Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 235 Li Yunlong's fishing operation
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小鬼子核心主力是由第34军的第39师团，独立混成第17旅团、独立步兵第5、7、10、12旅团和方面军直辖第11师团组成，实力相比南岸进攻的小鬼子还要强几分。

But after continuous bloodletting attacks.

The Japanese 11th Division, which was the first to rush in the front, was also badly wounded as it rushed into the basin plain of Jiangxian County from Yuanqu. The entire division had more than 2 troops, but when it arrived in Jiangxian County, there were less than 2 people left.

More than 2 Japanese soldiers were killed in the mountains along the way, and two field guns and three 2mm rapid-fire guns were lost.

In comparison, the 11th Division is already considered good.

Behind them, the 39th Division had more than 2 people, and had lost more than 3000 people. An entire regiment was wiped out. The ammunition of the artillery regiment's field artillery battalion was hit, and not only were four field guns damaged, but nearly a quarter of the ammunition was exploded!

But this is not the worst. The Japanese 12th Brigade, which is now lagging behind Yuanqu, is in a miserable situation. Not only have they lost more than half of their men, but they still have dozens of kilometers of mountain roads to go!

In Lengkou, Jiangxian County, Lieutenant General Takashi Yingsen, commander of the 11th Division, walked out of the valley in a light armored vehicle. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the flat road ahead.

At least we don’t have to accumulate on mountain roads and get beaten passively.

"Orders: The 12th Regiment must complete the mission of capturing Kongjiazhuang, the 43rd Regiment must capture Nanguanzhuang, and the 22nd Regiment must capture Hengshui today. The 43rd Regiment must move into Zhongyang to cover the artillery regiment in building artillery positions. The tank battalion and the rapid-fire artillery battalion will follow the 12th Regiment and the 43rd Regiment respectively, and prepare to launch an attack on the county seat of Jiang County tomorrow.

The rest of the troops will follow the divisional headquarters to enter Guobao Village." Ying Senxiao got off the armored vehicle and gave orders to the combat staff beside him.

He had long planned to set up his division headquarters in the nearby Guobao Village. According to the cavalry brigade's search, the Eighth Route Army had already completed the evacuation of nearby villages in advance.

The main defense of Jiangxian County now is that Hengshui Town is said to have a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army, numbered as the New First Regiment, Kongjiazhuang and Nanguanzhuang are the New Third Regiment and the New Fourth Regiment respectively. There is also the so-called super main independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Jiangxian County.

In front of him were more than 10,000 main forces of the Eighth Route Army.

However, Yingsen Xiao was not at all panicked about the Eighth Route Army soldiers who emerged from the water.

Rather than playing hide-and-seek with the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the mountains, Ying Sen Xiao would rather fight head-on with the Eighth Route Army regulars.

As an old regular division, the 11th Division is also called the Zentsuji Division. It is a complete eight-regiment division with 4 infantry regiments and artillery, cavalry, engineering, and logistics regiments. The entire division has a total of about 2.2 people, equipped with 12 Type 36 mountain guns, 37 Type 12 field guns, 12 1mm rapid-fire anti-tank guns, and 1 light armored vehicles, namely three artillery battalions, rapid-fire gun battalion and tank battalion.

It is precisely because of this strength that Takamori Takashi is confident enough to fight against any army.

The 11th Division had defeated countless army and division-level opponents in past battles. Now, Yingsen Xiao did not find it difficult to defeat a few small Eighth Route Army main force regiments.

What's more, behind him is the powerful backing of the veteran 39th Division and 5 infantry brigades!

At the same time, at the Nanguanzhuang position.

"Commander, do you think the Japanese will attack today?" Zhang Dabiao, chief of staff of the military sub-district and commander of the new third regiment, adjusted his hat and asked Li Yunlong who came to observe at the frontline command post.

