"Sakamoto Daisa."

"Hey!"

He County, which is thirty kilometers away from Liao County.

The headquarters of the 27th Division.

The division commander, Mido Mazuo, called a captain of the Great Zuo Wing.

"Your Sakata United will take the lead in tomorrow's battle to attack Liao County."

Mido Mao's tone was serious.

"Hey!"

Osa lowered his head again and shouted hi.

But his deeply lowered face was full of unwillingness.

Sakata Nobutsu is dead, and now the captain of the third wing is he who is the head of the mountain, why does the division commander still call the wing he commands the Sakata United, shouldn't it be the Sakamoto United?

"The Third Infantry Wing, whether it can be called this wing depends on tomorrow's attack."

Looking at the people who bowed their heads deeply, the corners of Sandao Mao's mouth were hooked, and his tone was proud:

"The one guarding Liao County is the troops commanded by Li Yunlong."

"Only by defeating this force can you prove that you are capable enough to command the Sakata United, and even go to the next level."

As the commander of the division, to be able to serve as the commander of the division, Sandao Mafu naturally has enough real materials and knows people's hearts, and he naturally knows that the people under his command are angry about the name of the former wing commander who has died.

But that's what he wants!

"Hey!"

Sure enough, the words fell and the people of the mountain suddenly turned red, like a bullfight.

"Go ahead."

"Go prove yourself!"

Mido Mao waved his hand.

"Hey!"

The people of Benshan stood up and saluted.

···

Bang Bang · ·

The night of Jindi in July is breezy and refreshing.

Xu Huzhi, commander of the New Third Regiment, and Xing Zhiguo, deputy head of the Independent Regiment, came to the forward position to inspect the situation.

During this period, Xu Hu patted the anti-artillery holes of the four earth-layer structures and the firepower bunker, and couldn't help but sigh:

"What good wood!"

"It would be nice to build a house with this wood."

The system is produced and must be a high-quality product.

Even the wood is the best wood in the world, and it is all first-class good wood, straight, hard, and without knots.

All the beams are good.

"It's also good to use it as a devil's coffin."

Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly:

"Although the devil comes uninvited, it is our hospitality to give the best treatment to the guests."

"Naturally, the devil should be given the best coffin!"

"And, the most powerful and violent shells."

"Hahaha..."

Xu Huzhi suddenly let out a hearty laugh.

···

Thirty kilometers north of Ze County.

A village called Feng Town.

This is a stronghold of the devils, where half a squadron of devils are stationed, and it is also the main stronghold of the devils to control the surrounding villages and towns.

Boom··

With one explosion after another, the 689th Regiment was attacking the stronghold under the cover of artillery units.

Half a squadron, about seventy devils.

Facing an attack by a main regiment with a total strength of 1,500 men.

In particular, the 689th Regiment first fired smoke bombs with 60 mortars and grenadiers to block the view of the devils in the stronghold, and then the infantry approached to cut the barbed wire and occupy the surrounding positions.

The devil was forced by a lack of troops and could not stop it at all.

Out of the stronghold will be suppressed and destroyed by fierce firepower, and if you don't leave the stronghold, your line of sight and firing range will be restricted and you can't stop it.

I could only watch as the construction work outside the stronghold was cleaned up little by little.

The reinforcements on the left and right, in the face of the resistance of two battalions on the left and right, and the fire support of three 82 mortars of the regimental artillery platoon, could not get close at all, and in the end, in just a few hours, the stronghold was destroyed.

Seventy-one devils were annihilated.

The 689th Regiment only paid the price of 43 casualties.

Moreover, most of the casualties were due to the two flanks blocking the devil's reinforcements, and in fact, the casualties of attacking the devil's stronghold were very small.

"Report."

"The Fengzhen stronghold has been lost, and the two squads stationed there are all broken."

Heze Dazuo received a report from the reinforcements from the front.

"I see!"

"Let's go down."

Heze Dazuo didn't have the eight ga, he spoke very calmly, and waved his hand, signaling the officer to leave.

As a few devil officers who hate bushido, Heze Dazuo has always had a peaceful and quiet attitude, and in the devil officer system, especially in the general frustration and madness, the devil adjutant in the first level before and after the eight Ga is out of place.

Of course, the loss of Fengzhen's stronghold was also expected by him.

After receiving reinforcements, weapons and equipment, and food supplies from the Tuba Road in the Taihang region, the strength of the Tuba Road in the southern Hebei region skyrocketed, and under the same strength, the light weapons were only slightly weaker than the Locust Army, and the regiment-level light artillery was stronger than the Imperial Brigade.

