Chapter 84 Snowy Night Battle

Zhang Xuewu, who inspected the tiger ditch position in the wind and snow, returned to the headquarters. The sudden wind and snow caught the Japanese army and the Chinese defenders a little unprepared. At this moment, Zhang Xuewu did not know that Zhang Haipeng's two volley shots caught a big fish.

Worried that the army would take advantage of the wind and snow to launch a surprise attack overnight, so Zhang Xuewu ordered the front to send more observation posts to continuously use the combination of firepower and artillery to attack the army.

In the headquarters, Li Songtao, with a relaxed smile, took over Zhang Xuewu's fur coat and smiled and said, "This heavy snow is really timely! At least help us stay for one more day!"

Li Songtao looked at the white cloth cover outside Zhang Xuewu's ordinary light gray cotton coat and the sheepskin inside the coat frowned and said, "Where did you learn this? This is the ability of the old beard who has been in the mountains for years!"

Zhang Xuewu roasted his hand by the stove and said, "What's your ability? It's all forced out. The accuracy of the Type 38 rifle, which is 200 meters to 300 meters, is frighteningly accurate. If I wear a military uniform, won't I become a target? The snow may be heavy tonight. I ordered all regiments to transfer troops and firepower from the second and third lines to strengthen the front line of the front line. I said that I would not wait for such a good opportunity to attack. The wind direction at the front of the side ridge of Majiagou is beneficial to us, but the tiger ditch is facing the wind. I told Xu Guohui that two of the three artillery groups directly under the division belonged to him. I'll give him three bases of firepower.

Li Songtao suddenly became serious when he heard the three base shells. Li Xinkai, who handed Zhang Xuewu a cup of hot water, also nodded and said, "I'm afraid it's going to be hard tonight! Although the power of the army's artillery will be weakened a lot in such a big wind and snow, it is the same for our army. Night war is the most test of the army!"

Zhang Xuewu stood in front of the map and frowned and said, "If I can't gnaw on our triangular support system tonight, then their only choice is here!"

Li Songtao and Li Xinkai, who were standing aside, came over, looked in the direction of Zhang Xuewu's fingers, and said in unison, "Old street?"

Zhang Xuewu nodded and said, "I put myself in to fight. On both sides of the street, I prepared two assault companies equipped with P18 submachine guns, equipped with a large number of explosives and grenades. The walls were opened between households and blocked the doors and windows. I said that as long as I dared to infiltrate, in such a narrow In the area, we are prepared to attack. Even if I invest in a wing, I can't eat my company. Let's fight and retreat until we give up the whole old street, and then give Xiao Yu a fire. They dare not use artillery to support in the close combat between the two armies. We are not afraid. At that time, we will bombard the army and blow up the old street!"

Zhang Xuewu waved his arm fiercely. Li Xinkai and Li Songtao looked at each other. Zhang Xuewu's battle plan was really perfect. Since the positive time can effectively consume the living power of the Japanese army? It's really a multi-swoop!

However, Li Xinkai and Li Songtao also know very well whether Zhang Xuewu's plan is successful or not lies in whether the three support points of Hugou, Majiagou and Monk Guanfeng can make me desperately hit my head and break blood, so that they are desperate to find a breakthrough between the two support points to fight in the street.

At 20:00 p.m., Matsuki Zhiliang and Hirose Shousuke nodded slightly to each other in the newly established joint headquarters. They met each other. Previously, the two divisions attacked Chengde separately, but both of them sank into the sand and broke the halberd. Now the two are sitting together for the afternoon. A telegram from Commander Nobuyoshi Muto, the commander-in-chief of the enemy headquarters. This very harsh telegram must capture Chengde within three days, annihilate the headquarters of the new first division of the Nanjing Central Army, and then divide the troops into five ways to attack the entrances of the Great Wall, directly threatening Peiping.

The main direction of Hirose Shousuke's 10th Division is the side ridge of Majiagou, while the main direction of the 14th Division is Tiger Gou. Seng Guanfeng's front line uses a wing to contain the attack and uses tonight's heavy snow to carry out a total attack!

Although it is nominally a joint headquarters, there seems to be a deep gap between the combat staff of the 10th Division and the combat staff of the 14th Division. The combat instructions of the two sides are 22 points except for the attack time, and even the offensive plan are not the same.

The 10th Division concentrated all its artillery fire on the right-wing position on the side ridge of Majiagou, and the breakthrough was also selected there! The 14th Division was prepared without artillery fire, with all the strength of the two regiments of the 27th Infantry Brigade to attack the position of the Chinese garrison in Hugou, and the strength of a wing of the 28th Infantry Brigade was used as a reserve.

More than 40,000 people from the two divisions attacked Chengde in the area of bullets? If Hirose Shousuke and Matsuki Naosuke must have disdained before this, they may think that once they break through the city defense and get close to the city wall, the [***] team will collapse, but the previous fierce battle made them not as optimistic as expected.

The front of the triangular defense core position of the Chinese defenders in Chengde is very narrow. There are often only a few points on the front of the seemingly wide attack for the troops to make breakthroughs. Even if it has a strong force, the capacity of the battlefield is extremely limited, which also means that it is impossible to put in a strong assault force once. Completely destroy the enemy's defenses.

However, with the advantage of military strength, the Japanese army can make waves of continuous attacks, relax and consume the defenders to achieve the goal of breaking through the whole line. Of course, the cost of casualties is higher.

In fact, unlike Matsuki Naosuke, who is anxiously waiting for the attack, Hirose Shousuke seems to be very patient. Hirose Shousuke knows that Matsuki Naosuke is eager to perform in order to save the lost honor. On the first day of the attack, a brigade commander was killed. Whoever it is, he can't get through it. Hirose Shousuke seems to deliberately let Matsuki Nao first. Liang's troops broke through Chengde City first.

The tentative attack of the 8th Brigade in the side ridge of Majiagou damaged an infantry brigade. Hirose Shousuke did not think that Zhang Xuewu's headquarters, who defended the enemy in Chengde, could be gnawed down so easily. First, let the 14th Division gnaw this hard bone. In case the pine tree lost the soldiers and did not gnaw, then he was successfully completed. If he launched a fierce attack, then Songmu Zhiliang could not blame himself. After all, the opportunity had been given to him, and he just didn't grasp it.

In the wind and snow all over the sky, the 1360 officers and soldiers who attacked the tiger ditch quietly began to enter the battlefield after the pre-war reinforcement. Except for two Type 89 aggravated grenades and bullet boxes, the rest of the gas masks and kettles were taken off. Although the officers and soldiers were careful, But the hard-soled fur shoes still make a squeak when stepping on the snow, even in the roaring wind and snow, this sound can still come out far away!

As a rare major captain in the division, Mizuki Fanhe is known for his bravery in battle. However, if you praise a person for his bravery in Lu Dazhong, it is actually equivalent to saying that this person has no brain, so Mizuki Fanhe has not been reused for a long time, but now Tianshuimu was summoned by the head of the division in person. As the offensive leader of the whole brigade, it can be said that the Shuimu brigade shouldered a heavy responsibility.

Finally, Shuimu Fanhe, who was appreciated by the Shangguan, made up his mind, and now he will break through the [***] defense line for the first time at all costs!