Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 116 Night Attack
Isa Kazuo was lucky. Before he died, he saw a "meteor shower" and dozens of rockets flew from the other side of the river and covered his wing headquarters.
He was puzzled until his death as to why the Chinese artillery could fire so accurately in the dark. What he didn't know was that this was later called the "decapitation" tactic, a type of special operation.

Special forces infiltrate and lurk near the target, then pass their location coordinates to the artillery, and finally the artillery group completes the destruction mission.

It was not Yue Qianli's purpose to destroy him. He was just a colonel, and it was not worth wasting dozens of rockets. The main purpose was to paralyze the command system of the 7th Regiment and make the devils in the dark more confused.
Sure enough, after the Japanese regiment headquarters suffered a devastating blow, another round of rockets smashed into the infantry group of the 7th Regiment, instantly destroying the Japanese.

This was not the end yet. Before the Japanese could figure out what was going on, the third round of rockets flew towards the position of the 9th Field Artillery Regiment, destroying more than half of the field artillery and causing heavy casualties among the artillerymen.

"Bakayaloo, enemy attack!"

"What kind of work?"

"Bakayaluo, the regiment headquarters is under attack, hurry up and rescue the commander!"

The captain, Major Takase, was really lucky. He was lucky enough to avoid the coverage of the rocket artillery group. Although he was slapped several times by Isa Kazuo, he did not bear a grudge and immediately thought of rescuing the commander of the regiment.

Yue Qianli also wanted to fire more rounds, but he didn't have many shells left. With the ones produced later, there were only about 300 left, not even enough for 4 rounds. Moreover, the raw materials he brought were only enough to produce more than 100 more, which meant that he only had 500 rockets left at most, and one less round for each round he fired.
He consumed 216 rockets in this night attack. Rocket launchers are useful but they waste too many shells. There will be many major battles to come, so he has to save some for saving his life at critical moments.

After three rounds of artillery fire, Yue Qianli waved his hand and led a battalion of soldiers across the river while the Japanese were in chaos. It only took a few breaths to cross the river 20 to 30 meters.
In order to inflict the greatest damage on the Japanese, he concentrated all the regiment's submachine guns in the first battalion, so that on average every two people had one, thus ensuring the firepower of a combat team.

In order to improve their attacking capabilities, they also carried two mortars, and after crossing the river, they attacked the fire;

The Japanese soldiers of the 7th Regiment were in chaos when the st Battalion suddenly emerged from the darkness and opened fire on them.

Only the Second Battalion could fight in such a melee, and during the intensive training before the war they had specially conducted overnight combat training;

Although the Second Battalion has undergone many additions since the start of the war, the backbone has always been there, so the inheritance is also there, and with the old bringing up the new, their combat effectiveness has not declined too much.

The squad tactics of the Second Battalion had reached perfection, and there was close coordination between the squads, platoons and companies. Although it was a night battle, their battle formation was always well maintained;

The Japanese were in complete chaos. The soldiers couldn't find their squad leaders, and the squad leaders couldn't find their platoon leaders. Only a few dozen people could gather around a captain, and many squadron leaders even became "squad leaders."

In order to hasten the Japanese's confusion, more than a thousand soldiers from the first and third battalions also tried their best to create noise. Bugles and shouts of killing resounded through the night sky, and sometimes they even fired into the sky, making the Japanese mistakenly believe that the Chinese had launched a counterattack.

Some "smart" Japanese soldiers saw that the situation was hopeless and began to flee under the cover of night. It was common for them to use knives and guns against each other in the chaos, as they all thought the other side was Chinese.

Lieutenant Colonel Takase saw through Yue Qianli's evil intentions and tried to stop the fleeing soldiers from escaping, but no one paid attention to him.
Major Takase was so angry that he swung his sword and chopped off a Japanese soldier, but unfortunately it was useless. He could only order his soldiers to open fire to intimidate the fleeing soldiers, and more than a dozen of them were knocked down in an instant. This stirred up a hornet's nest.

A Japanese lieutenant shouted:
"Damn it, they are Chinese, kill them!" The Japanese machine gunner raised his Type 99 rifle and fired a volley of bullets at Major Takase, turning him into a hornet's nest. The two sides soon started fighting, and it was unclear who won and who lost. In the end, they all scattered, leaving behind a pile of shit-yellow corpses on the ground.

The Seventh Regiment was completely abandoned and ran everywhere. Those who were lucky managed to save their lives, while those who were unlucky were shot to death. Some died at the hands of officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion, and some died at the hands of their own people.

The chaos of the 7th Regiment soon attracted the attention of other troops. The commanders of the 19th and 36th Regiments thought that the Chinese had launched a counterattack and opened fire on the defenders' positions.
The Gui army and the Hunan army thought that the Japanese had launched a night attack, so they fired back in the direction of the Japanese. The battle was a mess. The commanders of both sides didn't know what was happening, so they just organized firepower to fight back, wasting a lot of bullets.

At the Ninth Division Headquarters, Lieutenant General Yoshika Ryosuke was so confused that he had no idea what had happened. Fortunately, Nakagawa Hiroshi rushed in in time and reported:
"Your Excellency, the division commander, it's bad. The Chinese launched a night attack. The field artillery regiment was attacked by a heavy artillery group and suffered heavy losses.
The 7th, 19th, and 36th Regiments were all attacked by a large number of people, and judging by the noise, there were at least tens of thousands of people."

Lieutenant General Yoshika Ryosuke's expression turned serious. A night attack of tens of thousands of people was a large scale. The Chinese also used heavy artillery. If they did not deal with it well, they might suffer a disastrous defeat.
He thought for a moment and then immediately ordered:
"Mr. Nakagawa, immediately telegraph to all regiments, telling them not to be disrupted by the Chinese night attack, and to hold their positions until dawn.

The Chinese are cunning and sly. We strictly order all units not to attack without authorization and order the 35th Infantry Regiment to prepare for reinforcements."

Yoshika Ryosuke was thankful that he still had a regiment's reserve troop, so the situation was not out of control. In the unclear situation of the enemy, he decided to remain unchanged and wait for dawn.

Yue Qianli had never thought of annihilating the 7th Regiment with just one battalion. This was unrealistic, and he didn't have such a big appetite.
After defeating the 7th Regiment, he ordered his men to blow the assembly call. The officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion, who were still chasing the Japanese, immediately gave up the pursuit after hearing the retreat call and moved closer to the battalion headquarters under the leadership of their squad leaders.

The Second Battalion had its own assembly order, so there was no panic even at night. They quickly completed the assembly and then took turns to cover each other and retreat to the south bank of Zoumatang.

The 528th Regiment approached them on the south bank as planned, and around : a.m., Yue Qianli led the entire nd Battalion back to their positions;

Then they counted the number of people, and found that 57 people had died, and there were more than 80 people with varying degrees of injury. Except for the wounded, most of the sacrificed comrades were carried back, and only a small number of them had to be abandoned because they could not be found because it was dark.

Yue Qianli was obviously not very satisfied with the loss of more than a hundred people, but this was a night raid after all. Training was training, and actual combat was actual combat. He could not ask for too much, so as not to affect morale, so he said loudly:

"Well done, brothers! Great job!"

Everyone cheered. The commander's affirmation was the greatest reward for them. Although they suffered more than 100 casualties, they at least killed hundreds of Japanese devils, or even more.

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