Facing the long defense line, it is simply impossible to deploy heavy troops for defense. In order to block the Japanese breakout route, at least three heavy machine guns were placed on each hilltop along the way, and between the top of the hill and the top of the hill.
A lot of light machine guns were arranged.
Similarly, in order to divide and intersperse the exhausted Japanese troops, a battalion of mobile troops was deployed on each hilltop to recharge their batteries and undertake the task of intersecting and destroying the Japanese troops. The mortar group served as artillery support for the entire army, and the cavalry battalion
Arranged at the mountain pass of Xiangtangpu, as the last victorious force, it can carry out assaults on the remaining enemies at any time. The two companies of the baggage train are arranged as reserve teams and are arranged next to the headquarters to reinforce positions that need reinforcement at any time.
With the support of the bombing thunder and nearly 50 explosive packs along the way, Liu Hua was full of confidence in annihilating the 2,000 Japanese troops on the road.
"Commander, the main force of the Japanese army has begun to enter the ambush position." The chief of staff next to him reminded in a low voice. Sure enough, several cars of the main convoy of the Japanese army had passed through the mountain pass with smoke and dust, that is, two of the 2nd Regiment 45
Company position. Slowly move into the arranged ambush circle.
Watching the enemy convoy driving into the long-prepared ambush circle, Liu Hua was excited. His hands holding the binoculars could not help but tremble. Likewise, everyone in the headquarters opened their mouths in shock.
Looking at the huge convoy in front of me, although everyone in the headquarters is familiar with cars, but in backward China, it is simply impossible to see a convoy of so many cars, with that kind of scale, that kind of momentum... I can only
In one sentence, it was shocking. Thinking of this, Liu Hua once again couldn't resist the temptation and began to think about it, thinking that his troops could form a convoy in the future...
This section of the road in Xiangtangpu can be said to be in the worst condition of all the roads along the way. Facing the potholes, the Japanese army could only slow down. The entire convoy moved slowly between the mountains like an earthworm.
The captain, Lieutenant Colonel Moriki, was helpless in the face of the slow speed of the car. After the dust outside the window hit his eyes, Moriki was no longer in the mood to watch the scenery outside the window. He closed the window in depression, closed his eyes, and began to rest. And with his eyes closed,
He had no idea that his life would be lost in a short battle. Similarly, the Japanese soldiers outside the car were not alert at all. They were playing with each other, talking and moving forward, completely ignoring the pairs of hostile eyes on the top of the mountain.
The Japanese cars drove into the ambush circle one after another, until the vanguard of the Japanese convoy disappeared from everyone's sight, and the enemy's main convoy had not yet passed. Liu Hua was waiting, the soldiers were waiting, everyone was silent
He looked quietly at the cars passing in front of him, holding his breath, and pointed his gun steadily at the Japanese soldiers in the convoy.
Finally, the last car full of soldiers appeared in everyone's field of vision and slowly drove into the ambush circle. Finally entering, Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief. The strong figures of the soldiers of the 45th Company appeared in the telescope.
The soldiers were very smart. They used the dust kicked up by the convoy to hide their figures very well. They followed the last car quietly, hoping to kill the last car of the Japanese and block the download after starting the attack.
The highway was closed, and the important task of beating the dogs was completed. And a company used the rolled up dust as a cover, and began to carry out large-scale construction on the highway passed by the convoy, building simple fortifications to block the Japanese who broke out at any time.
Everyone in the headquarters put down their binoculars almost at the same time and looked at Liu Hua in the middle. Waiting for the commander to issue a combat order, the operator held the phone with his ears raised, waiting for the commander's order. "Detonate." Liu Hua ordered loudly.
, after saying that, he picked up the telescope and stared at the road in the distance again.
The telephone operator who heard the order shouted loudly into the phone: "Detonate!" Almost at the same moment, a thunderous explosion sounded across the entire position, and the explosive packets buried at the foot of the mountain exploded one after another.
The ground was shaking. In Liu Hua's telescope, he saw almost no fire. He only saw rocks flying everywhere. He could even feel the powerful shock wave, which forcefully pushed down everything he encountered, including the Japanese who were close to the explosion point.
, was thrown high at the moment of the explosion, but what was thrown up was not the body, but the broken limbs and broken arms. Soldiers further away were thrown far away by the powerful shock wave. With luck,
Those who were just stunned and unlucky were blamed for the powerful shock wave that caused their mouths to bleed. At the same time, more than a dozen cars could not withstand such an impact and fell crookedly on the roadside...
The sound of the explosion was an order. After hearing the sound of the explosion, nearly a hundred light and heavy machine guns along the entire route opened fire at the enemies on the road. At the same time, mortars and Hongtianlei also joined the attack queue. As the soldiers were trying to seize the car,
supplies and ammunition, all the artillery shells did not land on the road, but were slightly on the hillside next to the road, which reduced the division's lethality a lot. Dense bullets, flying artillery shells, and explosives with a loud whistling sound
Bao, constantly harvesting the lives of the Japanese army. But after all, the Japanese army knew too much, and there were also battle-hardened elite soldiers who had just been transferred from the front line. In addition to the soldiers who died in the initial explosion, those elite soldiers
The veteran Japanese soldiers stood up with their rifles in hand. In the shortest possible time, they lay on the ground and continued to perform tactical movements, avoiding the flying bullets and looking for bunkers where they could hide their figures. At the same time, in the process of rolling continuously, they also
Don't forget to pull the trigger to suppress the vitality on the top of the mountain.
