UGB #247 - Power on to annihilate the enemy, the brigade commander has the courage
#247 - Power on to annihilate the enemy, the brigade commander has the courage
The 37th Division and the 41st Division. Basically, their main forces haven't suffered much loss yet. The 41st Division retreated from Pingyang, and Yan Xishan tacitly didn't pursue them.
The main force of the Japanese devils in Hedong is actually quite strong.
In the original historical timeline of the main world, these two divisions would have been enough to fight against 100,000 of the GMD's troops.
Now, the brigade commander actually wants to keep them all here.
This is a bit difficult.
"The Japanese devils are crossing south from Pinglu. The crossing capacity is limited this time. Not many Japanese devils can cross the river in a day. Plus, we have already passed the news to the friendly forces in the First War Zone. It will be difficult for the Japanese devils to attack Shanzhou this time. Our enemies are now divided into one part in Hedong City and one part in Pinglu. This is convenient for us to divide and conquer them."
The brigade commander pointed at the map, his eyes gleaming.
The chief of staff smiled wryly, sensing the brigade commander's determination.
"With the marching speed of the mechanized infantry independent brigade, it only takes three or four hours to reach Hedong from Hejin now. Blocking the retreat of the Japanese devils in Hedong doesn't seem to be a big problem, but we are now seriously short of troops, and it is difficult to have both, blocking the Japanese devils and blocking the GMD troops."
Taking Hedong now.
The difficulty is not in being unable to defeat the Japanese devils, but in the delicate situation now.
Hedong, this strategic location, is not only desired by the Eighth Route Army and Yan Xishan, but also by the GMD.
From the current external situation, the Eighth Route Army is very likely to be attacked from both sides.
"We have expanded too much now, and our troops are indeed a bit stretched." The brigade commander pointed to the map, "Hedong and Henei are both must-have places. Coupled with Lu'an, the backbone of the world, our situation is very good now, but the pressure is also great."
"Send an urgent telegram to the headquarters, requesting the Taihang Military Region to send reinforcements, transferring 5 to 8 regiments to Lu'an for defense. My Taiyuan and Lu'an main forces will all advance west to Hedong. No matter how difficult it is now, we must eat these two divisions. Kong Jie's New Second Brigade cannot wait for the mechanized reorganization. End the rest in Yuanqu early, and march urgently to Hedong to join Li Yunlong's mechanized infantry independent brigade, and jointly eat the Japanese devils' rearguard 37th Division, and then attack the Japanese devils' 41st Division to the south!" The brigade commander made up his mind.
"Telegraph the world that my Taiyue Military Region will launch a strong attack on the Japanese devils' 37th Division and 41st Division in Hedong from today onwards. I want to see who dares to risk the world's condemnation to attack my Taiyue Military Region."
The brigade commander slammed the pencil in his hand heavily on the table.
This time, he directly revealed his hand, which shows the brigade commander's determination.
This is equivalent to betting everything.
The battlefield changes rapidly. The brigade commander cannot hesitate for too long, otherwise, it will be too late.
In Shanzhou, it would be good if the GMD could withstand the Japanese devils for a day or two.
Now, everyone is a bit unsure about the GMD's combat effectiveness, and they don't dare to expect them to hold on all the time.
Especially under the premise that the Japanese devils are fighting desperately.
Now, Kong Jie's New Second Brigade has been fully staffed, but the tanks and vehicles have not been in place. The tanks of the tank battalion are still on the production plan.
However, the artillery battalion has been formed. To solve the problem of insufficient vehicles, the brigade commander put together hundreds of mules and horses, barely dragging away the artillery battalion's cannons and shells. The Eighth Route Army has always relied on two legs to run, and now they can't stop fighting just because they don't have vehicles and tanks.
As soon as the telegram came out, the world was in an uproar.
The Japanese devils were naturally as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and even the GMD and Yan Xishan began to lose sleep.
It's just that everyone has their own ideas.
Yan Xishan is determined to take back Hedong, but unfortunately, his current strength is limited. If he really turns against the Eighth Route Army, he is afraid that the Eighth Route Army from all directions will not be soft on him, and that would really be a case of trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice.
The Japanese devils are so arrogant, but several divisions have been buried under Commander Chen's command!
It is a good thing for the brigade commander that Yan Xishan dares not move for the time being. He can put his main force on annihilating the Japanese devils.
Leave 5 Class C regiments in the north to defend the Yicheng, Houma, and Hejin line. Ding Wei's New First Brigade, which has just completed personnel and partial equipment reorganization, will also go south to occupy Yongji, and at the same time recapture Fenglingdu and Ruicheng.
Li Yunlong moved quickly and rushed directly from Hejin to the strategic points of Miaoqian and Dongguo in Hedong in less than half a day, firmly locking the escape route of the Japanese devils' 37th Division!
Kong Jie's troops, who completed their preliminary reorganization in Yuanqu, set out overnight after receiving the order. Zhongtiao Mountain itself was the place where he carried out guerrilla warfare, and he was familiar with the road. Now, with improved equipment, the main infantry directly crossed the mountains and traveled more than a hundred miles in one day and night to Xiaxian, only a dozen miles away from Li Yunlong's mechanized infantry independent brigade.
The artillery battalion detoured through Jiang County and Wenxi, which is more than twice as far, and it is estimated that it will take about three days to arrive.
