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It's true that Ito's brigade broke out of the defensive position of the 1st Battalion, but their luck actually had nothing to do with Ito's "wise" leadership. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The reason why Deputy Battalion Commander Shi did not arrange too much firepower in this direction was because he found out at the beginning that in front of the breakthrough direction of the Ito Brigade was a large minefield, and on the other side of the minefield was the defensive position of the 3rd Battalion.

It was a dead end, but the Ito brigade rushed into it in a panic.

So the end of Ito Nakasa and his subordinates can only be destined to be a tragedy......

3. Battalion commander Zhao Daodao felt like he was enjoying the kind of black-and-white silent movie played in a foreigner movie theater.

All the scenes in front of him turned into slow motion, and the devils in the minefield all stepped on the space step in unison.

The mortar shell that fell in the pile of devils played the role of a fuse, and the devils who dodged the shells stepped on more mines, and the devils who were standing on the mines and did not dare to move were affected, and the explosion near them sent them to the western sky, and after these devils fell, they detonated the explosives under their feet, one after another, in a vicious circle, and finally, the entire minefield exploded into a ......

The mines used by the 99th Army are all relatively powerful military mines, and the lethality of these mines is naturally extraordinarily objective, and the 3rd battalion commander Zhao Daodao witnessed one after another devils being thrown into the air by explosions and then falling heavily, and if there is bad luck, the devils will just fall on another mine and cause another explosion to fly into the air again.

"Damn, you can't fly 3 feet high! Lost! ”

There were actually officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion who bet on these flying corpses of Japanese soldiers, and some of them quickly lost their salaries this month.

These officers and soldiers who had lost their salaries hated the devils in the minefield, and they began to use their rifles and machine guns to cheer up the dance performances of the Ito Brigade......

It was a long time after the explosions had stopped, and the smoke and dust began to clear, and the ground was littered with mutilated corpses and craters created by the explosion of the mines, as well as thick black smoke from the burning of some objects.

God knows what that thing is!

Maybe it's a radio station, an ammo box, or maybe it's the corpse of a devil......

There are less than 100 people left in the minefield who can breathe, and now they are all lying on the ground and not moving, who knows how big this minefield is? Maybe if you move a few more centimeters, you'll win......

Seeing that there were still so many live targets left, the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion began to get excited, and they found a new way to play, that is, "hunting".

The veterans instructed their recruits to shoot at the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground in the bunkers, and the recruits of the 3rd Battalion stayed behind the thick walls, with little risk of being hit. This kind of shooting can be said to have taken advantage of the geographical advantage, and this unequal shooting competition ended in a complete victory for the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion.

This kind of battle made the recruits' self-confidence begin to increase rapidly, and the image of the devil gradually became clear in their hearts, and it was no longer so terrifying.

The most terrible enemy is the one you can't see clearly, and since you can't see his every move, this fear will be multiplied in your heart until you can't breathe!

As long as you can see your opponent clearly, that fear from your heart will be far away from you......

That's what these recruits are going through now!

The 9th Wing suffered heavy losses on the positions of the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 540th Regiment, and the combined number of devils who escaped death in the 3 brigades was less than 800 people.

In other words, the 9th Wing lost more than 1,200 men in just a few hours.

The 139th Regiment of the 540th Division gave the 99th Army a good start!

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16th Division, Division Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Nakajima was silent for a moment when he learned the news of the loss of more than half of the 9th Wing, and when he recovered, instead of being angry, he became extremely calm......

For the commander of the Nakajima Division, how could the 99th Army not be an enemy that he could not see clearly?

Although the combat effectiveness of the 99th Army is very strong now, this gives the commander of the Nakajima Division a feeling of seeing through the clouds.

Nakajima has been cautious since the landing of the 16th Division, but in fact, he is a person with a strong desire to win.

Wiped out half of my wing in a few hours!

99th Army! Sure enough, it is the trump card in the Chinese army!

Nakajima Isago decided to press the whole army! The 16 brigades under the 2nd Division began to advance to the Wufu Line on the whole line!

He wants to have a good fight with Huang Haoran!

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Military Department of the 99th Army.

Huang Haoran watched his staff officers constantly changing the position of the small red flag representing the Japanese army on the sand table, and he knew that the 16th Division was putting on a life-threatening posture this time.

The 16th Division is a first-class division with 8 wings, and all of them pounced at once, and the momentum is really amazing!

