Stars gathered in the spacious war room. Except for the dozen or so division commanders who blocked the Japanese 13th and 18th divisions on the Huainan defense line, the other fifty or so division commanders all spontaneously gathered in the war room. The battle has been going on till now.
, the Baoshan Brigade also entered the field, and the Battle of Xuzhou finally entered the final decisive moment.
Of course, many of them were waiting to see the joke. Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Brigade had great military achievements and a great reputation. Some people admired them, but naturally some people were jealous.
Admiral Li actually felt a little uneasy.
It is not that he is afraid that the Baoshan Brigade will be exhausted and unable to explain to Chairman Chiang. General Li is worried that if the Baoshan Brigade is defeated, it will seriously dampen the morale of the soldiers and civilians across the country. After all, the Baoshan Brigade is now the most popular among the soldiers and civilians across the country.
Heroes, if even they are defeated, it’s hard to imagine what serious consequences it will cause?
The war room was unusually quiet, as everyone was waiting for news from the Baoshan Brigade.
"Report!" In the suffocating silence, the communications staff rushed inside and reported loudly, "The headquarters, the forward observation post reported that the Baoshan Brigade did not launch an attack immediately."
"What, no attack?" Admiral Li said, "Then what are they doing?"
The communications staff officer said with a strange expression: "According to the report from the forward observation post, the Baoshan Brigade is digging a tunnel."
"Tunnel?" Admiral Li's brows frowned immediately, "Is this kid really planning to dig a tunnel?"
This cannot be blamed on General Li's short-sightedness. In fact, in the national army at that time, no senior general had seriously studied the primitive subject of soil work, let alone the many wonderful uses of this primitive tactic. This is also
The weakness of human nature is that most people always instinctively resist unfamiliar things.
The senior generals in the war room also looked at each other with disbelief on their faces.
Zhang Qi, commander of the 6th Division of the Central Army, said in a clear tone: "When the Baoshan Brigade was still the Baoshan Camp, it relied on the prairie dog's ability to break through in Baoshan County and Sihang Warehouse. It also relied on the prairie dog's ability in Jiangpu.
I was lucky enough to annihilate the Kunozaki detachment, but now on the battlefield in Xuzhou, I didn't expect that it would still be the same as the prairie dogs."
After saying this, Commander Zhang Qi said with great disdain: "Does this Yue Weihan really think that his prairie dog tactics can conquer the world?"
The teachers and commanders who were not very fond of Yue Weihan suddenly began to whisper together.
"This kid simply doesn't know the heights of the world. We have been surrounded by more than a dozen elite divisions of the Central Army for more than half a month and still couldn't take Hanzhuang. How can he even try to take it with this groundhog trick? It's just like that.
wishful thinking."
"Who says it's not the case? With a few lucky wins, this guy's tail is really up to the sky."
"Who says it's not? What about the Battle of Sihang Warehouse and the Battle of Jiangpu? With such terrain and conditions, who else can't fight better than him? What's wrong?"
"That's enough!" General Li frowned when he saw the more than a dozen division commanders of the Central Army talking more and more harshly. "Now the Baoshan Brigade's offensive has just begun. No one knows the effect of digging tunnels.
Is it too early for you to jump to conclusions in such a hurry? Okay, there’s nothing else to do today, let’s move on, let’s move on!”
Seeing that General Li issued an order to expel guests, the dozens of commanders, corps commanders, and division commanders who had gathered together dispersed one after another.
Soon, only General Li, Deputy Commander Bai, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Pinxian, Chief of Staff of the Theater Xu Zuyi and several other army generals were left in the war room.
General Li asked Vice President Bai: "Jiansheng, what do you think?"
"You might as well give it a try." Vice President Bai smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Although it is basically impossible to capture Hanzhuang by digging tunnels, maybe this guy Yue Weihan can really come up with some new tricks, and maybe he can really win Hanzhuang.
?And since the war has been going on, we have no better way, so let’s let the Baoshan Brigade try it.”
General Li was silent, and next to him General Li Pinxian and General Xu Zuyi also had nothing to say.
Until now, the army generals of these party-states have stubbornly believed that tunnel operations are not a clever tactic. It is absolutely impossible for them to rely on tunnel operations to capture Hanzhuang. However, as Deputy Chief Bai said
That said, they have used all the tactics they should have used so far in the war, and they can only use dead horses as doctors.
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Hanzhuang, frontline headquarters of Isoya Division.
The long and difficult day finally passed, and darkness once again enveloped the earth.
Contrary to the senior generals of the party and state, Major General Kei Setani, the frontline commander of the Japanese Isotani Division, clearly knew that the construction work posed a fatal threat to the remnants of the Isotani Division trapped in Hanzhuang. In order to eliminate this threat, Setani
Major General Kei decided to take the risk and launch a night attack. Night fighting was not what the Japanese were good at, but Major General Kei Setani had no choice.
At best, this night attack can be described as a desperate counterattack, at worst, it can be described as a desperate struggle.
Major General Juzo Hirano, captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 40th Regiment, strode into the headquarters, suddenly stopped his feet, and said to Major General Kei Setani: "Your Excellency, General, the 3rd Battalion of the 40th Infantry Regiment has been assembled."
"Yo Xi." Major General Kei Setani nodded happily and said, "Mr. Hirano, is the battle plan already clear?"
