In Niangzi Pass, Huang Yu looked not as excited as he expected when looking at the messy battlefield in front of him.
This is only the first battle of all operations tonight. The ultimate goal is to eliminate the Japanese tank brigade in Jinzhong.
Until you kill them all, any victory will be a small victory.
"Captain..."
Wei Dayong happily ran towards him and reported excitedly before Huang Yu could speak.
"The results of the battle have been tallied..."
"Under the cavalry encirclement and suppression, we wiped out all the garrison at Niangziguan, and no one escaped."
"The one with the highest military rank is the center-left captain..."
"We captured three intact mountain guns, two infantry guns, seven mortars, nine heavy machine guns, 29 light machine guns, and more than 700 rifles..."
"Ammunition is not counted..."
"Ammunition depots are everywhere on the Japanese and puppet troops. There are thousands of artillery shells and at least 200,000 rounds of bullets..."
Huang Yu still had a calm expression and said: "Mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns... and their supporting ammunition, take them all away."
"The remaining rifle machine guns, grenade launchers, bullets, and food...were all sent to the local Eighth Route Army that was cooperating with our operations..."
"Let the troops replenish ammunition, dry food, and drinking water on the spot..."
"We will set off in twenty minutes, evacuate Niangziguan, and go straight to Jinzhong..."
As soon as the special forces group commanded by Huang Yu moved, relevant information was sent to Yoshio Iwamatsu.
As if he had eaten candied fruit, he immediately asked the chariot brigade and the Jinzhong garrison to prepare for battle.
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On the road more than 40 miles away from Jinzhong, the radio operator suddenly caught up with Huang Yu and reported: "Regiment commander...an urgent call from the commander of the assault company..."
"The Japanese tank brigade stationed in Taiyuan is replenishing fuel and ammunition. It seems that there is a big operation..."
Huang Yu finally smiled.
This was the first time he smiled since his actions tonight.
Wei Dayong immediately came over and asked expectantly: "Captain..."
"The Japanese tank brigade must be coming towards us!"
"Our real target tonight is them..."
"As long as these little devils attack Jinzhong, we will win more than half of the battle tonight."
"How can we fight later..."
Armored battalion commander Zhou Tao was even more excited than him.
According to the regiment leader's idea, tonight we will not only defeat the Japanese tank brigade, but also capture half of the tanks and armored vehicles they equip.
For this purpose, I specially transferred thirty or forty veteran armored soldiers from the armored battalion who had been trained for more than three months.
It ensures that once the troops capture a tank, they can drive one for their own use...
He approached Huang Yu and asked expectantly: "Captain..."
"How do I arrange the two tank platoons in my hand?"
"The Japanese chariot brigade will definitely get behind us and launch an attack while we are attacking Jinzhong."
"Use the powerful assault capability of the chariot to kill a large number of our troops, block us outside Jinzhong City, and gather us together to annihilate them..."
"A Japanese tank brigade has nearly forty tanks and armored vehicles..."
"When deployed in a battle formation, the frontal width is at least 800 meters. We only have three tanks and three armored vehicles, and there are very few anti-tank weapons..."
"If we really go head-to-head with them outside Jinzhong City, the chance of winning is very low..."
Huang Yu immediately answered: "Then we will ambush them on their only way to reinforce Jinzhong."
"The number of tanks we equip is far inferior to theirs, so we definitely can't go head-to-head..."
"I want you to be used as bait outside Jinzhong City to attract the Japanese chariot brigade to reinforce the battlefield and confuse the old Japanese Yoshio Iwamatsu."
"You definitely can't participate in the ambush battle."
"Deploy one company from the artillery battalion, one company from the quick reaction battalion, two companies from the cavalry, and then bring the infantry artillery and mountain artillery we captured at Niangziguan... that's almost it."
"The remaining troops will be commanded by Wei Dayong and strive to capture Jinzhong before dawn..."
"The extra armored soldiers from the armored battalion will act with me..."
"If we can quickly defeat the Japanese chariot brigade and seize some tanks and armored vehicles..."
"I will definitely turn around and attack Taiyuan Airport immediately. Take down the airport together before dawn, destroy the Japs' aviation force that poses the greatest threat to us, and make the Japs in Taiyuan City blind. They will be unable to pinpoint our specific location through aerial reconnaissance. .”
At the Taiyuan Japanese Army Headquarters, the communications staff officer rushed to Yoshio Iwamatsu: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Jinzhong was attacked by the Eighth Route Army..."
"The enemy is equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, and large-caliber mortars, and the offensive is very fierce..."
"Several gaps have been blown out of Jinzhong's city wall. We are asking for reinforcements."
The chief of staff quickly received the telegram, scanned its lines, and after reading it, he suggested to Yoshio Iwamatsu: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Judging from the battle report, the Eighth Route Army attacking Niangzi Pass should all be outside Jinzhong City."
"The chariot brigade is going to kill them now, and they will definitely be able to make dumplings for them!"
Iwamatsu Yoshio would not miss this good opportunity no matter what, and immediately ordered: "First send a telegram to the Jinzhong garrison..."
"If we really can't hold the city head, we can let it go. The troops will retreat to the city and fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"They are equipped with a large number of siege artillery and tanks, and siege warfare is conducive to taking advantage of their artillery superiority."
"Once the two sides fall into street fighting, the siege artillery and armored vehicles brought by the Eighth Route Army will be ineffective, and the Jinzhong defenders will be able to hold on longer."
"The chariot brigade will set off immediately, marching urgently to reinforce Jinzhong... go around behind the Eighth Route Army's siege troops and launch an assault. I will kill them all..."
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About five kilometers away from Jinzhong on the road, hundreds of soldiers were digging holes in the ground wielding engineering shovels.
This is the best way to block the Japanese tank brigade.
As long as the tank rushes into the big pit, even the King of Heaven will not be able to climb out even if he comes.
There are also many soldiers digging individual bunkers on the side of the road.
Almost right under the nose of the highway, you can hit the highway in two or three seconds after rushing out of the bunker, and even crawling forward only takes more than ten seconds.
The artillery company is setting up seven mountain guns and two infantry guns in the valley five hundred meters away from the road.
All on the other side of the road.
This section of the road is higher than the fields on both sides. After the leading tank rushed into the trap, seven mountain cannons and two infantry cannons launched attacks at the same time.
If the chariot brigade wanted to avoid being a target on the road, leave here quickly, and continue to reinforce Jinzhong, they could only immediately go down to the other side of the road, bypass the trap and continue moving forward.
There happened to be individual bunkers for hundreds of soldiers hidden there.
After the Japs chariot walks next to them, it only takes a grenade to easily blow off the tracks and make them lie down.
Then break out of the bunker, climb onto tanks and armored vehicles, launch attacks from the hatches, use the rifle machine gun to kill the common-sense little devils, and end the battle...
Although tanks and armored vehicles are equipped with many vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns, the field of view and shooting angle are limited, and each vehicle-mounted machine gun has a large shooting blind spot.
As long as the soldiers attack close to the tank, no matter how hard the vehicle-mounted machine gun fires, they can't be hurt.
