The huge group of chariots of the Mechanized Infantry Division did not stop too much in the Shaoxing area, but went straight to Shangyu City. In the afternoon, all the regiments and battalions of the Mechanized Infantry Division successfully reached Shangyu, and it took less than an hour to clear all the Japanese troops in Shangyu area.

In the Shangyu area, there were not many troops stationed in Japan, and they were scattered and only one infantry brigade was about to be destroyed. Such a little force was eliminated without any effort.

According to Ye Feng's order, the Mechanized Infantry Division broke into this area after restoring Shangyu, with the purpose of cutting off the connection between Shaoxing and Ningbo's small Japanese troops.

Shangyu is located between Shaoxing and Ningbo, at the throat of the two places. Once controlled by the mechanized infantry division, Shaoxing and Ningbo are completely separated.

In Shaoxing, it is the 114th Division of the Little Japan, and in Ningbo, it is the 18th Division and the 29th Division of the Little Japan. Okamura Yasuji never thought that Ye Feng would actually make the first move. In Ningbo, the 18th Division and the 29th Division were still very scattered and were not prepared to attack at all.

After the Mechanized Infantry Division recovers Shangyu, it will take root in this area. When the 18th Division and 29th Division of the Japanese are ready for attack, they will face these two divisions. The pressure on the Mechanized Infantry Division is actually very high.

Ye Feng is a dangerous move!

The mechanized infantry division was very fast, attacking the Third Infantry Division in Shaoxing area, and the Fifth Infantry Division were not slow, just in the afternoon. A huge encirclement circle had been formed, completely surrounding the 114th Division with the Shaoxing area as the center.

During the process of the formation of a huge encirclement, from the morning to the afternoon, the soldiers of the two units of the Third Infantry Division and the Fifth Infantry Division had fought many small-scale battles with the little devils of the 114th Division, and eliminated some of the little devils.

The 114th Division has shrunk its troops since noon, centered on the Shaoxing area, and has set off a defensive posture to wait for reinforcements, obviously wanting to wait for the Japanese in Ningbo area to reinforce.

On the periphery of Shaoxing, there are several large defensive positions of Japan, each of which is at least one thousand people. The largest defensive position, the Japanese have a whole infantry regiment with more than three thousand people.

In order to prevent the bombing of the newly-organized 6th Army aircraft, a certain amount of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were deployed on these positions, and even several anti-aircraft guns were deployed on one position.

It is about five or six kilometers north of Shaoxing City. This is the largest defensive position of the 114th Division. The long trenches stretch for two or three kilometers, with a position defense of hundreds of meters deep. On the position is the 115th Infantry Regiment of the 114th Division of the Little Japan. There are more than 3,000 Japanese devils in total.

Major General Obofu, the commander of the 128th Infantry Brigade, personally commanded and built a large civil structure command center at the back of the position. Obofu, as well as the commander of the 115th Regiment, Yazaki Shizuo Mikusa, etc., were all in this command center.

In addition to trenches, castles, circular fortifications, and light and heavy machine gun fortifications, the huge defensive positions are located at the back of the position and not far from the command center, and there is also an artillery position.

In order to prevent the bombardment of the newly formed 6th Army heavy artillery group, the Japanese deployed 12 Type 38 75mm field guns and 6 Type 91 105mm field guns. Half of the field guns equipped by the 114th Division were deployed here.

On the huge position, many Japanese soldiers were still strengthening fortifications. The distance in front of the Japanese positions was very far away. Through the transformation of the telescope, many soldiers could be seen. The soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division were already ready to attack in the distance.

Major General Obaofu, the commander of the Japanese Brigade, led a group of Japanese officers on a few meters high ridge in front of his command center, holding a telescope to look at the soldiers in the distance, and the commander of the infantry regiment was also looking at this place with a telescope from the distance.

The commander of the regiment saw such a huge Japanese position through a telescope, and was a little excited. Through the telescope, the commander of the regiment also realized that the position was built by the little ghost in a hurry, and there were some Japanese intensifying fortifications on the position.

"The regiment seat, there are many Japanese soldiers opposite. I also saw Japanese soldiers deploying some anti-aircraft machine guns and some anti-aircraft machine guns."

"Well, I saw it too. The Japanese were obviously very afraid of our planes. According to the intelligence, all the Japanese troops were equipped with a certain amount of air defense weapons." A regiment commander said while holding a telescope.

A major next to him glanced and said with a smile: "Group, no matter how many Japanese anti-aircraft weapons are equipped, they will be useless. Without air control, just wait to be bombed by our planes."

When several officers around him heard this, everyone laughed. Everyone knew that air supremacy was very important. Without air supremacy, just passive defense, obviously it would not work.

Of course, Okamura Yanji also knew the importance of air supremacy. It was just that so many aircraft at Shanghai Airport were blown up and there were not enough aircraft to compete with the First Air Division. Okamura Yanji could only equip the troops with some air defense weapons to deal with the First Air Division's bombing and air strikes.

