The Engineer Regiment of the 10th Division took advantage of the darkness to reach a position about 300 meters away from the forward position of the New Regiment.
Then, the Japanese engineers began earthworks and dug forward.
For forward excavation earthworks, the distance of 300 meters is not close, but the Japanese engineers have received strict training, and earthworks are their specialty.
Engineers play a very important role. In addition to detecting mines, opening roads in mountains, and building bridges in water, they also have tasks such as laying mines, setting up obstacles, implementing camouflage, setting up false targets, and constructing military projects.
Even the new regiment has a dedicated engineer battalion.
Li Yunlong, who was inspecting the first battalion's position, felt something was wrong, and the silence around him was abnormal.
If he were the commander of the Japanese army, he would definitely send troops to attack at night so that the new regiment of soldiers on the position could not rest.
Then look for opportunities to capture positions at night.
If the Japanese invaded and harassed him from time to time, Li Yunlong would be relieved.
Soldiers don't like silence, because silence on the battlefield is full of greater danger and indicates that there will be more intense battles to come.
Li Yunlong intuitively realized that the Japanese army was preparing a more violent attack.
After a fierce battle for a long time, the new regiment suffered few casualties and did not consume much ammunition, but the Japanese were not fools. Most of the losses during the day would be attacked at night.
With the favorable terrain, sufficient ammunition, and powerful firepower, it will be no problem to hold on to Dagu Town for another half month.
When the strength of the 10th Division is almost exhausted, the soldiers are exhausted, and the logistics supplies cannot keep up, then the new regiment can launch a full-scale counterattack against the 10th Division.
"Shoot a flare and take a look."
Li Yunlong called a mortar team and gave orders to the artillery soldiers.
"Yes, leader!"
The mortar team quickly set up the 60mm mortar and then put the illumination bomb into the barrel.
call out!
As a flare slowly rose into the sky, it exploded with a bang, and the surrounding area was illuminated like daylight.
Li Yunlong took advantage of the flare and raised his telescope to look.
Although the surroundings were brightly illuminated, it was not broad daylight after all, and the Japanese engineers immediately stopped working, so Li Yunlong did not see the trenches dug by the Japanese.
About 30 seconds later, the flare quickly dimmed, and the area around the position once again fell into darkness.
"Fire a flare every 15 minutes."
Li Yunlong gave an order to the artillery crew, turned around, walked towards the tunnel, and then got into the tunnel.
Many soldiers of the first battalion were sleeping in the tunnel. Li Yunlong did not disturb the soldiers. He walked out of the tunnel with a flashlight and walked towards the headquarters.
"Lao Li, have you noticed anything?"
As soon as he walked into the headquarters, Zhao Gang came up with an oil lamp to ask.
"There is no situation."
Li Yunlong said with a serious expression: "I guess the Japanese may be restless tonight, so I have asked the first battalion to be on guard."
Zhao Gang said: "Okay, you can sleep for a while. I'll watch over here. I'll call you if anything happens."
Li Yunlong nodded, lay down on the chair, and soon lay down with a snoring sound.
Years of military career have allowed Commander Li to develop the habit of falling asleep at any time.
As a commander, you must keep a clear head at all times, because every order you give is related to the life and death of many soldiers, so deep sleep is very necessary.
Li Yunlong was awakened by a burst of rapid and continuous sound of artillery. He jumped up from his chair: "Where is the artillery fire? Where is the artillery fire?"
Immediately afterwards, the sound of artillery and machine gunfire rang out rapidly.
Zhao Gang looked back from the direction of the first battalion's position: "It's the direction of the first battalion's position, and our artillery is firing."
The chief of staff grabbed the phone from Wang Dehou, shook the handle quickly, and said: "Hey, is this the 1st Battalion? This is the regiment headquarters. What's going on over there?"
"What did you say?"
"Okay, I'll report to the group leader right now."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong:
"The first battalion commander reported that the Japanese engineers dug the trench to a position within 40 meters of the forward position. It was discovered by our soldiers in the forward position. Battalion Commander Zhang ordered the troops to strike."
Li Yunlong said: "I will go to the first battalion position to take a look."
After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong walked out of the headquarters quickly and looked at the watch in his hand. It was only half an hour before dawn.
Unexpectedly, he slept most of the night, and Li Yunlong felt full of energy.
Soon, Li Yunlong led the guards and correspondents to the headquarters of the first battalion on the top of the mountain.
"Zhang Dabiao, what the hell are you doing?"
"The Japanese dug trenches all the way up and didn't even notice?"
Striding into the first battalion headquarters, Li Yunlong's loud voice sounded simultaneously.
"I'm sorry, leader!" Zhang Dabiao hurriedly came up.
"Damn it, you're just going to screw me up."
Li Yunlong snorted coldly, the battlefield is like this, no one can predict what will happen in the next moment.
