Xu Dalong continued: "In order to ensure the safety of the troops attacking from the flanks, the attack must be very rapid. Before the Japanese reinforcements arrive, we must seize the two hills on both sides with resolute means, and then send a part of the troops to hold on to these two hills."
This is a hilltop to block the Japanese reinforcements and ensure that our army concentrates its forces to attack the hilltop in front."
Hu Dahai agreed with Xu Dalong's opinion. After discussion, it was decided that Xu Dalong and Wei Monk would lead a special force team respectively to seize the two hills on both sides by means of night attacks.
After Xu Dalong and others captured these two hills, they handed them over to the troops of the Jinsui Army to take over, cover the special forces and other troops of the 607th Regiment, and launch an attack on the Japanese mountain in front.
After making up his mind, Xu Dalong sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, asking him to send two special operations squadrons to Niangziguan, with special emphasis on carrying six 240mm heavy mortars, multiple rocket launchers and 82mm recoilless rifles, and preparing
At least three bases of ammunition.
After Li Yunlong received the telegram, he immediately dispatched the troops according to Xu Dalong's request. The two special operations squadrons all adopted mechanized marches and arrived at Niangziguan at 8 o'clock that night.
Xu Dalong, Wei Monk and others visited the special forces members who came to report and gave them a day to prepare. They planned to enter the offensive starting position tomorrow night and launch the attack in the early morning of the day after tomorrow.
Northern Shaanxi Province has been urging Xu Dalong to report to the Anti-Japanese Army Zhengda University. Hearing that Xu Dalong had gone to the World War II District Chief's Headquarters to cooperate with the Shanxi-Sui Army in the battle, Xu Dalong was asked to report to Northern Shaanxi immediately after completing this mission.
The commander sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, asking him to try his best to cooperate with the Shanxi-Sui Army in operations and play his role in strengthening cooperation between friendly forces. As for other things, there is no need to consider them.
This actually implies that Xu Dalong should not rush back to the Mawu Mountain base after fighting this battle, but try to stay with the Jinsui Army for a while to avoid the limelight.
Xu Dalong understood this and immediately canceled the attack tomorrow night. He wanted to give the troops more time to prepare and delay the attack, so he postponed the attack to three days later.
During this period, Xu Dalong met with Li Kun alone and asked him to contact other units of the Shanxi-Sui Army to see if there were any missions to fight against Japan that could be assigned to him.
Li Kun was very surprised by this, but he didn't ask any more questions and just said that this matter would be taken care of by him. After Xu Dalong finished the battle, he would be responsible for the arrangements.
Three days later, Xu Dalong and Wei Monk respectively led a special operations squadron and used the night to quietly move to a hillside only about 200 meters away from the Japanese army and lurk there.
In the early morning, when the sky turned white and the enemy positions were vaguely visible, Xu Dalong and Wei Monk respectively led special operations squadrons to attack the Japanese army.
Xu Dalong first directed the gunners to use three 240mm heavy mortars and six 60mm mortars to bombard the Japanese positions on the mountain. After several days of reconnaissance, Xu Dalong had already calculated the artillery's firing parameters.
Yuan, the mortars directly poured shells onto the Japanese positions without any test firing.
The Japanese army had not been in the mountains for a long time, and they had not had time to build permanent defenses with reinforced concrete. Their fortifications were only temporary structures made of sandbags and natural rocks on the mountain, and could not withstand artillery fire.
Especially the 240mm heavy mortar shells can directly destroy them even if they land near the temporary fortifications built by the Japanese army.
The Japanese army had no idea that the enemy was lurking less than 200 meters away from them, and they were caught off guard and disoriented.
Just as Xu Dalong and others started shelling, the special operations team members launched a charge to the top of the mountain.
The Japanese army's combat effectiveness was still extremely strong. Although the incident happened suddenly and they were caught off guard, the officers and soldiers showed a proactive fighting spirit and relied on the remaining fortifications to use firepower to block the attacks of the special operations team members.
At this time, the special operations team members had moved to a place less than 100 meters away from the Japanese position on the top of the mountain.
While using machine guns for cover, they set up 82mm recoilless rifles and rocket launchers, knocking out the Japanese firepower one by one.
The other special forces members took the opportunity to approach the Japanese position, threw a large number of grenades at the top of the mountain, and launched a charge.
The Japanese army guarding the mountain was an infantry squadron. When the special forces launched the attack, most of them were still asleep. The fierce artillery fire directly killed at least one-third of their troops. When they panicked
After entering the position, the special operations team members used rocket launchers and 82mm recoilless rifles to kill about one-third more. After the special operations team members threw grenades, the remaining Japanese troops on the mountain were less than one-fifth of the total.
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The special operations team members rushed to the top of the mountain and fired fiercely at the remaining Japanese troops with submachine guns. Soon after, the Japanese troops on the mountain were completely annihilated.
