Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Soon, Aijia Lishen was promoted to Colonel and quickly organized the troops to re-establish the defensive position.

You don’t know if you don’t have statistics, but you will be shocked when you get statistics.

After two battles, the 40th Regiment had lost more than one-third of its troops.

Moreover, he had no way to take away the wounded from these lost troops, and almost all of them died in battle.

This time, Colonel Aijia adopted the tactic of blocking the enemy at each step, trying to turn the fake into real.

That is, a small number of infantry were deployed on each hill to attract the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire, and the main forces were placed on the reverse slope of each hill. Colonel Aijia discovered that the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire had limited effect on the reverse slope of the hill.

As a result, the effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army's artillery bombardment of the Japanese positions on the hill became very low.

I have to say that Colonel Aijia’s actions were indeed effective.

But the effect was very limited because the firepower gap between the two sides was too great.

Colonel Aijia's tactics were not enough to make up for the gap.

After several hours of fighting, the 40th Regiment was almost wiped out.

Then until dark, the Eighth Route Army did not continue the attack.

At the same time, Yamashita Tomoyuki at the ambush command center was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"Where is the Eighth Route Army's vanguard?"

"The 40th Regiment and the Eighth Route Army are still engaged in a fierce battle..."

"Nani!"

"Why hasn't the 40th Regiment retreated yet?"

Yamashita Tomoyuki frowned and expressed his dissatisfaction loudly.

At the same time, he was also a little confused. Is the 40th Regiment so brave?
The 21st Division and the 2nd Brigade were completely wiped out by the main force of the Eighth Route Army in three days. The 40th Regiment fought with the Eighth Route Army for almost half a day.

Not running yet?
"General."

At this moment, a staff officer hurried in: "Just now, the commander of the 40th Regiment, Colonel Aijia, sent a farewell telegram..."

"Nani!?"

Yamashita Tomoyuki exclaimed, which was even more surprised than the previous "Nani" and the tone was even higher.

This scared Sadamira Iida, Shiro Kuwabara and the other Japanese staff officers.

"Ai Jialisheng is that loser! I told him to lure the Eighth Route Army into an ambush, and he led the 40th Regiment in a fierce battle with them, and they were completely wiped out!"

Yamashita Tomoyuki took the telegram and read it, then tore it into pieces and couldn't help cursing.

The 40th Regiment was an important part of the ambush force. He already had insufficient manpower. Now that the 40th Regiment was completely wiped out, the chances of the ambush plan's success were reduced.

"Colonel Aijia has no other options. The Eighth Route Army won't be fooled at all. Only by using this method and putting oneself in the game can the Eighth Route Army be assured of Datong."

The commander of the 25th Division, Shiro Kuwahara, looked grief-stricken. After all, the 40th Regiment was his unit, and he didn't expect that all of them would be destroyed in less than a day after joining the battlefield.

Even the regiment commander, Colonel Aika Tatemitsu, was killed.

It's outrageous. The Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness is too strong. If they don't launch an ambush, the locust army will have almost no chance of winning this battle.

Iida Sadatsugu also said, "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, since Colonel Aika Tadashi and the 40th Regiment's locust soldiers have served the Heavenly Locusts faithfully, you should not blame them. Tonight, the Eighth Route Army will definitely march to Datong under cover of darkness. After all, the Eighth Route Army prefers to march at night."

Yamashita Tomoyuki took a look at the map and saw that the Eighth Route Army was only more than 30 kilometers away from Datong. It was very likely that the Eighth Route Army would march quickly to Datong tonight.

Yamashita Fengwen's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Order all troops to continue the ambush. Tonight is the best time to destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army. When the Eighth Route Army enters the ambush area, all troops will kill them mercilessly. I want the Eighth Route Army to flow like a river of blood!"

"Hi!" Iida Sadamira and Kuwahara Shiro suddenly lowered their heads and responded in unison.

……

Jiangjunling, the front-line headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, was inky black at night.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese invaders called off their battles and returned home.

However, everyone in the command center was busy, each doing their own job.

