Chapter 592: It's not good to stay for a long time!

At the time of intensive shelling of Japanese artillery positions by 150-mm howitzers.

The 105-mm howitzers and 75-mm mountain guns of the new regiment, as well as 60-mm mortars and 82-mm mortars, were also firing shells at the positions of the Japanese troops.

It was barely dark at this point, but the trail of orange-red cannonballs could already be seen in the sky, like shooting stars.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The artillery shells continued to gallop down towards the Japanese assembly area, and the fierce explosion smoke rose around the Japanese assembly area, and even a shell fell dozens of meters away from the brigade headquarters, frightening the guards directly under the brigade and regiment into a cold sweat.

Because the brigade headquarters needs to have a good field of vision and be able to see the battlefield situation, and because the location of the headquarters needs to be concealed enough, although the headquarters is well camouflaged, it is also within the range of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

If a shell were hit in the middle of the brigade headquarters, the consequences would be unimaginable, and there would be no need to fight this battle.

I heard that Li Yunlong is very good at decapitating with cannons, so that shell just now cannonball can't be a test shot, right?

And the shells that hit other areas are most likely fake, and the artillery target of the new regiment is likely to be the brigade headquarters......

Thinking of Saburo Miura here, he couldn't help but shudder.

"The brigade headquarters immediately changed positions."

"Inform the 39th Wing and the 40th Wing that they must block the eight-way attack!"

After finishing speaking, Saburo Miura grabbed the major general's sword and strode towards the outside of the headquarters, and the chief of staff Ono Hamao hurriedly followed.

It is said that there are two wings, but in fact there are only a little more than two brigades.

However, the target of the new regiment's shelling this time was not the headquarters of the 8th Brigade, but the area where the devil's forces were concentrated.

Although the Devil's infantry and tanks were behind a hill, observers could not see the Devil's exact location.

However, the new regiment has a lot of shells, and it is necessary to fire a few rounds of shells before attacking, otherwise it will always feel that something is missing.

The infantry has become accustomed to the mode of operation with the support of artillery.

I have to say that this way of fighting is very comfortable, and now there are tanks working together, and the fighters are gradually getting used to such a way of fighting.

Infantry and artillery coordination, infantry and tank coordination, this is the operation of the large corps, and in the future, there will be three-dimensional operations such as air-ground coordination.

The new regiment is now a model unit built by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

After shelling the Japanese positions for 15 minutes, four infantry companies of the second battalion of the new 1st Regiment, together with 6 Leopard tanks, 4 Xiafei tanks, and 4 Spitfire tanks, began a fierce attack on the devils.

Fourteen tanks advanced in battle formation, and behind the tanks were hundreds of new regiments of infantry, and the gray waves rolled towards the positions of the devils.

In the middle of the infantry, three artillery observation groups followed the infantry advance, and elite infantry squads were arranged to protect them.

The three artillery observation groups can call in 150-mm howitzers, 105-mm howitzers, and 75-mm mountain guns respectively to carry out precise artillery bombardment of the devil's firing points.

As the tanks and infantry of the new regiment entered the attack position, the 12 tanks of the devil drove into the position and opened fire on the tanks and infantry of the new regiment.

"Boom ......"

A flame erupted from the muzzle of a Type 97 tank, and the shell landed in the middle of several new fighters, overturning them.

"Da Da Da ......"

The 7.7 mm heavy machine gun in the devil tank screamed wildly, and with the devil's light and heavy machine guns on the position, it spilled one barrage after another towards the attacking troops of the second battalion of the new regiment.

At this time, the Leopard tank was still 250 meters away from the position of the devils.

In order to avoid the rain of bullets, the fighters all shrank behind the tanks.

The Leopard and Xiafei tanks pushed forward and opened fire on the Devil's position, and soon two Douding tanks were hit by tank guns, igniting a skyrocketing fire.

The tank's on-board M2 large-caliber heavy machine gun continued to fire and suppressed the devil's machine gun.

The machine guns on the Japanese positions and the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army fired at each other, and the air was full of dense orange-red ballistics, and bullets flew wildly.

The tanks of the new regiment stopped at a distance of 200 meters from the Devil's position, and the tank guns began to fire accurately at the firing points on the Devil's position.

And the three artillery observation groups were not idle, and conveyed the firing Zhuyuan to the artillery group positions in the rear with high-power walkie-talkies.

The shells tore through the air and made a terrifying whistling sound, and 150-mm and 105-mm high-explosive grenades and 75-mm shells continued to rain down on the Japanese positions.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Artillery shells fired by cannons of three calibers and tanks rose up on the devil's position, and the devil's position soon turned into a sea of fire, and the smoke of the explosion obscured the sky and the sun.

And the devil's mountain artillery position had been destroyed by the heavy artillery of the new regiment 20 minutes ago.

Although there were devils' mortars and Type 92 infantry guns firing at the attacking troops of the new regiment in the distance, they were not many in number, and their power was far inferior to that of mountain artillery and field artillery, and the power of grenadiers was even worse, and even the fur of the tanks could not be hurt.

After 10 minutes of artillery fire coverage and accurate shelling from tank guns.

This devil's position has become the same as the Xiaoliangshan position, and the civil fortifications on the surface of the entire position have been destroyed, and it looks more complete than the ploughed ground.

