Phi-Fic Chapter 459: Japanese Commander: So it’s us who are surrounded?
Chapter 459: Japanese Commander: So it’s us who are surrounded?
As they got closer to the battlefield on the eastern front, the brigade commander encountered more and more defeated Kuomintang soldiers.
At the beginning, these guys were still thinking about whether they could rob the Eighth Route Army who looked exhausted, but after the brigade commander personally emptied a magazine of bullets in front of these fleeing soldiers, they finally calmed down.
The brigade commander also ordered that if anyone dared to attack the Eighth Route Army, they could open fire in self-defense without asking for permission.
When the pointer pointed to 9:45, the brigade commander arrived at the Eastern Front with the almost exhausted 386th Brigade.
"Each regiment and each combat unit shall enter the combat position according to the predetermined plan, and at the same time take a quick rest and be ready to launch an attack on the devils at any time."
The brigade commander gave the order decisively.
At the same time, he arranged for the communicator to turn on the radio and send the first telegram to headquarters since yesterday.
The telegram was very short, just one sentence.
"Our troops have arrived at the designated position on the eastern front and are ready to launch an attack at any time."
The commander, who had been awake all night, saw the telegram. The seven-foot-tall man, as strong as iron, instantly had tears in his eyes. He did not expect that the brigade commander would lead his men to complete the task in more than two hours.
In this way, there is no reason for the Japanese to survive.
"Order: The 385th Brigade and the 385th Brigade will launch an attack at the same time at 10:30. They must break through the enemy's defense line and complete the reunion. If possible, wipe out all the enemy's main forces on the eastern front."
The commander gave the order promptly and decisively.
When this order was compiled into cipher text by the headquarters communicator and then converted into electromagnetic signals floating in Jin, the commander's tense nerves finally relaxed.
Forty thousand versus sixty thousand, the advantage is on my side.
When the division commander received the order, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tell the soldiers that the next step is to complete the counterattack against the Japanese. Comrades, please cheer up and wipe out all the Japanese in one fell swoop!"
There was a flash of cold light in the commander's eyes, like a sword with a chilling light shooting out from its scabbard.
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The Japanese were not having a good time on the Eastern Front either.
The commander of the 35th Mixed Brigade, Heiji Wakamatsu, the commander of the 37th Division, Yukichi Harada, and the commander of the th Division, Nijuzo Ando, were all extremely anxious at this moment.
They had received reports that the western front had collapsed, Kenkichi Ikegami had died, and Kiyomizu Norihiko was missing. They understood that the battle was already half lost.
If they fail to capture the part of the Eighth Route Army that is currently half-surrounded by them, and if they are allowed to escape, they will inevitably become a serious threat to the Locust Army in the future.
Furthermore, Yoshio Shinozuka and Ningji Okamura in Taiyuan kept sending telegrams with strict orders, requiring all efforts to be concentrated on completely annihilating the Eighth Route Army on the eastern front.
None of the three dared to hesitate.
However, the Eighth Route Army on the Eastern Front far surpassed the National Army they had supplied a few days ago in terms of fighting spirit and firepower.
The former fought tenaciously and as strong as diamond, while the latter had loose military discipline and collapsed at the first touch.
These senior Japanese commanders all had a question in their minds: Are these really all Chinese troops?
They had originally planned to launch a sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army positions under the cover of darkness last night, but they did not expect that the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army would complete a counter-attack. Not only did they not make any breakthroughs, but they also lost 11 positions they had captured during the day.
It's just a shabby face.
However, soon these three devils will no longer have to worry about this.
Behind and in front of them, the sound of a charge that pierced gold and split rocks suddenly rang out simultaneously, accompanied by the sound of artillery shells exploding of varying loudness.
Especially for Harada Yukichi, who was at the front of the encirclement, the main attack force from the rear was almost aimed at him, which made him feel a lot of pressure.
At the point where these Japanese troops were gathered, five Type 5 modified tanks were running at full speed, without even having time to clean the blood and internal organs of the Japanese troops on them, and they rushed forward, directly tearing apart the Japanese troops' defense forces that had been repeatedly strengthened.
According to the Japanese plan, the defense line that would require at least several thousand people to break through was almost defenseless in front of the five tanks.
The Japanese had a weak armor base, and armor didn't even exist in China before, so the Japanese were not equipped with any anti-tank weapons, not even anti-tank mines.
Generally, the Japanese Type 6.5 rifle with a 59mm caliber wouldn't even leave a mark on the Type modified. If the Japanese were lucky enough to hit it with one or two small-caliber mortars, it would be like hitting it with a stone.
The drivers were so tired of the constant feedback from the Japanese about their cars being smashed.
Following the gap torn by the five Type 5 modified tanks, the soldiers of the subsequent 59th Brigade immediately occupied the gap, and continued to expand and deepen the gap, like a series of cuts that continuously bleed the Japanese.
The 385th Brigade, which was originally in a state of semi-encirclement by the Japanese, was now like a chicken with its blood pumped up. At the order of the charge, all the soldiers on the front line rushed out and threw themselves towards the Japanese positions recklessly.
The three Japanese military commanders were all confused. Hadn't they already completed the encirclement of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army? Why did it seem like they were being encircled now?
They really don't understand.
According to previous battlefield judgments, the original strategic intention of the Eighth Route Army on the Eastern Front was obviously to contain the offensive of the Locust Army with the assistance of the National Army on the Eastern Front and prevent the Locust Army from joining forces with the Western Front.
In fact, they have achieved this strategic intention.
After the Locust Army changed its strategy and completed the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army on the Eastern Front, the Eighth Route Army on the Eastern Front was clearly on the defensive. But how come it now seems that the Eighth Route Army on the Eastern Front was using itself as bait to complete the encirclement of the Locust Army?
The situation changed too quickly and they really couldn't understand it.
They couldn't figure out these things. They only understood one thing now, that is, it was not the Eighth Route Army that was surrounded now, but their locust army.
They also understood one thing: in the close combat between grassroots soldiers, the Locust Army soldiers were no match for the Eighth Route Army soldiers armed with Type 56 and Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.
The army collapsed at the first blow. This was originally used to describe the attack of the locust army on the national army.
Unexpectedly, the word "crumbling at the first touch" is used to describe the Eighth Route Army's attack on the Locust Army.
Originally, after encircling the Eighth Route Army on the eastern front, they were still able to suppress them by relying on numbers, but now it is probably the Locust Army that is being suppressed.
The transition between victory and defeat, life and death, is so damn fast.
In less than half an hour, the commanders of the three Japanese armies had heard the terrifying sound of the Type 56 submachine guns outside their respective command posts.
Ever since the direct battle with the Eighth Route Army, the sound of the 56 submachine gun and 56 semi-automatic rifle has become a nightmare for the commanders of these three Japanese invaders.
After a struggle, the three Japanese commanders realized a very scary problem, that is, their front and rear defense lines had basically been broken through.
If they don't find a way to break out quickly, it is very likely that the three of them will follow in the footsteps of Qingshui Guizhi and Ikegami Kenkichi.