Ye Anran was very calm. In a sense, the sound of shelling from outside had little impact on the Northeast Army.
The last time the Japanese planes bombed, it lasted for five or six hours. Apart from flattening the trenches on the position, there were almost no casualties.
He held the phone and spoke in Russian at the top of his lungs: "General, just treat us like a little devil and set off cannons to celebrate the New Year."
"I didn't expect Mr. Ye to be quite optimistic."
Ye Anran could only smile bitterly. When he was alone, it was okay to be pessimistic.
However, he is now the commander of the 101st Division.
Not to mention that the Japanese only caused damage to the trench fortifications, even if the Japanese defeated only one person in the 101st Division.
He can't put pessimism on his face either.
"General, when you called, you didn't just leave me here to listen, right?"
Ye Anran went straight to the topic.
Galen's ability to call the front line shows that he attaches great importance to his cooperation with Ye Anran.
The "phone bill" on the front line was very expensive. Under such saturation bombardment by the Japanese, Ye Anran was worried about the phone being disconnected every minute.
Galen: "I have an old friend who has a life-long friendship and thinks very highly of you. Ye, you should know that the current light and heavy industry in Daxia is very bad."
"It's hard for me to help you with just a grease gun."
"But Ivanov has a nice word for you. You know, sometimes I don't even give you the respect of the emperor, but Ivanov is different."
"You have to thank Ivanov for the success of this cooperation."
Ye Anran was slightly stunned. No wonder Mr. Ivanov patted his chest and promised him that he would help him win Gallon's support when he left.
"Thank you, General, and thank you Mr. Ivanov. After the battle, I will go to the Far East to treat you two to a drink."
"Let's put the drinking aside for now. I won't mention the grease gun either. Can you tell me what you need?"
"Guns? Cannons? Or bullets?"
Gallon is very straightforward.
He can talk about cooperation later.
Currently, the most important thing for Gallen is to keep Ye Anran alive and well.
Galen was afraid that Ye Anran would suddenly become cold. If he became cold, the Far East Border Guards responsible for reinforcements would also become cold.
Ye Anran listened to the sound of planes whizzing by.
"General, I need fighter reinforcements."
"The Japanese have seized our air superiority, which will pose a great threat to our army."
Gallen thought about Ye Anran's words, and then asked: "Is it gone?"
"Gone."
Ye Anran is not greedy at all.
He believed that a passionate Chinese man would be able to defend his homeland.
Galen: "Ye, wait for my news!"
"Thanks……"
Ye Anran said thank you very politely, and then hung up the phone.
When the phone was hung up, the gunfire suddenly stopped.
The roar of the plane also faded away and was almost inaudible.
Ye Anran kicked his feet and bent down to stand up. He turned back and shouted loudly towards the trench: "The devils are coming, prepare to fight!!"
He took the lead in rushing out of the trench with a grease gun, and the troops followed him and rushed to the position quickly.
The dark night sky.
There was no light under the thick smoke, and even the moonlight could not penetrate into the smoke of the explosion.
The soldiers of the 1st Independent Brigade and the Infantry Battalion groped their way forward on the muddy black soil.
They relied on the memories left behind when digging the trenches to enter the pitted positions.
After the shelling stopped.
All the infantrymen on the entire forward position were awakened, and the soldiers on the second and third lines of defense in the rear all braved the thick smoke and entered the position.
Ye Anran stood on the steep slope of a shell crater more than two meters deep and looked down.
Nothing can be seen.
He suddenly had a bad premonition that the Utsunomiya Division and the Domen Division were going to attack the high ground at night! !
"Ready to fight!!"
He reminded the soldiers digging the trenches to stop digging. He took off the engineer shovel from his back and held it in his hand.
There was no sound of infantry digging fortifications.
Ye Anran clearly heard the sound of someone walking in front of the position, and the sound of the infantry's pants rubbing together as they walked.
The sound was getting closer and closer and denser.
He looked at Ma Jinhai beside him, "Second brother, order the machine gunner to shoot straight ahead."
"yes!"
Ma Jinhai left in response, and then intensive machine gun fire erupted from the position.
Light beams from dozens of bullets were fired towards the bottom of the position.
Da da da~
Da da da~
Within a minute of the machine gun firing, the Japanese's screams of pain could be heard in the thick fog.
Immediately afterwards came the command from the Japanese commander to order the Japanese to lie down.
The Czech light machine gun and the Type 92 light machine gun formed a line.
Create fire suppression on the front of the position.
Ye Anran called Sun Maotian.
The first and second companies of his infantry battalion were transferred to the left and right wings of the 101st Brigade respectively.
Prevent the Japanese from breaking through from the side.
After receiving the order, the First Company and the Second Company immediately left the Gujiadian position with submachine guns.
Two o'clock in the morning.
The dense fog after the bombardment became much thinner.
The roar of artillery shelling could be heard in the distance, and more than a dozen illumination bombs lit up the Gujiadian high ground.
Suddenly, the Gujiadian high ground was as bright as day.
The location of the infantrymen of the 101st Independent Brigade was clearly displayed in front of Ye Anran.
Some of them were lying in shell craters, and some were standing in muddy, collapsed trenches.
There is not a complete trench in the entire position.
When they were exposed to Ye Anran, they were also exposed to the Japanese machine gunners.
The Japanese machine gunners on the opposite side quickly fired back wildly towards the high ground.
At the same time, there were many small steel cannons and grenades exploding in the Gujiadian high ground!
