Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 263 Lao Li's Sigh

With the construction of Daoqing and Jinghan railways, Jizhou City became the intersection of the two railways, and thus became an important town in North China. In addition, the Wei River that passed by the city was originally the Yongji Canal section of the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The wide river directly connected to Tianjin. It can be said that it had both land and water transportation and was a hub of the north-south artery. Therefore, the city walls were strong, and bricks were added to the earthen walls to make it a brick city.

The terrain of Jizhou City is high in the middle and low around, shaped like an upside-down iron pot, and is also called Turtle Back City.

There are four gates in the Jizhou city wall, namely the East Gate Ying'en, the West Gate Laibin, the South Gate Chaoyang and the North Gate Gongchen.

The city wall of Jizhou (Xinxiang) in the 1940s and the Wei River surrounding the city

In the historical time and space of the main world, this is a strong city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Japanese built more than 200 bunkers between the outer trench and the moat, forming a crossfire with the bunkers on the city. The villages and ditches within two kilometers outside the city were used to build firepower strongholds, forming a strict defense system of more than 500 strongholds of various sizes, all connected by traffic trenches, with bunkers set up in the trenches, and the firepower arrangement was very strict.

In the original time and space, it was like a hedgehog that was impossible to bite. Due to the lack of heavy firepower to capture the point, Jizhou and Yecheng became the last isolated cities to be liberated on the north bank of the Yellow River in North China.

But in this time and space, Ren Zhong suddenly appeared. Although the brigade commander launched the attack with only 5 mechanized infantry brigades, there were five or six hundred artillery pieces of all kinds!
Whether it was the large 105mm howitzer or the small RPG rocket launcher, they were able to deal with this kind of defense system with ease. After the war broke out, except for leaving the Gongchen Gate in the north unattended, they launched a full-scale attack directly outside the other three city gates.

First, the 107mm guns came with a wave of fire to cover the entire trench, directly clearing out the exposed Japanese soldiers and machine gun positions. Several infantry regiments stationed outside the city were killed all over the ground under the fierce artillery fire. The Japanese soldiers who originally wanted to rely on the density of defense to fight against the attack did not expect that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army would become so fierce now!

The concentrated firepower of more than one hundred 107mm cannons was so powerful in causing area damage, just like plowing the land and turning over the Japanese positions!
Although there was cover from the trenches, the indiscriminate artillery fire directly killed and wounded many Japanese soldiers in the trenches. Only those hiding in the bunkers were relatively safe.

But it's just living a little longer.

Following the bombardment, the assault company began to launch an attack. Under the cover of mortars, the assault company advanced while reporting positions, guiding the artillery fire from behind to attack the Japanese's sturdy bunker.

It’s completely different from the Japs’ head-on fight!
The long-range 105mm howitzers continuously bombarded the city towers and walls, accurately eliminating the Japanese devils’ high-point firepower!

In this way, under the powerful fire suppression of mortars and 75mm mountain guns, the Eighth Route Army's assault company quickly advanced to the anti-tank trench of the first line of defense!
There was no anti-tank trench in the Japanese defense system originally, but due to the tank battle on the front line, the Japanese in Jizhou dug an anti-tank trench overnight as a barrier to prevent the Eighth Route Army tanks from charging.

Near the anti-tank trenches, they also deployed 37mm anti-tank guns that had been collected. However, the Japanese never expected that Li Yunlong and his men were experienced fighters. After observing for a while at the front line, they clearly saw the enemy's deployment and did not follow the Japanese tactics at all.

Now that they have a lot of powerful weapons in their hands, they will just start with artillery fire!

After clearing out a large wave of Japanese soldiers on the ground, the assault companies of each battalion were pulled up to open a breakthrough.

