Heroes of the War of Resistance

As a commander, who wouldn't want to be able to command more troops?

The more troops under his command, the more choices and self-protection strength he will have when he fights the little devils.Right now, the situation in this area is relatively complicated.But no matter what, the stronger the strength, the more secure it is.

After negotiating the battle plan for the siege, Hu Biao took a moment to bring out another batch of artillery placed in his personal space.When Sun Weimin brought the selected soldiers, looking at these artillery pieces, many soldiers were extremely greedy.

Only Sun Weimin, besides being envious in his heart, was even more curious about how Hu Biao transported these cannons to the little devil's eyes.Perhaps just like Peng Yufeng said, Hu Biao's strength may be far from what they saw.

In the dark, Hu Biao should have a group of troops that rarely show up. These troops are hidden in the dark, waiting for Hu Biao's orders at any time.If someone dares to attack Hu Biao, I believe that these hidden troops will also teach him a profound lesson.

Of course, Hu Biao had no way of knowing about Sun Weimin's thoughts.Call the guard platoon leader and let him lead people to cooperate with the independent regiment to carry out a feint attack, attract the attention and firepower of the little devils in the city, and consume as much as possible the strength of the defenders in the city.

As for the main force of the task force brought by Hu Biaohe, after changing clothes, he fled into the night with weapons.Seeing Hu Biao and his party disappear into the night, Sun Weimin also knew that whether he could win Mengcheng tonight would ultimately depend on whether Hu Biao could succeed in a sneak attack.

Calling the four battalion commanders under his command, Sun Weimin quickly deployed combat missions.With two main battalions, they attacked the heavily guarded main gate of Mengcheng from the front.The remaining two main battalions contain the defenders in the city from the flanks.

With the cannons provided by Hu Biao, Sun Weimin could save the need to use infantry to attack to attract the attention of the little devils.If you really want to send infantry to attack the city, I believe that the troops responsible for the feint attack will also suffer a lot of casualties.

"Comrades, Mr. Hu has already led his men into the city, and what we have to do is to divert the attention of the little devils on the city wall. Even if it is a feint attack, we must put pressure on the defenders on the city so that they are unable to return to the city. Do you remember?"

"Remember, Captain!"

It is very clear that Hu Biao and his party launched a surprise attack in the city. Once they are surrounded by little devils, the situation will become extremely dangerous.In order to prevent this from happening, if necessary, the independent regiment must also increase its offensive strength, so that the little devils dare not return to the defense city!

Chapter Directory Chapter [-] The night battle begins!

For the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Mengcheng, they have been in a relatively tense state of combat readiness these days.When Haozhou City was taken back earlier, the Japanese and puppet troops in Mengcheng planned to send reinforcements, but they received a telegram canceling the order before they set off.

Deliberate preparations but temporary cancellations did dissatisfy the officers and soldiers on standby.The gathering and disbanding during the day made these officers and soldiers feel that the commanders above changed their orders day and night, obviously just to entertain them.

If something like this "wolf is coming" happens a few times, it is indeed easy to arouse the resentment of grassroots officers and soldiers.If the discipline of the Japanese army had not always been very strong, I am afraid that when the troops were disbanded during the day, some soldiers would become bored.

Hu Biao, who had infiltrated into the city, smiled when he learned of the situation: "It seems that the little devils here do not want to send troops, but have received an order from a higher-level commander not to send troops to reinforce them, fearing that they will suffer the same fate as other Japanese troops.

Judging from the deployment of the Japanese and puppet troops in the city, the little devil should still be very vigilant.Perhaps the little devil already knows that it is impossible to retake the two counties that we recovered just by sending reinforcements from the surrounding cities.

Looking at this posture, the little devils should know that our appetite is far greater than they imagined.If Mengcheng is taken back by us again, I am afraid that the little devils around will become more passive.Unfortunately, they ran out of time! "

If the Japanese army in Mengcheng was given more time, the Japanese army in Suzhou would definitely send troops to reinforce them.Once the strength of the Japanese army in Mengcheng increases, Hu Biao will have to pay a higher price even if he wants to recover it by sneak attack.

