"Okay, since you don't want to see him, I'll go see him after we escort them back." Matthew said.

"Signal Corps, inform the propaganda department of the time when the Japanese troops will be escorted back to the rear, and ask them to prepare photos and records along the way to do a good job in propaganda."

Capturing more than 30,000 Japanese troops at once was an unprecedented feat.

If propaganda is done well, it will definitely boost the power of the Chinese military and dampen the morale of the little devils.

"Report, Chief of Staff Tian called, they encountered strong resistance from the enemy near the first line of defense!" the signal soldier reported.

Although the Japanese army was retreating, the fighting between the two sides did not stop.

The Japanese army wanted to stabilize the western defense line and stop Zhao Zhiguo. Zhao Zhiguo wanted to weaken the Japanese army's effective strength as much as possible.

Zhao Zhiguo took the telegram and took a look at it. Tian Kezhi and the others were located almost at the southernmost end of the first line of defense.

"Inform Lao Tian and ask him to retreat twenty miles and postpone the attack."

The Japanese army has decided to deploy a defensive line. If Tian Kezhi and others attack rashly, they are likely to fall into a tight siege by the Japanese army.

"The Japanese army is almost imitating us. From south to north, the defensive areas are almost the same. Maybe the Japanese army will also build a large number of underground fortifications on the defense line like us." Matthew said.

This time the Japanese army suffered a big loss at the hands of Zhao Zhiguo because there were underground fortifications that the Japanese army could not figure out.

This time it was Zhao Zhiguo's turn to attack the Japanese army. The Japanese army must have learned Zhao Zhiguo's method and built a large number of underground fortifications to prevent Zhao Zhiguo from seizing the first line of defense.

As long as the Japanese army can hold the first line of defense, it can contain Zhao Zhiguo's development and cannot threaten the Heyun County area.

Once the Heyun County area is stabilized, the Japs can hoard supplies in Heyun County and then continuously send them to the front line.

"So, we cannot let the Japanese army control an area for too long. After a long time, they will really regard the land under their feet as their own home." Zhao Zhiguo said, "So we have to deploy counterattacks early to seize the first line of defense.

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Whoever controls the first line of defense will have the initiative to enter the opponent's position.

The first line of defense must be recaptured, and the sooner we do it, the better it will be for Zhao Zhiguo and the others.

"I'm afraid the next battle will be difficult to fight. The Japanese army has the terrain advantage, and their artillery fire can support the Japanese army on the position."

The Japanese bomber formation has not yet regained its combat effectiveness, but the Japanese artillery has been on the east side of the first line of defense.

"We have to fight even if it's not easy, and it's not like we haven't fought before," Zhao Zhiguo said, "What's more, the road positions are still in our hands now."

"If we want to retake the first line of defense, we must first knock out the Japanese artillery positions and destroy them. Our infantry's charge threat will be much smaller," Matthew said.

The Japanese artillery unit was also the greatest threat to the Zhao Zhiguo Artillery Regiment.

Without destroying the Japanese artillery units, the artillery regiments would not dare to clear obstacles such as barbed wire and mines for the infantry.

"Yes, we need to send a large number of reconnaissance and artillery observation posts to provide coordinates for our artillery." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"The number of our artillery shells..." Matthew Wen reminded Zhao Zhiguo.

Before the battle started, they collected a lot of artillery shells.

However, after confronting the Japanese army for so long and having the artillery regiment assist the frontal troops in counterattack, there were not many artillery shells left.

Now it is necessary to fight against the Japanese artillery positions and destroy the Japanese army's defense work. Especially before the Japanese position, a wire mesh and mines are deployed. The fire capacity is required to cover the barrier to clean the infantry.

Otherwise, you can rely on infantry to discharge landmines. Once you are entangled by the wire mesh, you can explode the mines without paying attention.

"Tell Takakura and Qin Dongsheng that the artillery and shells of the caliber of more than 75 millimeters they seized were sent to Zhu Hongsi's artillery regiment. The mortars and the like can be used as their own use." Zhao Zhiguo ordered.

After thinking about it for a moment, Zhao Zhiguo made a decision. Zhu Hongsi's artillery regiment was responsible for solving the Japanese army's artillery position.

There are self -reserved artillery in each brigade. Although they are all mortars, the number is enough. Each brigade can use a mortar to make a artillery group to deal with the combination of the Japanese troops and the mines. It is completely enough.

"Tell them, not allowed to ambush or hide privately. If I know they hid a cannon in private, let them return two doors."

Only the cannons are concentrated to achieve greater power.

Zhao Zhiguo issued several orders at the same time. The troops below sent the cannon shells with a caliber of more than 75 millimeters in their hands.

Zhu Hongsi also got orders. The artillery regiment sent artillery observation whistle, with radio and artillery observation tools, and entered the first line of defense overnight, hidden standby.

At the same time, Zhu Hongsi personally went to the front line to find the position that conducive to concealing their cannons.

To capture the first line of defense, artillery must play the role of setting up, otherwise Zhao Zhiguo, even if they can seize the first line of defense, I am afraid that the main forces will be seriously casualties.

With the current force in Gangcun's hands, even if the first line of defense is lost, they also have room for re -attack.

Zhao Zhiguo is different, the casualties are too large, and then the Japanese army will consume a lot of troops on the first line of defense. I am afraid they will not have the second chance to seize the first line of defense for the second time.

"Take a break tonight, and immediately replenish them for strength and equipment.

In the first army division, the most prepared is the training recruit.

The recruited recruits were trained by veterans who retired due to injuries on the battlefield. The veterans taught experience to recruits and help recruits complete the training task as soon as possible.

The frontline troops can be briefly rest, and you can add new troops to maintain the full -compilation state of the main forces to continue fighting with the Japanese.

"It seems that we have given up prematurely." Matthewwen said.

To abandon the fifth area and let Lu Zheng withdraw from the group back, it is Matthew's suggestion.

But now it seems that they have to seize the first line of defense, and they should not give up the No. 5 area.

"The No. 5 area is no longer important. The entire line of defense has only one important point, that is, the road position. The road position is like a flat load. With two ends, we cut off the flat burden.

explain.

The No. 5 region is important for the Japanese, but after the Japanese army retreats, the No. 5 region has not much strategic significance for Zhao Zhiguo.

Zhao Zhiguo's important throat or road position in the Japanese defense zone.

As long as you open the road position and keep blood transfusion of the highway position, let the Japanese army cannot take the highway position, and the burden of the little devil will be broken by Zhao Zhiguo.
Chapter completed!