Now each mechanized infantry brigade has more than a hundred artillery supports of various types. The assault company called in long-range and short-range artillery fire all the way, which directly shattered the Japanese's wishful thinking. They crawled forward all the way. With artillery coverage and RPG rocket launchers and individual breakthroughs, the Japanese's firepower points had almost no effect and were reduced to ashes in the artillery fire of different specifications.

The Japanese were taught a lesson in infantry-artillery coordination. The Japanese, who were used to being suppressed by artillery fire, had a taste of what it means to be the king of war in this attack. The entire field was suppressed by the artillery fire of Li Yunlong and his men. The Japanese who were several hundred meters away were served by mortars or rocket launchers as soon as they showed up.

Those a little further away can call for mountain artillery attacks, and infantry and artillery will work together! From 200 meters away to six or seven kilometers away, there are different artillery fires ready to support at any time!

As for the Japanese artillery, although they fought back desperately, the 107mm artillery and mountain artillery of the mechanized infantry brigade were constantly changing positions, and the Japanese artillery could not catch up at all.

Instead, their position was exposed after firing, and they were called upon to launch a counterattack with long-range artillery fire.

Because the military district artillery regiment's 105mm howitzers and artillery positions were outside the range of most of the Japanese artillery fire, even if the artillery positions were fixed, the Japanese were powerless against these long-range artillery fire.

Move forward, forward, under the gunfire!
When the assault company took over the anti-tank trench, they jumped into the trench, took out small shovels and quickly dug the soil on both sides of the trench, digging out a slope more than ten meters wide in the anti-tank trench.

Soon, the tanks that were ready to go began to rush up. With this sturdy mobile fortress, the assault company followed behind, with infantry and tanks working together!
In comparison, tanks are positioned in the front and back, and this type of close-range direct aiming at bunkers increases efficiency several times at once. For a smaller bunker, a single shot from the 76mm main gun can decimate it!

On the vast battlefield, more than ten tank passages were opened, into which a steady stream of T34 heavy tanks were put, and they began to clear the bunkers along the trenches and open and clear the passages for the infantry charge.

"Da Biao, you don't have to throw your hat on these. Are you not used to it?" Li Yunlong said with a smile to Chief of Staff Zhang Dabiao at the front line.

"Captain, you're still blaming me. I don't even know where you threw your sword. Fortunately, the brigade commander didn't see it, otherwise he would have called you a prodigal son." Zhang Dabiao looked at the front line where the momentum was unstoppable and the attack was as smooth as flowing water, and he was very relaxed and chatted with Li Yunlong.

"Broad sword? I'm afraid that the old brigade commander would not even look at the Type 38 rifle. Who would fight with bayonets or broad swords? As for the position we encountered earlier, in the past, our regiment would not even dare to touch it. If a regiment was pulled up and fought to the death, I guess even the tank trenches would not be able to get through. Look at that small bunker with only one machine gun. Do you think a platoon of you can blow it up?" Li Yunlong said with a smile.

"It's hard to say. The terrain is too bad. The Japanese bunkers are crisscrossed, leaving no blind spots for firepower. It's too difficult to blow them up with explosive packs." Zhang Dabiao shook his head, thinking of the past days, it seemed like a lifetime ago.

"Yes, we had nothing before. Our Type 38 rifles had less than a few bullets. Facing such a position, there was no way we could break through. That's why they called us the Eighth Route Army. We were really unsophisticated and could only go around the ravines and rush forward to fight with bayonets." Li Yunlong was originally calm and composed, but when he talked about the hard days in the past, his expression was not so happy.

If we had the equipment we have now, how many fewer comrades would have died?
"Yes, commander, thanks to Boss Ren, our lives have become better. According to the current trend, within two years, our regiment can be transformed into three mechanized infantry brigades. By then, I'm afraid we will all be able to invade the Northeast, right?" Zhang Dabiao said with anticipation.

"Hey, two years? Are you that weak? In my opinion, we should take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out the Ninth Front Army and wipe out all the Japanese in North China! Then we can just march out and fight!"

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