War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 486 What did he say?

Baiyatai, division headquarters.

The commander is looking at the map...

"Report."

When the battlefield scout came back, he shouted "report" in a listless voice, which made the division commander look up in confusion and ask, "Did Xu Chaoyang lose?"

"Reporting to the division commander, I came back when I saw them about to occupy the hilltop. If nothing unexpected happens, Commander Xu should have taken over the entrance to the city."

Director Luo scolded: "Then why are you so dejected!"

The scout said nothing.

Director Luo waved his hand and said, "Go and have a rest." With his status, he couldn't keep nagging a scout about such a thing...

"Wait a minute." The division commander stopped the scout and asked, "What's going on?"

The scout lowered his head and said, "I saw... I saw... when the artillery of the 217th Regiment stopped shelling the entrance to the regiment, Captain Chang had already led his troops to a position about a hundred meters away from the gathering place of the Japanese at the entrance to the regiment..."

He looked as if he had suffered a great injustice, but the deputy division commander stood up from his seat and walked over!
What does it mean to coordinate infantry and artillery with a gap of only 100 meters? !

This would be impossible to accomplish without thousands of times of training and countless battlefield coordination!
That’s a distance where even flying sand and rocks can easily hit your face!

The commander glanced back, then turned back to the scout and asked, "Anything else?"

"The 217th Regiment has a gun that can fire grenades from the muzzle. I don't recognize it..."

He was talking about the rifle grenade!
"After the artillery shelling ended, the soldiers of the 217th Regiment continued to suppress the enemy's front line with these guns, and then filled the position with machine gun bullets. It was the first time I saw the smoke and dust raised by the rain of bullets on the position. I even suspected that there was not an inch of soil on the position at the city gate of the regiment that had not been hit by gunfire."

It's inferiority complex!
Spiritually, our soldiers were indeed rich, but in reality, especially when the 217th Regiment started the battle, our soldiers felt that they could not hold their heads up.

The division commander put his hand on the soldier's shoulder, trying to comfort him, but the answer he got was: "Their rifles don't need to be bolted. Most of the soldiers rushed into the enemy's position without pulling the bolt and fired non-stop..."

"I watched as more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers on the battlefield were beaten back step by step..."

The commander was about to give some advice, but suddenly asked, "How many people did you say?"

"Two to three thousand people at most..."

The division commander didn't look at the scout anymore, and rushed to the table beside him to look for the battle report from our scout. The report said that the Japanese had besieged the 84nd Regiment of the th Division at Tuanchengkou, and it was Gao Guizi who fought back during the retreat and rescued the nd Regiment from the Tuanchengkou high ground...

According to this battle report, the number of Japanese soldiers who climbed onto Tuanchengkou, even including the casualties after the battle with the 84th Division, was at most two regiments. However, Miura Toshijiro alone led three regiments, and there was also the 21st Regiment of the th Brigade rushing over from another direction. In other words, Miura Toshijiro had a total of four regiments of troops. So where were the people from the other two regiments?
"Signalman!"

"Go to the Laoye Temple immediately to inform Xu Chaoyang that the Japs have not deployed all their forces in Tuanchengkou. What he is facing are four regiments of the Japs, not the two or three thousand people driven down from Tuanchengkou. You must be extra careful!"

"Yes!"

The division commander looked at the map again. At this moment, the situation had changed completely. From Xu Chaoyang in the dark and the Japanese in the light, the situation had completely changed.

……

"Report!!!"

Lord's temple!
The scouts from Unit 217 are back, but what they bring back is not good news.

"Report to the regiment commander, Captain Chang has taken over the city gate, but is surrounded!"

"Under our bombardment, the Japanese suffered heavy losses. Until Captain Chang took Tuanchengkou, the Japanese had less than 3,000 men left to retreat. However, the high ground around Tuanchengkou had already been occupied by the Japanese, and the enemy and us were facing off across the mountain..."

However, at such a critical moment, Xu Chaoyang nodded and responded: "I understand."

