As long as the people who have fought against He Zhengdao, most of them feel that the troop arrangement that He Zhengdao is good at is often nowhere to be found. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 To put it bluntly, that is, He Zhengdao's combat style is biased towards the use of surprise soldiers, and often does not play cards according to common sense.

When the 71st Army was preparing to launch its first onslaught, the Japanese also seemed to realize that the 71st Army dared to carry out an artillery attack on their blocking positions in this way, thinking that it would be a big move. To this end, artillery units were also ordered to carry out a resolute counterattack.

But the Japanese troops in the town would never have dreamed that the Eighth Route Army would intervene at this time. At least in the information of many Japanese generals, they all knew that the Eighth Route Army did not deal with the Central Army.

Even sometimes, they would do something to drive a wedge between the two armies and benefit the Japanese army. They were wary that the 51st Army and the 77th Army would help when they arrived, but they never expected that the Eighth Route Army would help.

Originally, Song Xilian felt that the artillery unit he used before was more to attract the Japanese army's counter-artillery fire. And the only thing he kept was a mountain artillery battalion that had just been replenished to him in the war zone.

What Song Xilian didn't expect was that the Japanese counterattack was so resolute that they even did not hesitate to use heavy troops to strike. In this way, the artillery unit that he was ready to use as a victim could not be considered without heavy losses.

Just when Song Xilian lamented that the Japanese artillery fire was so sharp, the sound of explosions in the town and the sudden halt of the Japanese army's counterattack artillery fire really surprised Song Xilian.

Not long after, the staff officer in charge of transmitting the information on the front line rushed in and said: "Military seat, the artillery shells that counterattack the little devils are coming from the south. It should be the artillery unit on the side of the Eighth Route Army, and their counterattack artillery fire is very fierce. ”

Song Xilian, who heard this, actually knew the news for a long time. And the staff officer reported again, which was more to confirm the speculation in his heart. The news was confirmed, but Song Xilian felt a little entangled.

When the news reached Li Zongren's operational headquarters, the general of the Gui family was also surprised: "You mean, just now, the 67th Army helped the 71st Army counter the artillery of the little devils?" ”

'Yes, General! This has been confirmed, and many people have seen it. ’

After such an answer, Li Zongren sighed and said: "This son has a great heart and a limitless future!" ”

Comparing his heart to his heart, Li Zongren believed that if the unit that was the main attack at this moment was the 67th Army, and the 71st Army was the assist. In the face of such a situation, the 71st Army is bound to watch from the wall, and even steal fun behind it.

From inviting the Eighth Route Army to send troops to participate in the defense of Wuhan, many generals of the Central Army hoped to take this opportunity to explore the strength of the Eighth Route Army, but also to consume the growing Eighth Route Army to achieve the purpose of counterbalancing its development.

As the most popular young general of the Eighth Route Army, He Zhengdao is undoubtedly a dangerous figure in the eyes of some Central Army generals who are worried about the rise of the Eighth Route Army.

But this time He Zhengdao's actions made Li Zongren have to say that he admires this young man. A force that can abandon the strife between the two parties and the two armies and take the initiative to help without expecting anything in return is truly a friendly force.

Keisuke Fujie, who was also surprised, learned that several of their artillery positions had been hit hard, and he was also very angry: "Eight Geya Road! Aren't they mortal enemies with the Central Army? How could they help the Central Army? ”

Compared to last night, they didn't know exactly which unit was the current enemy. It was daytime, and the Japanese quickly judged that the unit responsible for attacking their northern position was the 71st Army, a descendant of the Central Army.

This elite force, which participated in the defense of Songhu and Nanjing, was different from the 51st Army and the 77th Army, which were responsible for the offensive on the east and west sides. For this reason, Keisuke Fujie also ordered that the attacking 71st Army must be severely damaged in the northern position.

It's just that he never expected that the Eighth Route Army, which had been bombed by their air force before, would suddenly strike a fatal blow again. They were not only caught off guard, but also badly damaged the positions of a squadron of heavy artillery.

Although the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army was not long, and according to the trajectory calculated by the artillery, these shells were not fired from a single position. This means that if they want to fight back, they also need to separate the artillery to counterattack.

Even though I had already felt the difficulty of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army last night, the speed of the counterattack of the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army this time also surprised the Japanese artillery. Because, the speed of the Eighth Route Army's countermeasures is indeed very fast.

This also shows that the artillery level of the Eighth Route Army is very high. At least it seems to be better than the artillery units of the Central Army that they have fought before. The most troublesome thing was that the artillery unit of this Eighth Route Army was very difficult to entangle, and after the heavy attack, it quickly disappeared.

The Japanese army, who previously thought that the bombing of the Air Force should cause a lot of losses to the Eighth Route Army, would also feel hot on their faces. Through this artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army, it can be seen that the Eighth Route Army on the southern position did not suffer any losses.

Thinking of this, Fujie Keisuke said directly: "Eight Geya Road, send another telegram to Lu Hang, so that they must find out the Eighth Route Army in the south and destroy their artillery positions in the next round of bombardment."

