"I saw it!" Li Yunlong stood on the wall of Wengcheng, with an artillery mirror in front of him, observing the situation on the battlefield.
After a while, the wounded members of the 11th Regiment who had been withdrawn from the front-line positions were transported away from the battlefield by a stretcher team.
"Commander Cheng, come with me and take a look!"
The two of them climbed down the city wall and came to the open space in the middle of the barbican city. Those who needed to be carried on stretchers were the seriously injured and the sacrificed soldiers.
The wounded groaned in pain, and their moods were very low. However, when they saw Li Yunlong standing there, the originally noisy environment suddenly became silent.
"brigadier!"
"brigadier!"
Li Yunlong stepped forward and pushed the wounded man who was trying to get up onto the stretcher, and cursed: "Just lie down and don't move around!"
Although Li Yunlong scolded him, the injured soldier managed to squeeze out a smile on his face.
"Yes, Brigadier!"
"You all must cooperate with the doctor's treatment. If anyone gets angry, be careful and I will deal with you!"
"Yes, I listen to you, Brigadier!"
"I also listen to the brigade commander!"
Most of the soldiers who are withdrawn from the battlefield are emotionally unstable, which is scientifically called post-war stress syndrome. This is especially obvious in the wounded.
Among the first batch of wounded soldiers to be evacuated was a platoon leader whose legs were blown apart by Japanese artillery shells. The doctor proposed to perform a cut-off operation, but the platoon leader did not agree.
While the medical staff was preparing for the operation, the platoon leader committed suicide with a gun in front of many wounded people.
After Li Yunlong learned the news, he was heartbroken and immediately ordered all the wounded to be disarmed before being sent to the hospital.
At the same time, he moved the headquarters forward to the tower of Wengcheng in order to calm the emotions of the wounded as soon as possible. At this time, he remembered the benefits of having a political commissar.
"Brigadier, there are 116 victims and 82 wounded in this group!" Staff Officer Cheng of the brigade headquarters reported.
Li Yunlong nodded, with an expression neither happy nor sad: "How many casualties have the 11th Regiment received so far?"
Staff Officer Cheng opened the book and looked at it: "532 victims and 446 wounded!"
"The 11th Regiment has a lot of wounded, call Tan Yuezhong!"
The casualty figures discussed by the two men did not include the lightly wounded. The fact that they could not leave the firing line with minor injuries was not just talk. On the other hand, the number of casualties increased sharply, and the medical personnel assigned to the 16th Brigade were simply overwhelmed.
The remaining commanders and fighters of the 11th Regiment were all deployed behind the 10th Regiment's second-line position to rest and standby, acting as a reserve team at any time.
After receiving the order, Qin Yuezhong rushed to the brigade headquarters, but he looked a little embarrassed, his left hand was tied with a bandage, and his body was covered in blood.
Seeing Li Yunlong looking at him up and down, Qin Yuezhong was a little nervous and hurriedly explained: "Brigadier, you think I am so unlucky!"
"I resolutely carried out the brigade headquarters' order to retreat. I thought about letting the political commissar and soldiers retreat first, and I led the guard company to the rear. Who knew I was bitten by a stray bullet!"
"Actually, nothing happened to me, just a little injury!"
As he spoke, Tan Yuezhong jumped up twice to prove that there was nothing wrong with him.
"How many people are left in your group?"
"Report to the brigade commander that our 11th Regiment still has more than 2,000 people. Their combat effectiveness has not been damaged and they can participate in the battle at any time!"
Li Yunlong glared: "Fuck you, you reported false information in front of me, I can immediately remove you from your post!"
"There are at most about 1,800 people in your group!"
Tan Yuezhong shrank his neck and thought secretly: "Brigadier, how did you know?"
"You want to hide this from me even though you are so good at it. As soon as the wounded person hit me, I knew it!"
Qin Yuezhong glanced at Staff Cheng next to him and knew in his heart that the brigade commander had specially sent someone to keep an eye on him.
"Report to the brigade commander. Before I came, I asked the chief of staff to reorganize the remaining personnel. Although the casualties are not small, I can guarantee that the combat effectiveness has not been weakened!"
"It's just that the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce. It's estimated that more than one-third of the heavy machine guns were lost. Brigadier, you can't replenish five or six heavy machine guns for our regiment!"
"It doesn't have to be Maxim, the Japanese's 92 style can also be used!"
What kind of general will bring out what kind of soldiers? When Li Yunlong was the commander of a regiment, he would always put the benefits in his own arms first. But now that he is the commander of the brigade, he has grown a lot.
Looking at Qin Yuezhong's eagerness to climb up the ladder, Li Yunlong suddenly remembered that he looked like this in front of his old leader, Brigadier Chen.
"Hey, haha!" Li Yunlong suddenly laughed out of his originally stern face.
