Although in terms of military strength, the 385th Brigade and the five battalions led by Wu Chengfeng totaled about 16,000 people, which was about the same as the enemy in person, but you must know that the opposite side was a Japanese division.
A brigade versus a division. If this kind of thing happened to other national army units, those who could withstand the pressure without collapsing would already be considered elites. Now this one is so good, he actually wants to eat them in one go. You
This is going to God!
Seeing Brigadier Wang's surprised look, Wu Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh.
"Brigadier Wang, I remember our regiment once said to us that we always have dreams. What if they come true? Taking a step back, even if we can't achieve our goals, even if we hit them hard, it will still be a big loss.
Great.
There is no one who won't die in a war. You have to always look forward and be afraid of this and that. You might as well go home and hold your child, what do you think?"
Brigadier Wang also smiled, "Good guy, Brother Wu, you are trying to conquer my army."
After saying that, he began to ponder.
Brigadier Wang is not a newbie. As a general with decades of military career, he is certainly aware of the risks of Wu Chengfeng's plan, but it also comes with high rewards.
As Wu Chengfeng said, once they succeed, even if they cannot capture the 108th Division, as long as they can severely damage the Japanese army, they will not lose.
As for the losses in military strength, that is a matter for later. As Wu Chengfeng said, there is no way in which people will not die in a war.
Does the Eighth Route Army lack men? No... what they lack is weapons and ammunition, and food supplies. As long as the ammunition is sufficient and supplies are abundant, it is said without humility that the Eighth Route Army can snowball into a million-strong army in less than a year.
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The weapons and supplies that the Eighth Route Army lacks most are precisely the strengths of the Liantai Militia. To this day, who doesn’t know that Gao Hongming, the boss of Gao Hongming, is the most arrogant in China? Everyone who has cooperated with him over the years has made a lot of money.
The bowl is full.
Since he has someone to back him up, what else does he have to fear?
Thinking of this, Brigadier Wang slapped his thigh: "Okay... Then do it!"
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The heavy rain that had been falling for a day finally stopped. The consequence of this heavy rain was that the entire land turned into mud and swamps. The soldiers who had been fighting for a day finally stopped attacking, like two scarred beasts all returning to their respective places.
The old man licks his wounds in order to find the right opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the opponent.
It was already six o'clock in the morning...it was just getting dark, and no one in the Japanese army who had worked hard all day saw a huge hot air balloon rising quietly on the right wing of the battle line.
"Bearing 326, distance 4360, fire disk timer 6, rapid fire of eight shrapnel rounds."
The artillery officer wearing headphones received the distance reported by the observer on the school launch balloon, and then used the shooting vernier to calibrate the shooting elements of the shrapnel. The gunner who received the order then lowered the 105mm howitzer barrel, and the muzzle was
The direction pointed is exactly the position of the Japanese 108th Division.
"Boom!"
As the gun bolt is opened, the loader drags the 105 mm shrapnel shell and pushes it into the gun barrel, then closes the gun barrel. The two ammunition handlers behind the gun position each hold a shrapnel shell, ready to hand the shell to the loader at any time.
"fire!"
The officer holding the headphones shouted angrily.
As the officers roared, the 27 M2 105 howitzers of the 4th Artillery Battalion roared simultaneously. The neat sound of artillery shook the earth with violent recoil. The thunderous sound of artillery tore through the silence of the world, and suddenly flashed in the dark night sky.
Clouds of black smoke and orange-red muzzle flashes, accompanied by the sharp sound of shells piercing the air, flew directly to the Japanese position several kilometers away.
A few kilometers away, on the Japanese 108th Division position, due to days of fierce fighting and heavy rain, the Japanese defensive positions had long been turned into mud. Now the Japanese army relies entirely on temporary foxholes and bunkers for support.
This also made the Japanese army's defense extremely fragile. Many soldiers could only sleep in the muddy trenches with their clothes on. At this time, many Japanese soldiers standing guard could even hear the "shrill sound" of the harsh shells tearing the air.
"Whoosh, whoosh" sound, this is the roar of death.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
When it was still tens of meters away from the ground, the roaring artillery shell exploded in the air before hitting the target. Dozens of explosions rang out in the mid-air of the Japanese position, and dozens of clouds of black smoke rose up. This was caused by the explosion of shrapnel.
Exploding smoke.
Each 105mm shrapnel contains more than 400 steel bullets with a diameter of 17.5mm. The very small amount of explosive in the middle of the shrapnel only explodes the thin wall of the bullet and at the same time scatters the steel pellets. Under the action of the projected explosives and inertia, more than 400 steel bullets are contained.
The steel pellets scattered into a barrage several meters wide and flew towards the target.
The moment the first round of twenty-seven shrapnel shells exploded, more than 10,000 projectiles with a diameter of 17.5 mm formed a dense barrage and shot accurately to the ground. The rain of bullets instantly covered the Japanese army's simple position.
The fragile bodies of the evading soldiers were torn apart by high-speed flying steel projectiles, and for a moment the entire position was engulfed in screams.
The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to escape looked around and saw the wounded and corpses hit by shotguns. Their skulls were shattered by the bullets, their brains were splashed, and the muddy ground was completely covered with blood from the wounded and corpses.
Wounded soldiers dyed red and hit by shotguns lay on the city wall struggling in pain and howling.
For a time, the entire Japanese position was in chaos, and the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Liantai Militia, which were responsible for the insertion mission, took the opportunity to move around behind the Japanese army.
The sudden shelling also woke up Lieutenant General Torajiro Iwai who was still sleeping in the tent. The first thing he asked after jumping up and rushing out of the tent was: "Where is the direction of the Chinese attack?"
The staff officer on the side quickly replied: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Chinese are launching an attack on our 241st and 242nd Regiment positions. There is no new news yet."
"Immediately order the frontline troops to increase their firepower and be sure to push back the Chinese attack."
"Hi!"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not good... the Chinese fired poison gas bombs!" Suddenly, a staff officer stumbled over and shouted with a panicked look.
"Nani... this is impossible?" Torajiro Iwai was startled, "We have a tacit agreement with the Chinese people. Neither side will use such chemical weapons again. How dare they take the lead in violating the agreement?"
"But...but the 242nd Wing reported that their position has been shrouded in smoke fired by the Chinese. Isn't that a poison gas bomb?"
"Check again immediately!" Torajiro Iwai became anxious when he heard this. Ever since the Liantai militia used sarin gas to almost annihilate the 14th Japanese Division in the Qingyuan River two years ago, the Japanese army also realized that chemical weapons are a
A double-edged sword.
Once the other party also used this method, the harm to itself would also be huge. Since then, the Japanese army has stopped using chemical weapons on the Chinese battlefield and took back the chemical weapons that were originally assigned to the infantry regiments.