They are too close to us, and the range of their artillery is completely capable of threatening our heavy artillery units. If we don't get rid of this Eighth Route Army, we want to withstand the attack from the north, but I'm afraid it will be very difficult.

Damn, I said they would be our biggest threat, and that seems to be the case now. When the bomber formation arrives, send an infantry brigade to counterattack me, and I will recapture the lost southern position. ”

'Your Excellency the Division Commander, I'm afraid this is difficult, right? ’

It's a threat not to force them out and decide with us, to keep them lurking behind us. This threat must be lifted, and unless they are expelled, we will not be able to concentrate on the fight against the 71st Army.

Even an infantry brigade would not be able to break through the blocking positions set by the Eighth Route Army. But we can use the land attack to lure out those Eighth Route Army who are hiding in. But if they don't come out, we'll storm their holding positions.

Once we break through their blocking positions, I will send an additional infantry wing to counterattack them. With the cooperation of the Air Force, I am confident that this plan will be successful. They will either fight us in a decisive battle, or they will abandon their positions to the south. ’

After listening to Keisuke Fujie's operational analysis, the staff officers of the division and regiment headquarters thought about it and felt that it made sense. After all, last night's bombardment and the previous shelling did prove that the Eighth Route Army was a greater threat to them than the 71st Army, which was storming them at the moment.

On the other hand, after helping the field, they quickly retreated, and rearranged the camouflaged artillery units of the Eighth Route Army, and still found an air-raid shelter next to the artillery position, and stayed in the air-raid shelter to rest with peace of mind.

According to He Zhengdao's order, they did not have any combat missions in the morning and noon, so they could take this opportunity to take a good rest. As for whether there will be a combat mission in the afternoon, it will depend on whether it will rain when the day comes.

If it is a rainy day, He Zhengdao will make corresponding combat arrangements. If it didn't rain, He Zhengdao decided to rest for a day and store his strength to prepare for the big battle at night.

In He Zhengdao's plan, he didn't want the 16th Division to see the sun tomorrow in the town. This means that he gave the 71st Army only one day. If the 71st Army could not succeed, then he would use his own combat strategy.

One more day of delay would have caused more casualties to the first division responsible for blocking the attack. In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, He Zhengdao preferred not to take any credit, but also to defeat the 16th Division trapped in the town.

Perhaps with the strength he has at hand, it is not enough to completely annihilate the 16th Division of the Japanese army trapped in the town. But to open a gap and let other participating troops join the battle to clear the Japanese army, He Zhengdao asked himself that this thing could still be done.

After all, in addition to the reconnaissance group beside him, the two main regiments commanded by Luo Ruiqing are also on standby. As long as He Zhengdao gave an order, the two main regiments could quickly come for reinforcements.

Just when He Zhengdao was concerned about the situation on the battlefield and sighed at the crazy attack of the 71st Army, Li Xiangdong took a telegram and reported: "Commander, the telegram sent by the forward reconnaissance detachment, the little devil seems to be gathering troops to prepare for a counterattack!" ”

'Coming at us?' ’

'Yes! ’

'You're quite bold and vindictive!' ’

After receiving the telegram with a smile, He Zhengdao thought for a while and said, "It seems that the little devil's plane will return soon." In this way, an additional battalion was assigned to the forward blocking position as a reserve.

Tell the fighters on the position that if the little devil attacks, he must resolutely counterattack. I'm going to see what the hell the little devil wants to do. In addition, the regiments were notified and ready for battle. It seems that the little devil doesn't want us to have a good rest! ”

On the battlefield, the situation of war is changing rapidly. He Zhengdao, who was accustomed to this situation, prepared to counterattack the Japanese army in response to the fact that the Japanese army was mobilizing infantry and preparing to counterattack it, and also made corresponding operational adjustments, preparing to see the move.

But there is one thing that He Zhengdao quickly figured out, that is, the little devils suddenly chose to send troops at this time, preparing to recapture their lost southern position, and I think that there was also an air force to give them courage.

Without the assistance of the Air Force, it is estimated that the little devil would not dare to attack so impulsively. Since the little devil thinks that with the Air Force, he can be arrogant, He Zhengdao naturally doesn't mind, and gives them a profound lesson.

With the main battalion closest to the blocking position, it quickly passed through the communication trenches and entered the blocking position. Lin Tie and others, who were in charge of reconnoitring the situation on the front line, also sent back the information on the movement of Japanese troops one after another.

Looking at the information on the telegram that 'the Japanese army has assembled an infantry brigade and is lurking three miles away from the blocking position', He Zhengdao also knew that the little devils had gathered their troops, but they did not attack, probably waiting for their air force to arrive.

It's just that with just one infantry brigade, how can it be so easy to take down the blocking position garrisoned by the Eighth Route Army. You know, one mile before entering the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army, there are still a lot of mines waiting for the little devils to come! (To be continued.) )