I rise from the sword

Chapter 375 The little devil who changed his mind
Although the b-17 sky fortress bomber has powerful firepower, but because of its large size and lack of flexibility, it will basically not participate in other combat missions except bombing.

The weapons it is equipped with are only for self-defense.

But today is an exception. The Japanese army has neither air power nor anti-aircraft firepower. Therefore, after completing the bombing mission, the bomber fleet of the Zhongrui Regiment Flying Brigade then played the role of fighter jets again.

"Da da da, ta da da da!——"

The five sky fortresses are fully fired, with a total of 5 machine guns.

But the dense rain of bullets hit the ground, pulling up eye-catching smoke and dust belts like old oxen plowing the ground.

Some little devils couldn't dodge in time, and they happened to be on the smoke belt, their bodies were shot through immediately, and they fell to the ground in convulsions.

The massacre, the battle has now become a one-sided massacre...

Let's talk about Yang Lin.

After he gave the artillery battalion the order to extend the firepower, he left the building and went to the west of the city to inspect the situation.

At this moment, the battle on the city wall has basically ended, but the choking gunpowder smoke has not dissipated, and there is still a strong smell of blood in it.

The thick city walls were devastated by the devil's cannons and aerial bombs. Explosions and fireworks burned all over the city walls. There were many corpses of officers and soldiers under the broken walls of the city walls.

"Hurry up, everyone hurry up!"

The medical soldiers and the stretcher team were the busiest at the moment. They moved the collapsed bricks and stones to rescue people from the ruins, and at the same time used stretchers to lift the wounded officers and soldiers of each company down the city wall.

Yang Lin quickly climbed up the city wall along the ascent horse path.

"Brothers, the troupe is here!"

“Hello group seat, good group seat!!!”

The officers and soldiers on both sides of the aisle on the city wall stood up to pay tribute to Yang Lin.

Yang Lin glanced at the officers and soldiers with torn military uniforms and dirty faces around him, and then raised his voice to encourage: "Brothers, I saw the battle between you and the little devil just now. You fought bravely and tenaciously. You deserve it." They are soldiers of my Zhongrui regiment!"

After a pause, Yang Lin continued: "It is precisely because of brothers who are not afraid of sacrifices and work together to fight against the Japanese invaders that we can defeat the little devils again and again!
I, Yang Lin, am proud to have soldiers like you! "

After Yang Lin finished speaking, he patted the shoulders of the officers and soldiers around him one by one.

The officers and soldiers of the Zhongrui regiment on the city wall were even more moved when they heard Yang Lin's words, especially Yang Lin's last sentence, I, Yang Lin, am proud to have soldiers like you!
Except for Yang Lin, in other units, the lives of soldiers are almost like nothing, and the officers don't care at all, and they don't even take a second look.

And Yang Lin didn't just talk, but matched his words with his deeds, and he did the same.

In order to reduce the casualties of soldiers, he can spend a lot of money to buy medicines from the Osaka Division. In order to reduce casualties of soldiers, he can not care about the consumption of bullets on the battlefield.

You must know that in the war years, the most valuable thing is weapons and equipment, especially for China, which has a large population and poor supplies.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Zhongrui Regiment, who were greatly moved, felt an unparalleled sense of belonging.

At this moment, even if Yang Lin told them to die, they would not hesitate even the slightest bit!

"Tuanzao, we are the soldiers of the Zhongrui regiment in life, and the soul of the Zhongrui regiment in death! We may not be able to assure you of anything else, but we can assure you that unless we are all dead, as long as there is one person left With one shot, we will never let a little devil break into the city!"

The officers and soldiers patted their chests one by one, expressing their determination to fight the war without fear of death.

"Good! As expected of my Yang Lin's brother!"

As the head of the regiment, Yang Lin was very pleased that the officers and soldiers had such a firm will to fight.

Immediately, Yang Lin turned around and said to Niu Bold who was beside him: "Niu Bold!"

"Have!"

Niu boldly straightened his body, agreed abruptly, and then asked for instructions: "Tuan Zuo, what instructions do you have?"

Yang Lin ordered Niu boldly: "Brothers are very tired after fighting with the devils for many days. Besides, no one knows if there will be another meal after this meal. You lead the guards and even help the cooking team to kill a few more devils." Pig, enough braised pork tonight!"

"By the way, during the deep war, you can't drink alcohol, but today's Coke is enough!"

"Yes, group seat! I'll arrange it now, the explosion will make the whole group eat comfortably! Drink happily!"

