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"In this way, Taiyuan's defense will become even more empty."
"Maybe there is no way to persist until the arrival of reinforcements from all over the place."
"Nani?" Hua Guzheng said with a dark face, "Sakamoto-kun, are you alarmist? Even if a brigade from Xincheng Airport is not transferred back, there is still a fully organized infantry brigade in Taiyuan City, plus the headquarters and gendarmerie. There are at least 2000 combatants, not to mention the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, how can we not persist until reinforcements arrive?"
Ryuichi Sakamoto frowned and said, "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I have no intention of arguing with you, but what I want to say is that the China Army in Northwest Shanxi is different from other China Army! The 94th Brigade of the Central Army alone has extremely strong combat effectiveness!"
Chapter 326
Nishizawa's "901" is still parked on the runway of Xincheng Airport.
The combat planes of the entire Ninth Flying Squadron had all moved to the field 15 minutes ago, but Mino Nishizawa, a brave little devil, insisted on staying.
By this time, the sky was bright and the view was good.
Through the glass porthole of the fighter jet, the road thousands of kilometers away can be clearly seen.
After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, a mighty force finally drove up on the road ahead.
"Yoxi." Mino Nishizawa had a smirk on the corner of his mouth, and then he pushed the accelerator down to the end, and the engine, which was originally at idle speed, roared.
Immediately afterwards, the Type [-] fighter jets rushed out.
A huge back push came instantly, pushing Mino Nishizawa to death on the seat.
After taxiing for more than 100 meters, the speed of the fighter jet had exceeded the critical speed for take-off. Toshio Nishizawa pulled the joystick vigorously with both hands, and the Type [-] Nakajima fighter jet under the seat immediately raised its nose and took off into the air.
After a somersault in the air, Toshio Nishizawa drove the fighter back, pointed the nose at the north, and then swooped towards the Chinese army on the road.
The Chinese army on the road suddenly panicked.
"Haha." Mino Nishizawa had a morbid laugh on his face.
"Nishi, lowly Chinese." He murmured, and the Type 901 Nakajima fighter numbered "[-]" quickly entered the dive orbit, and then the nose sank, and it dived down with a scream.
But I saw that the Chinese army on the ground was blown up.
The tens of thousands of Chinese troops, let's call them troops, are actually a group of farmers.
Tens of thousands of Chinese farmers were like a frightened flock of frightened sheep, fleeing and avoiding towards both sides of the road.
Seeing this, Toshio Nishizawa let go of his thumb and decided to give up bombing, because these Chinese farmers on the road were running too fast, even if they dropped bombs, they would not kill a few people, so it was not worth it.
An aerial bomb can only kill a few Chinese farmers at most,
For the Great Japanese Empire, it is undoubtedly a huge loss.
Mino Nishizawa resolutely gave up on dropping the bomb, and pressed the button of the machine gun instead.
"Da da da da..." The two airborne heavy-duty machine guns installed on the left and right sides of the nose fired violently.
Two dazzling tongues of flame shot out from under the nose in an instant, like a flame whip in the hands of the god of death, violently whipped on the road, splashing two bands of smoke and dust in an instant.
The smoke belt spreads rapidly forward.
Several Chinese farmers were caught upright, and their flesh and blood were instantly mutilated.
But that's it, the Chinese farmers evacuated too quickly, and the effect of swooping and strafing was not good.
So after pulling up again, Akio Nishizawa will not make a second dive, because it is meaningless and it is not worth wasting too many bullets for these Chinese farmers.
This is a group of farmers.
……
Seeing the Devil fighter in the air circle half a circle and then fly away, Chu Yunfei pushed Sun Ming away and stood up.
"Traveler, wait a little longer." Sun Ming said nervously, "Be careful that the devil fighter will kill a carbine."
"Don't worry, it won't happen anymore." Chu Yunfei snorted, "Now we are not the Jinsui Army, but just a group of farmers. The devil pilots are reluctant to waste bullets."
While speaking, the Devil Fighter has completely disappeared.
Chu Yunfei took Sun Ming back to the road, and Fang Ligong and the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army's sole brigade also returned to the road one after another. Before dawn, the Jinsui Army had prepared an air attack plan.
