mtl008 Chapter 613 The operation was successful
Chapter 613 The operation was successful
Hao Jian, along with several members of his team, carried sacks and rushed to the headquarters of the new 100th Division. This good news had to be told to the division commander and chief of staff as soon as possible. At the same time, the Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong had to be sent to the division headquarters for detention to see if any useful information could be obtained from him.
Li Zhengying began to launch a comprehensive night attack in accordance with the combat order just issued by Zhang Wenwu. Of course, the purpose of the night attack was to not alert the Japanese troops in the defensive positions and to slowly kill their way forward.
"Division Commander, Division Commander, the Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong was really captured alive by Li Zhengying and Hao Jian. Haha, Hao Jian just brought the captured Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong back to the division headquarters. At the same time, Hao Jian also seized a lot of Japanese telegram documents and even the Japanese military pay. What a great victory." Ouyang Heng rushed into the command post of the new 100th Division with an excited look on his face and said happily to Zhang Wenwu.
When Zhang Wenwu heard that Li Zhengying had really captured the Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong alive, he immediately stood in front of the map and said happily: "Great, Li Zhengying and Hao Jian really did it. Now this Japanese brigade has no way to escape."
"Yes, I never thought that we could accomplish this seemingly impossible task. Li Zhengying is leading the night attack troops to advance into the Japanese defensive positions. All our troops that can participate in the battle have been dispatched. The Japanese have no command system, so even if they discover our night attack, they will not be able to organize an effective defense." Ouyang Heng continued to report on the current situation.
Zhang Wenwu nodded, and then said to Ouyang Heng proudly: "Brother Ouyang, I think we can send a telegram to the commander. Our new 100th Division has taken over this temporary brigade of the Japanese army, haha."
Inside the headquarters of the New 100nd Army, Commander Huang was looking at the telegram he had just received from the New 100th Division. He could hardly believe that what was said in the telegram was true. The Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong was captured alive by the night attack troops of the New 100th Division, and that the night attack troops of the New 100th Division had already fully entered the Japanese defensive positions. What was even more outrageous was that the garrison troops on the Japanese defensive positions were still completely unaware that the night attack troops of the New th Division had already entered the positions.
Is this a war? This is a hundred times or ten thousand times more outrageous than those ancient operas in the theater. Who would believe it if they were told to others? But General Huang knew that Zhang Wenwu could not have lied about military intelligence. In the telegram, Zhang Wenwu made it clear that the Japanese brigade commander Xiaojun Jiang Bangxiong was now detained in the headquarters of the new 100th Division.
Although I don't know how Zhang Wenwu did it, this matter is absolutely true. No one can joke about this matter. If you make such a joke now, you will be shot.
"Brother Zhao, tell the night attack troops of the New 210th Division and the New 211th Division not to launch the attack yet. Wait until the New 100th Division starts fighting, and then start the attack. We can't let the gunfire here wake up the Japanese troops in the New 100th Division. Tonight is a good opportunity to get rid of this temporary brigade of the Japanese army once and for all." Commander Huang immediately thought of the possibility that the night attack he was preparing might wake up the Japanese troops in the New 100th Division, so he quickly decided to postpone the attack.
Chief of Staff Zhao Dong also quickly picked up the phone and conveyed Commander Huang's order. After the order was issued, Chief of Staff Zhao Dong also picked up the telegram sent by Zhang Wenwu and read it carefully several times, muttering in amazement: "How did Zhang Wenwu do it? How did Zhang Wenwu do it? It's amazing, a miracle."
The night attack troops of the new 100th Division quietly eliminated the soldiers in the Japanese defensive positions one trench after another in the dark night. This silent attack was not discovered by the Japanese officers and soldiers in a trench until three o'clock in the morning. The gunshots were not heard in the Japanese defensive positions until four hours after the night attack troops of the new 100th Division launched the attack.
However, the officers and soldiers on the Japanese defensive position only discovered at this time that the Chinese army's night attack troops had occupied more than half of the entire defensive position, and the entire defensive position was divided into several pieces by the Chinese army. What frightened the Japanese officers and soldiers the most was that their brigade commander was missing.
No, it should be said that the central defense position where the brigade headquarters was located had been silently occupied by the Chinese army, which made the Japanese officers and soldiers, who were already in low morale, even more panicked. Some troops wanted to break out of the encirclement of the Chinese army, while others wanted to defend their positions. All the Japanese troops were now fighting on their own and were unable to form the unified combat coordination they should have.
The chaos of the Japanese army was also clearly seen by the night attack troops of the New 100th Division. The current situation of the Japanese army was what the offensive troops of the New 100th Division most wanted to see. In this case, the offensive troops of the New 100th Division also defeated the Japanese troops in the defensive positions one by one.
The encirclement and annihilation battle went very smoothly. The attacking forces of the New 100th Division advanced from trench to trench using grenades and mortars. The various Japanese troops were simply unable to stop the advance of the attacking forces of the New 100th Division. Some Japanese troops could only launch useless suicidal charges.
However, this suicidal charge by the Japanese army could only enable the offensive forces of the new 100th Division to occupy the Japanese defensive positions more quickly, thus accelerating the destruction of the Japanese army.
The battle lasted until after ten o'clock in the morning. Under the attack of the new 100th Division's offensive forces, only two positions of the Japanese army were still being defended. However, as the Japanese casualties increased, there were less than three hundred Japanese officers and soldiers able to fight in the two defensive positions.
All the Japanese officers and soldiers knew very well that the final outcome of this battle would be death. They were now unable to contact the outside world, had no food or medicine, and even had very little ammunition left. Under the endless attacks of the Chinese army, no one felt they could survive.
Inside the headquarters of the 13th Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the 13th Japanese Army, and Chief of Staff Major General Yasuo Karakawa were also frowning, anxiously waiting for the signalman to contact the Kojunjiang Brigade, which had lost contact for several hours.
The loss of contact with the Xiaojunjiang Brigade in the past few hours has given rise to an ominous feeling in the hearts of Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the Japanese 13th Army, and Major General Yasuo Karakawa, chief of staff. There is only one explanation for such a situation on the battlefield, and that is that the Xiaojunjiang Brigade has been annihilated by the Chinese army.
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