"This is the defense map of my launch line position. Commander Liao, you should also come and take a look."
Yu Xiaoqing came to the map, pointed at one of the places and said to Liao Mingyu. He is not a stingy person. Since he decided to cooperate sincerely this time, he has no reservations.
"Now I have arranged for my first main regiment and second regiment to be here for the Jiang defense at the launch line, and there are also nine 75mm field guns from the artillery battalion on standby in the rear."
After speaking, Yu Xiaoqing stared at Liao Mingyu with bright eyes. He wanted to hear what suggestions Liao Mingyu had.
"How many people are there?" Liao Mingyu carefully observed the defense map and asked without raising his head.
"Not counting the artillery battalion, the two main regiments total about 4,000 people." Yu Xiaoqing responded.
"4,000 people..." Liao Mingyu frowned. If it were 4,000 people from the Sichuan Army, it would be okay, but Master Yu... was a little reluctant.
Liao Mingyu was just about to ask Chen Jize to arrange for the third battalion to come over, but his eyes accidentally turned to a corner of the map.
"Mr. Yu, I remember that this area is also your line of defense."
Liao Mingyu pointed to a place on the map and asked with a frown.
"This is Zhongba Beach, where the former Zenda Bridge was. The last time the Japanese army invaded Zenda, this was also one of their attack points."
"However, the open terrain here is not conducive to the defense of both sides of the Nu River. The last Japanese attack proved this, and I easily repelled it. Why did Commander Liao say this?"
Yu Xiaoqing came slowly. He didn't understand why Liao Mingyu would care about such a place.
"Although the terrain here is open, there is a middle dam in the middle of the river, which indirectly reduces the difficulty of crossing the river. It is also a place that must be guarded against." Liao Mingyu looked at the map again, raised his head and said to him seriously.
"Yu has already considered this. Our Third Regiment is stationed here, so it should be safe and sound."
Although Yu Xiaoqing said this, Liao Mingyu still felt uneasy and felt inexplicably uneasy. He turned around and walked to the observation port to look at the position by the river.
"The Japanese shelling has almost stopped..."
Yu Xiaoqing immediately stepped forward, looked outside silently, and said uncertainly: "Have they decided to give up this attack?"
wrong!
Liao Mingyu hurriedly picked up his telescope and looked upstream at Zhongba Beach, feeling increasingly uneasy.
"Chen Jize! Bring the third battalion to..."
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Before he could finish his words, there was a violent explosion from Zhongba Beach upstream. From the telescope, he could see that countless bomb impact points had covered that area!
Damn, it really is!
The Takeuchi Mountains have long been cost-effective. Attacking from the front is relatively stressful. It is not easy to fight across the river against the enemy's most elite main group. Don't even think about Jiqi Slope, that group of people is even more difficult to deal with.
After thinking about it, the most suitable assault point is the Zhongba Beach upstream. Although the terrain is open and unobstructed, which is not conducive to attack at all, it is also unsafe for the Chinese to defend there.
The most important thing is that the defense force there is currently the lowest and it is the easiest breakthrough point for the entire Nujiang defense line. The Chinese would never have thought that they would attack again where they failed last time.
So he did not hesitate to bombard the Chinese frontal positions with a large number of artillery shells to create the appearance of preparing to attack the waterline vigorously. Behind the scenes, Chen Cang secretly moved two infantry brigades to the opposite side of Zhongba Beach. Just waiting for this time to invade the east coast in one fell swoop!
"Notify the Second Regiment immediately to rush to Zhongba Beach! Hurry!" Yu Xiaoqing was very anxious when he saw this scene. He hurriedly called the liaison soldiers, desperate to rush to Zhongba Beach.
"It's too late. Let your two regiments guard the launch line. The main position cannot be lost."
Liao Mingyu raised his hand to stop him. The deployment of the launch line could not be hidden from the cunning Takeuchi Lianshan. If he found out that the defense force of the main position was weakening, the old Japanese would definitely pounce on him without hesitation. When the time comes, the entire Nujiang defense line would blossom. It’s dangerous!
