Bright sword!I am the head of Shanxi Northwest Wolf Warriors

Chapter 169 Attack blocked
Devils headquarters on the south bank of the Muma River.

The commander of the Ninth Division of the Devils, Takeshita Bongichi, Hirata Saburo of the Hirata Regiment, Murakami Murakami of the Murakata Regiment, and Watanabe Nao of the Watanabe Regiment gathered together.

Takeshita Fengyi said: "Mr. Watanabe, this time your troops reached the bank of the Muma River first, and you also sent troops to investigate the Eighth Route Army on the north bank of the Muma River. Now tell me how much you know about the Eighth Route Army on the north bank of the Muma River?"

"Report to General Takeshita! Our regiment sent seven waves of scouts to the north bank of the Muma River in a row. Three waves were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army on the other side when they crossed the river. The remaining four waves entered the Eighth Route Army position on the north bank. Never came back."

Naoyu Watanabe said respectfully: "To tell the truth! I don't know anything about the Eighth Route Army on the north bank of the Muma River, so I ask General Takeshita to punish them."

"What did you say? Seven waves of scouts were sent out in a row, but none of them came back."

Takeshita pondered for a moment, and said: "My colleagues! It seems that the enemy we are facing this time is not simple. In the past, we fought head-on with the national army. No matter how strict the monarch's arrangement is, our scouts can at least scout Some intel back.

But now we are fighting head-on with the Eighth Route Army, sending out seven waves of scouts in a row, and in the end, not even a single scout came back. This shows that the enemy we are facing this time is not easy. I hope you can score [-] points Spirit.

Commander Neiji Okamura and Commander Hayao Tada attach great importance to this battle. If we win this battle, we will all be rewarded. If we lose this battle, we don’t have to go back. We will directly commit suicide by caesarean section to thank the emperor. Bar. "

Everyone said in unison: "Hi!"

"General Takeshita, since our reconnaissance troops can't get through, can we request the headquarters to send reconnaissance planes for reconnaissance?"

Naoyu Watanabe said: "I believe that as long as our reconnaissance plane reaches the sky above the enemy army, we feel that we can see the enemy's defense at a glance."

"This won't work. We have just arrived at the Muma River, and we haven't had a direct confrontation with the Eighth Route Army. Let our imperial reconnaissance plane come directly. This will make Commander Gangcun feel that we are incompetent."

Takeshita Fengyi said: "The scouts have not discovered the situation of the Eighth Route Army on the north bank of the Muma River, so tomorrow we will launch a tentative attack on the Eighth Route Army on the north bank of the Muma River. First, we will test the strength and firepower configuration of the Eighth Route Army."

"Colleagues, I don't know who is willing to take the initiative to ask for orders!"

Naoyu Watanabe took a step forward, paid a military salute, and said, "General Takeshita, our company is the first to reach the Muma River. I request our company to launch the first tentative attack."

"Okay! Watanabe-kun is worthy of being a warrior of our empire." Takeshita Feng said: "Then tomorrow's tentative attack will be handed over to Watanabe-kun.

I hope Mr. Watanabe can give me a big start, let us take the Muma River defended by the Eighth Route Army like a bamboo shoot, and quickly advance towards Wuyi County occupied by the Eighth Route Army.

Fight for three days for us to reach Wuyi County, and five days for Wuyi County to be completely occupied. At that time, we will drink and drink freely in Wuyi County. "

"General Takeshita, don't worry!" Naoyu Watanabe said, "It can be said that I have fought against the Eighth Route Army many times. In the battlefield of frontal confrontation, the Eighth Route Army has never got cheap from me.

If the Eighth Route Army adopts guerrilla warfare against our army, I will still be a little worried, but they directly adopt the frontal positional warfare confrontation method with us, which is completely courting the rhythm of death. "

Watanabe Naoxiong said: "Watanabe-kun! You can't be arrogant at any time. The Eighth Route Army we are going to fight this time is a group of well-equipped Eighth Route Army. As far as we know, the armed forces of this and the Eighth Route Army are definitely not weaker than ours. The arming of imperial soldiers."

"General Takeshita, don't worry! When we attack tomorrow, my troops will definitely have the spirit of 12 points, and strive to charge against the Eighth Route Army's position once, and then take the Eighth Route Army's position."

Naoyu Watanabe said: "General Takeshita, is there anything else you want to order? If the general has nothing else to do, then I will go down and arrange the troops to attack the Eighth Route Army's position tomorrow."

