Straight to one of the Yu Mountains to set the tide

In less than half an hour, Li Shengda's regiment broke through the defense line of another infantry wing of the Japanese army

As Lieutenant General Taniguchi said, the offensive of the entire army can be called overwhelming. However, the second battalion, which was the main attacker, also paid a very heavy price for this.

In the face of increasing casualties among the troops, in order to better concentrate the limited forces in their hands, they faced the next possible attack. Assault on the road. The regiment commander, Li Shengda, had to gather the three battalion commanders and give the latest orders while marching rapidly.

"Comrades, in the repeated offensives, except for the three battalions, the remaining two battalions have paid a great price. In order for the remaining units of our regiment to be able to exert better combat effectiveness in the next battle, I decided to downsize the one, two, and two battalions. Now I order that the 1st and 2nd Battalions, after the addition of some commanders and fighters from the baggage company, be reduced to two infantry companies, and that they will be reorganized while marching. The third battalion, as the only full-fledged main battalion in the whole regiment, next, as the vanguard of the whole regiment, continued to attack the main peak of Yushan Mountain, and smashed the high command of the Kwantung Army..."

"Please rest assured that the third battalion is guaranteed to complete the mission...." Hearing that his troops are finally no longer in reserve, they can show their skills in front of the little devils. He Feng, the commander of the third battalion, assured confidently while being excited.

"Battalion Commander He, it's okay to be confident, but you can't be arrogant. As far as I know, it is not an infantry wing of the 179th Division that stands in front of you, but an infantry wing of the veteran 37th Division formed in the first batch of the Kwantung Army. For such an elite Kwantung Army, we must be very cautious..." Li Shengda kindly reminded.

"Yes, Commander..." He Feng replied with a calm face.

The offensive battle against the 39th Division, unconsciously, began.

Sure enough, as Li Shengda expected, the elite wing of the Kwantung Army in front of him was not at all comparable to the recruit wing of the 179th Division.

Although your position is already in the center of your position, it is difficult to engage the enemy directly. However, the elite of the battle-hardened Kwantung Army still built a large number of field fortifications based on the mountainous terrain in accordance with the most basic tactical practices. In particular, the various anti-artillery holes against shelling and bombers can be called impregnable.

In the face of the combined attack of the air force and artillery of the East China Field Army, the entire position was razed to the ground in the blink of an eye. However, most of the Japanese troops who were hidden in the deep anti-artillery holes still survived intact.

"Da da da... ̈ Bang bang bang...."

At the end of the bombardment, a sudden burst of intensive gunfire rang out over the Japanese positions. Suddenly, the dozens of soldiers who charged at the front of the third battalion had no time to react, and they were beaten into a hornet's nest by the rain of bullets, and fell in a pool of blood without saying a word...

"Get down, fire cover, fire cover right away... Communicator, call artillery, I want artillery support・・・・・・" He Feng glared at the dozens of subordinates who had fallen in front of the position, and ordered loudly with a pair of red eyes.

The Japanese positions in front of them were once again baptized by round after round of artillery fire

However, it is a pity that the 3rd Battalion, which has high morale, still did not succeed in the attack. ** Suppressed by the dense fire network of the Japanese army, it was less than 150 meters away from the position.

"Commander, the situation on the battlefield is not optimistic. The Japanese positions were built directly from the rocks and were very strong, and our shells, even bombshells, could not help them. Therefore, if you want to break through this line of defense, you can only rely on the three battalions to use infantry firepower to continuously kill and injure their living forces. However, in that case, it will take us a little too long..." Putting down the binoculars, the regimental chief of staff said with a worried face. …,

"I can see it too. If He Feng wants to scoop down this position, it is impossible to do it for an hour.... The artillery battalion was ordered to immediately deploy positions and carry out continuous artillery fire on the Japanese positions until the third battalion rushed to a position fifty meters away from the Japanese positions .... Also, from the first, second and second battalions, each of which drew a heavy machine gun platoon and a light mortar platoon, sent it to He Feng to strengthen his infantry firepower....." Li Shengda ordered with a solemn face.

