"Boom-"

Several violent explosions were like thunderbolts in the clear sky, spreading far and wide in the empty area on the south bank of Taihu Lake, and Tao Liu, commander of the 62nd Division, who was holding a telescope and carefully observing the enemy's situation at the headquarters of the Fangjiagang Village Division in the north of Nanxun County, heard several waves of echoes.

As the explosion sounded, the Japanese troops on the front line of Miaogang blew up their nests, and the barracks from the front position to the rear suddenly lit up with a raging fire, and the Japanese soldiers shouted and cursed from the four fields - this group of national troops was so bad that they did not stop harassing them for a whole night.

Beginning at 8 p.m., the 45th, 62nd, and 63rd Divisions, which were deployed northeast of Nanxun City, continued to send small units to storm the Japanese defense line.

These surprise attack squads first used mortars to shoot aimlessly, and after approaching, they waited for the Japanese sentries with a grenade, and then used gasoline barrels to light firecrackers and "crackle" and bomb them together, shouting and shouting to kill, creating a momentum of soldiers pressing the border, and by the time the Japanese brigade was dispatched, the attacking troops had already run away with gasoline barrels and mortars.

Such attacks occur almost every ten minutes or so.

Prior to this, the 45th Division and the 63rd Division were dispatched one after another, attacking the Japanese defense line and flank positions more than 40 times, and at one time penetrated deep into the rear of the Japanese army through several rivers and lakes, and the 45th Division withdrew back in the early morning, and the 63rd Division also successfully completed its task.

Tao Liu looked at his watch and gave an order to Wang Cihe, the chief of staff of the division on the side: "Let the harassment troops be ready, and tell those rabbit cubs to attack separately, if anyone dares to drop the chain for Lao Tzu, turn around and clean him up."

As early as the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty, Tao Liu, who was put into the command of his cousin Tao Guang as a clerk, has more than 20 years of military experience, and has a strong military ruffian atmosphere, Wang Cihe has long been surprised.

Wang Cihe came to the telephone and conveyed Tao Liu's order to the communications staff officer, and when all the orders were conveyed to the front-line troops, Wang Cihe returned to Tao Liu's side and said worriedly:

"Master, what kind of medicine do you say is sold in the gourd of the third master for the time being? Why do you want us to harass the Japanese all night...... Can they really eat the Kunisaki detachment in one bite? ”

The Kunisaki Detachment was formed by the 9th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army. The Fifth Division, also known as the Hiroshima Division, was one of the first seven divisions of the Japanese army, and was also one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army before the war, under the jurisdiction of the 9th Infantry Brigade and the 21st Brigade.

To measure the strength of the Kunisaki detachment, we only need to see that the commander of the Fifth Division, Seishiro Itagaki, led half of the Fifth Division to run rampant in North China, with the 21st Infantry Brigade as the main force, successively attacked Datong, Pingxingguan, Ruyuekou, Yuanping County and other places, and then attacked the defense line of 200,000 Chinese troops at Xinkou, causing casualties among several generals and 100,000 soldiers below Hao Mengling, commander of the Ninth Army of the Chinese Army.

Chief of Staff Wang had great scruples about whether the Temporary Third Division could defeat the Kunisaki Detachment, and Tao Liu was not surprised by this, after all, the Temporary Third Division was only a newly formed unit of the new Second Division, and its combat effectiveness was doubtful.

"I don't know if the Kunisaki detachment can be eliminated, but since the temporary third division has chosen to attack, it will definitely not make the little devil feel better."

Tao Liu put down the binoculars, a pair of eyes were bright: "The timing and goal chosen by the temporary third division are very clear, although the Kunisaki detachment is good at fighting and daring to fight, and its combat power is strong, but since the landing in Hangzhou Bay, it has played the role of a firefighting team, from Jinshanwei to Jiaxing to Miaogang, it has not been rested, plus a night of attack, people must be tired and tired, and when the time comes, the temporary third division will attack decisively, even if it can't defeat the Japanese army, it will let them take off a layer of skin." ”

Tao Liu was quite confident in the temporary third division, and this confidence came from the battle of Jiaxing City, where a supplementary regiment of the new second division recovered the northern city in only one night, but on the contrary, the 62nd and 63rd divisions were defeated under the same enemy attack.

