Eight hundred and sixtieth chapters attacking troops
It was late at night, and the cold wind was biting in the quiet wilderness. Amidst the whistling cold wind, there was a faint sound of rustling feet stepping on withered grass, and it soon disappeared without a trace.
Eight companies of guerrilla officers and soldiers marched in the dark wilderness. The entire marching team was silent, and there was a heavy murderous intention hidden in the solemn atmosphere.
The target of Yang Ling and others is Huaiyin. It is easy to expose the team due to crowds of people during the day, so most of their operations are carried out at night.
At night, with the cover of darkness, the enemy can be caught unawares, and even if the operation fails, they can evacuate quickly. Therefore, the guerrillas usually train mostly in night operations.
Although the Japanese soldiers have high military literacy and strong combat effectiveness, it is difficult for the artillery to calibrate the shooting parameters at night and provide effective support to the infantry, so most of them fight during the day.
Although the little devils try their best to avoid night battles, it does not mean that the little devils will not fight at night. Therefore, Yang Ling and the others must ensure that the attack is sudden.
The Japanese and puppet troops left behind in Huaiyin County must be defeated in one fell swoop before they can react, otherwise the gains will outweigh the losses if they turn into brutal street fighting.
The brothers of the eighth company quietly advanced towards Huaiyin, taking as many small roads as possible along the way and avoiding several villages and strongholds where the puppet troops were stationed.
After all, there were dogs in the village, and there were sentries at the puppet stronghold. They were worried that the troops would be exposed in advance, so the defenders of Huaiyin were on guard.
Yang Ling led his guerrilla brothers to arrive outside Huaiyin City without any danger and lurked on the spot, waiting for orders to attack.
"Turn off the safety, be careful of the gun going off..."
The orders were passed among the brothers in low voices. The brothers lurking in the dark were like wild beasts in the wild, ready to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese at any time.
Officers such as Wang Huzi, Wu Changqing, Blacksmith, Wu Gang and Liu Jinhu all put their heads under a thick raincloth that blocked out the light. Yang Ling took the simple map just drawn by the scout brothers and used a flashlight to distribute orders to them.
The thick raincloth blocked out all the light emitted by the flashlight. Around the raincloth, more than twenty brothers from the security platoon also formed a circle, forming a human wall and forming a second barrier to cut off the light.
"Wei Qing, your special forces will handle the Japanese and puppet outposts in the west gate later." Yang Ling first handed over this important task to the special forces.
"yes!"
The number of members of the Flame Special Forces is not large now, but is it better than the elite? Wei Qing's eyes are full of confidence. He is confident that he will kill the Japanese and puppet sentries without any effort.
"Blacksmith, you are responsible for commanding our artillery company and blasting a hole in the field fortifications outside the Japanese city to open a channel for the infantry's attack. But you must remember that you only hit the outer field fortifications and the artillery shells cannot fall into the city.
There are still our fellow villagers in the city, we cannot hurt them."
"Beard, after the artillery tears a gap in the defense line outside the city, you can go up with sharp knives and penetrate into the city. Don't worry about those Japanese stragglers. They will be dealt with by our people behind you. Your mission is to rush into the city in one go.
Don't give the Japanese time to react."
"Changqing, I will lead the second company, third company, fourth company, and fifth company, followed by the sharp knife company, to attack the city along the gap to expand the results. You are responsible for leading the sixth company and the seventh company to attack the two companies along the gap.
Launch an attack from the side to eliminate the remaining Japanese and puppet enemies."
"Zheng Gang, after entering the city, you lead the Third Company to control the Japanese supply warehouses and ammunition depots. Don't let the Japanese take the opportunity to burn them."
"Captain Liu, you follow us and take down the Japanese headquarters."
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Yang Ling pointed at the simple map of the city drawn by his fellow scouts who risked their lives while giving orders to his officers.
Everyone also looked serious, remembering their mission and the location of the target. After they all memorized it and confirmed that there was no problem, Yang Ling turned off the flashlight and got out of the thick rain cloth.
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The Japanese built field fortifications and ring machine gun fortifications at various entrances out of the city, and built bunkers to control the passage in and out of the city.
The Japs have a very rigid character. Everywhere they go, they will build field fortifications in accordance with the requirements of the doctrine. Even if they only stay for one night, they will never be lazy.
Therefore, almost wherever the Japanese go, their field fortifications will be built there. Although most of the time they are on the offensive side, they still will not forget to build fortifications.
The Japanese field fortifications were built according to standards. Huaiyin County has no city walls, only an earthen dike, so the Japanese built field fortifications on the periphery to prepare for emergencies.
In the past few days, the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Guerrilla Column suffered a lot in front of these seemingly inconspicuous Japanese field fortifications, and in the end they suffered a bloody head injury.
This time, Yang Ling did not launch an all-out attack like the guerrilla column, because with the expanded troops, the attack power was insufficient.
He chose the direction of the west gate as the attack point. As long as a hole was opened in the direction of the west gate, they would implement the tactic of breaking through the center. Once they penetrated, they would sweep across the two wings to expand the results. This would be more successful.
When the Japanese were in Shanghai, they also liked to use the tactic of central breakthrough. They used field heavy artillery and naval guns to clear the way, and combined with the powerful attack power of the infantry, it was easy to open a gap in the defense line of the Chinese army.
At that time, the number of Chinese troops deployed in Shanghai was complicated. Once a gap was opened in the defense line and the Japanese invaded, the defense line would easily collapse.
To block the gap and stabilize the defense line, the headquarters in the rear often had to fill in several divisions, and with a single bombardment from Japanese naval guns, several divisions would soon be wiped out.
This time, Yang Ling and the others also concentrated their forces to implement the central breakthrough tactic, because in a hurry, the Japanese thought of blocking the gap, which was impossible without sufficient troops.
Yang Ling and the others were quickly prepared and moved toward Huaiyin, which was very close at hand. Because it was very close to Huaiyin, in order to avoid being discovered, they all lay on the ground and crawled forward.
Wei Qing, the captain of the Lieyan Special Forces Team, led eight special force officers and soldiers at the front of the team, responsible for dealing with the outposts of the Japanese and puppet troops.
On the sentry tower outside the west gate, a puppet soldier was mechanically turning the searchlight with his hands. The dazzling searchlight swept across the ditch and grass. Several puppet soldiers carrying guns and shivering from the cold were stamping their patrol posts back and forth.
Put your feet on.
As soon as the searchlight beam swept across, several ghostly black shadows suddenly appeared from the darkness behind the puppet army's mobile sentry.
Their bodies were strong and strong, and they pounced directly on their targets. The cold bayonets they held with one hand covering their mouths and the other had quickly wiped the throats of the puppet soldiers, bringing out a stream of warm blood.
Several wandering sentries of the puppet army barely made any sound before they cut their throats and put them down in the grass. After knocking down the puppet troops, they did not stop at all and quietly moved toward the machine gun trenches of the puppet troops.