Lu Hai also came back from a meeting that night, and the result of the discussion was actually much the same: the Japanese army had already held on to the other side of the river, and it was impossible for one of them to storm the two divisions and regiments, and even if they attacked it, it would not be tenable, otherwise it would not have been possible to withdraw before. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Therefore, the result of the discussion was roughly that the two armies continued to retreat, lured the Japanese army to cross the river, and then launched a strike, and waited for the twentieth army to launch a diversion offensive to force the Japanese army to divide its forces, although the two armies were launching a large-scale attack to force the Yuanshui and go straight to Changde!

Similarly, the deployment of the Japanese side was also completed one after another, and all units arrived at the designated positions, but considering the depth of the Yuanshui River and the lack of tools, the Japanese army could not carry out a forced crossing, so they could only wait for the river crossing tools to be sufficient before attacking!

However, the Japanese army was not idle, at one o'clock in the night, the Japanese army suddenly launched a fierce artillery bombardment, striking at the positions of our army dominated by the 31st Regiment and the 32nd Regiment, fortunately, the weather was extremely cold and these soldiers were hiding in the anti-artillery holes, only the necessary patrol troops, so the Japanese army's fierce shelling did not achieve their expected goal.

"Order, a battalion of mountain artillery, bombard the Japanese position!"

"Yes!"

"Order, the two regiments must not attack!"

Soon a mountain artillery battalion of our army launched a counterattack, in the dark night sky, a shell flew out towards the forward position of the Japanese army, I have to say, most of our soldiers hid in the anti-artillery hole and did not launch a counterattack, and the Japanese army was arrogant, some soldiers in the artillery when they were in the trench to watch their great results, in this case, the first round of knockdown also killed and injured a lot of Japanese soldiers.

The fierce shelling lasted for two hours, and then there were still scattered shelling continued, but our army's shelling lasted for half an hour and then died down, after all, we can't expose our strength too much, so that the Japanese army will not cross the river to attack, but not revealing their previous record of killing Sasaki can't make the Japanese army not suspicious, so that it is simply a little show to paralyze the Japanese army on the opposite side.

When the sky was bright, the Japanese bombardment became fierce again, and the explosions on the forward positions roared loudly.

All the soldiers were dodging the Japanese artillery fire, but what the Japanese army didn't know was that after they showed off their muscles all night, Mu Yuanliang's capture team had clearly marked the position of this artillery. And the heavy artillery of our army is also aimed at the artillery positions within these ranges!

The bombardment continued for another hour, and the Japanese troops began to move, and hundreds of rafts and hovercraft had appeared on the river in the front, and it seemed that the Japanese offensive to cross the river was about to begin.

At this moment, a roar sounded in the sky again, and one after another Japanese fighters flew towards the position of the 58th Army again.

Lu Daoyuan put down the telescope and said: "Bomb bomb, bomb such a high-intensity large-scale bombardment, the Japanese army really moved this time, pass the order, the anti-aircraft artillery company is hidden, and all departments counterattack sporadically, and they are not allowed to expose their firepower!" ”

"Yes!"

"How's the Fourth Army doing?" Lu Daoyuan asked.

"The Fourth Army did not successfully cross the river, and the news of Mu Yuanliang, the root of the Japanese army in front of us, came to see that the strength of a brigade and regiment passed towards them, which means that we barely have one and a half divisions, and then we will look at the Twentieth Army!" Xiao Benyuan said.

"As long as the 20th Army is pulling away a brigade, one of our corps will dare to take the initiative to attack them, defeat a division in front of us, and use the 31st Regiment and the 32nd Regiment as the vanguard to penetrate straight into Changde!" Lu Daoyuan said.

"But I also have a concern, even if we defeat a division in front, our casualties will inevitably increase, and our main attack is the 31st Regiment and the 32nd Regiment, and the casualties of their two regiments are bound to be the most serious, is it a little inappropriate to let them fight?"

"You know the combat effectiveness of their two regiments, although Lu Hai's 31st Regiment is not as good as the 32nd Regiment, but the combat effectiveness of Lu Hai's regiment should not be underestimated, Li Jian is decisive, Lu Hai is bold Compared with the other regiment commanders, he is a little constrained, too conservative, with their troop losses, we can replenish the reserves to them, but only by using them as strikers can we quickly defeat the Japanese army in front!" Lu Daoyuan said.

"What the commander said is that this matter is decided!"

"Boom!"

A heavy bomb exploded not far away, and a violent burst of fire rose into the air, followed by a series of fighters also flew into the air and opened fire, and a string of bullets even hit the wall of the headquarters.

Xiao Benyuan frowned and said, "Commander, it's too dangerous here, or you should retreat!" ”

"What do you think of the brothers who have withdrawn the whole army? You wait for the artillery to slow down a little and then return to the division headquarters to take command, today we are going to have a big battle with the Japanese soldiers! Lu Daoyuan said disappreciatively.

"Yes!"

