Chapter 688: Stalemate
Just when the Japanese army fell asleep, Liu Chundao's troops and Li Weimin's troops changed guards in the city, Liu Chundao's soldiers had just arrived at the battlefield, it can be said that their morale was high, eager to try, and many soldiers in Liu Chundao's troops really faced the Japanese army for the first time.
As the saying goes, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, although many soldiers in Liu Chundao's division are indeed new to the battlefield, but for the officers at all levels under Liu Chundao's subordinates, they are already veterans of the battlefield, although they still lack experience in command, but they have also been fully tempered.
After a day's battle, in addition to the necessary garrison positions and patrols, the Japanese army had already entered the dream. A curfew was imposed on the front line, although the new 33rd Army had no air support, but their artillery strikes were very accurate, the commander of the little devil did not want to die prematurely, and there was no light in the headquarters at night, and after inspecting the sentry posts of the troops in the morning, the commander of the little devil also fell asleep.
The night was a little cooler than the day, and the soldiers who had just finished changing their guards could not sleep, and they were worried about tomorrow's battle.
Liu Chundao called the platoon commander and company commander under his command to the headquarters, and it was also dark in Liu Chundao's headquarters, but there was a group of people sitting around, in order to convey the specific situation in the city, Liu Chundao called all the officers above the platoon commander to the headquarters.
Now in Datong City, sometimes three or five soldiers can form a combat unit, and then defend a house, the battle mission arrangement can not be too detailed, and their troops have never fought street battles, Liu Chundao must prepare the soldiers in advance, let them do a good job in the casualties of the troops.
After arranging the deployment in the city, Liu Chundao rushed to the position in the south of the city overnight and arranged for the withdrawn soldiers to arrange defense. After this battle, many troops of Liu Chundao's division did not come back, and some of the troops did not come back because the entire battalion did not come back, not because they fled or defected to the enemy, but because when they held out outside the city, they did not withdraw at all, which led to the annihilation of the whole army.
Later, Li Weimin fought with the little devils in Datong City for so long, and the casualties of the troops were not small, and the losses were huge, but the combat effectiveness of some troops was still there.
"Don't be careless, you are in charge of Datong's life-and-death transportation route, the Japanese army will definitely try to cut off this road, the troops can be properly repaired, but they can't rest, tell the soldiers to be vigilant, we are not yet the time to sit back and relax!"
Liu Chundao repeatedly told that now the only way for Datong to survive is in their hands, if they run away without a fight like last time, then Liu Chundao Master will really give Datong a funeral.
Compared with the battle in the city, the battle in the south of Datong City is not so tragic, the little devil tried several times to regain control of the south of Datong City, but was killed and injured by the artillery brought by Liu Chundao, the strength of the little devil's wing, and in the end only one squadron was left to make any progress, so the little devil was a lot more honest, and occasionally there were sporadic battles.
Both sides have already focused on the battle for the city, after all, whoever has a firm foothold in the city will be able to gain the initiative in Datong, and if the Japanese army suppresses the living space of the Chinese army in the city to a small range, the battle will be able to distinguish the winner without fighting.
The sun shone on the ruins of Datong, the city was full of dust, and the soldiers stared at the defense line.
Yesterday afternoon's counterattack, must have made the little devil unhappy, today the little devil will definitely try his best to regain what he lost, after changing the guard last night, Liu Chundao told his officers to defend first familiar with the battlefield, and then try to recover Datong.
However, unexpectedly, the little devils did not attack for a long time, the scorching sun scorched the earth, and not a single trace of the enemy was found at the front of the position, but the soldiers knew that the Japanese army was in front of them, and they were just hiding in a place they could not see.
The officers at the front kept observing every house in his field of vision with binoculars, and not a single house in the area he observed was intact, either destroyed by their artillery fire or the artillery fire of the little devils, and even there was no roof above their heads.
The observation told him that the little devil was not tired from the war yesterday, and he did not attack today on vacation, let alone secretly changed his guard like them. Apparently the little devil is preparing for a more ferocious attack.
"Order all fighters, check your weapons and ammunition, and be ready to fight at any time!"
The soldiers on the front line began to gradually become nervous, according to the character of the Japanese army, they were reluctant to launch an attack for such a long time, and once the attack was bound to be more ferocious, although the soldiers were ready to go to the front line, but beads of sweat gradually oozed from their hands.
Veterans know that the silence of the front line represents danger, but veterans are more familiar with the fact that if they fight, they can prepare in advance without the urging of officers, and it is because of this that they can survive on the battlefield.
