The main forces of the expeditionary force were gathered, but Gao Jianwu did not let them go hand in hand, but concentrated heavy weapons such as 75 mm mountain artillery and 92 infantry guns into the first attack group, and the other three attack groups only carried light weapons such as mortars and shuttled to the designated position according to the path pointed out by Gao Jianwu.

In this way, in the observation post secretly laid by the little devil. The expeditionary force had only one attack group, and everything seemed flawless as they advanced along the main road, and at the headquarters of the two independent mixed brigades responsible for the attack, they lurked to the designated place according to the pre-plan.

Prepare to wait until the expeditionary force arrives and launch an attack.

I didn't know that behind them, there were already two Menghu, quietly approaching them, and the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches were behind, Gao Jianwu wanted to teach them a new lesson this time, what is the tactic of hiding from the sky and crossing the sea.

Time passed 1 minute and 1 second, and when the 1st Attack Group arrived at the designated position, in the sky, eight fighters of the Expeditionary Force Air Force Group were already hovering in the clouds.

Gao Jianwu commanded in an orderly manner, and the artillery set up artillery positions. According to his plan in advance, even the 92 infantry guns could cover the temporary field defense range of the first attack group of the expeditionary force.

The artillery was located exactly in the center of a radius of about 2 km. It's just that Gao Jianwu's actions are very secretive, and the scouts of the little devil didn't know the location of the expeditionary force group's artillery fire at all.

The artillery, composed of 40 Type 41 mountain guns and 80 92 infantry guns, completed the combat deployment in a very short time, and under the command of Gao Jianwu, some elements of the shelling area had already been predetermined.

According to Gao Jianwu's calculations, the little devils will gather a large number of troops in these areas. Because of the terrain in these areas, there is no way for them to get around from anywhere else.

As for what the final situation will be, the scouts who are now sent to observe various places will report the traces of the little devil at any time.

The five main battalions of the 1st Assault Group of the Expeditionary Force have now seized various high points and are ready for battle.

Sure enough, when the time came, the lurking little devils independently mixed the 22nd Brigade and the 23rd Brigade and swarmed out, trying to drown the expeditionary force in one fell swoop with the most fierce offensive.

So they launched a board-mounted charge without sparing, and from the commander of the little devil brigade to the military cao below, they all rushed to the first attack group like crazy!

In the temporary headquarters of Gao Jianwu in the center, several walkie-talkies kept transmitting the latest dynamic reports of the little devils. With the most convenient battlefield transmission system in this era, Gao Jianwu can grasp all the enemy's actions at the first time.

So that Gao Jianwu could form an imprint on the map in his brain in time, and after these little devils rushed to the scope of the shelling area, Gao Jianwu decisively ordered the shelling.

The 120 cannons under his personal command roared almost simultaneously. The design of the shelling elements has long been preset, and the artillerymen only need to reload and fire, and then reload and continue to fire!

With the fastest speed to hit the area fire coverage, I saw that in the queue of the little devils charging in the distance, pieces of little devils fell to the place where the shells exploded.

The little devil never dreamed that in an expeditionary force attack group of more than 10,000 people, more than 100 cannons were hidden.

In just a few minutes, they have lost thousands of people. The dense charging queue made the momentum very amazing, but at the same time, it also maximized the power of Gao Jianwu's artillery fire. Almost every shell takes away a few little devils.

It's just that at this time, even if the two little devil brigade commanders find that something is wrong, they can only continue to charge now, because they will die worse if they stop.

Following the little devil, the various infantry artillery squadrons that were charging at the infantry finally entered the shelling range, stopped, and opened their positions to prepare to find the artillery positions of the expeditionary force cluster Gangyi, but they did not see that not far away, the forward observation post of the expeditionary force cluster had already discovered them, and now they quickly reported the new position to the Gao Jianwu headquarters.

After a simple parameter positioning calibration, Gao Jianwu quickly adjusted the elements of a part of the artillery, and gave priority to the infantry artillery that appeared as little devils.

