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

Chapter 655: Lao Chu, take your time and don’t be impatient. We have plenty of time to waste with th

That night Li Yunlong left the suburbs of Taiyuan and rushed to the Niangzi Pass front line. Lin Zhenhua and Chu Yunfei stayed outside Taiyuan, preparing for a decisive battle with the Japanese 102nd and 106th Divisions.

The fake plague seeds rewarded by the system began to be released on time at 10 o'clock in the evening of October 9. It took less than an hour to release them. In the several counties that had not been captured, some Japanese soldiers were immediately infected with the fake plague. Coughing sounds continued to be heard in the city, and the residents in the city who had just experienced the plague panicked for a while.

Even the Japanese devils and puppet troops, fearing that the plague would break out again, sneaked out of the county at night. Except for a few stubborn guys, most of the Japanese devils and puppet troops ran into the wild like crazy.

The encirclement troops arranged in advance by Lin Zhenhua immediately launched the attack at dawn. It took less than half an hour to capture the city gate. With the help of the local people, it took less than two hours to clear out the Japanese and puppet troops in the city, successfully captured the county towns along the line, and ensured the safety of the retreat.

"College student, we just received an urgent battle report from the rear. The six counties that we failed to capture before have now been captured by us." Chu Yunfei said with a smile on his face, holding the telegram.

Lin Zhenhua did not expect the speed to be so fast. He thought it would take a day to drive out the Japanese and puppet troops in the city. However, he did not expect that the Japanese and puppet troops had become frightened birds and most of them escaped in one night. He was really surprised and could not help laughing.

However, after laughing, his face became solemn. When he saw that the Japanese devils and puppet troops in Taiyuan City did not move, the excitement on his face disappeared. He clearly understood that the fake plague operation did not have much impact on Taiyuan City. Either the plague did not develop in Taiyuan City, or there were undercurrents in Taiyuan City. No matter which the situation was, he could not sit and wait for death. He had to take over the outer positions of Taiyuan City first.

"Captain Chu, Taiyuan City is too quiet. We have to act quickly. We should take advantage of this opportunity to put great pressure on the Japanese and make them chaotic. Only then will we have a chance to fish in troubled waters."

"I just checked the intelligence. The Japanese and puppet troops in Taiyuan City have almost driven out the civilians. I have marked the places where the civilians live and prepared to arrange the air force regiment to carry out bombing operations on Taiyuan City. I didn't plan to bomb Taiyuan City indiscriminately before, but the Japanese are determined to resist. In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, I can only resort to this last resort!"

"Today we will not bomb Taiyuan City. What we need to do is persuade them to surrender. I have arranged for Lao Zhao to print a large number of leaflets. I will have them airdropped into Taiyuan City in a while. We will start a psychological warfare with the Japanese first."

"It's already 6:30 in the morning. In half an hour, the bombing of the Japanese's outer positions will begin. I have ordered the two armored battalions to prepare for the attack. Captain Chu can't just sit there and do nothing. You have to lead the two infantry battalions to help the two armored battalions take down the Japanese's positions. I will support you from behind. Don't be impatient when attacking. Your own safety should be the top priority. You must find ways to reduce the casualties of the troops, even if it's a little slower. We have plenty of time to waste."

Chu Yunfei understood Lin Zhenhua's meaning. The fake plague operation was in progress, and they couldn't be too hasty now. They had 2 to 3 days to wait for things to develop.

"College student, I will attack according to your arrangement and will never act on my own. What we need to do is to win with firepower. We need to use fierce firepower to teach the Japanese a lesson and let them know how powerful we are. This will cause them great psychological pressure and speed up the development of the fake plague operation."

Half an hour passed quickly. At Lin Zhenhua's order, a brigade of bombers began to bombard the Japanese's outer positions. The bombing lasted for half an hour before it ended. Many of the Japanese's outer positions were directly reduced to ruins. The casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops exceeded a thousand, which dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The bombing by the horizontal bombers did not mean the end of the bombing. Immediately afterwards, a dive bomber squadron launched another precise attack on the remaining firepower points of the Japanese. After dropping all the bombs they carried, the dive bomber squadron withdrew from the battlefield.

After the first and second attacks were over, the third attack began. The ground attack aircraft squadron began to frantically strafed the remaining positions of the Japanese devils. Bullets and artillery shells were free and poured into the Japanese devils' positions, making the simple Japanese devils and puppet troops unable to raise their heads. The heavy artillery battalion also joined in the artillery suppression of the Japanese devils at this time. Two armored battalions plus two infantry battalions also launched attacks on the Japanese devils' positions at the same time.

The Japanese had no choice but to run out of the cat ear cave, set up their light and heavy machine guns, and frantically fired at the incoming armored vehicles. The Japanese artillery was also not idle, and quickly set up mortars and Type 92 infantry guns and launched an artillery attack on the infantry.

"Bagayalu! The enemy's artillery fire is too fierce. Many of our firepower points have been destroyed. If this continues, we won't be able to hold our position for even two hours. There is no way I can explain this to the commander."

"Immediately send me two squadrons of suicide squads, have them carry anti-tank weapons, and attack the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles. Destroy the enemy's armored vehicles at all costs."

"Order the Yamada Battalion to launch an immediate surprise attack, engage in a melee with the enemy, and avoid attacks from the enemy air force!"

"Order the puppet army's third and fourth divisions to launch a counterattack immediately. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed."

"Also, immediately request assistance from the 18th Air Division. The enemy's bombing has ended. Have them rush to the battlefield immediately and destroy the enemy's armored vehicles and artillery."

The Japanese and puppet troops launched a counterattack under the order of Jun'ichi Aoki. The battle was extremely fierce, especially after the Japanese air force joined the battle, the enemy and our side also engaged in fierce fighting in the air. Fighter planes fell every minute, which shows how fierce the battle was.

The anti-aircraft battalion did not stay in the rear and quickly joined the anti-aircraft defense battle, effectively ensuring the safety of the armored forces. The transport battalion was also not idle, and mobilized all the forces it could to ensure the supply of ammunition to the front line.

Under the fierce counterattack of the Japs, the battlefield entered a strange state of balance. In order to reduce casualties of the troops, the speed of attack was very slow, forcing the Japs and puppet troops to rush out of their positions and want to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Chu Yunfei, but they failed repeatedly!