Chapter 1008 I guarantee that the armored battalion will have meat to eat tonight
The deputy chief of staff's analysis was very reasonable. Okamura Neji couldn't find any reason to refute it. He stared at the sand table for another minute and then began to issue orders: "You are right..."
"If you want to successfully build the sixth blockade, continue to encircle and block the Sixth Army Division in the Wing with iron walls."
"We must not only fight this battle, but also try every means to win him."
"Order: The 105th Regiment must not hold its position at any cost."
"The 104th Wing and the 106th Wing immediately dispatched a reinforcement brigade to reinforce the 105th Wing."
"Let them bring enough artillery and tank troops to prevent the Eighth Route Army from encircling the point for reinforcements."
"In case of being besieged by the Eighth Route Army, the reinforcements will immediately break out of the encirclement under the cover of artillery and tank troops, and decide whether to continue to reinforce the 105th Regiment or withdraw to their base based on the battlefield situation."
"The remaining troops of the Eighth Route Army have limited strength, and it is impossible to target our two reinforcements at the same time to encircle the point and provide reinforcements."
"As long as a reinforcement force arrives at the 105th Regiment on time, it will be no problem to repel the Eighth Route Army."
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Okamura Neiji is right, the troops left behind in the base area really cannot attack two encirclement points at the same time for reinforcements.
But this does not mean that the other reinforcements he sent will reach the battlefield on time.
Although Yizhong is mainly composed of plains, transportation is developed and there are roads everywhere.
But Okamura Neji requested to bring more tanks and heavy artillery for self-protection, which meant that they could only use roads to reinforce the battlefield.
As long as the road is destroyed, a normal march that can be completed in more than an hour will definitely take an hour or two without any problem.
This period of time was enough for the remaining troops in the base area to capture the 105th Regiment.
At the enemy headquarters of the 1st Brigade, Huang Yu was standing at the lookout observing the artillery battle.
The base area dispatched two artillery battalions and two mountain artillery companies, and the Japanese dispatched four artillery brigades. The numerical and qualitative advantages were both on the Japanese side.
If the more than thirty artillery pieces dispatched from the base area were not all dispersed in companies and platoons of Wei units, even if the Japanese army concentrated their superior artillery fire to counterattack, they would not be able to catch them all at once. The artillery battle in front of them might have ended two minutes ago.
"Let the heavy artillery regiments join the battle..." The artillery battle between the two sides has been going on for almost ten minutes. The Japanese army has never had new artillery troops join the battle. The result of the assault company's reconnaissance is that the Japanese 105th Regiment only has four artillery brigades. Huang Yu no longer hesitates.
Make prompt decisions.
"The attacking troops rush forward..."
"Mortars and thunder cannons provided cover, stormed the Japanese blocking positions that had not yet been repaired, and forced all the Japanese out of the town and into the positions..."
When the commander of the tank battalion heard that he was not included in the attack order, he became anxious on the spot: "Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"What is our mission..."
"The little devils in this town don't have a place to use as a bunker."
"It can best utilize the firepower advantage of the tank."
"Let us go ahead and ensure that all the Japs on the battlefield are killed, and we can kill the Japs 105th Regiment at the minimum cost."
Huang Yu shook his head and refused: "Don't be afraid of waiting for good food...Why are you in a hurry..."
"The 105th Regiment in the town also hides an enhanced tank squadron, equipped with sixteen taels of tanks and armored vehicles, hiding in every corner of the town. It is difficult for our artillery to target and destroy them."
"Before we kill these tanks, the armored battalion rashly attacks. Do you think our soldiers can win in a one-on-one fight with the Japanese?"
The armored battalion commander's raised head immediately lowered.
The Japanese tank squadron is a real tank unit.
Almost all the soldiers in the armored battalion were monks halfway, and could only carry out some simple armored battles, but could not handle anything more complicated.
If we were to go head-to-head with the Japanese tank squadron on the battlefield, it would be tantamount to being a living target for the Japanese army. After half a year of training, they might not be their opponents.
If you can't win, you can't win, but the armored battalion commander doesn't want such a good fighter to slip away from under his nose.
Although the Japanese chariot squadron is hidden in the town and artillery cannot destroy it immediately, these chariots may not necessarily collide with their own chariot battalion.
In order to prevent the Japanese tank squadron from launching a counter-assault, the offensive troops specially carried more than a dozen anti-tank artillery pieces.
Maybe the Japanese tank squadron would become a target for anti-tank artillery before it could engage the armored battalion.
Staring at Huang Yu, he continued to ask: "Then when will we go to the battlefield..."
"There are only two teams of little devils in this town..."
"Kill some of the artillery and some more of the attacking troops, and there will be no one left on the position."
"If you join the war too late, you may not even be able to drink soup."
Huang Yu was very confident in his ability to control the field, and responded firmly to the armored battalion commander: "Don't worry, I guarantee that the armored battalion will have meat to eat tonight."
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At the headquarters of the Japanese 105th Regiment, the commander's face was full of disappointment.
The artillery unit did not quickly defeat the opponent in the artillery battle.
The artillery battle, which I thought would be over in five minutes, continued for ten minutes and still didn't end.
But there was nothing he could do.
The 105th Regiment's station is only so large, and the space available for building artillery positions is limited. The artillery cannot be too dispersed, and positions must be established in groups.
The Eighth Route Army's activities are everywhere outside the garrison, and their artillery can establish artillery positions in units of companies and platoons.
Once the opponents are dispersed, no matter how strong the artillery wing is, they can only counterattack one by one and cannot end the battle in a short time.
This situation is the same for everyone.
The artillery failed to break through, so the regimental commander could only pin his hopes on the infantry.
When he learned that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had begun to launch an attack, he immediately rushed out of the headquarters, climbed to the highest roof of the town, raised his binoculars, and observed the enemy's situation through artillery fire, ensuring that he could understand the latest battle situation on the front line as soon as possible and make adjustments at any time.
"Captain..." The chief of staff stood beside the commander, observing and introducing the battle situation he saw.
"The Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower was more intense than I imagined..."
"If we build blocking positions in advance, trenches can help us minimize the damage caused by mortars."
"But now we haven't repaired our positions, and many soldiers are hiding behind bunkers made of sandbags. As long as the mortar shells fired by the Eighth Route Army hit behind the bunkers, our soldiers hiding behind the bunkers will surely suffer heavy casualties."
"Didn't your Excellency, Commander, strengthen us with a large number of mortars and light and heavy machine guns? Let them all go to the battlefield to block the Eighth Route Army's offensive at all costs."
"Over and over again, and again, and again, and finally exhausted. As long as we successfully repelled the first two attacks of the Eighth Route Army, and they thought their offensive would be frustrated, we can hold on until reinforcements arrive."
"Rumble..."
At this moment, a series of thunderous explosions suddenly sounded from the artillery position behind the headquarters. The huge fireball rising into the sky was as high as two stories. Thick smoke rose from the ground, and the houses below were exploded.
After trembling twice, I realized that the explosion just now was not caused by ordinary mountain artillery shells.
