binnovel Chapter 379 Eliminate Part 1 First
Chapter 379 Eliminate Part 1 First
The headquarters of the new 100th Division has now turned into a tea party, where everyone is listening to all kinds of gossip stories with great interest, while the sound of gunfire from the front position continues, forming a sharp contrast.
On the position of the 812th Regiment, many officers and soldiers were leaning against the trenches, taking out crumpled cigarettes from their military uniform pockets, lighting them, and smoking while sitting in the trenches. Some officers and soldiers were shooting at the unclear Japanese troops in the distance.
The officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Japanese Army were also shooting towards the front with great joy. Now, as long as they were not particularly unlucky, the officers and soldiers of both sides would basically not cause any casualties in this kind of long-range shooting at each other. This made everyone feel a lot more relaxed. After all, the figures of those officers and soldiers who died in battle yesterday were still vivid in their minds.
Compared with the ease of the new 100th Division, the Japanese 104th Regiment, which was divided and surrounded, was much more miserable.
Colonel Tachibana Yoshio, commander of the 104th Regiment, was in despair. Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke, commander of the th Division, sent him another telegram at dawn, asking him to lead his troops to hold the position and wait for reinforcements from Changshoudian. He could also break out on his own and move towards the th or th Regiment.
However, Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke did not say how long his troops would hold out, how to get supplies of materials and ammunition, and what should he say to the remaining officers and soldiers in the army? How to encourage everyone?
As for breaking out on their own, there is no need to even think about it. No matter which direction they break out in, the 104th Regiment does not have the capability now. Not to mention breaking out, they can't even gather together the troops that have been divided and surrounded by the Chinese army.
The regiment commander, Colonel Tachibana Yoshio, now has only one battalion-sized force around him, and the remaining troops are surrounded in three unconnected locations. Colonel Tachibana Yoshio is not even sure how many troops he has in those encirclements.
Colonel Tachibana Yoshio felt that his troops could only hold out for two days at most. The troops were now out of food and short of ammunition, and the officers and soldiers were exhausted. He had no confidence that they could hold out until the arrival of reinforcements.
In the Fifth War Zone Headquarters, Chief of Staff Xu stayed up all night paying close attention to the situation on the battlefields. When he learned that the 104th Regiment of the Japanese Army had been completely divided and surrounded, he immediately became excited. This was the basic realization of the combat plan formulated before the war.
"Commander Li, good news! The Second Army and the New 104nd Army have completely divided and surrounded the th Regiment of the Japanese Army." Chief of Staff Xu happily came to Commander Li's office with a telegram and reported.
Commander Li was having breakfast. When he saw Chief of Staff Xu coming in with big dark circles under his eyes and a look of excitement, he quickly asked Chief of Staff Xu to sit down and have breakfast with him. At the same time, he took the telegram from Chief of Staff Xu and read it.
"Okay, send a telegram to the Second Army and the New 104nd Army, asking them to destroy the 104th Regiment of the Japanese Army within two days and make full use of tonight's time. We cannot waste too much time on this Japanese unit. After destroying the 100th Regiment, the troops will launch an attack on the remaining troops of the 100th Division as planned. In addition, what is the situation of the new th Division?" Commander Li explained the next order, and finally asked about the situation of the new th Division with great concern.
"Everything was stable on the New 100 Division's side last night. The Japanese army's attack on the New 100 Division's blocking positions yesterday was very fierce. The casualties on the New 100 Division's side are not optimistic. One main regiment has been defeated by the Japanese army. It is estimated that the Japanese attack today will be even more fierce. However, the New 100 Division still guarantees to follow the orders of the theater headquarters and fight to the last soldier, and will never let the Japanese army reinforce quickly." When Chief of Staff Xu talked about the situation of the New 100 Division, he became a little worried.
"Well, the new 100th Division's momentum is still very good. Tell them that we will complete the combat mission of eliminating the Japanese troops in the encirclement as soon as possible. At the same time, let the 100st Army Group dispatch at least two regiments of troops and be ready to reinforce the battle of the new th Division at any time." Commander Li also made new arrangements for the battlefield in the direction of Xiangzao Highway.
The current battlefield situation is still very good for the Chinese army. The combat plans formulated before the war have basically been realized. Now it depends on how long the new 100th Division can hold out. The fierce attack of the Japanese reinforcements was also within Commander Li's expectations.
"Yes, the 104th Regiment of the Japanese Army will not be able to escape this time. The Second Army and the New 104nd Army are also adjusting their troops. They are trying to eliminate the two weaker troops of the divided and surrounded 104th Regiment during the day. The remaining two surrounded Japanese troops will be attacked on a large scale at night. I think it will be difficult for the 104th Regiment of the Japanese Army to hold out until tomorrow noon." Chief of Staff Xu was also very confident that the front troops would eliminate the th Regiment.
As the sun rose, the Second Army and the New 104nd Army also began their attack on the th Regiment of the Japanese Army. The two forces also divided the work and targeted the two weakest Japanese troops in the divided encirclement.
The two Japanese troops that were the main targets of the attack had a strength of only about two squadrons. Not only were they weak in manpower, but they also lacked heavy firepower support. Therefore, they naturally became the preferred targets.
In order to quickly eliminate the two small groups of Japanese troops, the Second Army and the New 22nd Army pulled out the artillery that had been stored for a long time, which made the attacks of the two troops very smooth.
The battle was completely over at around three o'clock in the afternoon. The Japanese 104th Regiment now only had one battalion under the command of Colonel Tachibana Yoshio and another battalion in another encirclement.
Colonel Tachibana Yoshio, the commander of the regiment, felt very sad when he heard the gunfire on other battlefields gradually disappear. When the Chinese army began to attack his two troops, he sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke, the commander of the 16th Division, requesting air support. This was all the help he could provide to those troops.
Although air support arrived at the battlefield quickly, the Chinese army had already mixed with the Japanese troops, and the battle lines of both sides were so complicated that the Japanese pilots had no way of distinguishing which side was their own and which side was the Chinese army.
Therefore, the Japanese pilots could only circle in the air continuously, hoping to find a target to attack. However, when the fuel of the Japanese planes was almost exhausted, the pilots still could not find a good target to attack, and they could not even find a single artillery piece of the Chinese army.
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