For more than thirty miles, the urgent march took less than two hours.
Even at night, when the speed was reduced, the First Infantry Battalion of the 63rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army quietly arrived at the foot of Houtou Ridge in only two and a half hours!
Tonight's battle is of great importance, so Captain Furong Gongping personally leads the team to supervise the battle.
The captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Kusakabe Yusuke, panted and ran to Furong Gongpei.
Kusakabe Yusuke panted and said: "Captain, the Monkey Head Ridge is not far ahead. Are you going to order the artillery to prepare for artillery fire on the defenders on the ridge?"
It is the standard Japanese attack procedure to conduct artillery bombardment before the infantry attack.
The 75-caliber field gun of the field artillery regiment was blown up, but there was still the 92nd Infantry Artillery.
However, Kusakabe Yusuke's suggestion attracted Furong Gonghei's scolding.
"Baga, are you a pig?" Furong Gongping scolded, "As soon as you fire the artillery here, won't the Chinese army on the mountain know that the imperial army is back? How can they make a sneak attack?"
"Hai." Kusakabe Yusuke's face turned red after being scolded, but he didn't dare to refute a word.
"Order!" Furong Gongping said coldly, "All soldiers must take off their boots and hold bayonets in their mouths. No one is allowed to make any noise. They touch it quietly and take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Chinese defenders.
Catch them off guard! This time we must capture the Houtou Ridge position no matter what!"
"Hai!" Yusuke Kusakabe nodded heavily and turned around.
In a short while, more than a thousand Japanese soldiers of the first infantry brigade took off their cowhide shoes, and each one wearing only cloth socks, holding bayonets, bent over, and took advantage of the darkness to quietly walk up to Houtou Ridge.
As the captain of the battalion, Yusuke originally did not need to personally participate in the attack, but with Furong Gongping as the captain supervising the formation, he had to go into battle.
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This is the darkest time before dawn.
There was a moment of silence on Houtou Ridge, as if no one was there anymore.
But this is just an appearance. In fact, there are not only people on Houtou Ridge, but also thousands of people. The position is less than 500 meters wide, but thousands of people are deployed. Such a density of troops is impossible under normal circumstances.
Just looking for death, as long as the enemy shells drop, dozens of people will be killed or injured immediately.
But now, after all, it is not a normal situation, but a special situation.
Everyone is on tenterhooks and has been waiting for the arrival of the Japanese for a long time!
At a certain moment, Leng Tiefeng, who had slightly squinted eyes, suddenly opened his eyes and whispered: "The Japs are coming!"
Wang Husheng, who was lying next to Leng Tiefeng, immediately perked up. He turned around and patted the Second Battalion Commander Wan Zhongshan beside him, and then whispered an order: "Pass this down, the Japs are coming, prepare to fight!"
"Pass it on and prepare to fight."
"Pass it on and prepare to fight."
"Pass it on and prepare to fight."
Wang Husheng's order was passed on word of mouth, and soon spread throughout the entire position.
Wan Zhongshan took out the mirror box and opened the nose of the machine. Compared with the Browning pistol, Wan Zhongshan preferred the shell gun, because the shell gun not only has strong firepower, but also can be connected to the gun stock, and can shoot targets hundreds of meters away.
The Browning pistol can only shoot at targets within fifty meters. It is useless even if Xu Rui comes fifty meters away.
Wang Husheng was not at ease and asked Mei Jiuling in a low voice: "Jiuling, will there be any problem with the mine array?"
"Political Commissar, don't worry." Mei Jiuling said confidently, "I have checked it three times, and this time it is a double line. There is absolutely no problem. Just take a look at it this time."
"Okay, okay." Wang Husheng said cheerfully, "Then it depends on your performance."
Mei Jiuling chuckled, but gently put his right hand on the detonator next to him.
Leng Tiefeng had been listening carefully to the Japs' movements, while quietly reporting the distance to the Japs.
"One hundred meters...eighty meters...fifty meters...thirty meters..." When the 30-meter check-in was reached, there was still silence in front of the position. Wang Husheng even wondered if Leng Tiefeng was talking nonsense? However, after passing
Within a moment, Wang Husheng knew that Leng Tiefeng was definitely not talking nonsense, because he heard the little devil's breathing!
You can even hear the little devil's breathing, which means the distance is extremely close!
The next moment, Leng Tiefeng immediately shouted: "Ten meters away, the mine array will detonate!"
Upon hearing Leng Tiefeng's order, Mei Jiuling pressed the detonator without hesitation.
The next moment, hundreds of dazzling red lights bloomed on the east slope of Houtou Ridge at the same time. With the violent rolling red light, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment on the position could clearly see that there was no one there.
The eastern slope was actually crowded with a dark crowd of Japanese soldiers, at least thousands of them!
Immediately afterwards, there was a continuous roaring sound.
The huge sound wave formed an invisible shock wave, roaring in all directions. The pine trees as thick as a bowl a hundred meters away were broken by the huge air wave! The east slope of Houtou Ridge was blown into pieces in an instant.
