Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty-Seven Tune Tigers from the Mountain
Chapter 587: Causing the Tiger to Leave the Mountain
Half an hour later, the "rumbling" sound of artillery began to ring out at the Japanese frontline outside Baishan County. Facing dozens of Eighth Route Army mountain artillery, mortars fired continuously, and shells exploded on the battlefield.
Huge fireballs rising into the sky. The simple civil fortifications built by the Japanese army in the past few days were hit by this fierce shelling without any accidents. After just a few rounds of shooting, they were turned into ruins...
As the sound of artillery slowly subsided, a loud charge began to echo on the battlefield. A main battalion of the 37th Regiment of the 13th Division, with more than 500 soldiers, stepped on the craters caused by the explosion of artillery shells. Several people behind them
Under the cover of heavy machine gun fire, they formed a standard triangle attack formation, bent over, and rushed out of their position...
Just when more than a hundred soldiers of the leading company, under the command of the company commander, quickly advanced towards the Japanese army position that had become a ruins in a standard offensive formation. Three tongues of flames suddenly appeared on the Japanese army position.
For a moment, it caught the eyes of the company commander leading the team...
"The enemy is attacking, get down quickly and take cover immediately..." A exclamation roared out from the mouth of the company commander. After more than half a month of training, more than a hundred people had already become elite soldiers.
After hearing the company commander's order, he immediately fell to the ground like a conditioned reflex. At the same time, he raised the weapon in his hand, ready to aim and shoot at any time...
However, no matter how timely the company commander's order is, no matter how fast the soldiers' reaction speed is, they can't be faster than the speed of Japanese bullets. After the fierce bombardment by the artillery regiment, the two remaining crooked guns on the Japanese forward position were
Under a salvo of heavy machine guns and dozens of rifles, the dozen or so soldiers charging at the front were punched with red and bloody holes. Then, they fell heavily to the ground, their life or death uncertain...
Looking at the dozen brothers who were lying in a pool of blood, who were still alive before the war, and who were brothers to him. In the blink of an eye, they fell under the gun of the little Japanese, and their life or death was uncertain. The forward company commander couldn't help but hold on tightly.
He used his fists and shouted loudly at the soldiers around him...
"Zhang Wazi, what are you still doing? Use your grenade to kill the Japs' machine guns and avenge the sacrificed brothers. The whole company is here to provide fire cover and provide the grenade shooter with a shooting opportunity, and then prepare to charge.
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"Company Commander, just look at it. I, Zhang Wazi, promise to avenge the sacrificed brothers and let the little devil pay with blood..." As he spoke, the company's four crooked light machine guns and more than a hundred rifles appeared
Under cover, the three grenade launchers of the grenade squad were set up one after another amidst Zhang Wazi's roar...
As Zhang Wazi's order to fire was sounded, three dull sounds of artillery firing were heard from the soldiers' hidden positions... Three grenade-specific grenades were quickly shot out of the grenade and flew toward a hundred
The Japanese position a few meters away...
Although, these grenadiers have only been trained for half a month under the guidance of the special operations division. In terms of training intensity and shooting accuracy, they are far inferior to the Japanese Kwantung Army troops who can be called veterans of hundreds of battles.
.However, if three rounds of grenades in one round fail to hit the target, then fire the second round. If two rounds still fail to hit the target, then fire the third round...
After the three grenade launchers of the grenade squad, under the command of squad leader Zhang Wazi, fired three rounds of nine rounds of grenades in total, a burst of dense explosions sounded on the Japanese position. They were still extremely arrogant just now, and they kept spitting out dense
The three light and heavy machine guns in the bullet rain suddenly all misfired...
Without the fire suppression of three machine guns, the pressure on the soldiers' heads suddenly eased a lot... Under the cover of a burst of smoke generated by the explosion of grenades, a company of more than a hundred soldiers, under the command of the company commander, jumped from the ground
He jumped up and charged again...
