NCCnovel Chapter 208 All-Desert
Chapter 208 All-Desert
When Lieutenant Colonel Hans heard that the things had been brought back, he hurried over and opened the rag.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Lieutenant Colonel Hans' eyes were as big as copper bells, as if he had seen a ghost, and he did not care about his noble demeanor at all.
"How could they have such advanced Imperial weapons!"
You should know that the G43 automatic rifle was only mass-produced by the Walter Company a month ago, and Germany's own troops have not yet officially equipped it.
And this ancient oriental country actually equipped itself with this most advanced G43 semi-automatic rifle in large quantities!
Kenjiro Keisanura looked at the panicked Hans and sneered.
"Lieutenant Colonel Hans, do you believe it now? The independent column we are facing is an elite force armed to the teeth with German equipment! What you see are just light weapons. They also have mortars, infantry guns, armored vehicles, and even tanks!"
Lieutenant Colonel Hans's outlook on life was completely overturned, but he still couldn't believe that there were heavy weapons of the Empire in the northwest of China.
"General, maybe the Chinese squadron stole the gun blueprints and copied them. However, with their industrial capacity, even if they stole the blueprints of heavy artillery, armored vehicles and tanks, they can't make them by hand!"
"Then just wait and see!"
Kenjiro Kei Miura was unable to communicate with Hans, and now he finally understood the meaning of "Don't talk about ice with a summer insect."
What the Japanese devils in Qing Sanpu are most concerned about now is whether their troops can still capture Gaomiao Mountain.
According to intelligence, the independent column still has a large armored force.
Kenjiro Kei Miura only had a thousand Japanese puppet troops who escaped from Gaomiao Mountain, plus more than 59 Japanese troops from the 60th Brigade, which was supplemented by the th Brigade.
Plus a tank squadron.
Keimiura Kenjiro is going through a final ideological struggle. There are only two options before him:
One is to bet everything on a decisive battle with the Independent Column.
The second is to retreat to Jincheng and then plan for greater success.
But the gambler's mentality of the Japanese boy Qing Sanpu has now taken over, and he chose the first path.
"Send a telegram to General Shinozuka Yoshio, requesting support!"
Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan was looking at the battle report from Jincheng. Up to now, more than half of the troops under Kenjiro Kei Miura had been lost!
Moreover, a heavy artillery regiment was lost!
"Baga, what kind of enemy is General Qing Sanpu facing? Is there no opponent in the entire North China?"
"General Shinozuka, do you want to send reinforcements?"
Yoshio Shinozuka raised his hand to stop the Chief of Staff of the First Army.
"The Empire has already started fighting on multiple fronts. We can no longer invest more resources in the North China battlefield, so not a single soldier can be wasted!"
However, in order to prevent Keisuke Miura's participating troops from falling into desperate situation again, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the commander of the 3rd Independent Brigade, Kazuaki Ohara, who entered Linfen from Xi County, to lead his troops to approach Changzhi from the west.
独立第3混成旅团，下辖独立步兵第6、7、8、9、10大队、炮兵队、工兵队、通信队，一共八千余头，浩浩荡荡开拔东进。
The 65th Brigade stationed in the Yangquan area, under its command the 24th, 25th and 2627th Independent Infantry Battalions, with a total of more than people, pressed southward from the north.
For a time, a large number of Japanese devils appeared in the south, west and north of Changzhi and Pingshun.
Faced with the approaching army, Li Yunlong in the command headquarters of the independent column of the military fortress became happy instead.
"Haha, these little Japanese are determined to eat us up! Damn it, they really treat us like soft persimmons!"
"Commander, I see that the 65rd Mixed Brigade and the th Brigade are moving slowly. They don't seem to be in a hurry to attack. Could it be a feint? To relieve the pressure on the Japanese in Jincheng?"
"It's possible, but we still can't take it lightly!"
After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he shared the information with Ding Wei of the New 1st Regiment who was monitoring the north, and instructed Ding Wei to guard the north gate of the base.
In addition, to be on the safe side, Dai Anlan was ordered to lead two Type 5 medium tank battalions, the armored division artillery regiment, the mechanized infantry regiment, and the armored reconnaissance battalion of the armored division to move north of Changzhi City.
The Tiger heavy tank battalion of the armored division's tank regiment, the armored regiment and other direct-affiliated units continued to stay on the flank of Longding Mountain, ready to attack at any time.
After the deployment was completed, the First and Second Flight Squadrons of the Aviation Division took off to engage in a mixed formation of sixty aircraft from the Japanese Second Flight Regiment.
The commander of the Second Flying Group, Yoshio Ogawa, was flying a Zero fighter through the clouds and mist, leading thirty Zero fighters to guard around thirty bomber planes.
Yoshio Ogawa, who was far away from Pingshun, also saw the battle report that the 1st Air Regiment was completely annihilated. He was shocked and even more unbelievable.
In the Chongqing air battle and the Bishan air battle, the Japanese planes never suffered a defeat. They always treated the Chinese planes as paper kites in the sky.
However, the smooth air combat reports undoubtedly made Japanese pilots including Yoshio Ogawa begin to pay attention to the newly emerging air force in Shanxi.
Because no one in the 1st Flying Regiment survived, the Japanese only knew about the planes of the Independent Column Aviation Division from the few words that they were "fast, thickly armored, and powerful."
Yoshio Ogawa is not only an imperial soldier, but also an adventurer.
The competitive Yoshio Ogawa, for the first time, led the Second Flying Regiment to fight against the aviation division of the Independent Column.
"Elites of the Empire, the entire flying regiment was wiped out on the first day. We must stay alert! As long as we maximize the performance of the Zero fighters, we will surely defeat the enemy!"
There was a crackling noise in the Japs' frequency.
"Baga! Damn communication equipment!"
Finally, amid Ogawa Yoshio's curses, the communication equipment finally returned to normal.
"The fighter formations must entangle the enemy's fighter planes, and the bombers must penetrate at low altitude and drop aerial bombs on the Eighth Route Army on Gaomiao Mountain! Load on board!"
At this time, under the personal leadership of Lu Tianlong, all the aviation divisions of the independent regiment took off to avenge Xu Gun, the captain of the second flying squadron.
"Brothers! There is no news about Captain Xu Gun yet, but no matter what, this revenge must be put on the Japs! Commander Li has also issued an order to completely destroy all the Japs' planes and not let a single bomb fall on Gaomiao Mountain!"
There were waves of responses of "revenge" coming from the frequency.
All the F6F Hellcat fighters pulled up to closely monitor the movements below.
At this time, Kenjiro Keiichiro had completed his final mobilization and was ready to go all out.
More than 6,000 Japanese soldiers gathered in Lushan, preparing to launch the final attack on Gaomiao Mountain under the cover of aircraft and tank squadrons!
"Warriors of the Empire, today's battle will surely wipe out the shame of the defeat in Yuncheng and Changzhi! Please!"