Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Ding Sheng is currently living a happy life in the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region.

He built the Third Special Brigade according to his own ideas, and the troops fought against the Japanese and puppet troops every day. Although Ding Sheng was an outsider cadre, he was introduced by Marshal Nie and approved by Wei Hongjun, so no one rejected him.

Of course, this was mainly because he reorganized local troops.

Do not infringe on the interests of others.

After Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun returned, the Jirecha Military Region held a meeting. Because Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun were preparing to launch the Chifeng Campaign and capture Chifeng. The current situation was too favorable for the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese and puppet troops seemed to be numerous, but the number of combat-capable troops was decreasing.

It is an opportunity for the Eighth Route Army to develop greatly.

After the military district meeting ended, the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military District began to gather troops.

After nearly a month of preparation, the 1st Brigade, the 8th Brigade, the 1st Special Forces Brigade, the 2nd Special Forces Brigade, the 3rd Special Forces Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade were all mobilized. The 1st and 8th Brigades prepared to attack the city, while the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Special Forces Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade provided resistance from the periphery.

The troops slowly approached Chifeng.

The trenches were dug and dug until they reached the outskirts of Chifeng.

Chifeng was also crowded with Japanese troops.

Currently, the headquarters of the 29th Division, the 29th and 18th Regiments of the 38th Division, the 21st Independent Guard, the 37th Regiment of the Iron Stone Force, and two police battalions are located in Chifeng. The Japanese army is located in the area north of Rehe, with Chifeng as its center.

Build Chifeng into the most important base in the northern part of Rehe to split the troops of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region.

This was also to ensure the safety of the railways and highways from Chifeng to Chaoyang and Fuxin. The Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region troops frequently attacked these railways and highways, impacting food security. With so many Japanese and puppet troops concentrated in Rehe, it was difficult to seize much food. The only option was to rely on support from the Northeast.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the railway and highway, Chifeng has a lot of troops. In addition to the large number of troops in Chifeng, the Kwantung Army also deployed two independent guard teams on the railway and highway here to serve as railway and highway protection teams.

Chifeng was a central city in northern Rehe. Just outside the city, in various bunkers, underground fortifications, and defensive positions, there were over 29 troops deployed. These included the 38th Regiment of the Japanese 21th Division, the 37st Independent Guard Unit, and the th Regiment of the Iron Stone Force.

There are densely packed various bunkers, underground bunkers and secret bunkers.

The Japanese army also discovered the movements of the Eighth Route Army.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, is the Eighth Route Army planning to attack Chifeng?"

"Ah."

Gao Pinbiao, Lieutenant General and Commander of the 29th Division, used a telescope to observe the trenches of the Eighth Route Army.

During the day, there were only a few Eighth Route Army troops in the trenches, but at night they began digging. The trenches had already been dug right up to the various blockhouses, underground bunkers, and hidden bunkers built by the Japanese.

Gao Pinbiao put down the telescope and said, "It will probably be in the next few days. Once they pull up the cannons, they will attack."

"what should we do?"

26th Division Chief of Staff Okabe Eiichi asked.

Okabe Eiichi was still very wary of the Eighth Route Army. This was the same Eighth Route Army that had captured Zhangjiakou. At the time, the Japanese army underestimated the Eighth Route Army and therefore did not deploy many fortresses.

The main purpose was to use the city walls to stop the Eighth Route Army.

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army used the method of using tunnels to blast the city walls.

So, in Chifeng, the Japanese army had built a large number of fortifications. Gao Pinbiao said, "Don't worry. The Eighth Route Army probably doesn't have any heavy artillery; most of it is likely infantry guns and mortars. It's impossible to use infantry guns and mortars to quickly capture so many of our fortifications. As long as they fire, we'll be able to locate their artillery positions and then destroy them with our heavy artillery. However, if we destroy their artillery positions, they won't be able to capture Chifeng with infantry alone."

Gao Pinbiao is very confident.

There are so many open and hidden bunkers outside the city. It is not easy to use artillery to destroy these fortresses. Moreover, as long as the Eighth Route Army opens fire, they will be able to find the Eighth Route Army artillery positions.

Chifeng is so important, and there are so many troops inside.

There are also quite a few artillery pieces.

To defend Chifeng, the Kwantung Army even gave the 29th Division a large number of heavy artillery. Therefore, Gao Pinbiao was truly confident in defending Chifeng. With the Eighth Route Army's crude weapons, how could they possibly break through their defenses?

As long as there are no cannons, it is a complete pipe dream to want to take Chifeng by relying on infantry attacks.

If only the new recruits that arrived later weren't so bad. Especially the independent guards sent by the Kwantung Army, whose average age was 37 or 38. Many of these independent guards were recruited from the Japanese reclamation groups in Northeast China. There were even quite a few in their forties.

Can such a person fight?

But Gao Pinbiao knew there was no other way. A large number of troops had been withdrawn to the Pacific and Southeast Asia. It was difficult for Japan to recruit troops domestically to support the Chinese battlefield. Therefore, the Kwantung Army recruited troops directly from the reclamation groups.

If not for this, Gao Pinbiao would have rushed out with his troops long ago.

Destroy these ignorant Eighth Route Army troops.

But that’s fine too.

Gao Pinbiao was eager to confront the main force of the Eighth Route Army head-on to see how strong the main force of the Eighth Route Army that had captured Zhangjiakou was. He was confident in his own defense.

After the main force of the Eighth Route Army suffers heavy losses here, the situation of the troops in Rehe may be much better in the future.

