Chapter 775 Li Yunlong is very proud (first update)
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Chapter 775 Li Yunlong is very proud (first update)
"Your Excellency, Commander..." An exclamation suddenly reached Neji Okamura's ears. He looked up and saw a lieutenant running towards him with a smile on his face.
Before he could stand still, he hurriedly reported: "Your method was successful..."
"The artillery unit just killed an Eighth Route Army artillery unit."
"Eliminate more than a hundred gunners and destroy a dozen mortars..."
"The other two Eighth Route Artillery units operating near us seemed to be frightened and they evacuated the battlefield directly. The threat of artillery attack faced by our army has been lifted..."
The division commander felt that a great revenge had been avenged. Before Neji Okamura could speak, he hurriedly asked: "Be clear."
"The Eighth Route Army artillery comes like the wind and goes like a shadow. How did you lock them in?"
The lieutenant quickly explained again how the scouts found the Eighth Route Army artillery and how to use signal flares to guide the artillery to attack targets...
The division commander laughed after hearing this, looked at Okamura Neji with regret on his face and said: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"If I had known that this method was so effective, we would not have taken the initiative just now, and the troops would have lost more than a thousand people in vain."
"The same goes for the Eighth Route Army. It hastily withdrawn from the battle after losing only one artillery unit. It's so spineless."
"If they persist a little longer, maybe we can kill another artillery unit."
Okamura Neiji was much calmer than the division commander. He shook his head and replied: "This battle is not as easy as you think."
"Do you know how much the scouts paid to find the Eighth Route Army artillery?"
"Before the scouts targeted the Eighth Route Army's artillery, how many field artillery and heavy artillery did the artillery regiment lose in the sudden artillery attack?"
"If I can take the initiative to kill the Eighth Route Army artillery, I will definitely not settle for the second best and let the scouts look for the Eighth Route Army artillery and compete with them."
The division commander immediately turned his attention to the lieutenant, wanting to know the answer from him.
"Your Excellency, Commander, is wise..." the lieutenant flattered him a little before reporting.
"In addition to artillery, the Eighth Route Army also sent a large number of infantry around us to protect the safety of the artillery."
"Our scouts all operate independently in detachments. Once targeted by the Eighth Route Army, they will be killed."
"In order to lock this artillery, the scouts lost at least seventy people..."
The division commander immediately showed a nonchalant expression and said: "That's worth it..."
"We lost more than 70 scouts, and the Eighth Route Army lost more than 100 gunners. In terms of casualty ratio, we still made a profit..."
The lieutenant continued to report: "Except for the scouts, before we locked onto the Eighth Route Army artillery unit, they fired a total of six rounds of artillery shells at the artillery regiment, destroying six field guns and heavy artillery of the artillery regiment..."
"It also killed and injured more than 60 gunners of our army, destroyed six cars, and a large number of artillery shells..."
Hearing this, the division commander couldn't help laughing.
Field artillery and heavy artillery pieces are not comparable to ordinary mortars.
In terms of value, three or four mortars cannot be exchanged for one field gun.
Not to mention heavy artillery, ten mortars can't even be replaced by one.
The Eighth Route Army lost more than ten mortars, and the artillery regiment lost six field guns and heavy artillery. The loss of equipment alone was a huge loss...
Okamura Neiji spoke at the right time: "Now you know why I would rather take risks and let the troops take the initiative to attack than use this method of attack!"
"If the remaining two artillery units of the Eighth Route Army do not retreat and continue to fight us, even if they are completely wiped out by us, the artillery regiment will lose half of its field artillery and heavy artillery."
"It's not worth it..."
"Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army's equipment is limited. It lost more than ten mortars and did not dare to continue fighting."
"Otherwise, I really don't know how to continue fighting this battle."
Okamura Neiji suddenly changed the subject and continued: "But no matter how much the troops paid, we finally defeated the Eighth Route Army's night attack."
"As long as the troops successfully recapture Baoding, the Kwantung Army's first operational goal in moving south will be accomplished."
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Zhaojiacun is the only way from Baoding to Wangdu.
For more than a month, although the Wangdu garrison has been fighting in Baoding, the local troops and guerrillas have not been idle and have been organizing people to dig tunnels in the base area.
During the last counter-mopping operation, the Yizhong Eighth Route Army relied on tunnel fortifications to defeat the strong with the weak. It not only defended the base area and spared the people the suffering of war, but also severely damaged the small Japanese mopping up troops.
Let all the people in the base area realize the power of the tunnel.
The people who did not support digging tunnels in the village before have now changed their minds and now go to help the guerrillas and local troops whenever they have time.
With the joint efforts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the base area, the length of tunnels within the base area has more than tripled compared to the last counter-mopping operation.
All villages along the highway are covered by tunnels.
Every household has an entrance and exit connected to the tunnel network, and there are tunnels connecting villages.
In order to prevent the Japanese from digging trenches and cutting off the tunnel network, each village dug at least two preliminary tunnels up to ten meters deep to connect to the outside of the village.
The 26th Regiment arrived for the first time, and everyone including the leader Li Zhi was frightened by the tunnel fortifications in front of them.
Li Yunlong especially liked to see them look like they had never seen the world before, and said with a proud look on his face: "What, are you all scared?"
"I didn't expect that tunnels could be dug like this..."
"Let me tell you, this is just the tip of the iceberg, there are more powerful things to come."
"Otherwise, in the last counter-mopping operation, we wouldn't have been able to defeat the strong with the weak and eliminate so many little Japs in our base area."
"This time, the superior commander transferred you to the Yizhong base area to reinforce us. You are absolutely right."
"With such good tunnel fortifications in hand, it will be difficult for us not to win the battle. We are just waiting to reap the victory."
"Let's keep going forward and let you see more powerful troops use tunnels to fight the Japanese."
Li Zhi has rich combat experience and his brain works very fast. He can understand many things at a click. He pointed to a shooting hole next to the tunnel: "Set up a light machine gun here..."
"If the little devils enter the tunnel, they can all be killed in one stroke."
Li Yunlong immediately answered: "Machine guns are too wasteful, a 38-inch gun is enough..."
"The Sanba Gai has strong penetrating power. The tunnel is so narrow. If fired at close range, one bullet can penetrate the bodies of at least two little devils."
After saying that, his face suddenly became very serious, and he looked at Li Zhi and analyzed it carefully: "The next task of the 26th Regiment is one."
"Eating, sleeping, and doing activities are all in the tunnel."
"Understand the tunnels in the shortest possible time and learn how to fight in them..."
"After the big sweep began, this was the first position where the Japanese army attacked Wangdu County."
"The Kwantung Army has never fought in tunnel warfare and does not understand tunnel warfare. We must take advantage of their ignorance of tunnel warfare and teach them a severe lesson here."
"After the battle is completed, the Japanese will definitely have serious concerns about our army's tunnel warfare, which will affect their morale. Our army will be able to boost their morale and use the tunnel fortifications behind them to continue killing the Japanese."
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