At this time, Kong Jie didn't care about those airdrops.

The airdrop won't run away on its own, you can come back and pick it up at any time, but the devil will run away.

Now is the best chance to defeat the Mongolian garrison.

Although the two artillery wings of the devil have not yet fired, the devil dispatched more than 8,000 troops and tanks of more than one tank wing, and they were defeated.

At this time, the devils of the Mongolian army were demoralized and suffered large losses.

The fighter plane was fleeting.

As an excellent commander, Kong Jie naturally would not let go of such an opportunity.

If the devils of the Mongolian army are allowed to run away, especially the 3rd Division of the Japanese tank, the next time Li Yunlong sees Kong Jie, he will definitely scold his mother.

With Kong Jie's order, the mountain artillery fire and howitzer fire of the Eighth Route Army shelled into the depth of the devil.

4 battalions of mountain artillery and 1 battalion of 105-mm howitzers, as well as 1 battalion of 150-mm howitzers, more than 200 artillery pieces, fired at the area of the devils.

Boom Boom Boom ......

In the area where the main force of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia was assembled, dense and violent explosion waves rose, and the devils fled in a hurry, dodging the impact of the explosion waves accompanied by sweeping shrapnel in all directions.

A 150-mm howitzer hit a nine-four truck loaded with shells.

The violent explosion suddenly rose, and the smoke of the explosion rose like a mushroom cloud, and the parts of the car fell one after another along with the fragments of the devil.

Tanks, which were parked around and were ready to attack, were also attacked by shells.

Even a 75-mm shell, hitting a tank from the roof of the turret, can inflict damage and damage on the tank.

From time to time, devils, cars and tanks were hit by a dense barrage of shells.

A sharp scream sounded, and a 105-mm howitzer struck at a position near the headquarters of the Mongolian garrison.

"Your Excellency Commander, be careful!"

said that it was too late, and several combat staff officers pressed Gansu Jutaro under him in an instant.

Rumble......

A violent explosion rose from outside the command headquarters, and the explosion was accompanied by a violent shock wave, shrapnel swept through, and earth and rubble flew and debris flew.

A large strip of dirt fell from the cracks above the head of the headquarters, onto the map on the desktop, and onto the bodies of Jutaro and the others.

And outside the headquarters, a large crater with a diameter of more than a meter appeared.

"Baga, press the road!"

Jutaro craned his head, and his face became extremely ugly, as if he had been humiliated.

Since its establishment, the armed forces stationed in Mongolia have never suffered such a big loss.

If this shell had just been shot and deviated more than 20 meters to the left, it would have hit the headquarters of the Mongolian army.

However, the shell just now was obviously a stray bullet.

The artillery observers of the Eighth Route Army apparently did not know that this was the headquarters of the troops stationed in Mongolia.

Otherwise, hundreds of cannons would definitely shell here in unison.

From time to time, artillery shells fell near the headquarters of the troops stationed in Mongolia, and the deafening roar was incessant.

An operational staff officer said in a hurried tone: "Your Excellency, Commander, this place is too dangerous, please get out of here quickly." ”

But Gansu Jutaro pushed away the combat staff officer and coldly ordered:

"Order the artillery observers observing the balloon to immediately report the distance and azimuth of the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army, and the artillery wing of the 26th Mountain Artillery Wing and the 3rd Tank Division to carry out counter-suppression of the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army!"

At this time, Ganji Shigetaro had not yet admitted defeat.

Even if the artillery firepower of the Eighth Route Army was strong, even if the plane was expelled, Gansu Shigetaro still thought that the Mongolian army still had a chance to win.

The main forces of the 3rd Tank Division have not yet been dispatched, and the anti-tank brigade of Nishihara Kazusaku has not yet been dispatched.

The locust army still has a chance to win.

However, a violent explosion exploded overhead, and Jutaro walked out of the command headquarters and hurriedly looked up.

I saw that the observation balloon, which had risen several hundred meters into the air, was shattered by antiaircraft guns, and two artillery observers were rapidly falling down.

Although the 37-mm anti-aircraft guns and 20-mm machine guns of the Eighth Route Army could not hit the observation balloons of the devils.

However, the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun equipped with a proximity fuse was able to hit.

At the time when the observation balloon of the Devil was raised before, the plane of the Devil arrived, so the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun did not fire.

Now that the Devil's plane has been expelled, 12 88-mm anti-aircraft guns have opened fire on the Devil's observation balloon in the air.

With just one round of shelling, the devil's observation balloon was shot down.

"Yaga, large-caliber anti-aircraft guns!"

Seeing this scene, Tataro almost had a crooked nose.

Without artillery observers, the Japanese artillery positions could not carry out counter-suppression against the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The artillery observers of the Eighth Route Army had long occupied the commanding heights around them, guiding the artillery of the Eighth Route Army to fire at the Japanese positions with impunity.

