The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1421: Brigade Commander, We Must Attack Overnight

Chapter 1421: Brigade Commander, We Must Attack Overnight (Part )

No one could answer the brigade commander's question.

The battle just now ended too quickly, and no one received any news about the battle. Apart from the sound of fierce gunfire, no one knew anything else.

In this situation, their minds were full of questions, let alone reporting the battle situation.

The brigade chief of staff was the first to discover the situation on the defense line halfway up the mountain. Relatively speaking, he was the most rational person among all the people in the command center.

Seeing the brigade commander's face becoming increasingly serious, and the atmosphere in the headquarters becoming increasingly solemn, the chief of staff could only step forward to break the deadlock: "General..."

"No matter how we lost the defense line halfway up the mountain, it doesn't change the fact that we have lost all our gains."

"The Eighth Route Army is repairing fortifications along the defense line, which means they intend to continue to defend the defense line halfway up the mountain."

"One of the important reasons why we were able to take the halfway point of the mountain this afternoon was that the Eighth Route Army defending the halfway point of the mountain was wiped out. They only had tunnels and fortifications but no troops."

"If the Eighth Route Army digs through all the tunnels on the battlefield halfway up the mountain and draws enough troops from the top of the mountain to defend the halfway line, we will definitely have to fight another fierce battle tomorrow if we want to take Wulan Mountain."

"It is very likely that we will lose another two to three thousand people in the battle to attack and defend the mountainside."

"This price is too high..."

"Even if we have a strong army and sufficient food, we cannot afford to waste it..."

"So I implore the brigade commander to order the troops to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army on the defense line overnight."

"While they have not yet dug through the tunnels on the ground and have not yet gained a firm foothold, we should launch an attack immediately to recapture the halfway point of the mountain and inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army that is counterattacking the halfway point of the mountain."

"There are not many Eighth Route Army soldiers active in Fuxin. After we divided them into four, there are only more than 1,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers active west of Fuxin."

"We have killed four to five hundred people today during the day."

"Judging from the sound of the exchange of fire just now, the Eighth Route Army that just counterattacked the defense line halfway up the mountain has only about 400 to 500 people."

"As long as we find a way to kill them, the Eighth Route Army operating west of Fuxin will be finished."

"Without troops, even if they build more tunnels in Wulan Mountain, it will be useless. In the end, the entire Wulan Mountain will still be captured by us."

"For this, we will not hesitate even if we lose two fully staffed infantry battalions..."

The anger on the brigade commander's face was slowly suppressed by reason, but he did not immediately respond to the chief of staff's words. He frowned and thought for a full minute before asking back: "Chief of Staff..."

"Do you know how many troops we have left that can undertake the task of attacking the defense line halfway up the mountain?"

"Less than three battalions..." The chief of staff knew the troops under his command very well, and answered the brigade commander's question as soon as it came out, without any delay.

The brigade commander frowned and asked back: "You also know that we only have less than three battalions of attacking forces left..."

"According to your suggestion..."

"Even if we really recapture the halfway point of the mountain defense line at the cost of two battalions, take Wulan Mountain, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army west of Fuxin, do we still have the strength to besiege the Eighth Route Army in the other two areas outside Fuxin?"

Although the brigade commander did not directly deny the chief of staff's proposal, his words were telling the chief of staff that the attacking force had few troops left and could not fight with the Eighth Route Army. I thought the chief of staff would give up the idea of ​​retaking the mountainside defense line overnight, but the chief of staff still insisted on his own opinion and denied the brigade commander's question just now.

"Do not……"

"General... we still have troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army operating in the other two areas..."

"After destroying the Eighth Route Army west of Fuxin, we can separate the two fully staffed troop battalions west of Fuxin and north of Fuxin, as well as the artillery, logistics, tank troops, and even the puppet Manchurian Army troops... They can all be freed up to replenish our losses on the front battlefield and besiege the Eighth Route Army active in the other two areas..."

"If we had not taken advantage of the situation and invaded, the Eighth Route Army would have successfully dug through all the entrances and exits of the tunnels we blew up yesterday afternoon."

"Tomorrow, you will continue to use the tunnels and fortifications on the battlefield to fight us. Even if we have aviation support, the cost for the troops to recapture the defense line halfway up the mountain will be far more than 2,000 people."

"It's very likely that even if all the remaining 3,000 of us put our lives together, we won't be able to take it down."

"We all experienced yesterday's battle. Before dark, we went to the battlefield to see the tunnel fortifications of the Eighth Route Army..."

“It’s more reinforced than we thought.”

"Not to mention the Eighth Route Army that is familiar with them, even if I were to lead 500 people to defend these tunnel fortifications, I am confident that I can defeat at least 3,000 attacking troops."

"General, please think twice..."

The brigade commander was finally convinced, not because of how powerful the fighting method proposed by the chief of staff was, but because the tunnel fortifications left such a deep shadow on him.

Just as the chief of staff said, any battalion commander under his command who led 500 men to defend the tunnel fortifications could kill 3,000 attacking troops, not to mention the Eighth Route Army who built the tunnel fortifications themselves and were more familiar with them than anyone else.

Apart from the heavy weapons that were almost useless in the tunnels, the Eighth Route Army's light infantry weapons were better than those of the Kwantung Army.

If both sides really continue to fight around the tunnel, they will definitely be the ones who suffer in the end.

In this case, let’s fight a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army before they can dig through their tunnel fortifications.

Although night combat was not the Kwantung Army's forte either.

But without the protection of tunnel fortifications, even if the attacking troops under his command suffered a little loss on the battlefield, the final price they paid would not be as great as during the day.

Moreover, we still have the firepower advantage in fighting the Eighth Route Army. The only difference from fighting during the day is that there is no air support.

Now that you have tunnel fortifications as your support, whether or not there is air support has little impact on the battlefield.

With this analysis, there is almost no difference in firepower between attacking the mid-mountain defense line during the day and attacking the mid-mountain defense line at night. However, because the Eighth Route Army has not yet dug through the tunnel fortifications, attacking now will be more effective for its offensive troops.

In the previous surprise attack, the defending troops lost their positions after only ten minutes. Although I haven't figured out the real reason, if the artillery had joined the battle just now, they could have carried out several rounds of artillery fire on the battlefield even at the last moment of the battle.

Even if it could not change the final outcome of the change of hands of the halfway point of the mountain defense line, it could still inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army's offensive forces.

After all, the tunnel fortifications on the defense line were buried, and artillery shells fell from the sky. The Eighth Route Army's counterattack troops had nowhere to hide and could only defend their positions and be bombed. The casualties must have been very heavy.

The pressure on his offensive troops to recapture the defense line halfway up the mountain will definitely be much less.

(End of this chapter)

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