Chapter 114 The puppet army fights a new group (please subscribe)
Instead of making a breakthrough during the attack on the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Yue puppet troops suffered heavy casualties.
The commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, personally drew up a new combat plan. He asked the puppet troops to launch an attack on the New 1st Regiment of Yangcun Eighth Route.
Yoshio Shinozuka felt that the Yangcun New Regiment had few troops and poor weapons and equipment. If the Yue puppet troops launched an attack, they would be able to achieve quick results.
After solving Li Yunlong's new regiment, the Yue puppet troops were able to carry out large-scale detours, thus bringing a devastating blow to the 358th regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
After Major General Shotarō Katayama, the commander of the brigade commanding the frontline operations, received the telegram, he did not waste any time and immediately discussed it with the officer.
At 9:30 noon, a large number of puppet troops began to mobilize, and they successively advanced towards the Yangcun area.
At the same time, the airports in southern Shanxi began to dispatch aviation troops.
The Moon Army dispatched four reconnaissance aircraft and went directly to the 358th Regiment's position to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance.
The little Japanese planned to use reconnaissance planes to lock the 358th Regiment's artillery positions, thereby guiding the artillery troops to carry out bombing.
Of course, when necessary, the small aerial bombs carried by their reconnaissance planes can also be used for direct bombing to completely destroy the artillery units of the Jinsui Army.
Four reconnaissance aircraft repeatedly conducted aerial reconnaissance at the 358th Regiment's position and set up sheltering positions for the two artillery battalions east of the artillery battalion.
The twelve mountain cannons were all camouflaged when not in combat. It would be difficult for the Little Japanese reconnaissance plane to quickly find their location.
After some low-altitude reconnaissance and no discovery, the Little Devil Air Force arrived at the frontline position.
They started bombing, and small aerial bombs fell on the positions of the 5th and 6th Battalions.
Along with the explosion that resounded through the sky, the ground seemed to be shaking.
The scorching air waves quickly spread to the surroundings along with the shock wave, and countless dust flew up.
Huge craters are appearing on the ground, and even though the frontline positions have been reinforced, they are still damaged.
After all, even if it is a small aerial bomb, it weighs tens of kilograms, and its explosive power is unknown.
After the bombing of the four reconnaissance planes ended, they did not leave the battlefield immediately, but instead hovered at low altitude in a show of force.
At ten o'clock, the four reconnaissance planes left the battlefield and were in the air.
The frontline position of the 358th Regiment was destroyed, and the fifth and sixth battalions that fought against the Moon Army suffered dozens of casualties.
Because of the two infantry battalions that had just been expanded, they were bombed, and their morale was inevitably affected.
Chen Ziyun gritted his teeth and glanced at the reconnaissance plane that was disappearing in the distance. He clenched his legs into fists and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
But if it doesn't have any anti-aircraft weapons, the Moon Army aviation will have no way to do it.
Even if there were a few anti-aircraft machine guns, the Little Japanese Air Force would not be so arrogant!
What Chen Ziyun can do now is to immediately rescue the wounded and boost the morale of the troops.
Fortunately, the Yue puppet army changed their attack target, and now they have not launched any attack operations.
Otherwise, with the status of the fifth and sixth camps, there will definitely be a problem.
"With the Chen regiment, the main force of the Yue puppet army has advanced towards Yangcun. It seems that they have attacked from the wrong eighth route."
"The people who cooperated with them in fighting before seemed to be the New Regiment of the Yangcun Eighth Route Army. That Eighth Route Army is also not easy to mess with."
"In Cangyun Ridge, they could have blocked the attack of Sakata Alliance!"
Chu Yu, the commander of the guard company, quickly came to Chen Ziyun and reported directly.
Thanks to the new regiment, Chu Yu saw their combat capability with his own eyes.
The Fujita Battalion also failed to cooperate with the new regiment, and the guard company completely annihilated it.
Therefore, Chu Yu felt that forming an independent fourth brigade to attack Yangcun might not be able to achieve results.
"We were fighting there, and they came to support us. Now that the puppet troops have come to fight them, we can't just sit back and watch."
"Chu Yu, dispatch reconnaissance troops from the guard company to conduct detailed investigations on the deployment of the puppet troops in front of them."
"Signal Corps, contact the observation team and ask them to reset the artillery observation post!"
"In addition, Sun Xiong's 1st Artillery Battery moved forward to build shelter positions and prepare for artillery attacks."
Chen Ziyun raised his telescope to take a look, and decisively issued the battle order.
The overall strength of Li Yunlong's new regiment is not weak, but Chen Ziyun does not intend to support them in combat.
After all, the 358th Regiment and the new regiment are asking if they can effectively carry out coordinated operations and capture the Moon and puppet troops.
