As Colonel Nakamoto's request for assistance telegram was handed over to the commander, Commander Tada Shunaka, the chief of staff standing in front of the commander was once again scolded by Commander Tada Shunchuo. Of course, facing the full face
The commander and chief of staff, whose angry faces could explode at any time, could only swallow their anger and lower their heads.
"Chief of Staff, these are five thousand elite Imperial soldiers. No matter what, we cannot lose so many outstanding Imperial soldiers at once. Our North China garrison can no longer afford to lose so many troops. Therefore, Chief of Staff,
What do you think we should do now, how to rescue these five thousand elite imperial troops?" Commander Tada Shun asked loudly.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander. The nearest reinforcements to Zhongyang Town now, even by car, will take at least a day. It can be said that water far away cannot quench the thirst of the people nearby. I think our top priority at the moment is to order the Zhongyang Regiment to do its best.
Concentrate our forces wherever possible and stand by for reinforcements. After dawn, our aviation forces can be dispatched in large numbers to provide fire support to the Zhongben Wing. At the same time, we can also take advantage of this opportunity to send a large number of reinforcements to reinforce Zhongyang Town.
Let's have a big decisive battle with the main force of the Independent Division in the Zhongyang Town area." The chief of staff replied loudly.
"Yoshi, this is the best way at the moment. Chief of Staff, I will teach you this. As soon as it gets dark, order the Taiyuan aviation force to attack and reinforce the Nakamoto Wing." Commander Tada Shundian
He nodded and said affirmatively.
"Hi, Commander. Please rest assured, Commander, I will definitely complete the mission..." However, can the Nakamoto Regiment, which Tada Jun is worried about, be able to persist until dawn surrounded by independent heavy troops? You know,
At this time, there were still almost five hours until dawn the next day. Five hours was enough for the independent division to eat all the little Japanese, which had less than 4,000 people left.
"Division Commander, Brigadier Shen sent a telegram saying that the little Japanese Kwantung Army brigade has been nearly wiped out due to the counterattack of our anti-aircraft machine gun battalion. In addition, all 12 tanks of the Japanese tank squadron have lost their combat effectiveness and have been destroyed.
Our army's anti-aircraft machine guns were destroyed. In addition, according to reports from scouts everywhere, the Japs have stopped attacking Zhongyang Town and are now shrinking their forces and are waiting for reinforcements..." The chief of staff came with a telegram.
He arrived in front of Liu Hua and reported.
"Well, the little Japs only know how to shrink their troops now, but it seems to be too late. I ordered all the mortars attached to the troops to carry out a five-minute shelling on the little Japs' assembly area to give them some energy first.
"Liu Hua showed a smile on his lips and ordered to the chief of staff in front of him.
"Yes, division commander, I will go and deliver the order right away..." The chief of staff turned and left the headquarters.
Seeing the chief of staff leaving in a hurry, Liu Hua looked at Huang Zhengqing, the commander of the first regiment of the security brigade beside him: 'Captain Huang, have you completed everything I asked you to do?'
"Report to the division commander, everything has been completed. All 18 anti-aircraft machine guns have been deployed on the 18 captured cars, and the attack can begin at any time." Huang Zhengqing replied loudly.
It turned out that just when Zhang Hua led the Guard Brigade to the outer positions of the Little Japanese Army, the 24 vehicles left behind by the Japanese army were easily captured by the soldiers without any surprise. Seeing that the 24 vehicles in front of him were intact
The undamaged car, and then look at the 18 anti-aircraft machine guns of the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion of the anti-aircraft regiment behind him. Zhang Hua suddenly thought of the off-road vehicles that were common in later generations and were specially used for assault missions.
Therefore, the guard regiment was immediately ordered to cooperate with the soldiers of the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion to mount 18 anti-aircraft machine guns on the top of the car. They were ready to use 18 "vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns" to open a breakthrough for the troops.
