Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 401 This is impossible!

Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka put his right hand behind his back, stared at the map, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Yamashita Tomoyuki just sent a message that the 21st Division and the 26th Division's attack on the Eighth Route Army's Jinzhong base was not going smoothly!

The mountain artillery battalions of the two divisions were suppressed by the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery fire.

The bombers and fighter planes that took off from Dagu Village Airport arrived over the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery positions and found that all of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery were inside solid concrete fortifications, and aerial bombs could not destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery.

The attacking 21st Division, 26th Division and Locust Army troops, because they had no artillery cover, were hit by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire and suffered heavy losses!

Yamashita Tomoyuki planned to use the four Type 1 4mm howitzers of the 240st Independent Siege Heavy Artillery Battalion.

However, the attack of the First Army in the northwest Shanxi battlefield was relatively smooth.

The first and second attacking forces both captured the forward positions of the New 1st Regiment's Majiapo and Shaohukou defensive fortifications.

The third attacking force is the most powerful. It has captured the Jiangjunling defensive fortifications and is attacking Ping'an County!
Yoshio Shinozuka thought to himself, this unit is worthy of being the Imperial Guards Division, so awesome.

An expert can tell the effectiveness of an attack with just one move. To deal with an ace unit like the New 1st Regiment, one must get close to the first-tier troops of the Locust Army, such as the Guards Division Regiment.

It would be great if the entire Guards Division could be transferred to the First Army someday, so that Li Yunlong would know what cruelty is.

After the third attacking force surrounded Ping'an County, they would attack from both sides and besiege the area to attack the reinforcements. This battle would be enough to destroy Li Yunlong's main force in northwestern Shanxi.

Completely wash away the shame of the First Army!

Just as Yoshio Shinozuka was looking forward to the First Army's great victory, Yamamoto Ikki walked out quickly from behind, his footsteps sounding anxious.

"General, something happened."

Yamamoto Ikki reported in a cold and hard tone, lowering his head:

"The 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments were under fire from a heavy artillery division while pursuing the fleeing Eighth Route Army troops on the road from Jiangjunling to Ping'an County!"

Upon hearing the news, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly turned around and looked at Yamamoto Ikki in disbelief.

"The Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade was attacked by artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army Heavy Artillery Division?"

The commander of the Japanese First Army, Lieutenant General of the Imperial Japanese Army, had a look of doubt in his expression and eyes.

Question the content of Yamamoto Ikki's report.

Several staff officers standing by also showed expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Didn’t the main force of the New 1st Regiment go to Xing County?
Weren't most of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery units wiped out by the 54th Flying Squadron?

Where did the Eighth Route Army artillery that bombarded the Guards Mixed Brigade come from?
Did it fall from the sky or emerge from the ground?
A series of doubts popped up in the minds of Yoshio Shinozuka and the staff officer, and Yoshio Shinozuka's brows were almost twisted into a "川" shape.

"Hi."

Yamamoto Ikki lowered his head to confirm and reported again:

"I just received a telegram from Major General Sakurada Takeshi and tried to call the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments. I heard heavy artillery fire on the radio. The 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments have suffered heavy casualties. Major General Sakurada Takeshi requests the dispatch of the th Air Force Flight Squadron to reinforce and eliminate the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery!"

After receiving the telegram from Yamamoto Ikki, Yoshio Shinozuka's face quickly turned gloomy after reading it.

"Immediately order the 54th Aircraft Squadron to attack and suppress and destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery!"

An extremely bad feeling suddenly emerged in the old Japanese's mind, and he quickly gave orders.

The Guards Mixed Brigade is the force close to Tian Huang. If it is severely damaged or completely wiped out on the territory of the First Army, it will be a big trouble!
"Hi."

Yamamoto Ikki lowered his head with a gloomy expression, and quickly turned around to give orders to the 54th Flying Squadron.

Colonel Yamamoto also smelled something unusual at this time.

If the speculation is true, then this battle will be very unfavorable for the First Army!

……

Datong Airport.

The 54th Flight Squadron Operations Room.

Lieutenant Colonel Takeda Isamu suddenly stood up from his chair and looked at the staff officer who came to report:

"Nani?"

