Anhua County, the headquarters of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army.

Inoue Sadae suddenly said: "Kun Sakamoto, the 290th Infantry Regiment stationed in Kou Prefecture only sent one infantry brigade to reinforce Heian County. Would the troops be too thin? If they were surrounded by heavy troops from the Eighth Route Army on the way,

That's a bit troublesome. No matter what, the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi has more than 30,000 people."

But Takaichi Sakamoto smiled and said, "The division commander is too worried."

Sadae Inoue frowned and said, "Sakamoto, am I really worried about it?"

"Yes, you're really worried about it." Sakamoto Takaichi said, "The Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi has more than 30,000 people. This is a fact, but they must leave a certain number of troops to guard the bandit area. The three bandit areas can even cost five or six thousand people, so the mobile force that can be used for combat is only about 25,000."

He paused and said, "According to the usual practice of the Eighth Route Army and combined with the Utada United report, the Eighth Route Army besieged Heian County, had at least 15,000 people."

"Because the Eighth Route Army had to concentrate at least five times the advantage of troops before it dared to launch a tough battle."

"Then, the Eighth Route Army can be used to block Gan County. The Imperial Army's troops to Ping'an County in the direction of Anhua will be only about 10,000, and each direction will be at most 5,000 people."

After another pause, he said: "Even if the Eighth Route Army adopts a differentiated strategy,"

"One of the parties only deployed a small number of troops to block the attack, and concentrating the main force in the other direction was only about 8,000 troops."

"Eight thousand people?" Sadashi Inoue's face changed slightly, "There's not many?"

Sadao Fujimoto, Miya Igarashi and several combat staff also changed slightly.

Sadao Inoue said again: "If the Eighth Route Army deploys its main force in the direction of Han Prefecture, then the infantry brigade that reinforces Ping'an Prefecture from Han Prefecture will be fiercely besieged by the Eighth Route Army with eight times the strength of the troops! Although the tactical qualities of the Imperial Army are far better than those of the Eighth Route Army, it is probably a bit of danger under the siege of the Eighth Route Army with eight times the strength of the troops."

"So what?" Sakamoto said coldly, "If the Eighth Route Army really deploys its main force in the direction of Yan Prefecture, then the reinforcements from the Anhua direction can easily break through the Eighth Route Army's blockade and form an internal and external attack with the Utada Brigade in Heian Prefecture, and the Eighth Route Army's offensive collapsed."

"This..." Sadao Inoue was speechless when he heard this, he sang a good show of throwing a pawn to protect the car?

If the Eighth Route Army really deployed its main force in the direction of Dong County, it would really be like picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

After a while, Sadao Inoue said again: "So, what if the Eighth Route Army distributed its troops equally in both directions and was determined to block the Imperial Army? It would be difficult for the two reinforcements of the Imperial Army to break through, right?"

"Not all." Sakamoto waved his hand and said, "If the Eighth Route Army distributed its troops equally and focused on blocking, it would be impossible for reinforcements from the Han Prefecture direction to make a breakthrough, but the reinforcements from the Anhua direction could definitely be able to break through, and they could enter the Heian Prefecture before dawn at the latest."

Sadae Inoue said, "Sakamoto is so sure?"

"Yes." Takaichi Sakamoto said, "because war has iron laws, just as a recruit cannot grow into a veteran without the battle on the battlefield, and an officer cannot become an excellent commander without the test of iron and blood. If the focus is expanded to an army, the same is true."

"An army needs to go through war before it can grow."

"You must go through a defensive battle before you know how to fight a defensive battle."

"Only after experiencing a tough battle can you know how to fight a tough battle."

"By the same token, only by experiencing large-scale field battles can we know how to fight in field battles!"

"Before this, the Eighth Route Army had almost no record of large-scale field battles with the Imperial Army."

"So I don't believe that the Eighth Route Army can understand the essence of field battles without similar experience!"

"So even though the Eighth Route Army has the advantage of military strength, it may even have the advantage of firepower.

But it is a delusion to try to exert their strength and firepower advantages in field battles."

After a pause, Takaichi Sakamoto said again: "So, even if the Imperial Army has only half of the Eighth Route Army's strength, there is still a chance to defeat the Eighth Route Army in field battles. The reason is also very simple, because the Imperial Army has experienced too many field battles, but the Eighth Route Army has almost never experienced field battles."

Sadao Inoue was silent.

It sounds very reasonable.

Zhanggezhuang, the First Detachment Headquarters.

Li Xiaoxian hurried into the shelter and reported: "Captain, the Japanese are here!"

"Who are you calling the commander?" Kong Jie said angrily, "I am the commander now!"

"Oh yes, commander." Li Xiaoxian smiled and said, "Report to the commander, the devils are here."

"I'll come when I come, what are you doing when I scream?" Ding Wei said, "It's not that I haven't seen it before. Besides, I've seen it in the cannon mirror just now."

"Isn't that kind of person?"

"It's not enough for our team to get stuck in the teeth."

After pausing, Ding Wei said again: "Order the 1st Regiment to use the highway to block the Japanese, and the other regiments and artillery regiments will stay with me."

Li Xiaoxian immediately grabbed the phone and issued a combat order.

Guns and rumbling explosions were soon heard in front of them.