Just when the squadron of little devil infantry artillery was scrambling to prepare. Shells were already flying towards them. With the help of the map hanging, the artillery commanded by Gao Jianwu could hit the area almost without test firing.

For the sake of insurance, Gao Jianwu did not only shell a single little devil infantry gun, but a group of 4 guns to carry out a covering strike, which directly covered an area of three or four hundred square meters!

In this case, where will leave a chance for the little devil artillerymen.

Although the Type 41 mountain gun and the 92 infantry gun are not excellent artillery, they are very good at facing the little devils who charge in groups.

Since there was no need to adjust many parameters, the increasingly skilled artillery of the expeditionary force showed a high level of reloading, and in this shelling fired an unconventional level of 10 rounds per minute.

This is almost the upper limit of the excitation speed of the Type 41 mountain artillery, which means that 400 rounds of 75 mm grenades and 800 rounds of 70 mm grenades fall on the battlefield every minute in the queue of charging little devils, and the little devils who charge from 3 kilometers away have to run for at least more than ten minutes to attack the vicinity of the infantry defense circle of the expeditionary force cluster.

In such a long time, it was enough for the artillery of the expeditionary force, which had prepared two base shells, to fire fifty or sixty shells and plow the entire battlefield with artillery fire.

However, this is not the end of the story, wait until they are within 1 kilometer range.

The mortars of the infantry began a new round of speeches, although the accuracy of the mortars was far inferior to that of the artillery commanded by Gao Jianwu, but their firing speed was faster, and more shells were fired per unit time.

This allowed the little devils, who had suffered more than half of the casualties, to continue to suffer even greater casualties, and when they rushed in front of the infantry of the expeditionary force, they could not even move to charge forward.

In the face of a group of scarred little devils, the soldiers of the first attack group did not have the slightest mercy, and the light and heavy machine guns spat out tongues of fire, shattering the last bit of spirit of the little devils, and finally they began to flee in all directions on the battlefield!

As for the commanders of the little devils, they were either torn apart by artillery fire at this time, or they were already frightened and began to flee with the scattered soldiers.

Originally, on the vast battlefield, there was no way for the little devil to escape Gao Jianwu like this, but this time Gao Jianwu brought all the main forces over, and a tight encirclement network had already been formed.

At this moment, he has rushed to the battlefield and firmly controlled the little devil inside. Tighten all the little tails step by step, and none of them will be able to escape in this battle.

And this time, Gao Jianwu did not ask for a single prisoner to be left.

Let the little devils independently mix the 22nd Brigade and the 23rd Brigade and walk neatly!

It completely realized Gao Jianwu's request not to let go of a little devil before the war.

More than 16,000 little devils were annihilated in World War I, but their own casualties were less than 800, of which less than 300 were directly sacrificed.

It's just that the loss of shells covered by the firepower in this battle is also quite amazing, almost half of the Type 41 mountain artillery and 92 infantry artillery shells accumulated by Gao Jianwu's explosives are consumed.

The high-intensity firing also caused several 92 infantry guns to show signs of barrel damage, and several infantry guns were directly scrapped.

But it's all worth it, if you can exchange a few or even dozens of cannons for tens of thousands of casualties of the little devils, Gao Jianwu will not hesitate to pay this price.

After all, for him now, the era when weapons and equipment were more important than human life has long passed.

Using textbook firepower to cover the battle and clean up the two brigades of the little devils, Gao Jianwu only let out a little bad breath in his chest.

But now this can't solve the problem, after all, the main forces of the little devils are all deployed in the urban area. From the common people mixed together, the next time for Gao Jianwu is the time to really test him.

Shameless tactics in the face of the enemy.

How can Gao Jianwu break the game?

......

"Nani, the 22nd Brigade and the 23rd Brigade have all been wiped out? So fast? "The Shuangshui Battlefield is not too far from the defense line of the 104th Division, and the observers sent by the 104th Division quickly reported back the battle situation, which made Takashi Sakai shocked and angry!

