Chapter 328: The Action of the Fourth Regiment

"If you don't fight the four regiments, you can choose to spend less than ten days left, and then honestly return to Feihuling to continue to live a stable life, and you will never be able to fight a big battle in the future, so you can only give the three regiments as reserves, so that the four regiments will never have a day." This is why Liu Chundao risked his life to go deep into the enemy camp to reconnoitre.

It is not easy to take so many people to fight the artillery position of the little devil, he himself has a small target, and he can avoid the patrol of the little devil, but with more than a hundred people like this, before he can get close, he will be beaten into a sieve by the little devil.

Just when Liu Chundao was constantly thinking about the solution, the first company commander came to the headquarters: "Regiment commander, is there any combat order?" "The first company commander is a veteran of the original German armor division, and he has been following Liu Chundao, and when the guard battalion was reorganized into the fourth regiment, he also became the lieutenant company commander of the fourth regiment.

According to Liu Chundao's reconnaissance, the first company commander deduced that their old company commander might be taking them to action in the past few days.

"I need a hundred death squad members, pick the best equipment, train for a day today to attack the essentials, tomorrow we will rest for a whole day, and tomorrow night we will act." At this time, it was already dawn, and the operation tonight was obviously a bit hasty, so Liu Chundao decided to arrange the operation for tomorrow night, and the most important thing was that the four mountain guns that the second regiment promised to lend to the fourth regiment had not yet been delivered.

"Commander, are these soldiers selected from among the veterans?" When the company commander heard that Liu Chundao was picking on the daredevils, he was shocked at first, and then began to think about specific matters.

"Half of the veterans, if there are new recruits to participate, you can also pick some of them." Of course, Liu Chundao hopes that all veterans will participate in this operation, because the veterans have rich combat experience and can thoroughly carry out battlefield orders, while the new recruits lack experience in this regard. But there were too few veterans of the 4th Regiment, and only a part of the recruits could be selected, at least they were also trained.

"I see!" The first company commander replied very simply, he did not ask Liu Chundao why he wanted to be a death squad, nor did he ask how to organize a death squad. He just gave Liu Chundao a crisp salute and left the headquarters.

At noon, the four mountain artillery supported by the Second Regiment also arrived, and of course there were artillery, not that Li Weimin did not believe in Liu Chundao, but that he was afraid that the Fourth Regiment would not have qualified artillery.

"You're finally here, I'll give you a mission, and you'll have the cannon here tonight." Liu Chundao pointed to the map and said that he had already reconnoitred with Wang Dazhui in this area, "Later, I will let a warrior who is familiar with the road take you over." ”

The specific battle plan has not yet been formed, and the specific combat time has not been decided, but Liu Chundao decided to arrange the artillery first, and these four mountain guns are related to the final retreat of their death squad.

In the afternoon, the commander of the first company returned to the headquarters and reported that 123 people were willing to join the death squad, but only 51 of the death squads were veterans, and most of these veterans had only participated in one battle. It's not that those veterans are unwilling to join the death squad, but that the company commander is selfish, and the veterans in other units grab a lot of them, but the veterans of their four regiments who have participated in two battles have become platoon commanders, and these are the backbone of their future development, and the company commander is reluctant to squander them.

"Call the company commanders to the headquarters, I want to have a combat meeting!" This was Liu Chundao's first combat meeting, and some of the company commanders under him were squad leaders not long ago. In tonight's action, Liu Chundao decided to go all out.

"The commander of the first company and the death squad will move with me tonight, remember that you can't bring anything with you with a sound, only guns, ammunition and grenades." After everyone arrived at the headquarters, Liu Chundao began to follow Liao Fan's example and gave orders to his company commander in the headquarters.

The task of the first company commander was already clear when Liu Chundao returned to the position, and he had already begun training for tomorrow's operation.

"The second company commander, the third company commander, and the fourth company commander, you bring half of our flying thunder cannons, and they will be arranged in this area at eight o'clock tomorrow night." Liu Chundao pointed to the hanging map and ordered the three company commanders.

Liu Chundao pointed to the area on the map as the frontal defense zone of the little devils, this area was on the left side of their reconnaissance area yesterday, and the three companies were about to face a large group of Japanese troops in front of them.

"The commander of the fifth company, the commander of the sixth company, and the commander of the seventh company, the three of you companies are arranged in this area, and bring our remaining flying thunder cannons." Liu Chundao pointed to the map again and ordered.

Contrary to the previous three companies, the area on the map is on the right side of the reconnaissance area, and on the right side of the junction of the two brigades of the little devils, they also face the strength of a Japanese brigade in the front.

"Eight companies are deployed in this area with a mortar company, and your goal is to support the operations of the various units and provide them with fire cover."

"As for the Ninth Company, the two regiments and four mountain artillery that you cooperated with to support the support are the junction of the little devils, and the main task is to respond to and cover the retreat of the death squads, but there is one point, the mountain artillery is not allowed to fire until the death squad successfully blows up the artillery positions of the little devils."

