(Thank you for the reward from the book friend Tiancangye, the following is today's first update ^_^)

After hearing this, the commander of the infantry wing, Kazujima Takasa, felt justified, so he had to turn his heart on the side and continue to launch one attack after another on the position of the 65th Regiment with the support of artillery. In the face of the increasingly frantic offensive of the Japanese army, Hu Lian, who was still at ease at the beginning, gradually became a little unbearable, and the reason why his 65th Regiment was able to hold on after the enemy's artillery wing joined the battle was that in addition to making full use of the cover of field fortifications, it strictly abided by the "Drill Code" that "the troops are light in front and heavy in the back, and the firepower is heavy in front and light in the back." However, under the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army, the weapons and equipment of the 65th Regiment, especially the automatic weapons, were seriously damaged, and by the time the Japanese army closed its troops after dark, there were only 93 submachine guns left in the 65th Regiment (more than 400 before the war), only 4 light machine guns, not a single heavy machine gun left, and even more than 300 rifles were damaged (no less than 1,500 before the war).

Although the telegram said that the main force of the independent division had been dispatched in advance, it would take time to reach the battlefield, and Hu Lian felt even more pressure when he thought of this, and in a hurry, he sent a company to try to eliminate the devil's artillery position, but in the end it was gone and never returned, and more than 100 lives were lost in vain. It turned out that the Japanese army had always attached great importance to the protection of artillery positions, which could be seen from the number of their artillery wings. How many people do you need to the guns? However, the total number of artillery wings of the Japanese army was often more than that of infantry wings, and the proportion of escorts among them can be imagined. As everyone knows, during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in history, there were very few examples of the Chinese army successfully sneaking into the devil's artillery positions, and there was no such large establishment as the artillery wing

But just when Hu Lian was blaming himself and anxious, the radio received a telegram from the corps headquarters, and when Hu Lian looked at the telegram, he suddenly said in surprise as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, "Our air force? ”

The Japanese army did defend its artillery positions tightly, but when six Red Army bombers appeared over them, the weakness of the Japanese army's contempt for air defense was immediately exposed

In fact, perhaps for the sake of economy, the Japanese army had to go to the division level before it could have standing field air defense units (during the war in China, it was often not equipped with anti-aircraft guns, of course, this was also due to the fact that the Japanese army occupied more and more land later, and a large number of anti-aircraft guns were occupied by the task of air defense in key areas). As a result, even though the Red Army's air force had only six bombers and did not carry out low-altitude bombing with a high hit rate but also a relatively dangerous one, it still caused the Japanese artillery wing to suffer a catastrophe. Although the accuracy of the high-altitude bombing was very problematic, only two aerial bombs fell on the Japanese artillery positions, but it led to a terrible series of explosions, and after a roar that even the commanders and fighters of the 65th Regiment felt frightened when they heard it, most of the artillery and at least several hundred officers and men of the Japanese artillery wing were already in ashes. And Hu Lian also seized this opportunity to lead the 65th Regiment, which had been greatly reduced, to take advantage of the situation and inflict great casualties on the Japanese army.

Since the air force is dispatched, the large force of the independent division has naturally rushed to the battlefield, and one of the main regiments even rushed to the front to cut off the back road of the devils, and the main force of the independent division quickly surrounded the remaining more than 4,000 devils, and the newly built heavy artillery brigade directly under the regiment hid at least 30 miles away for safety (the main force of the artillery bombardment is 32 field cannons, and the range of the 96-type 240mm heavy howitzer is 16 kilometers, which is also in line with the requirements, but it is too big and too heavy, Even if there is a special tractor, it cannot be maneuvered, and it must be disassembled and transported, and then assembled before the war, which is a cumbersome process, so the movement war is generally not useful, and this problem will not be repeated hereafter. ）。 Hu Lian roughly calculated, even if the independent division set off immediately after they set off, its marching speed reached a terrifying 100 miles a day, with a huge scale of 20,000 or 30,000 people, it could still carry out such a forced march, even Hu Lian, who had always been arrogant, couldn't help but admire Hu Weidong, but at this time he didn't know that the special skill of the Red Eighth Army, or the Red 15th Army's forced march, was actually mainly trained by Su Yu, the deputy commander of the Red Army...,

In order to rush to Tianjin as soon as possible, the battle must be resolved quickly even if the cost is great, for which Hu Weidong once again used the tactics of artillery offensive that had repeatedly worked, and this tactic became more and more terrifying due to the help of a large number of heavy artillery. However, even though it was clear that there was no chance of victory in this battle, the remnants of the Japanese army still fought until Zuihou, during which the explosions of suicide attacks were incessant, causing heavy casualties to the commanders and fighters of the independent division.

Although relying on the firepower and strength far superior to the Japanese army, as well as the artillery offensive tactics that the Japanese army had never heard of, the independent division of the Red 15th Army only took a few hours to wipe out all the remaining more than 4,000 Japanese troops, but after the war, seeing the shocking casualty figures, Hu Weidong still couldn't bear to lash out at the cadres of more than 30 brigades and regiments, "Our strength is ten times that of the enemy, and the artillery fire is even more absolutely superior, and there are thousands of devils who have no way to escape from the siege on all sides. I felt ashamed to have suffered more than 5,000 casualties (including more than 2,000 casualties in the course of the previous few days' fighting), and not even a single prisoner was captured! ”

Hu Lian, who had just joined the Red Army for less than a month, retorted, "Chief, it is true that the enemy can be completely annihilated by encircling on all sides, but the enemy sees that there is no way to escape, and he will definitely resist to the end, and you are in a hurry to end the battle, and the soldiers have to force the charge against the enemy's accurate shooting and suicide attacks, and the casualties are inevitable!" Rather than this, it is better to open an opening, the enemy has the hope of breaking through, the resistance will be less resolute, and the casualties will be much smaller. ”

"But the enemy will flee a lot, right?" , Hu Weidong said abruptly.

"The Japanese army is different from the domestic army, the domestic army generally rarely fights to Zuihou alone, and even if the casualties in the encirclement and annihilation are larger, they can be replenished from prisoners of war, but it is impossible to engage the Japanese army, neither is possible, and the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese army is at least militarily worth the loss. If there is no reason why we must completely annihilate the Japanese army, there is no need for us to not let go of an enemy in every battle, and it is the right choice to destroy as many Japanese troops as possible with as few losses as possible. Hu Lian retorted without fear.