As the saying goes, the more veterans, the stronger the fighting power.

When an unexpected situation occurs on the battlefield, veterans with rich combat experience often become the anchors of the army.

"Comrades, calm down! Don't panic! ”

"The devil's offensive looks fierce, but it doesn't actually achieve much good results. We outnumbered them, our fire was fiercer than theirs, and the enemy could not hold out for long. ”

"What age are they still using unscientific crowd tactics, let's teach them how to behave with heavy machine guns and mortars in our hands!"

After hearing the words of their old squad leaders, platoon commanders, and company commanders, the soldiers decisively cleared all distracting thoughts in their minds and concentrated on picking up the weapons in their hands to return fire at the enemy.

The heavy machine gun is a magic weapon for defensive warfare, and its existence can make the defenders inherently on the side of the advantage.

On the frontal defensive line, more than 40 heavy machine-gun positions were arranged. In terms of the number of heavy machine guns alone, the two main regiments outnumbered a brigade.

The devils don't have tanks, and the attacking infantry can only carry the metal storm with flesh and blood.

At the same time, the artillery of the two regiments also began to counterattack with all their might.

"Shoot quickly!"

"Push the devil's infantry back for me!"

Limited by means of observation, the long-range artillery of a division is of limited use, but the troops are equipped with a large number of mortars.

The fighters, who were familiar with the terrain, gave full play to their firepower advantage, and with the help of flares, mortar shells flew all over the sky like money, causing great damage to the devils.

It is worth mentioning that the artillery of the 1st Division was either the backbone of the Red 1st Division or the veterans who had been incorporated from the Northeast Army, and the fight was naturally accurate and ruthless.

One after another, 60 and 81 mm mortar shells shot up into the sky, drawing beautiful arcs one after another, and finally landed on the path of the devils.

Boom Boom!

Exploding fireballs, rising over the plains.

Perhaps because of the night, the accuracy and effectiveness of the shells were a little worse than during the day, but as long as there were enough of them, the lack of quality of the single shot could be compensated.

With the power of 60 forces alone, the killing range is enough to be a circle with a radius of fifteen meters, which is definitely the best choice to deal with the devil pig sudden.

Combined with 81mm and two 120mm, it would be disrespectful to Blond to get the enemy closer.

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Two hours after the start of the battle, the operational command of the 1st Division.

Looking at the battle report from the front line, Commander Yang said with some emotion:

"This Goro Mano is really bold, and his style of acting is much more reckless than Abe's Norihide. He actually let the troops launch a general attack without any intelligence, and he didn't know what orders Okamura Ninji and Ganji Shigetaro had ordered. ”

"One thing to say, the independent mixed second brigade really has two brushes, and the use of alternate attacks is perfect."

"If this battle had been placed a year ago, it is estimated that my main regiments would definitely suffer heavy losses, and there would even be a risk of being pierced through the defense line by the enemy in one fell swoop."

In fact, the alternate attack that Commander Yang said is not small, and its other name is the famous Liao brand French roller tactic!

When the devils launched a general attack, Mano Goro was keenly aware that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was extremely powerful, and the number of heavy machine guns alone far exceeded that of his own brigade.

In this way, blindly punching and charging will only bury your own troops.

As an experienced commander, the old devil took measures at the first time, switching his tactics to a drum attack that stole Yu Desan.

The principle of this move is not complicated, and its core is to divide the force into two parts to cover the attack alternately.

After the first-line troops broke through the enemy's defensive line, the second-line troops who followed immediately followed up the position. Subsequently, the second line was transformed into a first line, and on the premise of maintaining the intensity of the attack, the original first-line troops were given time to rest and recuperate.

The whole process of the offense, repeating the above process indefinitely.

If the defenders are inexperienced, they can easily be swept to death by a steady stream of people.

This tactic may seem simple, but in fact it needs to be based on the coordination of troops at all levels, and the independent mixed second brigade is precisely this qualification.

Hearing Commander Yang's words, 103's face showed a look of disdain. He first moved to the front of the enemy's situation, and then expressed his opinion.

"It seems that Goro Mano is a little overwhelmed, a skinny dog is still thinking about hard."

"His tactics were perfectly restrained by our set-up, and he just had to stick to it for three days as planned. It's a pity, if it weren't for the division commander's plans and troop casualties, I would have really wanted to eat them now. ”

"Bring me the battle report from the front and let me see the details of the engagement."

The drum attack did have merit, and it was with this trick that the infantry of the German three penetrated most of Western Europe.

However, this move has a fatal weakness, and the attacker will become more and more weak when dealing with a deep defensive front. After all, the principle of exhaustion after one blow and then three times is applicable to the military at all times.

The three main regiments of the 1st Division set up four lines of defense in Lijia Village and Luojia Village.

