Predator Reborn

Chapter 447 Counterattack!!

"Well, Lao Wang is right. In this way, I will give each of you three days to prepare for the war. Three days later, at eight o'clock in the evening, we will launch an attack on the two counties on time. This time, we will also fight against the little devils.

Caught them off guard, gave them a sudden attack, leaving an old devil like Okamura Neji unable to touch the east, west, north, and south..." Liu Hua nodded and agreed.

"Yes, Commander, I promise to complete the mission..." The two men replied at the same time with excited faces.

"Well, go ahead. Remember what I just told you..." Liu Hua nodded, turned around and continued to study the military map in front of him... As the two commanders returned to their headquarters, in less than three days,

The two military divisions are located around Shanyin County and Baoding City. They have assembled at least three main regiments of infantry and artillery regiments that must be used to attack the city.

As one troop after another, under the stunned eyes of the defenders, they walked out of the dense forest where they were hiding and surrounded the two county towns. The Japanese troops in the two county towns immediately changed from the shock to chaos... because

Ever since they learned that the two main divisions that invaded the Eighth Route Army base area were ambushed by Eighth Route Army troops and were eventually wiped out. They knew that the Eighth Route Army would launch a counterattack sooner or later.

However, after hearing the order from their superiors, in less than half a month, there will be an army of 150,000 troops stationed in two cities respectively, which makes the defenders in the two counties feel the excitement just mentioned.

They relaxed a lot. Because, in their eyes, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side must have suffered heavy losses after continuous battles. It would take at least a month to rest and recuperate before the troops could regain their combat effectiveness. And at that time

, the defenders in their own county were not just a few thousand troops, but tens of thousands of troops equipped with various heavy weapons. Even if the Eighth Route Army wanted to attack, it would be impossible to take them down...

However, what surprised these defenders was that less than half a month after the entire battle ended, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side seemed to have regained its combat effectiveness. And unknowingly, several main regiments had gathered together.

troops, preparing to besiege the county where they are located. More importantly, among the Eighth Route Army troops besieging their county, dozens of large-caliber siege artillery were discovered...

"Baga, how could the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness recover so quickly? It has only taken less than half a month. How is it possible? Baga Road. Yours, report the situation to the Commander immediately and request the Commander's action

Guidance..." Although the Eighth Route Army outside the city has not officially launched an attack, but seeing the artillery with black muzzles and heavy machine guns with blue light outside the city... the top commander of the city defense force knew

, under such a fierce attack with powerful firepower, the more than 1,000 Imperial Army troops and more than 2,000 Imperial Alliance Army troops in the county were simply not enough to fill the gap between the Eighth Route Army outside the city. Perhaps after the Eighth Route Army outside the city passed through the artillery fire, their own troops

Two thousand Imperial Army troops will be scattered and completely lose their combat effectiveness...

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander..." Looking at His Excellency the Commander, who looked solemnly at the Eighth Route Army's position outside the city, the communications staff officer quickly replied, leaving this place as if running away. He might become the target of the Eighth Route Army's shelling at any time, and fell into a chaos.

The city wall in the sea of ​​fire ran towards the safest headquarters in the entire county...

At that time, the top commanders of Shanyin County and Baoding City, almost at the same time, sent one telegram after another requesting for combat guidance to the commander in Shijiazhuang, General Okamura Neiji...

"Baga Road, what do the Eighth Route Army want to do? It has only been less than half a month. Have they recovered from the last war? Baga, what do the intelligence department and T&T High-Tech do?

Why didn’t we get any information about the Eighth Route Army’s huge troop deployment plan?” I looked at the receipt of several telegrams from two counties asking for help. I originally thought that this encirclement and suppression operation would be foolproof, so I was waiting with confidence.

The commander of the 150,000-strong army could not help but roar loudly at the deputy chief of staff in front of him. Because as long as the two counties were lost, the 150,000-strong army would lose its foothold... By then, the entire encirclement and suppression campaign would be over.

The plan will be completely disrupted.

"Hey, Commander, do you think we will send reinforcements immediately to reinforce the two counties? The 150,000 troops sent by the south to reinforce them will arrive in five days at most. As long as we persist for five days

In time, we will be able to win, and then the Eighth Route Army's *** division will be unable to escape." The deputy chief of staff suggested in a low voice...

"No, it's too late now. According to the deployment of enemy and friendly forces in the two counties, even if our reinforcements arrive, the entire county will have fallen into the pocket of the Eighth Route Army's *** division. Therefore, our current urgent need to delay

, It is not to defend the two county towns, but to preserve enough effective forces to block the Eighth Route Army's offensive. After they occupy the two county towns, they will no longer have the strength to continue launching new attacks." Commander General Okamura Neiji replied.

road.