"Brigadier, I was wrong, don't scare me!" Tan Yuezhong felt a cold breath rushing straight to his head, scaring him so much that he hurriedly admitted his mistake.
"Okay, stop fucking talking to me here!"
"The weather is hot now, and wounds are very easy to become infected. Don't lose your life because of this, you lightly injured people. It's not worth it. Do you understand?"
Before Zhou Weihan went north from Shangqiu to Yucheng, he deliberately left a group of medical staff for the 16th Brigade to form a temporary field hospital.
In addition, there are varying numbers of health workers at all levels under the 16th Brigade, who can stop bleeding, bandage, and disinfect the wounded in advance on the battlefield. This has reduced the number of attrition of the 16th Brigade.
"I came to you because I want you to tell me what you think about the battle today. You are a front-line commander, and the information you get on the battlefield is more intuitive than those of us who stay at the headquarters!" Li Yunlong said.
Tan Yuezhong looked solemn when he heard this: "Brigadier, if you don't come to me, I will come to report!"
"The Japs on the opposite side are not weak in combat effectiveness, and the commander is quite capable. In the battle yesterday afternoon, the Japs did not understand the situation of our army, and the Japs in charge of the attack had dull tactics, which caused the concentration of infantry and tanks, so they suffered a big loss.
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"Early this morning, the Japanese launched a multi-point dispersed attack. Judging from the information obtained on the battlefield, there are more than 3,000 infantry and about 40 tanks!"
"Tanks are also used as the lead, but the Japanese tanks are used dispersedly. Usually three or four tanks are used in groups to cover the infantry charge and carry out fire suppression!"
"It is used as a fixed-point artillery from time to time, which greatly destroys our regiment's firepower points and defenses, and many of the casualties are caused by this!"
Li Yunlong nodded when he heard this: "According to intelligence, there is a gun tank among the Japanese tanks, equipped with a 105-caliber tank gun. You should have tasted its power!"
The defeat in the battle last night did not shake the Japanese army's determination to attack Shangqiu. At around four o'clock in the morning, the forward reconnaissance post of the 11th Regiment reported movement in the Japanese position opposite.
Less than half an hour later, more than 2,000 Japanese troops from the Third Regiment of the Guards Division, together with the 24th Regiment of the Tank Teaching Brigade and some Japanese troops from the 12th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, launched the attack.
As Qin Yuezhong reported, in response to the shortcomings of the 11th Regiment's long defense line, the Japanese army changed its previous strategy of focusing on breakthroughs and adopted a dispersed attack tactic. However, because the Japanese offensive troops were really large this time, they were able to suppress the 11th Regiment everywhere.
The enemy and we fought fiercely for seven hours, repeatedly competing for the first-line position defended by the 11th Regiment, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides.
During this period, the infantry artillery assigned to regiment-level firepower was of considerable use.
"The Japanese artillery has also learned to be smart. The artillery battalion reported that the Japanese artillery was also used in a scattered manner. Although the effect of the artillery was weakened, our army was unable to cause damage to it!" Li Yunlong said.
Qin Yuezhong asked: "Brigade commander, how long is this battle expected to last? What is the situation outside now?"
"Hey, the current situation of the Japanese army is actually not good. Last night, the 13th Brigade killed 5,000 Japanese soldiers in one fell swoop. The Japanese army that was confronting the 14th Brigade collapsed. The 14th Brigade captured many prisoners!"
"The Japanese army sent a reinforcement force last night, but because the battle ended too quickly, this Japanese army did not have an effect!"
"Early this morning, the reconnaissance plane dispatched by the Communist Party reported that Japanese reinforcements had arrived in Gushu Town near Xianghe River from Ma Tou Village in Xiayi!"
Tan Yuezhong was startled when he heard this. The joy that he had heard about the victory of his brothers' troops suddenly dissipated, and he immediately looked at the sand table aside.
The flag representing the cavalry regiment was planted in Dahou Township, and Gushu Town, where the Japanese reinforcements were located, was located in the southwest of Dahou Township, less than thirty miles away from the southern suburbs of Shangqiu.
The reason why the cavalry regiment was divided into two groups was to detect the movements of the Japanese army at any time.
"Doesn't that mean that the Japs have bypassed the cavalry regiment's blockade area on the north side and are trying to launch a surprise attack on our southern position?"
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "The Japanese army has a pretty good idea. They want to conduct a sneak attack quietly, but it depends on whether I agree or not!"
"That's why I came to you. Your regiment must be ready to reinforce the 12th regiment in the south at any time!"
Yamashita was ordered to reinforce the troops to flank the 14th Brigade, but due to being discovered in advance, the combat plan could not be realized. Subsequently, the order was transmitted through a radio communication vehicle, and Kojima Fumio's troops took advantage of the night to move south of Shangqiu.
Kojima Fumio responded to the call and said he would comply with the order, but he was worried about being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at night, so he took it upon himself to rest in Ma Touzhai.
