Xu Rui's target was not the regiment headquarters, but the division headquarters of the 13th Division.
Before Xu Rui fired the artillery, the division commander of the 13th Division, Ogisu Ribei, had summoned Chief of Staff Hiroshi Nakagawa and several combat staff to plan a large-scale counterattack. The purpose of this counterattack was to eliminate as many as 180 people.
With the effective strength of the division, even if the 180th Division cannot be driven back to the north bank of the Huaihe River, it can at least be beaten until they are unable to retreat.
However, before the counterattack plan was formed, the communications staff sent to Highland No. 9 brought back a shocking news.
"Division Commander!" the dispatched communications staff officer almost crawled into the war room and reported miserably, "The Kono Battalion stationed on Highland No. 9 was attacked by the superior force of the China Army. The position has been breached.
More than 700 people below have been collectively crushed to pieces."
"Nani?!" Ogisu Ribei was stunned when he heard this.
This news was like a bolt from the blue for the Ogisu Rippei. The Kono Battalion had been defending Highland No. 9 for more than a day or two. In the past, when the defenses were relatively simple, they withstood successive attacks from the 180th Division. Now the Kono Battalion has almost
The entire hilltop was built into a fortress, but the 180th Division was completely wiped out?
"What did you say?" After a long time, Ogisu Ripei finally reacted, grabbed the communications staff officer, and shouted angrily, "Say it again, say what you just said again."
The communications staff officer then bite the bullet and repeat what he just said.
"This is impossible." Ogisu Tatehe let go slumped and said in disbelief, "This is absolutely impossible!"
Chief of Staff Hiroshi Nakagawa felt a little unbelievable and asked the communications staff: "Ono-san, have you figured out what is going on? The Kono Brigade has turned the entire mountain into a fortress, let alone the 180th Division, China
Even if the army transfers two more divisions from the north bank, it may not be able to win it in a short time."
The communications staff breathed a sigh of relief and said: "According to reports from the defeated soldiers who escaped, the China Army sent a small force. Although this small force was small in number, it had extremely strong combat effectiveness. They successfully infiltrated and destroyed the command of the Kono Brigade.
Ministry, it was precisely because of the loss of effective command that Highland No. 9 was lost."
Ogisu Rihei and Nakagawa Hiroshi looked at each other, and one word flashed in their minds.
Special operations, is it special operations? The squadron actually uses special operations?
But Ogisu Rihei quickly rejected his speculation. How could this be possible? How could it be possible?
Even in the world, special forces and special operations are still new arms and tactics that have just emerged. He absolutely does not believe that there are special forces in the squadron, and he does not believe that the squadron actually understands special operations. This is simply leprosy.
Haha, the toad swallows the sky, what a big breath!
You must know that even the Imperial Japanese Army does not yet have real special forces, and there is no real mention of special operations in the strategies and tactics of the Imperial Army.
When the two of them were looking at each other, there was a sudden bang outside the tent.
The explosion was so close that it almost sounded like it was exploding in my ears. It frightened Nakagawa Hiroshi to rush up and throw Ogisu Tatebing to the ground, while shouting sternly: "Commander of the protection division, hurry up, protect the division."
long!"
"Why are you panicking!" Ogisu Ribei was furious and pushed Nakagawa Hiroshi away, "Go outside and see what's going on!"
Before he finished speaking, there was another scream of "whoosh" outside the tent, but the scream sounded quite long and the impact point should be some distance away. Nakagawa Hiroshi breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before Nakagawa Hiroshi had time to rejoice, there was another huge explosion.
"Boom!" At the same time as this extremely violent explosion sounded, a huge air wave also violently invaded, and the headquarters of the Ogisu Division was overturned in one fell swoop. The Ogisu Rippei in the headquarters were
, Nakagawa Hiroshi and a dozen other combat staff were immediately knocked to the ground, and two unlucky ones were even swept into the sky.
Looking up again, I saw that the entire sky was completely swallowed up by the rolling flames.
Ogisu Rippei was blown to pieces by the sudden huge explosion. After a long time, the residual power of the big explosion finally passed. Ogisu Rippei struggled to stand up, only to find that his division headquarters was the same as before.
It looked like it had been hit by a Category 18 typhoon, and it was in a state of disarray. Behind the division headquarters, a huge fireball appeared.
Hundreds of barrels of diesel originally stored there in the open air have been completely devoured.
"Baga, oil, Baga, my oil! Baga." Ogisu Libing collapsed on the ground and could only curse. Today's battle really cost my grandma's house. The salient part was destroyed by the 180th Division.
Not to mention eating it, hundreds of barrels of oil stored at the division headquarters were also destroyed. How could the offensive on the Huaihe River battlefield continue? How could it continue?
At this moment, Ogisu Rihei really wanted to die. Thinking like this, Ogisu actually pulled out his saber, but in the end he still didn't have the courage to put the saber on his lower abdomen.
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This huge explosion also alarmed Xiang Tianhu on the other side of the highland.
