Chapter 632: A Tried and Tested Night Attack (Ask for Subscription!) ）

In the face of the continuous shelling of dozens of Japanese large-caliber artillery, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties among the troops. The front-line position that had just been recaptured by the soldiers was voluntarily abandoned under the order of the division commander Li Yuanqing, and continued to hold on to it with the second trench.

However, even so, the Japanese troops who easily occupied the front-line positions. No longer had the guts, and with the one xiǎo left before dark, without air support, he continued to attack.

In the front-line positions that have just been occupied, after arranging the strength of a brigade and organizing a defense on the spot. The rest of the troops, under the command of Lieutenant General Fukuda, were all stationed on the road on the edge of the quadrangular camel, waiting for another battle in the coming day.

In the headquarters of the 13th Division, three regiment commanders were under the command of Division Commander Li Yuanqing. As soon as I finished dinner, I was called to the headquarters to hold a summary meeting of the day's battles.

"Lao Hu, today's day's battles are all fought by your 37th regiment. So, you can first tell you about the results of the troops in one day. In addition, the casualties in the regiment and the specific deployment of the Japanese army will be introduced to us..."Division Commander Li Yuanqing was the first to speak.

"Yes, Commander." The head of the regiment, Hu Beiwen, replied with a smile on his face. Immediately, he took out a statistical result, stood up from his seat and said.

"According to the statistics of the soldiers, in one day's battle, the first battalion of our 37th regiment, relying on the advantage of the terrain and the strategy of a series of straying, completely annihilated at least 2,000 Japanese troops, and the specific number cannot be counted. As for casualties, all three companies paid the price of more than half of the casualties, with the second company suffering the greatest losses. A total of 289 soldiers were killed, 41 were seriously wounded and lost their combat effectiveness. At present, the entire battalion, the fighters who can continue to fight, only 187 people remain, less than a company and a half of troops. ”

"Okay..."Division Commander Li Yuanqing slapped the table in front of him violently, and said excitedly.

"At the cost of more than 300 casualties, more than 2,000 Japanese troops were annihilated, and they fought well without using artillery fire. Commander Hu, after this battle is over, I will personally ask the commander and your battalion for credit. How about it, there is another mission tonight, your 37 regiment, do you have the guts to go next. If tonight's mission, your 37th regiment can also be successfully completed, and I will write you down both great achievements..."

"Report to the division commander, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the 37th Regiment, I, Hu Beiwen, would like to assure you here that as long as there is one person alive in our 37th Regiment, we will ensure the smooth completion of the task. Division commander, what kind of task is it..."Regarding the division commander's rhetorical question, Commander Hu Beiwen didn't think about it, and replied confidently.

"Hehe, what do you say?" Li Yuanqing said mysteriously.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were leaping out of their eyes, Li Yuanqing replied with a smile.

"Comrades, our weapons and equipment are ready, but let's not forget that our Eighth Route Army is the best thing to do in the face of xiǎo devils equipped with jīng liang. By the way, let me remind you that no matter what time it is, at night, it is the world of our Eighth Route Army. ”

As soon as Li Yuanqing's words fell, the three regiment leaders replied in unison:

"Night Raid...."

"Yes, it's a night attack. During the day, the soldiers of our battalion suffered a lot under the shelling of the xiǎo devils. And the reason why the artillery battalion of our division did not return fire was to wait for the arrival of night, ready to deal a fatal blow to the devils. Regarding the tacit understanding of the three regiment leaders, Li Yuanqing nodded approvingly and said.

"Comrades, after a day of fighting, a dozen mén large-caliber guns of our artillery battalion, under my suppression, have not been fired. So, I'm going to fight tonight and make the artillery of the xiǎo devil an ornament. During the one-day battle of Regiment Commander Hu, did you find the specific location of the Japanese baggage wing? Li Yuanqing asked.

"Division commander, the Japanese Army's baggage wing, together with all the baggage bombs, are all hoarded in a depression outside the quadrangle camel, and the specific location has been fully investigated."

