Predator Reborn

Chapter 632: The tried-and-true night attack

Facing the continuous bombardment of dozens of large-caliber artillery pieces by the Japanese army, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties to the troops, the front-line position that had just been recaptured by the soldiers was voluntarily abandoned at the order of the division commander Li Yuanqing, and the second trench was used to continue.

Hold on.

However, even so, the Japanese army, which easily occupied the front-line positions, no longer had the courage to continue the attack with the remaining hour before dark without air support.

After deploying a brigade of troops on the newly captured front-line position and organizing defense on the spot, the remaining troops, under the orders of Lieutenant General Futian, were all stationed on the road on the edge of the Sifangtuo, waiting for another day of fighting.

In the 13th Division headquarters, under the orders of Commander Li Yuanqing, the three regiment commanders were called to the headquarters just after dinner to hold a summary meeting of the day's battle.

"Lao Hu, today's battles are all fought by your 37th regiment. So, you should first introduce to us the results achieved by the army in one day. In addition, the casualties in the general regiment and the current specific deployment of the Japanese army

, please introduce to us..." Division Commander Li Yuanqing said first.

"Yes, Commander." The regiment leader Hu Beiwen replied with a smile on his face. Then he took out a tally of the battle results, stood up from his seat and said.

"According to the statistics of the soldiers, in one day's battle, one battalion of our 37th regiment, relying on the advantage of the terrain and a continuous swarm of tactics, wiped out at least 2,000 Japanese troops. The specific number cannot be counted. As for the casualties, three

Each company paid the price of more than half of the casualties, with the Second Company suffering the greatest loss. A total of 289 soldiers were sacrificed, and 41 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. Currently, there are only 187 soldiers left in the entire First Battalion who can continue to fight, less than 100 soldiers.

A company and a half of troops."

"Okay..." Teacher Li Yuanqing slammed the table in front of him with excitement and said with excitement.

"At the cost of more than 300 casualties, more than 2,000 Japanese troops were completely wiped out, and it was a good fight without using artillery fire. Commander Hu, after this battle is over, I will personally report to the commander,

Please give credit to your 1st Battalion. How about, there is another mission tonight, your 37th Regiment. Do you have the courage to take it on? If your 37th Regiment can also successfully complete the mission tonight, I will give you both great contributions.

Mark it down for you…”

"Reporting to the division commander, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the 37th regiment, I, Hu Beiwen, am here to assure you that as long as there is one person alive in our 37th regiment, we will ensure the successful completion of the mission. Division commander, what exactly is the mission..." In response to the division commander's rhetorical question, regimental commander Hu Beiwen

Without thinking, he answered confidently.

"Haha, what do you think?" Li Yuanqing said with a mysterious face.

Seeing the eagerness to try in everyone's eyes, Li Yuanqing answered with a smile.

"Comrades, our weapons and equipment are ready, but don't forget that our Eighth Route Army is best at facing well-equipped little devils. By the way, let me remind you that no matter what time, night,

But the world belongs to our Eighth Route Army."

Just as Li Yuanqing finished speaking, the three group leaders replied in unison:

"Night attack..."

"Yes, it's a night attack. During the day, the soldiers of our first battalion suffered a lot under the bombardment of the little devils. The reason why our division's artillery battalion did not fight back was to wait for night to come.

Prepare to deal a fatal blow to the little devil." Regarding the tacit understanding of the three group leaders, Li Yuanqing nodded approvingly and said.

"Comrades, during the day's battle, the dozen or so large-caliber artillery pieces of our artillery battalion never fired under my suppression. So, I plan to make the little devil's artillery a decoration in tonight's battle. Hu Tuan

After a long day of fighting, have you found the specific location of the Japanese baggage regiment?" Li Yuanqing asked.

"Division Commander, the Japanese baggage regiment and all the baggage and ammunition are all stored in a depression outside Sifangtuo. We have already investigated the specific location."

