New regiment headquarters.
Through the vision of the telescope, Li Yunlong watched the jeep platoon and the cavalry battalion running like dogs, leading the Japanese cavalry unit.
His expression was very satisfied.
As he expected, 20 vehicles equipped with 40 light and heavy machine guns would have both firepower and maneuverability advantages on plain terrain.
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Unfortunately, the number of jeeps is still a bit small. If there were 40 more jeeps, they would be able to chase the Japanese cavalry unit and kill them randomly.
Back in Yelangyu, Li Yunlong led a new regiment to deploy more than 100 machine guns and destroyed two Japanese cavalry squadrons.
And light and heavy machine guns that can move at high speed will have even more powerful firepower when faced with Japanese cavalry on plain terrain.
Even the deputy shooter on the jeep would fire a bazooka rocket at the Japanese cavalry from time to time, which blew up the Japanese cavalry.
"Old Li, you have so many clever ideas for fighting!"
Zhao Gang, who had been paying attention to the situation on the cavalry side, also raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
This is not a compliment, but a compliment from the bottom of my heart!
Although the cavalry battalion of the new regiment is well equipped and uses all M1 carbines and Yunlong knives, with the same strength, the cavalry battalion of the new regiment has an advantage whether it is firepower or horseback slashing.
However... the enemy is a fully-equipped cavalry regiment with more than 1,300 cavalry, while the new regiment's cavalry battalion only has more than 600 cavalry, and half of them are recruits who have just joined the cavalry battalion.
The other half of the cavalry battalion, veterans, were naturally driving tanks.
With more than 600 cavalry and half of the recruits, in a head-on confrontation, the cavalry battalion would naturally not be able to defeat a Japanese cavalry regiment.
However, Li Yunlong's tactic of using jeeps to walk the Japanese cavalry perfectly made up for the lack of cavalry strength of the new regiment in this battle.
After laughing, Li Yunlong said: "Of course, who is our old Li?"
Of course, bullets have no eyes. In just a short time, although the Japanese cavalry lost more than 200 soldiers, the new regiment also lost 2 jeeps.
The suspected driver was hit by a bullet and the jeep rolled over.
However, most of the jeeps and machine gunners were safe, and the Japanese cavalry continued to be shot and fell off their horses.
The Willys Jeep has 60 horsepower, four-wheel drive, and a top speed of 100 kilometers per hour. Naturally, it is no problem for the cavalry to walk the little devil.
Coupled with the firepower of 20 M2 heavy machine guns, the Japanese cavalry could not catch up and were difficult to hit.
"Just watch, it will be our cavalry and jeep platoon chasing the Japanese cavalry later!"
After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong turned the artillery mirror and looked at the front battlefield.
The two tank battalions attacked smoothly and almost penetrated the entire defensive position of the 39th Regiment.
Haha...what a fucking Class A division, it's nothing more than that.
There was a trace of disdain on the corner of Captain Li's mouth.
This battle requires good equipment. The combat effectiveness of the Class A division is very strong? Just use heavy artillery and tanks to ruthlessly crush their spirits and bodies.
Suddenly, two violent explosions were heard from the Japanese position, and Li Yunlong hurriedly looked at it.
I saw two Leopard tanks explode and catch fire, and the two Panther tanks burst into flames. It didn't take much to think about it. It was probably the Japanese who set off the explosives and perished together with the Panther tanks.
Needless to say, Li Yunlong also knew that the 10 tank soldiers in the tank had died.
There is nothing that can be done about it. The soldiers of the Japs A Division are deeply influenced by the spirit of Bushido, and even the fanatical juntaists have to hold their backs before they die.
Some Japanese soldiers pretended to be dead on the ground and set off explosives when the tanks crossed the trenches.
Back then, the 115th Division wiped out more than 1,000 people from the Japanese 5th Division at Pingxingguan without even taking a single Japanese prisoner.
Moreover, this was the first time that the infantry and tanks of the new regiment fought together, so Li Yunlong had expected something to go wrong.
The lost tanks will be replaced by Boss Chen, but the lost tank soldiers cannot be replaced.
Li Yunlong immediately ordered the communications personnel to contact Sun Desheng. When he learned that Sun Desheng was fine, Yunlong Li was slightly relieved.
It seems that the training of tank soldiers is not only dependent on Boss Chen, but also the tank training class here to ensure that the tank battalion is replenished. In the future, if you earn tanks through business, you can also immediately form combat effectiveness. From now on, it will be the 1st Tank Battalion. , 2nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Tank Battalion...
Li Yunlong plans to create an armored cluster.
This battle also made Li Yunlong realize the true power of tanks.
Attacking the Japanese positions, especially the defensive positions of an elite regiment of the Japanese Type A Division, without heavy artillery and tanks, would result in hundreds or thousands of casualties, and it would not necessarily be possible to get close to the Japanese positions.
Li Yunlong had to admit that with the equipment advantage, if they had the same equipment, the new regiment might not necessarily be able to benefit from the Japanese A-type division.
At this time, news came from the heavy artillery battalion that 31 heavy artillery had been moved to a safe place by car.
Some fake artillery pieces were placed on the original artillery position, and a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns were ambushed around, waiting for the Japanese planes to get into the trap.
Li Yunlong looked at the sky. Now the two tank battalions were exposed to the Japanese, and they were waiting for Japanese planes to bomb the tanks.
Including the time for the Japanese plane to take off from Peking Airport and Boss Chen's plane to take off from the overseas military base and be delivered to the Xinzhou Basin, Li Yunlong and the staff made precise calculations.
