Chapter 84: Fighting on Snowy Night

Zhang Xuewu, who inspected the Tiger Gully position in the wind and snow, returned to the command center. The sudden wind and snow caught the Japanese and Chinese defenders off guard. At this moment, Zhang Xuewu didn't know that Zhang Haipeng's artillery regiment caught a big fish in the two volleys of the artillery regiment.

Worried that the Japanese army would launch a surprise attack overnight while the wind and snow, Zhang Xuewu ordered the frontier to send additional observation posts to continuously use firepower combined with artillery fire to harass the Japanese army.

In the command center, Li Songtao, with a relaxed smile on his face, took Zhang Xuewu's fur coat and smiled slightly, "This heavy snow has come so timely! At least we have been waiting for one more day!"

Li Songtao looked at the white cloth cover outside the ordinary light gray cotton coat by Zhang Xuewu and the sheepskin inside the coat frowned and said, "Where did the master learn this skill? This is the unique skill that only the old beard has been running in the mountains for many years!"

Zhang Xuewu roasted the grilled hands by the stove and said, "What skills? They are all forced out. The Japanese Japanese Type 38 rifle is so accurate that it is scary. I want to wear a military uniform and can't it be a target? Tonight, the snow may be heavy. I ordered each regiment to draw troops and firepower from the second and third lines to strengthen the front line. The Japanese will not wait to waste such a good attacking opportunity. The wind direction at the front of the side ridge of Majiagou is beneficial to us, but Tiger Gou is facing the wind. Tell Xu Guohui that two of the three gun groups directly under the directed by the gun are under his command. I will give him three base firepower."

When Li Songtao heard the three base shells, he immediately looked serious. Li Xinkai, who held a cup of hot water and handed it to Zhang Xuewu, nodded and said, "It may be difficult to bear tonight! Such a big snow and snow, although the power of the Japanese artillery will be much weaker, it is the same for our army. Night battles are the most test of the troops!"

Zhang Xuewu stood in front of the map and frowned and said, "If the Japanese can't chew our triangle support system tonight, then their only choice is here!"

Li Songtao and Li Xinkai, who was standing beside him, came over, looked in the direction of Zhang Xuewu's finger, and said in unison: "Old Street?"

Zhang Xuewu nodded and said, "Put the Japanese in and fight. On both sides of the street, I prepared two assault companies equipped with P18 submachine guns, equipped with a large amount of explosives and grenades. The walls were opened between households and closed doors and windows. As long as the Japanese dared to infiltrate, we were prepared to attack without preparation in such a narrow area. Even if the Japanese were invested in a corps, they would not be able to eat my company. We fought and retreated until we gave up the entire old street, and then brought a big fire to Japan. The two armies did not dare to use artillery fire support in close combat. We are not afraid, and then bombard the Japanese army and blow up the old street!"

Zhang Xuewu waved his arm with great enthusiasm and looked at Li Xinkai and Li Songtao. Zhang Xuewu's combat plan was really perfect. Since it can effectively consume the Japanese army's vitality, it can be said that it can kill more than one shot!

However, Li Xinkai and Li Songtao also understand very well that whether Zhang Xuewu's plan is successful depends on whether the three support points of Laohugou, Majiagou side ridge and Sengguanfeng can make the Japanese fall into despair, and they will bet on the two support points to find a breakthrough to engage in street fighting.

At 20:00 p.m., NaoRyo Matsuki and Shousuke Hirose nodded slightly in the newly established joint command center. They had met. The two divisions had been in charge of attacking Chengde, but both failed. Now the two people sat together in the afternoon to send a telegram from Commander Muto Nobuyoshi Muto, the commander-in-chief of the enemy command center. The telegram with a very stern wording must be captured within three days, annihilated the headquarters of the newly formed First Division of the Nanjing Central Army, and then divided the troops to attack the Great Wall entrances in five directions, directly threatened Peiping.

The main attack direction of Hirose Shousuke's 10th Division was Majiagou side ridge, while the main attack direction of the 14th Division was Laohugou. A gang was used to conduct a restrained attack on the front line of Sengguanfeng, and the total attack was carried out using the heavy snow tonight!

Although it is nominally a joint command, there seems to be a deep gap between the combat staff of the 14th Division and the combat staff of the 14th Division. The combat commands of both sides are not only at twenty-two o'clock, but even the offensive plans are different.

The 10th Division concentrated all artillery fire on the right-wing position on the side ridge of Majiagou, and the breakthrough was also selected there! The 14th Division had no artillery fire preparations, and used all the forces of the two regiments belonging to the 27th Infantry Brigade to assault the Chinese defending positions in Laohugou, and used the forces of one regiment of the 28th Infantry Brigade as the reserve.

Two divisions have more than 40,000 people attacked Chengde in a small area? If it were before this, Hirose Shousuke and Matsuki Naoki would have been dismissed. Perhaps they would think that once they break through the city defense and approach the castle wall, the Chinese army would collapse, but the previous fierce battle made them not as optimistic as expected.

The front of the Chinese defenders' triangular defense core position in Chengde is very narrow, and often there are only a few points on the seemingly wide attack front for the troops to make breakthroughs. Even if they have strong troops, the battlefield is extremely limited, which means that it is impossible to invest powerful assault forces to completely destroy the enemy's defense at one time.

However, with the advantage of military strength, the Japanese army can attack in succession wave after wave, relax and consume the defenders to achieve the goal of a full-line breakthrough. Of course, the casualties paid in this way are more expensive.

In fact, unlike Naoki Matsuki who was anxiously waiting for the attack, Hirose Shousuke seemed very patient. Hirose Shousuke knew that Naoki Matsuki was eager to show up in order to save the lost honor, and a brigade commander was killed on the first day of the attack. No one could have passed. Hirose Shousuke seemed to deliberately let Naoki Matsuki's troops break through Seungdo Castle first.

The tentative attack of the Eighth Brigade at the side ridge of Majiagou caused a loss of an infantry brigade. Hirose Shousuke did not think that the Zhang Xuewu unit, who was defending the enemy in Chengde, could be gnawed so easily. He asked the 14th Division to gnaw this hard bone first. If the pine wood Naoliang lost his troops and generals, he would launch a fierce attack smoothly and 10% down, and then Maoliang would not blame himself. After all, the opportunity had been given to him, and he was not sure about it.

In the wind and snow, the Japanese Mizuki Brigade attacking Tiger Gulch quietly began to enter the battlefield after 1,360 officers and soldiers strengthened before the war. Except for the two Type 89 Heavy Grenades and Bullet Boxes, the rest of the gas masks and kettles were taken off. Although the Japanese officers and soldiers were careful, the hard-soled overfur shoes still made a harsh creaking sound when they stepped on the snow. Even in the howling wind and snow, the sound could still be heard far away!

As a rare captain in the division, Mizumu Fanhe has always been known for his bravery in combat. However, if you praise someone for his bravery in Ludazhong, it is actually equivalent to saying that this person is brainless, so Mizumu Fanhe has never been reused. However, today Mizumu Fanhe was unexpectedly summoned by the division commander himself. As the offensive leader of the entire brigade, it can be said that the Shuimu Brigade is responsible for heavy responsibilities.
Chapter completed!