Chapter 994: White Heat!

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army.

"Your Excellency General, I just received news from the locusts in Shimen City and Zhengding direction, after the bombing of the planes of the Eighth Route Army, hundreds of heavy artillery shelled an hour later..."

"The tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on the forward positions of the Locust Army and the Locust Allied Army."

Communications staff officer Hakuo Kitani walked quickly into the war hall and bowed his head to Okamura Ninji and reported.

Okamura Ningji's face changed slightly, and he looked at the huge battlefield sand table in Shimen City, the direction of Shimen City was the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army, and the trenches were clearly visible, and even the artillery positions were represented by a few cylinders.

The quality of the devil's combat staff is still very high.

But at this time, the operational staff officers of the headquarters all had extremely solemn faces.

The Eighth Route Army dispatched planes to bomb, and hundreds of heavy artillery bombarded for an hour.

And this may be just the first tentative attack of the Eighth Route Army, and the gap between the Locust Army and the Eighth Route Army is like a chasm

At present, the heavy artillery of the entire North China Front Army is only a few dozen.

There are not many artillery shells, and they cannot be used easily, and once they are discovered by the planes of the Eighth Route Army, they will only be washed by the aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army.

Calculated based on 5 shells per minute fired by each heavy gun.

Each heavy gun can fire 300 shells per hour.

A few hundred heavy artillery pieces, that is, tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 rounds of heavy artillery shells.

It's just a tentative shelling... The richness of the Eighth Route Army is already somewhat beyond the imagination of these operational staff officers.

"How long can the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army in Shimen City be able to hold back under the attack of the Eighth Route Army?"

Okamura asked with a slight frown.

The commander of the 11th Division, Takashi Takamori, had already made a report on the situation in the Jinju area to the North China Front Command.

The Eighth Route Army's Jizhong troops actually built field fortifications in advance.

This shows that Li Yunlong, commander-in-chief of the front line of the Eighth Route Army, has guessed that the 11th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division are going to attack the troops in Jizhong.

When Okamura Ninji heard this telegram, he couldn't help but be shocked, Li Yunlong actually guessed his next move!

In his heart, he said that Li Yunlong was really a difficult opponent to deal with.

However, this is not the first time Okamura Ninji has fought Li Yunlong, and he quickly regained his strength.

Soon.

Okamura Ningji, who had regained his composure, also guessed Li Yunlong's strategic intentions.

Let the Jizhong troops of the Eighth Route Army hold the 11th Division, the 40th Division and the 56th Division of the Locust Army in the Jinzhou area.

After the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army captured Shimen City, it took advantage of mechanization to quickly reinforce and encircle the 11th Division, the 40th Division and the 56th Division.

A standard center-flowering tactic.

Didn't you, Li Yunlong, just want to eat the 11th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division of the Locust Army?

Then I, Okamura Ningji, will take advantage of your Li Yunlong's psychology to eat your Eighth Route Army Jizhong troops first.

Right now.

It depends on how long the locust army and the locust alliance army in Shimen City and Zhengding can block the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura Ninji's requirements are not high, as long as the locust army and the locust alliance army here can fight for the main force of the 11th Division, the 40th Division and the 56th Division, it is enough to fight for one day.

In one day, the 11th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division were able to defeat and even the entire Eighth Route Army's Jizhong troops.

Shatter the myth of the invincibility of the Eighth Route Army.

If the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong troops can be defeated or even completely annihilated, it will be a great advantage for the decisive battle between the main force of the Locust Army and the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the future.

After all.

This is the real main force of the 67,000 or 70,000 Eighth Route Army.

"This..."

"The combat effectiveness of the Locust Army left behind is not strong, but the 2nd Front Army of the Locust Alliance Army is the elite unit of the Locust Alliance Army, which is equivalent to the combat effectiveness of the elite troops of the National Army of China."

"There should be no problem for the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army to join forces to block the Eighth Route Army's attack in one day."

There is an uncertain answer from the end of the spirit.

In the face of the attack of hundreds of tanks and hundreds of heavy artillery pieces of the Eighth Route Army, he did not dare to say anything to death.

What kind of troops is that?

A rabble is just a rabble, and it is also worthy of being called an army?

If you want to say that the 30,000 locust army can block the attack of the new regiment for a day, there is a certain belief in the end of the essence, but the 30,000 locust army... Three hours is an overestimation of the Locust Army.

If it weren't for the fact that there were still nearly 3,000 locust troops in Shimen City and Zhengding, I am afraid that the first wave of aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army would have been covered by heavy artillery shells, and the locust alliance army would have collapsed.

"Be sure to order Shimen City and the locust army and the locust army in Zhengding to hold their positions for a day..."

