In the evening, the brigade commander and the brigade headquarters also came to this area. This time the 386th Brigade's combat mission was to capture the newly built Nanguan Railway Station by the Japanese.
At Nanguan Railway Station, the Japs had quite a few troops stationed. In addition, the Japs had built strongholds along the railway, so the brigade commander had to pay enough attention. Everyone knew that it would not be easy to capture Nanguan Railway Station.
The brigade commander also knew that this was a tough nut to crack, which is why the brigade commander chose to come and take charge in person.
Soon, soldiers came and informed Li Yunlong, the regiment leader, to hold a combat meeting and assign corresponding combat tasks.
Liu Gen and others were unable to go, so they could only wait patiently in the independent regiment. Of course, Liu Gen was not idle either. He took the soldiers of the artillery company to conduct reconnaissance to find suitable positions for the artillery company during the battle. Different from ordinary
Soldiers are different. The soldiers of the artillery company will not rush to the front line easily, but this does not mean that the soldiers of the artillery company do not have to worry about their own lives.
The Japanese attach so much importance to the Baijin Railway that there will definitely be no shortage of mortars and heavy machine guns in their strongholds. Just from a simple observation, Liu Gen can see that there are many Japanese in the Japanese strongholds, and each one
There are dozens of Japs in the strongholds. Relying on strong strongholds, these Japs can still cause a lot of trouble to the Eighth Route Army. Even if the troops of the 386 Brigade successfully capture the Nanguan Railway Station, they will still be surrounded by the Japs in these strongholds.
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Zhao Gang, the political commissar, is not idle either. He is comforting some recruits who have recently joined the independent regiment. Usually these recruits want to go to the battlefield, but now that the battle has not started, many recruits have become nervous. Notice this
After a while, Zhao Gang became busy. He needed to help these new recruits quickly adapt to the battlefield environment and keep them calm enough.
Kong Jie, the deputy commander, was not idle either. He dispersed many soldiers and maintained sufficient vigilance. It must be said that after experiencing the encounter in Yangcun, Kong Jie became much more cautious. Mingshao
There were many hidden sentries, and the number was not fixed. Only Kong Jie, the deputy commander, knew how many soldiers were guarding the surroundings.
In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese, the soldiers could only eat dry food and were not allowed to make fires for cooking.
Liu Gen and the soldiers of the artillery company ate the dry food in their hands with cold water. After gulping down a few sips of water, he could swallow the dry food in his mouth. Liu Gen looked at the other soldiers and could see that many of them had a little expression on their faces.
It's ugly, and eating such dry food is very uncomfortable. But there is no other way, the soldiers can only grit their teeth and eat the dry food, so that they will have enough physical strength when the battle begins.
"Genzi, here you go!" Zhang Dabiao came to Liu Gen and took out some pickles.
Liu Gen's eyes lit up. He was so happy to be able to eat some pickles on the battlefield. With pickles, Liu Gen could eat dry food much faster. With pickles, at least Liu Gen could eat dry food with some flavor.
"Genzi, when do you think we will attack?" Zhang Dabiao looked at Liu Gen and asked,
Liu Gen laughed. He knew that it would not be so simple for Zhang Dabiao to come to him. "It should be around early tonight. Each regiment of our 386th Brigade rushed to the corresponding combat position and launched an attack directly in the early morning.
It is suitable for us. When daytime comes, with the devil’s madness, fighter planes will definitely be dispatched to respond to our 386th Brigade’s attack!”
"Brother Zhang, you also know that we have no means to deal with the Japanese fighter planes. The only way we can avoid too many soldier casualties is to capture the Japanese Nanguan Railway Station tonight and then retreat early in the morning."
"That's right! Genzi, I saw you right." Zhang Dabiao laughed. Liu Gen's conclusion was similar to what Zhang Dabiao thought. The brigade commander ordered each regiment to arrive at the corresponding combat position this evening, which was undoubtedly his intention.
We must take advantage of the darkness to attack the Japanese.
Thinking that the battle would start in the middle of the night, Zhang Dabiao looked at Liu Gen with some worry. In such a night, can Liu Gen, the artilleryman, still maintain sufficient combat effectiveness? In the middle of the night, he wanted to control the infantry cannon to hit the Japanese.