After daybreak, the Japanese troops set off by car, but were spotted by an Eighth Route Army reconnaissance plane. Fumio Kojima knew that his whereabouts had been leaked, but did not report it to the superiors.
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"Commander, General Kojima sent a message again asking when he will launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army?"
Listening to the adjutant's report, Yamashita Fengwen frowned and felt very puzzled. This guy was a bit abnormal.
"Contact Fumio Kojima via radio!"
The microphone was handed to Yamashita Fengwen: "Moxi Moxi, I am Yamashita Fengwen!"
"Commander, I am Fumio Kojima!"
"Where is your department now?"
"Commander, our unit is hidden in a dense forest in the mountainous area of Gushu Town. The Imperial Army soldiers have sealed off the surrounding areas, but the Chinese have not noticed anything unusual!"
"Yo Xi, Xiaodao-kun, you have to be patient and don't rush for quick success. You are my special force. They will be put to use tonight and they must not be exposed!"
"Hey, I understand!" Fumio Kojima on the other end didn't know whether it was because he was hot or frightened, but his head was covered in sweat.
This guy knew that the whereabouts of his troops must have been exposed, so he had no choice but to send a message to Yamashita Fengwen and request to launch an attack during the day, so that he would have an excuse to speak.
The reason for using the radio to contact me was that I was worried that if I used radio to contact him, my tone would be abnormal and I might be noticed by Yamashita Fengfumi. Unexpectedly, Yamashita Fengfumi took the initiative to use the radio to contact me.
Yamashita Fengfumi had a very complacent expression on his face when the communication was interrupted, and he slowly wiped his command knife. The temporary failure was not enough to shake his will.
"We will see the outcome tonight!"
The story is divided into two parts. The Japanese troops who fought a bloody battle with the 11th Regiment included the Guards Division and the Tank Teaching Brigade, but it was the 3rd Regiment of the Guards Division that really fought hand-to-hand with the 11th Regiment and repeatedly fought for position.
"On Baga Ya Road, our Guards Division captured the Chinese position. Why should the 57th Division take over the next battle?"
The captain of the Third Regiment of the Guards Division, who led the attack, was extremely dissatisfied with the arrangements above and even believed that the superiors were deliberately depriving them of the credit that was due to them.
"Sir, the division commander agrees. He specifically warned on the phone that the coming battle will not be easy. It would be better for our unit to withdraw!" the adjutant on the side persuaded.
"Baga, give the order to retreat!"
The Japanese troops of the 52nd Regiment of the Fifty-seventh Division took over the position. The two Japanese troops met in the traffic trench. Compared with the Japanese troops of the Fifty-seventh Division, which had high morale, the Japanese troops of the retreating Guards Division had many casualties.
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"Baga!" Keisuke Yokoyama, captain of the 52nd Regiment, did not follow him into the position. He looked at the number of Japanese soldiers of the Guards Division who had withdrawn from the position, and anger immediately surged into his heart.
"The Guards Division is so stupid that it didn't leave any soldiers on the position for handover. If that person launches a counterattack, our division will suffer a loss!"
Little did he know that this was a deliberate arrangement by the captain of the Guards Division, just to cause trouble for these peach pickers.
Keisuke Yokoyama led a group of officers on an inspection tour along the traffic ditch, but the next scene made him dumbfounded.
When the 16th Brigade originally built its positions, it focused mainly on the positions east of Shangqiu, and the second-line positions of the 10th Regiment were more complete than the first-line positions of the 11th Regiment.
Although the Japanese army occupied the front-line position of the 11th Regiment, the trenches in the front-line position were one-way defense and the height was built according to the height of the Chinese, so they could repeatedly compete with the Japanese army for position.
Of course, for the Japanese army, it was not without advantages. After all, the depth of the trenches was enough to give the little man a sufficient sense of security.
"Bagaya Road!" Yokoyama Keisuke looked at the wall-like trench, which was one meter higher than himself, and he couldn't even see what the ground above was like.
"Sir, the Chinese are very cunning. They attack and retreat through communication trenches that extend in all directions. There is no need to take the risk of encountering our army's firepower!"
"I think this is why the Chinese were able to compete with the Guards Division for positions many times. It's just that we arrived a little early. The Guards Division had just occupied the trench closest to the Chinese and hadn't had time to transform it!
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Yokoyama Keisuke suddenly felt bad. While watching the battle from behind, he mocked the Guards Division for not being able to defend the occupied positions. After being in the situation, he realized that it was far from being as simple as he had seen.
After retreating, the commander of the 11th Regiment, Qin Yuezhong, had several communication trenches leading to the second-line positions blown up. If the Japanese army did not want to launch an attack from the ground, it would take a lot of time to recover.
Even if the communication trenches are restored, they will still be blocked by Eighth Route Army soldiers holding the holes.