At around nine o'clock, the reconnaissance plane reported that the two sides were only about 50 kilometers away from each other.
10 o'clock, relative distance of 30 kilometers.
At eleven o'clock, the relative distance was only ten kilometers. The reconnaissance troops in front had already begun to make contact.
"Yuxi, it seems that the enemy is very confident. They actually want to fight us outside!”
"Your Excellency, the enemy's strength lies in their large number of chariots, so it is reasonable for them to choose to fight in the wilderness.”
Harem Chun nodded and said,"Suoga, Changyong Jun, is there a suitable battlefield for us in this area?"”
Chief of Staff Yong Kangfu immediately took out the map and pointed to a place after a brief look.
"Yes, sir. Please take a look. There's a slope three kilometers ahead. As long as we occupy a favorable terrain here, we can offset the advantage of the enemy's armored forces.”
Hou Gongchun looked carefully and found that the height of this broken ground was not very high, and it was only a gentle slope.
This wasn't a very good place, because the enemy tanks could also charge up slowly.
However, after carefully looking through the other places, he could only shake his head.
"Yes, this slope is not particularly suitable, but it is indeed the most suitable place at the moment.”
"Order all troops to move faster and occupy this favorable terrain as soon as possible. Prepare for battle at any time!”
"Ha Yi!"
All the troops sped up, the vehicles sped up, and the infantrymen ran forward.
Harem Chun was just about to return to the car when she suddenly asked,"Has our plane arrived yet?"
" Sir," Colonel Yasuo said," we've already sent a telegram to coordinate the operation. It should be arriving soon."”
"Kuaxi, the great battle is about to begin!”
However, before they could go far, the messenger reported a very unfortunate piece of news.
"Major General, the enemy has occupied the slope in front of us. Our vanguard has been pushed back!”
"Nani? Bagaya Deer!"
"Ha Yi!"
"What's going on? Didn't I already ask the search team to occupy it?" asked Harem Chun.”
"Ha Yi, Regiment Commander, Captain Fujino has already arrived at that place, but before he could even set his foot, the enemy's tank troops rushed over. Fujino Battalion has suffered heavy losses, and less than 100 people have retreated!”
"Baka! Order all the troops to retreat and set up a defense line here! Contact our aircraft immediately and provide us with support! Order the artillery regiment to set up a defensive line and be ready to provide support to us at any time!”
Harem Chun didn't expect to be in a disadvantageous position before the battle even started. It seemed that a fierce battle was inevitable!
In fact, this was because they did not understand the advantages of mechanized combat. Tie Guozhu's armored division was equipped with a large number of auxiliary vehicles, which could be used in mechanized combat.
Even the 5000 infantrymen were riding on trucks and armored vehicles, unlike them who had to walk.
Previously, the two sides were indeed about 10 kilometers away from each other, but in this process, the fully mechanized Iron Country Pillar side had the advantage.
Before the battle, he had also chosen a rough battlefield. He knew the terrain of these places like the back of his hand. How could he let them have an advantageous terrain?
However, he played a trick and deliberately let the other party see hope. Then, he accelerated his army and quickly occupied this slope.
The situation was developing in the direction that he had expected. In Tie Guozhu's opinion, as long as the harassment of the enemy's aircraft was eliminated, even without the help of the air force, his armored division could completely crush the enemy!
At this moment, the battalion commander, Zhang Yuan Ming, came over and asked,""Sir, should we build fortifications?”
"No need. You just need to get the air defense camp ready to defend against the enemy's aircraft.”
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Yuan Ming left.
Tie Guozhu shook his head. These people were still too inexperienced. They had no understanding of such a large-scale battle.
For example, even though this Zhang Yuan Ming was a battalion commander, he had only been in the army for a little more than a month. Most of the other battalion commanders were the same.
However, the professional requirements of the other units were too high. Xia Zilong did not dare to transfer people from other units to the infantry battalion as officers for the time being, so he could only make do with it.
This also made them the lucky ones. They created the fastest promotion record, and there was basically no more in the future.
Tie Guozhu asked the staff officer beside him,""Are our cannons ready?”
"Sir, we've locked onto the enemy's target, Zhu Yuan. We're ready to fire at any time!”
"Alright, order all troops to prepare to attack!”
"Yes, prepare to attack!"
Just a few kilometers away, the tanks and armored vehicles quickly rushed down the slope towards the enemy's position.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
48 155mm Howitzers fired from the rear. The shells flew over Tie Guozhu and the rest's heads and headed towards the Japanese's position.
"Baga, this is a heavy cannon! Enemy attack, hide, hide!"
Most of the Japanese officers were experienced, and they could hear the sound of the cannon.
However, they had no other choice but to lie down.
Ten seconds later, the shell accurately landed on the enemy's position.
"Rumble…"
Harem Chun was pushed to the ground by the guards. With the others blocking the shrapnel for him, he was lucky not to be injured.
However, after the explosion, he looked up and his expression became even uglier.
They had been hastily setting up a defensive position, so their men were relatively concentrated. This round of attacks from nearly 50 heavy cannons had caused them to suffer heavy losses.
Looking at the soldiers everywhere, it was estimated that there were at least a thousand casualties. The situation was very unfavorable!
He turned around and saw that the artillery regiment was pulling the cannons to the back to set up an artillery position.
Fortunately, they were not hit!
The guards didn't care so much. When they saw that they were already under the enemy's artillery fire, they hurriedly hugged Jiang Huichun and ran to the back.
However, he had only taken a few steps when the sound of heavy artillery rang out again.
"Rumble…"
The M41 Howitzer fired at a constant rate of two rounds per minute, constantly hitting the enemy's fragile defense line.
"Baga, when will our fighter jet arrive? The Empire's warriors could not just let the enemy's cannons bombard them. They had to be destroyed!”
Harem Chun didn't dare to say that they would use artillery to counter the enemy, because their B-type division only had an independent field artillery regiment with 36 120mm howitzers and 12 75mm field artillery. They didn't dare to say that they would win in an artillery battle.
He only hoped that the Yufei Plane would arrive quickly and use the air force to deal with them.
It seemed that the Japanese had really heard his call. The plane had really arrived at this time.
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