This night, there was fierce fighting in Panwang Mountain, but the main battlefield at the closed gate was quiet at dawn here;
The storm that Lieutenant General Anda was worried about all night did not appear. Not to mention a large-scale attack, there were not even scattered harassments.
Night, so peaceful and terrifying!
Lieutenant General Adachi and Colonel Okubo didn't close their eyes all night. The lack of sleep and endless anxiety made them look very haggard, and the dark circles around their eyes were very obvious.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's almost dawn and the Chinese won't attack again. Why don't you lie down for a while and I'll just keep an eye on you."
Okubo said worriedly, the division commander is old after all, and he cannot survive such a night.
Anda really couldn't stand it anymore. Time is not forgiving. If it were a few years ago, he could stay awake for days and nights and still be energetic during the day.
But he didn't dare to rest because he felt very uneasy and always felt that something was going to happen.
Coming from an island, he knew that the calmer sea surface would hide rougher waves;
The quieter the night, the more violent the storm is!
"Okubo-kun, Zhao Sihu will not let this night go. Our air warriors will appear again during the day. I seem to have heard the sound of their breathing all around. This storm must be very violent!"
Colonel Okubo nodded in agreement, but in his heart he thought that the division commander was a little nervous. This was a battlefield, not a poetry club.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, if this is the case, then I will go out for a walk and urge the warriors on night duty to be more vigilant. You should also take a rest. You have to fight during the day."
After Okubo finished speaking, he went out to get some fresh air. It was easy to get infected by staying with a somewhat nervous old man.
Lieutenant General Adachi waited for Colonel Okubo to go out and then said to himself:
"Sihu-kun, come on, don't let me down, I've been waiting for you all night!"
In the 78th Army headquarters, Zhao Sihu really disappointed Anda, because he was playing chess with Chu Xiong, and he was in the head again!
"Old Chu, can we try another trick? No matter how good the trick is, it will fail if used too much."
Zhao Sihu hated Chu Xiong's intrusion, so he protested again.
Chu Xiong doesn't accept this at all. Why use cannons if the protest is useless?
“Old Zhao, it doesn’t matter how many times he uses it, as long as it’s practical!
It's been a night, Yan Haoyu and the others should have been in place, waiting for dawn to strike a blow against the Japanese. "
"Old Chu, I've always been curious. Isn't it said that three or four o'clock in the morning is when the human body is most tired? Why did you choose to attack at five o'clock?
By seven or eight o'clock the Japanese planes will be able to leave their nests to assist in the battle, leaving us not much time. "
Chu Xiong began to show off:
"Old Zhao, old Japs Anda must also know what you know. He must have been suffering this night, and so have the Japs of the 37th Division;
They were in high tension the whole night, waiting for our attack, but I just didn't get what they wanted.
After four o'clock in the morning, which is the most dangerous time, they will relax because it is already dawn;
Once a person relaxes, it is difficult to tighten again. After staying up all night and all night, at five o'clock in the morning, the enemy's legs will probably be weak as soon as they relax. This is the time to attack——"
"General!"
When Zhao Sihu took advantage of Chu Xiong's hype, he was already approaching the city...
"Old Zhao, you are a mischievous boy. You deliberately lied to me and stopped playing chess seriously. This move does not count!"
Chu Xiong began to regret playing chess again. Ever since he played chess with his boss, he had learned nothing from the good. This habit of regretting chess was actually better than the master. The reasons for regretting chess were all kinds of strange. This chess quality was already bad in the 78th Army.
"Lao Chu, hindsight, a dead game with no solution, I won this game, it's five o'clock soon, brother, I have to go watch the fireworks!"
Zhao Sihu has become much more cunning now, and it is no longer possible for Chu Xiong to regret his moves as casually as before.
"This old Zhao is getting more and more naughty. Why are you watching fireworks after dozens of kilometers away?
Or is it Lao Wang next door? Lao Wang, Lao Wang! There is still some time before the results are announced. If you can't sleep, join me to kill a game and let you drive! "
Wang Junjie, who was lying on a chair and sleeping with his clothes on, was originally going to get up and watch the fireworks with Zhao Sihu. When he heard that the night owl Old Chu wanted to catch his man again, he immediately snored loudly.
Chu Xiong could only shake his head, stood up and went out to watch the fireworks. Even if he couldn't see them, he felt comfortable thinking about them.
At five o'clock in the morning, everything was quiet in the defensive position of the 37th Division. The Japanese who had been nervous all night began to take a nap against the trench;
Chu Xiong was right, it was so good to sleep at this time, even Lieutenant General Anda in the headquarters couldn't bear the fatigue and dozed off.
The 3rd Brigade, the 802nd Regiment, the 804th Regiment, the 1st Artillery Regiment, and the 2nd Artillery Regiment all around the Japanese position had already taken advantage of the night to move into place and surrounded the Japanese from the north and south, less than one kilometer away from the Japanese position.
To the west is the blocking position of the Fourth Preliminary Regiment, leaving only a gap to the east, a standard encirclement of three towers.
The current Third Brigade, 802nd Regiment and 804th Regiment are no longer the same strength as before. The 802nd Regiment has increased to more than 4,000 people, the 804th Regiment has more than 6,000 people, and the Third Brigade has more than 10,000 people. The 6,000-strong Preliminary Fourth Regiment and the total number of 78th Army surrounding the Japanese exceeded 27,000;
This does not include the 3,000 men from the two artillery regiments, and the more than 3,000 men from the 803rd Regiment and Mountain Artillery Regiment blocking the Langya Mouth. The total force invested in the encirclement and annihilation of the 37th Division exceeded 34,000, which was comparable to the Japanese troops. Close to 4 to 1.
The main force of the 78th Army also includes the 805th Regiment and the 806th Regiment, which block the independent 16th Brigade and the 224th Regiment of the 36th Division on the left and right wings. There are nearly 3,000 people in the 801st Regiment in combat, and more than 8,000 people in the 807th Regiment in reserve. The total strength has doubled to nearly 60,000.
The battle to encircle and annihilate the 37th Division was under the unified command of the first detachment captain Yan Haoyu. This was the first time he independently commanded a battle of more than 20,000 people, which was a little exciting.
Before the pointer even pointed to 5 o'clock, Yan Haoyu gave the order to fire.
"fire!"
"fire!"
The 32 Wei Shen cannons of the two artillery regiments, after being replenished with artillery shells from the Moyunling combat readiness warehouse, have enough ammunition to ravage the Japanese;
At five o'clock sharp, Zhao Hui and Erzhu, the commanders of the First Artillery Regiment and the Second Artillery Regiment, issued the order to fire almost simultaneously. 384 107mm rockets roared towards the Japanese position, and the Japanese position was instantly surrounded by flames.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
A series of explosions shattered the sky and covered the earth. Almost all the positions of the Japanese 37th Division were covered, and there was no blind spot at all.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
All sounds were drowned out by the artillery fire, and only the dying cries of thousands of Japanese soldiers could be vaguely heard.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The shelling continued one after another, and the wailing sounds that could be heard became less and less. This was a feast for the Chinese people!
