Chapter 811 The best way to defend
Li Qinwei's vanguard had already arrived at the front line of Dagon and was repairing fortifications there. During this attack, Hu Bin, the staff of the entire command center, and the military chiefs of the front line knew that it would definitely be difficult to fight, and it would probably take a long time to attack.
The Japanese had already repaired permanent fortifications in Nabido, and the Japanese were also very well prepared in Nabido. Anti-tank trenches and fortifications were everywhere, and they could only rely on infantry to attack them. It would take a long time to rely on infantry to attack hundreds of thousands of Japanese.
Hu Bin and all the cadres were mentally prepared, so now they began to repair fortifications after they arrived at the front line.↖
"Baga. The enemy is coming!" At the Dagon command center, the Japanese commander Takezo Kobayashi cursed after receiving a report from the frontline observer.
He knew that the battle would start soon, and now it was daytime, and they dared not take the initiative to attack! Therefore, they could only wait until it was dark and after it was dark. Although the cannons did not dare to fire easily, infantry could still do it.
"Commander, this is a counterattack plan formulated by our General Staff. When we counterattack, we must deflect the enemy's armored troops. Otherwise, once their armored troops attack, our troops may not be able to stop them. Moreover, there are many new recruits here. Once the new recruits are afraid, it will affect the mood of the entire army!" A colonel adviser came to Takezo Kobayashi and said.
"Yoxi, we are not opponents of the enemy's armored troops. According to the previous notice, the enemy's armored troops will take infantry operations, so our troops must not be close to their tanks!" Kobayashi Takezo nodded when he heard this.
The tanks of Chinese troops really gave them a headache. If you want to counter Hu Bin's troops, you must find a way to avoid those tanks.
"We have made a plan here. After our artillery discovered the enemy's tank cluster, we fired the artillery. Anyway, our artillery can't play any role now. The enemy's planes are staring at us every day!" the staff officer said.
"No, no, the artillery should not move first, and we should not counterattack so quickly. Now they are anxious, not us, we cannot defend here, but we can use our artillery to bring huge damage to the enemy at the end!" Kobayashi Takesan heard it and shook his head and said.
He received an order from Okamura Yasuji that their first goal now is to destroy Hu Bin's troops as much as possible, causing huge casualties to Hu Bin's troops, and not to worry about the gains and losses of the positions, and use the method to counterattack in any way that kills and damages.
"Hi!" The staff officer nodded and said.
"The enemy has an air force, but in two days, after we have enough planes in Yangon, we will still come to compete with them for air supremacy. Therefore, we must protect our artillery now. Now it is the Chinese troops attacking, not our troops attacking, we can wait." Takezo Kobayashi looked at him and said.
"Hey, I understand. I'll modify the combat plan right away!" After the staff officer finished speaking to Takezo Kobayashi, he left immediately.
"Report, the headquarters' telegram!" a staff officer came over and said with a telegram.
When Kobayashi Takezo heard this, he took the telegram and started to look carefully.
"Yo Xi, it's just my wish!" Kobayashi Takezo nodded with satisfaction when he saw the telegram.
The headquarters sent a telegram saying that Takezo Kobayashi should not be afraid of heavy casualties when counterattacking. There will be a steady stream of troops coming over there. He just needs to command the troops to counterattack the Chinese troops, and also delay as much time as possible so that more troops will be sent over there.
At this time, in front of his position, Chinese engineers were using machinery to build fortifications. The soil here was still relatively soft. Hu Bin's engineers also equipped many American machinery, which could quickly dig fortifications. Therefore, trenches were quickly formed on the position.
However, this is just a simple trench, and infantry troops also need to come over to strengthen the fortifications, and anti-aircraft holes require those infantry to repair them.
At noon, the infantry troops arrived at various positions on the front line. After a simple lunch, they started to repair fortifications. Many vehicles transported a large amount of wood from a distance, and the soldiers used wood to repair fortifications!
The main ones are trenches and anti-aircraft holes. Other fortifications are not important. They are going to attack. At around 3 pm, Li Qinwei began to inspect the front troops.
