Chapter 521 The Japanese Army Plans (Ask for Subscription!) ）

A few hundred meters away, dozens of light and heavy machine guns and mortars were suppressed by the combined fire of the Eighth Route Army's position. In the trenches of the Japanese army's forward position, the remaining hundreds of devil soldiers, after paying the price of the death of dozens of stunned young soldiers, could only be shrunken turtles. Seeing that in front of the position, the dense Eighth Route Army troops rushed towards him, but there was no way.

Of course, the most elite Kwantung Army troops of Xiao devils are not dry meals. Although, in the face of powerful firepower, he does not have any advantage. However, in the face of death, they still showed a very high tactical cultivation.

looked at the troops of the Eighth Route Army who were getting closer and closer to him. Hundreds of devil soldiers did not show any cowardice or fear. But at the first time, he put a bayonet on the rifle in his hand. Then, with one hand holding a grenade, he squatted in the trench with a resolute face, ready to drop the bomb at any time.

However, these elite Xiao devils met a company led by veteran Li Shengda, which can be regarded as his bad luck.

Li Shengda, the company commander of the Eighth Route Army with a ten-year military career. Although in terms of tactical command, because it was the first time for him to lead so many soldiers, he was still a little rusty. However, he is well aware of the xìng ability of various infantry equipment. As for the wooden-handled grenade and the Xiao devil melon grenade, the difference of ten meters in the throwing distance is also well known in Li Shengda's heart.

Just when the fighters had just rushed to the grenade throwing distance, and happened to be outside the melon grenade throwing defense. Li Shengda decisively gave the soldiers of the company around him an order to drop bombs.

"Brothers, grenade greet, prepare to fight bayonets..." The whistling sound of a grenade flying overhead reached his ears. Three infantry companies, several hundred fighters, at the same time threw grenades in their hands.

A dense explosion of grenades, immediately after that, sounded over the Japanese positions. Seeing the forward position of the Japanese army in front of him, in the blink of an eye, he was shrouded in the smoke from the explosion of the grenade. Even on the battlefield, the wails of the Japanese soldiers could be heard clearly.

Company commander Li Shengda did not hesitate, raised the shell gun in his hand, and was the first to rush into the smoke.

In an instant, the clashing of bayonets, the screams of soldiers, the crisp sound of shell guns... It began to sound on the Japanese positions that were filled with gunsmoke. Under the influence of Company Commander Li Shengda, the three main companies and hundreds of soldiers rushed into the smoke of gunpowder with high morale and began their own fighting.

As for the defending units in the forward positions, they suffered heavy losses under a series of blows, especially in the explosion of the last round of grenades. Before the war, there was still half a brigade of devil soldiers, but at this moment, there were only more than one squadron left, more than two hundred devils, and hundreds of soldiers with high morale were strangled together.

The 1st Division was responsible for the main attack of the forward regiment, and the 1st Regiment was in the temporary command post.

Seeing his own battalion, he successfully stormed the Japanese position. Hundreds of soldiers quickly strangled together and began the most tragic ROU battle. Daniel Zhang, the head of the regiment standing at the lookout, finally slowly released his clenched fist. At the same time, the frowning brows also stretched out randomly.

"Regiment commander, the first battalion has rushed up, do you immediately order the second and third battalions to reinforce it. Strive to occupy the forward position of the Xiao devil in one go...."Looking at the bloody battlefield not far away, the political commissar spoke.

"The time is almost up, Chief of Staff, immediately give an order to the second and third two battalions: two battalions, immediately press on me, crush the last nerve of the Xiao devil, and occupy the forward position of the Xiao devil. In addition, an artillery company, a heavy machine gun company, followed by a company. After occupying the position, build fortifications on the spot to prevent the counterattack of the Xiao devils..."

The forward position of the Japanese army, as the two battalions of the forward regiment joined the battlefield, soon changed hands and was trampled under the feet of the forward regiment.

The 1st Division, which occupied the forward position of the Japanese army and was responsible for the frontal attack, under the personal order of Commander Liu Hua, did not make any stops and continued to advance to the second line of defense of the Japanese army.

At the same time, the other two main divisions, under the cover of fire from one battalion each of the artillery regiments, also made inadequate progress. One by one, the good news, just like Xuehua, flew into the hands of Commander Liu Hua.

"Commander, the first division has good news, the troops have rushed into the second line of defense of the Japanese army, and more than 400 Japanese troops have been annihilated, and the remaining Xiao devils are retreating towards the county seat. At the moment, the 1st Division is in pursuit of the defeat of the enemy ....",

"Commander, the 2nd Division has good news, the troops have successfully broken the Japanese blockade. and pursued the victory, and captured three strongholds of the Japanese army in succession..."

"Commander, the third division has good news, the troops have attacked to a position less than five kilometers from the county seat. At the moment, the attacking forces are stubbornly resisted by two enemy infantry brigades and are in the process of breaking through..."

Looking at the good news in his hand one after another, in the headquarters, Liu Hua, who had been anxiously waiting for several hours. The tense nerves in my heart finally relaxed. Beside him, Wang Qiang, the commander of the first division who served as his deputy, looked at the good news like snow, and with a smile on his face, he walked to Liu Hua's side and said.