"You don't care whether they come or not, just defend your position. Your mission is to hold it for at least a day and a night. Don't fight too hard in front, or you'll scare the fish and me away. The position in front is so big, fight and retreat, and let the Japanese get some benefits.

This time the Japanese have two divisions coming from the front. We must lure them over here. The brigade commander wants to make a fool of themselves by trapping them in a pot!
Frontline scouts must report the enemy's attack positions at any time and wait for orders to counterattack."

Li Yunlong was very excited about the upcoming battle. If it weren't for the brigade commander's plan, he would have dared to rush forward with his men.

Now he has a strong army, not to mention one Type A regiment and two Type B regiments, the artillery regiment is still over-standard. The several guerrilla battalions under the military sub-district are almost all equipped with the main force regiments of 1 artillery and mountain artillery.

This means that the Japanese detected three main regiments on the surface. In fact, in the surrounding areas, the force commanded by Li Yunlong alone had three main regiments, one artillery regiment and three guerrilla battalions equivalent to the main regiments!

Lao Li's appetite is now so big that he wants to swallow up an entire division of the Japanese devils in one gulp!

On his flank, his old comrade, the New 3st Regiment, also deployed three main regiments and one guerrilla brigade.

The criss-crossing trenches have complete functions such as anti-tank trenches and anti-artillery holes, and are equipped with general-purpose machine guns, RPG rocket launchers, mortars and other front-line counterattack heavy weapons.

On the flank of the frontline position, there was also a mountain artillery company ready to counterattack the enemy's artillery fire.

Further away was the position of the 107th Artillery Battalion, ready to provide deadly fire coverage to the Japanese cluster during the counterattack!
For Li Yunlong, the current problem is that he is afraid that the fighting in the front will be too fierce, which will cause trouble for the Japanese to withdraw.

Brigade Headquarters.

Telegrams flowed incessantly.

Looking at the intelligence information gathered, the brigade commander folded his hands and stared at the latest situation of the enemy and us on the map. "Old Chen, it seems that the Japanese are getting angry and are fighting us as soon as they arrive." The chief of staff next to him pointed at the latest actions of the 11th Division and said.

"The Japanese have sent out the three main regiments of the 11th Division to attack our position. According to the schedule, the main force of the 3th Division of the Japanese will also arrive near Lengkou at one or two o'clock tonight.

We are luring them out of their hole, letting two divisions in at once, the pressure is still a bit high."

The 39th Division, with its three infantry regiments, the 3st Infantry Regiment (Hiroshima), the 231nd Infantry Regiment (Hamada), and the 232rd Infantry Regiment (Yamaguchi), plus artillery, cavalry, engineers, and logistics regiments, is a 233-regiment security division, which is weaker than the 7th Division.

Moreover, the journey was bumpy and they had already lost nearly an entire regiment of men.

"Isn't that bastard Li Yunlong very good at fighting? Let him fight enough this time. If we don't surround and destroy these two divisions now, our general attack on Taiyuan will leave us with troubles. But after we swallow them all in one go, we can attack Taiyuan without any worries.

The remaining few Japanese infantry brigades would not dare to show up even if we did not make any move, not to mention that we have asked Kong Jiexin's Second Regiment to be ready to cut off their retreat at any time and eliminate all these Japanese in the Yuanqu area. "The brigade commander had a big appetite.

The Chief of Staff clicked his tongue, getting used to it.

Now Brigade Commander Chen has become a little inflated.

As for tens of thousands of Japanese devils, they can be eaten at any time!
Rather than defeat.

The current combat plan of Chen's Brigade is that the two main forces of the 771st and 772nd Regiments will hold their ground and wait for the general attack on the two divisions of the Japanese to rush out in one fell swoop and cooperate with the tank battalion to complete the decisive attack.

Before this, all blocking tasks were handed over to Ding Wei's group of the New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong's independent regiment group.

Among them, Li Yunlong is the most important. The county town is in his hands and he is definitely the focus of the Japanese devils.

