Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Datong.

The Japanese Army's North China Front Headquarters.

War Room.

Communications Staff Officer Kitani Osamu quickly walked towards Sugiyama Hajime and reported, "Commander, Lieutenant General Washizu, the commander of the 21st Division, has just requested tactical guidance!"

Sugiyama Hajime, Yamashita Tomoyuki and Muto Akira are analyzing the battle situation.

"Nani!"

When the three old Japanese soldiers heard Kitani Osamu's voice, their expressions suddenly changed.

"Lieutenant General Washizu requests tactical guidance?"

"Where's the telegram?"

Sugiyama Gen asked in a deep voice.

The 21st Division was just a feint to cover the main forces such as the temporary field heavy artillery division and the Guards division in their attack towards Jiangjunling.

How is it possible to ask for tactical guidance?

Did the 21st Division and the 2nd Brigade suffer a defeat at Shaohukou?

"There was no telegram. The 21st Division called in via radio code."

Kitani Haruo immediately said:

"The Eighth Route Army at Shahukou has deployed firepower equivalent to over seven artillery regiments, including three heavy artillery regiments, to bombard the 7nd Brigade's frontline defenses. The 2nd Brigade has suffered heavy casualties. Lieutenant General Washizu requests tactical guidance and requests that the air force dispatch fighters and bombers to destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions!"

"What?" Sugiyama's expression changed slightly. "Seven artillery regiments, including three field heavy artillery regiments?"

Yamashita Tomoyuki and Muto Akira on the side also changed their expressions.

7 artillery regiments, that means at least 240 cannons with a caliber of 75mm or above.

Among them, there are three field heavy artillery regiments, with at least 3 heavy artillery pieces of 90mm caliber or above!
This firepower alone exceeded that of the Japanese North China Front Army's temporary field artillery division.

Should we send planes to bomb the Eighth Route Army’s artillery positions at Shahukou?

Sugiyama Gen suddenly hesitated.

The Eighth Route Army's bombardment of Shahukou definitely used heavy artillery of 150mm caliber.

The 150mm caliber heavy artillery equipped by the New st Regiment posed a great threat to the Japanese First Army and even the Japanese army in the entire North China.

The 150mm caliber heavy artillery is a strategic-level force, whether in the Japanese army or the Eighth Route Army.

According to the report of Major General Takeda Isamu, one of the most famous generals, in this battle, the 21st Flying Regiment bombed two artillery regiments and one tank regiment-level unit of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery and tanks seemed to be endless, and one batch after another appeared after another.

At this moment, Kitani Osamu, who had left, walked in quickly with a telegram and walked towards Sugiyama Gen: "Report to the commander, Lieutenant General Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, sent an urgent telegram!"

"Read!"

Hearing Kitani Osamu's voice, Sugiyama Gen waved his hand with a gloomy expression and said.

Just as the 21st Division and the 2nd Brigade in Shaohukou requested tactical guidance, the First Army sent another urgent telegram. It was really a double whammy.

"Hey!" Kitani Osamu read the telegram, "The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is mobilizing the firepower of 10 artillery regiments to bombard the locust army positions and walls outside Taiyuan City. Requesting the headquarters to send fighter planes and bombers to destroy the Eighth Route Army artillery positions. Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, Commander of the First Army, His Majesty the Emperor, and the Great Japanese Locust Army, please be on board!"

"What?" Sugiyama Moto was suddenly shocked. "Ten artillery regiments?"

The expressions of Yamashita Tomoyuki and Muto Akira on the side became increasingly ugly.

Just as he finished speaking, another communications staff officer came in to report that the Japanese commander who was attacking Jiangjunling and Majiapo had sent a telegram in the direction of Majiapo and Jiangjunling.

The Eighth Route Army deployed multiple artillery regiments to attack, and they all requested the 21st Aircraft Regiment to destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions. "In this battle, the Eighth Route Army deployed more than 20 artillery regiments..."

