Chapter 38: The Night Attack (Part I)
On February 16, the Kurume mixed brigade of the elite of the Rotten Snake Army arrived in Huating City and attacked the Yunzaobang position, Shi Zhengguang and Ye Zhongzhong planned to flank the enemy on three sides, and sent Liu Yi to the 122nd Brigade of the 61st Division to assist the brigade in holding the Yunzaohama position.
Liu Yi in order to be greedy for the fourth regiment of the tax police, almost all the forces were transferred to the Miaohang position to lurk, the 19th Route Army soldiers were brave and brave, and the military quality and weapons and equipment were not good, he had to arrive at the front to command, personally supervised the 122 brigade, and fought to the death with the invading enemy.
The sound of the cannon was like thunder, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the misery of the splashing of flesh and blood may have angered the sky, and the white snowflakes were sprinkled with ice, trying to bury the blood-stained soil with ice. The snow was not big, but it caused great trouble to the Yanlong army, and the officers and men of the 19th Army were mostly single-clothed and straw sandals, and they could not rush in the wind and snow, so the battle plan had to be postponed.
"Sun Ze, immediately return to the brigade headquarters, telegraph to the temple line, and order Fang Tianming to bring multiple rocket launchers (set a maximum range of 40 kilometers. Twelve gates, quickly come to the rescue. Fang Yan led the snipers to the front line to ambush, waiting for the opportunity to snipe the Rotten Snake Commander and delay their attack. ”
At this time, Liu Yi only had three squads around him: Yan Zhonghan, Fang Yan, and Sun Ze, and he could only use sniper tactics to delay the enemy's attack. Rao was like this, fighting from morning to dark, and in the face of the artillery fire and bombardment of the Rotten Snake Army, he also paid a huge sacrifice.
At 18 o'clock, the combat deployment was finally completed, the general attack order was immediately issued, the 19th Army surrounded the Yuan Xiong Yabu on three sides, after more than three hours of fierce fighting, nearly 1,000 enemies were annihilated, and the remnants of the Kurume mixed brigade retreated to the south bank of Yunzaohama, and the two sides formed a confrontation!
Facing the snowflakes in the sky, sending off the casualties of the soldiers, Liu Yi arrived at the front line to observe the camp of the Kurume mixed brigade, and when he saw the layout of the enemy camp, he couldn't help but sneer - these rotten snake people may be too tired, not only camping not far from the river bank, but also arranging the camp tents very centrally.
"Dogs, mothers, raisers, do you think Lao Tzu doesn't have a cannon? Tonight, I will use your blood to forge my prestige, and I will see you again, Major General Xiong Mi. ”
Liu Yi was no longer interested in these dying people, he immediately rushed back to the brigade headquarters, and after learning that Fang Tianming had arrived, he hurriedly called Major General Zhang Yan, the commander of the 122nd Brigade, to discuss the night attack plan, preparing to destroy the Kurume mixed brigade in one fell swoop.
"General Zhang, how about another night attack tonight?"
"Ah, night raids? Our unit has been fighting fiercely for a day, and the officers and men are extremely tired and afraid of being weak. Moreover, the combat strength of the Rotten Snake Army was truly terrifying, and the Kurume Mixed Brigade came to the aid of the Ryukyus, and as soon as it arrived, it was a tired division, and despite this, their combat effectiveness was still very strong.
In addition, the enemy army is entrenched on the south bank, with nearly 4,000 people, and our troops have suffered too many casualties, and the strength is no longer superior, so it may be difficult to gain any success in the night attack. ”
"General Zhang, the Rotten Snake Army is indeed very elite, their training level and weapons and equipment are above our army, and there are well-equipped motorized troops, head-to-head, we are indeed not opponents.
However, we have superb wisdom and an unyielding will to fight, and the Rotten Snake Army has been arrogant for a long time and despises us extremely much, so it is not impossible to attack at night.
Just now I went to look at the enemy's position, and found that their fortifications were simple and empty, and the camp tents were extremely dense, I am afraid that the artillery camp of our army was destroyed, and they fought hard for a day, and they were unable to attack at night, right?
The Art of War: Do the opposite, and attack it unprepared to win. Some time ago, I ordered someone to make 12 multiple rocket launchers and a large number of special rockets, which happened to be rewarded to the old boy Xiong Mi of Xia Yuan. ”
"Uh, that's the case?"
Liu Yi marked the camp of the Rotten Snake Army on the map and patiently explained: "General Zhang, please see, the enemy camp is only five thousand meters away from us, and the range of the rocket artillery I made can reach it, which is enough to cover their camp. The dense camp tent will inevitably suffer heavy losses once it is attacked by artillery fire, and at that time, it only takes an elite man to rush and fight fiercely, and the enemy will definitely be defeated! ”
"Oh, Bench, can you show me the rocket launchers first?"
"Of course, please come with me."
Although Liu Yi is the chief of staff of the theater, his military rank is not high after all, so it is not good to directly order the generals in the army, so he can only take Zhang Yan to see the rocket artillery first.
"General Zhang, this is rocket artillery."
“……”
Zhang Yan looked at the barrel of the honeycomb coal, and was directly stunned, and his mouth couldn't close, and he stayed for half a minute before he came back to his senses and stared at Liu Yi with a playful smile.
"How old are you, Boyan?" "......, 19, why are you asking this?"
"It's really still a child, is this thing also a cannon?"
Liu Yi suddenly understood in his heart, it turned out that this kid didn't understand what a rocket launcher was, but laughed at himself for being a child's daydream.