Li Yuanqing nodded, and then ordered: "Very good, immediately tell the artillery battalion in the rear the location of the Japanese baggage regiment. At two o'clock in the morning, the artillery battalion will launch an artillery bombardment on time, striving to destroy all the Japanese baggage and ammunition in one go.

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"Yes, sir..." Hu Beiwen replied cheerfully.

"Commander Hu, in tonight's night attack, my target is not only the Japanese army's baggage regiment, but also the nearly a thousand little Japanese in our front-line trenches. Now I order to concentrate all the mortars in the entire regiment and throw them

After the battle of the artillery battalion started, we concentrated our firepower and bombarded our front-line trenches. Then, the second and third battalions immediately launched an attack to wipe out the Japanese infantry brigade. Of course, the specific method of fighting depends on

Your own deployment. However, I ask you to use the minimum casualties in exchange for the maximum price, just like a daytime battle." Commander Li Yuanqing continued to order.

"Commander, don't worry, our 37th Regiment guarantees to complete the mission..." Hu Beiwen replied with confidence while being excited.

Looking at Hu Beiwen with an excited face in front of him, the remaining two regiment leaders decided not to do it. During the daytime battle, it was unlucky enough for the two regiments to be trapped in the cave. However, the night attack battle at night was not allowed.

People came out to get some air and stretch their muscles. The two group leaders who disagreed with anything immediately stood up from their seats and replied with a look of displeasure on their faces.

"Commander, we can't let the 37th regiment take all the good things. The 37th regiment eats meat, and we should leave some soup for the remaining two regiments..."

"Shut up, everyone. This is the division headquarters, not the market. I said, you two regiment commanders have nothing to do, why come to my place? There are nearly 20,000 little Japs outside the mountain. I'm afraid there won't be any by then."

Eat meat. I'm just afraid that when the time comes, I put this piece of fat kid in front of you, you two don't have such good teeth. You can go back to wherever you like. In tonight's battle, except for the 37th Regiment

In addition, the remaining two regiments must stay put for me." Li Yuanqing glared at the remaining two regiment commanders fiercely and said with an unhappy look on his face.

"Yes, teacher..."

Maybe it was after the brutal battle during the day, although at this moment, it was already early in the morning. Even if you were wearing a cotton coat, the biting cold wind blowing on you could not help but tremble all over.

However, in the front-line trenches occupied by the Japanese army, except for the soldiers of three squadrons, who cuddled on the edge of the trenches and slept peacefully, the remaining more than a hundred Japanese soldiers endured the constant attacks of pajamas and huddled in their own bodies.

At their posts, patrols and sentries are carried out.

However, at this moment, a company sent by each of the 2nd and 3rd battalions had quietly moved along the hidden communication trenches dug before the war to the two wings of the little Japanese. After waiting for the troops to launch an attack, they suddenly attacked

, cut off all enemy's retreat routes.

Although several lines of communication between the enemy and our positions have been cut off by the bombing, the communication trenches close to the Eighth Route Army were already crowded with soldiers who were ready to launch an attack. At the same time, the traffic trenches between the two trenches were

In the open space, nearly a hundred soldiers with grenades wrapped around their waists, using the cover of night, crawled forward and slowly reached the Japanese position, only 40 meters away.

In the temporary headquarters of the 37th Regiment, division commander Li Yuanqing was staring at the map in front of him, waiting for the time to attack. Similarly, the atmosphere in the entire headquarters also became solemn because of the upcoming battle.

Finally, in the almost breathless headquarters, Commander Li Yuanqing's voice broke the solemn atmosphere.

"Combat staff, are all participating troops ready?"

"Report to the division commander, the artillery battalion is ready to fire, ensuring that the first round of firing will all hit the enemy's heavy supply regiment station. The 23rd and 37th battalions of the 37th Regiment, all combat troops are in place and ready for battle." The combat staff responded affirmatively.

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"Very good, order all combat units to act according to the original plan." Li Yuanqing nodded and ordered firmly.

