I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 244 It's time to counterattack across the board
Located behind the ruins of a block about 200 meters south of the temporary regiment headquarters, Xu Qingfeng, who was hiding behind a pile of ruined low walls, was commanding the troops to fight, after the magazines of the submachine gun in his hand were exhausted.

While he was squatting down to change the magazine, he took a moment to give instructions to the guard company commander Chen Qifeng who was following him: "Afeng, please immediately send someone to notify Liu Bohui and ask him to send a message to Deputy Commander Zhou and the others. The tank battalion and cavalry company immediately began to attack behind enemy lines!"

Chen Qifeng, who was shooting with a submachine gun to cover Xu Qingfeng's reloading, immediately retreated behind the low wall after a burst of fire. The bullets almost brushed his scalp and hit a spot behind the two of them. On the ruins of a house.

"Yes!" In response, Chen Qifeng immediately turned around and summoned a guard company soldier with a submachine gun in his hand, and ordered him to retreat to the temporary regiment headquarters behind to convey Xu Qingfeng's order.

Xu Qingfeng loaded a new magazine into the body of the Thompson submachine gun, stood up suddenly, and fired fiercely at several Japanese soldiers dozens of meters away.

The Japanese soldiers who were charging had no time to dodge, and were immediately hit by the bullets he fired, and fell down one after another.

Part of the guard companies around him, as well as the officers and soldiers of the infantry company left behind by the tank battalion, were greatly encouraged by seeing how brave Xu Qingfeng was as the head of the regiment, and they all stood up and fired at the devils.

Some people were shooting with guns, and some were throwing grenades.

The devils who beat them cried for their fathers and mothers, and people kept getting shot and fell down.

On the Japs side, Yamada Hirobumi saw that the defenders were resisting tenaciously and his troops were advancing very slowly. He couldn't help but roared anxiously and angrily: "Commander, go immediately and notify the artillery regiment to bring over all artillery with a caliber below 70mm." , support the infantry attack!"

"Hay!" A devil's adjutant responded first, and then quickly dispatched a messenger to run in the direction from outside the city.

The situation of the Yingsen Detachment and the 18th Mixed Brigade was similar. Due to the stubborn resistance of the [-]nd and [-]rd Battalions of the Huben Regiment, their offensive was also difficult.

Under this situation, the only solution that Takamori could think of was to send people back to mobilize a batch of Type [-] infantry guns, mortars and other light artillery that were easy to move to support the infantry attack.

As for other large-caliber artillery, firstly, it is inconvenient to move, but the caliber is too large. In addition, it cannot perform short-distance direct fire like mortars, so it is easy to accidentally damage one's own side, and the effect of increasing the number of troops is not great.

The most important thing is that the Japanese are worried that once their attacking troops are defeated by the defenders again like last time.

It may be difficult for all kinds of heavy artillery weighing tens of thousands of catties to retreat in time.

Once this happens, it will be a big loss.

However, when the devils just transferred part of their artillery to reinforce the battle in the city.

Zhou Weiguo, Xu Hu, Wang Changgui and others led the tank battalion and cavalry company to march quickly, bypassing the fierce battle in Xuyi battlefield.

Bypassing the entire county, they detoured back to the Japanese rear area.

At this moment, there are not many remaining troops left behind by the devils.

Almost all the infantry guards were drawn to participate in the front offensive battle, and even a considerable part of the devil's artillery was drawn away.

In this case, facing the surprise attack of ten Sherman tanks and nearly a hundred Huben regiment tanks and cavalry units equipped with Thomson submachine guns.

The remaining Japanese artillery and baggage personnel were almost defenseless.

Especially the ten Sherman tanks, with their advanced equipment and powerful firepower, were unable to resist even the main force of the Japanese's regular infantry.

Not to mention, these Japanese artillery and heavy baggage soldiers whose melee capabilities are almost zero.

Therefore, Zhou Weiguo and Xu Hu drove ten Sherman tanks, and with the cooperation of nearly a hundred cavalry, they occupied and defeated three Japanese artillery positions in an almost crushing manner.

The three wing-level artillery positions of the Yamada Detachment, the Takamori Detachment, and the 18th Mixed Brigade were eliminated in one nest.

After commanding the tank troops to capture the third Japanese artillery position, Zhou Weiguo promptly ordered to stop Xu Hu, Wang Changgui and others who wanted to take advantage of the situation and said, "Stop chasing! Don't chase these devils to defeat them!"

Puzzled, Xu Hu ordered the driver of his own tank to stop, then turned his head and asked Zhou Weiguo who was on the tank next door, "Commander, why don't you let me take this opportunity to chase and kill the devil?"

