Chapter 1261: It's going well
Liao Fan didn't know that Hu Guoshan had already arranged the attack plan, and the million-strong army had already moved, if he knew, he would definitely not sleep this night, on the contrary, he slept very soundly this night.
Chairman Meow's matter was dealt with two days ago, and after sending Chairman Meow away at the train station, Liao Fan got a good news, that is, Mr. Song promised to come to Luoyang, and he would arrive tomorrow, Liao Fan naturally had to take a good rest, and go to the station on time tomorrow to pick up Mr. Song.
However, waking up tomorrow morning, what shocked Liao Fan the most was not that Mrs. Song had arrived, but that the troops in the northeast had launched an attack on the Japanese army. The people also slept very soundly this night, because there was no more war in the country, and the world was peaceful for them, and they no longer had to worry about the little devils coming at any time.
In the second half of the night, there were snowflakes in the sky, and the snow was not big, and it did not have a great impact on the march of the troops, but the little devils at this time were very uncomfortable.
The army moved unusually quickly, the morale of the army was high, and they had been preparing for this battle for a long time. The little devils were unaware of Hu Guoshan's military operations, and a million troops swept towards them.
The Japanese army in South Manchuria was mainly divided into three parts to defend the danger, and their purpose was very clear, if they could hide in the city for a day, they would be able to survive for a day. They don't know if the fortifications are really as impregnable as their commander said, and most of the buildings on the surface have been destroyed by the Chinese Air Force, leaving only ruins.
The people in the city have already let the little devils give no trace of the scourge, either they have hidden, or they have long fled, and the people who are hiding do not dare to come out easily, day or night. The little devil now robs people when he sees them, just to grab something to eat.
As for the deployment of the Japanese army's firepower in the city, General Secretary Zhu's order also created a good reconnaissance, and the sources of intelligence were also complex and diverse, including information sent by the fleeing puppet army, information provided by captured Japanese soldiers, and information detected by their scouts.
The scouts have also confirmed the information provided by the puppet army and the captured Japanese army, and the intelligence troops really do not dare to put the lives of their own soldiers on these two people.
Although the morale is good, the experience is still very lacking, and some recruits have not even been on the battlefield, which is the most headache for veterans.
Veterans have experienced bloody battles, from Taihang Mountain all the way to the northeast, they have experienced any kind of battles on land, and from beginning to end they are most worried about bringing new soldiers.
Veterans used to be recruits, and when they learned that they were going to go to the battlefield to fight little devils, they were also enthusiastic, but when they really arrived on the battlefield, they found that they had forgotten everything they had learned and practiced on the battlefield, which is why recruits lost a lot on the battlefield.
As soon as it came up, it was the urban fortification and street fighting, which tested the most grassroots commanders, from company commanders to non-commissioned officers, who were most worried about recruits.
The commanders at the grassroots level were particularly calm at this time, especially the company commanders who had a meeting at the regiment headquarters, and their regiment commanders clearly told them that they could be enthusiastic, but they must not be carried away by the blood.
Now their troops are different from what they used to be, they have armored units, they have large-caliber artillery, and each platoon is equipped with mortars.
At five o'clock in the morning all the troops reported their positions to the command, they had all arrived at the assigned position, and as soon as the command gave the command, they would attack on all fronts.
"Let the artillery * corps cover the Japanese troops on the periphery for fifteen minutes at half past five, and after fifteen minutes, the fire will be extended and let the troops charge."
The troops had only half an hour to prepare, and they had to prepare for the attack within half an hour.
While the little devil was still praying in his sleep for a good weather tomorrow, the Chinese army was making busy preparations, especially on the artillery positions, and their preparations were extremely busy.
"Division commander, our cannons are too close, so there will be an accident!"
There had never been so many cannons on the previous artillery positions, and now the artillery, which they can move, has been pulled to the front line, but they are faced with a problem, that is, the density of the cannons is too large, and the distance between the cannons is too close, and once the little devils counterattack and destroy one place, it may cause a chain reaction.
The commander of the artillery division naturally knew that the layout of their artillery positions was unreasonable, but the time given to them was too urgent, there were no artillery bunkers and false targets, only a fixed position, if the little devil calculated the location of the artillery position for a counterattack, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"We don't have time, so you and someone will immediately find us a reserve position, and when our first round of shelling is over, all the troops will immediately move to the reserve position."
