Night has finally fallen, and tonight there is no moon and no stars in the sky.Rolling black clouds covered the land, and the wind howled as if a blizzard was coming.The weather in the depths of winter, just after dark, makes people feel the urge to get into the quilt but not come out.But at this time, the Japanese troops surrounding Taihu Lake were a different scene, everyone was stationed in the front line, their eyes widened, and they were on guard against the night attack of the New Fourth Army.They had heard a lot of rumors about the New Fourth Army, and the most common was the story of friendly troops being completely annihilated by the New Fourth Army in a night attack.When the New Fourth Army was right under their noses and disappeared for no reason, all the devils were extremely nervous.In the base camp of the Japanese army, Tsukada and the staff officers were all wide-eyed.It seems that the night is their real enemy, and only by defeating the night can they finally defeat the elusive New Fourth Army.is good at night battles, which is the Japanese army's housekeeping skills.But the Japanese army, which is now on the defensive, feels that the ancestor of the night battle is the New Fourth Army at all, and these elusive troops use the night battle to the extreme.At the very least, now that they have disappeared and made no sound, it makes all the devils fearful."
It's a dark night, it's a good time to attack."
Tsukada looked at the dark sky outside the headquarters, and his brows were furrowed harder than iron."
Your Excellency, you have telegraphed all the front-line troops to defend their positions tightly.Tonight is likely to be the night of a decisive battle with the New Fourth Army, so the whole army has entered a state of full combat readiness. ”The chief of staff stepped forward and said.Tsukada nodded: "The New Fourth Army is too cunning, and their commander is called Su Yu.I hadn't heard of this person before, but judging from the recent battles in Anhui, this person was a rare general.In this battle, with this person, the war will definitely not be too smooth, and there will inevitably be a tough battle to be fought. ”"Your Excellency General, no matter what, our defensive circle has begun to shrink, and the New Fourth Army has been surrounded by us.They can only attack forward, as long as we defend our positions, and as soon as they appear, urgently shrink the encirclement, they will never be able to escape again," replied the chief of staff.Tsukada nodded again: "Tonight, they will definitely take advantage of the darkness to attack the direction of Taihu Lake and rescue Xiang Ying and the top of the New Fourth Army who are trapped in the city."
As long as I guard this line of defense, no matter how great Su Yu is, he will not be able to escape from the palm of my hand. ”With Taihu Lake as the center, nearly 50,000 Japanese troops were ready for a big war.During the day, 10,000 new troops came here to deploy defenses, and more than 60,000 Japanese troops were ready to fight to the death with the New Fourth Army.The night passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it was twelve o'clock in the morning.Normal people have fallen asleep at this time, but in the various positions around Taihu Lake, the devils are extremely spiritual.The devil commanders at all levels personally urged the soldiers to cheer up in the position, and the muzzles of the black holes flashed with metal cold light in the dark night, waiting for the arrival of the New Fourth Army.Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner according to the deployment of Tsukada's attack, and there was silence around Taihu City.There is always a certain calm before the storm.But when a storm comes, it will set off huge waves.At the same time, thirty kilometers away.A large number of Japanese troops are speeding up their advance in the direction of Taihu Lake, these devils are all Japanese troops who have withdrawn from the figure-of-eight defensive position arranged by Tsukada Attack, and they have cut off the retreat of the New Fourth Army during the day, and at this moment they are ordered to advance in the direction of Taihu Lake and completely encircle the trapped New Fourth Army.On the long road, there is no end in sight.In the dark night, only the sound of footsteps was heard, and the cold wind blew, bringing a lot of sweat and smell.The lights of the cars were turned off, the feet of the mules and horses were covered with cloth covers, and everything was going on quietly, and this Japanese army of more than 30,000 men was about to suddenly appear in the rear of the New Fourth Army in complete secrecy."
Report to the general, we are still thirty kilometers away from the direction of Taihu Lake, and we are expected to arrive at the designated place in three hours."
A soldier approached one of the military vehicles and reported in a low voice to the top commander of the Japanese army, Shouda Koji, who was sitting in the military vehicle.Shoutian Koji has been closing his eyes to recuperate, and at this moment he opened his eyes slightly and nodded: "Got it, order the troops to continue to maintain this speed."
