"Qiu Fan, we can't continue fighting like this. We have already suffered nearly half of our casualties in today's fighting, and there are only about a thousand people left who can still hold guns."
Zhao Gang said next to Li Qiufan, looking at the wounded soldiers wailing in pain, his heart seemed to be bleeding.
"It's okay. We have nearly half of our casualties. The Japanese on the opposite side are not much better. They can carry no more guns than us."
After today's battle, the Japanese casualties were greater than those of the 22nd Regiment. More than 2,000 people were killed in more than a dozen charges. This result made the enemy commander on the opposite side very sad.
"Oh, these are all living lives. Nearly a thousand people were lost just like that."
After all, Zhao Gang was a scholar and had never experienced the baptism of war, so it was difficult to accept it for a while.
Although Li Qiufan was used to separation between life and death, he still couldn't help but feel a little sad after hearing Zhao Gang's words.
"If we want to stop these Japs, we can't just rely on our positions. We have to use other tactics."
After feeling sad, Li Qiufan regained his composure and said to Zhao Gang.
"Other tricks? What can you do?"
Zhao Gang was a little confused as to what other tricks he could use at this level.
"I want a night attack!"
Li Qiufan looked at the Japanese camp opposite and slowly uttered a few words.
"Night attack? Isn't this too risky?"
Zhao Gang was a little worried after hearing Li Qiufan's words.
"Do you remember that there is a field on the right side of our position. The field there is full of gravel. We went to see it when we were choosing a position."
Li Qiufan pointed to the right side of the position and said, but he couldn't see anything in the darkness.
Zhao Gang looked in the direction of Li Qiufan's finger and remembered the land full of rocks. He nodded to Li Qiufan and said, "I remember that land. What's wrong?"
"When it was getting dark, I asked Lao Ma to adjust the angles of all the cannons. The target was that open space!"
"I want to attack the Japs' positions at night, and then lure the Japs to that open space for shelling."
"The line of sight is blocked at night, and the Japanese artillery cannot calibrate and shoot Zhuyuan. Therefore, even if our artillery fires, there is no risk of being bombarded by the Japanese."
Li Qiufan told Zhao Gang his entire plan, which left Zhao Gang stunned. He didn't expect that Li Qiufan was already planning what would happen at night during the day.
"Okay, Heizi and I will do this, and you'll be in charge here!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's plan, Zhao Gang felt it was feasible and immediately prepared to go find Heizi to prepare for action.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're a political commissar, what are you doing? You stay here, I'll lead the team!"
Li Qiufan reached out and stopped Zhao Gang. He was going to lead the team himself.
"Don't make trouble, you are the leader, how can you put yourself in danger? If you don't sit here, how can we fight this war!"
Zhao Gang shook off Li Qiufan's hand and scolded Li Qiufan.
"You are still a political commissar! How can a political commissar lead an attack? Besides, it's so dark, how can you find that place!"
Not to be outdone, Li Qiufan responded directly.
"you….."
Zhao Gang was choked, not because of his status as political commissar, but because he thought for a moment that he might not be able to find the land.
"Well, there's nothing more to say. Just stay here. I'll leave Heizi behind for you. I'll only take the guard company and the reconnaissance battalion with me."
When Li Qiufan saw that Zhao Gang was choked by him, he immediately pulled him back and walked out.
As soon as he walked out, Li Qiufan was pulled by Zhao Gang. He turned around in confusion and asked, "What? You still want to fight with me?"
Zhao Gang did not answer Li Qiufan's question, but looked at Li Qiufan with complicated eyes and patted him on the shoulder: "Pay attention to safety and be sure to come back!"
Both of them knew that going there would be dangerous and that they might not be able to come back, so Zhao Gang would fight with Li Qiufan at first, because he knew that the 22nd Regiment could do without him, Zhao Gang, but it could not do without Li Qiufan.
"Okay, I get it, the little devil can't even kill me."
Li Qiufan pretended to smile at Zhao Gang in a relaxed manner, then turned and left, raising his right hand and waving behind Zhao Gang's back.
After leaving, Li Qiufan took more than 400 people from the guard company and reconnaissance battalion, as well as all the grenades and artillery shells of the entire regiment, as well as 40 light machine guns, and headed towards the Japanese position.
After reaching a position three hundred meters away from the Japanese position, Li Qiufan stopped the team's advance.
"Monk, ask the brothers in the guard company to bring the grenades and cannonballs, and follow me to continue moving forward."
"Everyone in the reconnaissance camp, set up your guns and wait here. Place all forty machine guns in front of me. When the Japanese come up, they will give me a bloody show!"
After Li Qiufan finished explaining, he took a grenade and began to crawl forward with the cannonball on his back, as did the other soldiers of the guard company.
When he reached about 150 meters, Li Qiufan stopped his movements and then gave a gesture to the person behind him, who continued to pass the gesture back.
Soon, everyone received the signal, stood up and knelt down, put the grenade on the ground and pointed it at the Japanese position.
"Puff puff…."
Several slight ejections sounded, and then explosions began on the Japs' position.
Everyone in the guard company brought three artillery shells, and there were more than 100 in total. Everyone shot out all the artillery shells in one go.
The Japanese soldiers on the battlefield suffered terribly from being bombed. They were still enjoying their dinner, but suddenly an egg was added to their dinner, causing broken walls and limbs to fly all over the place.
"withdraw!"
After firing the shells, Li Qiufan gave a low shout and led everyone to retreat in the direction of the reconnaissance camp.
By the light of the explosion, the Japanese also discovered Li Qiufan and his men who were retreating, and immediately organized troops to pursue them.
The distance of one hundred and fifty meters was reached in an instant. Li Qiufan and the people from the security company went around to both sides, looking at the Japanese who were chasing them.
"shot!"
After seeing the Japanese chasing them out of the position, Li Qiufan gave an order to the reconnaissance battalion. In an instant, forty light machine guns formed a line of fire, directly mowing down a large area of the chasing Japanese.
"withdraw!"
Seeing that it was almost done, Li Qiufan shouted at everyone, and then started running towards the open space.
The Japs were so angry that so many soldiers had been shot away, and after seeing the blurry figures of Li Qiufan and the others retreating, they immediately ordered the soldiers to start pursuing them.
This time the Japanese took real action and directly sent half of their troops to pursue Li Qiufan. In an instant, a scene was formed of a man running in front with bullets flying in his ears.
Relying on the route in his memory, Li Qiufan led everyone to run towards the open space, shouting to the back as he ran: "Take out the grenades and get ready!"
When everyone heard Li Qiufan's voice, they all took out grenades, holding them in their hands and waiting for Li Qiufan's order.
