"Heyuan County was besieged by a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, with at least 10,000 troops?"
Taiyuan, First Army Headquarters, Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was on duty during the war, turned gloomy after listening to Communications Staff Officer Takeo Nakamura reading the telegram.
What exactly is going on?
After building so many thickened bunkers and gun towers on the highway, they failed to stop the new regiment's attack?
Even if the Eighth Route Army was equipped with heavy artillery, it would be impossible to attack Heyuan County in such a short time, right?
Could it be that Iseki Ren and Ishikawa Shuizhi cut corners when repairing the bunkers and gun towers?
The steel bars and cement materials allocated by myself are sufficient, and Jingguan Ren even applied for a batch of materials. Logically speaking, there should not be a shortage of materials.
Nakamura Takeo picked up the second telegram and continued to read: "The artillery firepower of the new regiment is three artillery regiments, including about 0 large-caliber heavy artillery. They are shelling the defensive positions and city walls outside Heyuan County. Lieutenant General Jingguan requested
Tactical guidance, long live His Majesty the Emperor, and long live the Imperial Army of Japan!"
"0 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces!?"
Yoshio Iwamatsu was shocked, and at the same time he was extremely jealous.
This is a large-caliber heavy artillery. To be a large-caliber heavy artillery, it must be at least 10 mm. The entire First Army does not even have a single 10 mm heavy artillery. The largest caliber is a 10 mm howitzer.
If there are special circumstances, he can apply to transfer several large-caliber heavy artillery to the First Army, but they will have to be transferred after completing the work.
There are not many Japanese troops with such strategic-level weapons as large-caliber heavy artillery, and only the artillery regiments or heavy artillery brigades of Class A divisions are equipped with them.
During the day, reconnaissance aircraft observers suspected that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, but this was only a suspicion.
Although Yoshio Iwamatsu was mentally prepared for the Eighth Route Army to equip large-caliber heavy artillery.
But when he heard the news, and it was a large-caliber heavy artillery piece, he was a little stunned.
A group of Tubal, equipped with such good weapons, is simply a waste of natural resources!
"Your Excellency, Commander?"
Looking at Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was stunned on the spot, Takeo Nakamura shouted softly, secretly saying that Commander-in-Chief was not frightened by Li Yunlong and the 0 heavy artillery, right?
"Um?"
"What's up?"
Yoshio Iwamatsu brought his thoughts back, frowned slightly, and looked at Takeo Nakamura.
Takeo Nakamura said: "Lieutenant General Iseki requested tactical guidance, how should the Communications Department respond?"
Yoshio Iwamatsu turned around and stared at the map, his eyes full of thought.
By attacking the 36th Division at this juncture, is the New Regiment coordinating the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi and the Central Army on the south bank of the Yellow River?
Or... Li Yunlong wants to eat the 36th Division?
Will the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi participate in the war?
However, Yoshio Iwamatsu focused more on Masao Miyazaki's analysis. The New Regiment's initiative to attack the 36th Division was to support the operation.
With the current strength of the New Regiment, it is impossible to capture the 36th Division during a siege operation, nor can the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment be included.
Unless it's a field battle, there's still some chance.
The artillery firepower of the new regiment is much stronger than that of the 36th Division.
Thinking of the new regiment and Li Yunlong, Iwamatsu Yoshio had a headache. A mere regiment was actually equipped with three artillery regiments, including about 0 large-caliber heavy artillery.
This number of artillery pieces is richer than that of a Class A division of the Japanese army...
Damn Li Yunlong, one day, I will definitely chop off your head!
Regarding Captain Li, Yoshio Iwamatsu, like Yoshio Shinozuka, wanted to cut off Li Yunlong's head and put it on the table as a specimen.
Moreover, in order to keep an eye on the New Regiment and curb its development, Yoshio Iwamatsu has mobilized a division of troops and a large amount of steel bars and cement materials, and even prepared to transport some steel bars and cement to build permanent fortifications around Taiyuan.
There are also construction workers who have been transferred to northwestern Shanxi, but they are still of no use.
So far, since he took office, his Shanxi First Army has suffered around 4,000 casualties, including a little more than 3,000 killed and several hundred injured. Most of the Japanese soldiers killed in action died at the hands of Li Yunlong.
It’s all this damn Li Yunlong!
Otherwise, he would still have an extra division to deal with the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army in southeastern Shanxi, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army in southeastern Shanxi would not dare to be so arrogant.
"Li Yunlong, since you are seeking death, don't blame me for being rude!"
Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly slapped his palm on the table:
"Immediately send power to Lieutenant General Jingguan, and order the 3rd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment stationed in Anhua County and Ping'an County to reinforce Heyuan County."
"In addition, apply to the North China Front Army to dispatch fighter jets and bombers to find the Eighth Route Army's large-caliber heavy artillery and destroy them!"
The originally sturdy desk was shaken by the slap, which shows how hard Yoshio Iwamatsu's slap was.
Palm skill proficiency 1.
But after all, I was hitting the table hard with my hand. If I used too much force, I would feel pain in my palm.
"Hi!"
Nakamura Takeo was frightened, suddenly paused, then turned around and walked out.
Watching Takeo Nakamura leave, Yoshio Iwamatsu stared at the map with a gloomy expression. Now the First Army was in the embarrassing situation of fighting on all sides.
