One million gold has been successfully loaded onto the ship, and the Japanese army's raid has quietly begun.
In the name of the "Southern Anhui Storm", the Japanese 104th Division quietly transported the remaining three infantry regiments and one regiment each of baggage, engineers, and field artillery to the Pukou line in Jiangbei at night. By early morning
, the 108th, 137th and 170th Infantry Regiments of the 104th Division have already deployed on the Mao Maoshan front line, and the 161st Infantry Regiment originally stationed in Pukou has also prepared
Prepare.
The battle plan drawn up by Kawabe Shozo is as follows. First, three infantry regiments will be concentrated. With the cooperation of the 104th Field Artillery Regiment, they will quickly encircle and annihilate the enemies in front of Mao Shan with overwhelming force. Then, the 137th Infantry Regiment will
The 170th Infantry Regiment quickly deployed to the left and right to protect the flanks of the 108th Infantry Regiment and block the enemy reinforcements coming from the left and right directions. The 108th Infantry Regiment in the middle had only one mission, which was
With lightning speed, they penetrate into Damei Mountain, strive to capture Meizhen in the shortest possible time, and destroy the home base of the Damei Mountain Independent Regiment in one fell swoop!
The remaining 161st Infantry Regiment serves as the strategic general reserve.
Although the combat plan formulated by Kawabe Shozo is simple, it is extremely targeted.
Because at this time, all the troops in the Dameishan Military Division are on the periphery. It is like an egg. The shell is hard, but the inside is egg white and yolk, which makes it vulnerable! Therefore, as long as the eggshell is cracked, the troops of the Dameishan Military Division will
The egg will immediately shatter into pieces and turn into a mess.
So the key to the whole plan is to smash the eggshells, that is, to surround and annihilate the enemy in front of Mao Shan!
In order to achieve this goal as quickly as possible, Kawabe Shozo concentrated enough troops. At least in the eyes of Kawabe Shozo and Nishio Hiszo, the force was enough. According to the comparison of combat power between the Japanese army and the National Army, the three
A full infantry regiment can easily defeat three divisions of the National Army. The combat effectiveness of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is definitely stronger than that of the National Army. But now I use three infantry regiments to deal with your three battalions. What's the point?
Isn't it a matter of holding it in hand?
Therefore, Kawabe Shozo only gave Miyake Toshio six hours. This means that before dawn, the 104th Division must completely annihilate the enemy in front of Maoshan Mountain and then enter the next stage of the battle.
However, the division commander of the 104th Division, Toshio Miyake, only gave Matsumoto Kenji three hours.
Kenji Matsumoto was the commander of the 107th Infantry Brigade and the former enemy commander in the Battle of Hat Mountain.
In the former enemy headquarters, Matsumoto Kenji called the three infantry regiment captains, Miyata Jiro, Koga Taro, and Kawaki Shiro, as well as the field artillery 104th Regiment Yuya Shigeharu, and first gave a passionate speech.
speech, and finally asked in a deep voice: "Is the entire action plan clear?"
"Hai!" The four captains paused at the same time.
"Yo Xi." Kenji Matsumoto nodded slightly, raised his wrist and said, "Start checking the watch now."
Jiro Miyata and the other four captains simultaneously raised their wrists or took out their pocket watches from their jacket pockets.
"The time is now five minutes past zero in the morning." Matsumoto Kenji waited for the four regiment commanders to finish the watch, and then said, "In another twenty-five minutes, the 104th Field Artillery Regiment will start on time against No. 1 and 3 Maoshan Mountains.
No. 1, No. 5 Highland launched an artillery bombardment. The artillery bombardment lasted half an hour. Half an hour later, the 104th Field Artillery Regiment launched an extended artillery bombardment. The 108th, 137th and 170th Infantry Regiments simultaneously launched an artillery bombardment.
Launch an assault on Highlands 1, 3 and 5."
"Hai!" The four captains nodded heavily and their eyes fell on the sand table at the same time.
On the sand table, the staff of the headquarters had truly replicated the terrain of Mao Mao Mountain. They saw that No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 Highlands were like an equilateral triangle, surrounding the entire Mao Mao Mountain in the middle, and representing the Damei Mountain Independent Regiment.
The blue triangular flags of the main force were placed all over the triangular area in the middle.
This is a posture to wipe out the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment.
After a pause, Matsumoto Kenji added: "I only give you two hours. Before dawn, you must trample the main peak of Mao Mountain under your feet, and at the same time surround and annihilate the main force of the Damei Mountain Independent Regiment in the triangular area!"
"Hai!" The four regiments nodded once again, then turned around and walked away.
(Dividing line)
Almost at the same time, He Shuya's three regiments were evacuating Mao Mao Mountain.
Yang Banan's seventh battalion had already come up, but they had just arrived at Mao Mao Mountain and had to evacuate immediately. The soldiers who had been marching for a whole day would inevitably feel resentful. Even Yang Banan, the battalion commander, couldn't figure it out.
Yang Banan ran to He Shuya and asked, "Nerd, why do you want to evacuate Mao Mountain?"
Ding Li, who was complaining to He Shuya with pursed lips next to him, also took the opportunity to say: "It's just that after repairing the fortifications for almost two days, we gave up without even fighting. What's this? If I had known this, why did I bother the brothers in the first place?
