Three hundred and thirtieth eight chapters counterattack (six)
When Yang Ling and the others were fighting a bloody battle with the aggressive Japanese troops in Changling, the battle at Zhanggu Mountain at the northern end of Changling was even more brutal.
The main force of the brigade, personally commanded by the commander of the Japanese 136th Brigade, charged madly at the defenders' positions, causing the defenders' casualties to rise sharply.
The Japanese planes hovering over Zhanggu Mountain continued to drop high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs. The entire Zhanggu Mountain was like a volcanic crater, with scorched earth and stumps everywhere.
The smell of explosive and burning gunpowder filled the air, and the position was as if it was being roasted in a high-temperature furnace. After an indiscriminate bombardment, Zhang Gushan's position was completely changed beyond recognition.
Chang Xiaode, the leader of the 306th Regiment, was also a strong man who grew up in the flames of war. Seeing his company disappear one by one on the battlefield, his eyes were bloodshot and red.
"Tuanzuo! The third battalion commander was shot and died!"
A brother, who was all burnt and in tatters, rushed to the group leader Chang Xiaode and reported the heart-wrenching news with a face full of grief.
"Let the deputy battalion commander act as the battalion commander to take command!"
Chang Xiaode, the leader of the 306th Regiment, hid his grief well under his cold face, and ordered in a cold voice with a face as cold as ice.
The soldiers who came to report the news saw that the regiment commander Chang Xiaode's expression did not change at all when he heard that the battalion commander had died. He was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "Yes!"
The soldier didn't know that when he turned around to convey the order, the ruthless regimental commander's eyes were already sparkling in his eyes.
"Ask the division's artillery to support us, just say...just say we can't hold on any longer."
Chang Xiaode quickly calmed down his grief and lowered his noble head without asking for mercy.
The Japanese are indeed crazy. Zhang Gushan is their only breakthrough now. Only by capturing this place can they rush out and join the 27th Division.
If they can't get through here, then their entire 106th Division will only be wiped out, so they are attacking at all costs.
The fighting had not stopped since the morning. One wave of Japanese soldiers were beaten down, and another wave of Japanese soldiers rushed up screaming, leaving the guards and soldiers with almost no chance to breathe.
The Japanese tried to use this continuous ferocious attack to destroy the will of the defenders and open a gap to break through, but they forgot that their opponent was also a powerful force that grew up from the blood of the mountain of corpses.
"Kill Gai Gai!"
The howl of the Japanese commander resounded through the gunpowder smoke again, and a large group of Japanese soldiers with naked bodies and bayonets in their hands rushed into Zhang Gushan, where the trenches were piled with corpses.
The Japs did not encounter any resistance this time, because the brothers guarding above had been blown up by the Japs' artillery fire and turned into pieces of flesh and bones mixed with the soil on the ground.
"Long live! Long live!"
When the Japanese soldiers saw the empty position, they burst into loud cheers, and many cried with joy.
They had already suffered more than 2,000 casualties in just one morning in order to capture this position. They were glad that they were still alive and cheered that they had captured Zhanggu Mountain.
"Finally rushed forward."
In the smoke-filled telescope, the tense face of Major General Kei Aoki, commander of the Japanese 136th Brigade, finally relaxed a little.
Capturing Zhanggu Mountain means that they have torn apart the encirclement of the Chinese Army. They will soon be able to rush out through this gap to join the 27th Division, and they will be able to avoid the crisis of destruction.
"Report to the general that our troops have captured Zhanggu Mountain at 12 o'clock on the 4th..."
"Boom!"
The words of brigade commander Kei Aoki were interrupted by the thunderous explosion. He turned his head with difficulty and saw a dark red mushroom cloud rising from the position.