Turning around and seeing Hu Beiwen, the commander of the 37th Regiment frowning in front of him, Li Yuanqing asked: "Commander Hu, don't be nervous. Speaking of night raids, our Eighth Route Army is the ancestor of the little Japs. By the way, the First Battalion

How are the replenishments going? For the upcoming battle, the first battalion will serve as the reserve team for the entire battle. You must ensure that the troops can go to the battlefield at any time and participate in the battle."

"Reporting to the division commander, I have transferred two squads each from the regiment's guard platoon and reconnaissance platoon. Plus more than a hundred recruits. Although the current combat effectiveness of the first battalion cannot reach the state before the war, 80%

The combat effectiveness is still there, and it will definitely not affect the entire night attack battle." Commander Hu Beiwen replied confidently.

"Okay, then I'm completely relieved. I'll just sit here and wait for the good news to arrive." Li Yuanqing said with a smile.

"Boom, boom, boom..." A huge roar broke the tranquility of Sifangtuo. The artillery position behind Sifangtuo, with a total of 18 large-caliber artillery pieces of various types, fired at the location of the Japanese supply chain at the same time.

There were bursts of roars.

Eighteen rounds of large-caliber artillery shells, with a huge whistling sound, quickly passed through the enemy's and our positions. Then, in everyone's shocked eyes, they accurately landed on the station of the Japanese army's baggage regiment.

In an instant, a baggage regiment consisting of more than a thousand Japanese troops was awakened from their sleep by the explosion of artillery shells. Many soldiers, even forgetting to wear clothes, rushed into the cold place with rifles and topless bodies.

The windy camp.

However, at this moment, what greeted him was not a dense rain of bullets, but a rain of shells above his head.

Amidst the explosions of artillery shells, swarms of little Japanese who had fallen into chaos were swept to the ground by flying shrapnel. At the same time, in the camp, carts and carts of ammunition were heard by the explosions of artillery shells.

, was directly detonated, forming a sea of ​​​​fire one after another.

The entire baggage regiment camp was full of detonated artillery shells, bullets and grenades that were blown everywhere... In less than a minute, the baggage regiment camp, where countless ammunition had been piled up, was hit by the sound of explosions and the soldiers' voices.

The screams completely enveloped him.

Just on the battlefield, everyone's eyes were attracted by the explosion that occurred at the ammunition dump in the rear of the Japanese army. At the same time, all the mortars and grenade launchers of the 37th Regiment were fired at the nearby ammunition dump.

The front-line positions launched intensive artillery bombardments. At the same time, the soldiers who had already crawled forward and were only more than 40 meters away from the front-line trenches also fired smoke-emitting missiles one after another when the sound of artillery sounded.

The grenade was thrown at the nearby trench.

Just like that, dense explosions and the screams of soldiers also sounded in the front-line trenches that had just been occupied by the Japanese army.

The intensive sound of explosions heralded the beginning of the night raid. It also woke up the little Japanese from his sleep at the first moment. Because of a bad day of fighting, he had been troubled for almost half the night. He just lay on the camp bed and closed his eyes.

Division commander Lieutenant General Fukuda closed his eyes and prepared to take a rest.

The first time I heard the sound of the cannon, it was as if I had been injected with a dose of stimulant. I sat up from the bed all of a sudden.

"Baga, where is the explosion coming from? Operation staff, what happened outside? There is an explosion somewhere..."

Soon, just as Lieutenant General Futian's roar came out of the resting tent, a combat staff officer rushed in panting and answered.

"Division Commander, our forward position was suddenly counterattacked by the Eighth Route Army troops. We are currently involved in a fierce battle. In addition, the baggage regiment's station was attacked by enemy artillery fire on a large scale..."

After knowing the specific cause of the explosion, Lieutenant General Fukuda immediately calmed down. After a brief reflection, he gave a decisive order to the combat staff in front of him.

"Order the Field Artillery Regiment to launch a counterattack immediately and must destroy all the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army. The Second Infantry Regiment is to launch an attack immediately to reinforce the forward positions and eliminate all invading Eighth Route Army troops. Orderlies, bring me the command knife.

I will personally command the battle and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army troops that sneaked up on our army..."