On the other hand, after winning Wocheng, they immediately rushed to Mengcheng without stopping, also to avoid any accidents.Even if the Japanese army in Suzhou dispatches reinforcements, it will take some time.This is the purpose of Hu Biao's trip to grab time.

Compared with the recovered Haozhou and Wocheng earlier, the location of Mengcheng, where the task force is located, is more important.The Bengbu area, currently under the key control of the Japanese army, is also the area that Hu Biao must raid and destroy in the next step.

Only by disrupting the situation in Anhui Province, the pressure on Suzhou Province where Hu Biao's troops are located will be reduced several times.Moreover, even if the battle in Wuhan ends in the future, it is believed that Anhui Province will become an area where the troops of the two countries will continue to compete.

If the fifth war zone can advance the defensive line to the front line of Bengbu, it will also pose a huge threat to the Japanese army.In order to deal with this threat, the Japanese army had to deploy more troops to fight and garrison from Suzhou Province, which is the closest.

Seemingly abandoning these captured counties, in fact, it relieved the pressure on our own troops in Suzhou Province.The fewer Japanese troops stationed in Suzhou Province, the more relaxed the environment for the development of Hu Biao's armed forces behind the enemy line.

Regarding these plots, Hu Biao did not disclose to the Fifth Theater and the Eighth Route Army.Even if Hu Biao said it, I'm afraid that the troops from the two sides would not dare to easily advance into Suzhou Province.Moreover, Hu Biao's troops are not the only ones who can benefit.

The New Fourth Army, which is currently conducting armed operations behind enemy lines in Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province, is also very happy to see the Japanese army focus on dealing with the erosion of the Fifth Theater.Facing the strong counterattack of the little devils, any anti-Japanese forces will be worried.

After finding out the deployment of Japanese troops in Mengcheng, Hu Biao also said directly: "Still the old rules, the special second company is responsible for blocking the Japanese and puppet troops who may return for reinforcements, and the rest of the troops will cooperate with me to attack the little devil's camp. Command.

When the battle started at the barracks, the Special Second Company had to mobilize elite troops to break through the gate of the city where the little devils were stationed, and let the independent regiment outside the city enter the city.I hope that this battle tonight can end before dawn! "

"Yes, Captain!"

Hu Biao and the combat members of the task force have carried out similar siege battles like this kind of internal and external cooperation many times.Each division of labor, at the appropriate time, to give the defenders a fatal blow.Cooperate with other friendly troops to end the battle as soon as possible.

If the Japanese army stationed in Mengcheng at this moment had a reorganized brigade, if Hu Biao wanted to sneak attack, he would have to pay a certain price.It's a pity that the entire Japanese army in Mengcheng is only half of the brigade, and the rest are puppet troops.

In fact, the Japanese army stationed half a brigade in a county, and the Japanese army attached great importance to this county.In some unimportant counties, the little devils often only garrisoned a squadron, and then reorganized some puppet troops to cooperate with them in defending the city.

Relying on the fortifications of the city, the little devil can also deal with the siege warfare that the anti-Japanese troops may launch.The anti-Japanese troops lacking heavy weapons, if they want to take down the county towns where the little devils are stationed, unless they adopt crowd tactics, it will be difficult to take down these county towns.

When all the members of the task force were in place, Sun Weimin, who had arrived outside Mengcheng with Hu Biao earlier, looked at the city wall not far away, raised his hand and said, "Notify the artillery unit to shell on time in 5 minutes. Order one battalion and one company, Prepare to feint!"

"Yes, Captain!"

According to the attack time agreed with Hu Biao earlier, Sun Weimin and his combat troops have been waiting quietly.While waiting, Sun Weimin was also very worried about the sound of gunshots in the city, which meant that Hu Biao and his party had been exposed.

Fortunately, from the beginning to the end, Mengcheng, which has already entered the night, seemed very quiet.The sentinels who were walking back and forth on the city wall before seemed to relax a lot.The artillery unit left by Hu Biao is already ready for the shelling.

In order to avoid the counterattack of the little devil artillery in the city, Hu Biao also reserved four mountain cannons for the artillery unit.The reconnaissance team had detected earlier that although the defenders in the city had some artillery, most of them were infantry artillery and mortars.

