Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 621 The bombing is over. Lao Li, you must launch an attack before the Japanese react!

Lin Zhenhua pointed to several positions on the map and replied in a serious tone: "It is still difficult to take these three high grounds, but the remaining two slopes are easier. We want to take down the Japanese's outer defense line, but it is not as easy as you think, Old Li."

"If the Japs continue to put up a last-ditch effort on their positions, we will probably suffer considerable casualties if we want to successfully take them down. In order to avoid this, I have decided to mobilize two more bomber squadrons to come to our aid. Even if we have to flatten the hill, we must kill those damn Japs!"

"The synthetic gasoline we previously stored is about to expire, so we can use it up. I have already ordered the arsenal to transform it into oil barrel bombs to serve the Japanese a hard dish and let them know how powerful we are!"

"Old Li, the armored regiment will be under your command. Before I give the order, you will just stand aside and watch the show. When we destroy the enemy's city walls and outer defenses, you will lead the armored regiment to clean up the mess."

"Old Kong, your mission this time is not easy. After the Japanese received our declaration of war, they did not react at all. It can be seen that the Japanese were also greatly shocked by the last battle of Ping'an County. Otherwise, they would not have placed a large number of sandbags in the city and set up one blocking position after another."

"That bastard Junichi Aoki must have informed the Japanese headquarters of his experience, otherwise the Japanese in Fu'an County would not have thought of fighting a street battle with us."

Li Yunlong nodded in agreement and said, "We have tried several methods before, but failed to trick the Japanese out of the city. The Japanese are determined to fight to the end in Fu'an County. But I am not easy to bully. When we were fighting the Japanese in the streets before, the infantry had no equipment to protect their bodies. It was not enough to rely on the helmets on their heads."

"Fortunately, college students have come up with a solution. They directly forged and stamped out a large number of curved steel plates. After installing handles, they can be used as shields. This can reduce our casualties during street fighting. Although this will greatly reduce our attack speed, it is a powerful weapon for us in street fighting."

"We have a firm advantage right now, so there is no need to be too anxious. The most anxious ones right now are the Japanese. We can definitely waste some time with them. Facing the double attack from us and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the Japanese will have a hard time these days. We must continue to put huge pressure on the Japanese and force them to withdraw the troops stationed at the border between the two provinces. Only in this way can the brigade commander bring troops to support us."

However, Kong Jie felt that Li Yunlong was taking things for granted. If he were the commander of the Japanese, he would never withdraw the troops stationed at the junction of the two provinces. The reason was very simple. Now there were only two fronts to fight. If he really did that, it would become a three-front or four-front battle, and the situation would be even worse than it is now.

"Old Li, the Japanese cut off our connection with the brigade. This move was indeed very powerful. In order to achieve this, the Japanese launched three rounds of large-scale sweeps in succession and paid a considerable price to drive the brigade and the headquarters into the mountains. As long as Shinozuka Yoshio is not confused, he will never be so stupid as to move those 12 troops. I even suspect that even if the Japanese th Army had a big problem, the Japanese would not move these troops."

"It sounds very contradictory, but in fact the Japanese could really do this. According to the information we received, the positions where the 50,000 troops are stationed are very critical. As long as these nodes are not lost, the Japanese can use a large encirclement to annihilate most of the resistance forces in Shanxi Province. From this point, it can be seen that Shinozuka Yoshio is also a very powerful guy, but his opponent chose the wrong person."

"Before, when we attacked the artillery tower, we had to mobilize nearly a battalion of troops, but now we only need two platoons of troops to capture a Japanese stronghold. The Japanese artillery tower was knocked down with one shot. This is not because the Japanese have become weaker, but because our weapons have become stronger."

"In fact, even I didn't expect that within just one year, the weapons and equipment of the New Second Regiment have been replaced three times. The Type 92 Infantry Cannon that I cherished so much before is no longer worthy of my attention. All this is thanks to the college students. Otherwise, let alone counterattack, I am afraid we would be chased by the Japanese and run away into the mountains!"

Kong Jie's words left Li Yunlong unable to refute. Ever since the Japanese opened up the Pacific battlefield, he could clearly feel how serious the gap in the Japanese's combat effectiveness was. Those elite veterans had been transferred away, and the new recruits who remained did not have much combat effectiveness.

However, when the fanatical Japanese became ferocious, they were extremely terrifying. Their desperate charge not only looked very intimidating, but also caused considerable casualties to the troops. This also made Li Yunlong realize that although the Japanese's combat effectiveness had been weakened a lot, he would definitely suffer a great loss if he underestimated them.

