Predator Reborn

Chapter 635 Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind

He watched the corpses of soldiers being quickly carried from in front of him to the rear for burial. He saw the seriously injured soldiers with bloody flesh and blood, being quickly carried to the field hospital in the rear amidst bursts of screams.

One kilometer away, I saw the second trench that was already in danger under the Japanese army's successive attacks.

Division Commander Li Yuanqing's heart could be said to be extremely nervous. His eyes were constantly looking towards his rear, hoping that the reinforcements he was expecting would arrive as soon as possible.

Finally, the hard work paid off. Under his expectation, a blood-red military flag fluttering in the wind finally appeared in Li Yuanqing's telescope. Immediately, the troops in two formations marched toward the battlefield in a mighty manner.

come over.

"Here, finally here, our reinforcements have arrived. Lao Wang, I'll leave this to you. I'll go greet our reinforcements..." As he spoke, Li Yuanqing, who looked excited, hurriedly led a few guards.

He rushed out of the headquarters and rushed towards the location of the reinforcements...

The reinforcements stopped in front of him, but what surprised Li Yuanqing was that in addition to Sun Cheng, the leader of the guard regiment whom he was very familiar with, what appeared in front of him was Liu Hua, the supreme commander of the field army with a smile on his face. Guards beside him

At the reminder, after a brief shock, Li Yuanqing suddenly reacted and asked with a surprised look on his face.

"Ah, Chief, why did you come without notifying me..."

"Commander Li, the main force is here, and of course I have to follow. Let's make a long story short. Listen to the sound of gunfire, the battle ahead should be very fierce. Come on, tell me the specific situation."

"Yes, Commander...Commander, the situation is like this. Starting from this morning, the Japs have gone crazy, attacking us continuously in squadron units. Up to the current position, the attack has not stopped.

Passed. The 37th Regiment currently guarding the position is still the newly replenished 37th Regiment. However, due to too many new recruits, the 37th Regiment once again paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties in less than half a day. At present,

The entire position has fallen into a precarious situation." Li Yuanqing replied with a frown.

"Well, it seems that the Japs want to fight for their lives. Time will not wait for me. Commander Sun, take your guard regiment and replace the 37th Regiment in front of me. Remember, you must fight for every inch of land with the Japs. No.

My order prohibits you from taking a step back. In addition, the Japs' planes are really annoying. I seem to remember that your guard regiment has an air defense company. Find a way to knock down the Japs' planes for me." Liu Hua clicked.

He nodded, turned around, and gave a decisive order to the guard captain Sun Cheng beside him.

"Yes, chief, I promise to complete the task..."

The well-equipped guard regiment, as soon as they took over the entire position, immediately used almost terrifying firepower to smash into pieces the more than a hundred Japanese soldiers who launched another attack. Finally, after leaving corpses everywhere, they retreated in embarrassment.

Faced with the sudden and fierce firepower of the Eighth Route Army, the former enemy commander of the Japanese army and the captain of the Third Infantry Regiment knew that the Eighth Route Army reinforcements had arrived. But at this moment, the wheel tactics he had spent half a day launching could no longer be continued.

The need to go down.

Therefore, in order to avoid a large number of unnecessary casualties in the troops, the troops were decisively ordered to stop the attack and request air support.

Facing the continuous bombing by three planes in the sky, Sun Cheng had an anti-aircraft machine gun battery and nine anti-aircraft machine guns in his hands. However, due to the range, they had basically no effect. He could only watch the little boy helplessly.

Japanese planes dropped bombs one after another into their own positions.

"Commander, the flying height of the little Japanese plane is too high, just outside the range of our anti-aircraft machine guns." Looking at the violent explosion, each soldier was thrown into the sky and turned into a pile of debris. Arrangements have been made

The commander of the air defense company in the good air defense position could be said to be seeing it with his eyes and feeling anxious in his heart. He asked with an anxious look on the face of the regiment leader Sun Cheng who came to inquire about the situation.

"It seems that we must use bait to attract the Japs' plane." Sun Cheng muttered to himself.

