The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 738 Slaughtering Day Tanks and Cavalry ([-]) (Monthly Ticket Required)
Not long after, Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan City, received good news that made him overjoyed:
The flying team successfully completed the bombing mission and destroyed all the important military buildings in the base area of ​​the Independent Regiment in one fell swoop, including but not limited to forts, artillery positions, car training grounds, tank camps, etc...

After the communicator finished reporting the news at the headquarters, Shinozuka Yoshio couldn't help but clenched his fists and said happily: "Good fight, it's finally a win."

"In this way, the inside of the independent regiment is in chaos at the moment!"

"Mr. Beichuan, since the confrontation with the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the humiliation and hatred suffered by our army has finally been repaid."

"Congratulations, General. Facts have proved that the military prestige of our Great Japanese First Army cannot be offended!" Chief of Staff Kitagawa echoed with a smile.

"What about the loss of the flying team?"

"Two planes crashed and several other planes were damaged. Fortunately, they returned to the airport without incident."

"This damn eight way!"

Hearing that the two planes crashed, Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but feel a heartache.

Any aircraft is a very precious asset for the Japanese army.

Beichuan said in relief:
"The air defense force of the Independent Regiment is not weak. They have a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns."

"Although the flight team lost two planes and several pilots this time, what they got back was the important military installations inside the base of the Independent Regiment, as well as various types of artillery, cars, tanks, and armored vehicles. Almost all of them were destroyed."

"In this way, General, the loss of two planes is worth it."

"Yangxi!"

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, and he could only comfort himself secretly.

"The next step is the battle of Dafengzhuang. If Dafengzhuang can be successfully captured and a large amount of food hoarded in Dafengzhuang by the Eighth Route Army is captured, coupled with the bombing of the flying team this time, it will definitely cause considerable damage to the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Terrible trauma."

Having said that, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was quite looking forward to it, even said:
"If it weren't for the severe disasters at the moment, I really want to take advantage of the severe damage to the Independence Regiment to launch a large-scale sweep and wipe out the damn Independence Regiment in one fell swoop."

……

Dafengzhuang.

Looking from a distance, it is still peaceful.

In the early morning, some villagers who got up early were making breakfast, and there were even curls of cooking smoke rising with the wind.

Kazuo Uehara, the squadron leader of the Devil Tank Squadron who was in charge of commanding the raid on Dafengzhuang, was a battle-tested veteran.

Although the team he led this time is based on raid tactics.

But before officially approaching Dafengzhuang, Kazuo Uehara, who was cautious, sent scouting cavalry in advance to approach Dafengzhuang to conduct investigations in advance.

Okazaki, the squadron leader of the Devil Cavalry Squadron, is a grumpy guy who thinks Uehara's investigation is unnecessary.

"This time it is a surprise attack, with both armor and cavalry."

"There is no need to talk about tactics, just make a surprise attack. The small Dafeng Village is just a mere 5 roads. It will take less than three to five minutes to take it down."

"Mr. Uehara, is it redundant to send out cavalry for reconnaissance in advance? Besides, there is a risk of exposure."

"There is an old saying in China, be careful to make a ten thousand year ship, Mr. Okazaki, don't forget that my First Army has suffered a lot from this small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

Compared with Okazaki's irascibility, Uehara is obviously a more insidious and cunning guy.

After waiting for ten minutes, several scout cavalry sent by Uehara returned.

"Report to Your Excellency, Major. After we got close, we used binoculars to secretly investigate the situation in Dafeng Village, and found nothing unusual. People were found in the village."

"In front of the village, apart from a small group of militiamen on guard, no other defensive forces were found."

"Yaoxi, let me just say, the investigation is superfluous, only a wave of charge is needed, and the little Dafengzhuang can be taken down in a moment." Okazaki said impatiently.

Uehara frowned, he didn't like to be with this reckless man.

In addition, although the general ordered the cavalry to cooperate with his armored forces.

But Uehara has always believed that these guys who use the most primitive tactics to fight on horseback are really not on the stage.