"Commander, in less than three hours, the three main divisions have already achieved such great results. If nothing else, there will be absolutely no problem in tonight's battle and the completion of our predetermined strategic objectives. ”

"Well said, for tonight's battle, I have emptied all the family resources in the entire base area. Order the three main divisions to guard against arrogance and rashness, continue to attack us, and play with the momentum of our Eighth Route Army. Tell them that tomorrow morning, we will meet outside the city of Baishan County. Liu Hua nodded and ordered decisively.

"Yes, Commander..."

In this way, the three main divisions ordered by Commander Liu Hua were like being injected with a dose of stimulant. The entire army has been substantially improved in terms of combat effectiveness and morale. The troops with high morale, on the way to attack, can be said to be overwhelming and invincible.

In the face of Xiao's stronghold and defense line, a direct artillery fire passed, leaving the infantry behind him, leaving the errand of cleaning the battlefield. As for the larger strongholds, there are no surprises. With its own superior artillery fire and machine-gun firepower. Coupled with the superb combat effectiveness of the soldiers, they were trampled under the feet of the soldiers.

Of course, the attack of the three main divisions was also shocked and surprised by the Japanese troops in the county.

In Baishan County, in the headquarters of the Japanese division, looking at the battle plate in front of him. One after another, the defense lines of the strongholds occupied by the imperial army were lost one after another in less than a minute, or even ten minutes. The heart of the division commander, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, has already been mentioned to the eye of San.

"Division commander, according to the current progress of the Eighth Route Army and the Third Route Army. By tomorrow morning at the latest, they will be able to meet outside the city of Baishan County and completely surround us. Division commander, what should we do next? Looking at the progress of the three routes, which can be called the overwhelming Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff of the division did not have the calm mood of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, and asked anxiously.

Hearing the chief of staff's question, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto slowly opened his sharp eyes, and then asked rhetorically: "Chief of staff, have you figured out that outside Baishan County, after a month of construction, we can be called an impregnable defensive line. Under the attack of the Eighth Route Army, why was it so vulnerable, and it took less than a few dozen minutes to hold on tightly before it was broken by the enemy? “

Regarding Lieutenant General Yoshimoto's question, the chief of staff did not think about it and blurted out.

"According to the report of the soldiers who fled back to the county, because my Baishan County bomb warehouse and material warehouse were destroyed a few days ago. Therefore, the ammunition reserves of the various units on the front line are only less than the amount of ammunition of one base. ”

"A base amount of ammunition could not last for a long time under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army. On the outskirts of the county, many of the defensive lines were occupied by the Eighth Route Army because of the exhaustion of bullets. “

"Hún egg, cunning Eighth Route Army, all of this must be their conspiracy. Chief of Staff, immediately telegraphed to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, requesting operational guidance, and asked the headquarters to deliver all kinds of ammunition urgently needed by the troops to us in the shortest possible time.

After ordering a communications staff officer to go to the telecommunications room as soon as possible to make a report. The chief of staff of the division continued to reply: "The commander of the division, even if you send a telegram to the headquarters now, requesting operational guidance. All kinds of ammunition that our army urgently needs, if you want to transport it from Mukden City to here, it will take dozens of hours..."

Seeing that everyone was in deep thought because of his words, the chief of staff continued to speak.

"After the battle in the first half of the night, an infantry wing arranged by our army outside the city has lost most of it under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army. At present, in the entire Baishan county, there are only more than 4,000 defenders left. He thought that in the case of requesting reinforcements from the headquarters, he should immediately shrink the defensive line and concentrate enough troops to hold the county seat. ”,

"Yo Xi..."Lieutenant General Yoshimoto nodded in satisfaction with the Chief of Staff's answer, and then ordered.

"Order, all the troops on the periphery of the county immediately shrink their defenses, concentrate the forces of the two brigades, and reinforce the county seat. As for the defensive line arranged by our army around the base area of the Eighth Route Army, in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from breaking through each of them. Order all defending units to immediately abandon their positions below the size of the squadron and shrink their defenses. At the same time, the forces of the two brigades were concentrated, reinforced Baishan County, joined the sequence of urban defense forces, and held on to Baishan County.

As a result, outside the county town of Baishan County, thousands of Japanese soldiers and 20,000 Eighth Route Army were engaged in a fierce battle. The Japanese defense line, which was directly in front of the main force of the fifth column, finally moved because of the increasingly urgent situation.

One by one, the troops abandoned their strongholds at the first time and assembled to the surrounding large strongholds. At the same time, the small units slowly accumulated into a lot. Then, the reinforcements that formed a brigade scale, brought all their equipment, and quickly reinforced, which was already in danger at this moment, to Baishan County.

Outside Baishan County, in the headquarters that followed closely behind the First Division, because of the attack of the three main divisions on the front line, everyone's faces were filled with satisfied smiles.

Commander Liu Hua, under the protection of a group of guards, held up the binoculars in his hand and looked at the battlefield two kilometers away with a smile on his face.

