Xiang Tianhu and Yan Yuhui were motionless with excitement, but the division headquarters of the Japanese 13th Division was already in turmoil.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Ogisu Rihei walked into the war room with a dark face, and the dozen or so combat staff who were guarding him all stopped and stood at attention, bowing their heads in greeting.
Chief of Staff Hiroshi Nakagawa stepped forward and reported: "Division Commander, the 180th Division of the China Army suddenly launched a surprise attack on our Kono Brigade on Highland No. 9 fifteen minutes ago. The current situation of the battle is unknown."
"The situation of the war is unknown?" Ogisu Tatebyou asked, "Don't you know how to call and ask?"
"I called, but the phone didn't work." Hiroshi Nakagawa said with a bitter smile, "The phone line must have been cut by a shell."
"Then send a telegram, send a telegram!"
"I also sent a telegram, but it didn't work either."
"Nani, the telegram doesn't work either?"
"Hai, it may be that the transmitter is broken. Division Commander, you know that the transmitter of the Kono Brigade was blown up during the Battle of Songhu. Although it was repaired later, it has always been unstable and sometimes goes bad.
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"Baga, those bureaucrats at the base camp are always procrastinating in doing things, and supplies are never replenished in time." Ogisu Rihei vented his anger and asked again, "Have reinforcements been sent?"
"Already dispatched." Nakagawa Hiroshi nodded, "However, they were blocked by the left-wing Chinese Army. I'm afraid they won't be able to reach Highland No. 9 for a while."
"Baga Yalu, are the Chinese people so brave this time that they dare to attack my No. 9 Highland?" Ogisu Libing cursed a few times, but he didn't worry much in his heart, because
The 180th Division had made sneak attacks before, but they were all defeated in the end, and this time there would be no exception.
After he finished scolding, Ogisu Rihei said again: "Send telephone soldiers to repair the lines, and then send communication soldiers to Highland No. 9 to find out the battle situation of Konobu immediately, as fast as possible."
"Hai." Colonel Kono nodded heavily, turned around and made arrangements.
Ogisu Tatehe threw the saber in his hand heavily on the table and had no intention of going back to sleep. He simply stayed in the war room. This time the 180th Division counterattacked with great fanfare. It seemed fierce. The 13th Division watched
Although it is quite embarrassing, crisis often means a turning point, and Ogisu Rihei has already smelled the opportunity.
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"Come on, charge on me!"
Tiegang raised his saber high, looked up to the sky and howled.
The cavalry officers who followed up behind them started to howl to the sky, following the iron steel like a rising tide. In an instant, they swept over the not-so-steep hillside and rushed to the top of the highland with great momentum.
At the top of the high ground is the Japanese headquarters, which has been turned upside down by Xu Rui's special operations team.
"Kill, kill for me!" Tiegang didn't even have time to take a closer look, he raised his saber high and urged his horse to rush in.
In the end, the remaining one hundred or so cavalry followed Tiegang, pouring in like a tide. Along the way, they attacked the enemy when they encountered them, and attacked them when they saw them.
Drive away.
It wasn't until they broke into the deepest part of the headquarters that the number of Japanese in the way finally decreased significantly.
Another Japanese man burst out from a nearby field tent. Without thinking, Tiegang slashed the opponent's neck with his backhand. However, the next moment, the man immediately shouted: "Captain Tie, it's me."
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Tie Gang flipped his wrist fiercely, raised the sword half a foot, and slashed it across the man's head. Then he retracted the sword and tapped the man's helmet, making a crisp sound.
Tiegang reined in his horse and turned around, only to see clearly that the person in front of him was Leng Tiefeng.
"Brother Leng." Seeing that the cavalry battalion had controlled the entire battlefield, Tiegang put away his saber and asked, "Where is Brother Xu, where is he now?"
"He's in front." Leng Tie rushed towards the mountain pass and babbled.
Tie Gang immediately urged the red rabbit horse to come forward with a clatter.
Not long after walking around two field tents, Tiegang saw Xu Rui.
At this moment, Xu Rui had already set up a mortar on the edge of the highland and was extending his right thumb to estimate the distance to the brightly lit Japanese camp ahead.
Tiegang got off his horse and asked, "Brother Xu, what are you doing?"
"Brother Tie, you're here." Xu Rui turned around and smiled slightly, "Did the fight go well?"
"It goes well, why doesn't it go well!" Tiegang responded immediately, "I, Tiegang, have been fighting for half my life, and I have never fought such a hearty and pure battle. It is so satisfying."
The platoon leaders of the several companies following Tiegang also nodded vigorously.
I didn’t say it before, but tonight’s battle was really enjoyable.
Before this, several of them had said unpleasant things to Xu Rui, but at this moment, they only had admiration in their hearts. What else could there be to say? The person named Xu is really capable, but he just relied on the strength of just ten people.
The small team took over the Japs' headquarters and gave their cavalry battalion an opportunity to launch an assault.
Otherwise, if the Japs had not lost command, they would have had a cavalry regiment, let alone a cavalry battalion, which would not have been enough to feed the Japs' machine guns. They would have to accept today's affection.