"Uh? That's so fast. Come on, take me over and take a look..." Liu Hua said excitedly when he heard that all 18 anti-aircraft machine guns had been mounted on the car. He turned and walked outside the headquarters.
When I came to the car modification yard, as soon as I walked in the door, I saw two rows of neatly arranged large trucks. However, at this time, the large trucks had completely changed their appearance, and they were piled everywhere.
The huge anti-aircraft machine gun was fixed on the ceiling of the cab by the soldiers, and the sides were reinforced to a certain extent with sandbags. Even the position where the machine gunner stood was blocked with sandbags.
It is tightly protected by a wall. It can be said that unless there is a sharpshooter sniping from the front. Otherwise, the machine gunner standing in the machine gun bunker surrounded by sandbags will definitely not be in any danger.
"Well, you did a good job. When the time comes, we will rely on 18 modified cars to eliminate the little devils in front of us... Captain Huang, let me drive all the cars to the front line. The battle will begin soon."
Come on..." Looking at the heavily armed truck in front of him, Liu Hua nodded in approval. He then ordered to Huang Zhengqing in front of him.
"Yes, Commander...Boom, boom, boom..." Just when Huang Zhengqing turned around and was about to order the car to start, there were sudden bursts of huge explosions from the Jaap position one kilometer away.
"Haha, our artillery has started shelling. Captain Huang, hurry up. Guards, go to the front line to direct the battle..." Liu Hua spoke and ran away in a hurry, ignoring the guards who were about to stop him.
He got out and ran towards the place where the gunshots were heard.
Soon, Liu Hua ran out of the village where the headquarters was stationed. Arriving at the forefront of the entire army, Zhang Hua quickly raised the telescope in his hand. He saw that the Japanese position 600 meters away had been shelled by artillery shells.
The flames generated by the continuous explosions were brightly illuminated. The panicked little Japanese soldiers were running back and forth on their own positions. The Japanese soldiers lying on the ground were blown directly into the sky by the huge air waves...
However, this scene did not last long, because the shelling time ordered by Liu Hua was only five minutes. After five minutes, the intensive artillery fire slowly stopped. However, this sudden five-minute artillery fire destroyed the assembly.
The position containing more than 3,000 Japs was blown into ruins.
Under the reflection of the continuous burning fire on the position, the corpses of little Japanese were scattered all over the position. One after another, damaged weapons were blown up all over the place. It can be imagined that in just five minutes,
Shelling, how many little Japs fell into this dense artillery fire.
"Baghaya Road, how is it possible? In just five minutes of shelling, the Imperial Japanese Army lost half of its brigade. Chief of Staff, stop joking, it's absolutely impossible." After listening to the results reported by the Chief of Staff,
The commander of the alliance, Colonel Nakamoto, couldn't believe it even if he was killed... because, in just five minutes of shelling, more than 500 imperial warriors fell in a pool of blood. More importantly, for this
In this battle, the large amount of ammunition reserves they carried were also completely destroyed in the shelling just now.
"Hey, Captain, these are all true. The Eighth Route Army used more than 50 mortars of various calibers. At the same time, the bombardment came very suddenly. Many Imperial Army soldiers fell to the ground before they could react.
, were killed by this intensive artillery fire. At the same time, the enemy's artillery fire detonated the reserve ammunition we carried. Several hundred rounds of artillery shells and hundreds of thousands of bullets piled on the position exploded at the same time. At least there were
A squadron of elite imperial troops was shattered by the explosion of ammunition." Seeing the disbelieving commander, the chief of staff explained with certainty.
"Bagya Road, the cunning Eighth Route Army, why don't they act according to common sense? No, Chief of Staff, immediately order the remaining troops to assemble. The Eighth Route Army will definitely launch a charge after the shelling. The commander asked us to hold on until dawn.
Reinforcements will arrive. Quickly, order the remaining soldiers to build fortifications on the spot immediately to block the Eighth Route Army's attack." Colonel Nakamoto, the commander of the regiment, continued to order.
