Chapter 233: The truth

(... Although a fake shot cannot really kill the enemy, it can trick the enemy into being dizzy. That kind of prank is also very fulfilling; I also discovered later that such a feeling of teasing the enemy in applause is too important for cultivating the confidence of guerrillas in the war behind the enemy... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

The north wind always has a way to bring the night light early, and it is dusk, but the earth is already pitch black. This is a very strange scene. Looking up at the sky, it is still bright, but when you lower your head, it is so dark that the road surface cannot be seen clearly. Because this is the mountain, as long as the sun rises, the originally beautiful mountain road will immediately become a gust of wind that makes people tremble.

A row of people suddenly appeared like shadows on the mountain road. One class, with guns all in it, which is rare in the ***.

"I have gained a lot!" Suddenly, someone jumped out of the mountain road to meet them.

"Report to the platoon leader, I'm sure there are no Japanese in the past ten kilometers..." The squad leader who came back was a recruit who came up, and seemed particularly rigorous; because as the squad leader, his brothers no longer called him "garlic" now, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Waiting for him by the side of the road was his platoon leader. He was worried about the "ribs" of the young widow in Jiangxi every day at the medical station. His injuries miraculously recovered, and he still became the platoon leader when he reorganized the troops.

The company commander of this newly formed company is a combat hero. If Quanjiao defenders had not sacrificed a large number of people, it would have been impossible to form so many battalions, the company commander would have been promoted long ago. He was Hong Liang who fought head-on in the Japanese's attack.

The task of this company is to attack northward to test the situation of the Japanese; the command from the superior is not to fight hard, but to make only feints. The key to the mission is to report the Japanese's reaction in detail at any time.

"Like the previous one, the Japanese and us will take a defensive position as soon as they exchange fire. As long as we insist on not retreating, they will leave..." "Garlic" reported the situation of their fight with the Japanese sentry: "Sometimes, before the Japanese have fought, they will retreat from afar, which is really evil..."

It's very evil, why are the Japanese so soft? "Ripe" can't figure it out, but this is not something he should spend his energy to do; now he should leave a squad here to guard the guard and take the others back to report the situation. The report along the way became the report of the soldiers of the "garlic" squad to show off to their comrades: "We found that the Japanese were all soft persimmons, and later we discovered a Japanese sentry. The squad leader simply asked everyone to touch the enemy first, and then we feinted the attack. When the three Japanese retreated, they just happened to be ambushed. Now, our squad has been fully equipped..."

When the ribs and their team arrived at the temporary company, Hong Liang had already summarized reports from various places.

The attacks in the north and northwest were very smooth. The Japanese left and did not bother them at all. However, the feint attack in the east was subjected to a tough counterattack. The brothers tried several times and were beaten back. After Hong Liang compiled all the situation in detail, he asked someone to take the news back to report to the commander at a higher level.

It seems that the Japanese really want to let us go! Zhang Jingyue looked at the reports of feint attack troops everywhere: It is obvious that the Japanese just care not to let them go east and threaten Jinpu Road. Other directions are just deliberately giving in to Quanjiao's feint attack in the opposite direction of breaking through. He clearly told them: I will give you enough space behind you and will not chase you behind while you retreat. Don't worry...

It can go as planned! After confirming the returns of all parties, Zhang Jingyue finally ordered the participating troops to deploy as planned. Since the Japanese surrendered, they would use their plans and suddenly killed them by chance. The Japanese could tolerate Quanjiao defenders going west to join the 21st Army, but the Japanese would never tolerate their troops northwest with Li Bin and other units on the north bank of the Huaihe River to encircle the Japanese troops on the Chubeng Railway! As long as they showed such strategic intentions, the Japanese on the front line of Linhuai Pass would have to give up their strong attack on the north bank and head south. At the same time, the Japanese in Chuxian would also advance westward. If they could not counter-encircle and force the Japanese to retreat, the Japanese on the south bank of the Huaihe River would face being cut off. This was something that the Japanese who originally hoped that the battlefield of Anhui would gradually end. They had lost too much and could no longer afford to lose.

This is the plan of Li Tianhao, Zhang Jingyue and Mo Shucai: it is better to transfer the Japanese in Chu County than to fight Chu County! Because the Japanese's mobility is still stronger than theirs, if they go to fight Chu County and cannot succeed in one blow, they will likely be surrounded by the angry Japanese. Although the Japanese's troops are seriously insufficient, it is unlikely to really surround them and kill them, the consequence of not taking Chu County and interspersing them next to them is to lose a large amount of baggage, which makes it difficult to complete the defense mission after being interspersed into northern Jiangsu. So they decided to attack the east and west, first use the trick to give the Japanese on the Chubeng Railway, and then force the Japanese in Chu County to go out, then use all their strength to directly defeat the opponent and occupy Chu County!