Seeing the expressions of Tiegang and several company platoon leaders of the cavalry battalion, Leng Tiefeng shook his head. It's over. It seems that these big bosses were bribed by Lao Xu. If there really is such a day in the future, if Huaihe
The defense line was really lost. If the 180th Division was really dispersed by the Japanese, these cavalrymen might actually join the independent brigade.
By then, wouldn't the Damei Ce Independent Brigade still have a cavalry company?
Tiegang mentioned the old story again: "Brother Xu, you haven't said what you want to do yet?"
Xu Rui chuckled and said, "I plan to give you another small gift."
"Give us another small gift?" Tiegang immediately became energetic after hearing this. Previous facts have proved that the small gift Xu Rui mentioned is not really a small gift. Like in Hai'an before, this time in the battle against the salient
, Xu Rui also said it was a small gift, but in the end what he gave was a big gift.
Xu Rui also plans to give their 180th Division a big gift?
At that moment, several companies and platoon leaders from Tiegang and the cavalry battalion dismounted and came over.
Xu Rui waited for Tiegang and several company platoon leaders to come to the side, then pointed at the night sky in front of him and said: "Brother Tie, take a closer look at the little Jaap's camp. Did you find anything?"
Tiegang observed carefully, shook his head and said: "It's nothing, just a Japanese camp."
Several companies and platoon leaders also nodded subconsciously. There was indeed an ordinary Japanese camp in front of them. The field tents were one next to another, densely packed and thick, at least as large as a regiment!
And to be honest, the Japanese camp defenses were really well built, with trenches several meters wide dug around them.
"Behind, look behind!" Xu Rui pointed to the back of the camp and reminded, "Look at the dark places where the light cannot shine!"
"Behind?" At Xu Rui's prompt, Tiegang and several company platoon leaders turned their attention to the rear of the Japanese camp. After observing carefully for a moment, they shouted, "The oil depot, the Japanese oil depot!"
Although the light was relatively dim, Tie Gang and the others could still see clearly.
Behind the Japanese camp in front, there are clearly piles of oil barrels, which should obviously be the Japanese oil depot. This time, the Japanese group heading north is equipped with a field heavy artillery brigade and a tank regiment, equipped with
There are hundreds of trucks and tanks, so the daily fuel consumption is astronomical. It is not surprising that there are fuel depots.
Tiegang said in surprise: "Brother Xu, are you trying to blow up the Japanese oil depot?"
"Why not?" Xu Rui said, "If the Japs' oil depots are blown up, the Japs' trucks and tanks will all be thrown down. If the Japs want to make a breakthrough on the Huainan battlefield, they will have to wait at least half a month!"
"But this is already beyond the range, isn't it?" A cavalry platoon leader said weakly, "The distance from here to the Japanese oil depot is more than three thousand meters at least. This is already beyond the maximum range of the mortar."
How could it be that he, a cavalry platoon leader, actually knew the maximum range of the mortar, and could roughly visually estimate the distance from the Japanese oil depot to the top of the mountain?
Xu Rui said: "The accurate distance should be 3560 meters, and the error is within plus or minus 50 meters."
Tiegang said: "Brother Xu, I remember that the maximum range of the Japanese-made 81-caliber light mortar is only 2,800 meters, right?"
Xu Rui smiled and said: "Yes, the maximum range of the Japanese-made 81-caliber light mortar is 2,800 meters, but the maximum range is not the ultimate range. In fact, under certain conditions such as tailwind and condescension, the Japanese-made 81-caliber light mortar has a maximum range of 2,800 meters.
The ultimate range of a light mortar can reach more than 3,200 meters. If lighter sulfur-iodine bombs are used, the range can be increased by 500 meters!"
Tiegang sensed the direction and fired from the top of the mountain towards the Japanese oil depot. They happened to be in the tailwind, and they were at the top of the high ground, so they were in a commanding position.
The only suspense now is whether there are any brimstone arson bombs?
At that moment, Tie Gang's heart was raised, and he turned around and shouted: "Go and look for any brimstone bombs."
"No need to look for it, I have it right here." Xu Rui smiled slightly and magically took out two cannonballs from behind. Judging from the flame mark on the shells, they were indeed sulfur arson bombs.
"Damn it, sulfur bombs, there really are sulfur bombs!" Tiegang immediately shouted excitedly.
The several companies and platoon leaders behind Tiegang were also excited. They all looked at Xu Rui with expectant eyes, waiting for Xu Rui to create another miracle. They didn't even think about whether Xu Rui was an artilleryman or not.
Can you have sex? Unconsciously, Xu Rui has become an omnipotent and powerful existence in their hearts!
Under the watchful eyes of Tiegang and the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion, Xu Rui grabbed a bunch of thatch and threw it into the air, and then roughly calculated the wind speed based on the offset of the thatch falling in the air: the wind speed was 15 meters per second, tailwind!
After calculating the wind speed, Xu Rui fine-tuned the mortar's S-angle.
After adjusting the S angle, Xu Rui stretched out his hand and shouted softly: "Cannonball!"
Tie Gang immediately picked up a cannonball from the ground and handed it to Xu Rui. Xu Rui took the cannonball, with the tail fin facing down, and quickly stuffed it into the cannon bore. Then he let go, and the cannonball slid into the cannon bore.