Regarding Lao Jiang's plan, He Zhengdao, who is on the front line at the moment, is naturally in no mood to pay too much attention. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Even if the old Jiang Zhen transferred the third division and joined the battle to encircle and annihilate the 16th Division, He Zhengdao was afraid that he would not completely obey orders.

Most importantly, the position of the 3rd Division today is undoubtedly a bit far from the area of engagement. 'Far water can't save near fire', He Zhengdao believes that anyone understands it, and if the third division is transferred to participate, who will not understand the deep meaning?

Fortunately, Lao Chiang still cares about the face of the party-state, and does not want the New 67th Army under the command of He Zhengdao to enjoy the merits alone. It's just that in this way, the 71st Army needs to be prepared to be hit hard. After all, the little devil is a real hard bone!

Fortunately, He Zhengdao is very clear about how much rice is in a pot. Even if he has a lot of troops in his hands at present, he doesn't want to expose it too much. After all, the previous encirclement and annihilation of the 10th Division, his 67th Army had more than 10,000 casualties!

If the Nationalist Government knew that his troops had not actually paid such heavy casualties, and that they would have been in trouble at that time, it would have been a lot of trouble. For this reason, some soldiers who were not suitable for combat and were wounded were transferred out of the battlefield in advance.

Looking at the eastern village under the responsibility of the 51st Army, fierce gunfire was already ringing. It didn't take long for the gunfire to stop. This also means that the first round of the 51st Army's offensive still ended in failure.

For such a failure, He Zhengdao was also prepared. If the 51st Army can really break through the Japanese army's blocking position in one battle, then it is called a real ghost! So, failure seems like a normal thing.

Looking at Li Xiangdong, who was standing beside him, He Zhengdao said very calmly: "Our fighting principle tonight is to hunt and kill the living forces of the Japanese army. You don't need troops to attack, but you have to be careful of the artillery counterattack of the little devils.

Earlier, the reconnaissance detachment had already sent a telegram that most of the Japanese mountain artillery positions covering our side had been destroyed by the 51st Army. Thinking about this time, they didn't dare to fire easily.

However, just in case, wait for the order to prepare our mountain artillery battalion for shelling. As soon as the little devil artillery shelled again, our artillery was ordered to resolutely counterattack. As for the heavy artillery battalions, they were not allowed to open fire at will without an order.

This time, I brought in the snipers from the reconnaissance brigade here, as well as soldiers with accurate marksmanship. Therefore, tonight's battle is a battlefield for snipers. Caution our fighters to be careful to change positions at any time when shooting. ”

Yes, please rest assured, commanders, they are experienced veterans, I think they understand that. ’

Listening to Li Xiangdong's answer, He Zhengdao continued: "When the 51st Army attacked before, it suffered the loss of the little devil's flare. When the snipers attack, the flares must be on our side.

When the troops start sniping, the signal corps pays attention to follow up. The flares should not only hit one place, but should often change the position, expose the position of the blocking force in front of us, and then let the sniper team carry out long-distance sniping. ”

After the order was delivered, Li Xiangdong also began to order a temporary sniper team to move to the Japanese blocking position in the form of a squad. It's just that most of the positions of these snipers are three hundred meters away.

And at this moment, on the blocking position of the little devils, many officers and soldiers are also stationed in charge of vigilance. Even according to the information provided by the reconnaissance detachment, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army stationed a lot more troops in the south than in the east and west!

This also means that the little devil is actually very worried about the attack of He Zhengdao's department. After all, after a few days of fighting, they had already seen the marksmanship of the New 67th Army, and it seemed that they were much higher than them. If you don't deploy more troops, you're afraid of problems!

In order to attract the little devils to the blocking position, in conjunction with the attacking mortar troops, mortars are used to carry out artillery shelling. Listening to the sound of the shelling of the 'tom tom', the little devils on the position were actually startled.

Because their previous attention had been focused on the blocking positions to the east. But they didn't expect that the position they were defending would also be attacked so quickly. For a while, many little devils on the battlefield ran to dodge.

It was also at this time that the Japanese troops who were running also heard the sound of gunfire from the front of the position. There are also little devils who fall to the ground from time to time in the process of running. This frightened the little devil who planned to avoid the cannon even more.

'Yaga! What's going on? Has the enemy reached our forward positions? ’

The grassroots officers of the Japanese army who saw this scene also felt a little incredible. After all, at the time of shelling, it is generally not possible to shoot. The most important thing is that the fire at the front of their position was not touched by anyone!

The sound of gunfire along with the sound of cannons did make the little devil hesitate. They don't know very well, at this time, whether to go into the defensive artillery hole to avoid the artillery fire, or stay in the position and prepare for a counterattack?

In the midst of hesitation, the shells that fell from time to time began to kill and injure the defenders on the position. It's not to go, it's not to go, this kind of awkward battle really made the commander of the Japanese position feel a little overwhelmed.