Takeshita Bong nodded, and said: "Then go and assemble your army! We will watch your troops perform tomorrow, don't let me down."

"Hi!"

Naoyu Watanabe left the forward command post.

The morning of February 2th.

The First Infantry Battalion under Naoyu Watanabe's command was ready to go, and all of them arrived at the mouth of the Muma River, where the flow of water was the most moderate.

The Muma River is a natural line of defense, because the water of the Muma River is too shallow, and the deepest part of the river will not exceed three meters. It is impossible to use boats to cross the river on a large scale, so there is no condition for using boats to cross the river.

Originally, there was this bridge at the Muma River, but this bridge had already been blown up by the Eighth Route Army.

The devil wanted to attack to the north bank of the Muma River, so the devil naturally chose a place where the river was the lowest.

The mouth of the upper dam is 120 meters wide, the water has just reached the calf, and the shallow water basin is only 300 meters. This place is indeed very suitable for crossing the river.

The 20st Infantry Battalion under Naoyu Watanabe arrived at the ferry. Mr. Watanabe used [-] mortars to launch a round of shelling on the opposite bank of the river, and then the [-]st Infantry Squadron of the [-]st Infantry Battalion began to charge towards the north bank of the Muma River.

Several commanders of the devil were watching the charge of the devil at the highest point of Liangping Mountain.

The devils rushed one-third of the way, but the Eighth Route Army on the other side of the river still didn't make any moves.

The enemy did not open fire, and the devil's charge became more violent, and he continued to rush towards the exposed army's position frantically.

When they all passed half the distance, the light and heavy machine guns and various semi-automatic rifles in the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army opened fire in unison.

The devils were all in the middle of the river at this time, and it was very difficult to avoid the bullets of the Eighth Route Army, because there was a flat river in front of them.

One-third of the 267 devils in the middle of the river fell down in a round of fierce shooting by the Eighth Route Army. At this time, the devils can be said to be very aggrieved. If they continue to charge, they will definitely be wiped out.

If they return at this time, they will still be shot by the Eighth Route Army, and they will die faster.

The leader of the Devil Squadron knew very well that they were doomed, so he directly ordered all the soldiers to continue charging towards the Eighth Route Army's position.

At the same time that the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns fired, the Japanese artillery on the south bank quickly fired at the Eighth Route Army's position. At this time, the Eighth Route Army no longer hid it. The position was destroyed.

The 20 heavy artillery did not stop their guns, and they continued to bombard the First Infantry Brigade under Naoyu Watanabe's command on the north bank of the river.

The First Infantry Battalion under Naoyu Watanabe was directly stunned. They didn't expect the Eighth Route Army to be so fierce. This was just the beginning of a tentative challenge, and they directly used [-] heavy howitzers to bombard them. This is completely inhumane. .

The captain of the First Infantry Brigade quickly organized people to evacuate the forward positions.

The First Infantry Squadron under the First Infantry Brigade has been completely abandoned!
In this way, the whole army of the First Infantry Squadron was wiped out, and the corpses fell in the middle of the dam mouth on the Muma River.

In addition to the loss of the First Infantry Squadron under the command of Watanabe Naoxiong, 127 people were killed by the heavy troops of the Eighth Route Army. s damage.

Looking at the battle at Shangbakou, Takeshita Fengyi felt mixed feelings in his heart, and the other captains of the Devil Alliance were also worried.

"The Eighth Route Army on the other side of the river is too rich. It was just a squadron's attack. They used at least 20 light and heavy machine guns, and at least 15 heavy howitzers. All the troops used all American weapons and equipment M1 Semi-automatic rifle.

It is impossible for the ace troops of the Kuomintang to be equipped with such equipment. This is really unbelievable. Is this the result of the Eighth Route Army's superior firepower, or their troops are so rich. "

Takeshita Fengyi looked at the several captains around him, and continued: "Everyone, what do you think?"

Naoyu Watanabe said bluntly: "General Takeshita, the layout of the battlefield is generally that the firepower is front-heavy and rear-heavy, while the force is forward-heavy and rear-heavy.

Shangbakou is good for our attack. The Eighth Route Army’s key defense will definitely be at Shangbakou, so I guess the Eighth Route Army should gather superior firepower to defend at Shangbakou. The firepower of other places is definitely not as strong as Shangbakou. .

