Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe and Deputy Chief of Staff Seizo Arisue stood aside, listening to the report of the combat staff.
I also quickly thought of the iron rolling tactic invented by Commander Okamura.
The two of them accidentally glanced at Okamura Neji, and sure enough they saw Okamura Neji's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, and his eyes became more and more gloomy.
A pair of eyes that look like they want to eat people.
Okamura Neiji never expected that Li Yunlong would actually use the iron roller sweeping tactic.
As the inventor of the iron roller mopping up tactic, and successfully tested it in the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region, Okamura Neiji naturally knew the power of the iron roller mopping up tactic.
Especially in that small area, the iron rolling tactics consisting of cavalry, armored vehicles and tanks were used.
It can be said to be a one-sided massacre.
If the Eighth Route Army had fought in a chaotic manner, it would have been able to break out at least several thousand Locust Army soldiers from the First Division.
Moreover, the fighting time can last from half a day to a day. By then, the reinforcements from the division will arrive and thousands of soldiers can be rescued.
However, Li Yunlong used the iron-rolling sweep tactic. The Eighth Route Army ambush troops on both sides of the road did not have to move at all. If the Eighth Route Army ambush troops did not move, there would be no loopholes, and the Locust Army soldiers in the encirclement could not escape.
Moreover, using this tactic can greatly increase the speed at which the Eighth Route Army ends the battle.
The battle that originally took half a day to end in a day can be over in just a few hours.
After all, these are not more than ten thousand pigs, but more than ten thousand soldiers of the Japanese Locust Army, soldiers of the Japanese Locust Army who can fight the enemy to the end in desperate situations.
The officers and soldiers of the First Division are almost all professional soldiers, and they are not comparable to the kind of soldiers who train for a few months and then go to the battlefield.
I have been deeply baptized by the Bushido since I was a child, and I have an extremely perverted and fanatical worship of the Locust and the Bushido.
Not that easy to eliminate.
Thinking of this, Okamura Neji looked at the communications staff officer and said in a deep voice: "Order the 2nd Division to rush to the battlefield quickly and be sure to rescue the main force of the 2nd Division!"
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer turned and left.
After the communications staff officer turned around and left, Okamura Neiji suddenly exploded, grabbed the edge of the conference table in the war room with both hands, and overturned the long table: "Baga!"
The maps and tools on the table fell to the floor.
Seeing this scene, Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizan couldn't help but secretly thought that the general may look thin, but his explosive power cannot be underestimated.
This conference table weighs at least 50 pounds, and it was overturned so easily.
Then, Okamura Neji looked at Tanabe Moritake: "Tanabe-kun, immediately prepare a plane and a radio station. I want to personally go to northwestern Shanxi to command the locust army to break out."
Although some Japanese soldiers broke out, the Japanese soldiers who broke out came in waves and did not gather together. Therefore, the Japanese soldiers did not dare to return to fight the Eighth Route Army and rescue more Japanese soldiers who were surrounded.
At this time, it is estimated that there are still tens of thousands of living Locust soldiers in the encirclement.
"Absolutely not."
Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo were suddenly shocked.
"Your Excellency, General." Tanabe Shengwu hurriedly advised, "The Eighth Route in North Shanxi has strong anti-aircraft firepower, so you must not go there."
Youmo Jingsan also advised: "If the Eighth Route Army also calls for air support, the consequences will be disastrous."
If Okamura Neji takes a plane to northwestern Shanxi, one of them will definitely accompany him, while the other will stay behind at the North China Front Headquarters.
Is the airspace in northwestern Shanxi accessible to anyone?
Especially over the battlefield, if you go there, you are seeking death. The new regiment's anti-aircraft firepower is probably already hungry.
If we encounter bombers and fighter jets called by the Eighth Route Army, even Amaterasu will not be able to save us.
The corner of Okamura Neiji's mouth twitched, thinking of the bombers and fighter jets that suddenly appeared, and after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.
Unfortunately, if the fighters and bombers from the base camp to supply the North China Front are in place, there is still hope of rescuing the surrounded Locust Army.
The specific operation is to first gather the Locust Army soldiers in the encirclement circle, and then use all bombers and fighter jets to carry out a wave of aerial bombs to clear the ground of the Eighth Route Army's ambush position.
The surrounded Locust soldiers can break through the gap created by the aerial bomb.
Although the surrounded Locust Army soldiers were in a very stupid long snake formation, they could be saved as much as they could.
Thinking of this, Okamura Ningji said to Arisu Seishan again:
"Arima-kun, please immediately send a telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, asking General Umezu Yoshijiro to dispatch fighter jets and bombers to reinforce the 3rd Division."
Although the North China Front currently does not have fighter jets and bombers, the Kwantung Army does, and they are very wealthy.
There are many flight training airports in Manchuria. If other front armies want to launch offensives, they basically have to deploy aircraft from the Kwantung Army.
"Hi!"
Youmo Jingsan suddenly paused.
"etc."
Okamura Neji said again:
"It would be better for me to speak to General Umezu Yoshijiro in person."
