Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 544 The house leaked and it rained all night!

The faces of all the staff officers in the command center changed.

It was not a good thing that nearly two thousand Eighth Route Army cavalry appeared behind them.

The Guards Cavalry Regiment was defeated by this Eighth Route Cavalry.

This shows that the Eighth Route Army cavalry unit has very strong combat effectiveness.

What is the Horse Guards?
They were the guards and imperial guards of the Heavenly Locust. Their equipment and individual soldier qualities were first-rate, and their combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the 13th Cavalry Regiment or the 14th Cavalry Regiment.

Even a star unit like the Guards Cavalry Regiment was defeated, so their situation can be said to be extremely dangerous.

"Why are you panicking?"

"As long as the main force of the Eighth Route Army doesn't attack us, we will be safe."

Major General Ohga Shigeru's expression remained unchanged, and he glanced at everyone in a cold tone.

After receiving the intelligence from the reconnaissance plane, he immediately moved the mountain artillery position and deployed the three artillery battalions of the mountain artillery regiment at artillery positions in different directions.

Otherwise, the arrival of the Eighth Route Army cavalry would have allowed them to destroy the entire mountain artillery regiment.

After all, the Eighth Route Army cavalry was far away, and the mountain artillery regiment could still bombard the enemy.

However, as long as the Eighth Route Army cavalry rushed close to the artillery position, the artillery could only be slaughtered by the cavalry.

"Will the Eighth Route Cavalry attack the mountain headquarters?"

The Chief of Staff of the 1st Cavalry Brigade expressed his concern.

"With our 7th Tank Regiment guarding here, if the Eighth Route Cavalry dares to attack the headquarters, they are courting death."

Maeda Takao said in an arrogant tone.

At this moment, a buzzing sound was heard in the sky, and the planes of the Japanese 21st Flying Regiment arrived again.

The Japanese officers quickly raised their binoculars to look.

The attack formation consisting of more than 20 fighters and bombers, after seeing the Eighth Route Army on the ground, dived down and opened fire.

but,

The Eighth Route Army did not just take the bombardment. Various anti-aircraft firepower fired at the planes, forming an impenetrable firepower network.

As the saying goes, if you defend against air attacks, nine out of ten will fail.

However, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was extremely strong, and strings of bullets rose into the air like the whip of the god of death.

It is obvious that the Eighth Route Army lacks large-caliber anti-aircraft firepower and can only rely on small-caliber anti-aircraft firepower.

However, quantitative change leads to qualitative change. The firepower consisting of thousands of machine guns, tens of thousands of rifles, and hundreds of machine guns and anti-aircraft guns is still a great threat.

The 21st Flying Regiment was composed of a group of experienced and fearless pilots, but the Eighth Route Army's ground forces also had a very strong fighting will.

Even though it was attacking low altitude from high altitude, the 21st Flying Regiment did not gain much benefit.

After about six minutes of ground-to-air battle, the Japanese Air Force lost two planes and damaged three planes, and hurriedly left and returned to Zhangjiakou Airport.

However, there was smoke everywhere in the direction of the Eighth Route Army, and it was obvious that they had suffered heavy losses.

"Order the troops to prepare for battle. The Eighth Route Army should be crossing the river."

Major General Ohgamo's tone turned serious.

"Hi."

All the Japanese regiment commanders and staff officers lowered their heads and shouted in unison.

"Those damn Japanese planes are so annoying."

In the front-line headquarters, Li Yunlong's mouth twitched.

The main force of the War Deception Battalion was not here, and there were no large numbers of inflatable tanks and inflatable trucks. Although the New 1st Regiment had set up a lot of camouflage nets, some cannons and a number of large trucks were still blown up by the Japanese planes. The trucks were full of combat supplies.

Fortunately, due to some preparation, there were not many casualties, and five Japanese planes were shot down or damaged.

Also, these damaged items can be reimbursed after the war, otherwise Li Yunlong would probably jump up and curse on the spot.