The small Japan is a resource-based country, and its production of aircraft is far inferior to that of powerful countries such as Britain, the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union. During World War II, the small Japan only had two or three hundred aircraft in central China. The Shanghai airport was bombed, and nearly half of these aircraft were lost.

There are not many Japanese aircraft. Although the current Japanese Navy claims to be the third largest in the world, there are only more than 1,000 aircraft. The Japanese base camp will focus on the navy. Okamura Yasuji wants to equip another batch of aircraft, so he can only wait.

In the north of Shaoxing City, both sides were ready to go. The roar of planes came faintly from the sky, and two or three reconnaissance planes were conducting air reconnaissance.

This is of course the reconnaissance aircraft of the First Air Division. The war is imminent. The First Air Division dispatched several reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance of the Japanese troops, among which the Shaoxing area is the focus.

Behind the first regiment, if the Japanese also dispatched reconnaissance planes to reconnaise, they would find two artillery positions, one in front and one behind, one in large and one in small, one in left and one in right.

The artillery of the Third Infantry Division Artillery Regiment was deployed behind the First Infantry Regiment, and the Artillery Regiment had four artillery battalions under the Artillery Regiment. They were also organized in 3+1, with 3 105mm howitzer battalions plus 1 155mm artillery battalion.

A little ahead are three 105mm howitzer battalions, each battalion is equipped with 12 105mm howitzers, and three battalions are 36. These three battalions together form a huge artillery position, and the soldiers on the position are basically ready for artillery.

The cannons were arranged neatly, and the big trucks were parked neatly. A large number of soldiers were on their own, and everyone was standing calmly.

It is a little far away from this huge artillery position, several kilometers away. There is also an artillery position here. Although the scale and number of people are slightly smaller, the caliber of the cannon is obviously larger.

This is a 155mm howitzer battalion, with a total of 12 155mm howitzers, and hundreds of soldiers are ready for artillery.

News from the air reconnaissance planes that an artillery position was deployed behind the Japanese positions in front. The first goal of this 155mm howitzer battalion was to first destroy the Japanese artillery position, and then shell the Japanese's huge defensive position.

The commander of the Artillery Corps of the 3rd Infantry Division personally commanded the artillery position. Based on the news from the reconnaissance aircraft, the position was proofreaded and the parameters were adjusted.

Japanese positions.

The Japanese saw the reconnaissance planes in the sky and symbolically used anti-aircraft machine guns to hit them a few times. Because the aircraft was too high, they had basically no effect. These two and three reconnaissance planes were constantly reconnaissance, and they carefully investigated before leaving.

"Brigate Commander, the newly formed 6th Army's reconnaissance aircraft is really abominable. All our troops are deployed by the other party." A Japanese Nakazuo looked at Tiankong and said unwillingly.

The commander of the Japanese Major General Brigade, Obaofu, looked helpless, without saying a word, without air supremacy, could only allow the reconnaissance planes of the Air Division to come and go freely.

Behind the Japanese defensive position, an artillery position was ready, with a total of 12 Type 38 75mm field cannons, 6 Type 91 105mm field cannons, and nearly a thousand Japanese devils and at least dozens of large trucks on the artillery position, which looked quite spectacular.

Both sides have artillery soldiers. These Japanese did not fire the artillery after they were ready. Everyone knows that when both sides had artillery soldiers, whoever fired the artillery first would die first, firing the artillery means that the position was exposed. Once the position was exposed, it would be covered by the opponent's artillery fire and there would be no place to die.

As time passed by minute by minute, the soldiers opposite the Japanese seemed to show no sign of attack, and even the Japanese brigade commander was puzzled.

Logically, the entire Shaoxing area was surrounded by groups, and the newly formed 6th Army had to attack Shaoxing as quickly as possible because the troops in Shangyu were under great pressure. Once the Japanese army could not withstand the reinforcements of the Japanese army in Ningbo, the newly formed 6th Army would be very passive. Once the Japanese 114th Division and the 18th Division in Ningbo and the 29th Division gathered together, the situation was very beneficial to the Japanese army.

The Major General of the Japanese obviously knew this. The soldiers on the opposite side had not attacked, and the Major General of the Japanese had been puzzled.

Sharpening a knife will not delay chopping wood!

In order to make the subsequent attack smoothly, Ye Feng knew that the Japanese's artillery must be wiped out first. These reconnaissance planes repeatedly investigated in the Shaoxing area, with one of the purposes being to find out the artillery position of the 114th Division.

When it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, many Japanese devils, including the Major General of the Devil, heard a sharp whistling sound from the sky.

As soon as he heard this voice, the Major General of the Japanese brigade commander murmured: "The Chinese team actually fired the first shot."

Many Japanese officers next to him immediately determined that the artillery unit of the newly formed 6th Army on the opposite side had fired. When they heard this sound, most of these Japanese officers were happy.

These Japanese officers knew that they had deployed artillery and had heavy artillery. Once the artillery of the newly-organized 6th Army on the opposite side fired the artillery first, the position would be fully exposed. Since everyone had artillery, whoever fired the artillery first would be unlucky.

Amid the ecstatic expressions of the Japanese officers, more than a dozen shells roared towards the Japanese position.

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