HLnovel Chapter 433 Preparations before the Battle
Chapter 433 Preparations before the Battle
Xiao Liangcai smiled awkwardly.
"Look at what you said. When you came here, we had an agreement that all actions would be under your command! All along the way, every battle was under your command!"
"Yes, we all listen to you!"
Other guerrilla squad leaders echoed this.
Everyone's eyes were filled with admiration and desire for victory.
Yuan Shuai looked up at his fellow soldiers in the National Army.
"Hey, look at what they are doing. I am the leader, I have the final say, and my group listens to you!"
Team leader Fu Hongfei raised his head proudly and patted his chest.
"That's right, we all listen to the leader. If the leader listens to you, we will all listen to you too!"
"Hurry up and assign the tasks. Our hands are itching!"
"That's right. It's been raining these past few days, and I've been eating meat every day. If I don't exercise, my belly will be big!"
"Hahaha!"
The brothers were delighted.
Yuan Shuai did not hesitate any longer and immediately assigned combat tasks.
The National Army commander Fu Hongfei arranged the task of besieging the Japanese baggage train and coordinated all the guerrilla brothers to stay behind, including the old men's troops, the female soldiers' troops and the child soldiers under Yuan Shuai.
General Yuan led the New 1st Regiment of 500 Nationalist troops to the rear, responsible for blowing up the road along the river.
The commander of the Nationalist Army's new regiment, Wei Heshang, led the remaining 500 men in his regiment to lay mines...
After the tasks were assigned, everyone went their separate ways.
Time passes quickly.
A few hours passed in the blink of an eye.
The teams responsible for laying mines on both wings quickly returned after laying the mines.
It was already twelve o'clock in the evening.
The remaining troops, according to Marshal Yuan's arrangement, surrounded the Japanese in the middle, and the mortars and infantry guns were already in position.
But the team was too tired, especially the newly joined guerrillas. After running all the way out, they closed their eyes and wrapped themselves in the Japanese blankets to sleep.
Even the Kuomintang troops who stayed behind took the opportunity to sleep and rest, build up their strength, and prepare for a bloody battle.
Only sentries were left on the hills to keep watch on the enemy's camp.
At this time, only sentries were left in the Japanese camp to keep watch, while the rest of the Japanese were either sleeping in defensive positions or in tents.
After all, this is no longer the territory of the National Army.
Their Yamazaki Brigade has already fought its way out of the county town, and there are no longer any Kuomintang troops here.
Dou Jiande, who had been knocked unconscious, has also woken up.
He touched the back of his aching neck and cursed under his breath, gritting his teeth.
"Damn it, who hit me before!"
Everyone around was sleeping, and Xiao Liangcai was also sleeping wrapped in a blanket.
After being awakened by the sound, he slowly got up and scolded in a low voice.
"Keep your voice down, the devils are over there. Wait a minute, and when Yuan Shuai comes back, we'll have to take action!"
"Ah! We really need to fight!"
Dou Jiande gritted his teeth and complained in a low voice.
"Lao Xiao, Lao Xiao, can we fight this battle? Once the war starts, all of us will die here! No, we can't fight this battle, we must retreat quickly!"
"If you want to retreat, then retreat. We have already decided to stay and fight this battle!"
"That's right, we all stayed. No one left. Even the old men, women and children under Yuan Shuai stayed. If you are afraid of death, leave on your own!"
Many brothers around him woke up and started to murmur.
Dou Jiande was so angry that he didn't know how to refute and could only curse in his heart.
Damn, have these people been drugged?
I was actually willing to be cannon fodder for Yuan Shuai...
Yuan Shuai took the lead in leading the team back and came directly to Fu Hongfei.
Fu Hongfei did not sleep the whole night, as he was directing his troops to surround the Japanese.
Even after arranging the team, he couldn't sleep.
After all, this battle concerns the life and death of their regiment. If they lose, their regiment will die here.
There were a lot of cigarette butts on the ground.
Seeing Yuan Shuai coming, he quickly dropped his cigarette butt and went to meet him.
"How is it, are the devils coming?"
What Fu Hongfei was most worried about was the Japanese in this direction. Once the Japanese marched at night and crossed the road near the river, Yuan Shuai's entire plan would be ruined.
Yuan Shuai smiled proudly.
"Don't worry. It has rained so hard these past few days. There is a lot of mud on the road. The Japanese are worried that their convoy will get stuck in the mud, so the Japanese behind are sleeping and resting on the spot. We have already made arrangements. We will leave a squad of brothers behind. As soon as the Japanese come to support us, we will blow up the road! Thirty explosive packs and five detonators, to ensure that there will be no mistakes!"
In order to ensure the success of the detonation mission, Yuan Shuai buried thirty explosives by the river and used five detonators to detonate them in sections. Even if there was a problem with one section, the other detonators could still be successfully detonated to ensure that the Japanese army's only way through would be destroyed.
"Good! Very good! Great! As long as the devils behind us can't get through, our chances of success will be great!"
Fu Hongfei felt half relieved.
Now we just have to wait for Monk Wei’s group to come back.
However, Monk Wei had to go a longer distance and was also responsible for distinguishing between real and fake minefields, and segmented minefields.
So, after waiting for nearly an hour, Monk Wei and his men finally ran back, panting heavily.
"What's going on here?"
Seeing Monk Wei coming, Fu Hongfei once again led his men to greet him, and even took out a kettle, opened it, and handed it to Fu Yidao.
"Brother, good news, great news! The Japs haven't entered the city yet!"
After Monk Wei finished speaking, he took the kettle and drank it down.
“Didn’t go into the city?!”
Fu Hongfei raised his right fist excitedly.
"That's right!"
Monk Wei wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth and continued.
"I sent people to the front to inquire. The Yamazaki Brigade is still camping outside the city. I didn't expect that the brothers of the New Sixth Army are really capable and have managed to hold on until now. It's amazing!"
"It's really amazing! One regiment can hold off an entire brigade, and even withstand the bombing of the Japanese planes! The brothers of the New Liu Army are really great! In this way, as long as we start a war here, when the Yamazaki Brigade comes to support us, the brothers of the New Sixth Army can sneak attack the Japanese from behind! In this way, we have a greater chance of winning!"
Fu Hongfei clenched his fists, and the stone in his heart was relieved again.
"Brother, there's something I can't understand. Don't we have a radio? They also have a radio. Why don't they just use the radio to communicate? We can find a way to contact the New Sixth Army in the county, and we can also contact our brigade commander!"
Fu Yidao looked at his brother in confusion.
"Do you think I don't want to? General Yuan said that we should keep the radio silent. If the Japanese monitor it, it will probably alert them!"
"Let's go find Yuan Shuai!"
Fu Hongfei quickly pulled his brother and a few of his men and ran towards Yuan Shuai.
After Yuan Shuai came back, he set up the artillery telescope at the top of the hill not far away and was checking the artillery firing coordinates previously recorded by the artillery observer.
All the mortars and infantry guns were placed in the open space behind the hillside.
There are mountains here to provide shelter. Even if the Japanese find this place and fire their artillery here, their shells will not easily hit his artillery positions.