After the Japanese bombardment, the Japanese artillery opened fire again, and the Japanese soldiers at this time also began to board boats and cross the river to prepare for the attack.

Lu Daoyuan put down the binoculars and said: "Order the artillery, and in ten minutes open fire on time to shoot at the Japanese artillery position." The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Artillery Battalion aimed at the Japanese troops crossing the river and attacked! ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Benyuan also picked up the phone and said: "Order, the whole division will launch a counterattack on the whole line in fifteen minutes!" ”

"Yes!"

The bombardment continued, and under such high-intensity bombardment, many fortifications on the front line were bombed by the Japanese in a mess, and there were casualties in all departments, but fortunately, the effective control was not too serious.

At this time, the artillery has begun to load shells, and the war that has endured all night is finally about to start, in the anti-artillery hole, the soldiers press bullets into the chamber of the gun and are ready to rush out of the anti-artillery hole to attack the Japanese army!

Time passed minute by minute, and finally ten minutes were up.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers in the field pulled the cannon rope violently, and the heavy cannon in front of it shook violently, and one after another large-caliber shells whistled out, and after exiting the shells, the soldiers in the city pulled the bolt again and stuffed the next shell into it.

On a flat ground 13 kilometers away from the heavy artillery fire, a series of Japanese 105 heavy guns were placed on the ground in two rows, and one shell after another flew out in the roar, and not far from the heavy artillery was a mountain of shell shells, which roughly looked like there were tens of thousands of rounds, and it can be imagined how many Japanese shells the 58th Army was bombarded by the Japanese army at night.

At this moment, a series of breaking sounds suddenly sounded over the heads of the Japanese army, but the noise on the positions of these Japanese artillery was originally loud, so most of these artillery soldiers did not notice the shells that had been smashed overhead.

"Boom!"

I heard a loud roar, a shell slammed into a Japanese heavy artillery, accompanied by a huge explosion, this Japanese heavy artillery was directly blown to pieces, and similarly, a large number of Japanese artillery was torn to pieces by the explosion.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

......

A series of violent explosions turned the entire Japanese artillery position into a sea of fire, and this Japanese heavy artillery position was completely destroyed.

After destroying this Japanese artillery position, the artillery of the 58th Army again quickly corrected its position according to the coordinates provided and launched an attack.

The Japanese soldiers who were forcibly crossing the river were also subjected to heavy artillery fire from our troops, and the mountain artillery of two battalions and nearly 200 82 mortars opened heavy fire on the Japanese troops.

At this time, the water was like a large fountain, and as soon as the water column fell, it flew up again, mixed with the corpses of some Japanese soldiers and the fragments of wooden boats.

At the same time, Lu Hai and Li Jian also resolutely gave the order to attack, and the soldiers in front of them launched a return fire, and light and heavy machine guns and rifles also fired at the Japanese troops.

There was still a fierce exchange of fire on the front line, but Lu Hai was holding a telescope to observe the situation of the Japanese troops on the other side of the river.

At this time, the Japanese troops also launched a rapid offensive, and the light and heavy machine guns almost formed a row of machine gun fire on the opposite position to fire at the positions of the two regiments, and at the same time, the Japanese troops were still rowing rafts and hovercraft to transport towards our troops.

After observing for a while, Lu Hai suddenly discovered that there was a Japanese major general and two big generals on the Japanese position opposite, and the position on the opposite side was also full of Japanese troops.

Lu Hai put down the binoculars, picked up the phone, shook it, and said: "Division commander, I am Lu Hai, there are big fish on the opposite position, and they are within the range of our explosives, and their machine gun fire is fierce, please detonate!" ”

"Agree to detonate!" Xiao Benyuan said.

Lu Hai hung up the phone and called Zhao Jianying again: "Jianying, detonate the minefield!" ”

"Yes!"

After the order was issued, Lu Hai also hurriedly took out his binoculars and closely watched the battle situation in the field, and at this time, Zhao Jianying personally picked up the detonator and twisted it.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

On the opposite side of the Japanese position, a series of bursting explosions suddenly came out, the fire almost covered the entire Japanese position, a large number of Japanese troops were torn to pieces by the sudden explosion, in Lu Hai's telescope, the Japanese brigade commander and two big Zuo also flew into the sky in the explosion.

Six or seven tons of explosives were planted in the trenches before, because they were buried very deeply, the Japanese army did not notice it, and a large number of Japanese soldiers were fighting on the position, and the two Japanese brigades at the front of the explosion actually lost more than 800 people in less than a minute, and it can be imagined that the consequences were serious, and for a time the Japanese army's forward position was in chaos.

The Japanese troops crossing the river, who had lost their support, also hurriedly turned around, and Lu Hai and Li Jian ordered the entire line to open fire almost simultaneously to wipe out these Japanese troops on the river.

At the same time, Lu Daoyuan from the command also picked up the phone and said: "Order, all artillery concentrate on the target to strike at the forward positions of the Japanese army!" ”

"Order the capture team to report the depth of the Japanese army as soon as possible!"

(To be continued.) )