He looked at the blocking position that had turned into a sea of ​​fire around him, and then looked at the three Japs planes in the sky that could be said to be almost unscrupulous. The regiment leader Sun Cheng gave a decisive order: "Order the artillery company to build an artillery position immediately.

Bombard the Japanese starting position immediately. Company Commander Zhou, I will use the mortar battery as a bait to attract Japanese planes. Therefore, I hope you can shoot down these three planes as soon as possible to reduce the losses of the artillery company as much as possible."

"Yes, leader..."

"Everything..." The artillery group composed of 12 mortars from the artillery company immediately roared at Sun Cheng's order. The artillery shells were quickly and accurately fired one kilometer away.

On the starting position of the Japanese army.

In an instant, amidst the dense explosions of artillery shells, the Japanese troops took up their positions and were immediately enveloped in a thick burst of smoke. Almost every explosion of artillery shells would take away the life of at least one little Japanese.

Facing the troops that had fallen into chaos and the arrogant Eighth Route Army artillery positions, the Japanese commander, without any hesitation, immediately issued an order to three aircraft in the sky to destroy the enemy's artillery positions.

At an altitude of nearly a thousand meters, it is impossible to accurately drop bombs into an artillery position of only a few dozen square meters. However, facing the orders of the ground commander, the pilots of the three planes had to

He lowered his high head as an air force soldier and began to obey orders.

"Buzz buzz..." A huge roar fell from the sky and reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield. Immediately after, three bombers distributed in a 'pin' shape quickly headed towards the location of the artillery positions on the ground.

Dive over and prepare to drop bombs.

However, just when the pilots of the three planes were about to press the bomb release button, an accident happened. Dozens of sudden thick flames completely enveloped their planes in just a moment. There was no response yet.

Come over, the leading aircraft flying at the front turned into a ball of fire with a huge explosion and slowly fell to the ground.

At the same time, under the combined attack of the aircraft fragments caused by the explosion of the lead aircraft and the dense rain of bullets, the two aircraft following them exploded one after another without any accidents, turning into two huge masses.

Fireball. The three little Japanese planes finally paid the price of annihilating the entire army for their underestimated enemy.

Without the harassment of Japanese aircraft, the casualties of the guard regiment on the blockade position were immediately reduced by more than half. Compared with the excitement of the soldiers on the position because the troops successfully shot down three planes, the little Japanese who lost air support were immediately reduced.

Just like their artillery units, they acted like a coward.

In order to deal with the division commander behind him, Lieutenant General Fukuda, who was supervising the battle, the frontline commander continued to launch attacks and engage in wheel battles just like in the morning. However, these offensive troops, under the special request of the commander, did not use

Go all out.

Soon, this scene appeared on the Sifangtuo battlefield. More than a hundred Japanese soldiers, under the cover of grenades, mortars, and heavy machine guns behind them, launched a mighty attack forward. However, just as they were blocking the attack

The guard regiment on the position had just opened fire and was preparing to counterattack. The yellow wave composed of Japanese troops immediately receded quickly like a tidal wave.

Seeing that the battle situation at the forward position was slowly stabilizing with the arrival of the guard group. Next to Liu Hua, Li Yuanqing, who had been tense in his heart, couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and said.

"Chief, the battle line has finally stabilized."

"Well, judging from the current situation, the Japanese army should not make much action in a short period of time. Come back to the headquarters and report to me on the situation of each regiment of the 13th Division and the specific deployment of the Japanese army on the opposite side." Liu

Hua nodded and said, turned around and walked towards the 13th Division headquarters.

The day passed quickly due to the stalemate and restraint between the enemy and our armies. Early the next morning, while Liu Hua was eating dry food and waiting for the telegram, there was a familiar sound of footsteps.

It reached his ears. Immediately afterwards, the communications staff officer who was following him appeared in front of Liu Hua with a telegram and an excited look on his face.

"Commander Wang, is there any news from the artillery regiment..." Liu Hua asked rhetorically.