As long as they are close to the city, the infantry will have enough firepower advantage, and the cover will not be needed for a short time, even if the cover of the artillery is needed, when they move their positions, it will be good to leave a part of the artillery.
Time passed minute by minute, the troops were racing against time, and half past five was not bright for the northeast in this season, but a little dark.
"Boom Boom"
Artillery shells rained down on the Japanese position, and the veterans of the little devils reacted quickly, and when they heard the sound of gunfire, they understood that there was a battle, but the recruits of the little devils did not have this awareness, and when the cannon sounded, they even wanted to hide in a warm place and sleep until they woke up naturally.
Moreover, the purpose of the artillery of the Chinese army was not the Japanese army in the city, but the little devils in the outer positions of the city, so not a single artillery shell in the city fell.
"Rise up for me if you don't want to die."
The soldiers of the little devils have lost a lot of weight, it seems that they have lost weight this winter, so their energy is not as good as before, and the troops are becoming more and more chaotic, lacking proper training, if a strictly trained soldier is lazy for a month, it is impossible to restore the original reaction speed in a very short time.
Therefore, the officers of the little devils will inevitably physically punish and scold their soldiers when they are in a hurry, and at this critical time, their soldiers are so lazy, and they are completely different from their original Imperial Army.
Hades is not bad for hungry ghosts, little devils who have been hungry all winter, where is there any spirit to fight, there is no food to eat in a short period of time, they may still have spiritual support, once the time has passed, there is no ethics and morality, and the same as primitive society, the one who has food is the uncle.
In normal times, the officers of the little devils regarded them as inferior people, and asked them to fight hard at critical times, and it was enough to give them face for the emperor without causing a mutiny.
The artillery fire has begun to extend, and the little devil's troops in the city have only gathered sparsely, and at this time, many commanders of the little devils realized that in this winter, they have lost a lot of troops and combat effectiveness, and they all began to wonder if they could still fight if they pulled such troops up?
But now it is no longer up to the little devils to decide whether to fight or not, but by the Chinese army, I want you to rest, you can rest, I don't want you to rest, you little devil is halfway through the toilet, you must also stop me to fight with me.
The glory of the little devil in the past fell from the sky to the ground like snowflakes this winter, and was trampled into the mud. There was no glory, no food, only walking corpse-like bodies, and of course in their most latent consciousness they still wanted to live.
Before the little devil troops could gather to support the troops outside the city, a deafening shout of killing pierced through the explosion of the cannons just now, sweeping across the earth like a tornado, piercing the air like the tip of a needle, and finally reaching the ears of the little devil, like the sky falling apart.
The Japanese army was terrified, how many people would be able to shout such a voice, and the Chinese army estimated that one person could drown the troops in their city with a single spit.
The little devil who had just organized the troops had a little confidence to support the team outside the city, but when he heard this shouting and killing, the last bit of confidence disappeared, and even the officers of the little devil didn't want to take the troops outside the city.
"Hurry up, defend in place, find the fortifications in the city to defend."
Panic and fear on the battlefield are contagious, one person panics and drives ten people, ten people can drive a hundred, the little devil squad has changed, of course, the team of other little devils must follow the example, anyway, the law does not blame the public, the troops outside are gone, which is equivalent to less food grabbing with them.
The Japanese moved very quickly, and of course they were not going to support the troops outside the city, but to shrink inside the city.
Hu Guoshan did not expect that their battle would go so smoothly, the Japanese army closest to them did not have the slightest resistance around the group, and in just one hour, their troops wiped out all the Japanese troops on the periphery.
Of course, there are not many Japanese troops on the periphery, accounting for a quarter of their total proportion, and most of their forces are still concentrated in the city, not that the Japanese commander had the foresight to anticipate that the Chinese army would launch a surprise attack, but that the city can really shelter from the wind and snow, so that they can live more comfortably.
Around the other two Japanese groups, their troops have also made great progress, the Japanese have abandoned many positions, mainly the Japanese troops who are cowering in the city and refuse to support, despite the orders given by their superiors, but this winter has caused great contradictions between the little devils and their superiors.