The Japanese army had already suffered heavy losses from 30 artillery pieces, and the armored battalion's attack was extremely rapid. Therefore, in less than twenty minutes, the armored battalion captured the first line of defense.
The loss of the first line of defense not only silenced the entire Ninth Brigade, but even Brigadier Chen, who was watching the battle from behind, was startled.
"Damn it, isn't this attack too sharp?"
Brigadier Chen put down his binoculars and looked at the independent regiment following the tanks and attacking the second line of defense. He turned to Chief of Staff Li of the 386th Brigade behind him and said, "Old Li, how long did it take to start the attack?
"
Chief of Staff Li looked at his watch and replied in a positive tone: "Eighteen minutes."
"Eighteen minutes."
Brigadier Chen was silent for a moment, and then said with emotion: "Before this, if someone had told me that he would use one and a half regiments to attack the position of a full Japanese brigade, I would have thought he was crazy, but now
In front of my eyes, they actually took down the first Japanese position in less than twenty minutes. Are the little devils now so weak?"
Chief of Staff Li said: "Brigadier Commander, it's not that the Japanese have become weaker, but that we have become stronger. Can you imagine that one day our Eighth Route Army not only used 30 large-caliber artillery to fire at the Japanese positions for half an hour before attacking?
Prepare, will there be dozens of tanks to provide cover during the attack?
As you just saw, several Japanese artillery pieces were firing at those tanks, but those shells had no effect at all after hitting the tanks. Instead, the tanks used their artillery to knock them out one by one. The task of our infantry is to follow the tanks.
The Japanese who were hiding in the trenches were cleared from behind. This is the first time I, Lao Li, have ever seen such a fighting method."
"yes!"
Brigadier Chen agreed: "Sun Tzu said: It is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, and as motionless as a mountain. This sentence is very similar to the offensive of the armored forces. As long as they can continue to maintain such an offensive, even if they cannot defeat the third
Nine Brigades, but it is still possible to annihilate some of their effective forces or even severely damage them."
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"The Chinese attacked the Ninth Brigade?"
News of the attack on the Ninth Brigade soon reached the ears of Anda Twenty-three, who was commanding the Thirty-seventh Division to attack Guojialing.
Although he was a little surprised, he didn't take it to heart and even couldn't help but laugh. In his opinion, the Chinese people were already snickering if the Imperial Japanese Army didn't take the initiative to attack. How could they have the courage to attack the Imperial Army?
, and it’s also a tour group.
He laughed and asked: "Which troop attacked them? Has the Ninth Brigade repelled them now? Don't worry about them. The Chinese just want to divert the attention of our division. In the words of the Chinese
He said, this is called surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao."
Seeing Anda Twenty-Three's nonchalant look, the staff officer became a little anxious: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the situation of the Ninth Brigade is not good. Just twenty minutes after the Chinese launched the attack, the first line of defense of the Ninth Brigade
It has been captured by the Chinese, and now Brigade Commander Suzuki Shigeyasu is commanding the troops to hold on to the second line of defense."
"Nani?"
The staff officer's words made Anda 23, who was about to raise the telescope again, freeze in his movements, and his neck twisted slowly and stiffly like a patient with cervical spondylosis, with an unbelievable look on his face, "What did you say? Say it again?"
Looking at the wide-eyed Anda Twenty-Three, the staff officer gritted his teeth and said: "The Ninth Brigade came to report. Before the Chinese launched the attack, they deliberately covered the Ninth Brigade's position with heavy artillery for half an hour.
, then they dispatched dozens of tanks and about three to four thousand infantry to launch a sudden attack on the Ninth Brigade. The Ninth Brigade was caught off guard... and then... lost its first position.
"
After saying this, the staff officer couldn't help lowering his head and shrinking his neck, fearing that Adachi Twenty-san would slap him a few times in anger. After all, in the Japanese army, it is really a big deal for superiors to slap subordinates.
A commonplace thing.
However, what he was worried about did not happen. Anda Twenty-three thought for a while before slowly saying: "The Chinese people are anxious. They want our division to send troops to reinforce the Ninth Brigade, so as to relieve China's third
military pressure."
Anda Twenty-Three was indeed a man who had been in the army for a long time, and he could see through Gao Hongming's plan at a glance.
But the staff officer was a little worried, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, despite this, the Chinese were able to break through the first line of defense of the Ninth Brigade in just twenty minutes. This also shows that their attack is very powerful. We
Do you want to give them some support, even if you support a regiment, it would be good."
"You are confused!" Anda Twenty-Three said with a straight face, "Let me ask you, has the Ninth Brigade requested tactical guidance from us?"
"That...no."
"If not, it means that the war is still under Suzuki-kun's control. If we rush to send reinforcements, it might disrupt the deployment of the ninth brigade. Why should we do such a thankless thing?"
"Your Excellency, the division commander, is wise, and you have learned from your humble position!" the chief of staff nodded in agreement.
"Okay, you go down first, pay close attention to the movements of the Ninth Brigade, and report any information in a timely manner."
"Hi!"
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"Hurry up... follow up... keep up... don't fall behind!"
Lu Xianping, holding a 98K rifle in his hand, bent over and ran forward along a path, with the surrounding scenery constantly passing by. Behind him were more than a dozen soldiers from the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company.
Lu Xianping, who has been in the military for more than a year, has long since lost his youthfulness and has become a qualified veteran. His military rank has also changed from private to corporal. Because of his flexible mind and calmness in combat, he was also appointed as a soldier.
The monitor of the third class.
It stands to reason that after becoming the squad leader, Lu Xianping was already qualified to use the MP40 submachine gun, but he still held on to the original 98K rifle and was unwilling to change it. In his words, he was used to using this gun and did not want to change it again.
Taking into account this guy's precise shooting skills, the superiors left him alone.
As the main force of the 2nd Battalion, the mission of the 1st Company today is to go around to the left side of the 9th Brigade's defense line, launch an attack from the side and rear, kill as much of the Japanese troops' effective forces as possible, and create a tense atmosphere.
If the first company is a company of sharp knives, then Lu Xianping's squad is the sharp knives of the company.
In May, the vegetation in Zhongtiao Mountain was very lush. When the group came to a bush, Lu Xianping squatted down and raised his right hand high.
After seeing his gesture, the dozen or so people behind him all stopped.
Lu Xianping wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Everyone, please stop for a rest and wait for the brothers behind to catch up before continuing."