"Yes, chief, Commander Li Guanghui of the Artillery Regiment sent a telegram that the troops have arrived at the rear of the Sifangtuo battlefield and requested instructions for the next step in combat." The communications staff officer nodded and replied decisively.

"Okay, the artillery regiment has arrived, and our preparations are almost half done. Staff Wang will immediately call back to Commander Li of the artillery regiment. The artillery regiment will immediately look for favorable terrain and build artillery positions. At the same time, the air defense battalion will rush to the battlefield immediately to search for

Arrange air defense positions based on favorable terrain. In addition, immediately send a telegram to Commander Zhou Baozhong to inquire about the specific location of the troops. Quickly..." Liu Hua put down the dry food in his hand, glanced at the map in front of him, and ordered decisively.

"Yes, Chief..."

Just as the communications staff officer left, Li Yuanqing, who came after hearing the news, appeared in front of Liu Hua panting.

"Chief, has the main force arrived..."

Liu Hua nodded, pointed to the map in front of him and said: "Commander Li, your artillery battalion must be very familiar with the entire Sifangtuo and the surrounding terrain. In this way, immediately remove some artillery troops and go to the rear to assist the heavy artillery regiment

Arrange artillery positions. If nothing happens, tonight will be the end of the Japanese 124th Division."

"Yes, Chief, I will send someone to deliver the order right now..." After several days of bloody battles, Li Yuanqing, who finally waited for the moment of the general attack, immediately whispered an order to a combat staff officer behind him.

Seeing Li Yuanqing return to the map again, Liu Hua continued to speak: "Since the general offensive is launched tonight, we must now start arranging our troops. Chief of Staff Peng, please introduce to us. Currently, the Japanese army 124

The specific situation of the division. Of course, the most important thing is their troop deployment."

"Yes, Chief..." Peng Shilu, the commander of the 13th Division who was directly named by Liu Hua, replied with excitement. Then he pointed to the map in front of him and said.

"According to several days of fighting, the number of Japanese soldiers who died in the hands of our blocking troops was at least 4,500. Moreover, these soldiers who died in battle were all the most elite combat infantry of the Japanese army. In addition to the number of injured during the attack, based on the number of Japanese soldiers

The strength of the four infantry regiments of the 124th Division is calculated. At present, all the remaining infantry of the Japanese 124th Division are added up, and there are only two infantry regiments left, with a number of 6,000 to 7,000 people."

Seeing that several people nodded in agreement, Peng Shilu continued to speak.

"However, we cannot ignore the Japanese logistics soldiers and various technical arms. At present, nearly a thousand cavalry units of the Japanese cavalry regiment are still intact around the main force of the Japanese divisions, performing security and patrol tasks. In addition to their

The engineering regiment, the baggage regiment, the field artillery regiment, and the staff of the headquarters at all levels, all added together, can still organize a force of 6,000 people. However, the combat effectiveness of these 6,000 people can only be worth at most

There are 3,000 ordinary Japanese infantrymen. So tonight, the actual strength of the Japanese army we need to face is between 9,000 and 10,000."

"In order to avoid accidents, we will calculate the combat target based on the combat effectiveness of 10,000 ordinary Japanese infantry. Commander Li, the three remaining infantry regiments in your hand, plus the assistance of the column guard regiment, can.

As many little devils as we eat, we will let them in when the time comes." Liu Hua nodded and set his sights on Li Yuanqing.

Faced with Liu Hua's question, Li Yuanqing thought for a while, and then replied decisively: "Chief, the two main regiments hidden in the front, plus the remnants of the 37th regiment and the security regiment that reinforced me, the total strength is still

There are more than 6,000 people. If you add in the advantages of terrain and firepower, there will be absolutely no problem in eating up an infantry regiment of the Japanese army."

"Where are you two? Do you have any opinions..." Liu Hua asked, focusing on the political commissar and chief of staff of the 13th Division.

"Reporting to the leader, I completely agree with the division commander. There are more than 6,000 of us and more than 3,000 little devils have been eaten. There will be absolutely no accidents." The two men answered affirmatively.