In order to deal with the Tuba Road in the Taiyue Mountains, the Locust Army transferred a full division regiment, and the garrison in the southern Hebei region reduced a wing, and the strength was greatly reduced.

Although the locust army still has an absolute advantage,

However, the main force of the locust army is trapped in railway lines and important cities, and the mobile forces that can be mobilized are already weaker than those in the southern Hebei region.

It's no wonder that Fengzhen didn't lose it!

Thinking of this, Heze Dazuo looked at the Taiyue Mountains on the map.

The problem of insufficient locust troops is very serious, and although General Tada's cage tactics have greatly restricted the base area of the Eighth Road, it has also made the locust army's strength more and more dispersed, and on the contrary, it has expanded the problem of insufficient locust troops.

Now, as soon as the strength of Tubalu has improved, the cage tactics are almost self-defeating.

Now I only hope that the 27th Division can really cut off the source of foreign materials on the Tuba Road, and then deploy troops to solve the Tuba Road where the strength of various localities is growing one by one.

Otherwise, things will continue to develop, not to mention the cage plan, and even the Tuba Road in the southern Hebei region will begin to expand its territory on a large scale, and it may even threaten the safety of the Pinghan Line.

···

Following.

Early morning.

Yang Village, Independent Regiment Headquarters.

"Judging from the map, the Devil Bantian United is preparing to attack Liao County."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Looking at the simple map projected by the communicator on his wrist, Li Yunlong smiled very happily.

In the task of capturing the Devil Wing Flag, Brother Lu only gave one help, that is, to show the specific location of the Devil Wing Flag near the Independent Regiment troops, and also indicate which Devil Wing it belongs to, and update it in real time.

But later Li Yunlong found that this help was too suitable for reconnaissance of the devil troops.

Especially large-scale battles.

Where the flag of the Devil United is almost means where the headquarters of the Devil United is, which means that the Devil will attack in that direction.

"Going to do it?"

Zhao Gang came over.

The purpose of this time is the flag of the Sakata United.

"Nope."

Li Yunlong shook his head:

"It's not time to kill yet."

"Let the four battalions rub the devil's spirit first."

Although it is often said that it is the elite who fights, Li Yunlong also knows very well in his heart that he has a head-on confrontation with the elite troops of the devils, and now the independent regiment is not unable to defeat it.

But it's not cost-effective.

Buying and selling at a loss, Grand Master Li will not do it.

It's better to give full play to the advantages of heavy artillery, so that the devil can also feel the feeling of being covered by heavy artillery.

"How many days did the brigade headquarters order Liao County to hold on?"

Zhao Gang asked suddenly.

"Five days!"

Li Yunlong replied.

"Five days!"

Zhao Gang dragged out his voice:

"That's five hundred rounds of 120 mortar shells a day?"

In the past, Zhao Gang felt that twelve 120-mm mortars and 12,000 rounds of 120 mortar shells per month were enough.

Totally sufficient.

But now that I think about it carefully, I suddenly feel that 12,000 shells a month is indeed a bit small.

It's not enough at all!

Each artillery is only 1,000 rounds per month, and only more than 30 rounds per day,

At present, the 3,500-strong troops in Liao County are facing the attack of more than 10,000 devils in a mixed brigade of devils, but they only have the number of 400 heavy artillery shells per day.

No matter how you look at it, it's not enough.

But considering the follow-up battles, only 2,000 shells could be allocated to Liao County.

After all, after Yuxian divided 2,000 rounds, the independent regiment had only 8,000 shells in its hands.

"Are you sure?"

Zhao Gang asked.

He was already on the fence for fifty 120 mortars a month, a hundred thousand rounds of shells, and couldn't wait.

"Don't worry."

"The wing flag of the Sakata United, I'm going to set it!"

Li Yunlong swore an oath.

···

"The order of the division commander to take Liao County in three days."

Early morning.

Outside Liao County.

At the headquarters of the Sakata Wing, the people of the Sakata Wing called the junior officers of the whole wing.

and

Correspondent and operational staff officer of the heavy artillery brigade of the independent field artillery wing directly under the division and regiment.

The chief of staff of the division headquarters came to supervise the battle.

"Three days?"

"According to intelligence, there are only more than 3,000 people stationed in Tuba Road in Liao County, and although the strength is the same as that of our wing, the main force of its defense is still a new regiment that has only been formed for a few months."

"The combat effectiveness is very poor."

"The only one with combat effectiveness is the four battalions of the independent regiment, with a total strength of about 600 people."

"This battalion, with six 82 mortars, needs attention."

Except for the heavy artillery company that arrived at night, the main force of Liao County was basically inquired about by the devils - although the display of force can enhance the trust of the people, but it also allows the devils to easily know their own strength.