The corners of Sugiyama Gen's mouth twitched, and he felt very complicated, with fear, envy and jealousy.

Anyway, it's hard.

Even the powerful North China Front Army had only 10 artillery regiments at its strongest, and most of them were 75 mountain guns and field guns.

Although the North China Front Army still had two field siege heavy artillery battalions.

But what's the use?

The 1st Battalion of Field Siege Heavy Artillery had just arrived in northwestern Shanxi and had been fighting for one day when its four Type 4 240mm artillery shells were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire from a long distance.

The remaining 2nd Battalion of Field Siege Heavy Artillery ran out of ammunition after only two days of fighting. The baggage train transporting 240mm heavy artillery shells was ambushed and lost a thousand 240mm shells.

Sugiyama Gen's fishing plan was not successful, and until now, the 240mm artillery shells have not been delivered.

If a cannon has no shells, what's the difference between the Type 240 mm heavy howitzer and scrap metal?
Although the 75mm field guns and 150mm howitzers still had some shells, they were not many. How could they fight against the Eighth Route Army's 105 and 152 heavy artillery?

What's more, the Eighth Route Army also has several regiment-level heavy tank units, and each tank regiment is equivalent to a mountain artillery regiment.

This ferocious artillery firepower really made Sugiyama Gen extremely envious.

"It's all the fault of those damned navy men. They're taking most of our country's military budget and living off it. Otherwise, the army wouldn't be so poor."

Sugiyama cursed angrily in his heart and immediately gave the order:

"Order the 21st Air Regiment to dispatch one flight squadron each to support Jiangjunling, Shahukou, and Taiyuan."

"The goal is to destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery and tank units."

Before the war, Sugiyama Gen prepared three flying regiments with a total of 3 aircraft for the battle in northwestern Shanxi.

However, Li Yunlong destroyed two flying regiments, leaving only the 3rd flying regiment with 100 aircraft.

According to common sense, 100 planes are enough to fight a battle. Under full-scale bombing, at least 1500 to 3000 enemy infantry casualties can be caused every day.

However, in addition to the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army assembled 10 troops and attacked Taiyuan from the southeastern part of Shanxi.

The main force of the 129th Division marched north in such a high-profile manner in order to give the Japanese army a feeling that if the Japanese First Army dared to march north to reinforce northwest Shanxi, then the 129th Division would attack your First Army.

If your First Army does not reinforce the main force of the North China Front Army in Northwest Shanxi, then my 129th Division will still attack your First Army.

The current scale of the Taiyuan battlefield is only slightly smaller than the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi.

The battlefield in northwestern Shanxi was mainly divided into four battlefields, but there was only one battlefield in Taiyuan, and the battle in Taiyuan was even more intense.

There are five battlefields in Shanxi, so the remaining 100 aircraft seem insufficient.

"Hi."

Muto Akira quickly went to convey the order.

Sugiyama Gen sighed, fortunately there were still 100 planes. If there were no these 100 planes, the longer the war dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for the North China Front Army. Not only would they be defeated, but they would also suffer heavy losses.

Because if the Eighth Route Army had more than 20 artillery regiment-level firepower and used them together, the firepower would be even more terrifying.

Of course, only half of the artillery units of both the 129th Division and the New 5st Regiment have been deployed. The headquarters has just formed five artillery regiments, and the New st Regiment has four artillery battalions that were formed not long ago and are still in training.

Last time, Li Yunlong destroyed more than 100 Japanese planes and more than 105 pilots, and earned a large number of 17mm howitzers, totaling 105 howitzer regiments.

However, the headquarters and Li Yunlong did not ask for all the 105 howitzers. In addition to the 105 howitzers, they also asked for some 120 heavy mortars, 152mm howitzers and tanks.

Li Yunlong and the headquarters made a fortune.

If Sugiyama Gen knew about this situation, wouldn't he faint from envy on the spot?
If Yan Laoxi and Principal Chang knew about this, they would be so jealous that their teeth would break. (End of this chapter)