Chapter 867: Save it for tomorrow
Compared to the sinister battlefield on the southern front, the situation on the two hills on the northern front was a reenactment yesterday.
The Japanese bombarded and even pulled the cannons.
It just can't catch the mountain.
What's strange is that the brigade sent by the Japanese today is particularly cautious in attacking.
Whether it is the battlefield of the 66th Division or the battlefield of the 168th Division.
The battle situation from the telegram.
Japanese planes and artillery bombard positions very hard.
Several of the two hills on the east and west sides, the castle that exposed its firepower, exploded and collapsed.
In the eyes of the defenders, the Japanese were not as hard as they were yesterday.
Most often, light and heavy machine guns are mounted on the front line to shoot at the target.
The machine gun troops in the tunnel behind the mountain were unhappy and carried two m2 through the tunnel. The machine gun positions at the frontier of the Japanese pushed out all their few 37 war defense guns.
The machine cannon camp and Li Deyou Group were so scared that they hurriedly retreated to the high hillside of the second-tier position.
Even so, the Japanese were unwilling to attack fiercely, occupying the front line of trenches at the low hillside, and tentatively moving the heavy machine gun position supported by the firepower behind forward.
Just moved forward to the foot of the mountain.
Tan Wangsong, with his Italian cannon and grenade launcher team, touched the front line of trenches, and shot at the newly built machine gun position of the Japanese.
The Japanese were beaten back again.
Until dark, the Japanese attacked once, with at most one squadron casualties.
The casualties of the Japanese troops attacked from two positions were not even as good as those of landmines and explosives on the road.
It means that both sides consume a lot of ammunition.
Especially machine gun bullets.
"Little hill, Deng Xihou and Guo Xunqi on the southern front are both shouting for luck. Today is the south wind. The Japanese didn't pay attention to the plane at first, and the sulfur and poisonous gas bombs dropped and the poisonous gas floated to their own people. I was afraid that the old Japanese Itagaki would jump out of their feet in anger!"
The Japanese were very steady and wanted to consume the Sichuan army through planes and artillery.
The two attacks on the southern line in the afternoon were both test firepower points and did not launch a crazy attack.
The 144th Division and the 128th Division were not very hard today.
The positions are designed according to the positions on the Northern Line.
Many tunnels are reinforced with rails and cement.
More than 100,000 people mobilized to help in three nearby counties.
Trenches and air defense fortifications, where are the mountains suitable for digging tunnels?
"It's good. Commander Guo said that the Japanese were afraid that the wind would blow to their positions, so they did not dare to use mustard gas to attack. The consumption of gas masks would be saved and they could use them tomorrow!"
Zhou Xiaoshan and Feng Tiankui looked at the sand table, where the Japanese army marked the positions on the north and south lines.
And the Sichuan Army was a little stunning in the location where the tunnel was built. Guo Xunqi sent a telegram and he wanted to attack Itagaki through the tunnel tonight. Both of them felt that it was a bit abnormal.
Feng Ping complained.
"What's wrong with the Central Army? The Japanese have been here for three days, why haven't they attacked? Are you going to wait for the Sichuan Army to die?"
Liu Xiang waved his hand.
"It's not that there is no reinforcement. Girl, you don't understand what your military officer is thinking. He and Xue Yue have gone together!"
Feng Ping's surprised expression was quite cute. Liu Ziman walked to her and pointed to the sky.
"Master, Sister Ziman, what does it mean?"
"No matter whether it is the Northwest Army, the Yunnan Army, other local army, or the Central Army, attacking the two and a half divisions of the Japanese. You said, how much casualties are there in the sky?"
I understand, Feng Tiankui and Xue Yue both want the Sichuan Army to hold on for the time being, not only to wipe out the Japanese army's sharpness and consume the Japanese army's ammunition.
I hope God will help you, and there will be a rain.
Once it rains, clouds will not only cause great difficulties for the plane to find targets.
It can also protect the Chinese army from gathering on a large scale without being bombed.
"Oh my God, what if it doesn't rain?"
"What should I do? Cook your crow!"
The command center burst into laughter.
Only then did Feng Ping realize that the entire Five War Zone was praying for rain. If there was a spring rain that lasted for more than 30 hours in the next few days, it would be perfect.
Defensive forces need tunnels to support air defense.
The attacking troops only have night attacks. The darkness has to catch the enemy from relatively far and hidden places. After a few hours, they may not be able to attack the Japanese camp in the middle of the night.
When the sky dawns, rush into the pile of Japanese soldiers and fight with them, the planes in the sky can be worried.
The commander also had concerns about the way to fight with the same death.
As for the current aircraft density over Shandong, how much does it cost to conquer the two and a half divisions on the southern line of the Japanese.
Xue Yue definitely can't make the decision.
"If you support this, the Sichuan Army will suffer too much casualties! Can the southern line withstand it?"
She looked at Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang's eyes showed a determination to fight to the end.
"If you can stand it, you can't stand it and fight. It won't rain in two days. At that time, we will consider Guo Xunqi's army, Deng Xihou's army evacuated from the northeast direction or the Fifth War Zone will allow other troops to reinforce the Sichuan army from the northeast direction!"
Seishiro Itagaki led two and a half divisions, attacking Guo Xunqi in a roundabout way from the southwest direction.
They have received accurate information.
In front of them are the 144th Division and the 128th Division.
In fact, judging from the attack formation that Itagaki set out, he was even more worried that the southern battle was too great, and hoped to defeat Guo Xunqi, go north to join Nishio Shou and attack Feng Tiankui.
Therefore, he did not divide his troops to intercept Guo Xunqi's troops in the northeast direction, and he also hoped to drive Guo Xunqi to Yimeng Mountain.
"Xiaoshan, I heard that the Japanese in the south, like the Japanese in the attacking the 66th Army, are working hard to build fortifications!"
Feng Tiankui and Zhou Xiaoshan didn't think much about it when they received the telegram.
Suddenly I remembered that there were two tunnels on the west side of the Japanese base on the southern front and the foot of the northern position at the foot of the position, passing through the Japanese position from the underground.
If you dig too deep, or just encounter a temporary blocked and hidden exit, set up a trap and wait for cheating in the jar.
That's quite troublesome.
"In this way, send a telegram to Chief Guo and ask them if the Japanese Itagaki Division is looking for authentic intentions to build fortifications!"
"His concern is right. In order to place the night long dreams, the Japanese discovered the tunnel on the southern line. Give them a try tonight. The Japanese will definitely be prepared to let them pay attention to the scale of the night attack and try to fight!"
According to the frontier observation post, the three divisions outside the 66th Army's position today did not seem to be suspected of actively digging out tunnels.
Actually, this is very troublesome.
The Japanese army bombarded the enemy indiscriminately, but the effect was not great.
All fools know that there is authenticity.
The situation on the North Line is different from that on the South Line, and the people on the North Line are less involved.
The southern line built the tunnel and put in great effort were the people of the three counties.
Since the Japanese knew that the Sichuan Army was in the north and south of Teng County, they were in danger and guarded, they might also know authentic things.
Seeing the Japanese on the northern line digging positions at the foot of the mountain.
Feng Tiankui was worried and happy again.
Fortunately, the Japanese seemed to have plans to move forward to the camp, which would facilitate the Sichuan army's night attack.
What I was worried about is that the fortifications dug by the Japanese were too deep, exposing the authenticity, and arousing the Japanese's vigilance.
Chapter completed!