The moon is very far away tonight, and the bright moonlight shines gently on the earth, making it even though it is nighttime, the light is still very good.
A group of soldiers was marching nervously on the silent road. Judging from the rapid and neat footsteps and the lack of unnecessary noise, this was a well-disciplined and well-trained team.
"Everyone, hurry up and hurry up... we must get to the Xiaolingdi stronghold before one o'clock in the morning."
There was a voice in the ranks that the officer could keep down.
In the team, a soldier who was carrying a 38-meter gun whispered to his comrades beside him: "Company commander... I heard that in order to attack the Japanese stronghold this time, we even brought in artillery?
"
"Yes." Another machine gunner carrying a Type 92 heavy machine gun tripod came over and said mysteriously: "Well, I heard that just now a fellow saw dozens of vehicles pulling cannons and
Let’s go on the road together.”
"Yes, company commander, please tell us quickly."
After hearing this, the surrounding soldiers also came over curiously, and someone asked again.
A twenty-seven or eight-year-old company commander with a shrewd and capable look glared at everyone, "What are you doing? Go back to your respective positions quickly and pay attention to marching discipline. If the battalion commander sees it, you will be in trouble."
The soldiers looked at each other, and a brave one said with a playful smile: "Company Commander, walking is boring anyway, just tell us, we are all veterans, how can we not know the discipline, I am just curious to ask
Just asking."
The company commander couldn't stand the abuse of these soldiers. He looked around and made sure that there was no battalion commander nearby before he whispered: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. I tell you, don't spread the word."
ah!
Didn't our brigade commander and regimental commander go to the division headquarters for a meeting yesterday? At the meeting, our brigade commander just got an artillery battalion to support us, and this artillery battalion was not an ordinary artillery battalion. That battalion was all equipped with heavy artillery.
Do you know what a heavy artillery is? That's not a small cannon like the little devil's that is so light that it can even drag an animal away. Each of these heavy artillery weighs several thousand kilograms and cannot be dragged by an animal. It has to be pulled by a truck, and the gun is dropped to the ground.
There will be a big pit deep for one person. Do you think it is serious?"
"My dear..." A soldier exclaimed: "How can such a cannon stand up to the turret? There won't be a big hole in the turret after one shot."
"That's it." The machine gunner carrying the tripod said proudly: "I used to see Jin-made mountain cannons when I was a soldier in the Shanxi-Sui Army. They were so powerful that ordinary bunkers couldn't hold them. It's a pity.
I heard that this thing is extremely difficult to make. Even the Jinsui Army only has a few of them. After the fall of Taiyuan, there will be no more to add. Every broken one is missing."
Listening to the soldiers talking, the company commander's thoughts are not here at all. As a grassroots officer, he must know more than the average soldier. As the main attack company tonight, their company is responsible for the main attack on the Xiaolingdi stronghold.
Task.
The terrain of the Xiaolingdi stronghold is steep. According to the investigation, the Xiaolingdi stronghold consists of three bunkers, distributed in a Z-shaped pattern. The three bunkers are not far from each other and can support each other.
The most terrible thing is that the three bunkers are built halfway up the mountain. If the Eighth Route Army wants to attack, they have to attack from above. The Japanese can hide in the bunkers from a high position and use their firepower to their heart's content.
From this you can imagine how difficult it would be to capture the Xiaolingdi stronghold.
According to his estimation, it would be very difficult to capture the Xiaolingdi stronghold. For such a strong stronghold, their regiment would have to pay at least a few hundred men to capture it, and this would only be achieved if the war went smoothly.
, if the war does not progress smoothly, it may end in vain.
But the good news is that their regiment commander has won the support of an artillery battery from the brigade commander. This is great news for them. Having been a soldier for so many years, he certainly understands that there is artillery during a war.
The difference between support and no artillery support is really huge.
Just as he was thinking about it, there was a low roar from behind, followed by a burst of noise from behind.
"Everyone in front of me... please give way... quickly pull over and let the cars go by first!"
Following the sound coming from behind, the walking Eighth Route Army soldiers turned their heads one after another. With the help of the bright moonlight, they saw that the soldiers who had originally crowded the road seemed to be pushed away by a pair of huge hands, and they were leaning against each other like waves.
