Chapter 168 Inspection of the Frontier

Author: Embarrassing Creation

Chapter 168 Inspection of the Frontier

February 5th!

The Fire Wolf Special Forces began to carry out sneak attacks on strongholds, gun towers and other places in counties around Wuyi County.

In just one day, the Fire Wolf Special Warfare Squadron attacked 27 gun towers and 13 checkpoints.

If you want to cut off the Japanese transport lines, you must first attack the Japanese gun towers and checkpoints. If you take down the Japanese gun towers and checkpoints, the Japanese transport lines will naturally be lengthened.

Once the transportation line is stretched.

The Japanese transport team would need to march for a long time.

This gave the Eighth Route Army Special Forces favorable attack conditions.

Regarding the attack on the gun tower checkpoint, the large forces in Guizi County also lacked the means to respond.

It is good that the troops in the county can defend the county, but asking them to support the gun tower checkpoint is completely unrealistic.

The artillery towers near Pingyang County were attacked by surprise, and Pingyang County sent two squadrons to support them. However, their squadron was ambushed by the entire Eighth Route Army's Fire Wolf Special Warfare Squadron just as they were halfway there.

Nearly 500 imperial soldiers from the two Japs squadrons were all killed in the hands of the Fire Wolf Special Forces Squadron. After this tragic battle, the surrounding counties did not dare to continue sending troops to support the artillery towers and checkpoints. The Japs in each county were

People are panicked.

Faced with such a situation.

The Japs commanders in the four surrounding counties of Wuyi County immediately sent telegrams to Taiyuan, handing all the problems they encountered to the higher authorities for resolution.

Taiyuan Headquarters.

Yoshio Iwamatsu has now evacuated Taiyuan, and he has boarded a ship returning to the island country.

The entire city of Taiyuan is now jointly decided by Neji Okamura and Yoshio Shinozuka.

The two of them were sitting in the command post.

Okamura Ningji said: "Mr. Shinozuka, the situation in northern Shanxi is getting more and more serious now. If we continue to allow the special forces of the Eighth Route Army to act like this, I am afraid that we will not need to fight with the large forces of the Eighth Route Army. Our troops will

In this way, they were eaten up by the Eighth Route Army special forces one after another.

I think now is the time to launch a general attack on the Eighth Route Army. First, completely eradicate the Eighth Route Army in Wuyi County. As long as the Eighth Route Army dares to save the dangerous Huben Regiment, we can quickly eat up the Eighth Route Army's support troops. The Eighth Route Army will not save the Huben Regiment until death.

, we can also quickly eat the Humen Regiment and then advance to the Hengshan Mountains, plow through holes and sweep holes from the Hengshan Mountains to the Wutai Mountains as quickly as possible, and completely destroy the Eighth Route Army's base area."

In the past, Yoshio Shinozuka was more in favor of this policy, but now he is in trouble.

"Mr. Gangcun! We sent a large force to encircle Wuyi County and completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army's Tiger Regiment. This policy does have a certain degree of feasibility.

But I discovered the loopholes in such an attack. Now when we transport supplies to the surrounding areas of Wuyi County and return to each county town, we will encounter sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army's Fire Wolf Special Forces Squadron. Every time we transport supplies, we suffer heavy losses.

We really need to engage in a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army. Once our logistics supplies cannot keep up, and we engage in a head-on battle with the Eighth Route Army from the front, our large forces may not necessarily be able to capture Wuyi County."

Yoshio Shinozuka said righteously: "I think we should solve the problem of the logistics supply line first. Only by solving the problem of the logistics supply line can we drive straight into Huanglong and conquer Wuyi County."

"The other party sent a special force to attack our transportation line in order to delay our team's attack in Wuyi County. We cannot delay it like this."

Okamura Neiji said seriously: "We must attack Wuyi County as quickly as possible, so that the Eighth Route Army's Tiger Regiment cannot be fully prepared and we will have a greater advantage."

"Okamura-kun, is this too risky?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked: "The Eighth Route Army today is no longer the three-gun and eight-pronged army it used to be, and their weapons and equipment are no longer inferior to ours.