At this moment, Liu Hua, the assistant commander, and Wang Qiang, the commander of the first division who commanded operations in the headquarters, rushed to Liu Hua's side with an excited face with a telegram he had just received.

"Master Wang, what a happy event. Is it which division has already attacked the outside of Baishan County? Looking at Wang Qiang in front of him, Liu Hua asked with a smile.

"Commander, this news is more pleasing than all the good news just now combined. Commander Zhou, who was hidden in the direction of Zhangjiatun, had just sent a telegram: The Xiao devils who were blocking the front of the fifth column had begun to shrink the defensive line. At most half a xiao, in front of the fifth column, there will be a huge breakthrough. Wang Qiang hurriedly replied.

"Well, that's good news. Tonight, we played for several hours, and finally saw the effect. Commander Liu Hua threw down the telescope in his hand, walked quickly to the map, and said with a moving face.

Looking at the map in front of him, after a short period of thought, Commander Liu Hua immediately ordered.

"Call Commander Zhou back immediately, let him act at the opportunity, and quietly pass through the defense line of Xiao devils. Our attack was so fierce that the Xiao devils in the county must have sent countless telegrams asking for help to the Kwantung Army headquarters. And the various weapons and bullets that Xiao devils urgently need will be continuously transported into Baishan County from tomorrow. Therefore, tell Commander Zhou that he must hurry up and act, and not let a bullet be sent into Baishan County. ”

Just when Commander Liu Hua's order had just been passed to Commander Zhou Baozhong through telegraph. The Japanese troops in front of the fifth column were already the retreat of the retreat, the concentration of the concentration. A tight blockade line, under the orders of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, unknowingly, there were numerous leaks.

At this moment, Chen Yuanbo, chief of staff of the fifth column, ran to Zhou Baozhong's side out of breath and said:

"Commander, according to the report of the reconnaissance battalion, because the Japanese began to massively shrink the line of defense. In front of us, a breakthrough has already appeared, which is two kilometers wide. ”

Looking at the front of him, although he was out of breath, but still with a thick smile on his face, the chief of staff, political commissar Zhang Songping followed and said:

"Lao Chen, you are so timely. Just now, the commander of Baishan County, who was far away, had already sent a telegram to us, ordering our cameras to start moving. Commander, give the order, Xiao devil has not much time left for us. ”

Hearing the encouraging words of the two partners, Zhou Baozhong's face slowly showed a confident smile, and he said affirmatively:

"Now I order that the reconnaissance battalion directly under the command be the vanguard of the column. The 13th, 14th, and 15th divisions followed, and the column headquarters followed the 13th division, and the guard battalion directly under the headquarters was responsible for the rear. Give everyone ten minutes to prepare, and after ten minutes, the troops will immediately start moving. ”

"Yes, Commander," the two partners replied in unison. Immediately, Chief of Staff Chen Yuanbo began to give specific orders to several signal soldiers behind him.

In the dark night, the fifth column was lined up in four formations, with more than 20,000 commanders and fighters. Following the march route that the reconnaissance battalion had reconnoitred in advance, they galloped all the way to the south gate of Baishan County, the only one that had not been attacked, ready to meet the first battle they had to face. ,

The bloody battle of the night, in Baishan County, finally stopped in the expectant eyes of all Xiao devils. The thousands of soldiers who were forcibly left outside the city by Lieutenant General Yoshimoto have all become the heroes of the soldiers after a night of bloody fighting.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, surrounded by a group of officers, was standing on the city wall, holding up the telescope in his hand, and carefully observing the outside of the city. Tens of thousands of troops of the Eighth Route Army, who had already surrounded themselves and were digging trenches.

Just when everyone looked at the trench outside the city with a desperate face, they sang little by little with the efforts of the soldiers. In the end, when they were connected and completely surrounded the entire Baishan County. The chief of staff of the division and regiment rushed to everyone with a white face with a report on the battle damage that had just been counted.

"Division commander, last night, the losses of the entire division have been counted."

The chief of staff's voice just fell. A series of questions, like a machine gun, blurted out from the mouth of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto: "What is the situation, how many soldiers are there in the entire county now." In addition, how long can the remaining ammunition of the troops last. The Kwantung Army command promised us that the bullets would be delivered ...

"Division commander, the situation is not optimistic..."Regarding Lieutenant General Yoshimoto's repeated questions, the chief of staff said with a look of frustration.

"To be specific..."Obviously, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto was very dissatisfied with the simple answer of the chief of staff. As soon as the chief of staff's words fell, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto frowned again, and then asked.

"Haiyi, after statistics, in last night's battle, my 27th Division lost a total of 4,879 imperial soldiers and 1,186 wounded, of which more than 200 were completely disabled and completely lost their combat effectiveness. At present, the entire Baishan county, plus all the baggage troops, artillery, cavalry and various logistics organs, still has 7,629 combatable soldiers. With everyone watching, the chief of staff spoke.

"With a garrison force of nearly eight thousand men, with strong walls and air reinforcements on call, we still have the ability to fight. In the city, how long can the remaining bullets last long? Lieutenant General Yoshimoto would continue to ask.

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