Chapter 339 Even Marshal Mai Can’t Figure It Out, so What Are You Three Lieutenant Generals?

Since ancient times, Shanxi has been a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If you want to attack a gateway town like Datong, the combination of infantry and artillery, infantry and tanks, and air-ground coordination is the only way to crack it.

Although due to the characteristics of the Asian battlefield, the intensity of this battle is not as strong as the ongoing Leningrad Defense War.

But if the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region takes strict defense seriously, its complexity is almost as complicated as the Taiyuan, Lanzhou, Shanghai and Siping battles in later generations.

Three poor militarist divisions also want to break through head-on?

Wishful thinking!

Seeing that the sea of ​​fire tactics have begun to take effect, the top student Liu couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile. After all, who doesn't like this efficient and environmentally friendly way of killing the enemy?

After a moment, he picked up the portable communicator and ordered the artillerymen:

"These little devils are so shameless. I don't know who they learned to waste food from! If they don't finish the barbecue in the river today, no one will be able to leave!"

"Grenade! Mortar! Take them all out to entertain the enemy!"

"Stop all the devils who are trying to retreat! Aim at their retreat and throw all the shells!"

This kind of underworld joke of the living devil immediately aroused the fighting desire of the comrades of the 33rd Regiment. This is their commander, a ruthless intellectual.

Hearing this, the artillerymen on the city wall adjusted their shooting angles and fired 60 and 81 mortar shells near the blocking line planned before the war.

This simple and unpretentious artillery fire blockade instantly made the devils unable to respond from head to tail.

For a time, the entire 108th Brigade was divided into two parts.

The attacking regiment could neither advance nor retreat, and could only choose to eat barbecue buffet in despair, or enter the slaughterhouse composed of dense shells.

The second echelon of the devils was blocked by artillery fire and could only listen to the screams of friendly forces in the temporary attack position.

In a sense, this is called God closing a door for you while opening a window for you.

After all, judging from the current development speed of the Eighth Master and the Fourth Master, the Li Mei who believes in strategic bombing is unlikely to have the opportunity to open a barbecue restaurant in Japan.

Today's sea of ​​fire is to let the little people get used to the feeling of being themselves in the fire in advance.

Half an hour later, the 108th Brigade, which had been unable to attack for a long time, could only call it a day. Facing the iron wall-like defense, a mere brigade had no chance of breaking through.

Looking at the messy backs of the enemy, Political Commissar Zhong reminded with some worry:

"Captain, are we killing too hard? Wouldn't it be against General Nie's order if we continue to fight like this?"

"It is a good thing to fight bravely, but all actions should be based on the overall situation. According to the current situation, it is a question whether the 110th Division has the courage to organize the next wave of attacks."

"How about? Let the comrades fight more restrainedly? Let them go a little?"

After saying this, the young Captain Liu first waved his hand to signal the other party to stay calm, and then picked up the telescope to look at the defeated devils.

"Don't worry, the achievements of a brigade won't make me go crazy. After all, I am barely an old comrade, and it is impossible for me to not distinguish the primary from the secondary."

"The current way of fighting will definitely not be bad, because this is the arrangement of the two generals."

"If the enemy dares to organize the next wave of attack, we can even fight harder. The anti-aircraft company on the city wall has not yet taken action. I heard that it is very efficient in fighting infantry."

Before the defense of the city began, the army reorganization experts specially summoned commanders above the regiment level to the headquarters for a meeting.

For the troops in the north of the city, General Nie had only one simple requirement, that is, to use the pre-prepared defensive fortifications to hit the invading enemy hard, and not give up an inch!

Such an arrangement is to completely paralyze the vigilance of the Japanese army.

To put it bluntly, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region arranged a big pocket in this battle waiting for the North China Front Army to get in.

But the enemy is not stupid. Your Eighth Route Army has the strength to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio's First Army. Now you are showing weakness blindly, you must be doing something.

But if there is a point on the battlefield that is defended particularly fiercely, it will be difficult for the enemy to see through their own ideas and arrangements.

In addition, the columns are not simply defeated, but continue to squat and defend in the next stage of the position. In this way, they can perform a forced retreat to protect a certain senior official.

This trick of luring the enemy deep into the depths can be regarded as the ancestral tactics of TG.

In the process of strategic transfer, Guosu was played around by the main forces.

During the anti-aggression war on the peninsula, this trick was used to the peak. In the duel with the deputy commander-in-chief, Marshal Mai and his generals could never see through the reality of the Volunteer Army.

The routine that the five-star locust Mai Caesar could not understand, the mere three lieutenant generals and division commanders had to fall into it.

After listening to the explanation of his own commander, Political Commissar Zhong breathed a sigh of relief.

After a moment, his face was full of eagerness, and then he said excitedly:

"That means we can fight back boldly on the north wall. As for letting the devils enter the city for street fighting, we just need to let the friendly forces deployed on the east and west sides take charge?"

