This iron-clad sweeping tactic was invented by Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Front.

Okamura Ninji used this tactic to deal with the soldiers and civilians of the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and the effect was remarkable.

After that, Okamura Ningji prepared to use this tactic to deal with the Eighth Route Army and the common people in the northwest of Shanxi, but not only did it not achieve results, but suffered heavy losses.

However, it does not mean that this tactic is chicken ribs, for example, in the current scene, the iron rolling sweeping tactic can exert the greatest power.

Nearly 30,000 devils were besieged in a small area up to 7 kilometers long, which was best suited to the use of iron rolling sweeping tactics.

Of course, before the Iron Rolling Sweep begins, let the devil drink a large pot.

Li Yunlong wants to use artillery to teach the devils of the 1st Division a lesson, what the hell is it called artillery firepower.

Artillery bombardment of infantry is not the patent of devils.

The troops that the devil entered the ambush circle consisted of 3 infantry wings, 2 artillery wings, 1 cavalry wing, 1 engineer wing and 1 baggage wing.

These three infantry wings are all from the A division and regiment, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

They are the 7th Infantry Wing, the 49th Infantry Wing, and the 57th Infantry Wing.

In addition to the fact that the artillery wing has little combat effectiveness in hand-to-hand combat, the combat effectiveness of the devil's engineer wing and baggage wing is also very strong.

Therefore, in order to reduce his own casualties, Li Yunlong did not hesitate to shoot all the shells.

The 1st and 2nd Artillery Battalions of the new regiment were the first to shell the two artillery wings of the devils.

The two artillery wings of the devil have a total of 72 cannons, of which 12 are still 105mm howitzers, and the rest are 75mm field guns or 75mm mountain guns.

Once the devils set up the cannons, it is also a great threat to the infantry of the new regiment.

In the case of a preemptive strike, a convoy of more than 100 trucks towing two artillery wings was instantly shrouded in gunsmoke, and some trucks were hit by shells and ignited a raging fire.

Some trucks were even loaded with poison gas bombs, and the explosion of poison gas bombs poisoned a large number of devils.

As for the truck loaded with conventional armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells, it exploded in an instant, the truck became a part in an instant, and even the mountain guns towed behind were lifted into the air.

Ahead.

As the battle began, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, with more than 40,000 men, was dispatched.

Some of them converged towards the road and seized the commanding heights under the cover of artillery fire to prevent the devils from escaping.

Some of them converged towards the end of the position, ready to start the iron rolling sweep.

The battalion had 82-mm mortars, 60-mm mortars, 75-mm mountain guns, 105-mm howitzers, and 150-mm howitzers firing in unison.

In total, more than 800 guns of various calibers were pouring shells in the direction of the road.

On average, more than 100 artillery pieces bombarded the devils every kilometer.

There were more shells than the devils had imagined, and the entire road was covered in fireballs and smoke.

Under the cover of ferocious artillery fire, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army quickly approached the road, built a defensive line about 500 meters away from the road, set up weapons and fired at the devils to prevent them from escaping.

The devil was a little overwhelmed at first in the face of the sudden attack, but after all, he was the elite of the elite.

Soon, the devils stabilized their positions and tried to counterattack on both sides and take out the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

However, it was soon strafed by the intensive fire of the Eighth Route Army.

If it is against ordinary Eighth Route Army troops, even if this group of devils is ambushed, they can break through with their strong combat effectiveness and ferocious firepower, and even fight back.

But it was the troops of the Eighth Route Army that ambushed the devils and the troops of the Eighth Route Army of the three regiments in the northwest of Jin.

Equipped with all semi-automatic firepower, submachine guns, light and heavy machine guns, the density of fire is extremely strong.

Bazooka, M2 heavy machine guns, and 20-mm machine guns swung at that, and the devils who rushed up were torn to pieces in pieces.

Even if some devils set up grenadiers and mortars to knock out the firepower point of the Eighth Route Army first, they soon smashed the devil's firepower point with dense shells.

A Japanese transport plane flew over from a high altitude.

In the transport plane, Mio Nakazawa looked at the ground through the glass of the cabin with a telescope, and his expression and eyes were full of shock, anger and grief.

What shocked me was that the Eighth Route really engaged in such a big ambush, and the Eighth Route actually had such strong artillery firepower.

Angry that the Eighth Route Army actually dared to ambush the 1st Division of the Imperial Japanese Empire.

Sadly, under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, the two artillery wings were reimbursed, and the soldiers of the First Division were killed and wounded in pieces.

This is the real main force of the 1st Division.

My heart aches for Lieutenant General Mio Nakazawa.

Mitsuo Nakazawa wanted to cry without tears.

Although the soldiers of the 1st Division are very strong in combat, they are not superhuman after all, they will die if they are hit by bullets, and they will be torn to pieces if they are hit by shells.

