in2ebook Chapter 292 Strategies to Defeat the Enemy
Chapter 292 Strategies to Defeat the Enemy
Li Yunlong's order was quickly issued to each infantry division, and Ding Wei and the other two quickly shifted their focus, venting all their anger on the puppet troops and Japanese devils around Linfen.
The Japanese and puppet troops south of Linfen were completely eliminated, and the government workers sent by Jia Gui gradually took over the county towns.
The 2nd Armored Division also approached Yushe, and the 3rd Armored Division approached Heshun.
Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan began to feel confused.
"Baga, is Li Yunlong planning to attack Linfen, Taiyuan and Yangquan at the same time?"
"General, I think Li Yunlong's Second and Third Armored Divisions on the eastern front are just feints. The real focus of the attack should still be Linfen!"
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the arrow indicating the independent column's attack on the map and nodded immediately.
"Well, this possibility is very high. Does Lieutenant General Ishida Keio have the confidence to defend Linfen?"
The chief of staff respectfully handed a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka.
"General, Ishida Keio has just reported the situation in Linfen!"
In the telegram, Ishida Keio expressed full confidence and said frankly that relying on the strong city defense and the supplies in the city, they could hold out for a month.
During this month, the First Army can mobilize troops as quickly as possible to annihilate the three infantry divisions besieging the city.
"Yoshi, this is indeed the Maginot Line of the East! Let's immediately organize our newspapers to publicize it!"
The next day, newspapers in Shanghai and the Japanese-occupied areas published an article titled "Linfen, the Grave of the Independent Column!"
Of course, this newspaper appeared on the desk of the Chongqing Transport Captain.
"What a pity! We just built up some goodwill with the Independent Column, and they are about to be exhausted to death in Linfen. As a person, you should not be too arrogant!"
Just ten minutes later, a telegram appeared at the headquarters of the independent column.
Wang Meng, with a haggard face, walked up to Li Yunlong and handed him the newspaper and telegram.
"Old Li, the whole nation is watching us now. Even the guy from Chongqing can't sit still anymore and is trying to win you over again. But this time the price is much lower than last time!"
Li Yunlong glanced at the telegram and then moved his eyes to the newspaper.
"Mengzi, what's going on with this Maginot Line?"
"Oh, this! In order to prevent the enemy from attacking, the French spent twelve years and five billion francs to build a long reinforced concrete defense line, claiming that it would never be breached."
Wang Meng then went on to talk endlessly about this famous "invincible line of defense" in history.
The Maginot Line is 380 kilometers long and is basically made of reinforced concrete.
The ground part is composed of armored or reinforced concrete machine gun fortifications and artillery fortifications, ensuring firepower output to the front line.
The underground part has 1 to 4 floors, including command posts, personnel lounges, food storage rooms, ammunition depots, first aid stations, power stations, filtration and ventilation rooms, etc. In short, it is to ensure the eating, drinking, defecation and urination of combatants.
There are passages connecting the fortifications, which are connected by electric vehicles to ensure rapid mobility and support between the fortifications. In addition, the weapons in the shooting fortifications are specially designed and installed to ensure maximum firepower output.
The entire defense line has a total of about 5800 permanent fortifications of various purposes, with a density of 15 per kilometer of frontage, with an average of at least one permanent fortification within one hundred meters.
The roof and walls of the strongest reinforced concrete fortifications are 3.5 meters thick, and the armor thickness of the armored tower is 300 mm, both of which can withstand direct hits from two 420 mm white artillery shells.
The anti-tank obstacles within the defense line mainly include anti-tank trenches, cliffs, cliffs, metal and concrete piles, and are reinforced with minefields.
There is only one goal, to trap the tanks in front of the position, and then the heavy artillery in the fortifications will call out their names one by one.
Anti-infantry obstacles are generally metal stakes or wooden stakes and barbed wire. In some areas, electrified barbed wire is also installed.
Wang Meng was foaming at the corners of his mouth as he spoke, but Li Yunlong sneered. He never believed that there was a line of defense that could not be broken.
"Nonsense, what happened next?"
"Later, the Germans broke through. Specifically, they went around us and attacked us from behind!"
At that time, Hitler asked the General Staff to formulate a plan to attack France, which was almost a head-on confrontation with the Maginot Line.
The conclusions were surprisingly consistent: heavy casualties.
Hitler directly rejected the suggestions of military leaders and staff to attack the Maginot Line by force, and decided on a strategy to bypass Belgium, bypass the Maginot Line, and go straight into France.
Eventually the French and British were driven into the sea, and the Maginot Line became a piece of junk.
"Hahaha, that's what I told you. Encirclement and detour, isn't this a very simple thing?"
In fact, it is difficult to say it is simple, because the German army relied on its extremely strong mobility and launched a blitzkrieg, defeating the French in 43 days.
Suddenly, an inspiration struck Wang Meng like lightning, and he excitedly shook Commander Li's arm.
"Old Li, do you still remember Guan Jianao?"
"It's so urgent, let's use explosives to send the Japanese soldiers into the sky!"
Li Yunlong suddenly caught Wang Meng's inspiration. The solid fortifications are often the most vulnerable inside.
If we can dig tunnels into Linfen underground, secretly send in infantry or destroy the city walls by blasting them, the difficulty of the siege will be greatly reduced!
"Mengzi, how about we try again?"
"Okay, the Mechanical Engineering Research Institute just developed a tunneling tool a while ago, so I'll give it a try!"
Soon, under the escort of armored infantry, three trucks drove into the headquarters of the three infantry divisions respectively.
"It looks like Old Li has brought us something good!"
Ding Wei lifted the canvas, revealing a number of gasoline tunnel boring machines.
As soon as the technician pulled the starting rope, the tunnel boring machine began to turn and dug a large hole in the trench.
"Good boy, with this thing, our excavation speed has increased!"
Therefore, a total of thirty tunnels were dug simultaneously by the three divisions, while maintaining different directions and heights to prevent them from being destroyed by the enemy or digging into the enemy's reinforced concrete fortifications.
At this time, Zhao Gang was not idle either. He immediately picked up a pen and wrote a simple sentence to fight back:
Linfen, the city was captured in half a month!
Few words mean a lot.
Shinozuka Yoshio was holding the Pingshun Daily and was actually a little worried. If the independent column responded with a long speech, it might be a bluff.
However, these seven short words actually contain endless confidence and determination.
"Order, all air forces in Xinxiang, Zhengxian, and Taiyuan will take off at 9 a.m. tomorrow and drop all the secret weapons shipped from the Northeast on the Independent Column!"
The Japanese Army Air Force in Xinxiang, Zhengxian and Taiyuan began to move.
A total of twenty new Zero fighters and ten Mitsubishi Type 97 heavy attack aircraft arrived in Xinxiang.
Zheng County added thirty Zero fighters, twenty Nakajima Type 97 "Hayabusa" fighters, and twenty Mitsubishi Type heavy bombers.
Twenty Zero fighters, ten Mitsubishi Type 97 heavy bombers and ten Kawasaki Type 98 light bombers were also transferred to Taiyuan.