Li Yulong, the commander of the bayonet battalion, walked in with blood all over his body and said: "Captain Chi, all the more than two hundred little Japs who went down to the tunnel have been eliminated, and only one escaped! Son of a bitch, that little Jaap is really not
He was so powerful that even my third company commander fell into his hands, and even six snipers couldn't kill him even if they fired at the same time!"
"Well done!" Chi Chengfeng said, "The Bayonet Battalion is indeed the iron fist of our brigade!"
Only Li Yulong's bayonet battalion remained in the tunnel to fight the Japanese search team. However, the three main battalions of the Baoshan 2nd Regiment had already withdrawn from the tunnel and were now ambushing the two wings.
"Tuanzuo, the little devils are about to retreat!" The commander of the 1st Battalion next to him suddenly shouted, "Fight!"
"No." Chi Chengfeng shook his head decisively, "Shooting with little devils in the open is not a good deal."
Huang Baocheng, chief of staff of the 2nd Regiment, also said: "The regiment leader is right. Although the tactical literacy of the entire regiment's officers and soldiers has been greatly improved after these two months of hard training, our firepower is still far inferior to that of the small regiment."
Japs, if we open up our stance and fight head-on with the little Japs, we will definitely suffer big losses."
1 The battalion commander didn’t believe it: “With only these three to four hundred little devils left, how can we still suffer?”
"You know nothing!" Chi Chengfeng reprimanded, "The little Japs who attacked were as large as an infantry brigade. Although the few teams that went down to the tunnel had been killed by the bayonet battalion, the Japs' light and heavy machine gun firepower still had a throwing force.
The canisters are undamaged. If we really want to attack by force, even if we can annihilate these hundreds of little Japs, our own casualties will definitely be considerable."
"Then let the artillery battalion come up!" said the 1st Battalion Commander, "It's not like our Baoshan Brigade doesn't have artillery."
"You're just a weakling." Huang Baocheng also scolded, "Our Baoshan Brigade has artillery, but the artillery of the Hanzhuang kid opposite has a whole regiment. Here Lao Niu's artillery battalion didn't fire two cannons, but over there
The Japanese artillery's retaliatory firepower will come over, and when the time comes, the Japanese will not be able to explode, but will lose their own artillery, and that will be a huge loss."
"Hey." The 1st Battalion Commander said bitterly: "This is meat on the edge of your mouth. If you don't take a bite, I won't feel happy."
"Why are you anxious?" Chi Chengfeng said, "Grandma, these hundreds of little devils will be meat in our mouths sooner or later, but what's the use of letting them jump around for two more days?"
After that, Chi Chengfeng said to several battalion commanders: "Okay, this little devil has also withdrawn. Let the brothers go back and continue digging. Tell the brothers that if they get rid of their arms, they can dig hard. Let's 2
The regiment will fight without hesitation, and it will never lose to the 1st and 3rd regiments when digging tunnels, do you hear me?"
"I heard it." The three battalion commanders agreed loudly and immediately took the order.
In less than a moment, clouds of dust once again rose from the national army position east of Hanzhuang.
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Hanzhuang, frontline headquarters of Isoya Division.
"Baga! Baga!" Major General Kei Setani scolded and slapped Major Harano with the left slap and the right slap.
Major Yuan Ye's head was slapped to the side again and again, but he straightened up again and again, and kept saying "Hai" and "Hai" in his mouth. Although he was beaten, he did not dare to complain at all.
Major General Kei Setani slapped Major Harano more than a dozen times, and before he could get angry, he kicked him to the ground hard. Poor Major Harano received more than a dozen slaps in the ears and a hard kick.
, I didn’t even dare to fart. After struggling to get up, I had to quickly put my feet back and stand at attention, and then suddenly lowered my head and said "Hai".
It wasn't until Major General Kei Setani finished venting that Major General Yai Wuhei next to him waved his hand and signaled Major Harano to retreat.
Major Harano once again put his feet back and stood at attention, bowed his head in salute to Major General Lai Wuping, and then turned around and went down in dejection. Major General Lai Wuping then said to Major General Kei Setani: "Setani-kun, you don't have to be too angry. The Harano Brigade is going to attack this time."
Although we have suffered a loss, it is not without gain. At least we have figured out who our opponent is, right?"
"Baoshan Brigade!" Kei Setani gritted his teeth and said, "This Baoshan Brigade has really become a serious problem for the imperial army!"
"Who says it's not?" Lai Wuping shook his head and sighed, "The Division Headquarters just received a call. The Special High School Division once again deciphered the Chinese people's secret code. Through the Chinese people's messages, it can be basically concluded that the Chinese special forces that attacked Linyi came from
Baoshan Brigade, and most likely Yue Weihan himself personally commanded this special operations operation!"
Major General Kei Setani nodded and said with a sigh: "Counting Mr. Sakagaki and Mr. Sakamoto, three lieutenant generals and two major generals in the Empire of Japan have died directly or indirectly at the hands of Yue Weihan, and Major General Shigeto Chiaki has directly become a treasure mountain.
Brigade prisoners, since the Meiji Restoration, there has never been an army that can pose such a great threat to the Imperial Japanese Army."
