Chapter 602: Front and back attack
The artillery fire rained down on the remnants of the Japanese troops who were assembling and blew up clouds of blood mist. Stumps and severed arms flew everywhere, screams rose and fell like a tide, and the sound of wailing was endless.
Itagaki Seishiro, under the protection of several Japanese guards who were always protecting him, hurriedly retreated to Lingpo Mountain, trying to exit Hengshan through Lingpo Mountain, and then retreat to the south.
As soon as the old devil withdrew, it immediately caused chaos in the hearts of the remnants of the soldiers assembled by the Japanese army. Many Japanese soldiers followed in the footsteps of Seishiro Itagaki and retreated to Lingpo Mountain in embarrassment under Wang Chengzhu's artillery attack. Along the way, Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire chased the remnants of the Japanese army led by Seishiro Itagaki and blew up behind the buttocks.
"Withdraw, withdraw! Yaga! Itagaki Seishiro was supported by a few devil guards who were protecting him, and he retreated to Lingpo Mountain in embarrassment, and he also shouted orders to all Japanese troops to retreat after him.
At this time, all the units of the Japanese army were almost scattered, and they just followed Itagaki Seishiro and others to retreat in a hurry, and they threw off their feet along the mountain road leading to Lingpo Mountain and rushed to retreat.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
The artillery fire of the new regiment artillery team has been chasing the defeated soldiers of the little devils, and the bombed Itagaki Seishiro is retreating all the way, and he sees blood dripping in his heart. Who would have thought that Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of his dignified Itagaki Division, would one day be so despised and despised that the Chinese army would retreat in a hurry?
It's just that at this time, I already regretted that I didn't have to take the medicine, and the shells chased the defeated Japanese soldiers and bombed, and on the mountain road, the clouds of blood mist that were blown up, accompanied by the snow on the mountain road, chilled Itagaki Seishiro's heart.
At the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Canyon, at this time, Li Yunlong had already rushed down from Tianfengling Mountain and rushed to the mouth of the canyon.
A few minutes later, Li Yunlong ordered Zhao Gang to directly command the first and second battalions, and with the cooperation of Sun Desheng's cavalry company, they attacked on all fronts and attacked the remnants of the Japanese army that had withdrawn from Empress Cang on the opposite side.
Infantry and artillery coordination, in the new regiment, is already extremely familiar.
I only saw the headquarters of Zhang Dabiao of the first battalion and the headquarters of Shen Qun of the second battalion, with the cooperation of the cavalry of the cavalry company commander Sun Desheng's department, and under the extended blow of Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire, they began to launch a full-line counterattack against the remnants of the Japanese army.
"Kill, kill, kill! Brothers, kill, kill all the little devils, avenge the people who died, kill! Li Yunlong roared angrily several times, and coldly gave the order to counterattack.
With Li Yunlong's order, more than 1,400 soldiers counterattacked the remnants of the Japanese army. The cavalry company galloped on its horses, and the ground shook as it stomped.
The remnants of the Japanese army of more than 3,000 people who were hit by Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire were already in great confusion at this time. Many of the Japanese formations had been dispersed by artillery fire, and as Seishiro Itagaki retreated to Lingpo Mountain under the protection of the guards, all the Japanese troops completely collapsed. At this time, Li Yunlong had already ordered all units to start a counterattack, and the remnants of the Japanese army attacked by the infantry swarmed to follow the footsteps of Itagaki Seishiro and retreated to Empress Lingpo Yamakura.
The Japanese soldiers who were retreating, who were killed from the valley by the soldiers of the first and second battalions, did not expect to reflexively fight back, but accelerated their pace and retreated to Lingpo Mountain under the rout.
Lingpo Mountain is a hill where the Japanese army retreated ten miles before, guarding the only way to the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge. The hill is rigidly clamped down on the mountain path between the hills. In other words, it was an important strategic point for the remnants of Seishiro Itagaki to withdraw from Hengshan.
The remnants of the little devil's army were disheartened, and in a panic, they were actually killed by two battalions of new infantry and a cavalry company, and the corpses were floating for miles, and not a single Japanese soldier dared to return to block the attack in the mountain road. The two Japanese squadrons that had previously stormed the valley mouth of the Jinlong Gorge according to the order of Seishiro Itagaki had been completely killed by the two infantry battalions of the new regiment that suddenly attacked from the valley mouth and the artillery fire of Wang Chengzhu.
At this time, the remnants of the Japanese army, who were in turmoil, were already frightened, and they were powerless in the face of the strong counterattack of the new regiment.
Itagaki Seishiro, who was retreating in embarrassment, looked back and saw the defeated soldiers and horses of the Japanese army retreating after him, all of them looking panicked, without the slightest heart to face the battle.
"Baga Ya Road! You drop, and you drop, organize five hundred people, block layer by layer on the mountain road, resist, resist, withstand the counterattack of the new regiment! Hurry up and drop! Itagaki Seishiro looked back and saw that many Japanese soldiers had panicked looks all over their faces, and none of the Japanese soldiers thought of blocking the attack, so he was immediately furious, and casually designated a few Japanese officers who were retreating with him, and organized some Japanese troops to block the attack on the mountain road.
Several Japanese officers who were pointed out by the old devil looked frightened, but seeing Itagaki Seishiro's rage, several Japanese officers paused in response, turned around and gathered some of the Japanese routs on the spot and built improvised fortifications on the mountain road to block the attack.
After appointing a few Japanese officers to organize a rout to block the attack, the old devil continued to retreat to Lingpo Mountain with the rest of the Japanese rout. Just retreated to a place less than three miles away from Lingpo Mountain, and heard fierce gunfire from the direction of Lingpo Mountain.
As soon as the old devil heard the fierce gunfire in the direction of Lingpo Mountain, his heart was agitated for a moment, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Sure enough, the Japanese army that was the first to approach Lingpo Mountain soon reported that the base of Lingpo Mountain had been captured by a new group of troops, and occupied part of the simple fortifications built when Itagaki Seishiro led his troops to retreat to the bottom of Lingpo Mountain, and blocked the Japanese rout on the spot.
"Nani? The Chinese army has already captured Lingpo Mountain? Yaga! How many people are on the other side? Itagaki Seishiro roared angrily at the Japanese rout who came to report urgently, grabbed the collar and said hurriedly.
The Japanese rout of the report said with a sad face: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, the other side has at least two battalions, at least more than 1,000 people, as well as seven or eight mortars, and more than ten light and heavy machine guns, firmly guarding the foot of Lingpo Mountain. And on the Lingpo Mountain, there are still part of the Chinese army that have already deployed machine gun fire points and artillery positions, and they are thinking that the warriors of the imperial army near the vicinity of our retreat to the bottom of the mountain will open fire, and we will be caught off guard and will be hit with heavy casualties! ”。
Some of the Japanese officers and soldiers standing next to Seishiro Itagaki heard the report of the rout, and they all looked terrified. This is a new group of men and horses attacking before and after, this is being attacked by people in front and back!
"Your Excellency Division Commander, what should I do?" A Japanese staff officer closest to Seishiro Itagaki asked the old devil in a hurried whisper, his tone trembling.
Itagaki Seishiro regained his calm expression at this time, and ordered a little calmly: "Yaga! Steady! You drop, lead a large team of troops, no matter how many people and horses are lost, give me to capture Lingpo Mountain, open the way for the large army to survive, hurry up! ”。
"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" The Japanese staff officer who was pointed out by the old devil paused heavily, and then hurriedly led a few people to organize troops to attack Lingpo Mountain.