Chapter 33 Continuing to Raise Troops
But now it's different, now the devil is in a hurry, and this strategic location is really important, so everyone thinks that it is impossible for the devil to give up Zhaojiaqiao.
Because once Zhaojiaqiao is abandoned, the encirclement of the devils cannot be formed, and their strategic goals will be difficult to achieve.
So this is an important battlefield pass.
Once the devil opens the Zhaojia Bridge, the devil can follow the bridge to the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, and then control the rear of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army can only flee back to the mountains, then the base established these days will no longer exist.
So Ding Wei knows very well that this battle has not really begun yet, and perhaps the next wave of attacks will be even more deadly.
And according to the character of the little devil, after the little devil loses in this battle, he will definitely come again. this
There are also two wings of devils nearby, and once those two wings draw out their troops, it will bring huge pressure to Zhaojiaqiao's side. The most important thing is that many units of the Eighth Route Army Corps have been broken up to fight guerrillas, and the formation of one regiment has been scattered.
Therefore, there are very few troops that can be sent to support Zhaojiaqiao.
Ding Wei thought about it, with the little strength in his hands, he really had no chance of winning against the little devil.
Unless the whole regiment can be equipped with Yang Ming's kind of weapon.
If everyone could distribute sniper guns, mortars, and automatic rifles to his soldiers like Yang Ming, then the war would be much easier to fight.
So Ding Wei and Yang Ming discussed, and in the end, Yang Ming exchanged the few remaining points for some firearms, and distributed them all to everyone.
This time, basically the entire new regiment is equipped with 98K and AK.
The new regiment now has more than 360 men, as well as some wounded soldiers.
But even after equipping these weapons in this way, their combat effectiveness is not weaker than that of three regiments at all.
In those days of millet plus rifles, semi-automatic rifles were so terrifying.
Not only that, Yang Ming also used his points to buy 20 MG42 general-purpose machine guns.
The machine gun is a necessary weapon for fire suppression.
In addition to this, he bought 30 mortars of 60 mm caliber, another 15 Type 92 infantry guns, and another 5 150 mm howitzers.
This time he almost exhausted all the points he had accumulated in this battle.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, these weapons are used to fight devils, let alone run out, if the system can take out a loan, he has to give the system a loan to buy some points, and then buy weapons and equipment, and kill the little devil.
Not only that, Yang Ming also prepared new military boots and helmets for everyone this time.
With military boots, soldiers can move faster, and with helmets, they can protect their heads from grenades.
At this time, the whole new regiment took on a new look, and everyone did not look like the troops of the Eighth Route Army at all, but more like American GIs.
But on the other side, the commander of the North China Front Army of the Yuncheng Command, Xigong Yuanji, still feels a headache until now.
Now, the Japanese War Department has put pressure on him, telling him to solve the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the revenge of the fearless Zhaojiaqiao fallen soldiers, and also the Sakatian United, no matter what method he uses.
The new regiment killed the Sakata United when Li Yunlong led it, killed Sakata Daisa, and now has killed more than 1,000 of their soldiers, which is almost the strength of a brigade, and this revenge must be avenged.
But up to now, the Xigong Genji has not received any information from the intelligence department, that is, where the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army obtained these advanced weapons.
The intelligence department is working overtime to carefully check to see what went wrong, but until now they have not been able to find out how the new regiment obtained these advanced weapons.
"Forget it, all we have to do now is to destroy the new one." Motoji Nishinomiya coldly gave the order.
"Tell Nohara Nosuke of the Third Wing, let him tell me clearly, no matter what, I must eat the new ball and open up Zhaojiaqiao."
"Other tasks are put aside for the time being, and our focus now is to defeat Zhaojiaqiao, and we must wash away the shame of the North China Front."
Then the command of the 3rd Wing received an order from Motoji Nishimiya, and Nohara Nosuke glanced at the telegram with an ugly face.
"It seems that Your Majesty is really angry."
"If we can't take this small Zhaojia Bridge, then our Third Wing can only be loyal to the Emperor with this."
The conductor on the side nodded slightly and sighed helplessly.
Since the war, although they have also encountered stubborn resistance from the Eighth Route Army and the National Army, most of the time they have won the war.
This kind of battle in which the Eighth Route Army won more with less was very rare.
So this time it's really a shame for the War Department.
"Captain, how should this battle be fought?"
Nohara Nosuke frowned, "Now we have to gather our forces and push the Zhaojia Bridge sideways." ”
"Pass my order, immediately dispatch the palace brigade, and then drive the artillery and armored units over and assemble ten miles west of Zhaojiaqiao."
Nohara Nosuke, the wing leader, has 4 brigades under the building, and each brigade is about 1,000 people.
So the total number of the four brigades is about four or five thousand people, but one thousand have been wiped out just now, plus some losses in the previous battle, so the total proportion that he can still mobilize now is about 2,800 to 3,000.
Soon the tanks were transferred to the direction of Zhaojiaqiao, although they were all small tanks, but they were enough to deal with the Eighth Route Army.
There are only 10 tanks, and although 10 tanks may not sound like a lot, the power of 10 tanks should not be underestimated.
In the past, if 10 tanks were pushed sideways in a row, the Eighth Route Army really couldn't do anything with these tanks.
At that time, the only effective means of dealing with tanks was to send death squads to blow up the tracks of the tanks or attack the tanks from the bottom.
At the beginning of the war, tanks were encountered in most cases, and the infantry was only crushed.
Then Nohara said, "As long as the battle starts, I will contact the army aviation and ask them to bomb and support, and when the time comes, I will bomb the entire Zhaojiaqiao position." ”
The chief of staff on the side nodded slightly, "Don't worry, Wing Commander, we were careless last time, this time we will definitely be able to kill the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and we will definitely be able to capture their regiment commander Ding Wei." ”
Wait a minute, everyone's confidence is ignited again.
The Long Drum Brigade carried tanks and artillery, a total of 2,800 people, and rushed to Zhaojiaqiao.
In fact, there were two and a half brigades, but now these two and a half brigades are transferred by one person.
If none of them can defeat each other's new group, then they should really commit suicide by disembowelment to thank the emperor.
And these are all the family resources of Nohara Nosuke.
This lineup is very luxurious, and it is generally used to deal with the Eighth Route Army, and is rarely used to fight a regiment.
At this time, more than 300 people on Ding Wei's side were divided into 4 battalions, and Yang Ming was assigned a lot of soldiers for him to send.
An artillery company and an anti-aircraft platoon were separated, as well as a tank squad.
In fact, Yang Ming originally wanted to buy more tanks, but this time the battle tanks did not play a big role.
Because this was a defensive counterattack, and they were located in a halfway up the mountain, the tanks could only be most powerful in the plains.
It was dark and starry, and there were cries of crickets and the sounds of birds.