This time we fight with the Eighth Route Army, it will definitely be a difficult positional battle. Once our logistics supplies cannot keep up, it will be our imperial soldiers who will suffer in the end."

Okamura Ningji said: "Do we still have a choice now? The deployment of the army has been prepared, and all kinds of materials have been prepared. Do we have to temporarily put the attack on Wuyi County on hold because of the transportation line?

Once we shelve this plan, the Eighth Route Army will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to develop rapidly, and it will be even more difficult to defeat the Eighth Route Army in the future. At the same time, we have paid the price to leave Yoshio Iwamatsu, and this matter will become meaningless.

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Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Okamura-kun, I agree to use troops against Wuyi County according to the original plan, but we should try to bring as much material as possible in the first batch, so that it will be much safer to have heavy troops escorting the materials.

Most of the Huben Regiment in Wuyi County are new soldiers, and even though the weapons and equipment of the Huben Regiment are relatively advanced and can be compared with our empire's soldiers, their individual soldier quality is definitely not as good as our empire's soldiers."

"Okay!" Okamura Neji said: "Now that we have reached unity, we will directly send troops."

On the morning of February 6th.

Okamura Neiji issued Wuyi County battle instructions.

The Japanese Ninth Division, Hirata Regiment, Watanabe Regiment, and Murakata Regiment, a total of 28,000 Japanese troops, marched toward Wuyi County.

This time Okamura Ningji made up his mind. He must decide Wuyi in one battle and the northern Shanxi region in two battles.

The Japanese Ninth Division set out from Nanping County, the Pingtian Regiment set out from Taiyuan, the Watanabe Regiment set out from Datong, and the Murakata Regiment set out from Shuozhou.

The targets of the four troops are all Wuyi County!

Regarding the menacing Japanese invaders, Zhao Xin of Wuyi County received the news immediately. He did not panic at all, and still arranged the defense fortifications of the Tiger Regiment in an orderly manner, and at the same time began to evacuate the people of Wuyi County.

This battle will definitely be extremely brutal, and there may even be street fighting in the city. If a large number of people are still in Wuyi County, the Japanese will not have any scruples in attacking the county town, but the Eighth Route Army will have great dangers in fighting.

scruples.

The people also understood the Eighth Route Army very well. Most of the people were very reasonable and followed the Eighth Route Army's arrangements and evacuated Wuyi County. A very small number of stubborn people were unwilling to evacuate Wuyi County.

However, many people in their family were soldiers in the Huben Regiment. These soldiers had long been infected by the military spirit of the Eighth Route Army. With the joint efforts of their family members and the Eighth Route Army, the few remaining civilians also chose to withdraw from Wuyi.

county.

The Eighth Route Army Tiger Regiment was well-positioned in Wuyi County, quietly waiting for the Japanese to attack Wuyi County.

Wuyi County is surrounded by the Muma River in front and the Hengshan Mountains in the rear. Zhao Xin deployed a force of 4,000 troops on the banks of the Muma River. This force was a veteran of the Huben Regiment who had been trained for the longest time and had fought hard battles.

If the Japanese want to attack Wuyi County, they must cross the Muma River.

At the same time, Zhao Xin deployed two lines of defense at a distance of eight kilometers from the Muma River to Wuyi County. The Japanese army must pass through the Muma River defense line, the Dingjunshan defense line, and the Shuiyang Bay defense line before they can truly reach Wuyi County.

The main purpose of these three lines of defense is to weaken the Japanese offensive situation and eliminate the Japanese heavy weapons as much as possible, so that the Eighth Route Army can gain an advantage in the Wuyi County Battle.

February 7th!

The Japanese vanguard force, the Watanabe Regiment, has arrived at the bank of the Muma River!

Zhao Xin personally arrived at the He'an front line to inspect. Yan Feiying, the deputy regiment leader in charge of the front line defense on the Muma River bank, and Huang Zhenhai, the first battalion commander, both came to Zhao Xin's side.

