Chapter 41: The Battle of Linyi

In Maojiazhuang on the north side of Linyi, Luo Yun stood on a high ground, his line of sight extended through an eight-fold telescope, so as to look at the battlefield in the distance.

In Maojiazhuang, which is about two kilometers away from him, the battle is in full swing at this time, and the armies of China and Japan are fighting for each other in this small Maojiazhuang, and the battle is showing a staggered trend, with stacks, brick walls, broken houses, and gravel piles, and every area that can be used as a bunker is a place for both sides.

After a house was occupied by the Japanese army, the army of the Republic of China organized a charge to grab it back, and the position that had just been occupied was not yet warmed up, and it was grabbed by the Japanese army with superior firepower·····

"Regiment commander, it can't go on like this, the casualties are too great," a staff officer said to his regiment commander with an anxious face behind Maojiazhuang.

Responsible for guarding Maojiazhuang is the 38th Regiment of the 114th Brigade of the 917th Division. Before being stationed in Maojiazhuang, the 114th Brigade had been stationed around Mengxian County, and in this battle, the 114th Brigade repelled the Japanese attack many times, and it suffered heavy losses. That's why he was sent to garrison the area around Maojiazhuang on the north side of Linyi. Because in the pre-war judgment, Maojiazhuang was safe, and the Japanese army would not attack Maojiazhuang for the time being.

Opposite Maojiazhuang is the Japanese army's Sakamoto detachment, Sakamoto detachment was defeated by the Third Army in the previous battle, all the way back, this is also the reason why the theater commander judged the safety of Maojiazhuang, but in fact, although the Sakamoto detachment was repulsed, in fact, the loss was not large, so the Sakamoto detachment, who was eager to fight, only went through a repair and then put into the battle again, and the intensity of the attack was strong, beyond all Rao's expectations, this attack, the entire Linyi theater was caught off guard.

"No matter how heavy the casualties are, we have no way back"

The commander of the 917th Regiment cut the road to the point. At this time, Li Husheng, the head of the crisis in Linyi City, knew very well that Linyi City was attacked by devils from three sides, and the situation was precarious, and the defenders in the city had been exhausted.

As for the reinforcements, only the 59th Army is rushing over, and its troops are all transferred to Taierzhuang, because the devils there are stronger and more dangerous.

At this time, the Japanese army had occupied the central area of Maojiazhuang, and was using it as a commanding height, attacking the 917th Regiment along the streets, and losing control of the center of the town, the position of the 917th Regiment was precarious, and at this time, the regiment commander Li Husheng finally sent his last reserve.

"The seventh company of the reserve, attack from the left side of Zhuangzi, be sure to recapture the center of the town, and then use this to establish a position to block the Japanese army" The regiment commander Li Husheng looked up at the sky, the gray sky was covered with sunset, and there were still more than two hours before the night came.

"As long as you hold on for two hours, and when it is night, the position will be safe"

"Yes" Behind him, the commander of the seventh company took the order.

Soon, more than 100 people of the seventh company rushed out of the rear position, and went straight to Maojiazhuang from the left side of the town, and the attack of the reserve interrupted the Japanese army's encroachment offensive steps, and the Japanese army had to divide a part to defend against the attack of the reserve, while the rest of the companies in the front line position took the opportunity to launch a counter-charge and drove the devil out of the center of Maojia town in one fell swoop.

"Baga, a group of waste" On the devil's position on the side of Maojia Town, the captain of the Japanese brigade in charge of the attack saw that the position was lost again, and slapped the table of the temporary headquarters, and the table that had been put together temporarily cracked and collapsed.

"Third Squadron, continue to attack" In anger, the captain once again ordered the third squadron, which had just rested a few days ago, to start attacking.

With the attack of the third squadron of the devil brigade, the 917th regiment, which had an unstable foothold, fell into a bitter battle again, but the position was still firm.

The telescope was raised, Luo Yun's line of sight extended farther away, five kilometers away from his location, a devil brigade was heading to Maojiazhuang to support, this is a brigade of the Sakamoto detachment, and one kilometer to the right of this brigade, there is a pair of Republic of China troops rushing to the devil brigade to attack, and the battle between the two sides is about to break out.

Putting down the binoculars, Luo Yun dragged his chin and thought in his heart.

Although the battle here is precarious, but the current situation is still undecided, no one can help anyone who attacks the Maojiazhuang Devil Brigade and the garrison 917 Regiment, and the reinforcements of the Japanese army in the distance are also intercepted, and in a short period of time, the battle situation is very stable and will not change significantly.

So Luo Yun cast his eyes to his right side, that is, the rear of the Sakamoto detachment attacking the Maojiazhuang brigade, where there was a group of Japanese soldiers who were detouring, because the distance was too far he couldn't see the specific number of people, but with the extension of the telescope's vision, the color of the group of devils in his field of vision was blood red.

"Elite monsters? Hey, I like it."

Twisting his neck, Luo Yun ran at full speed towards the group of blood-red devils.

"Regiment commander, a brigade of the enemy was found five kilometers to the right"

The news from the scouts made Li Husheng, the commander of the 917 regiment, suddenly pale, and quickly opened the map and looked to the right side of Maojiazhuang.

The battle in Maojia Town in front was in full swing, and the soldiers on both sides began to engage each other in short combat, both the attacker and the defender suffered heavy casualties.

"Everyone, give it to me" Li Husheng is also an iron man, he immediately pulled out his own gun, and planned to call the remaining personnel of the regiment headquarters and the devils to fight hard, it was impossible to retreat, the position was lost, and Linyi was gone, so he could only fight to the death.

Just when Regiment Commander Li Husheng was about to go to the front line in person, another scout rushed over panting.

"Regiment commander, a regiment of the 59th Army has already intercepted that devil brigade"

"Made, I'm scared to death" Stuffing the matching gun into the holster, Li Husheng patted his chest and gasped. Then he looked at the first scout with an unkind face, and the first scout hurriedly grabbed his gun and ran to the front line.

"Commander, I'm going to fight devils"

The position of the devil brigade on the side of Maojia Town.

"Captain, the 3rd Brigade is on its way to support and is expected to be in battle in half an hour," a communications officer reported on the movement of reinforcements.

"Yo Xi, Yo Xi, I want to kill all the enemies on the opposite side" The arrival of the reinforcements immediately made the captain of the devil smile happily, and he continued to play several rounds Yo Xi, and at the same time he was talking cruelly, for the Republic of China troops who blocked his attack overnight, the captain already hated him.

At this time, the second signal soldier ran in.

"Captain, the support brigade is blocked by a regiment of people in the area of five kilometers on the right, and it is temporarily unable to support"

The smile of "Baga" had not disappeared, and the captain of the turbulent brigade suddenly slapped the second communication soldier in the face, knocking the communication soldier directly to the ground.