What surprised him was that the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force cluster was much stronger than he imagined.

Of course, the anger is that the two brigades are so useless!

No matter what it is. He had re-estimated the expeditionary force cluster. At the same time, it also strengthened his inner idea of his own tactics.

After all, when fighting in the field, the locust army is no match for the other party at all, and if it is a decisive battle in the field, he will not have any chance of victory at all.

Now the only way out is a bloody street fight with the enemy.

Make good use of the complex terrain of the city and the people in your hands as a human shield, so that the other party can throw a mouse trap, and there will be a chance.

This time, the 104th Division sent a large number of observation posts to the Shuangshui battlefield to observe the battle at close range. So that they provide a detailed picture of the battlefield combat situation.

The superiority of the artillery fire of the expeditionary force group made them feel almost hopeless. In the observation of the Little Devil Observation Post, one attack group of the expeditionary force had more than 200 artillery pieces.

This configuration is far more than the artillery establishment of a division and regiment of the Locust Army. Even if it is a first-class division, there is no such luxurious artillery lineup.

Not to mention that the lethality of their artillery command has reached an extraordinary level, and this battle is almost the artillery single-handedly defeated the two brigades of the Locust Army, which is unique in the history of locust warfare, and of course, this is also another shameful record for the Locust Army.

Lieutenant General Sheng Tian and Cheng of the 104th Division saw the local battle of this battle across the river and was deeply shocked, in his opinion, such a force as the expeditionary force cluster is invincible, and it is a few points stronger than the main force of the beautiful country!

According to his thoughts, it was time to retreat. The combat effectiveness displayed by the expeditionary force cluster is no longer something they can compete with. Now you need to avoid the edge, and then wait until you concentrate your forces to make a comeback and fight again with superior forces and weapons and equipment, and maybe you have a chance.

Thinking of this, Mori Tian and Lieutenant General Cheng secretly retreated the two wings of the main force to the east of the Xijiang River, leaving only one wing to defend in the Wuyi urban area, instead of betting the entire division on the Wuyi street battle.

As a battle-hardened general, Kazunari Morita still has his own vision and judgment, staying in Wuyi to fight to the death will certainly cause some casualties to the expeditionary force cluster, but it is obviously more meaningful than preserving the main force and participating in the siege with brother troops.

That's what he thinks, and he adjusts it to his own ideas.

Gao Jianwu didn't care about these now, he first prepared step by step to solve the enemy's coastal fortifications from the front and directly hit the Tan River, while the third and fourth attack groups crossed the Tan River first as the left and right flanks to bypass the enemy's defense line in front of him.

The Fifth Strike Group is behind the first Strike Group and exists as a general reserve.

Such a battle formation is almost impossible to lose for an expeditionary force group. After all, there aren't many little devils left here now.

These little devils, who have lost their advantage in artillery fire, look a little unintelligent, and they seem to have no other way to deal with this situation than to launch a series of head-sending on-board charges.

Of course, Takashi Sakai, a little devil, also made his own attempt, and rarely played a large-scale tactical intersperse, sending two brigades to sneak attack the expeditionary force cluster, trying to deal a heavy blow to the vanguard of the expeditionary force cluster, and by the way, find out the real combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force cluster.

Only this time they messed up again.

Gao Jianwu's intelligence made his surprise attack a joke, and without the heavy weapons of artillery, he had no power to fight back under the cover of Gao Jianwu's artillery fire.

After Gao Jianwu's preparation, the fighters of the two squads did not come in handy to sneak attack the expected little devil artillery position.

Because the little devil who came to sneak attack this time acted in a hurry, he simply did not have the ability to enter the mountains with a large number of artillery pieces to lurk in a short time.

