At ten o'clock in the evening, only a loud explosion was heard from the direction of the mountain, and Congcheng hurriedly said to the communicator: "Hurry up and contact the launcher group, did they hit the Japanese tank?" ”

The correspondent immediately called the launch team, and soon contacted the commander of the launch group, and the correspondent asked: "How is the battle now?" Did you hit the Japanese soldiers? ”

The commander said helplessly: "We were discovered by the Japanese army before we entered Huangshi Ridge, and the explosion just now was the sound of the Japanese army firing at us." ”

Hearing this, Congcheng hurriedly grabbed the microphone and asked, "What?" You have been discovered? Didn't the Japanese army have no infantry? How could you still be discovered? ”

The commander said: "The Japanese army is not without infantry, the Japanese army is equipped with a lot of infantry, and the combat effectiveness of these infantry is not weak, and with their armored troops, we are really a little unstoppable!" ”

Congcheng thought for a moment and said, "You withdraw first, and I will immediately send our armored troops to support you." The tank troops of the Eighth Regiment were also confused when they heard the explosion, and at this moment, the news from the city came and said: "You should immediately go out and rescue our launch team!" ”

The tank troops then marched in the direction of Huangshi Ridge, and they had taken into account in advance the situation that the launch group was discovered by the Japanese army, so they stayed very close to Huangshi Ridge, and now they received an order to send out support, and they came to the outside of Huangshi Ridge in less than five minutes.

Outside Huangshi Ridge, the firing group and the infantry units serving as guards were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army, and the gunfire was chaotic, like firecrackers on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The launch group occupied several commanding heights to resist the attack of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army, at the beginning, used tanks to cover the infantry attack, but the tank was smashed into scrap metal by the Dragon Fist rocket as soon as it reached the edge of the commanding heights.

So the Japanese tanks obediently hid behind the infantrymen, not daring to step forward again, but just fired at the commanding heights where the firing group was located, but the Japanese tank guns did not have enough firing angles to hit the location of the firing group, so they stopped firing after a few shots, and began to use the Japanese machine gunners as shooting bunkers.

As soon as the tanks of Lin Yuan's troops joined the battle group, the Japanese army retreated, because the Japanese army understood that the tanks of Lin Yuan's troops could see things at night, which was beyond their reach, so in the Japanese army, there was an unwritten rule: do not engage Lin Yuan's troops at night.

The 8th Regiment Tank rescued the launch group, led them back to the camp, and immediately consulted with the three regiment commanders from Congcheng to discuss the next action, Congcheng first said: "The plan of the launch group to enter Huangshiling to attack the Japanese army has failed, and now we have to find a way to solve the defenders of Huangshiling." ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and after a while, Qian Songyu said: "Why don't we ignore the Japanese troops in Huangshiling and directly attack Jinshui Village?" ”

Congcheng shook his head lightly and said, "This method doesn't work, we will be attacked by the Japanese army in front and back." ”

At this time, Qin Peng, the commander of the Eighth Regiment, said: "Why don't we transfer the self-propelled howitzer unit of the division?" Listening to the soldiers who fought with the Japanese army, the Japanese tanks are very brittle, and the grenades of the main guns of the tanks can kill and injure them, not to mention our howitzers! ”

Congcheng shook his head lightly and said: "This method is also not good, there are too many dead corners in the mountains, our shells cannot cover every corner, if you use artillery, not only can you not destroy the Japanese tanks, but Lang costs our shells, although now that the railway is opened, the transportation of materials is faster, but you can't Lang shells like this!" ”

Qin Peng said: "Then what if we can lure them out of the mountains and then attack them with cannonballs? Wouldn't it be possible to destroy them? ”

Congcheng asked, "But how can we lure the Japanese army out?" And it has to be led right under our gun, which is not a small difficulty! ”

Qin Peng was silent again, and there was silence in the headquarters, and then Zhu Mingzhi, the commander of the Seventh Regiment, said, "Why don't we ask the superior for instructions?" Lin Shuai will definitely have a way. ”

Congcheng smiled helplessly: "Don't bother Lin Shuai in a battle at our level." ”

Zhu Mingzhi said: "We don't need to ask Lin Shuai specifically, didn't Lin Shuai say it?" If we find a new weapon of the Japanese army, we should report it to him in time, and wouldn't it be nice if we ask by the way when we send the weapon report? ”

Congcheng said: "The report has been sent, there is no time......" Speaking of this, Congcheng's voice suddenly stopped, as if he suddenly thought of something, and everyone hurriedly asked, "What did you think of?" ”

Congcheng said: "When it comes to the new weapons of the Japanese army, I suddenly think of a detail that Comrade Qian Songyu said! This detail may be the key to our elimination of the Japanese army! ”

The crowd hurriedly asked, "What details?" ”

Congcheng said: "This detail is the Japanese army's combat method, Comrade Qian Songyu said, the Japanese army used the method of multiple continuous firing when firing artillery shells, so that the Japanese army's shell consumption must be very large, do you say that the Japanese army in Huangshi Ridge will bring a lot of shells?" ”

Everyone understood and asked, "Do you mean that we will send troops to cut off the logistics and supply of the Japanese army?" ”

Congcheng said, "Yes, that's exactly what I'm aiming for. ”

Zhu Mingzhi shook his head and said: "Brigade commander, this is very problematic, you think, if we want to attack the Japanese army's logistics supply line, we will have to bypass Huangshi Ridge, but when we bypass Huangshi Ridge, the Japanese army will not sit idly by, they will definitely come out to intercept us, so we will not have to fight with the Japanese army again?" ”

Congcheng said with a smile: "Comrade Zhu Mingzhi, how did you forget that we have helicopters, and our air power allows us to strike at the Japanese army's logistics supply lines from a long distance!" The tank units of the Japanese army could hide in the mountains, but what about their transport convoys? You can't always hide, can you? ”

"As soon as their transport convoy came out, we eliminated them, and the Japanese tanks were out of shells, so how could they fight us? At that time, we can not only attack Huangshi Ridge, but also launch a pursuit when the Japanese army retreats, all in all, the Japanese army without shells is like a dough, we can knead it as much as we want! ”

Everyone nodded and said, "That's a good idea!" ”

Congcheng smiled: "But we don't know how many remaining shells the Japanese army has, if the Japanese army has a lot of remaining shells, we will have to wait for a long time, that won't work, we have to fight quickly, so from now on, we have to start killing the Japanese shells!" ”

Qian Songyu asked, "The shells that killed the Japanese army?" What does that mean? ”

Congcheng said with a smile: "Our armored troops are going to arrive at the Japanese positions and let the Japanese artillery come to attack us, but the Japanese artillery shells will definitely not be accurate, so their shells will be lost by Lang, isn't this the shell killed by us?" ”