Chapter 144: The Key to the Battle
The No. 7 position is on the commanding height of a hill, and it is also a sniper position they set up that is relatively close to the Japanese army's peripheral headquarters, not a sniper position for Shaofan and their sniper devils, but a sniper position that wants to take advantage of the chaos to snipe Kawagishi Bunzaburo, Shaofan thinks that this time the 70 troops are attacked, Kawagishi Bunzaburo will personally lead troops to support, if the general of this devil can be sniped, it will play a key role in the future battle of Shuzhong.
Shaofan set up a lot of mines on the road up the hill, some of them were thrown in the grass like this, some of them used grenades to set up warning tripping mines, they removed the camouflage clothes on the edge of the hill, took out a piece of oilcloth similar to the color of the mountain rocks and draped it on their bodies, and Shaofan changed into a camouflage coat from a distance, and it almost blended with the vegetation on the hill from a distance, Shaofan was next to Fang Zhiyong, and he was wearing a camouflage suit similar to the nearby vegetation like Shaofan. On the rocks behind them, Feng Dakai and Zhou Huifeng were lying on their stomachs, and they covered themselves with a lime-brown tarpaulin, which directly covered the sniper rifle, leaving only a gap to see what they were going to observe through the cross-split mirror.
Because Shaofan and Feng Dakai had just arrived at the No. 7 sniper position, Shaofan asked, "How is it?" Are the shooting conditions good? ”
Fang Zhiyong shook his head and said, "It's not very good!" The devil set up his headquarters behind the pile of rocks, which just blocked our line of sight. Look at ......" Fang Zhiyong pointed to the front and said, "Look, there is a commander in that place, I guess it is the Kawagishi Bunzaburo we are looking for." ”
Shen Shaofan looked at it and was a little depressed, and cursed in his mouth: "I can only see a hat, it can't be sure that Kawagishi Bunzaburo is there." ”
Fang Zhiyong asked, "Then what should we do?" ”
Shen Shaofan thought about it and suddenly heard another mine behind him, he knew that the devil had already known that the person they were looking for in the decoy pit had changed the search route, Shaofan said: "Can't wait any longer, the devil will come here soon." ”
"But......" Fang Zhiyong was a little reluctant to look at the Japanese generals who were already close at hand, and said, "Just let him go?" ”
Shen Shaofan smiled slightly and said, "The coming day is long." We can always kill this old thief on the riverside. ”
Just when Shen Shaofan and the others wanted to retreat, they heard Feng Dakai say, "Master, look at it." ”
Shen Shaofan looked around, and saw a Japanese three-wheeled motorcycle driving over, and then a devil's messenger ran over, saluted the officer, and handed the bag on his waist to the officer, who returned the salute, and shook his body, exposing his back to Shaofan's gun.
Shen Shaofan secretly rejoiced in his heart: "Good opportunity." Just as he was about to shoot with a gun, he found that the officer was not Kawagishi Bunzaburo, and after taking a closer look, it was actually Yoshito Takagi, Shen Shaofan slowly put down his rifle and said, "Retreat!" ”
"Master!" Fang Zhiyong was a little puzzled, but before he could ask, he was waved by Shaofan and said, "I'll tell you when it's safe." ”
Shao Fanwan slowly crawled behind the rocks with a sniper rifle in both hands, looked at the forest with a telescope, and said curiously to himself: "Strange! The devil seems to be retreating! ”
Feng Dakai was also curious and asked, "Is this the case?" ”
Shaofan said: "Don't worry about it, leave here first." Then he left the forest along a pre-designed route.
In this way, Operation Goose can be described as a very complete success, although the National Youth Division also had a painful price, but at least it solved the 70 devilish troops for the front-line soldiers.
However, Shen Shaofan vaguely felt a trace of unease, what happened to Takagi Yoshito's hurried retreat, could it be that the death of Unit 70 and Hanada Tsuchihara Jiro made them decide not to return to Shuhe City? With Shen Shaofan's sharp feeling of the battlefield, he thought that the evacuation of Takagi Yoshito was not so simple, and Shuzhong, a land of talent, might usher in a more tragic battle.
