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

Chapter 170 Landing Operation
at night.

Takeshita Bongichi urgently summoned the captains of the Hirata Regiment, Murakata Regiment, and Watanabe Regiment.

Takeshita Fengyi said: "Everyone, after today's battle, everyone should have a clear understanding of the firepower configuration of the Huben Regiment.

The advantage of the Tiger Ben regiment of the Eighth Route Army lies in its geographical advantage. At the same time, they have also built a huge firepower network. The advantage of our army is that the soldiers are all elite soldiers. The recruits just recruited by the Tiger Ben regiment are definitely not the opponents of our imperial soldiers.

Tomorrow our army will definitely launch a full-scale attack on the Muma River. Do you have any good suggestions that you can feel free to mention?Try to let me cross the Muma River at the least cost, so that I can fight head-on with the Huben regiment. "

Naoyu Watanabe said: "The total length of the Muma River is 18 kilometers, and a total of 18 kilometers is suitable for our army to carry out landing operations. As long as our pontoon troops reach the Muma River, we can carry out landing operations in these [-] kilometers.

It is impossible for the Eighth Route Army Huben Regiment to deploy heavy troops on the [-]-kilometer-long defense line of Muma River. Most of their heavy troops must be deployed in places that are easier to land. As long as our army adopts large-scale landing operations, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army Huben Regiment to stop it. Our amphibious landing operations.

The most important thing for us now is to get the pontoon troops to the Muma River as soon as possible, and at the same time request the entire Shanxi air force for air fire support. "

The total length of the Muma River is indeed 18 kilometers, but it is only 60 kilometers that is really suitable for the army to land and operate. The remaining [-] kilometers are all high mountains. Even if the Japanese army landed on the south bank of the Muma River from other places, it is impossible to proceed march.

Therefore, the only place where the Japanese army can carry out landing operations is the [-]-kilometer line of defense that the Eighth Route Army conducts key defenses.

Saburo Hirata said: "Mr. Takeshita, I completely agree with Watanabe-kun. Our Empire of Japan has a total of nine flying brigades in Shanxi. Even if two flying brigades were destroyed by a surprise attack by the Eighth Route Army, our army still has seven flying brigades." brigade.

As long as our army's seven flying brigades support the Mumahe battlefield regardless of cost, coupled with our army's all-out attack, we will definitely be able to completely defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Huben Regiment in Mumahe. "

"Commander Takeshita, I also agree with Hirata-kun and Watanabe-kun. If we continue to rely solely on the empire's warriors to attack, even if our army wins the Muma River, our army's losses will definitely exceed half in the end."

Murashita Lang said solemnly: "If our army's losses really exceed half, even if our army has completely wiped out the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Huben Regiment in the end, it will be our army's failure in the end.

The most important thing is that our army not only has to deal with the Eighth Route Army that serves the Eighth Route Army, but also has to deal with the Eighth Route Army in the Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountains. "

"I don't know what the three said! But to mobilize Shanxi's air force to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River, this has to be ordered by General Gangcun Ningci himself.

General Neji Okamura did not understand the prevention and control capabilities of the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River. General Neji Okamura would never send a large-scale air force to bomb the south bank of the Muma River. "

Takeshita Fuichi: "The current Eighth Route Army is no longer the former Eighth Route Army. The former Eighth Route Army could not even find a decent artillery, but the current Eighth Route Army has large-caliber artillery. At the same time, the Eighth Route Army basically has anti-aircraft firepower in important places. layout.

The Imperial Air Force in Shanxi lost 37 aircraft in just two months because they did not know much about the anti-aircraft firepower of the Eighth Route Army, which basically reached the size of two flying brigades Well, if it weren't for the commander of the North China Dispatch Army to provide military assistance to our Shanxi, do you think we can still have seven flying brigades in Shanxi?
I can only ask General Gangcun Ningci to find out the air defense firepower of the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River as soon as possible, and at the same time send a certain flying brigade to provide air support for our army. However, everyone should not place too much hope on the flying brigade. Is the main force of the real empire.

The Yamazaki Transportation Brigade responsible for transporting the pontoons will deliver the pontoons to our position in the middle of the night at most today. By then, Hirata-kun, Watanabe-kun, and Murashita-kun, the three of you will take over all the pontoon bridges.

