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In Baoding City.

Frontline headquarters of the Japanese North China Front.

"Report to the General."

Communications staff officer Haruo Kiya quickly walked into the operations hall and reported to Okamura:

"The commander of the 11th Army, General Yokoyama Isamu, just called and said that there is not much ammunition left to stop the 11th Army and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army."

"In five days at most, the main force of the 5th Army can defeat the 11th Division of the Eighth Route Army."

"Please ask General Okamura and the North China Front troops to stay in Baoding for 20 days."

After the report, Haruo Kugu stood with his hands behind his back.

"20 days?" Okamura Neji frowned.

He now only has 5 divisions and 3 brigades under his command, with a total of about 10 main Japanese troops.

Together with the 20 Locust Alliance troops, the total strength is about 30.

If he had 30 elite Japanese troops in his hands, he would indeed be able to hold on to Baoding for 20 days.

But it is a pity that he does not have so many Japanese troops in his hands.

Although there are still three divisions in Zhangjiakou, these three divisions cannot get through at all.

At this time, Okamura Neji already regretted dividing his troops.

Otherwise, he would have more than 20 Japanese troops and more than 20 Locust Alliance troops.

Although it is still no match for the Eighth Route Army, it can at least hold on until the main force of the Kwantung Army and the 11th Army reaches North China.

Currently, this battle has been going on for more than 10 days.

He had already lost 4 divisions, and they were all wiped out, including the main 11th Division A, in which 4 lieutenant generals and more than 7 Japanese soldiers were killed.

But there is no use regretting now, the battlefield is like this, one wrong step, one wrong step after another.

As the saying goes, one general's success is worth ten thousand bones. A qualified commander must have strong psychological quality.

Too many Japanese generals and soldiers died. Now the whole B division, including the lieutenant general, is in pieces. Even Okamura Neji can withstand it without fainting.

Because if he loses this battle, Neji Okamura will also die.

Now the North China Front relies on reinforcements. It will take 11 days for the 20th Army to reach Baoding?

When your 11th Army arrives in Baoding in 20 days, I'm afraid you will have no choice but to collect the corpses for our Okamura and North China Front Army.

All our troops on the North China Front are in pieces. When your 11th Army arrives in North China, it can only deliver food to the Eighth Route Army.

Do you think you can be invincible with 4 Class A divisions and a field heavy artillery brigade?

Okamura Neji was very dissatisfied with this telegram from Yokoyama Isamu.

"How could the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army be short of ammunition?"

The chief of staff on the side, Yumo Seizo, also frowned slightly, but his focus was obviously on the shortage of ammunition in the Eighth Route Army.

After a pause, Youmo Jingsan said again: "Your Excellency, General, when the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was attacking Taiyuan, it received airdrops of supplies from the battlefield. The quantity was very large, and it was... the airdrops were obtained in front of the Locust Army. , now the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is actually running out of ammunition. It is obvious that there is fraud, and I am worried that the 11th Army will suffer."

Although the North China Front Army is in danger.

But the 11th Army was the reinforcement of the North China Front.

The 11th Army suffered a big loss and had no benefit to the North China Front.

Okamura Neiji narrowed his eyes, nodded, and said: "Arima-kun, please call Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu immediately and ask them to quickly defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army's 129th Division and go north to reinforce the North China Front, but beware that the Eighth Route Army can obtain airdrop supplies. "

"Hi."

Arimue Seizo quickly drafted a telegram and handed it to Kitani Haruo, who then turned around and left with the telegram.

After Kitani Haruo left, Okamura Neji looked at the map and asked in a deep voice: "Arima-kun, how do you think the Eighth Route Army will attack in the face of the Locust Army's defense? In other words, if you are Li Yunlong, the commander of the Eighth Route Army, How will you choose to attack the locust army?"

Arisum Seizo quickly walked to Okamura Neiji. The map in front of them was the Japanese defense map around Baoding.

On the map, the young officer staff of the Japanese military headquarters marked the locations of anti-tank cones, as well as anti-tank and anti-infantry mines, as well as the locations of the defensive positions of various Japanese and puppet troops.

It's clear at a glance.

"Your Excellency, General." You Mojing Sanbian said, "If I were Li Yunlong, I would divide the attack on the Baoding Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army into three stages."

"Oh?" Okamura Neji's expression changed, "What three stages?"

Youmojing Sanbian said: "In the first stage, use artillery fire to bombard the anti-tank cones and the minefields of the Locust Army in the outer positions to open the way for the attacking troops, and then bombard the positions of the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army."

"In the second stage, use powerful artillery firepower and air support advantages to cover the positions of our Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army with artillery fire and aerial bombs."

"Send infantry and tank troops to attack the Locust Army positions."

"The third stage is to fight street battles with the remaining elites of the Locust Army in Baoding City to completely defeat and eliminate the Locust Alliance Army."

Okamura Neji nodded, and Yusue San's analysis was pretty much what he thought.

The only difference is that the Eighth Route Army may not engage in street fighting with the Japanese army.

Instead, we adopt encirclement tactics. We can encircle certain points for reinforcements, or we can let the main force attack Tianjin, Peiping, and Shandong Province.

Once the Eighth Route Army captures Shandong, it can use it as a stronghold to build a large airport.

Use long-range strategic bombers to threaten Japan's homeland.

This is absolutely not allowed by the base camp and Tianlu.

Therefore, the base camp and Tian Locust ordered Okamura Neiji not to lose Zhangjiakou and Baoding.

