As for the west, Ozawa Yuzhi smiled inwardly. This kind of precipitous cliff would not be possible unless the Chinese army had wings and flew up.
So he quickly issued an order to send half a squadron and a light machine gun to the east and north each for defense, while the main force of his two remaining squadrons and part of the artillery squadron's heavy troops were all arranged.
On the southern position.
Of course, the muzzles of the four heavy machine guns deployed on the top of the mountain are also facing the mountain road to the south.
Now, it depends on how many people the Chinese are willing to die, but to break through this impregnable and dangerous mountain, hey... that's impossible.
Ozawa Yuzhi thought of this and couldn't help but reveal a ferocious smile on his face.
“Tum…Tum…”
"Whoosh...whoosh..."
The few mortars of the Chinese army began to fire at the top of the mountain.
This is why Zhao Chengyu gathered the only four 82mm mortars in the entire brigade and assigned them to the troops attacking the mountain.
The unit responsible for attacking Heizui Mountain was a reinforced battalion of the 109th Brigade.
The so-called reinforced battalion is actually an infantry battalion equipped with a mortar company and a heavy machine gun company directly under the brigade headquarters. There are a total of 4 mortars and 4 Maxim heavy machine guns as suppressive firepower.
However, please don't forget that there are ten artillery pieces on the top of the mountain. Although the firing range of the 41-type 75mm field cannon cannot reach the bottom of the mountain, the six 92 infantry cannons can shoot in a wide angle curve, which is quite a lot.
With only 6 mortars, it still poses a certain threat to the Chinese army attacking the mountain.
Just as the two sides began to engage in a fierce artillery battle, on the edge of the cliff on the west side of Heizui Mountain, black figures were slowly climbing up. They were more than twenty members of the mercenary team headed by Zhou Wen.
Although Yushi Ozawa did not think that Chinese troops would come up the cliff on the west side, he still deployed half a team of Japs here and equipped a crooked machine gun.
This is not because Yushi Ozawa was prepared to prevent someone from flying up from the west, but because he regarded this machine gun position as the final supporting firepower. Once the Chinese army really attacked the mountain, this place would become the place for the final decisive battle.
For a fanatical Japanese officer like Yushi Ozawa, there was no way to escape after defeat. He wanted every inch of land in Heizui Mountain to be soaked with the blood of Chinese soldiers.
Therefore, when Zhou Wen poked his head out from behind a stone to observe, he was surprised to find that the Japs' machine gun position was facing the northeast of the top of the mountain. In other words, the six little Japs on guard in front of him had their backs to him.
, what kind of naughty operation is this?
However, now is not the time to take action. According to the agreement between Zhou Wen and General Zhao Chengyu, Zhou Wen will not give the Japanese a fatal blow from behind until the troops of the 109th Brigade have stormed three times.
What does this mean? It is equivalent to letting the Japanese devote all their strength and attention to the defensive battle, which is the best time for the mercenary group to launch an attack.
Of course, this means that the troops attacking the mountain will inevitably pay a heavy price in casualties, and it means that the soldiers of the 109th Brigade are using their own flesh and blood to create opportunities for the mercenary group.
However, General Zhao Chengyu still agreed without hesitation, and also directly ordered the battalion commander named Liu who was responsible for attacking the mountain to make his strong attack a real attack, and the strength of each attack must not be less than one company.
If we extrapolate based on the comparison of firepower between the enemy and ourselves, as well as the geographical advantages of the Japanese army, a company of more than 150 people in each attack would be able to retreat safely, not more than half a company.
In other words, for every strong attack, one must be mentally prepared to suffer half casualties.
Zhou Wen was a little embarrassed when he heard Zhao Chengyu's order to the mountain attacking troops, which was to use other people's lives to win opportunities for himself.
But this is war. Sacrificing a few people to save more people is a common thing in war. What's more, this battle is not to save anyone, but to achieve final victory.
You must know that Zhou Wen's proposal to launch a sneak attack from the west side of Heizui Mountain was not a slap on the head decision, but a plan that was not perfect but had enough details based on the mountain topography and after careful consultation with Zhao Xiaojin.
For example, when he attacked the Japanese camp, he ignored the enemies in Heizui Mountain for the first time. Instead, he suddenly killed a carbine after most of the Japanese camp was defeated, thus keeping the Japanese troops on the top of the mountain at a high altitude.
The tense state consumed the Japanese army's physical strength and energy.
Of course, he did not expect that the Japanese army actually sent a small team to deliver food when the enemy's situation was unknown, which greatly weakened the strength of the defenders on the top of the mountain.
And after he led his brothers to the summit successfully, he asked Zhou Mingyuan to fire a signal flare at the foot of the mountain through the intercom, so that his assault troops could lurk secretly on the top of the mountain, waiting for the final attack.
When things got to this point, it was actually easy to capture Heizui Mountain. However, he still cautiously asked the mountain attacking troops to launch three real attacks, so that the Japanese army would consume a lot of physical strength and energy, and then launch another attack at the darkest time before dawn.
sneak attack.
It's not perfect just because the 109th Brigade had to pay a certain price in casualties.
But General Zhao Chengyu thought very clearly that without Zhou Wen's unexpected power, he would also capture Heizui Mountain at all costs. Whether it was a battalion or a regiment, Heizui Mountain could attack Xizuishan.
The target that poses a huge threat to Fengkou must be controlled by the Chinese military.
Otherwise, when large Japanese troops arrive, Xifengkou will really be unable to be defended, even if it wants to be defended.
At this time, the Chinese army's first attack had begun. A company from the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 109th Brigade slowly climbed towards the top of the mountain in a formation of one platoon in front and two platoons behind.
It's not that they don't want to line up their troops to attack at once, but the steep and dangerous terrain of Heizui Mountain makes it impossible for them to deploy more troops. This is still a relatively gentle southern slope. If they launch an attack on the north and east sides,
The squad's formation is already at its limit.
Looking at the looming black figures at the foot of the mountain, Ozawa Yuzhi ordered his men to continuously fire flares to measure the distance of the Chinese army.
At this time, he felt like he had some wisdom in his hands.
"Xinxi! As I expected, these stupid Zinna people launched a strong attack from the south. Let me give you a taste of the power of the industrial power of the Japanese Empire."
In fact, Yushi Ozawa also feels that there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to dominate. He can only say this to the relatively poor and weak China. If it were exposed to the world, it would make people laugh.
Compared with those old industrial powers, what kind of industrial power does little Japan have?
However, now his words have been verified by the Chinese army with crude weapons.