Chapter 369 Xue Yue: Find a way to increase the number of fighter planes! "There are necessary losses. If we continue to attack, we must capture Yiyang City as quickly as possible." After a moment of silence, Lieutenant General Kawami Mi, the commander of the 14th Division, said again. "Hai, let the 2nd Wing continue the attack?" Chief of Staff Colonel Nakagawa Shu suggested. "Xin Xi, then let the 2nd Regiment launch the attack, and first withdraw the 15th Regiment to rest." Lieutenant General Kawami Mi nodded in agreement. After receiving the order, Colonel Oigawa Hachiro of the Second Regiment turned pale. He had just received news that the cunning Chinese army on the opposite side had actually planted landmines in front of the position. This is not good news. Especially when two squadrons fell directly in front of the enemy's position, the captain of the 15th Wing was so angry that he cursed. Fortunately, the summary of experience was quickly delivered. This is the advantage of the Type A division. It can summarize the enemy's combat methods at any time and modify tactics according to the combat methods.

During the attack just now, the combat staff of the division and regiment headquarters had seen the Chinese people's performance from beginning to end. They had empty firepower, but they did not use it. It's obvious that there aren't many veterans in this unit, most of them are new recruits. That's why this happens. Normally, this should not happen. Especially at the beginning of the battle, there was a bit of chaos, the firepower was messy, there was no sense of rhythm at all, and the accuracy of the mortars was also inaccurate. But they didn't expect that this Chinese army, which they looked down upon, would actually be playing dirty tricks. They even placed mines in front of the position, which resulted in two squadrons of the 15th Wing being sent away directly. Fortunately, he knew that the mines in front of the position had been used up, so there should be no problem next. Colonel Oigawa Hachiro of the 2nd Regiment secretly made up his mind to eliminate these Chinese people and establish the prestige of the 2nd Regiment. For people like them who are from civilian backgrounds without titles, if they want to climb up, they can only work hard with their lives. Or if you go above and below, you may have a chance to change your destiny. "Order, the 1st Brigade is ready, and the 2nd Brigade is ready to support." Colonel Oigawa Hachiro said. "Hai." After receiving the order, the first brigade immediately prepared. Once the smoke cleared, they prepared to launch a new attack. "These new recruits are still not calm enough." Seeing the excited expressions of the soldiers, Liu Zhengfu also laughed. As long as they survive this hurdle, this unit will grow up quickly and finally form its own unique military spirit. There is no way, because most of his troops are new recruits. As long as you survive this battle, the rest will be much smoother. "Report, the division's direct artillery battery is ready." At this time, the communications staff stood up and reported. "Fire support is available at all times." "Okay, we came just in time. This time we have to let the little Japs have a taste of being bombarded by artillery shells." Looking at the Japs slowly approaching again, Liu Zhengfu showed a ferocious smile on his face.

This time, in order to make the 58th Army of the Yunnan Army come to support willingly, Xue Yue specially supported a batch of 81mm mortars and 120mm mortars. If it were before, Xue Yue would definitely not be so generous. But this time with the help of the Nanyang Task Force, Xue Yue became more generous. After obtaining these mortars, Army Commander Sun Du organized the 120mm heavy mortars into a military artillery battalion. The remaining 81mm mortars were assigned to each division to form an artillery company directly under the division. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the 58th Army of the Yunnan Army has been significantly enhanced. It was these mortars that gave the 58th Army of the Yunnan Army the confidence to continue fighting. Otherwise, it is simply unrealistic to defend Yiyang with those rags. This time, the first brigade of the second wing still followed the previous tactical actions, pretending to repeat it. Mortars, grenades, and heavy machine guns kept changing their positions, and the attack speed was also very fast. But unfortunately this time, as soon as we advanced to about 300 meters, we were hit by mortar fire. The power of the 81mm mortar is still acceptable, especially if it hits it regardless of consumption. The Japanese army still suffered a lot. For a time, fierce artillery fire directly covered the entire front line of the position. "Quick, order the First Brigade to retreat quickly. It's too late." Colonel Oigawa Hachiro, who was always paying attention to the situation on the front line, heard an explosion that sounded like a landslide and the earth was cracking, and he knew something was wrong. Unfortunately, his order was too late, and the position covered by artillery fire could not retreat at all. Ten minutes later, the sound of artillery stopped, and the originally flat position turned into pits and craters everywhere. After getting the order to retreat, they began to retreat. After counting, there were less than 400 people left in the first brigade. Colonel Oigawa Hachiro's eyes darkened and he almost fainted on the ground. "Baga, why do these Chinese troops have so many mortars? Aren't they a miscellaneous army?" Colonel Oigawa Hachiro roared angrily. Before that, they learned that the unit defending the city was the 58th Army of the Yunnan Army, and it turned out that its combat effectiveness was pretty good. But after years of wear and tear, its combat effectiveness is no longer that strong. I originally thought it would be an easy task, but who knew it would turn out to be difficult. "These should be American-made mortars." "Bagaya road." This time, Colonel Oigawa Hachiro was so angry that he immediately grabbed a second lieutenant who had withdrawn and shouted. "Where is your captain? Where is he?" The second lieutenant looked at him with blank eyes, not knowing what the officer in front of him was talking about, and at the same time he gestured to his ears with his hands. When Colonel Oigawa Hachiro saw the second lieutenant's dazed expression and his ears bleeding, his heart sank. He knew that the other party had become deaf. This is not good news.

