Chapter 1153: The Hardest Combat Mission
The dull sound was buried in the deep valley not far from the mountain, just like the two dozen Japanese invaders buried by collapsed stones and logs, and on this night, no one knew that a Japanese infantry squad with fifty troops quietly disappeared into the Taihang Mountains of China, where it once belonged to the Chinese.
From the moment they chose to enter the positions built by the Chinese, it was a mistake. Perhaps, from the moment they entered China, it was a mistake.
This trick saves a lot of work, at least more than 20 of them, and they don't even have to dig a pit for them.
Of course, Liu Lang and Zhuang Er slaughtered more than twenty others with their bare hands, and Liu Lang did not plan to dig a pit for them, but used the individual intercom carried by Niu Er and them to inform them that everything was going according to plan.
Throw the corpses of more than 20 devils out of the position and throw them around the bonfire that is still burning. Let their strangely shaped corpses stay in the mountains and wilderness of China, and they will not even be allowed to stay in a rudimentary position.
No one could understand the thoughts of Liu Lang, who was a little silent on the top of the Donkey Ridge.
They didn't know that in the past time and space, it was here that thousands of remains of the 17th Division, which was in critical condition, were forced to retreat before they had time to converge. The Japanese generals who occupied the area issued a cruel order because of their heavy losses, and did not allow the local villagers to collect any of the remains of the Chinese army, but those who found them died. Eleven local villagers were brutally killed.
The remains of thousands of soldiers were exposed to wind and rain in this way, and it was not until the spring ploughing of the following year that the villagers took the opportunity of spring planting to move the bones of the soldiers who had been ossified into the canyon for burial.
Liu Lang has never been an atmospheric person, especially for the enemy, his heart and eyes are as small as a needle's eye. If you do the first year of junior high school, I will do fifteen, even if it is only because you have done it before.
These 20 or so Japanese soldiers are Liu Lang's tribute to the Chinese soldiers who died bravely here in time and space but were not allowed to enter the ground for peace.
"Tuanza, what is the next combat mission of our squad?" Niu Er watched a team of three jumpers quickly pass through the mountain road and go straight to Xuehua Mountain, and couldn't help but ask with enthusiasm.
From the moment the entire special brigade received a secret order to all of them a few days ago, he knew that there would be a big battle to be fought. However, what he didn't expect was that except for the first battalion that was still in Jiuguan, the three main infantry battalions of the regiment plus the Zhuangding battalion, which was not weak in combat effectiveness, totaled 2,000 infantry, and the main force of the infantry was only directed at Jingcheng County. And behind the more than 2,000 people, there are also tens of thousands of people in the five infantry regiments of the 129th Division.
Is this to storm the county seat of Jingcheng? Even, will there be a counter-encirclement of the infantry brigade on the front line of Niangzi Pass? If this is the case, then this battle will be more glorious than the defeat of the Eighth Division in the Battle of the Great Wall. This speculation made the special forces lieutenant involuntarily shudder.
In the Great Wall War, don't look at the independent regiment and the two infantry regiments of the 29th Route Army to defeat the Eighth Division, but both Japan and China's evaluation of this battle is mostly focused on the stupidity of the Fourth Brigade and the Eighth Division, and without detailed reconnaissance, they relied on sufficient troops to attack, and as a result, the head was broken and bleeding under the extremely perfect civil engineering fortifications built by the Independent Regiment for more than a month, and finally because of the heavy firepower was attacked and captured by the Independent Regiment, which led to a big defeat. However, few people praised Liu Lang for the heroic resistance of more than 7,000 soldiers of the independent regiment and the 288th and 289th regiments, or most of them deliberately ignored it.
The Japanese did not want to admit that the independent regiment led by Colonel Beast was strong, while the Chinese side was because the supreme commander was lost face by a certain junior colonel, so he could only sacrifice the small regiment commander, and over time, the fake became true.
But if this battle is successful, then no one can deny this military achievement, this time it is a real field battle against a division of the Japanese army.
As for the 129th Division, the 17th Division, the Third Army and other troops participating in the war, Niu Er knew very well in his heart that without the regimental commander threading the needle and thread, this battle would not have been fought like this.
"Niu Er, the whole army of my independent regiment will attack Jingcheng County at around 11 o'clock, if you are the one who commands this battle, how will you fight?" Standing on the mountain, watching Liu Lang, who was like a long dragon rumbling into the distance, suddenly asked.
"In my wordsγγγγγγ" Niu Er thought for a moment and replied: "I will attack Dongcheng Station first, focusing on the large amount of supplies transported by the Japanese army from Shimen, and annihilating the Japanese army second." To create a false impression for the Japanese army, I am here to rob something. β
"Oh? What would the Japanese commander do if he were deceived by your illusion? Liu Lang's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked himself with interest.
"He will stick to the reinforcements, attract the main force of our army with materials, quickly return to the front line of Niangziguan, surround our army, and if he finds that the strength is enough, he will eat our army, and if he finds that our army is strong, he would rather bombard the baggage, causing the explosion of ammunition reserves to kill and injure our army in large quantities." Niu Er talked eloquently.
"Go on, I'd like to hear your battle plan." Liu Lang smiled lightly.
