binnovel Chapter 126 I have a way
Chapter 126 I have a way
The sky finally darkened slowly, and officers at all levels in the division, who had been tense all day, breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone knew that with the arrival of night, the fierce fighting of the day was basically over.
The position of the 656th Regiment was finally held. Although the price was a bit heavy, at least the position was not lost. The 656th Regiment was basically wiped out. As many as officers and soldiers of the regiment were killed, and were injured and sent away. Including the lightly wounded, there were only people left in the regiment who could participate in the subsequent battles. Among them, the regiment commander Guo Ruixin was lightly wounded, the deputy regiment commander Xie was killed, the first battalion commander Li Maocai was lightly wounded, the second battalion commander was killed, and the third battalion commander Guo Xinkai was seriously injured and needed rescue. It was hard to say whether he could survive. There were only six people left in the company and platoon leaders.
During the afternoon battle, when the two sides were engaging in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets on the front line, Division Commander Huang rushed to the headquarters of the 210th Brigade. After learning the specific situation, he ordered the twelve artillery pieces of the 102nd Division's artillery battalion, which had been hiding and not firing, to form an artillery barrier on the Japanese army's offensive path to prevent the Japanese army's subsequent reinforcements from joining the hand-to-hand combat on the front line.
At that time, the Second Squadron of the First Battalion of the Japanese Army was desperately rushing towards the Chinese army position in front of them under the command of the squadron leader. They needed to reinforce the Fourth Squadron and the Third Squadron who were fighting hand-to-hand with the Chinese army as soon as possible. As a result, when they were halfway through their run, they were knocked to the ground by a burst of artillery fire from the 102nd Division's Artillery Battalion. The squadron leader was blown into the air on the spot. The Third Squadron, which had only half the strength of the troops, was almost wiped out from the First Battalion as a whole after being covered by a sudden burst of artillery fire. Only the twenty or so officers and soldiers running behind survived by chance.
This made the regiment commander, Colonel Hachiro Tagami, who was watching the battle from behind, so angry that he cursed "Baka". He also knew that as long as the reinforcement troops sent by Hirahara Yanagikawa could join the hand-to-hand combat on the position, his side would have a great chance of winning. But the damn Chinese army, they have been hiding their artillery until now and have not opened fire. He knew that the attack of the First Battalion would not last long without reinforcements.
Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, the 4th and 3rd squadrons that had attacked the Chinese army's positions could no longer hold on and were driven out.
Eight minutes after the 102nd Division's artillery battalion opened fire, the field artillery regiment found the artillery battalion's hidden position through the search and ranging of the observers on the balloons, and began to suppress the artillery battalion with firepower.
The Japanese field artillery regiment's artillery fire quickly launched a precise attack on the artillery battalion's position. In just five minutes, it destroyed three artillery pieces of the artillery battalion, forcing the artillery battalion to quickly stop firing and move positions. Afterwards, Huang Jinxian was also distressed when he learned about the loss of the artillery battalion. These artillery pieces were precious treasures. If one was lost, it would be one less. If he wanted to replenish them in the future, he didn't know when he would have to wait.
But Huang Jinxian had no choice. He knew that if the position was lost, it would be a serious sin. More people would have to be lost to take the position back, which would undoubtedly make the situation worse for the already limited manpower.
As soon as Huang Jinxian returned to the division headquarters, he found the chief of staff Zhao Dong and directly expressed his concerns to Zhao Dong: "Brother Zhao, you saw the Japanese attack today. In just one day, the 656th Regiment was almost wiped out. If the Japanese attack with this level of firepower tomorrow, our division will be wiped out in three days at most, and the position will be lost."
Zhao Dong took a puff of his cigarette and also had a worried look on his face. He knew that what Division Commander Huang Jinxian said was the truth. Saying that the 102nd Division could hold out for three days was the most optimistic estimate. You have to know that the 656th Regiment is the most combat-effective unit of the 102nd Division. The two regiments of the 211th Brigade have only been formed for more than half a year. Compared with the 656th Regiment, their combat effectiveness is only 655% at most. The th Regiment has now been replaced to the front line, and it may be wiped out tomorrow. Then what troops will be used to fill the front-line positions later?
"Division Commander, why don't we talk to the Army Commander and try to get him to send some reinforcements, even just a regiment. This way we will have the confidence to hold the position a little longer." Chief of Staff Zhao Dong didn't have any good ideas, so he could only ask Huang Jinxian to find Army Commander Luo to see if it was possible to get some reinforcements.
Huang Jinxian glanced at Zhao Dong. He felt that Zhao Dong was a little whimsical. Not to mention whether Commander Luo would send reinforcements to him, he was too embarrassed to ask his superiors for reinforcements when his own division had been defending the position for a whole day. This idea was really not a good one. What's more, even if there were reinforcements, Commander Luo would keep them to fill the position in Luodian Town.
After smoking for a while in depression, the two bosses returned to the operations hall. They needed to adjust the combat sequence of the troops in order to cope with the Japanese army's renewed attack tomorrow.