Facing the three people in front of him who spoke in unison, Liu Hua nodded appreciatively and then decided: "Okay, since you are so sure, then I will let the three thousand little devils in. Commander Li, immediately give an order to Commander Sun of the forward position.

"In today's blocking battle, the troops retreated while fighting, while trying to kill and injure the Japanese troops as much as possible while leaving the second trench to the little Japanese."

"Yes, chief, the 13th Division promises to complete the mission..." Li Yuanqing replied confidently.

Just as the discussion on the specific number of enemies annihilated by the 13th Division was completed, Commander Zhou Baozhong's call back was delivered to him.

"Reporting to the leader, Commander Zhou called back. The 15th Division is currently ten kilometers away from the Sifangtuo battlefield. In addition, in order to prevent Japanese reconnaissance aircraft from discovering our military's strategic purpose, the troops have stopped advancing and are hiding on the spot," the communications staff reported.

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"Well done, now is indeed not the time to expose our combat objectives. Immediately call back Commander Zhou Baozhong and order him to hold the troops still. After dark, immediately follow the original plan and insert them into place. Form an encirclement against the main force of the Japanese 124th Division.

Situation." Liu Hua ordered.

Then, seeing the eager people in front of him, Liu Hua smiled and said: "Comrades, we are ready for everything now, we just need the east wind. As soon as it gets dark and the siege of the Japanese army is completed, the troops will immediately launch a general offensive.

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After several days of offensive, the troops not only failed to make any progress, but suffered heavy losses. Nearly 6,000 imperial soldiers were killed and seriously injured. More importantly, the telegrams sent to them by the former enemy headquarters can be said to be more sophisticated than the last.

They were strict. They all demanded that they take down the Sifang Camel in the shortest possible time and advance towards the Eighth Route Army base area.

"Baga, could it be that the glory of our 124th Division is really going to be left here today..." Lieutenant General Futian couldn't help but muttered to himself as he looked at the dejected senior commanders in front of him.

Looking at Lieutenant General Futian, who was frowning in front of him, the Chief of Staff said: "Division Commander, if there is strong artillery support, I believe that my heroic 124th Division will be able to successfully break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line. However,

, So far, all kinds of ammunition and materials sent to our army by the former enemy headquarters have been destroyed by a large number of unknown armed forces on the way..."

"Failure is failure. Could it be that the excellent Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Empire lost its combat effectiveness after losing its powerful artillery fire? Forget it, there is no need to explain it to me..." Lieutenant General Fukuda shook his head with a look on his face.

He said helplessly.

However, just as the atmosphere in the entire headquarters became extremely depressing, almost making people breathless. For several days, the captain of the 4th Infantry Regiment, Yin Teng, who had not launched an attack and was resting in the rear,

The colonel stood up and asked for a battle.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I humbly represent the more than 3,000 warriors of the Fourth Infantry Regiment to request a battle. Since the three-day offensive, the Eighth Route Army position opposite has been shaken under the repeated attacks of our three infantry companies.

Zui. I believe that as long as we attack it with a more rapid attack, the Eighth Route Army's blocking position will be trampled under our feet. Please give me a chance, Division Commander."

Hearing this, looking at Colonel Yin Teng with a determined look on his face and Lieutenant General Fukuda with a frown on his face, he immediately felt relieved. He patted Colonel Kondo in front of him on the shoulder and said with a pleased look on his face: "

Yoxi, Yin Tengjun, you braved the difficulties and you are worthy of being the best samurai in our Empire of Japan. Well, I agree to your request. Today, you will be responsible for the attack. I hope you can lead thousands of warriors to realize your goal.

promise."

"Hai, Commander, please rest assured, I promise to complete the mission..." Colonel Yin Teng replied with excitement.

"Well, go ahead. In addition, Chief of Staff, reorganize all the artillery and engineering regiments of the division into ordinary infantry, and add them to the second and third infantry regiments to enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Lieutenant General Futian nodded and immediately ordered.