"Boom, boom, boom... da da da…" The explosion of grenades and the sound of machine gun fire, along with the misfire of the Japanese machine guns, began to ring cheerfully on the battlefield... Each soldier, like a tiger descending from the mountain,
Taking pictures of the neat offensive formation, they quickly rushed towards the Japanese forward position...
Just when a battalion of the Eighth Route Army troops, distributed in a zigzag pattern, was like a sharp sword, ruthlessly attacking the Japanese outer positions. In the rear of the position, Commander Zhou Baozhong and the 13th Division Commander Li Yuanqing were standing there.
Holding the telescope in his hand, he looked excitedly at the hundreds of commanders and fighters of the 1st Battalion of the 37th Regiment who were rapidly assaulting...
"Old Li, it seems that our training for more than half a month was not in vain. The training plan assigned to us by the commander really worked... According to the triangle attack tactics formulated by the commander, we launched an attack on the little Japs. One of our
The battalion, with almost no casualties, easily rushed to the Japanese position..." Seeing that more than a hundred soldiers from the forward company of the first battalion had rushed to the Japanese position, they were ready to throw grenades. Then, in one fell swoop,
When the Japanese army's position was captured, Commander Zhou Baozhong couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face, and said excitedly...
"Commander, not only are the soldiers well-trained, but the various weapons and equipment in the hands of the soldiers have also been completely changed... There are 15 crooked guns in one battalion, plus three heavy machine guns and ten grenades.
Such powerful firepower was simply unimaginable to us before... If we can't fight well with such a good weapon, then we would be very sorry for the martyrs who sacrificed their lives..." Li Yuan
Qing answered confidently….
While the two were talking, a battalion had successfully rushed into the Japanese forward position. After a few minutes of hand-to-hand combat, on the forward position, a squadron of little Japs, together with a battalion of Manchurian troops, no one escaped, and they were all wiped out.
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"Report to the commander, division commander, and commander Zhang of the 37th Regiment in a telegram that the 1st Battalion has successfully occupied the Japanese forward position after paying the price of 39 casualties and completely wiped out all the defending troops, including one Japanese squadron and one Manchurian battalion. Zhang Tuan
Please ask the commander whether the troops will continue to attack..." The communications staff officer panted and ran to the two of them to report...
"Well done, the 37th Regiment won the first battle and demonstrated the prestige of our fifth column. Order Commander Zhang of the 37th Regiment to make persistent efforts and continue the offensive. Order the 38th Regiment to follow up and provide reinforcements at any time. At the same time, order the column directly under
The artillery regiment and the mountain artillery battalion directly under the division headquarters provide fire cover to the attacking troops at any time, and go to convey the order immediately..." Before Commander Li Yuanqing could react from the shock, Commander Zhou Baozhong directly jumped over the rank and ordered with an excited look...
In Baishan County, in the tent where the Japanese division headquarters is located, a group of communications staff officers are constantly shuttling back and forth between the headquarters and the telecommunications room, marking the latest information received by the headquarters in the headquarters. The division commander
On a huge combat sand table in front of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto...
"Division Commander, we can't wait any longer. Now that the forward position has been lost, our second line of defense outside the city is being severely bombarded by dozens of artillery pieces from the Eighth Route Army, and is also in danger of falling at any time. Please request me, immediately.
Send a brigade of troops to reinforce the second line of defense..." Looking at the second line of defense on the sand table, which was in danger under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army. Then he looked at the division standing in front of him, still looking calm.
Lieutenant General Nagayoshimoto, chief of staff of the division, said anxiously...
"Chief of Staff, how long has it been since the Eighth Route Army launched its attack?" Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, the division commander, asked with a calm face...
"It's been an hour and a half. If it hadn't been for the desperate resistance of the captain of the second brigade, which suppressed the defeat of the Manchurian Army, at this moment, our second line of defense would have been occupied by the Eighth Route Army... Division commander, immediately send reinforcements
Well, otherwise, our second brigade will be completely destroyed..."