Zhou Weiguo said: "These Japanese artillery and heavy troops have been defeated by us and can no longer pose any substantial threat to us.

The top priority is to immediately launch an attack on the enemy's headquarters and the rear of the attacking troops! "

Xu Hu nodded approvingly, and Wang Changgui couldn't help but said: "Then should we report the battle situation to the group seat, and ask the group seat to prepare for a full-scale counterattack!"

Zhou Weiguo nodded and said: "That's right, send electricity to the regiment immediately and tell them that the tank battalion and cavalry company have successfully occupied and destroyed the enemy's artillery position.

We now begin to launch a surprise attack towards the enemy's headquarters and the rear of the attacking troops!
Please group seat, they are ready to fight back! "

"Yes!" Xu Hu responded, immediately got into the tank, and went to send a telegram to Xu Qingfeng himself.

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On the battlefield inside the city, Chen Qifeng had already returned to fight side by side with Xu Qingfeng, commanding and leading the guard company and other officers and soldiers directly under his command to fight a bloody battle with the onslaught of Japanese troops.

The Japs received some artillery reinforcements, which greatly improved their ability to attack difficult areas. They successively broke through several temporary defense lines set up by various units of the Tiger Regiment in residential areas.

However, that's about it.

Because, as the various units of the Huben Regiment took turns to cover the retreat in an orderly manner, and used part of their troops to carry out local counterattacks, the entire front was formed into a posture of intertwining with the Japanese army.

The effect of the devil's shelling cover is greatly reduced!
Because the two sides are too close, and there are many ruins of various houses in the city that were bombed by their shells and air strikes.

These ruins not only hindered the devil's attack and the sight of the artillery.

It also provided excellent cover and concealment for the officers and soldiers of the battalions and companies of the Huben Regiment.

Therefore, the battle between the two sides was very fast, and it returned to the fierce and bloody battle where every inch of territory was fought for at the beginning.

At this moment, Liu Bohui, the director of the communications department, braved the barrage of bullets from the devils, came to the front line and found Xu Qingfeng behind the ruins.

"Liu Bohui, why are you here? Is there any news from the tank battalion and the cavalry company?" Xu Qingfeng noticed someone behind him, and immediately turned around to ask.

Liu Bohui hurriedly knelt down and raised his hands in salute and replied: "Yes, the regiment, just received a call from Deputy Commander Zhou and the others, saying that they have successfully occupied and destroyed all the enemy's artillery positions.

The main force of the enemy's artillery was defeated, and now Deputy Commander Zhou and the others have stopped their pursuit.

We are preparing to turn around and launch an attack on the enemy headquarters and siege forces. Please inform us to prepare for a counterattack! "

Xu Qingfeng was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately said: "Great, it seems that the time has come for a counterattack across the board!"

"Director Liu, please immediately send someone to order all battalions and companies to prepare for a counterattack immediately!"

"There's no need to hide the artillery battalion. Just aim at the rear of the enemy's siege troops and blast them hard!"

"Yes!" Liu Bohui saluted and left immediately.

About 10 minutes later, the artillery battalion that received the order, under the command of battalion commander Wang Tiezhu, finally assembled and began to aim at the rear of the Japanese army in the south and west of the city.

That is, near the city wall and the city gate, heavy shelling was launched.

Because it was to cover the whole regiment's counterattack across the board, the artillery battalion's shelling this time had no reservations.

The remaining 20 or so cannons were fully riveted and fired fiercely at the devils regardless of the cost of ammunition consumption.

Yamada Hirobumi, Takamori Rei and other Japanese commanders who stayed behind to command were all stunned by the sudden artillery attack launched by the Huben Regiment.

One by one, they hurriedly hid under the protection of the adjutants and guards.

However, it has not waited for these old devils to stabilize their position.

Behind them, violent explosions were heard outside the city, in the direction of the Japanese offensive positions and headquarters.

Yamada Hirobumi and others almost unanimously turned their heads and looked outside the city.

Through the gaps in the collapsed city wall, they could clearly see that the flames produced by the explosions were rising from the ground one after another.

"Baga! There is a situation in the direction of our headquarters and offensive position!"

Just when Yamada Hirobumi and others were shocked and horrified, several Japanese soldiers stumbled over from outside the city in panic.

On Yamada Hirobumi's side was a Japs sergeant. He ran up to Yamada Hirobumi as if he were a heir. He didn't care to salute and wailed: "General, it's not good. The tanks and cavalry of the China Army raided our artillery position." .

The main artillery suffered heavy casualties and was completely defeated!

