Chapter 438 Brigadier: He should still have a trump card
Lieutenant General Sato was convinced: "In this way, our mission of severely damaging the independent regiment has been completed more than half..."
"As long as the troops quickly break through the last line of defense of the Independent Regiment, speed up the forward assault, catch up with and kill their team transporting the wounded, the Independent Regiment will be almost wiped out by us!"
The chief of staff immediately nodded: "The division commander is wise..."
"The team transporting the wounded from the Independent Regiment is right in front, and the marching speed is very slow!"
"As long as we are fast enough, we can definitely catch up with them and catch them all in one fell swoop!"
Lieutenant General Sato no longer hesitated. Looking at his subordinates, he looked forward to the order: "Then what are you waiting for..."
"The offensive force launches an attack on the fourth line of defense of the Independent Regiment and takes it down as quickly as possible..."
"Other troops must assemble and stand by immediately!"
"We will set off when the battle is over. We will try to catch up with the Independent Regiment's team transporting the wounded before dark and eliminate them!"
In front of the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, seeing the Japanese launch a large-scale attack again, a combat staff officer couldn't help but sigh: "Regiment commander, chief of staff... why don't you learn a lesson from the little Japanese!"
"I've been fighting like this for almost a day. Every time I attack, I leave two to three hundred corpses on the battlefield. I don't know how to change it!"
Another combat staff officer then said: "This attack seems to be more powerful than before..."
"The assault speed is much faster than before. They rush forward without paying attention to our fourth line of defense!"
Li Wensheng suddenly interrupted: "The little devil was forced by the regiment leader!"
"Our soldiers are very brave. Even if they are seriously injured, there are still many soldiers who choose to die with the Japs!"
"Coupled with the large-scale use of incendiary bombs and heavy artillery by the Sato Division, the proportion of our seriously injured personnel is very low..."
"While nearly two thousand people were sacrificed, there were only more than five hundred lightly or seriously injured people who lost their combat effectiveness!"
"In order to confuse the Japanese and make Sato believe that the independent regiment has suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, encourage them to continue attacking the fourth line of defense and chase us... The regiment leader specially mobilized some local troops from behind and pretended to be the main force to attack the enemy.
Transporting the wounded from the rear..."
"Although we only have more than 500 lightly and seriously injured people, the stretchers and carts they prepared are enough to transport more than 2,000 lightly or seriously injured people!"
"As long as this team is seen by Japanese pilots, Sato will receive news that the independent group has been severely damaged!"
"Then we will increase our offensive, break through the fourth line of defense in the shortest possible time, and hunt down our team transporting the wounded."
Kong Jie did not answer and directly ordered: "Tell the Fourth Battalion Commander Yang Wanhe..."
"The troops must take advantage of the Japanese's eagerness to quickly capture the fourth line of defense, fight steadily, and consume more of their troops..."
"After repelling two Japanese attacks, you can freely choose the time to retreat..."
"I will wait for their safe return at the Dongshangang defense line..."
At the brigade headquarters, as night fell, the brigade commander began to become more and more anxious.
Dinner was already on the table, but he had no appetite at all.
"Brigade commander... the food is cold... we can't bother the cooking team to reheat it over and over again... eat something first, and then wait?" the chief of staff reminded, pointing to the food on the table.
The brigade commander shook his head: "Before I see the report of the battle in northern Shanxi, I won't be able to eat it even if you get delicacies from the mountains and seas!"
"hold on!"
"The Japanese are afraid of us fighting at night... Under normal circumstances, they find a place to camp and rest before it gets dark..."
"Maybe today's fighting in northwest Shanxi has ended..."
"Kong Jie and the others are sorting out the battle report...it will be sent in a moment..."
The chief of staff was also very anxious. From time to time he looked up at the telecommunications room next to him and pricked up his ears to hear if there was any sound of sending or receiving telegrams...
At nine o'clock in the evening, when the brigade commander was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, the radio operator finally ran towards them with a happy face.
"Brigadier Commander, Chief of Staff...Good news from Commander Kong of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment..."
"They killed at least 4,000 Japs today during the day. Including the lightly and seriously injured, there were more than 5,000 people! They also severely damaged the Japs artillery unit...their own casualties did not exceed one person..."
"Huhu..." The brigade commander let out a long breath after hearing this.
After receiving the telegram, he read it and sighed: "Kong Jie really did not disappoint us!"
"It is said that our Eighth Route Army is good at fighting guerrilla and mobile warfare, but not good at positional warfare. Kong Jie just wants to make positional warfare perfect..."
"We killed four to five thousand imps in one day. If we kill another four to five thousand people... there will be no one left to attack their Sato division!"
"Either retreat or be wiped out by Kong Jie in northwest Shanxi!"
The chief of staff was also very happy, but the smile only lasted for three or four seconds before being replaced by seriousness. He pointed at a string of numbers on the telegram and analyzed: "The price paid by the independent regiment is also very high!"
"They had less than 10,000 troops in total, and one-third of them were defeated in just one day!"
"If they continue to fight at this casualty ratio, even if they successfully repel Sato's division, the troops will be completely wiped out!"
