Okamura Ninji did not take the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment into account.

Because before this, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment did not have any good records.

Although the county towns in the defense area of these two regiments were captured by the Eighth Road, according to intelligence, these county towns were all led by Li Yunlong to help defeat them.

Whether it was intelligence or attention, the North China Front and the First Army Headquarters were all placed on Li Yunlong and the New First Regiment.

As for the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, they are just ordinary main regiments of the Eighth Road.

A brigade can be easily defeated, and a wing can be easily wiped out.

But Okamura Ninji never expected that these two regiments were not good at stubble, at least not as easy to deal with as imagined.

Not long after, the communications staff officer walked in again with a telegram in his hand, and reported to Okamura Ninji: "Report to the commander, Chief of Staff Tanabe has sent the latest news!" ”

Okamura Ninji: "Read! ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer picked up the telegram and read it: "A large number of reinforced concrete pillboxes have been built in the defense areas of the Eighth Route New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment, and the 120-mm howitzers of the Locust Army cannot destroy them, and Lieutenant General Tanabe requests support from heavy artillery troops!" ”

Okamura Ninji's eyes narrowed, the fortified pillbox of the Eighth Road could not even be destroyed by a 120mm howitzer?

Before the Xinzhou Campaign, Japanese reconnaissance planes would approach the skies over the northwest of Shanxi every day to conduct reconnaissance, and the devil pilots naturally discovered that the Eighth Road was repairing reinforced concrete fortifications.

Moreover, the defense areas of the three regiments were repairing the fortifications, and Okamura Ninji also knew that these materials must have been snatched from the 36th Division.

These materials were more than enough to repair the fortifications of a fortification.

However, for the three defense areas, the materials and materials are insufficient, and the cement and steel bars are scattered, and the eight roads must be the ordinary reinforced concrete bunkers, not the thickened bunkers around Taiyuan.

The General Staff of the North China Front unanimously agreed that the 105-mm howitzers of the pillbox fortifications of the Eighth Route were enough to destroy, not to mention the 120-mm howitzers.

Therefore, even if the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army was equipped with 150 mm heavy artillery, the Japanese army did not dispatch 150 mm caliber cannons this time.

The main reason for this was Okamura's belief that although the new regiment had 150-mm heavy guns, the 150-mm heavy guns had poor mobility.

After the start of the war, it was only necessary to dispatch bombers to blow up the roads and bridges in the defense area of the new regiment, and the 150-mm heavy artillery of the new regiment of the Eighth Route would not become an ornament?

At that time, as long as the other four divisions come together, the new regiment of the Eighth Route will either blow up the 150-mm heavy artillery with tears, or it can only be captured by the locust army.

However, Okamura Ninji never dreamed that in the first battle of Xinshu, more than 80 planes were all destroyed, and the pilots suffered heavy losses.

The North China Front did not have heavy artillery units.

At present, the Japanese army has a total of six heavy artillery brigades, the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade is subordinate to the 3rd Division, the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade is subordinate to the 12th Division of the Kwantung Army, the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade is subordinate to the 1st Division of the Kwantung Army, the 4th Heavy Artillery Brigade is subordinate to the 1st Guards Division, the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade is subordinate to the South China Front, and the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade is subordinate to the 10th Army.

That is, the Kwantung Army had 2 heavy artillery brigades.

If Okamura Ninji wanted to mobilize heavy artillery to attack the northwest of Jin, he could only apply to the base camp and mobilize some heavy artillery troops from the Kwantung Army.

For the Japanese army, the heavy artillery brigade is already a strategic force, and a standard heavy artillery brigade has two heavy artillery wings under its jurisdiction.

These include 30-40 Taisho seven-year 150-mm cannons, 20 90-type 240-mm cannons, 10 96-type 305-caliber heavy howitzers, and some heavy artillery brigades are also equipped with 3-6 98-type 320-mm mortars.

Okamura Ninji turned his head to look at the communications staff officer: "Immediately send a telegram to the base camp and apply for the transfer of a heavy artillery wing from the Kwantung Army to reinforce the North China Front!" ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer turned and left.

Although the Zhengtai Railway and the Tongpu Railway were seriously damaged, the Pingsui Railway was still open to traffic.

If the base camp agreed to his application, it would only take a few days for the heavy artillery wing to be transported by rail from Manchuria to northern Jinbeitong.

Then the heavy artillery wing could go along the road to the battlefield in the northwest of Jin.

After a while, the deputy chief of staff, Seizo Yusue, walked in with several operational staff officers.

These operational staff officers carried an operational sand table, which was made by the operational staff officers on the basis of the reconnaissance planes and the front-line command headquarters reporting on the Daguzhen battlefield.

Although the planes of the North China Front were completely lost, Anan Yuji lent Okamura two reconnaissance planes.

No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and Okamura Ninji did not refuse, and also used these two reconnaissance planes.

However, it can only carry out some reconnaissance missions, and bombing and attacking are to find death.

Seizo reported to Okamura Ninji, "Report to the commander, the sand table of the battlefield in Dagu Town has been made!" ”

"Yo Si."

Okamura Ninji glanced at Arisue Seizan without a trace, and looked at the sand table.

During the entire first day of the attack, except for the ambushed brigade, it was the 10th Division that suffered the heaviest losses in Dagu Town.