Zhao Xin asked calmly: "Deputy Commander Yan, how is the defensive arrangement on the Muma River Bank? Can it withstand the Japanese's massive attack?"

"Don't worry, captain! With the current firepower of our forward positions, if the Japs want to forcefully cross the Muma River, they will not be able to succeed without the sacrifice of thousands of Japs."

Zhao Xindao: "I have sent the most elite troops of the whole regiment to the front line, so the battle on the front line is the most important. You must fight this battle well. The two lines of defense behind you are just to cover the evacuation of the front line troops.

It is built to be unable to cause much damage to the Japanese, so this first line of defense is our best chance to kill the Japanese.

And I want to tell you that firepower must be deployed with heavy weight in the front and light in the back, and personnel must be placed with light weight in the front and heavy in the back. Only in this way can we use firepower more effectively to kill the enemy and reduce the casualties of our army."

"The fortifications on the front line are all arranged according to the regimental commander's orders. The regimental commander can rest assured about this."

Yan Feiying said seriously: "I have learned one of the essences of fighting as a regiment leader, which is to attack the Japanese with maximum firepower while avoiding direct confrontation with the Japanese.

With the Muma River as a natural line of defense, even if the Japanese want to rush over and fight us with bayonets, they will not have a chance. This can effectively solve our problem. The Tiger and Ben regiments are all new recruits. Our heavy artillery regiment has six heavy artillery.

Positions, the first three artillery positions can easily reach 800 meters from the front of the other shore, and the three rear artillery positions can easily reach the front of the other shore.

The Japanese are basically equipped with Type 92 infantry guns and very few heavy howitzers. We are equipped with 105mm heavy howitzers, 155mm heavy howitzers, and six 203mm heavy howitzers.

We have so many heavy artillery, it is definitely enough for the Japanese to drink a pot."

Xin Zhao said solemnly: "Don't be careless. This time the Japanese have dispatched the Class A Division. Their troops must also have heavy howitzers. Maybe their heavy howitzers are not as powerful as our heavy howitzers, but we must not underestimate the other party.

At the same time, the other side will definitely send planes to cover us, and I must also pay attention to the issue of air defense. We must not let the Japanese planes poop or urinate above our positions.

The devils may use special weapons, and our equipment to prevent special weapons must be ready at all times. We must pay strict attention to these things."

"Don't worry, Commander! I'm just waiting for the Japs to come. As long as the Japs' troops are stationed on the other side and launch an attack on our position, then I will definitely let the Japs know the power of our Tiger Regiment."

"This time the Japs attack our Wuyi County, the Japs will only have one result in the end, and that is to dump all the diseases in our Wuyi County."

Zhao Xin patted Yan Feiying on the shoulder and said, "Okay! Listen to this."

Xin Zhao discussed everything at the forward command post.

He personally began to inspect the entire forward position. This was a habit of Xin Zhao. Every time there was a war, Xin Zhao would inevitably inspect the forward position. Firstly, to see how the morale of the forward position was, and at the same time, to take a look at the defenses of the forward position.

structure, and the second is to cheer up the soldiers in the forward positions.

When the soldiers in the forward position saw that their supreme commander came to the forward position to inspect the situation in person, they would inevitably fight the enemy even more bravely.

Zhao Xin walked around the entire forward position for two hours and looked at the entire forward position. He was still very satisfied with the forward position arranged by Yan Feiying.

There are basically no loopholes in the entire frontier defense fortifications. At the same time, the cat-ear holes, air-raid shelters, and gas-proof caves that should be built are all complete.

At the same time, a field hospital has been built in the forward position. Soldiers in the forward position who are seriously injured can be sent to the field hospital for emergency treatment as soon as possible.

Even if you are slightly injured, you can receive quick treatment in a field hospital.

Inspection completed.

Zhao Xin looked at Yan Feiying and said solemnly: "Deputy Commander Yan, this time I put the lives of the 4,000 soldiers of the Tiger Regiment in your hands. I hope you can reduce the casualties of the soldiers of the Tiger Regiment while holding the position.

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To be continued...