If all the troops of the Eighth Route Army could be equipped with such equipment, then they might not be satisfied with a mere Wuyi County, and they might have already attacked the surrounding counties. "

"I agree with what Watanabe-kun said!" Hirata Saburo said bluntly: "The Eighth Route Army must have gathered superior firepower and wanted to make a good start. I believe that as long as we organize troops to attack other places, or adopt a multi-point attack method , the Eighth Route Army definitely doesn’t have such powerful firepower anymore.”

"I agree!" Murakami said, "Shangbakou is good for our attack. The Conservative Army will definitely focus on defending Shangbakou. As long as we choose a few more places to attack, it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to guard against it."

Takeshita Fengyi said: "What everyone said is exactly what I thought! I also think we should choose a few more attack locations to attack.

Watanabe-kun!Order your troops to stop attacking the upper dam, wait for our new combat order to come out, and then let them continue to attack. "

"Hi!"

Naoyu Watanabe agreed and sent someone directly to convey the order to stop the attack.

"This time, I'm going to ask each of you to send a unit to attack the Eighth Route Army."

Takeshita Fengichi continued: "Here you can see the whole section of the Muma River and Qinghe River clearly. You can choose the attack location yourself. If anyone can capture the Eighth Route Army's forward position first and at the same time gain a firm foothold in the Eighth Route Army's forward position, then I will personally Please give credit to Commander Gangcun and him."

Naoyu Watanabe and the others agreed, and began to observe the places suitable for attacking the entire section of the Muma River and the Qinghe River. They already knew the terrain and depth of each section of the river, because these parameters had already been seen by them. The purpose of observing the entire section of Muma River and Qinghe River is to be able to choose a good place to attack more intuitively.

A few people have learned to be smart. The heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army is set up at Shanghekou, and they will definitely not go to Shanghekou to touch the eyebrows of the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

12 o'clock noon.

Murashita Lang, Watanabe Nao, and Hirata Saburo each sent a squadron!Attacks were launched against the Eighth Route Army from Zhongba, Pingyou, and Shangqu.

The water in these three places is deeper than the mouth of the upper dam, but it doesn’t go anywhere, basically just reaching the knees!
All three places have conditions for crossing the river.

The First Infantry Squadron under Murakami Lang's command charged the Eighth Route Army's position. The infantry charged into the river, their speed slowed down by the current, and it was impossible to continue to walk as fast as they could on land.

The [-]st Battalion and [-]th Company of the Huben Regiment was in charge of defending the Zhongba River bank. The Devil Infantry Squadron had just rushed to the middle of the river bank. .

In an instant, the devil suffered heavy losses!The devils are also very aggrieved, they have 1 big caps in their hands, but the enemy's hands are all M92 semi-automatic rifles, crooked light machine guns, [-]-type heavy machine guns, all kinds of bullets attack them like they don't want money strafing.

In the past, they used their firepower superiority to suppress the Chinese army, and they charged very smoothly, but today they were suppressed by the Chinese army with strong firepower, making it difficult to charge and attack.

The attack of the infantry squadron under Naoyu Watanabe and Saburo Hirata was not going well!Their troops have all received the key care of the Eighth Route Army.

The devils used mortars to cover the attack of the troops, but once their mortars fired, the mortars of the Eighth Route Army would immediately fight back and lock their artillery positions, which made the devils very uncomfortable.

The devil has a heavy artillery brigade equipped with 105 howitzers, and two ordinary artillery brigades equipped with Type 92 infantry artillery.

The devils dare not easily use the artillery brigade to bombard the Eighth Route Army, because they have not yet figured out the firepower of the Eighth Route Army. Once they use heavy howitzers and ordinary Type 92 infantry artillery in advance, their artillery positions will inevitably be exposed to the Eighth Route Army. In the eyes of the commander.

The Eighth Route Army's heavy howitzers quickly captured their artillery positions, and their artillery positions would inevitably suffer a devastating blow.

In a frontal battle with the Kuomintang, the Japanese army would basically use artillery to wash the ground, and then quickly rush towards the frontal army of the Kuomintang.

But now they encountered the Eighth Route Army, but they were a little helpless!
The main reason is that the Eighth Route Army's firepower is too powerful, all of which are semi-automatic rifles, which are not even equipped by the Japanese army.

The two rounds of tentative attacks on the first day failed completely. The Japanese army directly lost four infantry squadrons and one artillery squadron, with at least 900 casualties.

The loss was so huge that although it had not yet reached the night, the supreme commander of the Japanese army, Takeshita Hokichi, directly ordered to stop the attack today.

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