Chapter 19: Preparing for the Attack
The reason why the attack is carried out in Xiaolizhuang is because the terrain here is dangerous, Xiaolizhuang is located in the western artery into Heng Mountain, if you want to block the pursuit of the Japanese army, you must fight a blocking battle with the Japanese army here.
Otherwise, in terms of the current situation of the new regiment, it has been pursued by more than 4,000 little devils, and most of the Japanese soldiers who are pursuing it are coming out of Kyushu Island in the Japanese Kingdom, so there is no way, after all, these Japanese troops from Kyushu Island are still very strong in combat effectiveness.
"Commander, the terrain of Xiaolizhuang is good! Easy to defend and difficult to attack, the left flank of Xiaolizhuang is Lijiapo, the right flank is Zuojiapo, and the altitude of the two slopes is about 200 meters. And Xiao Li Zhuang just held the entrance into the mountain. As long as we hold both flanks, we can easily block the Japanese attack! Zhang Dabiao and Li Yunlong stood on the roof of the highest place in the village of Xiaolizhuang, as the commanding height of observation, and it can be regarded as a temporary headquarters, and Zhang Dabiao pointed to the hillside not far from the left and right wings of Xiaolizhuang and said.
Li Yunlong took the telescope to observe, and the slopes of the two places were not far from the main position of Xiao Li Zhuang, only less than 20 meters away, just like two hands, protecting Xiao Li Zhuang inward.
As long as a part of the men and horses are deployed on the top of these two hillsides to build machine gun fire points and artillery positions, it is enough to cooperate with the main position of Xiaoli Zhuang to form a triangular fire cross position.
"Well, this terrain is actually good! Damn, the little devil didn't have any men stationed here! If the devil had stationed a squadron here before, when we arrived here, it would have been difficult to capture this place even if it was a sneak attack! ”
Li Yunlong paused, and then continued: "That's it, Da Biao, your first battalion now has more than two hundred and fifty brothers, your kid is stationed on the right wing Zuojiapo, and Duan Peng personally leads more than two hundred brothers to defend the left wing of Lijiapo!" Lao Tzu personally led two hundred brothers to defend Xiao Li Zhuang's main position! Don't we still have five more intact heavy machine guns? There are two on each wing, one in the main position of Xiaoli Village. The rest of the light machine guns and mortars were also deployed on both wings! ”。
"Regiment commander, is the firepower of the main position a little weak? If the Japanese army concentrates its forces in the middle of the onslaught and attack, it will be a bit dangerous! Zhang Dabiao said worriedly.
Li Yunlong waved his hand and said indifferently: "It's okay!" The terrain here is narrow, which is conducive to our concentrated firepower, as long as your left and right flanks are not lost, and the devils enter our triangular crossfire range, they will inevitably be hit with heavy casualties! Even if the devil has thousands of people, he is just sent to death! ”。
"Yes, Commander, I see!" Zhang Dabiao immediately arched his hand, and immediately went straight to the right flank Zuojiapo, and immediately led a battalion to build a temporary defensive position.
Fortunately, the two hillsides are very suitable for building defensive positions, and there are many trees and giant trees on the slopes, and there are many pits on the mountains that can provide concealment, which is very conducive to the defensive operations of the new regiment.
Li Yunlong deployed nearly 500 soldiers on the slopes of Zuojiapo and Lijiapo, built artillery positions behind the slopes, and used several mortars in Wang Zhuzi's hands, previously captured Japanese grenadiers, and other weapons and equipment to strengthen the artillery fire capability of the two wings.
At this time, Duan Peng, who had previously retreated into Hengshan with more than 200 wounded soldiers according to Li Yunlong's order, had already returned to report to Li Yunlong.
"Commander, the wounded brothers have retreated into the depths of the mountains to hide! There's already our guerrillas in there! As soon as Duan Peng came back, he reported to Li Yunlong.
Duan Peng was Li Yunlong's guard, but it was not a problem to command hundreds of soldiers to fight.
Therefore, Li Yunlong is currently pulling out Duan Peng, who is intact, out to command the troops to defend the Lijiapo Mountains on the left flank when other battalion commanders are injured.
Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, without further ado!" Duan Peng, your kid took the second and third battalions and more than 250 people after that, and defended Li Jiapo on the left flank of Xiaoli Zhuang for me, which is a natural defensive commanding height, with heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenadiers, and defended it for me! Without the order of labor, even if you die in battle, you can't retreat! ’。
"Yes, Commander, no problem!" Duan Peng stood up and saluted excitedly, shouting excitedly in his heart that Nima finally had a chance to command his brothers to fight with the little devil, thinking about it, he was still a little excited.
"Okay, get ready!"
Duan Peng immediately said: "Yes, head of the regiment!" He immediately rushed to the left flank of Lijiapo not far away with his troops, and immediately entered the position.
In fact, after Zhang Dabiao and Duan Peng went up the slopes of the two wings, they suddenly found that there was a surprise. It turned out that there were already trenches dug by the Japanese army when they were stationed here on the slopes of the two places, and the Japanese troops of the squadron where the devil was stationed before were obviously transferred out for some reason after seeing that the encirclement and suppression of the new regiment was almost a sure victory.
However, the fortifications on the slopes of the two wings of Xiaolizhuang were not destroyed, so that Zhang Dabiao and Duan Peng both coincidentally commanded the troops to quickly enter the trenches dug by the Japanese army and wait for the arrival of the Japanese army.
Li Yunlong, on the other hand, set up his headquarters on the roof of the highest house in Xiaolizhuang Village, and was condescending and could command the whole regiment to fight.
"Damn, little devil, if I don't beat you up, labor and management won't be Li Yunlong! Hum! Standing on the roof, Li Yunlong took a telescope to observe the sudden billowing smoke and dust in the distance in front of him, and at first glance it was the Japanese army who was about to chase Xiaolizhuang.
In front of Xiaoli Village, in the billowing smoke and dust, a large number of enemy troops loomed, that is, more than 4,000 Japanese troops under the command of Abe Jiro who pursued the new regiment.
After the men shouted that the horses were neighing, Abe Jiro's main Japanese army came to a halt less than 300 meters from Korisho.
"Bagaya Road, Xiao Li Zhuang is lost!" Abe Jiro, who had a bad face, looked at the defensive position in front of Xiao Li Zhuang, on a high wooden pole, fluttering the battle flag of the new regiment, and suddenly couldn't help but curse angrily in his heart.
"Bagaya Road, the new regiment of China has occupied the main position of Xiaoli Zhuang, as well as the left and right wings of Zuojiapo and Lijiapo mountains! Taro Miyamoto, you take the rest of the Sakata United to attack the right flank hillside, and then give you another thousand imperial warriors to cooperate with the attack. Okamotoro, you take 1,500 imperial warriors to attack the enemy's position on the left flank, and I personally command 1,000 men and horses to attack Xiao Li Zhuang's main position! A minute later, artillery shelled the positions of the Chinese army, and the artillery bombardment commanded for a minute, and immediately attacked! "Abe Jiro is worthy of being the brigade commander of the 15th Brigade of the 31st Division of the Japanese Army, and he has rich combat experience, and he made preparations for the attack after observing the situation around Xiaolizhuang for less than half a minute.
For Li Yunlong to dare to stop the retreat here and stop himself here, Abe Jiro is a little surprised now! However, we still have to fight!