"Order, lower the flight altitude."

Mitsuo Nakazawa ordered to one of the combat staff officers beside him.

The combat staff officer was suddenly startled, and immediately persuaded: "Your Excellency, division commander...... This, this is too dangerous, and the eight roads below have extremely strong anti-aircraft firepower. ”

When Sanfu Nakazawa heard this, his face showed a trace of helplessness.

He originally wanted to lower the altitude of the transport plane, find the weak point of the ambush position of the Eighth Route Army, and then use the radio to direct the troops on the ground to break through from the weak point.

But if the altitude is reduced, even a fighter with high maneuverability will hardly be spared, not to mention the transport plane he is sitting on, which is more likely to be shot down.

"Did the reconnaissance plane take off from the Beiping airfield?" Mitsuo Nakazawa asked.

"The reconnaissance plane has taken off!" The combat staff officer replied.

"The order to move towards Datong, has the order been issued to the wings?" Mitsuo Nakazawa asked again.

"The order has been given." The combat staff officer hesitated, "It's not ......."

"But what?"

"The commander of the 1st Brigade, Shinpei Ito, and the commander of the 2nd Brigade, Yoshio Yasuto, are both broken."

"Yaga!" Nakazawa Sanfu's chest rose and fell violently, and he scolded, "Order the pilot, let's return to Datong." ”

Mitsuo Nakazawa didn't dare to stay long in the sky over the battlefield.

Who knows if Eight Roads will call air support?

If Hachilu-kun called for air support, his transport plane would definitely be shot down.

"Hey!"

The combat staff officer hurried to the cockpit to give the order.

……

In the field of view of the telescope.

Watching the devil's transport plane circle over the edge of the battlefield and fly away quickly.

Li Yunlong, who secretly prepared the anti-aircraft artillery, secretly said that it was a pity.

It's a lot of money to get a plane.

Now the anti-aircraft firepower of the new regiment is very strong, as long as this devil transport plane flies closer and lower, it can shoot it down.

"It's fun!"

"Enjoyable!"

Watching the transport plane fly away, Kong Jie didn't feel pity at all, and looked at the battlefield below with great joy.

At this time, the formations of some regional devils have dispersed, while some regional devils are gathered together, wanting to fight a bloody way.

The artillery muzzle fireworks on the position of the Eighth Route Army continued to bloom, and the dense shells drew arcs and smashed into the devils near the road.

Boom Boom Boom ......

Dense explosions continued to rise in the extreme vicinity of the highway.

The shelling did not stop, round after round of shells streaked across the sky, like meteors, and smashed into the location of the devil.

Of course, the devils didn't want to be bombed, but they were helpless, both sides of the highway were full of firepower points of the Eighth Route Army, and it was difficult to rush out if they wanted to.

However, such a large ambush circle is not the condescending ambush terrain of Miaoergou and Dawangou.

It is impossible to be free of flaws and loopholes.

In particular, one-third of the troops of the Eighth Route Army who ambushed were still recruits.

The devils of the 1st Division are not good at stubble, and they soon found several loopholes in the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army, and thousands of devils were escaped.

Fortunately, Li Yunlong sent a reserve team to plug the loophole in time to stop the devil from escaping.

Li Yunlong raised his wrist and looked at his watch, the shelling lasted for a whole hour, and at least 2 base shells were fired.

"Almost."

"Command, cavalry, armored battalion and tank battalion."

"Let's take a look at the power of the Iron Roll Sweep."

Putting his hand down, Grand Master Li looked at the correspondent Chen Baoshan on the side, and gave the order to start sweeping with a cold expression.

"Yes!"

Chen Baoshan took the walkie-talkie and began to order:

"Hey, this is the regimental headquarters, call the 2nd Cavalry Battalion, the Armored Battalion, the Tank Battalion."

After the last delivery of 20 armored vehicles arrived, Li Yunlong used these 20 armored vehicles to form an armored battalion.

Although there are only 20 armored vehicles now, there will be more in the future, which Li Yunlong is very sure of, so he directly expanded a battalion.

The armored battalion and the tank battalion, under the cover of the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the Division, attacked and swept from the end of the encirclement towards the head position of the encirclement.

The cavalry battalion, on the other hand, swept from the head position towards the end of the encirclement.

The cavalry battalion and chariot rolled forward like iron.

More than 30 tanks and 20 armored vehicles, in a direction of several hundred meters in a forward direction, advanced to attack.

Although it is not a plain terrain, it is not a problem at all to run half-tracked armored vehicles and tanks on this terrain.

The fighters of the first battalion were distributed on both sides of the tanks and armored vehicles, slowly moving forward with the tanks and armored vehicles.

More than 60 tanks and armored vehicles of the devils were almost lost in the previous battles, let alone against the new regiment of tanks.