Before Okamura Ninji's words were finished, a telegraph soldier hurriedly ran in and bowed his head to Okamura Ninji and Arise Seizo and reported:

"General, just now the locust army in Shimen City reported to the regimental headquarters and headquarters of the 11th Division by radio that the forward position has been lost, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army is very fierce, and the locust army there asks for tactical guidance!"

"Nani?"

"So fast?"

When Okamura Ninji heard this, he was stunned.

The Eighth Route Army had just begun its offensive, and the forward positions were lost?

On the side, there were Sue Seizo, Yamamoto Kazuki and a group of devil staff officers, and their faces suddenly changed.

Because the devils in Shimen City initially sent a telegram to the 11th Division and copied it to the North China Front Headquarters.

And this time, the Eighth Route Army captured the forward position of the devil puppet army with a tentative attack.

The devil commander in Shimen City panicked directly, directly reported the situation with radio code, and asked for tactical guidance.

There are Sue Seizo, Yamamoto Kazuki and a group of devil combat staff officers who are silent.

According to the offensive efficiency of the Eighth Route Army, it will not take a day at all, at most half a day, and Shimen City and Zhengding will be captured by the Eighth Route Army.

Then, the main force of the Eighth Route Army could go all the way to the east, pursuing the 11th, 40th, and 56th Divisions.

The current war situation is not good for the Japanese army.

As for why the devils and the puppet army did not withdraw into Shimen City to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army, but fought positional battles outside the city.

Originally, the main forces of the 11th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division were preparing to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army.

But the rate of losses in street fighting is very high, and only the most elite troops have the courage to fight street fighting.

Let the puppet army go to fight in the streets, what if the puppet army directly surrenders?

In addition, after the devil puppet army withdrew into Shimen City, the Eighth Route Army could surround it without fighting, and directly send the main force to bypass Shimen City and reinforce the troops of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei.

Therefore, the Japanese army and the puppet army in Shimen City could only fight positional battles with the Eighth Route Army outside the city.

No other way.

"Order the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army in Shimen City to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army at all costs!"

"Order the 6th Flying Division again, dispatch the 10th Flying Team and the 34th Flying Team, and immediately take off to reinforce Shimen City!"

Taking a deep breath and gritting his teeth again, Ninji Okamura sent a squadron of fighters and a squadron of bombers.

Although these two teams will probably not come back.

But at this time, Okamura Ningji was like a gambler on the table, he was already red-eyed, and he did not hesitate to put more chips on it in order to win the game of eliminating the Jizhong troops of the Eighth Route Army.

"Hey."

Communications staff officer Hakuo Kitani bowed his head suddenly, then turned to leave.

……

"Kill and give..."

At the same time, on the battlefield of Jinju, a devil captain wore a victory turban tied to his head, brandished Shaozuo's command knife, and roared hysterically.

Under the leadership of this captain, the devils began the third attack on the main position of the Jizhong troops of the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the battle has entered a white-hot state.

The casualties on both sides of the Jizhong army and the devils were very heavy.

With the cooperation of 20 fighters and 20 attack planes of the 2nd Flying Group of the New First Regiment, the Jizhong troops repelled two attacks by devils.

And this is already the third attack of the devils.

At this time, the fighters and bombers of the 2nd Flying Group of the new regiment had already returned to the Taiyuan airfield.

Taking advantage of the gap between the Eighth Route Army and the lack of air support, the devils were ready to defeat the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong in one go.

In several other directions, the 40th and 56th Divisions of the devil are also attacking the flanks of the Jizhong troops.

The battle was extremely fierce, and the entire battlefield was filled with roaring artillery and dense gunfire, and soldiers on both sides were dying every second.

Main position direction.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As the devils approached, the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong began to operate, and the shells of 82-mm mortars, 60-mm mortars, and 75-mm mountain guns continued to explode in the formation of the devils, and the devils were constantly killed and wounded.

This was the main position of the entire battlefield, and it was the troops of the 22nd Brigade of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army that attacked.

On the defensive position, it was also the main elite troops of the Jizhong Military Region.

On the way to attack, five or six devil tanks were blown into empty shells by aerial bombs and burned there.

On the way to attack, there were lying corpses of devils.

On the position of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei, many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were also killed.

Several tanks led the devil's infantry to attack.

"Da

The devils approached the position, the infantry of the Jizhong Military Region opened fire, and the gunfire of Makqin and Czechs was dense.

In this main battlefield, more than 150 Maxim and Czech-style firepower networks suppressed the devils of the 11th Division at a distance of 100 meters.

Although the devils have tanks, the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong also lacks anti-tank weapons.

But the number of tanks of the devils is too small, and they cannot play a decisive role in the offensive and defensive battles of this intensity.

With the two devil tanks being attacked by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army with meat bullets, they succeeded.