At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops in the other three directions of Zhongyang Town had been completely divided and surrounded by the two reinforced brigades and the first brigade in the town. Three brigades with nearly 10,000 troops were waiting for the division commander.
Liu Hua's order can wipe out all the more than 3,000 puppet troops in the three encirclement circles.
Soon, Liu Hua's general offensive order was conveyed to the hands of three brigade commanders. Three brigades, one brigade was responsible for more than a thousand puppet troops in an encirclement. As a signal flare was launched into the sky, three brigade commanders were surrounded.
On the Eighth Route Army's position, guns and artillery fired at the same time. They fired dense bullets at the Japanese and puppet troops in front of them. They tried their best to use all kinds of firepower in their hands to kill and injure the more than 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops in front of them.
Just after the troops concentrated fire for almost ten minutes, the Japanese and puppet troops in the entire encirclement were already in chaos and began to run around holding their heads. The entire defensive formation was completely overwhelmed by the dense firepower net of the soldiers.
Chaos. As the saying goes, while you are in chaos, you will be killed. Just when the Japanese and puppet troops in the encirclement were in chaos, a loud charge trumpet spread throughout the position. Thousands of soldiers, shouting slogans, followed
Following the pace of the Charge, they launched a charge towards the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the encirclement.
At this time, after just ten minutes of rapid fire attacks, the puppet troops in the encirclement had long been frightened and fled, and they had no courage to continue to resist. Seeing the warriors who were as powerful as tigers, these puppet troops
They had already knelt on the ground and began to beg for mercy. There were only about a hundred little Japs left, still holding the bayonets in their hands desperately, howling and launching a countercharge towards the soldiers, hoping to fight to the death with them.
Facing more than a hundred little Japanese who wanted to fight with bayonets in front of them, the soldiers were certainly not polite. After completely surrounding them, they all raised their rifles, and the light machine guns began to call them by name. It took less than a minute.
, more than a hundred little Japs were killed by the soldiers, not even a single wounded person was left behind.
"Reporting to the division commander, the fighting in the other three directions of Zhongyang Town has ended. 821 Japanese soldiers were wiped out by the soldiers, 654 puppet troops were eliminated, and the remaining 2,654 people, including the wounded, were all killed by our army.
Prisoners. This is a telegram jointly sent by three brigade commanders. At present, except for leaving a small number of troops to clean the battlefield and guard the prisoners, the remaining troops of the three brigades have all sent us under the leadership of their respective brigade commanders.
The pressure is coming from here. The three thousand little Japs in front of us have been completely surrounded by my more than 10,000 troops." As the gunfire from three sides of Zhongyang Town ended, Chief of Staff Li Qing took a telegram.
, came to Liu Hua with excitement on his face and reported loudly.
"Good fight... Send a report to the three brigade commanders and let them take the troops to rest for half an hour. After half an hour, all the artillery fire will be shelling the little devils in front of them for ten minutes, and then the troops will launch a general attack
"Each unit must annihilate the remaining three thousand Japs in front of them within two hours." Liu Hua nodded and ordered loudly.
"Yes, Commander..." Li Qing replied loudly.
Half an hour is very precious to the soldiers. During this half hour, almost every soldier on the battlefield sat quietly in his fighting position, eating supplies.
He took the dry food he had just distributed to replenish the physical strength consumed by the battle. At the same time, he checked his weapons and slowly waited for the time of the general attack.
However, half an hour was a very long time for Colonel Nakamoto, the Japanese commander. When he learned that more than 3,000 puppet troops, together with a group of imperial troops, had already arrived in the other three directions of Zhongyang Town.
When the entire army was destroyed, Colonel Nakamoto's first thought was that he was finished and his military career was finished.
However, to his surprise, after the Eighth Route Army eliminated the Japanese and puppet troops in the other three directions of Zhongyang Town, it did not take advantage of the situation and launch an attack on its main force. But just after the Eighth Route Army stopped attacking
During the attack, the remaining three thousand men in his hands had already built a simple defense fortification around him. Looking at the defense fortification in front of him, the commander of the company, Colonel Nakamoto, who had been nervous, felt a little relieved.