Tomorrow the Eighth Route Army will launch an attack on the south bank of the Muma River, and you three troops will take the lead. You will choose seven places to carry out amphibious landing operations on the south bank of the Muma River. As long as there is one place that destroys the position of the Eighth Route Army's Huben Regiment on the south bank of the Muma River , I will press the large troops of my Ninth Division, and at that time, I will completely defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River in one go. "

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The four senior commanders of the Japanese army discussed in the middle of the night, and finally determined seven places to attack the Eighth Route Army's defense line on the south bank of the Muma River.

Only the four senior commanders of the Japanese army knew about these seven attacking places. Only when the troops were assembled tomorrow and a large-scale attack was carried out on the main position of the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River would these seven places be completely exposed.

2 month 8 day.

Nine in the morning.

The Japanese army rested for half an hour after breakfast.

Saburo Hirata ordered two infantry brigades.

Murashita wave also clicked on two infantry brigades.

Watanabe Naoxi ordered an infantry brigade.

A total of 4000 Japanese soldiers from five infantry brigades started to kill the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River from seven directions.

The seven newly selected places are not the direction of attack chosen yesterday. The water in these seven places is relatively deep, and the deepest places can even drown people.

It's just that the attacking Japanese soldiers used pontoon bridges to land in combat, so the Japanese soldiers did not have any problems in attacking.

The forward command position of the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River.

Huang Zhenhai, commander of the first battalion of the Huben Regiment, watched the Japanese soldiers' attack policy.

Huang Zhenhai quickly mobilized soldiers to support the direction of the Japanese attack.

The entire south bank of the Muma River has long been built by the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment and the people recruited by the Tiger Ben Regiment.

Dozens of bunkers have been built on the entire south bank of the Muma River, all of which are made of reinforced concrete. The 10 howitzer can't destroy the bunker with one shot, and the 105 howitzer needs three shots to destroy it. Bunker.

There are three heavy machine guns in each bunker, and the 18-kilometer river surface where Muma River can conduct landing operations is within the deterrent range of the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns.

At the same time, the heavy artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army can cover the Muma River and places where landing operations can be carried out at any time.

Soldiers of the Japanese army began to build pontoon bridges, preparing to forcibly attack the Eighth Route Army's position on the south bank of the Muma River.

The soldiers of the Huben Regiment of the Eighth Route Army did not give the Japanese soldiers any chance at all. A large number of heavy machine guns fired directly, and the Japanese soldiers who were in charge of building the pontoon bridge at the front suffered directly.

Just two rounds of heavy machine guns directly fired more than 60 Japanese soldiers who were responsible for building the pontoon bridge.

It's just that the Japanese soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice. Even if they lost more than 60 imperial soldiers, they still continued to build the pontoon bridge. It is obvious that the Japanese army will launch a large-scale attack on the positions of the Eighth Route Army today. Some small-scale losses. The commander of the Japanese army is not Matters a lot.

While Japanese soldiers were building the pontoon bridge, many Japanese soldiers held heavy shields and arrived in front of the soldiers who were building the pontoon bridge.

In just one hour, more than half of the seven pontoon bridges of the Japanese army were built, and more than two-thirds of the fastest pontoon bridge was built.

The Japanese army braved the hail of bullets to build the pontoon bridge, and lost more than 700 soldiers in just one hour, but the Japanese soldiers did not have any fear, and their speed of building the pontoon bridge became even faster.

The main reason why the Japanese army was able to build the pontoon bridge so smoothly was that the Eighth Route Army only allowed heavy machine guns to fire, and incidentally allowed some frontier sharpshooters to shoot freely. All light and heavy machine guns fired.

If it is really necessary to let all the light and heavy machine guns on the front line fire, and then let a large number of heavy artillery fire cover, it is simply impossible for Japanese soldiers to build floating bridges.

The Eighth Route Army on the front line naturally also had their own ideas. They covered the Japanese army building the pontoon bridge with artillery fire in advance, and all kinds of light and heavy machine guns on the front line fired directly. This could indeed effectively prevent the Japanese army from attacking, but doing so would definitely expose the real firepower of the Eighth Route Army Therefore, once the Japanese army detects the real firepower of the Eighth Route Army in advance, they will definitely be able to find a way to target the Eighth Route Army.