After a while, the phone ringing in the cover room rang.

"Hey?" Li Xiaoxian grabbed the phone and asked, "Where are you?"

"Oh, are you the Tianlang Brigade? What, the parameters of the Japanese artillery positions have been calibrated?"

"Okay, you will inform the artillery regiment immediately, and I will ask the commander immediately."

Speaking of hanging up the phone, Li Xiaoxian asked Ding Wei again: "Commander, the parameters of the Japanese artillery positions have been calibrated by the people of the Wolf Warrior Team. Should the artillery regiment launch a strike?

"Fight! Fight firmly!" Ding Wei said, "First use two rounds of artillery to destroy the Japanese artillery positions, and then use artillery fire to clean the Japanese infantry attack positions!"

The fire of the fire was learned from Wang Yena.

Ding Wei felt that he was quite domineering, so he would use it now.

"Yes!" Li Xiaoxian agreed and grabbed the phone.

"Hey, is the artillery regiment? My headquarters! The commander ordered you to immediately follow the parameters provided by the Wolf Warrior Brigade,

Clean the Japanese artillery positions and infantry attack positions!”

Hearing this, Ding Wei got behind the Sixteenth Periscope.

The Sixteenth Periscope is the standard configuration for the American Armored Division artillery units.

The artillery regiment directly under the Northwest Shanxi Column had two sixteen-fold periscopes, and Ding Wei took one to his headquarters.

It is convenient for him to observe the real situation on the battlefield.

Through the field of view of the artillery mirror, you can clearly see flowing light passing through the night sky, then landing on the Japanese positions, and then bursting with dazzling red lights.

The red light burst out for more than ten seconds before the explosion was heard.

From this, Ding Wei can estimate that the bounce point is about five kilometers away.

Unfortunately, since it is night, the battlefield is invisible.

I don’t know if the artillery regiment’s artillery attacks had destroyed the Japanese artillery positions.

However, Ding Wei felt that with the tactical qualities of the Wolf Warrior Team, there should be no incorrect parameters, and the artillery regiment only needs to shell according to the calibration parameters, so any problem will be even more impossible.

So the situation in the Japanese side should not be too optimistic.

The situation on the Japanese side is not just not optimistic?

The reinforcements of Ping'an County from the direction of Anhua were the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 292nd Infantry Regiment, plus the 1st Battalion of the Mountain Artillery and the direct search team of the division.

The leader of the 292nd Infantry Regiment was the captain of the 292nd Infantry Regiment, Colonel Tokuda Satoshi.

After being blocked by the Eighth Route Army, Tokuda Satomori ordered the 2nd Infantry Battalion to launch a tentative attack.

After discovering that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side had strong firepower, Tokuda Satomori immediately ordered the 1st Mountain Artillery Brigade to step up the construction of artillery positions, and then ordered the 2nd Battalion and the search team to enter the attacking positions on both wings.

Tokuda Shizumo's way of fighting was to use artillery fire to clean the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions first.

Then, the four squadrons of the 2nd Infantry Battalion were divided into two routes, avoiding the front positions of the Eighth Route Army, and under the guidance of the search team, launching a clamp-shaped offensive from both wings of the battlefield.

However, what Tokuda Satomoto never expected was that

The Mountain Artillery Brigade had just built a position, but the Eighth Route Army's artillery fired the artillery first.

Moreover, the size of the Eighth Route Army's artillery was much larger than they had imagined before the war. Tokuda Satoshi seriously suspected that the Eighth Route Army's artillery had at least fifty artillery pieces!

This is already a cannon group!

After only two artillery bombardments, the artillery position of the 1st brigade of the Mountain Artillery was completely destroyed, with 12-door 41 styles.

All 75mm caliber mountain cannons were also destroyed.

The temporary command center of Tokuda Satori is close by.

Therefore, he could clearly see the miserable appearance of the artillery position.

At this time, Tokuda Satomori had only two options left, either to go around directly and find other roads, or to destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions and then break through from the front.

Tokuda Satomori chose the latter. The Japanese are just strong and tough!

Zhanggezhuang, the First Detachment Headquarters.

The walkie-talkie on the table rang again: "Dingling!"

Li Xiaoxian grabbed the microphone and said, "Hey, headquarters."

"The Japanese artillery positions have been destroyed? OK! I understand!"

"What? The Japanese on the left and right wings have already attacked in advance? And they did not detour to the two wings of the group according to their usual routine, but instead made great strides towards the farther end?"

"Okay, I already know."

Speaking of this, Li Xiaoxian hung up the phone.

At this time, Ding Wei had already returned to the table and was staring at the map.

Obviously Ding Wei had heard the call just now and was judging the Japanese's intentions.

Li Xiaoxian said: "Commander, the Japanese may have wanted to go around from both wings and directly attack Ping'an County."

"No!" Ding Wei drew two thick lines on the map with a red pencil, then smiled and said, "The Japanese are trying to take down our artillery position, and they think it's pretty."

"You dare to show off your skills in front of me?"

"I really think I'm a newcomer on the battlefield and have never commanded a large-scale field battle?"

Speaking of this, Ding Wei sneered and said, "When I was in the Central Soviet Area, I had already commanded dozens of regiments to fight field battles with **!"
To be continued...