"Hai, your Excellency the division commander..."

Under the counterattack of the Japanese field artillery regiment, although the artillery battalion only fired ten rounds of artillery shells, it had to move its position. However, in the baggage regiment barracks where countless ammunition was accumulated, ten rounds totaled 180 large-caliber artillery shells.

It was enough to cause a devastating blow to the entire baggage regiment.

Although the artillery battalion's shelling stopped, the explosion of various ammunition in the Japanese army's supply camp continued for almost an hour. Until all kinds of ammunition and materials in the entire camp were destroyed. One continuous

The explosions that lasted for an hour slowly subsided.

As for the battle that took place in the front line trenches of Sifangtuo: when the intensive explosions had just stopped, two main battalions, more than a thousand soldiers, used their unstoppable charging posture to rush in quickly from all directions.

After the intensive shelling just now, only about 300 remaining Japanese soldiers were left in the trenches, and the fiercest hand-to-hand fighting began.

The Japanese reinforcements, who had worked so hard to arrive, had just charged to within 500 meters of the trenches when they were hit by interceptive fire from more than 40 grenade launchers and mortars.

Facing the battlefield so close in front of us, the enemy and our armies have been completely mixed together. The Japanese reinforcements can be said to be more than willing and weak. They can only watch their own soldiers under the interception of the Eighth Route Army's intensive artillery fire.

Then a man died tragically under the siege of the Eighth Route Army troops, but he did not dare to use artillery fire to carry out any counterattack...

The sky finally dawned, and the battlefield that had been noisy all night gradually became quiet as the sun rose. At this moment, both the enemy and ourselves were taking advantage of the short time in the morning to accumulate strength for the battle they were about to face today.

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In the headquarters of the 37th Regiment, the specific results of the troops' actions throughout the night have been successfully counted in the hands of the regiment leader Hu Beiwen. Looking at the almost unbelievable results in his hands, under the expectant eyes of the division commander Li Yuanqing, Hu Beiwen answered with excitement.

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"Division Commander, there was a Japanese infantry group of 976 people deployed in front of my position. Except for more than 40 little Japs, the guards and their group leader accidentally broke through, and the remaining 900 people were all eliminated. At the same time, the heavy weapons were captured.

8 machine guns, 18 crooked light machine guns, 9 grenade launchers, 468 rifles and pistols, and countless ammunition of various kinds. The two main battalions I participated in the night attack sacrificed 119 people, and 32 people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness.

As well as the cost of 218 minor injuries. As for the results achieved by the artillery battalion, it is impossible to make statistics. However, based on the explosion last night, I estimate that the baggage ammunition carried by the Japanese army should have been destroyed. In addition, the artillery battalion’s losses

6 artillery pieces and 38 artillerymen.”

"Good fight. Commander Hu, now I have decided that these weapons and ammunition seized will be used as a reward for your 37th Regiment's victory in the night attack last night. I hope your 37th Regiment can continue to work hard and make new achievements in today's battle."

"I will ask the new regiment to send you the personnel lost in the army immediately. How are you doing? Is there any problem?" Li Yuanqing nodded with satisfaction and then asked.

"The 37th Regiment guarantees to complete the mission..." Li Yuanqing replied confidently.

Similarly, at this moment, in the Japanese division headquarters, the division commander, Lieutenant General Fukuda, also had a gloomy face, listening to the chief of staff in front of him, reporting on the specific losses of his division during the night attack.

Looking at the gloomy division commander in front of him, the chief of staff said helplessly.

"Division Commander, after statistics, our division deployed an infantry brigade in the Yanyan position. Except for the 56 people who succeeded, the picture was an accident, and the remaining personnel were all killed. In addition, the Second Infantry Regiment that reinforced the forward position was in the Eighth Route Army

During the artillery interception, 128 people were killed and 65 seriously injured. As for the baggage regiment that was bombarded, less than 10% of all the baggage ammunition carried by the troops was preserved. The entire baggage regiment also suffered 589 casualties.

cost."