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After the artillery blasts were almost done, it was the Japanese tanks' turn.
It is very easy to blow up Japanese tanks. It does not even require the use of artillery detection radar. Just a few artillery scouts stand at the top of the city to calculate and report the coordinates through the telephone line, and the artillery shells will come immediately.
Yamada Oji may have had an idea, and ordered the tanks to knock on the city gate with tank cannons... This method is indeed feasible, because the city gate cannot block the tank shells, and it will definitely be penetrated by a few more rounds.
This is also true. After a few cannons were fired, the city gate turned into a pile of debris. The Japanese cheered and poured in through the city gate...
However, how could Wang Xuexin not think of what the Japanese could think of?
The best way to defend the city gate is to blockade it with fire. Wang Xuexin had already laid out an arc-shaped defense line at the city gate. As soon as the Japanese rushed in, they were immediately suppressed by fire from several directions. In an instant, the city gate was full of people.
Bullets and blood.
The Japanese were also stubborn, and even so, they still stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rushed forward.
Blood spurted everywhere, corpses rolled forward, and the entire city gate was filled.
But the Japanese are still getting closer and closer...
They seemed to think that as long as they kept fighting like this, they could continue to approach the Eighth Route Army's defense line and then enter the city.
But soon a few incendiary bombs that exploded accurately at the city gate completely put an end to the devil's thoughts...
No one can break through a city gate guarded by incendiary bombs unless he is indestructible.
What's more, the city gates are not only guarded by incendiary bombs, but the Eighth Route Army's howitzers can fire at any time to intercept the following troops.
Finally, the Japanese retreated unwillingly.
Although this battle did not last long, the victory was actually decided: the Japanese casualties were at least 2,000, most of them artillerymen.
As soon as Naosaburo Okabe heard the battle report in the headquarters, he was so shocked that his palms trembled and he almost couldn't hold the telegram: "What? The artillery detection radar is not working? Most of the artillery has been lost?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, General!" Ojodo Sanji replied: "We did not expect that artillery detection radar has such strict requirements on the battlefield environment! I think artillery detection radar should be more suitable for working indoors rather than in the wild..."
It’s no wonder that Ojodo Sanji thinks so.
The Eighth Route Army was also defeated by the Imperial Army using artillery detection radar. Why was the Artillery Detection Radar useful in the hands of the Eighth Route Army but useless in the hands of the Imperial Army?
If there is any difference, it is that the Eighth Route Army must be on the defensive every time it fights!
Naosaburo Okabe thought about it and realized that Sanji Ochito was right.
For example, in the Battle of Yanmen Pass, the Eighth Route Army's artillery reconnaissance radar was placed in the artillery fort and in the rear where the artillery fire of the Imperial Army could not reach it.
The same is true at Niangziguan, although the Eighth Route Army artillery detection radar did not work.
Not to mention the Battle of Taiyuan, where the Eighth Route Army's artillery detection radar was placed in the city.
Naosaburo Okabe let out a long sigh and said: "We still think about things simply, thinking that having artillery detection radar can suppress the enemy's artillery!"
"So now..." Ojoto Sanji frowned and said, "How should we attack Taiyuan and send reinforcements?"
Naosaburo Okabe fell silent.
Sending reinforcements may be a feasible method, because Niangzi Pass is now in the hands of the imperial army and the road to Taiyuan is open.
As long as the imperial army sends a steady stream of reinforcements around Taiyuan to surround it, so what if Taiyuan has an artillery detection radar? The sealed Taiyuan will eventually run out of ammunition and food!
Therefore, the initiative is still in the hands of the imperial army, which cannot be changed after the imperial army captured the artillery on both sides of Niangzi Pass.
Just when Naosaburo Okabe nodded and agreed to send reinforcements, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Wait!" Naosaburo Okabe stopped Sanji Ojodo who was about to give an order.
"Your Excellency, General..." Sanji Ojoto asked doubtfully, "Is there any question?"
Naosaburo Okabe asked with a very ugly face: "Ojoto-kun, when our army marches into Taiyuan, the Eighth Route Army should have known for a long time that one division and one chariot brigade cannot capture Taiyuan, right?"
Ojoto Sanji thought for a while, then nodded and said: "We thought we could capture Taiyuan because we had three artillery detection radars. The Eighth Route Army was waiting for work. They didn't know that we had artillery detection radars and they did, so they really didn't need too much
Worry……"
"If you don't need to worry too much!" Naosaburo Okabe asked again: "Do they still need to send reinforcements to Taiyuan?"
Then Oshiro Sanji understood: "What the General means is..."
"Retreat!" Naosaburo Okabe shouted: "Order the troops to retreat immediately!"
"yes!"
Oshiro Sanji was told by Naosaburo Okabe that the reinforcements sent by the Eighth Route Army were not to save Taiyuan, but to surround the imperial army!
On the other side, Yamada Oji was still very angry about the battle just now.
However, he didn't say anything. He just stared at the topographic map of Taiyuan. After a while, he said to his staff: "Order the troops to rest for one night before attacking tomorrow!"
"Tomorrow?" the staff officer asked in confusion: "General, do you mean to attack at dawn?"
The real idea of the staff was that they could not attack during the day or night... As long as the enemy still had artillery shells and its artillery detection radar could still work, it would be almost impossible to capture Taiyuan.
If you have to choose between day and night, the staff officer will choose night instead of day, because engineers are easier to get closer to the enemy's wall at night, while during the day...
Yamada Oji didn't think so: "The enemy's artillery can be unaffected at night, but our tanks don't have much combat effectiveness, so of course we attack during the day!"
The staff officer then realized that if we wanted to use the firepower of the chariots, we should indeed attack during the day.
"Tomorrow!" Yamada Oji pointed to the city gate of Taiyuan and said: "Assign the chariot troops, and as soon as it gets dark, use the chariot to blow open the city gate and attack at the same time. At the same time... the chariot rushes into the city gate first, do you understand?
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The staff officer glanced at the map, then stood up and said, "Yes!"
This may be a feasible battle plan.
Taiyuan has eight city gates. If all eight city gates are breached at the same time, and tanks rush forward to block bullets, as long as the speed is fast enough and the coordination is good enough, the Eighth Route Army may be caught off guard and the Eighth Route Army may rush into the city.
As long as one force rushes into the city, victory belongs to the imperial army.
Just when Yamada Oji was about to formulate further detailed plans, Okabe Naosaburo's order came.
"Retreat! Retreat immediately!"
Yamada Oji was still unwilling to give in. He sent a message: "Your Excellency, General, we will win as soon as the sky breaks out!"
"Victory?" Naosaburo Okabe replied: "Are you still thinking about attacking Taiyuan? You are about to be surrounded by the enemy!"
Yamada Oji stood there stunned for a long time, unable to speak.