Once they are attacked by air during the march, they will immediately disperse.
If it was another national army, Zuo Birds and Beasts might have dispersed, and it would be good to be able to return half of the troops when they were called up again, but Chu Yunfei's troops would not be like this.
There is still something about Chu Yunfei leading the troops.
"Traveler, what a pity, we are one step late."
"If you arrive half a step earlier, you may be able to destroy a few planes."
Fang Ligong brushed the dust off his body habitually, but when he realized that he was wearing a homemade jacket, he immediately put his hands down again. Why should he dust such a dirty jacket?
"It doesn't matter." Chu Yunfei said with a smile.
"There will be opportunities like this in the future."
Fang Ligong nodded lightly, and then said again: "Traveler, do you want to send an army to destroy the airport facilities?"
"Yes." Chu Yunfei nodded happily, and then said, "Let the engineer company go and blow up all the facilities that can be bombed. Don't even leave a simple wooden shed to the devils."
Fang Ligong immediately ordered: "Company Commander Ji?"
"Immediately lead the engineering company to destroy Xincheng Airport."
"The traveler said that not a single wooden shed is allowed to stay."
"Yes!" A company of engineers rushed to the airport immediately.
The main force of the sole brigade of the Jinsui Army continued to go south without roads.
……
Taiyuan.
Yoshio Iwamatsu dragged his broken leg to the tower of Gongji Gate, which is the Xiaobei Gate.
The Type [-] Nakajima fighter jet driven by Toshio Nishizawa just roared through the air. Through the porthole, Toshio Nishizawa made a series of sign language to Yoshio Iwamatsu and others on the tower.
Jiro Sakuma, the head of the intelligence section, reported: "Your Excellency, Commander Nishizawa-kun said that when he flew a fighter jet to launch a dive and straf just now, the enemy troops on the ground immediately scattered, and they did not have the strength of a soldier at all. The China Army was probably the militia recruited by the Eighth Route Army to make up the numbers.”
The Japanese army never cared about the militiamen of the Eighth Route Army.
"Otherwise." Ryuichi Sakamoto shook his head and said, "It may be on purpose."
"Deliberately?" Sakumajiro said, "As far as I know, the organization of the China Army is very poor. Once they disperse like birds and beasts, they may really disperse. Isn't the commander of the China Army afraid of not being able to gather troops?"
"Sakuma-kun, you got the point." Sakamoto Takaichi smiled slightly.
He also said: "The organization of the Chinese army has always been very poor. Once the birds and beasts disperse, they may really disperse. Therefore, we only need to observe whether the Chinese army going south can restore order in a short time, and we can tell whether it is real or a cover. ? If it’s just a cover, it may be difficult to restore order in a short time.”
While speaking, the lookout post on the high tower suddenly shouted: "The Chinese army is coming!"
Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masao Hanaya, Jiro Sakuma, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and several section leaders raised their military binoculars one after another and aimed their sights at the north.
Through the sight of military binoculars soon seen,
A Chinese army lined up in a messy team and was marching southward along the Tongpu Highway.
Although the whole team looked a little messy, with mules and horses mixed in, it was still complete.
Ryuichi Sakamoto said with a smile: "Although the commander of the Chinese Army tried his best to create the illusion of chaos, he ignored the most important point, time."
"Order can be restored in such a short time,"
"That's not something a bunch of rabble can do."
"It seems that we don't need to argue anymore." Yoshio Iwamatsu said in a low tone, "The one outside the city is definitely not a cover, but the regular Chinese army."
"The Chinese army staying in Northwest Shanxi is the cover."
"Miyano Michiichi is an idiot, he was tricked."
"But fortunately, we withdrew the infantry brigade at Xincheng Airport back into the city ahead of time."
Speaking of this, Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't help but look back at Ryuichi Sakamoto, thinking that although this guy has a bad mouth, he is still very capable.
Almost at the same time, Takashi Sakamoto glanced over.
"Your Excellency, Commander." Ryuichi Sakamoto said in a deep voice, "It is conservatively estimated that the strength of the Chinese Army is more than 1, and there is at least one mountain artillery battalion."
