The night was still quiet and the wind was blowing. Zhang Tianhai, with a face as sharp as a knife and a murderous look on his body, stood in front of the command table at the battalion headquarters. The gunshot wound did not seem to have the slightest impact on him.
Time: 1 o'clock in the morning on August 25, 1937.
"Check it!" Zhang Tianhai said to the squad leaders and platoon leaders of the third company. This time he took over Sun Hong's command and wanted to personally launch a counterattack against the Japanese army!
Sun Hong had strong objections to Zhang Tianhai's initial act of seizing command. However, when Zhang Tianhai patted him on the shoulder and said, "I can rest assured that you are watching over me," Sun Hong chose obey orders.
Zhang Tianhai is good at fighting. Sun Hong discovered a few days ago that the reason for obeying orders is not only because the former is a superior, but also because of the trust between them.
Watches are generally something only officers above the company level can afford, and the watches in the hands of the nine squad leaders and three platoon leaders were naturally obtained from the little Japanese who died in the battle.
The so-called taboos are completely useless at this moment - these little devils can't kill me when they are alive, what kind of trouble can you make after your death?
The second hand was ticking, and Zhang Tianhai finally announced the battle time, which was fifteen minutes later.
At one-fifteen in the morning, the time is neither good nor bad. Everything is just right. This time is when the Japanese have just fallen asleep. Zhang Tianhai must regain the lost territory before dawn. position!
If it cannot be completed before dawn, then all counterattack forces will be exposed to enemy artillery fire, which is a waste that outweighs the gain.
Now that Zhang Tianhai has no special forces that can fight independently, he can only place his hope on the Third Company.
Zhang Tianhai took a deep breath and issued an order: "Launch an attack on the enemy on time in fifteen minutes. Be sure to recapture the outer positions!"
"Yes!" Everyone stood at attention and saluted, with solemn expressions.
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The night is still so quiet, with the sound of cicadas chirping.
This should have been a peaceful and peaceful scene, but what is shocking is that here there is a murderous atmosphere. They are soldiers of the national army!
To be precise, they are officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment of the 36th Division!
In accordance with the battalion commander's order, they arrived at the scheduled attack location on time and waited for the time to launch the attack.
"The time has come, load the bullets and let's go!" the platoon leader of the third company said solemnly to several squad leaders.
The order they received was to attack in a sneak attack. After the gunshots were fired, they all attacked!
Now that the time has come, more than 200 officers and soldiers of the third company, including the battalion commander, quietly walked towards the position that was captured by the Japanese army...
The wind was blowing gently, but there was still the same salty smell. More than two hundred officers and soldiers of the Nationalist Army quietly moved toward the Japanese position, and the person who took the lead was Zhang Tianhai, who had just been injured and had surgery.
This battle was very important, so Zhang Tianhai couldn't help but lead the troops forward in person. If the position was recaptured, the Japanese invaders would have to spend a lot of effort if they wanted to attack again. On the other hand, if the position cannot be regained, then the Japanese army will have a bridgehead behind the attack on the second-line positions.
Zhang Tianhai is not stupid, and he also knows the difference between himself and Xiong Xinmin.
Xiong Xinmin is the commander of the regiment and has a regiment of more than 2,000 people under his command. Zhang Tianhai is different. He is just a small battalion commander. He is not even a middle-level commander. He only has more than 600 people under his command. .
At 11 o'clock in the evening, the supplements had arrived. However, for the first battalion, these supplementary troops still had to be integrated first before fighting in order to exert their due combat effectiveness.
Zhang Tianhai left this task to Sun Hong, and what he has to do tonight is to take up the post of acting third company commander and regain the lost ground!
The Japanese army that fought head-on with the Thirty-sixth Division was, after all, the elite of the standing division, and it discovered the enemy before Zhang Tianhai's troops could get completely close.
The sound of gunshots suddenly rang out, and then the gunfire flashed. From a distance, it looked like the little fluorescent lights emitted by fireflies, beautiful and cold.
Bullets left the muzzle of the gun with scorching heat and shot towards the enemy's body.
For a moment, gunshots rang out.
Next door to the defense area of the 216th Regiment is the headquarters of the 212th Regiment.
The moment the gunfire rang out, Xiong Xinmin got up from the temporary bed. After all, this was a war period, but he had to guard against the enemy's night attack and sneak into the camp.
"What's the current situation of our position?" Xiong Xinmin asked everyone with a frown. When he got up, he sent someone to see the situation on the front line.
As for why we sent someone to take a look? The reason is simple, the phone line has been cut off.
The severed telephone line was not done by the Japanese, but by the traitors - the frontline position was extremely well defended. The entire first battalion of the 212th Regiment was defending here. The Japanese army wanted to pass without them. Alarming the defenders was an extremely difficult task.
The third battalion of the 212th Regiment was also placed behind the front line by Xiong Xinmin to support the first battalion at any time.
And what about the Second Battalion? The supplement has just been completed and the combat mission has not yet been issued.
Since it was not the Japanese who did it, it could only be the traitors who infiltrated in. It should be noted that the war on the front line was urgent, and many troops were temporarily transferred from other troops, such as the Zhejiang Local Security Corps or the Jiangsu Local Security Corps, and even even The police in Shanghai have been transferred into the army to support the operation.
"Regiment seat, from the direction where the gunfire came from, it should be the troops of the 216th Regiment fighting. Judging from the scale of the gunfire, both sides should have invested about a battalion of troops." The person who spoke was the 212th Regiment. Ministry staff officer He Qiguang is quite capable and is trusted by the new regiment leader Xiong Xinmin.
"Well, I know, it should be the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment." Xiong Xinmin nodded and said, "I ordered the 1st Battalion to immediately launch a fierce attack on the Japanese positions. It would be best if they can regain the lost ground."
"Yes!" A signal soldier nearby responded and immediately sent a telegram to the first battalion.
"Team leader, there is something unclear about my humble position." He Qiguang said.
"Say." Xiong Xinmin said in a deep voice.
He Qiguang was not one to be too long-winded and spoke directly: "Why did the regiment launch a fierce attack without seeking to regain the lost ground? Isn't this a waste of troops?"
Xiong Xinmin smiled and said: "The friendly forces are fighting so fiercely, why don't we, the 212th Regiment, cooperate? Even if we can't regain the lost ground, we can still contain the enemy. Don't forget, we are all comrades in arms, and we are all three Soldiers of the Sixteenth Division.”
Xiong Xinmin said the last sentence solemnly, and warned everyone that at all times, the overall situation of the war of resistance should be given priority.
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