"It's fun! It's fun!"

"Haha, that's right! We just fight, and someone will come to notify us to retreat."

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The perspective comes to the west of Datong City, Qingyuan Gate.

Compared with the main battlefield in the north, the western position under the charge of the 27th Regiment of Jizhong Shifen District has been "lost".

Under the deliberate release of the soldiers, the 26th Division successfully blew several large gaps in the city wall at the cost of the death of most of the regiment.

"toucigeiki!"

Bringing fresh troops to the front line, a captain of the 12th Independent Infantry Regiment waved his command knife and roared to let the infantry behind him charge.

Boom boom boom!

As a group of devils and puppet troops poured into the city, the artillery of the 27th Regiment seized the opportunity to launch artillery fire at several gaps.

Under the full-force shooting of more than 20 mortars, the Japanese army, which was originally full of momentum, was instantly beaten into a drowned chicken, and even the grassroots officers could not stop the soldiers from fleeing and retreating.

"Baga!"

"Let the artillery follow the action! Immediately suppress the artillery of the Eighth Route Army!"

After receiving the order, the Type 41 field guns, Type 92 infantry guns, and Type 97 mortars in the rear opened fire together, firing fiercely at the firepower points that had just been exposed.

The 27th Regiment in Shifen District was originally a small regiment with only six companies. Its only advantage was that it had many cadres.

Since the whole army became wealthy, the regiment has expanded rapidly under the instructions of its superiors and has become a main force of 3,000 people in just one year.

At this moment, the benefits of veterans and cadres were fully demonstrated.

Facing the counterattack of the Japanese artillery, the grassroots commanders had already taken the highly mobile mortar troops and escaped, leaving the enemy's shells alone.

Although the artillery bombardment did not cause any casualties to the 27th Regiment, the Japanese seized the gap when the soldiers moved their positions and quickly entered the XC area through the gap in the city wall.

"Here we go!"

"All units are in place! Get into combat position!"

"Don't stay in non-fortified areas for too long, fire a few rounds and move to the next position quickly. Our mission is to reduce the enemy's personnel, there is no need to drive the Japanese away!"

As soon as the enemy entered the city, the three battalions of the 27th Regiment began to act.

The 12th Independent Infantry Regiment was pinned to the spot by rifle and machine gun fire before it even had time to survey the terrain. During this period, countless soldiers holding submachine guns fired at the devils from a high position.

For this street battle, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region equipped each column with a large number of Mas38s, and almost every infantry squad had two.

In complex urban warfare, the side with automatic firepower has an inherent advantage.

At the same time, the Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft guns, which were deployed in various corners and had a good range of fire, began to show their power.

In the fragmented streets, Miss 75 would not be of much use unless it was sandwiched on a commanding height, but would become the target of the enemy's concentrated fire.

However, small-caliber anti-aircraft guns can be pulled around by infantrymen, and are the only choice to divide the battlefield and prevent the enemy from attacking.

Just one hour later, the 12th Independent Infantry Regiment left hundreds of bodies and was forced to stop the pace of the attack.

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At 7 o'clock in the evening of November 23, the Japanese Joint Command.

"Congratulations, generals. At present, the 26th Division and the Cavalry Group have successfully blown a gap in the Datong city wall, and the vanguard is relying on buildings to build fortifications."

"However, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of submachine guns and has strong firepower."

"The speed of the warriors' advancement has been affected. It is expected that the entire army will enter the city and start street fighting tomorrow!"

If it were in the past, this behavior of reporting good news first and bad news later would definitely anger Nishihara Issaku and Shitino Otosaburo.

However, at this time, the two old devils did not directly engage in a big fight, but happily accepted the latest battle report submitted by the staff.

Facts have proved that the plan of General Nie and Lin Zhongmenghu was very successful, and the North China Front Army had no doubts about the judgment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region's foreign and middle strong cadres.

"Yoshi, it seems that there is a real problem inside the Eighth Route Army. This is a good opportunity for us to make merit."

"Pass my order, the cavalry group rests on the spot, and uses armored vehicles and tanks to build an absolute defense zone to prevent the enemy from retaking the position through night attacks."

"Send out elite warriors to infiltrate at night and strive to seize the initiative for tomorrow's attack!"

"Hi!"

Just as Nishihara Issaku and Shitino Otosaburo gave orders, a figure who looked extremely bleak appeared in the corner of the combat meeting room.

This person was Iimori Numa. He was naturally unable to laugh after being strengthened by the Shanxi-Hebei Column. After all, the 110th Division was still blocked outside the Wuding Gate.

"Iimori-kun, the two of us will not forget your sacrifice. If you hadn't pinned down the strongest combat power of the Eighth Route Bureau, the progress of the battlefields on both sides would not have been so smooth."

"Don't worry, your division will definitely not be left out when the credit is divided!" (End of this chapter)