Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 397 Close the door and beat the dog!

"Reporting to the regiment commander, we have repelled two attacks by the Japanese and eliminated more than 300 of them."

At Jiangjunling, at the New 1st Regiment Headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhang Dabiao reported to Li Yunlong with a smile:

"Judging from the Japanese army's hand discs, these Japanese are all from the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade."

On the front-line positions, the New 1st Regiment set up many chain mines. As soon as the first wave of Japanese soldiers entered the position, they triggered the chain mine array. Hundreds of mines exploded at the same time, killing most of the Japanese soldiers in the squadron.

During the second wave of Japanese attack, a company of soldiers entered the position and fired indiscriminately with rifles, submachine guns, and light and heavy machine guns, directly repelling the Japanese attack.

With a direct blow, more than 300 Japanese soldiers from the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade were killed.

"good."

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction.

After a pause, Zhang Dabiao asked with a hint of worry in his tone, "Captain, do you think this blow to the head will hurt Sakurada Takeshi enough to deter this old devil from launching a large-scale attack?"

"No!" Li Yunlong said firmly, "We only killed more than 300 of his men. How could we possibly hurt this old devil? Killing 3000 of his men would be enough. Just wait and see. Killing 300 of his men will only anger him."

"This is exactly the effect we want." Zhang Dabiao raised the corner of his mouth and felt completely relieved.

This time, the New 1st Regiment's combat plan was not to ambush halfway, but to deploy the main force of the entire New 1st Regiment in a < shape.

Because this time Li Yunlong didn't know when the Japanese would launch an attack.

Judging from the fact that the Japanese army marched quickly at night to attack the Jiangjunling defense line, Li Yunlong was very glad that he did not ambush the Japanese army on the highway.

On the one hand, it was because of insufficient troops, and on the other hand, it was mainly uncertain whether the Guards Mixed Brigade would be in the vanguard, in the middle, or at the end of the team.

If Li Yunlong had another 3 main infantry troops, an ambush would definitely be the best option, as this would save a lot of lives.

"Ding Ding Ding-"

The phone rang urgently, and Li Yunlong walked over quickly and picked it up.

After a moment, Li Yunlong put down the phone and said to Zhang Dabiao, "It's Political Commissar Zhao calling. The battles at Majiapo and Shahukou have already begun, and the fighting is very fierce!"

"Damn those little Japs!" Zhang Dabiao's expression was stern, and his words were filled with murderous intent. "Luckily, Boss Lin provided us with information, otherwise the Japs might have sneaked into our base."

Zhang Dabiao and Li Yunlong both knew very well that although the New 1st Regiment in northwestern Shanxi now has more than 20,000 people, including four artillery battalions and two anti-aircraft battalions.

but.

Only the 4,000 people who had just arrived in northwest Shanxi were elite veterans, and the rest of the troops were mostly new recruits. In addition, there were about 5,000 people who were reorganized from militia with combat experience, but they had not experienced the baptism of major battles and their combat effectiveness was limited.

It is highly likely that the New 6st Regiment would not be able to withstand the direct battle between these 2 troops and Japanese devils and puppet troops.

but.

Before Commander Li led his troops into northwest Shanxi, he had already considered this issue, and he had given it careful thought.

Therefore, as soon as he gained a foothold in northwest Shanxi, Li Yunlong ordered his troops to build three defensive fortification groups. Without these defensive fortification groups, the Northwest Shanxi Iron Triangle would have had to lead the troops into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare.

It is also impossible to prepare to destroy the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade here at Jiangjunling.

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes and checked his watch. It would be dawn in just over half an hour. With a murderous aura in his every move, he said, "Order the troops to retreat this morning as planned."

Zhang Dabiao: "Yes."

Li Yunlong asked, "By the way, have you deployed troops to defend the several small roads leading into Ping'an County? We'll prevent the small groups of Japanese troops from circumventing our main force and running into them."

Zhang Dabiao said, "Commander, I have deployed an infantry company on each of the small roads. The terrain on the small roads is even more dangerous, and coupled with the concrete fortifications we have built, it can be said that one man can block a thousand men."

