Predator Reborn

Chapter 653: The First Local Counterattack

"Commander, please rest assured. I, Zhou Baozhong, and all the commanders and soldiers participating in the battle, assure you that the mission will be successfully completed..." With the guarantee of the results achieved by the troops yesterday, Zhou Baozhong did not have any worries. Facing Liu Hua in front of him,

He replied with a confident look on his face.

"Old Zhou, from now on, we will officially divide our troops. If there is anything, we will contact you through the radio. We will try to drag our sneak attack target until the main force of the field army arrives, and then wipe it out..." Liu Hua clicked

Nodding and saying...

A few days passed in a hurry, and the advance troops, guard divisions and fourth column dispatched by the main force of the field army, totaling 30,000 troops, finally arrived on the battlefield as promised after marching day and night.

At this moment, the situation on the entire battlefield has developed exactly as Liu Hua imagined. After the 20,000 Japanese troops gathered in Baishan County lost all their heavy weapons and logistical supplies and ammunition, more than 10,000 Eighth Route Army troops and several

Under the pursuit, interception and tight blockade of ten large-caliber artillery pieces, it has completely turned into a turtle in an urn, waiting for the main force of the field army to arrive to launch the most deadly attack on it...

As for the Japanese 125th Division, 126th Division, and 127th Division, they were harassed all the way by the two armies led by Liu Hua and Zhou Baozhong. In addition to the Japanese 127th Division, in the face of life and death, with the remaining 20,000 troops,

Regardless of the life or death of his colleagues, he quickly got rid of the harassment of the guard group, withdrew from the battlefield in embarrassment, and escaped from the encirclement that was about to be formed.

The remaining two divisions were constantly harassed by the soldiers along the way, and without any accident, they were surrounded by reinforcements arriving one after another.

Today is destined to be a very unforgettable day in the history of the Northeast Field Army’s Anti-Japanese War. Because just an hour ago, with the arrival of the main force of the Field Army, the two divisions of the Japanese army, which were still very arrogant just now, immediately turned into shrinking turtles.

, began to build the minimum fortifications in the encirclement just formed by the soldiers.

More importantly, just today, the fifth column of the field army, which has been fighting in the three northeastern provinces for half a year, officially launched its first major local counterattack with the arrival of the main force.

Within the Eighth Route Army's temporary headquarters, although the entire unit and the sub-commander were vulcanized and had gone through several days of continuous fighting, there was no tired look on Commander Liu Hua's face.

At this moment, Liu Hua's face, in addition to his confidence in the next development of this battle, was filled with excitement. Because in just ten minutes, his headquarters will welcome several very important people.

guests….

Among these guests, the commander of the security division, Bruce Lee, was a subordinate who followed him, and he was very familiar with it. As for the remaining guests, Liu Hua felt both strange and very familiar at the same time.

Because, in his later military career, Liu Hua, as a graduate student at the National Defense University, knew the lives and personal resumes of these founding lieutenant generals by heart, and was very familiar with them. However, when it came to actually interacting with these people,

The meeting was very unfamiliar. Even at this moment, Liu Hua had already had many meetings with great men of this era...

These people are Comrade Wang Zhen, the committee member of the Northeast Field Army appointed by the central government and the commander of the fourth column, Comrade Chen Hao, the political commissar of the fourth column of the Northeast Field Army, the political commissar of the Guard Division directly under the Northeast Field Army, and several one-armed generals in the history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Comrade Chen Zhengxiang in….

Just when Commander Liu Hua was excited that the Central Committee had suddenly sent him so many outstanding generals, a communications soldier quickly rushed into the headquarters and reported loudly: "Report to all commanders, the field army

A group of commanders led by Commander Wang of the fifth column are almost at the entrance of the village..."

"Okay, we're finally here..." Liu Hua, with an excited look on his face, slammed the table in front of him and said excitedly.

Turning around, he said to Zhou Baozhong behind him: "Old Zhou, Comrade Wang Zhen is the veteran of our party. In terms of qualifications, there is no comparison between me and Comrade Wang Zhen... Therefore, we must go to the entrance of the village to greet him.

.Speaking of which, Comrade Wang Zhen and I have been separated for several years, and now I really can’t wait..."

As he spoke, Liu Hua, who looked excited, quickly walked out of the headquarters. Then, he quickly trotted towards the entrance of the village...

As soon as they reached the entrance of the village, several commanders riding fast horses quickly jumped off their horses and walked in front of them. They reported loudly to themselves: "Report to the commander, Commander of the Fifth Column of the Northeast Field Army Wang

Zhen, I was ordered to report and ask for instructions from the commander."

Hearing Wang Zhen's unique loud voice, Liu Hua walked forward with a smile on his face. Following him, the two people's hands were tightly held together...

Looking at Wang Zhen who was also very excited in front of him, Liu Hua said: "Commander Wang, we haven't seen each other for several years since we parted ways in Yan'an. I didn't expect that the central government would be so considerate of us, and so soon, we would meet again."

We have been transferred to work together again. When we were worried about the selection of the commander because the qualifications and levels of the division commanders of the fourth column were not enough, the central government sent you as a general. It is really great.

