Section XXXIX

Although Shi vaguely heard that this battle was a big battle to encircle and annihilate a large army of the Japanese army, but limited by his identity and status, he didn't know too much about the overall situation until now, and now when he heard Lin Xiufeng say this, his mood suddenly became heavy, this battle has just begun and so many brothers have been killed, how many people will have to be lost next?

Hu Liqun on the side did not have his sense of pain, at this moment he listened to Qu Yuben's words, and immediately laughed and said: "Haha, since Brother Yuben also wants to have a good time, I naturally won't compete with you, but the chief of staff said, this battle has just begun, the big battle is still to come, our second battalion has also tasted this open dish, just waiting for the big meal to be served." ”

Ji Hongru was also in a good mood because of the victory, and he also chuckled on the side: "You think this is a vegetable market to buy vegetables?" Fighting a war and bargaining? Do you have the final say in this 302 regiment, or do I have the final say? ”

Hu Liqun and Qu Yuben immediately responded with a smile: "Of course, I listened to the group, you can fight wherever you say, and let whoever you say will be on." ”

Ji Hongru looked at their appearance, and immediately scolded with a smile: "Really? Who was yelling in front of me every day to fight the vanguard some time ago? Isn't it okay to wait and listen to orders? ”

When Hu Liqun was said this, he also smiled without blushing and heartbeat: "Report to the regimental seat, I recommended myself and wanted to share a little pressure for the regimental seat. ”

"It doesn't seem right, two days ago, I heard someone complaining that the people below were scolding their mother." Ji Hongru looked at him with strange eyes and said.

"There is no such thing, absolutely nothing, Tuanza, our second battalion is working together and brothers, how can this kind of thing happen." Hu Liqun hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Everyone laughed for a while, and the appearance of Hu Liqun, the commander of the second battalion, really made them want not to laugh.

This kind of playfulness also somewhat diluted the solemn atmosphere gathered by some bloody battles, making them a little more relaxed, although it is a supreme honor to be the vanguard of the whole division, but the pressure on them is not small, fortunately, Huang Cheng took it down without danger, and it also made the burden on them a lot lighter.

Ji Hongru also said after everyone laughed: "Okay, let's make a joke here, the war is tense now, let's not waste time here, according to the order of the division headquarters, the 153rd Brigade will continue to pursue Yangguji in the southwest direction after cooperating with friendly forces to take Mawangzhai, and our 151st attack direction is Maogu Village in the northwest, and the friendly 87th Division will also attack with us." ”

Chief of Staff Lin Xiufeng also added after Ji Hongru finished speaking: "The original main target of the 87th Division was Yifeng, and the defenders of Yifeng have been defeated and are advancing in the direction of Maoguzhai, it is understood that the 87th Division is equipped with an artillery battalion, equipped with 12 French-style mountain guns, and its firepower is fierce, but it is far above our army, so this attack is mainly by the 87th Division, supplemented by our brigade." ”

"Tuanzao, then what kind of strength are we mixed in, 12 French mountain artillery, how strong is that strength, not to mention anything else, just a few rounds of artillery bombardment, the devil is almost finished, besides, the people of the 87th Division are not less than us, what are we doing in the past." When Qu Yuben heard that he was just going to cooperate with the attack of the 87th Division, he immediately lost most of his previous strength, and they really couldn't raise much interest in this kind of thing of people eating meat and drinking soup.

Lin Xiufeng, who was on the side, immediately shook his head and retorted: "Battalion Commander Qu, you can't say that, although the ferocious firepower can take advantage, but this battle still has to rely on people to fight, and this battle flag has to rely on people to insert it, if it is really like what you said, a few shells can solve the battle, that devil's aircraft cannon is so strong, we will be finished a long time ago, how can we still have the heart to think about how to fight devils there?" No matter how strong the artillery is, it can only clean up some fortifications, whether we can take Maogu Village and continue to compress the devil's activity space, it depends on us people. ”

Ji Hongru nodded and said: "I still say the same thing, how to fight this battle, it's not something we can calculate, the order of the division headquarters is to let us leave some people to guard Neihuang, and others to act with the main force to cooperate with friendly forces, judging from the current situation, it is more than enough to leave a battalion to guard Neihuang, I mean to leave the first battalion behind, take this opportunity to rest, and the second battalion and the third battalion continue to attack, what do you think about this?" ”

Seeing that the regiment commander had already given an order, where would they say anything, even when they said one after another: "Everything obeys the orders of the regiment." ”

Hu Liqun and Qu Yu both wanted to make another meritorious service, and Shishi's brother, who was worried about casualties, could stay and garrison, which was naturally more in line with his heart, and such a proper arrangement was obviously because Ji Hongru knew the personalities of several of them very well and made the most suitable arrangement.