Li Yuanqing nodded, and then ordered: "Very good, immediately tell the location of the Japanese baggage wing to the artillery battalion in the rear." At two o'clock in the morning in the evening, the artillery battalion launched an artillery bombardment on time, striving to destroy all the Japanese heavy ammunition in one go. ”

"Yes, division commander..."Hu Beiwen replied briskly.

"Commander Hu, tonight's night attack, my target is not only the Japanese army's baggage wing, but also the nearly 1,000 xiǎo devils in our front-line trenches. Now I order, concentrate all mortars, grenadiers in the whole regiment. After the battle of the artillery battalion began, concentrate fire and shell our front-line trenches. Then, the two or three battalions immediately launched an attack and gave me the total annihilation of the Japanese infantry brigade. Of course, the specific way to fight depends on your own deployment. However, I ask you to exchange the most casualties for the greatest price, as in a daytime battle. Division Commander Li Yuanqing continued to order. "Division commander, you can rest assured, my 37th Regiment guarantees to complete the task..."Hu Beiwen replied confidently while moving.

Looking at Hu Beiwen with an excited face in front of him, the remaining two regiment leaders didn't do anything. In the daytime battle, the two regiments were succumbed to the mountain dòng, which was bad enough. However, the night raid at night does not allow people to come out to breathe and move their muscles and bones. The two regiment commanders, who did not agree with anything, immediately stood up from their seats and replied with an unhappy face.

"Division commander, a good thing can't be taken up by the 37th regiment. The 37th regiment eats ròu, and in general we leave some soup for the remaining two regiments to drink...."

"Shut up, this is the division headquarters, not the vegetable market. I said, you two regiment commanders have nothing to do, what kind of stink and excitement come to me. Outside the mountain, there are nearly 20,000 xiǎo devils, afraid that there will be no ròu to eat when the time comes. I'm just afraid that when the time comes, I'll put the féiròu of xiǎo devil in front of you, and the two of you don't have such good teeth. Give me back wherever I love. In tonight's battle, except for the 37th regiment, the remaining two regiments will have to be held by me. Li Yuanqing glared at the remaining two regiment commanders fiercely, and said with an unhappy face.

"Yes, Commander..."

Perhaps after the brutal fighting of the day, although, at this moment, it was already early in the morning. Even if you are wearing a cotton coat, the biting cold wind blows on people, and you can't help but shiver all over.

However, in the front-line trenches occupied by the Japanese army. Except for the soldiers of the three squadrons, who snuggled up on the edge of the trenches and slept peacefully. The remaining more than 100 devil soldiers are all forced to endure the constant attack in their pajamas, huddle in their posts, patrol, and sentry.

However, at this moment, a company sent by each of the two and three battalions had quietly moved to the two flanks of the xiǎo devil along the hidden jiāo trench dug in advance before the war. After waiting for the troops to attack, make a surprise attack and cut off all the enemy's retreats.

Between the positions of the enemy and us, several jiāo passes have been blown up. However, the Jiāo trench, which was close to the side of the Eighth Route Army, was already crowded with warriors ready to charge. At the same time, in the open space between the two trenches. Nearly 100 fighters with grenades wrapped around their waists, with the help of the cover of the night, advanced through prostrate movements, and slowly reached the front of the Japanese position, leaving only a distance of forty meters.

In the temporary headquarters of the 37th Regiment, division commander Li Yuanqing was staring intently at the map in front of him, waiting for the time to attack. Similarly, the atmosphere in the entire command headquarters has also become solemn because of the upcoming battle.

Finally, in the almost breathless headquarters, the voice of Division Commander Li Yuanqing broke this solemn atmosphere.

"Operational staff officers, all the troops participating in the battle, are they ready?"

"Report to the division commander, the artillery battalion is ready to open fire, and ensure that the first round of shè fire will hit the enemy's baggage wing station. The two battalions of the 37th Regiment, the third and the second, all combat units were in place and ready for battle. The combat staff officer replied in the affirmative.