Although sending a telegram is relatively confidential, it still takes time to translate the code. What the main force of the division is most lacking now is time.
Radio calls can easily be monitored, but now Okamura Neji doesn't care so much anymore.
"Hi!"
"Your Excellency, General, I will make arrangements right away."
Youmo Jingsan lowered his head, turned around and walked quickly towards the communication room.
…
Northwest Shanxi.
battlefield.
The battle is in full swing.
On the top of the mountain.
Everyone surrounded Commander Li and continued to observe the battlefield situation with telescopes and artillery scopes from a high position.
Although there are some minor hiccups, the overall situation is still under control.
Through the field of vision of the artillery team mirror, Li Yunlong had a panoramic view of almost the entire battlefield, and could use the walkie-talkie to direct the battles of each battalion at any time.
When there were loopholes in the encirclement before, it was Li Yunlong and the others who discovered it in time. Li Yunlong used a walkie-talkie to give orders to the reserve team to block the gaps in time, so that more Japanese soldiers could not escape from the encirclement through those gaps.
Tank battalions and armored battalions appear in the field of view of the artillery scope.
Next to the tanks and armored vehicles stood soldiers from the first battalion of the division, all armed with M submachine guns.
Tanks, armored vehicles and submachine guns are now better equipped.
This time they ambushed the Japs from the Japanese Army's 2nd Division, and it was also a Category A Division. These Japs were extremely tenacious in fighting, extremely powerful in combat, and very accurate in their marksmanship.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Most Japanese soldiers dare to hold explosives and die together with tanks and armored vehicles.
So tanks need infantry protection.
Fortunately, today's tank troops and infantry tanks are more skillful in cooperating with each other.
Equip the infantrymen who cooperate with the tanks with uniform M submachine guns, and the firepower will be even more fierce.
On the other side, the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army advanced steadily and rapidly, attacking with iron rolling back and forth in an area to prevent the Japanese from slipping through the net.
…
On the battlefield.
Tank battalion commander Sun Desheng led a Leopard tank from the regiment headquarters to also participate in the battle.
The last time Sun Desheng led a tank battalion to participate in a battle, he attacked the 3rd division.
After several battles, the tank soldiers of the tank battalion became more and more experienced in combat. The driver drove the tank, the gunner became more skilled in operating the tank gun, and the machine gunner's marksmanship became more accurate.
After all, no matter how good the training results are, actual combat is the main criterion for testing combat effectiveness.
Ever since he read the "Theory of Large Corps and Deep Operations" given to him by Li Yunlong, Sun Desheng's mind was filled with armored group operations and blitzkrieg.
To this end, Sun Desheng also specially studied the German army's use of armored clusters and blitzkrieg, and gained considerable experience.
Before the war, Boss Chen went to the regiment headquarters to discuss with Li Yunlong that the original deal to destroy Japanese tanks was cancelled.
Now the new business is to destroy or capture a Japanese tank or armored vehicle, and the new group can obtain a tank and armored vehicle.
Just now, Sun Desheng saw a lot of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, which were destroyed by infantry bazookas and bombardments.
From this battle, Xinyi Tuan made a lot of money.
If we continue at this rate, it won't be long before the new regiment can be equipped with hundreds of tanks.
Then you can play armored cluster combat and blitzkrieg.
Thinking of this, Sun Desheng's eyes became even more murderous.
Times have changed.
Right now this is just a small fuss.
"Battalion Commander, we have no machine gun ammunition in the tank."
"We don't have any more in the tank!"
"So are our tanks!"
"..."
On the intercom channel, tank commanders and armored commanders called Sun Desheng one after another.
"How much ammunition do we have?"
Sun Desheng asked the machine gunner in his tank.
"Report to the battalion commander that there is only one box of ammunition left."
replied the machine gunner.
The system-improved Panther tank can carry machine gun ammunition and millimeter artillery shells.
Machine gun bullets fire quickly and are all used up soon, while tank shells are consumed more slowly.
"All tanks and armored vehicles stop advancing and replenish ammunition!"
"The infantry establishes a defensive line to prevent the Japanese from counterattack!"
Sun Desheng calmly gave orders to the infantry and the commanders of tanks and armored vehicles on the intercom channel.
Since Sun Desheng had many battles, Li Yunlong also handed over the armored battalion to Sun Desheng's command this time.
As Sun Desheng's order was issued, all armored vehicles and tanks stopped in a straight line, and the infantry moved forward from behind the tanks to establish a defensive line.
When the Japs saw the Eighth Route Army tanks stopping to replenish ammunition, they thought an opportunity had come. A Japs squadron leader gathered a squadron of Japs to launch a counterattack.
Some Japanese soldiers were still holding explosives in their hands.
But what greeted the Japanese was a barrage of submachine gun bullets.
Not long after, almost all the Japanese soldiers of a Japanese squadron fell on the charging road.
Although the infantry of the new regiment also suffered casualties, their firepower was overwhelming compared to the Japanese, so the casualties were not large.