As they spread out on both sides, many soldiers were even squeezed into ditches on the roadside.
"Who the hell is this... such a... ugh motherfucker..."
A grumpy soldier started to curse, but his words turned into exclamations halfway through his words.
Under the moonlight, a huge thing appeared in front of everyone. The Eighth Route Army soldiers recognized it. It was a truck, and it was much more powerful than the Japanese-made trucks they had seen before. Just one truck was
The small road was so crowded that the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were originally walking on the road had to jump to the field ridges on the roadside.
Many soldiers exclaimed: "Good guy... this thing is too big. How much cargo does it have to carry?"
"Woo...Woo..."
Due to the weak industrial base in China these days, let alone roads, except for big cities such as Peking and Shanghai, almost all other roads are dirt roads. The grade is not even as good as the third-class highways of later generations. Occasionally, you encounter some pits.
You have to go around them carefully because these big trucks move very slowly.
When the leading truck came to where the company commander and the others were, the company commander had already directed all the soldiers to move to the side of the road to facilitate the passage of the truck.
When the truck passed by them, with the help of the moonlight, they saw an artillery piece being dragged behind the truck, with its thick and slender barrel pointing diagonally at the sky.
The soldiers all exclaimed, "Did you see that this is the artilleryman who came to help our regiment tonight? Oh my God, this cannon is too big."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Look... there are people sitting in the truck."
A young soldier of sixteen or seventeen years old pointed at the truck and shouted, but as soon as he pointed his hand out, he was photographed by the veteran next to him.
"You kid...have your parents ever taught you the rules? If you point at people randomly, if you meet someone with a bad temper, you may even get your hands broken."
"Company commander...have you seen it? This car is so big!"
"I saw."
The company commander standing on the ridge of the roadside squinted his eyes and looked at the passing trucks. He noticed carefully that these trucks seemed to be very heavy. The roar of the engines was particularly heavy as they passed by. Occasionally, tires passed over small potholes on the road.
The truck tilted extremely sharply.
"One...two...three..."
The little soldier counted in a low voice, until the twelfth car was counted, and the convoy finally passed.
He curiously asked the veteran on the side: "Squad leader... this truck is enough to pull one cannon. Why do they need so many trucks? Isn't this a waste?"
The veteran scratched his head and seemed to be stumped by this question, but he didn't want to lose face in front of a new recruit, so he pretended to be angry and said: "You little brat, why are you asking so many questions? Hurry up and go
,Didn’t you hear what the company commander said, we must arrive at the bottom of Xiaoling before one o’clock.”
The little soldier chuckled. Of course he was not afraid of the old squad leader. Even though the old squad leader often cursed people, he understood that the old squad leader was actually kind-hearted.
After the artillery fire, the soldiers returned to the road and resumed their formation and continued to move forward. But just after walking for a while, they saw the last truck parked there. It turned out that the rear wheel of the truck was stuck in a deep hole. Although the truck driver
I kept increasing the accelerator, but the truck's tires were still spinning.
The worst part was that there were no soldiers on the truck's cabin, so the truck driver had no choice but to jump out of the truck and shout around, "Brothers, can you come over and lend a hand and help me push the truck."
When the Eighth Route Army soldiers nearby saw this, they immediately surrounded it. Dozens of soldiers swarmed forward and finally pulled the truck out of the pit, dragging and dragging it.
The person who took the lead in helping was none other than the company commander and the soldiers of his company.
Since the road had not rained for several days and the road surface was extremely dry, the dust kicked up by the wheels made all the soldiers who helped push the cart look like giant pandas, with streaks of white and black streaks all over their faces.
The truck driver felt very sorry. When he saw the soldiers around him preparing to continue on their way, he jumped into the truck and brought a few boxes of cigarettes to spread the cigarettes for the soldiers who helped push the truck.
At first, the soldiers wanted to refuse, but when the driver saw this, he pretended to be angry and said: "Why... you are looking down on your friendly brothers, you don't even accept a cigarette."
A soldier explained: "No... our army has regulations and we cannot take advantage of the masses."
"Then do you think I am a common person?"
"Huh……"
The soldiers then thought about it and realized that it was really not a big deal... This was an allied brother. The Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention did not say that you could not accept items from allied brothers. What's more, it was just a cigarette. What could be the problem?