Li Yunlong's eyes flashed slightly, everything was done to the extreme, hoping that Boss Chen's plane would arrive in time...
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What Li Yunlong didn't know was.
On a mountaintop more than 20 kilometers away, Chen Feng was observing the battlefield situation with a 36x telescope.
The key to the New Regiment winning this battle is for Chen Feng to dispatch planes to kill the Japanese planes. This is also Li Yunlong's strategic goal.
Otherwise, once the Japanese planes come over, they will blow up the new group of tanks.
I'm afraid it's hard to say what the outcome of this battle will be.
Therefore, Chen Feng made a trip in person without Li Yunlong's knowledge, in order to refresh the 30 fighters and 10 bombers in time.
He didn't want the new regiment of tank soldiers he had carefully trained to die.
While Chen Feng was observing the battlefield situation, he also paid attention to the sky in the northeast. Once the Japanese plane appeared, air support had to be refreshed immediately.
Suddenly, Chen Feng's expression changed.
In the field of view of the 36x telescope, the Japanese tank regiment rushed towards the 39th regiment's position, followed by the mighty Japanese infantry.
Chen Feng raised the corner of his mouth with slight disdain. He wanted to kill the two tank battalions of the new regiment, just with the little devil's Bean Tank?
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Beiping.
Iron Lion Alley.
North China Front Army Headquarters.
"Nani?"
Okamura Neiji suddenly stood up from his chair, looked at the communications staff officer who was reporting, and spoke in an unbelievable tone:
"The Eighth Route Army in the Xinzhou battlefield used a tank regiment?"
Because Miyano Michichi was killed in the bombing, Okamura Neji, an old devil, was afraid of death and did not dare to go to the front line to command the battle in person.
Although the North China Front Army established a frontline headquarters to raid the base areas in northwestern Shanxi, the command was not in the hands of Tanabe Moritake, but was commanded by Okamura Neiji who was far away in Peiping.
Regarding any intelligence on the battlefield, after the Lilin detachment reported it to the frontline command, the frontline command reported it to the North China Front Command as soon as possible.
After listening to the report of the communications staff officer, Okamura Neji suddenly felt uneasy, and an unknown premonition suddenly surged into his heart.
Not long ago, the communications staff reported that the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army had mobilized a heavy artillery regiment, and now another tank regiment appeared in the Eighth Route Army!
Okamura Neji couldn't help but feel a little numb.
Li Yunlong, how many trump cards do you have that you haven’t revealed yet?
As soon as he came up, he used a tank regiment to attack the 39th Regiment's position. Was Li Yunlong intentional, or was he really fooled?
Okamura Neji is puzzled...
But he knew very well that although the 39th Regiment's combat effectiveness was very strong, it would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of a heavy artillery regiment, plus a tank regiment and infantry.
"Did the Kuribayashi detachment report what type of tank it was?"
Various thoughts passed through Okamura Neji's mind like lightning. He looked at the communications staff officer and asked.
The communications staff officer shook his head: "No, I have confirmed this with the chief of staff. The report from the Kuribayashi detachment to the frontline headquarters did not mention what type of tanks the Eighth Route Army is equipped with."
Okamura Neji's eyes narrowed behind his round glasses. Can the 13th Tank Regiment deal with the new tanks of the Eighth Route Army?
He always felt uneasy and wanted to take a plane to the Xinzhou battlefield to see what kind of tanks the Eighth Route Army was equipped with.
But after thinking about it I decided to forget it.
So what if the new regiment is equipped with a tank regiment?
This old devil has a very strong psychological quality. Apart from the initial shock and disbelief, he quickly recovered his mentality.
The Eighth Route Army's large-caliber heavy artillery regiment was able to bring out tanks. Although it was unexpected to bring out tanks, it was also reasonable.
It seems that the aid channels behind Li Yunlong are very powerful!
Now Okamura Neiji can be sure that the one aiding the Eighth Route Army is either the Soviet Union or the United States!
At this time, the Soviet Union was caught off guard by Germany's blitzkrieg and lost a large area of territory. It certainly had no time to take care of the Eighth Route Army.
Based on the American equipment appearing in the new regiment, there is a high probability that the United States will quietly assist the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Because the Japanese Army's plan to move south seriously threatened the United States' interests in Southeast Asia, the United States blocked Japan and stopped supplying strategic materials such as fuel to Japan.
He heard that the Minister of War, Hideji Tojo, was hoarding combat supplies, and that the Navy's Malu was also planning some big move.
America? Humph, wait until those guys from the Red Deer Navy have dealt with the US Navy and blocked the waterway, let’s see if your Eighth Route Army can still get help?
Thinking of this, Neji Okamura breathed a sigh of relief: "Order, fly the 2nd Division, all fighters, bombers and reconnaissance aircraft are dispatched. No matter what type of tanks the Eighth Route Army is equipped with, blow up all the tanks of the Eighth Route Army!"
Although Tadashi Kuribayashi requested that aviation be dispatched to bomb the heavy artillery positions of the Eighth Route New Regiment.
But Okamura Neiji never gave an order. Until this moment, Okamura Neiji finally ordered all aircraft to support immediately.
Okamura Neiji was not sure whether the 13th Tank Regiment could deal with the Eighth Route Army's tank troops.
All planes were simply dispatched to eliminate the Eighth Route Army tanks at once, so as to prevent the new regiment of tanks from causing big trouble to the Japanese attacking troops in the subsequent mopping up operations.
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer lowered his head and hurriedly ran to deliver the order.
