Chapter 191: Bloody Battle in Huaiyang (12)

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Targeted killing, Yang Tianfeng would rather spend more ammunition than minimize casualties.

The Jin mountain-building artillery bombarded the biggest devil indiscriminately, and the hastily constructed position could not withstand the destruction of the shells at all, and the flying soil was mixed with red flesh and blood, and the devils were still struggling to support under the heavy casualties. Grenadiers, light and heavy machine guns fired heavily at the skirmish line trying to close.

The infantry temporarily stopped attacking, and a moment later, more than twenty gelled ****** were fired at the devil's position by the 82 mortar.

The fire burned brightly, more brilliant and bright red than the sunset in the west. The devils, burned by the sprayed gelatinized gasoline, let out a heart-rending scream, rolled on the ground, jumped on the ground, and danced like a group of monsters in the midst of the fireworks.

"Ruthless enough." Ma Bingzhong held a telescope, his head was wrapped in bandages, and the military uniform on his body was also tattered, and the problem of being a soldier had not been changed, he was only twenty-nine years old, and he was martyred in the bloody battle of Huaiyang in history, and erected the anti-Japanese national hero monument admired by future generations in the water village of Xiangcheng County with loyal bones.

"However, it's really *mother*'s pleasure." Ma Bingzhong let out a strange laugh with a hoarse throat, "Slaughtering a widow is like killing a dog, this battle is the happiest one Lao Tzu has ever fought." ”

In the field of vision of the telescope, there were desperate devils rushing out of the position, shooting and shouting indiscriminately, but then they were torn to pieces by the dense bullets.

"Brigade seat, division seat order, the cavalry withdraw from the battlefield to rectify and rest, there are still devils on the side of Anling to solve overnight." A herald jumped off his horse and saluted.

Ma Bingzhong put down the binoculars, glanced at the place where the devil was burned, and waved his hand, "Exit the battlefield, and leave this little devil to the third vertical to solve." ”

The sun completely sank into the horizon, and the night quickly covered the land, and the officers and men of the three columns began to encircle and annihilate the last remnants of the enemy.

As usual, it was a bombardment of shells, slaughtering tired and desperate devils.

Yoshimoto Eisaku hid in a crater, curled up like a poor dog. An explosion sounded next to him, deafening, and shook him into a daze. Confused and helpless, he looked up and saw the "rain" from the explosion, and the air was suffocated with dirt, gunsmoke, and metal fragments.

Suddenly, a black object flew by. Out of instinct, Eisaku Yoshimoto quickly avoided his head, and the object fell to the ground with a thud.

It was the remains of a steaming devil, a bare torso, and no limbs. , neck and face were cut by shrapnel and were covered in blood, and they were completely out of shape. Surprisingly, the torso's mouth moaned, and it sounded like another world in its guttural voice.

"Help me, I, I don't want to die." It's hard to understand, but the wreckage is pleading and grunting.

Eisaku Yoshimoto flinched in horror, almost hysterical. He clung to the pit wall, lest he touch the ghostly wreckage.

The dying torso began to weep, and Yoshimoto Eisaku's lips twitched, trembling in prayer. Perhaps in response to his prayers, the torso soon died.

Yoshimoto Eisaku also wanted to cry, he thought of his family in the island country, but he could never go back, and he would not even leave his bones.

Without giving Yoshimoto much time to mourn, under the cover of night and shelling, the lightning canisters that threw grenades approached the devil's position and suddenly fired from three sides at a distance of less than three hundred meters.

Hundreds of grenades smoked and rained down, rolling on the ground with cries of mad fear.

A black grenade fell from the sky and landed next to Eisaku Yoshimoto. Time seemed to freeze, Yoshimoto stared blankly at the thing that was still rolling, a staff officer desperate, reached out and grabbed the grenade, just made a throwing gesture, a brilliant and dazzling flash burst out, and the devil staff officer turned into a blood mist.

Flesh and blood smeared Yoshimoto's face, but it didn't matter, a piece of shrapnel cut his throat, and he tried in vain to cover it with one hand, but the gushing blood was like a faucet that couldn't be turned off. His eyes began to darken, his mind began to pause, and he finally fell into boundless darkness.

Light and heavy machine guns roared, and the soldiers who were crawling close to the devil's position shouted and launched a charge, and dozens of shotguns* sprayed a dense raindrop of lead bullet iron sand, shattering everything in front of them.

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The final targeted elimination brought the casualties of both sides closer, and the casualty ratio was barely fixed at one to one.

The battlefield has fallen silent, only the craters scattered and the corpses waiting to be cleaned up, showing the tragedy of this great battle.

Yang Tianfeng quickly retracted his gaze, turned around expressionlessly, and listened to the reports of several staff officers.

At dusk, the victory was decided. After soliciting Liu Chen's opinion, Yang Tianfeng sent a telegram to the 14th Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the Chiang Detachment, opening the defense line of Anling Town and allowing the enemy to continue to advance south along the main road.

