Chapter 199: The First Battle of Changsha

Now it is the middle of winter, and the winter in Hunan is also very difficult, everyone knows that although the temperature in the north is low and scary, it is dry and cold, so as long as you wear a little thicker, it will not be too uncomfortable, but the winter in the south is wet and cold, cold to the bones!

In the middle of the night, Wendy plummeted to minus 10 degrees Celsius, and there was no fire in the trenches, so the soldiers had to put on their two military uniforms together and huddle together to keep warm. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Originally, this was a good method, but the weather was not beautiful, and in the middle of the night, it actually rained again, and there was a slight hail, and it looked like it was going to snow!

Lu Daoyuan didn't care much at the moment, and said: "Tell the soldiers to hide in the anti-artillery shelters and air-raid shelters, and organize several companies of vigilant troops to closely watch the movements of the Japanese army, and once the Japanese army moves, immediately shoot to warn!"

"Yes"!

The soldiers were finally able to get into the bomb shelters and bomb shelters, and although they were still cold inside, they were much better than the wind and rain outside.

In order to give these soldiers a place to stay, the headquarters at all levels were also crowded with soldiers who sheltered from the snow, and even Lu Daoyuan's division headquarters were crowded with soldiers.

This is also a last resort, such a climate, if these soldiers are allowed to carry it outside overnight, the consequences can be imagined.

It wasn't until four o'clock in the morning that Lu Hai and the others finished arranging the blasting point on the opposite bank and began to swim back!

The river water was so cold that it almost froze people, and snowflakes were falling in small pieces.

"Xiaohai, I don't think the devils will attack tomorrow!" Li Fan said.

"Why"?

"Look, it's snowing, such cold water makes the little devil go into the water and charge, will the little devil be willing? Besides, this will greatly reduce their combat effectiveness." Li Fan said.

"I think so, this river is about to freeze people to death, it's strange that their hands and feet are numb when they run over without freezing, maybe they can't even pull the trigger." Yang Decai said with a smile.

"I think it should be soon, the Japanese army has always been arrogant, and their soldiers are well-trained, they are not afraid of what we are not afraid of, no matter whether they will attack tomorrow or not, in short, we must always strengthen our defense, in fact, I would like them to delay for a few more days, so that we can find problems in time and consolidate the defense line"! Lu Hai said.

"What's there to worry about, our task is only to defend here for three days, Xuzhou is difficult, Wuhan is difficult, the so-called elite divisions of the Japanese army are just like that, I can't do it, they can still drive the tanks over"? Yang Decai said with a smile.

"These are not important, I am afraid that they will concentrate the mountain artillery, field artillery, heavy artillery or something of the division and regiment to bombard us indiscriminately, the only terrain advantage here is this Xinqiang River that is not deep, shallow, wide or far, once they suppress us with artillery fire, we will also be very passive." Lu Hai said with a smile.

As soon as the sentinels at the front saw someone coming ashore, they hurriedly raised their guns and said, "Stop, who is it?"

"Special Battalion, Lu Hai"! Lu Hai said.

Only then did the soldiers at the front put down their guns and said, "Battalion Commander Lu, come up quickly, it's freezing this day, hurry back to the headquarters to take shelter."

"Good work bro"! Lu Hai said, then he led everyone down the position and headed towards the headquarters.

Upon returning to the headquarters, they found that their headquarters had been overrun by a group of men.

Seeing Lu Hai and them coming back, these soldiers also wanted to get out of the way, Lu Hai smiled and said: "No, no, you guys take a good time to avoid the snow and seize the time to rest"!

"Yes"!

After several people squeezed inside, they opened their combat backpacks and took out the spare military uniforms inside and put them on.

Immediately, Lu Hai took out a marching blanket from his backpack, this blanket was specially bought by Qiao Miao before departure, and a few pairs of tall leather boots that could be used in combat, Lu Hai glanced around the command headquarters, and said to a few trembling recruits: "You guys cover it."

Seeing this, the recruit hurriedly spoke: "Sir, you should cover it, we are not cold."

"Let you cover it, you will cover it, this is the command"! Lu Hai threw the blanket out as he spoke, and a soldier hurriedly continued: "Thank you, sir, you are so nice."

"This kid's mouth is quite sweet, what's your name, how old are you this year"? Li Fan said with a smile.

"Report sir, my name is Zhao Weiguo, and I am 17 years old today." The recruit said.

"So young, did you come with us?" Lu Hai asked.

"Yes"!

"Remember what the veteran said? Remember what I taught you"?

"Remember, as long as the recruits dare to shoot the first shot, they dare to shoot the second shot, and the little devil is also born by his father, and he will go back to see their bullshit emperor with a bullet." Zhao Weiguo said.

The soldiers in the headquarters all laughed, Lu Hai nodded and said: "It's not early, you all go to bed early, maybe we will start fighting tomorrow, let them taste the power of our Dian army!"

"Yes"!

