"Hay, Your Excellency the General is wise." Okabe Naosaburo patted his ass convincingly, and after saluting, he turned around and left.

Both of them understood that in terms of tactical command ability, even they were inferior to Seishiro Itagaki, who had a high reputation within the Japanese army, and as for Ryosuke Shitani of the 10th Division, they were even worse.

Therefore, such an order, although it seems a little unpleasant to Ryosuke Tsuya, can improve the combat efficiency of the Japanese army on the front line.

If before, the front army headquarters still had to consider the situation and face of Ryosuke Shitani, but now that Ryosuke Shitani has made such a big mistake, it is not an exaggeration to remove him, so naturally there is no need to worry too much.

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Early the next morning, Seishiro Itagaki, who had already received a reply from the Front Headquarters, reinvigorated himself and summoned all the officers of the 10th Division, who had already belonged to him for operations, to Shimen for a meeting.

Ryosuke Tsuya couldn't pull his face, so he asked the chief of staff, Umemura Umemura, to go to the meeting instead of him, citing his physical discomfort.

Itagaki Seishiro was not angry about this, in his opinion, it would be better if Ryosuke Takaya did not come, as long as the 10th Division obeyed his command and arrangement, and the necessary face was still left to his colleagues in this tragedy.

After a brief meeting, when the 10th Division received the combat mission, it made a feint to attack Magou Town with one or two troops to monitor the movement of the Chinese Army in this direction, and the rest of the 33rd Brigade and Regiment mainly engaged in the siege of Erdaogouzi Town by the 5th Division.

On the 5th Division, with the 21st Infantry Wing and the artillery and engineers directly under the division, the three wings of the baggage were all in place, and they were already fully armed, although the casualties of the 9th Brigade and the Divisional Guard Squadron were not small, but the overall strength of the 5th Division was not greatly affected.

Seishiro Itagaki personally ordered the newly arrived 21st Brigade to take over the 9th Brigade and take over the main attack task, and the artillery wing directly under the division and some artillery units under the 9th Brigade were all concentrated to provide artillery support for the 21st Brigade and cover their frontal attack on Erdaogouzi Town.

The 9th Brigade was temporarily transferred back to Shimen for rest and recuperation due to the addition of the main force of the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division. And the engineers, the cavalry and the tank squadron were not idle, because they had more important tasks.

In fact, Seishiro Itagaki did not give up this plan because of the failure of the first raid and detour operation, and in his opinion, the Dragon's Tooth Task Force had already built a strong defensive line and deployed heavy troops in two directions north and east of Luquan.

Yesterday's fierce fighting was enough to prove that there were a large number of troops of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force stationed in Magou and Erdaogouzi.

Then, on the Western Front, which is larger in scope and lacks places that are conducive to defense like Erdaogouzi and Magou Town, the forces must be weak, and a large number of minefields will be laid on the Western Front.

As long as these minefields are broken, then with the assault force of their own cavalry and armored fighting vehicles, the small force of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force is absolutely powerless.

Therefore, the key breakthrough point of this battle is still in the area of Okawa Village on the Western Front, which Itagaki Seishiro is convinced of.

Therefore, the 9th Brigade was dispatched back to rest and recuperate, also as a mobile force, after the engineering wing made a substantial breakthrough, the 9th Brigade could take the opportunity to dispatch, cooperate with the cavalry wing, and the chariot unit to raid under Luquan City, surround Luquan, and cut off the connection between it and Feiyunling.

Of course, the concentration of more than 20,000 troops close to the two brigades and the onslaught of more than 20,000 troops on a small Erdaogouzi town also shows that Itagaki Seishiro has not completely lost confidence in the frontal attack, and the roundabout tactics are just one more option, which can disperse the opponent's forces faster and break down the defense line of the Dragon Tooth Task Force.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese attack officially began, and because of the abundance of troops this time, the Japanese army surrounded almost the entire Erdaogou on all sides, intending to attack at the same time.

Among them, the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division was responsible for the attack to the east and south of Erdaogouzi, and also took into account the prevention of the Longya Task Force in Luquan County from sending reinforcements.

The 21st Brigade of the 5th Division was responsible for the attack to the north and west, and these two directions were also the most important directions of attack, because the road to Shimen was linked to the north of the town, and to the east of the town was a small river and a blockade ditch dug by the Japanese, which was now organized and exploited by the Dragon's Tooth Task Force.

The water of the small river was channelled into the blockade ditch, attacking from the southeast and southeast of the town, more symbolically diversionary attacks.

The north and west are the main battlefields.

If you want to ask, why don't the devils directly bypass Erdaogouzi to attack Luquan County, because Erdaogouzi is stuck on a road that must be passed between the two counties, and the surrounding area is either a river or a soft field, and the devil infantry may be able to infiltrate it in a roundabout way, but it is difficult for heavy vehicles and artillery to get through.

Without these heavy weapons, in the face of the fortified city of Luquan County, it would be impossible for the devils to defeat them with only Type 38 rifles and light machine guns.

In addition, we also have to worry about the risk of the transportation supply line being attacked, and when the time comes, Luquan County will not be able to fight, and Erdaogou will be a trouble, and it will become an embarrassing dilemma.

Therefore, if the devil wants to throw off his arms and attack Luquan, he must pull out the two nails of Erdaogou and Magou Town.

Of course, it is also possible to break through one of them, and the outer line of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force will be ineffective.

As I said before, the offensive tactics of the Japanese army remained unchanged for 10,000 years, first with artillery bombardment, then infantry rushing, then bombardment, and then after bombing, and this time was no exception.

In addition to some brigade-level artillery units of the 33rd Brigade, the four artillery brigades formed by a field artillery wing directly under the 5th Division and the wings under the two brigades and regiments were temporarily mixed, reaching a huge artillery group with more than two artillery wings and hundreds of large and small artillery pieces.

From the north of the town, a plough-like covering artillery attack began on the defensive positions of a battalion and a company.

Although the maximum caliber of the devil's artillery is only 75mm mountain artillery, it can't stand many guns, and dozens of mountain guns and field guns with a caliber of more than 70mm, plus dozens of 60mm mortars, have fired one after another.

There were hundreds of shells fired at one time, and these shells dragged the scarlet flames that were two or three meters long through the blue sky and roared, which still looked spectacular.

俅俅...... Dense cannonballs screeched one after another, piercing the eardrums, and the next moment, these shells smashed down on the positions north of the town.

Boom, boom...... An earth-shattering explosion rang out, and flames rose to the ground, accompanied by thick smoke.

Just by the first shelling, the entire north of the town was completely covered in fire and smoke.

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