"Battalion commander, what's the smoke coming from the little devil?" A platoon commander approached the battalion commander and asked.
The battalion commander didn't understand what the little devil was doing, he didn't attack in the morning, could it be that he was going to have lunch?
"Tell the artillerymen not to open fire lightly if they don't understand the situation, the little devil may be deliberately luring us to expose our firepower!"
Soldiers who have been on the battlefield know the rules on the battlefield, and try not to shoot until they see the enemy or determine the target, so as not to expose themselves and become the focus of the little devils.
The more situations there are on the battlefield, the more vigilant they must be to observe their surroundings in case the little devils suddenly come out of a place they don't expect.
"Let the warriors open the insurance and prepare for battle!"
The battalion commander was faintly uneasy in his heart, the little devil must be doing something, and he was definitely not cooking.
Sure enough, as soon as the battalion commander's order was given, the little devil began to charge at them with a clatter.
"Hold your breath and wait for my order to shoot again!"
All the warriors were like wolves, staring at the charging Japanese soldiers, as if they were staring at their prey.
The battalion commander gasped, the Japanese army did not want to fight house by house like them, they were like fighting a field battle, they rushed out of the bunker en masse and charged directly, obviously this group of little devils is here to send them to death.
"Don't fire heavy machine guns, other fighters fight!"
The battalion commander sensed that something was wrong, and it was obvious that these Japanese soldiers were here to test their firepower and reconnoiter for the subsequent troop attack. So the battalion commander ordered the machine gun not to fire.
"Bang Bang Bang" "Bang Bang Bang"
After the little devil approached, the soldiers decisively threw * and blew up the little devil who rushed over. There were only two dozen of the charging imps, and the fighters quickly dealt with them.
No sooner had the gunfire fallen than a whistling sound could be heard in the sky.
"Boom Boom"
A few shells fell on the defensive line, and this was the artillery of the little devils in test firing.
"Find cover!"
"Boom Boom"
The Japanese artillery began to carry out continuous artillery bombardment after adjusting its position, covering the positions held by the Chinese army. Whether the little devils are in the field or in the city, their tactics are always artillery and infantry charges.
Sure enough, after the Japanese shelling, the little devils began to rush out of the various rooms where they were hiding.
"Hit!"
The battalion commander commanded his soldiers to exchange fire with the Japanese army, and the battle entered a white-hot state at the beginning.
The battle lasted for more than an hour, and the Japanese had no intention of retreating, they were like a wild buffalo that had lost their minds, rampage in front of the position, and the casualties of the soldiers began to increase.
The battalion commander knew that if they continued to fight like this, they would definitely be wiped out.
"Machine gun retreat, retreat to the next house, cover us!"
In order not to annihilate their troops, the battalion commander had to give the order to retreat, what they wanted now was not a house, they wanted to stabilize the entire defensive line, if they were all wiped out here, there would be no one to hold back the Japanese troops in front of them.
The Japanese counteroffensive on all fronts was effective, they brought the defensive line back to the state it was yesterday, and the Japanese had to start rearranging positions on the defensive line again, and then burning the corpses, the weather was too hot, and if the corpses were not disposed of in time, the disease that could be spread would kill many people.
On the front line, the Chinese army and the Japanese army have formed a stalemate, and it depends on who has the ability to break this stalemate before they can occupy the absolute initiative in Datong.
"Division commander, we have to fight for both wings, if we continue to fight like this, either we will be gone, or the little devils will be gone, otherwise this battle will not end for another month!"
Now the situation in Datong is plaguing everyone, and fighting back and forth like this, except for increasing casualties, there is no strategic result at all, and it is necessary to find a way to break the balance between the two sides in order to end this battle as soon as possible.
But fighting for the two wings is very simple, before the change of defense, Liu Chundao has already arranged four battalions of troops to try, fight for the two wings, and then cut off the retreat of the Japanese army in the city, as a result, one battalion suffered heavy losses, and the other troops were also blocked back.
"That's right! Division commander, we must fight for both wings again, and this time I will personally take the troops with me! An operational staff officer said to Liu Chundao.
Liu Chundao also knows that fighting with the little devil like this is nothing more than me pushing the defense line over, and then being pushed back by the little devil, if the four gaps into the city are blocked, let alone a month, I'm afraid Datong will not settle down within half a year.
Half a year is too long for the New 33rd Army and the people of Datong, and the New 33rd Army is known for its quick victory.