Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 667: Send in another 8 battalions to make up 1 men. We must defend the city even if we have

Having just finished the combat meeting, Lin Zhenhua and Li Yunlong rushed to Niangzi Pass without stopping. When they left, they also took 200 three-wheeled motorcycles loaded with a large amount of supplies. More transport teams were rushing to Niangzi Pass, willing to provide ammunition supplies to Niangzi Pass at all costs.

At 4:30 in the morning, the troops arrived at Niangzi Pass. The ones attacking Niangzi Pass were the Miyamoto Division and the Asano Division. Their combined strength exceeded 30,000, which brought tremendous pressure to the Independent Regiment.

"Immediately give orders to the militia and ask them to come to our support. Today the Japanese only launched a tentative attack. The battle will be even more brutal tomorrow. It will be difficult to defend Niangzi Pass with the strength of six battalions of the independent regiment. We must deploy more troops!" Lin Zhenhua gave the order anxiously.

Li Yunlong replied with a look of approval: "College student, I agree with your proposal. It is impossible for an independent regiment alone to defend Niangzi Pass. We must invest more troops!"

"Zhang Dabiao, you take two battalions to defend the left wing!"

"Shen Quan, you take three battalions to defend the right wing!"

"Leave the main front position to me and the college students. I'm going to use five battalions to defend the main front position. We have six battalions left in our independent regiment, and eight battalions in the militia regiment, which adds up to 14 battalions. After removing ten battalions, there are still four battalions left. I plan to use these four battalions as the general reserve to deal with any unexpected needs on the battlefield!"

Lin Zhenhua picked up the teacup on the table, took a big gulp of tea, and continued to give orders with a serious face: "Order the Third Bomber Squadron to immediately enter the Niangziguan temporary airport and prepare to attack the Japanese infantry. Destroy the Japanese artillery and tanks at all costs."

"Order the ground attack aircraft brigade to launch an attack on the enemy's ground forces tomorrow to reduce the defensive pressure on the position!"

"Order the armored forces to retreat immediately and go forward to protect the safety of our transportation lines. No matter what, we cannot allow any problems with the ammunition supply in the rear. If anything goes wrong, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Sanwazi, send a telegram to Taiyuan City immediately and ask Chu Yunfei to strengthen the guard. Regardless of manpower and material resources, Taiyuan City must be built into a fortress!"

Commands were sent out from the command center, and the troops quickly completed the rotation of guards. With the addition of fresh forces, the Niangzi Pass position became impregnable again.

At the temporary command post of the Niangzi Pass front, Ichiro Miyamoto and Ichiro Asano were planning today's daytime offensive. Yesterday's attack did not work, and the casualties of the troops reached a regiment, which was completely beyond their expectations.

"Miyamoto-kun, we must send out more cannon fodder. Yesterday, more than 2000 of our imperial warriors died. We must send in more cannon fodder to reduce the losses. At the same time, we must ask for help from the 12th Army Headquarters and request that more cannon fodder troops be mobilized to us!"

"We lost more than 6000 cannon fodder yesterday. One division is almost wiped out. At the current rate of consumption, two puppet army divisions will be completely wiped out in three days at most! If we want to defeat this tough nut in front of us, we must use more cannon fodder to consume the enemy's manpower and ammunition."

"The goal of our aviation force should not be to bomb the Niangzi Pass position, but to attack the enemy's logistics transportation lines. As long as there is a problem with the enemy's ammunition supply, the defenders of Niangzi Pass will soon be forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with us due to lack of ammunition. At that time, we can use our troop advantage to eat up the enemy in one bite and recapture Niangzi Pass, an important gateway to Taiyuan City."

"As long as we can take Niangzi Pass, it will be much easier to take Taiyuan City. We should take this opportunity to wipe out the enemy's main force and completely get rid of Li Yunlong, this annoying fly." Ichiro Asano proposed with a serious face.

Ichiro Miyamoto put down the command knife in his hand. He did not agree with Ichiro Asano's proposal. Niangzi Pass was a dangerous pass and it was very difficult to take it, not to mention that the enemy had deployed heavy troops and possessed extremely powerful firepower.

If we don't find a way to destroy the enemy's firepower points, the danger cannot be solved by simply destroying the enemy's logistics and transportation lines. Let's not talk about the enemy's logistics transportation, which cannot be carried out during the day, it can be carried out at night. Whether the aircraft has the ability to fight at night or not, we can only watch helplessly.

"Mr. Asano, you really underestimate the enemy in front of us. According to the latest intelligence I have, the total strength of the enemy is two regiments, with more than 10,000 people. The enemy is on the defensive and has the advantage of terrain. If we want to chew this hard bone in front of us, we must be prepared to pay a huge price!"

"I'm not exaggerating, nor am I trying to boost the enemy's morale and destroy my own prestige. The enemy is much more terrifying than we imagined. Especially the news just sent by the intelligence department, the enemy has carried out a crazy expansion of troops in a very short period of time, and the force has directly expanded to 100,000. It is not easy for us to annihilate the enemy's 100,000 troops, especially when the enemy has a firepower advantage, it is even more difficult to do!"

"I know you're going to say that the enemy's new recruits have no fighting power at all. If you really think so, you're really wrong. The enemy's new recruits do have no fighting power, but they just need to learn how to shoot before entering the position. You and I both know very well that in wars, a large number of soldiers died from artillery shells, and the number of soldiers actually killed by bullets is less than 30%."

"Not to mention that our enemies still have air superiority. In yesterday's air battle, the two sides did not decide the winner. The next air chase will continue. It is very difficult for us to gain air superiority on the battlefield. This means that our air force can't bomb the enemy at will, which will bring huge trouble to our next attack!"

"My suggestion is to send out a small group of troops to infiltrate and gradually move to the enemy's rear, and use a two-pronged attack to take over Niangzi Pass. In order for the infiltration troops to infiltrate smoothly, we need to increase the offensive on the battlefield and conduct night raids to attract the enemy's attention, so as to cover the secret operations of the infiltration troops." Ichiro Miyamoto pointed to the map and drew a fan-shaped semicircle, and spoke in a low voice.

After careful discussion, both sides decided to adopt Ichiro Miyamoto's opinion and send a small force to gradually infiltrate, and then launch a two-pronged attack when they had enough troops.

It must be said that this move was indeed very vicious. Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua knew nothing about it, which allowed the Japanese infiltration operation to proceed very smoothly. A huge crisis was approaching them...