"Old Kong, what you said makes a lot of sense. I've been a little hot-headed these days, but fortunately, after two buckets of cold water were poured on me, I gradually calmed down. We can't be idle tonight. I've arranged for someone to prepare a program for the Japanese, which will definitely give them a good beating."

As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, the sound of heavy artillery fire was heard in the distance, and dazzling flames came from afar, attracting the attention of the three people.

Li Yunlong boasted excitedly, "I used four heavy mortar companies this time and prepared six positions in advance. Each gun in each position fired nine shells and immediately withdrew after firing. Thousands of shells fell on the enemy's positions. Even if we can't blow up the enemy's camp, we can at least blow them up."

With a loud bang, a violent flame shot up into the sky, and a shining mushroom cloud was reflected in front of everyone's eyes. It turned out that a shell hit the Japanese arsenal, detonating the bullets and shells inside, directly affecting a nearby Japanese squadron. More than 200 Japanese were killed in one breath. It can be seen how powerful the chain explosion of the ammunition depot is.

Li Yunlong didn't expect that he could actually win the first prize. He almost smiled crookedly. Lin Zhenhua and Kong Jie also praised him. It must be said that Li Yunlong's move was really beyond their expectations. After all, since their weapons and equipment were more advanced than those of the Japanese, they seldom launched attacks at night. This gave the Japanese an illusion that they would not launch attacks at night. It was by accident that they achieved such a great result.

Ichiro Kuroda, who was in charge of the outer defense line of Fu'an County, had a face as black as the bottom of a pot. He really didn't expect that Li Yunlong would launch an artillery bombardment tonight, and use large-caliber heavy artillery, which made him feel cold all over.

"Colonel, in the past half hour, we have lost a total of 522 soldiers killed and 196 soldiers injured, and we have lost nearly four squadrons of troops. Most importantly, our largest ammunition depot was blown up, and we only have one and a half bases of ammunition left. This makes our situation extremely bad. Colonel, please ask the city for help immediately!" Domoto Koichi reported carefully.

Ichiro Kuroda's eyes were like lightning. He came in front of Koichi Domoto and vented his hatred for the enemy directly on his own people. The crackling sound of slapping faces continued to ring out. Koichi Domoto was beaten into a pig's head, but he didn't dare to turn his face away. He could only nod his head continuously!

After venting his anger, Kuroda Ichiro gave an order with a sullen face: "Immediately order all troops to shrink their front lines, abandon unnecessary positions, and defend those six high grounds with all their strength. We must hold them until tomorrow night at all costs."

Domoto Koichi immediately went down to pass the order, and the Japanese soldiers immediately followed the puppet army and began to move ammunition and build fortifications overnight. They were busy all night long. The Japanese built another sandbag defense, but it was completely futile as it could not withstand the bombing of large-caliber bombs.

At 1200: in the morning, the bombers that arrived at the battlefield ahead of time, under the protection of fighter jets, began to dive from high altitude, descended to an altitude of about meters, and began precision bombing. After the horizontal bomber units had dropped all the bombs they carried, the dive bomber units began to carry out targeted clearance of the firepower points left by the Japanese once again. After all the bombs they carried were dropped, the Fat Baby ground attack aircraft brigade that had just arrived immediately joined the attack sequence.

Faced with the powerful firepower of the ground attack aircraft, the Japanese and puppet troops on the ground had no power to resist at all. The light and heavy machine gun bullets in their hands hit the Fat Baby ground attack aircraft and had no effect at all.

The Fat Baby ground attack aircraft began to wreak havoc on the Japanese positions, suppressing the Japanese and puppet troops so that they could not raise their heads. Only after they had used up all the bullets and artillery shells they carried did they withdraw from the battlefield, and the first wave of air attacks ended.

An hour later, the bomber troops arrived at the battlefield again under the protection of the fighter troops. The target of the dive bombers was changed to Fu'an County, while the target of the horizontal bombers did not change and they continued to bomb the Japanese's outer defense line.

The Air Force Regiment had begun preparations for this bombing operation yesterday. They needed to carry out three bombings on the Japanese before it was time for the ground forces to launch an attack.

The bombing operation lasted until ten o'clock in the morning. As soon as the bomber unit completed the bombing, it immediately returned, which was half an hour earlier than the scheduled time.

"Zhu Zi, provide artillery cover immediately! Lao Li, lead the armored regiment to attack immediately!" Lin Zhenhua shouted while holding the intercom.