Chapter 1149: Rainy Night Raid
Although the mighty troops commanded by Watanabe Shouichi Saku, the leader of the devil detachment, successfully captured the southern gateway of Baoying, the troops also suffered considerable losses and did not take any advantage, which made him unwilling.
Although it was rainy and the roads were muddy, Watanabe Shouichi, the leader of the devil's detachment, did not wait for the rain to stop, but prepared to continue to command the troops to attack Baoying.
The leader of the devil's detachment, Watanabe Shouichi Sasa, is a ruthless and cunning commander, and his troops pretend to be rectified at the head of the realm because of the heavy rain, but in fact they are secretly Chencang.
After only a day's rest at the head of the realm, he ordered the Takahashi Infantry Brigade to take the forward position of the Yamazaki Infantry Brigade, set off after dark, and under the cover of night, made a detour to pounce on Baoo.
The Takahashi Infantry Brigade is a fully integrated brigade, and unlike the rest of the infantry brigade, which is composed of heavy soldiers, engineers, and supplementary troops, the Takahashi Infantry Brigade is all supplementary troops mobilized from the country, and its combat effectiveness is relatively strong.
Since the devils captured Wuhan, the entire front has been stretched and the area under their control has expanded, so that the troops are overstretched.
Just like the Chinese army command said, the devil snake has enough heart to swallow the elephant, and now because the battle line is too long, it is pulling eggs.
The devil has carried out several war mobilizations in the country, and more people have been put into the barracks to carry out military training, and have become a supplementary soldier who can be transferred to the battlefield at any time.
In the early days of the war, the combat effectiveness of more than a dozen standing divisions and regiments was fierce and strong, but with the addition of a large number of supplementary troops to the combat units, the combat effectiveness is now much worse than before.
In the operations in Jiangsu, the supplementary troops of these devils had to take on the main force of the operation, fighting against the Chinese guerrillas and the regular army.
Although the soldiers of the Takahashi Infantry Brigade were all supplementary soldiers, the officers and non-commissioned officers were all drawn from the field troops, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
The Yamazaki Infantry Brigade was hit on the head and bled at the hands of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, and almost lost the ability to fight independently, so it had to be replaced to rest.
With the experience of the Yamazaki Infantry Brigade, the Takahashi Infantry Brigade now has a great understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and does not dare to underestimate the enemy anymore.
If you attack Baoying along the established route, you will definitely encounter heavy resistance along the way, and end up in the same embarrassment as the Yamazaki Infantry Brigade.
Therefore, the Takahashi Infantry Brigade was unusual, preparing to take advantage of the heavy rain and the cover of night to make a detour back to Baoying to launch a surprise attack in order to achieve victory.
The devil has always been arrogant and arrogant, thinking that he is invincible in the world, but now he has to clamp his tail and take care of his image in order to win.
The rain has filled the paddy fields in Baoying County, which is crisscrossed by a network of rivers, and the roads are muddy.
The Takahashi Brigade was still marching at night, and although the devil soldiers all had rain gear, they were still tossing and suffering, and the speed was not fast at all.
In order to achieve the purpose of the sneak attack, Takahashi's brigade had to bypass the villages and towns along the way, so it was all beaten up on the wilderness paths.
Fortunately, they found some leading parties in advance, but they didn't lose their way, but even so, the devil soldiers still looked like clay figures.
In just half a day's journey, the devil soldiers of the Gaoqiao Brigade made a detour in order to make a detour, so they went east, then north, and finally turned west, and walked for two nights, but the devil soldiers were tossed miserably.
When the Devil's Takahashi Brigade was preparing to attack Baoying in a roundabout way, Watanabe Shouichi, the leader of the Devil's detachment, remained at the head of the boundary with the rest of the troops to confuse the defenders of Baoying's Northern Jiangsu Headquarters.
The Takahashi Infantry Brigade finally arrived outside Baoying Castle before dawn on the third day.
The continuous rain continued, and in such ghost weather, the vision was greatly restricted, and it was almost impossible to see clearly from more than one hundred and fifty meters away, not to mention that the sky was not yet dawn.
The devil soldiers didn't know that the Northern Jiangsu Corps had taken the initiative to give up Baoying and retreat to the countryside, so they were very cautious.
"Captain, it's quiet in the city, and the Chinese army doesn't notice us."
The devil's spearhead was worried about startling the snake, so he didn't dare to get too close to Baoying.
"Yo Xi, the people of China must still be sleeping." Hearing that the city was quiet, the hanging heart of Takahashi, the captain of the devil brigade, finally relaxed.
Although they prepared to raid Baoying in a roundabout way, they were also worried that their whereabouts would be exposed, and the Chinese army in the city was prepared, so it was bound to be a fierce battle.
But now it seems that their worries are completely unnecessary, and there is no reaction from the city at all.
"The first infantry squadron is responsible for the blockade of the east and south of the city, the second infantry squadron is responsible for the blockade of the west and north of the city, and the rest of the squadron attacks from the south gate.
Soon, Captain Takahashi was full of fierce face to the squadron leaders and squad leaders under his command.
"Hey!"
The officers of the devil were in the rain and slurry, and they were muddy and tired one by one, but they were extremely excited when they thought that they could successfully capture Baoying and eliminate the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu.
Soon, a group of devil soldiers wearing steel helmets surrounded Baoying like an iron bucket under the cover of the rain curtain.
The devil soldiers, who had already arrived at their intended attack position, had already unsheathed their bayonets, and the rain was running down the brim of the steel helmets on their faces.
At five o'clock in the morning, an officer of the devil wiped the rain from his face, pulled out his saber, and then pressed forward fiercely.
"Attack!"
After the devil soldiers who were trampling on the muddy water with their feet in the muddy water received the order to attack, they rushed towards Baoying City like a tide.
As a devil pounced towards Baoying, the entire horizon seemed to come to life, and a large number of devils came out one after another, stepping on the muddy water and swooping forward.
The devil soldiers did not let out a beastly roar, but strode forward with bayonets, splashing muddy water for a while.
There was no garrison in Baoying City anymore, only some residents who were reluctant to leave, and they were still asleep in the early morning, not knowing that the devil had pounced.
In the drizzling rain, a cold bayonet pierced the darkness, and the hideous and ugly devil soldiers gasped for breath, and soon they were less than five hundred meters away from the Baoying city wall with heavy steps.
If it were daytime, they could see the walls at a glance, but now it was raining and their vision was not good, and they could only see a vague outline.
Worried about the sentinels of the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu, a group of elite devils and sharp soldiers all walked forward, and they cautiously alternately covered the advance, ready to dodge the bullets that might be fired from some suspicious points at any time.
Unfortunately, until they got close to the city wall, the whole Baoying was still dead silent, and there was no reaction.
The leading devil lieutenant gestured, and the devil soldiers quickly lay on the spot in the muddy water, hiding in the grass, they were very nervous, and their breathing became short.
A few minutes passed, but as if to be patient, Bao Ying still didn't have any, which made the devil soldier have to take the risk and continue to move forward.
The devil soldiers were nervous enough to hear their heartbeats, and this strange situation made them smell of conspiracy, but why didn't the other party shoot?
For these devil soldiers who are constantly venturing to get close to Baoying, they have mixed feelings and hope that the defenders will shoot, which can make them feel that it is not a trap.
At the same time, they didn't want the other party to shoot, so that they could get closer, and in such a contradictory mood, the devil soldiers finally arrived at the base of the city wall without danger.