strictlysupreme Chapter 376: Night Attack Begins to Take Effect
Chapter 376: Night Attack Begins to Take Effect
However, this tactic has a huge problem, which is that it requires very elite soldiers to carry out. The problem of night blindness alone will exclude most of the current Chinese soldiers.
Fortunately, the troops Jiang Li brought this time were all security soldiers with good food.
Even so, among the 500,000 people he led this time, only 300,000 veterans were able to do it. Although the remaining 200,000 people were in good physical condition, there was still some gap in their technical conditions.
Since the trenches had not been dug yet, it was impossible for him to mobilize all 300,000 people, so he only selected 100,000 elite troops from them.
Let them stop digging trenches, go to the rear to rest and conserve their energy, so that they can wait for an opportunity at night and break through the enemy's defense in one fell swoop.
The remaining 400,000 people continued to dig trenches and build air defense and artillery defense caves.
When the air-raid shelter was almost built, Jiang Li immediately called a meeting of the officers and explained to them in detail what a night offensive was.
When everyone heard about this tactic, they were immediately shocked. When they were building the air-raid shelter, they had already felt how dense the bomb explosions were.
They didn't want to withstand the bombs with their physical bodies, so they were naturally very surprised to have obtained a tactic that could restrain the enemy.
After Jiang Li questioned them and confirmed that they had all understood, he asked them to disperse and explain to their soldiers the next combat methods to prevent any soldiers from misunderstanding and causing trouble.
After the officers left, Jiang Li handed Liu Huaqiang and the other two to his side and said to them, "You should have heard everything clearly just now, right?"
"The key to this battle is pre-battle reconnaissance. If we can't find a valuable target to attack, then we won't be able to effectively strike the enemy in the dark!"
"Because you are professional guerrillas, I will now hand over this crucial task to you!"
"Tell me, can you complete the task?"
When the three people who had been promoted to deputy brigade commanders heard that Jiang Li would give them such an important task, they were shocked.
His face immediately flushed, he saluted forcefully, and then said loudly: "Don't worry, Commander, we will complete the mission!"
And Hua, who was so impressive, added, "We must ensure that every attack of our large force hits the enemy's weak spot!"
Jiang Li smiled at the three of them, saluted them in the same way, and then issued a formal order.
Let them each take a thousand people, bypass the front battlefield and go to gather intelligence.
After they left, the 100,000 elite troops, who had already known their specific combat missions, were also ready.
After being drawn out, they hid in the woods closer to the front line and waited for dark. Then they could start marching, sneak into the trenches, and wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the enemy and break through the enemy's defense line.
However, he did not intend to use the remaining 400,000 troops, so they had to stay where they were and strengthen fortifications to prevent the enemy from sending navy to land from behind and cut off the army's retreat.
At the same time, it also works part-time as a logistics transit station transport and a temporary field hospital.
Of course, it is also necessary to maintain timely communication with the front and provide support when necessary.
They waited like this for two days, and by then the trench and air-raid shelter had been built, although it was also bombed by enemy planes.
But the frequency was not high, and most of the planes were used by the Japanese pirates to bomb the front-line troops.
That night, at Jiang Li's command, 100,000 soldiers who had rested for two days entered their own trenches under the cover of night.
Then, with the help of the faint starlight, they maneuvered to a fairly close position, and when they reached the barbed wire, they quickly began to destroy it.
However, although Liu Huaqiang and the other two had the support of intelligence they had gathered, the soldiers who carried out the night attack brought a lot of tools, but on the one hand, these tools were not very convenient to use, and on the other hand, it was the first time they had done such a thing after all.
In addition, due to their large number of people, they were inevitably discovered by the Japanese pirates on duty.
Then they began to shoot wildly at the attackers in an attempt to repel them.
However, before they could fire a few shots, the Anmin Army realized that they had been exposed, so the sniper who had been prepared for a long time quickly shot and destroyed the searchlight.
Then, they started firing accurately at the machine gunner who was firing continuously because he had lost his target.
Although they also lost their light source, their hit rate was still quite impressive thanks to the flames from the machine guns and their outstanding marksmanship.
All the enemy machine gunners were quickly shot dead, and without the interference of local machine gunners, the Anmin Army quickly destroyed the barbed wire.
As soon as the enemy's sleeping soldiers entered the position, they broke through the barbed wire and came within fifty meters of the enemy's defense line.
Then, under the cover of machine guns, the large force quickly rushed into the trenches and engaged in close combat with the Japanese pirates.
Just like that, the Japanese pirates suffered a great loss in an instant. It turned out that the Anmin Army had already made preparations before the action, and the bayonets had already been installed.
On the other hand, the Japanese pirates were awakened from their sleep. Relying on the conditioned reflex formed by long-term training, they quickly took up their weapons and entered the trenches for defense.
There was no time to attach a bayonet. He just held a rifle without a bayonet and engaged in close combat with the Anmin Army that suddenly arrived. The result was self-evident.
The losses were heavy in the first encounter, but the Anmin Army took advantage of the situation and, before the enemy reinforcements arrived, quickly cleared out the Japanese pirates in the trenches, set up heavy machine guns and mortars, and prepared for a defensive battle.
At the same time, after the follow-up troops entered the trenches, they did not stay there for long, but continued to attack and advance on both sides of the trenches, constantly expanding the results of the battle and extending the occupied trench positions.
When the Japanese pirates in the rear heard that their trenches were attacked, they quickly organized people to provide support to the area.
However, what was waiting for them was the machine guns and mortars that had been prepared for a long time, which caused the Japanese pirates who came to support to suffer heavy losses again.
As a last resort, they had to call for air support again. However, the navy was almost angry to death after receiving this request.
Their pilots have been fighting all day long and have just rested for a short while, but they have to fight again. These idiots in the army really don’t treat the navy as human beings, do they?
And even if the pilots were dispatched, how could they provide bomb support in the darkness?
But this is a battlefield after all. Although they do not belong to the same unit, nor are they in a superior-subordinate relationship, this operation to encircle and suppress Shanghai is a joint effort.
The top naval and army officials repeatedly reminded the army and navy that they must work together, put aside past grudges and fight to win this war, otherwise they would be sinners of Japan and would have to die to atone for their sins when they returned.
In fact, the grudges between the Japanese navy and army have not been accumulated for just three to five years, but can be traced back to the Meiji Restoration.
During the anti-shogunate movement, the Choshu and Satsuma clans formed the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance, and jointly attacked the shogunate and returned power to the emperor.