Hainan Army Headquarters, Li Weidong looked at the watch on his wrist. It was already nine-thirty. Calculating the time, Beijiang County should have started attacking.
For the Hainan Army, the battle in Beijiang County will determine whether the Hainan Army can quickly tear apart the French defense line in this North Vietnam War and achieve the key to victory or defeat.
This war has been going on for half a month. Li Weidong does not want to continue the stalemate and cannot afford to delay it. Hainan Island's industrial strength is limited and its long-term high investment in military affairs has affected Hainan's people's livelihood.
Materials provided by the Intelligence Section show that Hainan Island is now a mixed bag, and there are numerous lurking dark forces, including military agents of the Nanjing government, secret agents of the U.S. Intelligence Agency, and the Japanese "Mei" who have been scanned by Zero's leaders.
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Therefore, Li Weidong must capture Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, as soon as possible, and take advantage of the current uncertain international situation to create the fact that Vietnam has been occupied.
Under Jiangbei City in Vietnam, deafening artillery fire continued, and the Hainan Army's attack was in full swing.
The total number of troops on both sides exceeded 60,000. Even as the commander of the Hainan Army's Second Division, Wang Shanhu still felt a little nervous in his heart.
Prior to this, at the headquarters, Li Weidong had already ordered Jiang Tao, the commander of the First Division, to take full responsibility for the command of this battle. Compared with other officers, Jiang Tao was from a serious "base" major, so the command of this critical battle was also
and delivered it into his hands.
Wang Shanhu had no objection to Li Weidong's idea. With his ability, he could lead troops to fight, but if he were to command the battle, he himself would not be sure.
Although the Hainan Army and the French Army have fought against each other many times, this is the first time for them to engage in a real and large-scale offensive, and they understand Li Weidong's caution.
"boom……!"
Suddenly, a shell landed on the edge of the bunker near the headquarters. Although the impact points were far apart, I still felt the tremor, and a wisp of dust slowly fell.
"Command the artillery, target the enemy position in front, fire five rounds rapidly!" Jiang Tao brushed off the dust on the map and ordered to the correspondent.
"Yes, Master!"
Following Jiang Tao's battle order, the artillery array of the heavy artillery brigade on the right rear wing suddenly emitted a puff of white smoke and fired in unison.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Explosions and flames covered the French forward positions, wiping out the weak fortifications in one fell swoop, and the ground shook under the artillery fire.
"Duk duk..." As the charge horn sounded, soldiers from about two regiments of the Hainan Army charged towards Jiangbei County. The current army is different from that of later generations. There are not so many auxiliary personnel. There are almost five thousand in the two regiments.
people.
The moment the gunfire stopped, these five thousand people rushed out under the leadership of the officers. Their steps were almost always stepping on the bullet points to charge, and they controlled the time very accurately.
Tactically speaking, this phenomenon is called coordinated infantry and artillery operations, which requires troops to have a high degree of tacit understanding. If you run too fast, you are likely to be accidentally injured by your own artillery; if you run slowly, you will not be able to keep up with the rhythm of artillery fire.
Li Weidong, who is far away in the headquarters of the rear area, will definitely feel very happy if he sees this scene. The Hainan Army has been fighting and training continuously for the past six months, and finally achieved gratifying results.
Opposite the French position, one division of French troops was responsible for defending it. As soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the officers immediately shouted: "Damn it! The enemy is coming. Come out quickly if you don't want to die!"
The Vietnamese soldiers hiding in the trenches were dragged and dragged to the battle line. At this time, the charging Hainan Army had already rushed to only a hundred meters away from the battle line.
"Ta...ta...ta...!" The heavy machine gun on the French army position ten meters away began to roar. The few Hainan Army soldiers at the front were unable to avoid being shot and fell to the ground.
The heavy machine gun fire blunted the offensive momentum of the Hainan Army soldiers. The soldiers were forced to lie down quickly and find bunkers to hide. The violent rain of bullets made them unable to raise their heads for a while.
"Damn it! Who the hell blew it up for me?" the company commander roared as he lay in a half-meter-deep crater.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young Hainan Army soldier picked up a bundle of grenades and rushed over.
The French machine gun found him, and bullets were jumping around him. After running six steps, the bullets hit his right leg and left arm respectively, passing through and taking away a large amount of flesh and blood.
The young soldier did not die on the spot. The place where he fell was a blind spot for machine gun fire, and he was temporarily safe. Perhaps he could continue to lie here and wait for rescue, but he did not do so.
Instead, he endured the pain, picked up a bunch of dropped grenades with his right hand, held it in his arms, propped up his body on his right elbow, and crawled towards the machine gun's vitality point, dragging a trail of blood behind him.
The company commander behind him had his eyes wide open. He knew what the young soldier was thinking, and he immediately yelled at the soldier: "Damn it! Are you so fucking stupid? Cover him!"
Braving the rain of bullets, the soldiers fired back, regardless of the consumption of bullets, and the firestorm overwhelmed the French army.
The young soldier crawled forward and took a breath. He was already very close to the French trench. Then he unscrewed the back cover of the grenade, bit off the trigger string with his teeth, mustered up the strength of his right hand and threw it out.
With a loud boom, the heavy machine gun firepower point suddenly flew into the sky.
"Charge!!" The machine gun point was taken away in one fell swoop. The company commander took the lead and led the soldiers to charge. The French army's outer positions fell into the hands of the Hainan Army soldiers.
"Hurry up the stretcher!" The company commander who rushed forward came to the young soldier and called to the medical soldier.
"Brother! Well done, I'll treat you to a drink this time..." But just as he was saying this, the young soldier on the stretcher stopped breathing.
The words the company commander wanted to say were stuck in his throat. With his eyes red, Lian turned into a punch and hit the sandbag hard: "Asshole!"
When he saw a gap in the French army's line, Jiang Tao immediately ordered the entire army to attack. Facing the Hainan Army's torrent, the French army's position was torn apart from the middle by the Hainan Army, divided into small groups, surrounded, and then annihilated.
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As for the collapse of the outer positions, the French army had a total of more than 8,000 casualties, casualties, and captured personnel. It can be said that the French army has lost more than half of its division.
This made the situation of the defending French army more and more difficult. They did not expect that the Hainan Army would attack so fiercely. It only took less than three hours to capture the outer positions under Beijiang City.
In the headquarters in front of the station, the guards and staff had already begun to sort out documents. Because the frontline battle was going very smoothly and the French forward positions had been captured, their headquarters was about to move forward.
At this time, the telegraph operator handed Jiang Tao a telegram and reported: "Division! A call from the headquarters. French air support is coming. Let us build an air defense position immediately!"
"Yes! Pass the order, temporarily stop the attack and rest the fortifications! The engineering battalion immediately moves forward to the air defense position." Jiang Tao quickly deployed.