Feng. Since the start of the Songhu War, Huang Haoran has relied on his understanding of history to keep opening his golden fingers, and the 99th Army's battle plans that really come from staff officers are simply pitiful, and the combat meetings are basically Huang Haoran is engaged in a word.

Now that the task of blocking the Japanese army on the Wufu Line would be a hard-fought defensive battle, Huang Haoran began to pay attention to the advice of his staff officers. Richie has a place to use now!

For the quality of the Changshu section of the defense line Feng. Rich is very confident, his advisory group in charge of engineer education Major Thomas in charge of the first war in Europe dug trenches, is a real engineering expert, the 99th Army garrisoned this section of the defense line under the command of Thomas almost completely according to the German army in the First World War period of the fortification drawings to be transformed.

The Japanese are nothing more than a group of short-legged yellow-skinned monkeys, and they will not have the slightest chance in front of the German-level fortification group!

Feng. Ritchie is now completely mired in pride in his great homeland, Germany, and the battle plans he proposes are all extravagant, this place is surrounded by thousands of Japanese troops, and that place is a counter-encirclement, if these plans can really be realized, the 16th Division will probably be canceled soon.

Huang Haoran knew very well in his heart that the combat effectiveness of the devils in 1937 was very strong, and the 16th Division in history was also a hard stubble that was not easy to mess with. Rich's idealistic plan is unrealistic.

However, Huang Haoran admires these Germans who advocate the spirit of attacking, and Huang Haoran has always been very disdainful of blindly defending such a dull style of play.

You see that the results of the 99th Army in Songhu are almost all obtained in the initiative to attack, and then look at those friendly troops who only know how to stay in the trenches and suffer shells, Huang Haoran is even more determined that he must adhere to the tactical style of combining offense and defense.

The encounter between the 540th Regiment and the 16th Wing of the 9th Division was an accident, and this special battle cannot be used as a reference for the next battle, otherwise it will suffer a big loss!

Moreover, the 540th Regiment still let the 9th Wing escape nearly a third of its strength despite the geographical advantage, isn't this detail very revealing?

The next battle with the 16th Division is the real battle, and it is already more than 10 o'clock in the evening, will the devils launch a night attack?

Huang Haoran asked Fan Kai to inform all troops to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army at night, and not to let the devils take advantage of the loopholes......

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The atmosphere inside the brigade headquarters of the 19th Brigade is now very depressing, and the fiasco of the 9th Wing has made the face of the brigade commander, Major General Tatsumi Kusaba, extremely ugly, and he vows to make the 99th Army pay the price!

However, the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Nakajima Imasa, poured cold water on the commander of the Caochang Brigade, and this order actually wanted the 19th Brigade to stop attacking and rest the troops!

Isn't this tantamount to depriving him of the power of Kuada Chenji's shame?

The commander of the Kusaba Brigade now hates Katagiri Goro Osa, and it was because of the problem with Katagiri Goro Osa's radio station that he temporarily took over the command of the 9th Wing, and now, he Kusaba Tatsumi only has to bear half of the responsibility for the defeat.

1200 people! The 16th Division has not had such a large number of casualties since its landing, and the face of the 19th Brigade is a big shame!

Something had to be done!

The commander of the Kusuda Brigade decided to change the order of the commander of the Nakajima Division:

"Captain Ohno, how is your 20th Wing doing now? Can you launch a medium-sized attack tonight? Test the weak point of the defense of the 99th Army. ”

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, my 20th Wing is ready to go into battle at any time, it's just that the order of the division commander ......"

The co-commander of the 20th Wing, Nobuaki Ohno, was obviously still afraid of Lieutenant General Nakajima's orders.

Moreover, night fighting is not a combat method that the Japanese army is good at, and it is better to be careful when fighting on the territory of the 99th Army.

"Ohno-kun! The defeat of the 9th Wing has already brought a huge shame on our 19th brigade! If we don't regain our honor, then the 19th Brigade will become a joke for the Central China Dispatch Army! You need to know! The 3rd Division advanced 15 kilometers today, and they crushed at least 5 Chinese divisions, while their losses were less than 200 people! Our 19th Brigade only captured a few checkpoints today, but lost a full 1,200 people! Don't you feel ashamed of such a record!? ”

The Kusaba Brigade Commander's agitation seems to have paid off with Nobuaki Ohno, who assures his brigade commander that he will complete a beautiful night attack.

