It was already more than two o'clock in the morning, and the most stalemate of the battle was still in the "mud puddle." At this time of the battle, there was no technique to speak of. What He Zhengzhen can do now is to organize manpower to attack the fortifications again and again with the support of artillery fire. And Yamashita Fengwen, who has already known that Lu Dao has become an outcast, is breaking the jar at the moment, completely relying on brute strength to confront the Jibu Brigade.

Two hours passed quickly, and the regiment of the infantry brigade, which was the first to enter the battle, suffered more than 30 percent casualties, and soon could not be moved.

The losses of the Japanese were no lighter than theirs, and nine out of ten of them fell under shelling. The artillery of the Cadet Corps never stopped from the beginning of the sneak attack, and the continuous shelling almost flattened the entire "mud puddle". One team after another team of devils was disabled, and even the whole team was wiped out, and then, another team filled it up, and it is not an exaggeration to use a meat grinder to describe this "mud puddle" offensive and defensive battle.

This was not the whole story of tonight's battle, on the two flanks centered on the "mud puddle", the small assault units of the two sides were entangled from time to time in a staggered pattern, and at every turn, a platoon (cadet army) and a small squad (Japanese army) sent back to the headquarters of both sides.

The battle was unprecedentedly tragic, and this level of tragedy was unprecedented in the history of the Cadet Army. The root cause is the reversal of offensive and defensive roles. When the vanguard regiment led by He Zhengchuan lost almost half of its strength, several young staff officers of the army staff couldn't hold their breath, and someone tentatively proposed to Ouyang Yun: "Military seat, you can't fight like this!" The casualties are too serious, and if we continue like this, I am afraid that it will affect the morale of the whole army. ”

Ouyang Yun was as immobile as a mountain at the moment, raised his head from the map, he glanced at the staff officer coldly, and asked, "Does Brigade Commander He ask for help?" ”

"Nope."

"That means they're still up to it. Well, did the infantry brigade and the tank regiment directly under the army come over? ”

"We've reached the staging area."

"If He Zheng asks for help, let the chariot be on the regiment. The second regiment of the tank, let Chenggang wait! ”

The Second Great Wall War of Resistance has been fought until now, and the Cadet Army has not actually fought any tough battles, which is not necessarily a good thing for the young Cadet Army. Ouyang Yun is not a god, and the young student army is not a winning army that wins every battle, and it is only a matter of time before he loses the battle. The key question is whether the troops are mentally prepared to digest and absorb the defeat. If a defeat is like a mountain, the consequences will be unimaginable. In this way, it is not necessarily a bad thing to let a unit like the Infantry Brigade with advanced equipment and army building ideas gnaw at tough battles.

In the current war in North China, it is clear that the student army has taken the advantage and grasped the initiative, and the 57th Army has not moved much. However, considering the scale of this campaign and the area affected, then, this advantage is actually very one-sided. If there is any mistake in Chahar or Shandong, it will inevitably ruin the advantages that Hebei has already gained.

Ouyang Yun was pondering, and a figure appeared at the door of the tent, saluted and said loudly: "Report, the reconnaissance unit has found the main force of the Japanese army, which is ten miles away from Lijiatunzi." ”

"It's coming!" Ouyang Yun threw the cigarette butt in his hand and shouted: "Don't wait for He Zheng's help, the chariot will go straight on!" ”

"Yes!" Immediately, the staff officer on duty replied loudly.

Ten minutes later, the rumbling sound of the motor was faintly heard, and Ouyang Yun walked out of the tent, picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the "mud puddle".

Behind a simple fortification under the "mud puddle" high ground, he heard the roar of the motor, He Zhengchuan spat at the mouth, and said fiercely: "Geng Changshu of the dog day is finally here, brothers, ready to avenge the brothers who died in the battle, they have filled me with magazines!" ”

For Brigade Commander He Da, who has been accustomed to being able to stabilize the battle situation as long as he attacks, today's battle was a terrible battle. Several times I obviously thought that I could take it down, but at a place only a dozen meters away from the top floor of the high ground, the dense devils showed their heads again, and in the sound of gunfire and melon grenade explosions, the charging troops had to withdraw again, and a round trip always inevitably left a few or even a dozen corpses.

At the beginning, Brigade Commander He was unbelieving in evil - "Isn't it that we are nothing when we leave the chariot regiment in one step?" He shouted and asked Qiu Hongming, the head of the group.

Qiu Hongming's eyes were already red because of the heavy casualties of his subordinates, and he roared when he heard this: "Bullshit! Lao Tzu personally led the team below, I don't believe it......" Before he finished speaking, a stray bullet flew in, and he said "hmm" and fell down with his left shoulder.

He Zhengchuan hurriedly called out to the medics, then helped him up and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

"It's okay, I was bitten by a mosquito." After a pause, Qiu Hongming asked unwillingly: "Luzao, what is this battle for?" Why don't you just let the artillery blow this place down?! ”

This problem actually plagued most of the officers and soldiers of the first regiment of the machine, of course, He Zhengchuan had already thought about it, he bit his lip and said: "Maybe the military seat wants to save shells!" ”

", brothers' lives can be exchanged for a few shells? I ......"

