The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers The first thousand three hundred and seventy-ninth chapters massive counter-offensive
The first thousand three hundred and seventy-ninth chapters massive counter-offensive
The officers and soldiers of the demolition team of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade were crouched in the foxholes, watching the Japanese getting closer and closer. The oncoming pressure made their faces tense and their hearts beating faster.
After the Japanese 13th Division received the order to reoccupy Yichang, it sent out fast-moving cavalry and chariot units to turn back first, while the main infantry force was still behind.
On the Chinese battlefield, because Chinese troops seriously lacked anti-tank weapons and equipment, most of the time Japanese tanks did not cooperate with infantry and tanks.
Most of the time, all it takes is a charge from the Japs' tanks to easily occupy the Chinese Army's position.
Because there were no infantry behind the Japanese tanks, the Japanese soldiers in the tanks looked outside through the observation holes, and their field of vision was restricted.
They charged as usual, not even noticing the explosives on the ground and the fuses of military detonators.
"ignition!"
Because Yang Ling and the others had temporarily planted explosives, they had no electricity to detonate them and could only rely on fuses to index the explosives.
Following Yang Ling's order, Huang San from the demolition team quickly lit the match and ignited the three fuses. Sparks flew everywhere and the fuses quickly burned.
Other members of the demolition team also lit the fuse one after another. In the sizzling green smoke, the fuse was rapidly shortening.
After lighting the fuse, the members of the demolition team quickly hid in the distance.
"Boom! Boom!"
An explosive was detonated, a deafening sound was heard, and a powerful wave of air swept out in the scorching flames of the explosion.
A Japanese tank couldn't dodge. The driver only felt a flash of red light in front of his eyes, and then he felt that the world was turned upside down. The tank was directly overturned by the air wave.
There were rumbling explosions one after another, and clouds of black smoke rose up. As the ground shook, the Japanese tanks fell into the center of the explosion, and the air waves from the explosion immediately overturned several tanks.
The Japanese Type 97 tank was too light and thin. It only weighed fifteen tons. In such a series of explosions, it was like a small boat in the turbulent sea, teetering on the edge.
The enemy tanks wanted to turn around and escape from the flames of the explosion zone, but they soon found that they could not move because the chain had been blown to pieces.
Some tanks also had their fuel tanks ruptured during the explosion, and the sweeping flames instantly engulfed the tank and turned it into a burning fireball.
In the diffuse smoke and light, more than a dozen of the Japanese tanks were blown into scrap metal before they could turn around. Especially the scorching heat at the center of the explosion turned the ground directly into scorched earth.
The explosion burned the oxygen in the air. The Japanese soldiers hiding in the car were like suffocated fish. They wanted to open the roof and climb out, but they were blown high into the air as soon as they landed and ran a few steps.
Before some Japanese soldiers even landed, they were torn to pieces by a new round of explosions in mid-air, and their broken flesh and blood and clothes were scattered down one after another.
"ah!"
There were also Japanese soldiers who were all on fire, running around in the center of the explosion, rolling on the ground and screaming, and soon fell to the ground without making any sound.
"It's so happy! It's so happy!"
Seeing that the tanks where the Japanese were showing off their power were all blown to pieces by the violent explosion, and the Japanese were also killed, the officers and soldiers hiding in the trenches let out a loud sigh of relief and shouted in joy.
Although this earth-shattering explosion directly wiped out more than ten Japanese tanks, Yang Ling was still in pain. The explosives and military detonators he had obtained were used up at once, and the subsequent battle would be difficult to fight.
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After the explosion, the front of the position was in a mess, and the turrets of several Japanese tanks were blown away.
Surrounding these bombed-out Japanese tanks, there were charred Japanese corpses lying in the pits. The scene was too horrific to look at.
"Report to Commander Peng that our Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade and the Guard Company of the 18th Division fought side by side, annihilated more than fifty Japanese cavalry, blew up fourteen tanks, and thwarted the Japanese advance troops' attack and the Japanese follow-up troops.
We will be here in a blink of an eye, my troops are few and I ask for reinforcements to be sent quickly!"
Although Yang Ling knew that they had taken advantage of the Japs' carelessness and eliminated the two vanguard units of their counterattack, they would be in trouble if the main force of the Japs' infantry arrived.
Moreover, Yang Ling does not want the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade to engage in positional warfare now. They are better at infiltration, sabotage and beheading missions behind enemy lines. Although they are not weak in positional warfare, they are overkill.
"Okay, okay, good fight!"
When Peng Shan, the commander of the 18th Army, learned that the Japanese had really returned to Yichang, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He hurriedly sent people to contact the attacking troops, asking them to immediately gather their troops and prepare to stabilize the situation.
position.
But the troops had already chased them away and were scattered everywhere. It was not easy to gather them together in a short time.
Before the troops could gather together, the Japanese's leading cavalry troops and chariot troops came over and defeated their two battalions, leaving Yichang in danger.
At this extremely critical moment, when he heard that Yang Ling and the others not only killed the Japs' cavalry, but also wiped out part of their chariot troops, they gave the Japs a head-on blow and stabilized the front, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
Take a breath.
"Order Zhang Ziyun's 595th Regiment to quickly reinforce the positions outside the city and replace Yang Ling and the others!"
Army Commander Peng Shan knew that Yang Ling and his men would suffer heavy losses if they wanted to destroy the Japanese cavalry and chariot troops, so he hurriedly ordered the newly arrived unit of the 199th Division to rush to the aid of Yang Ling and his men.
"Order the 597th Regiment to quickly occupy Jingzhen Mountain and stabilize the right wing!"
"Order the 596th Regiment to seize Nanming Mountain and quickly build a position!"
"Ask each regiment and battalion of the 18th Division to quickly gather the troops and assemble at the Merchants Wharf to be on standby."
"Inform all friendly forces that the Japanese have launched a massive counterattack on Yichang. Our troops are shrinking our defenses and asking them to flank and provide support!"
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With the Japanese's massive counterattack, the 18th Army headquarters, which had been rejoicing over the victory over Yichang, suddenly became tense again. The phone kept ringing and the news of the war kept coming.
Facing the ever-changing battlefield situation, staff officers are also busy formulating new countermeasures.
Compared with the busy headquarters of the 18th Army, the Japanese 13th Division was temporarily located in the division headquarters next to the highway, and the Japanese division commander Tanaka Shizuichi was also assigning combat tasks to each unit.
"Beicun Regiment is the right-wing attack force! Capture Wen'an Temple and Hengdianzi front line!"
"The Tachibana Regiment is the left-wing attack force! Responsible for clearing the Chongqing Army in Banwue Mountain and Yaque Ridge!"
"Shibata and Murai regiments are the central breakthrough force! Capture Guanyin Bridge and Zijin Ridge!"
"Pingye troops and Zhongchuan troops are responsible for flanking. They must completely annihilate the 18th China Army in the Yichang area."
"Hiyi!"
These Japanese troops were originally dissatisfied with the order to withdraw from Yichang, and now they wanted to fight back to Yichang, and they were all very motivated to fight.