The weather was gloomy, and after a short and rapid storm, the dark clouds were still thick, and it was such weather, and the sound of gunfire and artillery was deafening. A hilly area with a ridged terrain and a heave and depression. From a bird's-eye view from the air, the battle front is staggered and fierce battles are raging. The lines of the warring sides are clearly visible, with the attacking side to the west and the defending side to the east. The attacking side is bleeding mercury, and the defending side is fighting to the death, and the two sides will not give in to each other, and the killing is inseparable.

In the headquarters of the 1st Division, division commander Zhuang Lei held a telescope to check. His expression was very calm, as if the front was not a battlefield of life and death, but a military exercise. The chief of staff walked in with a poncho in his hand and said: "Division commander, Hu Biao's 1st Brigade attack is going well, and the No. 36 occupation will be taken soon!" "Order Hu Biao, occupy the area of No. 36 and immediately retreat," "Retreat, this is weishenme? "This is the combat order just issued by the military department, look at it!" The chief of staff took the document and looked at it suspiciously.

"All front-line troops are slowing down their offensive and fighting a war of attrition, how can a war of attrition be fought?" "The commander of the army called and adopted the tactics of war of attrition, which was an operational order issued by the front army headquarters, that is, to use artillery fire to kill and wound a large number of Japanese soldiers, and at the same time to reduce our battle losses." "No wonder we are assigned a heavy artillery brigade to our division, it turns out that this is the purpose, I understand." After the chief of staff finished speaking, he picked up the phone, and Zhuang Lei raised the binoculars to check again.

"Report to the brigade commander, all 36 good positions of the Japanese army are occupied and the battlefield is being cleaned up." 36 On the good position, a subordinate reported in disgrace. Hu Biao was no better, he was covered in mud. Only the white shirt exposed by the neckline is very eye-catching. At this time, the lineman put the telephone on the ground and connected the line. "Report to the brigade commander, the call is connected!" "Give me the division!" Battlefield communications of the current Imperial Army. Corded telephones have become very popular.

Before the signal soldier could shake the handle of the telephone, the phone rang suddenly, and the signal soldier hurriedly picked up the phone. "Report to the division commander, the division chief of staff calls." Hu Biao picked up the phone and said happily: "Report to the chief of staff, our brigade successfully captured the No. 36 area, please instruct!" "What? The whole brigade retreated weishenme? "Yes! Perform naming! Hu Biao put down the phone and said with a gloomy face: "Order the officers and soldiers of the whole brigade to withdraw from the 36 good positions!" "Brigadier Commander! weishenme to retreat! "A captain is in a hurry.

"Weishenme retreated. Go ask the teacher! Hu Biao glared at the head of the regiment and turned his head to leave. The regiment commander shouted at the top of his voice to retreat, and his mood was obviously dissatisfied. Returning to the starting position of the attack, Hu Biao sat on the chair angrily and gasped. The chief of staff muttered while holding a telescope to observe: "The Japanese army came up, entered the position and began to set up defenses, I really don't understand, what kind of road is this division commander." The position was captured and then abandoned. Just then the earth began to shake. Heavy artillery fire began to cover position No. 36.

When Hu Biao heard the sound of artillery, he immediately came to the observation port and raised his binoculars to observe. "Obediently, this artillery fire is too fierce, it's like dumplings." "Brigade commander, this is enough for little Japan to drink a pot, such a fierce artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers on the position can survive the odds." haha！ I see, this is a trap set for little Japan. It's enjoyable. "The shelling lasted 30 minutes, and the front position No. 36 was shrouded in smoke. At this time, the phone rang suddenly. Hu Biao picked up the phone. "It's a subordinate order!"

Hu Biao put down the phone and said, "Pass my order, and the whole brigade can attack." "In just one morning, position 36 was captured twice. Soon, Hu Biao stepped on the 36 good position, looking at the corpses of the Japanese army and the wailing wounded soldiers everywhere, he was very shocked in his heart, and the position simply became the Shura field of the Japanese army. "Report to the brigade commander, the shelling of Fang Cai has reimbursed about two brigades of Japanese troops, which is simply terrifying." "Immediately clean up the battlefield and rescue the wounded Japanese soldiers." Subsequently, Hu Biao reported the battle situation to the division headquarters.

After Zhuang Lei listened to Hu Biao's report, he was also shocked in his heart. "Division commander, isn't this tactic too cruel?" The chief of staff asked. Zhuang Lei sighed and said, "This is war, a war of life and death." Perhaps this will quickly break the will of the Japanese army to resist, speed up the course of the war, and allow more people to survive. Chief of Staff, we are soldiers, and soldiers think about how to fight, not bodhisattvas. I estimate that after the Japanese army was fooled, this trick could no longer be used. Immediately have Iron Tower, the Captain of the Scout Group, come and see me. ”

A few days later, the front had advanced more than ten kilometers, and the war of attrition was a great success. The Japanese army also learned a lesson and dug anti-artillery holes day and night. When the Japanese troops never came out during the shelling, and when the charging troops approached the position, the Japanese entered the trenches to defend, and the efficiency of the artillery began to decline. What is the road is one foot high and the magic is one foot high, there is always a way. That night, on the first-line position, Hu Biao was sitting in the bunker, drinking in the dim light. "I said that my brother Yaxing is not shallow," Hu Biao looked up and saw the figure of the iron tower flashing in at some point.

