Chapter 147: Victory on the First Day
"Hey!" Lao Hu sighed helplessly, "That's good, the supreme commander has become the commando leader, and we have become the supreme commander of the front line, which is completely reversed." ”
"Actually, this matter is not without workarounds." Ma Wanzhong smiled slightly.
"What do you mean? Do you have a way to stop Brother Fan? Hu Guoshan came to Ma Wanzhong.
"Of course there is a way, but it depends on whether you dare to do it." Ma Wanzhong didn't dare to do such a thing.
"As long as you can ensure Brother Fan's safety, no matter what method you have, Lao Tzu will dare to do it." Hu Guoshan is also open-minded.
"That's what you said, as long as you can do it, I'll take the artillery battalion to blow up the little devil's artillery position at night." Ma Wanzhong saw that Lao Hu had made such a big determination, and he also let it go.
"What's the best way to do it? Tell me about it. ”
Ma Wanzhong leaned into Lao Hu's ear and muttered a few words, Hu Guoshan began to frown: "Old Ma, isn't this method a little cloudy, if Brother Fan wakes up, you and I will have to be beaten." ”
"Didn't you say that for the sake of Brother Fan's safety, you would dare to do anything? At this time, it became cowardly? Ma Wanzhong deliberately provoked Lao Hu.
Hu Guoshan still has this temper, and was provoked by Ma Wanzhong, and sure enough, he still agreed ruthlessly: "The method is a little ruthless, but it can only be like this, I will quietly bring a squad of soldiers over at night, as long as Brother Fan comes, I will ......"
"Okay, that's it, and then I'll take over the artillery battalion and continue to carry out the mission." Ma Wanzhong knew that the little devil's artillery position had to be blown up, and since Liao Fan couldn't go, he could only go.
After attacking the little devils all morning after lunch, they launched an indiscriminate bombardment of the first line of defense, because in the mountains, the little devils could only use horses to ensure their logistics, so in the afternoon, Ma Wanzhong and they obviously felt that the little devils' shells were weak in follow-up.
"Hehe, this little devil's shells are almost consumed, and I guess that's what it looks like today." Zhao Caizhu worked as a staff officer beside Hu Guoshan.
"Yes, fortunately in the mountains, the little devil's car and tank can't get by, otherwise we would be in big trouble today." Hu Guoshan knew that the bullets carried by the little devils were definitely very rich, but the shells they could carry were only a base number.
"But regiment commander, if we continue to fight like this, our ammunition will become the biggest problem, the little devil has logistical support, but we don't have it." Zhao Caizhu analyzed the ammunition consumption of the whole regiment.
"There's nothing to worry about about this, wait for the evening to send a company of soldiers to quietly find out the fortifications, collect from the little devils, and bring back everything that can be brought back, you can arrange this matter." Hu Guoshan sometimes really wants to cultivate Zhao Caizhu, but this person always gives people a very unsafe feeling.
Zhao Caizhu has also asked Hu Guoshan many times to lead the troops, even if he is given a platoon of soldiers, he is willing. Hu Guoshan did not give him this opportunity, but told him that the regiment headquarters was in urgent need of manpower, so let him stay at the regiment headquarters first.
With so many people delaying the capture of the position, the lieutenant commander of the little devil was also very annoyed, and he led his troops to attack the city all the way in China, but he did not expect to be blocked by a force composed of peasants today, and in the morning, they paid the price of more than 2,000 casualties, in exchange for the impregnable fortifications in front of him.
"Your Excellency, General, we still don't have any information about this unit." An intelligence officer reports.
"In any case, find out the origin of the commander of this force." The lieutenant general of the little devil obviously regarded Liao Fan as his opponent.
"Your Excellency General, the troops that swept away the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram saying that they had taken the station of the Chen Department of the Eighth Route Army, but they did not find the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and on the way to the army, they were harassed by the Eighth Route Army many times, although the loss was not large, if they continue to do so, it will have a great impact on our logistics." Said the intelligence officer of the little devil.
"The Eighth Route Army has never dared to fight us head-on, I have already expected it, and ordered them to use all means to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army and destroy them, I don't want to see any more telegrams about the unfavorable situation in the war, if he can't do it, I will send someone else to replace him." The lieutenant general of the little devil decided to concentrate on dealing with Liao Fan.
"General, a wing of troops has been sent from the Hebei direction, and they also have a wing of troops on standby, if the general needs it, just give an order."
"The strength of a wing is sufficient, and they don't need to send troops to support, but we have to go to their defense area, and we have to apply to the high-level command, this matter is too troublesome." The lieutenant general of the little devil is very confident that with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, he can clear the Chinese army in a short time.
However, things did not go as smoothly as he imagined, just such a small line of defense, except for the air force, he used all the weapons he could mobilize, and forcibly attacked for a day, except for causing thousands of casualties to his own troops, without knowing how many troops were in the Chinese position in front.
"The garrison of the general's army is definitely not far from here, if we don't send a force to bypass their first line of defense and penetrate directly into their garrison, as long as we take the garrison of the Chinese army, they will definitely lose the confidence to defend it." A Japanese staff officer suggested.
"Don't worry, their station is there, our goal is to completely annihilate this force, not just to take their station, if their station is breached, like the Eighth Route Army, we don't have such a good opportunity to play our advantage."
"But we have lost a lot of our soldiers, and instead they are hiding under strong fortifications, and judging by the attack today, we have not caused them much damage." said the Japanese staff officer.
The Japanese lieutenant general heard the staff officer say so directly that he had not made any progress today, and had taken the lives of many imperial soldiers, which made him a little annoyed and angry: "I am the supreme commander here, and I will be responsible for any problems." I do not believe that the fortifications of the Chinese will be able to withstand the artillery of our Imperial Japanese Army. ”
"Your Excellency, our shells have been exhausted, but now the Chinese fortifications have not been breached, and our new ammunition will not arrive until tonight."
"This afternoon, the offensive was suspended, fortifications were built on the spot, and reconnaissance detachments were sent to reconnoiter the surrounding terrain." The Japanese lieutenant general was not a brute warrior either, he had to look for weak points in this line of defense.
And Ma Wanzhong, who was on the first line of defense, saw that the little devil had retreated, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to move to the anti-slope to guard against the little devil's shells. But after waiting for more than half an hour, there was no movement.
Ma Wanzhong smiled happily: "Little devil, your grandmother is a bear, she usually knows how to squander when she fights, but now it's okay, there are no shells to squander." Ma Wanzhong's laughter rang out in the underground fortifications.
Of course, most of the soldiers didn't know why Ma Wanzhong was so happy, and only a few commanders of Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu understood that the little devil had no shells to launch the next attack. Today they won! And it was a victory at a very small cost.