At the brigade headquarters, looking at the battle report just sent by Kong Jie, the brigade commander's first reaction was to be angry.
Although the telegram stated that the independent regiment detonated poison gas bombs stored by the Japanese on the battlefield during the firefight, resulting in the poisoning and death of a large number of young Japanese soldiers in Sato's division...
But the brigade commander was not a three-year-old child. After reading it, he knew that the contents of the telegram were all excuses. The gas bombs that caused the poisoning and death of the Japanese soldiers must have been fired by the independent regiment.
Last night, the brigade headquarters sent a special telegram to remind Kong Jie: the gas bombs they snatched back can only threaten the little devils, and must not be used in battle out of impulse...
As a result, within a few hours of the order being issued, they returned the gas bombs to the little devils...
This is too disrespectful to the brigade headquarters. They simply don’t take the brigade headquarters’ orders seriously...
Of course, he was angry, and the brigade commander did not lose his mind because of this.
Based on his understanding of Kong Jie, as long as the brigade headquarters issued an order, no matter how dangerous the independent regiment was, he would not disobey the military order...
Therefore, Kong Jie's explanation in the telegram was probably to help others take the blame.
After thinking about all this, the brigade commander suddenly felt much better. He raised the telegram in his hand and asked his colleague: "Chief of Staff... whose handiwork do you think this is?"
"It's probably Huang Yu's work, and Kong Jie is wiping his ass!" the chief of staff replied.
"Yoshio Iwamatsu air-dropped gas masks to Sato's division at dawn. It was obvious that he was not afraid of the gas bombs in the hands of the independent regiment and wanted to continue fighting!"
"Huang Yu wants to maximize the power of those gas bombs, so he must launch an attack before Sato's division distributes gas masks..."
"I have to admit that Huang Yu has a very good grasp of fighter planes!"
"Launching an attack while the Japs are airdropping can not only ensure that Sato's division is not afraid of the gas bombs in their hands, but also cause maximum damage to the Japs!"
"The only thing I'm worried about is that the little devil will take the opportunity to cause trouble..."
"But with this telegram from Kong Jie, we can prevent the little devils from using this incident to attack us!"
"I think the brigade headquarters will not delve into this matter for the time being and will directly forward Kong Jie's telegram to the headquarters and theater headquarters... When this matter is over, we will deal with the independent regiment's unauthorized use of poison gas bombs!"
The brigade commander was a very protective person, and he would definitely not let Kong Jie go out to serve as a guard, so he immediately ordered: "I will do as you say!"
"By the way, I would like to remind Kong Jie, let them take it easy and don't detonate the Japs gas bombs again, otherwise I won't be able to explain it even when the King of Heaven comes!"
In front of the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie felt relieved as soon as he received a call back from the brigade headquarters.
Looking at Huang Yu, he ordered seriously: "The brigade commander asked us to take it easy in the next battle. We must not make the same mistake again, especially you, Xiao Huang..."
Huang Yu's tense nerves were relieved at the same time, and he immediately replied: "Don't worry, Captain..."
"After this battle, there are not many people left in Sato's division!"
"If they don't run away, cold gunfire and night attacks will kill them in fear!"
"I will definitely not take any chances in the next battle..."
"Have a good rest in the afternoon, and then have a good fight with Sato's division in the early morning!"
After a whole afternoon of repairs and reinforcements, the four internal positions of the Japanese army have been connected into a circular position. Two thousand Japanese soldiers are divided into four groups, each defending one direction!
Compared with the Independent Regiment, they not only experienced an unprecedented gas bomb, but also spent an entire afternoon repairing fortifications. Everyone was panting from exhaustion.
After dinner, as long as there is no patrol duty, everyone lies on the ground and begins to fall asleep...
"Boom boom boom..."
Kong Jie was well versed in night attack warfare and mobile warfare, and would not let them have a good rest no matter what he said. As soon as the Japanese camp calmed down, violent artillery fire rang out in the ring position, and the flames shot into the sky...
The sleeping little devil will be awakened no matter how tired he is...
So, from this moment on, the little devils stationed in the circular position could no longer rest...
Every time I close my eyes, explosions will ring in my ears, and the little devils stationed here will also throw themselves in the trenches as a conditioned reflex to avoid the artillery fire...
At one o'clock in the morning, Huang Yu appeared at the former enemy headquarters on time.
Kong Jie had been waiting for a long time. When he saw him, he looked expectantly and asked: "You told me during the day that Sato's division has lost troops and generals. If they don't retreat, you have many ways to deal with them and let them retreat on their own initiative!"
"Now is your chance!"
"Not only did Sato not retreat, he also transformed the previous inner position into a circular position and waited for reinforcements. He had no intention of retreating!"
"After dark, I mobilized two mortar companies to participate in the battle, and used platoons as units to continuously bombard the enemy's circular position and harass them!"
"The Japanese dug fortifications all afternoon, and in the middle of the night they were disturbed by artillery fire and couldn't sleep. They must be exhausted!"
"The task of attacking Sato's division in the middle of the night will be left to you. The chief of staff and I will go to rest..."
"Except for the two artillery companies that are participating in the war, the security troops...the other troops of the independent regiment have slept for six or seven hours. They are all under your command. Try to kill another thousand little Japs before dawn!"
After saying that, he took the chief of staff and left the headquarters without delay at all!
More than a dozen mountain artillery and infantry artillery shells roared in and hit the circular position to the south accurately. The fireball flying into the air was several times larger than the mortar shells. Only one round of artillery fire covered the position and filled the position with smoke.
"Boom boom boom..."
Twelve large-caliber mortars under the heavy artillery battalion, two battalions directly under the mortar company, joined the battle at the same time...
After a while, the Japanese's four circular positions were all covered by artillery fire.
Under such a big commotion, Lieutenant General Sato would not be able to sleep peacefully no matter how much he relied on.
As soon as he climbed up to the high ground next to the headquarters, he saw the chief of staff hurriedly chasing after him: "Division commander... There are activities of the independent regiment in the four directions of the station... There are also cavalry activities in the northwest two directions... I think the independent regiment is still alive..."
They want to repeat their old tricks and attack our base by attacking from the east!"
"What is the basis for your judgment?" Lieutenant General Sato did not answer, but asked with a serious face.
The chief of staff thought for a while before shaking his head and answering: "There is no basis for it at the moment!"
"There are also independent group activities in the southeast and southeast of the station..."
"Their fire is spread out very evenly!"
“I can’t tell the main direction of attack at all!”
"I just feel that the Independent Regiment is too cunning and unpredictable. They will definitely not simply launch an attack from four directions!"
Lieutenant General Sato frowned and asked: "Since you know that the independent regiment's combat methods are unpredictable, do you think they will use the same attack method to attack us again?"
"This!" The chief of staff became even more confused after hearing this.
"There is indeed this saying in the art of war: attack in the east and attack in the west, shoot in another place, and do not set up ambushes in the same place... Based on this analysis, the possibility of them attacking in the east again is indeed very low..."
