Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 509 I can finally let go and do something great!

Suddenly, Sugiyama Gen seemed to have thought of something and immediately called Yamashita Tomoyuki and Muto Akira.

Sugiyama said, "If the radio code was cracked by the Eighth Route Army, we might as well take advantage of their situation and launch a counter-ambush."

Muto Akira's eyes showed a thoughtful look, but Yamashita Tomoyuki had already guessed Sugiyama Moto's tactical intentions:
"General, do you mean... continue to transport heavy artillery shells to the Jiangjunling front, and then order the 1st Cavalry Brigade to follow and launch a counter-ambush attack on the Eighth Route Army?"

Upon hearing this plan, Muto Akira's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Your Excellency, this plan is very good. I admire it."

The combat effectiveness of the 1st Cavalry Brigade is still very strong.

Although the terrain in northwest Shanxi is not suitable for cavalry.

However, the 1st Cavalry Brigade is also well-equipped, and its combat effectiveness in dismounted combat is stronger than that of ordinary infantry regiments.

Sugiyama Moto's expression remained unchanged, and his tone remained even.

"Order the Imperial Guards Quartermaster Regiment to prepare two hundred trucks. Install steel plates on both sides of the trucks, reserve firing slits, and cover them with military tarpaulins."

"Place light and heavy machine guns and anti-tank rapid-fire guns inside the trucks."

"The 1st Cavalry Brigade and the Royal Guards Cavalry Regiment are following and ready to reinforce at any time."

"This time I'm going to fish and completely wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the periphery!"

"Hi!" Muto Akira and Yamashita Tomoyuki both lowered their heads.

……

Jiangjunling front line, New 1st Regiment Command Headquarters.

"Captain, all the infiltrating Japanese soldiers have been eliminated this morning."

At noon, as soon as Li Yunlong got up, Zhang Dabiao came to him with a smile and reported that he was on wartime duty in the second half of last night.

"The Ninth Battalion also has good news. They ambushed the Japanese transport convoy in Shipan Village this morning, destroying 200 large trucks and approximately tons of heavy artillery shells."

"In addition, headquarters also sent a telegram saying that the Japanese First Army has been suppressed by the 129th Division."

"The boss told us to go all out in northwest Shanxi and give that son of a bitch a good beating."

Li Yunlong took the three telegrams and read them, his lips curled up slightly:

"Haha, not bad."

Then Li Yunlong listened carefully and found that the Japanese transport team had been wiped out. As expected, there were only sporadic artillery fire from the Japanese side.

Two hundred tons of heavy artillery shells is not too much, but not too little either.

According to the Japanese 240mm artillery shells, each weighing 400 kilograms, two hundred tons of heavy artillery shells would be about a thousand heavy artillery shells.

The Japanese will certainly find it difficult to bear this loss for a while.

and.

The 9th Battalion's attack on the Japanese's logistics and supply lines must have frightened the Japanese. Within a day or two, the Japanese would probably not dare to continue transporting heavy artillery shells.

"The troops from the Jinzhong base should be reaching Yanmen Pass soon, right?" Li Yunlong stared at the map.

The Jinzhong base was more than 300 kilometers away from Datong. In order to confuse the Japanese, a small part of the main force of the Jinzhong base went to attack the First Army, and more than 10,000 militiamen gathered in Yangqu County north of Taiyuan.

The troops in the Jinzhong base area hid during the day and moved out at night, traveling along mountain roads and passing through the base area in the Wutai Mountain area.

Also.

The headquarters issued an order to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, dispatching 10 regiments of a main force of about people to besiege Datong together with the Jinzhong base area.

"How about sending a telegram to ask Deputy Commander Xing?" Zhang Dabiao asked.

"Forget it!" Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "After the main force of the Jinzhong base arrives at the designated location, Old Xing will take the initiative to contact the regiment headquarters."