"Baga, as a soldier of the Japanese Empire, are you still worried about breaking your heart for His Majesty the Emperor?" Lieutenant General Yoshimoto shouted loudly to the chief of staff in front of him...
Seeing the entire division headquarters, it immediately became silent because of his roar. The atmosphere that was still very lively just now gradually became more solemn. After Lieutenant General Yoshimoto let out a long sigh, he looked in front of him.
, the division chief of staff, who was lowering his head, continued...
"Chief of Staff, although under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army, our forward position has been lost, and the second position may also be lost at any time. However, so far, I still have not seen the real strategic purpose of the Eighth Route Army. So, in
Before we understand the enemy's true strategic purpose, all we can do is to stand still. Otherwise, we will fall into the enemy's plan of diverting the tiger away from the mountain. You, the Chinese Sun Tzu's Art of War, don't understand..."
"Hai, the division commander is wise. However, how should we restore the captain of the second brigade..."
"Order the troops to stick to their positions to the death, and to live and die with them. At the same time, continue to pay attention to all situations in the forward positions. If the Eighth Route Army's offensive continues to be so fierce, and at the same time, our third defensive position outside the city is breached. Then, through
From their offensive, we can judge that the Eighth Route Army's real target is us. When the time comes, it won't be too late for us to mobilize our troops..." Lieutenant General Gibbon replied with a relaxed look...
The second defensive position of the Japanese army, after continuous shelling by the mountain artillery battalion and the mortar companies of each regiment, has long been turned into ruins... A standard Japanese infantry brigade holding on to the position has more than a thousand Japanese soldiers.
Soldiers. At this moment, there are only less than 400 remnant soldiers left. They are still holding on to the position under the command of the captain...
As for the Manchurian regiment that assisted in the defense, it had more than 600 troops left because it had been avoiding fighting. However, from the decadent faces of these Manchurian soldiers, all they could see was despair...
And just as the nearly a thousand troops in the entire position were waiting expectantly for the arrival of reinforcements behind them, the division headquarters refused to send reinforcements and asked the troops to defend the position and swear to live or die with the position, and an order was immediately passed on.
In the ears of everyone on the battlefield...
After all, the more than 400 Japanese soldiers remaining on the position had been influenced by the spirit of Bushido for a long time. Facing this order, they did not do anything abnormal. They just held the weapons in their hands tightly and stared at the front of the position without blinking.
, in the dark night of the searchers, enemies may suddenly appear...
However, the more than 600 Manchurian Army soldiers did not have such a good psychological quality... Faced with the order for the troops to hold their positions, the faces of these soldiers immediately showed a look of despair. At the same time, they thought of escaping.
Once again, in the hearts of these soldiers...
Just when nearly a thousand Japanese and puppet troops were thinking about their future because of an order from the division headquarters, the 37th Regiment launched a new round of attack, followed by a burst of intensive mortar shelling.
The sound started...
In the midst of a fierce battle, when the attention of all the Japanese soldiers was attracted by the approaching Eighth Route Army in front of the position, they were lying around the Japanese soldiers, always cowardly, and obeyed the orders of the little Japanese soldiers.
The soldiers of the Manchuria Army did not know where the courage came from. They raised their weapons one after another, and shot or killed the Japanese soldiers around them with vengeful bullets and bayonets that exuded cold air.
Heart…
Facing the sudden changes around them, facing the cowardly Manchurian Army soldiers, they dared to attack themselves... The remaining Japanese soldiers, without any hesitation, immediately strangled the Manchurian Army troops around them...
However, when the soldiers who were not blocked by the intensive firepower of the Japanese army saw the Japanese army's position that had fallen into civil strife, they immediately rushed to the position and joined the chaos...
Ten minutes of brutal hand-to-hand combat, with everyone watching, ended when the last Japanese soldier died together with a Manchurian soldier and fell into a pool of blood.