Niu boldly agreed, and left in a hurry.

Originally, he had always been used to calling Yang Linlin brother, but in order to make himself not look like a related family, he slowly changed his mouth and called Yang Lin the group seat like his brothers.

When the officers and soldiers around heard it, they could eat meat again tonight and drink Coke, which made them very happy.

Simply thank Yang Lin's eighteen generations of ancestors!
You must know that the conditions of the Zhongrui Regiment are much better than other troops.But it is not that there is meat to eat every day, and it is not enough for every meal.

As for Coke, it is second only to fine wine.

Before, Yang Lin used Coke instead of good wine to reward the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment. Therefore, the officers and soldiers still have no memory of the magical liquid that is like rice wine and still bubbling.

"Thank you Tuan Zuo, Tuan Zuo understands the righteousness, you are the best officer we have ever seen among the brothers in the opponent, and being able to follow you is really a blessing that we have cultivated in eight lifetimes!"

The officers and soldiers happily forgot the exhaustion of fighting for days. They cheered collectively and flattered Yang Lin generously.

At this time, Hou Meng, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, wiped off the dirt on his face, and ran over with a smile.

"Tuan Zuo, you are so wise. Knowing that brothers are greedy for wine, you specially imported Coke for us to replace it at a high price. You are really our living Bodhisattva!"

Yang Lin was afraid of his head, and reminded seriously: "You guys should stop flattering me, this is what brothers deserve! But one thing, eat as much as you eat, and drink as much as you drink, and you can't be vigilant even for a moment. Relax, especially you scout battalions! Got it?"

"Understood, Tuanzao!!!"

Hou Meng quickly put away the smile on his face and answered loudly.

Yang Lin glanced at the messy battlefield outside the city full of ghost corpses, then turned his head and said to Hou Meng: "Mengzi, although we repelled the Japanese invaders today and won a temporary victory, we must not relax our vigilance, not only during the day, We also have to beware of the little devil's attack at night!"

Hou Meng looked at Yang Lin suspiciously and asked, "Sir, as far as I know, little devils are not good at fighting at night. In previous battles, little devils rarely attack at night. Could it be that the 27th Division The little devil has suffered a defeat during the day, how dare he launch an attack at night?"

Yang Lin said: "It's hard to say whether the little devil will attack at night, but you are wrong about one thing, and it is a big mistake!"

Hou Meng said with a puzzled face: "Tuan Zuo, what's wrong with the humble position?"

Yang Lin said: "In the past, the little devils rarely launched night attacks. It doesn't mean that they are not good at night battles. On the contrary, the little devils are also better than most of my Chinese troops in field battles."

"The reason why they seldom launch night battles is not that they are not good at it, but that they don't need it.

Because during the day, the little devil can already defeat all enemies with the help of artillery and aviation, so naturally there is no need to take risks at night! "

Hou Meng suddenly nodded, thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case.

Yang Lin continued: "Honma Masami is a very military-minded commander, and at the same time a guy who can do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

Since they can't break through our city defenses during the day, it's hard to guarantee that they won't mention it and take risks to launch night battles.

Therefore, after dark, your battalions must deploy more mines outside the city, and the density of the mines must be high, so don't give the little devils any chance to take advantage of the loopholes! "

"Yes, group seat!"

Hou Meng nodded his head heavily. As for why Yang Lin told him to wait until dark before planting mines, it was because if he planted mines during the daytime, he would be discovered by the little devils, thus failing to achieve the effect of defeating the Yin people by surprise.

After arranging everything, Yang Lin asked the cooking team to change some more food, as well as fruits and eggs.

As for canned food, he excluded it. In fact, this stuff is very nutritious.

Afterwards, Yang Lin took all kinds of food and went to the field hospital to visit the wounded in person...

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After the devil's army retreated, they didn't dare to launch an attack all day long.

The head of the 27th Division, Masami Honma, had already seen the powerful artillery force of the Zhongrui Regiment, especially the reinforcements of the aviation unit on the other side. If the opponent's aviation unit was not dealt with, and rashly attacked, it would only increase casualties.

Of course, this old devil did not launch an attack on the Zhongrui regiment.

You know, Yang Lin and his Zhongrui regiment have become the top confidants of the Japanese army and even the Japanese cabinet.

Therefore, the Japanese have even ranked in the top five against Yang Lin, even higher than Yan Laoxi, the commander-in-chief of the World War II zone.

For Honma Masamori, killing Yang Lin and eliminating the Zhongrui regiment was a huge feat and a huge opportunity at the same time.