The offensive continued, although He Feng's three battalions were reinforced with a lot of light and heavy weapons. However, in the face of the frantic counterattack of the Japanese army, the entire offensive still did not make any progress. And at this moment, a bad news once again reached Li Shengda's ears.

"Regiment commander, the aerial reconnaissance plane is in a hurry... ・・・”

On the battlefield, Li Shengda, as the regiment commander, had no scruples, snatched the telegram from the hands of the communications staff officer, glanced at ten lines, and began to read it quickly.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. As the contents of the telegram slowly unfolded in front of him. The brows that were still tightly locked just now are even deeper at this moment. The telegram in his hand fell into deep thought with a solemn face.

"Commander, is there something wrong..." Seeing the change in Li Shengda's face, the regimental chief of staff hurriedly asked.

"Hmm..." Li Shengda nodded noncommittally, and then handed over the telegram in his hand

"What, four infantry brigades, there is only less than half an hour left to get to the battlefield..... However, with the current offensive situation of the 3rd Battalion, it was almost impossible to scoop down the Japanese position in front of him within half an hour. Commander, I think we must be cautious about this situation. One is not good, we will be surrounded by heavy Japanese troops again...." The regimental chief of staff said with a solemn face.

"Lao Cao, you're right, we must be cautious about this situation... ̈ Operational staff officer, immediately in my name, give a death order to Battalion Commander He Feng and He, strengthen the offensive against the Japanese position, and be sure to break through the defense line in front of you within half an hour..." Li Shengda ordered with a murderous face.

"Half an hour, even if we are within half an hour, break through the line of defense in front of us. The Japanese reinforcements who arrived in time will also hold us back, you see..." The chief of staff asked, still with a look of dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry, next, I'm going to deal with the Japanese reinforcements..."

"Communications staff officer, immediately send a telegram to Commander Wang of the 1st Air Division, requesting Division Commander Wang to transfer at least two bomber groups to carry out continuous air strikes against the Japanese reinforcements on both routes, so as to slow down their marching speed and buy time for our attack..." Lee Seung-da continued to order.

However, as the saying goes, in everything you do, you have to leave yourself a way back. In particular, in this battle, which was related to the outcome of the entire campaign, it was impossible for Li Shengda, as the commander-in-chief, to put all his chips on He Feng, the commander of the third battalion.

Just when Li Shengda was still frowning, thinking of another way out. Another piece of news from the Air Force woke him up from his thoughts.

"Regiment commander, the air force reconnaissance plane reported that about two brigades of Japanese troops in the west of Yushan are heading for reinforcements on the main peak of Yushan...

"What are you talking about, two brigades of little devils are heading for reinforcements from their high command... ̈" In a flash of inspiration, Li Shengda seemed to have discovered something, and quickly asked rhetorically.

"Yes, according to the judgment, except for his command headquarters, the main peak of Yushan basically does not have any military objectives that need two infantry brigades to reinforce...." The operational staff officer replied in the affirmative.

"Lao Cao, there's a way... We can't bet all our chips on the three battalions. Since the little devils of the two brigades are going to reinforce their high command, why can't we send a few small detachments, carrying radios, to infiltrate the rear of the Japanese army. Under the guidance of Japanese reinforcements and aerial reconnaissance planes, go to find their headquarters...." …,

"As long as we can determine the specific location of the Japanese command, our regiment does not need to be present at all. With only the Air Force, as well as artillery units, it is possible to send their command all to hell. After all, they couldn't build their headquarters as strong as a defensive position... ̈" Li Shengda said confidently.

The battle was still going on, and the two small detachments with only one platoon of troops had quietly left the battlefield with the radio under the personal explanation of the regiment commander Li Shengda.

In the dense woods, a small detachment of more than 30 people, under the leadership of company commander Zhong Haoyin, is climbing to the main peak of Yushan with difficulty. And at this moment, a series of crisp sending and receiving messages sounded in the dense forest. In less than half a minute, the voice of the telegraph operator of the squad reached his ears.

