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Chapter 966: Peak Showdown (18)

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    Soldiers need speed. After the combat order was issued, Wen Debiao and others immediately returned to the front line and commanded the troops to act according to the original plan.

    On the Dingtao front line, more than 1,600 Japanese and puppet troops who had shrunk back from various places built simple defensive positions based on the small town of Dingtao. This became the forefront of Heze's Japanese army's attack on Li Guoyao's troops.

    In order to support the arrival of reinforcements, the Little Devils built a total of three peripheral fortifications, and also built a large number of firepower points in Dingtao Town. They were careful that once the peripheral positions were lost, they would rely on the town to fight street battles.

    There is no way. The Heze area itself is located at the northeast end of the East Henan Plain. It is almost a flat river. The terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, but it is comparable to Xuzhou.

    But unlike Xuzhou, as a transportation hub and a battleground for military strategists, Xuzhou City¡¯s fortifications are very neat, while Heze has no advantage in this regard.

    Although Heze City also has a city wall, it is short and broken, and its protective ability is very poor.

    What¡¯s more important is that the number of defenders in Heze City is limited, so Yamazaki Colonel knew that the troops could not fight defensive battles in Heze City and could only choose to stay outside the city.

    At three o'clock in the afternoon on December 4, more than 4,000 people from Wen Debiao's command arrived outside Dingtao City one after another, and the atmosphere on the front line instantly became tense.

    After observing the Japanese defense positions, Wen Debiao and others were silent. These little devils were really not foolproof.

    Although they are all second-line garrison troops, both the position construction and the configuration of weapons and equipment are unique, which really shows their strength.

    Looking inside from the outside, you can see at least three lines of defense. Each line is between 500 meters and one kilometer apart. The terrain between the three lines of defense is higher than the other. It can be seen that these lines of defense are small.  The devils have worked hard.

    ¡° Moreover, Wen Debiao and others also saw floating hot air balloons behind the Japs¡¯ position, which showed that the Japs had an established artillery group, and those hot air balloons were used to observe the impact of ammunition and shoot at Zhu Yuan.

    You don¡¯t need to make any further inferences to know that this position has high hopes for the little devils. As long as they can lay a solid foundation, Heze will be just around the corner!

    Afterwards, Wen Debiao immediately gave instructions to dispatch a squadron from the first squadron and the third squadron of the second brigade to press forward and launch a tentative attack on the defenders' positions!

    After the troops were assembled, Wen Debiao ordered the artillery team to also prepare for firing to provide fire support for the attacking troops.

    "Boom boom boom"

    With the rumbling sound of shelling, the national army¡¯s attack began!

    Facing the exploratory attack by the Chinese army, the Japanese army behaved very calmly. Although from the perspective of forward positions, the number of Chinese troops was far greater than that of the Japanese army, the Japanese army was still very confident between attacking and defending.

    As we all know, the Japanese attack is very sharp, but everyone knows that its defense is also quite organized. It is not enough to defend a small town with a force of 1,600 troops.

    It¡¯s not like defending a big city. In a small town like Dingtao, the amount of troops that the attacking side can invest at one time is very limited. In the defensive area, the density of the defenders¡¯ troops is much higher than that of the attacking side.

    In addition, the defending side often has relatively complete fortifications, while the other side has to capture these fortifications under the enemy's fierce firepower, which is relatively difficult.

    Sure enough, the two squads of the national army were beaten down by fierce Japanese firepower as soon as they came up. Only more than 30 of the more than 100 people in the two squads returned, and the rest stayed on the battlefield.

    Such a result shocked Wen Debiao and others. In fact, they had some understanding of the Japanese army's situation and knew that this attack would not go smoothly. After all, this time was different from the past.

    In the past, it was either a sneak attack or a surprise attack. The little devils basically had no defense, but this time the opponent was well prepared, and they faced the difficulties. Think about what happened when the little devils attacked the national army's positions in the past.

    But even so, Wen Debiao and others still did not expect that the firepower of the little devil was so fierce!

    What¡¯s more important is that the opponent¡¯s artillery has not opened fire until now. The light and heavy machine guns on the position and the individual firepower of the infantry killed the two squads of the national army. The whole process took less than ten minutes.