Wang Tianhao was stunned...

"Captain?"

He looked at Xu Chaoyang with doubt. At this moment, Xu Chaoyang didn't even look at the map, but he knew that he would definitely meet an opponent on the battlefield this time!

"Order Chang Zhan to defend Tuanchengkou. Without my order, you are not allowed to attack rashly. As long as you defend Tuanchengkou, you will be the first to achieve great success!"

"Yes!"

"Somebody come!"

"Inform Man Guangzhi to target the first artillery position. When moving positions, be sure to calculate the firing parameters. Have him be more efficient. The Japanese have already approached us. We need at least a regiment of troops."

“Yu Minghao…don’t move!”

After saying the last sentence, Wang Tianhao continued, "Commander, if we don't give an order to Captain Yu now, once the Japanese attack, we won't be able to contact Captain Yu anymore."

Wang Tianhao seemed to have a feel for Xu Chaoyang's pulse, otherwise he would never have said this, but the moment Xu Chaoyang turned his head, he repeated the original words without moving: "I said, Yu Minghao, don't move!"

"Yes!"

Wang Tianhao stood at attention and stood straight in the firelight of the temple as darkness fell again.

Of course Xu Chaoyang knew how many people he was facing. Not only did he know it, he already knew it before leaving northern Shaanxi.

So from the very beginning Xu Chaoyang had more than one plan in mind!
How many people are there in the four squadrons?

The number of troops is more than ten thousand!

Together with the 84th Division, can the entire Tuanchengkou be deployed?
If the area is filled with people, will Tuanchengkou still be worth seeing? Wouldn't it be like a water park in the hot summer?
Xu Chaoyang still remembers the scene of tens of thousands of soldiers marching in the long shot of the Huangwei Corps in "The Decisive Battle". It actually took more than 10,000 soldiers to shoot that scene. How could that scene be placed at Tuanchengkou?
……

"Don't fight back!"

"Everyone, stop shooting!"

"Quickly tap the guns and bullets on the battlefield, put all the useful weapons next to your hands, then hide in the trenches and no one is allowed to move!"

Chang Zhan hid in the trench and shouted loudly: "The Japanese's logistics troops are probably right behind us. Our regiment headquarters is in the Laoye Temple, and we all know the situation!"

"As long as we don't show our heads, the bullets won't hit us in the trenches, and the enemy's machine gun fire will only waste ammunition!"

"Captains! Shoot your guns to reduce the enemy's firepower. It would be good if you can waste a few rounds of their heavy machine gun bullets."

"Also, each company will set up an observation post at their respective positions, and the rest of the people will rest on the spot and take out their rations to eat. No one is allowed to show up until the enemy attacks the mountain!"

"After a good rest, dig a pit for me in the trench. If the observation post doesn't call you, you can start a fight. We can just live with them across the ravine, and we won't bother each other!"

At this moment, Wang Yu rushed over from the trench: "Old Chang, what's going on?"

Chang Zhan glanced at him and said, "Nothing happened."

"The current situation..."

"Don't worry, it's okay." Chang Zhan leaned against the trench, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for himself, then handed the cigarette box over: "217, you don't have the habit of abandoning your own people, otherwise I wouldn't be able to follow him, Xu Chaoyang, to fight in the Northeast since 32 and have been here until now."

Wang Yuzhan's emotions finally stabilized a little, and he said casually: "What you mean is that Lao Ding still doesn't treat us as his own people?"

If they don't tell you the plan, it means they don't treat you as their own, but this is still acceptable in Wang Yuzhan's eyes. At least they don't use you as cannon fodder, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to let his brothers lead the troops together.

"Those in the trenches today are all our brothers." Chang Zhan turned his head and said seriously.

Wang Yuzhan asked again: "Then why do you know something that I don't know?"

"How come you don't know? Didn't Chaoyang make it clear during the meeting?"

Wang Yuzhan rolled his eyes: "What did he say?"

(End of this chapter)