At the same time, the second line of defense, which was heavily defended by the Japanese army, only lasted less than two hours before it was successfully occupied by the 37th Regiment, which had been the main attack...
Occupying the second blocking position of the Japanese army, the 38th Regiment, which followed closely behind the 37th Regiment, immediately took over the main offensive task of the 37th Regiment, quickly moved forward, crossed the second line of defense carefully arranged by the Japanese army, and prepared to take down the Japanese army's second line of defense in one go.
Three defensive positions….
A few hours passed in the blink of an eye. Under the fierce attack of all the commanders and fighters of the 38th Regiment, the Japanese and puppet troops who stood on the third line of defense, under the strict orders of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto. Although they resisted desperately, they temporarily
The position is still firmly in his hands - but the defenders of more than 2,000 people - at this moment, have been beaten down to less than 600 people...
In Baishan County, the sound of artillery could be vaguely heard in the headquarters. After receiving several telegrams asking for help from the captain of the third brigade, the chief of staff of the division, who had no choice but to do anything, immediately rushed into the headquarters.
The third group was in danger, and the news that the third defensive position might fall at any time was reported to Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, who still looked calm in the headquarters...
"Could it be that the goal of the Eighth Route Army is really my 27th Division? However, with its more than 10,000 troops, it wants to completely wipe out my 30,000 army. Isn't it possible that the Eighth Route Army is afraid of being surrounded by us, and will end up in the tiger's mouth?
..." After listening to the contents of the telegram, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, who had always had a calm face and was extremely certain of his own judgment, began to hesitate. In the large headquarters, he paced back and forth and muttered to himself...
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"Division commander, how should we respond to the request for help telegram from the captain of the third brigade..." Seeing the division commander who seemed to be moved, the chief of staff quickly continued...
However, just when Lieutenant General Yoshimoto was about to answer, the sound of rapid footsteps reached the ears of the two of them. Their eyes were immediately attracted by the anxious-looking communications staff officer...
"Reporting to the division commander and chief of staff, we have just received a farewell telegram from the captain of the third brigade. At present, our army's third line of defense outside the city has been completely occupied by the Eighth Route Army. All troops standing on the line of defense have
Broken jade..."
"What, the third line of defense was lost, how could it happen so quickly? It was a total of two thousand garrison troops, and it was lost in less than two hours..." Lieutenant General Yoshimoto asked with a shocked look on his face...
"Hai, according to the telegram from the captain, the Eighth Route Army used nearly a hundred artillery pieces of various calibers to attack the third line of defense. After occupying the third line of defense, the Eighth Route Army troops responsible for the main attack did not make any stops.
, quickly rush towards the fourth line of defense of our army. Please make your decision early..." the communications staff officer quickly replied.
"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army, their target is really Baishan County... However, my 27th Division is the most elite army division of the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan, and it has sufficient ammunition and high morale. Today, since
If so, then I will make it impossible for you to come back. Chief of Staff, now I order all the troops outside the city to immediately shrink their defenses. The fourth brigade will hold its position for four hours. At the same time, telegraph orders are given to the three or four infantrymen.
The regiment will immediately return to support Baishan County. A huge encirclement will be formed outside the north gate. This time, I will annihilate all the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city, make them never come back, and pay the price for their principal..."
After receiving the affirmative answer, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto no longer hesitated, and gave a decisive order to the chief of staff in front of him...
"Hai, division commander. I believe that this time, we will be able to wipe out all the invading enemies. Let the Eighth Route Army know how powerful our Japanese Empire is, and avenge the Imperial Army soldiers who were once crushed in the hands of the Eighth Route Army..." Staff Officer
Chang replied affirmatively...
"Yoshi, Chief of Staff, go and convey the order. This time, we will create a miracle together and annihilate these 10,000 Eighth Route Army troops..." Lieutenant General Yoshimoto nodded with deep approval and said...