Looking at these Chinese soldiers who regarded death as returning home and rushed to the battlefield impassionedly, Zhou Wen couldn't help but feel excited.
If the Chinese soldiers of this period had this kind of spirit and momentum, how could it be their turn for little devils to run amok in China?
Tonight, in the Yanshan Mountains, under the snowy night sky, these Chinese soldiers with broadswords rushed towards the Japanese soldiers, the creators of the "March of the Broadsword".
They are the most handsome boys in China and the cutest people in the world.
Zhou Wen calmed down, and General Zhao Chengyu led the team to continue charging into the camp to kill the Japanese. However, he and the remaining twenty brothers still had an important task, which was to capture Heizui Mountain, which they had ignored before.
It was a Japanese artillery position, and Zhou Wen was determined to give General Zhao Chengyu, his newly recognized eldest brother, another gift.
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Heizui Mountain is located on the east side of Xifengkou. It may be because it contains some minerals. The whole mountain is made of black rocks. The mountain shape is steep and steep. There is no formed vegetation. There are only some stubborn weeds and weeds growing from the cracks in the rocks.
He broke free and swayed stubbornly in the spring breeze that still carried the cold air from the north.
On the top of a mountain with an area of less than 2,000 square meters, the entire mountain ridge is surrounded by a ring of sandbag fortifications, and in the center are 10 low-bodied artillery pieces arranged vertically and horizontally. The Japanese 13th Regiment Mountain Artillery Squadron and three brigades
The artillery team's total of 4 Type 41 mountain guns and 6 Type 92 infantry guns are all here.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Ryo Suzuki, has a very good tactical vision. The height of Heizui Mountain is almost the same as the city gate of Xifengkou, and the straight-line distance is only about 1 kilometer. The 92 Infantry Artillery installed on the top of the mountain can almost cover the entire mountain.
The entire Xifengkou defensive position.
The Type 41 mountain cannon with a longer range can even bring the vast and deep area behind Xifengkou City Gate into its fire strike range.
Moreover, the north and east sides of Heizui Mountain are quite steep and straight, with dark rocks covering the entire hillside, while the west side is almost a sheer cliff hundreds of meters high.
Only the mountains in the south are relatively gentle, but they are also full of rocks, making it difficult for mules and horses to travel.
It is said that in such a dangerous terrain, it is difficult for artillery to hit the top of the mountain directly when attacking from the bottom up. As long as a company of garrison troops and appropriate machine gun firepower are deployed, even with the bravery of the Japanese army, it is simply impossible to conquer it in a short time.
, and the price paid will not be small.
However, for the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Regiment of the Northeast Army who were stationed at Xifengkou, they were driven thousands of miles by the Japanese army since the September 18th Incident, and then less than a year later, they were beaten again by the Japanese army in Rehe.
After taking off their armor and fleeing to the Great Wall, their bones and souls have become further and further away from the sacred identity of "soldiers".
Escape and save life first became the only basis for them to live in the world. There is no shame or guilt, and they do not consider what impact their escape without fighting will have on the war situation. As long as the Japanese artillery and machine guns are fired, from then on
From the junior officers to the soldiers, their legs were trembling, and their bloodiness and courage instantly left them.
Moreover, since Marshal Zhang ordered non-resistance and led to the fall of the three northeastern provinces, the Northeastern Army's military discipline and military orders have no longer been as effective as before. Anyway, you officers can escape without a fight and hand over your hometown. Ladies
Is it wrong to follow these little soldiers and shrimps a few times?
You set fire to Guanzhou and burned down your own house, why don't you want me to light a lamp one by one?
So it is right to run, and you would be a fool not to run.
In this way, they occupied a dangerous terrain that was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and built a relatively complete defense fortifications at the expense of nine cows and two tigers. The superiors also specially strengthened a full company of more than 150 Northeastern officers and soldiers with two heavy machine guns.
, after the Japanese army only fired a few tentative shots into the mountain and fired a few rounds of bullets from their heavy machine guns, someone shouted and they dispersed.
The Japanese artillery and bullets did not hit anyone, but due to the high mountains and steep slopes, he fell to death and injured more than a dozen people while escaping.
Even the commander of the Fourth Army, Old General Wan Fulin, could not utter the words "enforce battlefield discipline" when faced with the panting and frightened soldiers who had run several miles up the mountain road and finally escaped back to the camp.
I could scold the officer a few words, and then sigh secretly in my heart.
In his opinion, this army has lost its soul and is like duckweed without roots. Apart from letting them wake up, no military law or punishment will work.
General Wan Lao also considered the future of the Northeastern Army. He saw that in just over a year, the Northeastern Army of hundreds of thousands was down to about 100,000 people. After a few more head-to-head battles with the Japs, what Marshal Zhang had worked so hard to manage back then was
The Northeastern Army will disappear. By then, Marshal Zhang, who was one man below ten thousand people in the Republic of China a year ago, will probably not even make a sound.
It is because of these little thoughts that they have their own reasons and reasons even if they run away from the battle. Even if their subordinates give up Heizui Mountain, the most critical gateway to Xifengkou, along with the complete fortifications on the top of the mountain and countless guns and ammunition, they only give them a few words of reprimand.
Forget it, I still want to comfort myself: "Let's leave some seeds for our Northeast Army."
As for the direct artillery threat to Xifengkou after the Japanese occupy Heizui Mountain, let it be left to the support troops to consider. Anyway, our Northeastern Army has been fighting the Japanese soldiers alone for a full year, regardless of winning or losing. We are tired, and we are tired.
It's time for us to take a breather.
So now it becomes the 109th Brigade to conquer Heizui Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The hole you dug has to be buried by others. This is the current situation of the Republic of China army, and it did not change slightly until the all-out war of resistance a few years later.
At this time, the infantry of a squadron of the Japanese 1st Battalion and all the artillery of the regiment were deployed on the mountaintop position, totaling more than 400 troops.
When the Chinese army launched an attack, all the Japs on the top of the mountain were on alert, the artillery was ready for bombardment, and the infantry all entered defensive positions.
However, since it was dark night and there was snow in the sky blocking the view, the Japanese squadron leader on the top of the mountain could not see clearly what was going on down the mountain even with a telescope. The few flares he fired could only make out blurry figures.
, who knows whether it is a friendly force or an enemy? Moreover, the telephone line for communication with the headquarters was cut off at some point, and it is not known whether it was cut by a person or a grenade.
The real situation is that when Zhou Wen and others broke into the tent of the Japanese brigade headquarters, they not only cut the throats of all the members of the Japanese brigade headquarters from the captain down, but also destroyed the telephone exchange.
Therefore, the Japanese troops on the mountain could only stare blankly and did not dare to fire at all.