In a landing operation, the most dangerous time should be when the landing troops are still on the water.
Therefore, there is such a saying when dealing with landing operations on the battlefield: "Destroy the enemy on the water."
Of course, except for the eagle sauce.
Because Yingjiang can use warships and aircraft to bomb the enemy's coastal defenses for days and nights before landing, all the facilities and fortifications set up on the shore are in vain for Yingjiang.
On the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese realized this at a later stage, so they gave up the strategy of "eliminating the enemy on the water", instead allowed Yingjiang to land and chose to build tunnel fortifications on the island to fight a war of attrition against them.
At this time, the Japanese did not have this level of understanding.
But the Eighth Route Army is not Yingjiang, it doesn't have their firepower.
Therefore, if we were to engage in a serious landing battle with the Japanese during the day, the thirty landing ships of the Eighth Route Army would be almost as good as seeking death... The Japanese would only need one shot of artillery to blow up the Salt Lake into a mess. The resistance of the Eighth Route Army
A landing ship with poor sinkability and stability would probably sink half of it in the first time.
Fortunately, none of this happened. The Japanese were still having a great time fighting the Eighth Route Army harassing troops on both wings and had no idea what was happening on the lake.
Stationed in the south of Yuncheng is the 226th Regiment, and the commander of the regiment, Colonel Uetake, is observing the enemy's situation with a telescope at the top of the city.
The person who reported to Adachi Twenty-three that he was being bombarded by the Eighth Route Army's spray artillery was actually Colonel Kamitake himself... When Adachi Twenty-three was questioned, he hastily made the excuse that his subordinates lied about the enemy's situation.
In fact, how could he, the commander of the unit, not know whether there was a violent bombing?
Those were the enemy's artillery shells. The artillery shells hit our own position. You can hear how many artillery shells there were and what the degree of bombardment was.
However, Shangzhu was right about one thing. At this time, the Eighth Route Army had gathered more than a dozen rocket launcher vehicles aimed in this direction, but they had not yet opened fire.
Colonel Uetake looked at the battle situation through the telescope and felt a little strange. The enemy's offensive looked like a feint but not like a feint.
A regular feint should involve investing a considerable amount of troops so that the opponent has to respond with a considerable amount of troops.
This is also the purpose of a feint attack, to hold back the enemy's forces.
But the Eighth Route Army in front of them... they seemed to just want to make some noise. For example, there was clearly no attack by the imperial army in a certain area, but the sound of gunshots and the explosion of grenades was heard.
This obviously cannot play a role in holding back the troops.
Colonel Shangzhu felt a little strange. Could it be that the Eighth Route Army has recently acquired so much ammunition that it can be wasted like this?
However, if it was not a feint attack, what was the Eighth Route Army doing?
What's the purpose of doing this?
If Wang Xuexin knew that the Japanese would think of this, he should have deployed more troops to fight a serious feint attack.
But Wang Xuexin relented. He believed that the casualties would be too great, so he just asked the covering troops to "make some noise."
Unexpectedly, this made the Japanese suspicious.
Colonel Uetake thought for a while, then pointed in a direction in the darkness and ordered to the adjutant: "Send a small team to that location to check which unit is fighting the Eighth Route Army!"
"Yes!" the adjutant responded, and immediately rang the phone to convey the order.
The devil acted very quickly, and the reply came within a few minutes.
"Your Majesty Colonel!" the adjutant reported with disdain: "There are no troops fighting the Eighth Route Army there. The enemy fired randomly at the bunker in the dark and threw grenades at us from a long distance!"
Then the adjutant came to the conclusion: "This is the Eighth Route Army trying to test the firepower of our army. Don't these cowards dare to come closer?"
The adjutant took it for granted that this was an act of cowardice by the Eighth Route Army, thinking that the enemy did not dare to launch an attack and was showing off to his superiors in the dark... This often happened among the puppet troops. When the Japanese sent the puppet troops to the battlefield, the puppet troops often
He just fired into the air and pretended to be fighting fiercely with the enemy. The adjutant thought that this was also the case for the Eighth Route Army.
Colonel Uetake thought for a while and then said: "Nagashima-kun, how long have you been fighting with the Eighth Route Army?"
The adjutant thought for a while and replied: "It should have been more than a year since I was transferred to Shanxi!"
Colonel Uetake asked again: "So, in more than a year, have you ever seen the Eighth Route Army fighting with fear of death?"
The adjutant thought for a while and replied: "It is indeed suspicious to be said like this by His Majesty the Colonel! This is not the style of the Eighth Route Army!"
Colonel Uetake nodded: "Although the Eighth Route Army is greedy for life and fear of death, there are very few of them. This is an army with poor equipment and difficult conditions. If they don't even have morale and courage, they will not be able to survive until now.
, and it is impossible for us to become a serious problem!"
The adjutant couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "So, Your Majesty Colonel, why did the Eighth Route Army do this?"
This was also what seemed strange to Colonel Uetake, so he remained silent.
They made noise deliberately to cover up other sounds.
But what voice did the Eighth Route Army have to cover up?
Chariot?
Unlikely!
The narrowest point of the passage formed by the city walls and the salt lake on both sides is only a few hundred meters. If the chariots enter this passage to attack the bunkers and city walls, it is tantamount to seeking death. They will only huddle there and become an excellent target for artillery.
Besides tanks, what else did the Eighth Route Army need to cover up?
At this time, Colonel Uetake faintly heard a different sound coming from the darkness. It seemed to be the sound of a motor or the sound of paddling.
salt lake?
Colonel Kamitake was startled and immediately ordered: "Fire flares on the lake!"
The adjutant was shocked by what Colonel Uetake said. It was actually a lake? This is impossible!
Although the adjutant thought so in his mind, his movements did not stop at all. He immediately shouted to the communication soldier: "Three shots on the lighting surface, directly ahead of the lake!"
Soon, several rounds of illumination bombs flew into the dark sky with a "soaring" sound, and then released a dazzling light in the sky, illuminating the originally dark lake surface like daylight.
Then everyone was shocked.
Under the light of the flare, it was clear that a ship was approaching, and that ship also carried tanks...
"Artillery!" Colonel Kamitake exclaimed in the next second: "Organize artillery bombardment immediately!"
"Contact the artillery!" the adjutant shouted to the signal soldier: "Also, turn over the mortar! There is also the third squadron..."
The Third Squadron is the reserve unit of the 226th Wing and is a unit used to fight fires in emergencies.
The reserve team was used before the battle even started, which was probably the first time in the history of Japanese warfare.
However, it seemed to be too late at this time, because the landing ship was only more than a hundred meters away from the shore, and the Japanese artillery had not set up the elements of the Salt Lake. They even needed a test launch to complete the accurate bombing.