Taking a deep breath, Ganji Shigetaro suddenly looked at the communications staff officer: "Immediately inform Lieutenant General Nakazawa Sanfu of the 1st Division that our army stationed in Mongolia will carry out a general attack on the Eighth Route Army, and ask the 1st Division to launch a comprehensive counteroffensive!" ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer abruptly turned and walked towards the telegraph with the call function.

……

Inside Datong City.

Headquarters of the 1st Division.

"The commander of the reporting division, the communications staff officer of the headquarters of the Mongolian army sent a call."

"The commander of the Mongolian army, Gan Ji Shigetaro, asked our troops to launch a comprehensive counteroffensive against the Eighth Route Army in Datong City!"

Taro Eguchi, chief of staff, reported to Mitsuo Nakazawa.

Nakazawa Sanfu's expression moved: "The Mongolian army is going to fight with the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Although on the city wall, you can watch the battle between the Mongolian army and the Eighth Route Army in the north of the city through binoculars or artillery mirrors.

But now the city wall was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and the 1st Division's assault on the city wall failed.

The previous attack of the 1st Division on the city wall was tentative, and it did not show the full strength of the 1st Division.

So the 1st Division died only a few hundred people.

The Mongolian garrison used all its strength, and after two rounds of fighting with the Eighth Route Army, the garrison lost almost a chariot wing and more than 5,000 casualties.

"It should be."

Taro Eguchi nodded, and analyzed in a solemn tone:

"Judging from the sound of artillery, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army has been firing, but the artillery of the Mongolian army has not fired."

"The main force of the army stationed in Mongolia should have been suppressed by the Eighth Route Army."

"At this time, the Mongolian army only relied on the steel torrent of the 3rd Chariot Division to have a chance to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army."

Sanfu Nakazawa said in a skeptical tone: "Can the 3rd Tank Division of the Mongolian Army win against the tanks of the Eighth Route Army?" ”

"It's hard to say!" Taro Eguchi's tone was not very sure, "Although there are not many tanks in the Eighth Route Army, their tanks are very powerful, with good mobility, high defense, and strong firepower, and the tanks of the Locust Army should not be opponents, but I heard that the Mongolian Army and the 1st Army have recently obtained a batch of anti-tank weapons, which can penetrate 150 mm thick tank armor, and the Mongolian Army should also carry this batch of anti-tank weapons in this operation." ”

Mitsuo Nakazawa's expression moved: "An anti-tank weapon that can penetrate 150 mm thick tank armor? ”

If the Locust Army could have anti-tank weapons that could penetrate 150 mm thick tank armor.

The Mongolian army really had a chance to defeat the Eighth Route Army.

If the tank units of the Eighth Route Army are wiped out, the 3rd Tank Division will definitely be able to sweep the Eighth Route in the terrain around Datong.

Taro Eguchi's tone was affirmative: "Yes! ”

"Yo Xi!" Nakazawa Sanfu's expression was shocked, "Order the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Heavy Artillery Wing to prepare to aim at the north city wall, and after the city wall is blown up, the infantry will immediately attack the city wall!" ”

"In this attack, we must take the city wall and fight with the Mongolian army on both sides of the Eighth Route Army."

"Once our 1st Division joins up with the Mongolian garrison, the Eighth Route Army will not be our opponent."

Mitsuo Nakazawa's tone was confident.

"Hey!"

Taro Eguchi paused abruptly, turned around and arranged artillery and infantry, preparing to attack the northern city wall.

The counteroffensive of the 1st Division is naturally impossible to be like the offensive of the Eighth Route Army, and the four walls are the main attack.

Instead, the other three sides are feints, and the main direction of attack is the north city wall, after all, the main force of the Mongolian army and the main battlefield of the Eighth Route Army are just outside the north city wall.

……

"Commander."

In the headquarters of Kong Jie of the Eighth Route Army, the communications staff officer reported:

"Just now, the staff officers of the Japanese Army Headquarters in Mongolia and the 1st Division Command have spoken."

"The main force of the army stationed in Mongolia is about to launch a full-scale offensive, so that the 1st Division will simultaneously launch a full-scale counteroffensive."

"There is no clear time to attack."

"The devil still wants to counterattack?"

Hearing this information, Kong Jie's eyes lit up.

Under such a powerful artillery bombardment, the devils of the Mongolian army did not run, but had to counterattack.

The devil's abnormal behavior was somewhat unexpected by Kong Jie.

This devil stationed in the Mongolian army seems to have a bit of iron.

Could it be that the devil is playing some kind of conspiracy?

However, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy and trickery of the devil is in vain.

When the main force of the devil's garrison arrived in the morning, Kong Jie did not rush forward and asked the troops to attack immediately.

Kong Jie's tactical command style is mainly in a stable.

Waiting for the devils of the Mongolian army to take the initiative to attack, the Eighth Route Army is the most stable tactic to wait for work.

Wait for the devil's hole cards to be played, and then play the trump card in his hand, punch hard, and defeat the devil's main force at once.

"The artillery groups continue to shell the devil in depth."

Kong Jie gave the order:

"Order the cavalry battalion of the Independent Regiment and the cavalry battalion of the New Second Regiment to outflank from the left and right flanks, and the infantry to follow the tanks to break through from the middle."