"What's the situation now?"
Li Yunlong walked to the observation position of the headquarters and looked down. At this time, the illumination bomb fired by the first battalion had not yet been extinguished. He saw trenches dug by Japanese engineers in the open position of the forward position. The trenches were crowded with people.
Zhang Dabiao said in a stern tone: "The Japs seem to be launching an attack along these trenches, but our first battalion is ready for battle."
Li Yunlong's face was stern. The Japanese had encroached to a distance of less than 40 meters from the forward position. The mortars could only be fired vertically. The distance was too close, and the shells coming out of the barrel would most likely fall on his head.
…
at the same time.
Inside the headquarters of the 8th Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, Saburo Miura, Bino Ohno and Tatsuharu Yamaguchi were almost smiling.
Miura Saburo said: "I originally thought that the Engineer Regiment would be successful if they dug 60 meters away from the new regiment's forward position. Unexpectedly, they dug within 40 meters. The Locust Army soldiers could continuously follow the trenches and reach 40 meters away from the Eighth Route's forward position.
s position."
Ohno Binfu said: "This means that the locust army's attack distance has changed from nearly 400 meters to only 40 meters."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sandao Dachun said confidently: "My 3rd Squadron has reached the front. As long as the 3rd Squadron successfully enters the Eighth Route Army position and starts a hand-to-hand battle with the Eighth Route Army, we will
The follow-up troops of the regiment can follow the trenches dug by the engineering regiment and continuously enter the Eighth Route position until the position is completely occupied."
As another flare went out, Li Yunlong quickly understood the Japanese commander's thoughts.
Then he said to the communications soldier next to him: "Immediately contact the heavy artillery battalion and the 1st artillery battalion to carry out interception bombardment 150 meters to 200 meters away from the forward position!"
"yes!"
The signal soldier immediately picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and started calling.
"Bah!"
As a red signal bomb soared into the sky, Li Yunlong understood that the Japanese attack was about to begin.
In the trenches, the new group of soldiers pointed their weapons' crosshairs ahead silently, with no Japanese showing up.
The soldiers were wondering when suddenly there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and dozens of artillery shells streaked dark red trajectories in the sky and fell into the fortifications of the new regiment and battalion.
Accompanied by an explosion like a landslide, fire flashed and gunpowder smoke filled the air.
The Japanese's artillery skills were extremely high, and almost all the artillery shells landed on the new regiment's position.
There was no shout of charge. After the fifth round of artillery shells landed on the Xinyi Regiment's position, more than 200 Japanese soldiers from the 3rd Squadron of the 40th Regiment who were lying down the slope jumped up and charged towards the Xinyi Regiment's position with rifles in hand.
Come.
The Japanese machine gunners were covering and firing from a distance.
The new group of soldiers who survived the shell explosion showed no fear and used their firepower to fight back, beating the dozens of Japanese who were the first to rush out of the trenches into sieves.
As the Japanese threw dozens of cantaloupe grenades into the new group's positions, most of the firepower in the forward positions was silenced.
Immediately afterwards, more than 160 Japanese soldiers poured into the new regiment's position.
The soldiers of the new regiment charged toward the Japanese with bayonets in hand without hesitation.
Since it was still dark, the soldiers coming out of the tunnel could not fire as they would accidentally injure their own people. The Japanese rushed forward and got into a fight with the new group of soldiers. A hand-to-hand fight was about to break out. They recognized only the clothes but not the people.
The Japs of the 10th Division showed superb stabbing skills.
Many soldiers of the new regiment and battalion were recruited from various divisions. Some soldiers had only been in the war for a few months and had not yet participated in decent hand-to-hand combat. Many veterans were transferred to each division to serve as squad platoon leaders. The overall combat effectiveness of the first battalion
It has improved, but the level of hand-to-hand combat has dropped.
However, as the soldiers from the first battalion emerged from the tunnels one after another and joined in the hand-to-hand combat, the Japs gradually became unable to hold on.
at this time.
The sound of artillery instantly tore through the quiet air. The artillery shells of the 1st Artillery Battalion and the Heavy Artillery Battalion of the new regiment fell from different directions on the area 150 meters to 200 meters away from the 1st Battalion's forward position.
Accompanied by a loud noise like a mountain falling apart, the 50-meter area was blown into a sea of flames. Even the trenches and fortifications could not be passed by the Japanese.
After more than ten minutes of hand-to-hand combat, more than 160 Japs who entered the new regiment's position were all wiped out.
Since a heavy artillery battalion joined in to intercept the artillery fire, the Japanese's follow-up echelon was unable to pass through the artillery fire interruption zone.
As the Japanese angrily poured three rounds of artillery shells at the 1st Battalion's position, the Japanese's fifth attack failed.
In this battle, the first battalion finally captured two wounded Japanese soldiers who refused to surrender and were brought to the new regiment headquarters.
