Chapter 239 The main force(1/2)
"Sodesne."
"Only by waiting for the Eighth Route Army to form a group with the Tsuda Detachment on the front line, our 2nd Guard Division will attack again, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Military Region will be unable to return to aid."
Yuta Tooya pretended to be enlightened.
In fact, Yuto Toshiya understands everything too much, just pretending not to understand.
As for the purpose of doing this, of course, it is to flatter Maeda Tada.
Maeda Tadashi was a senior in the army and served as the principal of the Mainland University. His disciples and former officials were everywhere in the army. He could just send him a word to transfer Toya Yongta to a certain infantry corps to serve as the corps commander.
Maeda Tadashi was old and mature, so naturally he could see Yuta Toya's intention.
However, Tadashi Maeda didn't mind this, and young people should have ambitions.
With a slight smile, Maeda Tadao said again: "In addition, there is another benefit."
"Oh, is that?" Yuta Tooya was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he didn't expect there was another benefit.
"Tuya, you are actually very clear." Maeda Tadashi said earnestly, "At this time, the battle outside the sky had just begun. The Eighth Route Army, who were staying in Shuiyao Mountain, was worried that our 2nd Guard Division would send troops to attack him, and would be on guard. If we attack at this time, the resistance we encountered would be the most tenacious."
"But if we wait for a while,"
"The Eighth Route Army will think that we will not take the initiative to attack at night."
"At this time, the Eighth Route Army's vigilance will become relaxed. If we suddenly attack, we will receive miraculous results. This is what is called "unexpected attacking" and "unprepared" and this victory of military strategists cannot be passed on first."
"Sodesne." Yuto Too said sincerely.
"The division commander is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable."
Another flattery came, and Maeda Tada accepted it with a smile.
...
Almost at the same time, Taiyuan had also received a telegram.
After receiving the telegram provided by the communications class, Takaichi Sakamoto and another combat staff immediately reported the latest enemy-to-me situation on the sand table.
When Yoshio Shinozuka walked into the war room, the sand table work had been completed.
From the sand table, I saw that the Tsuda Detachment on the western front had already built tight fortifications in advance in the area between three to five kilometers and five kilometers in the first line.
The Tsuda Detachment is the six sweeping detachments outside the front line.
In order to facilitate command and combat, Yoshio Shinozuka temporarily organized the six sweeping detachments into one detachment, and Mitake Tsuda, the captain of the 237th Infantry Regiment, temporarily served as the detachment leader.
On the left and right wings of the Tsuda Detachment and the front of the first line of the sky,
At least 8 battalions of the Eighth Route Army have launched an offensive.
Takashi Sakamoto pointed to the sand table and said, "The Commander, according to the information provided by the Tsuda Detachment, at least eight battalions of Eighth Route Army launched a fierce attack on them from the left and right wings and in the forward direction."
"In this battle, the Eighth Route Army not only invested at least 8 battalions of infantry,"
"More than 200 mortars or grenade launchers have been invested."
"The fortifications temporarily built by the Tsuda Detachment have been greatly damaged."
"The two 75th mountain artillery brigades of the Tsuda Detachment are limited by vision and have low accuracy, so they cannot effectively suppress the infantry support firepower of the Eighth Route Army."
Hearing this, several officers who followed Yoshio Shinozuka and whispered.
Obviously, the Eighth Route Army invested more troops and firepower than they expected.
Yoshio Shinozuka also looked calm and immediately said to Takaichi Sakamoto: "Sakamoto, do you still insist that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not in Mizukoyama but in Masata Road?"
Takashi Sakamoto frowned and said, "When the Eighth Route Army fights, they like to reserve reserves. If it is a regiment's force, they will only deploy a battalion's force on the front, and sometimes they will even only deploy a company."
"Now, the Eighth Route Army, which is launching an attack on the Tsuda Detachment, has 8 battalions of troops. From this point of view, the Eighth Route Army outside the front line also has at least 8 regiments."
"But, I still thought it was just an illusion."
"If everything before was an illusion, it cannot be ruled out that this attack is also an illusion."
Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka's face collapsed again, thinking that this idiot Sakamoto seems to have taken over him. When the battle is over, find an opportunity to send him to a brigade to serve as the captain of the infantry regiment. Otherwise, it would be quite annoying that such a guy would always sing a stage show.
And Takumi Mizuhara is a die-hard supporter of Yoshio Shinozuka.