"Therefore, I will divide our army into two divisions, my independent regiment will attack the county seat, and the five infantry regiments of the 129th Division will set up an ambush in the area of Xuehua Mountain, and wait for the Japanese Niangziguan front-line infantry artillery to return to help, just like in the previous battle of the river valley, with the advantageous terrain to attack it head-on, even if it cannot be annihilated, it will inevitably cause heavy losses, if possible, the Jiuguan front line and the Niangziguan front line will also launch a counterattack, taking advantage of the lack of Japanese troops at this time, besieging it." Niu Er said confidently.
"Haha, that's right, that's good. It's just that...... Liu Lang smiled.
What the junior lieutenant of the special forces thought was actually very good, especially the essence of encirclement and reinforcement was used very well, and even used tactics to confuse.
"Just what? Tuanza, Niu Er is just a blind figure on his own, what he said is not right, don't laugh. Niu Er still heard the small turn in Liu Lang's words, and touched his head a little abruptly.
"No, no, I have to say, your Captain Yu is stronger than me, when I trained you in the past, I paid too much attention to individual combat ability, and rarely let you stand at a higher height to look at the battle situation. Fortunately, you have done a great job in the past few years, and what you said today did not disappoint me, and also gave me some small inspiration, but ah! You're still too small. Liu Lang shook his head slightly, looked in the direction of Jingcheng County, or further west, and continued: "If you look a little further, perhaps, there will be new changes in your tactical arrangement. β
"Hiss~~~~" Niu Er gasped, the target of the regimental commander was not the target of Jingcheng County or the more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers on the front line of Niangziguan?
What could be more noteworthy of his attention? Only γγγγγγ
"Hehe, Niu Er, I will adopt some of the suggestions you just made, but there will be no distress signals from Jingcheng County. This time, the combat mission of your special operations squad is to cooperate with the death battalion to fight at the south gate of Jingcheng County, and after attacking the county seat, you must advance into Xicheng as quickly as possible, and there will be two infantry platoons to cooperate with you at that time, so as not to let the remnants of the Japanese army break into Xicheng District, where the Chinese people live more intensively. Remember, we invaded the county town to rescue our Chinese people, not to bring them disasters, and any Japanese dog jumping over the wall in a hurry will bring great disasters to the people. Can you guarantee the completion of this combat mission? Liu Lang looked at Niu Er deeply.
Since the formulation of the Jingcheng battle plan, Liu Lang's biggest headache is not how to attack the county, since the battle in the river valley wiped out 3,000 reinforcements of the Japanese invaders, only more than 1,000 Japanese invaders are left to defend the Jingcheng county in his eyes, he has long been an undefended young woman, and he can pick up and feast at any time when he has already arranged it. It is not a large amount of baggage around the railway station, from the beginning when he arrived in Jindong, he made enough arrangements around the railway station in Jingcheng County, and he can start it when the plan is implemented smoothly.
His biggest headache is how to reduce civilian casualties. There are more than 1,000 Japanese troops stationed in Jingcheng County, not more than 1,000 pigs, and the dog jumps off the wall when he is in a hurry? Not to mention the more than 1,000 heavily armed Japanese troops. In the past time and space, the frenzied Japanese army was surrounded and wantonly slaughtered civilians and even used civilians as shields, not two cases together, in the face of their own compatriots, the finger that pulled the trigger was not extremely tenacious, and people could not use enough strength.
But Liu Lang is not a god, it is impossible to solve all emergencies in advance, he can only do his best to prevent them. He must have a strong enough force to penetrate the city at the moment of breaking through the south gate, establish a defensive line in the area around Xicheng District, and stop the Japanese army's attempt to break into Xicheng District.
It wasn't easy, though. Because of the large number of Chinese civilians in that area, they may not be supported by sufficient artillery fire, so they can only use their own light weapons against the enemyγγγγγγ
"Yes!" Niu Er stood up without hesitation and accepted Liu Lang's military order.
"As long as Niu Er and the brothers still have a breath, they will never let a little devil escape into the Huohuo villagers in Xicheng District."
Of course, Niu Er knew the difficulty of Liu Lang's military order, and he and his five brothers would break through to the core position of the Japanese army as quickly as possible. Two infantry platoons could not advance like them, they still needed to pin down the enemy and fight, and in at least twenty minutes, they would face the frenzied Japanese army alone.
This time, their battlefield will not be in the dark, but will be exposed in front of the positions of the Japanese army. They will fight with one enemy to ten, or even dozens of enemies, the most brutal special assault operations. The people they want to protect are not a few or dozens, but thousands.
It's an almost impossible task.
However, Niu Er still accepted it without hesitation.
The moment the Independent Regiment swore to march out of the Qinling Mountains, it was to fight for the Chinese nation and to defend their brothers and sisters, their parents and relatives.
Now, he had to do it.
"Good! I'm waiting for your report in Jingcheng County. Liu Lang nodded. If you defend it well, the Japanese army may retreat north, and in the future, Lieutenant Niu, your strategic vision may be realized. β
"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Niu Er's face showed a hint of excitement.
It was not the future Lieutenant Niu who made him happy, but the regimental commander adopted part of his strategic concept, which was a rare honor for every soldier.