Thinking of this, Colonel Oigawa Hachiro's face became extremely gloomy. Just now I was laughing at others, who knew it would be my turn. "Your Excellency, Captain, our captain has been shattered. He was hit by the first round of artillery fire just now..." The only remaining lieutenant ran over to report. At the end of the sentence, he could no longer say anything, lowered his head and cried. "Bagaya Deer!" Colonel Oigawa Hachiro roared angrily. One of his captains is gone. More importantly, he didn't even touch the opponent's position. This is too hard to believe. Is this still the motley crew of China? How come the Chinese army has become so powerful in just over a year? It's completely different from what I remember. More importantly, most of the officers in the First Battalion were shattered. That is to say, the first brigade is now in a state of paralysis. The furious Colonel Oigawa Hachiro pulled out his command sword, waved it in the air a few times, as if to vent his anger, and then reported to his subordinates behind him. "Report to the division commander and request artillery support. I must cut off the head of the Chinese commander on the opposite side to pay tribute to my fallen warriors. Only their blood can wash away the shame of the 2nd Regiment." "Hai." The battle here is in full swing, and the defense line of the newly formed 11th Division on the other side is also facing a test of artillery fire. Under the cover of artillery fire, the 59th Regiment launched an attack on the newly formed 11th Division from the side. This time I learned to be smart, changed my tactics, and started attacking from different directions. Fortunately, the commander of the new 11th Division, Lu Daoyuan, knew that the Japanese were difficult to deal with and he also knew his own situation. So he dug the defense very tightly. Therefore, when the Japanese army came, they were completely dumbfounded when faced with the defensive line they dug that was tighter than a tortoise shell, as well as foxholes and communication trenches. There were dense mines all around, so the Japanese 59th Regiment had no choice. You must know that the 59th Wing has never fought such a frustrating battle, and this time it made them suffer a lot. So the artillery was immediately ordered to fire on the opposite position. As the sound of cannons sounded, there was a slight panic in the position of the newly formed 11th Division. The new soldiers were afraid of cannons. As soon as the cannons fired, the defense line suddenly became a little loose. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Daoyuan immediately went to the front line in person to boost morale. It took a lot of effort to calm down the panic. With the help of veterans, the recruits quickly got through the initial tense stage. "If we continue fighting like this, the veterans will be completely exhausted and only the new recruits will be left. Then it will be difficult to fight." Lu Daoyuan said with emotion as he looked at the new recruits. "Damn it, you veterans, what do you do for a living? Don't you know the new recruits are afraid of cannons? Keep your spirits up."