The cavalry should have been completely replaced by mechanized troops long ago.

Thinking of this, Uehara shouted: "Map soldiers!"

"Hi!"

The ghost map soldier immediately ran to Uehara, stood still, and took out the detailed combat map of the Dafengzhuang area drawn by the Japanese Army General Staff in advance from the map bag he was carrying.

Following the instructions on the battle map, Uehara said to Okazaki:
"Okazaki-kun, in order to give full play to the raiding role of your cavalry."

"I thought about it, the topography of Dafengzhuang is surrounded by villages in the east, west and south of Dafengzhuang, if our troops raid from the other three directions, it will definitely alarm Dafengzhuang in advance.

If the eight roads of Dafengzhuang are prepared in advance, it will be detrimental to our army. "

"So directly choosing to assault from the north is the best choice for our army, but a single straight-line assault does not conform to the multi-point assault principle of raid tactics."

"In this way... I will lead the tanks and armored vehicles to rush towards Dafengzhuang from the north, and you will divide the cavalry into two groups, detour from the left and right, and raid Dafengzhuang from the two flanks."

"Try to take down Dafeng Village in one fell swoop, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army and militia troops in Dafen Village."

"Hey! This is exactly what I want!"

Okazaki responded with a big smile, he was getting impatient for a long time.

In his opinion, Uehara was too cautious.

Facing a small village with fear, it really insults the majesty of the warriors of the Japanese Empire.

After the two reached an agreement, Okazaki immediately divided his cavalry squadron into two parts, and made a detour from the left and right flanks to Dafengzhuang.

The principle is to lead your own armored vehicle troops to attack from the front, and actively attract the firepower of the Eighth Route Army in Dafengzhuang.

While ordering the tanks and armored vehicles to move forward, the cautious old man Uehara also specifically asked:

"Anyway, be cautious."

"Order the infantry squad to cooperate with tanks and armored vehicles to advance one step ahead of the tanks to ensure that there are no traps that are not good for our tanks along the way."

"Hi!"

The devils were ordered to act quickly.

Uehara, an old devil, still knows a little bit about tank-tank coordination tactics.

When advancing towards Dafengzhuang, it was not in accordance with the tradition of the Japanese army that when the infantry and tanks were coordinated, most of the infantry hid behind the tanks.

Instead, let the infantry stand in front of the tank and push forward.

Dafeng Zhuangqian Village area.

Lei Dasheng, the commander of the first battalion, hid behind the bunker and watched the approaching Devil tanks and armored vehicles through the binoculars.

He couldn't help sticking out his tongue and licking the chapped corners of his mouth.

"This little bastard is finally here."

"We've been waiting for several days, and I'm getting impatient."

Having said that, he noticed the infantry advancing in coordination with the Devil tanks.

"First company commander, did you see that? The little devil still has a bit of infantry and tank coordination tactics, and even let the infantry walk in front to protect the tank. It seems that the devil commanding this tank is an expert."

The first company commander smiled and said: "Battle Commander, even if the devil infantry walks in front, he may not be easy to do.

We dug the trap specially for the tank, and the trap mouth was specially paved with wrist-thick branches. People walking on it would definitely not collapse, but as long as the devil tank pressed it, with the weight of the tank, it was guaranteed to fall inside. "

"Don't be careless, it's best to successfully trap the Devils tanks in the first anti-tank trench."

"Tell comrades, put the little devil after 150 steps, and give me a hard hit on the infantry who aimed at the devil first!"

"Make sure that all the devil's infantry shrink to the rear of the devil's tanks and armored vehicles."

"Yes!"

"Is the sniper team in place?"

"The battalion commander can rest assured that the comrades of the sniper team are all in place. As long as the devil's tank and armored vehicle are blocked for a moment, the comrades of the sniper team will take action immediately and destroy the observation window, periscope, scope, etc. of the devil tank. .”

Lei Dasheng nodded.

"The devil's tank gun is not a joke. First destroy all kinds of aiming instruments of the devil's tank and make it blind."

(End of this chapter)