This is another partial retreat operation, this devil has no heavy artillery, there are only two tanks, and the strength is more than 1,000, so it is much easier to fight them. The road has been destroyed, night falls, the enemy's march will be very slow, and time will allow the troops to maneuver again, encircle the enemy, and gather and annihilate them in the north of Huaiyang City.

According to the characteristics of the devil's operation, if the commander falls, and his subordinates do not provide rescue, or the rescue is ineffective, they will be severely punished. What's more, the devil still has the task of reinforcing and rescuing Huaiyang!

Therefore, Yang Tianfeng thought that no matter whether the annihilated devils sent a telegram for help, or announced a warning that they were about to fall, how the devils should go, and the blockade of Anling Town no longer had any great significance.

After a short period of rest and rectification, the units of the 1st Cavalry Division had already set out first, and as usual, they were flanking on both flanks, while the task of frontal resistance was still undertaken by the 3rd Column.

"As long as this group of devils can't enter Huaiyang and is annihilated in the wild, Huaiyang will be at your fingertips." Yang Tianfeng looked at the map and tapped his finger vigorously, "Huai Yangfu not only has a deep enough place to maneuver in Hedong, but also has a wedge between Kaifeng and Shangqiu, and it is entirely possible that the war situation in eastern Henan will change greatly." ”

"Sir, rest assured, my detachment will never let the devils see Huaiyang." Guo Songlin is ready to go, and he will independently command this second siege and annihilation battle, showing Yang Tianfeng's trust in him.

Yang Tianfeng nodded and reminded: "I have ordered the troops under Huaiyang City to launch a feint attack to force the Japanese army in Huaiyang to continue to ask for help. Well, when you are ambushing, you have to watch out for the devil's poison gas bombs, and the direction of the wind is the most critical. These animals dare to use any trick when they are dying. ”

"Yes! The direction of the wind is the most critical, and the troops that are in the wind must be fully equipped. Guo Songlin was upright, but he didn't leave immediately, waiting for Yang Tianfeng's instructions.

"A plan is a plan, although it is comprehensive, but the situation on the battlefield is unpredictable, and you must also be flexible." Yang Tianfeng paused and showed an encouraging smile, "Don't be too nervous, whether it is strength or firepower, our army has the advantage." Well, go ahead, I'm waiting for your good news under Huaiyang City. ”

Guo Songlin saluted upright, condensed for a moment, turned around and strode away.

"There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals!" Ma Biao looked at Guo Songlin's back and said with emotion: "Under the teaching of General Yang, this officer has taken on the demeanor of a famous general. When besieging the devils, the infantry he led arrived later, but the progress was not slow, and the fight was very orderly, and it had obtained the essence of General Yang's battle! ”

Quintessence? The essence of Lao Tzu is to be prophetic and prescient, step by step. Yang Tianfeng waved his hand humbly and said, "I really don't dare to take the award." That, the brothers are going to lay out the siege under Huaiyang City, the two brothers-"

"Let's go along!" Liu Chen looked at Ma Biao inquiringly, and after receiving a positive response, he said with a smile: "The attack is the most difficult, but we all want to see General Yang's tricks!" ”

"There are no strange tricks, but they are just methods that the ancestors have used a long time ago." Yang Tianfeng smiled faintly and stretched out his hand to signal the two of them to go first.

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Tunnel operation, as the first step in breaking through the city wall, is the most effective tactic to enable the troops to quickly approach the city wall and reduce casualties. However, this method of warfare is not a new and original method in military history.

In China's military history, the first to use tunnel blasting was the late Ming Dynasty Li Zicheng rebel army, but it was the Taiping army in the late Qing Dynasty that really carried forward this tactic and brought it to the extreme.

"Overturning the huge city, like revealing a piece of paper". Although the description is a bit exaggerated, Wuchang, Nanjing and other famous towns and big cities were indeed captured by tunnel blasting.

In the history of the Anti-Japanese War, it is not uncommon to see cases of tunnel blasting, and small-scale bombing bunkers are also known as "soil planes"; Large-scale, Matsuyama blasting, actually used tons of explosives.

Although tactics are not new, as long as they are concealed and sudden, they can still win by surprise, and with the help of the power of modern explosives, they can achieve unexpected results. During the Liberation War, Jinan, Linyi and other important cities and towns were all broken through the city walls under the tunnel blasting.

At night, Yang Tianfeng and others came to Huaiyang City, where two brigades of four detachments and a cavalry regiment of more than 3,000 horses were besieging the city.

The officers and soldiers took turns to carry out the construction, and thousands of people in the vicinity were recruited, and the trenches and tunnels like spider webs had tightly surrounded Huaiyang City. The front point was only more than 70 meters away from the city wall, and the preparations for the attack were basically completed.

Bombarding the city wall with mountain artillery and anti-defense artillery is, of course, a tactic for breaking the city. However, Yang Tianfeng felt that this would not be easy, and it would make the Japanese army take precautions and increase the combat casualties after the city was broken.

Several backbone sappers, under the leadership of Luo Sanxi, came to report the progress to Yang Tianfeng. Ma Biao and Liu Chen were also listening, looking at these guys who were a little strange, both of them felt very weird. (To be continued.) )