Youmo Jingsan pointed to the sand table and introduced: "This is the location of Dagu Town, this is the road into Dagu Town, this is the hill defended by the Eighth Route Army, the mountain has been dug a tunnel, once the locust army fires artillery, the Eighth Road will hide in the tunnel, once the locust army attacks, the Eighth Road will come out of the tunnel, the mortar position of the Eighth Route Army is located on the anticline of the mountain, these are the hidden forts of the Eighth Road." ”

The operational staff of the North China Front Headquarters of the Japanese Army had a very high level of staff, and almost the entire battlefield of Daguzhen was restored.

Immediately afterwards, the process of the failure of the four attacks of the 10th Division of General Sue Seizo was told to Okamura Ninji.

Okamura Ningji frowned slightly when he heard this, and the entire Eighth Route Army position looked impeccable.

Tunnel and anti-slope tactics, combined with side-firing bunkers, and ferocious firepower, it was not surprising that the 10th Division fought so hard.

The 10th Division, which had lost air superiority, could only fill it with the lives of the infantry, and the 120-mm howitzers of the 10th Division could not destroy the hidden forts of the Eighth Road, let alone blow up the tunnels dug by the Eighth Route in the mountains.

Okamura Ninji thought about it, and the most critical question now was how the Japanese soldiers should shorten this attack distance.

These few hundred meters in front of the position will definitely become a Shura field for Japanese soldiers.

In a flash of inspiration, Okamura Ninji said to Seizo Arisue: "Arisue-kun, immediately send a report to the chief of staff of Tanabe, and let the engineer wing of the 10th Division carry out earthwork work in front of the eight-way position, and use trenches to excavate geotechnical to shorten the attack distance of the locust soldiers." ”

"Your Excellency the Commander is wise!"

"My admiration!"

Seizo didn't know that he was being suspected, and after slapping himself on the back, he lowered his head and turned away.

……

Heyuan County.

Japanese Front Command.

A communications staff officer walked briskly into Tanabe's office.

In the office, the chief of staff of the front army, Moritake Tanabe, and the commander of the 10th Division, Jiro Ishikawa, were discussing plans for tomorrow's attack.

On the first day, the 10th Division suffered more than 1,000 casualties, which was really a bit unexpected by the 10th Tanabe Moritake and Ishikawa Jiro.

And it was not a whole day, but only half a day of attack.

If the fight continues under this situation, even if the 10th Division suffers most of the casualties, I am afraid that it will not even be able to break through the outer positions of the new regiment.

Jiro Ishikawa suggested: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I propose to suspend the offensive. ”

"Why?" Tanabe Moritake's eyes narrowed and asked, "Isn't Ishikawa-kun confident that he and the locust soldiers of the 10th Division will defeat the Eighth Route New Regiment?" ”

"Not really."

Ishikawa Jiro's expression was resolute and ruthless, and he said: "If it is a frontal field battle, the 10th Division can beat out the dog brains of Li Yunlong and the new regiment." ”

"But this is not a frontal field battle, the new regiment of the Eighth Route has already built strong fortifications, and if the 10th Division continues to fight, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

"When the casualties of the 10th Division reach a certain level, the new regiment will be able to defeat the 10th Division in turn."

"Now our 10th Division only needs to keep an eye on the new Eighth Route Regiment to preserve its strength."

"Waiting for the other two directions to attack the four divisions of the Eighth Route New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, and surround them from the north and south, they will definitely be able to eliminate Li Yunlong and the new First Regiment."

Although Jiro Ishikawa knew that the combat effectiveness of the new regiment was very strong, he didn't expect it to be so strong.

On the first day of the offensive, the artillery and infantry of the new regiment were almost in absolute superiority.

Jiro Ishikawa was really afraid that the 10th Division would follow in the footsteps of the 36th Division.

Moritake Tanabe nodded, feeling that Jiro Ishikawa made a lot of sense.

Li Yunlong's new lump is a difficult bone to gnaw, and whether this bone can be gnawed or not is another matter, but the 10th Division will definitely be broken out of its mouth full of teeth, and it will even be eaten in one bite.

Since the new regiment is so difficult to bite, it is better to surround it but not fight, and wait for the other four second-line divisions to come over and attack again.

Although the other four divisions suffered losses on the first day of the offensive, it was only a matter of time before the new 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment were defeated.

"Yo Xi..."

"Report!"

Moritake Tanabe was about to speak, when a communications staff officer walked in with a telegram in his hand, bowed his head and reported, "Commander Okamura's telegram!" ”

Tanabe Moritake took the telegram and read it, and then said, "Ishikawa-kun, I'm afraid your 10th Division can only continue to attack. ”

Jiro Ishikawa was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it Commander Okamura's order?" ”

"That's right!" Moritake Tanabe handed the telegram to Jiro Ishikawa, "Commander Okamura has ordered your 10th Division Engineer Wing to work in front of the Eighth Route Position to shorten the locust infantry attack distance. ”

"Isn't this a request from Major General Saburo Miura?"

Jiro Ishikawa's eyes narrowed, and he said, "Could it be that Major General Miura sent a telegram to Commander Okamura?" ”

"Probably not!" Tanabe Moritake shook his head, "It should just be that Major General Miura and Commander Okamura thought of together, this tactic can be tried, and it may work wonders." ”

"That's all there is to it." Jiro Ishikawa nodded, "Since it is Commander Okamura's order, the 10th Division should obey it." ”