When the whole [***] people were excited by the victory of Taierzhuang, and the whole country was also continuing to set off a wave of resistance, the Xuzhou battlefield also entered the most critical time, although the Sakamoto detachment of Taierzhuang was completely annihilated, but the attack on the main force of the 10th Division of the Yue Army entrenched in Hanzhuang was still not smooth.

The Fifth Theater Commander's Department originally thought that after the collapse of the Sakamoto detachment, Hanzhuang's army would inevitably be demoralized and disintegrate, while the [***] officers and men would inevitably have high morale and high morale, so it seemed that it would not be difficult to take advantage of the situation to annihilate the remnants of the 10th Division of Hanzhuang.

But this is not the case.

The annihilation of the entire Sakamoto detachment did not have any impact on the veterans of the 10th Division of the Yue Army, although the situation was not good, but these old devil soldiers were still high-spirited, still clamoring for their Emperor His Majesty to fight until the last moment, shedding the last drop of blood, fierce battles for more than a dozen days, [***] The onslaught of the [***] army was pushed back.

………… The suburbs of Xuzhou, the station of Baoshan Brigade.

In the war room of the brigade headquarters, Yue Weihan had already gathered all the commanders of the three infantry regiments and three battalions directly under the Baoshan Brigade and were studying tactics around the map.

"It will be the end of March in half a month, and the arrival of the little devil reinforcements is getting closer and closer, and the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou is becoming more and more severe." Yue Weihan looked around at everyone with burning eyes, and said, "The attack ahead is still not smooth, although the Commander's Department has not officially ordered yet, but I believe that it will be time for our Baoshan Brigade to go soon!" ”

"Great, it's finally our turn to travel in Baoshan!"

"His grandmother's, if we had been on the Baoshan Brigade earlier, we would have settled the little devil who was called the dog a long time ago."

"Who said no, practice all day long, brothers, are about to practice stupidly, Brigade, we have been looking forward to this day for a long time!"

More than a dozen battalion commanders suddenly looked excited, and Yue Weihan's words were like a spark thrown into a pile of dry firewood, which ignited the fire of war in the hearts of these officers in an instant, saying that in the past two months, the officers and men of the Baoshan Brigade have indeed been suffocated, from officers at all levels to ordinary soldiers, everyone has a bad breath in their hearts.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Baoshan Brigade at this time is like a tiger trapped in a cage!

What Yue Weihan and the Fifth War Zone Commander's Department need is this effect, good steel should be used on the blade, an elite division like the Baoshan Brigade should usually lock them up and trap, and then suddenly let them out when they want to use them, they will be like hungry tigers who have escaped from sleep, tearing the prey in front of them to pieces at once...... "Don't be too angry." Yue Weihan said coldly, "The little devil's aircraft cannon is not an ornament, [***] dozens of divisions have been fighting around the small Hanzhuang for two months without fighting, it is not for nothing, if you don't use your brain and think about it, our Baoshan Brigade will also be able to fight with you, and it is an unprecedented big fight!" ”

"Look at the map." Yue Weihan said this, and said, "Hanzhuang is close to Weishan Lake, the west is close to the water, and the north, east, and south are all open land, no matter which direction we attack, we will be attacked by the concentrated strafing of the dense firepower of the army, and before we can rush to the front of the devil's position, we have already been knocked down!" ”

"The reason why Hanzhuang didn't fight for two months is because of this."

"Thousands of heroic [***] soldiers fell on this road of charge, and they didn't even have a chance to fight the bayonet face-to-face with the little devil, and they died unjustly!"

The expressions on the faces of several battalion commanders suddenly became solemn.

Only then did the participating officers realize that the brigade lord was not pouring cold water on them, Han Zhuang was indeed a very difficult hard bone to gnaw, and if the Baoshan Brigade was not careful, it might really be broken off steel teeth!

Yue Weihan said again: "If you want to win, you must rush into Hanzhuang and engage the little devil in a short fight!" ”

After that, Yue Weihan slapped the map again, and said: "From the attack launch line to the forward position of the army, it is two thousand meters, which is also the effective range of the army's Type 92 heavy machine gun, if you charge directly, it will take at least ten minutes to cross the distance of two thousand meters, and such a long time is enough for the dense firepower of the little devil to knock us down hundreds of times!" ”

"What should I do?" Yue Weihan asked himself and replied, "It's easy to do, shorten the distance of this charge!" ”

"Shorten the charge?" Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and said, "Luzao, how can this distance be shortened?" ”

"Why can't the distance be shortened?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "We can do soil work and dig tunnels!" ”

At this time, whether it was a senior general or a middle- or low-level officer, the concept of civil engineering was still stuck in the cognition of building fortifications, and they never thought that the means of civil engineering could also be used in the attack, but Yue Weihan was from the later generations, how could he not know the power of tunnel operation?

"Tunnels?" More than a dozen battalion commanders suddenly realized.