Walking out of the tent at the brigade headquarters, Captain Honda, Captain Ohno's favorite general, came up and asked in a low voice:

"Your Excellency, the commander of the grassland brigade is openly disobeying the orders of the commander of the Nakajima Division, and besides, it is the dark night of Shina......."

Captain Ohno looked around, and the officers who had dispersed had their own thoughts, and no one noticed their conversation, so he whispered to his favorite general:

"Honda-kun, didn't you hear what the brigade commander said just now? It's just a tentative attack, and there's nothing to achieve... We could turn it into a fire reconnaissance and prepare us for an attack after dawn! ”

It turned out that Captain Ohno had already had a countermeasure in his heart, so he answered so simply in front of the commander of the Kusano Brigade just now.

"Your Excellency, I've been overthinking, but what scale should this fire reconnaissance be? The commander of the grassland brigade is not in a good mood, if we send too few troops, I am afraid that he will be hated! ”

"A squadron! This scale is considered a thing of the past... Honda-kun, your brigade will send out a squad, and then draw a squad from each of the other two brigades, you pick a subordinate with a clever point, and take this mixed force to carry out fire reconnaissance! I'll give you artillery cover from the brigade commander! ”

Captain Ohno knew that although tonight's operation was a small-scale operation, it was better to fight better, so he decided that his favorite general would choose the military commander of this operation.

Honda Shaozo has always been very cunning, and Honda Shaoza's subordinates have also inherited his combat style, so it is perfect to choose an officer from his brigade to lead the team!

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Honda Shaozo stopped making a sound......

Honda Shaozo has always wanted to show his ability in front of the commander of the Caoba Brigade, but Captain Ohno's "love" for him makes it difficult for him to find such an opportunity.

Now Honda Shaoza's heart is only left with ecstasy!

His chance has finally come!

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Li Yuhe, the commander of the 539th regiment, decided to go to the fortifications at night to see his officers and soldiers, and he took the guards of the regiment headquarters from the communication trench into the main fortifications of the defense line.

The sappers of the 99th Army have indeed made great efforts on this section of the national defense line, and the tunnel that originally required the cat to advance on his waist has now been widened to a depth of more than 2 meters, and Li Yuhe is not at all aggrieved when he walks in it, and in the hidden soldiers on both sides of the tunnel, the officers and soldiers of the 539th Regiment have already fallen asleep.

The Japanese army has always been very quiet in the dark night, and the devils seem to have a natural fear of the dark night in China, so they rarely use troops at night, and now the position of the 539 team is in addition to the officers and soldiers on duty, and the rest of the people are taking advantage of this time to rest.

Wrapped in blankets and snoring, all the veterans from the 99th Division were accustomed to the days and nights of the battlefield, and they could immediately fall asleep even during the intervals of the Japanese attack.

The best way to recover your strength is to give your body enough rest, and experienced veterans know this.

Along the way, Li Yuhe saw many officers and soldiers with wide eyes, some of them were burying their heads in dry food, some were sorting out their equipment, in short, they were looking for something to do for themselves.

As soon as they stop, they are quickly overwhelmed by fear......

Training and combat are not the same thing after all!

Even though the training methods adopted by the 99th Army are very aggressive, these recruits will still feel a little breathless when they first go to the battlefield.

Seeing his regiment commander, some soldiers wanted to stand up and salute, but Li Yuhe stopped their movements, he didn't want the sleeping veterans to feel strange.

Don't look at these veterans who seem to be sleeping very well, as soon as there is a strange noise in the trenches, they will immediately get up and fight with their weapons in hand.

Li Yuhe noticed that when he passed by these veterans, their ears moved significantly.

This is a good soldier who has experienced life and death!

Li Yuhe is proud to have such a soldier!

Li Yuhe walked for a while and got into a machine gun bunker, the space here was much more spacious than in the tunnel, and the squad leader Wang on duty stood up and saluted his regiment commander, this time Li Yuhe did not stop him.

Li Yuhe ran to a shooting hole and raised the binoculars, opposite this cement machine gun bunker is the position of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, Li Yuhe turned his back to Squad Leader Wang while observing and asked:

"Is there any movement from the little devil?"

"Report to the group! No movement! The positions of the little devils are as quiet as a cemetery, and the lights on the shore of the devils are extinguished at 11 o'clock, so it should be that the lighting control is implemented......"

