It was four o'clock in the morning on July 12, 1940, half an hour before the attack time.
It was summer, the sky was already dim and bright, and the Tainan Eighth Route Army units were about to launch a full-scale attack on Zhu Huaibing's 97th Army.
Four or five miles north of Miaozhuang, a group of people gathered in a dark mass. Through the light, it could be seen that this group of people were uniformly dressed in the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and had extremely good weapons and equipment.
"Report to the commander, the 360 men of our first commando group have been assembled and can launch an attack on the enemy's position!" Jing Dagang reported.
Zhou Weihan looked around and said loudly: "The first regiment is the sharp knife regiment of the whole detachment, and you are the elite selected by the regiment. The key to this battle is to be fast, to be unexpected, to attack the enemy unprepared, and to break through the enemy's first-line defensive position in one fell swoop!"
"Come here, serve the wine!"
Each soldier in the commando team was holding a wine bowl, and the aroma of wine overflowed for a while.
"This is good wine captured from the enemy troops in Yuquan Ridge. They can drink it, and so can we. Everyone, drink this wine together!" Zhou Weihan said boldly.
Zhou Weihan drank all the wine in one gulp, then threw the wine bowl on the ground: "I'm waiting for your triumphant return!"
"Bah, bang, bang!" The sound of the wine bowl falling to the ground was endless!
"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!" Xin Tiebing, commander of the 1st regiment and 1st battalion who served as the leader of the commando team, shouted.
"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win!" The faces of the 360 commandos were full of determination and courage.
"Set off!"
The commandos or death squads were elites selected from Jing Dagang's regiment. They were equipped with short guns, submachine guns, light machine guns, grenades, and mortars. They were specially used by Zhou Weihan as sharp knives to tear open the enemy's defense lines.
Zhou Weihan looked at the retreating figure of the commando team and said with emotion: "The morale is high, this battle will be won!"
Then he turned to look at Jing Dagang on the side: "Don't make me look so embarrassed. I don't want to see it. What's the matter? Now that you have become the regiment leader, have you lost the heroic energy you had before?"
"Commander, I have never been afraid of fighting. I used to be just a battalion commander and I had few people to lead. When fighting, I just led the team and charged forward.
Now that I am a regiment leader, I think more than before. This position as a regiment leader is not as enjoyable as when I was a battalion commander, as all aspects have to be taken into consideration.
To be honest, I feel a little distressed, these are the backbone of my team, I’m really afraid that we won’t even be able to fight!” Jing Dagang said with a pained look on his face.
"If you are not willing to be the regiment leader, then when the battle is over, go back and become the battalion commander!" Zhou Weihan scolded with a smile.
"Commander, please rest assured that my regiment will always be the sharp knife regiment of the whole detachment. As long as there are still people in our regiment, we will still be the sharp knife regiment!" Jing Dagang glanced at the other regiment leaders and said loudly.
"You all return to the front-line troops. Once the commando team opens the door, all the large troops will press forward!" Zhou Weihan glanced at several regiment leaders and said.
"yes!"
Zhou Weihan had never doubted the outcome of this battle. It was just a matter of casualties.
The enemy replenishes the regiment's forward position.
Xin Tiebing sneaked in quietly with the 360 commandos. Then Xin Tiebing made a gesture and all the commandos fell down.
"We will hide collectively and wait for the artillery battalion's artillery to bombard the enemy's bunkers before we launch an attack!" Xin Tiebing said after glancing at his watch.
On the position of the artillery battalion, three combat defense guns and three Type 92 infantry guns serve as direct-aiming artillery.
"Report to the battalion commander that all artillery is ready and can launch artillery fire on the target!" A soldier from the artillery battalion reported.
"Prepare for test firing, release!"
The commander immediately put down the command flag in his hand.
"Boom!"
The muzzle made a dull sound, and six shells pierced the sky, shooting straight towards the enemy bunker.
Thanks to our army's undercover lurking in the 97th Army, which provided a detailed map of the enemy's firepower layout, coupled with the corrections made by the artillery battalion estimator, four of the six artillery shells hit the enemy's bunker.
"Bomb" the enemy's brick-and-stone bunker was knocked down in one fell swoop, and the machine guns and soldiers placed in it were buried inside.
"The muzzle of the No. 1 gun shifts to the left..." The observer immediately gave the command and adjusted the muzzle.
Immediately, the mountain artillery also poured out firepower towards the enemy positions.
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Seeing the enemy's bunkers being pulled out like living targets, Xin Tiebing looked at the time: "The bombardment will end soon, everyone is ready to attack!"
The commando team has 360 people, 12 people form a squad, each squad has 3 machine gunners to form a machine gun group, 3 soldiers are equipped with submachine guns, and the rest are equipped with rifles and short guns.
There is also a specialized mortar squad equipped with 60 mortars to carry out precise strikes against enemy firepower points arranged in trenches.
"Aren't you two the commander and chief of staff of the supplementary regiment? The people on the opposite position are all your men. Charge forward. If you dare to run back, I will directly attack you!" Xin Tiebing looked at the people in front of him.
Seven officers from the supplementary regiment said.
"Yes, sir, don't worry, as long as I'm here, they won't be able to overturn the situation!" The captured leader of the supplementary regiment said in a rather "strong" tone at this time.
Zhou Weihan followed the principle of waste utilization and sent the captured officers to the battlefield. In Zhou Weihan's opinion, such officers who were still eating, drinking and having fun before the war might wait for the exchange of prisoners after the war and return to the national army.
In a fight between Japanese and Japanese, these drunkards will definitely become traitors.
Simply do a good deed and eliminate hidden dangers for the national army in advance.
"The first company is in front, the second company, and the third company are on the left and right sides, charge!" Xin Tiebing gave the order.
The members of the commando team stood up. They were all veterans. Without saying a word, they formed a skirmish line as a squad and launched a charge with their bodies hunched.
"Quick, the Eighth Route Army is coming!" After the shelling, the remaining enemy troops in the trenches hurriedly organized a counterattack.
"Click, click, click!" The only two light machine guns remaining in the enemy's trench opened fire.
At a distance of more than 100 meters, the chief of staff of the supplementary regiment who was running at the front was immediately swept away. The head of the supplementary regiment who kept an eye on him immediately fell to the ground and shouted: "Brothers, I am your commander, who will
If you dare to shoot at me, I will skin you!"
"Wang Wensheng, you are so damn brave. I promoted you as battalion commander, and is this how you treat me?"
"Captain, I'm sorry, the Eighth Route Army is following behind you..."
"Boom, boom, boom!" Three mortar shells landed near the person shouting.
The commandos took the opportunity to rush forward, and gunshots rang out loudly, and the two parties strangled each other in an instant.
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Zhou Weihan, who was at the rear command post, saw all this through his telescope.
"Okay, Xin Tiebing is a tough fighter, so he chose the right commando captain!" Zhou Weihan said with great joy.
At the same time, the remnants of the First Regiment, the Second Regiment, the Third Regiment, and the Fourth Regiment fiercely attacked both sides of the gap, taking the opportunity to widen the gap.
The enemy troops who originally stood firm jumped out of the trenches and fled backwards, and all members of the independent detachment began to pursue the victory.
"Break at one point and break the whole line, Lao Xing, the command can move forward!" Zhou Weihan said happily.
"Commander, the attack was more successful than expected. It can be seen that the enemy's internal organization is loose, and the capture of officers at all levels has a great impact on the enemy!" Xing Zhiguo said at the side.
