Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

Time passed quickly and it was night. Seeing that the Japanese had no plans to attack immediately, Fang Chenggong forced his soldiers to rest after dinner.

The climate around Gashan is humid. Many soldiers who are tired after a day's work are too lazy to even open their sleeping bags. Most of them just find a flat place and fall asleep.

"Captain, you've been tired all day, you should go and have a rest!"

"I'm not tired. I've been sitting in the car all day. It's a good time to move around."

It would be a lie to say that he wasn't tired. It's just that this battle involved many things, so Fang Zhicheng had no intention of sleeping at the moment.

"Then Captain, how are we going to fight this battle tonight?"

"War is all about pretending and pretending. The Japanese are lucky tonight. After all, this time I plan to let them have a good look at the military tactics left by our ancestors."

Although Fang Zhicheng did not tell the specific tactics, the staff officer under him had been following him for some years. When he saw the malicious smile on this guy's face, he knew that his captain was going to plot against him again.

Time passed quickly and it was already the second half of the night. Fang Zhicheng had already killed all his soldiers. There were still five hours before dawn. It was obviously not a good time to launch a direct attack on the Japanese. However, there would be no problem if they just fought a harassment war.

"Weichao, come here."

"Captain, you called me?"

"Do you know where the devil's camp is?"

"know."

"Tell your company to keep busy and bombard the Japanese for 20 minutes. I don't need them to be accurate, but they must wake up all the Japanese. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, I'm just waiting for your order."

Fang Zhicheng has been sending people to keep an eye on the situation over there. Unlike his side, the Japanese soldiers over there rest very late and have only slept for about two hours so far.

If it were under normal circumstances, facing Fang Zhicheng's harassment, the worst that could happen to the Japanese would be that they refused to sleep, so it wouldn't be a big deal.

But the current situation is not good, because the Japanese soldiers are already tired after a whole day, and now they have only slept for such a short time. This sleep is not enough to get rid of their physical fatigue.

“Boom~~~” “Boom~~~~”

Not long after Sun Tong gave the order, bursts of fire appeared around the Japanese camp, and the sound of exploding artillery shells directly woke up all the sleeping Japanese soldiers.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"Protect His Excellency the Division Commander!"

"Come here, prepare for defense quickly."

At this time, the Japanese camps had become a complete mess, and from time to time, artillery shells falling into the camps would take the lives of Japanese soldiers.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, how's the situation outside?"

"It's all right now. After the initial panic, the soldiers' emotions have stabilized. The commanders of each regiment are now actively organizing their troops to prepare for a counterattack."

"Is there any movement from the South China Army?"

"Not yet. After the shelling ended, our people did not find any traces of the enemy around the camp."

"Send a large team to explore the surrounding area. As for the others, let them rest first."

"Sir, do you mean that the South China Army's play is just a feint?"

"Yes, the enemy is most likely using a strategy of tiring the enemy out. They might even launch an artillery attack on us in a while!"

"Then should we launch a counterattack against the other side?"

"Forget it. Our artillery range is not as good as theirs. It would be disadvantageous for us to have an artillery duel with them rashly. The opposing regiment entered our occupied area alone. I don't think they will bring too many artillery shells. So let the soldiers below be patient for now. It will be our time for revenge when daybreak!"

"Yes, I will convey your order right away!"

With the order from their division commander, the Japanese soldiers went back to sleep obediently. However, after the last round of shelling, many Japanese soldiers, except for those who were careless, had suffered from insomnia.

Half an hour later, the Japanese camp had just quieted down, but a new round of artillery fire came from Fang Zhicheng's side.

If the Japanese had been able to observe carefully, they would have easily discovered that the caliber of the artillery that Fang Zhihua used to bombard their camp this time was much smaller than that of the first round.

However, the Japanese are now busy escaping. Even if someone discovers this problem, they will only think that after the last round of shelling, Fang Zhicheng has used up all the shells in their heavy artillery.

The two consecutive rounds of artillery bombardment caused the Japanese to suffer a lot. In terms of casualties, the Japanese side was not heavy, but being woken up from their sleep repeatedly was what they could not stand the most.