Chapter 325: Attack (Happy Lantern Festival)

After the fighters of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army Air Force finished dropping bombs and even ran out of bullets from the aviation machine guns, they swaggered away. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, there were corpses left on the ground, and many Japanese artillerymen who were lucky enough not to die were still lying on the ground wailing.

It's just that these people who were hit by aviation machine guns were generally seriously injured, and even if they were rescued, they would become crippled.

The 4th Wing and the 56th Wing of the Japanese Field Artillery suffered heavy losses because of this battle. Not only were the cannons almost destroyed, but only a few dozen were left. The artillery also suffered heavy losses, and if they did not receive support, the two field artillery wings would really be finished.

Lieutenant General Sekihara No. 6, commander of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army, was silent when he received the news that the two field artillery wings had been nearly wiped out. The 4th Field Artillery Wing, which is a subordinate unit of the 4th Division, will not have anything even if it is damaged. However, the 56th Field Artillery Wing, which was drawn from the 56th Division! If his field artillery wing is exhausted by others, Sekihara Roku will definitely not give up. Therefore, it is conceivable how the commander of the 56th Division, Lieutenant General Yuzo Matsuyama, will be like a thunderbolt.

Of course, the current Sixth Lieutenant General Sekihara has no time to care about this. The firepower of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was so strong that not only did the front-line garrison not suffer heavy losses from the 8th Wing, but also destroyed their artillery. This makes their battle even more difficult to fight. Once the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army launches an attack, will they be able to resist it?

The headquarters of the 18th Front Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, Lieutenant General Seiji Moriya and Major General Kunitaro Yamada, had been following the development of the war situation. When the telegram came, informing them that the 4th and 56th Wings of the Field Artillery had been lost, and the 8th Infantry Wing had also suffered heavy losses and was in urgent need of support, the faces of several people became very ugly.

"Yaga! Damn the Shina people, their firepower is even more powerful than we imagined! No wonder the 15th and 22nd Divisions were defeated so badly. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura scolded.

Previously, the 15th Division and the 22nd Division had been wiped out in two days, and he had angrily scolded them, believing that they had disgraced the face of the Imperial Army. But now it seems that it is not that the 15th and 22nd divisions are too weak, but that the enemy is too strong!

"Your Excellency, Commander, why don't I bring in the artillery of the Thai Army?" Lieutenant General Moriya Shoji suggested.

Although the equipment of the Thai army is far inferior to that of the Japanese army, the two armies, 200,000 people, are still equipped with dozens of cannons. It's just that the performance of these cannons is far from being comparable to the Japanese artillery. Compared with the artillery of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the gap is naturally even greater.

In addition, the training of the Thai Army's artillery is also seriously inadequate, and even if they go to the battlefield, it is very difficult to say what kind of performance they can have.

However, in the spirit of talking better than nothing, Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito still nodded.

"Well, transfer the artillery of the Thai Army to the 4th Division. However, it is necessary to pay attention to concealment, and it is absolutely impossible for the people of China to find out. There can be no more artillery battles with the Chinese people. Unless the infantry of the Chinese attacked, they could launch an artillery attack. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura emphasized.

The artillery of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army is really too powerful. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura no longer had the slightest confidence in an artillery battle with them.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Lieutenant General Moriya Seiji nodded again and again, he also thought that Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito's words were still very reasonable. Now, the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army has an absolute superiority in artillery, and there is no need for them to hit stones with eggs.

"Your Excellency, the firepower preparation of the people of China seems to be almost complete. They are on the offensive and should be soon. I'm afraid we'll have to get the 56th Division ready. Once the 4th Division could not support it, the 56th Division had to go up to it. If the line is breached, then we will pay more losses. Major General Kunitaro Yamada reminded.

Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura nodded: "Send a telegram to General Yuzo Matsuyama and ask him to be ready." In the event of a crisis in the defensive line of the 4th Division, he would need to send at least one or more wings to reinforce it. In addition, Shouya-kun, the Thai Army should also be prepared. If the situation is critical, they have to go up too. ”

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Lieutenant General Seiji Moriya and Major General Kunitaro Yamada nodded their heads again and again.

At the front, the fire preparation of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army continued. However, with the destruction of the two field artillery wings of the Japanese army, all the artillery firepower of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army was concentrated on their riverbank defense line.

Heavy artillery was repeatedly plowing the positions of the Japanese army with powerful firepower. The Japanese defense, which was already in tatters, was once again destroyed in the heavy shelling. The Japanese troops stationed on the defensive line suffered heavy casualties.

Although, they have tried their best to save themselves. But where is it safe to defend yourself against even the artillery holes? The Japanese troops on the defensive line probably could only pray to their Amaterasu Okami that the shells would not fall on their heads.

"Commander, the preparation of the firepower has been completed." Major General Yu Fei, commander of the 1st Artillery Brigade, reported.

"No, Lao Lu, it's up to you next." Sun Changwu looked at Lu Hengliang, commander of the 1st Infantry Division.

"Don't worry, Commander. This time, we will definitely make the little devil pay a heavy price. Major General Lu Hengliang patted his chest and promised.

"Lao Meng, is the engineer brigade ready? As soon as the infantry gained a foothold on the sandbar, the sappers immediately began to build pontoon bridges. ”

"Yes, Commander. We have prepared, and the prefabricated parts needed to build the pontoon bridge have been prepared in advance, and the pontoon bridge is ready to be built. Brigadier General Meng Guohua, commander of the 1st Engineer Brigade, reported.

"Alright, let's attack." Sun Changwu gave the order.

The so-called planning is in the people, and the success is in the sky, they have perfected the plan as much as possible, whether it can succeed depends on whether God gives face.

"Yes, Captain." Everyone replied.

The artillery of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army suddenly adjusted the direction of the shelling. The artillery, which had originally fired at the riverbank positions garrisoned by the Japanese troops, began to fire at the deep positions of the Japanese troops.

At the same time, the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, which had long been prepared, began to attack. The 1st and 2nd Battalions attacked from the top, while the 3rd Battalion attacked from the bottom.