Zhang Wenwu brought Li Houcai and two squads of military police to a group of tents at the east end of the village, which was the temporary rest camp of the 656th Regiment. When Zhang Wenwu arrived, Old Man Hong from the division headquarters was bringing several cooks to deliver hot meals to the officers and soldiers of the 656th Regiment. The officers and soldiers of the 656th Regiment had been fighting for almost a whole day and were extremely hungry, so they were queuing up for meals.
Zhang Wenwu spotted Regiment Commander Guo Ruixin standing and smoking beside the food team, so he quickly walked up to him, stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Commander Guo, the Chief of Staff asked me to come over and collect all the extra weapons and the captured Japanese weapons."
When Guo Ruixin saw that it was Zhang Wenwu, he forced a smile and saluted in return, saying, "Deputy Director Zhang, why did you come here in person? Send someone to tell me, and I'll have my brothers deliver it to you."
Zhang Wenwu saw that Captain Guo's head and hands were wrapped in gauze, his military uniform was extremely dirty, and even the nameplate on his chest was so black that the words on it could not be seen clearly. He sighed in his heart, this is a lieutenant colonel, and he is in such a state. One can imagine how miserable the officers and soldiers under him must be.
"No, brothers have been fighting for a whole day and it's been very tiring. Our Quartermaster Department can't help much. I'll be satisfied if I can make the brothers relax a little." Zhang Wenwu said sincerely.
After listening to Zhang Wenwu's words, Captain Guo patted him on the shoulder, then called an officer and asked him to lead the brothers from the quartermaster department to hand over the weapons.
Zhang Wenwu took the cloth bag from Lei Dong and handed it to Captain Guo, saying, "Captain Guo, I can't help you much. Here are more than fifty boxes of British canned food. Give them as a reward to the brothers."
When Guo Ruixin heard that it was British canned food, he quickly took the bag and asked the officer to distribute it to the officers and soldiers to taste. Then he took out a box of wrinkled cigarettes from his pocket, handed a cigarette to Zhang Wenwu and said, "Thank you, Deputy Director Zhang. You have been a great help. The brothers have fought all day, and it's enough to have enough food. I don't have any other requests."
Zhang Wenwu quickly lit a cigarette for Captain Guo, then lit one for himself and took two puffs. He didn't know what to say. It would be too empty to talk big. These officers and soldiers had just been to the gates of hell and had long since become indifferent to life and death. They had seen too many deaths of their comrades that day and their mentality had long since become indifferent. In their opinion, there was no need to say anything. Just make sure they had enough food to eat. After eating, they could go and fight the Japanese army.
Zhang Wenwu saw the situation of the 656th Regiment through the battle report when he was at the division headquarters. Only one reinforced company was left in the entire regiment. With so few people, they would probably have to fight the Japanese army again in a day or two. By then, only a few people might survive. But even so, no officer or soldier thought of slinking away, which made Zhang Wenwu admire them very much.
After moving the surplus guns and captured Japanese guns from the temporary base of the 656th Regiment back to the Quartermaster Department, Zhang Wenwu rushed to the division headquarters to report to Chief of Staff Zhao Dong.
"Chief of Staff, I have already stored all the excess weapons of the 656th Regiment and the weapons captured from the Japanese army in the Quartermaster Department. Here is the list, please check it." Zhang Wenwu reported to Zhao Dong in a low voice. There was no other way, as Chief of Staff Zhao Dong obviously seemed to be thinking about something else, so he could only speak in a lower voice.
"Oh, Wenwu, you're here. What's the matter?" Zhao Dong obviously didn't hear what Zhang Wenwu said just now, but asked Zhang Wenwu why he came.
Zhang Wenwu could only report the situation of the firearms to Zhao Dong again. After that, he asked curiously, "Chief of Staff, what's wrong with you?" He saw that Zhao Dong had been frowning, so he asked curiously, is there something wrong with the army?
"Wenwu, you should also know that we have wiped out a regiment in just one day. If the Japanese attack again tomorrow during the day, I think the 655th Regiment will be in great danger tomorrow. Commander Huang estimates that our division can only hold out for three days at most before it will be basically wiped out. I'm also worried about where to get some reinforcements. Commander Luo probably doesn't have any reinforcements. The th Division is stuck in that damn place Luodian Town. If there are reinforcements, they will probably fill the hole on the th Division's side first." Zhao Dong was also very worried and could only vent his grievances to Zhang Wenwu.
When Zhang Wenwu heard about this, he frowned immediately. At this time, if he needed guns, his quartermaster department had stock. If he needed ammunition, his quartermaster department had stock. Even military uniforms, socks, bedding and so on were all in stock. But if he needed people, his quartermaster department didn't have any.
Suddenly, Zhang Wenwu came up with an idea, and then he came to Zhao Dong and whispered, "Chief of Staff, I have a way to get reinforcements."
When Zhao Dong heard that Zhang Wenwu had a solution, his eyes lit up. He was worried about the reinforcements, and when he heard Zhang Wenwu said he had a solution, he quickly asked, "Tell me, what is your solution? If it works, I'll give you credit."
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