Sharp and Xiao Anbao have been together for so many days, and they have long seen the boldness and whims of this national general, but after hearing his plan, they were still shocked. Since Fei escaped from Sibuco, this unit has been there
During the march, the soldiers were in a state of severe physical exhaustion. Moreover, whether Sharp admitted it or not, the fact was that the only ones who could really fight in this unit were the more than 2,000 cadets. It was different from pretending to be a Japanese army to conduct a sneak attack.
Defending not only requires wisdom and courage, but also requires sufficient ammunition and even logistical supplies. On the surface, the defending party should have the advantage of home field, but because the Japanese aircraft carrier is located off the coast of Labazon, it can provide air support at any time
, so the Japanese army is the one that truly occupies the home field advantage. Sharp does not doubt that the Xuehe army defending Kapatagan can defeat the Japanese offensive. However, he does not doubt whether such a tired army can stop the Japanese army from escaping north.
He was attacked from both sides, but he really didn't have the confidence. Instead of expressing his agreement as usual, he glanced at Wang Laohu, hoping that this reckless officer would question it again.
However, he soon became disappointed. Wang Laohu, who was used to questioning Xiao Anbao's arrangements at military meetings, uncharacteristically expressed his position immediately this time: "Brigade, leave the machine gun reinforced company to me to command. I promise to hold on."
Frontal line of defense.”
Xiao Anbao: "Does anyone else have any objections? General Sharp, what do you say? If no one has any objections, I will contact the division headquarters."
Sharp hesitated and asked, "The counterattack will be at night, right?"
Xiao Anbao: "It's no problem during the day - are you worried about the Japs' fighter planes? Don't worry, if there is a fight, they have no chance! Master Malunan, what do you think? Tell me too."
Marunan glanced at Sharp, and of course the darkness could not distinguish his expression clearly, and said: "I listen to you."
"Okay, now you get familiar with the Japanese firearms first, and I'll contact the division headquarters. Tiger, pull the cordon farther away, and be careful of the little devils' counter-reconnaissance! If you just took it, it should make them wary of the surrounding environment!"
"yes!"
Xiao Anbao did not act aimlessly. Wang Laohu moved the cordon farther away, and soon discovered the small Japanese army that came in to search. According to Xiao Anbao's instructions, he asked his brothers to withdraw quietly, and then the large army headed towards the swamp.
Retreat all the way.
As expected, the sneak attack on Sawadabe aroused Sakamoto Takashi's vigilance. Because of Koizumi's reminder, he had a clear understanding of the strength of the cadet army, so he did not dare to take it lightly. He thought that the cadet army that just attacked Sawadabe was the Kapatagan garrison.
In order to avoid repeating the same mistake, he ordered the troops to expand the alert area and almost discovered the malicious Xiao Anbao Department.
At about four o'clock in the morning, Xiao Anbao and Huang Haifu contacted each other by walkie-talkie. The latter heard that they had just attacked the Fourth Division not long ago and broke out in a sweat. He was worried that exposing their target would affect the day's operations. He was very upset.
He politely reprimanded Xiao Anbao. Xiao Anbao's plan to attack from both front and back was actually exactly what Huang Haifu had expected. The two people coincided with each other. After discussing the details, Huang Haifu ordered Xiao Anbao to immediately take people to find a place to hide, and
Remind him that Americans and Filipinos are useless, and ask him to pay attention to the methods when arranging his troops, and never let Americans and Filipinos take the lead.
Xiao Anbao understood this and repeatedly promised not to make such a stupid mistake, and the two parties immediately stopped talking.
At about six o'clock in the morning, just as Xiao Anbao and the others were nestling near the swamp and falling asleep under the bombing of mosquitoes, a new round of Japanese attacks began. The attack method was still the same as yesterday. First, a large group of fighter planes flew in.
The cadets started a routine indiscriminate bombing in front of the fortifications that had been urgently repaired last night. Then, when the second batch of about twelve bombers and twelve fighter jets came over the position, the Sakamoto detachment launched
launched a ferocious ground attack.
Sakamoto Takashi was obviously more courageous than Sawada Shigeru. He left only one brigade and the detachment headquarters as reserve teams, and then personally commanded the other troops to enter the battlefield. There were five brigade of Japanese soldiers in total, and three brigade were placed on the mountain road, left and right in the mountains and forests.
A large group was released, and nearly 6,000 Japanese soldiers advanced aggressively toward the bombed-out position of the defenders. Half an hour later, they entered the telescope lenses of Huang Haifu and Walaifu.
According to yesterday's agreement, today's battle will be dominated by the 5th Expeditionary Division. Huang Haifu had long concluded that the frontal battlefield would be indiscriminately bombed by the Japs, so he did not arrange troops in that direction at all, so regardless of those trenches and
The communication trenches were all newly renovated and covered with fresh branches and leaves. In fact, there was not a single cadet inside. The first round of bombing by the Japanese army wiped out zero enemies.
Huang Haifu, who was born as a bandit leader, and Walaifu, who graduated from a regular military academy, have completely different understandings of battle. Walaifu attaches great importance to the coordination between the troops and the well-founded advance and retreat. Even if he has the upper hand, he will consider the retreat.
Huang Haifu was different. After formulating the purpose of this battle, he dispatched two regiments of troops to the mountains and forests on the left side of the main position based on the maximum casualty price he could bear, and asked the Second Special Artillery Regiment to ambush these two regiments.
Behind the regiment, the frontline commander Qiao Anming, commander of the 15th Expeditionary Brigade, gave the task of holding on to the end and ignored it.
Waleff was very dissatisfied with Huang Haifu's rough command style. Of course, because he had gotten to know his temper through the process of getting along with him, Waleff didn't say much. He just gave a message to Freber, commander of the 17th Expeditionary Brigade.
An order was secretly sent to him, asking him to pay attention to the development of the battle situation and provide immediate support if the main force of the 15th Brigade failed.
The terrain in the Kapatagan area is actually very suitable for defense. After Huang Haifu and Wallace saw the dangers of the Japs Air Force, they not only gave up their frontal positions, but also gave up the side adjacent to Panjier Bay. Therefore,
Now the main forces of the 5th and 6th expeditionary divisions are in the mountains and forests on the west side of the mountain road. They arrange their troops in brigade units according to the direction of the mountain road. Among them, the 17th brigade is located to the south of the 15th brigade.
In order to take care of the officers and soldiers of the two brigades advancing in the mountains and forests, the Japanese army did not advance quickly. It can be seen that Sakamoto Takashi was very careful. Surrounded by dozens of soldiers, the little Japanese picked up his binoculars from time to time to look at the mountains and forests on both sides, and occasionally gave orders
A mortar team following closely behind fired a grenade somewhere.
The first person to engage in the battle was naturally the scouts. Without any warning, gunshots suddenly rang out about a thousand meters away from the position of the 501st Regiment of the 15th Brigade. Immediately, the gunshots rang out fiercely. Once the gunfire sounded
It became violent, and screams also sounded, which immediately attracted the attention of the Japanese planes in the sky. A Zero Fighter broke away from the main formation and dived toward the sound of gunfire. At the same time, the Japanese brigade advancing through the forest on this side followed the Japanese captain
With a scream, they rushed towards the fighting site, and a large-scale battle was about to break out.