After speaking, Shaofan and Bai Long and others left Shuhe City with the special team of the wild goose, and there was nothing to do halfway through, so they will not waste pen and ink here.
After the words changed, Yoshito Takagi led the team back to the station, and he was still a little indignant, pushed open the gate and shouted: "I'm about to catch up with them, why are you ......" Before the words were finished, he saw a white-haired officer standing on the edge of the sand table, looking at the sand table, and Kawagishi Bunzaburo stood aside respectfully.
Yoshito Takagi couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it, and he said, "Oh! Teacher! What are you doing here? You're not ......" The old officer said with a smile: "The situation in Yunnan-Burma is very smooth, and the base camp has decided to transfer me here to prepare for the big battle of Chongqing in central Sichuan." ”
This veteran officer's name is Takeda Tochen Hatofu, and he is one of the most famous army generals in Japan, who has achieved good results with the Japanese army in the Yunnan-Burma battlefield, and was named the god of war by the Japanese army. The Dongchen family is a very famous samurai family in Japan, the history can be traced back to the Warring States period of Japan, the Dongchen family has been following the god of war at that time, Takeda Shingen, and has always been a famous military general family, especially when the Japanese Restoration changed the law, the Dongchen family strongly admired the reform of the law, and once led the new army to defeat the last shogunate army, and since then it has become famous. In order to commemorate the glorious moment of the family, the Dongchen family added the surname Takeda in front of Dongchen to remember Takeda. Takeda Tochen Hatoo is a very remarkable task of the Takeda Tochen family, his military talent has been reflected in his youth, and also played to the fullest in the First World War, before the Japanese war of aggression against China, he was a senior professor of the Japanese Imperial ** Cadet, many Japanese officers who invaded China were his students, including Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Takagi Yoshito, and Kitaoka Yoshino, who had died in battle.
Takeda Dongchen Hatofu waved his hand and said: "Now the matter of Shuhe City is not the most important, no matter how poisonous the gas war is, it is against the spirit of bushido in our Great Japanese Empire, since Huatian has been broken, then we will focus on how to attack Chongqing." ”
Kawagishi Bunzaburo said on the side: "Teacher! Come and see! The Shina army held the northern part of the Han River, and on the southern part of the Han River was the strength of two divisions of our Imperial Japanese Empire, commanded by Kita Yongchang. ”
Takeda Tochen Hatofu waved his hand and said, "I already know all this. I also know the stop on the battlefield of the Han River, what would you do if you were to command this battle? ”
Kawagishi Fumizaburo said, "I'll cross the river in a roundabout way." Teacher, you see, the center of the battlefield in Beiyongchang is Lin Dukou, which is the widest place on the Han River and the most difficult section of the river. If it were me, I would choose Jinkou Village to cross the river, the river here is relatively narrow, and the water flow is not urgent, which is very suitable for us to cross the river. ”
Takeda Tochen Hatofu pointed to the section of the river in Chrysostom and said: "Although this place is narrow, but the opposite side is a group of mountains and mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Chrysostom is almost a flat river, will it not cause huge casualties when crossing the river?" ”
Kawagishi Bunzaburo said: "Putting all the artillery in Chrysostom can cause massive casualties to the positions of the Shina people on the north bank. ”
Yoshito Takagi said on the side: "Teacher! We have sent reconnaissance troops to reconnoitre, and only the troops of that regiment are guarding here, and we are not afraid of danger at all. ”
Takeda Tochen Hatofu listened with great satisfaction and said, "Originally, I went directly to the Han River position, but I wanted to hear your opinion, so the first stop was yours." I want you to take over from Bei Yongchang and capture the north bank of the Han River within three days. ”
"Hey!"
Chongqing Huangshan Residence.