"Commander, Chief of Staff, we just received a telegram from Commander Ding. After a fierce battle during the day, the troops led by Commander Ding completely wiped out the 25th Regiment of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army."

After the telegraph operator received the telegram and the decoder moved on, the communications staff immediately handed over the telegram.

"Oh?"

Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up.

"Is this 40th Regiment commander that stupid?" Zhang Dabiao said with disdain, "Why didn't he just retreat all the way to Datong? He used them as bait, and they were completely wiped out?"

During the day, Ding Wei sent a message about the situation in which the 40th Regiment of the Japanese army pretended to attack the Eighth Route Army, but actually lured the main force of the Eighth Route Army into the Japanese ambush circle.

At that time, Li Yunlong replied to Ding Wei, asking him to march carefully and not fall into an ambush by the Japanese.

However, Li Yunlong did not expect that the Japanese soldiers of the 40th Regiment were so brave. With a force of more than people, they dared to fight to the end with more than Eighth Route Army soldiers equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, and were finally wiped out.

For a moment, Li Yunlong didn't know whether to say that the Japanese in the 40th Regiment were stupid or brave.

After a moment, Li Yunlong raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "To put it nicely, this is called joining the game with one's body."

Zhang Dabiao's expression changed: "What if I say it in a bad way?"

Li Yunlong chuckled, "To put it bluntly, the devils are using ashes to make a nest. Back when we were in my hometown in the Dabie Mountains, our family was so poor that we had to beg for food. When we were starving, we would go fishing in the river. In addition to the earthworms on the hooks, we would also sprinkle some bait into the river. This is called making a nest. The devils from the 40th Regiment are using themselves to make a nest."

"Captain, your description is very appropriate!" Zhang Dabiao raised the corner of his mouth.

After a pause, Zhang Dabiao put away his smile and said solemnly, "But if this happens, I'm afraid Captain Ding and his men won't be able to reach Datong for a while."

"The Japanese have 30,000 to 40,000 ambushing troops deployed within a range of at least ten kilometers."

"Although Ding Wei has over 30,000 troops, and their weapons, equipment, and firepower far exceed those of the Japanese, it is impossible to wipe out the Japanese in a short period of time."

"After all, it's 30,000 or 40,000 devils, not 30,000 or 40,000 pigs."

"If the Japanese deploy these troops on the hilltops on both sides of the road for more than ten or twenty kilometers, blocking the enemy step by step, and providing deep artillery support, Captain Ding's troops will definitely be held back by the Japanese."

Li Yunlong chuckled, his expression unchanged: "Since Plan A doesn't work, let's implement Plan B."

Zhang Dabiao asked doubtfully, "Plan B?"

Li Yunlong said, "Since we can't reach Datong from Shaohukou, let's fight our way to Datong from Jiangjunling. After two days of probing, we found that the enemy's total infantry is less than a division, and their artillery consists of two mountain artillery regiments and a siege heavy artillery battalion."

The Japanese's four 4mm heavy howitzers had not been moved away, in an attempt to create the illusion that the Imperial Guards Division and other main forces were still in Heyuan County.

At this moment, Chu Yunfei walked in quickly and saluted Li Yunlong.

"Report to the commander, the independent battalion's attack force is ready. Please give the attack order."

The independent battalion did not launch an attack right away, but first formulated an attack plan and emergency plan, and replenished ammunition and other combat supplies.

When Zhang Dabiao was catching up on his sleep in the afternoon, Li Yunlong had already agreed to Chu Yunfei's attack order and emergency plan.

Li Yunlong glanced at his watch. "The attack will officially begin at 26 p.m. Four artillery battalions will provide artillery support to your independent battalion. Furthermore, the Sharp Sword Squadron has infiltrated the vicinity of the Japanese th Division Headquarters and is ready to launch a decapitation operation at any time."

"Yes!" Chu Yunfei's eyes were filled with murderous intent. "Give me one night, and I will definitely defeat the 26th Division on the opposite side and wipe out these inhumane Japanese beasts." (End of this chapter)