Chapter 908: Capture the Second Line (Part I)

The Japanese had complete defenses in the tunnels, and as long as they were not unlucky enough to be hit by shrapnel or helpless in the shooting hole, it was basically difficult to kill them.

They erected recesses on both sides of the shooting holes to prevent shrapnel and bullets from injuring the inside.

"Forty-three firing points, distributed here, here and here. We've pretty much knocked out some of them now, but the Japanese are repairing them quickly. According to what we have received, it only takes about half an hour for the Japanese army to move people into the damaged fortifications to continue the resistance......"

Xue Wen drew dots on the sand table and said, "Here, and this area, the two sides are horns of each other. If we want to fight one side, then the other side can strike at us from the side. And this piece, it's a point. The fortifications they have built here can be attacked on three sides and can be used to provide support to the ministries at any time......"

There is no fortification in this world that cannot be breached, and any fortification can be breached. All it takes is time, and patience. You need to find out the firepower ratio and troop layout of the opponent's fortifications, and then pull them out one by one.

If you have enough time, this is the most typical water mill. It is a pity that the Sixth Army is most lacking in time now. Under the orders of the commander-in-chief, the Sixth Army had to take the second line of defense within three days.

And it was already the evening of the next day, that is to say, one more day and one night, and the time set by the commander-in-chief had arrived.

Now, the entire Sixth Army is precisely calculating its own plans. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., a full seven hours of non-stop attack, the Sixth Army, with the assistance of the air force and armored forces, roughly figured out the entire defensive position of the Japanese army.

"Lao Ren, come and see! Here, the weak link of the Japanese army's defense. After Xue Wen kept comparing firepower and reporting, the baton in his hand pointed at a certain defensive stronghold of the Japanese army. said: "The B point we plan can be played from here." ”

"Point A, on the other hand, is set here. This is also the most ferocious place we fought today. And here, here is point C. It is stronger relative to point B, but weaker than point A. It is located right in the middle of point B and point A, and is the main point for transporting troops on both sides"

Ren Wenbin frowned and kept gesturing on the sand table while looking at the battle report, and the staff officers and division commanders on the side stared at each other. The plan has been roughly decided, but the points of attack and the wave of attack need to be further adjusted.

After a while, Ren Wenbin put down the war report: "I think it's done." Let's just follow the plan. As long as I can kill it, I'll fucking see how his little devil jumps for Lao Tzu! ”

As he spoke, Ren Wenbin turned around and said loudly: "Order!" Liao Bin of the 16th Division, responsible for the attack on Point A. Your division's artillery needs to be fully fired, don't save shells for Lao Tzu! The Panzer Division will send out a battalion to assist you in your attack. Be sure to fight the Japanese army and hurt enough! ”

"Yes!!" Liao Bin, the commander of the 16th Division, shouted at Ren Wenbin.

"The Jiaohua Division of the 17th Division, your division is responsible for the attack on Point B. Again, I've got someone from the Panzer Division to send you a battalion to assist. Remember, hit me hard! ”

"Yes!!" Jiao Hua, the commander of the 17th Division, responded loudly, then gave a military salute and turned to leave.

At this time, Ren Wenbin patted Su Haoxuan, the commander of the 18th Division, who had not spoken, and said, "Haoxuan, have you received everything?!" ”

"I've got it. We can attack at any time! "Su Haoxuan, the son of Su Zongzhe, Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces of the Coalition Government. After years of training, this second lieutenant platoon commander who used to work in disaster relief has grown into the commander of today's main division.

His outstanding performance on the Korean battlefield earned him a place to enter the National Defense University for further study. He was then admitted to the National Defense University and graduated. Make new contributions on the battlefield of Tianjin.

He then transferred to the 6th Army of the 2nd Army and was appointed commander of the 18th Division. The experience of iron and blood gave this man who was less than thirty years old a little different.

