Chapter 782: Meng Gong is lost
But the bad news still came, not long after Liu Xianwei and Liu Bao went out, the phone call of Chen Mianwu, the acting commander of the 75th Army, came in.
Half an hour ago, the Japanese army gathered dozens of tanks, and suddenly launched a night attack on the front line of Meng Gong, the speed was so fast that it chased the sentry's ass directly upward, first covered by fierce small-caliber artillery fire, so that the soldiers in the trenches could not show their heads at all, and the carefully arranged unconscionable artillery could not exert its power at all, and the Japanese army was close to the artillery fire, and then it was a large-scale group charge.
According to incomplete statistics, the Japanese army is estimated to have more than 20,000 troops on the front line of Menggong, which is a completely fatal and decisive charge, and in just half an hour, the defense line of the 55th Division has been on the verge of collapse several times, with huge casualties, and Chen Mianwu urgently called for reinforcements.
There was silence in the headquarters, everyone listened to Chen Mianwu's report on the phone with pointed ears, and across a telephone line, everyone smelled the smell of gunsmoke, and even the nervous and fearful emotions had been brought into the headquarters.
Jiang Haoran's face was deformed, beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead, and even the hand holding the microphone trembled slightly, as soon as Chen Mianwu's voice fell in the microphone, Jiang Haoran roared loudly and said: "I tell you Chen Mianwu, there are no reinforcements, that is, you are the only one left in the whole army, and you have to nail Lao Tzu to the high ground of Meng Gong!" ”
"Yes, Chief!" Chen Mianwu's infinitely frantic roar came from the phone.
Hung up the phone with a snap, Jiang Haoran walked to the combat sand table with a bang, according to Chen Mianwu's description, the small white flag representing the Japanese army was inserted, and the small white flag was covered with the entire forward position in an instant, completely mixed with the expeditionary force, the expression on Jiang Haoran's face became more and more serious, not only was his face covered with beads of sweat, but in a moment, all the combat uniforms of the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team were soaked.
Although he said it ruthlessly, Jiang Haoran knew that the 75th Army alone plus the new 38th Division could no longer block the enemy's attack, and if there were no reinforcements, Meng Gong's loss would be tonight, but at present, he had no troops to adjust.
"Why don't you send the helicopter gunship over for reinforcements?" Leng Rushuang suggested.
Jiang Haoran glanced at Leng Rushuang coldly, and did not answer her, the two troops in front of him have been mixed together, and the helicopter has not helped in the past, it is impossible to carry out indiscriminate shooting, besides, with the terrain of Meng Gong, if you want to deal with the Japanese army, the helicopter will inevitably enter the enemy-occupied area, and who will ensure the safety of the helicopter when entering the enemy-occupied area? In the event that one is knocked out by the enemy, and there are no ground forces to recover the wreckage of the helicopter, who can guarantee that the Japanese army will not get the technology for the production of helicopters? With the technology of the Japanese army to get the helicopter, compared with the battle in front of him, Jiang Haoran would rather lose the battle in front of him than take this risk.
Because, once the Japanese army gets the helicopter production technology, it will immediately be shared with the German army and the Italian army, with the production capacity of the three Axis countries, the battlefields of the world will immediately be ravaged by their helicopters, and the consequences will be simply catastrophic, and may even change the outcome of World War II.
However, if in this case, the ground troops are replaced by special operations divisions, Jiang Haoran dares to take a risk, on the one hand, because they have strong combat effectiveness, and on the other hand, they have also undergone strict air-ground cooperative combat training, and they know how to use the advantages of helicopters to attack, and at the same time, they also know how to protect helicopters, even if the helicopters are shot down, they have the experience and ability to recover the wreckage or destroy all the wreckage.
But the problem must be solved, and we can't watch Meng Gong fall into the hands of the enemy like this.
After a long time, Jiang Haoran said in a deep voice: "Send a telegram to the special operations division and order Chu Zhongtian to immediately parachute four thousand airborne troops to Meng Gong." ”
Chu Zhongtian said that there are more than 5,000 people in the unit who have more than 10 parachute jumps and have excellent results, and more than 10,000 people who have less than 10 parachute jumps. But at this moment, there is no way to control so much, and Jiang Haoran can only endure the pain of this casualty.
"Oh, I'll go!" As soon as Jiang Haoran's voice fell, he replied crisply as cold as frost, and then walked quickly to the telecommunications room on the second floor like a whirlwind.
"I'll inform Chen Mianwu and ask him to prepare the airborne site and do a good job of guiding the ground." Chief of Staff Huang Jie walked quickly to the telephone as he spoke, picked up the phone, and the notice was still secondary, the most important thing was to cheer up Chen Mianwu, so that he felt a little bottom.
But war speaks with strength, and it is far from being able to solve the problem by cheering up.
Two hours later, Chen Mianwu's phone call came to the headquarters again, almost with a crying tone, and his tone was frustrated. Chen Mianwu reported that the first line of defense had been lost, and although the expeditionary force went all out, and even he himself went to the front line to command, the enemy's attack was too fierce, and the shells never stopped.
Light and heavy machine guns have no chance to fire at all, and if they can't shoot a few bullets, they will be destroyed by the Japanese artillery fire, and the soldiers are almost hand-to-hand combat with the enemy under artillery fire, and they don't even have time to set up a conscienceless cannon.
Helplessly, in order to keep the second line of defense on the anticline, Chen Mianwu had to give an order to retreat, and the 93rd Division and the 55th Division, under the full attack of the 49th Division, withdrew from the battle and retreated to the second line of defense. There are more than 500 people left in the 93rd Division, and more than half of the 55th and 49th Divisions have also suffered casualties, and the three divisions are all less than 6,000 people, and the commander of the 93rd Division, Lu Guo, was seriously wounded, one arm was blown off, and there were more than a dozen pieces of shrapnel on his body, and it was still unknown whether he could survive.
Chen Mianwu's report took more than ten minutes, Jiang Haoran actually held the phone without saying a word, listened quietly, and couldn't see any expression on his face, until Chen Mianwu doubted whether someone was listening on the other end of the phone, and called the head seat several times before Jiang Haoran asked out loud: "Has the airborne regiment arrived?" ”
The tone was a little unbelievable, and Chen Mianwu on the other end of the phone was obviously a little uncomfortable, and hesitated for a few seconds before hurriedly replying: "It's here, it's just arrived!" ”
"Okay, order Sun Liren's new 38th Division and all the troops of the 75th Army to prepare for the attack, and I will arrive later!"
Jiang Haoran hung up the phone after speaking, turned around and howled: "Liu Bao! ”
"Here!" A shrill voice at the door agreed, and then Huang Shulin ran in and saluted.
Jiang Haoran then remembered that Liu Bao had already gone to Huomalin, but he didn't care about explaining, and ordered Huang Shulin to immediately notify all helicopters to prepare for battle and prepare to set off immediately.