It is no exaggeration to say that Chizhou's defense system is a hard turtle shell.

The commander of the UR division of the Little Japan, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, is said to have graduated from the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Tokyo. The entire defense system of Chizhou was designed by this old devil himself. The degree of strength is not much different even if it is not as strong as that of the Matsuyama Fortress.

It is not that easy to knock on the turtle shell. Maybe the 19th Detachment and Di Pei will hit the turtle shell with blood.

Shu Tongwen said with concern: "Captain, this hard bone in Chizhou is not easy to chew, especially the outer turtle shell. If it cannot be broken open, it may hurt your arm."

"I have considered this, too." Xu Shijiu nodded and said solemnly, "But I think now is the best time to restore Chizhou, not to mention that even if we can't defeat Chizhou for a strong attack, we still have a great opportunity to trap the Japanese army in Chizhou through long-term siege, and then take Chizhou without bloodshed."

After all, the battle between Henan, Hunan and Guangxi has just ended, and the last little possessions accumulated by Japan have been consumed in this large-scale offensive battle. Within at least three months, they will no longer have the energy to engage in a new large-scale battle.

Xu Shijiu's judgment is based on evidence. After the United States imposed a complete blockade on Japan, the war resources of Japan began to become short of, especially steel, oil and rubber. This is also the reason why Japan took the risk of attacking Pearl Harbor, because only by defeating the United States can Japan truly control Southeast Asia and unlock the noose that the Americans put on their necks.

The Japanese originally thought that the dilemma of shortage of funds could be alleviated after occupying Southeast Asia. However, the cruel reality is that although the Japanese quickly occupied Southeast Asia, they did not plunder too much strategic materials from Southeast Asia. After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy fell into a disadvantage, which led to the maritime channel from Southeast Asia to Japan being exposed to the attack range of the US Navy, which further exacerbated the shortage of materials in Japan. The Japanese had no choice but to give it all and launch an unprecedented battle, that is, to open up wars on the mainland.

Judging from the combat effectiveness, the mainland achieved unprecedented victory in opening up the war, and the Japanese army fully realized the tactical intentions formulated before the war. However, in order to open up the war in the mainland, Japan also paid a heavy price. The most direct consequence is that in a short period of time, Japan could no longer raise enough special funds to support a large offensive battle.

This means that when various defense areas of Japan are attacked, Japan can only be limited to the original garrison in this defense area and cannot expect the troops from the adjacent defense areas to reinforce. This is also the confidence that Xu Shijiu dared to turn his attention to Chizhou.

To put it bluntly, although the little Japanese UR Division has returned to southern Anhui from Liugui battlefield, it is the time when they are most weak. If the wounded personnel of the little Japanese UR Division are recovered after a period of time and the scarce military supplies are mobilized from the country, then with the strength of the 19th Detachment and Dipei, it is impossible to restore Chizhou again.

If that is true, perhaps the Chinese army will only be able to restore Chizhou until the US military lands along the southeastern coast of China. However, in terms of national sentiment, Xu Shijiu was unwilling to have any foreign troops set foot on China's land.

Therefore, Xu Shijiu hopes to seize this fleeting opportunity to restore Chizhou in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Xu Shijiu also had a premonition that his body might not be able to hold on for too long. If he didn't try it at this time, he might never have a chance.

Shu Tongwen was eventually convinced by Xu Shijiu, and then returned to Qingyang County to convince He Keqi.

However, when the 19th Detachment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui and Di Pei of the New Fourth Army were preparing, Huang Baitao's army first launched an attack on Chizhou, Chen Shizhang's 40th Division first entered the battle, and the 40th Division headed south from Tongling County and launched an attack on Guanqian Town through Maotan Township.

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Huang Baitao, with his helmet, accompanied by Chen Shizhang, commander of the 40th Division and Cao Xiang, the chief of staff, went to the frontier observation post in Guanqian Town.

Through the vision of the artillery mirror, Huang Baitao could clearly see the battle situation on the front line. Teams of olive green rushed into the Japanese defensive position like a tide. The two sides immediately launched a cruel hand-to-hand battle on the position. In the end, olive green won without any suspense.

The assault troops successfully captured the defensive position of the Japanese, and the engineers followed up and began to repair the fortifications to prepare fortifications to deal with the counterattack of the Japanese. At the same time, the observation troops of the artillery regiment were also quickly correcting the shooting of the various elements and extending the trajectory forward.

Huang Baitao stood up from behind the cannon mirror, with no expression on his face, but he was smiling in his heart.

Undoubtedly, Huang Baitao was very satisfied with the performance of the 40th Division, especially the performance of the artillery regiment of the 40th Division, which made Huang Baitao, who had been used to hard life, feel proud, just as transparent and comfortable as drinking a bowl of iced sour plum soup in the scorching summer in June.

Chief of Staff Cao Xiang put down his telescope and said to Huang Baitao with some confusion: "It's so strange that the combat power of the little Japanese seems to have become weaker?"

