[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 360: Yellow Flag Town (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

According to the battle plan of Ma Zheng's department, on March 3, the two armies were divided from Guyuan County, Chen Xudong's department went south to attack Fengning, and Ma Zheng's department attacked Zhanlonghua in the east, but the first thing to hit was the Japanese troops stationed in Huangqi Town.

Huangqi Town, located 35 kilometers north of Fengning County, is a small town with a population of less than 2,000 people. However, because this is the northern gateway of Fengning, and at the same time only more than 60 kilometers away from Longhua County, the geographical location is extremely important, so the Japanese army stationed an infantry brigade here as an outpost, as long as Ma Zheng's department has the idea of getting involved with Rehe, Huangqi Town is the first line of defense to block Ma Zheng's department.

At 11:10 p.m. on the night of March 3, after more than six hours of rapid marching, Chen Xudong's unit finally arrived at the outskirts of Huangqi Town. After the troops rested for a while, Chen Xudong ordered the troops on the front line to prepare and launch an attack on the Japanese army in Huangqi Town twenty minutes later.

Since the news of Ma Zheng's capture of Guyuan had already reached Chengde, Chen Xudong did not think that the Japanese army was unprepared. You must know that the commander of the garrison in the east of the Rehe Jidong garrison, Yasui Fujiji, is a commander with a lot of experience in tactical command, so the Japanese army will definitely strengthen its defenses, and only hope that the planes attacking the Japanese army at night can lose their effectiveness, as long as the town of Huangqi is captured before dawn, then the Japanese army will lose the first opportunity.

However, when Chen Xudong's troops arrived in Huangqi Town, they learned that the Japanese army seemed to have expected that the Eighth Route Army would use troops in Huangqi Town, and on their way to Huangqi Town, the Japanese army in Fengning actually added an infantry brigade to Huangqi Town plus a puppet infantry regiment, and the total strength of the Japanese army in Huangqi Town reached 2,800 people.

Although the sudden increase of troops by the Japanese army in Huangqi Town caught Chen Xudong a little off guard, there was no possibility of giving up the plan at this point, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to attack according to the original plan.

11:30 p.m. on the 3rd. The general offensive began, with the 1st Regiment of the 274th Brigade serving as the main attack of the battle, the artillery battalion directly under the brigade and the 2nd Regiment responsible for fire cover, and the 3rd Regiment as the general reserve.

After five minutes of shelling, a regiment of soldiers skillfully approached the Japanese position, which was filled with gunsmoke. It was not clear to see the devils in the enemy's trenches at all, but the very experienced battalion knew that this bit of shelling was not a great threat to the devils with strong fortifications, so the first round of attacks was cautious.

Sure enough, when the soldiers of the regiment and battalion approached a distance of less than 80 meters from the Japanese position, the Japanese position suddenly became lively, and all the light and heavy firepower fired at the first battalion at the same time, and the Japanese artillery also began to counterattack. The ten-minute retaliatory artillery bombardment caused a lot of casualties to Ma Zheng's headquarters, but fortunately there was an artillery regiment to suppress it, otherwise the Japanese artillery alone would have been enough for the soldiers to drink a pot.

And as soon as the battle began, Chen Xudong felt great pressure. The fortifications outside Huangqi Town are very complete, not only with trenches and turrets, but also with many pillboxes made of steel and concrete, plus light and heavy machine guns, which is equivalent to a turtle shell outside the town.

In addition, the devil soldiers of the Second Division shot with a frightening accuracy, almost one shot at a time, and in just ten minutes, more than 50 people in the first battalion were shot in the head. It seems that the devils on the opposite side are all marksmen. It seems that what they are holding in their hands is not an ordinary 38 big cover, but a sniper rifle. Every bullet has to bite the flesh and drink blood, and the name of the elite is indeed well deserved.

Seeing the strength of the Japanese army, Chen Xudong couldn't help but worry, he was really afraid that he would mess up this time.

The first attack of the first regiment lasted only 20 minutes before the Japanese repulsed, and the battalion responsible for the main attack of more than 600 people finally withdrew only 500 people, and 200 people died in front of the devil's position. And that's not even counting the forty or fifty lightly or seriously wounded among the withdrawn soldiers, which means that a quarter of the soldiers were lost in just one attack on one battalion.

