ebookland Chapter 881: Killing People
Chapter 881: Killing People
"What's that expression on your face?"
After Captain Wang finished speaking, he looked up and saw the chief of staff's expression. It was hard to describe, but he definitely didn't want to do this.
"Captain, although we are not an ace unit, we have fought several fierce battles since arriving in Tianjin. What are these four or five hundred people doing?"
After the chief of staff finished speaking, the second and third battalion commanders beside him nodded. These two guys are also good at fighting on the battlefield. Now they ask us to fight and run away. Why should we run?
"Chief of Staff, your four or five hundred men aren't very strong. Add in the commander and me, and we'll have a thousand men now, right? This was only the first half of the day's fighting. We'll be busy in the second half, so why not move on and continue the fight? That way, we won't suffer too many casualties and can still complete the mission given to us by our superiors. I've inquired today, and the missions of all combat units have changed. Now, the main goal is to kill or injure people. As for who controls the positions, there are no special requirements from above."
The first battalion commander now understood Li Shaoyi's intention. Our regiment killed two thousand people today, and the neighboring regiments were not idle either. If they all followed our battle plan, we could kill tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers today just in our area.
As for the entire city of Tianjin, it would be no problem to kill him with 20,000 or 30,000, right?
The most important thing is that the Japanese don't understand our combat intentions. The troops just make light contact and then separate. When they don't understand the situation, they may shrink their defense. We can continue to fight tomorrow, but by the time they understand the situation, they may have lost 40,000 to 50,000 people.
"Is this really how the Marshal calculates the accounts?"
The chief of staff and the commanders of the second and third battalions heard of such a thing for the first time, but when they thought about it, they saw nothing wrong with it. At the beginning of the war, the Marshal told us that we should effectively kill the enemy's manpower while minimizing our own casualties, and not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place.
If we kill all the Japs, then in the remaining days, no matter what plans they make, won't they be at our mercy because their army is not complete?
"I don't know what the Marshal has calculated, but I believe the commander's battle plan should allow us to complete today's mission under the easiest circumstances. Tomorrow's mission may be different, so let's take care of today first."
The battalion commander shook his head, saying that his brain was definitely not as smart as the Marshal's, but he knew how to complete the mission.
"He's right. According to the battle plan I just drew up, we'll split into two groups and coordinate our attacks. We'll launch simultaneous attacks in fifteen minutes. Notify the Heavy Artillery Regiment once the battle begins, and have them fire two rounds to clear the way."
Four infantry regiments share one artillery regiment, and the work is quite difficult for the people in the artillery regiment. However, as long as they do not overlap with other troops and are scheduled to arrive fifteen minutes later, there will be no problem.
The combat mission here had just been arranged, and the battle for the position of the Sixth Regiment next door had already begun.
Three Stuka bombers dropped six 250-kilogram bombs, marking the beginning of the Sixth Regiment's attack today.
"The guys from the Sixth Regiment have had a tough time today. That's the Ocean Department Store building up ahead. It's said that it's been completely renovated by the Japanese. Unfortunately, it was reduced to ash by a 250-kilogram aerial bomb."
The chief of staff knew the direction of the Sixth Regiment's attack, which was the Fujimoto Regiment with Ocean Department Store as its core.
A few days ago, due to the lack of support from aerial bombs, the 105mm howitzers could not do anything to them, which made the Japanese happy for a while. Now they have finally applied for air support. At this moment, half of the Ocean Department Store building has been blown up. Looking from the middle, it looks like a hole has been opened.
"Artillery company, keep busy! Ask the Sixth Regiment for the direction of attack. Our attack won't begin until fifteen minutes later. Ask them to provide coordinates and deploy the 120mm mortars."
Captain Wang picked up the phone next to him. Our artillery company is stationed next to the Sixth Regiment. Now the whole regiment has launched an attack, so our artillerymen should not be idle. Anyway, more than a dozen trucks of artillery shells were transported here yesterday. We should just work for a while to get familiar with the situation.
Three minutes later, the coordinates of the Sixth Regiment arrived, and sixteen 120mm heavy mortars began firing. According to the requirements of the Sixth Regiment, at least six salvos were required.
Of course, Captain Wang's men have no time to watch here. After these six shells are fired, our attack will begin.
The chief of staff, with a tank company and an infantry battalion, led the charge towards the Saito Brigade stationed at Dagukou.
The Japanese army was stunned at that time because they were stationed on the seashore. Although the navy lost several warships a while ago, there are still naval warships wandering around. As long as we send a telegram, the navy's naval guns will be able to hit your heads in ten minutes at most. Aren't you afraid of death?
Many Japanese soldiers had the impression that the 72nd Army valued the lives of its soldiers and would not fight a battle that would result in a tragic victory. But what had happened today? Had they forgotten the power of naval guns?
"Hold on, everyone! Our warships have ten minutes left before they're within range. Then we'll let them experience the might of our 203mm naval guns."
Brigadier General Saito said loudly, and all the people in the Operations Staff cheered in unison.
The troops below also received this news. They only had ten minutes, which was enough for them. Moreover, the tank company did not have that many tanks, and they also increased the number of positional warfare anti-guns, all of which were expedited from Japan.
Brigadier General Saito had been looking at the clock on the wall. When there were still three minutes left before the naval artillery entered combat, a communicator ran in from outside and said that an attacking force had retreated even faster than when they came.
The gunfire on the left stopped, but the gunfire on the right continued. Brigadier General Saito waved his hand and didn't mind the matter. The people on the left could run away, and those on the right could just wait to be bombed.
"Reporting to His Excellency the Brigade Commander, the Navy is inquiring about the combat coordinates..."
"Sir, the enemy on the right is retreating..."
Hearing the words of the two messengers, Brigadier General Saito almost lost his balance and fell headfirst...