The recruit pulled the blanket apart and barely covered him and the two soldiers and began to rest, Lu Hai nodded at Li Fan and began to rest.

The snow gradually became heavier, and the snow on the position after dawn was already about ten centimeters, and at this time, the cooking squad sent hot steamed buns and rice porridge, which could be regarded as a little care for the soldiers.

After eating, all the units returned to the defense line to closely watch the movements of the Japanese army, and Lu Hai did not want to attack, but stationed them with their own 100-man squad.

Until nine o'clock in the morning, in the headquarters of the Kumamoto Division, Shiro Inano spoke: "On the order of the commander, the attack will start in half an hour, and all the units are ready?"

"Ready"!

"Is the artillery all in place"? Shiro Inamino spoke.

"It's here! Just wait for the order, and we will be able to bomb the opposite army into slag"! A Japanese soldier said.

Inano Shiro nodded and said: "According to the intelligence, we are opposite the 20th Army and the 58th Army of the Chinese Army, in their words, this is the Yunnan Army and the Sichuan Army, and you have also experienced the combat style of the Sichuan Army, but although the Yunnan Army is powerful, it has also made a few of my old classmates suffer a big loss, but their main force has been transferred back, and the current 58th Army cannot be compared with the 60th Army"!

"What I want to tell you is that the army in front of you is not the elite of the Central Army, but the will to fight is also very tenacious, you should not take it lightly"!

"Don't worry, division commander, we will be killed and wounded and flee for our lives as soon as we bombard these branches, I promise you, defeat the 58th Army in front in eight hours"! Said the commander of a Japanese major general's brigade.

"I assure the division commander that I will crush the 20 Army on the front in three hours"! Said the brigade commander of another Japanese army.

"Good! I want you to be like a tsunami, crushing the positions of the opposite branch army and pointing straight to Changsha! ”

"Yes"!

At this time, on the position, all the soldiers were in full formation, and at this time, the Japanese attack force had already begun to march, and a dense Japanese attack team had already appeared on the opposite side of the river!

"Inform the troops, leave a false position, and all enter the anti-artillery holes!" Lu Daoyuan called.

A moment later, all the troops withdrew into the fortifications, and sure enough, just a minute later, a dense roar sounded overhead, and the earth suddenly trembled, and the shock wave was like a sledgehammer constantly beating the chests of the soldiers in the fortifications!

In the same way, the Japanese artillery also frantically tilted towards the positions of the 20th Army, and the war began again!

"Battalion commander, when will the little devils start attacking"? Zhao Weiguo said curiously.

"This round of shelling will take half an hour, to say the least, and when the shelling is sparse, it means that the devil's infantry has begun to cross the river"! Lu Hai said.

The shelling lasted more than an hour, and thousands of shells bombarded in turn, almost blowing up the fortifications in front of them into ruins, and if the soldiers hadn't avoided these Japanese artillery fire in time, the casualties would have been incalculable!

"Boom"!

There was only a loud bang, and a violent explosion suddenly occurred on the side of the headquarters where everyone was, and a large-caliber shell almost collapsed the side. Fortunately, the headquarters did not collapse, but a few pieces of shrapnel flew in and killed the two soldiers in the field!

"Straight, straight"! Zhao Weiguo shouted.

Blood continued to spurt out of the recruit's mouth, a hot piece of shrapnel almost smashed his throat, and the blood also splashed Zhao Weiguo's face, this recruit called Shunzi is not dead yet, his body is still twitching, and the recruits in this scene are all blue-faced, and some even can't help but want to vomit.

"Sir, save Junko, he's a year younger than me!" Zhao Weiguo said urgently while crying.

"It's hopeless, the whole throat is broken"! Li Fan sighed.

Looking at the two dead soldiers in the field, Lu Hai said with a fierce face: "Don't cry, people will die in battle, do you want to avenge the brothers?"

"Think"! Everyone shouted in unison.

"Then follow me out to kill devils, what do you know what I said?"

"Yes"!

After running for another ten minutes, it finally began to thin out a little, and at the same time, a dense burst of machine guns rang out in several permanent fortifications on the position.

Lu Hai opened his mouth and said: "The devil has begun to cross the river, go to the position"!

As he spoke, he walked out of the command quickly, and the soldiers inside hurriedly followed, and just when they came out, Lu Daoyuan picked up the phone and said: "The mortar will fire at me on all fronts, and notify all departments to counterattack"!

"Yes"!

Just when the two brigades of Japanese troops had already arrived in the center of the river, the mortars of the 58th Army opened fire on almost all fronts, and one small-caliber shell after another smashed into the icy river like a torrential rain!

"Boom"!

"Boom"!

In the loud noise, the icy river water was blasted into the sky, and some Japanese soldiers were also blown up by the shells, and soon the corpse was in the center of the river!

The river suddenly became turbid and scarlet, and at this time, the defenders stationed at the front line aimed at the Japanese troops in the river and opened fire! (To be continued.) )