It is necessary to arrive at the predetermined deployment site within three hours and launch a comprehensive encirclement of the New Fourth Army. ”The "Hai" soldiers turned and left, and the inside of the military vehicle fell silent again.Shouda Koji is Tsukada's right-hand man, with the rank of lieutenant general, and has been an officer under Tsukada for nearly 20 years, and is a favorite general entrusted by Tsukada to heavy responsibilities.This time, he arranged a figure-of-eight defensive circle on the order of Tsukada Attack, and quickly closed the encirclement after the New Fourth Army entered, cutting off the retreat of the New Fourth Army.As long as he can compress the New Fourth Army in a very small circle in the fastest time, it will be tantamount to giving Tsukada the best chance to attack and completely annihilate the main force of the New Fourth Army.The Japanese army advanced rapidly, and darkness became their best concealment.This Japanese army was well-equipped and had experienced many wars, and was an elite unit from the Japanese army in North China.Shoutian Koji was confident that as long as the encirclement of the New Fourth Army was completed, it would inevitably cut off their retreat, and not a single New Fourth Army would want to escape from his defensive line.Suddenly, a long light pierced the darkness.A flare rose into the air at a rapid pace, shining the brightest light at the very top of the darkness, illuminating the Japanese troops who were marching rapidly.All the devils raised their heads blankly, as if looking up at the newborn sun.Shoutian Koji, who was sitting in the military vehicle, opened his eyes violently, and his heart was beating wildly.But before he could shout a word, the sound of cannons suddenly rose, and the sound of countless cannons roaring was like the wrath of the thunder god, sending countless thunderbolts into the world.The firelight instantly obscured the white light in the sky, enveloping the entire land in orange flames.Countless shells fell into the Japanese troops from all directions, and the entire Japanese army was in chaos in a moment.The Japanese ran frantically in all directions, trying to dodge the shells that fell on them from nowhere.At the same time, under the command of the devil commanders at all levels, they quickly established defensive positions one after another, and shot in vain into the darkness.The intensity of the artillery fire was so dense that the devils smacked their tongues, and many of the temporary defensive positions that had just been established were mercilessly blown into ashes by the rapid artillery fire, and countless devils stayed in place and became targets.In the darkness, only the relentless artillery fire kept falling, as if the entire sky was torn apart, and all the meteors fell into the world at this moment to punish these greedy and cruel invaders.After half an hour of bombardment, all the devils who still insisted on the defensive positions gave up.They began to escape, to run wildly without a purpose, as long as they could escape the area covered in heavy fire.Shouda Koji's military vehicle had already been blown up into the sky, and he was escorted by the guards to shuttle through the chaos.Ten minutes ago he was still in command, but ten minutes later, he had completely cut off all contact with the troops.Even if he is in the midst of the chaos at the moment, his command ability has been completely cut off.The heavy artillery fire completely disrupted the command system of the devils, and the soldiers could not find the officers, and the officers could not find their own troops.Shouda Koji couldn't even find his headquarters, as if everyone had been scattered by artillery fire."
This is a trap, this is a trap laid by the New Fourth Army.Order all troops to break out of here at once, quickly, quickly" Shouda Koji yelled at his guard captain.But the captain of the guard said with a bitter face: "Your Excellency General, there is no one who can give orders at this moment.Look at the current scene, who am I going to convey the order to" Shouda Koji looked at the soldiers who were frantically escaping under the artillery fire, who would come to listen to his orders at this moment.A large number of soldiers were blown into the sky under artillery fire, and the stump and broken arm were the best order, stimulating all the devils who wanted to survive to flee for their lives."
Retreat, after withdrawing from here, immediately report to General Tsukada, we need reinforcements."
Shoutian Koji reluctantly chose to break through, he knew that even if he applied for reinforcements now, in this dark night, who knew how many ambushes the New Fourth Army had.It is one thing whether reinforcements will come from the Tsukada attack, and the artillery fire covers a huge area within a radius of five kilometers, and thousands of artillery pieces bombard this place from all directions.It was as if this place had been marked for a long time, and a large number of the devils in it were killed under the shells.At this moment, the devils discarded their heavy equipment and broke through in the direction of Taihu Lake with their heads in their hands.They knew that only by breaking out of this artillery area and meeting with the main force of Taihu Lake, then they still had a chance of survival.Otherwise, there is only a dead end.In this sudden bombing, tens of thousands of devils could not get out of the artillery fire.The dense artillery fire blew up the rapidly marching Japanese troops into a cloud of scattered sand, turning the devils into fish to be slaughtered."
Hurry, rush out of here with me, it's safe" A Japanese adjutant rushed to the front of the troops, and behind him was a large number of routs, driven forward by artillery fire.Da-da-da-da.Suddenly, in the darkness ahead, a fierce gunshot rang out, and the gunfire instantly lit up half of the sky.On the way to escape for the devils, at least two regiments formed a steel defense line, blocking their way to escape.Under the fire of heavy machine guns, the devils fell in rows.What they didn't know was that at this moment, they were facing the elite troops of the independent brigade equipped with the latest German-style weapons, and the powerful power of the G42 general-purpose machine gun quickly blocked the way for the devils to escape, and thousands of devils were caught off guard and all became targets for strafing.Hu Xinghan personally commanded the troops to block the attack, and at this moment he was holding a G42 general-purpose rifle and roaring at the devils who rushed to the side and fired fiercely."
The position of our independent brigade will not allow a single devil to step through here.Brothers, hold this place for me" Hu Xinghan ran between the positions after sweeping a shuttle of bullets, loudly encouraging every soldier.The road ahead was blocked, and in the face of fierce fire, the devils who came like a tide began to retreat.But the fierce artillery fire behind him once again aroused all the devils to survive, and they rushed forward with red eyes and crazy roars
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