"Hi, your Excellency Commander is wise..." the deputy chief of staff replied quickly with a look on his face.

"Order, the supreme commander of the Baoding City garrison in Shanyin County to lead the troops to rely on the advantageous city defenses to immediately retreat after inflicting large-scale casualties on the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops... In addition, immediately mobilize heavy troops from surrounding counties to

To the north of Shanyin County and to the east of Baoding County, rely on the favorable terrain to build fortifications to block the Eighth Route Army's attack. We must hold on until the main force arrives..." Colonel Okamura Neiji gave a loud order...

"Hi, Commander, I will call back to the top commanders of the two counties right away..." After the deputy chief of staff recorded the order, he turned and left the room.

Just when the top commanders of the Japanese army in the two counties received a call back from General Okamura Neiji, a violent burst of artillery sound began to ring out on the city wall... After a burst of intensive explosions, the entire city wall collapsed in two places.

An artillery regiment in the military division quickly fell into a sea of ​​fire under the repeated shelling of dozens of heavy artillery pieces. Under the reflection of the fireballs generated by the continuous explosion of artillery shells, the entire sky was illuminated red...

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"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is extremely cunning...order the first squadron on the city wall, the one and two battalions of the 1st Imperial Army Regiment to hold on to the city wall. Anyone who dares to retreat without my order will be killed without mercy...Order the remaining troops in the city to immediately

Gather up and prepare for a breakout..." Looking at the intensive artillery fire at the top of the city and looking at the telegram he had just received in his hand, Commander Colonel showed a sneer on his lips and ordered to the officers around him.

At this moment, there were more than 200 little Japs, more than 600 puppet troops, and nearly a thousand defenders standing on the city wall. After passing dozens of heavy artillery pieces from the artillery regiment, for ten consecutive minutes, hundreds of

After the indiscriminate bombardment with large-caliber artillery shells, less than half of the remaining soldiers were left. The more than 400 Japanese and puppet troops who were still able to continue fighting had to fight under the threat of heavy machine guns in front of the supervising team behind them.

Lying on the city wall that had been bombed into a mess, making the final resistance...

As for the Eighth Route Army troops preparing to attack the city outside the city, as the shelling ceased, a main battalion of more than five hundred Eighth Route Army soldiers, under the cover of dozens of light and heavy machine guns, lined up in a loose offensive formation and quickly rushed out.

They secured their own position and began to attack several gaps that had been opened by artillery fire...Under the fire of airtight light and heavy machine gun bullets, the Japanese and puppet troops who still stood at the top of the city were almost crushed to the point where they could not lift up.

own head.

Because the dense rain of bullets fired from dozens of light and heavy machine guns outside the city is almost clinging to the edge of the city wall. As long as the soldiers lying on the city wall reveal their heads, the final result will be no surprise, that is, they will be thrown into the air

The bullets hit his brains to pieces, and not even a complete body could be left behind. As a result, the remaining 300-odd puppet soldiers who were still on the city wall looked at the Eighth Route Army soldiers getting closer and closer outside the city, with almost no trace of emotion.

The only way is to look at the ocean and sigh, watching the Eighth Route Army troops approach the city wall that has been blown away step by step...

"Comrades, charge with me... charge..." As the Eighth Route Army troops got closer and closer to the city wall, a cry of killing, mixed with the explosion of grenades, immediately began to sound at several gaps in the city wall... They had already rushed up

The Eighth Route Army troops on the city wall soon mixed up with the Japanese and puppet troops who had no way out on the city wall, and began the most brutal hand-to-hand combat...

However, just as the enemy and our troops on the city wall were engaged in a life-and-death fight, the top commander of the city defense had already begun to retreat from the north gate with more than 2,000 troops remaining in the county, and quickly moved toward the reinforcements.

He ran out in the same direction and out of the sight of the soldiers... Without the reinforcements in the city, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops were trapped on the city wall. In the end, they only lasted less than ten minutes before they all fell to the soldiers.

Under the bayonet, he disappeared into the wave of charging soldiers...

"Comrades, charge..." There were shouts of killing. One after another, the Eighth Route Army troops, after wiping out the remaining defenders on the city wall, did not stop at all. They immediately rushed into the empty city from the breach.

The reason why the county towns are deserted is very simple. Because after the entire Shanxi Province was completely occupied by the ***, these two county towns slowly developed into two military stations and two military stations due to their geographical advantages.