"At present, the 18th and 6th Divisions of the Japanese Army are stationed on the line between Nakdong and Nanma, and they are tightly hugging each other...... On the other hand, the Kunisaki detachment was separated by more than 20 kilometers from the two main divisions, and was blocked by rivers and lakes, and in fact it had become a lone army. ”

"Previously, the Kunisaki detachment had won successive battles, and the whole army was full of pride and complacency, and they did not find that with the elongation of the battle line and continuous attrition, the first-line troops added up to less than one wing at this time. The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, I am afraid to describe the situation of the Kunisaki detachment at this time. ”

Tao Liu said this, his face was full of smugness.

Although the 62nd Division suffered successive defeats on the Songhu battlefield, Tao Liu believed that it was not because he was unable to command, but because he was constrained by the overall strategy and general environment of the national army. As a veteran general of the Hunan army who participated in the Northern Expedition, the Central Plains War and previous encirclement and suppression, Tao Liu thought that he had an accurate vision, and he immediately saw through the favorable factors for the temporary third division to choose the Guoqi detachment as the opponent.

"What if the 3rd Division really defeats the Kunisaki detachment, but doesn't give us the captured weapons and equipment?" Chief of Staff Wang was a little worried, and said hesitantly: "We can't rob it hard."

"Now is not the time to talk about the distribution of loot"

Tao Liu frowned and looked at the dark night sky in the distance: "No matter what, the Japanese devils are the mortal enemies of our country and nation, and if we can eliminate more now, we will face less pressure in the future war, and the overall situation of resistance against Japan in the future will be more favorable." Moreover, the Japanese army's follow-up reinforcements are rushing to Nanxun, and our 62nd Division can assist the 3rd Division to achieve a good record, and it will look good when it retreats in the future

Speaking of this, Tao Liu's heart moved, and he calculated the gains and losses again.

Although Long Shaogang said that the seized weapons and equipment belonged to him, the bandits of the New Second Division already had the bad habit of robbing materials, and this could not be ignored. Tao Liu pondered for a moment and said: "However, the chief of staff's consideration is not unreasonable, I have personally seen Wu Ming rob the military resources of the Eighth Army at the Jiaxing Military Station, we still have to be fully prepared to prevent them from having a chance to regret it."

"That's what I mean"

Wang Cihe nodded again and again. The new Second Division is accustomed to flying and domineering, and usually covets the good things of friendly and neighboring troops, and now the safety of the entire northern front is pinned on these bandits, who dares to fight their ideas? What's more, I had never heard of the New Second Division giving away captured weapons and equipment to others before.

Tao Liu quickly came up with a solution: "Chief of Staff, when the Provisional Third Division launches an attack at dawn, you take two regiments to cooperate, one regiment helps them transport the wounded, and the remaining regiment observes the offensive tactics of the Provisional Third Division...... You know what I mean, right? ”

"Got it"

Chief of Staff Wang smiled and nodded.

When it came to the battlefield, the temporary third division attacked with all its might, where would I have the time and energy to collect the weapons and equipment left by the Japanese army? Isn't this just cheap, the 62nd Division that followed behind, even if they want to regret it after the battle, how can the 62nd Division vomit what they have already eaten?

Everyone is calculating, thinking about how to reap the benefits. Tao Liu's smile was very bright, thinking that he could get a lot of loot, how did he know that the things of the new second division of the Dao Dao were not taken for nothing, and everyone calculated him to the bones.

"Let's go, let's go to the front and have a look"

Tao Liu was in a good mood, called the deputy division commander Liu Xunhao, and the group went to the defensive positions on the front line of the seven capitals and the eight capitals.

