Section 131 Attacking the Guanqiao

After receiving the news from Zhang Lingfu, Shi did not hesitate at all, and immediately took a guard to the side and rushed straight to the agreed Hongjia Bridge. Maybe it was because Zhang Lingfu and they arrived at the battlefield first, when the stone arrived, Zhang Lingfu had already arrived, and they met again after a short time, and the two of them couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, obviously no one thought that in a short period of time, there would be so many things.

"Brother Zhang, what should I do next?" After the stone saluted, he couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Lingfu shook his head and said: "This battle is difficult to fight now, the situation of the 19th Division is unknown now, I heard that after the devil ambushed it, it has launched an attack on the Sixi area, whether the 70th Army can stop the devil, it's really hard to say!" Now the plan, we can only storm the devil's position head-on, and we can no longer count on the 70th Army, we have to come by ourselves, what do you say about the stone? ”

To be honest, the situation in front of him has far exceeded what the stone had imagined before. In his thoughts, whether it was their Independent Regiment or the 58th Division, this battle was a supporting role. After paying a heavy price, the 74th Division blocked all the Japanese army's second route army outside Shanggao City with the strength of one army, and formed a situation where the Japanese army is alone in depth. Under the circumstance that the losses of the entire army were extremely large, the main force of the encirclement and annihilation battle should be the 70th Army and the 72nd Army, and all they could do was to assist from the side and carry out some containment from the southwest.

However, the current situation has inexplicably changed again, and the 74th Army is also needed to take charge of the encirclement and annihilation war, which is a very ridiculous thing in any way. How many troops are left of the 74th Army now? The smallest loss was precisely the independent regiment that achieved the most brilliant results, after a few battles, they annihilated more than two brigades, but no matter how the independent regiment can fight, it only has a strength of 4,000 people, and in the case of still taking into account Yifeng, at most half of the troops can only be transferred to participate in the battle, and a division of more than 2,000 people can deal with a division of the devil? Other units, such as the 57th Division, have almost been exhausted, and it will be difficult for the 57th Division to regain its original strength without reconditioning and a long period of rest. On the one hand, the 58th Division also defends Shanggao and Yuntou Mountain, how many troops can participate in the battle? It seems that there is only the 173rd Regiment that Zhang Lingfu now commands. In this way, the troops they can call on now are only two regiments at full duty!

Shi thought about it, and told Zhang Lingfu about his thoughts and arrangements without reservation, in front of Zhang Lingfu, Shi had almost nothing to hide, and all his thoughts and things were said clearly, which came from his absolute trust in Zhang Lingfu, and from their friendship of fighting together since Luodian.

Zhang Lingfu also fell into silence after listening, but after a long time, he still said firmly: "This battle has to be fought if it is not fought, the devil previously transferred from Yuntou Mountain to the area of Guanqiao, obviously also thinking about finding a flaw in the movement and then seeking a breakthrough, who would have thought that the 19th Division was really ambushed, I really don't know how these people were promoted to the position of division commander." ”

Shi also said helplessly: "It should be a meritorious service!" Previously, when he was rich, the battle to encircle and annihilate the 33rd Division of the devils was unsuccessful, but now that the devils are finally surrounded, he is naturally eager to make meritorious contributions to prove himself. It's good now, the battle feats have not been established, but let the devils beat up their morale. ”

Zhang Lingfu on the side sneered and said: "Morale is secondary, the key is that in this way, the defense line is loosened, and the devil will find a chance to break through, if the devil is allowed to escape back calmly, what is the face of the entire 19th Army and the entire 9th theater?" Fighting, while the Japanese army was pursuing the 19th Division of the Japanese army, they conquered the official bridge in one fell swoop, and launched a pursuit from the side and rear of the Japanese army, even if the Japanese army wanted to escape, they had to chase after them and let them drop a few pieces of meat. ”

The stone couldn't help but groan, and had a different view of the battlefield in front of him. Brother Zhang is naturally not wrong, this time is indeed a good time to attack, but he feels that such a move is too rash and fierce, and it is extremely easy to break, although such a strong attack can put great pressure on the Japanese army, but if you don't get it, your losses will be great. He still leaned to his previous thoughts, the current battle situation is not dominated by the 74th Army, and their best way is to wait for the friendly forces to make breakthroughs and advances, and then assist from the side, which is the safest way.

