"Division Commander, we can't continue fighting like this. In less than half an hour, each of the three armies suffered casualties of more than one company, but the troops only covered a distance of less than 100 meters. Keep fighting like this.
Go down, our troops will be wiped out before we capture Taiyuan City." Seeing that a battalion of troops was gone in the blink of an eye, Chief of Staff Li Qing, who had been standing beside Liu Hua, quickly reminded him.
"Order the three regiments to stop attacking and organize defense on the spot... Let all regiment leaders put down what they are doing and come to the south gate for a meeting." After listening to the chief of staff's suggestion, Liu Hua also fell silent and ordered loudly.
"Yes, division commander..." After hearing Liu Hua's order, Chief of Staff Li Qing couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and replied loudly. Ten minutes later, after receiving the order to cease fire, the three main regiments stabilized their positions.
Stop the attack and organize defense on the spot. Taiyuan City, which was still bustling with fighting just now, now has no more intense scenes except sporadic gunshots.
Soon, the leaders of each regiment, escorted by the security forces, arrived at the south gate where division commander Liu Hua was located.
"Comrades, I'm calling you over from the battlefield now. I won't tell you the reason, but you all know it. If the fight continues like this, let alone whether the little devil can stand it, just look at the current casualties. We will not be able to stand it first.
.As the saying goes, three cobblers are against one Zhuge Liang. Let’s discuss together what we should do next, how to persist in this street fight..." Seeing the several regiment leaders with smoke-filled faces in front of him, Liu
Hua said straight to the point.
However, as Liu Hua finished speaking, several regiment commanders lowered their heads and did not speak. Because everyone knew that the division commander was telling the truth. In the street fighting that lasted less than half an hour, his troops
More than one company of troops was lost. If this street battle really lasted for several more hours, how many of their troops would be left in the end? Several regiment commanders knew this fact better than anyone else.
"Why are you silent? Captain Shen Qinghua, please tell everyone what you think first..." Seeing the silence of the group leaders, Liu Hua also knew that this was a very difficult issue.
So, I started to click.
"Division Commander, Chief of Staff. I think the reason why we lost so much but achieved little results is that we are not familiar with the terrain, and the little devils, especially the expatriate armed forces, are almost invisible in these streets and alleys.
They can escape from our guns with their eyes closed. Many times, the soldiers don't know where the bullets were fired. Even if the soldiers find the attack target, after the troops surround them, the little Japanese will have already relied on their knowledge of the terrain.
He was familiar with the terrain and ran away. Therefore, I think that in order to solve the current predicament, we must first solve the disadvantage of the soldiers being unfamiliar with the terrain. "When he saw the division commander, he was the first to click on himself. The regiment leader Shen Qinghua stood up from the ground
He stood up and answered loudly.
"Yes, I also agree with Commander Shen's opinion. As long as our soldiers are familiar with the terrain, I can at least ensure that the ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves is one to one, instead of the current one to several..." After listening to the regiment Shen Qinghua
After a long analysis, the leader of the first division, He Zhiyuan, immediately stood up and said.
"Well, this is an important question. Are there any other questions? Ask all the questions you can think of?" Zhang Hua nodded, recorded the question in his notebook, and then asked.
"Commander, there is another problem, that is, the soldiers dare not let go and fight, but the Japs can shoot and throw grenades without restraint, killing and injuring our soldiers." Luo Zhihui, the commander of the second regiment, stood up and continued.
"Uh, why don't you dare to let go? Tell me specifically..." After hearing what the group leader Luo Zhihui said, Liu Hua frowned and asked quickly.
"Commander, it's like this. Since we launched a surprise attack, the common people basically had no time to evacuate and hid in their homes. In order not to hurt the common people or damage their homes, the soldiers did not dare to let go and fight back.
They don’t even dare to use grenades casually. But the little Japanese didn’t take this into consideration, so I think this is also an important situation that restricts our army at the moment." explained the regiment leader Luo Zhihui.
"Well, I understand. This is not only a reason, but also a very important reason...Comrades, do you have any other reasons?" Liu Hua nodded thoughtfully and recorded this reason in his
In his notebook, he continued to ask.
"Commander, I think these are the two reasons..." Seeing the questioning look in Division Commander Liu Hua's eyes, First Division Commander Sun Xingbang reminded.
"Okay, let's solve these two problems now. The first is the first one, how to make the soldiers familiar with the terrain..." After hearing Sun Xingbang's answer, Liu Hua nodded and said.
"Commander, why don't we find the comrades of the underground party in Taiyuan and ask them to give us some support... I think these comrades of the underground party have lived in Taiyuan City for a long time and must be very familiar with the streets and alleys of Taiyuan.
Familiar... In addition, we can also find some local people to help us." Chief of Staff Li Qing suggested.
"No, this method will never work. First of all, we cannot expose the underground party that our party has worked so hard to lurk just for this battle. Secondly, we must not recruit ordinary people. At this time, the little devils have already gone crazy.
Now, if we let them know that ordinary people are helping us, what do you think these little devils will do? I can't imagine, so I am the first to disagree with this method." After listening to the chief of staff's suggestion,
Liu Hua immediately denied it.
