1177. The Bloody Battle of Mirror Pass
Things were not as simple as Ogamo imagined, first of all, the troops of several Chinese armies that intercepted the Japanese army step by step this time were not substantially damaged and consumed.
Secondly, this time the troops have now come up again, and even cut off the rear road of the 34th Division, not only greatly surpassing the Japanese army in terms of numbers, but also more than 100,000 people, and the ratio of people to 5:1.
In the end, these Chinese troops not only became stronger and stronger in the War of Resistance in Jiangxi in the past few years, and they knew the terrain well, but their morale also became higher and higher, especially when they encountered another siege and annihilation battle similar to Wanjialing.
In the face of a strong enemy of a foreign race who invades the homeland, it is normal to have the same hatred for the enemy, but as a small soldier and a small person in such a big era, it is indeed a disaster of a lifetime to catch up with this great patriotic war, but it is also an honor.
In such a great Great Patriotic War, to be able to catch up with a battle to encircle and annihilate a Japanese division, as an anti-Japanese soldier, even if there is a danger of casualties, it is worth it, and it is to be pursued desperately.
Under the propaganda of political work cadres at all levels of the army, both the officers and soldiers and the common people of the villagers were indignant, and they all hoped that they would kill all the Japanese troops as soon as possible.
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The second defense position at Jingshan Pass, a multi-lane communication trench in the middle of the mountain, surrounded the pass of Jingshan Pass, and is now under bombardment by Japanese artillery.
In such a long and fierce bombardment, the firing points of the 7th and 9th companies were almost impossible to organize an effective counterattack, and the Japanese infantry took advantage of this firepower vacuum and began to attack and advance towards the mountains.
Sangou was in the command post on the top of the mountain, looking at this passive situation, and was a little anxious, but now the mortars of the machine gun company on the anticline of Jingshan still have plenty of shells, thanks to the transport team composed of the high fellows.
Under the orders of the three dogs, the mortars began to fire grenades at the devils who were crawling up the ridge line across the ridge line.
Although the mortar accuracy is very average across the hilltop, the explosion of high-explosive shells on a not very wide offensive surface will still kill and injure some of them, and also slightly slow down the enemy's attack.
The Japanese mountain artillery also noticed this change and immediately extended their firing, wanting to hit the Chinese mortars behind the mountain, but this was more difficult, almost a waste of shells.
The Japanese artillery shells finally slowly dried up in such waste, but this point was not fully detected on the side of Sangou, and the Japanese planes came again.
At this time, Sangou did not do it, because the mortars were not suppressed by the Japanese mountain artillery, and the aircraft could completely suppress or even blow up all the mortars.
What is even more dangerous at this time is that the advance of the Japanese army is almost at the second defense position, and the enemy and us are already throwing grenades and grenadiers at each other.
If the Japanese planes bombed and strafed back and forth at the second defense position, it would be useless for the two infantry companies on the second defense, and no matter how many people piled up, they would be a target for the planes to be smashed.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese planes bombed the mortar position on the mountain behind Jingshan and had not yet fully taken care of the second defense position, Sangou made up his mind and ordered the seventh and ninth companies of the second defense to launch a counter-charge against the Japanese troops who climbed up.
As soon as the charge horn of the battalion headquarters sounded, the soldiers of the 7th and 9th companies immediately rushed out of the trenches and bunkers, and after a round of swift grenades, they desperately pounced on the Japanese troops who rushed up.
This time, the white-knuckle battle unfolded on the hillside, and in the first time, the Chinese army occupied the advantage of the terrain and seized the opportunity, and at the same time, the Japanese planes no longer came to strafe, and the mountain artillery no longer came to fight.
The Japanese planes and artillery were like annoying flies, and now the position was finally quiet, but the brutal white-knuckle battle came out with an even more terrifying sound.
The sound of swords and guns clashing, the howls of stabbed wounds, and the occasional sound of gunfire and grenade explosions are constant reminders that in this land, two teams of fellow human beings are fighting to the death.
Once the enemy was in close combat, the three dogs finally breathed a sigh of relief, with the seven companies and the nine companies of the two infantry companies, these Japanese troops who rushed up were not their opponents at all.
The only thing to worry about now is whether the Japanese will carry out refueling tactics, or whether the flank positions of the three battalions can be held and whether they can protect the flank security of the three battalions.
Judging from the telescope and military intelligence report, the positions on the left and right flanks are still relatively strong, and the Japanese army has not yet attacked the core position, but the position of the three battalions has been attacked by the enemy to the core position.
However, the Japanese army has made up its mind to continue to expand and deepen in this opening, after all, other positions have been difficult to capture, and now this Jingshan Pass has worked very hard to hit the second defense position.
Ogawa Osa of the 216th Wing of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army was like a red-eyed gambler at this time, and he changed hands and sent all the second brigade up.
For a time, a large number of Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain rushed up to the third battalion and the second defense position.
"Mortars hit the foot of the mountain, and they hit as many shells as they wanted." Sangou shouted into the microphone at the bamboo pole of the machine gun company commander.
It is rare to see such a dense formation of the Japanese army, such a desperate charge, it is simply a suicide attack seeking death, this is inevitably bullying the Chinese army to be entangled by the troops in front of them, and they cannot be separated.
However, the machine gun company of the 3rd Battalion still had five or six mortars that had not been bombed, and at this time they moved out and fired rapidly into the densest crowd of Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain.
The mortars of the machine gun company, regardless of the danger that the Japanese planes in the sky had not yet flown far away, and were very likely to come back to bomb them, desperately fired high-explosive shells.
The mortar grenade flew into the crowd of Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain in an instant, and there was no need to aim at all.
But these devils are like being dementored, regardless of the bomb in front of them, regardless of life and death, they still keep rushing forward, seeing such a scene, the three dogs can't calm down to estimate the approximate number of Japanese soldiers.
However, the Xiucai around him roughly estimated a number, which was roughly a large group of Japanese infantry, which made Sangou under a lot of pressure.
The two infantry companies of the Seventh Company and the Ninth Company add up to only about 400 people, not to mention that they have been consuming recently, and now they are still in hand-to-hand combat, it is not bad to have 300 people.
Now the eighth company of the reserve is still guarding the position on the top of the mountain, should you send it out? Do you want? The entire battalion headquarters stared at Sangou, waiting for him to decide.
The sweaty three dogs are also like Ogawa, the captain of the 216th Wing of the Japanese Army, at this moment, fight! Eight kills in a row.
As soon as the order came out, the Eighth Company, which was ready to attack on the top of the mountain, also jumped down from the charge, and more than 100 people crashed towards the swarming devils.
The 3rd Battalion was once again a battalion of combatants, fighting hand-to-hand with the Japanese army.
The soldiers of the third machine gun company were not idle, using mortars to attack the Japanese troops who were constantly reinforcing at the foot of the mountain, and other cooking squads, ammunition soldiers, and transport teams were all organized and rushed down to fight the devils hand-to-hand.