"Hooray! Banzai! ”

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In Sanyi, dozens of devils are holding weapons high above and below an abandoned building, shouting long live!

It was a cheer of their victory, and a war correspondent below took a picture of them and sent them back to Tokyo for propaganda.

For the Japanese army, it was a great victory and an honor for the Marines. For a long time, they lost more battles with the 88th Division, and this time they finally raised their eyebrows. How could Hasegawa Kiyoshi let go of this opportunity and show off in front of the army.

"Sato-kun, this time your credit is great!"

Kiyoshi Hasegawa was very pleased with this victory. Sato made great contributions and praised him lavishly.

Sato did not feel the slightest pride because of this victory, he was not arrogant in victory or discouraged in defeat, not to mention that his opponent was Ye Lei, he would definitely fight back.

Sato said, "Your Excellency, now is not the time to be happy. The top priority at the moment is to consolidate the defensive line of Sanyili and launch an offensive against Jiangwan as soon as possible. According to the forward reconnaissance report, the 523rd Regiment of the Chinese Army had gone to the left flank of Zhabei and launched an attack on Sanyili. ”

Hasegawa asked, "What does Sato-kun mean?" ”

Sato said: "Sanyili must be defended, and the 88th Regiment of the 523rd Division is their last combat strength. Now the right flank of Zhabei is empty, as long as our troops hold the 523rd regiment, then the next move will be very good. ”

Now Sanyiri has become the key again, and Sato's next move is a two-step move. Step 1, use Sanyili to attack the 36th Division in Jiangwan; The second step is to take advantage of the emptiness of the right flank of Zhabei and attack Zhabei with all its might, so as to achieve the goal of occupying Zhabei.

To complete these two steps, Hongkou needs to fight again, and at least two more brigades of troops must be invested. In last night's battle, although 3 Sanyili was victorious, when attacking the right flank of Zhabei, the losses of troops were very heavy.

Hasegawa chuckled and said: Don't worry about this, Sato, the base camp has sent us an additional reserve force of 2,000 people. There is a world of difference between our reserves and those of China. ”

Sato bowed his head slightly and said, "Then Sanyili will ask the general, and I am still responsible for attacking the opponent's right flank." ”

Hasegawa nodded his head and said, "Well, then the right wing of Zhabei will ask Sato-kun." ”

Sato returned to his headquarters and continued to deploy his troops until the battle in Sanyoshiri was at a stalemate. He immediately led his troops to attack the right flank of Zhabei.

After Ye Lei left the division headquarters, he immediately sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding area of Sanyili. In the afternoon, maybe it was a good thing not to investigate, but after the investigation, Ye Lei fell into a predicament.

In addition to the frontal defense of the 523rd Regiment in Sanyili, the Japanese army also deployed heavy troops on the left and right sides, and the entire defense system was in a regular triangle. The 88th Division defended Zhabei all the way and the 36th Division defended Jiangwan all the way. The entire defense is airtight and invulnerable. And he himself does not even have enough troops to defend, and there are not many troops that can attack.

According to Dekai's intelligence, Ye Lei personally made a combat map, and then went to the division headquarters with the map. Sun Yuanliang once again summoned several important officers to come and discuss to see how he could break the situation.

In front of the command table, Zhang Baiting pointed to Ye Lei's map and said: "The Japanese army seems to be a three-point defense, but it is more like an arrow defense. The front point is aimed at our Zhabei, and the back two points of defense line extend to Hongkou, and they form an inverted triangle defense, which can effectively cooperate with each other. ”

Sun Yuanliang felt that time was pressing, so he didn't ask other officers, and asked Ye Lei directly: "Ye Lei, you just say it, how do you want to fight." Time is running out, and we must win this battle! ”

Sun Yuanliang has decided to bet on Ye Lei, as long as he can break the game and turn the situation around.

Ye Lei looked at the map and said: "We will suffer a lot of losses if we counterattack head-on, and if we want to counterattack Sanyili, we must tear through the two defense lines from Sanyili to Hongkou." Then he immediately moved his troops north to coordinate with the 36th Division, and flanked the north and south to tear through the defense line in the north. In the end, the strength of three battalions was used to form a three-sided encirclement of Sanyi-ri. But there is one point, and the most important point, to block the reinforcements in the direction of Hongkou. ”

Sun Yuanliang continued to ask, "What about the specific plan?" ”

Ye Lei pointed to two points and said, "There are two villages here, and the intelligence obtained from the reconnaissance shows that they are the headquarters of the two defense lines. I first led a commando team to infiltrate and destroy the southern headquarters, and then the attacking troops launched a frontal attack, and the assault team attacked from behind, completely destroying the Japanese defense line in the south. The plan was carried out in three steps, with the focus still on blocking reinforcements. Therefore, I took three companies to complete the blocking mission. ”

Han Xianyuan said: "Ye Lei, aren't you looking for death? Hongkou reinforcements will send at least one brigade. Isn't it a bit whimsical that you want to block a brigade in one company? ”

Ye Lei said: "Then give me a regiment, I promise to wipe out all the reinforcements, the question is do we have soldiers?" The Japanese are now eyeing our right flank and will attack at any moment. I took the third company, and the second battalion was already under great pressure. ”

Zhu Chi said: "That's right, blocking is the key. But Ye Lei, there are indeed too few companies, and if the resistance fails, the whole plan will fail. Your special operations team is not omnipotent and can only be used for special operations. ”

Ye Lei smiled: "Brigade Commander Zhu, I didn't plan to take the special combat team away. The first detachment was led by Li Hu to assist the frontal troops in attacking the southern defensive line; The second detachment was led by Li Hong and assisted the 523rd Regiment in attacking Sanyili. In this counterattack, we have to fight for more time. ”

Ye Lei's words shocked everyone, thinking that the attack on the Japanese headquarters would be a special combat team, but they didn't expect it to be not.

Sun Yuanliang was also very worried, and asked, "Ye Lei, you make it clear." ”

Ye Lei said: "I want to secondment the guard platoon of the division headquarters to the commando, which is the platoon of Liu Hai." At the beginning, they helped me train the special combat team, and everyone was familiar with me. As for the third company, there were some casualties in last night's battle, so it is necessary to replenish my troops, and I want experienced veterans. There are more than 200 people in a reinforced company and a guard platoon, and if I can't stop the reinforcements until dawn, I don't need to wear this real military uniform. ”

After finishing speaking, the officers present did not speak, everyone knew that it was the most arduous and dangerous task, and only Ye Lei could take on this task when his own side was insufficient.

Subsequently, the command began to deploy in detail according to Ye Lei's general plan. The attack time was set at 10 o'clock in the evening, and the first battalion of the 527th Regiment was responsible for attacking the southern front of the Japanese army, and the 523rd Regiment was responsible for the frontal attack on Sanyili and coordinated with the 36th Division.

Ye Lei decided to take a desperate gamble and gamble on the honor of his soldier to go all out. Everyone pinned their hopes on him, and they had no reason not to believe in their trump card.