At the same time, the Mawangzhai in the northwest corner of the outer Yellow City is also a busy scene, a team is covered in blood, at a glance, the soldiers who have just finished the battle have not even stopped to take two breaths, they are re-embarking on the journey, they are rushing on the mountain road under the leadership of their respective officials, and their tired expressions are unobstructed.

The road was not too wide, and there were military vehicles passing by from time to time, so that the team couldn't help but stretch into a long line, like a long dragon with no end in sight.

On a bare hill, Li Tianxia, the deputy division commander who had had a brief conversation with Wang Yaowu and others outside the Inner Yellow City, said in high spirits: "It is said that the Japanese are fiercer than the tiger, and according to today's battle, it is nothing more than that, and its panic like a lost dog's performance is really nothing to praise." ”

"Brother Yaozong, I can't be careless, from Songhu to here, most of the territory of East China and North China has fallen to the enemy, and the strength of the Japanese army is far beyond our ability, and a small victory for a while is not enough to be happy." Wang Yaowu shook his head and sighed on the side, his solemn face did not change at all because of the capture of Inner Yellow City.

Li Tianxia was already familiar with Wang Yaowu's character, and immediately smiled indifferently: "Brother, we can't just grow the sharp spirit of the enemy and destroy the prestige of our own brothers, at least we have learned from Songhu all the way down, but we have never taken advantage of the devils, even if we are in addition to today's battle, in Nanjing City and Luodian, there are not a few devils who died under the guns of the brothers." ”

In addition to our army, the 18th Army, the 88th Division and other troops have also repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, and the Battle of Taierzhuang is more than 10,000 enemies and boosts the morale of the whole country. Zhou Zhidao, commander of the 151st Brigade, also said affirmatively on the side.

Wang Yaowu just shook his head lightly when he heard this, "It is a good thing to open the flag in the first battle, but it is not an easy thing to encircle and annihilate this Japanese army, the enemy in front of us is not simple, from the information obtained, in addition to four infantry wings and a mountain artillery wing, the current 14th Division has also strengthened three heavy artillery wings, armored vehicles and anti-aircraft artillery brigades, and the 14th Wing of baggage and heavy troops behind it is rumored to be ' The automatic vehicle unit has a large number of vehicles to assist, plus artillery tractors, once it is activated, it is not something that we can run with two legs. ”

Chief of Staff Liu Zengyao also added from the side: "The division seat is right, the Japanese army has strengthened the artillery attack power several times, although it is worth paying attention to, but the most important thing is that the existence of those vehicles allows the Japanese army's actions to come and go like the wind, unable to capture, the Japanese army can use the advantage of speed to concentrate all forces to attack a little, but we have to be on guard everywhere, the only way to encircle and annihilate the enemy is to hold the key points of each pass, block the enemy's way to break through, and wait until other troops squeeze all the space for the Japanese army's activities to be squeezed out." ”

After speaking, without waiting for others to speak, he smiled bitterly and said: "But this is really unlikely, the firepower of the four heavy artillery wings is concentrated in attack, plus the cooperation of the aircraft overhead, not to mention a division, I am afraid that even an army is very difficult." ”

Wang Yaowu obviously agreed with the chief of staff's analysis, looked at the two right-hand men on the side, thought about it, and then said slowly: "Yesterday, in order to cooperate with the overall action of our eastern Henan Corps, 10 Yi-15 destroyers of the 17th Air Force rushed to bomb the Japanese position, but unfortunately they were surrounded by 24 Japanese fighters, and all our fighters were destroyed, and the air force strength was greatly damaged, and it has basically lost air supremacy. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the two brigade commanders suddenly changed greatly: "Master, when did this happen?" Why haven't we heard of it? ”

"This kind of confidential matter is related to the morale of the whole army and the enthusiasm of the whole country to resist the war, can it be heard casually? I want to tell you this time, I just want the two brothers to know that no matter what time we can't be careless, no matter if we hate little devils, but we have to admit that whether it is weapons and ammunition, the quality of soldiers or the command ability of officers, the Japanese army has to surpass us a lot, as a weak side, every battle must have a desperate mentality to achieve something, otherwise the previous achievements will be wasted. ”

The two of them actually didn't listen much to his later words, and the news of the destruction of the air force was still the most shocking, and as soon as they wanted that the Japanese planes would be able to bomb all around without scruples from now on, their mood sank to the extreme, and they fought with the bombardment of devils' shells, and the kind of astonishing casualties really made people think of it painfully.

And thinking of the situation in front of them, their hearts also sank involuntarily, the second department of Tohihara Kenji had already strengthened the three field heavy artillery wings, plus the support from the air, who could still stop their attack?