When they thought of this, the soldiers accepted it with peace of mind.
Another soldier asked: "Brother, I see your car is very heavy. What is it loaded with?"
"What else could it be, a cannonball?" the driver replied without thinking.
"Is your car full of shells?" the soldier asked in surprise.
"How fresh. It's not all shells, but cabbage." The driver laughed, "You don't know, right? In order to give you enough shells this time, our group asked us to bring in two and a half basic people."
Where are the cannonballs?"
"My dear, you are too rich." The soldiers were amazed.
"That's... our leader is a well-known landowner in Liantai... Okay, I keep telling you, I have to follow you quickly, otherwise the company commander won't be able to see me later, and I will be in trouble.
"
After the driver finished speaking, he quickly jumped into the car, started the truck, and quickly drove away...
Less than ten minutes before one o'clock in the morning, the Eighth Route Army soldiers, who were hurrying slowly, finally arrived at the Xiaolingdi stronghold.
The 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade was responsible for attacking the Xiaolingdi stronghold.
The predecessor of the 769th Regiment is the 10th Division of the Fourth Red Army. It is a veteran unit. It is the first-class main force in the 685th Brigade and has always been known for its ability to attack difficult targets. In order to win Xiaolingdi, Brigadier Wang of the 385th Brigade also personally
Come and watch the battle.
"Squeak..."
More than a dozen war horses stopped at the foot of a hillside less than a mile away from the Xiaolingdi stronghold. Brigadier Wang of the 385th Brigade jumped off the horse. Behind him were the commander of the 769th Regiment, Xu Dashu, and the commander of the regiment.
Staff officer.
Brigadier Wang is tall and tall, and his height of 1.8 meters is already very tall in this era.
He stood on the hillside and quietly observed the stronghold at the bottom of the small ridge under the night with a telescope.
After observing for a while, he asked: "Commander Xu, has the artillery battery of the Liantai Militia Group arrived?"
"Already arrived." Xu Dashu replied.
"That's good." Brigadier Wang ordered: "You have to remember that you must ensure the safety of the artillery battery, do you understand? This artillery battery was temporarily lent to us by Commander Gao, and we must return it intact after using it.
People, otherwise it will be hard to tell if something happens."
"Brigade Commander, I understand, it's not difficult to borrow something easy and then borrow it again." Xu Dashu laughed, then hesitated and then said: "Brigade Commander, artillery battery, there is something I have to report to, that artillery battery not only
Here they are, and they also brought a platoon of infantry with them, carrying some strange large cans on their backs, which is quite strange."
"Big jar?" Brigadier Wang asked strangely.
"Yes." Xu Dashu said: "I asked them what this was, but they just smiled and said nothing. They also said that if our attack on the Xiaolingdi stronghold did not go smoothly, they might be able to help. I was annoyed when I heard that.
Okay, isn’t this looking down on people? If our regiment can’t take down Xiaolingdi, what use can their mere platoon of troops do!”
"Hey...there's this thing." Brigadier Wang was a little unhappy at first, but then he thought about it and said, "Forget it, don't think too much about it. It's their business if they want to bring people over. Let's do it right.
Just mind your own business.
You have to remember that as soon as the bombardment ends, your regiment must attack as quickly as possible, use the momentum of a fierce attack, rush to the bunker in the shortest time, and then decisively and bravely eliminate the enemy. You must not
We have lost the prestige of our Eighth Route Army in front of friendly forces."
"yes!"
Xu Dashu stood at attention: "I promise to complete the task!"
"That's good!"
Brigadier Wang pointed forward again and said: "Xu Dashu, have you seen that there are three bunkers in the Xiaolingdi stronghold. The bunkers on the left and right are easy to say, but the location of the bunker in the middle is very tricky and solid.
Unless it is a direct hit, it is difficult to destroy. You must be mentally prepared and cannot place all your hopes on the artillery..."
Brigadier Wang said, Xu Dashu nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, you are also a veteran. I won't say much more. Now you go to arrange combat missions. I will go to the artillery battery to see how they are preparing."
"yes!"
After Brigadier Wang gave his instructions, he led the guards on their horses and came to the artillery battery two miles away from them...