"Company commander, Air Force telegram. The reinforcements of the two infantry battalions of the Japanese army, located exactly about 1,500 meters from our left flank, advanced towards the summit of Yu Mountain... ̈"

"Dog's day, with planes as our eyes, it's good... brothers, the Air Force brothers have shown us the goal, and then, it's up to us. All of them were there, and they moved closer to the Japanese reinforcements in a hurry. Twenty minutes, twenty minutes at most, it is necessary to keep up with the Japanese reinforcements ...."

"Now I order, go...."

A rapid march on a mountain road full of thorns, obviously, was a very painful affair. When the sound and shadow of the Japanese reinforcements appeared in front of the small detachment. The uniforms of more than 30 people in the entire squad can no longer see a single intact place, and even the arms of many people have been marked with blood.

However, compared with the good news of catching up with the Japanese reinforcements, this little pain on the body is obviously nothing. From the smiles on the faces of everyone in the small team, you can see the excitement in everyone's hearts at this moment...

Company commander Zhong Haoyin, after seeing the mighty marching columns of the Japanese army, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Because he believes that at this moment, he is not far from the final success....

Just when he was about to order the troops to follow in concealment and smash the Japanese headquarters. The scout who went out to investigate, I don't know when, was already standing in front of him.

"Company commander, there is a situation ahead...."

"Two hundred meters ahead, there are Japanese warning positions and patrols. After the Japanese reinforcements crossed the warning position, they stagnated and began to rest. Because there are no binoculars, the specifics of the rear of the guard positions are not clear ...."

Facing this pie-in-the-sky good news. Zhong Haoyin, as the company commander, had the urge to shout, 'God has eyes, 'God has eyes.' After trying to calm himself down from the excitement, he ordered with a serious face to the subordinates who were quickly gathered around him.

"Brethren, we may have found the Japanese command, so the urgency of the delay now is to determine the accuracy of the target. Now I order everyone to take shelter in their places and protect the radio station and the operator. No one is allowed to expose the target without an order. You, you two, come with me to the front to investigate..."

Sure enough, just when Zhong Haoyin raised the binoculars, what the investigators didn't dare to determine was clearly displayed in front of him.

Less than 200 meters away from the Japanese warning position, long metal antennas appeared on the ground. If you take a closer look at the ground, it is clear that the entire ground has undergone some alterations. And at this moment, two officers with the rank of Dazuo on their shoulders appeared in their binoculars as if they had come out of the ground directly.

Seeing this, Zhong Haoyin, as a veteran, can almost be 100% sure that in front of him is the Supreme Command of the Kwantung Army, but a command headquarters that is completely deployed underground・・・・・・...,

Return to the former enemy headquarters in Changshu.

The attack of Li Shengda's regiment, since the order was issued, has received everyone's attention, including the commander-in-chief Liu Hua.

The news that the detachment had discovered the Japanese high command had just reached Li Shengda's ears. Under Li Shengda's order, it was sent to the former enemy's general headquarters with a secret telegram.

"Commander-in-chief, this Li Shengda has a lot of ghost ideas. The unit is still several kilometers away from the Japanese headquarters, and it has already completed the specific task we assigned to him..." After reading Li Shengda's combat proposal, Zuo Quan said with a smile on his face.

"I didn't expect that Li Shengda would come up with this method in despair. Knowing this, I would have directly asked the special operations division to go up, and the victory might come faster and the cost would be much less.... Chief of Staff, I remember that the transfer of the 1st Air Division also brought a lot of armor-piercing shells. For the underground headquarters of the Japanese army, ordinary bombs may not be able to help him, but armor-piercing shells can easily destroy it...."

"Forward Li Shengda's suggestion to Master Wang.

At the same time, the commander of the division ordered Wang Guangfu to dispatch at least one brigade of bombers, all equipped with armor-piercing shells, to carry out a devastating air strike on the high command of the Kwantung Army under the guidance of our reconnaissance detachment on the ground...." Liu Hua ordered decisively.

Looking at the combat staff officer who was leaving quickly, the serious look on Liu Hua's face disappeared immediately. Facing Zuo Quan beside him, he said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, let's give the 200,000 Kwantung Army in Yushan a one-shot battle today..."

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