Rise from the sword

Chapter 504 Surprise first!After splitting surrounded!
the other side.

Eight o'clock at night.

When the first battalion and the second battalion had just set off.

"start."

In the frontline command post, Li Yunlong personally gave the order to attack.

"Full fire."

On the artillery position in the rear, Yan Sheng received the order by phone.

In an instant, the muzzles of a hundred 105 howitzers exploded.

Different from the previous continuous shooting, the order this time was to fire at full speed, each artillery group was fully charged, and each artillery projected shells at the rate of fire of eight rounds per minute to the devils' positions in the distance.

The muzzle continued to shine, and the rain of bullets that was far denser than before shrouded the devil's position in the distance.

boom boom boom

Intensive explosions rose from the devil's position.

This time, the shelling lasted only 3 minutes, but [-] shells fell on the devil's position, that is, more than [-] shells fell every second.The density of firepower is unprecedented.

Just after the artillery fire stopped, three tank companies with 180 tanks and [-] armored vehicles rushed towards the devil's position in the distance in three directions.Two battalions of infantry followed.

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the same moment.

"General Yamamoto."

Inside the devil headquarters, a staff officer rushed in hastily:

"The fourth position encountered intensive shelling. The enemy used more than a hundred artillery pieces to carry out shelling. The garrison brigade suffered heavy losses. According to preliminary statistics, there were about 300 casualties."

"Nani?"

Yamamoto was taken aback, but immediately understood.

He got hit.

Recently, the independent regiment's attack has been very regular. During the day, it relies on fierce firepower and the armor advantage of tanks to launch an attack. At night, it relies on positional defense to resist the night attack of the imperial army.

In the past six days, the other party has never bombarded the frontline positions of the imperial army at night. Even if the imperial army rushes to repair the fortifications at night, it has never bombarded the positions on a large scale at night, and at most used a few small-caliber mortars to harass.

At the beginning, he was still prepared. He was very careful in repairing the fortifications at night, ready to avoid shelling at any time, but after a few days of calm, the front line inevitably relaxed its vigilance.

Emergency repair work is a deadly order, and it must be completed before dawn, especially anti-tank positions damaged by artillery fire must be repaired as soon as possible.Faced with such pressure, the front-line commander often ignored his orders that troops should be able to avoid shelling at any time.

He knew it too, but he couldn't change the situation.

Before Yamamoto could speak, another staff officer rushed in:
"General."

The staff officer's tone became more flustered:

"The Independence Regiment has launched an attack."

"Nani?"

Yamamoto was horrified again.

Nani's voice was higher and more incredible than before.

He can still understand the large-scale bombardment of the position at night, but is Li Yunlong crazy when the independent regiment launches an attack at night?
"How about the offensive force?"

Yamamoto asked quickly.

"It's not clear yet."

The staff officer lowered his head.

At night, the position suffered intensive shelling again, causing heavy losses and chaos. In such a situation, how to judge the size of the enemy.Not to mention it's only a few minutes.

"Order the No.17 brigade to go to the position immediately."

Without the slightest hesitation, Yamamoto quickly mobilized the reserve team.

"Order the long-range cannon squadron..."

Saying this, Yamamoto stopped.

But with the second order, Yamamoto hesitated.

The enemy suddenly launched an attack at night by surprise. This must be a long-planned attack. At this moment, using long-range artillery to block is the best choice.

But the enemy has at least one hundred artillery pieces, which have a longer range than the Imperial Type [-] cannon, and are more powerful than the Imperial Cannon.

Once one's own artillery fires, there will definitely be losses, and it must be a heavy loss, and the entire army may even be wiped out.This is his last artillery, and Yamamoto is reluctant.

"Stay on standby."

Finally, Yamamoto spit out four words.

"Hi."

The staff officer quickly went to convey the order.

Looking at the departing staff officer, Yamamoto sighed faintly.

In the past few days, he carefully observed the offensive methods of the independent regiment.

Compared with the Empire, the independent regiment's attack is also much more reasonable.

Once the bombardment is over, dispatch the No. [-] tank to quickly open the gap in the position through speed, armor, and firepower, followed by half-track armored vehicles carrying infantry. Resists bullets, can also keep up with the speed of tanks, and has strong passability, allowing infantry to follow tanks in time to attack.

Once the tank broke through the position, the infantry on the armored vehicle followed the tank for protection and continued to attack relying on the tank, while the armored vehicle served as a firepower point to provide fire support for suppression.

In contrast, even if the Empire had a Type A division equipped with tank troops, it could only allow infantry to follow the tanks on foot, which greatly delayed the fighter plane and gave the enemy time to prepare for reaction.

Differs greatly.

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Just as Yamamoto summed up the law.

At only [-]:[-], the troops in charge of the attack had completely ripped through the devil's line of defense.

But this time, it was a little different than before.

"Continue to attack."

On the front line, the commander of the armored battalion in charge issued an order on the radio:

"The second company, the third company quickly broke through from the two wings."

Under the command of the battalion commander, a tank company of [-] tanks continued to advance, and the infantry of [-] armored vehicles got out of the rear to follow up, but the other two armored companies drove in at high speed along the two wings of the devil's position, ignoring the devil's firepower, crushing Through a trench, all the way forward.

