Anxious Wang Ping immediately ordered: "Let the troops rush faster, shoot while charging, the little devils who specialize in bombardment. If you are late, everything on the road will be blown up by the little devils!"
"Yes, commander! Guard platoon, follow me!" Chief of Staff Zeng Quan was also very anxious and rushed to the battlefield with a guard platoon.
"Shoot, there are Japs over there who want to blow up the artillery. Shoot quickly and kill them!" In the middle of the independent regiment's attacking troops, he saw three Japs surrounding a field gun and was about to throw a grenade into the barrel. The platoon leader had a clever idea.
, he called the machine gunners around him and fired there.
"Click, click, click..." A shuttle of bullets passed by. Countless sparks flew out instantly when the bullets hit the cannon. The three Japanese soldiers were also beaten into pieces by the bullets that suddenly swept over them.
"Boom!" Before the grenade could be thrown into the barrel, it exploded directly in the Japs' hands, instantly blowing one of the Japs' arms into pieces.
"There are Japanese soldiers there who want to blow up cannons, shoot quickly!" Such voices rang out in many places on the battlefield.
Many artillery pieces and weapons and ammunition of vehicles and vehicles were preserved from the bullets continuously fired by the independent regiment.
But even so, nearly half of the artillery and one-third of the supplies and ammunition on the road were bombed.
"Surround the Japs and prepare to attack!" With so much equipment and ammunition being blown up by the Japs under his nose, Wang Ping's anger can be imagined. He directly regarded the Japs hiding in the mountains as the target of his venting, and then roared the order.
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"Where's the artillery battalion commander Zhang Bing? Bring all your men up here. Give me all the artillery that can be used on the road. I don't have a cannon with ten rounds. Let the Japanese on the mountain have a taste of being bombed first!"
"As for Zhang Yunshan, I will give you the guard company and the reconnaissance platoon. From the tunnel reserved by the engineer company to the top of the mountain, give the Japanese a central flower. I will launch an attack below to cover you. Remember to bring more grenades and hand grenades.
If you don't have enough, you can replenish it from the ammunition captured by the Japanese. No matter what, I will eat these Japanese today and avenge the sacrificed soldiers!"
After going up the mountain, Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe did not directly occupy the top of the mountain.
As the artillery commander, Tanabe knew very well that if the Eighth Route Army wanted to fire artillery before launching an attack, the top of the mountain would definitely be the key target for the artillery.
Without building an underground headquarters in advance, standing on the top of the mountain and commanding the battle means getting bombed, which is no different from dying. It is better to stay on the mountainside and be with the troops, which is safer.
Therefore, Tanabe only placed a few observation posts on the top of the mountain to help him keep an eye on the surrounding situation, and did not send even one more soldier to the top of the mountain.
"Tanabe-kun, I just took a quick look. There are more than a thousand imperial troops who have successfully retreated to the mountain. Everyone has a gun and there is enough ammunition!" The captain of the transport department has now volunteered to become Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe's deputy.
, hurriedly walked to the edge of the field and reported with a happy face.
"Yo Xi!" Tanabe, who was commanding the troops in positional warfare for the first time, breathed a sigh of relief obviously.
But it didn't take long for Tanabe's brows to wrinkle again.
At this time, because the Japanese army detonated many weapons and ammunition, there were still many blazing fires on the road.
With the help of these firelights, Tanaka, who was holding a telescope, could clearly see that there were nearly ten mountain field guns on the road that had not been bombed. Including infantry guns, the total number exceeded twenty.
The Eighth Route Army occupying the road is working hard to push these artillery guns and aim the muzzles of the artillery at the hilltop they are holding on to.
If these artillery were allowed to fire, and there were no fortifications in place on the mountain, everyone would be exposed to artillery fire.
Even if I still have more than a thousand people in my hands, I still can't withstand the repeated shelling of more than twenty mountain field guns.
"We must find a way to knock out these mountain field artillery. We cannot let the Eighth Route Army fire, otherwise all of us will be blown into pieces!" An unwavering idea immediately appeared in Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe's mind. Then he stared at the captain of the baggage brigade and asked
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"Where are the heavy weapons? Did you bring any heavy weapons?"
"There are a lot of light machine guns, more than thirty of them are mounted! There are twelve heavy machine guns, and there are about twenty grenade launchers. Because the mortars are too heavy, only five are brought! However, there are only a few artillery shells, only
Five boxes, ten shells for each gun!" The transport captain immediately told the number he knew.
"Baga! How can such a heavy weapon be enough!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe shouted with anger and an aggrieved look on his face.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" As soon as he finished speaking, the scream of artillery shells reached his ears, which made Tanabe's color change instantly.
"Baga, it's an artillery attack. The Eighth Route Army has opened fire. Take cover!"
"Boom, boom, boom..." The violent explosions quickly covered up all the sounds on the battlefield. Many soldiers were caught off guard and were hit by the falling shells, and were instantly blown into pieces.
Of course, more soldiers were blown up or knocked over, and died instantly.
Soon, the hilltop was enveloped in artillery fire.
In the violent explosion, the Japanese troops on the hilltop fell directly into chaos.
Wang Ping took the opportunity to order his troops to attack the mountain.
Of course, it's not a real attack, it's just guns firing and people shouting slogans from behind.
Anyway, the mountain was covered in thick smoke from the explosion, and under the cover of night, the Japanese army didn't know.
However, after the whizzing bullets flew over, Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe took it seriously and immediately ordered the troops to counterattack, staring at the artillery fire and counterattacking.
At this moment, the Japanese troops on the mountain all focused their attention on the foot of the mountain, fearing that the Eighth Route Army would rush up.
"Come up, there are only a few Japanese observation posts on the top of the mountain, the reconnaissance platoon will kill them!" At the exit of the tunnel at the top of the mountain, with the help of the firelight on the mountainside, Zhang Yunshan had a direct view of the top of the mountain, and the several Japanese observation posts could also be seen clearly.
Because the several Japanese observation posts were all focused on the surroundings, the explosions that kept ringing in their ears covered up many sounds to a certain extent.
Eight soldiers from the reconnaissance platoon came out of the tunnel and none of them found it.
By the time they realized the danger, several demonstrators had already stabbed their cold bayonets into their backs.
Although the whole operation caused a lot of noise, under the cover of the gunfire, no one was alarmed.
The cannon fired ten shells, and it was all fired in less than two minutes.
The chaotic Japs on the mountainside gradually stabilized, and they fired desperately at the foot of the mountain to block the so-called Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. There were already hundreds of soldiers who had dug out the tunnels on the top of the mountain.
Except for a dozen machine gunners each holding a machine gun, the other soldiers all held a grenade in their hands, and many others held a grenade in one hand and a Mauser pistol in the other.
"Go to the backs of the Japs on the mountainside and hit them with grenades when they reach the grenade throwing range. As long as the Japs are not defeated, keep throwing grenades until they collapse and then charge, beat the drowned dogs and destroy them!" Staring at the Japs who kept shooting on the mountainside,
Zhang Yunshan ordered with great anticipation.
The raid last night was also directed by him. Seeing the Japanese army suffer heavy casualties under the attack of grenade rain, Zhang Yunshan enjoyed it very much and felt relieved.
Therefore, he was looking forward to the scene of the Japanese facing a thunderstorm.
Then he personally took out a grenade and held it in his hand, ready to hit the Japanese at any time.