"Chen Jize, take the Third Battalion and rush there quickly. I will ask Mi Long's Third Company and Cui Yong's Heavy Machine Gun Company to cooperate with you."
"You will arrange all the combat orders, and the Zhongba Beach side will be left to you. Remember, you can't take a step back even if you die!"
"Understood! I promise to complete the task!" Chen Jize responded loudly with firm eyes. Without any hesitation, he turned around and walked towards the door.
"Signal Corps, contact Chief of Staff Meng immediately and ask him to bring the Second Battalion over to coordinate the defense of the waterline and the river."
"Let Krupp find the enemy's heavy artillery position, and order Li Liansheng to move to the rear of Zhongba Beach with infantry artillery and heavy mortars, and blow the little Japan across the river to pieces!"
"Order the fourth battalion to rush to Jiqi Slope as a reserve team to be ready to support at any time. The second and fourth companies will continue to be on standby to guard against Japanese stragglers on the river."
"yes!"
After issuing a series of orders, Liao Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief. This time he pressed on the entire Sichuan Army and must not let the little Japs break through the Jiang defense.
At this moment, Yu Xiaoqing also hurriedly issued the order to the frontline troops, and all personnel in the entire command headquarters were immediately mobilized.
"Commander Yu, the situation over Zhongba Beach is critical. My third battalion and artillery battalion have been sent there. I hope your troops can cooperate sincerely and don't make any mistakes." Liao Mingyu said with something in his words. He didn't want someone to The troops fell out of control again.
Yu Xiaoqing glanced at him expressionlessly. He couldn't understand the meaning. After thinking for a while, he said: "Li Bing!"
"have!"
"Take the special agent battalion and go to the Zhongbatan position with Battalion Commander Chen. Anyone who refuses to cooperate and escapes from the battle...will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes!" Li Bing immediately accepted the order.
Yu Xiaoqing also spent money and sent out his most elite spy battalion. At this time, the entire Yu Division's combat troops were nailed to the front line, and there were not many troops left to defend his division headquarters.
But he couldn't care about that now, so Yu Xiaoqing hurriedly stared upstream. Through the observation mirror, I saw that the Japanese army had already begun to cross the river at this time!
…
Direction of Zhongbatan.
Taking advantage of the bombardment of artillery fire, the Japanese army had crossed most of the river, and Zhongba on the river seemed to have become a bridgehead for the Japanese army. A dozen Japanese soldiers set up machine guns here and fired continuously at the other side, covering the large force crossing the river.
"Boom! Boom..."
"ah……"
"Lie down, don't show your head!"
The Zhongbatan defense line was bombarded to pieces by Japanese artillery fire. Artillery shells constantly exploded into a ball of flesh and blood sludge on the position. The soldiers of the Third Regiment of the Yu Division suffered heavy losses even if they hid in the trenches. Under intensive low artillery fire, they could only lock their bodies and pray that the shells would not fall around them.
At the forward command post of the Third Regiment, a bearded lieutenant colonel held a phone and spoke respectfully:
"Yes...yes! I understand! Master, please rest assured."
"But the Japanese artillery fire is too fierce. I'm worried... Hello? Hello?...His grandma's!"
The bearded man threw away the microphone angrily. It was obvious that communication was interrupted and the telephone line set up outside had been blown down.
"Captain, what should we do? The kid has already landed ashore. The first battalion has suffered heavy losses and is about to lose its hold!" The adjutant next to him couldn't help but asked urgently.
"What should I do? Cold! If you can't hold on, you have to support me, and you have lost your position. If the master shoots me, I will shoot you first!" The bearded officer slapped the table and stood up, staring at the adjutant fiercely and said.
He was also desperate. If he lost his position and ran back, he would definitely die according to Yu Xiaoqing's temper. My younger brother is always willing to kill someone. Do you dare to talk to him?
Instead of dying in vain, it is better to fight on the battlefield and maybe there is a glimmer of hope. The bearded officer thought so.
"The Japanese artillery fire has stopped. Hurry up and get the troops ready. The little devil is ashore!"