Almost at the same time, Monk Wei and the special operations squadron he led also captured the Japanese position and wiped out the Japanese troops on the mountain.
After the special operations team occupied the Japanese army's position, they moved the artillery to the mountain and began to bombard the Japanese army on the hill in the middle.
The Japanese army also set up artillery to counterattack, but their artillery was not as numerous as the artillery brought by the special operations team members, and its power was not as powerful as the 240mm heavy mortars. Soon after, all the Japanese artillery was destroyed.
Facing the artillery fire from the special operations team members, the Japanese officers and soldiers had no choice but to find cover to escape, hoping that they would be lucky enough to survive the fierce artillery fire.
When the regiment leader Hu Dahai saw the signal flares fired from the hills on both sides, he knew that Xu Dalong and the others had succeeded. He had organized his troops to launch many attacks on these two hills of the Japanese army, but none of them worked, and instead many men and horses were lost. Now
Xu Dalong and the others only used two special operations squadrons to eliminate the Japanese on the mountain. This made him extremely admired and deeply felt the gap between his own troops and others.
According to the prior agreement, he immediately sent two battalions of troops up to take over the two hills, and then seized the time to repair the fortifications and prepare to block the Japanese reinforcements.
Xu Dalong and Wei Monk led the special operations squadron. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese troops on the middle mountain peak had no artillery support, they launched attacks from both sides.
Hu Dahai also led the remaining troops of the 607th Regiment to launch an attack from the front on the hills where the Japanese troops were defending.
The Japanese troops on the top of the mountain hurriedly organized resistance, but they suffered heavy casualties under the fierce artillery fire and were unable to organize an effective counterattack.
The coalition troops quickly approached the top of the mountain from three sides. They threw a large number of grenades on the top of the mountain and then launched the final charge.
In less than half an hour, the coalition troops stormed the top of the mountain and wiped out the Japanese brigade headquarters and an infantry squadron on the mountain.
At this point, the coalition forces completely wiped out a Japanese infantry brigade and completely controlled the three commanding heights around Niangzi Pass.
Xu Dalong handed over the captured positions to the Jinsui Army, but Xu Dalong and the others did not leave immediately because they had already seen the Japanese reinforcements coming, so they were ready to lead a special force to repel the Japanese reinforcements and prepare for the Jinsui Army.
The officers and soldiers rushed to repair the fortifications to buy time.
Xu Dalong stood on the top of the mountain and used a telescope to observe in the direction where the Japanese troops appeared.
He saw a large group of Japanese troops appearing in the distance, heading towards Niangziguan. He knew that a big war was about to break out, so he reminded the coalition troops to seize the time to repair fortifications and prepare for battle.
Hu Dahai believed that there were too many enemy troops and that he only had one regiment. Even with the two special operations squadrons brought by Xu Dalong, the strength was still too thin, so he sent a telegram to his superiors, requesting reinforcements.
Zhou Ping'an and Li Kun were very happy when they heard that Xu Dalong had captured the Japanese defensive position opposite Niangzi Pass, and greatly appreciated the combat effectiveness displayed by the special forces. While reporting their victory to the World War II district chief, they sent additional troops
Two regiments of troops came to rescue Niangzi Pass.
Xu Dalong had been observing the movements of the Japanese army. He saw a large group of Japanese troops suddenly stopped on the road. About 20 minutes later, the Japanese army suddenly turned around and retreated along the road.
Xu Dalong felt a little puzzled and didn't understand what tricks the Japanese army was trying to play. He was a little worried, so he asked Monk Wei to send a few scouts to the front to investigate.
A whole day passed, and the Japanese army did not appear again. The scouts also sent news that the Japanese army had really withdrawn. There were no Japanese troops hiding in the mountains around Niangziguan. It was certain that they had all withdrawn.
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Xu Dalong was still a little worried, so he asked the scouts to continue their reconnaissance, trying to understand the true intentions of the Japanese army.
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Two days later, the scouts received accurate information that the Japanese troops had really retreated, and they had now given up the idea of retaking Niangziguan.
It turns out that since the Japanese army sent an infantry brigade to occupy the three hills around Niangziguan, the Japanese army has been suppressing the defenders here.
The defenders of Niangziguan organized counterattacks many times, but were beaten back by the Japanese infantry brigade.
When the coalition troops captured these three hills and ate up the Japanese infantry brigade, the Japanese commander realized the seriousness of the matter. He guessed that it was not the troops of the Jinsui Army who initiated this offensive battle, because
They simply don't have such strong fighting power.
When the Japanese infantry brigade was annihilated, a small number of stragglers still escaped. After seeing the large Japanese army, they were brought to the commander and carefully reported their experiences.
The commander of the Japanese army heard about the entire battle that day. Based on his previous experience fighting with the Mawushan guerrillas, he judged that this was definitely the work of the special operations force of the Mawushan guerrillas.