Chiang Kai-shek was looking at the daily war report Chen Bui hurriedly walked over, and said with an obviously joyful expression on his face: "Commission!" Shen Shaofan is back. ”
"Oh!" When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he said, "What about others? ”
"Wait outside!" Chen Bui said.
Chiang Kai-shek couldn't hold back his excitement and said, "Quick! Call him in. ”
The sonorous and powerful steps stopped in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and Shen Shaofan saluted and said: "Shen Shaofan, commander of the Youth Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, came to report. ”
"Shaofan! Come on. I'm so worried about you! Chiang Kai-shek's hometown accent seemed to make Shaofan feel cordial.
"Thank you, Headmaster!" Shaofan said: "Shaofan is the party's Shaofan, and he is willing to shroud the country's horse leather." ”
"Excellent! Shaofan now has one thing to see your opinion. Chiang Kai-shek said.
"Headmaster, please." Shao Fan Dao.
Chiang Kai-shek pointed to the map on the wall and said, "You should know the situation on the battlefield of the Han River!" Now that it's deadlocked, what are your comments? ”
Shen Shaofan looked at the map and said: "The Han River is a major barrier into the river, and the only way to cross the Han River is Mianyang Pass." The Japanese were bound to take the Han River, otherwise their pace would only be south of the Han River. ”
Shen Shaofan looked at it carefully and said: "If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would change the current tactics and adopt roundabout tactics to fight this battle." ”
"Roundabout?" Chiang Kai-shek was puzzled.
Shaofan pointed and said, "Principal, please take a look." This is Chrysostom, if it were me, I would choose to cross the river here and gather all the artillery to bombard the county Chuling on the north bank. ”
Chiang Kai-shek said: "If it were, how would you keep it?" ”
Shen Shaofan said: "If it's me." I'll strike first. Cross the river first, tear a hole in the devil's defense line on the south bank, and then pin down the enemy troops from both sides, so that they can't look at each other on the left and right. Like a germ, it slowly festers the wounds of the enemy. Chiang Kai-shek said with great satisfaction: "Not bad! I'll leave this matter to you. "Yes!" Chiang Kai-shek asked again: "What else do you want?" Shen Shaofan thought for a while and said, "Artillery! I want an artillery regiment. ”
National Youth Division.
Zhang Wenshan said on the side: "Although the river in Jinkou is narrow, the opposite side is also a flat river, even if we can get there, it will be difficult to hold the position there." ”
Sun Zhiyu also said: "There are about more than 10,000 devils on the south bank, if you insist on crossing the river, it will cause great casualties." ”
Shen Shaofan said confidently: "I just want to run smoothly." The old man had already promised to assign the 7th Artillery Regiment to me for temporary command. "Really?" When Sun Zhiyu heard this, he couldn't help jumping up excitedly and said, "If there is such an artillery, it will be different." ”
Shen Shaofan nodded and said, "Yes!" This artillery regiment is full of the latest cannons, and the lethality is not ordinary. ”
Blocking the sky and put it aside and said, "Then let's put this artillery there." Shen Shaofan said: "Our army's air supremacy is almost zero. Shao Fansi pondered for a moment and said: "I think that the mountain artillery that divides this artillery into four pieces to cooperate with our artillery battalion is covered by a rifle battalion and placed in the east pass; Guicheng Mountain; Nine Tiger Slope and North Pass. Zhang Wenshan looked at the map and said, "In this way, the artillery is safe." But we can't use the maximum range to cover our army fighting on the south bank! Shen Shaofan said with a smile: "With the strength of tens of thousands of our divisions, it is almost impossible to gain a firm foothold on the south bank." Our attack on the south bank only made the devils hesitate for a moment, so that we could assemble our troops in the county Chuling and form a decisive battlefield on the north bank of the Han River. ”
"Decisive battle!" Everyone was stunned when they heard Shaofan's two words, and looked at Shaofan.
Shaofan used his hands heavily in the map's puppet horse mountain is a punch, this battle will be a battle that will determine the outcome of the battle, if the county Chuling battlefield fails, we will lose the initiative of the Sichuan guard.