"The Chinese are attacking!" The Japanese on the Jinpu Road finally waited for this moment. They were listening to the dense sound of gunfire in the distance while sending telegrams to Nanjing...

Finally, the battle on the battlefield in northern Suzhou began! After receiving the telegram, Yanbata Roku just sent a signal to the Sixth Division as planned, and then he was silent, hiding alone in the office and smoking desperately.

Yanbashi's pressure was too great. The loss of troops on the battlefield in Anhui was already deteriorating. If he could not find the place in northern Jiangsu, he, the commander-in-chief of the Central China Expeditionary Army, would probably be the end. Although according to intelligence analysis, the 6th Division should be able to fight Shandong in northern Jiangsu, but if... Yanbashi's Liu, who was driven to death by Bai Chongxi on the southern Huaihe River, had long lost the usual arrogance of the Japanese army. Now he was even a little worried about any plan that he felt was very sure of on the surface, especially when he received the latest information, the actual commander of the Weiyang Guerrilla Corps was most likely Cao Xiaomin, who was shocked by the emperor, and he felt that this battle in northern Jiangsu was probably a tough battle.

The defenders along the Jinpu line were waiting for the thunder strike. They were like Kamahata Roku, because they had suffered enough of the guerrillas.

This time, the attack of *** should be very fierce, right? The attack of *** rarely fights for so long and does not charge. They have a lot of ammunition... Almost all the Japanese on the positions have the same feeling, and at the same time, they do feel a little underestimated. They didn't expect their opponents to have so many machine guns...

"Bang bang bang!..." There was almost constant roar, and a string of firecrackers were placed in the oil barrels to ignite. It sounded very similar to the continuous firing of the Min-24-heavy machine guns in the distance, especially when many oil barrels were burning firecrackers, the effect was better when the firecrackers were fired. However, at this time, the poor guerrillas who participated in the feint attack had already left few people, except for those who were still firing firecrackers. The wilderness was full of Japanese mortar shells, and the Type 92 heavy machine guns also kept firing on the edges of each wilderness to suppress the likely ***. It was dark, and the Japanese could only use such strong firepower to suppress the "strong attack". Because although there was a task to stick to the *** and not fight back too early, the Japanese on the defense line did not dare to let the *** really form a local breakthrough, which would easily make the *** explode a section of the Jinpu Road.

In this way, for three hours, the Japanese army's firepower continued to pour out on the eight-kilometer front. The commanders on various positions could not judge which section of the opponent's main attack point was, and could only continue to consume ammunition.

"Damn it, the Japanese have so many bullets..." "Harbuster" said indignantly: "The Japanese have more bullets than ours, and even lose to them with such sounds. I'm really unwilling to accept it..." The large number of firecrackers brought by the guerrillas were used up!

There was no way, I couldn't hold on anymore, and the guerrillas finally began to evacuate...

***The attack was suspended, but judging from their previous offensive firepower, they would not retreat. They would organize a second attack, not the time to counterattack! The Japanese on the entire front were making the same wrong judgment. They did not even organize a hypocritical counterattack. They were just waiting for a new round of attacks.

The east finally started, and most of the 6th Division should have crossed the river! The awe-inspiring power of the navy's naval guns could even feel the awesome power of the Japanese on the Jinpu Road front; but, strangely, why did the *** faced with him still not launch a second attack? You can't continue to wait now, because the 6th Division crossed the river! On the eight-kilometer front, the Japanese suddenly launched a tide-like charge, and the group of guns that had been triggered without fire began to roar. The large wilderness, which was confirmed as the main position of the *** in the "fire exchange", was instantly covered by orange flames and gray dust... "Kill!" The Japanese's charge shouts almost overshadowed the gunshots. The ambush who had endured for a long time rushed across the line, chasing the explosion point and rushing forward...

If the guerrillas had not set off too many firecrackers, the firecracker papers on that land could not be burned out by the Japanese artillery fire; if the waste oil barrels on the ground were not left, the Japanese charge troops would have been confused for a longer time. But when they rushed up and found a large number of waste oil barrels on the *** position, and found a large number of firecracker papers on the iron barrels that were not burned by the artillery fire, the Japanese were all furious: they were fooled all night!

"What!? The Chinese people actually started to retreat early in the morning!?" Nanjing's Japanese Command and the 6th Division received the battle report on the Jinpu line at the same time. Whether it was the commander in the rear or the commanders of the 6th Division in front, they immediately made a decision after getting the news: just see the way, attack in all directions, and ignore the support!
Chapter completed!