Well, we are working together again..."

Although the commander in front of him could joke with him, as a subordinate, Wang Zhen still clearly understood the stakes and replied loudly, "Commander, from now on, I will be a soldier under your command.

At that time, wherever you point, I will lead my troops to fight..."

"Okay... Comrade Wang Zhen, except for Bruce Lee, who I am very familiar with, the rest of the commanders behind you are almost all meeting for the first time. As a commander, why don't you introduce them to me..."

Liu Hua smiled, his eyes quickly turned behind Wang Zhen, and said to several commanders who were watching him.

"Yes, Commander..."

"Commander, this is Comrade Chen Hao, the political commissar of our fourth column, and Comrade Chen Zhengxiang, the political commissar of the Guard Division directly under our field army. In addition, Comrade Li Tianhuan, Chief of Staff of our Fourth Column, and Comrade Wu Kehua, Chief of Staff of the Guard Division, because

The command headquarters needs someone to stay behind, so they didn’t come over..." Wang Zhen pointed to several commanders behind him who made Liu Hua feel very familiar but also very strange, and introduced them one by one...

"Hello, Commander..." As soon as Wang Zhen finished speaking, several people raised their right hands in salute. Then they said in unison...

"Hello, comrades... Welcome to our Northeast Field Army. I hope that you can continue to make more contributions to the revolutionary cause of our party in the new environment... However, everyone's luck seems not very good, because the three people in front of us are

Wan Xiaogui. I can't live in peace when I meet you for the first time. I hope you won't be offended..." Liu Hua nodded and said with a smile on his face.

"Report to the commander, the Party Central Committee transferred us to the famous Northeast Field Army just to let us go out to fight the Japanese. There is no luck. After half a year of training in the customs, my hands have already

I'm feeling itchy, so I just took the three little devils to open the meat and give a big gift to the main force of the field army behind us..." Political Commissar Chen Zhengxiang, who has the title of one-armed general, said with excitement...

"Okay, since everyone is not surprised, let's go back to the headquarters, have a simple lunch first, and then hold a combat meeting to deal with the 30,000 little devils who are surrounded by us..." Regarding the answers of several old revolutionaries,

Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and ordered decisively.

In the temporary front enemy headquarters of the field army, in order to completely annihilate the remaining 30,000 Japanese soldiers of the 125th and 126th divisions, all commanders at division level and above gathered in this small room. The fourth column, the fifth

Column, all commanders of column and above in the guard division directly under the field army sat in the front row of the conference room.

As for Liu Hua, the commander of the entire field army, he was sitting in front of everyone. At this moment, Liu Hua was preparing to issue specific combat missions to dozens of commanders at all levels in front of him...

"Comrades, Commander Zhou Baozhong has given you a very detailed introduction to the specific distribution of the Japanese troops on the battlefield. I believe that all of you here are very good commanders of our party and have already learned about the enemy's situation on the battlefield.

Now that I have a general understanding, I will give you the specific combat missions of each unit..."

Just as Liu Hua finished speaking, sitting opposite Liu Hua, all the commanders' faces showed eagerness to try. After glancing at the dozens of commanders in front of him, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and continued.

commanded.

"Bruce Lee, Chen Zhengxiang..."

"Here..." When they heard their names blurting out from the commander's mouth, the two people's faces immediately showed a look of excitement. Under the envious eyes of their comrades around them, they quickly stood up from their seats.

replied loudly.

"Commander Li, Political Commissar Chen. Although the total strength of the Guard Division directly under the Field Army is only 10,000, its combat effectiveness far exceeds the 10,000 ordinary infantry. Therefore, one of your divisions will naturally have to bear the responsibility of at least two divisions.

combat mission. Now I order: the field army directly under the guard division, the 38th Regiment of the 13th Division of the Fifth Column, and the 43rd and 44th Regiments of the 15th Division, under the unified command of Commander Bruce Lee, responsible for the total annihilation of the Japanese 125th Division..."

"Commander, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission..." After hearing their mission, the two people's faces immediately showed excitement, and they quickly answered. They were afraid that they would answer late and the fat in their mouths would suddenly slip out.

Walk….

"Commander Wang Zhen... I will hand over all the remaining 20,000 people of the Japanese 126th Division to you. All troops operating around the Japanese 126th Division will be under your unified command and responsibility from now on.

Command all troops to annihilate the Japanese 126th Division..." Liu Hua nodded and continued the order.

"Commander, please rest assured. I, Wang Zhen, promise to complete the mission. At the same time, I promise: in the shortest time, with the smallest casualties, the remaining 20,000 people of the Japanese 126th Division will be eaten cleanly..." With 20,000 in hand

The elite Commander Wang Zhen replied with confidence.

"Commander Li, Commander Wang, I will leave all the encirclement and annihilation battles against the 30,000 Japs to you. Now let's check the clock. At eight o'clock tonight, all combat units will launch the attack on time. Try to spend one night

time to complete the encirclement and annihilation mission. At the same time, before dawn, regardless of whether the troops have completed the combat mission, they must withdraw from their positions to guard against Japanese air strikes. Are you clear?" Liu Hua gave the final order.

