Chapter 229: Breakthrough War of Counter-Encirclement and Suppression (3)
Chapter 229: Breakout Battle of Counter-Encirclement and Suppression (3)
Finally, an hour later, when only more than 300 soldiers were still holding on to the position, reinforcements led by Liu Hua appeared in everyone's sight.
"Captain Shen, how is the situation?" Liu Hua asked directly, looking at the dilapidated position that was constantly being bombarded by the enemy.
"Commander, what a disaster! The Japanese army concentrated nearly a hundred grenades and mortars, launched continuous artillery bombardments on the position, and launched squadron-sized charges! Now only the two battalions I led are left. There are so many people. If you had come a little later, the position would have been breached."
"Order the third battalion to take over the position of the first regiment. Now we can only hold on for one night by taking him by surprise, defeating him, and scaring the little devil. You can reorganize the remaining soldiers who can charge into a battalion. The reorganization is complete. Look for me. The artillery battalion will immediately set up positions, targets, and the enemy's main force. Follow my orders to fire, and everyone will split up." After a while, Shen Qinghua, commander Wang Benqing, and the artillery battalion commander came to him.
"Commander, there are 352 people left in the two battalions who can participate in the battle. I have reorganized them into three companies." Shen Qinghua reported.
"The first battalion has taken over the position and is blocking the enemy on the position in company units." The third regiment leader reported.
"Commander, the artillery battalion is ready for battle and can fire at any time..." the artillery battalion commander reported.
"Okay, very good...Comrades, the biggest threat to our position now is the Japanese's nearly a hundred grenades and mortars. I believe that if we eliminate them, our blockade tonight will be much easier. Now. I order: Captain Shen, take the three companies you just reorganized to bypass the frontal position and ambush around the Japanese. After the artillery fires, rush out. Order the soldiers to concentrate their firepower and pretend to be a counterattack. But remember, Your mission is not to destroy the Japs, but to follow the artillery fire to take advantage and scare the Japs."
"Yes, Commander"
"Commander Wang Benqing, you and the remaining two battalions also bypass the frontal positions, ambush near the Japanese artillery position, fire at the artillery battalion, and when the main Japanese force has no time to take care of it, rush out, eliminate the Japanese artillery, and then kill them. All the equipment we could bring back was brought back, and all the equipment that could not be brought back was blown up."
"Yes, Commander." Wang Benqing replied excitedly. Because in the siege battle that just ended, his third regiment basically had no results, and now it finally has a mission. Can you not be excited?
"I'll give you twenty minutes to prepare. After twenty minutes, the attack will begin. Everyone will split up." Liu Hua ordered.
"Yes, Commander." Soon, the two men led the troops away from the position and disappeared into the darkness.
Looking at the position less than 200 meters away, the explosion of artillery shells, the sound of gunfire, and the shouts of soldiers were heard.
Liu Hua led the last unit around him and the close guard company towards the artillery fire position. Dodging the falling artillery shells, Liu Hua finally reached the front line, hid in an anti-artillery hole, and began to observe carefully The enemies on the battlefield were identified. Soon, a battalion commander ran over.
"Oh my god! Commander, why are you here? It's so dangerous here. If you have a problem, how can I explain it to the regimental commander, political commissar and other leaders!" Seeing the commander, the battalion commander complained.
"Okay, now is not the time to talk about this, and we won't do it next time! How is the situation now?" Liu Hua asked with an anxious look on his face.
"Commander, the situation is very bad. There is a squadron of Japanese troops in front of us, and now there are about two squads of troops left! They are fighting to the death! What's even more hateful is that the Japanese artillery fire has almost never stopped. You see,
While we were talking, several soldiers fell down." The first battalion commander said gloomily.
"Well, just hold on for more than ten minutes. Also, organize two companies. While the artillery fire is waiting, rush out and eliminate the two teams of Japanese in front of you. The guard company is under your command. Do you have the confidence to complete it?
Mission." Liu Hua ordered.
"Yes, Commander. Promise to complete the mission."
"Okay, go down and get ready!" Liu Hua said, and began to wait for the final bombardment.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Liu Hua, who had been waiting anxiously, finally heard the sound of shelling from the artillery position behind him. A group of 36 artillery shells, without test firing, flew towards the main position of the Japanese army.
As the artillery shells landed, dozens of gorgeous fireworks exploded from the Japanese position, and at the same time, there was a rain of blood on the Japanese position.
"Baga, what happened?" Sakai asked eagerly when he saw that the front of his unit was plunged into a sea of flames, and the entire First Battalion seemed to be affected.
"Brigade commander, we must have been shelled by the Chinese army, and reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army have arrived." The chief of staff nearby judged with certainty.
"Baga, the Chinese army has artillery! Quick, order all the troops to retreat and get out of the range of the Chinese army's artillery! Quick..." Sakai roared loudly.
"Hi! Brigade commander..." the chief of staff turned to give the order.