    In the command post, Zhou Jinlong said heartbrokenly: "Commander, the kid's marksmanship is so accurate. He can hit almost anywhere within a range of two hundred meters. As soon as the brothers went up, they were killed or wounded by the opponent's first round of firepower."  Halfway through, it¡¯s a pity that there are only two elite teams, and it¡¯s over!¡±

    Wen Debiao gritted his teeth and asked, "Have you figured out the distribution of the little devil's firepower points?"

    "ReportReport: There are 9 firepower points that have been exposed, including four semi-permanent heavy machine gun positions, and five additional machine gun positions!  "Operation Staff Officer Wu Yongjiang replied loudly.

    "Call the artillery team and ask them to give me a good beating. First blow up those heavy machine gun emplacements!"

    "yes!"

    "Zhou Jinlong, let your people charge again. This time send a squadron up, and let the cavalry go around to the side to see if there is a chance!" Wen Debiao ordered again.

    "yes!"

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    It is said that when the Battle of Dingtao started, Colonel Yamazaki was also restless, although the commander of Dingtao said that they could last at least three days.  However, Yamazaki, who had rich combat experience, did not dare to believe his words. Yamazaki did not deny the bravery of the imperial soldiers on the front line. They definitely had the courage to sacrifice their lives for His Majesty the Emperor.

    " However, Colonel Yamazaki, who participated in the Shanghai Battle and the Xuzhou Battle, has seen the tenacious combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Perhaps the opponent's weapons, equipment and training will be slightly inferior, but their courage is not bad at all.

    Especially during the Battle of Taierzhuang before the Battle of Xuzhou, Colonel Yamazaki was still an army lieutenant colonel at the time. He had witnessed with his own eyes the desperate struggle between the Chinese army and the Imperial Japanese Army in the small Taierzhuang.

    In broad daylight, the Imperial Japanese Army may still be able to rely on its powerful firepower and the support of aircraft and tanks to gain some advantage, but at night, its combat effectiveness will drop sharply, and the Chinese army will explode like a chicken.  .

    Positions are often just occupied during the day, and will be captured by the opponent at night. This goes back and forth until Huang Ju on the front line is dragged down.

    So the defenders of Dingtao seem to be fighting smoothly at the moment, but Colonel Yamazaki doesn't dare to be too careless. Whether it will work or not depends on the night.

    And even if the battle is completed at night, the comparison of strength between the two sides in the Heze area is already very different. Therefore, the key to defending Heze depends on reinforcements. If the reinforcements can arrive as soon as possible, everything will be okay, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

    Therefore, Colonel Yamazaki¡¯s telegrams for help were sent to Jinan one after another. At this time, he no longer cared about his demeanor or his military honor. Being alive was the most important thing.

    After receiving the telegram from Colonel Yamazaki asking for help, the senior generals of the Japanese 12th Army Headquarters in the Jinan direction did not dare to neglect. They knew the situation in Heze best. Once Dingtao fell, Heze would basically be doomed.  .

    And once Heze is over, then Southwest Shandong will be in chaos. Even if the imperial army re-mobilizes its troops to capture Southwest Shandong, the negative impact will be difficult to undo.

    Just like Jining now, although Li Guoyao's troops voluntarily evacuated Jining and the Imperial Japanese Army moved back in, it seems that nothing has changed, but the actual situation is completely different.

    You must know that after the Chinese army captured Jining, they first seized all Japanese-owned enterprises in Jining City and joint ventures between pro-Japanese businessmen and the Japanese. All assets that could be confiscated were confiscated, and those that could not be confiscated were disposed of at low prices.

    That's all. The Chinese army is still suppressing the traitors and puppet troops in the entire Jining area. In just a few days, almost all the maintenance presidents and pro-Japanese businessmen were brutally suppressed, especially those who worked for the Japanese.  No one can escape death.

    And all this was held in public, especially when the leaders of the Imperial Association Army and traitor leaders were shot, a large number of people visited, which had a profound impact.

    Even now that the Imperial Japanese Army has re-captured Jining, due to this, there are very few people in Jining City who are willing to serve the Imperial Japanese Army.

    On the contrary, spies emerged in endlessly, especially those targeting the Imperial Association Army. The Jining Maintenance Chairman who had just been appointed by the Japanese Imperial Army was shot dead on the street within three days of taking office. The Imperial Army was still unable to find the murderer.

    It can be said that it was captured once by the national army, and the two-year operation of the Imperial Japanese Army in Jining was ruined. Therefore, Odaka Kamezo and others will never allow the same thing to happen in Heze.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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