Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 511 I have never fought such a prosperous battle!
At this moment, the communications company commander Xiao Zhang walked in quickly and reported to Li Yunlong.

"Report to the regiment commander, political commissar, and staff officer!"

"We just received a telegram from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Command. The troops led by Deputy Regimental Commander Xing have already crossed the Yanmen Pass and are only 100 kilometers away from Datong!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao all stood up.

Li Yunlong looked at the watch on his hand:
"Not bad, Old Xing was quite quick and completed the task within the stipulated time."

It is 100 kilometers away from Datong, which means there are still two nights of forced march.

The Japanese troops in Datong must have been deployed 50 kilometers away.

In other words, Xing Zhiguo's troops only need to march quickly for a whole night before they can make contact with the Japanese in Datong.

However, it would take at least two days for the troops from northwestern Shanxi to reach Datong.

Then Xing Zhiguo's troops could rest for two days and one night in the area north of Yanmen Pass.

These two days and one night of rest are very important. The troops have marched more than 200 kilometers in a hurry, and they can recover a lot of energy after resting for two days and one night.

Li Yunlong took this into consideration when formulating the battle plan.

Everyone's eyes turned to Li Yunlong, waiting for his order.

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang said, "Old Li, the people in our base area have completed their strategic transfer and have prepared a large amount of combat supplies. We have sufficient ammunition, food, and medicine. The militia from each county brigade is responsible for the defense of the base area. All the soldiers and people in the base area are holding their breath, waiting for your order to strike back at the enemy!"

"Okay." Li Yunlong's expression became serious, and his tone was cold. "Order the 152mm Howitzer Battalion, the 1st Tank Battalion, the 1st Anti-Aircraft Battalion, and the Warfare Battalion to immediately reinforce the front line of Shahukou. They must arrive at Shahukou before tomorrow morning. The New st Regiment, the New rd Regiment, and the Independent Regiment will launch a full-scale counterattack against the enemy at o'clock tomorrow morning!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao, the staff officers and the battalion commanders shouted in unison.

Li Yunlong was very smart. He currently had powerful artillery firepower, but his troops were far less numerous than those of the Japanese and puppet troops. In the three-pronged attack of the Japanese, he could only defeat one of the troops.

Majiapo, which Kong Jie is responsible for, corresponds to the direction of Anhua County.

Ding Wei was responsible for defending the Shaohukou team members in the Datong direction.

The New 1st Regiment was responsible for defending Jiangjunling in the direction of Heyuan County, although Heyuan County was very close to Datong.

but.

The main force of the Japanese invaders was attacking from the direction of Heyuan County. It would be extremely difficult for them to counterattack from here to Datong.

and so.

Li Yunlong directly handed over a part of the main force to Ding Wei for command. After defeating the Japanese from the direction of Shaohukou, he headed directly towards Datong.

Then, Ding Wei's troops and Xing Zhiguo's troops attacked Datong from both sides.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army defending Majiapo and Jiangjunling also launched a counterattack, which would surely cause chaos for the Japanese.

……

In the early morning of the next day, the air was clear, without a trace of clouds, and the moonlight poured down like water.

"Old Ding."

"The troops sent by the new regiment have arrived."

In a tunnel in Majiapo, at the Eighth Route Army's front-line command post, Xu Shansheng, the political commissar of the New Third Regiment, woke up Ding Wei.

"How many troops did Li Yunlong send?"

Ding Wei guessed that the major counterattack would take place in the next two days, so he went to bed early last night to recharge his energy. He had to keep a clear mind and sufficient energy.

Commanding tens of thousands of troops in battle is extremely stressful, because every order you give will affect the life and death of the officers and soldiers.

"One 1mm howitzer battalion, one tank battalion, and one anti-aircraft battalion."

"Oh, and there's also a war camp."

Political Commissar Xu added another sentence.

Ding Wei laughed: "Yes, Li Yunlong is finally generous for once." Then Ding Wei quickly did some calculations.

Before the battle began, Li Yunlong assigned three infantry battalions, one 3mm howitzer battalion and one tank battalion to Ding Wei. Ding Wei had a total of 1 troops. During a week of fighting with the Japanese, 105 were killed and wounded, leaving 1 men.

Last night, Li Yunlong transferred another four battalions to Ding Wei, and now Ding Wei’s total force has reached 3.

The Japanese troops that attacked Shaohukou were the 21st Division and the 2nd Brigade, plus a division and a mixed brigade of the puppet army, with a total strength of 2 people.

During this week the enemy lost about 6,000 men.

The current troop strength ratio is 3 to 2.

In terms of artillery firepower, we have 5 artillery battalions, each of which is at the regimental level, which is also at the regimental level on the Japanese side.

There are also two tank battalions and one tank company, with nearly 1 tanks, each tank is equivalent to a 100mm mountain gun.

By this calculation, that's 7 artillery battalions. This artillery firepower, plus the excessively abundant ammunition reserves...

Thinking of this, Ding Wei couldn't help but swear: "Fuck, to use Li Yunlong's words, I've never fought such a rich battle!"

A force of 3 people is equivalent to an elite army of the National Army and the strength of a top-level Type A division of the Japanese army.

Dante Wei led these 3 men, and he was confident that he could destroy any army of the Nationalist Army and defeat any Type A division.

Because the firepower of his artillery is simply too powerful.

"Captain Li ordered us to launch a counterattack at 8:00 this morning and attack Datong as quickly as possible."

Political Commissar Xu couldn't help but curl his lips and added.

A few years ago during the Red Army period, he could never have imagined that the Eighth Route Army would be so prosperous.

At that time, if he could seize a Type 24 heavy machine gun of the National Army, he would wake up laughing even in his dreams.

But now, the troops were equipped with general-purpose machine guns, Maxims, heavy artillery and tanks. The Min-24 heavy machine gun was nothing but garbage and was basically not used by anyone in the Eighth Route Army.

"There's still an hour until dawn."

Ding Wei looked at the watch on his wrist and saw that there was plenty of time, so he immediately began to deploy his troops.

"The new 152mm howitzer battalion is stationed in the tunnel. It's Li Yunlong's favorite. If the 152mm howitzer battalion is destroyed by the Japanese planes, this guy will probably jump up and down."

"The air defense battalion and the war propaganda battalion are deployed here, coordinating with each other and preparing for air defense."

"Tank Battalion 1 and Tank Battalion 3 push forward. Once the artillery fire is over, immediately charge in and crush the enemy's first line of defense."

"After defeating the enemy's first line of defense, the two tank battalions will immediately retreat and hide, and the infantry will take over."

"Yes." The chief of staff of the New 1st Regiment immediately went to convey the order.

Political Commissar Xu said to Ding Wei, "The enemy facing us now is the Japanese 2nd Brigade. Their commander is Major General Abe Nobuhide, known as a mountain warfare expert. He and Major General Takeda Isamu, commander of the 21st Flying Regiment, are known as the 'flowers of our country's famous generals.'"

Ding Wei snorted coldly: "Then I will let Abe Nobuhide, the flower of a famous general, wither away in northwest Shanxi."

At 7:50 in the morning, all the troops had already had breakfast.

"Report to the regimental commander, the five artillery groups and two tank battalions have all been deployed!"

The chief of staff reported loudly to Ding Wei.

"Ten minutes left."

Ding Wei looked at the watch on his hand:

"Open fire in ten minutes sharp."

"In this counterattack, the first round of shelling is the most important."

"The enemy's position is a big target. This time, I don't need precise artillery fire. What I need is artillery coverage. Try to fire as many shells as possible in the shortest time."

(End of this chapter)