Chapter 211: Battle of Nanjing (Night Attack on Tianlong Temple)

"Brigadier Commander, I agree to your request, I just hope you can do me a favor!"

"Oh, you say!"

After all, it is a short mouth to eat others, and it is soft to take others, Gao Zhichong signaled without thinking about it.

Han Xin glanced at Zhu Chi again, and saw that he didn't react, so he continued: "I want to ask the two brigade commanders to borrow 3,000 soldiers."

"This, how is this possible! Captain Han, please make it clear. Gao Zhichong was taken aback, and Zhu Chi also glanced at Han Xin with cold eyes.

Han Xin calmly continued: "The Japanese have a strong sense of revenge, and this Yuhuatai is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so their best choice is to gather forces to attack one place.

And our left-wing position made the devils suffer a big loss, so I conclude that if the little devils choose, they will definitely choose to attack our left-wing positions first. ”

"Little devils aren't so stupid! We have already suffered a big loss before, aren't we afraid that our other two positions will continue to come and surround us? ”

"The three major positions support each other, and attacking one point of it will not work at all."

Zhu Chi also took over the conversation.

Han Xin smiled and shook his head, "What if they attack overnight?" ”

"Night Attack!"

Gao Zhichong was stunned for a moment, and in the eyes of Zhu Chi, he also saw the fear in the other party's eyes.

The two of them really didn't expect this, just like Han Xin said, if the little devil used the tactics of night attack, the defenders of the other two positions would not have time to support at all.

"So you asked us to borrow troops because we wanted to ambush in the left flank position, and wait for the little devils to surrender themselves!"

"Yes!" Han Xin was blunt.

"How do you know for sure that the Japanese will come at night?" Zhu Chi still has a grudge against what Han Xin said about borrowing soldiers.

"Guess!" Han Xin naturally couldn't tell them that in later records, there was a section where the Japanese army attacked Yuhuatai at night.

"But don't worry, two brigade commanders, I guess the devils will attack tonight, and if they don't show up, I'll give you back your soldiers as soon as dawn."

Zhu Chi was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Then what do you think the number of little devils or sneak attacks will be?"

"There will be no less, most of them are a brigade coming, otherwise even if they capture the left flank position, they will definitely not be able to hold on until the arrival of the large forces of the division."

Zhu Chi nodded, obviously thinking the same thing in his heart, his eyes flashed: "In this case, Brigade Commander Gao and I will each lend you 2,000 soldiers, if the little devils really attack, be sure to teach them a painful lesson."

"Yes!"

Han Xin stood upright, saluted a military salute, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it was really not easy to win over this situation.

……

The commander of the Japanese brigade, Yanagawa Heisuke, was full of grief and indignation, fled east with the remnants of his troops, and finally met the second team of his division that arrived in advance a few kilometers away, the 149th Brigade, and the brigade commander Murashitaro was the brigade commander.

"Yanagawa-kun, why did you end up like this?"

When they met, Muramurashiro was taken aback, he rubbed his eyes fiercely, he couldn't believe that there were so many people left in the Yanagawa Brigade!

What a terrible battle it must have been.

"Yanagawa-kun, didn't you encounter a large army of defenders?"

A trace of shame flashed on Yanagawa Heisuke's face, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I fell for the enemy's trick!"

A few minutes later, Muramurashiro learned everything about Yanagawa Heisuke, and he was also indignant for his friend.

"So, this Yuhuatai position is full of two brigades and a regiment of the defenders, nearly 10,000 people to defend it?"

"Not bad!"

"Yanagawa-kun, it seems that it is better for us to wait for the arrival of the large forces of the division and regiment to attack together." Murakithiro's personality is more cautious than Yanagawa Heisuke, and he immediately suggested.

Yanagawa Heisuke's anger at Han Xin's 388th Regiment flashed from his heart, and then said in a deep voice: "Murakita-kun, you don't know, this defender has arranged three major defensive positions in Yuhuatai, and they can support each other at any time, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Even if we have a large army of our division, if we want to completely take Yuhuatai, I am afraid that we will have to pay a lot of price, and it will lose a lot of time.

And a parallel position like Yuhuatai can only be conquered if one of them is broken. ”

"Murakita-kun!"

Yanagawa Heisuke's voice suddenly became excited, "I was defeated this time, and I didn't have the face to face the emperor again, so I should apologize!"

But for the sake of the great cause of the Empire, I want to continue to give.

From the previous battles, I have detected that the left flank position of this Yuhuatai is the weakest, and the long-range artillery fire is fiercer.

But if we surprise overnight, their artillery fire will be of no use.

Waiting for us to capture the left flank position, take Tianlong Temple, and then hold the position, wait for the arrival of the division and regiment, and annihilate the defenders of Yuhuatai, this is a great achievement. ”

"But, it's too risky!"

"Murakita-kun, do you want me to commit suicide now? There is an old saying in China that wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and the opportunity is in front of you, which is a great military achievement! ”

Murashita was silent, Yanagawa Heisuke was his friend, and the two had known each other during their time at the military academy and had a good personal relationship.

Murashita knew that just by relying on his friend's previous private actions to lead to the destruction of a brigade, he would definitely not be able to escape the punishment of apologizing with death.

But if with his own help, he won Yuhuatai and atonerated the credit, and the two of them would be credited with great merit once, which was indeed a good opportunity.

Looking at the eagerness and pleading on his friend's face, Murakhimita Lang's heart softened, and he nodded: "Okay, Yanagawa-kun, I promise you."

……

On the left flank of Yuhuatai, the time passed to two o'clock in the morning, and the night was pervasive, only the moonlight was hazy, and the scenery could barely be seen.

The weather was unusually cold, and it should have been a time to enjoy sleeping, and the more than 3,000 soldiers of the 388th Regiment, plus the 4,000 soldiers recruited from the 262nd and 264th Brigades, all endured the bitter cold and shivered ambush waiting.

"Mao, Maozi, no, this is deliberately torturing people! It's the middle of the night, it's cold, what's it, the little devils will come to steal, sneak attack? I don't think we need a little devil to come, we'll freeze to death. ”

A soldier of the 262nd Brigade was lying on his stomach in the grass and muttering.

And the companion he told also nodded, thinking deeply, "That's it!" ”

"What are you muttering?" Wu Kai happened to come over to inspect.

The two were stunned for a moment, and quickly shook their heads, "It's nothing, it's nothing?" ”

"Hmph, there's nothing best, it's all ambushed, don't expose your tracks.

Since our head of the regiment said that the imp will come, then he must come back. If the little devil hadn't appeared, you would have scolded my mother tomorrow, and I would never have complained.

But now, you're all laid down for me, do you hear? ”

"Yes!"

Seeing Wu Kai's indifferent gaze, the surrounding soldiers who had originally had the same complaint in their hearts all nodded......

As the night continued, the cold wind howled more and more......

(To be continued)