In the hell on earth, hundreds of landmines exploded continuously, forming a huge slaughterhouse with no blind spots!
The Japanese soldiers who were within the explosion range were instantly blown to pieces with corpses scattered all over the field.
After the explosion, before the smoke cleared, Wang Husheng immediately ordered: "Hit me!"
As soon as an order was given, dozens of light and heavy machine guns mounted on the ridge began to fire violently at the same time. Bullets of various specifications poured down like a dense rainstorm on the east slope of Houtou Ridge. Fortunately, they were not hit by just now.
The Japanese who were killed by the big explosion were immediately covered by the intensive crossfire and fell down one by one.
About five minutes after the rapid fire attack, Wang Husheng jumped up from the trench, raised his gun and shouted: "Come with me!"
After shouting, Wang Husheng took the lead and rushed down the hillside with a Browning pistol. Today, Wang Husheng had become addicted to leading troops in war. Until decades later, Wang Husheng could still clearly recall this night.
This scene, as a political cadre, it is well worth it to have such an experience today.
Wang Husheng was happy, but Furong Gongping was dumbfounded.
Looking at the eastern slope of Houtou Ridge that was blown into a sea of fire in front of him, Furong Gongping's eyes almost fell to the ground.
What about being relaxed as promised? What about being unprepared as promised? Can your Dameishan Independent Regiment stop being so cruel? Can you still fight happily?
Baga Yalu, where is the laxity? How is the Independent Group unprepared? The Independent Group clearly expected that their 10th Division would fight back, so they laid a minefield on the east slope of Houtou Ridge early.
The regiment had been waiting for them for a long time, and had opened its pockets for them, but it was ridiculous that they still dug in stupidly!
"Captain? Captain!" The orderly called repeatedly, finally bringing Furong Gongping back to reality.
Looking closely again, I saw that the big explosion on the east slope of Houtou Ridge had subsided, and the independent regiment on the ridge began a rapid fire attack again. Under the brutal firepower, the Imperial Army soldiers who were lucky enough not to be killed by the minefield were killed one after another.
After falling down, within a moment, the originally dense and spectacular infantry formation became as sparse and sparse as the hair on a bald man's head.
A few moments later, deafening shouts of killing could be heard on the Houtou Ridge, but it was the independent regiment that began to counterattack.
"Captain, let's evacuate quickly!" the orderly shouted in panic, and before his voice could stop, a deafening sound of killing suddenly sounded from the direction behind them. He looked back quickly, but only saw the sides of the mountain road behind him. Suddenly,
Suddenly hundreds of torches were lit, and in the sky full of flames, countless Chinese soldiers were rushing over with shining bayonets.
Baga Yalu! Furong Gongping let out a low roar from the depths of his throat, and pulled out his saber with his backhand.
Seeing Furong Gongping draw his sword, the adjutants, orderlies and the last remaining flag squad also drew their sabers or fixed their bayonets. However, before launching a counterattack, the flag squad first killed the soldiers of the 63rd Infantry Regiment.
The regimental flag was burned, and the military flag team prepared some fire starters. The military flag given by the emperor quickly turned into ashes.
Facing the Chinese soldiers who were charging over the mountains and plains, Furong Gongping raised his saber and roared loudly: "Tao Ci Kai, Tao Ci Kai Kai, Tao Ci Kai Kai..."
The next moment, Furong Gongping rushed forward with his saber drawn.
Behind Furong Gongping, the remaining fifty or so Japanese soldiers also held bayonets and silently greeted them. In less than a moment, Furong Gongping and the last remaining fifty or so Japanese soldiers followed Houtou Ling.
Thousands of officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment, who had rushed to kill, collided head-on and engaged in cruel and fierce hand-to-hand combat.
Furong Gongping's swordsmanship was pretty good. In just a few moments, he killed several officers and soldiers of the independent regiment.
However, a tiger cannot hold back a pack of wolves, and Furong Gongping is not a tiger at all. Soon, all the guards around Furong Gongping were killed and injured, and he himself was surrounded by more than a dozen independent regiment officers and soldiers.
An officer and soldier of the independent regiment pretended to step forward and stab, successfully attracting Furong Gongping's attention.
Then, the two veterans behind Furong Gongping stabbed him with their spears.
The two bayonets pierced Furong Gongping's vest from behind with a clanging sound. The old Japanese man was wearing two bayonets, but he still hadn't breathed his last. While screaming like a beast, he waved the saber in his hand vigorously, but this was already a trapped beast.
The struggle before death can no longer change its fate.
The two veterans violently shook the rifles in their hands, and Furong Gong flattened the lungs in his chest. His heart was shattered, and he finally breathed his last breath unwillingly.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and Wang Husheng strode down the hillside in Wanzhong Mountain, surrounded by Leng Tiefeng.
Looking around, I saw that the eastern slope of Houtou Ridge was littered with corpses. Many of them were mutilated, with either an arm or a leg missing, and some even had only a torso left.
It was so miserable. Wang Husheng was considered a veteran. He couldn't help but feel nauseated when he saw it.
Purgatory on earth, this is simply purgatory on earth!