Military camp. As for the common people in the city, they either died in the fighting, joined the fleeing ranks, or entered the base area...

In this way, the entire battle took less than half an hour from start to finish. The already deserted county seat was occupied by the two military divisions at a small cost. The various garrison units that retreated from the county seat,

After reuniting with the reinforcements dozens of kilometers away from the county seat, they began to rely on the favorable terrain to build blocking positions, preparing to block the attack of the two military divisions...

"Reporting to the commander, the high commander of the second division sent a good news, because the Japanese army took the initiative to abandon Shanyin County after a slight resistance, and now the army has completely taken over the entire Shanyin County. In addition, after the Japanese defenders and reinforcements have converged,

, built blocking fortifications 20 kilometers north of Shanyin County in an attempt to block our attacking troops. Commander Gao requested the next battle plan..." Just when Commander Liu Hua and Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan just started the battle,

Just in the war room, while waiting anxiously, the good news for the second division came...

"Well, tell Gao Yuan to send a certain amount of troops to confront the Japanese army, and launch appropriate attacks to harass the Japanese army. At the same time, other troops, in accordance with the original plan, began to implement a plan to destroy the city of Shanyin County..."

Liu Hua nodded and ordered.

Less than five minutes after the chief of staff left, telegrams from the third division came one after another: "Commander, Political Commissar, Commander Wang telegraphed that the Japanese army voluntarily abandoned Baoding City, and now Baoding City has been captured... At the same time,

The defending troops are 30 kilometers east of Baoding County and are reuniting with the reinforcements and are building fortifications based on the favorable terrain..."

"Commander, this is unexpected. There are times when the little devils voluntarily abandon the county seat... However, if nothing else happens, this must be the order of Okamura Neiji. He knows that the county seat cannot be defended, so he might as well preserve his strength.

, adopted a strategy of blocking, dragging us until the arrival of their reinforcements, and then wiped us out in one fell swoop and regained these two counties." Looking at the two telegrams with almost identical contents, political commissar Luo Ronghuan keenly discovered this problem.

, said.

"Commander, political commissar, in this case, should we send the same telegram back to Commander Wang of the Third Division as we did from the Second Division?" Chief of Staff Li Qing continued.

"No, order Wang Nanhu to leave a certain amount of troops to defend Baoding City and cooperate with the engineering troops to implement our plan to break the city. He will personally command the remaining troops to concentrate their forces and continue to attack the Japanese army. Tell Wang

Nanhu, he can attack as far as he can. In short, the better to drive the Japs as far away from Baoding City as possible. But one thing is that he must control the casualties of his troops. The big battle is still to come.

Liu Hua shook his head and ordered firmly...

"Commander, why is this? Why does the third division continue to attack the Japanese, but the second division remains unchanged..." After listening to Liu Hua's order, the chief of staff asked with a puzzled look. Even the political commissar beside him

Luo Ronghuan also had a look of doubt on his face, looking at Liu Hua in front of him.

"It's very simple. Our offensive group entering Tianjin in a few days will pass through Baoding City. We can't let the little devils see our tens of thousands of troops strutting past Baoding City and heading north... In order to achieve the suddenness of the action

"Sex, in addition to the Eighth Route Army in various parts of North China, which will launch counterattacks to cooperate, we also need to drive the little Japs around Baoding as far away as possible to prevent our plans from being leaked in advance..." Liu Hua explained...

"Commander, I understand. I will call Commander Wang back right away as you asked..." After saying that, Chief of Staff Li Qing rushed out of the war room with excitement and ran towards the telegraph room of the headquarters.

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After receiving the commander's order, Commander Gao Yuan of the Second Division immediately mobilized an infantry regiment and a battalion of the artillery regiment to join the pursuit of the Japs. As for the remaining troops, except for the troops staying in Shanyin County,

, the remaining troops were organized into battalions to clear out all the Japanese and puppet troops and traitorous spies within a few dozen kilometers around the county...

At the same time, two engineering regiments were escorted by an infantry regiment along the way, carrying tens of thousands of kilograms of high explosives. Taking advantage of the darkness, they secretly arrived at the deserted Shanyin County at this moment.

Start making preparations for the explosion that will happen in a few seconds in a few days... Everything is very orderly, as if it has been rehearsed in advance...

At the same time, Wang Nanhu, who also received the order, except for leaving an infantry regiment in Baoding City to assist two engineering regiments in setting up graves for the little devils, the remaining troops left under the leadership of Wang Nanhu himself.

Baoding City pursued the Japanese troops who were building blocking fortifications dozens of miles away...

