Chapter 168 Li Yunlong’s Pocket Formation!

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Chapter 168 Li Yunlong’s Pocket Formation!

"Taken the highway entrance?"

Northern Review.

Three more generals were killed in North China. When Naosaburo Okabe, who was anxious and worried, heard the news, his first reaction was not surprise.

But surprised and doubtful.

Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that those who provide weapons, equipment and various supplies to the guerrillas and those who continuously attack senior imperial officers and even the King Kong are the same group.

The possibility of two powerful and mysterious groups opposing the empire appearing at the same time is too low.

With the intelligence capabilities demonstrated by the opponent's multiple attacks, Hattori's brigade was able to capture the Yangcun Highway entrance so easily, which made Naosaburo Okabe feel instinctively uneasy in his heart.

He has seen the battle plan and process at the Yangcun Highway entrance.

Naoomi Hattori planned to use superior cannon fodder to block subsequent reinforcements and material passages, and then repeatedly launch attacks for a day and night, and finally captured the commanding heights on both sides of the highway entrance.

The key to victory in the battle was that the artillery cut off the enemy's reinforcement channels and material supply channels, and the key point: there was a shortage of artillery shells on our own side on Tubal Road.

Did they really run out of shells?

Why are there still so many bullets and grenades?

Or is this just a trap?

But uneasiness leads to uneasiness, and Naosaburo Okabe has no choice. If he chooses to press the pause button to attack, let alone the base camp, even the commander of the dispatched army will force him to continue the attack.

Even if he can produce evidence that the front is a trap, he must continue to attack.

Either step down or continue the attack!

"Order the Hattori Brigade to continue the attack and capture Stone Bay!"

Naosaburo Okabe was heartbroken and ordered.

"Hi!"

The staff officer immediately went to convey the order.

···

"Everything is hidden?"

Yangcun, the independent regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei who came back from the front.

Ding Wei's appointment as deputy leader of the independent group is actually a test.

It is foreseeable that the Japanese will continue to attack Yangcun and Shitou Bay in the future.

Now it is a brigade, in the future it will be a division, or even an army, such as the First Army, or a front army, or even the Japanese mobile corps of the Eleventh Army will be formed to attack.

For the troops, this is an excellent opportunity to hone commanders and accumulate command experience.

In the future, independent regiments will be able to have various advanced weapons and equipment such as aircraft, tanks, and long-range heavy artillery. This will not only allow officers to accumulate experience, but also allow troops to explore tactical systems adapted to advanced weapons.

However, Brother Mo's reimbursement is only for the independent regiment and the troops supporting the independent regiment, and the supporting troops are limited to the battalion level.

But there is still a loophole in it.

Deputy Head,

The Independent Regiment is a regular regiment-level unit with only one regiment commander, but no one regulates how many deputy commanders there can be.

At present, our own army does not implement a military rank system, and in the rapid expansion stage, as well as restrictions on preserved fruits, the establishment is not very formal, which means that, in theory, anyone can join the independent regiment as deputy commander.

Even...well...as long as there is a formal reason, you can come over and serve as the deputy leader.

The deputy leader can serve concurrently.

The test situation made Li Yunlong a little uncomfortable - Ding Wei also served as an independent regiment and could still reimburse ammunition and lost weapons.

"Thirty 60-mm mortar batteries, divided into five groups, carry thirty of the latest 60-mm mortars, each with three ammunition bases, and backpack radios. They have been hidden in hidden tunnels that have been dug in advance.

Inside."

"There are also five artillery observation posts carrying backpack walkie-talkies, hidden near the entrance to the highway."

Ding Wei chuckled.

"Ha ha···"

Li Yunlong laughed out loud.

Although the Japanese captured the highway entrance, this was the first line of defense.

There are three more lines waiting for the Japanese behind.

Due to the mountainous terrain and the fact that the independent regiment has a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, aircraft are not that effective. The best support weapon is artillery.

It doesn't take much analysis to know that the Japanese will definitely deploy the main artillery force on Laoniumao. With the help of the artillery firepower extending from the commanding heights, the covering troops will continue to attack along the road and advance all the way to Shitou Bay.

After all, the only advantage the Japanese have at present is long-range artillery.

The light firepower has long been pinned to the ground by the independent regiment.

If he had not restricted the supply of artillery shells, even if the Japanese artillery fire doubled, they would not have been able to capture the Yangcun Highway entrance.

As long as the Japanese's long-range artillery is destroyed, it doesn't need to be wiped out entirely, it just needs to be suppressed. With the superiority of troops, the independent regiment can easily eat the Japanese who have sneaked into the mountainous area.

As long as half of the more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers are left behind, the 82nd mortar can be freed.

Oh, yes, there is also a new 82 mortar with a range of 5,700 meters.

As well as two other new weapons and equipment.

Li Yunlong couldn't wait any longer.

"I hope the little devil will move quickly and don't waste time."

Captain Li muttered.

···

"Artillery Regiment."

"Immediately establish positions on Lao Niumao Mountain and Niutou Mountain."

As Li Yunlong guessed, Hattori Naoomi couldn't wait to place the artillery position on Lao Niu Mao at the entrance of Yangcun Kilometers.

The flat and open mountaintop is one of the highest mountains in the surrounding area, making it a natural artillery position.

Moreover, contrary to Commander Li's estimation, Naomi Hattori did not deploy the main force in Lao Niumao and Niutoushan, but deployed all 24 mountain guns of the artillery regiment directly under the brigade here.

"The long-range cannon moved forward to the original mountain artillery position."

After hesitating for a while, Hattori Naoomi finally did not push the four Type 92 105-caliber long-range cannons to the entrance of the highway.

Although he really wanted to.

The Type 92 cannon has a maximum range of nearly 18 kilometers. If it is deployed on the top of Laoniumao Mountain, it can almost reach the vicinity of Yangcun. However, after repeated hesitation, Hattori Naoomi still gave up.

If the mountain cannon is lost, it is lost, and it can be replenished quickly.

However, the Type 92 cannon was expensive to build. It cannot be said that the empire could not afford the loss, but that it could not afford the loss.

This is not a heavy artillery piece belonging to the brigade.

Instead, it belongs to the heavy artillery brigade of the North China Front Army.

If something goes wrong, General Gangbu will make trouble for him, which is absolutely unacceptable to him.

"Hi."

The brigade staff immediately began to convey orders.

···

Although Hattori Naoomi wanted to launch an attack immediately,

It is the best choice to take advantage of the enemy's hasty retreat and unsteady foothold to quickly expand the results. However, after a day and night of offensive, Hattori's brigade was exhausted.

There is no ability to continue attacking for the time being.

At the fastest, it will take a day of repairs before attacking.

This gives the enemy a day to prepare,

But Hattori Naoomi had no choice.

Although the Locust Army is not afraid of jade, it will be tired. Although the armored vehicles and tanks were not damaged, two broke down during the battle, and the others were in urgent need of maintenance and repair.

The little devil's tank not only has poor performance, but also poor reliability.

After only one day of fighting, I started to feel like I was lying down.

It also takes a lot of time to move artillery positions. Moving dozens of guns, plus artillery shells, to the top of the mountain is no small matter.

"Pay attention to clearing out the remaining enemies around the artillery positions and strengthening artillery security."
To be continued...