Heyuan County.
The headquarters of the Japanese 10th Division.
The 33rd Brigade Commander Okada Motoharu and the 8th Brigade Commander Miura Saburo were called from the front line for a meeting.
War meeting room.
Frontline Commander Moritake Tanabe, 10th Division Commander Ishikawa Jiro, 10th Division Chief of Staff, and two brigade commanders attended the meeting.
As for the captains of each regiment, they did not come to the meeting, because once the new regiment launched a counterattack during the meeting, the Japanese army would fall into a situation where the Japanese army would be leaderless and fighting independently.
Ishikawa Jiro glanced at Okada Genji and Miura Saburo, and said in a deep voice:
"According to the analysis of the division headquarters, in the next few days, the new regiment will launch a full-scale counterattack against our 10th Division!"
After hearing this, Yuanji Okada and Saburo Miura looked at each other, and both saw a dignified look in each other's eyes.
The mentality of the two men has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past ten days of attacking the new group.
From being arrogant and arrogant at the beginning, to treating the new regiment as an opponent on the same level as the 10th Division, to now being solemn.
Major General Okada Motoharu, commander of the 33rd Brigade, looked at the Lijiazhen position that had been unable to be conquered for a long time, and even lamented: It is easy to shake a mountain, but it is difficult to shake a new group.
"That couldn't be better!" Okada Yuanji was shocked and his eyes flashed, "Our 10th Division may not be able to attack the new regiment's position, but if it is a defensive battle, it will definitely make Li Yunlong feel what despair is."
With the same firepower, of course the offensive side will suffer some losses and the defensive side will have some advantages.
Although the Eighth Route New Regiment has superior firepower, it is at a disadvantage in terms of strength compared with the 10th Division.
The baggage regiment and the engineering regiment will also go into battle when necessary, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than the infantry regiment of the second-line division.
This back and forth canceled out, and in the view of Major General Okada Motoharu, the 10th Division and the New Regiment were evenly matched.
If they want to defeat the 10th Division, the New Regiment does not have the strength.
Miura Saburo also sounded confident: "Okada-kun is right. The reason why we have been unable to attack the Eighth Route New Regiment's position for a long time is mainly because we cannot crack the Eighth Route's tunnels and anti-slope tactics. If we defend the position in a different position, the New First Regiment's position will be destroyed." The advantage will be gone, and the firepower and individual quality of our soldiers of the 10th Division will be brought into play, and by then we will definitely be able to give the new regiment a head-on attack!"
The major general of the 8th Brigade had to admire Li Yunlong a little at this time.
Although they are enemies, Miura Saburo cannot help but admire Li Yunlong.
According to the intelligence, Li Yunlong never went to a military academy, or even a decent school. He was just a peasant with mud-legged background.
But such a little-known little person actually has such a high tactical command ability, and also invented tunnels and anti-slope tactics that are difficult to crack.
Tunnel and anti-slope tactics first appeared in the battle at Baozi Mountain. A battalion of the New Regiment withstood most of the 3rd Brigade's attack.
Now the new regiment once again used tunnel and anti-slope tactics to resist attacks except those of the 10th Division.
"Yoshi!"
Division leader Ishikawa Jiro nodded with satisfaction when he saw that Okada Genji and Miura Saburo were both confident.
Okada Motoharu suddenly said worriedly: "The New Regiment has tanks and large-caliber heavy artillery. The Locust Army can still resist one or two. If the Eighth Route Army calls for air support, our 10th Division may not be able to stop the New Regiment's attack."
After hearing this, Saburo Miura's expression became more solemn.
When the Eighth Route Army airdropped yesterday, the swooping attacks of five fighter jets alone cost him more than 200 people.
This is only the lethality of five fighter jets. What is coming is the bomber. How much lethality will it cause?
However, the 108th Artillery Regiment was completely wiped out under a single bombing by enemy planes. Miura Saburo did not want the 8th Brigade to be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, when the new regiment received another airdrop during the day, Miura Saburo strictly ordered to attack.
Once the aid channels behind Li Yunlong are offended and dozens of bombers are dispatched, the 8th Brigade may be finished.
And now the North China Front has no aviation force, and the 10th Division's air defense firepower is not strong. Once enemy planes are dispatched, it may be difficult to resist them.
Therefore, Miura Saburo was most worried about the bomber air support called by the Eighth Route Army.
Of course, the most hateful thing is that all the aircraft of the North China Front were lost, and the aerial bombs prepared for this mopping up operation could only be stored in warehouses and collect dust.
How great would it be if those aerial bombs could fall on the heads of the Eighth Route Army?
"Okada-kun, don't worry."
Tanabe Moritake, who had been silent, said:
"According to the analysis of the staff department, Li Yunlong can only call for airdrops in a short period of time, but cannot call for air support."
"That's right!" Ishikawa Jiro nodded in agreement, "With Li Yunlong's character, if he could call in the bomber group, he would have launched a counterattack against our 10th Division long ago, and he would never wait until now."
Miura Saburo and Okada Motoharu nodded.
This time the Japanese guessed correctly.
Li Yunlong's CD of calling for airdrop support is three months. That is to say, if he calls for air support three times today, he can only call for air support again after three months.
Li Yunlong led his troops to kill 4 Japanese major generals and got 4 opportunities to call for air support.
So far, we have called for air support three times, with great results. Each time we almost killed a Japanese regiment. It will be more than two months before the next call for air support.
Miura Saburo looked at Ishikawa Jiro and said: "Division commander, I suggest that we also use tunnel and anti-slope tactics to resist the new regiment's attack."
"The new regiment is equipped with 150mm heavy artillery and even tanks."
"Even if anti-gun holes are dug in the trenches, those civil fortifications alone may not be able to withstand the heavy artillery and tanks of the Eighth Route Army."
"Miura-kun, be more confident." Ishikawa Jiro said, "Remove the possibility. The civil fortifications will definitely not be able to block the heavy artillery and tanks of the Eighth Route Army."
"When you first arrived at the division headquarters, I had already given an order to the Engineer Regiment to build tunnels and reverse slope fortifications in various defensive positions."
"This time, we will treat others the same way they do!"
A few days ago, the 10th Division headquarters, as the attacker, only expected the new regiment to break through, but did not expect that the new regiment would counterattack.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese at this level did not expect that when building their positions, the engineers only built ordinary civil defense positions.
In fact, during the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, the U.S. military also tried tunnel defense tactics to attack our army, but failed to learn the essence and was beaten miserably.
Japan is a nation that is good at learning and ambitious. It has been sending people to China to study since the Tang Dynasty.
There is no shame in defeating the enemy using his tactics; there is shame in not defeating the enemy.
Miura Saburo lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency, the division commander, is wise, I admire you very much!"
"Our defense is divided into two lines."
Ishikawa Jiro pointed to the map on the table and said, Miura Saburo and Okada Genji stood up and looked at the map.