A few hours passed, and it was still dark. Although the Japanese and puppet troops had gathered more than 5,000 troops. However, in the dark night, no permanent defenses were built. Only in front of the soldiers

, relying on the favorable terrain, a trench was dug. And using limited logs, a simple civil fortification was built...

Seeing that the Japanese army had formed a complete defense fortification in front of him in just a few hours. Commander Wang Nanhu was shocked but did not take it to heart. He asked the artillery regiment commander Zhou Zhigang next to him:

"Captain Zhou, can you destroy all the Japs' civil fortifications and your artillery regiment..."

After hearing Wang Nanhu's words, the artillery regiment commander Zhou Zhigang did not answer immediately. Instead, he raised the telescope in his hand and carefully observed the blocking fortifications a few hundred meters away in front of him under the faint light of the fire... Finally, the two men

After a minute of observation, Zhou Zhigang put down the telescope in his hand. At the same time, a confident smile slowly appeared in his eyes: "Commander, don't worry. Give me twenty minutes. I promise to kill the little devil."

The blocking fortifications that we worked hard to build all night were razed to the ground..."

"Okay, order the artillery regiment to prepare for battle and bombard the Japanese position for twenty minutes. Twenty minutes later, the First Regiment will launch a group charge towards the Japanese position, striving for an attack to capture the Japs' position..." Looking at

Zhou Zhigang and Wang Nanhu, who looked confident, loudly issued the order to attack to the group leaders around them.

"Boom, boom, boom..." In less than ten minutes, a rumbling sound of artillery sounded from the artillery position less than 500 meters behind Commander Wang Nanhu. The first round of 36 artillery shells, with a hint of orange

Red flames flew out from the artillery position and accurately hit the Japanese blocking position one kilometer away... In an instant, the blocking position, which had been pitch black just now, exploded with thirty-six rounds of artillery shells.

The fireball set off immediately illuminated the position clearly...

The artillery observers who had already lurked in front of the Japanese blocking position quickly reported each of the firepower points exposed under the firelight to the artillery position behind them. As for the thirty-six artillery pieces in the artillery position,

Taking the company as a unit, according to the latest Japanese firepower points reported by artillery observers, they were cleared one after another...

The rumbling sound of artillery was very unpleasant to the Japanese and puppet troops who stood firm on the position. At this moment, among the Japanese and puppet troops lying in the trenches, as well as the little devils serving as reserves behind the blocking position, there was no one who was not

Praying to God, praying that the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army can end soon. However, such dense artillery sounds and rising balls of fireballs are not only very pleasant to the soldiers preparing to attack, but also more like a

The artillery regiment set off a large fireworks display for them...

However, although the fireworks are beautiful, they only last for twenty minutes after all. Just as the soldiers were pointing at the Japanese blocking position that was already immersed in a sea of ​​fire a few hundred meters away, the twenty-minute shelling had to be carried out before the soldiers.

It ended with their unfinished eyes...

At this moment, after being baptized by nearly a thousand artillery shells weighing more than ten kilograms, the hastily built civil fortifications of the Japanese army have completely revealed their most primitive appearance. Countless logs used to reinforce the trenches were destroyed by the fierce artillery fire.

Among them, they have turned into piles of coke. And more logs, under the high temperature, have turned into piles of blazing fire... Piles of bonfires that are constantly burning will turn the already devastated

The Japanese blocking positions were clearly illuminated.

As for the more than 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops who stood on the position, although they were protected by trenches, most of them were lost in the twenty-minute shelling. Especially a regiment of the Royal Association Army troops was lost in the dense

Almost all were lost in the artillery fire. Even those who were not killed on the spot were stunned with fright at this moment and lost their combat effectiveness...

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is so cunning. How could they have such fierce artillery fire? Bagaya Road... Immediately sent a regiment of Imperial Army troops into the position to block the Eighth Route Army's attack. At the same time, the supervising team was behind the position.

Supervise the battle, and any soldiers who dare to retreat will be killed on the spot..." Looking at the position that had been bombed into a mess, after learning that a regiment of the Imperial Association Army had almost been lost. Commander Colonel was angry at the same time,

He gave a loud order to the commander of the Royal Association Army who was in charge of the reserve team.

When nearly a thousand Imperial Army soldiers, driven by more than a hundred little Japs, arrived at the position, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them... because it was still very strong before the war and could give them

The various fortifications that provided life support were no longer available at this moment. More importantly, under the intensive artillery fire, only less than one-third of the entire trench could continue to be used.

As for the rest, almost all of it was destroyed by intensive artillery fire...