Xiang Tianhu had just received a report from the cavalry battalion commander Tiegang, saying that he had broken into the headquarters on the top of the high ground. At the same time, the 541st Regiment also sent communications troops back to report that the entire battlefield was basically under control. In other words,
The battle at the salient had come to an end. Xiang Tianhu took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. Only half an hour had passed.
In less than half an hour, the Japs in the protruding area were quickly and easily eliminated. This battle was a blast.
"It's so happy! It's so happy, it's so happy!" Xiang Tianhu shouted three times in succession, and the next moment, a loud bang exploded across the high ground. This explosion was so violent that it was not only deafening, but also
Even the shock waves transmitted from the ground are extremely strong. It is completely conceivable how terrifying it would be to be at the center of the explosion?
Xiang Tianhu and Yan Yuhui looked at each other, what's going on? There should be a Japanese army camp over there on the high ground, right?
Then, Xiang Tianhu and Yan Yuhui were shocked to find that flames suddenly burst out on the other side of the high ground.
The flames soared hundreds of meters high, almost burning the entire night sky. It wasn't until they rolled up to a height of a hundred meters that the rolling flames finally dimmed, then turned into dark red smoke, and continued to roll high into the sky, rapidly at the same time.
It expanded to all directions, eventually forming an extremely huge mushroom cloud.
"Your child, what's going on?" Xiang Tianhu asked in silence.
Yan Yuhui shook his head blankly. If you ask me, who should I ask?
Although Xiang Tianhu didn't know what happened in the Japs barracks on the other side of the highland, one thing was certain, that is, the Japs must have been in bad luck this time.
Then he said to Tianhu: "Let's go to the high ground!"
After saying that, Xiang Tianhu turned around and left. Yan Yuhui quickly followed with his guards.
When Xiang Tianhu walked to the ground surrounded by Yan Yuhui and the guards, the officers and soldiers of the 541st Regiment were cleaning the battlefield. However, it could be seen that all the officers and soldiers were a little absent-minded. Yan Yuhui asked the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield.
As expected, the leader of the 541st Regiment was not there. Not only was the leader absent, but all the officers above the platoon leader were gone.
Apparently, all these officers had gone to the high ground to watch the Japanese commotion.
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On the top of the high ground, a large group of officers from the 180th Division were watching the Japanese activities.
"Damn it, the little devil is in trouble this time."
"The devils should be cooked by this fire."
"It's good when it's cooked, just in time to taste the flavor of the devils roasted in the fire."
"Without fuel, all the Japs' iron bastards will have to hunker down, and the battle ahead will be easier to fight."
"No, you're a bear. We've suffered enough from the Japs and Iron Bastards these days. Now it's time to let the little Japs have a taste of our power."
All these officers knew what the fire meant, and they were all excited.
When Tiegang and several company platoon leaders of the cavalry battalion looked at Xu Rui, they even looked at him with admiration. War is like this. If you have the ability and can lead everyone to win the battle, everyone will worship you. Although Tiegang and these individuals
The company and platoon leaders were not from the Dameishan Independent Brigade and were not Xu Rui's subordinates, but this did not prevent them from admiring Xu Rui.
"Sir Xu, you are really good. You can hit with your second shot from such a long distance."
"Sir Xu, if the Japanese meet you, you will be unlucky for eight lifetimes."
"Sir Xu, it's really fun to fight with you, it's so fun."
Out of reverence, several company and platoon leaders in the cavalry battalion began to call Xu Rui "sir."
Tiegang couldn't help but have a whim, and said: "Brother Xu, otherwise you don't go back, stay in the 180th Division, fight in the mountains and valleys, how can it be as fun as today, right? As long as you
Stay here and I will make you the commander of the cavalry battalion. If you don't like it, I will tell our division commander that I will give you the commander of the main force!"
As soon as Tiegang finished speaking, a voice immediately picked up: "Gangzi is right, Brother Xu, as long as you are willing to stay, let alone a main regiment commander, I can give you a brigade commander! If you are
If you feel that being a brigade commander is not enough, how about I let you be the division commander?"
Everyone looked back anxiously, only to see Xiang Tianhu and Yan Yuhui striding over.
The first half of Xiang Tianhu's sentence is true. It happened that a brigade commander of the 180th Division was killed in action, and there was a vacancy. If Xu Rui stayed, he might really appoint Xu Rui as the brigade commander. Of course, Xu Rui really wanted to be the brigade commander.
In addition to Xiang Tianhu's opinion, he also had to obtain the approval of Army Commander Zhang Zizhong, but Xiang Tianhu was confident that this would not be a problem.
As for giving Xu Rui the position of division commander, this is just a joke.
But this also shows that Xiang Tianhu appreciates Xu Rui and that he is really attracted to her.
"Brother, please stay, don't go back to that poor ravine." Xiang Tianhu walked up to Xu Rui and said sincerely, "Follow me, and I will give you a brigade of elites when you turn around, giving you the opportunity to truly show off your life.
Learned!"
"Brother Xu, Master has said so, just agree to it."