"How did you get in?" "Don't forget what I'm doing, your vigilance is too lax, the sentry will let me go as soon as he sees me!" "They all know the relationship between our brothers, so naturally they are open, what are you doing here with me?" "I'm on a reconnaissance mission, I'm stopping by to see you, okay, don't bother you, I'll rush back before dawn." After the tower finished speaking, his figure flickered and disappeared. It was raining lightly outside, and the scouts were drudgery and in danger at any time, and Hu Biao suddenly became worried about the tower brothers.

After dawn, the tower walked into the division headquarters covered in dirt and wet. "Report to the division commander, I'm back!" Zhuang Lei's eyes lit up, and he personally painted a cup of hot tea for the tower and asked, "How is the investigation?" Tie Ta took out a dozen simple topographic maps from his bosom and said: "This is the distribution map of the Japanese army drawn by the reconnaissance detachment, and the anti-artillery holes are clearly marked, and the coordinates are also indicated." It seems that the Japanese army was frightened by the bombing, and all rats did not come out of their holes, which provided convenient conditions for us to investigate. "Well done, go down and rest!"

Zhuang Lei sent the tower away, and immediately ordered the reconnaissance drawings to be sent to the artillery brigade, asking the artillery brigade to start firing at 8 o'clock in the morning. At the Japanese Northern Front Defense Command, Commander Watanabe listened to the report from his subordinates, and his face suddenly turned green. Sitting is not right, the other party is really elusive. Ryohisa Watanabe said: "We have been fooled, and the enemy is taking advantage of our resistance to consume a large number of our troops. "Your Excellency, will you take countermeasures?" Subordinate advice. Watanabe shook his head and said, "It's late, the emperor refuses to evacuate in Kyoto, and we must defend stubbornly." ”

Watanabe was repeatedly defeated, but instead of holding him accountable, the military department continued to entrust him with the task of serving as the commander of the defense of the Northern Front. "The enemy's heavy artillery is too terrifying, and our civil construction fortifications are vulnerable. The enemy knows everything about us, but how much do we know about the enemy? I must report to the Emperor in the name of the Commander of the Front Line and ask the Emperor to retreat quickly, or else our elite troops will be exhausted here. Watanabe immediately wrote after speaking.

A group of men and horses marched in the wilderness, and the strange uniforms and weapons and equipment carried by the troops attracted attention. From time to time, transport troops appeared on the way to the road. "You see, almost all of the convoys are carrying shells, and it seems that the shells are consumed a lot?" Li Tie muttered. "All 6 artillery divisions were put into operation, and the consumption of shells was of course huge! At present, the Japanese army is heavily concentrated, so the artillery fire must be met with shells. Li Tie immediately understood the importance of letting the special troops protect the convoy, and if the convoy transporting ammunition was attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At midnight the troops arrived at Sanhe, a small market town with about four or five hundred inhabitants, and only one street running through the town. At this time, the torches of Sanhe Town were bright and crowded. Ma Kai led his troops into the town, and soon Ma Kai made contact with the officers of the town's guards. "What happened?" Ma Kai asked. "Sir, several more people were killed, all with a single sword. Dozens have already happened. The first two Japanese samurai targets ammunition, and they succeeded in detonating 300 shells. Later, we strengthened the protection of ammunition, and the Japanese samurai targeted the personnel of the convoy, which was really unguardable. ”

The officer hung his head, "Isn't there a clue if it's stumped?" "It's strange that we surrounded the town tightly, and the Japanese samurai didn't come in from outside, they must have been done by someone from the town. But we turned the town inside out, and found no clues. Ma Kai walked into a room and saw five convoy soldiers lying on the bed with brushes, each of them with a crossing at the Adam's apple, and their movements were clean and neat. Ma Kai felt tired from running all the way and ordered the team to rest.

The search force tossed and turned until dawn, still finding no clues. After sleeping for a few hours, it was dawn, and Ma Kai woke Li Tie up. The two were having breakfast when the officer came to report with a depressed look, but there was still no clue. Mackay asked the officer to accompany him around the town, and the officer chattered along the way, confirming that there were tunnels in the town and that the samurai had come in through them. Ma Kai was also confused, and somewhat agreed with the judgment of the Ming officer.

When I came to the door of a temple, there was a sound of chanting inside. Ma Kai stopped, feeling that the chanting was extremely loud, as if it was deliberately heard by outsiders. "Has this temple been searched?" "Sir, the temple is a quiet place, and the headquarters strictly orders that temples and temples are not to be harassed." "Li Tie, immediately gather troops and surround this temple," Ma Kai said decisively. Needless to say, the temple was bloodied.

Given the peculiarities of the special forces, the headquarters of the Front simply put them as firefighters, and something happened there quickly rushed there to calm down. (To be continued......)

PS: As an attacking side, it is reasonable not only to seize the initiative on the battlefield, but also to use any tactics.