Zezhou battle, second day
The siege troops concentrated all 11 75mm field guns from each division at the south gate to make key breakthroughs against the south city wall;
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
This time, I was cruel and fired almost all the shells. The bombardment lasted for more than an hour...
"Boom - boom -"
The southern city wall finally failed to withstand more than a dozen 75mm field cannons, and was destroyed in several places. The widest one was more than 200 meters wide. A squadron of Japanese soldiers guarding the southern city wall also paid a huge price for their arrogance. More than half of the casualties suffered under the heavy artillery fire, and many were buried directly in the ruins of the city wall.
As soon as the artillery fire preparations stopped, the 1st Battalion of the 338th Regiment began to attack the gap in the southern city wall. Li Yuanzheng scattered all the mortars, accompanied the infantry charge, and used it as infantry support firepower. The effect was still good;
This time Li Chendong really acted, so he directly sent the most elite battalion. Basically, wherever the battle was the most difficult, there was Li Yuanzheng. Li Chendong only believed in Li Yuanzheng at the critical moment.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Under the fierce attack from Li's expeditionary battalion, the remaining half of the Japanese squadron at the South City Gate finally couldn't hold on any longer. Onizuka Major decisively used the hidden artillery group.
"Boom boom boom..."
Raining artillery shells hit Li's expeditionary camp, and the offensive came to a halt;
"Damn it, artillery group!"
The attacking troops lay down in a large area, silently enduring the ravages of the Japanese artillery fire. The attacking troops suffered heavy casualties under the artillery fire. The Japanese took the opportunity to reinforce a squadron of troops to the south gate, stabilized the battle line, and the two sides entered A pattern of consumption.
Li Chendong's plan to take advantage of the gap after fire prevention preparations to break through the Japanese defense line went bankrupt.
The Japanese were far more difficult to fight than Li Chendong imagined, and a shadow cast over his heart...
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The two sides fought to the death around the gap in the city wall, causing heavy casualties on both sides. The Onizuka Brigade also encountered an evenly matched opponent, and no longer had to fake the fight.
The battle situation has entered a stalemate, which is very beneficial to the Japanese, because what they need is to stick to the siege troops.
In Liucheng, the training work of the independent brigade has come to an end, and the regimental commanders are about to return to the army. Chu Xiong finally came out of the mountain nest of the old camp;
For more than a month, the war outside was in full swing, but he ignored what was going on outside and focused on training his soldiers.
The key members who supported the 78th Regiment were transferred in advance, and people like Li Chenxi did not participate in the assessment;
There is no way, the 78th Division is the big deal. He will send the second and third batches of backbones to Zhongtiao Mountain one after another, and the strategic focus of the independent brigade will gradually move south.
"Defend to the north and develop to the south" is the development strategy of the independent brigade in the next few years. Once the strategic direction is determined, it will not change easily and fully devote itself to the Zhongtiao Mountain strategy.
Chu Xiong was pondering over a map as usual. He has now developed a habit of staring at the map for the whole day!
Gao Wancheng couldn't help but joke:
"Old Chu, you have been staring at a map all day. Is there Yan Ruyu in the map?"
"Lao Gao, the map is a good thing. The Golden House and Yan Ruyu are just balls. There are millions of soldiers hidden in the map."
"Old Chu, I still hope you can tell me that the grain is worth millions of tons, then I will thank you!"
Chu Xiong couldn't help but shook his head. Ever since Gao Wancheng changed his profession and became a housekeeper, he has always kept true to his profession. He has become more and more like a rich man from Hedong. How can he still have the shadow of the main battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army?
The two of them were exchanging words, and Zhao Pan'er hurried over. As soon as Chu Xiong saw her poker face, he had a premonition that his comfortable days were over.
"Brigadier, we intercepted a high-security Japanese message. The communications department spent a day and night finally deciphering it. Please take a look."
After Zhao Paner finished speaking, she handed a message to Chu Xiong. No wonder she looked tired.
The expression on Chu Xiong's face became solemn. This message was priceless!
"Chief Zhao, is this telegram accurate?"
"More than 95%, all the keywords have been deciphered. Only a few code names are still uncertain. From other contents, it can be inferred that these should be the unit numbers!"
Zhao Pan'er said with great certainty that this was her specialty and no one was allowed to doubt it.
"Thank you for your hard work. Now I order you to put down all your work and go to sleep first. After tomorrow, I need you to be in the most awake state to work. There should be related messages from the Japanese in the future!"
"Brigadier, I'm fine, I can still-"
"Zhao Pan'er, execute the order!"
"yes!"
Zhao Pan'er took the order and left. The moment she turned around and left, she felt warm in her heart.
After Gao Wancheng saw Zhao Paner leaving, he kindly reminded Chu Xiong:
"I said Lao Chu, could you please pay attention to the way you speak? Section Chief Zhao and the others have worked hard all day and night to decipher this message. As a leader, you won't care more."
"Brother, my ordering her to rest is my greatest concern. Haven't you noticed that something is wrong with her recently?
We are almost becoming workaholics. You, the political commissar, have to rely on us to do our work. Their communications department is very important for us to collect and grasp the latest trends of the Japanese. Zhao Paner is at least worth a group!
You political commissar must take care of this treasure for the whole brigade! "
Gao Wancheng nodded and agreed. He was waiting for Chu Xiong to talk to him about business.
Chu Xiong directly handed the message to Gao Wancheng, and sure enough, Gao Wancheng's face became serious...
"Five divisions?"
No wonder Gao Wancheng looked solemn. This is not a force that can be ignored. The entire Hedong Province will face a cruel postgraduate entrance examination.
"Lao Gao, I feel like the devils may not be coming for us this time!"
Gao Wancheng reacted immediately after hearing this and said:
"You mean to go to the Jinsui Army?"
"Old Gao, there are five divisions of the Jinsui Army concentrated in the direction of Zezhou. This is almost the majority of the family wealth of your Wutai Mountain fellow. The Japanese should be heading towards these five divisions!"
"Old Chu, do the Japanese have such a big appetite? That's five divisions, nearly 40,000 people."
"Lao Gao, these 40,000 people are only here now. The Japanese are obviously using Zezhou City to hang them, and then use the fortified city to consume their troops and weapons;
When the movement of the five divisions is in place and the five divisions are surrounded, how many of the tens of thousands of troops will be left?
The man in Shu is just messing around. The strategic stalemate stage has just begun, and he does not have the conditions for a strategic attack. This will kill many people! "
Gao Wancheng also said helplessly:
"Yes, we have been fighting for more than a month, and with more than one million soldiers in the army, all the supplies should be used up!
Not only did he quit when he saw no gains, but he continued to expand the scale. It would be strange if the Japanese didn't take the opportunity to trick them. Maybe the First Army is not the only one who has this idea! "
"Old Chu, these are China's national defense forces. We can't control other war zones. We can't let the devils succeed in the five divisions in the direction of Zezhou. We have to find a way to save them."
"Lao Gao, how can I save him?
Maybe the Japanese have packed their pockets a long time ago and are just waiting for us to get into them. Xiao Zhuoyi is not a good man or woman! "
When Lao Gao heard that the Independent Brigade might be involved, he immediately changed his mind. He would not do anything to help others.
"Old Chu, how about we report it to the headquarters and have the headquarters send them a warning?"
"Don't worry, there's still time, let me think about it first!"
Chu Xiong stared at the map and entered the long test mode again. Gao Wancheng stood quietly aside, waiting for Chu Xiong to find a solution.
