The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 798 Don't Be Afraid of Getting Fooled (Second Change)
Lieutenant General Sakuragi looked very ugly when the Japanese army attacked the position one kilometer away.

In order to let the mopping forces in the middle road take Chenjiazhuang earlier and block the Eighth Route Army's access to the mountain, Neiji Okamura specially arranged for him an extra heavy artillery brigade and a supply supplementary unit.

As a result, not only failed to meet the offensive expectations, but became the slowest progressing force among the road sweeping forces.

Of course, it wasn't because he didn't work hard enough and his subordinates were too weak.

But the opponent is too cunning, and there are tunnel fortifications everywhere along the way.

Although he asked Ning Okamura to send air support early on, and joined forces with heavy artillery to attack the tunnel, the Eighth Route Army that blocked him was like a dog's skin plaster.

As long as there is a tunnel entrance and exit on the battlefield, they will not give up easily, so that the offensive troops have to build artillery positions every time they encounter a tunnel fortification, which delays an hour or two.

"The head of the division... took it down, and the attacking force successfully occupied the blocking position in front..." An exclamation suddenly came from the mouth of the chief of staff.

"That's great..." Lieutenant General Sakuragi smiled on the spot, and ordered immediately.

"The troops set off immediately and marched forward in a hurry. We must take back the time we lost just now."

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After walking five kilometers, the mighty sweeping troops stopped again.

At the same time, the messenger of the vanguard ran to Lieutenant General Yingmu: "Report to the division commander, there is an Eighth Route Army blocking position ahead."

"The scale is similar to the blocking positions we have encountered before."

"Our captain requested artillery support to destroy the surface fortifications and all tunnel entrances and exits before launching an attack."

Lieutenant General Sakuragi was used to the accident in front of him, without even thinking about it, he ordered directly: "Let the artillery hurry up."

"Our offensive speed has fallen behind. This time we will strive for two rounds of offensive to take down the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army."

The explosion soon sounded in the blocking position, and Lieutenant General Sakuragi didn't keep staring at the battlefield like before.

The troops have already fought three similar offensive battles today, and they have a lot of experience. Even without their own supervision, the soldiers below can fight well.

Ten minutes after the bombardment the infantry began to charge, but without success.

The chief of staff ran over in time to explain: "Division commander, the artillery unit has locked the remaining tunnel entrances and exits on the battlefield, and the artillery coverage will definitely destroy them completely, and cover the attacking troops to take down the blocking position."

Lieutenant General Sakuragi has heard this sentence no less than five times.

In addition to the actual realization of the attack on the last blocking position, the other two attacks took the Eighth Route Army blocking position after three consecutive rounds of bombing by artillery and joint aircraft.

Faced with the chief of staff's reassurance, Lieutenant General Sakuragi's reaction was very flat, his expression was calm and unchanged.

Fifteen minutes later, an observation post suddenly called out: "Division commander, the attacking troops have captured the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army."

Sakuragi hurriedly raised his head to look at the battlefield: the attacking troops had rushed to the blocking position, but there was no sound of gunfire.

The chief of staff was running towards him with a beaming face.

After a long distance, he began to report: "Division Commander, it's taken down."

"We took down the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army with only two attacks."

"The troops have found a way to destroy the entrance and exit of the tunnel."

"First use heavy artillery and planes to blow it up, then let the infantry attack to force out the remaining tunnel entrances, and finally let the artillery and planes bomb it again, and the tunnels that the Eighth Route Army relies on will lose their effect."

"There is no tunnel cover, and they dare not confront us head-on, so they can only abandon their positions and retreat without a fight."

Lieutenant General Sakuragi faintly felt a trace of uneasiness.

The soldier's sixth sense told him something was wrong.

Even if the artillery and aviation have more experience bombing the tunnel entrances and exits than before, it is absolutely impossible to destroy all the tunnel entrances and exits on the position through two rounds of bombing.

This is the experience and lessons that the troops have summed up with blood in previous battles.

Tunnel entrances and exits are everywhere on the battlefield.

There are also many tunnel entrances and exits in the bunkers. If you want to destroy them, you must first destroy the bunkers.

No matter how dense the shells fired by the artillery, there will always be a few entrances and exits that survived.

When fighting against the Eighth Route Army, as long as there was a tunnel entrance, they would kill or wound one or two subordinates with cold guns before giving up.

Unlike now, no matter how many tunnel entrances and exits are left in the position, they will give up after two rounds of artillery fire, and none of them will be used.

Worries are all worries, Lieutenant General Sakuragi did not speak out against the chief of staff's analysis.

All the thoughts just now were his own inferences, without any real evidence.

What the troops need most now is time, the sooner they reach Chenjiazhuang, the better.

As long as the Eighth Route Army's blocking position can be successfully captured, that is a good thing.

As for whether the Eighth Route Army that blocked him had any conspiracy, Lieutenant General Sakuragi decided to see the trick.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the mopping up troops in the middle were really fooled, Lieutenant General Sakuragi would not be afraid.

There are more than 3000 soldiers under his command, well-equipped, with cannons and tanks, and they can call for air support at any time.

Even if all the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong came to deal with him, the sweeping troops in the middle would still be able to retreat completely.

Maybe they can wipe out all the Eighth Route Army in one battle and end the battle completely.

Immediately ordered: "Regardless of whether the tunnel entrances and exits on the position are really blown up by us, as long as the attacking force successfully captures the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, opens up the main force's offensive channel, reaches Chenjiazhuang early, and blocks the Eighth Route Army's retreat, we will win. "

"Notify the troops to move on."

"If you come across an Eighth Route Army blocking position again, you don't need to ask me for instructions, just follow the tactics summarized by the chief of staff to launch an attack."

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The only regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong drove for more than an hour to get here, and before he had time to catch his breath, the operator ran towards him: "Regimental Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff Huang of the former enemy command has an urgent call."

"Let's fight at a leisurely pace, slow down the pace of attack, and not let the Kwantung Army attack too fast."

"Today we must hold our ground, and we cannot push back any further."

"Oops..." Li Yunlong patted his head violently, suddenly realizing.

"I almost forgot."

"This anti-sweep, our real goal is to sweep the troops in the middle, solve them first, and then attack the other Kwantung Army."

"The little devil in front of us is running too fast, which is likely to affect the decisive battle in Chenjiazhuang. As a result, the main force will not have enough time to wipe out the mopping up troops in the middle, and it will cause a catastrophe."

"Hurry up and contact Deng Jingye and Zhou Wei. We need to change our style of play and waste time with the little devil."

"You can't fight like before."

"Send another telegram to Xiao Huang: I have received the order, and I will definitely fight against the devils at a leisurely pace. Please rest assured that we will not affect the entire anti-sweeping plan."

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