Moreover, Chen Ziyun very much needs to complete the systematic task of killing Katayama Shoutaro. If he joins forces with the New Regiment, that task will be easier to complete.
"No, Chen Tuan is here!" Chu Yu and others received the order and immediately agreed to come east without any hesitation.
The guard company quickly dispatched a dozen soldiers to conduct reconnaissance, and Zhou Wenbo's observation team and Sun Xiong's artillery company also began to take action.
Chen Ziyun went to a high ground and carefully inspected the fighting situation in Yangcun through a telescope.
Currently in Yangcun, after the new regiment discovered that the Yue puppet army was advancing, they immediately entered a fighting state.
Li Yunlong rubbed his legs in excitement. He immediately came to the front line.
Li Yunlong grinned as he saw a large number of Yue puppet troops preparing to attack.
"Hehehe, he said before that if that person is unlucky, even if he drinks water, it will stick between his teeth!"
"But he told us that if you are lucky, you may encounter good things like meat pies falling from the sky wherever you go!"
"I was thinking of dealing with the Yue puppet army, but it turns out they sent them to the door on their own initiative."
"I didn't say anything. Give me a hard beating. After that battle, we will see if our new regiment can be expanded. Let's see how we perform."
"Zhuzi, the little devil has a lot of artillery. Let's take it easy in the artillery battle. We can't cause any casualties."
Li Yunlong put down the telescope and shouted at the top of his lungs, could he be happier than anyone else now?
After joining forces with the 358th Regiment's security company to annihilate the Fujita Battalion, could the new regiment capture most of the weapons and equipment of the Fujita Battalion?
Previously, the new regiment had more men and fewer guns, and was even more severely lacking in ammunition.
Can they now have more guns, fewer guns, and endless ammunition?
In Zhang Dabiao's first battalion, light machine guns have been distributed to each squad and grenade launchers have been distributed to each platoon.
The battalion headquarters is directly under a heavy machine gun company, with a total of thirty-one light and heavy machine guns in the entire battalion!
A battalion has such a large number of light and heavy machine guns, let alone Zhang Dabiao, even Li Yunlong would not dare to imagine it!
And after several seizures and accumulations, the entire regiment could pull out a rifle leg at will, which would have at least a hundred rounds of ammunition.
Their bullet bags were all bulging and filled with yellow bullets.
"Commander, just look at it, the puppet troops will be our new regiment's transportation team."
"Why did they come that time? Did they transport weapons and ammunition for us?"
"In that battle, we will definitely leave them as many weapons and ammunition as they have."
"Commander, can you blame me for the machine gun firing in that battle?"
"Don't worry, they can seize as many bullets as they shoot their legs with machine guns. They will definitely not make a loss-making business!"
The cadres and soldiers looked at Li Yunlong one after another, and they said with a smile.
Even though they currently have more than a thousand troops and the Yue puppet army has an absolute advantage, they are not afraid at all.
"Let go of your legs and fire with all your strength. I'm absolutely right and I won't scold you anymore. There are so many bullets, please don't waste them. We can shoot hard!"
Li Yunlong said very boldly, is there no shortage of new ammunition now?
The morale of the new regiment in Dongdong was high, and they quietly waited for the Yue puppet army to launch an attack.
At around 10:10, the battle order was issued as Tailuo of Katayama Province.
The artillery team led an artillery bombardment, with six mountain guns and six field guns covering the Yangcun area.
One after another, grenades and shrapnel were fired towards the new regiment's position.
Following the deafening explosion, more than 2,000 Lunar Army troops swarmed towards the new group's position like locusts.
And behind those infantrymen, there followed the machine gun brigade and the mortar brigade.
Not long after, the mortar brigade stopped advancing. They entered a certain range and began to build a mortar position.
"Tong Tong Tong!" After setting up the mortars one by one, they began to fire smoke grenades towards the new regiment's position.
Liquid red smoke appeared, completely obscuring the sight of the new group of soldiers.
The little Japanese infantry in front took advantage of the cover of smoke to accelerate their advance towards the front.
The more than 2,000 Yuan troops opened up a skirmish line. They organized their troops into units and covered each other's advance.
At 10:20, heavy machine guns began to be set up.
The little devils at the front were less than 500 meters away from the new group's position, and they continued to accelerate.
At this time, Katayama Shotarō adopted a multi-point attack tactic. The Japanese troops were fully deployed and simultaneously attacked various positions of the new regiment.
During the attack, they will look for a new group of weak points, and then gather all their heavy weapons to fire concentrated fire.
They sought a quick breakthrough to completely eliminate the new regiment.
"Tong Tong Tong!"
At half past ten, the grenade launchers of the Eastern Lunar Army began to fire grenades towards the position.
A large number of grenades were fired towards the position, and deafening explosions continued to sound.
At this time, the red smoke gradually dissipated, and a large number of Japs were already about 200 meters away from the position.
