Chapter 1087 Li Yunlong: I will be a teacher again
Li Yunlong's last order confused everyone.
The emphasis in war is on quick victory, especially in siege battles.
The shorter the duration, the less pressure on the siege forces and the smaller the casualties.
Why did Li Yunlong ask everyone to slow down the siege and break the city later?
Many people had puzzled expressions on their faces, but because they were not very familiar with Li Yunlong, they didn't know how to raise this question.
Finally, Commander Zhou of the 16th Regiment stood up: "Chief..."
"Why slow down the attack?"
"The longer the siege battle drags on, the more Japanese and puppet troops will reinforce Shijiazhuang, the greater the pressure on the reinforcements, the variables in normal battles will also increase, and even the Japanese and puppet troops in the city will have more time to replenish themselves.
, I can’t understand.”
"I still think we should go all out, break the city in the shortest possible time, rush into Shijiazhuang and fight the Japanese and puppet troops in street battles, without giving the Japanese and puppet troops in the city any chance to breathe."
Li Yunlong saw the confused expressions on everyone's faces and asked with a smile: "You all think so?"
Seeing the guys nodding, they immediately said in a critical tone: "It seems you still didn't listen to what I just said."
"In this case, I, Li Yunlong, will be your teacher again and explain it carefully."
"This attack on Shijiazhuang and the capture of Shijiazhuang are secondary. Our real purpose is to force Ningji Okamura to mobilize troops from Baoding and Xiong County to reinforce Shijiazhuang. The independent brigade will take the opportunity to send reinforcements around Shijiazhuang and eat the reinforcements."
"If you attacked too quickly, you would have defeated Shijiazhuang early. How could you force Neji Okamura to send troops to reinforce Shijiazhuang?"
"Moreover……"
"Do you think the casualty price paid by attacking the city fortifications is greater, or do you think the casualty price paid by fighting the Japanese and puppet troops in street battles is greater?"
One regiment leader subconsciously replied: "Of course it's street fighting."
"Even if the enemy is in the dark and we are in the open, and both sides are fighting in the streets for the sake of consumption, the three of us soldiers can still exchange the lives of two little devils."
"The cost of attacking city fortifications is at least twice that of fighting in street battles."
"The Japanese and puppet troops relied on the solid city defenses to attack us from a high position. The soldiers used their own flesh and blood to attack, and the casualties must be very high."
Li Yunlong shook his head and replied: "Wrong..."
"And it's a big mistake..."
"In my opinion, the price we pay for attacking city fortifications is much smaller than fighting street battles with the Japanese and puppet troops."
"The reason why you think there are few casualties in street fighting is because the troops do not have strong artillery support."
"The firepower advantage lies in the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops, so everyone wants to weaken the firepower advantage of the Japanese and puppet troops through street fighting and reduce troop casualties."
"But this time we attacked Shijiazhuang in reverse."
"The firepower advantage is in our own hands."
"The more troops the Japanese and puppet troops gather in the city defenses, the more Japanese and puppet troops the artillery will blow up."
"The purpose of slowing down your siege speed is to make the Japanese and puppet troops feel that they can defend the Shijiazhuang city defenses and continue to send troops to the city head."
"The siege troops can take advantage of artillery fire to consume a large amount of the effective strength of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"When the Japanese and puppet troops in the city reacted, the defenders at the top of the city were almost destroyed by artillery. We will launch a general attack, quickly break through the city, and rush into Shijiazhuang to engage in street fighting with the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops."
Commander Zhou of the 16th Regiment immediately showed an expression of sudden realization, patted his head and said: "It's really..."
"We forgot about the artillery support the commander provided us."
"With strong artillery support, we don't have to risk our lives to attack the city like before."
"Listen to the commander, the troops will break the city in three days."
"Use your support of our artillery and tank troops to eliminate more Japanese and puppet troops on the city walls."
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Japanese Army Shijiazhuang Garrison Headquarters.
Listening to the increasingly weaker explosions around him, Major General Fujita looked very ugly.
The number of artillery pieces equipped by the artillery units in the city is much lower than the artillery pieces brought by the independent brigades in the wings.
The two sides were engaging in a head-on artillery battle, and the one who suffered was definitely himself.
Recall that as soon as the artillery battle between the two sides began, the Eighth Route Army participating in the siege outside the city all retreated and hid in the bunker digging trenches like a coward. Even a fool knew that he had been fooled.
It was too late to temporarily withdraw the artillery units from the battle.
The artillery position in the city has been locked by the Eighth Route Army artillery. In a head-on confrontation, several Eighth Route Army artillery can be killed before they are destroyed.
A hasty retreat means changing positions under the attack of dozens of artillery pieces of the Eighth Route Army.
Not to mention whether the artillery pieces weighing thousands of kilograms can be transferred out, the artillerymen involved in the transfer will definitely suffer heavy casualties from the artillery fire.
In the end, it is very likely that an artillery unit will be severely damaged, but it will not kill a single artillery piece of the Eighth Route Army.
Under this situation, Major General Fujita could only hold on to the end even though he knew that the artillery under his command was often the opponent of the Independent Brigade in the wing of the Eighth Route Army.
The sound of artillery on the battlefield is getting weaker and weaker, indicating that the outcome of the artillery battle between the two sides has been determined, and soon they will face their first defeat after the two sides fought.
"Sir..."
Saying Cao Cao, Cao Cao said, the artillery staff officer ran to Major General Fujita with his head lowered and a solemn expression on his face. He opened his mouth several times without making a sound.
Major General Fujita saw his subordinates' concerns and worries and directly ordered: "Say it, I can handle the loss no matter how big it is."
"Hai..." The artillery staff officer could only hand the battle speed list to Major General Fujita, and then reported in as low a voice as possible.
"The artillery troops were pale in the artillery battle just now..."
"A total of twenty-six artillery pieces participated in the battle, and now only three mountain cannons, two field cannons, and one heavy artillery can continue to be used."
"All other artillery pieces suffered devastating hits."
"The supporting artillery also suffered more than 80% casualties in the artillery battle just now."
The result was better than Major General Fujita expected.
I originally thought that the more than 20 artillery pieces participating in the battle would be wiped out, but it turned out that there were still six pieces left. Maybe these artillery pieces could be used to save lives at critical moments.
The solemn expression on his face obviously relaxed, and he continued to ask: "Where is the result of the battle?"
"We lost 20 artillery pieces and more than 400 gunners. Don't tell me that the artillery unit did not destroy a single artillery piece of the Eighth Route Army."
The artillery staff member quickly shook his head: "After inference, the Eighth Route Army lost approximately ten artillery pieces and has nearly forty artillery pieces left to continue fighting."
"Please city defense troops be prepared for artillery defense in future battles. It will be difficult for the remaining artillery troops in the city to continue to provide them with artillery support in the following city defense battles."
The artillery achieved lower results than Major General Fujita expected, and the facial expression that had just soothed was replaced by solemnity.
He turned to look at the chief of staff aside: "Without artillery, the artillery equipped by the Eighth Route Army can dominate the entire battlefield."
"If the troops rely on city defenses to defend to the end, many soldiers will definitely die under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army."
"It seems that our focus in the next battle will still be on street fighting."