The brigade commander was not worried about this. He looked at the chief of staff and asked confidently: "Before you get this telegram of victory, do you believe that the independent regiment can use positional warfare to kill twice as many troops as ours under the joint attack of aircraft and heavy artillery?"
Little devil?"
The chief of staff shook his head: "If I hadn't known who Kong Jie was, I still wouldn't believe that this victory telegram was true!"
"That's fine!" The brigade commander seemed to have thought of something happy and replied with a smile.
"Kong Jie can create miracles for us in today's positional battle, and he will definitely continue to create miracles in the subsequent counter-mopping operations."
"I have a strong hunch!"
"Kong Jie always likes to save a few tricks when directing battles... I suspect that he still holds a lot of useless trump cards in his hands, and is preparing to wait for the critical moment to launch a fatal attack on Sato's division and repel them!"
"Since Kong Jie didn't have any intention of asking for help in the telegram, it proves that he is confident in carrying out the subsequent counter-mopping up. We don't have to do anything. We just need to wait here for the news!"
"brigadier……"
The telegraph operator rushed into the war room again, raised the telegram in his hand and said with a joyful expression.
"Commander Ding of the new regiment sent an urgent message... They also killed more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops in today's battle... Their own casualties were less than 1,500..."
"When did the New Regiment become so good at positional warfare?" the chief of staff asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"He was not led by Kong Jie!" the brigade commander blurted out.
"In order to win this counter-mopping up, we established a joint command headquarters in northwestern Shanxi!"
"Kong Jie will definitely share his experience in positional warfare with the independent regiment and teach the new first and second regiments!"
"Especially the way and method they built their blocking positions!"
"Li Yunlong and Ding Wei are both very good commanders, and they can master it as soon as they learn..."
"Under the guidance of Kong Jie, it is not too difficult to achieve such a record.
Before they could finish speaking, another radio operator from the brigade headquarters ran toward them, rushing to report before he could stand still.
"Brigadier Commander, Commander Li of the New Second Regiment and Political Commissar Zhao have an urgent message..."
"Today they killed more than a thousand Japs, more than a thousand puppet troops, destroyed a large amount of Japanese ammunition and an artillery brigade... their own casualties were less than 2,000..."
"Captain Li also said in the telegram: He is confident that he can use the existing defensive positions to hold off the Japanese troops for at least five days!"
The brigade commander turned to look at the chief of staff and said: "I just said that the two of them learned the experience of the independent regiment in fighting positional warfare... As expected..."
"If half of the troops were not deployed to reinforce the Independent Regiment, based on my understanding of Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, their results today would not necessarily be worse than those of the Independent Regiment..."
In the valley where the assault battalion was hiding, the troops who had been hiding all day were finally able to stretch their muscles a little under the cover of night.
Several company commanders gathered around Huang Yu as if they were discussing it, asking for a fight, wanting to know when the assault battalion would join the battle.
Although the assault battalion has not been established for a long time, it has always been used by the regiment commander as the main force, and its status in the independent regiment is no less than the main first battalion.
As a result, today's blocking battle turned out to be a spectator.
Watching the other troops massacre on the battlefield, killing one group after another of Japs, I was hiding in the ravine as a coward... It would be a lie to say I wasn't jealous.
Every company commander wanted to get to the battlefield quickly and let the Japanese have a taste of the powerful combat effectiveness of the assault battalion.
"Battal Commander... If we don't join the battle, the little devil Sato's division will be wiped out by the main force of the regiment!" Wei Dayong said with a red face, very anxious.
Zhang Tiezhu, the commander of the Second Tu Company, discussed it and added: "I heard that the main force of the regiment killed four to five thousand Japs in one day, and also severely damaged their artillery unit..."
"If we continue to fight at this rate, we will definitely be able to kill so many little Japs in the Dongshan Gang blocking position, and then the Sato division will be doomed!"
"We have been lurking behind the enemy for so long. We can't end up killing some heavy supply troops and puppet troops. It's too embarrassing!"
Third Company Commander Wang Minghua followed up and answered: "Batalion Commander, it's not that we are in a hurry, it's the soldiers below who have forced us to have no choice but to come and find you!"
"The soldiers are eagerly waiting for us to come back with good news!"
"Battal Commander, you must give us an accurate answer: when will the assault battalion join the war and where will it fight? Otherwise, we won't be able to give an explanation to the soldiers when we get back!"
Wei Dayong immediately answered: "Old Wang is right...the soldiers are eagerly waiting for us to bring back the good news...battalion commander, you can't let them down."
Although Zhang Weiguo and Duan Peng from the special operations team did not speak, they both looked at Huang Yu expectantly...
To be honest, Huang Yu himself was very anxious.
I sent out all the scouts I could, not missing any movement on the battlefield, hoping to encounter one or two fighters to reduce the defensive pressure on the regiment's main force.
But those fighter planes were too disdainful, and the assault camp only had one chance. I thought about it over and over, and finally decided to wait a little longer!
As a result, the whole day passed as soon as I waited.
But facing the expectant subordinates in front of him, he had to endure it no matter how anxious he was. This chapter has been completed!
