LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 64
Eva also informed Jiang Fan of the arrival of the Fourth Division.
If it were any other division, Jiang Fan might be a little nervous.
After all, the 101st Infantry Division is just a new recruit division, and its combat effectiveness is really hard to say.
If they fight a favorable battle, there will be absolutely no problem.
But if the intensity of the battle is high, I really don't know if they can hold on.
After all, they are facing the Japanese permanent divisions with fierce combat effectiveness.
And the Fourth Division happens to be an outlier among the Japanese permanent divisions.
They can be said to be the most flexible division in the Japanese army.
This group of divisions from Osaka has three don'ts.
The first is not to make fearless sacrifices and don't pay.
The second is not to fight unreasonable wars.
The third is not to pursue the enemy at the end of the road.
These three don'ts reveal a purpose, saving lives is important.
And this purpose has always been implemented in their fighting style.
Their combat effectiveness is not weak, and don't be confused by the name of the merchant division.
Their combat is very flexible.
It is somewhat similar to the Western army, especially emphasizing tactical coordination and advocating fire suppression.
It can be said that they are one of the most combat-effective troops among the permanent divisions of the Japanese Army.
But it is precisely because of this that this division is the easiest to fight.
As long as they are suppressed by firepower, the 101st Infantry Division will definitely be able to defend Yingkou.
And this happens to be their biggest advantage.
The division commander, Terauchi Shouichi, did not rest in Lushun.
When the troops landed, they took the troops directly to the north.
The Marine Corps had been defeated before.
So they chose to travel by train. They did not choose to march quickly until they were more than 30 kilometers away from Yingkou.
They dared not go forward even if they wanted to.
Because the railway ahead would be bombed every day.
The train could not go there at all.
They arrived in the Yingkou area at around 12 noon.
Looking at the position in the distance, Terauchi Shouichi said solemnly:"Their position is very reasonable, and there are many firepower points. Let's test the firepower first."
As an old permanent division, the Fourth Division is still very well equipped.
Their artillery regiment is equipped with a 120mm howitzer battalion and three 75mm field artillery battalions, totaling 48 guns.
The infantry regiment is even equipped with a large number of Type 92 infantry guns and 75mm mountain guns.
Their fighting style is to bombard with artillery for a while, see the opponent's firepower, and then flexibly choose tactics.
After the artillery position was built.
They began to bombard the Yingkou position.
Suddenly, a large number of shells began to fall on the calm front-line positions.
Countless soil and gravel were raised.
The 101st Infantry Division naturally knew about the arrival of the Fourth Division.
The order they received was to hold Yingkou and not to take the initiative to attack.
After all, they have too many recruits.
So the commander of the 101st Infantry Division, Xiang Huawen, decided to bombard the enemy whenever he encountered one.
Anyway, they have a large number of heavy artillery and abundant artillery shells.
Take their artillery brigade for example.
There are a total of 6 artillery battalions, two of which are temporary and will be added to other troops after the war.
Two 155mm howitzer battalions, two 203mm howitzer battalions, one 155mm field cannon battalion, and one self-propelled rocket launcher battalion.
A total of 24 M1 155mm howitzers, 12 M1 155mm field cannons, 24 B-4 203mm howitzers, and 24 V1 self-propelled rocket launchers are equipped.
There are also three brigades of artillery battalions, equipped with a total of 36 105mm howitzers and 18 120mm mortars.
A total of 114 artillery pieces with a caliber of 105mm or above are equipped.
This number of artillery pieces is equivalent to two and a half heavy artillery brigades of the Japanese army.
When the Japanese artillery positions opened fire.
The 101st Infantry Division quickly locked onto the Japanese artillery positions.
The first to start were not other artillery pieces, but 24 V1 self-propelled rocket launchers.
Directly choose to use rocket launchers to wash the opponent's artillery positions
"whoosh whoosh whoosh........"
Countless rockets formed a rain of fire and meteors in the sky, passing over the heads of the stunned Japanese soldiers and smashing into the artillery positions behind them.
"Boom boom boom........"
Nearly 1,000 rockets were fired.
Suddenly, the ground shook, and the artillery positions were like a blazing hell, with dense explosions and flames rising continuously.
Rockets are all about area killing capabilities, there is no logic to it.
This wave of rocket coverage directly silenced the artillery positions of the 4th Division.
Along with the roar of rocket launchers.
The rest of the howitzers and cannons were not to be outdone.
The shells rained down on the Japanese assembly area like raindrops.
Dense shells fell on the crowd and the surroundings, and there were explosions everywhere.
The 4th Division was directly blown dizzy.
They were just testing the firepower a little. They didn't expect to be met with such a fierce counterattack.
The density of firepower directly scared the officers of the 4th Division, including Terauchi Hisaichi.
"Turn around, disperse and turn around 30 kilometers to the rear."
As they retreated, the shells chased them and bombarded them.
It was not until they retreated 20 kilometers that the shells finally stopped.
In just a few hours, they suffered more than 2,000 casualties.
Many soldiers showed a look of surviving a disaster.
"This Chinese army is invincible and cannot be attacked."
They came to this conclusion immediately.
No matter how the rear urged them, they just didn't launch an attack.
Because they were really scared.
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