There are four battlefields in northwest Shanxi, Zhongtiao Mountain, Zhengtai Railway and Taiyuan.
The Eighth Route Army and the Central Army have joined forces. If the Jinsui Army also intervenes, things will be very bad.
Fortunately, the letter written to Yan Xishan should have worked, and no information has been received yet that the Jinsui Army is about to make a move.
…
at the same time.
The fighting in Heyuan County continues.
It was not so much a battle as a unilateral artillery crushing, the artillery firepower of the Eighth Route Army crushing the Japanese.
Nearly 100 cannons from three artillery battalions continued to pour shells at the city wall.
If it weren't for the fact that there are still some Chinese people living in the county.
Li Yunlong will order all the artillery of the new regiment, including 60mm mortars, 8mm mortars, 70mm infantry guns, and hundreds of artillery pieces with a caliber of 7mm or above to fire into the county town.
If tens of thousands of artillery shells are thrown down, it can kill at least half of the Japanese soldiers in half an hour at most.
Ten minutes later, the sharp whistling and explosions of shells flying through the air continued.
Fifteen minutes later, the explosion still didn't stop.
For half an hour, the three artillery battalions poured nearly 10,000 shells at the defensive positions and walls outside the city, turning half of the sky red.
Large sections of the city wall were blown down and destroyed, the city towers were blown away without a trace, and the Japanese and puppet troops on the wall were blown away until their bones were left.
Many Japanese artillerymen in the artillery positions were shocked to the point of bleeding to death.
Many artillery positions were even hit directly, and the mountain artillery and artillery were blown into the sky.
It was not until decades later that the Japanese artillerymen who had experienced this battle and survived being captured by the Eighth Route Army would have their feet trembling and could not speak when they mentioned the situation at that time.
You know, these devils all came out of the hail of bullets, but this shelling became a nightmare for the devils.
Wait until the gunfire stops.
The probing attack troops of each battalion except the east city wall then moved towards the city gate from their attacking positions.
This wave of attacks is a probing attack, and it uses a three-three system tactic.
Almost all the Japs on the city wall were dead. As soon as the sound of gunfire stopped, the Japs carried weapons and ammunition and climbed onto the city wall and the ruins.
The wall tiles were still very hot at this time, but the Japs no longer cared so much.
"Boohoo!"
Countless flares were fired from the city wall by the Japanese, and the front of the city wall was suddenly illuminated like daylight.
The Japs immediately saw the attacking Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Ta da da, da da, da da da...
The Japanese machine guns roared wildly, and intense firepower poured down on the attacking new group of soldiers.
The soldiers immediately crawled to avoid the oncoming harvest.
The enemy's firepower was very fierce, and many soldiers were shot, but because the troops were spread out widely, the casualties were not very large.
Seeing the Japanese on the city wall opening fire, the new regiment's mortars, infantry guns and machine guns that had been deployed long ago followed suit.
All of a sudden.
The night sky was suddenly filled with the orange-red trajectory of artillery shells, and was covered with raindrops of tracer bullets from machine guns and machine guns.
At this time, several Japanese mountain cannons hidden within the city wall that had not been destroyed by the shells finally opened fire.
The target of the Japanese artillery fire was not the infantry of the New Regiment, but the mortar and machine gun positions of the New Regiment.
Because the infantry of the New Regiment were spread out widely and were not a pig-like group charge like the Japanese army, even attacking the infantry of the Eighth Route Army would have no effect.
It's better to build machine gun positions and mortar positions.
However, since most of the Japanese artillery positions were destroyed, many Japanese artillerymen were killed, and the firepower of the Japanese mountain artillery was greatly reduced.
After hurriedly firing a few shots at the mortar and machine gun positions of the new regiment, the remaining Japanese artillerymen pulled the mountain cannon back into the city from the city wall.
A few minutes later.
The main mountain artillery and howitzers of the new regiment began to exert force again, and the bombardment target was the Japanese artillery position.
The artillery shells landed very accurately, and it didn't take long to destroy the Japanese artillery positions behind the city wall.
Immediately afterwards, under the cover of mortars and machine guns, a new regiment of infantry attacked the city wall again.
Although the crenellations of the city wall had been reinforced by the Japanese, without steel plates, they could not withstand the power of machine shells.
Not long after one wave of Japs came up, they were beaten to pieces by machine shells, and the next wave of Japs continued to attack.
The new group of attacking soldiers braved the rain of bullets and continued to fight, and their casualties gradually increased.
The battle quickly became intense. It was a battle of attrition, with both sides risking their lives.
…
After listening to the latest battle situation reported by Colonel Ishikawa.
Jingguan Ren suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
A half-hour bombardment of nearly 10,000 shells was followed by a fierce battle.
What kind of coordination operation is this?
Li Yunlong clearly showed his intention to capture the headquarters of the 36th Division.
"Baga, order the No. 3 Regiment and the 3rd Regiment to reinforce Heyuan County immediately after dawn!"
Although he was worried that the 3rd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment would be ambushed, he was more afraid that Heyuan County would be captured by the new regiment, so Iguchi Ren issued an order to Ishikawa to control the water.
As for the large-caliber heavy artillery of the new regiment, Yoshio Iwamatsu and Neji Okamura must be more anxious than themselves, and they will probably send aviation troops to bomb them at dawn.
"Hi!" Ishikawa Harishui looked cold, put his feet together, paused, then turned around and walked out.