Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 1,137 The Eighth Brigade suffered heavy losses

The blocking battle in the Baldwin Mining Area was extremely brutal. Major General Wang Zhanqun, commander of the 8th Brigade of the Directly Affiliated Corps, looked at the mining area shrouded in darkness with bloodshot eyes. In less than ten hours, one of his soldiers

The fully loaded main field brigade has been reduced by nearly one-half, and more than 3,000 young soldiers have been lying on a foreign land forever.

Among them, more than a dozen officers of the 8th Brigade were killed in action, and there were more than 4,000 wounded. Due to the fierce Japanese offensive, they were not transferred to the Myitkyina Corps Field Hospital until an hour ago. Due to time delay, another one was sacrificed.

More than a hundred soldiers, the Eighth Brigade, have been disabled, but Wang Zhanqun is not depressed.

His troops guarded the front and most important protrusion of the Baldwin Mining Area. They were like a gate, tightly blocking the Japanese army's way north to Degang. They withstood the most and most violent attacks from the Japanese army. During the fierce battle,

A regimental leader newspaper

Reported, "Brigadier Commander, in less than thirty minutes, more than a thousand artillery shells fell on the defensive position of one of my companies. This little devil is desperate. Where is our artillery? I request artillery support, don't say

Come on, Brigadier, the little devil is here again!"

This time, not only the troops directly under the direct corps were at a disadvantage, but also the artillery. In order to open the passage to the north to Degang, the Japanese army used all their artillery fire. The explosive position was filled with rocks and smoke. If it hadn't been for the

In some abandoned mines, the casualties of the 8th Brigade will increase a lot.

Chang Feng ordered the artillery to do their best to support the forward positions. Three brigades of heavy artillery regiments and three rocket launcher battalions covered the first wave of attacking Japanese tanks and infantry in a hail of deathly bullets. However, that was all.

After the artillery began shelling, it immediately provoked large-scale retaliation from Japanese artillery.

Ito ordered the artillery commander of the dispatched army to suppress the artillery of the Chinese troops at any cost. The intensity of the artillery battle was no less than that of the infantry battle. The number of artillery was far less than that of the Japanese army. The direct-affiliated corps and Sulu mobile

On the one hand, the artillery of the Corps had to support the forward positions with artillery fire, and they also had to engage in brutal artillery battles with the Japanese artillery. For most of the day, the artillery losses and casualties were more than any other battle.

Now, Chang Feng was in the headquarters, answering the call from the artillery commander, "Chief of Staff, the Japs' artillery fire was too fierce. I estimated that this time, the Japs used at least six heavy artillery brigades.

This is not counting the field artillery regiment. If we continue to fight like this tomorrow and all the artillery is fired, it will be nothing, but we will not be able to complete the task. I will not be reconciled. The artillery of our regiment has never suffered a loss against the Soviets. Is this possible?

Will you fall into the hands of the little devil?"

The combat department had already tallied up the losses and casualties of the artillery. Chang Feng took a look and couldn't help but gasp. Needless to say, the losses of the three heavy artillery regiments were an invincible thunder rocket launcher.

, this time, we also suffered heavy losses. Twenty-three rocket launchers were destroyed by Japanese artillery shells.

Chang Feng put down the artillery loss statistics table. In his hand, there was also an infantry casualty statistics table. The two together showed that after today's fierce battle, the losses of the troops were shocking. The unprecedented losses were the highest since the formation of the ** division.

The battle with the heaviest losses, among which the 8th Brigade of the Directly Affiliated Corps suffered the greatest losses.

Chang Feng deployed two brigades of troops on the defense line of the Baldwin Mining Area. He would never put the ninth brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps in the most important place. This is an unexplainable mentality. "Maybe

, If it was the division commander commanding this battle, he wouldn't think so much," Chang Feng laughed at himself and rubbed his swollen head.

Half leaning on the shell box, he picked up a telegram. This was the telegram that Yu Guanghan, the chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, sent to him two hours ago. Yu Guanghan personally believed that instead of attacking the four brigades on the flank,

If the troops are transferred to the second line of defense in Wubin, it is better to maintain the current situation. There will be no fighting in Wubin for the time being. With so many troops outside the battlefield, Yu Guanghan cannot do it no matter what.

At the end of the telegram, Yu Guanghan said: "Chief of Staff, I have a suggestion. Our department should continue to maintain flank attacks. This can reduce the pressure on the frontal blocking troops and prevent the Japanese troops from letting go and going all out.

Attack our army's blocking position in the Baldwin Mining Area, or ask the Chief of Staff to transfer our troops to the Baldwin Mining Area to strengthen the troops in the first direction. Please consider the above suggestions."

Chang Feng did need troops, but the front-line blocking position could not deploy so many troops at once due to terrain restrictions. Moreover, Yu Guanghan's troops played a better role on the flanks of the Japanese army than serving as a frontal blocking position. Therefore, he approved

Yu Guanghan's request contained his own considerations.

Tomorrow will be a more cruel and fierce battle. Chang Feng has no reason to wipe out all the troops of the Sulu Mobile Corps in the Baldwin Mining Area. Chang Feng simply ate something. He had no appetite, even if it was

Even in the eyes of Central Army soldiers, the Army's standard field rations, which are extremely delicious, can't whet his appetite.