"An artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army Heavy Artillery Division level appeared in Ping'an County?" Although Takeda Isamu led his troops to blow up the heavy artillery and tank units of the New 21st Regiment, he was promoted to the commander of the st Flying Regiment, his military rank was also raised to lieutenant colonel, and he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun again.

However, the North China Front Army has not yet allocated him aircraft and pilots, nor combat supplies. Now he only has a crippled 54th Flying Squadron under his command.

At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Isamu Takeda, who was hailed as a bombing genius and ace pilot by the Japanese aviation community, showed an expression of incredible shock on his face.

The 10th Flying Squadron, at the cost of losing nearly 20 aircraft and more than pilots, severely damaged three artillery regiments and one tank regiment of the New st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The organization of the Japanese army's artillery units is similar to that of the Chinese army. An artillery regiment has about 24 to 36 cannons, and the artillery regiment under the Chinese army's organization also has 24 to 36 cannons.

In other words, during several months of fighting against the New 3st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the th Flying Squadron destroyed and severely damaged three artillery regiments and one tank regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Now, the Eighth Route Army actually has an artillery unit at the level of a heavy artillery division?

How can this be?

"Hi."

The staff officer nodded in confirmation:

"The Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade is under fire. Lieutenant General Shinozuka, commander of the First Army, has ordered the 54th Squadron to take off immediately to General Ridge and destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery."

"Baka!" Takeda Yong glanced at the pilots, murderous intent in his eyes, "Move out immediately!"

Even though the weather is bad today, the only three fighters and four bombers left in the 3th Flying Squadron are fully loaded with fuel and aerial bombs, ready to take off and fight at any time.

A few minutes later, Takeda Isamu led seven fighter planes and headed towards Jiangjunling in northwest Shanxi with murderous intent.

……

at the same time.

Northwest Shanxi.

General Ridge.

On the hill next to Cuijiazhuang, Captain Wang of the 2th Company of the 5nd Air Defense Battalion was commanding his soldiers to fire crazily at the swarming Japanese and puppet troops.

"Using this anti-aircraft firepower against enemy infantry is really powerful!"

Watching the ammunition chains consisting of 20mm and 40mm shells continuously hitting the bodies of the attacking Japanese and puppet soldiers, tearing them into pieces.

Captain Wang felt emotional.

Soon, the Japanese and puppet troops retreated in terror, leaving only pieces of broken limbs on the battlefield.

He was one of the 12 company commanders who came to the New st Regiment with Zhao Gang and graduated from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University last month.

Because he had served as a machine gun platoon leader and had experience in shooting at enemy planes in the air, Li Yunlong arranged for him to serve as the company commander of the 2th Air Defense Company in the 5nd Air Defense Battalion.

“This is actually a company?”

Even though he had taken over the 5th Air Defense Company for a month, Captain Wang still felt it was magical.

8 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 24 20mm machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns that were strengthened to 36 during wartime, equipped with 20 jeeps, 40 large trucks, 200 large mules, and special logistics support troops, with a total strength of more than .

Even the logistics support troops were equipped with a pistol, rifle or submachine gun, and this was just an anti-aircraft company.

The Japanese heavy machine gun squadron only has twelve Type 92 heavy machine guns, and this is for a Type A division. An ordinary second-line division has at most eight.

The Japanese Type 40 heavy machine gun was nothing but garbage compared to the 20mm anti-aircraft gun and mm machine gun, and even compared to the anti-aircraft machine guns equipped by the air defense company.

"Captain, the enemy is coming again!"

While he was thinking, the observation post deployed at the front line was shouting reports to him.

"Is there anyone who is not afraid of death?"

He immediately observed through a telescope and saw that behind the attacking Japanese and puppet troops, Type 92 heavy machine guns and Type 99 light machine guns were set up, with the muzzles pointing at the backs of the attacking Japanese and puppet troops.

"It turned out to be the Supervisory Team."

Looking at the twin 40mm anti-aircraft guns beside him, Captain Wang was full of confidence, with a sinister smile on his face:
"Comrades, prepare to fight."

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(End of this chapter)