Chapter 160: The devil fights back

"Click~" "......"

When the first battalion attacked the intersection of the two roads, suddenly a bright light shone from the front, and the attacking fighters could not open their eyes at all.

At this time, an orange signal rose in the east, and the Japanese counterattack began.

After the flare, the Japanese concentrated their forces and launched a counter-charge against Zhabei. The Japanese troops in the east came one after another, and Sato wanted to use his superior forces to fully occupy the right flank of Zhabei. This is what Sun Yuanliang and Ye Lei are worried about, once the offense and defense are switched, the attacking side will collapse for thousands of miles.

"Press!"

The six devils grabbed the timing device with both hands, and when they heard the order, they turned their hands and pressed it down.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

A series of explosions occurred in the area between fifty and one hundred and fifty meters in front of the devil's position, and a large amount of earth rose from the ground with the light of the fire, and the raging flames covered the entire area. The vanguard of the first battalion was immediately severely damaged, and even if it survived, it was dying and unable to fight.

This area was originally the junction of two major highways, and in the past few days, Japanese planes have bombed the surrounding buildings to the ground, and this area has become a small square with a wide view.

This position is also the bottom line of the Japanese army. If the 88th Division is successfully captured and the interrupted Baotong Road is occupied, it will not be able to flank the left flank of the 88th Division even at dawn.

After the smoke passed, the scene was in shambles, except for the remnants of the fire, but the screams of the surviving soldiers.

"! What the hell is like that! ”

Battalion commander Yang Ruifu has always felt uneasy, so he left the command headquarters to command the front, and was heartbroken when he saw this.

In the forward position, the devil did not launch a fire counterattack, but a tank drove out of the position, and then rushed straight to the west with the infantry behind.

There was still smoke all around, and the devil followed the bright light of the searchlight to launch a counterattack.

Yang Ruifu didn't want to abandon his brother who was wailing on the ground, so he shouted loudly: "Bend down, follow me in one row in a row!" ”

Within twenty meters, no one saw anyone, and the tanks simply fired indiscriminately during the attack.

Yang Ruifu shouted again: "Get down!" Take the wounded from both sides. ”

A platoon of soldiers quickly lay down and scattered, bullets "whizzing" overhead. When they heard the wailing, they quickly stepped forward, then put their brothers on their backs and crawled to the side and back.

"Who's still alive, speak!"

"Help me, brother~"

"Ahh "Ahh

“……”

The wounded kept shouting, telling themselves where their comrades were. After hearing the sermon, a soldier quickly crawled over, picked up the wounded and crawled away quickly.

The devil tank had already come to a distance of fifty meters, and the infantry behind began to disperse to protect the tank.

"Hit!"

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

At this time, the sound of gunfire wrinkled behind the ruins on both sides of this small "square", and several machine guns fired chaotically behind the sound of motors, covering the rescue troops.

A platoon rescued more than a dozen wounded from the front, some were dying, some had broken arms, and some had died on their backs. And during the rescue, several soldiers of the platoon were killed in the rescue. For this soldier, there is nothing worth it, they just don't want to give up their brother's life.

The devil seemed to be full of strength, and a highway launched a rush from three directions. In addition to the key points of the highway, it is necessary to divide troops to attack all the surrounding areas, and finally achieve the goal of fully occupying the right flank of Zhabei.

The defenders of this round of attack were completely unresisted, they had their backs to searchlights, and their strength and firepower were beyond imagination, like a huge tsunami sweeping in three directions on the right flank.

Yang Ruifu led his troops to quickly evacuate to a dense residential area, and then used the alleys to block the attack.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

There were explosions in the alley, and the devils used grenades to quickly rush forward, not giving the other party any time to arm or counterattack. At this time, the smoke began to slowly loosen and disperse, making the devil unreservedly play the advantage of night combat in the attack.

The devils counterattacked from three directions, and the weakest north was attacked at the same time. Dozens of smoke spots were extinguished by the devils, and the large army began to threaten Zhu Chi's 264 Brigade on the left flank of Zhabei.

Japanese troops from the break spread at an alarming speed in three directions. Taking advantage of the fact that the defenders did not have time to defend, they planned to make use of their superior forces and the characteristics of being good at night warfare in one go, and then consolidate the defenses of various strongholds. The defenders lost their smoke advantage, and it was dawn to counterattack again.

The current situation of the 88th Division has a feeling of defeat. The good news from the front came frequently, and Sato seemed to see the hope of victory, and in less than half an hour, the troops in front regained all the territory they had lost before.

The Japanese attack went smoothly, and the right flank of the 88th Division could be fully occupied within two kilometers of the attack, and even the large army could approach the Sixing warehouse. Sato began to talk to himself, feeling that Ye Lei was being his own general.

Report. The left flank troops were stubbornly resisted by the 523rd Regiment, and the troops suffered some casualties. ”

"Nani? Again the 523 regiment. ”

Mitsuhiko Sato was looking forward to the dawn of victory, and the communications soldiers suddenly poured cold water on him. The 523rd Regiment blocked the attack in the retreat and began to counterattack in the designated area in the rear, taking advantage of the characteristics of the surrounding environment to maneuver flexibly. Tactics such as harassment, lure, ambush, evasion of reality, and detours have caused great casualties to the devils who have been overwhelming all the way.

In desperation, Sato ordered to continue the left flank of Zeng's army and use the superiority of troops to defeat the 523rd Regiment.

At the headquarters of the 88th Division, the scene was not as chaotic as imagined, and everyone present looked very calm.

The devils who should take advantage of it were all taken advantage of, and Sun Yuanliang immediately began to deploy and issued the second phase of combat orders to various troops.

The 523rd Regiment was ordered to use the street fighting to block the attacking devils with all their might, and they could not let the other side cross the thunder pool.

The reserve troops of the 524th Regiment were ordered to cooperate with the first battalion to hold the original defense area of the first battalion.

The 528th Regiment was ordered to defend the right flank of Zhongshan Avenue with all its might to ensure the safety of the left flank.

All logistics units were ordered to go to the front line to ensure the treatment and transfer of the wounded.

The second phase of combat mission is not a counteroffensive, but an all-out defense. Use the terrain and fortifications to fight fiercely against the devils head-on, forcing the devils to fight again. The deployment of the second stage was reformulated after the Japanese army had a defensive counteroffensive and the division headquarters was revised.

The fierce battle between the two sides reached a climax, and Zhang Baiting sighed: "This stage is the most difficult, and the casualties must be not small." ”

Sun Yuanliang said: "That's true, but the enemy has already lost. ”

Du Yuesheng in the command headquarters was confused, he didn't know the whole detailed plan, so he asked: "Du doesn't understand very well, the two sides are evenly matched now, it's not good to say that the devil has the upper hand, how can it be that they lost?" ”

"When the devils use defensive counter-attack tactics, they have already lost."

Ye Lei answered for Sun Yuanliang, and he was fiddling with a spring made of iron wire in his hand.

Du Yuesheng said: "Du is stupid, I still don't understand. ”

Ye Lei put the spring in front of Du Yuesheng, then compressed, and said: "Spring compression can instantly burst out with amazing power, just like a devil premeditated compression of troops, and then accumulate strength to defend and counterattack, this is the current situation." But ......"

Ye Lei stretched the spring and said, "Once released, it will be difficult to retract, unless it reaches the limit of power release." At this time, the middle of the spring is the easiest to break. ”