Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwahara, commander of the 25th Division, pleaded with Yamashita Tomoyuki:
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, although the main force of the Eighth Route Army has not arrived, our ambush position and plan should not have been exposed."

"Please give Colonel Aijia and the 40th Regiment another chance. This time they will definitely lure the main force of the Eighth Route Army into the ambush!"

Yamashita Fengwen said in a cold tone: "Colonel Aijia, I will give you one more chance. If the mission fails again, you will commit seppuku to thank the locusts."

Ai Jia stood up with a startled expression, and suddenly lowered his head: "...Hi!"

Subsequently.

Aijiali returned to the 40th Regiment, gathered the defeated troops who did not look like a defeated army, and went to the highway to act as bait.

A few hours later, the real main force of the Eighth Route Army arrived, with the reconnaissance battalion in the front, and also discovered the 40th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

The two sides exchanged fire, and this time the 40th Regiment did not suffer a defeat.

Ding Wei immediately ordered the massive troops to stay on standby and to pay attention to air defense.

At the same time, the reconnaissance battalion commander reported the enemy situation to the command center where Ding Wei was located.

"According to the hand discs found on the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, this group of Japanese soldiers is the 25th Regiment of the 40th Division."

“鬼子轻重机枪大约120挺，75山炮4门、90毫米迫击炮4门和九二式步兵炮6门，掷弹筒若干。”

"Currently, the Japanese are deployed on the hills on both sides of the road, and they haven't built any positions."

Ding Wei raised his eyebrows: "There aren't even trenches or foxholes?"

"No." The reconnaissance battalion commander shook his head. "The Japanese didn't build any positions in Taoshugou. They planned to ambush us, but their ambush position was too conspicuous, and our veteran reconnaissance soldiers saw through it."

"Also, when the 40th Regiment pretended to flee, it didn't look like an act."

The reconnaissance battalion commander added with a smile on his face.

Political Commissar Xu said briskly, "It seems the Japanese have morale problems."

"Even if the Japanese's morale is in trouble," Ding Wei said with a serious expression, "we must not be careless. Tell the soldiers to remain vigilant at all times unless they are sure the Japanese are completely dead."

On the Jiangjunling battlefield, the 21st Division was in a desperate situation but still managed to burst out with strong combat effectiveness.

Although they failed to bite off a piece of meat from the Eighth Route Army, at the end of the battle, the counterattack of hundreds of Japanese soldiers before their death caused more than 100 casualties among the Eighth Route Army.

Ding Wei gave the order sternly:
"Order the mortar units of the mountain artillery battalion to fire at the enemy positions in half an hour."

"After the shelling, the 40st Battalion and the nd Tank Company will immediately attack and defeat the th Regiment as quickly as possible."

"I want to see how many troops the Japs have ambushed ahead."

The abnormal behavior of the Japanese 40th Regiment was almost certain that the Japanese had an ambush ahead.

"Yes!"

As Ding Wei's order was issued, the various troops began to prepare for the attack.

At this point, the Eighth Route Army did not have enough tunnels and woods to hide its heavy artillery and tank units.

but……

The war camp had a lot of inflatable tanks, inflatable trucks, and inflatable cannons to accompany the troops on the march, which was enough to achieve a realistic effect.

……

At the same time, the Japanese reconnaissance plane reported the Eighth Route Army's troop strength and equipment situation to the Japanese ambush command.

"The Eighth Route Army has about 4 men."

"About 250 tanks."

"There are about 1000 trucks."

"There are about 500 cannons."

"3000 mules."

"The march was about 20 kilometers long."

At the headquarters, after hearing the report from the communications officer, Yamashita Tomoyuki, Iida Sadatsugu, and Kuwahara Shiro's faces all changed.

The Eighth Route Army's strength and equipment far exceeded their expectations!
On the Japanese side, the 25th Division, the Imperial Guards Division, the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 7th Tank Regiment participated in the ambush, and the ambush area was only about 10 kilometers in total.

