readsfreenovel Chapter 307: Conquering Dingcao County
Chapter 307: Conquering Dingcao County
As Abe Tokiji and Tamura Koichi were worried, the night passed quietly.
Before the dwarf locust soldiers were ready, the Nanshan army had already launched attacks in Jin County and Dingcao.
Mitsuichi Tamura near Jin County was lucky enough because they brought canned dry food with them. Although they couldn't make a fire to heat up their meals, they still had canned dry food to eat.
The dwarf locust soldiers in Dingcao County were not so lucky. Although there was a military camp near the headquarters, there was not much food in the camp because it was inside the city.
The warehouse where the food was stored had been occupied by the Nanshan Army, and most of the food in the barracks had been eaten last night.
When they wake up early in the morning, these little locust soldiers have to go hungry.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, please think of a solution quickly."
An officer came to urge for food early in the morning, which made Abe Tokiji very depressed. What could he do?
He could only do his best to deal with it perfunctorily: "Let the warriors hold on a little longer. I will organize you to launch a counterattack in the afternoon and take back the warehouse."
Fortunately for Abe Tokiji, he had placed ammunition, artillery shells and artillery in the military camp.
If these were also stored in the warehouse, they would have been seized by the new country's army.
As for why we have to organize a counterattack in the afternoon instead of now, it is naturally because the counterattack is fake, and leading them to fight to the death is real.
The reason why we have to hold out in the morning is naturally that we hope reinforcements can arrive in the morning.
If the reinforcements do not arrive by the afternoon, the morale he built up for the soldiers yesterday will collapse in an instant, and by then, in despair, there will be little fighting power left.
In Abe Tokiji's view, as an imperial warrior, one should exert his greatest value even until the last moment.
The officer opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but then gunfire was heard outside, probably an exchange of fire with the new country's army.
"Quick, Gao Mu, return to your position and lead your men to stop the attack of the Xin Guo army."
"Hey, don't worry, Brigade Commander. I will lead the troops to repel the attack of the new country."
Watching the officer walk away, Abe Juju sat dejectedly on the chair.
Faced with such a dilemma, he wisely did not send a message to Tamura Koichi. After all, if he did not send a message, he would not know the situation of the main force of the division, which would give him some hope.
After sending the message and knowing the result, whether it is good news or bad news, it will affect his decision.
If it is bad news, it will affect his fighting spirit. The abilities that can be demonstrated with or without fighting spirit will definitely be different.
Even if it was good news, it would be useless to him and would only make him timid. Even if he did not launch a desperate counterattack, the army's combat effectiveness would drop to freezing point by night.
After all, they are not new people. They do not have the complete will of the new people. In the absence of food, their actions will be greatly affected.
While Abe Tokiji was lost in thought, the sounds of gunfire outside were getting closer and closer, and the sound of automatic fire was getting louder and louder.
On the contrary, the sound of the Type 38 rifle firing became less and less, which brought him back to his senses and at the same time gave him a bad feeling.
At this time, the chief of staff retreated to the headquarters with hundreds of soldiers, set up defensive fortifications outside the headquarters, and also placed a heavy machine gun inside the position.
Afterwards, the chief of staff brought a team of soldiers to the headquarters to deploy defenses, preparing to rely on the headquarters for defense.
"What happened?" Abe Tokiji suddenly looked miserable.
Seeing Abe Tokiji's depressed look, the Chief of Staff didn't want to pay attention to him, but after thinking about it, he told him the truth:
"The New Country Army has torn through the southern defense and has already attacked. I have ordered all units to retreat and organize defense near the headquarters for the final resistance."
"The last stand?"
Abe Tokiji couldn't help but laugh at himself. He thought he wanted to hold on until the afternoon and lead his soldiers in a desperate charge.
Unexpectedly, it was less than nine o'clock in the morning and they were compressed into the headquarters. At this rate, they could only hold out for an hour at most. Now thinking about it, the idea of holding out until the afternoon was ridiculous.
The one that broke into the southern defense line of the Little Locust was the 15rd Regiment of the 153th Division.
Arriving outside the headquarters and letting the soldiers hide around, the regiment commander observed for a while and then sneered.
"Captain, what good thing have you thought of?"
"Heh, I didn't expect such a good thing, but I did have the idea of taking down the Dwarf Locust Headquarters."
The man who asked the question couldn't help but brighten his eyes: "Oh, Captain, tell me quickly."
"See that wall? The first company of the first battalion will go around the flank, climb over the wall into the backyard of their headquarters, and attack them from the rear." Without paying any attention to the man, the regiment commander gave the order directly.
"Mortars, destroy the dwarf's frontal position, and then the rest of the first battalion will attack from the front."
"Remember, the first battalion will hold the front line, and we must pay attention to the casualties of the soldiers."
"Yes." A battalion commander responded and arranged everything as instructed.
"Boom, boom."
Ten minutes later, the first company had moved to the designated position, and two mortar shells fell into the position in front of the command department.
After the explosion, when the smoke and dust cleared, the twenty or so dwarf locust soldiers in the position were all killed, and the heavy machine gun in the position was also blown to the ground.
When the soldiers of the first battalion arrived at the door of the command department, intensive gunfire was immediately heard from inside the door.
The two soldiers who rushed to the front were hit by dozens of bullets and fell to the ground without breathing. Seeing this, the remaining soldiers did not dare to rush forward.
A battalion commander ordered the soldiers hiding on both sides of the gate: "Throw grenades inside."
There was no other way. The command center had built a high wall and a large courtyard, and people were guarding the gate. They had no other choice but to blow down the wall.
After several grenades exploded inside the door, another seven or eight soldiers rushed in and another burst of gunfire rang out from inside the door.
After a few screams, there was no other movement from inside the door.
The battalion commander clenched his fists, suppressed his anger and ordered: "Go to the two walls on both sides of the courtyard and throw grenades into the courtyard."
Mortars are useless in this place, so we can only use grenades.
As hundreds of grenades were thrown into the front yard of the headquarters, smoke and dust filled the yard. Soldiers from the first battalion took advantage of the smoke and dust to rush into the yard to find cover and engaged in a fierce firefight with the dwarf locust soldiers.
Most of the dwarf locust soldiers were tied up in the front yard, while the first company of the first battalion on the flank successfully climbed into the back yard.
As they rushed out from the backyard, Abe Twelve was captured, and the remaining dwarf locust soldiers were killed, and those who surrendered were tied up.
Abe Tokiji originally wanted to kill himself, but he was held down by several soldiers from the first company. Seeing that Abe Tokiji was wearing a general's uniform, they knew that he was a high-ranking official and did not kill him.
The captured Abe Tokiji was very unwilling, and shouted that he was a samurai and hoped that he could be treated with respect, but these soldiers could not understand the language of the dwarf locusts, so they simply covered his mouth, making Abe Tokiji very depressed.
Soon after the command center was taken down, the dwarf locust soldiers in other places were also eliminated one after another.
At 10:30 in the morning, the entire Dingcao County was completely captured by the Nanshan Army.
During this period, some dwarf locust soldiers wanted to detonate the remaining shells and die together with the Nanshan Army, but they were discovered by snipers in the distance.
The dozen or so soldiers who wanted to detonate the artillery shells were shot and killed one by one by several Nanshan Army snipers in the distance.
After capturing Dingcao County, the two division commanders did not get carried away. After all, they had two divisions with 40,000 soldiers. There was nothing to be proud of in attacking a county town with a garrison of 10,000 soldiers.
"Send a telegram to the commander."
"it is good."