What the hell kind of fight is this?
When Ye Anran was about to order the artillery brigade to retaliate, the gunfire on the position stopped instantly.
Suzuki's unlit Utsunomiya Division artillery position fired flares towards Gujiadian Heights again!
When the flares lit up the Gujiadian position, the Japanese actually crawled to a place less than 20 meters away from the Gujiadian high ground.
Their commander suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Bagaya Road, charge!"
When he finished speaking, countless Japanese soldiers stood up from the Gujiadian forward position. They held Type 38 rifles equipped with bayonets and rushed towards the high ground of the 101st Independent Brigade with flares.
The Japanese are preparing for a hand-to-hand battle with the Independent Brigade.
Ye Anran is not a fool either. He holds a grease gun in one hand and an engineer shovel in the other, "Brothers, the military medal is right in front of you. Kill him like a fool!!"
"Kill!"
The Northeastern Army standing on the position suddenly seemed to be in a state of shock.
They picked up their engineering shovels and rushed towards the Japanese.
Li Guosheng rushed to the front. He was the first officer to stand in front of the Japanese. The engineer shovel in his hand slammed into the Japanese's head.
With a pop, the devil's head was opened.
This was the first time that the infantrymen did not use machetes but used engineer shovels to fight the Japanese.
They used engineer shovels to dig trenches for a month and a half.
It is very easy to use it to arouse, and now it is as easy to use it to shoot Japanese soldiers as it is to shoot garlic.
The engineer shovel is forged from manganese steel and is extremely sharp.
Its handle is much easier to hold in your hand than the Japanese 38-type rifle handguard with sharp edges.
Soon, the infantry of the two armies started a head-on hand-to-hand battle.
Ye Anran held a submachine gun, his gun belt hanging around his neck, and pulled the trigger towards the charging Japanese.
Da da da~
Thirty rounds of grease gun fire were fired at once, killing more than a dozen Japanese soldiers on the spot.
No wonder the German army always says that submachine guns are worth their weight in close combat! !
The submachine gun has a fast range and a short gun body, and can unleash huge potential in close combat.
However, before Ye Anran had time to change the magazine, he came into direct contact with the Japanese.
The three Japs took turns with guns and bayonets, stabbing at Ye Anran's vital points.
He swung the engineering shovel and hit the Japanese Type 38 rifle with all his strength.
Taking advantage of their unpreparedness, he then used an engineering shovel to chop off the head of one of the Japanese.
Then came the second and the third.
The sounds of fighting between the Independent Brigade and the Japanese shocked the hearts of the soldiers stationed on the second and third lines of defense.
Jiang Hai, the commander of the 102nd Division, held up his telescope and looked at the chaotic scene in the front line with horror.
Hand-to-hand combat is essentially a close combat where both sides compete for physical strength and flexibility.
Under the continuous bombardment of artillery fire, the soldiers could hardly get a normal rest.
Compared with the Japanese who were well rested and prepared for everything, the 101st Division must have suffered.
Jiang Hai: "Send a telegram to the commander. I request to send an independent brigade to reinforce Gujiadian!"
"yes!"
…
Ma Jinshan stood at the forward command post. He was too far away to hear the fighting in the forward position.
However, he could clearly see the flares rising from the forward positions.
That thing belongs to the devil.
From the high ground, he could almost clearly see the soldiers fighting in the forward positions.
In the telescope, both sides were as big as peanuts, fighting to the death.
Xie Ke was so nervous that he held his hands, sweat dripping from his palms.
"Commander, Gujiadian and the Japanese are fighting hand-to-hand."
Ma Jinshan: "Damn it, the first line of defense is in Tangdi, and Gujiadian is where the 101st Artillery Brigade is protected. Why doesn't Ye Anran know how to retreat?"
Xie Ke: "Commander, that's easy to say. Less than two minutes after the bombardment stopped, the flares went up. Even if I want to withdraw, I have to have time!"
…
Ma Jinshan gritted his teeth. He actually knew in his heart that the independent brigade stationed in Gujiadian could not avoid this hand-to-hand battle...
Obviously, the Japanese wanted to use a steady stream of infantry to drag down the Independent Brigade to death.
The moment a flare illuminates the forward position.
He could almost see the charging infantry down the hillside.
When the enemy falls, the enemy rises up, and the cycle continues.
Xie Ke: "Commander, what should we do now? If this continues, the 1st Independent Brigade will be wiped out sooner or later!"
When Xie Ke's voice fell, the communications troops hurried over.
"Report, there is a call from Commander Jiang Hai of the 102nd Division!"
"Report, 103rd Division Commander Cai Yong requested to send infantry reinforcements to Gujiadian!"
Ma Jinshan looked at the map with the help of a kerosene lamp and said, "Order the 4th Independent Brigade of the 102nd Division to go to reinforce Gujiadian!!"
"yes!"
The signal soldier stood up in response, then turned and left.
After receiving the order, Jianghai's 4th Independent Brigade quickly ordered its 4th Brigade to reinforce Gujiadian.
About half an hour passed.
The 4th Brigade, which was reinforcing Gujiadian, encountered intensive fire attacks in the direction of Jiangqiao. The Japanese infantry tanks seemed to have expected that Ma Jinshan would reinforce Gujiadian.
When attacking Gujiadian, they also took advantage of the artillery bombardment to secretly place the Armored Infantry Regiment and the 24th Infantry Regiment at key positions in Wumiaozi.
