Rise from eight hundred.

That night!

The Laoyashan Field Hospital of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, located 10 kilometers south of Hengyang City, was raided!

The 116rd Guard Squadron of the 3th Division Headquarters, which was responsible for the defense of the field hospital, was forced to send a telegram to the division headquarters for help in the third minute after the battle began.

The firepower of the Chinese who sneaked into the area was so fierce. Not only did they have a large number of submachine guns and light machine guns, they even had three 3mm heavy machine guns and a small number of mortars.

The simple fortifications built by the infantry squadron on the mountain were simply unable to withstand the continuous attack of such heavy weapons.

Yan Yongwang was shocked and angry, and immediately sent the 133rd Infantry Regiment, which was resting, to provide support.

The main reason for sending the crippled 133rd Infantry Regiment was naturally that the regiment's base was closest to the field hospital, only less than 2 kilometers away. In addition, after 20 days, the 133rd Infantry Regiment, which had only a few hundred infantrymen left, received reinforcements and now has a complete infantry battalion and 3 infantry squadrons again.

Not to mention that the 2000rd Infantry Regiment, which had nearly 133 people, had already come out in full force, even if only an infantry battalion was sent out, it would be able to surround and kill this group of daring Chinese.

However, Colonel Ippei Kurose, commander of the 133rd Infantry Regiment, which had suffered a major setback at Huangchaling, still decided to fight with all his strength after receiving the order.

After the battle of Huangchaling, Ippei Kurose had already tested the equipment and combat level of the Four Lines Regiment at the cost of the lives of 3000 imperial soldiers, and had long regarded the Four Lines Regiment as his greatest enemy.

The possibility that this small group of Chinese troops that sneaked out of the Chinese positions in Hengyang was from the Four-Line Regiment was more than 80%. If the troops were not enough, he would feel a little uneasy.

Moreover, the six infantry squadrons he personally led, plus a heavy machine gun squadron and an infantry artillery squadron, totaling 6 people, of which 1500% were new recruits.

It has to be said that as the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser, the Japanese Army Colonel can be considered a very wise person.

However, he still underestimated his opponent and was also tricked by his colleagues. The captain of the escort squadron who called the division headquarters for help did not explain his predicament clearly because of the urgent time.

The Chinese did not just launch a fierce attack with firepower, but before the attack, they used individual soldiers to infiltrate and assassinate his defenses in the dark. The defenses of the entire escort squadron were already riddled with holes like a sieve before the Chinese used mortars and 12.7mm heavy machine guns to bombard them.

The fact is, after the Japanese Army captain sent the panicked distress telegram, a team of five Chinese officers and soldiers had already rushed to the vicinity of his command post and threw two explosive grenades into the simple semi-underground bunker.

That was a 0.8 kg blasting grenade specially developed by the Taihang Military Factory. It was specifically used by individual infantrymen to blast armored and fixed targets. The 0.4 kg charge of "cyclone explosive" was enough to blow up a bunker.

Cao Yingchong, who was in charge of this position, did not use conventional field combat tactics to suppress the enemy with MG42 and 12.7mm heavy machine guns and then slowly approach with infantry. Instead, he used firepower to attract the Japanese, and used the loopholes in the Japanese defense line that had been cleared by individual soldiers before the assault. He personally led the firepower team directly behind the Japanese defense line.

His bold advance paid huge dividends. The highest commander of the 116th Division's field hospital defense was blown to pieces in the raid, causing the remaining one hundred or so Japanese infantrymen to completely lose unified command.

But what was even more fatal was that neither Lieutenant General Iwanaga Osamu, who was in charge of the division headquarters, nor Colonel Kurose Ippei, who was leading his soldiers to the field hospital, knew that the battle in the field hospital had already become one-sided.

Tang Dao did not launch this surprise attack on a whim just to kill a small Japanese sniper.

In the bombing by the Japanese army a few days ago, not only did the field hospital led by Tan Tai Mingyue lose 8 female nurses and 3 military doctors on the spot, but also 1 wounded soldiers from the 7st Battalion of the Four-Line Regiment, the Artillery Battalion, the Reconnaissance Company, and the Mountain Infantry Company also died in the bombing.

In fact, Tang Dao usually abides by the rules. It is the fate of soldiers to die on the battlefield. When comrades and subordinates die in the battle between the two armies, Tang Dao is more likely to feel sad and less angry.

But if a soldier had completed his duty but lost his life while recuperating in the hospital, that was something Tang Dao could not accept.