"Hai." Major Hirano Juzo suddenly lowered his head and said, "This night attack, the priority should be to annihilate the Chinese engineers, and try to destroy the tunnels that have been dug, and finally force the Chinese to stop the earthworks!"
"Yo Xi." Major General Kei Setani said, "Hirano-kun, I'm waiting for the triumphant return of the 3rd Battalion at the headquarters!"
"Hai, the 3rd Battalion will never disappoint His Majesty the General." Major Hirano Juzo suddenly lowered his head again, then turned around and walked away. In less than a moment, the remaining 600 old Japanese from Hirano Battalion quietly left Seto.
Gu Detachment Headquarters, and took advantage of the cover of night to quietly move towards the National Army's tunnel position to the east.
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On the east side of Hanzhuang, the position of Baoshan 2nd Regiment.
Chi Chengfeng, commander of the 2nd Baoshan Regiment, and Li Yulong, commander of the Bayonet Battalion, were inspecting the tunnel positions. After half a day of intense excavation, dozens of tunnels excavated at the same time had extended forward by at least 200 meters. These dozens of tunnels were not straight.
They stretched forward and connected with each other, forming a huge spider web-like maze.
The officers and soldiers who were taking turns in the tunnel saw Chi Chengfeng and Li Yulong and quickly stood up and saluted.
"Don't get up, there's no need to get up." Chi Chengfeng quickly waved his hands and said, "Grandma, we don't want to do this."
When passing a lookout post, Chi Chengfeng took advantage of the situation and climbed the earth steps to the ground. The sentry who was on guard at the ground warning post quickly stood up and saluted Chi Chengfeng and said: "Seat down!"
"How's it going? Is there anything going on?" Chi Chengfeng asked.
"No." The sentry shook his head and said, "There was no movement on the other side."
"Well, continue to be vigilant, and you must be more vigilant. The host said that the little devils will never watch us dig the tunnel under their noses. The little devils will definitely still struggle to death, so we must not give them anything.
We can take advantage of this opportunity." Chi Chengfeng patted the sentry on the shoulder and went down into the tunnel again.
When Chi Chengfeng got out of the tunnel, the sentry immediately turned around and lay down at the sentry post again.
Suddenly, there seemed to be some light flashing from the corner of the sentry's eye. When the sentry turned around to look, he saw a large piece of cold steel helmet approaching quickly under the cold moonlight. The sentry suddenly raised his hand.
He pulled the trigger of his rifle without hesitation, and immediately, the crisp sound of the gunshot shattered the silence of the night.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk..." In an instant, a hail of machine gun bullets hit the sentry post.
However, just before the machine gun bullets hit, the sentry who had fired a warning shot slid down the tunnel first and disappeared into the spider web-like tunnel in all directions. In the tunnel, there were also people who were digging forward.
The officers and soldiers quickly put down their engineering shovels, grabbed the steel guns beside them, and immediately disappeared into the spiderweb-like tunnel.
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The sound of gunfire means that the whereabouts of the Japanese army have been exposed.
The Japanese commander in charge of the night attack, Major Juzo Harano, cursed Baga and immediately ordered the infantry squadrons to deploy on the spot. Heavy machine guns and grenades immediately built temporary positions, and finally fired a red flare into the sky.
, two illumination bombs soared into the sky from the Japanese position in Hanzhuang.
By the bright light of the flare, Major Harano Juzo discovered that the Chinese army's position was completely silent. The open tunnel mouth was like a black monster's mouth, ready to devour anyone at any time. There were no Chinese soldiers or figures inside.
There was no dust rising, but just a moment ago, dust was still rising from inside.
"Baga Yalu." Yuan Yejuzo turned back to a team leader behind him and said, "Get off!"
"Hai!" The Japanese squad leader suddenly lowered his head, and immediately jumped down from the entrance of the tunnel with more than 20 old Japanese, and soon disappeared into the depths of the dark tunnel, less than half a cup of tea away.
Suddenly, fierce gunshots were heard from deep in the tunnel. The gunshots lasted for about ten seconds, and then silence returned.
After half a cup of tea, the Japanese team that had just entered the tunnel came back.
However, of the twenty-odd old Japanese who entered, only three came back alive. One of them was seriously injured, with a large gash in his abdomen and his intestines leaking out of his body. The leader, the second lieutenant,
Major Xiang Yejuzo said: "Sir, the tunnels inside extend in all directions, and there are Chinese people everywhere!"
"Baga!" Major Juzo Harano gritted his teeth and ordered, "Order the engineers to blow up the tunnel!"
"Hai!" The engineering team quickly brought the explosives down to the tunnel. With two loud bangs, a large section of the civil bunker covering the tunnel suddenly flew into the sky, but there was no trace of anything on the face of Major Juzo Harano.
He was overjoyed because he discovered that the tunnel was only covered with the simplest wooden planks and earthwork. Even if such a bunker was completely blown up, the Chinese could quickly repair it!
"Baga Yalu, the Chinese are cunning and cunning!" Major Juzo Harano gritted his teeth and said, "Order that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd squadrons will enter the tunnels in batches to conduct solemn operations at dawn.
Before that, we must clear out the Chinese who are stubbornly resisting in the tunnel, and the 4th Squadron will stay on guard!"
"Hai!" The three squadron captains behind him suddenly lowered their heads and immediately took the order and left.