"Your task this time is very heavy, and it can be said that the success or failure of our battle this time depends on your performance." Ren Wenbin patted Su Haoxuan's shoulder. said: "Go to the battlefield, don't lose your father's face." To know. Quite a few people in the Wehrmacht are watching you! ”

Su Haoxuan's eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth and nodded.

From the beginning of his military career, those questioning eyes never left. Because his father was the Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht, he did better than anyone else. in response to those who are skeptical.

To this day, these businesses have disappeared. The battle on the Korean battlefield won Su Haoxuan two second-class military merit medals and one first-class military merit medal.

At the same time, there are three collective second-class merits and one collective first-class merit. These achievements are hard work, so that no one can question them.

Perhaps because of his father's status, there are hardly too many people willing to let him go to the toughest places to fight. Even those few times, it was Su Haoxuan's own bloody letter to ask for the battle and call the headquarters to ask for the opportunity.

"Commander, I thank you for your willingness to give me this opportunity." Su Haoxuan took a deep breath and said, "I know you're under a lot of pressure, but please rest assured!" Haoxuan will definitely not disappoint your trust! ”

On the Japanese position, after the Wehrmacht stopped the attack, the Japanese on the position finally breathed a sigh of relief. Gundam attacked all day, exhausting the Japanese troops in the position.

Wehrmacht units were still able to repair while the artillery was covered, but the Japanese troops in the positions were directly facing a full seven hours of non-stop attack.

Many people's shoulders had been numb from the blow, and even most of the Japanese soldiers had a "buzz......ing" sound in their ears by this time.

These are the after-effects of a long period of intense shelling and bombardment. The screams and wails in the fortifications were endless, and it was true that the losses of the Japanese army were not particularly large.

But it's enough for them. Those flying shrapnel and 20mm cannons are not vegetarian, and they are basically scrapped if they are hit. Even if it is rubbed, it is wiped wherever it is wiped and the whole piece is not off.

After seven hours of fighting, the Japanese troops in the fortifications lost more than a brigade. More than 4,000 people were killed and wounded, of which more than 1,000 were directly killed.

The saved ones were either broken hands or feet, or a large hole in the stomach burst. The intestines and internal organs were mixed with blood, and the whole fortification was filled with a disgusting smell.

The Wehrmacht offensive was halted by the fact that the Japanese took advantage of this opportunity to begin to replenish ammunition and food towards the forward positions. At the same time, the wounded were transported down.

Despite the fact that the offensive was stopped. But the Wehrmacht warplanes in the sky are still circling. From time to time, they would swoop down and use their cannons and on-board machine guns to fire Japanese troops trying to transport ammunition, food, and the wounded.

Fortunately, there were many bunkers, bunkers and trenches between the second-line and third-line positions, and with these covers, the Japanese finally transported most of the wounded soldiers.

"The third-line position of the gang of filths has been confirmed." Xue Wen wrote and drew on the map, and said without raising his head: "The artillery of the legion is ready, and they will give us two hours of fire support when the time comes." ”

"As long as we build up our positions in two hours, we can block the counterattack of those gangsters." Ren Wenbin didn't look up, he kept writing and drawing on the map.

"I don't understand, what does Su Haoxuan's cub do with so many chili noodles?! We're going to war, not to an outing. As he spoke, Ren Wenbin raised his head, and there was a lot of confusion between his eyebrows.

"If this thing weren't for the taste of those Sichuan men in our army. Won't go in. Just a little bit, this kid took it all. I didn't say anything when I asked him what he was doing. ”

Xue Wen smiled and didn't say anything. He continued to write and draw on the map, and after a while, he raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time, let the soldiers eat first!" ”

Ren Wenbin nodded. Putting down the pen and paper, he walked out of the headquarters with Xue Wen. The 16th and 17th divisions have all been concentrated.

Today's daytime battle was for each of the three divisions to send a regiment in non-stop rotational battles, so that the whole force did not appear tired at present.