With the shooting hole, this will undoubtedly be more difficult. Zhang Dabiao knew Liu Gen's previous performance in the battle, but he still couldn't help but worry about Liu Gen. This battle was very different from the previous one.
When conducting shelling in the middle of the night, it is necessary to maintain sufficient accuracy and hit the enemy's shooting holes, which I am afraid Liu Gen will also find difficult to achieve.
Zhang Dabiao has observed that the shooting holes set up in the Japanese strongholds are in the shape of a figure with eight figures on the outside, small on the inside and large on the outside. Such a setting means that it will be more difficult for artillery shells to penetrate into the Japanese strongholds. When artillery is shelling, they can never
Are you also calculating the size of the shooting hole inside the stronghold? It is small on the inside and large on the outside, which means that the shell is likely to hit and explode outside the Japanese stronghold, and cannot enter the inside of the Japanese stronghold.
"Brother Zhang, don't worry, I'll be fine. Brother Zhang, don't forget, the Japs are going to shoot. Only the Japs shoot, so you can see where the Japs' shooting holes are." Liu Genkai noticed Zhang Dabiao's worry and smiled.
Open your mouth and say.
Liu Gen looked at the moon in the sky and could see that the moonlight tonight was a little dim, which made him feel happy. Such dim moonlight meant that it would be more difficult for the Japanese to discover the Type 92 infantry gun, so it would be
It's easier to catch the Japanese off guard. It seems that God is helping you.
Three hours later, Li Yunlong came back from the brigade commander. His face didn't look very good.
This time the brigade commander gave the task of capturing Nanguan Railway Station to Cheng Xiazi of the 772nd Regiment. Cheng Xiazi even showed off to Li Yunlong, which made Li Yunlong quite annoyed. Damn it, it was Li Yunlong who taught the blind man back then.
How to shoot, now it’s better, Cheng Xiazi still dares to compete with Li Yunlong for the task! The more Li Yunlong thinks about it, the angrier he gets. Why can Cheng Xiazi lead the 772 regiment to attack Nanguan Railway Station? Li Yunlong’s independent regiment needs to be responsible for cleaning up this area
A Japanese stronghold in the area?
"Damn it! I'm so angry! What kind of mission did the brigade commander assign to our independent regiment to eradicate the Japanese strongholds in this area? Damn it, what's the difference between this and our previous plan to attack the Japanese strongholds around Yangcun?
?" Li Yunlong shouted loudly.
Zhao Gang frowned. In his opinion, Li Yunlong was quite unnecessarily angry. The brigade commander had issued a combat mission, so the independent regiment could just carry it out! Now that Li Yunlong is shouting here, it does nothing except make people upset.
The brigade commander will not change his mind easily.
"Okay! Lao Li, don't yell. It seems that you, Li Yunlong, have fallen out of favor with the brigade commander. Otherwise, you, Li Yunlong, are so bad that you can't even get a good combat mission!" Kong Jie was also a little annoyed.
Kong Jie thought that according to Li Yunlong's temperament, he would definitely be able to get a good mission from the brigade commander. Who knew it would be a mission to remove the Japanese stronghold? Such a mission is not enough to fill the teeth of an independent regiment!
Li Yunlong's eyes widened, "You idiot Kong Er, you still fucking blame me? If I were still in the New Regiment, would Cheng Xiazi dare to compete with me for the task? The brigade commander would also give Cheng Xiazi the task of attacking Nanguan Railway Station.
?Why don’t you come to the Independent Regiment? I’m going to fight for the mission. The brigade commander said that your Independent Regiment just suffered a defeat, so you should be responsible for cleaning up the Japanese strongholds first!”
"What do you think? How can I fight for it?"
Kong Jie was stunned, and for a moment, his eyes turned red, "Old Li! I, Kong Jie, led the independent regiment to defeat! Now I just want to lead the soldiers to win a battle and wash away the shame of our independent regiment!"
I want to tell the brigade commander that our independent regiment did not disappoint him! Our independent regiment will become the pride of the 386th Brigade! Lao Li! I need combat missions! Soldiers also need combat missions!"
"Old Li! I, Kong Jie, am begging you! Go and beg the brigade commander to let our independent regiment go up! If we can't take Nanguan Railway Station, I, Kong Jie, will come to see you!"