That afternoon, Tang Dao asked Gu Xishui and Lu Sanjiang to develop a revenge plan.

As the saying goes, "It is impolite not to reciprocate." The Japanese bombed our field hospital, so the target of their retaliation must be the hospital.

For several consecutive days, under the personal leadership of Lu Sanjiang, the reconnaissance company sent 8 groups to sneak out of the position, cross the river from the Zhengshui defense line, and conduct reconnaissance behind the Japanese defense line. Finally, they found the location of their field hospital in Laoya Mountain.

The capacity of a division's field hospital was limited, and there would not be more than 2000 wounded soldiers here. But the fact was that this field hospital accommodated at least 4000 people, more than double its maximum capacity to accommodate wounded soldiers.

This also led to the rapid expansion of the size of the field hospital, and the defense line of an infantry squadron of no more than 220 people was forced to be stretched out.

Even so, the reconnaissance company still spent two days and two nights to make a comprehensive record of the Japanese defense line, and based on the topographic maps of previous reconnaissance, drew extremely detailed maps of Japanese sentries, firepower, etc.

Tang Dao gave the reconnaissance company and the mountain infantry company another two days to allow the officers and soldiers of the two companies to familiarize themselves with the positions of the Japanese outposts, firepower and other positions. Only after they were familiar with them did they launch a revenge war code-named "Black Snow".

The reconnaissance company launched single or two-man assassination attacks on the Japanese defense line at 2 a.m. It was not until 15 minutes later that the Japanese defenders were alerted by the screams of a Japanese soldier who was pretending to be dead after being stabbed in the chest with a three-edged bayonet.

Part of the reconnaissance company and part of the mountain infantry company, which had been waiting for a long time, launched a full-scale attack on the Japanese field hospital's defense line.

The Japanese army captain, who was unable to raise his head due to the crazy firepower, had no idea when he sent a telegram to the division headquarters that his defense line would be completely breached in 2 minutes.

Faced with the all-out attack by more than 300 elite infantrymen of the Four-Line Regiment who had been preparing for days, the defense line of the 116th Division Field Hospital was like an eggshell and was easily torn to pieces.

There were very few female medical staff in the Japanese army, which also alleviated the guilt of the elite members of the Four-Line Regiment who were ordered to carry out revenge.

They used the simplest method, either throwing explosives in the wounded soldiers' sheds or placing mustard gas seized from the Japanese army and detonating them.

In short, after breaking through the defense line, the time spent in the field hospital did not exceed 10 minutes. The 300 elite soldiers ravaged the area like a group of crazy buffaloes, and then left without any reluctance.

Attacking the field hospital is only the first step of the "Black Snow" plan, and there is a second wave of operations waiting for them.

Based on the analysis of the areas where the various Japanese military units were located, the Japanese reinforcements must be from the rest and recuperation base closest to the field hospital.

After reconnaissance, it was found that the group of Japanese troops were none other than the 1rd Infantry Regiment that had been fighting the 133st Battalion at Huangchaling for several days. A lot of blood of officers and soldiers of the th Regiment had been shed on their hands, so it would be a good opportunity to kill them all.

Catching rabbits by collecting grass has always been Tang Tuanzuo's forte.

The 133rd Infantry Regiment was actually not slow. On such a dark night, it took them only 3 minutes from receiving the order to assemble and set out. The fully armed soldiers ran all the way with flashlights on the 4-mile mountain road, and covered more than half of the distance in just 6 minutes.

However, as Private First Class Sora Shioya, deputy squad leader, wrote in his post-war battle summary, running too fast is not necessarily a good thing.

Yes, although Yan Gu Cang Kong was just a new recruit, he had experienced several battlefields in succession, including Miluo River, Tanzhou, and the south of Hengyang City, and could be considered a veteran who had experienced war.

The 116th Division is currently extremely short of veterans, so Private Shioya Kura Sora was actually appointed as the deputy squad leader, a position that only sergeants used to hold.

Deputy Squad Leader Shiotani, who survived the battle, concluded: "The defeat of the regiment this time was largely due to the lack of necessary marching reconnaissance and the consideration of speed."

This sentence was directed at Colonel Heiichi Kurose who was personally leading the regiment on the march. No one would dare to say it under normal circumstances. Not to mention a small private like Sora Shioya, even an army captain would have been killed by the Japanese army colonel by sending him to the front line with some tricks.

But Shioya Cangkong just said it directly. It was not until sixty years later, when he was already very old, that Shioya Cangkong revealed the real reason why he was so bold.

