"You are the brigade commander. You are the most powerful officer here. You can fight as you say. I will listen to you."
Wang Mingyuan directly pushed the question back. Are you kidding? He is the commander of a regiment, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. Why ask him for his opinion?
In fact, Li Qiufan really didn't mean anything else, it was just out of respect for others. After all, Wang Mingyuan's troops were not directly under him, they were just together temporarily.
"Okay, then I will arrange the combat mission."
Li Qiufan nodded, and then asked the leaders of each regiment to be called over.
After everyone arrived, Li Qiufan talked about the situation of the puppet troops on the opposite side, and then issued an order.
"Since the people on the opposite side are puppet troops, I won't say much more. The three regiments and three main attack directions will be pushed directly across!"
"The artillery regiment is responsible for providing artillery support, and the reconnaissance company and guard company serve as reserves."
Li Qiufan directly waved his hand and sentenced the puppet army on the opposite side to death. He simply said that the three regiments were the main attackers and did not take them seriously at all.
"Commander Li, where is my troops?"
Wang Mingyuan asked suddenly because he had not heard the arrangements for his troops.
"Your unit suffered heavy casualties before. Let's use it as a reserve unit. After all, we are all our brothers. Leave some seeds for your unit!"
Li Qiufan patted his shoulder and said sincerely.
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Wang Mingyuan knew that this was the truth, so he could only nod helplessly and agreed.
After everything was arranged, Li Qiufan asked everyone to do the preparations, and he followed Lao Ma to the artillery regiment.
"Old Ma, your artillery fire is accurate for me. These are puppet troops, so don't use your artillery fire.
"Otherwise, I won't be able to replenish them for you when they are used up. The puppet army will not be equipped with 105mm howitzers."
While walking, Li Qiufan gave the old horse serious instructions, fearing that he would get too excited and start firing off the cannons.
"Hey, brigade commander, don't worry. My old horse can still fool around. You just need to see if I can hit him accurately after a while!"
Lao Ma patted his chest and made a promise to Li Qiufan.
After arriving at the artillery position, Li Qiufan couldn't help but feel a little emotional as he watched the soldiers adjust their shooting at Zhu Yuan.
I remembered that when I first came to this world, I had nothing, but later I finally managed to pull together a team of 300 people.
Later, I wanted to join Li Yunlong, but I didn't expect that I ended up working alone, and then developed to where I am today.
"boom!"
Li Qiufan was reminiscing when Lao Ma's test shot brought him back to reality, and then he looked at the puppet army's position opposite.
"Old Ma, you damn missed! I wasted a cannonball!"
Li Qiufan looked up and saw that the shell hit his head directly and landed behind the puppet army position. He turned around and cursed in anger.
Lao Ma scratched his head in embarrassment. Unexpectedly, something went wrong just after making the promise, and he quickly readjusted the angle.
"boom!"
Another test shot was fired, and this time it landed accurately on the puppet army position, directly exploding a big crater.
"Not bad this time! Three rapid fire shots, let go!"
Seeing the impact point of the shells this time, Li Qiufan nodded with satisfaction, and then issued an order.
"Boom boom boom..."
As Li Qiufan finished speaking, the twelve howitzers adjusted their angles and roared angrily, as if they were pouring their anger towards the puppet army positions.
As the puppet army positions were covered by artillery fire, the commanders of the three regiments directly led their troops to charge.
In an instant, the entire battlefield was filled with smoke, and shouts of killing continued.
What I have to say is that Li Qiufan really guessed the strength of the puppet army, and all three regiments rushed to the position in the first round of charge.
If it were replaced by little Japanese to guard it, it would never be so easy. Compared with the Japanese, the puppet army is far behind in terms of soldier quality and weapons and equipment.
Wang Zhiyuan on the other side didn't close his mouth when he saw this scene, and stared blankly at the scene on the battlefield.
After fighting so many battles, this was the first time he saw the enemy covered by artillery fire, and faced with 10,000 defenders, he rushed to the enemy's position in the first round of charge.
Although the enemy is a puppet army, it cannot conceal the combat effectiveness of the independent brigade. It is indeed stronger than other troops. Anyway, his 23rd regiment cannot compare.
"Brigade Commander, the division headquarters called to inquire about the specific location of our army."
Li Qiufan was observing the situation on the battlefield when the radio operator suddenly ran over to report.
"Did you get a letter from the division headquarters? I thought we were forgotten!"
"Call back to the division headquarters immediately. Our division is currently in the Hengshui area and is fighting about 10,000 puppet troops. The battle is expected to be resolved within two hours."
Li Qiufan looked at the battlefield and roughly calculated the time.
After hearing the news, the radio operator immediately returned to the radio station and reported the situation to the division headquarters.
"Brigade commander, the division headquarters ordered us to rush to Lin County through Hengshui as soon as possible, intercept the Japanese 35th Division before it evacuates, and cooperate with friendly forces to eliminate it!"
It didn't take long for the radio station to receive a reply from the division headquarters, and it was an action order.
"The 35th Division went to Lin County? Are you still running?"
Li Qiufan frowned. He didn't expect the division headquarters to ask him to intercept the 35th Division. However, there were about 10,000 puppet troops on the opposite side, so he couldn't do it quickly.
"Lao Ma, how many more artillery shells do we have this time?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Qiufan turned to Lao Ma and asked.
"Brigadier, I brought a total of 200 coins with me this time, and now I have 136 more."
"Communicator, go and notify the 1st, 23rd and 3rd regiments to withdraw from the puppet army positions and return to their original positions!"
After learning about the ammunition situation, Li Qiufan decided to shed some blood.
Not long after, the three regiments withdrew from the puppet army's position after receiving the order. After a fight, there were still more than 7,000 puppet troops on the opposite side.
"Brigadier, why did you ask us to withdraw?"
Erhu was the first to run over and asked Li Qiufan in confusion.
"The division headquarters has issued a new order. We don't have time to waste here. Don't the troops come back?"
"Withdrawn!"
When Li Qiufan heard that all the troops had stopped coming back, he said directly to Lao Ma: "Lao Ma, aim the howitzer at the puppet army's position, leave half of the shells aside, and let me fire the rest! I can't handle it!"
“In addition, move the mortar forward and shoot out all the shells it carries!
The fastest way Li Qiufan could think of was to plow the puppet army's positions with artillery shells.
After all, big knives and bullets kill people, but they are not as fast as cannonballs.
"What? Half the howitzers? None of the mortars?"
Hearing Li Qiufan's order, Lao Ma couldn't believe it. Good guy, you just told me to save some time and then turned around and started bustling. What a double standard!
"What are you shouting for! Send someone quickly! I'm in a hurry!"
Although Li Qiufan said something tough, his heart was bleeding. This was all his fault. It was such a waste to use it to fight against the puppet troops!
But there was no way. If he wanted to rush to Lin County as soon as possible, he could only eat up this group of puppet soldiers as quickly as possible, and the fastest way was to use cannons. He was already ready to watch the most expensive fireworks show.