When the Japanese army's pontoon bridge is almost built, the Japanese army will launch a large-scale attack, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Huben Regiment will be covered with firepower, which will definitely kill and injure more Japanese soldiers.

In this way, even if the heavy firepower of the forward position is exposed, it is of sufficient value.

The Japanese army built more than two-thirds of the pontoon bridges, and the Japanese soldiers stopped building the pontoon bridges. The five brigades of soldiers who had already prepared began to attack the Eighth Route Army positions.

At the same time, two artillery brigades were dispatched to spread out and cover the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army with artillery fire.

When the pontoon bridge was being built, the Japanese army did not dare to move the artillery brigade to the forward position. Once the Japanese army moved the artillery brigade to the forward position, it would obviously fall within the range of the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

If the artillery brigade in the forward position did not achieve any effect, and was directly wiped out by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army in the end, it would be really uncomfortable.

Now that the main force of the Japanese army is attacking, it is quite normal to call in two artillery brigades for fire support.

Even if the two artillery brigades were wiped out in the end, as long as the soldiers of the empire could successfully attack to the south bank of the Muma River, the battle would be considered a victory.

The Japanese army launched a large-scale offensive.

Naturally, the Eighth Route Army in the forward position was not idle, and the light and heavy machine guns that had not fired before also directly fired at the Japanese army on the river.

The heavy artillery at positions No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 also fired directly, covering the artillery at the front positions of the Japanese army.

The two artillery squadrons in the forward position of the Japanese army only attacked the position on the south bank of the Muma River for five or six rounds. Most of the artillery of the two artillery squadrons were destroyed by the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

The heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army did not stop after firing. They killed the two artillery battalions in the front positions of the Japanese army, and then directly covered the attacking Japanese soldiers with frantic artillery fire.

The four artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army fought for a full three hours, until all the artillery was extremely hot, and the four artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army stopped firing.

The light and heavy machine guns in the forward positions have been firing all the time, as if the bullets of the light and heavy machine guns don't cost money at all.

The five infantry brigades of the Japanese army attacked and fought for four hours. In the end, the five infantry brigades of the Japanese army were almost wiped out, and the two artillery brigades were also almost wiped out. The pontoon bridges built were all blown up. Became cannon fodder.

The Japanese soldiers were stunned, but none of them succeeded in rushing to the south bank of the Muma River.

The battle between the two sides can be said to be extremely fierce.

Except for the Ninth Division, the Japanese army still retained a complete organizational system, and the other three regiments were almost completely destroyed. The Hirata Regiment had only 300 people left except for the brigade headquarters, and the Murakata Regiment also only had There are more than 400 people left, and the situation of Watanabe United is better, with more than 500 people left besides the brigade.

Faced with such a huge loss, Takeshita Hoichi, the head of the Ninth Division, did not dare to let the soldiers of the empire continue to attack.

If the attack continues like this, in the end, the 28 troops brought by Takeshita may have to be handed over to the banks of the Muma River.

The Japanese attack stopped. At this time, three reconnaissance planes and [-] bombers sent by the Japanese army came directly to the positions above the south bank of the Muma River.

The Japanese flying brigade wanted to bomb the south bank of the Muma River indiscriminately, but the Japanese flying brigade had just arrived over the south bank of the Muma River. Dozens of high-speed machine guns and dozens of anti-aircraft guns had already been waiting for them for a long time.

A large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns launched an indiscriminate attack. Before the six bombers and three reconnaissance planes could respond, and before a single bomb was dropped, they were directly shot down by the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns of the Eighth Route Army.

The remaining twelve bombers did not dare to panic at this time. All the bombers raised to the highest flying altitude, poured down the bombs carried on the plane at the same time, and then quickly left the sky above the south bank of the Muma River.

When the Japanese army bombed and poured bombs, the Eighth Route Army shot down three Japanese bombers.

In the end, only half of the Japanese army's complete flying brigade flew back to their base, and the remaining half of the flying brigade stayed on the south bank of the Muma River forever.

When Takeshita Fengyi saw his flying brigade coming, he also wanted to organize three infantry brigades to land on the Eighth Route Army's positions.

But Takeshita Bongichi had just organized the infantry brigade, and a flying brigade of his own empire had long since disappeared, which made Takeshita Bongichi directly give up the idea of ​​​​immediate landing operations.

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