In less than a few minutes, the entire main force of the Japanese army began to move. Each brigade retreated one after another. Even the first brigade that was shelled started to fight independently after receiving the order and began to retreat.
Of course, the retreat of the Japanese army also provided a good opportunity for the soldiers who were preparing to launch a charge. Just when the first brigade fell into chaos due to the retreat, their back suddenly remembered the loud charge horn, and then
It was fierce gunfire and shouts of death mixed with the explosion of falling shells.
As the charge sounded, the Japanese troops at the rear of the retreat were defeated one after another, and fierce artillery fire poured shells into the Japanese group faster and faster. The explosion of shells, the sound of machine gun fire, and the shouts of the soldiers
The sounds of killing and the wails of his own soldiers... all reached Erduo Li, the captain of the first brigade who was organizing the retreat of the troops. His anxious heart became even more anxious. Looking at the artillery fire getting closer and closer to him, the captain completely
The calmness just now is gone.
"Baga, we are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army! Retreat quickly... Hurry..." Before he could finish his words, he retreated to the rear under the cover of the guards. Several squadron leaders, seeing their captain taking the lead in the retreat, also led them
He began to retreat hastily with the soldiers he could find.
Immediately, under the cover of artillery fire, a rare scene appeared on the highway: Thousands of Japanese troops retreated in panic under the pursuit of hundreds of Chinese troops, forgetting to even fight back. Of course, Shen Qinghua knew very well that he
He knew that as long as the Japanese army reacted, the few troops in his hands would die without a burial place.
So when the troops were chasing almost 500 meters, Mingzhi ordered the troops to stop the pursuit, quickly clean the battlefield, collect the weapons and ammunition that the Japanese had dropped along the way, and quickly retreat to their positions.
When the first regiment launched the charge, the three regiments and two battalions that were also ambushing the Japanese artillery position also launched the charge. At this time, nearly a hundred Japanese grenade mortars were placed in two rows in front of the position.
Meters away, an artillery force of nearly 300 people was taking turns firing artillery shells at the position. No one noticed the two battalions slowly approaching from their flanks.
Finally, the artillery attack on the main force of the Japanese army began. Just when they received the request from the brigade commander to retreat, six buglers from the two battalions blew the charge horn at the same time. The loud sound of the horn echoed throughout the battlefield.
"Come on... click, click, click..." With several machine guns in front, the soldiers jumped up from the grass where they were hiding and rushed towards the Japanese artillery position.
Intense machine gun fire swept towards the Japanese troops who were busy retreating. Suddenly, a dozen soldiers on the edge of the position fell in a pool of blood. When had those artillery personnel ever seen such a formation? Although they had received basic infantry training
They were trained and issued with guns, but in terms of combat effectiveness, they were less than half that of the infantry, let alone the Eighth Route Army, which had three times its own strength.
At this moment, several companies outflanking from both wings successfully joined together. At this time, these hundreds of artillerymen completely entered the encirclement of the soldiers and became the meat of the soldiers. Nearly a thousand soldiers, with
Hand grenades, machine guns, slowly compressed the hundreds of artillery without heavy weapons, and eliminated them bit by bit.
Similarly, a battalion holding its position also launched a charge against the Japanese army of less than a hundred people in front of the position. After leaving enough troops to hold the position, the two companies were like two sharp knives, starting from the two wings, directly inserting into the two wings of the Japanese army, and they
They started close combat and fought with bayonets... At the cost of nearly a platoon of casualties, the Japanese army was completely wiped out.
Half an hour passed, and the battlefield slowly became quiet and fell into darkness again. The attacking soldiers began to come back one after another. Looking at the excited soldiers one by one, Liu Hua knew that the assault on the Japanese was a victory.
"Commander, what a joy! I have never fought such a joyful battle. I never thought that we could defeat the Japanese army." Shen Qinghua, the commander of the first regiment who was responsible for the main attack on the Japanese army, was no longer alive because of the casualties of most of his subordinates just now.
disappointed, but said excitedly.
"Haha, Commander Shen, don't be too happy. Today, the Japanese army just doesn't have heavy fire support and they don't know our strength. Otherwise, your troops wouldn't be enough to fill Sakai's teeth. How about it? What's the result of the troops?" Liu Hua
He poured a basin of cold water on Shen Qinghua and said.
"Commander, we lost 32 people. Preliminary statistics show that at least 400 Japanese soldiers died under our artillery fire and our attack. In addition, we captured eight enemy heavy machine guns and a batch of other weapons and ammunition. We have not yet calculated the details."
Although criticized, Shen Qinghua still answered excitedly.
"Okay! 8 heavy machine guns, this is the best weapon for defense! Now we are even more guaranteed to hold our position. Commander Wang, what about you?" Liu Hua also said happily.
"Commander, the mission was successfully completed. All 322 Japanese troops were eliminated, and there were 52 casualties. More than 40 grenade launchers, 20 mortars, and a batch of ammunition were seized. All other weapons were destroyed during the battle."