Under the cover of the infantry, logistics supply personnel quickly approached the tanks and armored vehicles carrying ammunition boxes, and the crews loaded machine gun shells and artillery shells into the tanks and armored vehicles.
There were Japanese soldiers firing mortars and grenades in the distance, but the firepower was very sparse and the threat was very small.
At the same time, the soldier holding a submachine gun quickly grabbed a magazine full of submachine gun bullets from the ammunition box and inserted it into his body.
Soon, the ammunition for tanks and armored vehicles was replenished, and the barrels of machine guns were also replaced.
"Continue the attack!"
Seeing that all armored vehicles and tanks had been replenished with ammunition, Sun Desheng immediately issued an order to continue the attack.
"Da da da……"
"Boom boom boom..."
As the tanks and armored vehicles slowly advanced, the machine guns, tank guns, and submachine guns of the tanks and armored vehicles fired continuously while advancing.
Once an infantryman falls, the infantrymen behind him immediately jump on top.
The tank-mounted machine guns and tank guns are responsible for dealing with the enemy's machine gun firepower, and the infantry soldiers deal with the enemy's infantry.
"Ding ding ding..."
Inside the tank, Sun Desheng heard bullets hitting the tank's turret armor continuously, making crisp sounds.
Sun Desheng quickly looked through the sight glass and saw a Type 92 heavy machine gun spitting flames in the direction of the tank on a commanding height directly ahead.
Sun Desheng loudly ordered: "A few meters ahead, there is a Japanese heavy machine gun position. Kill it for me!"
The machine gunner and the gunner discovered the Japanese heavy machine gun almost at the same time. Machine gunner Wang Laishun pulled the M heavy machine gun and fired first. A tracer bullet chain was drawn like a whip towards the Japanese heavy machine gun's firepower point.
However, because it was shooting from above, the shooting angle was not good, and the machine gun bullets penetrated in front of the Japanese firepower point, raising several clouds of snow and fog.
After a while, the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun continued to fire.
"I can't hit the Japs' machine gunners in my position!"
the machine gunner shouted.
"give it to me!"
Gunner Li Shanfu quickly turned the muzzle and aimed at the Japanese heavy machine gun position.
"Boom!"
The multi-ton tank suddenly shook, and a millimeter high-explosive shell passed through the air, instantly hitting the enemy's machine gun fire point.
With a loud bang, the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the Japanese machine gunner behind it flew into the sky together with the smoke and mud.
As the enemy's heavy machine gun firepower was eliminated, soldiers armed with submachine guns emerged from behind the tanks and continued to attack as the tanks advanced.
Some Japanese soldiers rushed up with explosives and tried to kill the tanks together.
But they were either interrupted by heavy machine guns, or shot into pieces by submachine guns.
There were also Japanese soldiers who pretended to be dead and put explosives under their bodies, hoping to wait for tanks to pass by before detonating the explosives.
But it's useless, because the infantry will hit the corpse in front of the tank first.
Directly in front, a Japanese soldier whose legs had been blown off was crawling forward with an extremely painful expression. It could be seen from this Japanese soldier's face that he wanted to live.
The tank driver looked forward through the observation window and happened to see the wounded Japanese soldier.
Then, the driver pulled the joystick, kicked the accelerator, and drove towards the wounded Japanese soldier.
Soon the tank's tracks caught up with the wounded Japanese soldier, and then pressed on him mercilessly.
"ah!"
Accompanied by miserable Japanese screams, when the tank ran over the Japanese body, only a rectangular puddle of flesh was left in the snow.
"Tanks and armored vehicles advance steadily, don't lose touch with the infantry!"
"The infantry protects the tanks, be careful of the Japanese carrying explosive bags to carry out suicide attacks!"
Sun Desheng said loudly on the intercom.
The Japanese's anti-tank guns are mainly millimeter and millimeter rapid-fire guns, which are difficult to damage the armor of the Panther tank, and there are not many of them.
As for anti-tank guns, even less so.
At present, the most important anti-tank weapon of the Japanese is the meat bomb attack, which means holding explosives and dying together with the tanks.
As long as it can resist the impact of the enemy's flesh bullets, the Panther tank will kill gods if it is blocked by God, and kill Buddha if it is blocked by Buddha.
In the past, when the Chinese Communist Party faced the Japanese tanks, they basically held the explosive packs and died together with the Japanese tanks.
On the frontal battlefield, a company of soldiers often cannot blow up a Japanese tank.
Now, it was the Japanese's turn to hold explosives to blow up the tanks of the ** team. However, the tanks of the ** team had thicker armor and were protected by infantry with powerful firepower.
After shooting the ammunition, replenish the ammunition, change the barrel, and advance...
After an unknown period of time, there was no longer a living Japanese in sight, so Sun Desheng gave the order to stop the forward attack.
Sun Desheng didn't know how much time had passed, but he knew that their tank alone had killed at least several hundred Japanese soldiers!
This time it was really exciting.
This chapter has been completed!