After about half an hour, Tao Liu came to the artillery position in front of the port of Genglou, from here you can clearly see the Japanese front-line position 1.5 kilometers away, the Japanese troops stationed there are harassed to the point that they can't do it, the devil officers patrolling back and forth in the trenches are scolding and scolding, and many Japanese soldiers rub their red eyes, yawn incessantly, and look listless - although the Kunisaki detachment is elite, its officers and men are flesh and blood men after all, not machines.

Seeing the depressed faces of the Japanese army from officers to soldiers through the telescope, Tao Liu admired the tactics of the Temporary Third Division very much, so that the Japanese army was tired all night, and when it was time for the real attack at dawn, the officers and soldiers of the Temporary Third Division would definitely be a nightmare for the Japanese army.

"Master, why did you come up? I'm two kilometers ahead of the defense line here, it's too dangerous, you better go down. Zhang Chengfeng, the head of the regiment, greeted him with people, and he spoke from afar.

Zhang Chengfeng is Tao Liu's old subordinate, and only he dares to complain to the division commander.

Tao Liu didn't stop, and pulled Zhang Chengfeng to ask as he walked: "Have you figured out the two Type 92 infantry guns sent by the Third Division?" ”

Zhang Chengfeng's face was a little ugly. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the 62nd Division to attack and harass the Japanese Kunizaki Detachment, the 3rd Division specially allocated two infantry guns from the supplies of the army to the 62nd Division, and Tao Liu did not hesitate to send them to Zhang Chengfengtuan. However, Zhang Chengfeng was used to living a poor life, and he was not willing to let the artillery fire a cannon until he received the infantry gun, and now when he arrived at the preset location, he realized that the Ludao artillery did not understand the performance of the infantry gun, and he could not fire the cannon for a long time.

After figuring things out, Tao Liu was furious, and the roots of his teeth hurt. He glared at Zhang Chengfeng angrily and shouted loudly:

"You bastard, within a quarter of an hour, after you knock out a third of the shells for Lao Tzu or two hours, the rest of the shells will be gone"

"Huh? What will we use after we run out? Zhang Chengfeng was a little reluctant.

"Get out—"

Tao Liu looked like he hated iron but not steel, and scolded at the uncompetitive main commander: "If you dare to leave a cannonball, Lao Tzu will pick your skin"

Hearing Tao Liu's death order, Zhang Chengfeng didn't dare to speak back, and hurriedly ran behind a mound built at a thirty-degree angle and commanded it himself.

"Bang bang—"

The silence of the night was broken by two shelling sounds, and the flames from the muzzles of the infantry guns could not be seen from the Japanese positions on the opposite side due to the obscuration of the slow hills.

"Woohoo—"

The shells whistled sharply in the air and exploded on the ground in a very short time, and in the telescope, the flames rose from the left flank of the Japanese position. Tao Liu put down the binoculars and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Zhang Chengfeng, two shells, you missed Lao Tzu-"

Although the shelling did not achieve any results, the Japanese positions inevitably became agitated, and the devils, who had just been a little sleepy, were woken up, and they raised their heads, their eyes were red, like mad beasts, and they were crowing to each other, and the Japanese positions were in a commotion.

"Bang bang—"

Shells erupted one after another from the muzzle of the Type 92 infantry gun, heading straight for the Japanese position. Although it was night, the artillery had already measured the coordinates and rulers during the day, so the shelling was effortless.

Zhang Chengfeng had not yet finished firing a base number of shells, and the angry Japanese army had already begun to return fire indiscriminately with four infantry guns and eight mortars, and because of the blind fire of the black light and the extremely cleverly constructed artillery positions of the 62nd Division specially used to harass them, the Japanese artillery shells did not pose any threat.

There was no movement on Zhang Chengfeng's side, but the Japanese army was like a fried pot, although the falling shells were sparse, but the huge sound of each explosion spread far away in the dark night, which was mixed with the miserable howls of the Japanese soldiers who were shot in bursts, which was extremely terrifying in this dark night.

The devil soldiers were in agony, covering their ears one by one, burying their heads deep in the trenches, and couldn't sleep for a while, so they could only pray to Apayasu to keep the damn shells away from them.