After experiencing a series of defeats and watching his old and new comrades die, he was already disheartened and didn't want to stay on the battlefield any longer. He even wanted to die. The disheartened private simply accused the regiment's highest commander in public. He accepted it no matter if he was sent to a military court or continued to be sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

The unlucky yet extremely lucky Japanese private did not know that the person he accused was actually killed on the spot, and the division headquarters was in urgent need of someone to be responsible for this battle.

The Japanese private's "righteous words" just pointed out a clear way out for the anxious Lieutenant General Iwanaga.

  What could be more appropriate than to charge a colonel-level dead ghost?

Fortunately, the unlucky Private Yan Cangkong was not only not killed, but was promoted to squad leader on the front line, directly skipping the ranks of corporal and sergeant, and became a sergeant, and was about to become a second lieutenant in the army in the next step.

However, the Air Sergeant at Yan Gu Cang, whose wishes were not fulfilled, was not happy at all.

Because the 133 days of reinforcements spent by the 20rd Infantry Regiment were in vain, as it was severely damaged and crippled again.

The new recruits died, and there was a replenishment division of 2 people on the way to Hengyang, but the old soldiers, who were originally few in number, died in this battle.

  An elite regiment that was once known as the "tip of the sword" infantry regiment of the 116th Division, by daybreak, was left with only five lieutenants and 5 sergeants and sergeants, without a single major. What a tragic experience this was!

It turned out that the 133rd Infantry Regiment was in a hurry to get to the battlefield and lacked the necessary marching reconnaissance, which resulted in one of its vanguard infantry squadrons running headfirst into a minefield that had been laid in the field in advance by the reconnaissance company of the th Regiment.

More than 100 scouts arrived at 12 o'clock and spent nearly an hour laying a minefield on the road where the Japanese army was bound to come to support.

Visibility is extremely poor at night, so many infantry mines do not need to be carefully buried. Simply covering them with soil is considered thoughtful, and many of them can be simply placed in a pile of dry grass.

  But this extremely crude minefield became the nightmare of the 133rd Infantry Regiment!

This is because most of them are new recruits. The three-month new recruit training has taught them to obey military orders, to climb over obstacles, and to shoot. There are many talented ones who can score ten rings at a distance of 3 meters.

  But the recruits have never seen blood, nor experienced death right in front of them!

"Boom!" An explosion sounded, and the two leading Japanese soldiers flew up in the smoke, and blood splattered all over the soldiers following closely behind.

  The frightened Japanese infantrymen quickly ran to the fields on both sides of the road and lay down!

Unfortunately, there was also a minefield there. The mines that were stepped on by the new recruits kept exploding. Screams and explosions became the main theme of the area, making the warnings of the Japanese veterans who were desperately screaming "Don't move, lie down!" seem so weak.

The screams and death of their comrades caused more than 100 recruits to collapse. Some of them ran to the fields on both sides, while others turned around and ran back.

Humans are social animals. Seeing the smoke billowing and screams coming from the front, and dozens of colleagues rushing towards this side frantically, the advancing formation of the main force of the Japanese army was suddenly thrown into chaos.

At this critical moment, six MG480 machine guns ambushed 6 meters away from the Japanese army began to roar.

They were the Longyan Platoon of the Mountain Infantry Company and the Shen Laoliu Platoon of the Reconnaissance Company. The two platoon leaders, who were praised as the spearhead platoons by their respective companies, simultaneously placed their most powerful MG42 machine guns on both wings of the ambush area, forming cross fire.

The six MG6s at full firepower were like a pair of scissors made up of metal bullets, reaping the long ranks of the Japanese army.

If the Japanese vanguard troops who accidentally ran into the minefield were just mentally broken, then at this moment, accompanied by a round of full-power strafing by 6 "Widow-Makers", the new recruits of the 133rd Infantry Regiment were directly blown up.

No matter what team leader or squad leader said, their words were useless. They all rushed to the back in a chaotic manner, wanting to leave this damn place as soon as possible.

Even for at least 30 seconds, the 1500rd Infantry Regiment, with more than 133 soldiers, failed to organize a decent counterattack.

In this situation, not only was Colonel Kurose Heiichi confused, but even Shen Laoliu and Long Yan, who were 300 meters away, were stunned.

They had fought many battles with the Japanese and had seen all kinds of devils, some fearless, some crazy, some cunning, and some psychotic. But this was the first time they had seen one so weak that it turned around and ran away at the sound of gunfire.

Could it be that these are not genuine Japanese devils, but a group of traitors?