"And most of my wing are elite soldiers who have been in the army for two and a half years."

"Moreover, our wing is supported by four 105 heavy field guns of the division this time, and at most one day, we can take Liao County."

The tone of the captain of the 1st Infantry Group was rampant.

When the words fell, Dazuo suddenly looked satisfied.

He himself wanted to say it a long time ago.

The county town defended by 3,000 earth and eight roads is a county town with some civil fortifications, and in the face of the 105 artillery belonging to the division, it will take three days to take this county seat.

Who do you look down upon?

But in the presence of the staff officer of the division and regimental headquarters, he is not suitable for being too rampant, and this sentence is not suitable for him.

At this time, the subordinates expressed their hearts and minds very satisfied.

"Good."

The supervising staff officer from the division headquarters spoke in a serious tone:

"Then please show the true strength of the empire."

"Hey!"

A kind of devil adjutant bowed his head one after another.

"This main attack, let's hand it over to the first brigade."

The satisfaction of the first brigade was exchanged for the task of the main attack.

"Hey!"

"Please rest assured, Captain Wing, I will definitely be able to take Liao County."

The captain of the first brigade was naturally overjoyed.

The captains of several surrounding Sakata United teams showed envious eyes.

In this offensive, although the aviation wing of the First Army, due to insufficient supplies and ammunition, could not provide timely support, 105 artillery shells from the division headquarters destroyed the enemy's defensive positions.

It's a great credit at your fingertips.

···

An hour later.

Boom Boom · ·

A 105 grenade weighing 16 kilograms hit the fortifications and city walls outside Liao County, raising clouds of smoke, blowing down trenches and kicking up mud and wood chips.

"It's really different!"

Looking at the explosion in front of him and the destroyed trench fortifications, Xing Zhiguo had an expression of envy.

The Separate Regiment had 120-mm mortars, and theoretically, the shells were more powerful than the Devil's 105 guns.

Although the devil's 105 howitzer projectile is also 16 kg, the same as the 120 mortar, but the mortar shell has a larger charge than the grenade, and in fact it should be more powerful.

But a barrel cannon is a barrel cannon after all.

Muzzle velocity is higher.

Against strong fortifications, it is inherently more suitable than mortars.

"In the future, we will also have a barrel cannon?"

Xing Zhiguo was envious in his heart, but it was only envy.

Even, there is a disdainful expression at the corner of his mouth.

105 howitzers, to deal with the reinforced four-story civil fortifications, theoretically enough, but it takes more than a dozen, a large number of shells, the devil is only a little short of four 105.

"The devils have attacked."

At this time, the devil artillery began to move inward, and the 75 mountain artillery also joined the shelling, and Xing Zhiguo walked into the underground bunker.

···

"It's not good!"

Although Dazuo is arrogant and wants to break through Liao County impatiently and prove his ability, his own ability must not be bad, otherwise he would not be able to serve as the commander of the B Wing.

After holding a telescope and looking at the position outside the city of Tuba Road, which had been shelled by 105 howitzers in the distance, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Relying on his rich experience in command and operations, he found that

It's not like he's seen before.

It is not the same as the positions of the preserved fruit troops that were also bombarded by the 105 howitzer.

seem

The destruction of the position was far less serious than he expected.

Could it be··

Thinking of the battle report of the 29th Brigade and the news that during the battle at the Xiazhuang stronghold, the Tuhachi Road showed a very strong civil engineering structure, and the ominous premonition in the heart of the Tsubachi Daisa became more and more serious.

Could it be that the civil and engineering positions of the Eighth Road are strong enough to withstand the 105 howitzers?

Is this possible?

In confusion, the first brigade had already begun to attack.

More than 800 locust troops, with a large scattered line, launched an attack on Liao County, and at this time artillery shells were still falling on the enemy's position.

The coordination of the infantry and artillery of the locust army was fully demonstrated.

Do not give the enemy lurking in the rear time to enter the position.

But to the surprise of all the devil officers, the positions that should have been destroyed by the 105 guns suddenly burst into violent sparks - a machine gun, a grenadier and a mortar.

The vanguard of the attacking 1st Brigade was completely suppressed.

Not yet shocked as a kind of devil officer.

Suddenly··

Boom Boom · ·

The same violent explosions, rising in the formation of the follow-up troops of the First Brigade, were no weaker than the Imperial 105 howitzers, and even exceeded the explosion range.

The offensive of the 1st Brigade was suddenly interrupted, and even because of this sudden shelling, it was cut into two sections, and the front and back could not be echoed.

"Yaga!"

At this time, the face of the trigger finally changed greatly:

"There are heavy artillery on the dirt eight roads!"

(End of chapter)