Chapter 957 Li Hao wants to fight a war of attrition?
Huang Sheng didn't understand the group leader's order at first.
It was a huge loss to abandon the defense line that took a lot of manpower and material resources to build, only to block the Japanese attack once.
Now he understands.
In the battle just now, the company relied on the No. 1 defense line to kill more than a hundred Japanese.
There are more than a dozen such lines of defense behind him. One line of defense can kill more than a hundred, and the total of more than a dozen lines of defense is nearly 2,000 little Japs.
More importantly, the artillery company of the battalion had not moved during the battle just now. If they participated in the battle, the result would definitely be greater.
"Weng buzz..."
Huang Sheng's thoughts were interrupted by the increasingly loud roar above his head. When he looked up, he saw a plane diving towards the ground at an increasingly faster speed.
"Let's retreat too!"
Huang Sheng was not nervous when facing an airplane for the first time and ordered calmly.
There are three communication trenches on the battlefield connecting the first and second defense lines. As long as the speed is fast, the entire company can withdraw in just one minute.
The bunkers are also connected to the communication trenches. Each bunker can have up to ten soldiers, and they can all be evacuated within one minute.
The Japanese planes are now dive-bombing the No. 1 position. They will not gain anything except flying into the air and wasting their bombs.
"Woooooooooooo...boom..."
When the roar of the plane became louder and louder, making Huang Sheng's ears buzz, the Japanese mountain artillery unit one kilometer away also joined the battle.
Each cannon roared continuously, pushing the flame-wrapped shells out of the barrel, crossing the battlefield with a screaming sound, and smashing into the No. 1 position.
At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, several radio stations suddenly turned on red lights, followed by the sound of "Didi...".
All of a sudden, all the operators were on duty, wearing headphones and converting signals into numbers.
"Jingle Bell……"
The phone also rang, and the command center, which had been quiet just now, suddenly became lively, with various voices coming and going.
"Report to the head of the regiment, the political commissar, and the third battalion: The Japanese have begun to attack. The main force, the garrison force, and the Imperial Alliance Army, a total of more than 6,000 people, are attacking them under the cover of three aircraft."
"The Japanese army attacked very fiercely and very cautiously. They gave up the probing attack immediately and used artillery bombardment when they came up."
"In addition to a large number of mountain artillery, the Japanese and puppet troops attacking them also had nine tanks, 12 heavy artillery pieces, and more than 100 large baggage trucks loaded with supplies and ammunition!"
Hong Linfeng stood nearby and quickly ordered his subordinates to mark the contents of the telegram on the sand table.
As soon as the mark was completed, another communications staff officer rushed over: "Report to the regimental commander that the Second Battalion is in urgent need of a call. They have also been violently attacked by the Japanese army!"
A communications staff officer put down the microphone and reported: "Captain, there is an urgent call from the Independent Battalion. They were violently attacked by the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"Reporting to the head of the regiment, the first battalion reports that a Japanese and puppet army made a sudden move and penetrated directly into the joint between them and the Shanxi-Sui Army. The total strength is more than 7,000 people, equipped with heavy artillery and tanks!"
The four lines of attacking troops, like four unsheathed swords, penetrated directly into the base of the garrison.
From the perspective of the sand table, the four-pronged attack is more like a huge semi-encirclement, directly wrapping the garrison base area within it.
As the encirclement becomes smaller and smaller, the space for activities of the garrison will become smaller and smaller until it is eliminated.
"Captain, this is the same as our previous judgment. Taking the regiment as a unit, the four offensive forces will advance together to encircle and annihilate our garrison at the base camp, which is within the territory of Lingqiu."
"The Japanese and puppet troops invaded with heavy troops. Each attacking force was very strong, requiring heavy artillery and aircraft. This was obviously to prevent us from defeating them one by one."
Li Hao was silent for a moment, then looked at the sand table and replied: "We use this trick every time we fight the little devils, and we are tired of it."
"Since the little devils are already prepared, it would be a fool to hit their guns again, and it's not my style."
"This time I decided to change my approach."
"In the eyes of the Japanese, our Eighth Route Army has poor equipment, insufficient ammunition, and does not have a complete logistics system, so it cannot fight a war of attrition."
"This time I did the opposite and started a war of attrition with the Japanese."
"Order: The first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, and the independent battalion must use the fortifications that have been repaired to block them for two days."
"According to the original battle plan, excluding a line of defense and a bunker, each line of defense was to repulse the Japanese and puppet troops once they attacked and then retreat voluntarily. Space was exchanged for time, and the will of the Japanese and puppet troops to attack was worn away little by little."
"Don't worry about the First Battalion. Although the Japanese and puppet troops there are very strong, they are caught between us and the Jinsui Army and will never attack us at any cost."
"If my judgment is correct, this Japanese and puppet army will not make any big moves in the next attack, but will focus on surveillance."
"If we are defeated in the next battle, they will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack and give us a fatal attack."
"If the attack does not go smoothly, this force will definitely take on the covering task."
"So all we need to deal with is the third route of Japanese and puppet troops attacking the 2nd and 3rd Battalions and the Independent Battalion."
"Chief of Staff, take the assault battalion to reinforce the second battalion, and bring twenty thunder cannons and two hundred supporting explosive bags."
"Deputy Commander Luo led the special agent battalion to reinforce the independent battalion. He also brought twenty thunder cannons and two hundred explosive bags."
"The second and third companies of the guard battalion, the cavalry battalion, the air defense battalion, and the heavy artillery battalion, follow me. Take all the remaining twenty mine cannons and explosive bags with you."
"Come here and look at the map!"
"This is a plan of the defensive positions that several battalions are holding."
"I plan to use these lines of defense to fight back against the Japanese, using the troops you brought to the front and twenty thunder cannons."
"With any luck, we will be able to kill at least two brigades of little Japs tonight."
"This is how we fight..."
In the position of the third battalion, artillery roared and gunshots continued.
The Zero fighter dived from a high altitude and decisively dropped the bomb when it was still a few hundred meters above the ground!
After the fighter jet roared back to high altitude, the explosion sounded on the ground behind it.
Fire and black smoke rose from the ground. The logs and stones used to reinforce the trenches were like toys in front of the bombs. They were easily thrown into the sky, scattered in all directions, and finally rained down within forty to fifty meters around the impact point.
This is the third batch of aircraft sent by the Japanese Air Force today.
The bomb just dropped happened to be the last one, and then the three fighter planes swung their wings and flew farther and farther away, slowly disappearing from everyone's sight.
Colonel Saburo Takahashi was the commander of this Japanese regiment and the supreme commander of all the Japanese and puppet troops attacking the third battalion.
Looking at the fighter planes flying farther and farther overhead, my brows twisted involuntarily.
The troops started attacking at ten o'clock in the morning, and now it is five o'clock in the afternoon. They took an hour's break for lunch. In total, the troops have been fighting continuously for six hours.
But the results were very few, even a bit unattainable.
Starting from the first line of defense, the troops assaulted forward less than two kilometers.
As for the Eighth Route Army that was wiped out, it was even pitifully small.
They are too cunning.
Hiding in a completely hidden trench, suddenly showing up to block the attacking troops, then retreating immediately after the attack, without giving yourself any time to react.
The offensive troops seized every moment to prepare artillery strikes and aircraft bombings, but could not catch up with their retreat. Apart from razing their exposed positions to the ground, they almost did not kill the Eighth Route Army.
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