Chapter Forty-Eight: Night Battles Are Hard to Fight
Ji Jinbiao's injury stabilized, and Hu Fei also let go of his hanging heart. After hastily eating some dry food, he found a tree, wrapped it in a blanket, and lay down under the tree to sleep. He didn't know when the next battle would start, he had to hurry up and rest, and only when he slept well could he be full of energy to face the next battle.
I don't know how long I slept, and I felt like someone was pushing him. As soon as Hu Fei opened his eyes, he saw Yuan Fang's underbeaten face. resisted the urge to reach out and hit someone, and took out his pocket watch to see that it was half past eleven. Looking up at the sky, the sky was full of stars, and the sound of gunfire was still intermittent in my ears.
Hu Fei calculated, he had slept for nearly five hours. It is said that the time is not short, but why are the eyelids still astringent and the body is tired? I guess if I sleep for another three hours in a row, I'll be able to sleep hard. It's all to blame on this damn Yuan Fang!
Yuan Fang didn't know if he could see Hu Fei's annoyance, and the guard company commander instantly dodged back, revealing a sneer, "Brother Fei, Brigade Commander Zhang asked me to sue you, the troops will attack in half an hour, and tonight we will recapture the position lost during the day!" ”
During the daytime battle, there were devil planes in the sky to help the battle, and the raiding troops could not stop the three-dimensional attack of the plane bombing and the ground-air cooperation of the devil infantry, and were forced to abandon the positions they had already reached. It's midnight, and the devil plane doesn't dare to take off in the middle of the night. Without the threat of aircraft, Zhang Lingfu was confident that he would be able to regain the positions he had lost during the day.
Is there going to be a war? Hu Fei's heart was a little more excited. "Order the troops, drink water and eat dry food for twenty minutes, and wait for the order to prepare for battle!"
"Yes!" Yuan Fang agreed and ran to convey the order.
The soldiers who received the order hurried to eat and drink, and as soon as the battle began, it was likely to be all night. I don't know when I will eat next time, maybe this will be the last meal I will eat in my life. Anyway, you can't be a starving ghost anyway!
The warriors devoured and stuffed everything they could eat into their mouths. Those who have eaten enough sit down on the ground to drink water and gasp, and use a qiē time to recuperate.
The time has come! As soon as Hu Fei gave an order, the soldiers jumped up, took their long and short guns one by one, and rushed to the position they had just withdrawn from in the afternoon.
Whether it was the 51st Division under the mountain or the Aoki detachment on the mountain, they all started fighting yesterday morning and have been fighting non-stop until now. The soldiers on both sides had reached the critical point of their bodies. If it weren't for the fierce battle supporting them, I'm afraid that the people on both sides would have thrown their weapons and lay down on the spot to sleep.
Just when both sides of the battle were struggling to support, the assault troops that had been lurking in the back mountains to recuperate suddenly attacked!
It would be wrong to say that the devil is defenseless. During the day, he had already fought with this army that climbed up from the cliff, but at that time, it was only because Wang Yaowu attacked too fiercely at the bottom of the mountain and couldn't take care of the devils on both sides, so he let go of Zhang Lingfu and others who retreated to the edge of the cliff.
There are hundreds of enemies lurking on the top of the same mountain, and of course the devils don't dare to be careless. Iino Kenten sent two squads to monitor the raid detachment in the back mountain at any time, and Zhang Lingfu and Hu Fei knew it as soon as they started it.
Of course, Iino Kenten knew that the enemy army in the back mountain was not so easy to deal with, but he had been busy dealing with the main force of the 51st Division of the former mountain king Yaowu, and he had no time to destroy the small army in the back mountain. Just because he doesn't fight doesn't mean he's unprepared.
After dark, the offensive and defensive rhythm of the two sides slowed down, and the commander of the Iijima Wing asked the brigade commander to ask the sappers of the detachment to rebuild the field fortifications. Originally, the fortifications were built in front of the mountain, but after the reconstruction, the fortifications became circular fortifications that could be defended on both sides of the mountain.
When Zhang Lingfu and Hu Fei led the troops to attack, the two suddenly found that the attack tonight seemed to be more difficult than the day! The attacking troops were hit by the devils at a distance of 300 meters from the known Japanese fortifications, and the ammunition fired by our troops was less lethal to the devils than during the day.
There is only one explanation for this, and that is that the devils have improved their fortifications, changing the single front defense to a front and rear defense.
What to do? Zhang Lingfu gritted his teeth and was ruthless, "Attack!" "Now that the tactics of counterattacking in the middle of the night have been formulated, Zhang Lingfu does not plan to change them. Besides, he has already reported to Wang Yaowu of the military seat, and after he starts here, Division Commander Wang will lead the main force to strengthen the offensive cooperation at the same time. He gave up halfway through the fight, what about the main force on the front?
The military order is like a mountain! The order to attack is given, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of you, you have to rush up! This is the fate of being a soldier, and at the same time the pride of a soldier! The sound of a trumpet pierced the night sky, and hundreds of brave warriors rushed towards the evil enemy with a shout!
Snakes of fire erupted from the devil's fortifications, and one by one our warriors fell in the way of the charge. Zhang Lingfu's eyes were red when he looked at the back, and he reached out and raised his Browning to "snap" and shoot twice.
Feeling that the pistol was not enjoyable, he inserted it into the holster and snatched the middle formal in the hand of the soldier next to him, and pulled the bolt of the gun with a "click". First shot in the direction of the devil, and then yelled: "Brothers, follow me!" With a roar, he picked up his gun and rushed into battle.
The brigade commander personally charged! Zhang Lingfu's staff officers, adjutants, guards, as well as the newspaper operators and trumpeters, including the 100 artillerymen behind him, all the combatants and non-combatants all ran with him. The morale of the national army was instantly shocked!
"Brother Fei, Brigade Commander Zhang personally participated in the charge! Shall we also go on? Yuan Fang had already begun to get excited. According to Hu Fei's temper in the past, it is impossible for him to hide behind as an audience.
"On what? Stupidly rushed over to die? Unexpectedly, Hu Fei not only did not immediately go into battle, but instead reprimanded Yuan Fang.
Looking at Yuan Fang's aggrieved and puzzled expression, Hu Fei had no choice but to patiently enlighten him: "Yuan Fang, have you found that tonight's battle is more difficult than during the day?" ”
Seeing Yuan Fang nodding, Hu Fei continued to analyze: "That's the devil who improved their fortifications. Let's rush forward now, that's looking for our own death! To fight a war, we must not only destroy the devils, but also live. If everyone else dies, then what kind of battle is there to fight? Therefore, what we have to do now is not to charge, but to find a way to win this battle! ”
Listening to what Hu Fei said was reasonable, Yuan Fang nodded frequently. When Hu Fei was explaining the tactical methods to Yuan Fang, something happened in the charging national army, and as the organizer and leader of this raiding force, Brigade Commander Zhang Lingfu was injured on the way to the charge!
This is actually to blame Zhang Lingfu for being careless. As a unit commander, you lead your troops to charge to boost morale, not to show off your prowess. Zhang Lingfu remembered it at the beginning, and forgot about it when he beat him. He was so engrossed that he saw himself as an ordinary warrior rather than the commander of a unit.