Most of the materials used in the Japanese bunkers and artillery towers were mixed with soil and millet straw.

The artillery tower at the important point is made of bricks.

Grenades don't work at all.

Ding Wei ordered the troops, infantry artillery and mortars to fire together,

A hole was torn from the front of the Japanese defensive position.

The Zuoyun area is full of plains, with no mountains or hills, and the troops are not blocked when fighting.

It is easy to suffer losses when attacking in such a place.

Moreover, the Japanese army's bunkers and artillery towers were intertwined, and there were a lot of them.

It is not that easy to tear a hole.

Fortunately, the brigade commander's order was to fight slowly, don't worry, just take Zuo Yun down within three days.

The current mission of their new regiment is to force Zuo Yun’s Japanese army to ask for help from the 15th Japanese Brigade in Datong.

This is a common tactic of war, which surrounds and attacks the reinforcements.

Ding Wei is good at this.

Ding Wei's plan was to clear the Japanese army's peripheral positions on the first day. In order to successfully annihilate Zuo Yun's Japanese army in the next step, it was necessary to cleanly remove the bunkers and artillery towers that were defending the front of the Japanese army.

In this way, his troops could successfully surround Zuo Yun.

On the first day, when the Japanese army was launched, Zuo Yun's Japanese army would definitely immediately ask for help from the 15th Brigade of Datong.

I am the main force. If the artillery battalion kills several artillery towers, if the Japanese are not stupid, they will definitely know that it is the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

In order to make the Japanese army convinced that the main force was attacking them, Ding Wei directly let the troops go all out.

Hula, there were soldiers from Ding Wei's new regiment everywhere outside Zuoyun, densely packed.

Five thousand people!

This unfolding cannot be seen at all.

Originally, the Japanese army outside Zuoyun was a little confused by the infantry cannons of the New Regiment. When he saw the opponent's troops, he was immediately scared.

"Baga! This is the opponent's main force! Report to the captain immediately, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is attacking us! The number of people is about 8,000! Request for reinforcements!!"

The sergeant in a Japanese artillery tower immediately asked the Japanese to call Zuo Yun's Japanese army.

Was the other party crazy today?

Why did you suddenly attack here?

At this time, the Japanese captain in Zuo Yun had already walked out of the room. He felt a little strange after hearing the sound of cannons.

The soldier who reported just now said that he was the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

It seems to be true.

Ah, I blamed him for the wrong thing.

But I will fight after I fight. Who made me so skillful?

Hearing the sound of cannons coming from afar, the Japanese captain Tatsuo of the Ink ordered his troops to reinforce Zuo Yun's peripheral positions.

If the other party actually has a cannon, it must be the main force.

Judging from the sound of cannons, there must be seven or eight infantry cannons just.

There is also the sound of mortars.

Taoyuki Oi frowned and thought for a moment.

He probably knew the opponent's weapon equipment configuration.

Even the opponent's main force, a regiment's army, had no infantry artillery at all.

The seven or eight infantry artillery, calculated according to the opponent's organization, must be organized by a brigade.

It was almost the same to use a brigade to attack Zuo Yun.

The other party has about 3,000 to 4,000 people in a brigade.

Yoxi!

Absolutely not bad.

Taoyuki Inoue nodded and agreed to his analysis.

Compared with the opponent's combat effectiveness, their troops are normally converted from five to one.

Five times the opponent's troops can tie with their troops.

However, this ratio is converted to field troops.

If it was a guardian like them, the ratio would be changed to three to one.

Moreover, this is just a rough idea, not accurate.

This time the other party actually had infantry artillery, which shows that they were sure to win Zuo Yun.

Then my brigade has not enough staff!

Zuo Yun’s location is very important.

It is the forefront of the entire Datong.

It is directly connected to the base of the Eighth Route Army, and its location is very important and cannot be missed.

"Immediately send a message to the brigade commander. In the Zuoyun area, I found that the opponent's main force had about 6,000 troops, and asked for reinforcements."

Taoyuki Inoue directly doubled his estimated number.

Only in this way can the brigade commander send troops here.

If the report says there are only three thousand people, the brigade commander will scold him as a stupid pig.

The commander of the 15th Japanese Brigade of the 15th Japanese Army, who received the telegram, was shocked.

Zuo Yun actually appeared in the opponent's main force.

Take the initiative to attack Zuo Yun?

What's going on?

This situation is very rare.

The last large-scale operation of the opponent's troops was to attack Ping'an County.

At that time, the other party dispatched 10,000 people.

It's been a long time since last time.

This time, another 8,000 people were dispatched to attack Zuo Yun. Did it stimulate them again?

The Japanese military brigade commander Xiaoyuan Masata looked at the map in his war room and was very puzzled.

Eight thousand people...

There are also infantry artillery, which must be undoubtedly the opponent's troops.

"Order, the 116th Regiment and the 127th Regiment, immediately reinforce Zuo Yun. The troops surrounding the opponent must be wiped out."

No matter what, this unit must be annihilated.

He actually took the initiative to attack Zuo Yun, and he was too brave.

The two Japanese corpses who received the order immediately set out from Datong to prepare to reinforce Zuo Yun.

Xu Hu's special forces were already near Datong. As soon as the Japanese detachments came out, Xu Hu immediately sent a telegram to Li Lei.

After receiving the telegram, Li Lei ordered the regiment to temporarily prepare for battle and must kill these two Japanese regiments.

Due to ammunition issues, Li Lei did not dispatch two armored battalions, nor did the heavy artillery battalion.

Just let the first and second battalions lie in the Qifeng Mountain area of ​​Huayan Temple.

The third, fourth and fifth camps were sent by Li Lei to Yanggao, Yangyuan and Huohaoling areas, preparing to stop the Japanese reinforcements coming from Zhangjiakou.

At the same time, Li Lei also received news from David that the ammunition he ordered had been shipped to Midway Island.

If there is no accident, Chen Anping will dock at the Shanghai Port in five days.

Li Lei immediately contacted Wang Manchun and told her that a batch of important goods would arrive at the Shanghai port within a week, so that she must ensure that the batch of goods entered Hengshe smoothly and shipped to Shanxi.

If everything goes well, this batch of ammunition will be shipped in about eight days.

Now Li Lei has the confidence.

Once Datong is shot, this batch of ammunition will be put into the next battle immediately.

Very timely.

Ding Wei's new regiment is still in the airshot.

Although the power of infantry cannons is incomparable to howitzers, they are still more than enough to shoot artillery towers.
To be continued...