Then, Chang Feng put on his helmet, grabbed a submachine gun, and said to the guard captain: "Take a few guards and come with me to the Eighth Brigade position." Just after taking a few steps, he met a person who bumped in.

Almost touching him, Chang Feng stood still, looked at the person coming, and was slightly stunned.

Then he asked a little strangely: "Commander Wang, why are you here?" The person who came in was Major General Wang Zhanqun, commander of the 8th Brigade of the Directly Affiliated Corps. At this moment, he didn't look like a general at all. He had been there for less than a day.

Soon, Wang Zhanqun's beard grew thickly, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body was covered in mud, like a squad leader who had just crawled out of the trenches.

Chang Feng quickly pulled him to sit down and opened a single soldier ration with his own hands. Wang Zhanqun ate it hungrily. Chang Feng just looked at him quietly. Wang Zhanqun swallowed the last mouthful of rice, wiped his mouth and said: "

Chief of Staff, I passed through the artillery blockade of the Japs and ran to the headquarters, just for one thing, asking the Chief of Staff to increase the strength of the 8th Brigade."

Chang Feng's cheek twitched unconsciously, and Wang Zhanqun was a little anxious, and then said: "Chief of Staff, it's not me, Wang Zhanqun, who is complaining. You also know what kind of person I am. If I hadn't encountered obstacles that I couldn't overcome, I wouldn't have

Most of them will take care of your request for soldiers.

Over the course of the day, at least 70,000 to 80,000 artillery shells fell on our brigade's blocking position. Just at the forward position, one of my platoons had to defend a company's position. If you don't ask for more, just give me a regiment. I promise.

Tomorrow the little devil still can't make even half a step forward!"

Chang Feng knew that Wang Zhanqun was telling the truth. Even the 9th Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps on the flanks suffered more than 3,000 casualties after most of the day. The 8th Brigade, which was the main target of the Japanese army's frontal attack, suffered so many casualties.

Just imagine.

However, Chang Feng had no soldiers in his hands. There were only three brigades in total. Wu Bin had one, and he didn’t even have a reserve team. After a moment of silence, looking at Wang Zhanqun’s longing eyes, Chang Feng said in a low tone: "Wang Brigade

Commander, I know that the Eighth Brigade has suffered casualties. I only have a guard battalion specially sent by the division commander to protect me when we came to Wubin. In this way, I will transfer the guard battalion to you."

Wang Zhanqun was stunned for a moment, then stood up, saluted Chang Feng, turned around and walked out. Chang Feng hurriedly called out to him. Wang Zhanqun turned around and said: "Chief of Staff, just pretend that I didn't say what I just said. There are still people left in the Eighth Brigade."

There are six to seven thousand people, enough for the little Japs to chew on for two days. Chief of Staff, please rest assured that if the little Japs really break through my blocking line, they will step on my corpse."

After a pause, Wang Zhanqun's tone became much calmer, and then he said: "Chief of Staff, I have only one request, to replenish our brigade with a large amount of ammunition, especially grenades, the more the better." Looking at Wang Zhanqun's back, he disappeared into the night

Among them, the flames of exploding artillery shells from the Japanese army's night shells reflected Wang Zhanqun's back from time to time. For some reason, Chang Feng felt a sense of farewell.

Returning to the headquarters, he called over the guard battalion commander and ordered him to lead the entire battalion to the Eighth Brigade position overnight and put it under the command of brigade commander Wang Zhanqun. At the same time, he brought a batch of ammunition up. The guard commander left. Chang Feng

He also gathered all the staff officers and correspondents in the headquarters and organized them into a combat company, with himself as the company commander.

When necessary, Chang Feng would personally lead this company of agency officers into a desperate fight with the Japanese army. He was already prepared to sacrifice. After doing all this, Chang Feng sat down and personally drafted a letter to the Japanese army.

Telegram from division commander Tang Qiuli.

I had just written a few words and the battlefield had become quiet. Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gunfire. Chang Feng raised his head in surprise. Could it be that the Japanese army went against the norm and launched an attack at night? It seems that Ito Yanzaburo was not able to do anything in a minute.

If you don’t want to delay, let’s let this last scene come early!

Chang Feng had just stood up and was about to go outside the cave to observe the situation. On the table made of shell boxes, the phone rang rapidly. A staff officer hurriedly picked up the phone and listened for a while. After putting down the phone, he reported to Chang Feng:

"Chief of Staff, Su

The frontline troops of the Ninth Brigade of the Lu Mobile Corps called. A fierce battle suddenly broke out on the flanks of the Japanese army. Judging from the scale of the battle, it was at least the regiment level and above. They judged that it should be our troops, taking advantage of the night to attack the Japanese army.

Attacked!"

Chang Feng understood as soon as he heard it. It must be Yu Guanghan's troops who took advantage of the night to attack the Japanese army. A smile appeared on his lips, "Yu Guanghan, this guy, led the troops to fight for more than a day."

, he is not tired yet, and he is taking advantage of the night to cause trouble for the Japanese army. He should be reminded to stop it in moderation and maintain the physical strength and combat effectiveness of the army." Chang Feng thought to himself.

Chang Feng then asked, "What other situations have been reported by the frontline troops?" The staff officer replied: "The Ninth Brigade suggested that while the Japanese army is coping with our army's night attack, can we take the initiative to attack once with the strength of two regiments? Please

Approved by the Chief of Staff."

(To be continued)

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