Takumi Suhara retorted: "Is Sakamoto's words too arbitrary?"
"Arbitrary?" Sakamoto said, "Whether I am arbitrary is actually easy to verify."
He paused and said, "Just look at the results of the attack of the Eighth Route Army on the Tsuda Detachment in the first line of Tianwai, you can see the clues. If the Eighth Route Army's offensive is really as fierce as they showed and caused huge casualties to the Tsuda Detachment, then my judgment is wrong. The Eighth Route Army is really the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"And if the Eighth Route Army's offensive ended quickly, the Tsuda Detachment suffered very little casualties."
"Haha, then my judgment is correct. The main force of the Eighth Route Army is not in Shuiyaoshan at all. Then this mobilization operation has actually failed."
...
On the first line of the sky, the two sides are fighting fiercely.
A Japanese heavy machine gun blocked the way for the independent regiment's direct team.
Including Li Yunlong, dozens of veterans from the direct team were suppressed under a ridge and could not even raise their heads.
"Zhuzi?zhuzi!" Li Yunlong turned his head and shouted, "Zhuzi?! Wang Chengzhu? Damn, call me Wang Chengzhu over."
Ge Erdan ran away with his helmet.
In a moment, Ge Erdan ran back with Wang Chengzhu.
Wang Chengzhu was still holding an 81mm mortar in his arms, and two artillery soldiers were following behind him.
"Captain!" Because of the rapid running, Wang Chengzhu's chest fluctuated violently, and he spoke with a violent gasp.
Li Yunlong reached out and pointed to the Type 92 heavy machine gun in front of him, shouting sternly: "Kill this heavy machine gun for me!"
"Yes!" Wang Chengzhu agreed, then walked around behind a rock, stood up with the cover of the rock, stretched out his thumb with his right hand and estimated the distance.
The light in the dark night is not good, so I can only estimate it.
However, experienced veterans like Wang Chengzhu can estimate it very accurately. The error of the bounce point can even be controlled within half a meter within one thousand meters!
Then quickly set up the mortar.
After adjusting the shooting angle, he reached out and shouted: "Castball!"
An artillery soldier immediately handed over an 81mm caliber high-explosive grenade.
Wang Chengzhu stuffed the shells into the gun mouth, and then let go, the shells slid into the barrel.
With a loud bang, a red light was sprayed out from the muzzle. After a few seconds, the Type 92 heavy machine gun in front of him was blown to one side.
Several Japanese machine gunners were also killed.
Li Yunlong immediately turned over and jumped up and shouted, "Brothers, come with me!"
While yelling, Li Yunlong turned the box cannon in his hand horizontally and shot a long shot in front of him.
The dense Mauser pistol bullets splashed forward in a fan shape, and the two Japanese who rushed up to try to take over the heavy machine gun were immediately piled up to the ground.
The next moment, dozens of elite veterans who were suppressed under the ridge jumped up and rushed forward with a bayonet with a bayonet.
In a blink of an eye, the commando rushed forward dozens of meters.
Until another Type 92 heavy machine gun blocked the way.
"Pillar?Pillar?!" Li Yunlong began to yell again.
"Wang Chengzhu, where are you running away again? Get out of here!"
Wang Chengzhu, who had just turned to another position and fired a shot, ran over again in a hurry.
Wang Chengzhu ran while carrying a 20-kilogram mortar and cursed with a dark face: "Damn, this is the way I will be killed by the Japanese firepower, and I will run to death sooner or later."
No matter how much you scold, Wang Chengzhu's shooting effect is surprisingly good.
Soon another heavy machine gun fire point of the Japanese was killed.
Li Yunlong led the commando forward again.
With artillery support for firepower, it is a mighty man.
...
In Taiyuan, the 1st Army Headquarters.
Time has only passed by more than ten minutes.
While speaking, another communications consultant came out of the communication room quickly and handed a telegram to Inoue Yasushi.
After seeing it, Inoue Yasushi suddenly changed his face and said to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Commander, Tsuda Detachment is urgently telegrammed, their first line of defense has been lost!"
"Nani? It's only been a few minutes!"
"The first line of defense is lost so quickly?"
"When did the Eighth Route Army's offensive ability become so powerful?"
Hearing this, the dozen or so staff in the combat hall suddenly changed their faces.
Yoshio Shinozuka's face also darkened. Fortunately, he transferred 6 mobilization detachments over.
To be continued...