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"A large-caliber heavy machine gun, paired with tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets, is really powerful against infantry."

The commander of the New Ninth Regiment was excited, and the commander of the Fifth Battalion of the Independent Regiment was equally excited.

Although I have done actual combat drills before, I know that the new heavy machine gun equipped with tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles can easily penetrate the steel plate of the Japanese armored vehicle from a few hundred meters apart, let alone the Japanese gun turrets, simple civil sandbag bunkers.

But an exercise is an exercise after all.

Even if it is an exercise that is close to actual combat, it is not actual combat after all.

Mainly because there are no ghosts.

The feeling of bullets punching through a straw dummy is not as exciting as the thrill of smashing a Japanese soldier?

"In the future, we will need to bring more armor-piercing ammunition for this kind of mission."

The commander of the fifth battalion was thinking in his mind.

In fact, tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets and ordinary steel core bullets are actually the same. If they hit the enemy, they will either be disabled or dead. However, the former's ability to penetrate fortifications is obviously much stronger, and its ballistic stability is similar.

It's just that the armor-piercing bullet is heavier,

Anyway, my friend, the group leader, can reimburse me.

With a jeep, the carrying capacity is sufficient. A vehicle can tow a ton, and the weight does not matter.

at the same time,

After communicating directly with the brigade headquarters via walkie-talkie,

Although the technical level of walkie-talkies is similar to that produced by Motorola during World War II in the United States. They are at the same technical level. There is no generational difference like mortars. However, the communication distance has been significantly improved and the signal stability is also strong. In addition, now

The pure electromagnetic environment allows the New Fifth Regiment to communicate smoothly with the brigade headquarters dozens of kilometers away in the highlands.

"Yes, I promise to complete the task."

The leader of the New Ninth Regiment immediately began to arrange:

"Clean up the battlefield and build positions along the Japanese strongholds and roads."

Even if there was no news from the brigade headquarters, he knew that the Japanese would definitely launch a counterattack and the troops could not be allowed to occupy Daxia Village.

Once the troops occupy this area, a hole will be opened in the defense line woven by the Japanese around the Tongpu Line. Through this hole, the troops can gradually expand the occupied area or launch an attack on the Tongpu Line.

···

"The stronghold of Daxia Village has been lost?"

"A new large-caliber heavy machine gun appears on the 8th Route? Can it penetrate the walls of gun towers and strongholds from a few hundred meters away?"

"And equipped with a large number of small cars?"

The news of the fall of Daxia Village was passed all the way, because the enemy's strength was too strong and Daxia Village was too important. The final news soon appeared at the headquarters of Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Daxia Village?"

Yamamoto Kazuki, who had not appeared for a long time, was now the chief of staff of the First Army.

Yamamoto still has a brain, and he knows that as the strength of the Eighth Route Army increases, his special agent team of a few dozen people will suffer heavy losses if they encounter a battalion, let alone a main force group.

Nowadays, there is almost no environment for special warfare to survive in North China, so I can just sit down and be the chief of staff. As for promoting special warfare, I keep it deep in my heart.

"General, we must take back Daxia Village."

Even Yamamoto, who is obsessed with special operations, knows the importance of Daxia Village:

"Once this place is lost, the enemy can easily threaten the Tongpu line."

Although the road passing by Daxia Village is an important transportation line connecting the Jinzhong Basin and the Yuncheng Basin, the mountainous area between the two basins is within the control of Tubal Road. This transportation line actually exists in name only and cannot transport materials at all.

What really connects the two basins, as well as Taiyuan and Linfen Yuncheng, is the Tongpu Line.

Compared with the transportation capacity of railways, the transportation capacity of roads is negligible.

"I know."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded solemnly.

Daxia Village is only thirty kilometers away from Tongpu Line.

And more importantly, it is surrounded by relatively complex mountainous areas. This is the home ground of Tubal Road. Unless all the troops stationed in Taiyuan and Jinzhong Basin of his First Army are dispatched, it will be impossible to drive Tubal Road away from this mountainous area.