The orders have been handed down to them, and everyone knows what to do today. The cooking class prepared a large pot of pork stewed vermicelli, and the pork was full of oil and water, and people were salivating.

A group of men are eating in the pit with sea bowls one by one. Not in the barracks, this is in the positions. So it's not that much.

In the temporary office of the General Staff of the Sixth Army, the three division commanders and nine regiment commanders of the entire Sixth Army were all gathered. There is nothing special in front of them. It's also a pot of pork stewed vermicelli.

The only difference is that in front of each of them there is a bowl of wine. This is the habit of the Second Army Corps, and before the expedition, the division and regiment commanders of the entire army will drink such a bowl of Zhuangxing wine in the army headquarters.

If this bowl of wine is drunk, it means that the battle is either to take the position or to die on the position. There is no third way to go.

"It's not early. Let's do this bowl of wine, and the chief of staff and I will celebrate everyone's success in advance! Ren Wenbin picked up the wine bowl, looked at these men and said in a deep voice: "After defeating this Shanghai, I will invite you to drink again!" Dry!! ”

"!!" Without any extra words, the three division commanders and the nine regiment commanders took the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp. The spicy burnt knife really slashed from the throat all the way to the stomach like a burning red knife.

It's piping hot. People can't help but blush at the moment. After these men finished the bowl of wine, they began to gulp the pork vermicelli in the basin into their mouths.

It didn't take long. The pots of pork stewed vermicelli, five wooden barrels of white rice, and more than 30 meat buns were swept away. The men of the Wehrmacht have never been in the habit of wasting food.

How much there is, how much they can eat. This custom was taught to them by those who had experienced famine, and by those who were waiting to be fed in the flood.

Don't waste any of your food, even a small amount of food is hard to come by.

After eating the last bit of soup with rice, they put down the clean basin and the men stood up together. They respectfully saluted their army commander and chief of staff, and walked out of the headquarters without saying a word after Ren Wenbin and Xue Wen returned the salute.

The night is so calm. In the darkness of the night, the three divisions of the Sixth Army had begun to slowly approach their predetermined positions. There was not a trace of moonlight or starlight all night, and it was pitch black.

"Tom tom tom...... Rumble! Rumble!! "......At half past one in the morning, the 16th Division launched the attack first. Under the shelling of the artillery regiment directly under the division, the Japanese army began to meet in a panic.

The light and dark sentinels laid by the Japanese troops on the position were like falling leaves under a thunderstorm in the artillery fire, and they could only pray that the shells would not fall on their heads.

After more than half an hour of rumbling artillery bombardment, the 16th Division began to attack the Japanese positions under the cover of tank battalions.

The sound of the "Kerala ......" crawler rolling crushed the hearts of the Japanese army. At night, the Japanese artillery fire could not provide much support due to the problem of firing range and vision, and the Japanese army fell into a bitter battle as soon as the war began.

But the division commander in the Japanese fortifications was able to calm down, and he has not called for support until now. Instead, he constantly directs his men through tunnels, trenches, and chain bunkers to various firing points.

At the same time, he ordered all the artillery in his hand to be flattened without any aiming.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... Rumble! Rumble!! The sound of gunfire ...... suddenly resounded throughout the position, but Shunroku Hatata, who was in charge of the operation at the third-line position, was not very worried.

This is not the first time that the Wehrmacht has attacked the Wehrmacht at night, but this time the attack was relatively strong. Shunroku Hata believed that the improved second-line position would be able to hold up.

"Your Excellency Commander, should we give some support to the second-line position?!" Hou Gong Chun, chief of the general staff of the Chinese dispatch army, said with some concern: "The Chinese army has dispatched a chariot unit, and I am worried about ......"