Now, the Chinese Army is making a surprise attack in the direction of our headquarters and attack positions!
These cruel Chinese troops are firing at the wounded left behind by our side!The explosion just now was caused by their tanks shelling our wounded camp! "

Upon hearing this, Yamada Hirobumi suddenly felt his blood pressure soar, and he couldn't help roaring angrily: "Baga! What did you say? Chinese tanks and cavalry troops?"
How could they appear behind us? "

A devil's adjutant next to him said: "Sir, now it seems that the tanks and cavalry of the Chinese army broke through to the north is just a cover.

Their real purpose is to sneak attack the artillery position and headquarters of the imperial army's rear while the main force of our army is attacking the city!
We were all fooled! "

After hearing the adjutant's words, Hirofumi Yamada was so angry that he almost vomited blood!

"Baga Yalu! Cunning Chinese people!"

However, before Hirofumi Yamada could react, there was another burst of shouts of killing from the direction of the city.

Yamada Hirobumi's expression changed drastically again, because he knew that the killing cry came from the defenders in the city.

"Baga, the Chinese army in the city is about to start fighting back!"

Another ghost commander who was present said in shock and horror: "General, the situation has become clear, the Chinese army is going to attack us back and forth!

The general situation is over, I suggest that the general quickly lead his troops to break through!Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous! "

But Hirofumi Yamada sneered and said, "Hehe, Watanabe-kun, you probably forgot the order to die that Commander Hata Toshiro gave us, right?"

The Japanese colonel named Watanabe couldn't help but look stunned when he heard this, but he was very angry in his heart. The commander asked you to commit suicide, but he didn't ask us to commit suicide.

If we don't withdraw at this time, when the tanks and cavalry units of the China Army come up to outflank us, we will be attacked from both sides and we will be completely wiped out.

But, he couldn't say this clearly.

An adjutant on the other side suggested to Hirofumi Yamada: "General, the Imperial Army has lost the chance to win the battle of Xuyi so far.

If we continue to fight forcefully, we will only ruin the entire detachment and cause more imperial warriors to sacrifice for nothing.

For the sake of the entire detachment and the 16th Division, I humbly suggested that the general immediately order a turn to the west.

Hurry up and join up with the Takamori Detachment and the 18th Mixed Brigade. As long as our three troops can successfully join together and form a team.

Even if the Chinese army cannot be defeated, it is enough to protect ourselves! "

In fact, the implication of the Japanese adjutant and Colonel Watanabe is that you should put aside your personal suicide.

We must focus on the overall situation and take the troops out first.

Naturally, Yamada Hirofumi could hear it. He was so disheartened that he looked back at his surroundings and saw the subordinates who had followed him in the bloody battle so far.

I couldn't help but feel soft in my heart, and immediately said with a serious voice: "Colonel Watanabe, I order you to lead your troops to move west immediately and join up with the Takamori detachment!"

"General, what about you?" Colonel Watanabe, the adjutant, and others all looked at him and asked.

Yamada Hirobumi sneered and said: "The Chinese army's counterattack has already begun, so naturally someone must stay to stop them!
I will lead the 8th Battalion to the rear. You should move closer to the Takamori Detachment immediately! "

"General..."

Several Japanese soldiers tried to persuade them, but Yamada Hirobumi stopped him with a stern voice: "Baga! Execute the order!"

"Hay!" The devils had no choice but to bow their heads and accept orders, and immediately organized troops to move westward.

Yamada Hirobumi himself led a few accompanying guards, went upstream against the current, and rushed to the forefront of the battlefield.

As for the Huben Regiment, they were led by Xu Qingfeng, Liang Shan, Lin Baoguo, Sun Kui, Zhang Zhijian, Fang Shengli, Lei Xiong and others.

Huben's [-]st, [-]nd, [-]rd and [-]th battalions, as well as the regiment's directly affiliated guard companies, artillery battalions, baggage battalions and other units, all came out in full force.

They launched a full-line counterattack against the enemies in the south and west of the city respectively!

Xu Qingfeng himself even took the lead in the charge, holding a Czech light machine gun!

Chen Qifeng, Lin Baoguo and the others were worried about his safety, so they hurriedly led dozens of guard veterans to charge after him!
"Brothers, go! Kill!"

"Go! Kill!"

Amidst the sound of killing, countless officers and soldiers of the Tiger Regiment swarmed out from behind the ruins and bunkers. Carrying various weapons, they joined the people who were fighting back.

At the same time, the tank battalion and cavalry company of the Huben Regiment outside the city, led by Zhou Weiguo, Xu Hu and others, quickly advanced to the offensive position of the Japanese Yamada Detachment.

In the process, hundreds of wounded Japanese soldiers were also killed!

(End of this chapter)