Chapter Thirty-Seven: Night Attack (Part I)!
Feng Ye was not in a hurry, from the time he took his first bite of multigrain cake, he understood that the devil's grenade had not hit his surroundings for so long, which proved that he had not been discovered.
What he didn't know was that inside the trenches and fortifications behind him, there were a bunch of people watching him eat.
"Look at this thing, you started drinking water after two bites? He won't have another after-dinner cigarette! When will he shoot again? Yu Ziwen asked with a smile,
"Who knows! But the devil didn't attack either, which is good, at least it can make the brothers kick in the air. ”
The commander of the first battalion was very satisfied with the present situation, and it was the natural wish of every officer not to have to face the brothers who had suffered heavy casualties, and as for their task of clearing the Japanese troops at the Chuansha landing field, that was a matter that the division commander should consider.
In the end, Feng Ye still disappointed the officers who were waiting to watch the excitement in the rear, and after eating enough, Feng Ye did not plan to shoot at all except for occasionally taking the scope to watch the movements of the devils on the other side.
"It's been two hours, it's time for the devil to go!"
The sun finally slowly set, Feng Yi looked at the sky, it was already very blurry at this time, it was time to go back!
"Whirring ......"
A grunt rolled out of the crater, Feng Ye bent over and began to run, then plunged into the cover crater he had already set, kicked his breath, and continued to roll into the trench.
"Gollum, Gollum......"
Half-lying in the trench, Feng Yi felt that he had finally come to life again, poured all the water in the kettle into his stomach, and then lay on the edge of the trench and kicked his breath.
"Assemble!"
Lin Yuan's voice rang out, shouting for the remaining brothers to gather;
The order of the 11th Division headquarters finally reached the forward troops, and the 33rd Brigade took the lead in retreating, with the Zhishan Artillery Battalion, the heavy mortar company, the 8th Company of the 16th Artillery Regiment, and the Division Zhizhi Engineer Battalion as the main force to attack Luodian, of which the 65th Regiment was the left flank, and captured the peripheral areas in the north of Luodian along the line of Gongjiazhai and Lijiazhai, and continued to attack and advance to Baiwu and Luodian after success;
The 66th Regiment was the right flank, attacking along the line of Ximazhai and Zhoujiazhai, and attacking in the direction of Panzhai and Tanshiqiao in Luodian Town.
The 31st Brigade was a feint force, and after the 62nd Regiment handed over the Xinzhen position to the 292nd Brigade of the 98th Division, it was responsible for covering the entire 11th Division's retreat from the Luodian area, and after nightfall, it joined the 61st Regiment to launch a feint attack from the southeast of Luodian, capture Lujia Village, and cut off the connection between the Japanese army in Luodian and the main force of the Japanese army at the Chuansha landing field.
Luo Zhuoying and the commander of the theater command still did not give up the strategy of driving the enemy into the sea, so Xinzhen could not be lost, and let the 292 Brigade take over the position of Xinzhen and block the devil's attack.
The night sky was dark, the moonlight had not yet shone on the Songhu area, and the night of early autumn was not so painful for the marching national army, because the cool breeze of Xi Xi blew on them, making these brothers who had been holding back in the trenches and fortifications for a day one by one in good spirits.
The 33rd Brigade is the main force of the attack, and the remaining Death Company is the vanguard of the entire 33rd Brigade, they are in front of the team and are responsible for opening the way for the 33rd Brigade, of course, if they encounter devils, they will attack first!
Behind the Death Company is Hu Lian's 66th Regiment, their target is the Xima Mansion in the north of Luodian, I don't know how many devils there are in the Xima Mansion, their task is to stop when they encounter the enemy.
Sneaking in the dark night, even the sound of the collision of the kettle is not allowed, all the brothers are filled with cold water in the kettle, afraid that the sound of the half-filled water will make the devil find out, except for the sound of kicking on the road of black rumbling, it is the sound of chaotic footsteps, Lin Yuan did not ask all the brothers to walk in unison, so that the neat steps will reveal their position faster.
"Poof!"
From time to time someone stumbled over the grass and stones, and as the arrows of the whole army, they did not pass through the main road, but all dispersed into the crop fields, and the dense crops would provide them with natural cover.
"Squat!"
The brothers in front of him shouted, and kept pressing down on their palms, which was a signal of encounter.
"What's the situation?"
Lin Yuan bent down from behind and walked up and asked,
"There! You see, it's supposed to be the sentinel of the devil! ”
Lin Yuan's gaze followed the gaps in the crops, and in the dense forest in front of them, there was a little fire flickering, so obvious in the miserable white moonlight.
"It should be that the little devil is smoking, and it is still more than 800 meters away from the West Horse Mansion, and the devil's sentry is so far away?"
Lin Yuan was hesitating whether to send the brothers to solve the sentry.
"You go back and report to Commander Hu, and say that we have encountered a devil sentry, eight hundred meters east of Xima Mansion."
Lin Yuan finally gave up, there must be more than one sentinel of the devil, if the brother who went up was discovered, it would be a surprise, and the surprise attack would turn into a strong attack.
"All hidden, waiting for orders!"
The brethren of the Death Company crawled down in the fields and made the final preparations for the attack.
"Rustling ......"
The rustle of crops and branches across objects continued to sound from the rear, and the main force of the 66th Regiment finally caught up with the advancing Death Company.
"What's the situation?"
An officer who looked like a major squatted on the ground, like Lin Yuan to confirm the situation.
"Battalion Commander Wang, we found a devil sentry in front, we were afraid of startling the snake, so we didn't launch an attack without authorization!"
Lin Yuan reported in a whisper,
The unit that came was the third battalion of the 66th regiment, the battalion commander was called Wang Zhongbin, and the mountain artillery battalion and heavy mortar company of the division headquarters could not waste ammunition for the small Xima house, and the artillery unit was prepared for the fortifications in Xinzhen.
"Besiege from all sides, touch the sentry first, kill it immediately when it is exposed, and solve the devils inside as quickly as possible! Company Commander Lin, your Death Company is responsible for one direction, and our third battalion is responsible for the other three directions, so you can pick one yourself! ”
Wang Zhongbin quickly made a decision, Xima Mansion is not big, it is only one of the outlying strongholds of Luodian, as the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division who have defended here, they are very familiar with the terrain here.
Eight hundred meters on the periphery, there were already sentinels of devils, and the rest of the people did not dare to approach any longer, and right here, the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the 66th Regiment dispersed under the command of the battalion commander Wang Zhongbin, and under the dark night sky, the rustling sound continued.
The rustling sound finally disappeared, Lin Yuan waited anxiously, according to the speed of the national army's action, to cover up the movement of the front, Wang Zhongbin's order before leaving was to let them attack in an hour.
Watches and pocket watches are still high-end items in this era, at least ordinary people can't afford this thing in their homes, and for the army, the national government has not had the luxury of equipping each company commander with this thing, so Lin Yuan only has an estimate of the time, and he can only estimate the attack.
"Those who can play with knives, go to the front, try to touch the devil's sentinels, and the rest of the people will follow behind, if they are exposed, they will attack!"
The night raid, not so many fancy, is to hit the devil by surprise, the direction of their attack is only this one, the best way is to quickly cross the field in front of them, and start hand-to-hand combat with the devil.