nycdaug Chapter 200 The Japanese captain’s surprise attack plan!
Chapter 200 The Japanese captain’s surprise attack plan!
As time passed, soldiers around the battalion commander and the company commander continued to die.
In the end, only a battalion commander and a company commander were left.
The Japanese cavalry around them also rushed towards them, and their sharp sabers emitted a dazzling cold light in the sunlight.
"Da da da......"
The battalion commander used bursts of fire to eliminate several Japanese cavalrymen, but he had run out of bullets.
The battalion commander threw away his submachine gun without hesitation and took out the officer's pistol from his waist.
But before the battalion commander could load his pistol, a Japanese cavalryman swung his saber.
The knife flashed across the battalion commander's arm, and the battalion commander's arm was chopped off directly.
"what......"
The battalion commander roared and fell in the trench.
The company commander quickly turned around and fired a shot, killing the Japanese cavalryman and saving the battalion commander from having his head chopped off.
And just then.
Soldiers supporting from afar also rushed to the gap.
"Da da da......"
"Da da da......"
More than a dozen submachine guns fired at more than a dozen Japanese cavalrymen, and in an instant the Japanese cavalrymen around them were cleared out.
"Commander, Commander." The company commander hugged the battalion commander and shouted.
"I'm not dead yet. How's the battle situation?" A battalion commander asked the company commander while enduring severe pain.
"Commander, I'll have someone take you down right now." The company commander said loudly after hearing this.
"Tell me, how is the battle going?" The battalion commander endured the severe pain, grabbed the company commander with his only hand, and asked.
"Commander, the Japanese cavalry has been eliminated, but the Japanese infantry has already rushed forward, and some fronts have begun hand-to-hand combat."
"I'm afraid our first battalion's front line is about to be lost."
After hearing what the battalion commander said, the company commander said with some disappointment.
"The front line must not be lost. The battle has just begun and our regiment must hold it for a whole day."
"Report to the regimental commander and have him fire heavy artillery at our first battalion. Only in this way can we hold the front line."
"We need to hurry up. If we delay any longer, the front line will be completely lost."
After hearing this, the battalion commander endured the severe pain and gave the order almost while roaring.
After giving the order, the battalion commander fell into a coma.
After hearing the order from the battalion commander, the company commander looked at the soldiers around him and tears flowed down his cheeks.
Then he roared and asked the soldiers to report the order of the battalion commander.
Following the report from the first battalion.
Wu Qianli gave orders to the heavy artillery unit without any hesitation.
Then the Second Battalion of the Guards Regiment issued an order, asking the Second Battalion of the Guards Regiment to quickly enter the position of the First Battalion after the shelling ended.
Two minutes later.
Suddenly, a low whistling sound was heard in the sky.
“Swoosh… whoosh…”
“Boom…Boom…”
Just as the Japanese infantry and the soldiers of the first battalion were engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the heavy artillery of the Tiger Guard Division began bombardment.
In an instant, the battalion's position was instantly covered by thick smoke and flames.
The Japanese infantry and soldiers of the first battalion who were still fighting hand-to-hand reflexively ran towards the trenches.
But after the Japanese infantry and the soldiers of the first battalion ran to the trenches, hand-to-hand combat began again.
As the bombardment continued, the Japanese charge came to a halt.
But in the trenches, the Japanese infantry and the soldiers of the first battalion were still fighting, and there were no more Japanese soldiers rushing up in a steady stream.
The soldiers of the first battalion began to gain the upper hand.
The bombardment did not last long, only four or five minutes.
It’s not that the heavy artillery unit of the Huben Division has run out of ammunition, but that the heavy artillery unit of the Huben Division has been bombarded by the Japanese heavy artillery battalion.
But these four or five minutes also gave the Second Battalion of my Guard Regiment the opportunity to enter the First Battalion's position.
The battle lasted an hour.
The Tiger Guards Division lost a battalion and a heavy artillery unit, and the first line of defense was almost occupied by the Japanese.
The Japanese only lost one cavalry squadron, two infantry squadrons, and a large number of artillery shells.
Neither side gained an advantage.
But all in all, the Guards Regiment suffered a great loss.
In a hidden observation post a few miles away from the position of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Regiment.
The commander of the 66th Regiment closed his eyes in pain, because he knew that this cavalry squadron would be deleted from the structure of his 66th Regiment.
And his plan failed.
Yes, the cavalry attack was a surprise attack planned by the commander of the 66th Regiment.
Originally, the commander of the 66th Regiment planned to use the dust and smoke formed after the artillery bombardment to launch a surprise attack on the position of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Regiment.
They wanted to use the mobility of the cavalry to rush into the position of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Regiment in one fell swoop, and then the infantry would quickly rush up and occupy the position of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Regiment.
The plan is effective.
Because the Japanese cavalry really rushed into the position of the 1st Battalion of the Guard Regiment, the subsequent infantry also followed.
However, what the commander of the 66th Regiment did not expect was that the heavy artillery unit of the Tiger Guard Division would fire recklessly.
This is simply taking the lives of comrades and the lives of the heavy artillery troops themselves to defend the first line of defense.
Because the heavy artillery unit would expose its position if it fired, the Japanese heavy artillery battalion would definitely attack the heavy artillery unit of the Tiger Guard Division.
The commander of the 66th Regiment failed in his surprise attack, so the Japanese could only attack step by step.
But the Second Battalion of the Guards Regiment has already entered the First Battalion's defense line. If the Japanese attack, the losses will be great.
After all, the firepower of the guard regiment is very strong.
So the commander of the 66th Regiment hesitated for a moment, but the commander of the 37th Division, Takeshi Arai, did not give the order to retreat.
The commander of his 66th Regiment did not dare to withdraw his troops, so he had to continue the attack.
The guards had no time to grieve because the Japanese continued their attack.
Therefore, the soldiers of the guard regiment could only turn their sadness into hatred to stop the Japanese attack.
The Guards Regiment used powerful firepower to block the Japanese attack. The Japanese had no order to retreat and had to continue attacking.
For a moment, the battlefield began to fall into a stalemate.
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Behind the Japanese lines, the commander of the 37th Division, Takeshi Arai, has been observing the battle situation.
He didn't feel sorry after seeing the 66th Regiment's commander's surprise attack fail.
Because the 66th Regiment's attack destroyed a battalion of the Guards Regiment and a heavy artillery unit of the Tiger Guard Division.
The 66th Regiment lost only one cavalry squadron and two infantry squadrons.
such a result.
Division Commander Takeshi Arai was satisfied.
You have to know that the Guard Regiment has only more than 3,000 people and three battalions. One attack can wipe out one battalion of the Guard Regiment.
They also destroyed a heavy artillery unit of the Tiger Guard Division. How could the division commander, Takeshi Arai, be dissatisfied?
As for the losses of the 66th Regiment.
The division commander, Takeshi Arai, didn't care at all. You have to know that his 37th Division has 26,000 people!
Now we have lost more than a thousand people.
Even if it was one for one, the final victory still belonged to his 37th Division.