At the forefront of the team is a No. [-] tank responsible for mine clearance.

This scene was quickly passed on to Yamamoto.

"General."

Staff report:

"The Independent Regiment dispatched about [-] tanks and nearly [-] armored vehicles to attack, followed by a brigade of infantry. Thirty tanks attacked from the front, and the remaining [-] tanks quickly broke through the position along the two wings of the third position. .”

"During the offensive, they fired a lot of flares."

"Nani?"

"Ninety tanks."

Yamamoto's third time was more exciting than before. At the same time, his pupils shrank, his face changed drastically, and his voice was horrified:
"Li Yunlong wants to divide and encircle."

The fourth position has been fought over and over again by the two sides. The position is dilapidated and the fortifications are not systematic. Even after a day of repairs, it is still riddled with holes.

Such a situation gave the two-wing tank company a chance to penetrate and encircle at high speed.

"General, what should we do?"

Hearing this, Shinji Kozuo on the side also changed his face.

At present, there is a seventh brigade on the fourth position, and there is also a reserve team that has just been reinforced, the No.17 brigade, with a total strength of 300 and 17 people. The No.1000 brigade is the main brigade, with a total strength of 300 and 2000 people.However, the Seventh Battalion suffered shelling and had already suffered more than [-] casualties, so there were actually [-] combat troops left.

With these people, it is impossible to stop ninety tanks.

After all, there are no strong positions and anti-tank fortifications on the fourth position.

"Order."

Yamamoto squinted his eyes, and immediately ordered the frontline troops to retreat:

"Seventh, the No.17 brigade quickly retreated, and the No.20 second and No.20 third brigades were in charge."

If we don't retreat, the two brigades will be gone.

"Hi."

The staff officer quickly conveyed the order.

"Order."

Yamamoto then seemed to want to continue giving orders, but he opened his mouth, then stopped, and waved his hand to signal the staff to keep busy.

He wanted the heavy artillery unit to open fire, but he gave up in the end. For the sake of more than 2000 people, it is not appropriate to expose the position of the heavy artillery unit now. After all, once the position is exposed, the heavy artillery unit will not die or be disabled.

After the staff officer left, Yamamoto walked out of the headquarters, looked at the sky, and remained silent.

"General, why are they attacking at night?"

Beside Yamamoto, Captain Yamada, who has rich experience in fighting against Li Yunlong, expressed doubts.

Yamamoto didn't answer. He also had this doubt in his heart and kept thinking about it, but there was no result.

It stands to reason that the effect of attacking during the day would be much better. A powerful force composed of ninety tanks would divide and encircle him. None of the troops he deployed in the forward position would be able to return, but Li Yunlong must have his reasons for attacking at night.

There is no moon tonight, and it is already pitch black at this time. After a long silence, Yamamoto suddenly flashed a sharp light. He called a staff officer and asked:

"How many magnetic anti-tank grenades have been sent by the Empire?"

Although it is absolutely impossible to produce a new type of large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, in the face of Yamamoto's predicament, it is not that the devils have not thought of a way in China.

Because of the relationship with Germany and the accidental discovery of the No. [-] tank in Shanxi, the devil got the magnetic anti-tank grenade technology from the Germans. Although the Germans found this thing to be impractical and gave up, the little devil still got it Treasure, quickly organize production.

This thing is easy to produce, just add magnets, grenades, and hollow charges. The technology is relatively simple and easy to produce.

In order to simplify the production process, the little devil even simplified the design of the Germans, increasing the weight, increasing the volume of the magnet, and increasing the amount of charge.After this set, it directly increased to a weight of [-] kilograms. It didn't matter whether it could be used or not, and I didn't even bother to test it.

The first batch of [-] pieces has been delivered to Yamamoto.

"Three hundred."

The staff officer curled his lips and replied.

Although the empire advertised the latest anti-tank weapons from Germany, after testing, this thing is not practical at all.

It’s heavy, and a one-kilogram guy can’t be thrown a few meters away. If it gets so close, it will be killed by someone, and the attraction force of the magnet is not stable, and it is easy to fall off. The hollow charge of the small factory is not qualified, and the armor-piercing effect is great. discount.

"All issued to the No.20 Seventh Cavalry Regiment, ordering it to launch an attack on the tank unit of the Independent Regiment from the flank."

Yamamoto's tone was cold.

Although the magnetic anti-tank grenade has various defects, the range is short, and infantry can hardly use it, because it is manufactured in a small factory in the empire, the charging technology is not good enough, and the penetration is not enough.

But if you use cavalry, it's different.

Usually the cavalry has no chance to approach at all, but now it is night, with the speed of the cavalry, there may be a chance to keep the anti-tank grenade on top of the tank...
"Hi."

The staff officer quickly went to convey the order.

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at the same time.

The first battalion led by Zhang Dabiao and the second battalion led by Luo Er were already under the cover of night, thinking about the scheduled location all the way.

The eyes of the devils were all attracted by the front line, and no one noticed this group of people at all.

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