"Captain, the Japs on the front line are all battle-hardened veterans, and they are very vigilant. Their light and dark sentries and patrols are everywhere around the entire station. Our people have almost no way to get close to them. We can only use our weapons on this high ground.
Use the telescope for long-distance observation!" Li Wen reported, pointing to the invisible Japanese military station a few kilometers away.
After saying that, he handed Wang Ping a telescope.
Then he continued to report: "After our observation in the morning, we judged that the Japanese will set off tomorrow!"
"The large baggage trucks and cars they have prepared have been filled with supplies, and they are now attaching artillery pieces to the back of the cars. If they had not set off, they would not have put the cannons on the cars so quickly. Otherwise, they would need to use them more in case of emergencies.
It takes a long time to be ready for battle!"
"Not bad!" Wang Ping nodded and affirmed.
Even though they were several kilometers apart, Wang Ping, who was holding a telescope in his hand, could still clearly see a 105 mm caliber heavy mountain cannon being carried by seven or eight Japanese artillerymen. It took almost two minutes to hang it on the car compartment.
After hanging up the artillery, these Japanese gunners did not forget to put a coat on the long barrel of the artillery to ensure that the artillery was in the best condition.
Seeing this, Wang Ping couldn't help but sigh: "What a gun..."
"With such a large-caliber artillery, one shell will definitely blow up a large area. If our new regiment can have a battalion of such artillery, even if I encounter a brigade of little Japs on the battlefield, I will have the courage to fight them head-on.
Let’s fight!”
Li Wen next to him also had his eyes shining: "Captain, we will definitely capture it!"
"The Japanese heavy artillery regiment has thirty-six such artillery pieces. I have counted them. As long as we find a way, we will definitely have a chance!"
Wang Ping did not answer, but fell into deep thought.
"Li Wen, how many cars are equipped with this Japanese division, as well as the number of large vehicles, armored vehicles, and tanks!"
Wang Ping's mind was spinning so fast that Li Wen couldn't keep up with his thoughts, and it took him several seconds to react.
"Commander, there are nearly 200 cars...more than 500 large vehicles, and 20 armored vehicles and 20 tanks each..."
"The Japs division is highly mechanized!" Wang Ping said this inexplicably.
Before Li Wen could react, he ordered the commander of the first company of the assault battalion behind him: "Captain Yang, take your people and carry out devastating damage to the road that the Japs must pass to Linfen. If you don't have enough manpower, ask nearby fellow villagers for help.
We pay to destroy these roads!"
"Let me tell you, within half a month at most, we will restore these damaged roads to their original state!"
Li Wen's eyes lit up at first, but within just a few seconds, his brows wrinkled again and he reminded.
"Captain, I thought about this method a few days ago. However, I don't think it has much effect!"
"There are too many Japs. There is an engineering unit alone. This engineering unit is also equipped with a lot of engineering vehicles. Even if we destroy the road, with the speed at which the Japs Engineer Unit repairs the road, it won't take long.
It can be repaired, but at most it can slow down their march. It is impossible to delay them for ten days!"
"Then kill this engineering unit!" Wang Ping replied with murderous intent in his eyes.
Li Wen frowned more deeply and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "How to kill them? There are so many infantry protection near the Japanese Engineer Regiment, and there are even more than two thousand cavalry patrolling and guarding around. We don't even have a chance to get close to them.
No!"
"In addition, the Japanese also have a chariot brigade. Even if we have a chance to get close to the main force of the Japanese, we can't break through the interception of the Japanese chariot brigade. Moreover, there are plains on both sides of the road, which are very suitable for cavalry assaults. People like us can't even connect the Japanese cavalry.
If the regiment cannot break through the interception, it will be wiped out by the Japanese cavalry!" Wang Ping did not refute: "The engineer regiment is sandwiched among the infantry, and we will definitely have no chance to kill them. That's why I asked Company Commander Yang to completely destroy the road in front.
Ask the commander of the Japanese division to send out engineers to build roads. This way we can have a chance to separate the Japanese engineer regiment from their main force and find a way to kill them!"
In the tent where the division headquarters is located at the Japanese camp, the division commander, Lieutenant General Ito, is furious.
In the past few days, the behavior of his subordinates, especially the baggage regiment, made him very angry.
The baggage regiment, plus the baggage squadrons affiliated to each regiment, nearly 3,000 people actually worked for several days to load all the troops' half-month's combat supplies into the trucks!
If they maintain the same speed in the next battle, by the time the imperial army kills them, the enemy will have already run away, so why fight?
"Division commander, all the supplies have been loaded into the truck and are ready to go at any time!" Although the captain of the baggage regiment felt aggrieved, he could only hold it in his stomach, hesitated for a moment, and replied in a low voice.
You know, the supplies he needs to prepare this time are not just a division, but also a heavy artillery regiment, a chariot brigade, and a cavalry regiment!
Although they do not have many troops, the large amount of supplies and food they need to consume every day is comparable to that of the entire division.
This means that they have to rely on the baggage troops of a regiment to transport various materials needed by the two main divisions.
More importantly, during normal troop operations, the baggage regiment only needs to carry ten days of combat supplies. As for subsequent combat supplies, all rely on the baggage troops to re-transport supplies. Now that there are five more days of combat supplies, the baggage regiment's
The pressure can be imagined.
However, in front of the angry division commander, as a subordinate, he did not have the courage to explain!
The compromise and answer of the captain of the baggage alliance made Lieutenant General Ito look much better. He turned to the chief of staff next to him and asked: "Are the other troops ready?"
"The main force, engineering force, cavalry force, artillery force, and tank force are all ready and ready to go at any time!" the chief of staff replied quickly, not daring to show any signs of neglect.
"Yoshi!" Lieutenant General Ito's face looked even better.
After a moment of hesitation, he made a decision: "Order, the troops will attack on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning!"
"The 1st Battalion, the 1st Squadron of the Cavalry Regiment, and the 1st Armored Squadron of the Tank Brigade form the forward force. Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida will take command and set off on time at eight o'clock."
"The Fourth Infantry Regiment is at the rear, and the other troops follow the division headquarters and move in the center!"
"The Fifth Cavalry Regiment patrols and guards around the troops in squadron units. The Eighth Route Army is too cunning and very good at sneak attacks. The cavalry must ensure that there is no Eighth Route Army within two kilometers on both sides of the road to minimize the possibility of them sneaking up on us!"
"In addition, if you encounter a surprise attack by the Eighth Route Army during the march, the cavalry regiment will directly counterattack as a unit of cavalry brigade and kill them, but you must remember that the troops cannot go deep alone!"
"Also, contact the aviation force tonight. The aircraft sent by the aviation force must be above our heads at eight o'clock, conduct air patrol and cover for us, and try to reach Linfen as smoothly as possible and recapture Linfen!"
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