On the other hand, experienced Japanese commanders at the grassroots level did not find that there was an enemy attack when they saw the front of the position, but the bullets must have been fired from the front of the position. This means that the person who shoots is out of their range.

Thinking about this, many officers shouted: "Run close to the trench and avoid artillery fire first." The enemy is out of our range and will not attack for the time being. Be careful when you run, don't show your head at will, the enemy marksmanship is very powerful! ”

The captain of the Japanese army at the position headquarters immediately said after listening to the officer's report: "Baga, it seems that the one who attacked our side should be the Eighth Route Army responsible for blocking us." Damn, how could they attack our side! ”

If there was a choice, the officers and men of the 16th Division now did not want to fight against the Eighth Route Army. After repeated battles, they already knew that the strength of the Eighth Route Army was not weaker than them in the slightest.

It can even be said that the combat effectiveness displayed by the Eighth Route Army here is stronger than them at a certain level. With such an opponent, how could the captain of the Japanese infantry brigade be happy, and it was normal for him to be worried.

When they heard that it was the Eighth Route Army that was attacking the blocking position, many officers were also a little worried. Looking at the artillery fire that still resounded on the position, an officer said: "Captain, we need artillery support from the division and regiment." Otherwise, the casualties on the position will be large! ”

'Yo, give me the division headquarters, I need the division to provide artillery guidance. If you can, I hope that the division will use heavy artillery. Judging from the sound and range of these cannons, the enemy is afraid that he used mountain artillery to carry out artillery bombardment. ’

In fact, those with a longer range are nothing more than large-caliber mortars. The real mountain artillery troops and heavy artillery troops, how could He Zhengdao come up with them so quickly?

In terms of attacking the enemy, He Zhengdao had the same idea as Xu Youchang, that is, to destroy the Japanese artillery as much as possible. As long as they can knock out the little devil's artillery, it will be easier for them to attack next.

Launching an attack against the shells of the little devils will cause great casualties and costs. Regarding this situation, He Zhengdao, like Xu Youchang, does not want such a thing to happen. Therefore, it was necessary to lure out the artillery of the Japanese army.

After receiving a telegram from the front asking for artillery cooperation, he also made a judgment that the troops attacking the south might be the Eighth Route Army. Keisuke Fujie, who had also seen the 'Kyokan' pile before, felt that this was an opportunity.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Add another infantry brigade to the southern position, and order the mountain artillery troops to counterattack and destroy their artillery positions." In the event of an artillery counterattack by them, the heavy artillery wing must be countered as quickly as possible.

Damn, they did such an unforgivable thing to our jade-shattered warriors, and this time, no matter what, they can't make them feel better. After dawn tomorrow, let our air force focus on attacking the Eighth Route Army in the south. ”

'Hey! Checkmate! ’

Although Jingguan made many little devils fearful, for Keisuke Fujie, the commander of the division, how could he not know that this was the revenge of the Eighth Route Army. But as the commander of the division, he must ignore this fear and order the troops to take revenge.

It was clear that the Japanese artillery counterattack was very fast, and He Zhengdao gave the artillery little time to shell. After a few minutes, the already dense mortar positions began to thin out, and some mortars had begun to shift their positions.

The shift of position does not mean that these mortars are out of the battle, on the contrary, they will fire several shots in another place. This kind of artillery guerrilla warfare is already a familiar thing for the artillerymen of the reconnaissance brigade!

It didn't take long for the Japanese army's counter-artillery fire to really start. Looking at the scattered mountain artillery to counterattack, He Zhengdao looked at it and said: "Judging from the position of the artillery fire, it should be the artillery position that counterattacked the 51st Army before." Fight back with this cannon, something is wrong! ”

'A little bit, indeed! According to the information provided by the reconnaissance detachment, the little devils arranged three mountain artillery positions on the outskirts of the town. Two of them, north and west. Relatively close to the south, it should be the little devil's heavy artillery wing. ’

Li Xiangdong, who has already read the intelligence materials, also feels that such a counterattack does not seem to be like the style of a little devil. After expressing his suspicions, He Zhengdao also smiled and said: "Order the mountain artillery battalion to use four mountain artillery to counterattack."

In addition, each mountain gun fired a maximum of five shells, and the shelling ended immediately. If my prediction is correct, the little devil wants to use these mountain cannons to lure out the location of our mountain artillery battalion, and finally use the heavy artillery to deliver a fatal blow! ”

In a war, sometimes the commanders of both sides also need to fight wits and courage in arranging the troops. Even if He Zhengdao knew that if a mountain artillery battalion all launched a counterattack, the few mountain artillery pieces that the little devil counterattacked would inevitably be destroyed.

But in this way, the artillery position where their mountain artillery battalion was located was exposed. And the real killer of the little devils is their heavy artillery wing. If the heavy artillery does not come out, how can He Zhengdao easily expose all the positions of his artillery? (To be continued.) )