At this time, a hint of fish belly white gradually appeared in the sky.
Apparently, daybreak was coming.
Tanaka Seido rubbed his red eyes and sighed: "It's another beautiful morning, but it's a pity that it's another day of battle."
If he hadn't been in trouble, Tanaka Seido would never have expressed such emotion.
As the saying goes, people get more sad when they are in danger, and that's probably what it means.
Just before Tanaka Seido finished his emotion, a Japanese officer ran to his side and reported: "Sir, there is an urgent call from Highland No. 1. They have already called for casualties. Our casualty ratio has reached 200 to one." !”
"Nani?! Two hundred to one?! How did this idiot Ozawa beat him!" Tanaka Shengdao almost jumped up, because this is already terrible news, okay?
"Hai! According to the telegram they sent back, we have confirmed it and there is no mistake in translation!" the Japanese officer said with great certainty.
After hearing the news, Tanaka Seido realized how serious the problem was - this was the real first battle with the First Guard Regiment. This had already been fought, and what would happen next? Who can know? Anyway, he had no idea.
Fortunately, Lieutenant General Matsuura Junrokuro gave them nearly a thousand reinforcements, otherwise he would have no confidence in this battle.
But there is still a very cruel reality before us, that is, based on the current strength of the enemy's troops, they are still at an absolute disadvantage.
As early as ten minutes ago, a telegram about "Related Situations of the First Guard Regiment of the Ninth Theater Zone of the China Army" reached their headquarters and was even delivered to Tanaka Seido's desk.
Thinking about it, Tanaka Seido walked to the bedside and looked at the gradually clear white sky in the distance. He murmured: "If I am not mistaken, the support troops have already boarded the plane. Whether we can hold on will depend on tomorrow. ”
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Tanaka Shengdao was lamenting, but Zhang Tianhai also received a battle report from the special agent company on the front line - they launched a raid on Highland No. 1, annihilating nearly two hundred enemy troops, and losing one person on their own side.
When Zhang Tianhai received the news, he immediately decided that the first battle should be to launch a fierce attack on Highland No. 1, and to concentrate the main force of the First Battalion of the Main Battalion to launch a fierce attack.
Of course, the artillery battalion and Soloton machine gun battery must also be equipped, and the mortar battery must also be deployed.
In short, Zhang Tianhai wants to use all the things he can use. He must capture the No. 1 Highland at the first time, and then use two battalions to contain the enemies on the No. 2 and No. 3 Highlands. Finally, with The first battalion, cavalry battalion, and guard company are the offensive force, and the artillery battalion, small artillery company, and mortar company are the auxiliary force, which is to capture them.
If more enemy reinforcements arrive, it will be time for the second echelon to exert its power.
Anyway, before dark tomorrow, Nantianpu must be in the hands of the first regiment of guards at all costs!
"Xu Xun, have all the battalion commanders assembled?" Zhang Tianhai put down the telescope and asked Xu Xun next to him.
I saw Xu Xun standing at attention and saluting: "Report to the regiment, the battalion commanders, the mortar company commanders, the guard company commanders, and the small artillery company commanders are already in place. Each unit has already had breakfast. It is expected that within half an hour We can assemble and launch a fierce attack on Highland No. 1!"
"Very good, I'll go see them right away!" After saying that, Zhang Tianhai strode towards the back.
I saw Zhang Tianhai walking to a reverse slope. The main officers of the First Guard Regiment for this battle had already assembled and were waiting for the regiment commander to give orders.
After seeing these officers, Zhang Tianhai took the lead in performing a military salute.
"salute!!"
After the officers saw the regimental commander, following the shout of Lu Shaojie, the leader of the first battalion, all the officers also saluted a military salute in unison.
That scene was very serious.
"Finished. Brothers, all the troops in northern Jiangxi are now engaged in battle, in order to completely annihilate the Matsuura Division. Now the Matsuura Division is already a cornered beast. Just last night, the regiment's special agent company had already fought with the Matsuura Division. The Japanese army fought. We did not suffer any loss." Zhang Tianhai said straight to the point.
No one spoke. They knew that the leader had something to say next.
"Just yesterday, the Corps Headquarters gave me, Zhang Yulin, an order, asking me, Zhang, to lead the troops to take down Nantianpu today! As far as I know, the Japanese troops stationed in the direction of Nantianpu may There are no less than 3,000 people, and now our regiment has gathered nearly half of the troops. Do you have the confidence to destroy this little devil?!" Zhang Tianhai asked in a deep voice.
"Yes!!!" the officers responded in unison.
After seeing the momentum on the officers, Zhang Tianhai couldn't help but nodded: "Okay, very good! As expected of Zhang Yulin's soldiers, they all have such momentum! I hope you can be invincible on the battlefield, Annihilate the enemy before your eyes and fight for the survival of the nation!!"
"kill!!!"
A murderous cry shook the forest!
"Combat tasks will be assigned below. The task of capturing Highland No. 1 will be assigned to the First Battalion! The First Battalion will attack Highland No. 1! After Highland No. 1 is captured, the Second Battalion and the Fourth Battalion will attack Highland No. 2 and Highland No. 3 respectively. The cavalry battalion, guard company, and special agent company will follow the regiment headquarters as a reserve team! This battle will be won!!" After finishing speaking, Zhang Tianhai raised his hands and shouted with extraordinary momentum.
"This battle will be won!!!" the officers shouted.
"Dismissed!" Zhang Tianhai said loudly.
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After the officers had been disbanded, Zhang Tianhai was not idle. He immediately asked Xu Xun to send a report and ordered the second echelon to speed up the progress and make sure to arrive at the battlefield before ten o'clock.
In fact, this is also a helpless move, but usually. Zhang Tianhai now has more troops, so he doesn't have to rush the second echelon.
Now, the troops in Zhang Tianhai's hands can be said to be stretched thin. If possible, he would never want to send the cavalry battalion to the battlefield.
He would rather let the special agent company and guard company go up first than put the cavalry battalion in this place for use.
The second and third companies of the cavalry battalion are indeed very powerful and can be fully qualified for infantry combat tasks. However, it is too wasteful to use the cavalry as infantry, which will be punished by God.
"By the way, Xiao Xu, ask Deputy Commander Li to reply immediately and inform them of their current movements!" To prevent other problems, Zhang Tianhai asked Xu Xun to send an additional telegram.
"Yes! Group seat!" Xu Xun responded.
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PS: The second update from the night before.
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