Facing the little devil who only brought a single-digit mountain artillery, as soon as he showed up, he was directly handled by Gao Jianwu with artillery in minutes, and there was no need for the Air Force to dispatch at all.

wasted Gao Jianwu's back hand in vain, and temporarily forgot to indicate the target of the attack to the Air Force, there was no way, the artillery had almost done the little devils.

The pilots hovering in the air didn't wait for Gao Jianwu's call, and they were all a little dumbfounded.

"What about the captain? Shall we blow it up yet? "When the battle below is almost over, the pilots have not yet received the task, and they are all in a hurry.

The eight fighters that took off with heavy bombs could not carry heavy bombs and then land, because the risk of plane destruction and death would be too great.

"What? Can you take this thing back and wait for the New Year? In the public call channel, Lu Xingguo scolded with a smile.

"The commander-in-chief did not give us specific targets. We did it ourselves. You see, there are a lot of fortifications built by the little devils on the other side. Let's go and get rid of their turrets. ”

After Lu Xingguo finished speaking, he took the lead in piloting the fighter to dive down, and after passing through the clouds, he spotted the little devil's defense line, constantly lowered his flight altitude, and carefully observed the important targets of the little devil's defense line.

Soon the fort located by the river appeared in Lu Xingguo's eyes, and Lu Xingguo slowed down and continued to reduce the altitude, until it was reduced to about 500 meters, and then aimed at the target and dropped the bomb.

A shore defense battery was instantly turned into ashes in a huge explosion, and the little devils of the 104th Division, who were originally watching the fire from the other side, did not expect to encounter such a disaster of pond fish, and were patronized by one Mustang fighter plane after another.

The originally complete river bank defense line has been incomplete after this round of bombing, and there is not much left after the bombardment of the fort and the bunker.

......

The next day.

Public opinion blew up.

As soon as the news of Takashi Sakai's despicable behavior spread, the anger of the domestic people was ignited at once.

You must know that the little devil is equivalent to holding millions of people hostage as shields.

Such brutality is unheard of.

After the major media in the border region published a fiercely worded editorial, they immediately inspired hundreds of thousands of young workers and students across the country to go to the border region, to Jin Province, and to the New Fourth Army to resolutely liquidate the little devils!

Many of them also went south to join the expeditionary force cluster.

The little devil's ruthless move did not scare the people of Shenzhou, but aroused infinite anger and strength. In the Japanese-occupied areas, the forces of resistance increased suddenly, and the workers and intellectuals of the big cities began to leave on a large scale.

On the Allied side, the most severe warning was also issued to the little devils, pointing out that if the little devils dared to act like this, the Allied air force would no longer refrain from the bombing of the Dongyang Islands and would completely carry out indiscriminate bombing in retaliation!

You must know that at this time, although the Allies have carried out punitive bombing on the little devils, the target has not yet been aimed at ordinary residential areas.

Coupled with the limited range of the B-25 bomber and the lack of suitable forward airfields, the bombing of the little devils is more symbolic than the actual combat significance.

But now, more than 200 of the beautiful country's Super Jumbo B-29 Super Flying Fortress bombers have been produced, and relying on the now quite stable Jinyang Airport, the Allies have begun to have the ability to carry out large-scale bombing of the Xiaori mainland!

For the base camp of the little devils, although the effect of that editorial was immediate, it had no real impact on the little devils themselves, and the threat of large-scale bombing of the mainland by the Allies became a real problem.

The B-29 Super Flying Fortress has been successfully developed last year and has been unveiled on many battlefields, and it is no longer a secret for the little devils, if it really provokes the Allies to dispatch this big killer, it will feel very uncomfortable to let the local area in the strategic bombing base camp of the little devils.

The base camp was no longer tolerant of Takashi Sakai, and ordered Takashi Sakai to be relieved of his post as commander of the 23rd Army, and Lieutenant General Kuichi Tanaka was appointed commander of the 23rd Army!

After accepting his new post in the firing line of Lieutenant General Tanaka Kuichi who was parachuted into Yangcheng, he immediately ordered the 51st Division of the Fofan Defense Line, the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 38th Division and the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Yangcheng Defense Line to retreat to the Hong Kong and Kowloon areas in turn.

