binnovel Chapter 183 Attack (5)
Chapter 183 Attack (5)
Captain Jiro Aso has now personally gone to the front with a rifle to participate in the battle. There are too many attacking Chinese troops, and both sides are in trenches. In this kind of short-range exchange of fire, whoever has more people will have a clear advantage. Moreover, the threat of grenade attacks from the Chinese army is too great. Why did they bring so many grenades?
Now Captain Jiro Aso has gathered the remaining thirty or so soldiers in the trenches next to the garrison headquarters for the final resistance. He feels that if no miracle happens, he will soon meet Amaterasu. The only thing that makes him anxious now is that until now he has not heard the sound of the explosion of the cannon from the soldiers who were sent to destroy the howitzer. If the soldiers over there blow up the cannon and return to his side, he should be able to hold on for at least half an hour longer.
Li Zhengying led a group of suicide squad officers and soldiers and moved unimpeded along the Japanese trenches and communication trenches to the back of Aso Jiro's command post. The first thing they found was more than a dozen seriously wounded soldiers who were transported to the trenches behind by the Japanese army. These Japanese soldiers were lying in the trenches and wailing constantly. Li Zhengying immediately took several soldiers and used bayonets and daggers to quietly send these seriously wounded Japanese soldiers away one by one.
While commanding the dwindling number of soldiers to make their final stand, Captain Jiro Aso prayed in his heart that the explosion he had been waiting for from the artillery position would come soon. As long as the cannon was not obtained by the Chinese army, even if he died heroically, he would have the face to see Amaterasu after his death.
Suddenly, Captain Jiro Aso heard a burst of continuous gunfire behind him. Then he felt a pain in his back, and it seemed as if all the strength in his body was drained away in an instant. He tried hard to take a few breaths of air, but his body was out of control. His eyes went dark, and he fell weakly in the trench. In the end, he did not hear the expected explosion.
Li Zhengying led the officers and soldiers of the suicide squad to suddenly attack the Japanese soldiers who were guarding from the rear. Most of the Japanese soldiers could not turn around until their death. Li Zhengying stabbed the Japanese soldiers in the buttocks. After only ten minutes, all the Japanese soldiers on the entire artillery position were wiped out. The officers and soldiers of the suicide squad fell in love with this kind of behavior of shooting from behind, which was simply too easy.
Zhang Wenwu brought a few guards to Li Zhengying who was cleaning the battlefield. When he saw Li Zhengying, Zhang Wenwu hurriedly asked: "Captain Li, you seized two cannons from the Japanese army? Where are they?" He couldn't help but get excited. The team member who Li Zhengying sent to report the situation just now told Zhang Wenwu the news that two cannons from the Japanese army had been seized. At the same time, the team member gestured with his hands and said that the cannons seized this time were different from the cannons seized in the city before, and they were much larger in size.
Zhang Wenwu reacted immediately. He estimated that this was the Japanese army's heavy artillery, so he quickly brought people over. He needed to see these lovely big treasures with his own eyes.
"Brigade Commander, I am leading my troops to clean up the battlefield. This is the command sword of a Japanese lieutenant. In addition, about 400 meters behind, we found two Japanese cannons." When Li Zhengying saw that it was Zhang Wenwu who came in person, he immediately handed a samurai sword in his hand to Zhang Wenwu, and then reported about the cannons. As for saluting, it was not allowed on the battlefield. Who knew if there were any Japanese soldiers who were still alive? That would easily expose the commander.
Zhang Wenwu took the samurai sword handed over by Li Zhengying, drew out the sword, looked at it, and threw it to the guard behind him. Then he said to Li Zhengying: "Captain Li, you did a great job this time. After the battle, I will commend you for your merits. Now take me to see the two cannons." Zhang Wenwu encouraged Li Zhengying, and then couldn't wait to ask him to take him to see the two cannons.
Li Zhengying took Zhang Wenwu and walked around in the trenches for several minutes before arriving at the Japanese howitzer position. When Zhang Wenwu saw the two howitzers, his saliva was about to flow down. He walked around the two cannons several times with a smile on his face, and touched the cannons from time to time with his hands, looking like he had never seen such a thing before.
This cannot be blamed on Zhang Wenwu. You have to know that when the war broke out in the whole of China, there were less than fifty heavy artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100 mm, and these cannons were used by the artillery brigades directly under the Military Commission. During the Battle of Shanghai, these heavy artillery pieces were almost completely lost. Some of them were lost during the retreat, because the bridge-guarding troops had laid mines on the bridge in advance to prevent the pursuing Japanese army. The cannons could not cross the bridge, and they had to be pushed into the river to sink.
While Zhang Wenwu was drooling and touching the howitzer, an officer ran up to Li Zhengying and reported, "Captain, we found three Japanese trucks about 300 meters away, and one of them still had a lot of shells on it."