Squad leader Wang's voice was very clear, but the volume was not loud, it was night, and too high a decibel would easily expose the target.

Li Yuhe smiled and said:

"The devils over there in the 121st Division slept with the lights on, Chief of Staff Fan asked the artillery to one of them, I heard that the bombing was quite miserable, it seems that the little devil is eating a trench and growing wise, and he has learned to be obedient!"

"Hey! Let the 121st Division choose such a big bargain, our battalion commander also looked for the mortar commander in the regiment, and wanted to give the devil a moment, but the artilleryman said that he was afraid of exposing the firing position, so he didn't agree......"

Squad Leader Wang felt a little regretful after listening to Li Yuhe's words, so he began to complain about the artillery's non-cooperation in front of his regimental seat.

"Don't complain, you kid! The artillerymen are right, we have a limited number of artillery and shells, so we have to save them! The devil is coming at us this time, but there are 2 whole divisions, and good steel must be made on the blade! ”

Li Yuhe looked at the Japanese position on the other side again, and he always felt that there was a trace of strangeness in such a calm night......

"Squad Leader Wang, isn't there any movement at all tonight? Didn't even shoot a cold gun? ”

"Tuanza, it's fucking weird to say, there were a few gunshots in the first half of the night, and there were almost no more in the second half of the night, only the snipers on our side occasionally put a few shots, and the little devils didn't shoot back."

Li Yuhe listened to Team Leader Wang's report, and he felt that something seemed to be wrong.

"Squad Leader Wang, let your company commander shoot a few flares, the time must be grasped, the action is sudden, I am a little uneasy! We can't learn from Guan Gong and carelessly lose Jingzhou! Also, call up all the troops in the tunnel."

Squad Leader Wang immediately asked a soldier to report to his company commander, and then he knocked on a steel pipe in the corner of the wall with an iron rod, and the crisp sound sounded in the tunnel through the microphone, and the veterans who were still snoring just now got up with a grunt, and their open eyes flashed a trace of coldness, where is there still a little sleepiness!

The recruits were a little scrambling, but under the organization of the veterans, the recruits quickly reached their combat positions.

The commander of the 2nd Company, who received the order, took out a flare from the ammunition box, stuffed one into the chamber, ran to an open trench, gently lifted the camouflage on the trench, and stretched the barrel out.

"Smack!"

A flare flew into the air with a blue light, and then slowly fell with white light, Li Yuhe immediately turned his gaze to the brighter area, but he didn't find anything.

Maybe you're too sensitive?

Li Yuhe shook his head a little self-deprecatingly.

The commander of the 2nd company fired another flare, and this time, he switched the angle of fire.

The flares repeated the previous action, rising and falling, bringing a brief light to the boundless night.

Li Yuhe still didn't find anything.

Then came the third......

Suddenly, a machine gun went off, followed by a figure jumping up in the white light of the flares, and the plaster flag marking the identity of the devil was also lit up!

Sure enough, some Japanese troops touched it, and they had successfully approached the permanent fortifications of the 539th Regiment!

This group of Japanese soldiers is very cunning, judging from the location where their whereabouts are now exposed, this group of devils has passed through 2 blockade lines, and the sentries on duty have either not noticed it, or have been killed by the devils.

Li Yuhe prefers to believe that it is the latter!

The commander of the 2nd company saw that the machine guns on the position began to fire one after another, and knew that the location he had just illuminated with flares must have found devils, so he fired seven or eight flares at that area in one go, turning the night into day!

The next thing was simple, the machine guns on the position of the 539th regiment began to fire fiercely, suppressing the devils in a depression, Li Yuhe decided to eliminate these devils as soon as possible, and he ordered the commander of the 3rd battalion to organize troops to surround them.

The mortars on duty also began shelling, and the flames rising from the explosion made the Japanese troops more visible.

Li Yuhe looked at it carefully for a long time, and he judged that the size of the devil should be more than a squadron.

These devils are supposed to be here to test the truth, so they don't carry heavy machine guns and other burdens, and now the weapons they use to fight back are mainly crooked handles and grenadiers.

Such firepower is not worth mentioning at all in front of the 539 regiment!

Soon, these Japanese troops began to retreat, and a company mobilized by the commander of the 3rd battalion rushed out of the trench and chased several hundred meters behind the Japanese army.

With this little episode, Li Yuhe knew that the 16th Division would definitely launch a tidal attack after dawn, so he reported the situation to his division commander Wang Shankui......

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