"In modern warfare, it is indeed more difficult to fight without air superiority." Chu Yunfei said with a serious expression.

Even though the independent battalion now has more than 100 cannons of various calibers, it still has to temporarily avoid the attack of the Japanese planes.

After all, if the independent battalion artillery unit with weak anti-aircraft firepower is targeted by Japanese planes, the losses will probably be extremely heavy.

"Fortunately, Boss Lin provided us with a large number of inflatable weapons, otherwise the losses would be several times greater." Zhang Dabiao said.

"After this battle, our engineering battalion will also start to equip inflatable weapons." Li Yunlong nodded. This thing is really useful, because after the Japanese pilots discovered these inflatable weapons, it was as if they had discovered a strategic target. They dived and attacked with their planes recklessly. Some Japanese pilots even flew their planes directly into the inflatable weapon positions.

Li Yunlong and the others were stunned.

"Don't think about what happens after the war. The Japanese artillery positions should have been destroyed. Order the engineering battalion to start building a bridge." Li Yunlong said coldly.

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao was about to pass on the order, but at this moment, the communications staff came over and reported.

"Reporting to the regimental commander and the chief of staff, the Jinzhong Cavalry Battalion just sent a message in secret."

"They attacked only the position of a Japanese mountain artillery battalion, which had only 10 mountain guns."

The 110th Mountain Artillery Regiment fought two artillery battles with the New st Regiment Artillery Unit at the Jiangjunling battlefield and suffered some losses, so it was not at full strength.

Li Yunlong frowned: "So, the Japanese still have two mountain artillery battalions' positions, which should also be scattered."

It was obvious that the Japanese reconnaissance plane informed the Japanese command of the attack by the Eighth Route Cavalry Unit.

However, Li Yunlong quickly thought of a solution: "Then let's change our strategic deployment and order the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment to go downstream to help the infantry cross the river."

"Order the Jinzhong Cavalry Regiment to continue searching for the Japanese artillery units."

"At the same time, we will continue to build the bridge to attract the Japanese artillery to fire."

The Japanese command headquarters should be right opposite Xinzhuang, but Li Yunlong did not send the cavalry to attack the Japanese command headquarters.

The reason is very simple. There is a Japanese tank unit right opposite.

Although the Japanese tanks were all small tanks, there were only about 20 of them.

However, if cavalry were to attack 20 tanks, the casualties would be very heavy.

Although the Jinzhong Cavalry Battalion was equipped with bazookas, there were also a considerable number of cavalry on the opposite side, and the Eighth Route Cavalry was difficult to defeat.

As long as the mechanized troops and infantry here cross the river, the Japanese on the opposite side will be a piece of cake.

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao's expression changed. The commander wanted to take a three-pronged approach. After receiving the order, he quickly went to convey the command.

It didn't take long.

At the headquarters of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army, a staff officer hurried in and reported with a bow.

"General."

"The 14th Cavalry Regiment is under attack from behind by the Eighth Route Army Cavalry. Colonel Oshima, the Regiment Commander, requests tactical guidance!"

"What?" This situation caught Ohgamo off guard.

The 14th Cavalry Regiment had been blocking the Eighth Route Army from building a pontoon bridge at the riverside. The Eighth Route Army had strong firepower, so the battle was very fierce.

Now, the 14th Cavalry Regiment was directly caught in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides.

"Major General, the Eighth Route Army engineers have begun building the bridge again!"

Hearing Maeda Takao's voice, Major General Ohga Mo quickly raised his binoculars and looked over. Sure enough, he saw that the Eighth Route Army's engineers drove engineering vehicles and started to blow up the bridge.

"Baga, why are there so many Eighth Route Army engineering vehicles? Can't they bomb them all?"

To make matters worse, Major General Ohgamo angrily threw the telescope to the ground:

"Order the 2nd Artillery Battalion to open fire immediately. I don't believe we can't blow up all the Eighth Route Army's engineering vehicles!"

(End of this chapter)