"Very well, order all combat units to act according to the original plan." Li Yuanqing nodded and ordered affirmatively.

Turning around, seeing Hu Beiwen, the head of the 37th regiment frowning in front of him, Li Yuanqing opened his mouth and asked, "Commander Hu, don't be nervous. Speaking of night raids, our Eighth Route Army is the ancestor of the xiǎo devil. By the way, how is the replenishment of the first battalion. In the battle to come, the first battalion was to act as a reserve for the whole battle. You must ensure that your troops may go to the battlefield at any time to participate in the battle. ”

"Report to the division commander, I transferred two squads from the regimental headquarters guard platoon, reconnaissance platoon, and each chōu. Plus more than a hundred recruits. At present, the combat effectiveness of the first battalion, although it has not reached the pre-war state. However, eighty percent of the combat effectiveness is still there, and it will definitely not affect the entire night raid battle. Head Hu Beiwen replied confidently.

"Okay, then I'm completely relieved. Right here, sitting and waiting for the good news to come. Li Yuanqing said with a smile.

"Boom, boom, boom...", a loud roar broke the silence of the four camels. The artillery positions located behind the quadrangular camels, totaling 18 mén of various large-caliber guns, at the same time, let out bursts of angry roars at the location of the Japanese baggage wing.

Eighteen large-caliber shells, with a loud whistling sound, quickly crossed the positions of both the enemy and us. Then, in the shocked eyes of everyone, it accurately landed on the station of the Japanese baggage wing.

In an instant, the baggage wing composed of more than 1,000 Japanese troops immediately woke up from their sleep at the sound of shells. Many soldiers, forgetting to put on their clothes, took their rifles, and rushed into the camp with their upper bodies bare. However, at this moment, he was greeted not by a dense rain of bullets, but by a raining of shells overhead.

In the explosion of one shell after another, pieces of xiǎo devils who had fallen into húnluàn were swept to the ground by the flying shrapnel. At the same time, in the camp, truckloads of bullets were directly detonated in the explosion of shells, forming a sea of fire one after another.

The entire camp of the baggage wing was full of detonated shells, bullets that were blown up everywhere, grenades... In less than a minute, the camp of the baggage wing, which had accumulated countless bullets, was completely enveloped by the sound of explosions and the screams of soldiers.

On the battlefield, everyone's eyes were attracted by the sound of explosions that occurred in the rear of the Japanese army. All mortars, grenadiers, and grenadiers of the 37 regiment also launched an intensive artillery bombardment at the front-line positions that were close at hand. At the same time, the fighters, who had already crawled forward and were only more than forty meters away from the front-line trenches. When the cannon sounded, he threw the smoke-emitting grenades into the trenches that were close at hand.

In this way, the sound of dense explosions and the screams of soldiers also sounded in the front-line trenches that had just been occupied by the Japanese army.

The sound of dense explosions heralded the beginning of the night raid at the same time. also woke up the xiǎo devil in his sleep at the first time. Because of the unsmooth day of war, I was troubled for almost half the night. The division commander, Lieutenant General Fukuda, who had just laid down on the marching chuáng, closed his eyes and was ready to rest.

As soon as he heard the sound of the cannon, he sat up from the chuáng as if he had been injected with a stimulant.

"Yaga, where is the sound of explosions, combat staff, what's going on outside, where is the explosion..."

Soon, just as the roar of Lieutenant General Fukuda was just coming out of the resting tent. An operational staff officer, panting, rushed in and replied.

"The commander of the division, my forward position, was suddenly counterattacked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and at present, it is in the middle of a battle. In addition, the garrison of the baggage wing was attacked by massive enemy artillery fire ...

Knowing the specific cause of the explosion, Lieutenant General Fukuda immediately calmed down. After a short period of contemplation, he resolutely ordered the combat staff officer in front of him.

"Order the field artillery wing, immediately carry out a counterattack, and be sure to destroy all the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army. The 2nd Infantry Wing immediately launched a sortie to reinforce the forward positions and destroy all the invading Eighth Route Army troops. Orderly, bring me the command knife, I will personally command the battle, and destroy all the troops of the Eighth Route Army that attacked our army..."

"Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander..."

Under the counterattack of the Japanese field artillery wing, the artillery battalion had to move its position, although it fired only ten rounds of shells. However, in the barracks of the baggage wing where countless bullets were piled up. Ten rounds of 180 large-caliber artillery shells were enough to inflict a devastating blow on the entire baggage wing.

Although, the shelling of the artillery battalion stopped. However, the sound of the various bombs of the Japanese army's baggage battalion lasted for almost a xiǎo hour. Until the entire camp was destroyed. The sound of the explosion slowly stopped after a continuous xiǎo.

As for the battle that took place in the trenches of the Quartet Camel: when the dense explosions had just stopped. Two main battalions, more than a thousand fighters. With his unstoppable charging posture, he rushed in quickly from all directions. After the intensive shelling just now, only more than 300 trenches of the remnants of the devil were left, and the most fierce ròu battle began.

The reinforcements that the Japanese army had worked so hard to arrive had just charged to 500 meters from the trenches when they were hit by more than 40 mén grenadiers and mortars.

Facing the battlefield that is close at hand, the enemy and our armies are already completely together. The Japanese reinforcements can be said to be more than enough but not enough. I could only watch under the interception of the intensive artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, and watch my soldiers die tragically one after another under the siege of the Eighth Route Army, but they dare not use artillery fire to carry out any counterattack...

The day finally dawned, and the battlefield that had been noisy all night slowly quieted down as the sun rose. At this moment, both sides are taking advantage of the short time in the morning to accumulate physical strength for the battle they will face today.

In the headquarters of the 37th Regiment, the specific results of the unit's one-night operation have been successfully counted in the hands of regiment commander Hu Beiwen. Looking at the almost unbelievable results in his hand, under the expectant gaze of division commander Li Yuanqing, Hu Beiwen replied with a moving face. , "Division commander, a Japanese infantry brigade of 976 people arranged in front of my position. In addition to the more than forty xiǎo devils, the captain of the guardian and their brigade successfully broke through the accident, and the remaining more than 900 people were all wiped out. At the same time, 8 heavy machine guns, 18 light machine guns, 9 grenadiers, 468 rifles, pistols, and countless bullets of various kinds were seized. The two main battalions in which I participated in the night raid paid the price of 119 casualties, 32 seriously wounded and incapacitated, and 218 lightly wounded. As for the results achieved by the artillery battalion, it is impossible to make statistics. However, based on the sound of last night's explosion, I estimate that the heavy bombs carried by the Japanese should have been completely destroyed. In addition, the artillery battalion lost 6 mén of artillery and 38 artillery man. ”

"Well played. Commander Hu, now I have decided that these captured weapons and bullets will be used as a reward for the victory of your 37th Regiment in the night attack last night. I hope that you, the 37th Regiment, will be able to make persistent efforts and make new contributions in today's battle. The personnel lost by the troops, I will ask the new regiment to send you right away. How, are there any problems. Li Yuanqing nodded with satisfaction, and then asked rhetorically.

"The 37th Regiment guarantees the completion of the mission..."Li Yuanqing replied confidently.

Similarly, at this moment, in the headquarters of the Japanese division, the division commander, Lieutenant General Fukuda. With a calm face, Yīn listened to the chief of staff in front of him and reported the specific losses of his division in the night raid.

Looking at the division commander with a somber face in front of him, the chief of staff said helplessly.

"Division commander, after statistics, an infantry brigade arranged by our division in the Yanyan position, except for 56 people who succeeded in the accident, the rest of the personnel were all killed. In addition, the 2nd Infantry Wing, which reinforced the forward positions, suffered 128 casualties and 65 serious wounds in the artillery interception of the Eighth Route Army. As for the baggage wing that was shelled, less than 10% of all the baggage bombs carried by the troops have been preserved. The entire baggage wing also paid the price of 589 casualties. ”

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