Chapter five hundred and forty third the night of the decisive victory
As soon as the communications staff officer left, the chief of staff comforted the brigade commander: "General, this is probably an accident!"
"Including reinforcements, the total strength of our army in Zhouzhuang exceeds 1,100 people. Not to mention that the Eighth Route Army attacking Zhouzhuang only has one main regiment, even if they have two main regiments, we can still hold our position!"
The brigade leader looked much better: "Maybe it was an accident. I wish I had thought more about it!"
In front of the enemy headquarters of the 386th Brigade, the chief of staff rushed in with excitement.
"Brigadier Commander, Captain Wang, the Japs in the county are out again. It's still a puppet army of 500 days. They will be surrounded by supplementary regiments in 20 minutes!"
"Although the supplementary regiment only has more than 700 people, it is still no problem to kill more than 500 days of puppet troops through an ambush, but it will take a little longer and the casualties will be larger. The 500 days of puppet troops are over!" Brigadier Chen
He judged with a confident look on his face.
Then he said to Wang Ping: "Wang Ping, don't worry about me, continue to give orders, you have the final say on how to fight!"
"Thank you, brigade commander, for your trust!" Wang Ping replied with a grateful look on his face.
Then he stared at the map and began to issue orders: "Send a telegram to the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment and set off immediately to attack the county! There are less than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops left in the county. Ask them to concentrate all their firepower and attack harder to make the Japanese aware.
We are going to storm the county town and kill as many of them as possible so that they don’t have the strength to send out any more!"
After waiting for so long, tonight’s main show finally comes on stage.
The chief of staff was also excited and expected to answer: "I'll give the order right away!"
Brigadier Chen suddenly added: "Wait a minute, add another sentence to their telegram. Commander Zhou of the new regiment is responsible for the entire operation, and commander Zhang of the independent regiment is assisting. Tell them that tonight is the night of decisive victory between us and the Japanese."
, the key to whether we can win the battle depends on whether they attack the county town hard enough and whether they put pressure on the Japanese and puppet troops in the county town!"
The mortars assigned to the two regiments, plus the heavy mortars directly under the brigade headquarters and the Japanese and puppet troops captured just now, a total of more than 30 mortars were all under Qinchuan's command.
"There is a Japanese brigade headquarters in the county, as well as a mountain artillery brigade and two mortar squadrons. In a head-to-head fight, these cannons in our hands are definitely no match. However, it is not without hope!" Looking at the two mortar squadrons in front of him,
Qin Chuan, the company commander and instructor of the artillery company, said with an arrogant look.
But despite this, none of these people were dissatisfied in front of Qin Chuan, even though Qin Chuan was only a platoon-level cadre.
Several artillery battles in the attack on Zhouzhuang have shown them Qinchuan's strength. The army is a place where strength is believed. As long as you have strength, others will admire you and listen to you.
Because by following him, you can defeat your opponents on the battlefield and still survive.
"Comrade Qinchuan, give the order! We all listen to you and promise to carry out the order to the letter!" Captain Li of the Artillery Company of the Independent Regiment was the first to stand up and guarantee.
Qin Chuan was not polite and ordered directly: "Instructor Huang, you bring eight mortars to directly bombard the city wall. Bomb the places where there were many puppet soldiers in the past!"
"However, if there are no guns, the old rule is to move immediately after five rounds. Find a new gun position and continue bombarding the city. Be sure to ensure that each gun position cannot stay for more than two minutes!"
"Use mortars and Japanese soldiers to fight guerrillas!" Instructor Huang reacted immediately and assured with his eyes shining.
"No problem, I promise to blow up the city and make the Japanese and puppet troops howl like ghosts, and I won't lose a single cannon!"
Qin Chuan affirmed: "One of the great advantages of mortars is their fast rate of fire and fast transfer. We are going to take advantage of this advantage to fight guerrillas with the Japanese artillery and use them up bit by bit!"
"Company Commander Zhu, you command eight mortars and cooperate with the mortar squadron to attack the Japanese's first counterattack. It's still the same rule as before. After firing five shells, move the gun position. You can't stay for more than a second. The Japanese gunners are better than
It’s even better than we imagined!”
"Instructor Wang, the remaining light mortars are yours. There is only one mortar squadron left to deal with the Japanese army. Dispose of them like them!"
"Captain Gong, you and I will command five heavy mortars to deal with the Japanese Mountain Artillery Battalion. One will act as a decoy and the other will fight back!"
"Because it takes a long time to move heavy mortars to trouble spots, one gun can only fire three shells from the same gun position!"
"Boooooooooooo...boom, boom, boom..." Soon, a violent explosion sounded from the top of the city.
The brigade commander who was guarding the headquarters had an expression of disbelief at first, and then it took him five seconds to react.
"Is it a shelling? If there is another shelling, find out immediately!"
"Ding ding ding..." As soon as he finished speaking, the phone at the headquarters rang.
A combat staff officer immediately picked up the phone. Soon, the staff officer's face turned pale.
"General, the North Gate is under attack by the Eighth Route Army, and a company of mortars is shelling the North Gate wall."
"A mortar company? Chief of staff, how many people do we have at the north gate?" the brigade leader asked, staring at the city defense map that the combat staff had just spread out.
"One squad of the Imperial Army, one company of the Imperial Association Army, no artillery!" the chief of staff replied immediately.
Just as he finished speaking, another staff officer put down the phone and reported: "The main force of the Eighth Route Army was found outside the North Gate. It has at least one battalion and five heavy and heavy machine guns!"
"General, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was too fierce, and the North Gate garrison suffered heavy losses. Please ask for reinforcements!"
All kinds of bad news kept reaching the brigade commander's ears, and he couldn't calm down no matter how calm he was.
Staring at the city defense map, he ordered: "Chief of Staff, immediately draw an infantry squadron. "A battalion of the Imperial Association Army, quickly reinforce the north gate!"
"Also! Where is our artillery? Deploy a mortar squadron and counterattack immediately to kill the Eighth Route Army artillery!"
"The city defense troops on other lines of defense have stepped up their vigilance. If the Eighth Route Army plans to attack the county town, it will never attack in just one direction!"
After several combat staff picked up the phone and started giving orders, the brigade commander sat down on the stool with a tired expression, then stared at the chief of staff and asked!
"Didn't I say that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is in Fengling Town? Then where did the Eighth Route Army attack the county come from! And Zhouzhuang, whether Zhouzhuang was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, whether our troops reinforcing Zhouzhuang were eaten by the Eighth Route Army, find out immediately
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The Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked the county town. Faced with this unexpected action, the chief of staff was also confused.
He will find out without the brigade commander's order.
As a chief of staff, if you don't even understand the enemy's situation, you are definitely very incompetent.
Several minutes passed, and none of the problems in the brigade leader's mind were solved.
Not only that, more questions rushed towards him like snowflakes!
"General, Ximen was attacked by the Eighth Route Army!"
"General, the Eighth Route Army was spotted outside the east gate!"
"General, the Eighth Route Army attacking the North Gate also hid a mortar company. Our counterattack mortar squadron was attacked and is being transferred!"
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