"Harem, now is not the time to send reinforcements." Shunroku Hata waved his hand and said, "I believe that the Wehrmacht is not so stupid. It will also carry out a strong attack in the face of huge losses in the front-line positions. And they should also know that such an attack may cause some casualties to us. But it is not enough to take the position. ”

As he spoke, Shunroku Hata sneered: "During the day, I received a telegram from the second-line position saying that the Wehrmacht had been attacking for seven hours, and I knew that they should be testing the firepower. ”

"They're trying to find out where we fire. Then pull them out one by one. Believe me, this attack is not that simple. As he spoke, Shunroku Hata paused and said to his chief of staff: "Harem, didn't you notice that the artillery fire of the Wehrmacht doesn't seem to be as fierce as it is during the day?!" Obviously, this is much worse than the artillery fire during the day. ”

Hearing this, Harem Jun thought about it carefully, and when Haem Jun saw that Harem Jun was silent, he smiled and said, "Believe me, their main direction of attack may not be here." If we easily transfer troops. and fell for their scheme. ”

"The position is in the best condition right now, and if we easily withdraw our forces, it will cause the defense to be weak. When the time comes, they will attack our weak points with greater forces, tear the holes and carry out a breakthrough counter-encirclement. ”

Saying that, Shunroku Hata paused and said, "I'm not so easily fooled!" ”

But in the middle of talking. The 16th Division, supported by a tank battalion, had already reached the Japanese position. In the face of the incessant strafing machine guns and flat-firing artillery, the Wehrmacht also set up their light and heavy firepower and began to carry out cover and surprise attacks.

"Tom tom tom ......" was the roar of anti-aircraft machine guns, which were now the reinforcement of the 16th Division.

Although this machine gun is heavier, it is really useful in the position. A box of bullets swept over. There is nothing alive that has been swept away. Strong penetration, strong striking power, fast rate of fire!

As long as any Japanese machine guns and artillery show their heads. They were definitely greeted by frantic strafing from anti-aircraft machine guns. The advantage of covering the firepower is that even the smallest hole can be filled with more than a dozen bullets.

The consequences of these caliber bullets entering the fortifications can be imagined by fools, and basically as long as the face and corpse of the Japanese soldier operating the gun and artillery cannot be found intact.

Of course, these twin machine guns were met with strong resistance from the Japanese because ......of their great threat. As soon as the fire was exposed, the Japanese would try to extinguish the machine guns with even more frantic firepower.

The Wehrmacht tanks were the main attacking force, and because it was the Japanese artillery at night, it was difficult for the soldiers to detect the position of the tanks, which gave the tanks great cover.

They could take advantage of the darkness of the night to constantly use their artillery and heavy machine guns to destroy the exposed firepower points of the Japanese army.

"Your Excellency Commander, an urgent telegram has been sent from the 211 position of the second line position! The Wehrmacht offensive was extremely fierce, and our troops suffered heavy casualties under enemy artillery and machine-gun attacks. And this army is not in a hurry to attack, but constantly strikes at our positions at a certain distance......"

Shunroku Hata couldn't help frowning, and asked the chief of staff next to him, Harem Jun, "Harem, is there any news from other positions?!" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, so far there has been no news of any Wehrmacht offensive outside of Position 211." After a pause, Harem Jun said, "And our observers didn't find such a situation. ”

Toshiroku Hatata's face was a little uncertain, and he was worried that the position would be captured by the Wehrmacht. At the same time, they were worried that they would fall for the Wehrmacht's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. I couldn't make up my mind for a while.

"Your Excellency Commander......" Harem Jun hesitated to say something, but was then interrupted by Shunroku Hata: "In another half an hour, let the division on the 211 position hold out for another half hour." If the Wehrmacht offensive is still fierce, I will send reinforcements to them. ”

"Hay!" The adjutant answered, and then went down to call the Japanese division guarding the 211 position.

"Grandma's, this son can really calm down." Ren Wenbin held the binoculars and smiled, "Let the head of the 17th Division also start!" People are so calm, we can't let people down, right?! ”

ps: People who are fathers can't afford to hurt ...... All kinds of busy......