The dilapidated village was filled with flames and thick smoke billowing into the sky. The dark night was illuminated and the sound of gunfire became sparse. Yang Ling recruited several company commanders to discuss strategies to attack the hospital, while the Japanese soldiers seized the time to consolidate their defenses and lick their wounds.
The landlord's courtyard occupied by the Japs is located in the center of the village. It has a solid and thick brick structure and a lookout hole on the wall. It has now become a shooting hole for the Japs. The light and heavy machine guns stretched out along the lookout hole and became the king of hell. Yang Ling and the others
But nothing can be done.
Major Shotaro Azuma personally participated in the battle. His khaki military uniform was so dirty that the original color could not be distinguished. His face was also scratched by the explosion, making him look even more ferocious. Under the dim light, his bloodshot face
The eyes make people shudder.
Higashikata Taro has never fought such a useless battle. In the past, they were chasing the Chinese army, but now the offensive and defensive positions have changed. They are blocked in this small courtyard by Yang Ling and others, and have become turtles in a jar. How frustrating it must be.
How frustrating.
For the proud and arrogant Azuma Taro, this is a shame! He will pay it back a hundredfold!
Although the boat capsized in the ditch and was surrounded by the Chinese army, and the entire army could be destroyed at any time, he did not panic and still maintained the calmness that a commander should have.
"Has the telegram been sent?" Higashishotaro raised his head and asked.
"Sir, the dispatch has been sent out. Each squadron is returning for reinforcements. We will arrive here before dawn."
He continued to ask: "Has Chief Changmura responded?"
"The chief of the village agrees with your plan of encircling us on all sides and blooming in the center. He has sent a cavalry squadron for reinforcements."
Major Shotaro Azuma waved his hand and asked the second lieutenant to go down.
Faced with the predicament, Major Shotaro Higashi not only remained calm in the face of danger and led his men to break out without panic, but also formulated a counterattack plan in a short period of time, which was to encircle on all sides and bloom in the center.
He used himself as a bait to hold on to the compound to hold back Yang Ling and the others, and then let the reinforcements carry out a counter-encirclement and completely annihilated Yang Ling's more than a thousand defeated troops.
This plan is very risky, because he is a bait and will be destroyed if he is not careful. However, in order to eliminate more than a thousand Chinese defeated troops, he decided to take the risk.
"Everyone put weapons on the wall and hold on! As long as we hold on until dawn, we will win!" Higashi Shotaro ordered in a deep voice.
Following his order, except for the wounded soldiers who were seriously injured and unable to move, everyone in the brigade took their guns and climbed onto the courtyard wall, preparing to defend to the death.
The Japanese soldiers were busy consolidating the yard's defense line, constantly carrying ammunition, and loading sandbags to block the gate. Outside the yard, Yang Ling also gathered with several company commanders to discuss how to attack.
Company commander Li Tiezhu was killed in the battle, and several other company commanders were injured because they took the lead in the attack. At this moment, they gathered around Yang Ling, feeling deeply depressed.
More than 800 of them attacked the unsuspecting Japs and fought such a bad battle. Not only did they suffer heavy losses, but they also overwhelmed the Japs and made them unable to attack. They all felt shameless, too useless, and too frustrated.
Yang Ling looked at the frustrated company commanders and naturally knew what they were thinking, but the battle ended like this due to many factors.
In addition to the fact that he, the commander, was too anxious, the attack was out of touch, lacked coordination, the firepower was not concentrated, and the Japanese reacted quickly... The battle exposed many problems in the army, and it was necessary to sum up experience and lessons after the war, because no army
They are born to win battles. They need to sum up experience from these lessons and continue to hone and grow before they can become an iron-blooded and victorious army. But now they still have a long way to go.
The summary of experience is after the war, not during the war, so Yang Ling does not want to discuss why the attack failed at this moment, he only wants to discuss the current problems.
Yang Ling didn't have time to beat around the bush and asked directly: "How to attack the yard? Tell me what you think."
Company Commander Qin Shou saw that no one spoke for a long time, coughed and spoke first: "Batalion Commander, we are just rushing to break out of the encirclement. Almost all the Japs in the village are dead, not to mention the few in the yard. They can't stop us now."
We have broken through, why should we fight with them?"
Yang Ling turned his attention to the other company commanders: "Do you also mean to withdraw? Not to fight?"
Liu Yidao replied angrily: "Brother Li Tiezhu's body is still in that yard. We have killed so many brothers and we can't exterminate the little devils in the yard. I can't swallow this breath!"
"Old Wu, what about you?"
"You can try to attack a few more times. If it doesn't work, there is no need to send all the brothers in. The Japanese reinforcements will surely arrive soon."
Yang Dashu said to himself: "All the brothers in our machine gun platoon are dead, and we have to let the little devil pay with his blood."
"Okay, let's attack a few more times." Seeing that most people were unwilling to retreat in such despair, Yang Ling took a deep breath and set the tone.
Although they decided to attack, the Japanese now occupy the landlord's compound and have turned it into a fortress. If they want to break this hard nut, they will definitely not be able to attack forcefully because the losses will be too great.
"How about I take the demolition team to blow up the wall?" Liu Yidao suggested.
Yang Ling shook his head: "I'm afraid it was beaten into pieces by heavy machine guns before we even got close to the wall. Besides, we don't know how thick the wall is. Going up hastily will only increase casualties."
"Then how can we fight..."
Just when everyone was frowning, Liu Yidao suddenly slapped his thigh and stood up: "I remember there are cannons in the yard over there, let's blast him with cannons!"
"Where are the cannons?" Yang Ling was puzzled, because from the beginning to the end of the battle, he had not seen any cannons there.
"It's sitting in the yard over there. There are two of them, and several boxes of artillery shells. I saw them while clearing out the remaining Japanese soldiers in the yard."
Yang Ling was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly asked Liu Yidao to lead the way. Soon they arrived at the camp yard of the Japanese artillery team. Two Type 92 infantry cannons were still covered with raincloths and placed in the yard.
Their initial raid was carried out too quickly, and the Japanese artillery squad was wiped out by grenades before it even started.
Yang Ling stroked the cold metal barrel, smiled happily, and said, "Get it out, and let's blast it with cannons!"
The Japanese soldiers were guarding the courtyard wall. When they saw Yang Ling and others moving forward, grenade launchers and machine guns came over. Bullets were flying everywhere, and grenades destroyed two nearby houses.
Yang Ling looked at the arrogant Japanese soldiers with a sneer, and directed the soldiers to fix the hoe, adjust the shooting angle, and load the ammunition into the chamber.
Boom - the earth shook and the mountains shook. Seventy-millimeter high-explosive bombs roared past the collapsed houses and landed in the landlord's compound. Flames shot into the sky and smoke filled the air. Several wounded Japanese soldiers lying in the yard were immediately rescued.
It was blown to pieces, and there was a rain of blood in the yard.
"Okay! Hit!" Watching the cannonball fall into the landlord's compound, screams came from inside, Liu Yidao shouted loudly, while Major Higashi Shotaro in the yard was so shocked that he couldn't speak. How could the Chinese army have
gun?
"Load!" After the test firing, Yang Ling adjusted the firing angle and ordered again, and another high-explosive bomb was loaded into the barrel.