RPAGF Chapter 1003: The general attack begins at 9 o'clock
Chapter 1003: The general attack begins at 9 o'clock
Luodian Position
After completing all the arrangements, Li Shaoyi drove to the Luodian position to visit the Pujiang First Brigade, which had been fighting there for a long time.
"Everyone, stand at attention."
After Li Shaoyi's feet stepped on the land of Luodian, Guo Shaoqiu immediately shouted out orders, and more than 10,000 brothers of the 72nd Army on the battlefield stood in unison.
Li Shaoyi took a look and saw that his brothers were in relatively good spirits. Although some of them were injured, it could be seen from the expressions on their faces that they were still able to persevere and continue to defeat the enemy and make meritorious contributions.
"Brothers, you fought hard in Luodian and won honor for me, Li, and the 72nd Army. Thank you! Thank you!"
Li Shaoyi turned over and stood on the top of the tank, which scared the guards around him. This was the most conspicuous place, but Li Shaoyi had already gone up there, and they couldn't pull him down.
The brothers could see Li Shaoyi from far and near, and could also see him bowing his hands in thanks, and each of them was extremely excited. Our commander-in-chief was able to affirm our contributions to Luodian without any empty words. Who wouldn't be excited?
There are many meritorious troops in the 72nd Army, but the first one the Marshal thanked was probably our Pujiang 1st Brigade.
"The 72nd Army will win!"
Guo Shaoqiu shouted a slogan and the brothers followed suit. Tens of thousands of brothers shouted at the same time, which scared the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side. They thought that the 72nd Army was about to launch a counterattack, and all the troops quickly took up their positions.
Seeing the nervous look of the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side, many people on our side laughed. Some troops came to assist Guo Shaoqiu's army. Seeing the friendship between Li Shaoyi and his brothers, they were also very envious.
It has been so many years, and I have never seen such harmony between superiors and soldiers. I have also never seen such a high-ranking superior who, regardless of life and death, went directly to the front line and interacted with his brothers.
"From today on, I, my brothers, will fight to the death at Pujiang and defend it! From myself down, all members of the 72nd Army will fight the Japanese invaders to the bitter end, making them pay with blood for every step forward. I once made a bold statement in Nanjing. Do you have the confidence to make the Japanese pay a price of 500,000 at Pujiang?"
Someone nearby gave Li Shaoyi an iron loudspeaker. Although the effect was not very good, it was much better than Li Shaoyi shouting by himself. In just a short while, his voice became hoarse.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
The brothers were all motivated at this moment. The number of 500,000 seemed very far away, but we had been fighting in Pujiang for more than a day or two. If we added up the number of people we had killed, thousands of them would be quite a lot. What's more, our commander-in-chief had brought a large number of troops from the north. When all these troops arrived at their positions, it would only be a matter of time before 500,000 of them were killed.
"All troops, listen to the order, immediately enter combat status! The general attack will begin at 9:00 am."
After hearing Li Shaoyi's words, tens of thousands of soldiers of the 72nd Army quickly entered their positions and began to check all kinds of weapons and equipment on the positions.
There is still one hour and five minutes left until nine o'clock. It is indeed different with the arrival of the Marshal. Our previous mission was to defend Luodian, but now it is a counterattack for the entire Pujiang war zone.
"Marshal, are we also joining the counterattack?"
Guo Shaoqiu said with some disbelief that he had fought in Luodian for such a long time and he knew the situation in Luodian. The position must be in our hands. If we launch a counterattack, the danger would be a little higher.
"We just replenished you with over forty tanks. You can't just stay here forever. The troops ahead of you are quite strong, so your counterattack should be limited to consuming the troops in the enemy position. Do not charge forward any further."
Although Li Shaoyi hoped that Guo Shaoqiu and his men could fight all the way to the seaside, but then again, the strength of the several divisions in front of them was no joke. This was also the most heavily defended area by the Japanese army in the entire Pujiang area. If we could wipe out these thousands of people in their position, it would be quite good for the Luodian defenders.
"That's no problem. I've been busy these past few days, researching their positions. Don't be fooled by the Japs showing off their might every day. Their positions are actually quite fragile, and they don't have many weapons against our tanks."
Every morning, Guo Shaoqiu would organize our tanks and armored vehicles to go out and sweep the Japanese positions. Of course, sometimes the results were not great, but we never missed a day.
The Japanese also hated such raids very much, after all, their positions had just been repaired with various facilities.
The tanks' artillery and the armored vehicles' rapid-fire guns plowed the fields for them, meaning that all their work that night was in vain.
But the next night, they had to repair these fortifications again. According to the Japanese officers, what if the 72nd Army cheated us? They used this method to paralyze us. If we didn't repair them one day, they would rush over and what would we do?
Ever since Li Shaoyi arrived at the Pujiang battlefield, the Japanese Pujiang Expeditionary Force has had a harder and harder time.
They were all guessing where Li Shaoyi was going to make a breakthrough.
Luodian is definitely the most important place.
So in addition to the original troops around Luodian, they added another division here, but they did not expect Li Shaoyi's ambition to be so big that he would launch a counterattack in the entire Pujiang.
All troops are now receiving new reinforcements. Those who are short of guns and ammunition must at least ensure that each soldier has a gun and more than 50 rounds of bullets.
Every infantry squad must have a machine gunner. If they don't have one, they can be trained within a few days if they start training now. If more than a dozen people don't have a Czech light machine gun, how can they fight?
The artillery unit relies entirely on the 72nd Army, but the infantry unit cannot do that. It has to rely entirely on yourselves. Many soldiers pinched themselves hard when they got the brand new Mauser rifles.
The various troops thought that they were going to fight them on the Pujiang battlefield, but now it seems that this is far from the case. We, like the important German-equipped divisions of the National Government, have also replaced our weapons with brand new Mauser rifles.
Moreover, each infantry squad also has a Czech light machine gun, not to mention the bullets. Commander Li said that there is no end to the bullets used to fight the Japanese...