Major General Lai Wuping said: "Mr. Setani, it is no longer possible to stop the Baoshan Brigade's earthwork work with our strength alone. I suggest that you immediately send a report to the division headquarters and the base camp dispatched squadron's frontline command post to request the North China Front Army's direct aviation
The team immediately dispatched a bomber group to conduct a large-scale bombing of the outer positions of Hanzhuang."
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Jinan, the headquarters of the frontline command post of the dispatch squad in the Japanese army base camp.
Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe and the staff of the headquarters are nervously evaluating the suggestion of Major General Kei Setani. The cost of dispatching a bomber group to bomb Hanzhuang's outer positions on a large scale is high. After all, the Imperial Army Air Force is also in short supply of aerial bombs.
Generally speaking, only key tactical targets are eligible for the use of aerial bombs.
"Your Excellency, General, I don't think that dispatching a bomber group can achieve the expected results." Major Staff Officer Tomoda Tengtian said, "The Chinese people only built simple tunnels. Even if they were blown down, they could be repaired with ease, but the Imperial Army could not have them."
Too many heavyweight aerial bombs were wasted outside Hanzhuang."
"Furthermore, dispatching a large-scale bomber group to bomb the tunnel positions outside Hanzhuang may not be able to effectively kill the Chinese people." Teng Tianzhi paused, and then said, "With the tactical qualities of Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Brigade, they cannot possibly
Do not reserve anti-gun holes in the tunnels. As long as the anti-gun holes are dug deep enough and strong enough, it will be enough to protect their infantry from aerial bombs."
Lieutenant General Okabe gritted his teeth, then turned back to the adjutant and said: "Order, the Isoya Division must display the supreme bravery of the Imperial Army and do its best to hold on until reinforcements arrive!"
Seeing that the eastern sky gradually began to light up, Liu Yi couldn't help but said worriedly: "Brigade, do you think the Japs will send out bombers to blow up the tunnels? Although the tunnels of each regiment have been dug for anti-gun tunnels and have been reinforced.
After passing it, it’s hard to say whether it can withstand the Japs’ heavy aerial bombs.”
"I can't say for sure," Yue Weihan said, "but I do hope that the Japs will come to bomb."
Yue Weihan really hoped that the Japs would bomb, even if the Baoshan Brigade had to pay a certain amount of casualties, it would be worth it.
After all, Japan is just an island country. It does not have any strategic resources. It also maintains a huge navy. The navy is a huge gold-swallowing beast and requires a lot of resources to maintain. Therefore, there are actually very few resources that can be allocated to the Japanese army. The little devil is here
If one more aerial bomb is dropped outside Hanzhuang, other big cities in China will be hit by one less aerial bomb.
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Hanzhuang, Isoya Division forward headquarters.
After reading the telegram, Major General Setani Kei's face suddenly darkened. Major General Lai Wuping next to him said: "Setani-kun, how did the division headquarters and the base camp dispatch squad's frontline command post respond?"
"You'd better read it yourself." Kei Setani handed the message to Major General Lai Wuping.
Major General Lai Wuping's face changed drastically after reading the message, and he said angrily: "Why is this happening? Why not send out bombers for large-scale bombing?"
Major General Kei Setani looked cold. He did not have high hopes for the tactical support of the North China Front Air Force. The Army Air Force had very few aerial bombs, and they were not enough to bomb high-value strategic targets in China's big cities.
, how could it be wasted on the outskirts of Hanzhuang, a little-known Chinese village?
"Setani-kun!" Major General Lai Wuping gritted his teeth and suddenly said, "Order a breakout!"
"Breakout?" Major General Kei Setani said coldly, "The orders from the division headquarters and the base camp dispatch squad's frontline command post are for us to continue to hold on until reinforcements arrive!"
"It will take at least half a month for the reinforcements to arrive. We must not sit still and wait for death!" Major General Zheng Wuping roared loudly. "With the speed at which the Chinese are digging tunnels, they will definitely launch a general offensive in three days. If they break through now, there may be a chance.
If you have any chance of survival, it will be too late to break out after the Chinese people dig out the road."
"Yiwu-kun!" Major General Kei Setani said angrily, "Don't forget your identity! You are a noble imperial warrior!"
"No, I don't want to die here. My military career must not end here!" Major General Lai Wuping continued to roar, "This is neither sacrificing one's life for the empire nor being loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, but a meaningless suicide! I
I want to complain to the front army headquarters and the temple cabinet, and I want to complain directly to the base camp..."
At the critical moment of life and death, Major General Lai Wuping had completely lost his calm.
There are heroes and bears among the Chinese soldiers, and there are also cowards who are greedy for life and fear of death among the Japanese soldiers who have been brainwashed by militarism. Major General Lai Wuping is obviously one of them. Major General Kei Setani shook his head and directly ordered the Gendarmerie General Major General Lai Wuping.
After being locked up, as the frontline commander of the Isotani Division, Major General Kei Setani had the authority to make decisions on the fly.
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The last peaceful day passed quickly.
The Japanese troops trapped in Hanzhuang did not attack rashly again, and the aviation force did not come to bomb.
After a day and night of intensive excavation, dozens of main tunnels in three directions have been extended forward for more than a thousand meters. This progress greatly exceeded Yue Weihan's expectations. Yue Weihan obviously underestimated the urgency of the entire brigade officers and soldiers. According to this
With such speed, we can dig the main tunnel to within fifty meters of Hanzhuang's periphery tomorrow morning at the latest!