Comrade, your ingredients are too complicated.

Chapter 219 Stud Master
Although Kazuki Yamamoto was killed by Kong Jie, his combat concept has successfully taken root in the North China Front Army.

With the information provided by TGK, the command system and large targets of the defenders on the northern front suffered devastating blows.

From a military point of view, this beheading operation is very beautiful.The devil only paid the price of more than 200 people, leaving the two armies on the northern front in a state of no command.

This style of play was also used by Santoku in the future Ardennes counterattack, and it can be regarded as a silent tacit understanding between the Axis powers.

There are many victories in the rear, and the front is naturally not to be outdone.

After receiving the request from Shimizu Rulei and Ikegami Kenkichi for tactical guidance, Okamura Ningji flew directly to the headquarters of the 41st Division without saying a word.

"Mr. Shimizu, your performance has disappointed me. I heard that because of the unsatisfactory front line attack, you often spoke ill of me in front of the subordinates."

Without giving the other party a chance to refute, the old devil waved his hand to signal everyone to stay calm and continue with his solo show.

"Okay, I know you have a lot of complaints. I didn't think carefully about this battle. I didn't take the unexpected variable of the Eighth Route Army into account."

"I have transferred all the army aviation from the west, east, and northeast routes. With the strength of each division and brigade of yours, it is definitely enough to take down Yuanqu County."

"Execute the order! Don't let me down!"

To put it bluntly, the tactical guidance means that the current battle situation has reached a stalemate, which has exceeded the ability of the highest commander of the field force. It can be understood as an elegant name for throwing the pot away.

Although he was skeptical about the next arrangement, Shimizu still decided to carry out the order, after all, it was not his responsibility for what happened.

"Hi!"

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Both the Navy Red Deer and the Army Horse Dung are known to like Stud command.

This is because the country is small and has few resources.Once a foreign war is launched, the domestic economy will be under great pressure, and it will collapse if you are not careful.

So their generals always like to gamble everything and strive for a quick victory.

If you win, you will get promoted and get rich, and if you lose, you will commit seppuku, which is no big deal.

The northern defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain has a relatively flat terrain.

Neiji Okamura decided to take advantage of the preparation time of the First Air Division of the Eighth Route Army to gather all the remaining aircraft of the 3rd Flying Group, the 32nd Flying Squadron and the 83rd Flying Squadron.

This is a stud. He is betting that the enemy air force will not frequently bomb an area in a short period of time, and he is also betting that there will be no connection between the defenders and the Eighth Route Army.

Facts have proved that the old devil was right.

The First Air Division dispatched nearly a thousand sorties within 24 hours. All the pilots were exhausted physically and mentally and needed to rest. Will there be another air strike in a while.

After the defenders lost the command of their superiors, the Japanese army on the northern front launched an unprecedentedly violent attack.

The advancing direction chosen by Ningji Okamura was naturally the position of Zhao Shiling's 43rd Army.

As an expert in the Republic of China, the old devil knew that the Jinsui Army did not obey the command of the Central Army at all, but only followed Yan Laoxi's orders.Once the pressure on the frontal battlefield is too great, the opponent is very likely to give up the front line.

Twenty thousand infantry, coupled with heavy artillery and dozens of tanks, made the two divisions of the 43rd Army miserable.

With air support before, the Jin troops were able to hold their positions in a pretentious manner.Now facing the stud-style attack of the 41st Division, they immediately revealed their true colors.

Under the heavy pressure, the defenders also experienced internal problems. The first outbreaks were supply problems such as water shortages and food shortages.

Zhongtiao Mountain is located in Luliang Mountain, which is the poorest area in the whole province.The local area is vast and sparsely populated, and it is simply a dream to rely on the local area for food supplies.

Under normal circumstances, the transport troops need to use rafts and wooden boats to transport the general grain across the Yellow River, and then the soldiers will carry it up the mountain by manpower.

Before the start of the war, the defenders of Guofu had to allocate up to one-third of their soldiers to collect firewood, carry water, and carry food. It would take 2 to 4 days for a round trip.

Now the front line is tight, and it has been more than a day to move food.

Even if every army is desperately storing food, there is only three days of stock at most.If the fight continues like this, the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain will be destroyed without the devils attacking.

The problem of drinking water is similar to that of food. Areas with a slightly higher altitude generally have no spring water and can only rely on wells.

The water level of Zhongtiao Mountain is very low, and the wells are often tens of meters deep, and at most half a barrel can be pumped up at a time.

Although the defenders dug many wells, they were obviously unreliable.When there is no fighting, each army needs to arrange a large number of soldiers to fetch water from the Yellow River every day.

Now that the war has been fought, the inventory is getting less and less.