Li Yunlong nodded: "Now we just wait for the fish to take the bait. What's that word that Political Commissar Zhao said? Please..."

"Captain," Zhang Dabiao said, "Political Commissar Zhao is talking about walking into a trap."

Li Yunlong said: "These intellectuals are just doing all sorts of empty things. It would be better to call them to close the door and beat the dog." Zhang Dabiao raised the corner of his mouth.

……

An hour later, as the sky gradually brightened, the infantry of the 4th Brigade and the two puppet army divisions began to eat breakfast.

The devils of the Fourth Brigade ate rice balls, while the puppet troops could only eat dry food.

"Why don't the troops eat breakfast?"

Takeshi Sakurada came to the First Guards Regiment, looked at the First Guards Regiment, and asked the regiment commander coldly.

Colonel Suzuki Tetsuzo, commander of the 1st Imperial Guards Regiment, replied, "Reporting to the brigade commander, we, the 1st Imperial Guards Regiment, will not have breakfast until we have captured the Eighth Route Army's General Ridge position!"

"Yoshi!" Sakurada Takeshi's expression softened and he patted Suzuki Tetsuzo on the shoulder. "You're so brave!"

"The Guards Field Artillery Regiment is already preparing its artillery fire."

"The Guards Field Artillery Regiment will provide you with artillery support shortly."

"Hey." Colonel Suzuki Tetsuzo bowed, "The 1st Infantry Regiment will capture the enemy position at all costs."

The equipment and manpower of the Imperial Guards Division were also first-class among the Japanese regular divisions.

It is composed of four infantry regiments, one cavalry brigade, and one field heavy artillery brigade. This field heavy artillery brigade is composed of one field artillery regiment, the 4th and 8th field heavy artillery regiments.

There was also an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, an engineering regiment and a logistics regiment, as well as a balloon regiment and some direct-affiliated troops.

The Guards Division troops that came to Shanxi this time were the 1st and 2nd Guards Infantry Regiments and the Guards Field Artillery Regiment.

About half an hour later, the Guards Field Artillery Regiment was ready to deploy, with its guns pointing towards the new regiment's forward positions.

"fire."

The four mountain guns and four infantry guns equipped by the infantry regiment opened fire first, using artillery fire to cover the area and forcibly destroy the minefields set up by the New 4st Regiment on the left and right wings of the position.

An infantry company and a company of puppet troops from the 4th Brigade launched a feint attack, using the cannon fodder to draw the soldiers of the new regiment to open fire, exposing their firepower.

This was followed by a 10-minute artillery bombardment by the Guards Field Artillery Regiment, which turned the New st Regiment's frontline positions into a sea of ​​fire and destroyed all surface fortifications.

The 9th Company of the New st Regiment's front-line position was hidden in the tunnels, and the casualties of the troops were very small.

If it weren't for these tunnel fortifications, the Japanese's 10 minutes of artillery fire would have wiped out the entire 9th Company.

At the same time, Colonel Temujin ordered the 2nd Guards Infantry Battalion to launch a battalion-level attack.

Some Japanese soldiers stepped on landmines, but the minefield had been covered and destroyed by artillery fire. The Japanese soldiers suffered few casualties and continued their attack.

When the Japanese soldiers of the Guards Mixed Brigade were about 200 meters away from the front line of the New st Regiment, the field artillery regiment suddenly stopped shelling.

"This infantry-artillery coordination is amazing!"

In the distance, seeing this scene through the telescope, the commander of the 4th Brigade, Mitake Tsuda, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

The field artillery regiment of the standing division is indeed powerful. If it were his field artillery regiment... Oh, his 4th Brigade is only a second-line independent mixed brigade with only one mountain artillery battalion and is not qualified to be equipped with a field artillery regiment.

Even a field artillery battalion is not qualified.

"Long live the locust..."

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the Japanese from the 2nd Guards Battalion launched a battalion-level attack on the positions of the st Battalion of the New st Regiment.

More than a thousand Japanese soldiers who had not eaten breakfast madly attacked the front line of the New 1st Regiment, surging like a tide.

(End of this chapter)