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Chapter 716 The Hardest Stumbling Block

716 The Hardest Stumbling Block

"Fuck you, get off here right now.

In three days, your regiment has suffered six to seven hundred casualties, and you have not yet taken Dingziling.

Do you want to wipe out the whole group?

Withdraw and rest. I will have the reserve regiment add 500 men to your regiment.

Restore my fighting power as soon as possible.

Your regiment is the main force. When we attack Yangcheng, we will need you to take the lead in the attack.

I will let you cripple me here now, how can we fight later?"

Ye Qingshan’s angry roar was heard from the other end of the phone.

The attack on Dingziling was not going well, which made Ye Qingshan a little angry.

But he also understood the difficulties of the 1st Regiment of the New 2nd Division, which was responsible for the attack.

The terrain of Dingziling is too dangerous and it is indeed difficult to fight.

Even if a regiment has 3,000 people, the casualties of 600 to 700 veterans are enough to seriously damage the vitality of the regiment.

They must be replaced and rested.

Ye Qingshan doesn't want a main regiment to lose its combat effectiveness before reaching Yangcheng.

"Yes. Commander, I obey your orders."

Although Ye Qingshan was cursing, he was still thinking about them all in his words and didn't blame them at all.

The regiment commander immediately surrendered and obeyed the order.

At the headquarters, Ye Qingshan's face turned pale and he put down the phone.

The Japanese defending Dingziling were more tenacious than they expected.

Ye Qingshan just hung up the phone and immediately picked up the phone again: "Connect me to the second group."

"Second group?

Next, you will take the lead in attacking Dingziling. The Japanese there are already at the end of their strength.

I will only give your group two days.

Within two days, we must capture Dingziling at all costs.

Did you hear that clearly? At any cost.

I will have the artillery mobilize half of its firepower to support you."

"Artillery positions, from now on, bombard Dingziling continuously..."

Ye Qingshan made one phone call after another, and at this moment the focus of the battlefield was all concentrated on the small Dingziling.

After Ye Qingshan finished the call, he stood in front of the map and looked at it quietly.

What Ye Qingshan said to the regiment commander just now was half true and half false.

He really didn't want to see such a main force regiment being defeated so quickly.

Ye Qingshan sent a regiment down to rest.

The Second Regiment will take over the main attack on Dingziling.

It was also because, after several days of hard fighting, the regiment was already exhausted and its attack was no longer sharp.

But there is not much time left for Ye Qingshan.

Ye Qingshan must capture Dingziling within the next few days before the main force of the air force under Ye Qingshan loses the ability to compete with the Japanese fighter planes.

Only then can Ye Qingshan continue to advance the subsequent plans.

Once this time window passes, it will be too late.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan needs to dispatch a new force and capture Dingziling at all costs within the next two days.

Thereby opening up the situation on the battlefield.

"Commander, two days is too hasty."

Wu Hongguang, who was standing next to him, frowned and asked Ye Qingshan.

“No, I must see Dingziling taken within two days at most.

Otherwise, we will have no chance of taking back Guangzhou in this battle.

We can only withdraw our troops.”

Ye Qingshan spoke in a decisive tone, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Is it that serious?"

"Yes, very serious."

Wu Hongguang was puzzled.

If we delay the capture of a small mountain like Dingziling for a few days, can we force their entire army to retreat?

Moreover, there are still many things that he doesn't understand.

For example, at this time, the combat staff of the headquarters were most worried about the problem of the Japanese bomber groups.

At this time, everyone could see at a glance the threat posed by the Japanese bombers in the sky.

This is the key to whether the 89th Army can win this battle.

But the headquarters' combat staff could not think of any way to deal with the Japanese bomber fleet.

In fact, in the eyes of the combat staff, there was no need to continue this battle.

Because they simply can't win.

But Ye Qingshan said that he had a way to deal with the Japanese bomber group.

But as to how to solve it, Ye Qingshan hasn't said anything yet.

If it weren’t for Ye Qingshan’s great prestige in the 89th Army, no one would dare to question his orders.

Someone should have spoken up about this issue a long time ago.

In fact, Ye Qingshan also knew the doubts in the hearts of Wu Hongguang and other national army generals at this time.

Ye Qingshan did not lie, he really had a way to deal with the Japanese bomber group.

But he couldn't tell you about this method for now.

Because once the news is leaked and known by the Japanese, it will be a huge disaster for them.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan must be cautious.

He would not let anyone know about this plan except himself before it was carried out.

Who knows if the Japanese have any spies lurking inside his 89th Army?

Moreover, Ye Qingshan's plan is time-limited.

The next two days will be the last time for him to execute this plan.

Once this time window has passed, Ye Qingshan’s plan cannot be carried out.

"Whether the subsequent plans can be smoothly implemented depends on whether we can take over this place as soon as possible."

Ye Qingshan stared at the small black circle on the map that represented Dingziling and prayed in his heart.

At this moment, a small Dingziling became the biggest stumbling block blocking Ye Qingshan's counterattack on Guangdong Province.

Without taking this small Dingziling, Ye Qingshan’s subsequent series of plans cannot be carried out.

Ye Qingshan was ordered to capture Dingziling within two days at any cost.

This directly drove the Second Regiment of the New Second Division, which was attacking Dingziling, completely crazy.

Under the cover of rocket launchers and howitzers, the 2nd Regiment of the New 2nd Division launched an attack on Dingziling overnight.

On Dingziling, more than half of the defending Japanese soldiers in a battalion had already been killed or wounded.

The Japs are also struggling.

Telegrams asking for help have been sent countless times.

But unfortunately, the attacks of several other regiments of the New 2nd Division were going relatively smoothly.

The Japanese 108th Regiment had to deal with the attacks from several other regiments, and they had no manpower to support Dingziling.

Even if reinforcements were sent, they would be blocked by artillery fire or the New 2nd Division's blocking troops and would never reach Dingziling.

Boom boom boom!

That night, the artillery fire on the front line hardly stopped.

In order to avoid being attacked by Japanese bombers during the day, the heavy artillery positions of the 89th Army had to change their positions frequently.

Also try to reduce the time of firing during the day as much as possible.

Mainly providing heavy artillery support to the attacking troops at night.

Ye Qingshan sat in the command center and did not sleep all night.

He has already arranged the most important things.

Whether the battle situation can be turned around no longer depends on him, but on the soldiers fighting on the front line.

A night passed, and Ye Qingshan did not receive any good news.

The Second Regiment launched a fierce attack all night but still failed to capture Dingziling.

During the day, because the heavy artillery did not dare to fire at will, the intensity of the attack was weaker than at night.

During the day, the sky becomes lively.

Fighter planes from both sides continued to take off and engage in air combat in the skies around Echeng.