"Commander, will we leave the matter of the death squad to you?" After the second company commander waited for Liu Chundao to finish issuing the combat order, he said, "Regiment commander, you are the commander, you should be in the command position, in case something goes wrong with you, how can we explain to Brother Fan." ”

"You don't need to explain to anyone, the battle order is given by me, and the task is also carried out by me, if Lao Tzu unfortunately dies in battle, you don't need to look for my body, I will be buried wherever I die!" The main reason why Liu Chundao led the death squad was to lead by example.

This is the first hard battle faced by the Fourth Regiment since its establishment, and in front of the recruits, the regiment commanders have all joined the death squads, and the officers at all levels must have the determination to fight to the death, and the officers have the determination to die in battle, and the soldiers below will naturally not steal their lives, and only those who fight for their lives on the battlefield can survive.

On that day, except for a company commander who was training with soldiers, the rest of the troops gave up digging fortifications and went back to prepare to pack up equipment and wait for tomorrow's battle, Liu Chundao was also very excited, this was the first time he commanded so many people to fight, he kept telling himself in his heart that he was no longer a company commander, but a regiment commander, everything in the future can not rely on Liao Fan everywhere, rely on Li Weimin, their four regiments will also compete for a place in the independent 33rd Division, as the pillar, the main force is used.

During the day's preparation, the little devil's shells still fell on the fortifications at the front with no regularity and unscrupulousness, but there were not many soldiers in the fortifications at this time, and they all retreated two miles and began to repair and replenish ammunition and equipment to prepare for tomorrow night's operation.

The little devil seems to be stupid, since the attack failed, the second regiment suffered heavy losses, it seems that there is no attack, and even no longer send troops to reconnoiter the defense line of Beitai Peak, so that Liu Chundao and they have changed their guard for several days, and the little devil does not know that new troops have been replaced on the position. More importantly, there were only observation posts in the forward positions, and not many troops existed.

The negligence of the little devils in business will make them lose a lot tomorrow night.

The four regiments were in full swing to prepare, Liu Chundao sat in the command headquarters and kept looking at the map, thinking about whether there would be loopholes in the plan he had arranged, this battle was about the lives of more than a thousand people, Liu Chundao had to be cautious. Once they are entangled by the little devils, and the reinforcements of the little devils arrive, they have no chance to get out at all.

That night, the four mountain cannons were in place under the leadership of Wang Dazhui, and the rest of the soldiers were also ready. In order to make the operation smooth, in the evening, Liu Chundao took various company commanders to reconnoiter closely.

Since it was a night operation, of course you had to rest during the day, but the little devil's shells fell again, and the soldiers had to pretend that nothing was alive, and since they couldn't sleep, they closed their eyes and recuperated, anyway, you wouldn't come to attack Beitai Peak.

In the evening, the sun set little by little, the sunset reflected half of the sky red, and the night came with the disappearance of the sunset, and the company commanders in the headquarters waited for Liu Chundao to give the final order.

"When you six companies are at seven o'clock, try to get as close to the little devil as possible, attack on time at eight o'clock, once the surprise attack is successful, retreat immediately under the cover of the flying thunder cannon, the flying thunder cannon is troublesome to load, just one round is enough, and then quickly retreat." It was too difficult to reload the flying thunder cannon with explosives, and in order not to delay the retreat of the troops, Liu Chundao only ordered the soldiers to fight one round, and the power of this thing in one round was enough.

After receiving the order, the six company commanders immediately left the headquarters and went with their troops.

As for the task of the mortar battery, it has long been clear that their main task is to cover the actions of these six companies, and the four mountain guns, with the advantage of a slightly longer range, are intended to support the actions of the death squads.

The stars in the sky were shining brightly, and there was no moon, which seemed to be a good fit for tonight's action. Liu Chundao gradually approached the junction of the two Japanese brigades with more than 100 people, although the more than 100 soldiers were not battle-hardened, but Liu Chundao had made everyone's tasks as clear as possible.

When I arrived at the designated location, all that was left was to wait quietly, eight o'clock in the evening was the time when the little devil had eaten enough to prepare for rest, and this was also the time when the little devil was most loosely guarded, Liu Chundao kept looking at the hands on his watch, waiting for eight o'clock to come.

"Da Da Da"

Liu Chundao heard the sound of a heavy machine gun, and it was already eight o'clock, and the six companies on both sides of the death squad launched a surprise attack on the camp of the little devils.

In the binoculars, Liu Chundao watched the little devil camp not far away fall into chaos, but under the dispatch of Jun Cao, the troops immediately returned to stability, and they realized that it was the Chinese sneak attack. The Japanese troops at the frontal junction of the death squad were also suddenly vigilant, and then picked up their guns and began to assemble under the command of their commanders, ready to support at any time.

Explosions and gunfire rang out, and the shouts of death on both sides of the death squad rang out, but they were dead silent.