In the face of the Eighth Route Army, which was superior in numbers and firepower, the echelon drum attack had some success in the early stage of the war at best, but it would soon become a bottomless pit of consuming troops.

Hearing the words of his chief of staff, someone in the combat conference room immediately handed over the battle report.

"It's estimated to be 1:6, which is not bad."

"Although there are a lot of puppets in this data, overall we have an absolute advantage. It was the first time that the troops were fighting a positional battle with devils in the field, and it was definitely a great thing that they could achieve such a result. ”

"Pass my order, you must not let your guard down in the second half of the night, the enemy has a high probability of breaking the boat."

After dawn, the Eighth Route Army completely occupied the firepower advantage. Coupled with the Air Force, there is a high probability that the devils will slow down the pace of the attack.

In this way, in order to catch up with the schedule, Mano Goro is likely to let his five infantry brigades launch the most powerful attack before dawn.

Looking at the map in front of him, Commander Yang asked tentatively:

"Big brother, are we going to use the reserves?"

"The commander of the 25th Regiment has been asking me to fight, and they want to take over from the 3rd Regiment in the defensive battle."

"If the enemy launches a general offensive thoroughly, it will form a situation where two regiments fight one brigade + many puppet armies, and I am afraid that the pressure on the soldiers on the front will be too great."

The reaction of the reserves did not exceed the expectations of 103 at all.

After all, in the Eighth Route Army, no unit wanted to miss the opportunity to fight the devils, not to mention that the enemy was still an old opponent of the 1st Division.

However, now is not the best time to use reserves, and the 25th Regiment behind the defensive line is the rear to expand the victory.

If the reserves are used too early, it means that a military region will lack the means to deal with unexpected situations, and may even fall into the dilemma of having no troops available.

After thinking for a moment, 103 said with a serious face:

"General Reserve, don't move!"

"Trust your veterans, they will be able to get the job done."

"Don't forget that our purpose is to lure the enemy deeper, if the devils suffer heavy casualties on the first night, then how will the next mission continue?"

"If the enemy attacks with all his troops, let's give up the first three lines of defense, how can we fish without giving some sweetness?"

The predecessor of the 1st Division was the 115th Division Independent Regiment, which four years ago had only more than 1,700 men.

Don't underestimate their combat effectiveness because of their numbers, it is a special formation composed of the backbone of the Red One, and it is not the same concept as Kong Jie's independent regiment.

In the original timeline, the Battle of the Hundred Regiments was regarded as an important military turning point in the first division.

Before that, the soldiers could chase the Japanese puppet army in Jizhong, and even make a big move like the Battle of Loess Ridge.

At that time, the comrades were completely self-sufficient, and they could continue to grow their base areas without a penny from their superiors.

In the battle of Lailing in the battle of the Hundred Regiments, the first division completed the tasks assigned by the headquarters with quality and quantity. However, the losses of troops at all levels did not allow for optimism, and several main regiments even sacrificed many combat backbones.

The fierce fighting exhausted the weapons and equipment accumulated over the past three years, and the entire division returned to its pre-liberation period overnight.

To add insult to injury, the devils' reaction speed is not slow at all.

In late October, the enemy launched a retaliatory sweep, and the troops at all levels of the 1st Division had to hastily end the fighting and quickly return to their base areas to prepare for the transfer work.

In a sense, this is the gap between industrial and agricultural countries.

The former can mobilize all resources quickly, while the latter can only rely on extremely limited resources in the region. The beaten person can quickly counterattack, but the active attacker has lost his vitality and has no ability to organize a big battle in a short time.

However, the above things did not happen in the plane, and last year's raid operation was green bubbles on all fronts at the beginning, and only a few difficult counties were yellow bubbles.

As for the red bubbles?

That's Yoshio Shinozuka's perspective, and it has nothing to do with the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the wounded First Army did not have the energy to launch a retaliatory sweep, and the combat backbone of the First Division naturally did not suffer much damage.

"Okay, I'll give orders to the first and third regiments, so that they can act when they see the opportunity and don't stick to it."

"Big brother, I'm going to contact the First Division. We have to do a full set of acts, and the enemy will definitely be suspicious if the air force is not dispatched, after all, our Eighth Route Army has to call for air support for everything now. ”

At the mention of the Air Force, 103 nodded somewhat helplessly.

For him in this battle, the biggest problem is how to play a good show and let the devils unswervingly attack Shanxi.

After all, compared with taking the initiative to attack, it is more labor-saving to fight with the help of fortifications prepared in advance. As long as the Mongolian troops can be successfully lured to Xinkou, the war in North China can end as soon as possible.

"Okay, then call twelve Typhoon fighters."

"No, six Hurricanes will do. The independent mixed second brigade has no air defense capabilities, and the close support aircraft are no different from their own father to them. ”

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I wrote this stuff for five hours, awesome

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