The rocket artillery battalion completed four salvos against the Japanese headquarters within forty minutes.
There was almost a quarter of an hour between the first salvo and the second salvo, but the reloading time of the last two was shortened from a quarter of an hour to about ten minutes.
This simplified version of the rocket launcher also has the advantage of the simplified version, that is, it is easy to load.
Within forty minutes, the rocket artillery battalion dropped more than 7,000 rockets at the Japanese headquarters!
Such bombing intensity and such skill can only be achieved by Xu Rui!
If the military chiefs who are used to living a hard life knew this, they would be heartbroken to death? One meal of yours, Xu Rui, is enough to feed the other brothers and troops for a year. Damn it, even a big family and a big business can't afford to be wasted like you.
However, Xu Rui's generosity indeed caused heavy damage to the Twelfth Army Headquarters!
Although they are four or five kilometers away, from the launch site of the rocket launcher, you can still see the clouds of flames and firelight rising from the Japanese headquarters, especially the explosive explosions of ammunition in the arsenal, which will appear from time to time under the night sky. A huge ball of flames bloomed, like a ball of blooming fireworks, gorgeous and bright!
It is completely conceivable what the result would be if you were involved in it.
The devils in the headquarters are probably in a daze even if they are not dead now.
"Almost!" Xu Rui put down the telescope and turned to Yang Rui and said, "We can now shoot at the heavy artillery position of the Little Japanese, the division headquarters of the Guards Division, and the division headquarters of the 7th Division!"
"Yes!" Yang Rui agreed, and then stopped the fifth round of volley with a wave of his hand.
Then, Yang Rui took the gunners of each rocket launcher and began to adjust the shooting at Zhu Yuan.
Xu Rui turned his attention to Du Junjie, who had just arrived from Broadway Building, and asked, "Have the 1st, 3rd, 6th and 7th battalions all entered attack positions?"
Taking advantage of the opportunity to fight the Japanese at Suzhou River in the past few days, Xu Rui has quietly used the militia to move the four main battalions, namely the 1st Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 6th Battalion and 7th Battalion, from Wusong Fortress, Wusong Town, Yangshupu and Hongkou. Instead, the eight militia battalions that were reorganized with a small number of veterans as the backbone were now stationed throughout the Wusong Fortress.
Of course, the soldiers of these eight militia battalions have all been screened again and their combat effectiveness is acceptable.
And Xu Rui's whole plan was to use the Fourth and Eighth Battalions to fight fiercely with the Japs at the Suzhou River position, and try to attract several infantry regiments of the Japs' Guards Division to the Suzhou River line as much as possible. If possible, try to attract several infantry regiments of the 7th Division to the vicinity of Zhabei District.
Then, use the rocket battalion to attack the headquarters of the Twelfth Army of the Japanese Army, quickly destroying the Japanese command structure, arsenal, and artillery. Of course, no matter how ferocious the firepower of the rocket launchers, it is impossible to achieve complete destruction, so in the end, we still have to Send out infantry to complete the final blow.
Finally, the 1st, 3rd, 6th and 7th Battalions formed an assault group, like a left hook, first the Japanese Twelfth Army headquarters, arsenal and field hospital, then the Guards Division Division Headquarters, Then came the division headquarters of the 7th Division, and finally the artillery positions of the 4th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, pushing all the way! Crush all the way!
Xu Rui is convinced that after being covered by the rocket artillery battalion's steel bullets, these Japanese institutions or positions not only suffered serious damage to their defense facilities, but also suffered severe spiritual and will damage. Therefore, an attack group consisting of four main battalions should be able to concentrate Achieve easy crushing, and the only variable is the seven or eight infantry regiments on the front line of the battle.
First of all, whether it is the two Guards Infantry Regiments trapped in the Suzhou River battlefield, or the three infantry regiments of the 7th Division entrenched in Zhabei, or another Guards Infantry Regiment confronting the Fifth Battalion in Longhua, This team is an infantry unit, and its fighting will is much stronger than that of technical units such as engineers and artillery!
Secondly, the six infantry regiments of the Little Devils have already entered the urban area and are covered by dense buildings. The deterrent effect of the rocket launcher battalion is much smaller, because the simplified version of the rocket launchers equipped by the Songhu Independent Regiment cannot hit The effect of buildings, especially reinforced concrete buildings, can only be described as average.
Finally, and most importantly, apart from Longhua's Fourth Guards Infantry Regiment, the other five infantry regiments are within easy reach of the Japanese headquarters, especially the three infantry regiments of the Seventh Division. Like a fan, it shields the headquarters of the Twelfth Army, the Guards Division and the Seventh Division behind it.
There is a large gap between the two Guards Infantry Regiments of the Japanese and the 28th Infantry Regiment on the far left of the Seventh Division. This gap was deliberately left by the Japanese for the purpose of luring them. The Songhu Independent Regiment counterattacked, but now it was used by the Songhu Independent Regiment's attack group.