At least food won’t be so scarce.

Meanwhile, the generals of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region were also observing from the front lines. The Japanese army's densely packed fortresses, various trenches, and crossfire and in-depth defenses were all well-prepared. It could be said that this was the first time the Eighth Route Army had seen such comprehensive urban defenses. The generals of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region were not only considering how to capture Chifeng, but were also studying how the Japanese army deployed urban defenses.

After all, while the quality of the Japanese army's recruits declined, the quality of their senior generals remained. When it came to deploying urban defenses, the Eighth Route Army's generals simply couldn't match the Japanese. Learning from them now would surely be useful in the future.

Fortunately, the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region also brought secret weapons this time.

"All artillery brigades of the military region will participate in this battle. Don't be stingy with your artillery shells; fire as many as you can. Don't let the Japanese discover the 'flying artillery' we've deployed in the trenches anytime soon."

Wang Qiuyun began the final deployment.

For the Chifeng Campaign, the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region produced 80 "unconscionable cannons" from its arsenal. Of course, these cannons are now known as "flying cannons." Not only did the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region take notice, but other military regions in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region also sent officers to observe the "unconscionable cannons" to see how effective they were during their first use.

Because the biggest advantage of the "heartless cannon" is that it fires a lot of explosives.

It can even throw out nearly fifty kilograms.

This alone makes it unmatched by ordinary artillery. Even the infantry artillery commonly used by the Eighth Route Army only had shells weighing five or six pounds. Because the explosives fired by the "Heartless Cannon" were heavy enough, the explosive power was comparable to those of heavy artillery, and even greater than that of ordinary heavy artillery.

And this thing is easy to make.

This is the advantage.

So everyone wanted to see how powerful he was.

"Also, the Japanese forts are all fixed, while our troops are mobile. So when attacking, we should not be rigid, but adjust according to the reaction of the Japanese and puppet troops at any time."

"Yes."

"The artillery units entered their positions in advance and aimed at the targets they were going to bombard.

Chapter 552 The Power of the Heartless Cannon

1944 6 Month 11 Day.

Three o'clock in the morning.

Before dawn.

"boom"

"Boom boom"

The artillery brigade of the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region had gathered more than a hundred pieces of artillery, including howitzers, field guns, mountain guns, and infantry guns. This was the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region's wealth over the years, and this time, it was all brought out.

The position was corrected during the day.

At three o'clock, the artillery fire suddenly began.

The indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese bunkers, underground bunkers, and other fortresses outside the city, as well as the Japanese defensive positions, instantly awakened the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city, who quickly took up their positions.

The Japanese and puppet troops also made preparations early on.

After all, the Eighth Route Army's trenches were already under their noses. They all knew that the Eighth Route Army would attack soon.

"Baga, why is the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire so strong?"

Gao Pinbiao also came to the city wall.

Gao Pinbiao was very surprised by the current artillery fire. Although he had expected the Eighth Route Army to be powerful, he had not expected so many artillery pieces. This kind of artillery firepower was almost comparable to the Japanese army's regular divisions back then.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I have ordered our artillery to search for the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions.

Okabe Eiichi immediately expressed his opinion.

Although there are many fortresses outside the city, these fortresses will not be able to withstand the attack if the Eighth Route Army fires without restraint.

"Find the Eighth Route Army artillery positions as quickly as possible and destroy them. If we allow them to bombard our fortresses and positions outside the city like this, I'm afraid our troops will have a hard time holding on."

After all, the Japanese fortress outside the city was not a very strong permanent fortification.

Those fortifications were all aimed at the Soviet army.

To be honest, the Eighth Route Army had never received such treatment. Gao Pinbiao did not stay on the city wall because he had to command all the Chifeng troops. It was impossible to focus on just this one place. He also had to deploy other troops.

Currently, the Japanese troops defending the positions west of Chifeng are the 29th Regiment of the 38th Division and the 37th Regiment of the Tieshi Force.

The commander of the 38th Regiment was Tsunetaro Micho.

He observed the situation from the command room outside. The Eighth Route Army fired over 600 rounds in a short period of time, destroying many Japanese fortresses. However, Tsunetaro Micho remained calm.

Because the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire destroyed only visible bunkers.

The Japanese army had many fortresses outside the city, including underground bunkers, hidden bunkers, and trenches, which were not so easy to destroy. Unless the Eighth Route Army really didn't care about anything and fired thousands of artillery shells and ammunition in this direction.

But Tsunetaro knew that the Eighth Route Army did not have that many artillery shells.

The large number of artillery shells fired now was already enough for the Eighth Route Army on the other side to reserve for who knows how long. So he was waiting. If the Eighth Route Army wanted to attack Chifeng, it would eventually need infantry troops to come up.

As soon as the infantry troops came up, he would let these Eighth Route Army soldiers see what defense was.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is beginning to decrease."

"Yes. Give the troops orders to return to their positions. The Eighth Route Army is about to attack."

"Yes."

Some Japanese soldiers in the trenches hid in some bunkers when they saw the Eighth Route Army firing. However, now that the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire had decreased, Tsunetaro Micho judged that the Eighth Route Army probably didn't have many shells.

Next the infantry will attack.

Soon after receiving the order by phone, the officers and soldiers of the 38th Regiment and the 37th Regiment quickly walked out of some bunkers and came to the defensive positions, ready to block the Eighth Route Army infantry attack.

"boom-

"Boom! They had just arrived at the position not long ago when suddenly something flew over.

Then there was an explosion.

It was much more powerful than the previous artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.