Almost at the same time that the Japanese soldiers planted their blood-red Rising Sun Flag on the commanding heights of Zhanggu Mountain, the roaring artillery shells blew the Japanese Rising Sun Flag and the Japanese flag into two pieces.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The sharp whistle of artillery shells tearing through the air could be heard in the dark sky, and the overwhelming shells were heading towards the Zhanggushan position that the Japanese had just captured.
"The Chinese artillery shells, disperse quickly!"
The cheering Japanese soldiers were stunned like frozen sculptures. It was not until the officer screamed that they realized what they were doing and scurried around in confusion.
But it was too late, the artillery's calibrated Zhu Yuan had already locked onto Zhang Gushan, and the thundering sound of the artillery soon drowned out the screams and shouts of the Japanese.
In just a few minutes, when the sound of artillery stopped and the mountain wind blew away the gunpowder smoke, a Japanese squadron that rushed up to Zhanggu Mountain had disappeared under the blanket of artillery fire.
And this scene happened under the eyes of Major General Kei Aoki, the leader of the Japanese Brigade. Seeing his subordinates being blown into ashes, his facial muscles twitched violently. He could no longer remember which army this was.
The squadron was wiped out.
"Go up! Go up! Come up quickly!"
As soon as the shelling stopped, on the other side of the hillside, a company of Chinese officers and soldiers rushed towards Zhang Gushan's position amidst the shouts of the company commander. They wanted to occupy it before the Japanese came up!
"Order the artillery units to bombard the Chinese troops charging into the position!" Major General Kei Aoki, the commander of the brigade, said fiercely with anger rolling in his chest.
"Brigade commander, we have no more artillery shells..." the artillery chief reported the unfortunate news to him in frustration.
In order to go into battle lightly, their troops not only carried few supplies, but also carried few artillery shells, which were all used up in the morning.
"No more..." Jing Aoki muttered to himself, as if he didn't believe it.
The person in charge of the artillery nodded, his expression very helpless.
"Then, come on." A stern look flashed across Aoki Kei's face, and he turned to a captain and said viciously: "Let the Chinese see the strength of our Imperial Japanese Army!"
The captain looked at Zhang Gushan's position where corpses were piled high, nodded, pulled out his saber, and strode towards his exhausted troops.
"Kill Gaigai!" The Japanese shouted a shocking slogan and began to charge Zhang Gushan.
Soon at Zhang Gushan's position, the gunfire suddenly became fierce. In the rain of bullets like locusts, the two troops shouting to kill Zhentian collided fiercely.
"Pfft!"
"Bang!"
"Well!"
The two sides collided like a high-speed train. Amidst the sound of bones shattering, a large rain of blood flew into the air.
In order to defend the honor of their own troops and their motherland, every one of the Chinese officers and soldiers has a firm vision and a determination to fight to the death.
Although the motherland they defended did not give them anything... their blood was boiling, and they shouted the slogan of "defending the homeland and defending the country" and resolutely rushed towards the Japanese bayonets with a cold glow.
The Japanese soldiers were disheveled and ferocious. They were fanatical militarists who had been brainwashed by Bushido, and they also ran into them without fear of death.
"Pfft!" When the Japanese's bayonet stabbed into the chest of the Chinese officer and soldier before he could pull it out, more bayonets stabbed into his body.
This was a brutal hand-to-hand battle, cruel and bloody. The two sides collided intensively, stabbing any deadly weapon at each other's body. Everyone went crazy.
"You little devil, come on!"
A brother fired a grenade and rushed into the densest crowd. Both sides of the melee were blown over in a pool of blood. The dense melee created a brief vacuum, but it was quickly filled by roars and shouts from both sides.
full.
Both sides continued to send troops one after another, but no one was left alive. The officers and soldiers of the 51st Division fought with the Japanese in Zhanggushan, and the two sides fought until the sky was dark.
From morning to dusk, the two sides fought for a whole day, and the 306th Regiment also paid a heavy price. One deputy regiment commander, two battalion commanders, and five company commanders died, and more than half of the remaining officers and soldiers were killed.