Marching in the mountains is inherently more tiring than in the plains, and you have to constantly guard against sneak attacks by the garrison. After a day's march, every kid is exhausted physically and mentally.
After dinner, find a place to lie down and rest to replenish your strength.
The most unlucky thing is the guard post. After a tiring day during the day, I have to stay up late at night to guard.
With strong willpower, I could still stay alert in the first half of the night.
In the second half of the night, they couldn't hold on anymore, their upper and lower eyelids began to fight, and they fell into a state of confusion.
If the puppet troops of more than 3,000 days were crowded and camped on a hilltop, the density of personnel would be too high.
One of the enemy's cannonballs can wipe out one of your squads.
Colonel Nakatani would definitely not do such a stupid thing. He stared at the map for a long time, and he selected three mountains that were horns of each other.
The hills are less than one kilometer apart and can be reached in 20 minutes of rapid marching.
The troops are divided and stationed. No matter which hilltop is attacked, the artillery on the other two hills can provide artillery reinforcements as soon as possible to reduce the combat pressure on the attacked hilltop.
The target Li Hao chose to attack was the hilltop where the Japanese army's headquarters was located, and it was also the hilltop where the largest number of Japs gathered.
It will be much easier to kill the Japs with the strongest combat effectiveness first, and then attack the other troops.
All the remaining heavy mortars from the six battalions were concentrated here, fifteen in total, lined up in a row, pointing their muzzles directly at the attack target.
Fifty rounds of artillery shells were prepared next to each cannon, and they were shot to the top of the mountain in the shortest possible time, and then retreated.
In order to prevent the Japanese artillery from counterattacking, all fifteen artillery pieces were placed on the back of a hill two kilometers away from the Japanese army, which was the so-called anti-slope position.
The mountain artillery equipped by the Japanese army could reach here, but because the mountain artillery fired directly, all the shells fired must have been blocked by the mountain top and could not hurt the artillerymen hiding behind the mountain top.
Mortars are direct-fire artillery that can hit artillery on anti-slope positions with shells, but the Japanese are equipped with light mortars and their range is not enough.
There was only one heavy mortar squadron to contend with, but they were stationed together with the wing headquarters.
The garrison's fifteen heavy mortars launched a pre-emptive strike. Even if they couldn't be destroyed all, they would certainly be able to suffer heavy damage.
Of course, these heavy mortars were just Li Hao's trump card against the Japanese.
In addition to them, there are five light mortar positions scattered more than a thousand meters away from the top of the mountain.
There are six to eight light mortars in each position, some of which are equipped by the garrison itself, and some of which are captured by the Kuroki Brigade during the day.
Each mortar was equipped with ten rounds of artillery shells, and the target was also the hilltop where the Japanese regiment headquarters was located.
When you see the attack signal, shoot out the shells within one minute, and then retreat quickly, without giving the Japanese time to counterattack.
This means that within one minute after the attack begins, the hilltop where the Japanese wing headquarters is located will be saturated with at least 400 artillery shells.
The heavy mortar squadron stationed there had trouble even protecting themselves, let alone counterattack.
At one o'clock in the morning, after all the Japanese soldiers fell asleep, the long-lost signal flares of the garrison were launched into the sky.
With a "bang..." sound, a signal flare sounded over the battlefield, bursting into a white light.
A few seconds later, "Boom, boom, boom..." explosions began to sound on the top of the mountain.
The firelight splashed and the thick smoke filled the air, directly illuminating the mountaintop as if it were daytime.
Many Japanese soldiers were drowned by artillery fire while they were still sleeping, or were blown up into the sky and smashed everywhere like toys.
"Quickly, the protection captain moves and leaves here." The guard captain was also frightened by the sudden artillery fire. When he opened his eyes, he saw several subordinates being blown away. Then he jumped up from the ground and ordered anxiously.
"Sir, the station was attacked by at least forty mortars, and there were also heavy mortars inside. We can't stay on the top of the mountain and must move immediately." Seeing Colonel Nakatani being taken out by the guards, the guard captain reported quickly.
"Where is the chief of staff?" Colonel Nakatani asked with a frown.
"Captain, my humble duty is here..." The chief of staff rushed over from a distance. His left arm and sleeve were stained red with blood, and he was obviously injured.
A look of solemnity flashed across Zhonggu's face.
The chief of staff was injured, which shows how violent the shelling was.
His frown deepened, and he immediately ordered: "Offensive is the best defense. Contact the artillery unit and counterattack immediately!"
"The garrison must have assembled all its artillery to deal with us. We must seize the opportunity to kill them, or at least inflict heavy damage on them."
"The troops immediately evacuated the top of the mountain, gathered at the foot of the mountain, and went directly to the artillery position of the garrison."
"The troops from the other two stations immediately gathered and outflanked the artillery position of the garrison."
"Although their artillery fire is fierce, they don't have many troops."
"Even if we fight them at all costs, we can win this battle."
On a high ground three kilometers away from the battlefield, Li Hao held up his telescope and could clearly see the entire battlefield.
"Commander, the little Japs on Hill 1 are rushing outside the station, gathering at the foot of the hill, and launching an assault in the direction of our artillery position." The observation post ran over and reported.
A large number of little devils rushed out of the camp holding torches and gathered at the foot of the mountain.
The number of torches increased, and finally they gathered into a fire dragon and charged towards the heavy mortar position.
"Send a signal to the mobile battalion and ask them to come up and attack this little devil. They will hold off for twenty minutes and then retreat with alternate cover." Li Hao ordered in a deep voice.
Just as he finished speaking, there was movement on the top of Hill No. 2.
A fire dragon rushed out of the station and attacked the heavy mortar position from the flank at a very fast speed.
Li Hao's expression remained unchanged and he continued to order: "Send a signal to the secret service battalion and confront the Japanese and puppet troops rushing out from the top of Hill No. 2. Hold them for twenty minutes and then retreat with alternate cover."
"Commander, the Japanese and puppet troops on Hill 3 have also moved." The observation post continued to report.
When Li Hao looked over with his telescope, they were doing the same thing as the little devil on the top of the mountain No. 2.
Li Hao replied with a cold snort: "The Japanese have a big appetite. The garrison on the first hill made a head-on assault, while the garrison on the other two hilltops outflanked us on the left and right. They wanted to swallow us whole."
"If we really fight here tonight, the little devil might actually get what he wants."
"But I'm sorry, the leading role tonight is the artillery. There are more than a thousand artillery shells. Even if two artillery shells kill one Japanese, it is enough for them to drink a pot."
"So we won't accompany you."
"Order the independent battalion to attack us head-on. The mission is the same as that of the special agent battalion. Once the fight is over, we will withdraw."
Colonel Nakatani was lucky that no artillery shells hit him during the entire retreat.
After finally breaking out of the station, the hilltop was already shrouded in artillery fire, and the subordinates who had not yet broken out would definitely not have a chance to come out.
"Da da da..." The sound of heavy machine gun fire suddenly sounded from the front, awakening Zhong Gu from the aftermath of the disaster.
"Sir, the counterattack force was intercepted by the Eighth Route Army. The opponent was equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and had a strength of about two companies." His subordinates ran over and reported.
"Move up the artillery and kill them." Nakatani ordered with murderous intent.
Not long after, intensive heavy machine gun fire was also heard from the left and right wings.
The murderous intent on Zhonggu's face became even stronger, and he shouted with excitement: "Our judgment is correct. The main force of the garrison has arrived. We must seize the opportunity to kill them tonight."
"All the artillerymen go up, first kill the Eighth Route Army that intercepts us, and then besiege their artillery positions."
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