"Hmph, General Zhang, you and I are both major generals of the army, and we were both promoted because of the accumulation of military merits. Although Yi was young, since January 28, he has been fighting on the front line, blowing up arsenals, attacking enemy headquarters and headquarters, capturing alive Major General Shiozawa Koichi, Sameshima Gudaisa, Murai Kuramatsu and enemy spy Takayoshi Tanaka.
He also captured Japanese-style light and heavy weapons and field artillery enough to equip an elite division, captured 22 aircraft, killed thousands of enemies, and accumulated all merits, so that he was promoted to major general from lieutenant colonel. Militarism is a major event, how can it be child's play? If Yi hadn't tried the power of this cannon, how could he dare to talk nonsense? ”
Zhang Yan suddenly thought that Liu Yi was the chief of staff of the theater, although he was young, he had the absolute command of the 122nd Brigade, and it was really unwise for him to question his boss so much.
"Senza, please don't be angry, it's a rare and strange job, please Haihan!"
"Yi is not a person who fights for power and profit, nor is he a person who is happy with great achievements, everything he does is based on the interests of the country, and I ask General Zhang to cooperate with every effort, don't mislead the country and the people!"
"Don't dare to be humble, the 122nd Brigade is willing to listen to the dispatch!"
"Then thank you, Da Niu, go and inform Yan Zhonghan, Fang Yan, and Sun Ze to go to the brigade headquarters for a meeting."
In the middle of the war, Liu Yi no longer had the usual humility, and his face was solemn, which really suppressed Zhang Yan, summoned his henchmen, and he immediately convened a combat meeting.
"I intend to deploy 12 rocket launchers, all of which are deployed in the forward positions of our army, which have a fast rate of fire, high accuracy and great power, and can fire 3-5 shells per minute, a total of 50-60 shells.
Based on the size of the enemy camp, it only takes five minutes to cover it, and after the rapid shelling, the enemy will have more than 1,000 remnants at most. General Zhang, when the shelling stops, you immediately lead people to charge and strangle, so that it is estimated that at most a few hundred people will flee eastward, and I plan to take two companies to quietly cross Yunzaobang and set up an ambush here, so that we can easily annihilate the enemy.
I plan to launch an attack at 2 a.m., and if nothing else, I can return to the camp at 5 a.m., which will effectively prevent the enemy from bombing from the air! ”
"This ......, Sen, can I ask the theater command for instructions?"
Zhang Yan pondered for a long time, but he couldn't make a decision for a while, and finally planned to report to the headquarters and let Shi Zhengguang and Ye Zhongzhong consider whether it was feasible.
After all, Shi Zhengguang and Ye Zhongzhong have seen the world, and after carefully deducing it, they both feel that it is feasible, and immediately call back: agree with your unit's battle plan, consider the actual situation of the 122nd Brigade's excessive casualties, and dispatch the 61st Division's special service battalion to assist, and the 122nd Brigade and the brigade commander Zhang Yan need to listen to General Liu Yi's dispatch.
Be sure to ask General Liu to pay more attention to your own safety when you are ambushed, and if you completely annihilate Kurume and form a brigade, you will definitely take credit for your troops.
The call back from the theater command made Zhang Yan completely let go of the big stone in his heart, and although he was not optimistic about the night attack, he still expressed his obedience to Liu Yi.
"Counselor, please give orders, the ministry is willing to obey your command."
"Thank you General Zhang for understanding the righteousness, and now deploy the combat mission - Fang Tianming, you take the artillery company to secretly set up an artillery position at the front line, and quickly cover the enemy's camp at 2 o'clock in the morning according to the coordinates, and you can decide whether to cover it again according to the situation, and be sure not to let the enemy notice!
Sun Ze, your department will go first, find a secret ferry port in Yunzaobang, and open a road to Area 10 as soon as possible, so as to facilitate the subsequent troops to cross the river. Minefields were then placed at the front of Area 10 to maximize the damage to the enemy's vital forces.
General Zhang, you immediately go and organize a reinforced regiment, concentrate the light machine guns, grenades, and German-made 20-round barge guns of the whole brigade for the reinforcement regiment to use, and be sure to arm into an invincible assault team, and when the artillery bombardment is completed, you must rush forward like hungry wolves, tear the enemy apart, and maximize the damage to the enemy. When picking people, be sure to do it quietly and don't let the enemy notice!
Fang Yan, you gather our 60 Czech light machine guns to form a machine gun company, you are the company commander, and arrange machine gun positions in Area 10 so that no enemy can escape!
Zhonghan, you go to collect 60 German pistol companies with 20 shots, in addition, each person carries 10 grenades and a broadsword, and you are the company commander, responsible for following me to assault and clear the last remnants of the enemy! ”
"Yes!"
Everyone took action, and the night effectively covered the killing machine, and Xia Yuan Xiong Mi didn't know that death was coming.
At 23 o'clock, the cold wind was dashing, Qiu Qingying arrived with the spy battalion, and insisted on sneaking to the No. 10 area with Liu Yi.
"Battalion Commander Qiu, you concentrated the heavy firepower of the special service battalion, formed a reinforced platoon, and transferred it to Lieutenant Colonel Fang Yan for unified command, and you supervised the pistol company of your battalion as a charging force, and the remaining soldiers as a reserve force, is there a problem?"
"No problem, I'm willing to listen to the commander!"
"Very good, now I will talk about the order of battle, when the mine array is detonated, the machine gun company is responsible for fire cover, and the pistol company is responsible for throwing grenades first, and 5 per person quickly covers the enemy position.
If this is the case, you can't completely annihilate the enemy army, immediately prepare for a white-knuckle battle, and I will personally lead you to cut down the snake cubs! Now, everyone is in place, and in half an hour, the enemy will arrive. ”
If you want to know whether Liu Yi can do and die Yuan Xiong Mi, look at the content of the next chapter. ”