Huang Baitao waved his hand and said, "Chief of Staff, it's not that the little Japanese has become weaker, but that we have become stronger. To be precise, our army has become stronger."

Chen Shizhang nodded and said, "Yes, American equipment is really not a blow, especially the 10m caliber field howitzer, regardless of range, accuracy, reliability, or lethality, is much stronger than the field cannon of the same caliber of the Japanese. Just now, wasn't the Japanese artillery attacked by our artillery to no avail?"

Cao Xiang just smiled and did not mean to argue with Chen Shizhang.

But Cao Xiang knew that the Japanese artillery was completely suppressed by the artillery regiment of the 40th Division. The fundamental reason was not that the artillery performance differences between the two sides were different, but that the Japanese artillery did not have enough shells at all, and the Japanese aviation army also stopped and disappeared.

Otherwise, the little Japanese only needed two bombers and the artillery of the 40th Division would be finished.

On the contrary, the planes of the little Japanese were not seen. When the 40th Division and the 56th Division of the little Japanese started a fierce artillery battle, two 40 fighters of the Flying Tigers came out of the clouds and repeatedly dived and strafed towards the little Japanese artillery positions, which greatly restrained the little Japanese artillery.

Seeing that his troops had won the first battle, Chen Shizhang couldn't help but feel a little proud, so he said to Huang Baitao with confidence: "It seems that there is no need for the cooperation of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui and the New Fourth Army, and it doesn't even need the 7th Pei and 10th Pei. Our 40th Division alone is enough to take down Chizhou."

The Chief of Staff of the Army Cao Xiang frowned, and Chen Shizhang was too arrogant.

Huang Baitao was also a little displeased, but considering that Chen Shizhang was a student of the fifth phase of Huangpu, he felt relieved. All these Huangpu officers were awesome. I am the best in the world? If they don’t let them suffer a little, they will never have a memory.

At this moment, Huang Baitao did not warn Chen Shizhang.

In fact, if Huang Baitao warned Chen Shizhang at this time, Chen Shizhang would not listen at all. Instead, he would feel that Huang Baitao was deliberately suppressing his 40th Division and preventing the 40th Division from taking over the great achievements of restoring Chizhou and even southern Anhui.

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Another Flying Tigers 40 fighter jet whizzed past Chizhou.

However, the pilots on the plane did not seem to have found a Japanese officer standing on the top of the mountain. This Japanese officer was either someone else, or the commander of the UR Division, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa.

Yoshikawa Kiyoshi looked up at the Flying Tigers fighter jets whizzing through the sky, with no expression on his face.

However, Yoshikawa's adjutant was so nervous that he quickly stepped forward and persuaded: "General, this place is too dangerous, you should go back to the command center as soon as possible."

Yoshikawa Kiyoshi ignored the adjutant who was chattering, but once again raised the high-power military telescope in his hand and carefully observed the battlefield ahead.

The battle situation in Guanqian Town, Qianfang was not optimistic.

Although the Chinese army was not strong enough, the equipment was extremely well-equipped. The commando was equipped with all Thomson submachine guns, and ordinary infantry were equipped with Nl semi-automatic rifles made by the United States. The Type 38 rifles equipped by the Japanese army were not as powerful as the other party in terms of firepower intensity.

Especially when Kiyoshi Yoshikawa felt uneasy to sleep and eat, the opposite army was also equipped with at least one regiment of field howitzers, with a caliber of at least 10m.

Artillery is known as the god of war, but it is not without reason

In the early stage of the Sino-Japanese War, the most important reason why the Japanese army was able to defeat the 59 most elite German divisions of the Kuomintang on the Songhu battlefield was that the Japanese army had absolute advantage in artillery fire, especially the large-caliber naval guns of the Japanese Navy, which caused great damage to the national army.

However, now, the situation has turned around and it is the turn of the Chinese military to ravage the Japanese army with artillery.

Thinking of this, a bitter look on the corner of Yoshikawa Kiyoshi's mouth couldn't help but burst into tears. The holy war has reached such a point that even the craziest militarists have to admit in their hearts that Japan's defeat was probably inevitable.

The US military is advancing rapidly on the Pacific battlefield. Its navy has cut off the maritime passage between Southeast Asia and Japan. The army has even occupied the Mariana Islands. At present, the Americans are stepping up the repair of simple airports on Mariana Island. Once the airport is repaired, the US Air Force bomber group can take off from Mariana Airport and directly bomb Japan's mainland.

What will the local bombing mean? For senior generals like Yoshikawa Kiyoshi, it is clearer. The local bombing means that the domestic defense industry will be severely damaged, and it also means that the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield will face a more difficult situation.

To put it bluntly, it means that the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield will no longer be able to obtain enough personnel and material supplies. From the day the US Air Force began to bomb the Japanese mainland on a large scale, the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield will have to tighten their belts and live.

Even if you tighten your belt and persist, you may not be able to hold on for too long.
Chapter completed!