"It's clear..." all the commanders replied in unison.

"Very good..." Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and continued to speak.

"Comrades, I hope that tonight, everyone here can work together to carry out the first local counterattack since our Northeast Field Army came out of the border, and prepare for our field army to liberate the entire Liaoning..."

After the division of the Japanese 125th Division, the entire division, under the constant harassment of three regiments and more than 5,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers, could be said to have suffered terribly. After several days of marching, not only did it once again suffer a direct loss of 4,000

Many Imperial Army soldiers. More importantly, the few remaining military combat supplies of the army were also lost in a sudden artillery attack by the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, facing the arrival of field army reinforcements, the Japanese army, which has no advantage in strength, has a division of more than 10,000 people. Under the command of Lieutenant General Hengshan, they are carrying out large-scale construction on several hills with a radius of several kilometers.

. Because he knows that after his troops are surrounded, there is only one result waiting for him. But now, what he can do is to lead his men to dig as many defenses as possible, hold on for a longer time, and kill more people.

Many Eighth Route Army troops.

Although Lieutenant General Hengshan's idea was good, the reality was often very cruel. Just when the troops had just started, relying on the favorable terrain to build fortifications, and had been moving around themselves, the Eighth Route Army troops could not see the beginning or end of the dragon.

Revealing his figure, he began to risk possible aerial attacks from the planes overhead, and used small groups of troops to continuously launch surprise attacks on his own troops regardless of casualties. This left his subordinates with no ability to concentrate on building fortifications.

…

What worries Lieutenant General Hengshan even more is that the attack by this small group of Eighth Route Army troops immediately became more violent starting at noon. At the same time, a large number of mortars that were easy to move and specifically used to kill and injure soldiers in the trenches were launched.

, was also used in this kind of sneak attack, causing the casualty data of his subordinates to rise almost in a straight line...

Ever since, on the battlefield with a radius of several kilometers, ever since his troops stopped, the intensive sound of gunfire has not stopped. Seeing the sky outside slowly darkening as time goes by, Hengshan

The lieutenant general's frown deepened...

"Chief of Staff, how are the defenses at each position being constructed so far..." After returning to the headquarters with his own thoughts, Lieutenant General Yokoyama asked the division chief of staff behind him.

"Division Commander, the situation is not optimistic. Under the constant sneak attacks by small groups of the Eighth Route Army, our army cannot concentrate on building fortifications. So far, the fortifications in our forward positions have not been completely connected.

.Even the most basic trenches only reached a depth of one meter... More importantly, the one-day attack continued to consume a large amount of our army's remaining ammunition, and at the same time, it also caused us almost 1,500 casualties.

Human casualties..." the chief of staff replied with a frustrated look.

"It seems that our opponent, the Eighth Route Army, has been eager to launch an attack on our army after the reinforcements arrived. Otherwise, according to the Eighth Route Army's nature of fighting cheaply and not suffering losses, it would not risk the bombing and strafing of our aircraft to attack our army.

Our army launches continuous attacks to slow down the speed of building fortifications as much as possible..." Lieutenant General Hengshan, the division commander, said with a depressed expression.

"Division Commander, you mean that just tonight, the Eighth Route Army will launch an attack on our army... However, the Eighth Route Army reinforcements have just arrived. Could it be that their commander would not even consider the fatigue of the soldiers and organize the troops?"

Launch an attack on us..." The chief of staff asked in disbelief while being shocked.

"Tired... Haha..." Hearing the rhetorical question from the Chief of Staff in front of him, Lieutenant General Hengshan couldn't help but laugh at himself. He said to the Chief of Staff in front of him.

"Chief of Staff, compared with fatigue and troop casualties, I think the commander of the Eighth Route Army knows very well. For the entire offensive, for the Eighth Route Army, every minute every night, the casualties they pay will be due to us.

The continuous improvement of defense fortifications has increased. Therefore, not only are our opponents not stupid, but they are also very smart..."

"Then what should we do next? According to the current defenses and the limited ammunition of the troops, we can't hold on for long..." As soon as Lieutenant General Hengshan finished speaking, the chief of staff's face immediately revealed

He looked anxious and continued to ask.

Under the repeated questions from the chief of staff, a serious look appeared on the face of the division commander, Lieutenant General Yokoyama, and he ordered to the chief of staff in front of him.

"Chief of Staff, immediately issue the latest order from the division headquarters to frontline commanders at all levels: It requires that when all departments face a fierce attack by the Eighth Route Army, no commander is allowed to use the limited troops and limited ammunition at hand to fight with the Eighth Route Army troops.

Fight hard. In the process of resisting, each unit must look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy, and achieve the greatest results with the smallest casualties as much as possible. In the end, with the remaining strength of our 125th Division, we will inflict the greatest damage to the surrounding Eighth Route Army troops...

"

"Hai, please rest assured, Division Commander, I will go and deliver the order right away..." The Chief of Staff quickly took the order and left.