"General, as long as you give me enough artillery support, I am confident that I can break through the first line of defense of the Eighth Route Army in half an hour!" The captain of the Second Infantry Battalion suddenly stood up and asked for a fight.
"Your Excellency, General, even the humble Third Infantry Brigade can do it!" A captain stood up not to be outdone.
Each of the several captains wanted to win the first victory in the attack on the independent regiment, so everyone did not want to let go and stared at Ono, waiting for orders.
"No! None of you are going!" Ono refused unexpectedly.
First, a sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth, and then he stared at the brigade commander of the Imperial Association Army.
"Wang Sang, you are the most loyal friend of the Imperial Japanese Army. The garrison brigade has been training for so long. You and I have never seen the training results of the garrison brigade. So I decided to leave the first attack to you.
The security brigade!”
"You will be in charge of how to attack. My artillery brigade will also be under your command. It will provide ten minutes of artillery fire to the attacking troops!"
The brigade commander's face instantly turned pale.
To give himself the first attack was, to put it nicely, to attach importance to the Imperial Army and test the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army. But in the eyes of the brigade commander, Ono's purpose was to use the Imperial Army as cannon fodder to test the opponent's Eighth Route Army.
Virtual reality.
The brigade commander was very reluctant, not wanting his brothers to die.
However, with Major General Ono staring closely at him, he had no way to refuse and no reason to refuse.
Who allowed himself to choose the path of a traitor and willingly became a slave of the Japanese?
If you don't serve the Japs, with the Japs' ruthlessness, even if you are the commander of the security brigade, they can take your life at any time.
After all, many of his subordinates have been eyeing his position for a long time. Without him, the Japanese army can easily promote anyone to take over!
In the end, the brigade commander could only grit his teeth and reply: "Please rest assured, general, the garrison brigade will definitely not let you down."
"The humble idea is to start the artillery bombardment half an hour later. After the artillery bombardment is over, one battalion will be deployed to launch the attack, and two battalions will follow up later. All light and heavy machine guns and mortars in the entire brigade will provide fire cover for the attacking troops and suppress the fire power of the defenders!"
Ono, who had a sullen face just now, suddenly smiled and replied with satisfaction: "Yoshi, that's it. Ten minutes of artillery cover, not even a minute less, go ahead and give the order!"
The former enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment was located on a high ground nearly two kilometers away from the battlefield, overlooking the entire battlefield and the two lines of defense that the Japanese army had to attack.
At this time, the three giants of the Independence Regiment were all staring at the battlefield with telescopes. Every move of thousands of Japanese soldiers could not escape the eyes of a few people.
"Captain, the Japanese have started to set up artillery. It seems that they plan to use artillery as soon as they come up to give us a disincentive!" Zeng Quan analyzed with a frown.
"That's not right!" As soon as he finished speaking, political commissar Cheng Xiao frowned.
"The Japs didn't move, but the Imperial Alliance Army did! Could it be that the Japs want the Imperial Alliance Army to attack first and test our firepower!"
Zeng Quan directly exclaimed: "Damn it, these Imperial Alliance Army troops are really rich. They have twelve heavy machine guns alone and twelve mortars!"
"With so much firepower covering a battalion's attack, this is basically a forced attack, not a tentative attack!"
Wang Ping spoke at this time, his tone full of determination.
"No matter what the purpose of the Japs is, this battalion of the Imperial Army must be killed."
"Intelligence says that the Imperial Alliance Army in Laiyuan City were all trained by the Japs. They are not only strong in combat effectiveness, but also very loyal to the Japs. Today we will help the Japs test whether these Imperial Alliance Army soldiers are well-trained!"
"Chief of Staff, pick up the Second Battalion Commander Zhang Yunshan for me. I want to talk to him on the phone!"
Today's engineer platoon has been expanded into an engineer company, but its size has reached more than 200 people, close to an engineer battalion.
The reason why Wang Ping values the Engineer Company so much is because the Engineer Company Commander Xu Ke brought him too many surprises.
After the limited cement came into his hands, he not only built six defense lines and many hidden permanent firepower points, but also built many troop hiding caves and the headquarters where he is currently located.
More importantly, Xu Ke also used the telephone lines and telephones seized by the troops outside the mountain to establish a telephone connection between the headquarters and the position.
As long as Wang Ping is willing, he can contact the company commander on the front line at any time through the phone behind him.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, Chief of Staff Zeng Quan reminded: "Captain, the phone goes directly to the front-line position. You can directly contact Yang Xiong, the commander of the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company. Do you want to contact him directly?"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "That's Zhang Yunshan's business! Our regiment has done everything, what do I want the battalion commander to do? And they also need a good experience in such a big battle, so contact Zhang Yunshan, hurry up!"
Soon, Zhang Yunshan's voice rang on the phone.
Wang Ping did not hesitate and ordered directly: "Captain Zhang, I am Wang Ping. I remind you that you must remember the following points. The enemy's next attack will be very fierce, especially the artillery fire, which will be unprecedentedly powerful.
, you must be well prepared!”
"Second point, if you see the Imperial Alliance Army in front of the formation preparing to attack, no matter what method you use, kill them. At the very least, you must severely injure them!"
"Third point, the three permanent firepower points on the position cannot be used unless absolutely necessary. Those are the ones I prepared for the little Japs. Each firepower point must eliminate at least one team of Japs to be cost-effective!"
"There is nothing else. You have the final say on how to command. However, the first-line position must be held for three hours before giving up!"
Zhang Yunshan's confident and affirmative voice soon rang on the phone.
"Captain, please rest assured. If we can't hold our position, I, Zhang Yunshan, will give myself a bullet!"
More than twenty infantry artillery pieces, mountain artillery pieces, and field artillery pieces were lined up in three rows and began to make final preparations before shooting: adjusting the shooting elements.
Soon, the captain with excitement on his face issued the test firing order.
"Infantry artillery, mountain artillery, field artillery, one each for test firing, make sure it hits Zhu Yuan, fire!"
"Boom!" The three cannons roared, and then a scream was heard in the air.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Less than five seconds later, three violent explosions reached the captain's ears.
Immediately afterwards, the voice of the artillery observer sounded at the headquarters: "Infantry artillery is 30 meters away from the target, mountain artillery is 50 meters away from the target, and field artillery is 40 meters away from the target!"
The captain frowned, very dissatisfied with the performance of these recruits.
But he didn't show it. When the battle started, he didn't want his words to affect the morale of his men. He ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan, and then all the artillery fires on their own. It cannot stop without my order!"
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