The attack group of the Songhu Independent Regiment protruded from the gap, like a left hook, hitting all the way from left to right. If the infantry regiments on the front line did not return reinforcements, the assault group would be like a hammer. Smashing various Japanese organizations and positions along the way like walnuts, but the question is, will the Japanese infantry unit on the front line return to support
This requires gambling! Xu Rui bets that these regiments on the front line will not return for reinforcements!
reason? The reason is that the little devil's doctrine is rigid and rigid, and his dogmatism is very serious! When the rocket launcher battalion first began to cover the Japs' headquarters with bullets, the Japs might not be aware of the danger. At this time, the rocket battalion's bullets would have a high probability of destroying the Japs' command system.
As long as the command system of the little devil is destroyed, Xu Rui will have great confidence in letting the infantry regiments on the front line stay in the defensive position. This is because the little devil has not received the order from his superiors. None of the infantry regiments will or dare to leave their original defensive positions easily.
To put it bluntly, this is drawing chestnuts from the fire, or dancing on the razor!
But if commanded properly, it is not impossible. In the history of the People's Liberation Army, General Li once did this. In the Battle of Menglianggu, he completely annihilated Zhang Lingfu's 74th Reorganized Division under the eyes of ten reorganized divisions of the Kuomintang. , At that time, Li Tianxia's reorganized 83rd Division was even less than two kilometers away from Meng Lianggu!
Mr. Li was able to succeed mainly by taking advantage of the confusion in the command of the Kuomintang army.
But now, what Xu Rui wants to take advantage of is the little devil's rigidity and rigidity in command!
Du Junjie snorted slightly and said: "Yes, everyone has entered the attack position!"
"Okay!" Xu Rui nodded and said in a deep voice: "We can start the general attack!"
"Yes!" Du Junjie saluted, then turned around to send a telegram to the attack group.
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Zhabei, near the train station.
More than 8,000 officers and soldiers of the 1st, 3rd, 6th and 7th Battalions were holding their breath and waiting for the order of the general attack.
Yes, you read that right, there are indeed more than 8,000 officers and soldiers. Since the beginning of the Third Battle of Songhu, the main battalions participating in the war have been consuming and replenishing at the same time. The number of troops has basically remained unchanged, but This time, Xu Rui deliberately added an additional 900 people to the main battalion participating in the general attack!
A main battalion originally had 1,200 men, but now, the strength of the four battalions participating in the general offensive has expanded to 2,100 men. This is the size of a regiment! Therefore, Xu Rui also spent a lot of money on this general attack, investing the equivalent of four regiments at once, and he went all out!
The North Railway Station has now become a large barracks. More than 8,000 officers and soldiers of the independent regiment are holding their breath, all nervously waiting for the order of the general attack. At this time, if the little devils cover the North Railway Station and the nearby area with artillery fire, then The Songhu Independent Regiment will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and this general offensive will also be aborted.
Fortunately, this extreme situation is simply impossible to occur.
First of all, this gap was deliberately left by the Japs in order to lure the Independent Regiment to break out and let the Independent Regiment go to the western suburbs of Shanghai to fight with them in the field! Compared to street fighting, the little devil certainly hopes to fight with an independent group in the field! Because it is easier for the Japs to take full advantage of their strength and weapon advantages in field battles.
Secondly, in vain, the Japs' artillery could not aim at all and could not fire effectively.
Finally, the Langya Brigade has placed guard posts on both sides of the gap. Once a kid approaches, they will immediately fire warning shots in advance, so there is no need to worry about safety.
At this time, Shi Changqing was pacing back and forth.
Shi Changqing was temporarily appointed by Xu Rui as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and the other three battalion commanders were the deputy commander-in-chief of the former enemy. They were able to deal with emergencies encountered during the general attack at the right moment!
After pacing back and forth for more than ten minutes, Shi Changqing stopped again, raised his wrist to check the time, and said in a deep voice: "It's almost three o'clock in the morning, and it will be daybreak in another hour. As soon as it gets daybreak, little devil's The plane may arrive at any time, and it will be difficult to launch a general attack by then. What happened? Why haven't the orders been issued yet?"
The other three battalion commanders also had anxious faces, all anxious.
However, at this moment, He Pan, the guard platoon leader of the first battalion, suddenly rushed out of the communications office and shouted: "Battal Commander, the regiment commander has issued an order, the general offensive order has been issued, the general offensive order has been issued..."
Shi Changqing and several battalion commanders suddenly became energetic, and the order was finally issued!
At that moment, Shi Changqing turned around and said to Ding Wenbao, Liu Yiming and Wu Han: "Three brothers, let's get started!"
"Yes!" Ding Wenbao and the other three nodded heavily, and then quickly returned to the front of their respective teams. With an order, more than 8,000 officers and soldiers who had been sitting on the ground to rest stood up one after another, and then gathered into a rolling iron stream under the night, along the Following the railway line, they advanced silently towards the western suburbs of Shanghai.
Ahead, in the western suburbs of Shanghai, where the headquarters of the Japanese Twelfth Army was located, it had already become a purgatory. The raging fire almost turned red in most of the night sky.