Chapter 71 Reason
Of course, the leader said that he would transfer the rocket launcher troops to reinforce the Shanxi-Suizhou Army.
Let’s not talk about Yuncheng’s defense being beneficial to the Eighth Route Army, helping the Jinsui Army is helping itself.
It’s not easy to say that fighting the Japanese... Anyway, these rocket artillery shells are all going to hit the Japanese, so there is actually not much difference when and where they are smashed.
More importantly, the Eighth Route Army has always been doing what it is.
This is an attitude, integrity is the basis of cooperation. Of course, the Eighth Route Army would not be so stupid that it would shake this foundation in order to save rockets. At the same time, these rocket artillery shells can bring about the increase in morale of the Jinsui Army, which can be said to be a killing of the number of people.
Okamura Yasuna also got the news.
His face turned pale when he looked at the intelligence, and his eyes were like wounded beasts, showing a bit of fierce light.
Yoshio Shinozuka expressed his confusion about this: "General, the Eighth Route Army only dispatched five artillery vehicles to fire 60 injected bullets, and the artillery's losses were only five artillery pieces... This loss had little impact on the entire battle, why did the General..."
"Shinozuka-kun!" Okamura Yasuji replied: "This is not just five artillery pieces. The meaning behind it is the unity between the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi Sui Army. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Shinozuka Yoshio stepped forward to answer, but he didn't dare to say more.
Because this means that Okamura Yanji's plan of disagreement has gone bankrupt, and this failure is a shame for the Imperial soldiers.
After a moment of silence, Okamura Yasuji ordered: "If this is the case, it would be meaningless to attack Yuncheng alone. It's time to attack the full attack!"
"Yes!" Shinozuka Yoshio responded, turned around and conveyed the order over the phone.
So the Zhongtiaoshan defense line immediately became lively, and of course the puppet army was the first to go into battle.
The Japanese did not want them to capture the Eighth Route Army's defense line. They hoped to use the puppet army to find out the firepower points of the Eighth Route Army, and then use artillery and regular troops to attack... Simply put, it is to save shells and reduce the casualties of the Japanese.
Under the orders of the Japanese officers, a group of puppet troops attacked up the mountain road of Zhongtiao Mountain, densely packed like ants, but they all shrank and advanced without any worries... There is no way, is the existence of the puppet troops just for this?
Half of the officers in the puppet army were Japanese.
This is set up according to the colonial forces. For example, most of the officers of the colonial army who do not set the sun are the people who do not set the sun. Because of insufficient troops, the Japanese could only use half of their personnel to control the puppet army.
These Japanese officers did not treat the puppet army as human beings at all. As long as they were tempted to retreat or were afraid to fight, they would fire guns in the rear to war or even shoot in the back.
But the point is not this. The Eighth Route Army's condescending advantages and preparations during this period, coupled with the fortifications left by the stubborn army, it is a piece of cake to repel such an attack from the Japanese.
The point is that the Japanese tank troops were dispatched.
"Battery Commander!" Chen Songyong, who had been guarding the radio station, reported: "The Japanese tanks are coming up. The first batch of two tank corpses are attacking in two directions. One corps attacks the Yuncheng bunker group, and the other corps attacks Chu Yunfei's northern wing defense line!"
Wang Xuexin only replied: "Location!"
Chen Songyong hurriedly looked at the telegram and marked the tank attack positions on the map.
The offensive points look very symmetrical, in the middle of Yuncheng and the North Wing defense lines respectively.
A central breakthrough may be a good choice, but is such a regular attack... too regular?
This is not like the style of Okamura Yasuji, who is so sloppy.
In addition, with Okamura Yanji's intelligence capabilities, it is impossible for him to know that the Jinsui Army has been strengthened in its anti-tank capabilities... Simply put, it is the rocket launcher.
Although the bazooka is inconspicuous, it is definitely a nightmare for tanks with anti-tank trenches or barbed wire.
In this case, was it a hasty to attack Chu Yunfei's defense line with fifty tanks heading against the front line of 5,000 Chu Yunfei's garrison?
Wang Xuexin guessed correctly, the attack of the Japanese chariot gang was not going smoothly.
If it were in the past, when the Jinsui Army did not have rocket launchers, the Japanese tanks could be said to be the king of land. No one could stop it when walking sideways on the land of China... If they wanted to blow it up, they would have to hold cluster grenades and explosives bags to rush up.
But the Japanese had considerable ability to coordinate the field and tank, so the explosion hands rushed up were all targets to follow the infantry.
However, with the bazooka, the whole situation is different.
The blaster does not need to rush to the tank, although the range of the bazooka is only a few dozen meters long.
But dozens of meters on the battlefield are enough. Obstacles, trenches, and craters can give the rocket launcher room to play. If it really doesn't work, it will release smoke, and if it doesn't work, it will launch a counterattack...
Counterattack is a solution, but it is also a last resort.
The so-called "counterattack" refers to the Japanese tanks rushing up while rushing up with infantry, and the Chinese army could not stand the gap and used infantry to launch a counterattack against enemy tanks.
The counterattack is certainly not the hope of using infantry cluster charge to blow up enemy tanks. This is almost impossible with the firepower and coordination of the Japanese.
The infantry counterattack was just to buy time and space for the bazooka shooters. There were even two squads specially set up to provide cover for the bazooka shooters, so that the bazooka shooters could successfully approach the tank and destroy them.
The 358th Regiment did this twice, and each counterattack was severely injured, but in the end, the attack of the Japanese chariot corps continued.
Chen Songyong, who had been paying attention to the intelligence, was a little worried. He said to Wang Xuexin: "Battery Commander, more than half of the 358th Regiment have been killed or injured, so he can't hold on anymore. Is our tank unit..."
Wang Xuexin shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet!"
Chen Songyong responded to "yes", but he was secretly surprised.
If tanks could not be directly dispersed on the defense line before for defense, Chen Songyong also agrees with this view.
But now fighting is no longer passive defense, but knowing the position of the enemy's chariot gang to attack actively.
Tanks vs. tanks, and the Eighth Route Army's T34 tanks also have mass advantages, which is obviously a victory.
This victory can not only attack the enemy, but also inspire the morale of the Shanxi-Sui Army and further consolidate the cooperative relationship between the two armies. Why not do it?
Therefore, Chen Songyong believes that it is time to attack now, whether in terms of political needs, tactical and strategic aspects.
But Wang Xuexin was still waiting, and from time to time he took out his pocket watch to look at the time.
This surprised Chen Songyong even more. This battle was caused by the Japanese attacking the Eighth Route Army’s defense. The Eighth Route Army had no tasks that needed to look at time. What does Wang Xuexin mean when looking at time?
However, Chen Songyong soon discovered that his idea was wrong, and all the decisions Wang Xuexin made had good reasons.
Chapter completed!