Chapter 5: The Bloody Battle (2)
On the evening of October 18, He Jianye, who received the order, called on the soldiers of the 16th Regiment to eat early and bring dry food and water bottles. The brothers of the artillery battalion were ordered to disperse and distribute to each battalion company according to the grouping of mortars, and all troops were required not to carry heavy machine guns and 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, and to strengthen mobility as the first priority. Taking advantage of the illusion of human eyesight caused by the blurred light at dusk, He Jianye did not wait for the command's assault plan scheduled for 8 o'clock in the evening, and led the troops to touch forward early, although the speed was very slow, but the 16th Regiment, which did not require speed at He Jianye's request, still crawled slowly towards the Japanese army. The weather in the Songhu area in October, the night is not too cold, the only bad thing is that the moonlight tonight may not be good for the raid, the moonlight sprinkled by a round of crescent moon in the sky, along the river side of the Fuzaobang, accompanied by the mist in the night, clear and cold, faint, soft, like flowing water, sticking to the warriors. The cold night wind was accompanied by a chill, He Jianye led the 16th Regiment to sneak towards the devil's defense line, because He Jianye led people to take the path covered by grass and trees or the grassy slope that was not a road at all, from time to time someone tripped over the grass and stones and made a falling sound, but under the strict training and discipline requirements, although some soldiers were sweating profusely, but they were always struggling to endure, He Jianye signaled the wounded soldiers to stay and crawl back into the defense line on their own, and then slowed down and waited for the large army to catch up with him, and continued to sneak forward.
Approaching the Japanese defense line 800 meters, He Jianye had no choice but to stop the troops' sneaking and whispered to the commanders of each battalion and company to arrange for the troops to disperse and rest on their own, and wait for the unified attack signal from the headquarters. He Jianye quickly made various gestures, signaling the three sniper teams he personally trained to follow him, and slowly crawled forward, but what He Jianye didn't find was that in addition to the 12 people from the three sniper teams, there were two more Yang Xiaoshi and Zeng Da who were following him.
Crawling slowly, He Jianye stopped from time to time to observe the surrounding environment and various positions suitable for arranging dark whistles, in the grass on the west side of the gentle slope, a devil's secret whistle was vigilantly observing the surroundings, and any wind and grass could not escape his eyes, but he didn't know that the danger was slowly approaching. With He Jianye's super hearing, in the silent night, the breathing sound of several Japanese soldiers was so obvious, under the command of He Jianye's gestures, the members of the sneaking sniper team scattered and surrounded on all sides, and killed this group of 4 Japanese soldiers lurking in a dirt pit without a trace of movement; He Jianye adjusted his breathing rhythm, looked at the slow approach to the Japanese camp, due to the large number of Japanese secret posts on the road, He Jianye smelled the smell of blood coming from the team members and himself, summoned three snipers, and whispered, "When we launch an attack, we will try to hide and get close to the Japanese defense line, you are now less than 400 meters away from the Japanese defense line, once you open fire and attack, you are responsible for attacking the defensive firepower of the local position, do you understand the priority?" As the three snipers nodded, He Jianye frowned and signaled to hide himself. Then the moonlight looked at the watch in his hand, and it was half an hour before 8 o'clock. Cursing silently in his mouth, a person was about to return the same way, when suddenly He Jianye signaled everyone to lie down and prepare to shoot, and took out his box gun and aimed at the grass in front of him, "Come out!" Otherwise shot? He Jianye whispered, moving forward as he spoke.
"Don't, Commander, your own people." Zeng Da's voice came from the grass, although it was very small, but He Jianye still heard it clearly, signaled that the crisis was lifted, wiped a cold sweat, glared at the two people who came over, and slowly returned along the same road.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, He Jianye looked at the three red signal flares rising in the sky, and the Japanese defense line was suddenly attacked by the 21st Army on the front and the 8th Group on the right flank.
", wouldn't the raid be? Why is it still the same old way to prepare for artillery fire first, and then prepare for artillery fire when you feel it under your nose! Damn, how many more brothers are going to die here? He Jianye cursed in his heart,
Taking advantage of the roar of artillery fire, He Jianye quickly called several battalion commanders and began to arrange tasks, "After my raid order is issued, the first battalion will raid the devil's defense line and open the gap, and the second and third battalions will follow me closely, leave it alone, and directly rush towards the devil's barracks; Fuck these hundreds of pounds are sold here today, and it's not too late to turn back if you're afraid of death. Questions? ”
"Commander, I don't think you need to let the guard company stay behind as a supervising team, just let the guard company go with you! That battalion deserted, afraid of death, labor and management directly collapsed him, and the province disgraced our 16th regiment. Sun Qiang, the commander of the first battalion of a veteran who didn't read much, said excitedly,
"Yes, regiment commander, what the third battalion didn't say, labor and management don't kill a few devils today, and I can't go back to explain to my father and fellow villagers, as long as someone in our third battalion is a deserter, I will deal with it myself. Never bother the group. The third battalion commander said excitedly with Wang Qiang's face,
"Okay, brothers, that's it, anyway, just go back and put the team in order, load the bullets, prepare the grenades, and listen to my orders. Ignore the charge of the team behind, understand? He Jianye confessed,
"Yes, Captain, understood." Several battalion company commanders bowed their heads and climbed back,
The artillery preparation of the national army was finished after half an hour, which was already a rare luxury for the national army, which lacked heavy firepower;
"Brothers, come with me!" With the shout of the commander of the forward leading regiment, one regiment each of the 173rd Division and the 174th Division of the frontal defense line, and two regiments of the 160th Division on the left flank, under the leadership of the officer, bravely charged, in order to break through the Japanese defense line and drive the devil back to the north bank of Fumohama, with the deafening shout, the machine guns of the devil's defense line began to fire, and the devil's artillery position also began to shell the front of the Japanese defense line under the preset shooting of Zhu Yuan.
He Jianye looked back, most of the shells were in the center and left flank, and there was no damage on his side, except for the two heavy machine guns on the top of his head, which were doing tentative shooting. But the brothers of the 173rd and 174th Divisions who charged in the middle were miserable, with the shelling of the devils and the fire of the heavy machine guns, the soldiers who went forward and followed the succession fell to the ground screaming, and the arms, thighs, intestines and other organs flying everywhere with the shock wave of the shells could be seen clearly with the naked eye in the light of the shell explosion.
He Jianye turned his head and shouted loudly, "Follow me, crawl forward, no one is allowed to raise their heads, 50 meters away from the front line of the Japanese army, prepare grenades, the first wave of attacks all use grenades, after each person has three grenades, all charge." ”
After He Jianye finished speaking, he lowered his head and crawled forward with tears in his eyes......