Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 107 The Japs are getting angry!
Soon, the translator assigned to the new regiment by the brigade headquarters walked in quickly.

Li Yunlong took off his headphones and handed them to the translator: "Come and listen, what are the Japanese saying?"

"Yes, Captain."

The translator quickly put on his headphones.

There were loud explosions and dense gunfire coming from the distant valley, but the translator turned a deaf ear and listened carefully.

Zhong Zhicheng gestured to everyone to keep quiet.

Everyone looked at the translator, who listened for a while and said:
"The Japs seem to be calling for support from rapid-fire artillery and mountain artillery. Oh, and howitzers, too."

"No, rapid-fire cannon and mountain cannon seem to be the devil's code names."

"It seems like the Japanese howitzers are asking for help from the rapid-fire guns and mountain artillery."

"The devils asking for help sounded very urgent..."

Since the Japanese were monitoring, the sound on their radio channel was very disorganized, and the translator's Japanese level was average, so I could only get a general idea.

"The little devils are getting angry."

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, his eyes full of coldness.

The radio station provided by Boss Lin, in addition to sending and receiving telegrams and making radio calls, also has an eavesdropping function.

Knowing that the Japanese were getting angry, this monitoring became very valuable.

Whether it is the Japanese or others, they are likely to make mistakes when they get angry.

No matter who owns this howitzer, the New 1st Regiment can only fight according to the plan.

……

"idiot!"

After hearing the report from the communications staff, Major General Yamashita Tomoyuki was furious.

He was about to lead the vanguard troops to Songta Town.

Then we received the news that the division headquarters and the supply corps had been ambushed, and an order to send reinforcements immediately.

He never expected that even though the vanguard troops were so cautious, the troops behind were still ambushed!

Fumisaburo Kawagishi, who personally formulated this marching plan, was also stupid.

Will your divisional headquarters be ambushed if they march with the main force of my 40th Brigade?

The Eighth Route Army clearly only ambushed the baggage train and did not dare to ambush the elite field troops of the Locust Army. You also placed the division headquarters in front of the baggage train and marched forward.

If you are not ambushed, who will be ambushed?

But despite his complaints, Yamashita Tomoyuki was not slow to act and immediately issued an order:

"The rear team will be transformed into the front team. Immediately reinforce the division headquarters with all your strength and rescue the division commander."

Considering that the enemy would definitely send troops to block the attack, Yamashita Tomoyuki immediately ordered that each squadron be 200 meters apart.

The Japanese soldiers from the 40th Brigade, Cavalry Regiment and Artillery Battalion rushed at full speed towards Longmenkou and Hufeng Village.

The division headquarters was ambushed and surrounded. The Japanese were really anxious and rushed to reinforce regardless of their lives.

As soon as the Japanese vanguard troops passed, Li Yunlong ordered the Third Battalion of the New First Regiment to be deployed in Songqu Village to block them.

Ding Weixin's Third Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment had already set up an ambush on both sides of the road between Songqu Village and Guangyang Village.

After blocking the Japanese in Songqu Village for a while, the Third Battalion pretended to be defeated and retreated, luring some Japanese into the ambush circle.

then.

Li Yunlong personally led the main force of the New 1st Regiment to resist the subsequent attacks of the Japanese in Songqu Village, buying time for the New 3rd Regiment and the Independent Regiment to eliminate the Japanese in the ambush circle.

This is Li Yunlong’s blocking plan.

The Japanese had sent over 4000 infantry, cavalry, and artillery today, and with yesterday's advance troops, that was about 5000. The New 3000st, Independent, and New rd Regiments combined only had about men.

In terms of light weapons, the Independent Regiment, the New Third Regiment and the Japanese are similar, but the New First Regiment has stronger firepower than the Japanese.

But in terms of artillery firepower, the three regiments combined were no match for the Japanese.

The conventional blocking tactics are to deploy in echelons and block the enemy at each step, thus buying time for the main group to annihilate the enemy's logistics troops, thus completing the mission.

If the New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 3rd Regiment had complete civil engineering works, trenches and foxholes, such tactics would naturally be no problem.

But they did not. The tactics of echelon deployment and step-by-step blocking might be able to accomplish the task, but it would inevitably cause heavy casualties to the troops.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese at this time, especially those from the Type A Division, should not be underestimated.

and this.

This is a new trick that Li Yunlong came up with.

He wanted to turn the blocking battle into a war of annihilation.

Even though the tactical casualties may still be high, the Japanese casualties must also be high. Even if the casualty ratio is one to one, it will be a big profit!
The third battalion commander Zuo Ye led about 300 soldiers from the third battalion and quickly built a temporary position in Songqu Village.

The ambush battle on the main regiment's side had not started for long when the third battalion commander and his soldiers saw the Japanese cavalry appear.

About a cavalry squadron of Japanese devils were riding Japanese horses and advancing rapidly towards Guangyang Village.

"Fire!"

The third battalion commander personally operated a Maxim rifle, put his finger on the weight, and pressed it down first.

"Da da da…"

The firepower of more than thirty light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns, as well as about 200 rifles, opened fire almost simultaneously.

The rain of bullets swept towards the Japanese in a fan shape, and the Japanese cavalry formation was immediately thrown to the ground, and dozens of Japanese cavalry were shot dead on the spot.

Soon, the main force of the 28th Cavalry Regiment led by Takeda Yonetaro also arrived.

Takeda Yonetaro's face looked like he was constipated at this time. A few days ago, the Eighth Route Army launched a surprise attack on the field artillery position. Not only did the cavalry regiment lose a squadron, but the division headquarters also blamed him for the Eighth Route Army's escape. At the division headquarters, he was slapped several times by the division commander.

At this moment, the vanguard squadron of the cavalry regiment was ambushed again, losing dozens of people.

This made the cavalry regiment's already limited strength even worse.

"Captain..."

Before he could finish his words, the forward squadron leader was slapped in the face.

But he was the captain of the cavalry squadron of the Type A division after all. He often led cavalry charges and had excellent physical fitness. After being slapped, his body did not move at all, and he even let out a cry of joy.

However, this made Takeda Yonehachiro even more angry, and he kicked him away.

Swah——

Takeda Yonehachiro drew his colonel's sword and pointed it in the direction of Songqu Village, his face gloomy.
"Order the cavalry artillery squadron to prepare to fire."

Although Takeda was in a hurry to reinforce the division headquarters, the troops that arrived first to reinforce the division headquarters would definitely be credited with a great merit.

But he was very smart. The valley was narrow and the enemy seemed to have good firepower. Letting the cavalry charge would be tantamount to suicide.

Although this group of Japanese soldiers were cavalry, their equipment was not bad. In addition to three cavalry squadrons, there was also a cavalry artillery squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron, and a logistics team. Together with the troops of the regiment headquarters, there were more than 3 cavalrymen in total at full strength.

However, after several battles, the 28th Cavalry Regiment now has only one and a half cavalry squadrons left, and the entire force is less than 1 cavalry.

原本骑炮中队装备4门九七式90毫米迫击炮，战时得到加强2门，装备一共6门90毫米迫击炮。

The Type 97 90mm mortar is a modified version of the Type 94 and is called a small steel cannon by the Chinese army. In the southern battlefield of China, this type of artillery is more important to the Japanese infantry regiment than the regiment's mountain artillery or field artillery.

"Ha Ya Gu, Ha Ya Gu!"

As the regiment commander gave the order, the Japanese soldiers in the cavalry artillery squadron dismounted and quickly began to set up the artillery.

(End of this chapter)