"Commander, can we ask the special operations brigade to provide us with some help? After all, the special operations brigade has lurked into Taiyuan City very early. I think that with the strength of the special operations brigade, it shouldn't take much to eliminate these *** expatriate armed forces.
What a big deal." Seeing that the chief of staff's opinion was rejected, the third regiment leader Wang Benqing suggested in a low voice.
"Yes, why did I forget about the special operations brigade? Communications staff, hurry up. Send a telegram to the special operations brigade in the city immediately and ask the captain Liu Xiaogang to come to the south gate immediately. Hurry up." After hearing Wang Benqing's reminder, Liu Hua immediately
After reacting, he slapped his head fiercely and ordered excitedly.
You must know that in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the special operations brigade, the special operations brigade not only conducted rigorous mountain and jungle warfare training, but more importantly, they also conducted specialized training in street fighting. It can be said that the several hundred people in the special operations brigade
, I dare not say anything else, but they are all top experts in street fighting and jungle fighting.
"Okay, comrades, we will continue to discuss the first issue after Captain Liu Xiaogang arrives. Now we will solve the second issue. How can we make the soldiers let go of the fight?" After solving the first issue, Liu Hua
His brows straightened out immediately, and he continued to ask several group leaders.
"Commander, this problem is really difficult to solve. The common people did not retreat. For the safety of the common people, during the battle, we tried our best not to threaten the lives of the common people. The soldiers could not let go at all." The second regiment leader who raised the question.
Luo Zhihui was the first to stand up and said.
"Yes, Commander, the soldiers are all constrained by some of the usual combat disciplines and cannot let go at all..." Shen Qinghua, the commander of the first regiment who had deep experience, also stood up and added.
"Okay, since you all think this is the reason, then I will issue a combat order now. Tell the soldiers, don't be afraid of destroying people's houses. If they are damaged, we can repair them. So, let the soldiers go.
Fight, if you can use grenades, use grenades for me. You must not show mercy to these little devils. However, you must not threaten the lives of ordinary people. This discipline must not be changed." After listening to what the two people said,
Division Commander Liu Hua thought for a while and answered affirmatively to several regiment leaders.
"Commander, don't worry. As long as the buildings can be destroyed, street fighting will be much easier. At that time, the soldiers will be able to pass through the walls and no longer have to attack one by one..." After hearing this, Liu
Commander He Zhiyuan responded excitedly to Hua's order. Obviously, his troops were also seriously troubled by this problem.
"Okay, the two main problems have been solved. Now you all discuss with each other to see if there are any other small problems. Whatever comes to mind, we will solve it..." In the next half hour,
Several regiment commanders and division commanders and chiefs of staff gathered together and began to solve the problems encountered in the street fighting, and solved them one by one.
"Report to the division commander, chief of staff, Liu Xiaogang of the special operations brigade has been ordered to report..." Just as several people were having a heated discussion, a loud report suddenly sounded at the door of the temporary conference room. Liu Xiaogang of the special operations brigade was heard.
The sound made everyone look over in unison.
I saw Liu Xiaogang of the Special Operations Brigade standing at the door of the headquarters with his face filled with gunpowder smoke. There was still a trace of blood on his face. What's more important, Liu Xiaogang was wearing the military uniform of a Japanese major officer.
"Captain Liu is here. Come in quickly, we are all waiting for you? What, why are you still wearing the uniform of a Jaap? It's quite scary." Seeing Liu Xiaogang's dress, division commander Liu Hua couldn't help but smile and said to
Everyone laughed and joked.
"Commander, you don't know, if I hadn't been wearing this little Japanese uniform, I would have been shot at many times on the road. However, along the way, because of this military uniform, not only were there no little Japanese who shot at me, but there were also many cold shots fired at me along the way.
I took care of a dozen of them...haha." Seeing that everyone was interested in the military uniform he was wearing, Liu Xiaogang explained with a smile.
"What, you said that when you wore this military uniform, the little Japs wouldn't shoot you coldly, and you also killed a dozen little Japs along the way? So, those little Japs you killed were their regular troops?" Liu Xiaogang listened.
Answer, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind, Liu Hua quickly asked with conviction.
"Commander, even if you don't ask this question, I still want to report to you. We killed 16 little Japs along the way. However, among the 16 little Japs, except for 4 Japanese field troops wearing military uniforms, the others seemed to be
They are all armed by Japanese expatriates. Unexpectedly, the little devil actually sent all his own expatriates to the battlefield." After hearing the division commander's question, Liu Xiaogang quickly expressed his doubts.
"Well, Captain Liu, we are already clear about the situation. Now we are worried about the affairs of these expatriates. No, there is really no way, so we have recruited you." After hearing Liu Xiaogang's affirmative answer, Liu Hua became even more worried.
Confirmed the thoughts in my heart.
"These foreigners, division commander, don't be joking. Except for some of these foreigners who are demobilized soldiers and have some combat effectiveness, the rest have no combat effectiveness at all and can only shoot." After hearing the answer from division commander Liu Hua, Liu Xiaogang did not dare
Said believingly.