Colonel Nakamoto, who had looked desperate just now, slowly regained a little confidence. However, the next wait made him feel extremely uncomfortable. Because he knew that the reason why the Eighth Route Army did not launch an attack was because
Replenish your physical strength and give yourself the most fatal blow when the time comes. And you, like a prisoner waiting to die, have to sit in this tight circle surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, quietly waiting for the Eighth Route Army's attack
.
Even during the painful waiting process, I had to keep praying to Amaterasu, praying that my troops could block the Eighth Route Army's attack. I allowed myself to continue to hold on for the next few hours, waiting for the support of the plane the next day. However,
, his wish was shattered at this moment.
Because at this moment, due east of where he was holding his position, three bright signal flares were launched into the sky. Three explosions sounded like "bang bang bang". Then, there were bursts of sharp whistling sounds in the sky.
, Anyone with a little military knowledge knows that the artillery shells that can make such a loud whistling sound are not large-caliber howitzers. They can only produce the effect if groups of artillery shells are fired together.
"Bage Ya Road, the Eighth Route Army has started shelling, hurry up, hide quickly...boom boom boom boom..." Hearing the roar, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Nakamoto, couldn't help but turned pale and shouted loudly at the soldiers on the position.
Said. Before he finished speaking, a burst of dense explosions reached his ears. Even himself, when the explosions sounded, it was as if someone had pushed him hard.
fell to the ground.
Colonel Nakamoto, the commander of the regiment, hugged his head and lay tightly on the ground. Hearing the screams of the surrounding soldiers and the explosion of artillery shells, Colonel Nakamoto knew that at this time, at least nearly a hundred artillery pieces of various types were firing at them.
Countless artillery shells poured down on my position. One hundred artillery pieces, even if each shell only killed one imperial soldier, after ten rounds of artillery shells, one-third of my troops would be gone. Thinking of this,
Colonel Nakamoto, who was thrown to the ground, was frightened for a while. However, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side seemed to have an unusually large supply of artillery shells. Five minutes had passed since the entire bombardment, and there was still no intention of stopping. Colonel Nakamoto, who was lying on the ground,
, I even considered having a caesarean section on the spot.
Finally, in the painful suffering of the commander, Colonel Nakamoto, the intensive gunfire finally became sparse. At the same time, he was also helped up by the guards around him. However, when he stood up from the ground
, the scene on the entire position shocked him.
Although there were no big craters on the position, the intensive artillery fire, especially the small-caliber artillery fire that fired in a straight direction, caused a lot of damage to his troops. The entire position was littered with stumps broken off by artillery fire.
Broken arms, corpses that were mutilated by bombs, guns that were damaged by bombs... What's even more horrific is the recently dug trench around the position, because no anti-gun holes were dug.
It can be said that the little Japanese in the trench became a target for the artillery. After only ten minutes of artillery bombardment, a layer of corpses of imperial soldiers was spread out in a trench nearly a kilometer long...
At this time, there was no time for the commander of the company, Colonel Nakamoto, to continue to mourn. Because around him, the unique charge horn sounded when the Eighth Route Army charged. Hearing the charge horn, the commander ignored his own image and faced
The chief of staff behind him shouted loudly: "Bage Ya Road, the Eighth Route Army is extremely cunning... Chief of Staff, order the remaining soldiers to enter the position immediately, and the Eighth Route Army begins to attack."
As a result, there were less than 2,000 little Japs left in the entire position. Under the command of officers at all levels, they stepped on the corpses of the imperial soldiers and entered the shallow trenches. They raised their rifles and prepared to resist. However,
, as time passed by, no Eighth Route Army soldiers charging with bayonets appeared in front of the little devil. Instead, more than a dozen trucks lined up in a row, making a huge roar, and slowly moved toward