But the brigade commander was not too worried about Li Yunlong.

This time, relying on the two arsenal bases at hand, he secretly gained a lot of benefits for himself. Sun Desheng had a cavalry battalion, and Li Yunlong dared to equip him with a 107 artillery battalion! A full 4 107 artillery followed the cavalry battalion.

Now it is equivalent to fighting at home, with sufficient logistical support and ammunition that can be replenished when it is used up. Even the brigade commander is not sure whether Li Yunlong will defend the city obediently and attract the 11th Division and the 39th Division to the vicinity of Jiangxian County, so that the tank battalion can crush them in one fell swoop.

After all, this tank cannot be deployed in mountainous areas and can easily be attacked.

The armor of the modified M3 version had not been strengthened yet, and facing the Japanese 37mm rapid-fire gun, the sides could not withstand a few shots and would collapse.

Regarding this shortcoming, Ren Zhong made it very clear in the instructions he gave to Brigade Chen that if the enemy has a 37mm rapid-fire gun, it is recommended to first destroy the Japanese rapid-fire gun and then launch a tank assault!
After all, there are few tanks now and they cannot withstand consumption. Moreover, facing the Japanese infantry, the impact and lethality of tanks are huge. The Japanese, who do not have much experience in tank confrontation, can basically win the battle on the battlefield by using tank assaults and infantry follow-up after being covered by artillery fire!
The brigade commander still has great faith in Ren Zhong's words.

Not to mention, just think about how much combat power the Japanese main assault group will have left after the 107 fire coverage. Although the tank battalion has not yet reached full strength, it only has two tank companies with more than 30 M3 modified tanks.

However, in the opinion of the brigade commander, there were only 24 light armored vehicles in total to deal with the two divisions of the Japanese devils, which was more than enough. Most of the time, they served as the spearhead and cooperated with the infantry to attack the Japanese devil clusters.

The 11th Infantry Regiment and the 12rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 43th Division launched the attack as scheduled.

Before the attack, the Japanese artillery regiment launched a round of artillery attacks on Kongjiazhuang and Nanguanzhuang respectively. Dozens of mountain and field artillery bombarded the positions of the New Third and New Fourth Regiments for half an hour. After firing hundreds of artillery shells, the Japanese infantry battalion began to launch a sudden attack under the command of the battalion commander.

According to the pre-war plan, the New Third and New Fourth Regiments abandoned the first line of defense and let the Japanese into position.

Just when the Japanese were feeling somewhat satisfied.

The cavalry battalion of the independent regiment was equipped with the 107th artillery company, which suddenly rushed out and launched two rounds of attacks on the Japanese artillery positions!

Under the powerful firepower coverage of four 4mm guns, the Japanese artillery positions were suddenly covered by dozens of heavy rockets, and a large number of Japanese artillerymen flew away under countless shrapnel!
Even those who can still breathe are often severely disabled, with more air intake than exhalation!
This wave of counterattack was extremely sharp, and it stunned Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori on the spot.

This main force of the Japanese army who had just entered the pass from the Kwantung Army had heard of the terrible power of 107mm fire, but he did not expect to encounter such a sharp counterattack from his opponent as soon as he started.

The artillery regiment was almost crippled.

The number of mountain artillery and field artillery that remained was still good, and as they were not directly hit, the damage to the artillery was not serious.

However, the artillery suffered heavy losses, and more than half of the artillery lost their ability to operate!
How does he fight next?
Artillery is the king of the battlefield and the courage of the troops.

Without artillery on the battlefield, wouldn’t the cannons be just a pile of steel waste?
Takamori Takashi was busy drawing artillery from subordinate regiments to make up for the shortfall, while at the same time urging the infantry regiment to attack!
In his opinion, a quick victory is necessary now.

The enemy's artillery fired and then ran away, leaving them no chance to seize any opportunities. A long-term stalemate would inevitably lead to great losses. It was not easy for their artillery regiment to move its position.

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