Colonel Oigawa of the 219th Wing was completely dumbfounded. It had only been a day, and there were only about 100 people left in the four main squadrons of the First Battalion. The Second Battalion had almost wiped out two and a half squadrons. More than half of his wing had suffered casualties.
"Bagayalu, are you all shit eaters?"
"Major Seto, you bastard, as the captain, you let Takeda, a loser, lead the charge, and you fell into the Eighth Route Army's trick, why didn't you go yourself?
Where is your warrior glory? "
It was in line with that sentence: The ideal is full, the reality is cruel, the Eighth Route Army in the city is far more difficult to fight than he imagined;
It was no problem to blow up the city wall with the heavy artillery shells it carried, and it was barely possible to blow half of Nirvana into rubble. The biggest problem now is that the bombs were also blown up. The defenders in the city did not withdraw from the east gate as expected. , all the layouts have become a joke.
The 221st Regiment, which was feinting to attack from the south and the north, was just trying to make a fool of itself. The 220th Regiment, which was responsible for the ambush, was not even trying to make a fool of itself. He was the only one in the entire 35th Division that was fighting to the death with the Eighth Route Army. It was like this. The 219th Regiment may not be able to wipe out all eight routes in the city.
"Bagayalu, this is not fair, I have to go find the division commander!"
After being beaten in pain, Colonel Oigawa finally refused to be a fool anymore. He went to the division headquarters angrily and asked Lieutenant General Maeda for tactical guidance.
"Bagaya, Oigawa-kun, you've killed half of the regiment in just one day?"
"Your Excellency General, this is the main force of Chu Xiong, the Tiger of China. They are not short of guns and ammunition like the other Eighth Route Army. They are equipped with a large number of artillery and bombs, and they are also very cunning;
The First Brigade fell into the Eighth Route Army's trick. They planted explosives in the Xicheng District, and then used a small number of troops to lure the Imperial Army into pursuit. They detonated the explosives when the Imperial Army was unprepared, shattering a large number of warriors;
There is no less than one artillery regiment of heavy artillery in the Eighth Route Army city. They should be the kind of mortars reported by the headquarters. They are very powerful. One shot is often shattered by half a squad of warriors!
In addition, they are also equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns with sufficient ammunition. They hide in every street and every house in squad units and fight to the death with the imperial army..."
After hearing this, Lieutenant General Maeda couldn't help but take a deep breath and sigh:
"Sodesnai, it seems that we have underestimated Chu Xiong. He is indeed the Tiger of China, a man with no worries despite his great reputation. Mr. Oigawa, I wrongly blamed you!"
"The Imperial Army must readjust its tactics. The Eighth Route Army wants to rely on the buildings in the city to consume the Imperial Army's strength;
With fewer troops sent, they took advantage of the familiar terrain to form a local strength advantage and ate up the imperial army one by one. This turned into a fueling tactic.
When the number of troops exceeds a few hundred, they use mortars to carry out coverage killings, and finally dispatch infantry to encircle and annihilate them, cunning and cunning! "
Oigawa nodded in agreement and couldn't help but flatter Lieutenant General Maeda:
"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, has such a sharp eye that he can see clearly the Eighth Route Army's tricks at a glance. The Imperial Army must make changes. Please teach me, Your Excellency, the Division Commander, please!"
After Oigawa finished speaking, he bowed heavily to General Maeda, his buttocks almost sticking up to the sky.
Although Oigawa is a little stupid, his attitude is still worthy of recognition. Lieutenant General Maeda already has a response plan and said confidently:
"The tactics of the Eighth Route Army are indeed powerful, but there is also a fatal shortcoming. They need enough room to move. We gave them too much room before!
My response strategy is to adjust the tactics of surrounding three buildings to advancing from east to west and feinting from north to south.
The specific deployment is:
The east and west city walls have been blown up to facilitate the attack. I transferred three squadrons each from the search regiment and the baggage regiment to supplement the 219th regiment. I then ordered the field artillery regiment to blow up the entire Xicheng area into rubble and drive away the main force of the Eighth Route Army. to Dongcheng District to further compress their activity space;
Then the 219th Regiment and the 220th Regiment launched general attacks from the east and west directions, and the 221st Regiment located in the north and south directions feigned attacks, blocking the possibility of the Eighth Route Army breaking out from the north and south directions.
"This time, the Imperial Army is going to use its huge strength advantage to bully the Eighth Route Army. I want the Eighth Route Army to know that in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain!"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Gao, now the tactics of the Eighth Route Army have been completely restrained. With the imperial army advancing from east to west and attacking from the north and south, the Eighth Route Army's cover in the city is just around the corner.
Your Excellency, the Division Commander, will also be the first commander to completely annihilate the Chuxiong Regiment's first-level troops. You will definitely be impressed by Your Excellency, the Commander! "
Maeda said proudly:
"Oigawa-kun, this depends on the joint efforts of all of you. It will be dark soon. Today's attack will come to an end. Replenishment troops will be in place before dark. You can organize his 219th Regiment as soon as possible. Tomorrow morning at eight Click to launch a general attack and annihilate the enemies in the city in one fell swoop!"
"Hey!"
Colonel Oigawa turned his head and left excitedly. This trip to the division headquarters was fruitful, and the crying child really had milk to eat;
Although he was scolded by the division commander, he also received six squadrons of supplementary troops, and also brought the 220th Regiment into the battle circle, which was full of gains.
After Maeda waited for Oigawa to leave, he immediately adjusted the battle deployment:
First, four squadrons were transferred from the search wing and engineer wing responsible for peripheral security, and two squadrons from the baggage wing were added to the 219th Wing.
This is also the regular operation of the Japanese. Each division has a certain number of supplementary wings and search wings. These troops are supplementary troops. When the main wing consumes too much, it will be replenished from these wings, including the engineer wing. When needed, the main force and baggage alliances were dispersed and replenished.
Why are permanent divisions so difficult to fight?
In addition to being much stronger than ordinary garrison divisions in terms of firepower and troops, they also have much more supplementary troops. For example, the 1st to 6th divisions have as many as 7,000 or 8,000 supplementary troops, which can be replenished on the spot. .
Many of these supplementary soldiers are Goryeo soldiers who fight more ferociously than the real Japs, but those who die in battle are not included in the battle losses, that is, black households. This is why the number of casualties reported by the Japs after each battle is very different from the actual casualties. A big reason!
The Korean stick who died in the battle was not considered a human being at all!
The Japanese's borderline war report was also used by the Goshawk Kingdom on the Goryeo battlefield. At that time, the Goshawk Kingdom's troops also had a large number of Korean stickmen. They wore the same military uniforms, received the same training, and participated in the battle with the same weapons. are not included in the total;
They were right. What I reported was the number of casualties of the Japs. Can Goryeo Bangzi be considered a Japs?
Those twists and turns in the battle report are full of water!
After Maeda replenished the 219th Regiment, he could confidently announce to the outside world that the Imperial Army suffered dozens of casualties on the first day of the battle, annihilated hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops, and occupied half of the county...
The 220th Regiment was also transferred from the ambush point to outside the East City Gate;
Since the search wing had been transferred to four squadrons and its strength was not as sufficient as before, Maeda ordered the search wing's outer defense line to shrink by two kilometers.
The opportunity that Zhong Guoliang has been waiting for appears...