"If you see the new recruits running around, hold them down and don't let them run around." "Boom!" A shell fell not far from Lu Daoyuan, and the dust splashed made Lu Daoyuan choked and speechless. "Bah! Dog Day's artillery fire is quite accurate." Lu Daoyuan spat out the gravel in his mouth and loudly said to the correspondent beside him: "Hurry up and contact the air support and ask when it will arrive." "Master, I just contacted you. The military commander said that we have been contacted. I'm afraid it will take a while, because the Japanese army is launching a large-scale attack and air support is needed everywhere. It will take a long time to send us." The correspondent quickly reported. "Mader, you little sons of bitches, forget it, let the division's artillery company provide artillery support immediately." Seeing that the air force was hopeless, Lu Daoyuan could only let the artillery company provide fire cover. "Master, half of our artillery was knocked out by the Japs just now, and the rest is still being transferred." the combat staff reminded carefully. "Forget it, contact the military commander." Lu Daoyuan waved his hand. He must have been numb and could only ask the communications staff to contact Sun Du. "Hey, military seat, I'm Lu Daoyuan. I'm in some trouble. I'm asking for artillery fire support." Lu Daoyuan said simply and clearly. "What, where is your artillery battery?" Sun Du asked with a frown after receiving the call. "More than half have been lost, and only a few artillery pieces are left. The kid's artillery fire is so accurate. Please ask the military commander to let the artillery battalion cover the five hundred meters in front of my position with artillery fire." Lu Daoyuan said. "I know, there's only five minutes of artillery coverage." Sun Du thought for a moment and could only use the 120mm mortar. Fortunately, this distance is enough. Soon the 120mm mortar shells exploded on the Japanese position. "Baga Yalu, **** the Chinese, they actually have large-caliber heavy artillery." Colonel Ichiro Banishi, captain of the 59th Regiment, cursed. With the fire support of heavy artillery, the nervousness of the recruits disappeared a lot. "Damn it, blow up these little devils, blow them up hard." Lu Daoyuan couldn't help but feel excited when he saw the little devils being blown up by the 120mm mortar. "Hit me hard, you **** little brat." Suddenly countless tongues of fire opened fire towards the path of the Japanese. For a time, many Japanese soldiers who were not eager to evade were shot and fell to the ground. Scenes like this were played out in several areas. The five divisions of the Kwantung Army are indeed very powerful. Coupled with the attack of fighter planes, the offensive efficiency was very slow, and several positions were occupied one after another. "It's not good. This little devil's attack is very fierce." Wu Yizhi, the chief of staff, frowned slightly after summarizing all the telegrams. Although they are already very proficient in Tianlu tactics, this time it is still a bit difficult to face the attack of five Japanese divisions and more than 100,000 people. He always felt that this time he was overconfident and there was no need to fight the Japanese army to the end. Even if they now have several divisions of fine equipment, they can completely avoid war. "It's okay, it's still within my expectations." Xue Yue said calmly. For him, it's okay so far.

"Although our casualties are heavy, the casualties of the Japanese army are also great. As long as we can hold on, it is the Japanese army that cannot." Xue Yue continued after reading the telegram. "Without the fine weapons and equipment of these divisions, how could there have been such heavy casualties? In just a few days, at least more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers were killed. This is not a small number." "These are the elites of the Japanese army, all veterans. If they are used up a few more times, the Japanese army will not be able to hold on, and then we can launch a counterattack." "And don't forget, the Fifth War Zone is still watching eagerly from the sidelines." "Once they have the chance, they will definitely find a way to regain Jiangcheng." "So now we just have to keep going." Hearing this, Wu Yizhi nodded, but did not refute. "But now the veterans in the frontline units are being used up too fast. They are all new recruits, and problems can easily arise." This is what he is more worried about. In the past, the recruit rate was at most 20-30%, but now it is almost 50%, and some troops have even reached 70%. This is already a very scary ratio. One veteran has to lead several new recruits. It is easy to get into trouble when encountering Japanese shelling. "There is no way. Several consecutive wars have exhausted our veterans. If we had these American equipment earlier, we wouldn't be so miserable." Xue Yue stretched out his hands with a look of helplessness. "Forget it, let's not talk about this now. Thanks to the support of fighter planes, otherwise, this battle will be more difficult to fight." "We can find a way to let them send more fighter planes. We can provide airports so that they don't have to transfer." There is only support from dozens of fighter planes every day, although it is much better than before. But compared to the brutal fighting on the front line, it is still far from enough. It would be best to increase the number of fighters to hundreds. "I'm afraid there's not much hope. They've also been fighting against the Japanese recently, and their consumption is no less than ours." Wu Yizhi hesitated and told the news he had learned. "Let's try it. They are preparing for the American exam. They have deep pockets and should have a way to solve it." Xue Yue thought for a while and threw the problem to the other party. "yes." (End of chapter)