"Yangcheng can't hold it, it can't hold it at all!" After Lieutenant General Kuichi Tanaka took over, he immediately issued a report to the base camp, "I will rely on the good opportunity of the 10th Division to delay the enemy, withdraw the main force to Hong Kong and Kowloon, and use the naval strength and the main force of the 23rd Army to hold on to Hong Kong and Kowloon." ”

Lieutenant General Kuichi Tanaka, who deeply understood the intention of the base camp, won himself the "good name" of the fleeing general with the retreat at the speed of light, but also won a chance for Xiaori to breathe.

Due to the ferocious retreat of the superiors, the 104th Division did not pursue the retreat of its main force without permission, but took advantage of the expeditionary force cluster to quickly take the current situation of the Guifeng and Jiang'an defense lines, and obtained instructions to turn eastward.

Only one brigade was left to fight in the streets of Wuyi City, and was annihilated one by one by Gao Jianwu's commando team and the elite main assault company of the first attack group.

Even if there is no training in special street fighting, but there is already a special forces prototype commando, now every member of the team is the elite of the elite, in this kind of street fighting hand-to-hand combat, both weapons and individual quality have thrown off the little devil for several streets!

Whether it's a triangular assault with 3 team members or an alternate cover mobile formation with 7 team members, the front and rear machine gunners suppress and cover the fire to complete the attack on the roadway!

Song Tiecheng found a new place for the commando, with the commando's accurate marksmanship, in the case of very small accidental injury, the commando team faced a lone or small-scale little devil, and greatly exerted its advantages of accurate marksmanship and better firepower of the Garand rifle, so that the victory of the little devil in street fighting became a joke about giving people away in street battles.

This made Gao Jianwu, who was nervously watching the battle, greatly relieved.

Faced with a new test, the commando did not disappoint him.

In comparison, the assault company of the first assault group is inferior, but it still has an overwhelming advantage over the little devils under the powerful firepower.

The little devil captain who was in charge of the street battle, Koyama Tomosa, directly collapsed, and this street battle took more than 3 hours, proving that even in the complex street fighting environment, the elite troops of the expeditionary force cluster are still the king.

However, when Gao Jianwu deliberately stopped and asked the commandos and assault companies involved in the street battle to teach the rest of the troops experience, he suddenly received news that the little devil had retreated in the direction of Hong Kong and Kowloon and ran away!

At the same time, there was news that the two national armies were marching towards Yangcheng with all their might.

"The timing of the friendly peaches picking is really ingenious." Gao Jianwu looked at the location of the friendly troops on the map, smiled bitterly and said to Ding Wei.

"Lao Ding, what do you think of this situation now?"

Ding Wei shook his head, and said with a somewhat helpless expression, "With the speed of our army's march, we will definitely be in front." But it's useless, after all, they still occupy the name, and this is neither our defense area nor our base area. It's hard for us to occupy it reasonably. ”

"Then we'll give up this place for nothing?" Gao Jianwu said unwillingly.

"Of course not, we will occupy it first, and with our strength, friendly forces may not dare to fire the first shot. Then since we have recovered here, we can fight with them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, we have transferred a large number of factory equipment and workers to our Nanhai Island base area to develop our base area construction. At the same time, we're expanding our team here.

With the reputation we have now, it's not hard to do that. Ding Wei is really not the one who is willing to suffer, and in the face of Gao Jianwu, he did not hide his views.

In the current complex situation, the only way out is to develop yourself.

"Then we'll talk to them about quid pro quo. It's hard for us to be in charge of our own house, but if we stay here, they won't be able to take it away.

So that we have the chips to exchange. ”

"Where do you want to exchange?" Gao Jianwu looked at Ding Wei with burning eyes, and he really deserved to be a master of strategy.

This is a bit of a different way of looking at the problem.