The grassroots soldiers complained a lot, their morale was dropping every minute and every second, and it would naturally collapse after a long time.

What's more, the reduction of personnel in the 43rd Army is also very serious. Due to long-term combat, death of illness and escape, most of the front-line troops in Zhongtiaoshan are not full of staff.

A company has as many as seven or 80 soldiers, as few as five or 60 soldiers, and even three or 40 soldiers.

Facing the desperate attack of the devils, the defeat of the northern front is doomed.

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Several 105mm heavy grenade high-explosive bombs landed on the poor simple position of the 43th Division of the 47rd Army with the scream of death.

Under the ravages of heavy artillery, the defense line was bombarded with piles of rubble everywhere.The remains of some soldiers who hadn't had time to restrain themselves were also shattered by the blast.

Immediately afterwards, the Jinsui army who were preparing to fight back on the artillery position was horrified to find that more than a dozen shells were flying towards them.

Six 75mm mountain guns were overturned to the ground, and the precious artillery could not escape the fate of being overthrown.With just one round of shelling, an artillery company lost its combat effectiveness.

The soldier who was lucky enough to escape was huddled in a daze in the artillery fortifications. Facing the devil's artillery group, he didn't even have the slightest ability to resist.

Before the smoke and dust caused by the first round of shells dissipated, the second round fell again, followed by the third and fourth rounds.

In just a few minutes, the devils used heavy artillery of various calibers to plow the positions of the 47th Division over and over again.

The other party seemed to be a stud who was determined, and he didn't consider the issue of loss at all.

The entire 43rd Army has been beaten into a daze. After losing air supremacy, many commanders were momentarily confused.

In the absence of effective air defense means and tunnel bunker systems, the intense air strikes of the North China Front Army caused huge casualties to the officers and soldiers of the Jin army.

From the beginning of the war to the present, ten officers above the battalion level have been bombed and sacrificed, and the defense at the grassroots level has become weaker and weaker.

In the command post on the front line, a regimental commander's eyes were red.He just glanced at the intensity of the enemy's shelling, and he knew that the soldiers on the ground must be in danger.

In order to ask for support from his superiors, he kept urging his staff officers.

"Why haven't you contacted the guru seat yet! What are you doing for food!"

"Continue to fight like this! We're going to lose all our wealth! This is simply asking me to fill the line with my life!"

"Send me all the communication soldiers! Even if you climb, you have to climb to the division command post! If there is no support, just wait for me to collect the corpse!"

Facing such an angry officer, the staff officer shook his head helplessly.In just half an hour, more than half of the regiment suffered casualties, and everyone was under great pressure.

The most fatal thing is that they have completely lost contact with their superiors.Neither the temporary 47th Division nor the 43rd Army directly under it gave any instructions.

"Tuan Zuo, all the phone lines have been blown up by the devils. Even the communications soldiers are helpless with such heavy artillery fire!"

"Why don't we withdraw, anyway, we are not the only regiment on the defense line. Even if the superiors pursue it, it will be a non-war fault!"

Realizing that his staff officer had the idea of ​​fleeing, the red-eyed head directly took out the gun from his waist, and put it on the opponent's head at the slightest disagreement!

"Are you a soldier, or are you a fucking Shanxi native! Boneless bastard!"

"Wouldn't it be possible to fight without the support of the Eighth Route Army? Isn't that how the battle of Taiyuan was fought back then!"

"Pass my order! Before receiving the instructions from the superior! Everyone must not take a step back! Even if you die, you must die on the battlefield!"

"Yes!"

Originally, there were three solid stone dams in Hengling Pass, and the stone dams stretched for more than ten miles.According to the terrain and defense needs, the defenders built more than 200 blockhouses with stone bars and blocks.

This kind of fortification still has a certain defensive ability against the devil's light infantry.

But now they are facing the heavy artillery of the 41st Division, and all the fortresses will be broken at the touch of a touch.The defenders who lost their fortifications retreated step by step after being beaten by the enemy.

In order to stabilize the front line, the soldiers could only take advantage of the moonlight to rescue some temporary fortifications on the night of the 7th.After all, during the day, they have to be suppressed by the enemy's artillery, so they can't work at all.

But even building such an unpopular thing would cost a lot.

As this ebbs and flows, the Japanese army is almost advancing on the corpses of the defenders.

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On a shattered position, a young soldier dug his battalion commander out of the ground.

"Battalion Commander! Wake up quickly! The devil's artillery fire is over!"

Hearing the call, Jiang Dakui barely opened his eyes.He stood up slowly while supporting his comrade-in-arms' shoulders, and then patted himself on the head very painfully.

An hour earlier, the veteran had been a platoon leader.

Only 10 minutes after the war started, the battalion commander who stood firm on the ground died for his country, and a company commander hurried to act as the battalion commander.