Immediately afterwards, the Moon Army troops stopped and came eastward.
A series of light machine guns with crooked handles opened up and fired bursts, and dense bullets were fired towards the position.
Organized into squadrons, the Moon Army began to focus fire on different positions to conduct test firings.
At the same time, a large number of four people with rifle legs jumped forward quickly.
Even if the new regiment faced such a fire attack, they remained silent and did not react at all.
Of course, if some defensive troops with weak willpower were faced with such a severe attack, they would definitely open fire to intercept, for fear that the Lunar Army would break through the position.
However, if the defense forces were to open fire, their firepower would be completely exposed. The light and heavy weapons deployed by the Lunar Army at different locations would immediately start firing to destroy the firepower points.
Now they are facing a new group of troops. Can they be the elite troops led by Lao Li?
Not to mention those independent mixed brigade troops, even if they face the elite Sakata Regiment, they can defend calmly.
"Send the order to go east. After the light and heavy machine gun fire, move immediately."
"Especially for heavy machine guns, the transfer speed must be fast and the shooting cannot be fixed."
"The grenade legs fired grenades to suppress their machine gun fire."
"Pillars, infantry artillery look for opportunities to hit the heavy machine guns and mortars behind them!"
At the position, Li Yunlong opened the safety of the rifle and issued the combat order directly.
All weapons were loaded with bullets, and the soldiers waited quietly for the puppet troops to approach.
One hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters...
A large number of Japs' rifle legs hit the position less than fifty meters away from the position. Some soldiers with good eyesight could clearly see the Japs' facial features.
At that moment, Li Yunlong tilted the shell gun and directly pulled the trigger.
Gunshots rang out, bullets were fired, and the little devil at the front was knocked down instantly.
The sound of Li Yunlong's shell gun was not an order to shoot.
Immediately, a new group of troops deployed in various defensive positions immediately launched fire.
Rifles, light and heavy machine guns and other weapons opened fire.
Strings of tongues of fire were fired one after another, and the dense bullets hit the little devil without any warning.
In the blink of an eye, a little devil fell directly into a pool of blood.
Please tell me about the weapons and equipment. The new regiment is far inferior to the 358 regiment.
But in terms of individual combat capabilities, the 358th Regiment is far inferior to the New Regiment!
I wonder if the new regiment has the weapon configuration of the 358th regiment. Li Yunlong can easily defeat the independent mixed fourth brigade in front of him!
As the new regiment launched its firepower, a large number of little Japs were shot dead on the spot.
At a distance of less than fifty meters, almost all the weapons of the soldiers were able to bite the flesh!
Can the New Regiment be part of the Eighth Route Army? They are good at guerrilla warfare.
Even if the soldiers were in defensive positions, they could not move as soon as the battle was over.
The position was under constant fire, and the firepower points changed one after another.
The Moon Army's light and heavy machine guns, grenade mortars, and even mountain artillery and field artillery were unable to completely suppress the new group of firepower.
"Bagaya Road, advance quickly and rush into the trenches!"
"Throw leg mines to suppress their firepower and attack quickly!"
"They don't have many troops. If they all press over, they will be able to be completely eliminated!"
A young Japanese officer called Han Xuan loudly, and they urged the young Japanese to speed up the advance.
The four little devils took out leg mines and threw them directly forward.
Using the cover of dust and smoke blown up by leg mines, they quickly advanced forward with rifles in hand.
However, after the four little devils' rifle legs were exposed, bullets were fired one after another.
Four little devils were hit and asked for harm, fell directly into a pool of blood, and died on the spot.
The two sides engaged in fierce misfires, causing casualties on both sides, but the Jaap's losses were obviously more serious.
Katayama Shoutaro, who was directing the battle from behind, raised his telescope to observe. Seeing a large number of little Japs lying in a pool of blood, he held the telescope tightly with his legs.
"Baga!" Katayama Shoutaro couldn't help but cursed angrily.
He could clearly feel that the operations of the Yangcun New Regiment and the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army were completely different.
Can the 358th Regiment take advantage of its weapons to attack the Moon troops with intensive firepower and curb the advancement of the Moon troops?
However, the Eighth Route New Regiment launched a precise strike and attacked the enemy with guns and bullets, causing the little devils to pay heavy casualties!
"All concentrated fire suppression, light and heavy machine guns, grenade mortars, mountain artillery and field artillery launched covering fire."
"All the rifle legs on the front line threw leg mines to suppress the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and then advanced quickly!"
"Contact the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army and ask them to attack from the flanks!"
Katayama Shoutaro made some observations, put down his telescope, and re-entered the battle order.
Is he prepared to disperse the defensive firepower of the new regiment, and at the same time use the advantage of weapons to completely suppress the new regiment's troops, thereby quickly making a breakthrough?
(End of chapter)
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