"The second line of defense of the 10th Division must rely on these thickened bunkers and gun towers to build civil fortifications and dig tunnels."
New regiment headquarters.
Li Yunlong frowned slightly as he stared at the map on the table. It was a topographic map of three nearby counties.
Every dot next to the road on the map represents a thickened bunker and turret.
These thickened bunkers and turrets have been captured once, and there are more than 100 of them in total. The price for capturing each thickened bunker or turret is 10 machine guns.
Of course, the machine gun is a unit of measurement and can be replaced with other firepower equipment.
The New Regiment used civil fortifications, tunnels, reverse slopes and thickened bunkers to keep the 10th Division out of Dagu Town.
If the Japs learn the new regiment's fighting style and the Japs use the new regiment's tactics to defend against the new regiment's attack, things will become more troublesome.
The reason why Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang kept these thickened bunkers and gun towers in the first place was because they hoped that the Japanese and puppet troops would enter these thickened bunkers and gun towers again next time.
The new regiment will shoot it down again, that is, more than 1,000 20mm machine guns.
These are more than 1,000 20mm machine guns. Yan Laoxi went crazy when he knew about it, and Chiang Kai-shek knew about it. He breathed quickly and cursed Niang Xipi.
Okamura Neji was extremely jealous when he found out. Even the Japanese army did not have so much good equipment.
This time, the Japanese and puppet troops relied on these thickened bunkers and gun towers for defense as Li Yunlong wished, but these were the Japanese from the 10th Division, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than the Japanese from the 36th Division.
Moreover, the Japanese of the 10th Division are likely to use tunnels, bunkers, or tactics combining turrets and reverse slopes.
Li Yunlong also felt the pressure.
After all, this tactic has been tested in actual combat, and only those who have attacked it know how powerful it is.
In the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, even those as powerful as the U.S. Army suffered greatly, not to mention the Japanese troops who were beaten by the U.S. Army.
Of course, the current combat effectiveness of the new regiment is not comparable to that of the attack on the 36th Division.
It is equipped with 2 tank battalions and 31 150mm heavy guns. It has strong combat effectiveness and can move sideways in North China.
"How about?" Seeing this, Xing Zhiguo said tentatively, "Let Consultant Chen deliver the father's hammer first, and use the father's hammer to knock down all these bunkers and turrets?"
"That's a good idea!"
Chief of Staff Wang nodded in agreement: "It may take a lot of effort to hit thickened bunkers and turrets with a 150mm howitzer, but that fatherly hammer can kill one with one shot."
Zhao Gang's face was also full of expectations. He had never seen a heavy howitzer with a caliber of more than 200 in his life. He had only seen it in photos.
Li Yunlong looked at Chen Feng: "Consultant Chen, can we deliver the goods now?"
"It's possible!" Chen Feng nodded, "But I'm afraid it's too late. If you want to barely operate the Father's Hammer, the artillery will need at least five days to half a month of training. I'm afraid your artillery doesn't have this time."
Operating a powerful weapon like the Father's Hammer is not operating a mortar, nor is it operating a 75mm mountain gun.
After five days to half a month of training, you can barely operate it. If you want to be proficient in operation, you need at least one month to three months of operational training and live-fire training.
At present, the New Regiment does not have the artillery that can immediately put the Father's Hammer into battle after receiving it.
"Forget it then!"
"Wait until this battle is over before receiving the goods."
Captain Li shook his head and decided to wait until the battle was over before receiving the goods.
A kind father's hammer, that is, the B4 heavy howitzer weighs 15.8 tons. Next, the troops will be transferred to the Hengshan area. It is really troublesome to run away with these big guys.
In addition, after receiving the goods, you cannot go into battle immediately. It is best to wait until the battle is over and return to northwest Shanxi to receive the goods.
and.
In fact, Li Yunlong didn't want to expose this big killer weapon so early. He planned to save it until the next attack on Taiyuan and then reveal it. It would definitely give the little Japanese a big surprise.
On the other hand, Li Yunlong is actually not willing to destroy the thickened bunkers and gun towers built by the Japanese now.
After all, if you capture them once, you will need more than 1,000 machine guns. If you dig out the roots of leeks, how can you make a fortune in the future?
Xing Zhiguo said: "Then this battle may not be easy to fight now!"
At the beginning, no one expected that the Japs would actually use tunnel tactics. I am afraid that even the Japs themselves did not expect that a good offensive war would turn into a defensive war, and might eventually evolve into a defense war for the 10th Division.
The Japanese Engineer Regiment is professional in soil work, which can be seen from the fact that it only took midnight to dig the trench nearly 40 meters to the new regiment's forward position.
If the Japanese engineers really want to dig tunnels, they should be able to do so very quickly.
"Let's go to the battlefield and take a look at the situation first!" Li Yunlong said in a deep voice.
Immediately, Li Yunlong asked Huang Erhu to prepare two jeeps and two trucks to go to the front line of the battlefield to observe the battle situation.