When Zhang Wenwu heard that they had discovered a towing truck and a truckload of artillery shells, he immediately went over to the truck with Li Zhengying. This was really interesting. He had just been thinking about how to get the two cannons back. If that didn't work, he would have to ask the officers and soldiers to pull them back to Taierzhuang. Now, with a towing truck, the moving speed would be greatly increased.
When Zhang Wenwu arrived at the side of the truck, he saw several officers and soldiers removing bundles of straw covering the truck. Zhang Wenwu was impressed by the Japanese's dullness and imagination. How could there be an air force in the Fifth War Zone of China? Your camouflage is just for the Japanese army to see.
Zhang Wenwu asked Li Zhengying to quickly find soldiers who could drive trucks, and asked him to use these trucks to pull the howitzers back to Taierzhuang and hand them over to Chief of Staff Ouyang Heng. At the same time, the wounded officers and soldiers could also be transported back by trucks, which could save a lot of time.
When the gunfire and explosions at the artillery position stopped, Colonel Fukuei Shinpei sat down dejectedly on the ammunition box at the command center. He knew that his artillery position was gone, and Captain Jiro Aso, who was in charge of guarding it, ultimately failed to fulfill his hope. He could not defend the artillery position. He could only hope that Captain Jiro Aso could blow up the two howitzers, but he must not let the Chinese army get hold of the two artillery pieces, otherwise his main position would be in danger.
Colonel Fukuei Shinpei walked out of the command center. Although the sky outside was slowly getting darker, he needed to walk around in the trenches to calm himself down. After he calmed down, he needed to think carefully about how he was going to use these 800 soldiers who were hastily assembled to defend the main position.
The news that Zhang Wenwu had occupied the Japanese artillery position and seized two howitzers soon spread back to Taierzhuang. Division Commander Huang and Staff Officer Zhao Dong were extremely happy. Not only did they eliminate 700 Japanese soldiers, but their own losses were only more than 200 people. This could be said to be a great victory, especially the two captured Japanese howitzers. The two big guys almost danced with joy. These two artillery pieces could provide great help in the subsequent attack on the Japanese main position.
Inside the Fifth War Zone Headquarters, Chief of Staff Xu was looking at the telegram that the communications director had just sent to him from the 102nd Division. He began to feel uneasy after reading the contents of the telegram. The 102nd Division had only suffered more than casualties, yet they had managed to wipe out Japanese troops. Was this an international joke on me? Even false reporting of results couldn't be so obvious. Did they think everyone in the Fifth War Zone Headquarters were fools?
But after thinking for a while, he still walked into Commander Li's office with the telegram. No matter how much water was mixed in the battle report of the 102nd Division, as the chief of staff, his job was to let the military commander know all kinds of information first and in a timely manner. As for whether what was said in the telegram was true or false, Commander Li would judge it himself.
Commander Li was frowning as he looked at the battle zone enemy and friendly situation map on the wall. The 102th Corps in the north of Taierzhuang was now in a bitter battle, and the Japanese army was frantically and desperately attacking southwards. The more anxious the Japanese army was, the more dangerous the situation of the Japanese army in Taierzhuang was. He had already issued a death order to the th Corps, requiring them to hold on for three days to buy time for the nd Division in Taierzhuang to attack. Now the temptation of being able to destroy a Japanese army regiment-level unit had made him ignore it. If this battle was fought well, it would greatly boost the confidence of the government and the entire country's military and civilians in resisting Japanese aggression.
"Commander Li, the 102nd Division has sent a battle report." Chief of Staff Xu handed the telegram from the 102nd Division to Commander Li.
Commander Li took the telegram and read it for a long time. The content of the telegram was not too much, but he was also shocked by the content of the telegram. After a while, he put the telegram on the table, then looked up at Chief of Staff Xu and asked: "Yan Mou, what do you think of this telegram from the 102nd Division?"
Commander Li's meaning was very clear. The content of the telegram was a bit shocking, but he still hoped in his heart that the content of the telegram from the 102nd Division was true. However, reason told him that this was almost impossible.
Chief of Staff Xu thought for a moment and said, "Commander Li, if the content of the 102nd Division's battle report is true, then there are only about 102 Japanese troops left outside Taierzhuang. This is a very good thing for the theater's plan to quickly annihilate this Japanese force, but I think it is a bit hard to believe that the nd Division only suffered more than casualties and completed the elimination of Japanese troops. This has never happened in the entire China since the war with the Japanese army. If the casualty figures of both sides in the battle report are swapped, I think it is in line with the norm."
After listening to Chief of Staff Xu's words, Commander Li also stood up from his seat. He walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said to Chief of Staff Xu: "Yanmou, I think there is no basis for us to speculate on the content of this battle report. How about you take the trouble to go on behalf of the theater to express your condolences to the arrogant soldiers of the 102nd Division and take a look at the actual situation. Every step behind is critical. We must understand the actual situation and arrange the troops and time reasonably."