On the mountain road to the arsenal, densely packed Japs were like locusts, slowly advancing along the winding mountain road.
“Boom… da da da…”
The familiar sound of explosions and gunshots rang out from the front of the troops, reaching Colonel Nakatani's ears without affecting his good mood at all.
Compared with the great achievement of destroying the garrison arsenal, the losses along the way were nothing at all.
"The troops continue to speed up and ignore these sneak attacks." Colonel Nakatani raised his head and ordered.
Seeing that the Chief of Staff looked heartbroken and hesitated to speak, Colonel Nakatani did not give him a chance to speak at all and continued: "The Eighth Route Army that attacked us must have wanted to hold us back and buy time for them to move their arsenal. The more times they attacked us, the more they attacked us.
The higher the frequency, the more anxious they are. At this time, we must speed up, rush to the arsenal at all costs, and launch attacks directly without giving them a chance to transfer equipment."
"You must know that by destroying this arsenal, the Eighth Route Army will lose the weapons to support them, and the guns in their hands will become scrap metal because they have no bullets."
"In the future, when the imperial army fights them again, the pressure will be much less, and the casualties will be greatly reduced."
"So we need to take a longer-term view and not be imprisoned by the casualties in front of us."
"Today we killed one Imperial Army soldier here, and when we fight the Eighth Route Army in the future, we will lose several Imperial Army soldiers."
The communications staff officer hurried over and interrupted: "Sir, there is an urgent call from the division headquarters."
"The aviation force reported that the arsenal we want to attack is moving, and the aviation force has sent planes to carry out bombing and harassment to prevent them from moving."
"The division commander asked us to continue to speed up, and we must reach our destination after dawn tomorrow and launch an attack on the arsenal."
The heartbroken expression on the chief of staff's face was immediately covered by admiration. He looked at Colonel Nakatani and said with a compliment: "Sir, your judgment is wise."
"Judging from the telegram from the division commander, the garrison is indeed in a hurry in order to save the arsenal."
"I will give the order now to let the troops continue to speed up their march."
Colonel Nakatani nodded and ordered: "Send all the remaining Imperial Army troops to the forward troops and have them go to the front of the troops to detonate mines to reduce the Imperial Army's casualties."
On a small road three kilometers away from the Japanese army, more than a thousand people from the garrison were marching in a hurry.
Their target is also the arsenal.
Because they were familiar with the terrain in the mountains, the troops surpassed the Zhonggu Regiment in only half a day.
"Regiment leader and political commissar sent an urgent message: "The Japanese army dispatched a large number of aircraft to bomb the arsenal. In order to prevent accidents, should we order the arsenal to be relocated immediately?"
"No need..." Li Hao replied firmly.
"The arsenal is produced in caves. Unless the little devils send out planes to flatten several mountains, there is no way it will threaten the safety of the arsenal."
"Call back to the political commissar. Don't worry about the safety of the arsenal. The troops will continue to pose to the Japanese army as if we want to move and attract more Japanese planes to bomb the arsenal."
"One aerial bomb can bring us more than a hundred kilograms of scrap iron. If the Japanese drop hundreds of bombs, it will be tens of thousands of kilograms of scrap iron. When the battle is over, collect these scrap iron and the arsenal will be able to add more
Make tens of thousands of grenades."
"As for the Little Devils Zhonggu Alliance, I guarantee that they will have no chance to attack the arsenal."
Niutouling, three kilometers away from the arsenal, was the only way for the Japanese army to enter the arsenal.
Li Hao led his troops and arrived here at three o'clock in the afternoon.
"The troops stop advancing!" Li Hao suddenly ordered, then looked at Hong Linfeng and asked.
"Chief of Staff, how far is the little devil from here?"
"An hour and a half away." Hong Linfeng thought for a moment and answered.
Li Hao nodded and analyzed with a serious look on his face: "That means we will arrive here at about 4:30 or 5 o'clock. It gets dark early now and the terrain here is complicated. There will definitely be no planes to escort them at 5 o'clock."
"I decided to close the net here."
Niutou Ridge lies across the front of the arsenal, surrounded by rolling mountains, which are connected with Niutou Ridge to form a large circle.
Looking down from the air, this place looks like a big pot. The mountain road first enters from the edge of the pot on one side, goes downhill, then passes through the bottom of the pot, and finally slowly climbs up the edge of the pot on the other side and crosses Niutou Ridge.
"Captain, this is indeed a natural ambush battlefield, but there are too many Japanese. Our troops are only a little more than half of theirs. I'm worried that we won't be able to swallow them all."
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "To close the net here, we don't have to swallow it in one bite. We can divide it into several bites and eat up the remaining little devils bit by bit."
"Order the Independent Battalion to immediately ascend to Niutou Ridge, establish blocking positions based on the terrain, block the Japs head-on, and put on a posture of defending Niutou Ridge and protecting the arsenal."
"But one thing to remember is that except for the two small-caliber mortars and two heavy machine guns assigned to each company, you do not have any fire support."
"The Second Battalion lurks at the entrance to this cauldron."
"After being blocked by the independent battalion, the Zhonggu Alliance will definitely choose to camp here."
"All you need to do is block the entrance to prevent the little devil from escaping from this cauldron at our feet."
"When you join the war, you must have reached the final stage of closing the net, so all the heavy weapons you are equipped with can be used."
"Other troops will rest where they are and wait until dark before taking action again."
As soon as they reached the foot of Niutouling Mountain, the Zhonggu United Army stopped.
"Sir, the forward troops report that there is an Eighth Route Army blocking position on the mountains ahead."
Colonel Nakatani raised his telescope and glanced at the surrounding terrain before judging: "The terrain here is conspicuous. If you want to enter the arsenal, you must capture the mountains in front."
"So this should be the first line of defense for the garrison to protect the arsenal."
"Order the Third Battalion to concentrate firepower and capture the mountain within half an hour."
"The troops will camp and rest after crossing the mountains. They will launch an attack directly on the arsenal early tomorrow morning."
The chief of staff suddenly spoke and reminded: "Sir, the terrain here is too dangerous. We are surrounded by mountains. Do you want to send troops to guard the surroundings to prevent the Eighth Route Army ambush hidden in these mountains?"
"There is no need to waste time on these matters." Colonel Nakatani shook his head and refused.
"The division commander's telegram made it very clear that the main force of the garrison has left the mountain, and the only ones we need to face are some guard troops."
"The battle during the day also proves this. If the main force of the garrison is still there, we will never be allowed to attack their arsenal so easily."
"It would be difficult for the security forces to stop us, and it would be even more impossible for the security forces to ambush us."
"If my judgment is correct, they must have concentrated all their few troops on the mountains ahead to block us and buy time for the arsenal to be transferred."
The chief of staff felt vaguely uneasy, but could not find a reason to refute, so he could only nod in approval.
The battle started quickly, with artillery shells of various calibers hitting the mountains like no money, with flames flying and smoke filling the air.
Soldiers are constantly being blown up into the sky after being hit by artillery shells at close range...
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