"The firepower of the Chinese army is not much worse than that of the imperial army."
"And its strength is more than three times that of the imperial army."
"To make matters worse, the Chinese Army in Northwest Shanxi can be called a truly powerful army."
"Whether it is the 94th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the [-]th Brigade of the Central Army, or the only brigade of the Jinsui Army, they all have strong combat effectiveness, and their commanders' tactical command capabilities are also outstanding."
"Enough!" Hua Guzheng couldn't listen any more, and interrupted impatiently, "Ryuichi Sakamoto, you don't have to make up words to praise the enemy anymore, we are very clear about what you said."
"Really? Your Excellency the Chief of Staff also thinks so?"
Ryuichi Sakamoto said: "You also think they are amazing?"
"Ba Ga." Hua Gu said angrily, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Takashi Sakamoto turned his gaze to Yoshio Iwamatsu, and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, the next defense of Taiyuan will be more difficult than imagined, and we must be fully prepared for this."
"In addition, the defense deployment must also be adjusted."
"Current deployments of defenses are fatally flawed."
"Nani?" Hua Gu was suddenly unhappy.
Because the current defense deployment is presided over by him.
At that moment, Huagu retorted: "Where is the fatal loophole?"
"The loophole is in the artillery position." Ryuichi Sakamoto said, "Not surprisingly, the Chinese army outside the north gate should be the only brigade of Chu Yunfei's Jinsui Army. This army has an American-style mountain artillery battalion."
"It is equipped with an M1A1 75mm caliber mountain cannon."
"This kind of mountain cannon has a longer range than the Type [-] mountain cannon."
"The range of the [-]nd Infantry Artillery can't even be compared with it."
"So, the imperial army can't just consider the shooting range when building artillery positions."
"The priority should be survival, how to survive the artillery fire of the Chinese army."
"Also, it is extremely unwise to deploy the main force in open areas and city walls outside the city."
"Because the firepower of the Chinese army is not much worse than that of the imperial army, deploying troops on the open ground outside the city and on the city wall will inevitably be massacred by the artillery fire of the Chinese army."
"So, where should the troops be deployed?"
Yoshio Iwamatsu asked back: "Is it deployed in the city?"
"Yes, only deploy a small amount of troops on the periphery and on the city walls." Takashi Sakamoto said, "Then take advantage of the inside line, adopt a mobile defense strategy, concentrate the overwhelmingly superior troops and firepower to carry out street fighting with the Chinese army, and strive to kill a large number of Chinese in the street fighting. The army has strength."
……
The main force of the sole brigade of the Jinsui Army has arrived outside Gongji Gate in Taiyuan.
But Chu Yunfei didn't follow up in a hurry, but stayed in the Shanpao Battalion's position.
At this moment, Chu Yunfei was measuring the distance through the artillery mirror. After the measurement, he said: "The distance is a little more than six kilometers, which is just right. Our M1A1 75mm caliber mountain artillery is enough to cover the entire Taiyuan, but the devil's mountain artillery and infantry artillery There are also mortars that cannot reach our artillery positions."
"However, you must pull the camouflage net."
"Tell my brethren, don't be afraid of hard work."
"The more the camouflage net is drawn, the safer it is."
"If the devil bomber comes, there is no way to say anything."
Following Chu Yunfei's order, one camouflage net was unfolded one by one.
A battalion of twelve cannons pulled out more than 100 camouflage nets. The distance between two adjacent camouflage nets was at least [-] meters, and the arrangement was irregular.
……
On the top of the Gongji Gate in Taiyuan.
Yoshio Iwamatsu finally adopted Ryuichi Sakamoto's suggestion.
"Order." Yoshio Iwamatsu said in a deep voice, "The army outside the city will withdraw immediately, and all the mountain artillery, infantry artillery and rapid-fire artillery will immediately enter the houses in the city to hide, and then dig shooting holes in the base of the wall."
Good guy, this is to use the mountain artillery and infantry artillery as a flat-fire artillery.
But in fact, the use of mountain artillery and infantry artillery as flat-fire artillery in urban street warfare has a better effect. This has been fully proved from the Battle of Songhu. Out of contempt, the Japanese Army neither recognized nor promoted it.
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