Seeing that he was disrespectful, He Zhengchuan's face changed, and he shouted: "Qiu Hongming, pay attention to your words, you kid wants to disturb the army's heart!" He quickly looked around and found that not many people were paying attention to this place, so he calmed down a little and said in a low voice: "You kid has a problem with his mind!" How? Can't we beat the devil without the cannon? Your kid's classes at the military school were all forgotten by his grandmother's house? ”

As soon as Qiu Hongming's words came out, he felt that something was wrong, and at this time he said: "I'm just distressed, how many good brothers, let's go!" As he spoke, his eyes turned red and he almost wanted to cry.

With such a large casualty in the group, He Zhengchuan also felt very angry and uncomfortable. Originally, he also complained a lot about the arrangement of the little commander this time, and in his opinion, it was really unnecessary to shake the 40th Brigade so hard. He even thought, why not just bite it, and then wait for Tianming to let the empty master solve it! A few hundred bombs. Now, seeing that Qiu Hongming said the words of punishment, realizing that this was not just his idea, he began to seriously consider this issue, and later said: "Old Qiu, I don't agree with your statement. There are still battles between us and the little devils, but not all the time there is the support of tanks and artillery, think about it, if one day we lose tanks, planes, artillery, won't we fight?! In the same way, if we don't have a truck, then we can't march on our feet?! ”

Qiu Hongming didn't expect so much, he snorted: "Travel, I just feel like a nest!" How will I face my brothers' families in the future? Many of them paid special visits to me before the expedition, and I promised them that I would bring my brothers back safely! ”

"Don't be stupid, there are no immortals in war! Didn't the military seat say it? When we can drive the little devils away, we don't know how many of us will survive, and maybe all of us will die in battle. How? In that case, you won't join the army to fight devils? ”

While the two were talking, Wang Dayou ran over and saw He Zhengchuan hurriedly saying: "Luzao, this battle can't be fought, our third battalion now has nine companies still complete, and the seventh and eighth companies add up to no platoon!" ”

Because of the previous battle, the third battalion already suffered a certain degree of losses, and this time the battle was the fiercest, and it was inevitable that there would be such casualties.

He Zhengchuan's face became even more gloomy, and he shouted: "I can't fight, I can't fight!" The soldier died and the squad leader died, and the squad leader died and the platoon commander was gone, but there was really no one, didn't there still be you and me? Tell the brothers, don't expect to retreat, the devils of the 40th Brigade dare to greet us with gas bombs, and we must pay for it with blood! Xu felt that his tone was a little bad, paused, softened his tone, and said, "Okay, the chariot regiment is here, let the brothers prepare for revenge!" ”

"Geng Changshu, they're up? That's great! Brigade, I beg that our three battalions go first! ”

When He Zhengzhen saw that as soon as he heard the tank troops coming up, he immediately changed from "Yang Bailao" to "Huang Shiren" as the military seat said, smiled and scolded: "Get out!" Let's go up together, grandma's, Lao Tzu has to personally chop off the head of Fengwen under the mountain! ”

While He Zhenghe and other officers of the Cadet Corps were indignant and heartbroken for the huge casualties on their side, Major General Yamashita Fengfumi, the commander of the 40th Brigade and Regiment, was also as uncomfortable as a hundred claws scratching his heart at the moment. If it was possible, he wanted to knock out all the mustard gas poison bombs that were left in his hand now. Of course, because the artillery unit to which he belonged was attacked by the artillery of the Cadet Corps at the beginning, it was impossible for him to realize this intention now.

The attack of the Cadet Army was unprecedentedly fierce, and its tactics were quite simple, except for some tricks that had been played before, that is, artillery bombardment and infantry charge. This kind of tactical literacy is not in the eyes of Yamashita, who thinks he is a master of the art of war, but the meaning he wants to convey arouses his vigilance. This is an expression of determination, right? This is not the same as the Chinese people he thought he had. In his original impression, the people of China were hypocritical, overjoyed, selfish, stupid, and snobbish, and they would never make such a tough move, and they clearly wanted to suffer losses. Supposedly, he should be glad that the people of China had made such a stupid tactical arrangement, and he should have deeply despised it. But when the troops suffered huge casualties under this simple tactic, he was afraid! Really scared, how many Chinese are this? If all Chinese dare to ignore life and death, is it possible for the empire's so-called Chinese strategy to be realized?

For the first time, he felt deep doubts!

He was thinking wildly, and the rumbling sound of a motor came from the position of the Cadet Army. He immediately realized that this was the chariot unit of the Zhina people, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and secretly said: This time, it seems that his outcast has been lost! It's good, then it's really as defined by the commander, for the great cause of His Majesty the Emperor, the jade is broken!