However, the only thing that made Chen Xudong feel fortunate was that the unit under his command was the main force of the 93rd Division, and Lu Ming, the commander of the 274th Brigade, was an officer from a professional class, not only had a set of operational commands. The training is also quite methodical, so even if the Japanese army has fierce firepower and super shooting accuracy, the department did not panic, and when they were injured, they only lurked in the position and did not move, and people only knew that they were injured after retreating.

You must know that only the real elite will do this, and inexperienced soldiers will panic once they are injured, and even think about retreating to the back to bandage. In fact, whoever moves and who dies on such an occasion is to stay still, and if there is a bandage, they will bandage themselves, and they must not think about going back to the rear for treatment. Therefore, it is easy to distinguish between recruits and veterans on the battlefield, and inexperienced recruits are likely to lose their lives in the first sight.

Although the losses were not small, their attack also caused a lot of casualties to the Japanese army. Subsequently, less than 20 minutes later, the first battalion launched another attack on the Japanese position, and the remaining more than 400 unwounded soldiers were divided into two echelons to attack, the first echelon was almost all light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns and other automatic firepower, and the second echelon was all soldiers armed with rifles, and it seemed that the commander of the first battalion was ready to win with firepower.

Seeing that a regiment and a battalion reorganized the attack so quickly, Chen Xudong, who was watching the battle on a small dirt slope one kilometer behind the main battlefield, nodded and said: "It is worthy of being the backbone of the 274 Brigade, it has eased up so quickly, and this time it has also adjusted the offensive strategy, not bad, if you can take Huangqi Town today, this battalion should be the first to make a contribution." ”

Lu Ming stared at the battlefield and said in Chen Xudong's ear: "The first regiment and one battalion are formed by the ninth company of the old third regiment in the former anti-Japanese base area in southern Chasan, and they are our old foundation, and their combat effectiveness is naturally very strong. Many of them were taught by the commanders themselves. The commander of the first battalion, Fang An, is even more old, and he also participated in the training class held by the commander in Jining, and when he graduated, his grades ranked sixth among all the Jicheng officers, and his command ability was very outstanding and courageous. ”

Chen Xudong looked at Lu Ming, and then said: "Fang An, I know, it turned out to be the squad leader of the second squad of the ninth platoon of the first battalion of the 120th Division Teaching Regiment, and I am the instructor of the third company, but I didn't expect that now this kid has become the battalion commander." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xudong suddenly smiled and said: "I don't need to talk about him, I think I was just an instructor who was not recognized by the national government." At that time, the Nationalist Government did not allow our Eighth Route Army to set up a political department in the army, and all the political commissars and instructors were all in accordance with the rank of deputy in the army, and my official position in the first battalion of the teaching regiment at that time was the deputy company commander of the third company, and it was only a little more than a year that I became the political commissar of the 93rd Division, which was much faster than Fang An's kid. ”

"Who said no, not only Political Commissar Chen, but even our commanders are only as many, and it is said that he is only 28 years old this year. The 28-year-old lieutenant general, I'm afraid there aren't many in the whole world. Besides, Political Commissar Yun, Senior Commander Huang, Minister Wang and others, who are not in their twenties or thirties, and not even over thirty-five years old, such a promotion speed is extremely amazing wherever it is placed. Lu Ming said with a smile.

"Well, in terms of age, these people are indeed very young, and their qualifications are very shallow, and they are not even worthy of our current military position. But in terms of merit, that one is not a battle-hardened Predator, and the merits and injuries he has suffered are not exaggerated even if everyone gives a division commander. Chen Xudong said.

"Political Commissar Chen is right, this is all thanks to the commander's good command, and it also made me a brigade-level military commander in less than a year. Put it in the battle sequence of the national government, the brigade commander must be assigned a major general, hahaha! Lu Ming.

"Hahaha, let's not talk about it here, let's see if this kid Fang An can make a breakthrough this time!" Chen Xudong said.

"It should be no problem, Fang Anke is one of the most intelligent battalion commanders of the 274 Brigade, and when he blocked the Japanese 16th Division from attacking Xinghe last time, it was this kid who led the first battalion to block the mountain road between Xinghe and Zhangjiakou. not only slowed down the attack speed of the little devils, but also killed and wounded stronger than the Japanese puppet army, so he also became one of the officers trained by our brigade. And this guy fights quite methodically, and his brain turns faster than anything else, so it shouldn't be a problem for their battalion to be the main attacker. Lu Ming.

"I hope so!" Chen Xudong nodded and said. (To be continued.) )