The devil's third attack was fruitless, and after leaving behind a large number of corpses, he retreated.

However, on the side of the Jizhong Military Region, there are also many soldiers who died under the devil's accurate marksmanship, as well as grenadiers and mortars.

……

"Yaga!"

In a ground fortification, Takashi Takashi held a telescope, looked at the Japanese troops who had been beaten back, and scolded angrily.

The first two attacks, supported by the aircraft of the Eighth Route Army, were quite normal to be repulsed.

However, the 3rd attack organized by the 11th Division was also defeated and retreated so quickly, which made Takashi Takamori feel bad in an instant.

This Eighth Route Army in Hebei is not as easy to deal with as imagined!

According to intelligence, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong was nothing more than a group of mud-legged troops composed of farmers, which could be easily defeated.

However, judging from the situation of the battle, the tenacity of the fighting will of this Eighth Route Army greatly exceeded Takashi Mori's expectations.

Of course, the tenacious will to fight alone is no match for the 11th Division.

In terms of the tenacious will to fight, the troops of the First Division who have gone through the bushido and the baptism of loyalty to the empire and the locusts are no worse than the fighting will of the Eighth Route Army.

The most important thing is that the light and heavy machine gun firepower of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong is really too fierce.

Not only are there many light and heavy machine guns, but there are also a lot of bullets, as if they can't finish fighting!

Of course, judging from the sound of gunfire, the machine gunners of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong do not seem to have very rich shooting experience.

But I can't stand light and heavy machine guns and bullets, I don't have enough experience, and the number is to make up.

Of course, if there were only light and heavy machine guns and bullets, then the Japanese army could still deal with it, infantry guns, mortars and grenadiers, and the gunners of the A division, so to speak, where to fight.

These could be used against the machine-gun fire points of the Eighth Route Army.

However, although the Eighth Route Army lacked heavy artillery firepower, it was not inferior to the Japanese army in light artillery firepower, and even exceeded it, and there were ridiculously many shells.

However, the three artillery wings of the Japanese army have already dispersed and concealed the shelling, and the effect of the artillery bombardment has been greatly reduced.

He did not dare to use it intensively, for fear of being discovered and eliminated by the planes of the Eighth Route Army.

"Yaga!"

Looking at the bandages on his hands in front of him, he personally took the lead in the charge, and the 7th Infantry Captain who was hung up with colors walked into the headquarters, Yingmori was furious.

"Report to the General."

The face of the retreating 7th team was very ugly, and his head was pressed very low:

"My brigade suffered more than 400 casualties, including 200 jade shatters, please give me another chance, this time I will definitely cut off all the heads of the Eighth Route Army..."

Before he finished speaking, the 7th Captain was slapped in the face.

The slap was crisp and loud.

In an attack, an elite infantry brigade was almost half killed or wounded, which made Ying Senxiao a little unacceptable, according to this casualty, how long would it take to defeat the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong?

"Hey."

The captain of the 7th brigade bowed his head suddenly, not daring to speak.

"What about our air support? Why hasn't our air support arrived yet? ”

Takamori Takashi's face was gloomy.

The air support of the Eighth Route Army has already come in two waves, but its own air support has been missing for a long time, what a fart?

The North China Front Command has pledged to send air support to the 11th, 40th, and 56th Divisions.

Could it be that Okamura Ninji is lying to me?

Wanting to defeat the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong, but not wanting to send air support, Okamura Ningji didn't make it clear, he wanted the horses to run, but he didn't give the horses grazing.

Just when Takashi Mori was angry, the communications staff officer held the telegram in his hand, walked in and bowed his head and reported: "General." Just now, Senior General Okamura of the North China Front Headquarters sent a telegram saying that the 83rd and 47th Flying Squadrons had taken off from the airfield and were heading for the Jinju battlefield, arriving over the Jinju battlefield at about 11:30 a.m. ”

The 83rd squadron is a fighter squadron, and the 47th squadron is a bomber squadron.

As soon as the battle in the Jinju area begins, the Eighth Route Army will definitely send planes for air reinforcements.

In order to avoid the edge of the fighter unit of the Eighth Route Army, the devil aviation unit waited for the Eighth Route Army to bomb before sending their fighter and bomber teams.

"Yo Xi!"

Hearing that the headquarters had sent two teams, Takamori Takashi suddenly felt full of confidence:

"Next, the 5th Infantry Brigade will take over the attack from the 7th Brigade."

"After the aviation bombarded the Eighth Route position, the 5th Brigade immediately rushed up to seize the position of the Eighth Route Army, and then the whole army attacked and defeated the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong in one fell swoop."

"Hey!"

All the devils bowed their heads in unison.

(End of chapter)