At this time, the main force of the Jinzhong base was hiding during the day and moving at night, crossing mountains and ridges, and maintaining radio silence for the sake of concealment. If they rashly used the radio at this time, it would inevitably attract the attention of the devils, thus causing all their previous efforts to be wasted.

In the afternoon, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese were running out of logistical supplies, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao organized a counterattack.

With the support of powerful artillery fire, the Japanese defense line was pushed back three kilometers, and about 1,500 Japanese were killed.

In the evening, both sides called off their troops and returned home.

"Report to the leader, political commissar."

Just as Zhang Dabiao was reporting today's results, the communications company commander, Xiao Zhang, walked in quickly to report:
"Reporting to the regiment commander, headquarters has forwarded another intercepted Japanese telegram. Tomorrow morning, a Japanese transport team carrying heavy artillery and shells will depart from Datong Military Station for the Jiangjunling front."

"Captain, the Japanese are..." Zhang Dabiao laughed. "This afternoon, they were so angry about our heavy artillery that they risked being ambushed to bring in heavy artillery shells."

This afternoon was the first counterattack of the New 1st Regiment.

The Japanese had no shells for their 240mm heavy howitzers, and there were only twenty or so 150mm howitzers, with few shells left.

Although the Japanese still had some shells in their dozens of mountain cannons, they could only be suppressed by the 105mm howitzers and 152mm howitzers of the New st Regiment.

Just two 105mm howitzer battalions caused heavy losses to the three Japanese mountain artillery regiments.

This type of artillery has a long range, and the Japanese's 75 mountain guns and field guns can only be bombed unilaterally. The weather is good this afternoon, and the artillery observation post in Yunshan provides shooting elements. As long as the Japanese are hit, there will be casualties.

In addition, there was support from 82mm mortars and 120mm heavy mortars, as well as an excessive amount of ammunition.

The Japanese infantry lacked heavy artillery fire support and were soon defeated.

In addition, the radar can know when the Japanese planes arrive and leave, which effectively prevents the artillery positions of the New 1st Regiment from being bombed by Japanese planes.

Many times, after bombing the target, the Japanese planes pretended to leave, waiting for a surprise attack, but the Japanese planes' every move was under the surveillance of the New 1st Regiment.

"This is a fucking trap. Tell the Ninth Battalion to hold still and stay hidden."

Li Yunlong's eyes rolled around and he spoke with a scheming look in his eyes.

"trap?"

"That's right, we ambushed the Japanese 50th Regiment and the Japanese transport team."

"The Japanese must have discovered that their intelligence had been leaked and realized that there was something wrong with the telegram."

"The Japs are even sending telegrams so brazenly, what else could this be but a trap?"

"Oh my god, if I had been in command, I would have almost been fooled." Zhang Dabiao said in fear. He didn't think so much just now, but if he thought about it carefully, he would definitely feel that something was wrong.

As soon as the Japanese soldier raised his butt, Li Yunlong knew what he had eaten yesterday.

"The devils have used up their three axes, now it's our turn to swing the axe."

Li Yunlong said in a cold tone:
"Pass on my order. Once the troops from the Jinzhong and Jin-Cha-Ji bases reach their designated locations, the troops at Shahukou, Majiapo, and Jiangjunling will immediately launch a full-scale counterattack!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao straightened his body and looked expectant.

Compared with the Japanese who had no combat plan or emergency plan, the Eighth Route Army's combat plan and emergency plan were quite rigorous and sufficient.

As long as we can withstand the Japanese attack in the early stage and counterattack on all fronts in the middle stage, we will definitely catch the Japanese off guard.

Judging from the current situation, the New 1st Regiment not only withstood the Japanese's early attacks, but also inflicted considerable casualties on the Japanese.

This was very beneficial to the Eighth Route Army's mid-term counterattack.

"Fuck, I can finally let go and do something big."

Li Yunlong's eyes sank as he stared at the map on the square table with murderous intent.

(End of this chapter)