In the face of the fire of the new regiment of armored vehicles and tanks, the devils fell one by one.

On the other side, one after another cloud dragon battle knives slashed down in the air, and when the blood arrows were shot, one devil after another's heads rolled to the ground.

On the top of the hill, in the field of view of the telescope and the artillery mirror, it was almost a one-sided battle.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Kong Jie and others all showed a mixture of ruthlessness and happiness on their faces.

To sum up in two words is to be happy.

Ding Wei squinted at Li Yunlong, and after this battle, Li Yunlong, this kid, was afraid that he would become famous again.

At the beginning, the Fifth Army fought a bloody battle at Kunlun Pass, killing more than 5,000 people from the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army at the cost of more than 10,000 casualties, and the Fifth Army became famous in the first battle.

And in this battle, get rid of the thousands of devils who ran away, and the Eighth Route Army can kill at least 20,000 devils.

This is not an ordinary devil, but a devil who belongs to the A division like the Fifth Division.

"Lao Li, the escaped devil went in the direction of Datong."

Zhao Gang put down the binoculars and said.

The devils have very strong combat effectiveness, and the terrain is not perfect, and there are loopholes in the cooperation and connection between the battalions, so that the devils can escape thousands of people, which is also a matter of no way.

But this was expected by Li Yunlong.

From the very beginning, Li Yunlong didn't plan to kill all the devils, it was too difficult.

As long as you can take out the main force of the 1st Division, it will be considered a success.

Judging from the current situation, most of Li Yunlong's strategic goal has been accomplished.

The devils who escaped from the encirclement did not return to save the devils in the encirclement, and the Eighth Route Army did not have extra troops to chase the fleeing devils.

The 1st Cavalry Battalion chased the cavalry wing of the devils, which would have gone somewhere, and it was estimated that it was dozens of kilometers away.

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed: "It's not good, the 2nd Brigade is in danger, immediately order the 2nd Brigade to retreat in the direction of Hengshan immediately." ”

The 2nd Brigade was responsible for blocking the Japanese 26th Division, but it was able to block some time.

However, once the escaped devils converged with the 26th Division, the 2nd Brigade was at risk of being dumpled.

Once the 2nd Independent Brigade is wrapped in dumplings, it is likely to be annihilated by the devils, and Li Yunlong naturally cannot let this kind of thing happen.

"Yes!"

Chen Baoshan hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie and asked the regimental headquarters radio station to contact the 2nd Independent Brigade to retreat.

"Order the 2nd Brigade to retreat?" Kong Jie suddenly said in shock, "The devils of the 26th Division can arrive in a few hours at most under the rapid march of the 26th Division, before the devils of the 26th Division arrive, can we finish the fight here?" ”

"It should be fine." Li Yunlong looked at the sky, then looked at the battlefield and then said.

"But ......"

"In order to prevent the 26th Division and the escaped devils from counterattacking, we must be prepared to deal with it."

There are still more than 20,000 devils in the encirclement, and the devils will definitely not give up easily.

……

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

North China Front Headquarters, in the War Hall.

A communications staff officer and an operations staff officer walked into the war hall quickly.

The communications staff officer reported to Okamura Ninjiton: "Report to the commander, the reconnaissance and liaison plane has arrived over the battlefield in the northwest of Shanxi Province and has returned the latest news. ”

Okamura Ninji raised his head with a gloomy face and motioned for the communications staff officer to continue.

The communications staff officer glanced at the operational staff officer, and the operational staff officer pointed to the map and reported:

"Commander, the battlefield is in this area, the length is about 7 kilometers, and the Eighth Route Army is on both sides of the road."

"The Eighth Route Army evaded reconnaissance by reconnaissance planes and scouts in snow-white robes."

"About 5,000 soldiers of the Locust Army have broken through the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army and are moving in the direction of Datong."

"However, the gap was quickly blocked by the Eighth Road, and there were still more than 10,000 locust soldiers in the encirclement."

"At present, the cavalry, armored vehicles, and tank units of the Eighth Route Army, plus elite infantry units, are sweeping and advancing towards the center of the battlefield from the head and tail."

Based on the details of the battlefield reported by the operational staff officers, Okamura Ninji and Tanabe Moritake could imagine how tragic the battle really was for the 1st Division.

Wait a minute...

Suddenly, Okamura Ningji's eyes froze.

With cavalry, tanks, armored vehicles, and elite infantry, sweeping towards the center at both ends, how is this tactic so familiar?

Squinting his eyes and thinking for a moment, Okamura Ninji finally remembered, isn't this the iron rolling sweeping tactic he invented?

Thinking of this, Okamura almost fainted with black eyes.

Li Yunlong actually used the tactics he invented to deal with the locust army?

Okamura Ninji's mentality collapsed.

(End of chapter)