But out of respect and trust for Zhang Lingfu, when he thought that he was still a big soldier, Brother Zhang was already a senior staff member of the division headquarters and a fierce general on the battlefield. After thinking about it, Shi nodded and said: "Since Brother Zhang wants to fight, our independent regiment will not spare any effort, and will definitely attack with all its strength and strive to take Guanqiao in the shortest possible time." However, should we first get in touch with the 70th Army and find out about the situation over there? After all, there are many inconveniences in fighting at night, although the 19th Division of the 70th Army was ambushed, the strength of the 70th Army still exists, and the dominant force on the battlefield is still the 70th Army. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Lingfu immediately said disdainfully: "Do you still count on them? What can these people do? This kind of encirclement and annihilation war can be like this, and these people are just a bunch of bastards. If we can all be like our 74th Army, the devil's 34th Division would have been finished long ago, where would there be so many broken things now. ”

Shi couldn't help but smile embarrassedly when he heard this, obviously he couldn't refute Zhang Lingfu's words, this battle was like this, it was really a bit unbelievable.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Lingfu and rushing back to the area where the independent regiment was located, he began to arrange the attack.

"I have made an agreement with Deputy Division Zhang to attack the Japanese army from both sides, and strive to take the official bridge in the shortest possible time." After a deep groan, Shi glanced at Li Wenguang, Li Shijian, Li Feng and the others who were gearing up and said: "This battle is not easy to fight, you must be mentally prepared, although it is said that you must strive to take the enemy's position in the shortest time, but when fighting, you must not be in a hurry." The devil in front of him is a division, even if he has been fighting for so many days, he has been half-crippled, but he is still a division, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and with our people, we are definitely not the enemy's opponent. ”

Li Wenguang couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Brother Shi, is it a fierce attack or a slowdown of the fight?" ”

Shi shook his head, apparently hearing from Li Wenguang's questioning that he didn't understand what he meant. Xiao Shandong on the side shouted: "Where is there so much attention to fighting? If the devil is weak, then increase the intensity of the attack; If the devil is strong, then be steady; If the devil is not weak or strong, then take it easy. ”

Li Wenguang couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "Little bean sprouts, who did you listen to?" How does that sound so reasonable? ”

Everyone on the side couldn't help but chuckle, only Gao Da Hammer said with a calm face: "Stone, it seems that something is wrong with our main attack on the Japanese army in this battle, right?" The first battalion and the supplementary battalion stayed in Tangpu, and we had less than 3,000 people to fight at full, and we had to attack the position of the devils, so we were inevitably suspected of hitting a stone with an egg. ”

Shi Ye nodded and said, "Yes, I don't really want to fight, but Deputy Division Commander Zhang has repeatedly insisted that I can't pull his hind legs." If the main force of the Japanese army advances to the front line of Sixi after the 19th Division is defeated and flees, and takes advantage of the situation to take Sixi so that it can escape from the encirclement, then the troops we encounter in attacking Guanqiao are the broken troops of the Japanese army. Although these Japanese soldiers knew that they would die, they must be very crazy, but their numbers were insufficient and the threat was not very great. I am afraid that the Japanese army will attack Sixi, but in fact, the main force has not left, in that case, with our troops, it will be dangerous. ”

Gao Sledgehammer shook his head and said: "Since this is the case, then we should not fight, and wait for the news from the 70th Army to be confirmed before attacking." Fighting blindly, the casualties will be large, and what is even more terrifying is that this battle is fought without knowing what it is for, copying the back path of the devil? I don't even know if the main force of the devil is going north, and how can I know where the back road is? ”

Shi also sighed helplessly, yes, it is all based on speculation to fight, the risk can be imagined, especially when the 19th Division has already made mistakes, they are already the only troops with combat capability on the battlefield at present, and they must not make mistakes again, otherwise the encirclement and annihilation battle is very likely to fail!

At this time, the official bridge not far away suddenly burst into gunfire, compared to the previous tepid appearance, now the sound of gunfire, like a storm, makes people's scalp a little numb.

Shi Shi looked at the fiery red flames that rose into the sky not far away, listened to the piercing gunshots, and couldn't help frowning slightly and said: "Deputy Master Zhang's seat has begun to attack there, sledgehammer, your second battalion will take the lead." Tiger head, your three battalion commanders then responded, no matter what, first probe the bottom of the devil! ”

Everyone responded violently, even if the tall sledgehammer didn't quite agree with the idea of the stone just now, but after receiving the order at this moment, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately saluted and then rushed back to the place where the second battalion was located, and arranged all matters for the attack. However, without figuring out the enemy's situation, Gao Da Hammer would not blindly put the strength of the second battalion into it, and after discussing with Wang Mengeng, who was attached to the battalion, Wang Mengeng personally led a company to attack first. On the premise of ensuring the attack, but also having some reservations in the overall strength, it is undoubtedly the safest way to make a judgment and choice after the reality of the Japanese army has been discovered. And this is also the way of fighting that Tall Sledgehammer has always been, and it can be done in response to all changes!