Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 490 Both sides have backup plans!

"Boom boom boom!!"

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army's 152mm howitzer battalion and 105mm howitzer battalion opened fire.

The target was the Japanese 28th Brigade attacking Yunshan.

Dense explosions rose up in the Japanese formation, continuously reaping the lives of the Japanese pigs.

Although the Japanese quickly hid, and that area was mountainous, the effectiveness of the artillery bombardment was greatly reduced.

But some Japanese soldiers were killed, which immediately caused the morale of the 28th Brigade to drop.

On the battlefield on the slope of Jiangjunling, the Japanese drove the puppet troops into a second round of attack.

At the same time as the Japanese attacked, a mountain artillery regiment and a heavy artillery regiment of the Japanese in the distance opened fire simultaneously.

The dense explosions caused heavy casualties to the two infantry companies on the position within a few minutes.

The Japanese and puppet troops were also bombarded by a mountain artillery battalion and a heavy mortar battalion of the New 1st Regiment.

The enemy had no cover, so their casualties were obviously much greater.

As expected, the Japanese's second round of attack was repelled by the New 1st Regiment.

The casualties on the battlefield were reported to the regimental headquarters. The Japanese attacked twice, and the New 400st Regiment suffered about casualties.

The Japanese and puppet troops suffered about a thousand casualties.

Li Yunlong was not satisfied with this casualty ratio. You know, even in a head-on battle, the casualty ratio between the New 1st Regiment and the Japanese was at least 5 to 1. If it was an ambush, the ratio could even be 10 to 20 to .

Among the enemy troops that suffered casualties, some were puppet troops, so the Japanese casualties were not particularly large.

Fortunately, the artillery bombardment of Yunshan by the 105mm howitzer battalion and the 152mm howitzer battalion was quite effective, killing at least a few hundred Japanese soldiers.

Li Yunlong passed through the tunnel and observed the battlefield. The entire earthenware position had been blown to pieces.

"In the next battle, don't let the soldiers enter the position, just use machine guns to shoot the enemy from the bunker."

Li Yunlong called the third battalion commander Zuo Ye, who was leading the troops to defend the position, and gave him orders.

"Yes."

Zuo Ye straightened his body, his eyes filled with murderous intent. 400 people were killed or wounded in just half a day. He had never suffered such a great loss before.

"What if the enemy storms our position?"

At present, the new regiment is short of concrete and steel, and not many bunkers have been built, so there are inevitably blind spots for shooting.

That's why infantry is needed. After carrying the artillery shells, they enter trenches and foxholes and shoot at the enemies rushing towards them.

However, the Japanese infantry charged while the artillery bombarded them, causing heavy casualties among the New 1st Regiment's infantry.

Li Yunlong's expression was stern: "Then we must fight our way out of the tunnel and recapture the position!"

There were four infantry battalions of reserve troops behind him, so Li Yunlong was not worried.

Zuo Ye: “Yes!”

Soon, the Japanese began their third round of attack that day, with dense artillery shells falling on the New 1st Regiment's position on the main slope of Jiangjunling.

On the other side of Yunshan, the Japanese troops of the 28th Brigade launched a swift and unparalleled attack under the cover of artillery fire from a mountain artillery regiment and a field heavy artillery regiment.

The 105mm howitzer battalion of the new regiment immediately provided long-range artillery support.

Li Yunlong changed the deployment in time and asked the soldiers to hide in the bunkers and shoot. This wave of Japanese attacks was quickly repelled and the New 1st Regiment suffered very few casualties.

At this time, the Japanese Air Force's 21st Flying Regiment arrived, led by Takeda Isamu himself.

The Japanese reconnaissance planes leading the charge spotted the Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment of Heavy Artillery on the road. Besides the inflatable cannons, there were also inflatable trucks, on which sat figures in Eighth Route Army uniforms and a number of ammunition boxes.

It was so realistic that Takeda Isamu and the Japanese pilots had no doubt at all. Takeda Isamu personally piloted a Nakajima fighter and led the troops of the 21st Flying Regiment in a dive.

With a wave of fierce operations, the Japanese planes launched a wave of bombing on the highway, and huge fireballs of bombs exploded and rose up.

At this moment, the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the New st Regiment deployed nearby opened fire.

Although the 3rd Air Defense Battalion is a newly formed unit, its air defense firepower is no weaker than that of the 1st Air Defense Battalion and the 2nd Air Defense Battalion.

The battle was over in less than 3 minutes, and both sides were quite satisfied with the outcome.

By shooting down 3 and damaging 4 Japanese planes, Takeda Isamu wiped out a heavy artillery regiment-level unit of the New st Regiment, and the reconnaissance plane took photos of the battle in the air.

The Japanese attack on the first day came to an end.

"Damn it, after this battle, I will make all the soldiers live in reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers, so that they can't be hit by artillery and bombed by the Japanese planes." After dark, the Japanese did not continue to attack, and Li Yunlong cursed in the regiment headquarters.

Today, the New 1st Regiment suffered more than 600 casualties. Even Li Yunlong, who had been through hundreds of battles and had a heart as cold as a knife, couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

At the same time, Ding Wei and Kong Jie also sent telegrams, saying that fighting had also taken place in the direction of Majiapo and Shaohukou today, and that the Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment had each suffered more than 200 casualties.

Although Li Yunlong knew very well that there would be casualties in the war, it was only the first day of the battle and the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi had suffered 1000 casualties.

If this battle lasted for a month, wouldn't the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi have suffered more than 3 casualties?
"Commander, the concrete bunkers and gun towers are also quite formidable," Zhang Dabiao said from the side. "The Japanese are equipped with 240mm howitzers."

Li Yunlong's expression paused. Yes, the Japanese were equipped with 240mm howitzers. Even a real fortress would find it difficult to withstand the bombardment of this thing.

However, Li Yunlong had prepared a backup plan for the Japanese heavy artillery.

After a pause, Zhang Dabiao asked sharply, "Captain, should we order our backup plan to launch an attack?"

Li Yunlong stared at the map, tapping the table with his fingers, his eyes narrowed. "Don't worry, today is the first day of the Japanese attack. The Japanese artillery units must be heavily guarded. Also, the Japanese 240mm howitzers haven't appeared yet."

"I understand." Zhang Dabiao's mouth curled up.

He looked at Li Yunlong with admiration in his eyes. Zhang Dabiao would never have thought of such a back-up plan.

When the backhand suddenly launches an attack, it will definitely scare the Japanese and give them a big surprise.

"Order the troops on the front lines and along the trails to fire more flares at night!"

"Don't let the devils attack you at night!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao straightened his body, received the order and quickly went to convey the order.

Li Yunlong stared at the map, still feeling uneasy. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while.

He thought about it and felt that it was because he did not have Boss Lin's information this time, so he became a little anxious.

……

Datong, the Japanese front-line headquarters.

"Nani?"

"On the first day of the attack, there were approximately two thousand casualties among the Locust Emperor's soldiers?"

When the Japanese attacking forces in the four battlefields of Yunshan, Jiangjunling, Majiapo and Shaohukou reported the casualties, Sugiyama Gen's face darkened slightly.

These casualties made him feel sad, as these were the elite troops of his brother country.

Based on this casualty, if the battle lasts for a month, wouldn’t the locust army suffer 60,000 casualties?

(End of this chapter)