Now that the Japanese devils were blocked, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong reunited. With the three artillery battalions and one tank battalion in Li Yunlong's hands, it wouldn't be a problem to forcefully attack Hedong. Li Yunlong's mechanized infantry independent brigade now had over a hundred artillery pieces, including tank guns, not to mention the powerful fire coverage of a 107 rocket artillery battalion.
Anda Nijusan gathered two regiments, and with the cooperation of the artillery regiment and tank squadron, launched a strong attack on Dongguo, attempting to open a road to the south, colliding with Li Yunlong's three infantry battalions and two artillery battalions.
The battle began with an artillery duel. The Japanese devils took the lead in firing on Li Yunlong's position, with more than 30 mountain guns and howitzers landing in the village of Dongguo.
Since there was no time to construct fortifications, Li Yunlong's troops relied on the village for defense, having already persuaded the villagers to evacuate.
The Japanese devils' shelling landed on the village houses, quickly causing more than a dozen houses to catch fire. However, due to the shielding of the walls, there were not many direct casualties among the soldiers of the Independent Brigade.
The artillery battalion was urgently searching for the Japanese devils' artillery positions, but it was impossible to confirm them for the time being.
After all, there was no artillery radar at this time, so it was impossible to immediately deduce the location.
However, Li Yunlong was not in a hurry to counterattack hastily.
Instead, aiming at the direction from which the Japanese devils were firing, he directly ordered the tank battalion to attack!
In this flat area, there was nothing to stop the tank charge.
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Soon, the tank battalion rushed to the front of the Japanese devils' artillery position and encountered the Japanese devils' tank squadron.
Chen Zhi, who had just transferred from the military region's tank battalion to Li Yunlong's Independent Brigade and had completed the full complement of the tank battalion, was not afraid of the small bean-sized tanks at all. He charged close to three or four hundred meters before stopping to fire!
Both sides aimed at their opponents and fired almost simultaneously!
However, due to the huge difference in firepower and armor, the head-on confrontation was like an adult beating a child. The Japanese devils' tank squadron, with only ten bean-sized tanks, had only one survivor left after the first encounter!
One shot, one soul. The Japanese devils' bean-sized tanks could not withstand the fatal blow of a 76mm gun at all.
As for the M3 tanks, after welding a 50mm frontal armor plate, the Japanese devils' 37mm guns had no chance to penetrate the front.
This was a small improvement made to the M3 tanks by the tank factory after learning from previous tank battles, increasing the frontal and turret armor by 50mm of steel plate, although it looked a bit deformed.
But now, in actual combat, the effect was very good. At a distance of more than 300 meters, after withstanding the test of the Japanese devils' 37mm guns, the tanks of the tank battalion continued to move forward after emitting a burst of black smoke.
The Japanese devils' artillery position was in front. Chen Jie rushed forward without hesitation, and the machine guns on the tanks began to fire at the Japanese devils' figures. Chen Jie was determined to take this artillery position.
Behind the tanks were more than a dozen Willis jeeps, each equipped with a heavy machine gun, following a few hundred meters behind the tank battalion.
This was the firepower assault platoon mixed by Li Yunlong. A dozen heavy machine guns were used in a concentrated manner, quickly weaving into a rain of bullets, tearing apart the Japanese devils' artillery position.
The two infantry companies of the Japanese devils hardly played any role, and were turned into piles of rotten meat under the sweep of more than 70 heavy machine guns.
The Japanese devils' cannons were still very good. Li Yunlong didn't expect the Japanese devils to actually pull them out to fight. This was a godsend opportunity, so he didn't hesitate to send out the strongest unit in his hand to directly seize the Japanese devils' artillery position.
Sure enough, the tank battalion was like entering an uninhabited land, and kept killing until the Japanese devils' artillery position.
Although the Japanese devils left two infantry companies to guard the artillery position, it was just a piece of cake for the tank battalion.
As for the remaining artillery, although a company of anti-tank guns desperately fired at the tanks, it was too late.
The tank battalion leveled the 76mm guns and used only a dozen shots to blow up the Japanese devils' anti-tank gun company.
This was their only means to threaten the tanks.
The tanks were like steel monsters, rampaging across the Japanese devils' artillery position, the machine guns chasing after the fleeing Japanese devils, pouring out a rain of bullets without hesitation.
The assault platoon that followed closely rushed up, circled around the position, and chased after the Japanese devils at a distance of three or four hundred meters, sweeping back and forth.
An artillery regiment of more than 2,000 Japanese devils never imagined that they would "return to their hometown" in this way today. The tank battalion and assault platoon of the Independent Brigade were like sharp knives, tearing them to pieces.
On the front line, facing the charging Japanese devils, Li Yunlong, who was commanding from the front, saw that the Japanese devils' artillery fire had stopped. After receiving the news that the tank battalion had succeeded, he was relieved.
Order the artillery battalion to fire!
Now the artillery had no opponents on the battlefield. For the charging formation of the Japanese devils' brigade, it was just a piece of cake for the artillery!
The first round of covering fire from the 107 rocket artillery battalion covered the two infantry battalions of the charging Japanese devils under the barrage.
The shells landed and exploded, and the bodies of the surrounding Japanese devils flew up, divided into several pieces.
"It's so satisfying! So satisfying!" Kong Jie, who had come from afar, saw the Japanese devils flying everywhere in the telescope, and the pent-up anger in his heart was finally relieved a lot.
"Fighting still requires the 107 rockets! Satisfying, really satisfying!" Kong Jie patted his thigh, roaring and roaring, a layer of mist slowly covered his eyes, gradually forming a bean-sized teardrop that rolled down.
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