Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, looked at the casualty list in his hand. Just under the harassment and attack of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government, more than 200 officers and soldiers on his side were killed or wounded in just one afternoon. This was like adding insult to injury for them, who were already very short of manpower.

"Let the troops be ready for night guard. The Chinese army is likely to launch a night attack tonight. Tonight is very critical and all troops must be ready for defense." Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, also sorted out his depressed mood and issued an order to the staff officers around him to be on alert at night.

Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, knew that it was no use dwelling on what had already happened. What was needed now was to quickly get the officers and soldiers in the army to cheer up and survive the two-day attack by the new 22nd Army of the Chinese government. Only by surviving could they dwell on the bad things that had happened in the past in their future lives.

In the headquarters of the new 210nd Army, Commander Huang was very satisfied with the progress of various troops today. It can be said that today's left and right actions were implemented step by step according to the pre-war combat plan. Moreover, there was an unexpected surprise today. That was that the rear battalion of the Japanese army was surrounded by the attacking forces of the new 211th Division and the new th Division.

According to the pre-war combat plan, after launching the attack, the various units of the New 100nd Army were prepared to gradually compress this temporary brigade of the Japanese Army to the front of the defensive position of the New th Division, and then launch a concentrated attack to completely eliminate these Japanese troops.

But today, the Japanese army's rear guard brigade was divided and surrounded, which is actually of great benefit to the subsequent encirclement and annihilation battle. The Japanese army's divided and surrounded brigade now has a maximum strength of 500 to 700 people. This amount of troops is unable to successfully break out of the encirclement of the New 22nd Army.

The New 22nd Army can choose to annihilate this Japanese unit first, and then concentrate its forces to attack and annihilate the main force of the Japanese Kojunjiang Brigade. It can also leave this Japanese brigade in the encirclement and concentrate its forces to wipe out the main force of the Japanese Kojunjiang Brigade first, and then turn around to deal with this small group of Japanese troops.

After careful consideration by Commander Huang, it was finally decided that the new 210th Division and the new 211th Division would first annihilate the Japanese army group that was surrounded outside tonight, and then concentrate their forces to deal with the main force of the Japanese Kojunjiang Brigade.

This is the safest option. When the New 22nd Army is dealing with the main force of the Japanese Kojunjiang Brigade, this Japanese battalion will not cause any unexpected trouble in the background.

At the same time, Commander Huang also ordered the new 100th Division to organize a night attack tonight, so that the Japanese Xiaojunjiang Brigade in the encirclement would not have any time to rest and prepare for the full-scale attack tomorrow.

On the side of the new 100th Division, Zhang Wenwu also ordered Li Zhengying to lead the officers and soldiers of the special service battalion and the suicide squad to form the first wave of attack forces for the night attack. The 810th and 811th Regiments followed behind the special service battalion and the suicide squad. Once they broke through the Japanese defense positions, they would seize the opportunity to rush into the Japanese defense positions and try to split the defense positions of the Japanese Xiaojunjiang Brigade, so that the troops of the Japanese Xiaojunjiang Brigade would not be able to contact and cooperate with each other tomorrow, thereby reducing the difficulty of the final encirclement and annihilation operation.

Li Zhengying, along with the officers and soldiers of the special forces battalion and the suicide squad, stopped the harassing attacks on the defense circle of the Japanese Xiaojunjiang Brigade after dark. All the officers and soldiers withdrew to the back to have a full meal and a good rest. Li Zhengying and Hao Jian took advantage of the troops' rest time to discuss the plan for the night attack.

"Battalion Commander, how do you think we should fight tonight? Should we follow the previous tactics, lurk in front of the Japanese position in advance, and then rush to the position when the division's mortar attacks?" After taking a deep puff of cigarette, Hao Jian asked Li Zhengying who was looking at the sketch of the Japanese defensive position.

Li Zhengying seemed not to have heard Hao Jian's question. He was still carefully sketching on the sketch. After a long time, Li Zhengying looked up at Hao Jian beside him and said with shining eyes: "Deputy Ying Hao, you tell me whether we should come or not. Anyway, the division commander and the chief of staff have not given any detailed orders for our night attack. You know, the division commander said before that whoever can capture the Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong alive will have a big reward."

When Hao Jian saw Li Zhengying's shining eyes, he immediately echoed excitedly: "Battalion Commander, your words really touched the hearts of the brothers. Our special forces battalion and the death squad haven't had sex for a long time. The brothers are almost exhausted. Just tell us what to do."

"Well done! This time we will give the division commander and the chief of staff a big surprise. We will capture the Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong alive and let the brothers receive a large reward. Then we will go to the brothel and listen to operas in the theater." Li Zhengying was very satisfied with Hao Jian's belligerent attitude. None of the officers and soldiers in his special forces battalion and the death squad were law-abiding.

"Battalion commander, don't worry, our brothers will definitely capture the Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong alive. Just give the order." Hao Jian excitedly patted his chest again and promised Li Zhengying.

Li Zhengying also nodded, and then asked Hao Jian to call all the officers from the special forces battalion and the suicide squad to hold a pre-war combat meeting. At that time, he would explain the combat plan he had thought of to everyone, and then let everyone brainstorm to supplement and refine the combat plan.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Hao Jian, wearing a Japanese lieutenant's uniform, and seven or eight soldiers also wearing Japanese uniforms crawled towards the defensive position of the Japanese Xiaojunjiang Brigade. These soldiers were carefully selected and trained by Hao Jian and could speak some Japanese. It can be said that in order to complete Li Zhengying's combat plan, Hao Jian also used all his strength.

According to the first step of Li Zhengying's night attack plan, all the officers and soldiers of the special forces battalion and the suicide squad could quietly enter the Japanese defense position while trying not to alert the soldiers on the Japanese defense position, and advance all the way to the center of the Japanese defense position.

After fighting the Japanese for so many years, Li Zhengying and Hao Jian were very familiar with the Japanese army's rigid formations. The Japanese army's highest command center was always in the middle of the defensive position, which remained unchanged for thousands of years.