"Haha, Chief of Staff, please tell Captain Liu about the situation we encountered," Liu Hua looked at the Chief of Staff next to him.
"Yes, division commander. Captain Liu, the situation is like this..." In less than a minute, the chief of staff briefly told Liu Xiaogang the situation encountered by the troops.
"Division commander, chief of staff, I understand. You want to use the special operations brigade's familiarity with Taiyuan to lead the main force to eliminate the remaining Japs in Taiyuan City." After hearing the introduction from the chief of staff, Liu Xiaogang, captain of the special operations brigade,
He immediately reacted and understood the teacher's intention of calling him here.
"Well, I only guessed half of it right, and there is another important reason. Captain Liu, I remember that your special operations brigade has specialized in jungle combat training and street combat training?" Liu Hua asked.
"Yes, Commander, the special operations brigade has specially conducted street fighting training." Liu Xiaogang replied affirmatively.
"Well, that's right. Not only will your special operations brigade lead the way for the three main groups this time. More importantly, your special operations brigade is the protagonist of this street battle. The three main groups are just following behind you.
, pick up the fish that slipped through the net, do you understand what I mean?" You must know that Liu Hua's decision can not only eliminate the remaining enemies in the city in the shortest possible time, but more importantly, it can reduce the casualties of the main forces.
"Yes, Commander, the special operations brigade guarantees to complete the mission..." Hearing that the division commander actually asked his special operations brigade to play the leading role, Liu Xiaogang couldn't help but get excited and replied loudly.
"Well, there is one more thing, that is, what happened on the way here just now inspired me. When the little devils see the military uniform on your body, they will not take a cold shot at you, especially those armed expatriates. So, in order to be more
Let's kill the enemy and wipe out the remaining enemies in the city. I suggest that your special operations team all change into Japanese military uniforms. However, in order to prevent chaos and avoid accidental injuries, everyone must tie a towel on their arm." Liu Hua said loudly.
commanded.
"Yes, division commander, the special operations brigade promises to complete the mission." Ten minutes later, in Taiyuan City, where the fighting had stopped for almost an hour, a burst of fierce gunfire rang out again. The three main regiments and the three squadrons of the special operations brigade
With the cooperation of the police, they quickly moved toward the center of Taiyuan City.
Since the special operations team members were all wearing Japanese military uniforms and running in front of the Japanese division's attacking troops, the little Japanese or expatriate armed forces hiding in alleys and houses mistakenly thought that these "retreating troops" were retreating.
The "Imperial Army" was dispersed by the Eighth Route Army not far away, and came to rescue them. However, what was waiting for the little devil was either a grenade or a pair of shining bayonets.
"Baga, they are not the imperial army, they are eight..." Just when those little devils discovered the true identities of the special forces members and were about to call the police to the surrounding soldiers, it was already too late.
It had already been stabbed into their chests or directly cut their necks.
As for the three main regiments following closely behind the special operations group, what they need to do at this time is to clean up the battlefield or clean up the scattered enemies that the special operations group has missed.
In this way, in front of these street fighting elites, those armed expatriates with almost no fighting capacity were sent back to their hometowns by the soldiers without any resistance. Only some real Japanese field troops were hidden in the alleys.
, can cause minor casualties to the soldiers. However, for such a regular army, the team members do not need to fight hard. The team members only need to surround them and hand them over to the follow-up main force, while they continue to move forward.
..
The entire street battle, with the help of the special operations brigade, lasted less than an hour. More than a thousand armed expatriates died under the bayonets of the special operations team members. More importantly, in the
The entire Japanese military headquarters in the center of Taiyuan was already far away and came into the sight of the soldiers.
"Comrades, the Japanese Army Headquarters is right in front of you. For the final victory, charge and crush the Japanese Army Headquarters..." With the orders one after another, the soldiers were like leopards, charging towards the last position held by the Japanese army.
The stronghold was rushed over.
"Da da da..." However, what greeted the soldiers was not the open headquarters door, but a dense rain of bullets. Under the crazy shooting of the Japanese troops in the stronghold, the soldiers at the front were mowed down one by one.
On the ground.
"Quickly, retreat, retreat..." Seeing the last stronghold of the Japanese army, the courtyard wall that was just bare just now, black shooting holes suddenly appeared, and dense tongues of fire spewed out. Commanders at all levels couldn't help but
They were shocked and ordered loudly.
However, no matter what, nearly a hundred soldiers fell in a pool of blood in the face of the sudden firepower of the Japanese army. In the open space outside the enemy headquarters, the corpses of nearly a hundred soldiers fell densely.
"Damn, you bastard...Who gave the charge order? Who..." Liu Hua, who was rushing over, saw the corpses of the soldiers on the ground. He couldn't help but became furious and faced the few people in front of him.
The group leader just cursed loudly.
"Commander, you punished us all because of me. I didn't underestimate the enemy's situation and blindly ordered the soldiers to attack, which caused such huge losses." Seeing the angry-faced division commander, several regiment commanders were afraid.
Come on. Finally, the commander of the first division, Sun Xingbang, stood up and broke the silence and said.