Zhao Gang said to Li Yunlong: "Old Li, you go with the chief of staff, deputy commander and counselor Chen. I am going to organize the people and be ready to evacuate the base area at any time."
Chief of Staff Wang also said: "Then I will stay at the regiment headquarters. The regiment headquarters cannot be empty."
"Okay, then I'll go to the battlefield with Advisor Chen and the deputy commander to take a look!"
Li Yunlong put on his armed belt, inserted the golden Desert Eagle into the holster, and walked out of the regiment headquarters with Chen Feng and Xing Zhiguo.
Arriving outside the regiment headquarters, two jeeps and two trucks were already ready, and the trucks were filled with soldiers from the guard battalion loaded with guns and live ammunition.
However, Li Yunlong, Chen Feng and Xing Zhiguo jumped on one of the jeeps and drove towards the outside of Dagu Town, and the other two trucks quickly followed.
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About 20 minutes later, three cars drove to the headquarters of the 1st Battalion.
As the Japanese and puppet troops retreated from the first line of defense, the various attacking troops of the new regiment quickly pressed forward.
After occupying the Japanese's first line of defense, the attacking troops continued their attacks along the main roads and small roads.
Not only the infantry, but also the artillery units and tank units also moved forward.
In the headquarters of the first battalion, the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, with a steel helmet on his head, was leaning in front of a pair of artillery mirrors to observe the battlefield situation, when he suddenly heard a guard shouting a salute.
Zhang Dabiao turned around and saw Li Yunlong, who also had a helmet on his head, walking in, followed by Chen Feng and Xing Zhiguo.
With a serious look on his face, he quickly saluted with a standard military salute: "Captain, Advisor Chen, Deputy Commander!"
As soon as Li Yunlong saw Zhang Dabiao, he asked: "Dabiao, how is the situation now?"
"Commander, this stupid little devil has learned a lot."
Everyone came to the observation hole of the battalion headquarters. Li Yunlong approached the artillery mirror and looked towards the Japanese position through the artillery mirror. Zhang Dabiao's voice sounded in his ears at the same time:
"The little Japanese used our tunnel tactics, coupled with the artillery on the bunkers and reverse slopes, this position is really difficult to defeat."
"The Second Company just conducted a trial attack and failed to capture the Japanese position. Our battalion is preparing to organize a second attack."
Looking through the field of view of the telescope, I saw two small hills on both sides of the road in the distance.
There are one or two blockhouses and a blockhouse halfway up the hill. Around the blockhouses and blockhouses, Japanese engineers dug some civil engineering works.
However, the location of the tunnel cannot be seen from here.
A bunker and a gun tower form a crossfire, which can implement a fire blockade within more than 400 meters of the highway.
"Did smoke bombs be used?" Li Yunlong asked.
"It's used!" Zhang Dabiao nodded, "But it's not very effective. The Japs have infantry around the gun towers and artillery fire support on the reverse slope. Next time there will be two tanks to attack together."
"When will the attack begin?" Li Yunlong asked again.
"There are still 5 minutes." Zhang Dabiao looked at the watch on his hand and said.
Li Yunlong nodded, then stopped talking and gave up his position so that Chen Feng and Xing Zhiguo could also take a look at the battlefield situation.
About 5 minutes later, the artillery of the new regiment began operations. The artillery shells arced across the sky and fell towards the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Accompanied by a series of explosions, a sudden rise occurred in the Japs formation, and the shock wave swept across and wreaked havoc with shrapnel.
Although they knew that the Japs and puppet troops were not in the position, the New Regiment didn't have many other things but a lot of artillery shells.
More than 200 vehicles continuously delivered artillery shells from Zhaojiayu and Dagu Town to the artillery positions of each artillery group of the New Regiment.
Taking advantage of the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers of the third company of the New Regiment, led by company commander Yang Chuanlin, took the lead with two Leopard tanks. The soldiers maintained a three-three combat attack formation and attacked the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.
In the field of vision of the telescope, Li Yunlong saw the soldiers of the Third Company pressing toward the Japanese position.
As the tanks advanced, they continued to fire at the Japanese bunkers and gun towers, but the effect was not very great.
Although the armor-piercing projectiles of the Leopard tank are very powerful, the thickness of the reinforced concrete bunker turrets of the Japanese has reached 2.5 to 3 meters, which cannot penetrate them.
Of course, if it were replaced by the Father's Hammer, a single shell would be able to blast the thickened bunker and turret into rubbish.
At this time, some 82mm mortars fired smoke bombs at the positions of the Japanese bunkers and gun towers, blocking the sight of the Japanese machine gunners in the bunkers and gun towers.
The Japanese infantry artillery and mortars set up in the anti-slope position opened fire. The shells fell between the new attacking formations, and explosions continued to rise.
Although the soldiers were scattered widely, there were also a lot of Japanese mortars and infantry artillery. One after another, soldiers were hit by shrapnel and fell in a pool of blood.
Li Yunlong knew that the Japanese's 75mm mountain cannon had not fired yet, otherwise it would cause greater casualties to the third company.