Because once Zhangjiakou and Baoding are lost, the Pingjin area and Shandong Province will also be insecure. After a pause, Youmo Seizan said worriedly: "I just don't know if Major General Yamamoto's method of dealing with Eighth Route Army tanks will be effective?"

The Japanese army has indeed developed a fourth-type anti-tank rocket launcher, similar to the Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launcher.

but!

The efficiency of the Japanese ordnance department is too low. Currently, only the local ordnance department can produce this kind of propellant, and even the Japanese arsenal in Manchuria cannot produce it.

Since the Eighth Route Army seized air supremacy over North China, although Japan produced some Type 4 anti-tank rocket launchers, there was no way to transport them in.

Therefore, the North China Front Army is not yet equipped with this type four anti-tank rocket launcher.

And Yamamoto Kazuki's anti-tank experience is still the same as before. It was learned by Yamamoto Kazuki in the Battle of Nomenkan when he was in the Kwantung Army.

In addition to setting up anti-tank cones in front of the positions, there were also operations such as trucks carrying oil barrels rushing towards the Eighth Route Army tanks, infantry holding explosives and pretending to be dead, waiting for the Eighth Route Army tanks to get close, and launching human bomb attacks, and throwing incendiary bottles at the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, in this battle, in addition to preparing a large number of anti-tank cones, the Japanese army also prepared a large number of trucks, gasoline barrels filled with gasoline, and a large number of Molotov cocktails.

"Even if it doesn't work, it will definitely cause some losses to the tanks of the Eighth Route Army."

"When the three local divisions arrive, the Locust Army will no longer have to fear the Eighth Route Army's tanks."

Okamura Neji said confidently.

The three Japanese divisions that came to support carried many new Type 3 anti-tank rocket launchers.

Since these three Japanese divisions came from the sea by transport ship, they were not blocked and their speed would be faster.

If nothing unexpected happens, these three divisions will be able to arrive in Baoding in 3 days.

Hearing this, Mo Jingsan and a group of Japanese staff officers were all in high spirits.

……

the next day.

noon.

It is about 18 kilometers away from Baoding City Wall.

The 1000 artillery pieces of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army were arranged in units of battalions and companies, with their muzzles pointing directly in the direction of the Japanese and puppet army positions.

此次炮击的主要口径为75毫米山炮、105毫米榴弹炮、122毫米榴弹炮、150毫米榴弹炮和152毫米榴弹炮。

As for the 96 203mm howitzers of the new regiment, they were not used.

After all, it is clearing the way for infantry and tank troops to clear roadblocks.

The 203mm heavy howitzer is so powerful that when it explodes, it creates a crater as big as a house, and tanks can't drive out when they drive in.

After careful consideration, Li Yunlong did not use the air force. The power of aerial bombs was too great, and the large craters created would affect the passage of tanks.

Although tanks have strong passability, if there are too many large pits, it will affect the combat effectiveness of the tank unit.

The new regiment's Katyusha rocket launchers were not used either.

Although the Katyusha rocket launcher is powerful, the rockets are precious, and it is too wasteful to use them to blow up the Japanese minefields and anti-tank cones.

The battalion commander or company commander at each gun position holds a walkie-talkie, and all walkie-talkies are tuned to the same channel as the regiment headquarters.

Behind each gun position are mountains of ammunition boxes.

Not far away, there were a large number of trucks and half-tracks, continuously delivering artillery shells to the artillery positions.

After experiencing so many battles, a large amount of live-fire training, and hard study day and night, the artillery of the New Regiment has grown into an elite artillery unit that is not inferior to the artillery unit of the Japanese Army's Class A Division.

Even actual combat and live-fire experience goes far beyond that.

Under the command of Wang Chengzhu, Yao Shangwen and Li Changsheng, most of the artillery firepower will not be wasted.

"fire!"

When ready, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou was on the call channel and issued the bombardment order without hesitation.

Accompanied by dense muzzle fireworks, bursts of strong wind swept across.

In an instant, rounds of artillery shells soared into the sky, streaking orange-red arcs in the sky, with a sharp whistling sound, and hit the Japanese anti-tank cone area.

Although the half-meter-high anti-tank cones made of concrete are very hard, the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells are very powerful.

In addition, the density of the artillery shells was very high, and the shells were overwhelming, and each anti-tank cone was blown to pieces.

At this time, Okamura Neji and Arisu Seizo, who were inspecting the position, looked at this scene with binoculars, their faces full of shock and even a little angry:

"The Eighth Route Army actually used artillery shells to cover all anti-tank cone areas with artillery fire?"

The Japanese army did not have many resources, so almost all the concrete was used to build anti-tank cones.

In this way, the Japanese army had no excess concrete to build thickened concrete bunkers and bunkers.

Okamura Neiji and Arisu Seizan expected that the Eighth Route Army would bombard some areas to open gaps for tanks and infantry.

But they did not expect that Li Yunlong directly used thousands of cannons to bombard all anti-tank cone areas.

In that way, the Eighth Route Army infantry and tank attacks could only be limited to a certain area, making it easier for the Japanese and puppet troops to concentrate their forces and firepower to counterattack.

But the current situation is completely contrary to military practice.

Are the artillery shells of the Eighth Route Army free of charge?

Seeing the continuous artillery fire in the telescope field of view, landslides and earth-shattering, Okamura Neji and Arisu Seizan were stunned on the spot.

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