed at the top of the mountain. This time, it was a real hard fight. Although the 8th Division of Xue unscrupulously provided artillery support, he led the 52nd Brigade to launch three consecutive attacks, but they all lacked a kick in the door, and finally fell short.
One thing is very helpless, the cliff on the south side of the Lion Gate has actually become a natural anti-artillery place for the Japanese army to hide from the artillery fire of the student army. As soon as the artillery on the side of the Xuebing Army sounded, the main Japanese defense force hid under the cliff, and when the 52nd Brigade launched an attack, they ran out through the communication trenches. After the loss of one regiment of the 52nd Brigade, Menquery had to give the order to stop the attack.
At this time, the 11th Division of the Japanese Army had arrived at the boundary of Nanchang County, and out of thorough consideration, Ouyang Yun asked them to temporarily take a defensive position, and at the same time let the Eighth Division of Xuexue avoid Meiling Town. "Let Okamura Ninji and Kazuma go first, and wait until Yamamuro Sotake and Yamada Joji are solved, and then go back and clean them up!" He said to turmeric Yong and white tassels.
White tassel: "What about the Second Division and our Seventh Brigade?" The second division is still gone. If Okamura concentrates his efforts on attacking Anyi, the Seventh Brigade alone will not be able to stop them at all! The 106th Division of Nakajima Jing Village had already arrived near Gao'an, and they could completely encircle Gao'an without fighting, but they sent elite troops to cooperate with Yokoyama Yong to attack Anyi. ”
Nakajima Jingcun thought that he had been unaware of the action of repairing the plank road and secretly crossing Chen Cang, but he didn't know that he had already fallen into the eyes of the wolf fangs of Lu Zhibai's department.
Ouyang Yun: "Okamura's original plan was definitely to besiege the Second Division, but now, it's really hard to say whether they will attack Anyi or not." But it doesn't matter, I've already asked Tiange to rush to Fengxin, and at the latest around twelve o'clock in the evening, they will be able to rush to Fengxin. With the addition of the 1st and 2nd Guerrilla Divisions, if Okamura really concentrates on fighting Anyi, it will be cheaper for Tetsura. Huang Yong, you contact Zheliang, Tiange, and Luan Gong, pass on all the information we have, and tell them that they can't let Okamura's Western Route Army run away no matter what. ”
"Yes!"
(Old poison: I'm sorry to say.,The book is broken.,The machine is unstable.,These days,I can only try to ensure two more - ah!) Don't drop the chain! )