Although he is the head of the Lieutenant General's Division, he seems to be high and high, but his ambition is not limited to this.

The most important thing is that today his troops were almost able to enter the city, which also gave him hope of winning!

Therefore, how could Masami Honma give up the opportunity to attack.

When the matter of withdrawing troops and resting was about to be carried out, the old devil called the chief officers of the devils of each regiment to the division headquarters to open fire, preparing to launch a night battle against the Zhongrui regiment at night.

The 27th Division of the Japanese Army, the Combat Command.

After everyone arrived, Honma saw his hands resting on the conference table in front of him, and said with a serious face: "Everyone, you should have seen the combat effectiveness of the sharp regiment of the Chinese Army. They not only have fighters, but also have heavy artillery. , and light weapons are no weaker than us!"

"In addition, the Zhongrui Regiment of the Chinese Army has a solid wall as a defense line. If we continue to attack during the day, we will not gain any advantage at all. Therefore, I decided to launch a night attack on the Zhongrui Regiment tonight!"

Miyagawa Mori, head of the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade, and Masami Honma are classmates at the Imperial Military Academy, and they have a very good relationship. They were the first to speak up and said, "Honma-kun, I think your battle plan is very good. good!"

"In previous wars, due to the tactical guidance provided by aviation and the superiority of the imperial army's artillery fire, we rarely launched night battles."

"In this way, it will definitely create a false impression for the Chinese people, that is, our Great Japanese Imperial Army is not good at night battles."

Speaking of this, Miyagawa Morita raised his mouth slightly, revealing a sinister fox-like smile: "But what the Chinese people don't know is that night combat is also one of the subjects that my Imperial Japanese Army must train, and when it comes to night combat, I am The Imperial Japanese Army is also invincible in the world, we don't launch night battles, it's not that we are not good at it, it's just because we don't need it!"

"So, attacking the sharp regiment of the Chinese army at night tonight is indeed a good tactic to take the Chinese by surprise, and it will definitely kill the Chinese people by surprise!"

The lieutenant staff officer also expressed his opinion: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, and General Miyagawa are right. Although our attack suffered a little setback and loss during the day, and many imperial troops were killed or injured, the casualties of the elite regiment of the Chinese Army were also not small. , Our military strength is still several times theirs, we can completely reorganize our military strength and carry out a night battle!
And with the quality of individual soldiers of our Great Japanese Imperial Army, once we are handed over with the elite regiments of the Chinese Army, we will be able to easily eliminate them! "

The several captains of the 27th Division are almost all fanatical imperial sects, and they also followed suit and said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the humble ranks agree with the night attack on the elite regiment of the Chinese Army!
In the past few days, our army has been defeated by the sharp regiment of the Chinese Army, and the morale of the soldiers below has been greatly affected, so we urgently need a victory to improve the fighting spirit of the imperial army! "

"We must also use the blood of the sharp regiment of the Chinese Army and even Yang Lin to wash away the great shame it brought us!"

"Yo Xi!"

Honma Masami nodded in satisfaction: "Since you have no objections, then we will launch an attack on the sharp regiment of the Chinese Army tonight!"

"Everyone, go back and let the soldiers below have a good rest. We will launch an attack on time at 10 o'clock in the evening!"

Honma Masami tapped the table with the phalanx of his right index finger, making up his mind to attack the Zhongrui regiment at night.

This time, a ghost commander stood up with a 'hoo', and took the initiative to ask Honma Masami to fight: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, please give the main attack task of tonight's night attack to our alliance!
The low-ranking troops have already smashed down the walls of the Chinese army. In the past few days and today, they have been close to entering the city twice in a row!

So please give me another chance, Master Commander! ! ! "

The ghost commander who asked to fight was none other than Yoshida Maotou, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Regiment in the Garrison.

In the previous two battles, his troops were responsible for attacking the west gate, and almost broke into the city both times, so he was naturally unwilling to give up this opportunity to make contributions.

And there is a more important point, that is, several sections of the city wall of Ximen have been bombed down, which is the best position for night raids. Therefore, he is currently unwilling to make wedding dresses for others and give away the fruits of the past.

Watanabe, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Regiment stationed next to him, immediately objected: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Yoshida-kun's 2nd Regiment has been fighting for days, and there have been many casualties. On the contrary, right now my 3rd Regiment The combat power of the army is the strongest, so, in order to be safe, I implore you to give this main attack mission to the 3rd regiment of the army!"

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(End of this chapter)