"Your Excellency Kanda, now that all our troops are in place, why don't you launch an attack on Liantai County immediately? I think this behavior undermines the majesty of the Imperial Japanese Army!"
In the headquarters of the Sixth Division, the commander of the 108th Division, Lieutenant General Shimomoto Xiongya, shouted angrily. However, he was dissatisfied, but he still tried to maintain restraint because he understood very well that although everyone was a division
Regiment commander, but there is a big difference between division commander and division commander.
Looking at Shimomoto Xiongmi with fire flashing in his eyes, the commander of the Sixth Division, Kanda Masanee, frowned: "Shimomoto-kun, come here and take a look."
The visitor came to the map hanging on the wall. Kanda Masane pointed at the dense symbols marked on the map and asked: "This is the defense line deployed by the Liantai Militia Group in an area of 4.5 kilometers from east to west in Liantai County. The terrain here is
The complex lines of defense are criss-crossed, tell me now, how much time are you prepared to spend and how many people are you going to lose to capture this line of defense?"
Of course Yuan Xiongmi had studied this defense line, and he said without hesitation: "In my opinion, although the defense line deployed by the Chinese is strong, we do not have no chance.
I think that as long as we concentrate all the artillery fire of our two divisions and bombard this line of defense non-stop, we will be able to blast a gap in three days, and then our tens of thousands of troops can break through and use our
The superior force tore apart this seemingly solid defense line, and then captured Liantai County in one fell swoop!"
"Three days?"
Kanda Masane immediately asked: "Do you know how much ammunition is needed to bombard for three consecutive days? Can our logistics supplies keep up? What if the Chinese artillery counterattacks us? The most important thing is that the Liantai militia is not ordinary.
The Chinese army, don’t forget that Gao Hongming has a powerful air force!"
"So what?" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi has not thought about this: "But don't forget, the empire's air force is larger and more numerous than Gao Hongming! We must immediately send a report to Commander Gangcun,
Please ask him to mobilize more planes to support and annihilate all the planes of the Liantai militia. In this way, even if Gao Hongming has great abilities, he can only be annihilated by us!"
Looking at the fanatical Shimomoto Kumiya, Kanda Masane understood why this senior who was two realms above him could only serve as the division commander of a third-rate division.
"Xia Yuanjun, you are too fanatical. This is not how wars are fought!" Kanda Masane shook his head helplessly, "Have you ever calculated how much sacrifice is needed to completely annihilate the Liantai militia without completely gaining air supremacy?
Champions of the Empire? Ten thousand? Or twenty thousand?”
"So what if 20,000 warriors are sacrificed? It's still worth it!" Shimomoto Xiongmi's face became more and more fanatical, "His Majesty the Emperor has issued an edict at the imperial meeting, who can destroy the Liantai Militia or kill Gao Hongming
, he will personally receive him and award him a medal! Kanda-kun, don’t you want to get this honor?”
Kanda Masane stopped talking. He could see that Shimomoto Xiongmi had been confused by the honor of annihilating Gao Hongming, but he did not want to think about it. If Gao Hongming was so easy to eliminate, how could it be their turn? The people stationed in Shanxi
The First Army had already done it on its own.
"Xia Yuanjun, I can only say this. If you still insist on launching an attack on the Liantai Militia without gaining air superiority, don't blame the Sixth Division for not actively cooperating!"
Shimomoto Xiongya was not to be outdone, "Kanda-kun, you don't have to cooperate with the 108th Division's operations, but I will definitely report today's events truthfully in the report to Commander Okamura after the war.
Don’t blame me for not thinking about the friendship between classmates.”
"That is your freedom." Faced with Shimomoto Kumiya's threat, Kanda Masane remained unmoved, "But I also ask you not to forget what Commander Okamura's message said?
This operation should be mainly based on feint attacks and containment. As long as the Liantai militia can be contained to ensure that the sweep can be successfully completed, if there is no certainty, no active attack on the Liantai militia should be launched.
If unpredictable consequences occur because you disobey Commander Gangcun’s orders, you will bear full responsibility!”
Kanda Masane's expression was particularly serious. Shimomoto Xiongya could see that he was definitely serious, and the anger in his heart also reduced a lot. He took a deep breath: "Okay, then I will wait another seven days. If it's a week
If our Army Aviation cannot obtain air supremacy within this time, then don’t blame me!”
After saying that, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi walked out of the headquarters without looking back...
When the afterglow of the setting sun falls on the land that has been ravaged by war for this month from east to west on Liantai, the front line of the confrontation between the Chinese and Japanese armies south of Liantai is as silent as ever. The long yellow-brown belt is the confrontation between the two sides.
Some birds looking for food can be seen in the trenches of the two armies. It is surprisingly quiet at this time.
In a civil fortification built by the 9th Battalion, an artillery instructor operated the artillery scope to carefully observe the Japanese front line. Next to him sat a soldier. There was a phone in front of the soldier. If he found
Any valuable target will be called by phone for artillery fire. This has been the case for more than half a month. For them, the biggest improvement is to be more accurate when calling artillery fire.
In a well-concealed sniper position, Lu Xianping, who was wielding a PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle, was still searching for targets with a telescope as usual. Now there were fewer and fewer valuable targets. A month of sniper battles had already made the enemy on the opposite side more vulnerable.
The Japanese army has become smarter. They will never show their heads out of the trenches and let themselves become a strong bar on the butt of the sniper pistol of the Liantai Militia.
"I really don't know how long I'm going to have to deal with them! Damn it!"
After searching for a long time without finding the target, Lu Xianping cursed in a low voice, then put down the telescope, picked up the heavy PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle, and aimed at the Japanese trenches through the scope. Holding the weapon made him feel a little irritated.
My heart is extremely peaceful.
Under the scope, you can see the yellow parapets of the Japanese trenches that stretch for several kilometers. The PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle can penetrate the thick parapets of the Japanese trenches and kill the Japanese soldiers behind the parapets. But only if Lu Xianping has clairvoyance.
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"Hey! This is..."
Just when Lu Xianping felt bored, a slight movement suddenly appeared next to the yellow parapet in the scope. Although the movement disappeared instantly, it still did not escape his sharp eyes, so Lu Xianping, who felt extremely excited, hurriedly
Holding the rifle and looking through the scope carefully, his fingers held the trigger at the same time, and the safety of the PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle was also removed by Leng Jun with his thumb.
At the same time, the conductor who had been searching for targets in the fortifications also noticed a little movement on the edge of the Japanese trenches through the artillery mirror. He also felt a little excited and licked his dry lips, and at the same time patted the soldiers sitting next to him on the head.