Yue Weihan said again: "Yes, it's the tunnel!" Digging dozens or hundreds of tunnels all the way to the front of the army's position, as long as we advance the attack line to within 50 meters, we can rush to the devil's position in less than 10 seconds, and no matter how dense the devil's machine gun fire is, it will be impossible to stop us! What's more, before the attack is launched, we can also throw all the grenades at the positions of the army, and the explosion of tens of thousands of grenades will produce a huge amount of smoke and dust, with this smoke and dust as a cover, the threat of machine gun fire will be reduced to a minimum! ”

Chief of Staff Liu Yi said: "Brigade seat, this method is good, but the little devils are not stupid, their grenadiers and mortars can still enter the tunnel, or will they pose a serious threat to the officers and soldiers in the civil work, and when the tunnel extends to the front of the devil's position, the devil will definitely send infantry to counteract, what should I do then?" ”

If the threat of grenadiers and mortars is not solved, there will be no way for the earthworks to move forward, and if there is no way to counter the counterattack of the infantry of the army, the dug tunnels are likely to become the field fortifications of the army.

"Good question!" Yue Weihan picked up a wooden board and put it on the table, and said, "It's up to this thing!" ”

"Just this plank?" Chi Chengfeng said unbelievably, "His grandmother's, can this block the grenadiers and mortars of the little devils?" ”

"You can't rely on this one plank alone, but thousands of planks will do!" Yue Weihan said, "When our tunnel is extended forward, the top of the back tunnel must be covered with wooden planks, and the earthwork dug in front must be covered with wooden planks, so that a thick civil and wooden bunker can be formed on the top of the tunnel, which is enough to resist the bombardment of the little devil's grenadiers and mortars, as for the devil's field artillery and heavy artillery, due to the limitation of ballistics, it cannot threaten our tunnel at all." ”

Liu Yi was still a little worried: "But, what if the devil infantry counterattacks?" ”

"Then let them come." Yue Weihan said with a cruel smile, "If the little devils really dare to fight back, the tunnels will swallow up their limited forces little by little, in the tunnels that extend in all directions like a labyrinth, it is impossible for the little devils to give full play to their firepower advantage, and their disadvantage in strength will be infinitely magnified!" ”

………… Xuzhou, the Fifth Theater Governor's Department.

The atmosphere in the war room was a little depressing, the faces of General Li, Deputy General Bai and all the senior generals present looked extremely embarrassed, and the commander of the 20th Army Corps, Tang Enbo, was even more pale, the 52nd Army that had just been conquered by Guan Qi returned again, and in less than two hours of attack, more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded!

The little Hanzhuang has almost become a meat grinder for [***]!

After two months of siege, [***] has already paid the price of more than 50,000 casualties on the outskirts of Hanzhuang!

Because the battlefield was blocked by the firepower of the army, the corpses of the fallen soldiers could not be recovered, and at this time, the wilderness outside Hanzhuang was really full of corpses and blood flowing, and the scene was not only tragic? What is more than tragic? But even so, the vast number of [***] officers and soldiers still do not have the slightest fear, let alone any retreat!

"There's no way to fight this battle." Tang Enbo snorted angrily, "The artillery bombardment on the ground, the bombing of the plane in the sky, in addition to being beaten or beaten, how can we fight this battle?" If you don't knock out the planes in the sky, if you don't knock out Xiao Yueben's artillery, even if you fight all the troops, you still can't take Hanzhuang, I think you can just withdraw the siege earlier. ”

Admiral Lee's expression was gloomy, and the last thing he wanted to hear was such depressing words.

Li Pinxian, commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army, also said: "General, the little devil's reinforcements are about to arrive." ”

"Commander, let's try again with the 27th Group Army." Yang Sen, commander-in-chief of the 27th Group Army of the Sichuan Army, said, "Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil, and the little devil has really cultivated the incorruptible body of King Kong?" We have been storming for more than two months, with tens of thousands of dead and wounded, aren't they tired? Didn't get dead? I think they're at the end of their crossbows, so they might be able to take them down after another attack. ”

"Good!" Admiral Li slapped the case heavily and said, "In the afternoon, you will be replaced by the 27th Group Army, and this time you must take Hanzhuang!" ”

"Yes!" Yang Sen replied with a unique Sichuan accent, and saluted General Li with a nondescript military salute, and then turned around and walked away, although the commander-in-chief Yang was lustful, and his family had hundreds of wives and concubines, but in this national disaster, he was still quite manly, at least better than many generals of the Central Army who escaped from the battlefield in Nanjing.

The senior generals in the war room also dispersed one after another, and soon only General Li and Deputy Chief Bai were left.

Deputy Chief Bai sighed and said, "Duke De, although there are many soldiers of Yang Sen's 27th Group, and the officers and soldiers are not lacking in fighting spirit, the equipment is too poor, and it is estimated that they still can't take Hanzhuang." ”

Admiral Li said with a gloomy expression: "Then do you have any good ideas?" ”

"I think it......" Deputy Chief Bai paused and said, "It's time to let the Baoshan Brigade go!" ”

"Hmm......" Admiral Li bowed his head lightly, "The group of tigers in the Baoshan Brigade have been locked in the cage for almost two months, it's time to let them out and bite people, but Jiansheng, the Baoshan Brigade is the last hole card in our hands, if even they still can't win Hanzhuang, then we really have to think about withdrawing from the siege earlier." ”

(To be continued)