Under Li Yunlong's order, the artillery group immediately stopped shelling.

As the shells of the artillery group no longer fell on the devil's position, the tank restarted, and the metal sound of the crawler made a metal sound towards the devil's position.

The devil's machine-gun fire point was firing at the tank, and the machine-gun bullets clanged on the tank.

When they reached the forward position, the tanks stopped moving, and the infantry jumped out from behind the tanks and rushed towards the devil's position.

Ten minutes later, the position defended by an elite brigade of devils and 12 tanks was successfully captured by the second battalion.

"Report to the brigade commander, the position is lost, and the entire tank brigade is shattered!"

Tatsuharu Yamaguchi, the commander of the 40th Wing, who had bandages on his hands and head, walked into the brigade headquarters with a depressed face and bowed his head to Major General Saburo Miura.

A 75-mm shell fell near the headquarters of the 40th Wing, but Tatsuharu Yamaguchi was not killed and was only slightly wounded.

Saburo Miura's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Not to mention the recapture of the Xiaoliangshan position, in less than half an hour, most of the strength of the brigade was lost.

"Brigade commander, as soon as the shelling ended, the tanks and infantry of the 8th New Regiment rushed to the positions of the Locust Army, and my soldiers suffered heavy losses under the shelling of the 8th New Regiment......"

Looking at Saburo Miura's face, Tatsuharu Yamaguchi's face chuckled in his heart, and he hurriedly explained.

Before the start of the battle, if anyone said that the combat effectiveness of the new regiment of the Eighth Route was stronger than that of the 10th Division, he would definitely slap the other party hard.

But now that he has been subdued, or rather frightened, the artillery fire of the new regiment is really accurate and fierce, and he can't bear it at all.

Before the war, the 40th Infantry Wing was at full strength, with a total of more than 3,600 people, all of whom were elite.

But now, the 40th Infantry Wing has only a few hundred men left, which is comparable to the strength of two squadrons, one of which is still the strength of the wing headquarters.

Saburo Miura wanted to slap Tatsuharu Yamaguchi twice to vent his anger, but in the end he held back, and now even if Tatsuharu Yamaguchi is beaten to death, it will be useless.

It's not that the locust army is incompetent, it's just that the firepower of the new regiment of the Eighth Route is too fierce.

Major General Saburo Miura looked at Chief of Staff Ono Bino: "Ohno-kun, immediately report the battle situation to the division headquarters, and the 8th Brigade requests to be transferred to Heyuan County!" ”

"Hey!" Hiroo Ohno bowed his head.

……

Heyuan County.

The regimental headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, that is, the front command of the offensive war in the northwest of the Japanese army.

"Nani, the 8th Brigade requests to be transferred to Heyuan County?"

After listening to the telegram read by the communications captain, Jiro Ishikawa and Moritake Tanabe suddenly fell into deep thought.

Although the 8th Brigade is a remnant, there is a tank brigade, a reinforced artillery brigade, three full-strength infantry brigades, and an engineer brigade, which is a full 5,000 elite troops.

Can't even stop the new group of eight roads for a day?

It's outrageous, it's outrageous.

The two old devils originally thought that the defense of the new regiment was already the ceiling of the Chinese army, and it was not until they faced the attack of the new regiment that they knew how strong the combat effectiveness of the new regiment was.

"Hey!" The communication captain bowed his head and said, "The communication team of the 8th Brigade in the base area reported that the artillery position of the 8th Brigade was shelled by the 150-mm artillery group of the 8th Road, and 16 mountain artillery pieces were lost. ”

The 8th Brigade was completely crippled and almost wiped out.

"Tanabe-kun, what now?"

Jiro Ishikawa looked at Moritake Tanabe with a gloomy face:

"Once the 8th Brigade can't resist it, then the new 8th Regiment can drive straight into the city and attack all the way to the city of Heyuan County, and we must not follow in the footsteps of the 36th Division."

"Of course I do!" Moritake Tanabe's face was gloomy.

The old devil also knew very well that once the new regiment of the Eighth Route attacked the city of Heyuan County, the 10th Division would definitely follow in the footsteps of the 36th Division.

And this sweeping operation in the northwest of Shanxi will eventually evolve into a defense battle of the 10th Division.

Then, Tanabe Moritake looked at Jiro Ishikawa: "How is the defensive battle of the other two locust armies?" ”

Jiro Ishikawa said: "According to the reports of Chief of Staff Asada and Major General Okada, the attacks of the enemy on the other two sides are also fierce, and there is no way to draw troops to reinforce the 8th Brigade. ”

Previously, Tanabe Moritake thought that once the new regiment of the Eighth Route attacked one of them, then the other two roads would draw some troops to reinforce this way.

But the idea is very full, the reality is very cruel, the new regiment of the Eighth Route will attack Heyuan County, and the other two roads will not be able to withstand even if they are attacked by sheep.

After finishing speaking, Ishikawa Jiro stared at the map, and suddenly Tong Kong shrank: "Tanabe-kun, Li Yunlong's strategic goal is likely to be our front-line headquarters, and Heyuan County should not stay for a long time." ”

Tanabe Shengwu's face also changed when he heard this.