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

After two rounds of shelling, Fang Zhicheng's troops had already left the position at Gashan. Now, apart from the civilian personnel of the regiment, the only ones left on the position were the wounded soldiers.

In nearly an hour, the troops advanced a total of four kilometers towards the enemy camp. If Fang Zhicheng had not been afraid of the noise made by driving, an hour would have been enough for him to lead the troops directly to the side of the enemy camp.

"Have the Fourth Battalion ready. When the next round of shelling begins, I need them to immediately attack the enemy camp. Remember to tell them that their mission is only to harass the enemy. Don't be stupid enough to hand over my troops to the Japanese."

Fang Zhicheng knew that after two consecutive rounds of artillery fire, the Japanese would definitely be prepared for their attacks, and what he wanted was for his sister-in-law to be prepared. Only in this way would the sneak attack by the Fourth Battalion make the Japanese subconsciously think that this was his, Fang Zhicheng's backup plan.

But the Japanese had no idea that these were just appetizers prepared by someone from his side, and that two hours later he would serve the Japanese the main course.

The time came to 2:15 in the morning, and the Japanese camp had returned to peace again.

At this moment, the first round of artillery fire came. The scale of this round of artillery fire from the South China Army was larger than the previous two rounds. After all, at this time their main force was only six kilometers away from the Japanese camp. If they walked forward, they would probably encounter the Japanese sentries.

However, although the scale of this round of shelling was large, Fang Zhihua basically used some large-caliber mortars.

His regiment was equipped with a total of four types of artillery, among which large-caliber howitzers and small-caliber howitzers were the main supporting firepower of the regiment. In addition, the artillery battalion also had a mountain artillery company. As for mortars, they were weapons equipped by each battalion. Generally, a battalion would have a heavy mortar platoon under its command. The mortar platoons of each battalion were what Fang Zhicheng used to attack the Japanese camp just now.

Just as they were constantly bombarding the enemy's camp with artillery, the Fourth Battalion, which had been well prepared, followed Fang Zhicheng's orders and directly divided into two groups and began to attack the two outermost camps of the Japanese from two directions.

"Brothers, charge!"

The troop of about 500 men was led by the fourth battalion commander with a momentum that surpassed that of an entire regiment.

Faced with the opponent's largest round of artillery fire, the Japanese, after the initial panic, organized a counterattack of a certain scale. However, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion had received a warning early on, so they would not fight to the death with the Japanese, and basically moved to another place after each shot.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, everything is just as you expected. The enemy has really launched an attack on us!"

"How's it going?"

"The Liantian and Ancheng regiments have already begun to counterattack the enemy. When they lose their heavy weapons, the brave soldiers of the empire are no worse than the enemy. If the enemy cannot withdraw in time, we are confident that we can directly defeat this regiment of Nanhua."

"Good, very good. This time we can finally teach the damned South Chinese a lesson. If our division can win this battle, we will definitely be praised by the headquarters. Changtian, you know what I think. I don't want to waste my time in South Vietnam. Only the Pacific battlefield is the place where men of our generation yearn for. If we can win this battle, then I will most likely be summoned back to the country by the headquarters. I wonder if you are willing to go back with me then?"

"Thank you, Master Commander. We are willing to stay by your side forever!"

"Yoshi, Nagata-kun, then wish us all the best!"

"Hayi!"

The Japanese division commander and chief of staff were still dreaming of defeating Fang Zhicheng and his regiment, but after the Fourth Battalion harassed the Japanese for a while, the Japanese directly used the escape route prepared in advance to attack them.

The Japanese wanted to continue the pursuit, but they could not guarantee that the enemy would not set an ambush on the pursuit route, so in the end the Japanese could only watch the Fourth Battalion leave unwillingly.

In this sneak attack, the casualties caused to the Japanese by the Fourth Battalion were not heavy, with only two to three hundred people killed at most. However, the casualties on the Fourth Battalion's side were also very small, with only nineteen people killed and more than sixty people injured.

"Commander, all the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion report to you!"

"Thank you for your hard work, brothers. I have seen your performance this time. It's very good. Now everyone should take a rest. We still have a big battle to fight next!"

"Captain, I have already figured out the general layout of the Japanese's housing. Besides that, here is the layout of the Japanese's camps."

"With this thing in hand, I don't think the Japanese can escape the attack of the artillery camp this time."

"Lü Chao!"

"To!"

"I need you to lead the special operations team to knock out all the secret guards outside the Japanese army. And during this period, you can't make too much noise for me, so as not to disturb the Japanese army. Can you do it?"

"Yes, Captain, don't worry. I will definitely do a great job for you if you leave this to me."

"It's good to have confidence, so take action as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

The special forces are the sharpest blade of the entire regiment, and now is the best time to prove their combat effectiveness.

After sending out the special forces team, Fang Zhicheng did not rush to lead the troops forward, but took Chang Weichao to select artillery positions in the surrounding areas.

Next, Fang Zhicheng planned to keep all the other artillery pieces in the regiment here for concentrated use, except for the small-caliber howitzers in the hands of each company. In order to ensure the safety of these artillery pieces, Sun Tong selected eight artillery positions in one breath.

After finishing all this, the special forces team's mission was also completed. Fang Zhicheng did not dare to waste time and directly led the rest of the troops to approach the Japanese camp.

Time passed by minute by minute, and now there was only half an hour left before the operation started.

"Lü Chao, I want to ask you something!"

"Captain, what do you say?"

"If I ask you to bring people to plant a bomb in the Japanese camp, can you guarantee that your special forces team will not be discovered by the Japanese?"

"The two outer camps are okay, but I'm not sure about the one at the end."

"Is that so? Forget it then. We can't make any mistakes in our plan this time. The Japanese have finally let down their guard, and I don't want to alert them. Just pretend I didn't say anything just now."

If it were any other time, Fang Zhicheng might have asked Lu Chao to take people up and give it a try, but now he was unwilling to take the risk. The main reason was that his plan had already been completed, and if the Japanese became alert, all his efforts would be wasted.

When the time came to four o'clock, a new round of shelling fell on the Japanese again.

What surprised the Japanese this time was that the scale of the enemy's artillery bombardment was even larger than the previous two times combined. Sixty or seventy heavy artillery launched artillery fire at the same time. The scene was so spectacular that Fang Zhicheng and his soldiers were so excited.

"Brothers, attack!!"