Although the veterans easily dodged the flying bullets and hid under the cars to fight back. However, the target of the machine gunners on the mountain did not seem to be them at all, and many of them pointed their guns at the heavy baggage soldiers who were slow to respond.
As a result, nearly a thousand heavy troops, artillery and other technical troops were almost completely killed or injured by the explosions in front, machine gun fire from behind, and artillery shells from the sky. Only a thousand or so troops were left on the position.
They were resisting, but the remaining one thousand people brought Liu Hua a lot of trouble.
Those Japanese soldiers who escaped the first round of shooting slowly gathered together under the cover of their own people, and began to confront the soldiers on the mountain with their cars. Slowly, the heavy machine guns were also used by the Japanese, who used their own people as a cover.
, slowly set up, the intact grenades and heavy machine guns began to fight back one after another, and the firepower of the soldiers was suddenly suppressed a lot.
Liu Hua stood at the command post and looked at the weakened machine gun firepower. He immediately became anxious and said, "Order, artillerymen, don't worry about the Japanese ammunition trucks. Blast them hard for me." Liu Hua ordered decisively.
Soon, the artillerymen who received the order no longer had anything to worry about. A group of dozens of artillery shells fell on the road together. Eight rounds of Thunderclap explosive packs fell into the enemy's trap with the roar of the wind.
In the convoy.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The explosive pack had a different response. It exploded in a large area, and the enemy's firepower could no longer be seen dozens of meters away from the house where the explosive pack exploded. However, although the effect was good, it gradually
Explosive packs exploded one after another, and ammunition trucks on the road were also detonated one after another.
Two of the shells happened to land on the enemy's ammunition truck. In an instant, several shells were detonated on the ammunition truck. The exploding shells threw the unexploded shells far away, while the shells that escaped were tightly packed.
Then there was another explosion, and then the ammunition truck next to it was detonated. In this way, more than a dozen ammunition trucks exploded one after another, and the entire highway was instantly plunged into a sea of flames.
As different ammunition trucks exploded, bullets and grenades were flying everywhere on the road. A few hundred meters of the road was completely submerged in the air waves and sea of fire from the ammunition explosions. Many Japanese hiding under the cars did not react before they could react.
It was engulfed in flames, and even those Japanese who escaped the fire were killed by flying bullets and grenades in a short period of time. There was almost no living person visible on the entire road.
Perhaps the explosion of more than a dozen cars in a row was too shocking and dealt a huge blow to the Japanese. The remaining Japanese troops soon realized that ammunition trucks covered with quilts were not that safe. Maybe they would be fired at any time.
Those who sold themselves after the shells fell all had to go back to see the emperor. The Japanese who wanted to understand wanted to leave this dangerous area where their lives could be taken away at any time. However, the Eighth Route Army on the mountain did not let them leave so easily. As the Japanese troops moved away one after another
In the process, nearly a hundred more Japanese fell to the machine guns of the Independent Brigade.
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In this way, the positions of both sides slowly began to stabilize. The soldiers of the Independent Brigade were lying in the trenches on the top of the mountain. The Japanese troops who moved to the foot of the mountain relied on closing dead corners one by one and building structures with the help of some heavy machine guns they grabbed.
The firepower point began to confront the soldiers.
In this way, the battle has been going on for nearly an hour without realizing it. According to statistics, nearly a company of soldiers has appeared online, especially the machine gunners' casualty rate has reached a very high level.
At this time, the Japanese captain, Lieutenant Colonel Morita, also became anxious. When the first explosion sounded, Morita realized that he was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. He was confident that he wanted to command the troops to eliminate these Eighth Route soldiers.
But he didn't expect that after one round of explosions, he lost almost half of his troops. Seeing the terrible casualties, the captain, Lieutenant Colonel Morita, who was lying under the car to avoid bullets, could no longer regain his confidence and immediately sent troops everywhere.
Report for help.
And he could only lead the remaining Japanese troops to resist, using various oil-flowing terrains to confront the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, trying to hold on until reinforcements came to relieve the siege.
However, his wish was about to come true, because Liu Hua, who was unable to stand in command, could no longer endure this combat mode of shooting at each other, wasting ammunition, but not killing many enemies.
"Order, each battalion will launch a charge after 5 minutes, use the favorable terrain, divide and intersperse, separate the Japanese, slowly compress their positions, and eliminate them one by one. Remember, when facing a strong enemy, do not launch a strong attack, which will cause unnecessary
casualties. If the enemy has too many troops, surround me and I will mobilize mortars to support you. Issue an order immediately." Liu Hua made a decisive decision to charge.