However, the Eighth Route Army had a team length of 20 kilometers.

This means that they could only ambush half of the Eighth Route Army.

"How is the Eighth Route Army's marching troops distributed?"

Taking a deep breath, Yamashita Fengwen asked in a deep voice.

Just now, he almost planned to give up the ambush plan because the Eighth Route Army was far stronger than them.

Although the two sides had similar military strength, the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army were so good, even a little too good.

According to the report of Major General Takeda Isamu, one of the most famous generals, the 21st Flying Regiment has destroyed at least 100 tanks and 150 cannons of the Eighth Route Army in the Shaohukou area in the past few days.

However, the Eighth Route Army still had 250 tanks and 500 cannons!
It's outrageous!
Does the Eighth Route Army have 500 tanks and 1000 cannons?

"In front are infantry and cavalry, about 1 men."

"In the middle were the tanks and artillery, then the trucks, and finally the mule carts and infantry."

The staff officer who came to report answered.

"The locust army has a chance of winning!"

After learning about the arrangements for the Eighth Route Army's marching troops, Yamashita Tomoyuki's eyes flashed with a gleam of light.

"Iida-kun! Kuwahara-kun!"

Yamashita Tomoyuki looked at the Imperial Guard Division Commander Iida Sadamiru and Kuwahara Shiro.

The main force of this ambush was the Imperial Guards Division and the 25th Division, with a total strength of about people.

Although the 1st Guards Brigade of the Guards Division was completely wiped out, the Guards Division still had 25 people, and the th Division also had troops.

In this ambush, in addition to the field hospital, the Japanese also sent combat troops, logistics troops, engineers and other logistics regiments to the battlefield.

The two old Japanese soldiers straightened their bodies, bent slightly and lowered their heads, indicating that they were waiting for instructions.

As for the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 7th Tank Regiment, they were regarded as reserves.

Yamashita Tomoyuki said expressionlessly:

"Let's change our tactics."

"After the main force of the Eighth Route Army enters the ambush circle, let the Eighth Route Army infantry go and focus on destroying their tanks and artillery units."

"Deploy the death squads of each infantry battalion here and here, concentrate explosives and anti-tank grenades, and blow up the Eighth Route Army tanks."

"Also, deploy some artillery in this ambush area. Do not destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery; try to capture as much as possible."

The eyes of the two old Japanese soldiers, Iida Sadamiru and Kuwahara Shiro, suddenly lit up.

"Chief of Staff, what you mean," Kuwahara Shiro said, "is that we seize the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery, and then the Locust Army's artillerymen use the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery to bombard the Eighth Route Army?"

"That's right." Yamashita Tomoyuki nodded. "I'm sure you've all experienced the power of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery. If we destroy or capture the hundreds of Eighth Route Army's artillery, will the Eighth Route Army dare to challenge the Locust Army in North China in the future?"

There are hundreds of cannons, including hundreds of heavy cannons, and the firepower of this artillery is terrifying.

As for the Eighth Route Army's heavy tanks, Yamashita Tomoyuki was also very jealous, but he knew very well that if the Eighth Route Army's heavy tanks could not be blown up as soon as possible, it would be a major threat to the entire ambush force.

It is almost impossible to capture it.

Since we can't capture them, we can only blow them all up.

"When bombing the Eighth Route Army tanks, you can fire smoke bombs to allow the suicide squad to approach the tanks smoothly, and then detonate explosives or anti-tank grenades, and throw Molotov cocktails." Yamashita Tomoyuki added.

"Hey!" The two old Japanese soldiers, Iida and Kuwabara, lowered their heads at the same time, turned around and quickly redeployed their troops.

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is lacking." Yamashita Fengwen stared at the map, his eyes narrowed. "Now, it depends on whether the 40th Regiment can successfully lure the main force of the Eighth Route Army into the ambush circle." (End of this chapter)