The chief of staff of the wing stood beside him, knowing that the wing commander was in a bad mood, and hesitated for a long time before reminding him in a low voice: "Sir, it is getting dark, and this is the last air support provided to us by the aviation force today." ”

"Do you want to order the troops to stop and establish a defensive line on the spot to prevent the Eighth Route Army from counterattacking at night."

"After dark, many of the advantages of the imperial army cannot be brought into play."

"But the Eighth Route Army is very good at fighting at night, using very rudimentary weapons to fight the imperial army."

Takahashi Osa was very dissatisfied with today's attack, and he held back his anger and had nowhere to vent, but it had come to this point, and he couldn't do anything to change.

The chief of staff was right, the Eighth Route Army was better at fighting night battles than the Imperial Army.

No sane commander would use the shortcomings of his troops to touch the enemy's strengths.

With a calm face, he ordered: "Just do as you say." ”

"Two garrison squadrons, one heavy machine gun squadron and one mortar squadron, are stationed in the front-line offensive positions next to the garrison regiment."

"The main forces attacked for a day. It's their turn to contribute to this offense. ”

"If the Eighth Route Army really dares to counterattack at night, there is no need for an order, just give me a counterattack on the spot and eat them."

"But it must be remembered that no one can fight their way out without my orders."

"In addition, draw two infantry squadrons from the main force and build another defensive line three hundred meters behind the garrison to avoid accidents."

"The other troops seized the time to rest, count the casualties, rescue the wounded, replenish ammunition, and we will fight again tomorrow."

"Inform the heavy artillery brigade that you must recharge your batteries tonight."

"If the Eighth Route Army still uses the same method against us tomorrow, they will join the battle and use heavy artillery to raze the positions of the garrison regiment to the ground, and see what else they can do to block the attack of the imperial army."

In the command post of the third battalion, Huang Sheng stood in front of Li Hao, pointing to the position plan to report the troops' battle history today, with a smile on his face.

"Commander, this style of play you gave us is too powerful."

"Although nine lines of defense were lost during the day, the little devil suffered heavy losses in front of each line of defense and paid a huge price."

"According to preliminary statistics, today, the direct losses of the little devils exceeded six hundred, and a large number of shells were consumed."

"The only drawback is that the troops were only attrition in the course of the battle, and not captured."

"The troops retreated again and again, and they didn't fight with the devils, so we didn't capture a single gun or bullet, but instead used up nearly 60,000 rounds of ammunition, nearly 2,000 grenades, and more than 200 shells."

Except for Li Hao, everyone else in the command post showed a heartbroken expression.

If it is planned in normal times, these ammunition are enough for the garrison regiment to fight a medium-sized battle, eliminate thousands of little devils, and capture a large number of weapons and ammunition.

And today, because of the war of attrition with the devils, not only are there fewer devils eliminated, but the capture is even zero.

Li Hao comforted: "Since it is a war of attrition with devils, there is no doubt that a lot of weapons and ammunition will definitely be consumed. ”

"This time the devil is menacing, the strength is unprecedentedly strong, and it is almost impossible to end the battle in a short time."

"In this case, we can only fight a war of attrition with the devils, eat them little by little, accumulate small victories into big victories, make them feel pain, and then have to retreat."

"Here I will make a guarantee to you: as long as the third battalion can kill so many little devils every day, how much ammunition you want, the regimental headquarters is open to supply."

Huang Sheng smiled again.

That's what he was waiting for.

The third battalion replenished a large amount of ammunition before the war, and in terms of ammunition reserves, it was more than five times more than the other units of the Eighth Route Army.

Even so, at today's rate of attrition, the ammunition in reserve of the third battalion is only enough to last for two days.

The battlefield was not captured, and the regimental headquarters was the only way for the three battalions to obtain ammunition.

Without the regiment commander's guarantee, Huang Sheng would never dare to continue to fight like this tomorrow.

On the battlefield, a gun without bullets is not even as good as a burning stick, and Huang Sheng doesn't want to see his subordinates go to the battlefield with burning sticks one by one.

Not only will he not be able to stop the Japanese attack, but he will not be able to complete the task, and he will die on the battlefield in vain.

Now with Li Hao's guarantee, Huang Sheng suddenly has confidence.

"Please rest assured, as long as the ammunition is guaranteed, I will definitely be able to kill another six hundred little devils tomorrow."

Huang Sheng's thoughts Li Hao was clear, and he didn't say anything, and directly explained his intentions: "Don't wait for tomorrow, just tonight." ”

"Come and look at the map!"

Li Hao pointed to the position plan that had been spread out on the table and analyzed.

"At the moment you have abandoned nine lines of defense, and there are still eight lines of defense behind you."

"After a day of attacking, the devil will definitely slowly figure out your defense methods, and tomorrow will definitely prescribe the right medicine and occupy these eight lines of defense in the shortest possible time."

"So if we don't act tonight, tomorrow during the day, the little devils will definitely break through our defensive positions."

The confidence on Huang Sheng's face disappeared, and he replied embarrassedly: "Leader, I really didn't expect this!" ”

Then he looked at the map with a thoughtful expression.

"Night raid?"

Huang Sheng's eyes lit up, and he suddenly shouted.

"Regiment commander, the night is the world of our Eighth Route Army."

"And for a whole day, my artillery company and three artillery squads did not move."

"Under the cover of night, concentrate artillery to attack the little devils on the front-line positions, and then the infantry assault, you will definitely be able to catch them off guard, and if you are lucky, you may be able to recover one or two lines of defense."

Huang Sheng unconsciously conceived a complete operational idea.

The instructors of the third battalion and the deputy battalion commander all showed expressions of approval.

Li Hao was noncommittal: "It's this idea, but only one or two lines of defense have been withdrawn, it's too petty." ”

"If you want to collect it, take back all the defenses we lost during the day."

"Battalion Commander Huang, this is your territory, now I will give you a task, and I want the results in three hours."

"Without alarming the enemy, find out the situation of the Japanese garrison on these nine lines of defense."

"How many troops there are, whether the main force is still a garrison force, whether they are equipped with heavy weapons, where they are stationed on the defensive line, and how far away they are from the defense line that the third battalion is holding now, all of them will be checked for me, and marked on this plan, I will be of great use."

Several huge bonfires illuminated the position, and a dozen devil sentries crawled forward and touched the middle of the two armies, where hunters lurked quietly.

They are outposts sent by devils, and if the garrison wants to attack them at night, they must pass by them, so that they can give early warning to the main force behind them.

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