But the dispatch of all these units of the First Army will give Tubal Road an opportunity to attack the Jinzhong Basin and even Taiyuan.

Tubal Road occupied Daxia Village and could pass through this place to launch continuous attacks on the Tongpu Line. Even if he deployed heavy troops around the Tongpu Line and laid layers of fortresses along the railway line, he could not prevent the attackers with a range of three kilometers.

Tubal Road was harassed by artillery fire.

A 60mm shell can destroy a railway.

An 82 mortar can even directly destroy a train.

As for Tubal Road, there are many artillery shells.

Once the Tongpu Line is lost, the Imperial Locust Army's strategy of breaking through Tongguan and entering the Guanzhong Plain will be fatally affected.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

"Order the 37th Brigade, the 37th and 38th Independent Infantry Brigades, the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and the 3rd Independent Artillery Battalion to immediately retake Daxia Village."

In order to ensure the recapture of Daxia Village, Yoshio Shinozuka dispatched an infantry regiment, two infantry brigades, and an artillery battalion at one go, a sufficient strength of 6,000 locust troops.

In the past, this was a large-scale mopping up force, and it took more than half a month to mobilize and prepare.

But now, only the First Army garrison in the Jinzhong Basin can be deployed at any time.

It is a mobile force.

Even after mobilizing these 6,000 Japanese soldiers, Yoshio Shinozuka still had a full mobile force of the Yoshino Regiment stationed in Taiyuan as a reserve unit, which could be put into battle at any time.

After shrinking the defense, the Japanese troops gradually became more abundant, especially near the railway lines, where there were a large number of mobile troops.

Of course, the main reason is that in the battle in Daxia Village, the enemy showed great strength, and reinforcements are very likely to follow. An infantry regiment will definitely not be able to handle it.

"Order."

"The aviation force took off immediately and bombed the defenders of Daxia Bay."

Then Yoshio Shinozuka dispatched his air force.

After the Battle of Yangcun ended and the disastrous defeat of Hattori's brigade, the command of the air wing directly under the First Army returned to the hands of Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Lots of cars."

"New heavy machine gun."

"The strength of Tubal Road has improved a lot."

After the order was issued, Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the huge map of Shanxi and fell into deep thought:

"What do these people want to do?"

According to reports from the front line, there were more than a hundred vehicles appearing in Daxia Village this time.

From this point of view, this must be the elite main force of Tubal Road, several main regiments in size, otherwise it would be impossible to equip so many cars.

But with such a huge army gathered in Daxia Village, what do they want to do?

It was a major attack on the Tongpu Line.

Or, stay in Daxia Village and completely cut off the Tongpu Line?

···

"Give us?"

In Daxia Village, the leader of the New Ninth Regiment looked at the eight heavy machine guns and hundreds of boxes of bullets lined up in a row, and couldn't help but swallowed his throat.

According to the order of the brigade headquarters, the Fifth Battalion of the Independent Regiment is the support force of the New Ninth Regiment, and he has the command of the defense of Daxia Village.

However, as a veteran battalion commander and a newly promoted infantry regiment commander, he knew very well that the least qualified person who could serve as a battalion commander in an independent regiment would be no worse than him.

Previously, he was not selected as the commander of the 19th Battalion of the Independent Regiment.

That's an independent group!

Bullets grenades artillery shells free independent regiment.

For those who want to serve as battalion commanders in independent regiments, there are many at the headquarters, and the requirements for registration are very high.

Now it seems that I should have worked hard at that time to command such a battalion, let alone a regiment, even a brigade, it can't compare!

And maybe there will be some good weapons in the future!

Therefore, he asked the commander of the fifth battalion to discuss the position deployment, and the two worked together to build a defensive position.

With the cooperation of the two, a multi-layered defensive position based on the enemy's stronghold was completed.

When arranging firepower, the commander of the New Ninth Regiment expressed his envy for the new machine guns, but what he didn't expect was that, backhand, the commander of the fifth battalion of the Independent Regiment gave him eight new heavy machine guns.

And, twenty-four thousand rounds of ammunition.

It was true that the leader of the New Ninth Regiment was shocked.
To be continued...