After an hour of fierce fighting, all three company commanders were killed, and he, the oldest platoon leader, could only act as battalion commander.

In fact, the remaining soldiers are barely enough for one platoon.Facing the devil's armored forces, the soldiers tried their best to hold their positions.

The smoke on the battlefield slowly dissipated, and the surviving people had already seen the tank.Even the dozens of devils with their waists bent, they could see clearly.

"Quick! Let the brothers take their positions! Get ready for battle!"

"Get me a dynamite pack! Leave that tank to me!"

"This time should be the last wave. It's a great honor to fight side by side with you. See you in the next life!"

After giving the order, Jiang Dakui walked towards the heavy machine gun without hesitation.

This is the position with the most casualties in the entire battalion, and many machine gunners and ammunition men have already fallen on the position of less than three square meters.

After briefly cleaning up the mountain of shell casings nearby, he installed the last 250-round canvas bullet belt on Maxim.

Facing the vicious devils, Jiang Dakui waited quietly in the crater after firing the remaining bullets.

The vibration on the ground let him know that the tank was getting closer, and then he yanked the fuse and launched the last charge in his life against the Devil Tank.

boom!
The close-fitting explosive package easily destroyed the Type [-] light tank.

At the same time, the remaining soldiers of the battalion also chose to follow their commander.

Although the soldiers had just suffered a heavy shelling, many of them could not stand still.But after seeing the battalion commander attacking, they still instinctively pulled out the bayonet and inserted it into the card slot.

More than 30 soldiers, holding shining bayonets, tried their best to quickly approach the devils.

Unlike the Jinsui Army who had just been bombarded, the Japanese infantry were all energetic.As long as they don't face the air strikes of the Eighth Route Army, they will regain their confidence.

Hand-to-hand combat, fierce hand-to-hand combat was staged again.

The sacrifice of a battalion only delayed the enemy's advance for an hour.

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On the northern line of Zhongtiao Mountain, the command post of the 43th Division of the 47rd Army.

"There are only 4000 people left in our division, and there are not many usable artillery left. It is not an option to continue fighting like this."

"The devil's offensive is too fierce. I can't take this responsibility without the commander's order. If we can't do it, let's retreat alternately!"

Hearing the old buddy's proposal, the commander of the 70th Division lit a cigarette tremblingly.After taking a big puff, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground angrily.

"Okay! Then let's retreat!"

"Without the help of the Eighth Route Army, this battle would not have been fought. In just two hours, I have 3000 men left, not counting the seriously wounded who cannot move!"

"Retreating is considered obeying the president's order! I'll make arrangements now!"

In all fairness, the grassroots officers of the two divisions of the 43rd Army are very good.In the absence of orders from superiors, the soldiers continued to defend their positions for two hours.

Although the position has changed hands many times, it is still a good fight overall. After all, the will to fight cannot make up for the gap in strength.

It's a pity that the two division commanders were not good people. Seeing the fierce offensive of the 41st Division, they felt withdrawn.

In fact, as long as they persist for another half an hour, the First Air Division will be able to reach the battlefield.With the addition of the 17th Army on the flanks, there is a high probability that the front can be pushed back.

In the final analysis, it still has to be counted on a certain miser.

After all, the egg dancer once ordered his subordinates not to fight head-on with the Japanese army. For him, the soldiers in his hand are everything, and if he kills them all, he will completely lose the qualification to compete in Shanxi.

After a brief discussion, the two immediately gave up their position and retreated north.They decided to go west from Fushan and Yicheng, and cross the Fen River to break through.

After taking the position of the 43rd Army, Neiji Okamura did not order to pursue the victory.

For the Jinsui Army, a potential ally, the old devil still wanted to win over it.The opponent not only gave up his position, but also accepted the bait he cast.

After this battle, even if Yan Laoxi didn't want to surrender, his reputation in the Republic of China would be ruined.

As for the 17th Army, which is still stubbornly resisting, Okamura Ningji also has arrangements.

Although there are tens of thousands of defenders taking advantage of the favorable terrain and strong fortifications, they are resisting steadily.However, due to the fleeing of the friendly troops, they were in a state of fighting alone and being attacked by the enemy.

In the case of superior military strength and superior firepower, if the opponent does not give up his position, he will be eaten by the 41st Division sooner or later.

Neiji Okamura successfully separated the 5th Army and the 14th Army with the stud strategy, and even cut off the supply and communication lines of the Guogua defenders.

Soon, news spread to the southwest capital and Luoyang.

The news of the defeat made the bald head extremely angry. While cursing Hippi, he asked the commander of the guards in the first theater to come up with a solution as soon as possible.

　I will update two more chapters during the day
　　
　
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