As he watched, the battle plan appeared in Li Hao's mind.
After calling all his subordinates, Li Hao pointed at the Japanese camp and started giving orders.
"Comrades, the greatest threat to us in the Japanese army assembly area is the cavalry and a squadron of infantry."
"The cavalry must be killed before they get close to the horses. If they are allowed to mount the horses and charge, they will definitely cause us huge casualties, and we will not be able to stop them even if they want to retreat."
"This task was handed over to the artillery. All the remaining mortars from the independent regiment and the garrison regiment were gathered together. Commander Zhou of the firepower company of the second battalion of the garrison regiment was under unified command and aimed at the tent where the Japanese cavalry slept."
"After the attack starts, use the fastest rate of fire to shoot out the shells and kill the little devils there."
"The Japanese infantry only has one squadron, half of which are patrolling and guarding, and the other half are concentrated in the tents east of the assembly area."
"The garrison regiment is responsible for the main attack. It must concentrate all its forces to attack from the east. It must rush into the assembly area within twenty minutes. Then it is divided into two. With the company and platoon as the unit, the troops are divided into two groups to attack the Japanese camp and the baggage troop station and eliminate them.
The remaining Japanese and puppet troops at the assembly area."
"Captain Li, where is our independent regiment?" Commander Zhou didn't want to miss this big battle and asked quickly.
"Don't worry, everyone has a mission tonight." Li Hao looked at Captain Zhou and replied.
The order continued: "The Third Company of the Independent Regiment will attack from the west, kill the patrols and guard posts there, and continue the attack after entering the assembly area."
"The Sixth Company of the Independent Regiment attacks from the south, and its mission is the same as that of the Third Company."
"The independent regiment's security company, ninth company, and reconnaissance platoon will attack from the north. After killing the Japanese patrols and guard posts, they will go straight to the Japanese artillery position."
"The Japs have the habit of destroying weapons and ammunition before they die. You must attack quickly to not give the Japs a chance to blow up the artillery."
Commander Zhou immediately replied: "Captain Zhou, don't worry, I will personally go to the north to command the guard company's assault, and I will definitely protect those mountain artillery pieces."
In less than half an hour, a large net was opened over the Japanese army assembly area.
As soon as the attack signal flare was launched into the air, violent gunfire sounded on the battlefield.
The first to respond were the artillery.
Excluding the mortars taken away by the three battalion commanders of the Independent Regiment, there were twelve mortars here. They fired at the same time, and the shells rained down on more than 20 tents.
Thick black smoke was like mushrooms springing up after a rain, one after another rising from the middle of the tent.
In the splashing fire, at least two tents were blown to pieces by the first round of shelling and burned.
The Japanese inside were either killed or knocked unconscious or injured, and no one escaped.
Inside the tent that was not destroyed, the Japanese panicked and rushed out in disheveled clothes with weapons in hand.
No need to say hello to the officer, just rush to the horse pen.
They are cavalry, and only by riding on horseback can they fully demonstrate their combat effectiveness.
Otherwise, they will be like tigers without fangs, and their combat effectiveness will gradually decrease.
When attacked, these Japanese soldiers had a very clear purpose. They sought out war horses as soon as possible, which could be used to attack the enemy or retreat.
Li Hao knew this very well, so he mobilized all mortars to deal with them.
The gunners took full advantage of the mortar's rate of fire. Twelve mortars fired at least a hundred rounds in just one minute.
In the chaotic camp, there were explosions everywhere, screams, and the yells of officers.
Soldiers were constantly being blown away or drowned in artillery fire along with their tents.
There were only a handful of cavalrymen who could charge out of the camp under artillery fire.
Directly east of the assembly area, in the main attack direction of the garrison, the attacking troops were discovered more than 200 meters away from the steel wire mesh.
The two light and heavy machine guns placed at the entrance fired quickly, and the bullets killed three soldiers in an instant.
"Lie down, cover with heavy machine guns, continue to assault forward, and when you get close, use grenades to destroy the Japanese firepower points." Chief of Staff Hong Linfeng, who was directly involved in the attack, shouted.
The two companies were equipped with a total of six heavy machine guns and fired simultaneously.
Three heavy machine guns suppressed the Japanese heavy machine gun position, and three fired at the tent behind the machine gun position.
The heavy machine gun's effective range of more than one thousand meters allowed the bullets to fly into the camp, penetrate the tent, and still have huge lethality, and continued to penetrate the Japanese's bodies.
The dense bullets effectively slow down the pace of enemy reinforcements in the camp.
The two machine gun positions at the east gate of the assembly area were the worst. Bullets that were not blocked by the sandbags flew in. In the blink of an eye, there were not many Japs left who could still move. They all hid behind the sandbags and did not dare to raise their heads.
Hong Linfeng seized the opportunity and ordered: "Come forward, prepare the grenade to fire..."
"kill……"
The cry of killing rang out on the battlefield at the same time, and the troops rushed to a hundred meters from the entrance of the camp before stopping.
Two companies are equipped with six grenade launchers, and three soldiers operate one grenade launcher.
"Boom boom boom..."
In less than ten seconds, an explosion sounded at the gate of the camp.
After shooting one grenade, the grenade launcher continues to shoot the second grenade.
It took three consecutive rounds to fire out all eighteen grenades.
The two machine gun positions at the entrance of the camp were completely shrouded in smoke, and there was no movement at all.
"Surge into the assembly area and kill the Japanese inside!" Hong Linfeng shouted.
He jumped up from the ground, held a submachine gun and charged forward.
It was certainly impossible for the soldiers next to him to expose the chief of staff to enemy fire and rush to the front of Hong Linfeng.
"The machine gunners are ready to shoot. The Japanese reinforcements are coming." Hong Linfeng gave the order as he rushed.
Inside the camp, more than fifty Japanese soldiers broke through three heavy machine guns to intercept them and rushed towards the camp entrance with their guns in hand. Hong Linfeng saw this scene clearly.
When there were still ten or twenty meters away from the entrance to the camp, Hong Linfeng gave a decisive order: "Fire all the rifles and machine guns. Do not let the Japanese in the camp enter the machine gun positions."
"Da da da……"
As he spoke, the Jinzao submachine gun in Hong Linfeng's hand fired.
The barrel of the Jin-made submachine gun is nearly twice as long as the original submachine gun, and its power and effective range are greatly increased.
Although it is not as good as a rifle, the bullets still have great lethality when they fly eighty or ninety meters.
As soon as the submachine gun fired, the two Japs targeted by Hong Linfeng were beaten with several bloody holes and fell to the ground with a scream.
Nearly half of the light machine guns captured by killing Kato's brigade the night before were strengthened by Li Hao into three main companies, ensuring that each infantry squad has a machine gun.
The two companies attacked together, and a total of twenty light machine guns were held in the arms of the machine gunner and used as submachine guns.
Upon hearing the order to shoot, they spit out tongues of fire one after another.
The bullets intertwined with each other and flew towards the entrance of the camp. They were so dense that dozens of Japanese had no way to hide, and more than half of them were killed or injured in an instant.
Those who are alive should quickly lie down.
But there were too many flying bullets, and it was not safe to lie down on the ground.
The Japanese officer leading the team was a lieutenant. He had been beaten to death just now. A second lieutenant next to him immediately took over the command and shouted with a pale face.
"Retreat, everyone retreats into the camp area, gathers the supply troops and waits for reinforcements. The enemy's firepower is too strong, it is impossible for us to rush through."
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