To be honest, the combat effectiveness displayed by the Japanese at that time was only matched by some puppet troops on the battlefield in North China.

Of course, the two platoon leaders were both people with extremely rich battlefield experience. When they saw the Japanese army's movement, they immediately fired flares, blew the charge horn, and attacked the Japanese army with two rows of troops.

Although this went against the tactical plan formulated before the war, it accelerated the defeat of the 133rd Infantry Regiment, which was mainly composed of new recruits.

Gu Xishui's original tactical plan was that the two elite infantry platoons of Long Yan and Shen Laoliu would rely on the minefield to delay the Japanese army, wait for the other four platoons that had destroyed the field hospital to arrive, then join forces to inflict a heavy blow on the Japanese army, and then evacuate towards Zhengshui at around 4 a.m.

At that time, the 2nd Battalion, the mountain artillery company and the tank company will be responsible for the support on the other side of the river.

Based on the pre-war reconnaissance of the area around the 133rd Infantry Regiment's base, Tang Dao had determined that the combat effectiveness of the 133rd Infantry Regiment, which had been rebuilt with the addition of new recruits, would not be very strong. But even Tang Dao did not expect that this group of guys would be so vulnerable.

Just two infantry platoons of less than 200 people killed them all, leaving him, the commander-in-chief stationed at the Huangchaling front, without having to fire a single shot.

This operational plan, code-named "Black Blood", was not formulated and completed by the Four-Line Regiment alone. It had to be approved by the supreme commander Fang Xianjue.

"A true defensive battle is one that involves both defense and offense. Simply defending is not defense, it's passively taking a beating!" Tang Dao didn't need to explain much, as the famous general Fang Xianjue understood the most important core tactical idea of ​​the 'Black Snow' tactic proposed by Tang Dao.

This would not only allow us to retaliate against the Japanese bombing of our own field hospitals, but also deter the Japanese, forcing them to strengthen the protection of their artillery, baggage, medical and other auxiliary arms, especially at night, which would require more patrols.

This undoubtedly added a lot of unnecessary expenses and burdens to the Japanese army out of thin air.

As long as it is disadvantageous to the enemy, it is also beneficial to oneself. The only thing that worries Fang Xianjue is whether the two elite infantry companies that launched a surprise attack 10 kilometers behind enemy lines can return safely.

If they were surrounded by the Japanese, they would not be able to intimidate them, but would end up losing more than gaining, and the morale of the Japanese army would be boosted.

Therefore, on this night, the 1.5 Chinese officers and soldiers on the defense line in the south of the city were on high alert. After 12 o'clock, all the men put their magazines and grenades in their ammunition bags, waiting for the command from the headquarters to launch a counterattack.

Once the Japanese army mobilized its main forces to the rear, the officers and soldiers on the two defense lines in the south and west of the city would launch an attack on the Japanese positions in the front.

All the field guns and mountain guns in the artillery positions inside and outside Hengyang City raised their muzzles high. Once the military order was issued, they would fire at the designated targets with all their strength.

In order to ensure success, Fang Xianjue actually chose to go for the big one and almost went all in with all the defenders of Hengyang City.

The most nervous Chinese soldiers at this time were definitely not the two companies on the front line, but Fang Xianjue and several big men around him who were sitting on Yanhui Peak.

However, all the preparations were not used. Before the main force of the four platoons even arrived, Long Yan and Shen Laoliu led more than 4 officers and soldiers and defeated the 170rd Infantry Regiment with 1500 soldiers.

In this battle, more than 900 Japanese soldiers including Colonel Kurose Taira were killed, four infantry guns were destroyed before they could even fire, and four Type 4 mortars and 91 shells were seized.

As for the losses of the 116th Division Field Hospital, perhaps only the 116th Division knew the most. Due to the urgency of time, the 300 officers and soldiers who looted the Japanese field hospital did not even have time to count their results before leaving.

At 5:30 a.m., under the cover of a reconnaissance platoon, more than 300 officers and soldiers successfully crossed the Zhengshui River. A Japanese infantry battalion that arrived after receiving the news was severely beaten by the concentrated fire of 12 mountain cannons and 24mm machine guns of 20 light tanks, and tactfully turned around and retreated.

Cao Yingchong's platoon, who was in charge of the rear guard, returned to their own position almost in a swagger.

In this battle, the Four-Line Regiment paid only 5 deaths and 22 injuries, but paralyzed the medical system of the 116th Division, and tied a former defeated general to the pillar of shame in history. (End of this chapter)