Chapter 198
"Batalion Commander, please hand over the Japanese artillery positions to us. Our special force team will ensure that we complete the mission!" Yao Pengju said.
The Little Japanese's 105 howitzer position has not been idle for the past two days. Although it did not cause them many casualties or losses, it has been bombarding Zhao Zhiguo and his position non-stop.
"Find out their location first, and don't rush to take action, at least tonight," Zhao Zhiguo said.
From the shelling that started this morning, the soldiers have clearly felt that the Japanese artillery is a bit inadequate. Although the firepower is still very fierce, the time has become shorter.
This illustrates a problem. The Japanese army's artillery supply can hardly keep up. Their logistics must be non-stop transporting artillery shells to the front line at this time.
"Aren't you going to do anything tonight?"
Yao Pengju didn't understand what Zhao Zhiguo meant.
"A gun without bullets is just a fire stick, and a cannon without shells is a chimney. We must find a way to cut off the Japanese army's logistical supplies!"
Without the logistics and transportation lines, the Japs will retreat without a fight even if they have 40,000 troops on the front line!
"Battal Commander, do you want us to sneak attack the Japanese arsenal in Heyun County?" Yao Pengju understood what Zhao Zhiguo meant.
"A sneak attack must be a sneak attack, but you must have a good rest tonight."
Since the sneak attack on the Japanese heavy machine gun position last night, the brothers in the special operations team and the sharp knife platoon have not slept at all. If they carry out a sneak attack again tonight, the physical fitness of the soldiers will be exhausted.
Moreover, their attack last night was very successful. The Japanese army will definitely strengthen their defenses tonight, so tonight Zhao Zhiguo asked the soldiers to have a good night's rest. However, they still have to find a way to find out where the Japanese artillery positions are to prepare for the future.
Prepare.
"I'll take people out for reconnaissance right now," Yao Pengju said.
After the kid's plane returned, Yamamoto Taro sat in a daze on the chair at the headquarters. More than half an hour passed without issuing an order to continue the attack.
It wasn't until the Japanese brigade commander called Taro Yamamoto's headquarters that Taro Yamamoto suddenly stood up and held the phone excitedly.
However, the Japanese brigade commander told Taro Yamamoto that their planes did not detect any artillery on the Chinese army's positions. If Taro Yamamoto made excuses to cover up the disadvantages of his attack, he would immediately send people to enforce military law.
"The artillery position of the Chinese army must be on the reverse slope, but our plane arrived too late. The Chinese army must have moved the artillery!"
Although the Japanese artillery commander was scolded by Taro Yamamoto, he knew that the overall situation should be put first, so he told Taro Yamamoto his guess.
"Inverse bevel? Some of the commanders of the Chinese army actually know about reverse bevel?"
The arrangement of artillery positions on reverse slopes has only been written into their military textbooks for a few years. Many officers in their army did not know about the arrangement of artillery positions on reverse slopes. But now they have seen with their own eyes the Chinese army using it.
Arrange artillery positions on reverse slopes to avoid their artillery fire.
"Although I don't know what military academy Zhao Zhiguo was from or what kind of military training he received, I can conclude that he must have arranged the artillery positions on the reverse slope and moved the artillery away before our plane arrived!" Japanese Army
The artillery commander was convinced.
"What kind of opponent did we encounter!"
Taro Yamamoto only felt that his head was getting big. First, there was a mine formation, and then he quietly attacked their heavy machine gun position. This morning, he encountered a large Mareko in the attack, blowing up four of their tanks. Now
Another anti-slope artillery position emerged.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, more than half of our attacking troops have suffered casualties. If we continue to attack forcefully, I'm afraid we will have very few troops left in our hands today!"
The Japanese military staff gave a casualty report to Taro Yamamoto, which clearly recorded the casualties of each squadron.
The machine gun squadron was completely wiped out, and the remaining strength of the three squadrons combined was less than two squadrons. The attack just now cost them one tank, three armored vehicles and hundreds of soldiers.
The little Japs never charged into the Chinese army's position, and they didn't even figure out the heavy firepower situation on Zhao Zhiguo's position.
Taro Yamamoto suddenly felt a little desperate. Did his military career end in humiliation?
But good news soon reached Taro Yamamoto's headquarters. One of their squadrons made progress on the flank and successfully attacked the Chinese army's position.
It was this moment that rekindled Taro Yamamoto's hope. And this hope gave him a new idea.
If they cannot attack the Chinese army's position from the front, they can attack at the weaker areas of the Chinese army's defense line first.
As long as the Chinese army's defense line is broken through from other directions, no matter how powerful Zhao Zhiguo is and how strong his position is, he will still be unable to support himself.
"Leave two squadrons, one squadron to defend the mountain pass, one squadron to defend the Chinese army's No. 3 position, and other troops to support the flanks. We cannot give the Chinese army a chance to retake the position!" Taro Yamamoto said as if he had been beaten to death.
As long as he can break through the Chinese army's position, he can keep his position as captain of the company.
Under the order of Yamamoto Taro, the Japanese armored forces used the fastest speed to support their troops attacking the flanks. As long as their armored forces arrived on the battlefield, they could march straight in.
Neither Captain Hu nor Zhao Zhiguo expected that their defense line would be broken through so quickly. A company on the defensive flank fought fiercely with the Japanese army for a day yesterday, and more than half of the casualties were suffered. Captain Hu had already sent a company to support this morning.
The problem lies with the supporting company commander. Because the supporting company commander was afraid of the battle, he could have arrived at the forward position in two hours. He led the troops for more than four hours and did not arrive at the battlefield.
As a result, the Japanese troops rushed to the position and engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat with the defending soldiers.
In hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese soldiers' physical fitness and stabbing experience were stronger than those of the Chinese soldiers. When the battle was over, not a single soldier on the battlefield survived.
When the company commander leading the support team heard the news that the position was lost, he fled back with his troops without looking back.
The entire defense line was originally a matter of mobilizing the whole body. When the little devil heard that a breach was opened in the Chinese army's defense line, most of the troops rushed towards this breach.
Commander Hu and his team's communication methods were very poor. Only when they heard that the troops they supported had fled back did they know that their defense line had been lost.
"Sir, go and kill that company commander!"
Captain Hu almost fainted from anger, and one mouse excrement spoiled the entire pot of soup.
Chapter completed!