"Pay attention to the coordination of the infantry and the artillery, and don't hurt your own people."

"In addition, inform Commander Ding that the devils of the 1st Division are going to counterattack, and let him prepare for battle."

There were also tank units in the Separate Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment.

However, the main ones are the tanks of the captured devils, and the number is very small.

In terms of infantry coordination, the infantry of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment are not of the same level as the infantry of the New First Regiment.

"Yes!"

The chief of staff of the Separate Regiment quickly gave the order.

……

Headquarters of the Mongolian Army.

"Order the 3rd Chariot Division, the 26th Independent Infantry Wing of the 11th Division, to launch a general attack on the Eighth Route Army!"

In the headquarters, Ganji Shigetaro's eyes were crazy, like a gambler, and he gave the battle order.

At this time, if there is no counteroffensive, they will either be shelled in place or retreat to Mongolia in the north.

In just over ten minutes, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army shelled the depth of the troops stationed in Mongolia, and at least more than 1,000 soldiers were killed by the shells.

This kind of shelling, which is similar to artillery coverage, can only be played by the wealthy Eighth Route Army.

In film and television dramas, the power of cannonballs has been greatly weakened.

In fact, on the real battlefield, most of the soldiers who died in battle were killed by artillery shells.

The side with the advantage of artillery firepower often has more advantages on the battlefield and has the initiative on the battlefield.

Now that the Eighth Route Army has received airdrop supplies, the shells are as if they can't be finished, and they can only wait for death if they stay here, so it's better to give it a go.

The 2nd Brigade suffered heavy losses in previous waves of attacks and was no longer able to attack with the tanks.

Now it was the turn of the main forces of the 26th Division.

"Hey!"

The combat staff officer suddenly bowed his head, turned around, grabbed the telephone, and quickly gave the order.

With the order of the command of the army stationed in Mongolia.

The remaining nearly 300 tanks of the 3rd Tank Division quickly formed an attack formation under the shelling and rushed towards the direction of the Eighth Route Army.

Densely packed pee-ding tanks, the tracks crunching metallicly, the engines roaring.

Looking at this scene in the headquarters, Gansu Jutaro nodded with satisfaction, it smelled like a torrent of steel.

Behind the tank, followed by Japanese soldiers armed with Molotov cocktails and Type 4 anti-tank mines.

Behind the anti-tank infantry were the infantry bowing down, armed with Type 38 rifles, presenting a multi-layered skirmisher line, advancing cautiously.

The artillery observers of the Eighth Route Army had apparently spotted the tank attack formation on the Japanese side.

Already directing artillery to shell the Japanese armored torrent.

However, due to the infantry and armored units of the Japanese army, scattered in an area of several kilometers on the front, they were scattered very widely.

Even if the six artillery battalions of the Eighth Route Army were in full swing, although they could occasionally hit the devil's tank, they did not pose much of a threat.

That's when it happened.

The attack formation composed of more than 80 Leopard tanks and Xiafei tanks of the Eighth Route Army had already crossed the position of the Eighth Route Army and crashed in the direction of the devil tank.

200 meters behind the tank, followed by the infantry of the Eighth Route Army of the brigade.

At the same time, the cavalry battalions of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment had already entered the attack position, preparing to go around to the rear of the Devil tank unit to harvest the heads of the Devil infantry.

The army stationed in Mongolia has a cavalry group, and the main force is the 1st Cavalry Brigade, with a strength of more than 5,000 people.

However, at present, the main force of the 1st Cavalry Brigade is in Taiyuan.

Although there are some cavalry, there are not many cavalry, mainly reconnaissance cavalry.

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

"The chariot unit of the Eighth Route Army has appeared!"

In the headquarters of the Mongolian army, an operational staff officer who was responsible for observing the situation on the battlefield reported to the commander of the Mongolian army, Tataro Gansu.

"Oh?"

Jutaro walked briskly towards the artillery mirror, looking forward through the field of vision of the artillery mirror.

I saw that the tanks of the Eighth Route Army had already crossed the positions of the Eighth Route Army, and they were forming a formation and firing at the oncoming locust tanks.

From time to time, the tanks of the Locust Army were hit and caught fire, but the 47-mm tank guns of the Locust Army were difficult to damage the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

"The tanks of the Eighth Route Army are really powerful!"

Seeing this scene, Gansu Jutaro said in a solemn tone:

"Order, the 26th Wing of the Mountain Artillery and the Artillery Wing of the 3rd Tank Division, immediately fire smoke grenades into the area of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army."

"Hey!"

The operational staff immediately ordered.

Tataro thought to himself that as long as the tank drivers of the Eighth Route Army were blinded, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army would be blind.

The tanks of the Locust Army will be able to reach the tanks of the Eighth Route Army with the anti-tank brigade.

The Type 4 anti-tank piercing mine will teach the tanks of the Eighth Route Army to behave.

[Brothers, there is something to do tonight, I can only have a big chapter, at the end of the month, ask for a wave of monthly ticket support——]

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