"Teacher Li, there is no movement in the Japanese in front. We are repairing fortifications here, and the Japanese have no reaction at all. I am worried that the Japanese artillery will cause trouble. I am worried that they will bomb our fortifications at night. In this way, our casualties will be quite serious!" Lin Zeyu, the commander of the 251st Division, looked at Li Qinwei and said.
"No, they won't bomb tonight. Our artillery position has been repaired. Besides, we have repaired so many fortifications here. They will not be so stupid that they will expose their artillery position from the beginning. It is safe at night. They will wait for us to attack tonight!" Li Qinwei shook his head and said.
"Then should we launch a tentative attack?" Lin Zeyu said to Li Qinwei.
"Yes, but, don't send our infantry troops out, let the armored troops test their firepower! The infantry continues to repair our fortifications, and I feel that this battle is not that simple." Li Qinwei nodded and said.
"Okay, then I'll make arrangements!" Lin Zeyu nodded and said to Li Qinwei.
"Add to arrange it, I will observe the movements of the Japanese here later. Now the special forces have infiltrated. We must quickly find the Japanese artillery position. This is a huge threat to our infantry.
If I don't get rid of it for a day, I will worry that the Japanese artillery shells will fall on our infantry's heads, as well as the permanent fortifications in front of the Japanese positions. We must kill them and let them open fire!" Li Qinwei said with a telescope and looked at the Japanese positions.
"We can only use tanks. In the evening, we can let the bombers explode a few passages so that our armored troops can lean over and test their firepower points." Lin Zeyu also looked ahead and said.
"Well, let the Air Force bombard you later!" Li Qinwei nodded and said.
And the same is true for Xiang Feng. When their troops arrived there, they did not launch an attack immediately, but waited to repair the fortifications first, and then attack Nabido could not be defeated in one day. Defensiveness was first done before they could launch an attack without any scruples.
"Report, the latest statistics on the entire defense line of Naibido!" A staff officer came to Hu Bin with a document and said.
Hu Bin heard it, took it, and looked at it carefully.
"Made, in 3 days, 70,000 people are increasing rapidly?" Hu Bin cursed after seeing the statistical report of the Japanese troops. This was still the troops they could detect, and there must be Hu Bin's reconnaissance troops that had not been detected.
"There are 380,000 people in the entire Nabido defense line. We expect that if the Japanese want to make this place the main battlefield, they will continue to increase their troops!" A senior staff officer said to Hu Bin.
"Yeah!" Hu Bin frowned and looked at the document. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say anything wrong!
"Save the documents here first. Nabido has any changes in military strength. I will notify me as soon as possible!" Hu Bin said to the staff officer who came to report.
"Yes!" The staff officer left immediately.
"Please help me watch. The Japanese will change their troops in the entire Nabido in the next two days. I want to know what the Japanese are trying to make. Our side is not the main battlefield at all. The Japanese want to defend us. Now these troops are completely enough, but I have a premonition that the Japanese will definitely continue to increase their troops in Nabido. This is a very strange thing.
They should be fighting Wei Lihuang's troops as soon as possible, rather than competing with us here. We should be competing with them!" Hu Bin said to the senior staff officer who had just spoken.
"I understand, but Brother Bin, I have a guess. I feel that the Japanese may exert force at the same time!" The senior staff officer said to Hu Bin.
"Why?" Hu Bin asked looking at him.
"Brother Bin, the Japanese Air Force is short of troops now, and the ground troops, we have tanks, so we have formed a powerful offensive. It is impossible to completely block us. I guess the Japanese may counterattack us!" said the senior staff officer to Hu Bin.
"Counterattack us?" Hu Bin heard it and immediately began to think about it carefully.
"Yes, the best defense is attack!" the senior adviser nodded.
"Huh, it makes no sense. When we attack us, Okamura Yanji must prepare for many casualties. Even if those troops are not real Japanese, training will still cost money!" Hu Bin exhaled and said.
"I don't know this, but I feel that the Japanese will fight back this time. Brother Bin, think about it, they were pure defense on the Malai defense line before, but in the end, they couldn't defend at all. Of course, they underestimated the offensive of our troops there, but now our offensive is even stronger here. I think they won't know that it's useless to just defend simply!" The senior staff officer looked at Hu Bin and said.
"That's right!" Hu Bin nodded, his analysis was indeed correct.
Chapter completed!