Chapter 1632 Decisive Battle in the Valley of Homes Fourteen
In terms of individual combat effectiveness, the first regiment is superior to the second regiment. In terms of team combat capabilities, the second regiment is even better.
Fan Dongci came out of the military academy and made many meritorious deeds, and was trained by the National Defense Army as a division commander. After Lei Feixiang was promoted to army commander, he went against all objections and specially transferred him to the Second Regiment.
The Juyang Military Academy has done a lot of research on the tactics used by special forces, and Fan Dongci is an active member of it. He commanded the Second Regiment to verify many new tactics on the battlefield, and brought out a force that can fight tough battles.
The second regiment's unique skill is to rush forward with skirmishers in the dark and perform segmented long-range suppression.
The rebel sentry posts did not detect the Second Regiment at all. The first round of surprise crossbow attacks destroyed most of the sentry posts. When they threw torches to illuminate the surroundings of the position, there was still no trace of the enemy.
The Second Special Operations Regiment did not let go of the vision brought by the torch, and another round of crossbow arrows was fired, knocking the rebels off their feet.
Immediately afterwards, the leading group ran into the area illuminated by torches, extinguished the fire very quickly, quickly gathered into squads, and gathered forward listening to the platoon leader's whistle.
With Yang Kuo's order, the rebels responded quickly. A large number of drug-addled infantry rushed out in the dark, and there were archers in the formation who rushed towards the gathering place.
The rows of leading soldiers of the Second Regiment raised their hands and were met with a hail of arrows. When they got close to the enemy, they all put on their repeating crossbows and fired at very fast speeds.
The drug-addled infantry turned into "hedgehogs" without seeing the enemy. Although they fell to the ground, they still crawled forward crazily, but the long and short weapons that followed sent them into eternal darkness.
The Second Regiment's advance was so fast that before the rebel archers had finished gathering, they had already crossed the outermost line of defense and charged into the enemy's formation in platoon units.
"Charge!" The commander of the 213th Division clapped his horse and rushed out.
He led hundreds of cavalry to charge along the northern mountain wall, targeting the enemy's position where the fire was most intense.
This night attack was led by the Second Regiment, with the 213th Division in the middle and the 218th Division behind. Ding Kui invested the most elite troops in the early stage, which was basically a saturation attack.
The rebels did not invest much energy in position defense because they did not expect that Ding Kui would launch such a large-scale night attack.
Yang Kuo also felt that he had the offensive initiative.
The rebels who rushed into battle were knocked to the ground by the Second Regiment, and the archers were scattered after just two rounds of arrows.
The cavalry troops took advantage of the chaos and broke through the enemy formation and rushed towards the engineering troops who were still carrying soil. The nest was blown up. The unarmed engineering troops were killed and cried for their fathers and mothers. They dropped their mud bags and ran away with their heads in their hands.
When Yang Kuo saw it, he almost couldn't suppress the blood that surged in his heart.
What you are most afraid of at night is that your own deserters will rush into battle, and the enemy is still behind you. You can't stop them, and you can't stop them even if you don't. Otherwise, it might cause the troops in the rear to collapse.
"Intercept on the spot! Regardless of whether we are the enemy or not, attack the latter!" He could not care about the casualties, he had to stabilize the troops in the valley.
Fan Dongci wielded his shovel and shoveled away the enemy officers' heads one after another, creating an open space under the earth platform.
He took the time to look at the battlefield situation, and then ordered: "The first battalion and the directly affiliated battalion seize the southern platform, the second and third battalions seize the northern platform, and after occupying the platform, use crossbows to cover the friendly forces in the rear."
Picking up two earthen platforms for nothing can extend the offensive power of the second regiment nearly a thousand steps forward, and with the help of friendly forces, it can break through the positions of at least two enemy divisions.
This was within Ding Kui's plan, and the rebels were not fooled. They were taking drugs and fighting for their lives, so it was difficult to deal with them. They still used crossbows in the first half of the night.
As for the second half of the night, it will be left to the 80th Division to perform. I think Qiao Meng can show off Yang Kuo's face.