What about repairing fortifications? Save this energy, even if it is to help the fellow villagers carry water, build a wall or something."
He Shuya wasn't angry either. He just smiled and asked Ding Li: "Battle Commander Ding, have you finished laying the mines?"
"It's buried." Ding Li said angrily, "According to what you said, there are a group of one hundred landmines, all connected with fuses. However, you did not install a detonator. How did you detonate these eighty groups of mines?"
He Shuya said: "Isn't there an old cow who used cannonballs to detonate it?"
"A cannonball to detonate?" Ding Li was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Is this okay?
He Shuya was still a little worried and asked again: "Have all the eighty groups of landmines been laid?"
For this ambush, He Shuya spent a lot of money and buried eight thousand ten-pound mines.
"They're all buried." Ding Li said with a snort, "The entire triangular area you marked on the map is almost covered with mines. The little devil can't even find half an inch of land to settle down, but I just
I don’t believe it, the little devil would be so foolish as to get into the trap you designed, you are really overthinking it.”
He Shuya smiled and said: "Don't think too much, you will know soon."
Ding Li snorted and said, "I really don't know where you get your confidence from."
Yang Banan was suddenly in a daze, because he vaguely saw the shadow of Xu Rui in He Shuya. When it comes to the style of leading troops, He Shuya and Xu Rui are two extremes. Xu Rui is extremely cold, but He Shuya is
It feels like a refreshing breeze, but the confidence in the two people is exactly the same.
While they were talking, the three of them had already descended from Hat Mountain.
He Shuya's regiment headquarters was also the last group to evacuate from Mao Mao Mountain. Less than five minutes after the regiment personnel evacuated, a bright light suddenly bloomed in the direction of Pukou, almost reflecting half of the night sky. Ding Li and Yang Banan were both veterans.
Just by looking at the momentum, I knew that the Japanese artillery in the direction of Pukou had begun shelling.
Sure enough, a moment later, rows of artillery shells fell on the Mao Maoshan position.
The next moment, dazzling red light bloomed continuously on the Mao Mao Mountain position.
Seeing the explosive red light blooming one after another on the mountain of hats, Ding Li and Yang Ba were stunned. No, what do you mean? The little devil is really going to attack, and he is really hitting the mountain of hats?
When they turned to look at He Shuya, their eyes looked a little strange.
Especially Yang Banan, suddenly felt that He Shuya and Xu Rui really looked alike.
Seeing the explosions one after another on Mao Mao Mountain, Ding Li suddenly became worried and said, "Nerd, the mines we buried on the mountain will not be detonated by the Japanese shells, right?"
"That won't happen." He Shuya smiled faintly. He had already considered this issue, and then continued, "All the mines we have buried are black powder mines. Even if they are directly hit by the Japs' shells, they may not explode, and the fuses
It has also been specially treated and cannot be ignited unless you use brimstone bombs."
Ding Li let out an ooh and said, "Can this old cow do this?"
He Shuya said calmly: "It should be no problem to shoot Zhu Yuan with pre-calibration."
Ding Li took a breath and said, "That's enough for the devil to drink tonight."
However, the Japanese 104th Division on the opposite side did not know that it was proceeding in an orderly manner according to the original plan. Taking advantage of the gap between the 104th Field Artillery Regiment's artillery preparations for Mao Mountain, the 108th Infantry Division,
The 137th and 170th Regiments have moved to the northwest, northeast and south of Mao Mountain.
Half an hour later, the artillery fire of the 104th Field Artillery Regiment began to extend towards the center of the calibrated triangular area. The 108th, 137th and 170th Regiments of infantry who had already entered the attack position had almost no fire.
If there is any temptation, we will invest troops above the size of a brigade and launch a group charge.
Taro Koga's 170th Infantry Regiment is responsible for Highland No. 3 in the northwest.
Almost immediately after the artillery fire of the 104th Field Artillery Regiment began to extend, Taro Koga ordered the First Infantry Battalion to launch a group charge, and the other two infantry brigades followed suit. For this battle tonight, the division
The regimental commander and the brigade commander are all determined to win, and Koga Taro is not willing to lag behind.
What Taro Koga wants is to capture the main peak of Hat Mountain first before the 108th Infantry Regiment!
Since the establishment of the 104th Division, the 108th Infantry Regiment has always regarded itself as the first-class main force regiment, which made Taro Koga very unhappy.
Because in Koga Taro's view, both the 8th Regiment and the 108th Regiment, which is composed of the 8th Regiment's reserve troops, are small traders from Osaka and have no combat effectiveness at all.
It has been fully proven in the Russo-Japanese War, so in the 104th Division, their Sasayama Regiment is the first-class main force!
Looking at the infantry charging forward like a tide, Koga Taro sheathed his sword, and then confidently said to the deputy commander Kawaki Shiro next to him: "Kawaki-san, after tonight, the division commander should understand,
In the 104th Division, our Sasayama Regiment is the first-class main force, and as for the 108th Regiment, it is just a joke."
"Hai!" Shiro Kawasaki said with a heavy nod, "The captain of the unit is wise."