This also means that as long as the little devils in the city dare to counterattack with artillery fire, the four mountain cannons can destroy the little devils' artillery positions.Even the little devils in the city were unable to fight back.After all, mountain artillery has a longer range than infantry artillery!

It is rare to have the opportunity to command such a siege, and Sun Weimin also cherishes such an opportunity.For many current Eighth Route Army regiment-level commanders, they lack experience in siege warfare and urgently need some actual combat experience.

Although I knew in my heart that it would be difficult for the regiment-level combat troops of the Eighth Route Army to be equipped with so many artillery pieces as the artillery unit.But thinking of Hu Biao's previous promise, Sun Weimin felt that he must fight hard.After the battle is completed, the independent regiment can form its own artillery company.

If he is lucky, perhaps after this battle, his independent regiment will be able to form an artillery battalion.At that time, those old comrades who are far away in other combat areas will know, and they will definitely be envious!

The battle outside the city was commanded by Sun Weimin, and the artillery operations were under the charge of the artillery unit leader left by Hu Biao.After hearing Sun Weimin's order, the artillerymen who were already in position at the artillery position also quietly waited for the moment of shelling.

"Gunner in position! Five rapid-fire ready, five, four, three, two, one, let go!"

Instead of carrying out shelling operations in the wild, it is inevitable to conduct test firing.But for tonight's artillery unit, they only need to aim at the city wall and the targets around the city wall to start shelling, as long as they don't shoot the shells outside the city.

As for the possible accidental injury during the shelling, the artillery unit felt that it was not a big problem.In counties where Japanese troops were stationed, people were prohibited from living around the city walls.The reason for this is also very simple, the little devil is worried about being attacked by someone.

Only by being able to see clearly inside and outside the city wall can the defenders on the city wall not be attacked.This also means that unless the shells fired by the artillery are too deviated, there is no need to worry too much. The shells fired will accidentally injure the people in the city.

The eight mortars divided into two firing positions fired their first shells at the defenders on the city wall almost at the same time.Looking at the eight artillery shells soaring into the sky, and the other Eighth Route Army soldiers who cooperated in the battle, I still feel a little envious in my heart.

As soldiers, they naturally knew the power of shells.Regardless of offense or defense, whoever can gain the advantage of artillery fire can gain more advantages on the battlefield.Attacking and defending will also become relatively easier.

When the shells whizzed out of the barrel, many Japanese and puppet troops patrolling the city walls seemed a little stunned.It seems that they never thought that someone would launch a siege of Mengcheng in such a late night.

"Enemy attack! Shelling! Get up! Everyone get up and get into combat immediately!"

The sentinels on duty began to exclaim and shout, and many Japanese and puppet soldiers resting on the city wall were also awakened by such roars.At the same time as these people woke up, eight shells also began to fall to the ground and exploded immediately.

Just as the Japanese army hurriedly avoided the artillery fire and began to enter the pass on the city wall, the battalions and companies of the independent regiment that had been hidden in the dark quickly rushed out from the dark.Under the command of the first company commander, he began to approach the city wall stationed by the Japanese and puppet troops.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army suddenly appearing under the city wall, the Japanese commander who was in charge of stationing the city wall quickly said: "Get ready! Don't allow the enemy to approach the city wall! Bageya Road! Where did these damned enemies come from!"

The sudden shelling and the troops in the uniform of the Eighth Route Army undoubtedly surprised the little devils on the city wall.When the little devil's machine gun fired, a company of soldiers trying to get close to the city wall was quickly knocked to the ground.

Seeing this scene, the first company commander quickly said: "Don't crowd together, spread out in battle formation, and look for cover!"

Before the attack, the first company commander knew that they were attacking at this moment, more to divert the attention of the defenders on the city wall.Let the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall not dare to leave easily.The artillery unit took the opportunity to hit more shells on the city wall.

In particular, the airport that the little devil erected on the city wall was the key target of the artillery unit.Facing round after round of artillery strikes, the little devil commander who was in charge of defense quickly said: "Take the garrison officer, we need artillery support!"

After several rounds of shells fell, the little devil already knew that the artillery used by the enemy outside the city was mortars.Although the power was not very great, the shells were quite accurate, and from time to time, shells fell accurately on the city wall.