Chapter 42: The Bloody Battle of Kaesong (4)

How Tang Keqiang was willing to let Zhang Yi stay at the forefront alone, he shook his head again and again. This is Nie Junmen's baby bump, the Lord Junmen values him more than his own son, once there is a mistake, he will not be skinned alive by the old Junmen?

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Brother Keqiang can go back to the rear to rest with peace of mind, Sato is not coming to attack tonight; If he comes, I will let him come and go! ”

Tang Keqiang looked puzzled and asked, "Brother, isn't this a joke?" Don't fool your brother. ”

Zhang Yi smiled mysteriously: "Brother Keqiang, don't worry, if the Japanese army is resting at night and defending tightly, then we don't have any good way to deal with them, if he wants to sneak attack us, hehe, his chrysanthemum will definitely be stabbed ......"

Tang Keqiang's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "I know, it's the blue wolf ......."

Zhang Yi smiled and waved his hand, and said: "Brother Keqiang knows, don't say it, you just go to rest, recuperate, and prepare for tomorrow's battle." ”

Tang Keqiang nodded, and went down to organize the rotation of the brothers in the old camp.

The Japanese army camp at the foot of the mountain, in the simple tent, Sato Zheng's forehead bruises jumped high, angry, the main force of his own wing of more than 2,000 people, spent a day, hundreds of casualties, and still did not break through the position of the Qing army in Maoershan, how can this be the face of himself, an excellent representative of the young Zhuang soldiers of the empire? What face do you have to go back to General Oshima!

The officers at all levels in the tent were also silent, before sending out the troops, each of them did not take the Qing army in front of them in their eyes, even when they were surrounded by Nie Shicheng in Asan, they were not as difficult as they are now, and the Qing army in front of them was too difficult to deal with.

Komoto Kazuki was silent for a long time, and said: "Sato-kun, it seems that now our best way is to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night, take advantage of the cover of night, touch Mao'er Mountain, and break the first line of defense of the Qing army with lightning speed, so that the Qing army will lose the advantage of the terrain, and the strength advantage of our army will be fully brought into play. ”

Sato Zheng nodded and said: "The commander of the Qing army on the opposite side, with extremely high tactical literacy, is a small general, I am afraid that I will be prepared for it early, and we will stop the shelling at night, and all the soldiers who move will sneak lightly, and when they are close to the Qing army's defense line, they will advance at high speed, so that they can be more assault and have a great chance of winning. ”

Sato was thinking for a moment, and said hatefully: "Order, the third squadron is on standby, the first squadron and the second squadron are ready for battle, at two o'clock in the morning, sneak up the mountain, and when they are close to the Qing army's defense line, launch a charge, no matter what, we must take Mao'er Mountain before dawn!" ”

At two o'clock in the morning, the first squadron and the second squadron had already been reorganized, and the two squadron leaders, Kazuki Komoto and Qiannanyuan, were standing at the front of the team. ”

"Hay! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Xiao Ben Yimu and Qiannanyuan lowered their heads, bowed down and agreed in unison.

Sato nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, be careful!" ”

Two groups of Japanese soldiers sneaked up on the night and disappeared into the night.

On a small hillside in the distance, Zhang Yihu and Bagen looked at the Japanese soldiers who set off, and said hurriedly: "Brother Yihu, the Japanese army has set off, let's also prepare to do it, don't let the little devil get it!" ”

Zhang Yihu shook his head and said: "Don't worry, we have to wait for the fight on the mountain before we start, if we fight now, we will startle the snake, and the devils in front will withdraw immediately, then we won't be able to do anything?" Tell the brothers to get all the guys ready, if we want to fight, we will beat the devil to the pain! ”

Zhang Yihu has always been bold and careful, and he has quite a prestige in the blue wolf brigade, and Bagen respects him very much, seeing him say this, he closed his mouth tightly and said no more.

At the front of the Maoershan defense line, two teams of Japanese troops under the leadership of Komoto Kazuki and Qiannanyuan, touched the halfway of Maoershan, and the two teams quickly approached the Maoershan defense line under the cover of night, and the Qing army on the opposite side still did not move at all, and the two people couldn't help but get excited. But I didn't know that under the heavy machine gun bunkers in the trench fortifications of the Qing army, there were also hidden excited faces, and everyone was ready to fight under Zhang Yi's orders.

Seeing that the Japanese army under the mountain had already touched a range of 100 meters, Xiao Ben Yimu and Qiannanyuan shouted in a low voice: "The whole army charges!" Then the poignant gunfire resounded in the sky in an instant, and the Japanese army swarmed up, and Tan Feng, who was seconded to the front, had a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, and shouted: "Heavy machine gunner, give me full firepower, hit hard!" ”

The Qing army in the trench began to shoot frantically, the Green cannon under the bunker frantically spewed tongues of fire, and the other Qing troops also raised their Mauser rifles to quickly return fire, at such a close distance, in the face of the heavy firepower net woven by the Qing army, the Japanese army, without the slightest psychological preparation, was knocked down in just a dozen seconds, and more than 100 casualties, and the Japanese army had to temporarily find cover and return fire. The two sides engaged in a stalemate battle halfway up the mountain.

Oshima Yoshimasa in the distance listened to the sudden sound of gunfire in Maoershan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, this Sato Masashi finally got smart, a surprise attack in the middle of the night, the enemy is bright and I am dark, coupled with the suddenness, presumably this time Sato Masashi should be able to win in one battle.

Sato was also smiling at the foot of the mountain, and said to the herald: "Order, artillery squadron, concentrate artillery fire, and carry out intensive artillery bombardment of the Qing army's defense line in Maoershan to cover our army's charge!" ”

After two or three minutes, a new round of shelling began by the mountain artillery and field artillery of the Japanese artillery positions. The artillery team on Maoer Hill also launched a corresponding return fire.

Zhang Yihu, who was not far away, stood with Bagen and watched the battle begin to stalemate. Zhang Yihu shouted: "Brothers, start moving, prepare grenades, secretly approach the Japanese battalion, and use grenades to greet their artillery positions first. Then urge the horse to charge directly, impact the Japanese command, everyone don't fall in love with the war, mess up the Japanese camp, we retreat immediately! ”

With that, he rushed towards the Japanese artillery position with Bagen.

When there were still dozens of meters away from the Japanese artillery position, the grenades in the hands of dozens of brothers in the reconnaissance battalion flew towards the Japanese artillery at the same time, and more than 100 grenades bloomed on the Japanese artillery positions.

Sato Masa, who was far in front of the army, was shaken by the huge explosion on his side, and a cold breath rose from the bottom of his heart, and he asked, "What's the matter?" Where did the explosion happen? ”

A Japanese drama lieutenant hurriedly ran up and said urgently: "Your Excellency Dazuo, it's not good, just now a group of Qing troops suddenly appeared on the flank of our artillery position, throwing hundreds of grenades in an instant, the artillery position suffered heavy casualties, and it has lost its combat effectiveness, and that Qing army rushed towards us!" ”

Sato's eyes were dark, and he almost fell to the ground, an artillery squadron was destroyed in his own hands like this, I am afraid that I have captured Mao'er Mountain, and I have to be ready to go to the military court!

Before Sato could fully react, Zhang Yihu led the brothers of the reconnaissance battalion to rush into the Japanese camp, holding a bright machete, cutting at sight, only twenty meters away from Sato.

Sato was horrified, just ordered the Japanese troops around him to block the Qing army, Bagen's horses had already arrived in front of Sato Masa, this guy had already seen this commander in the uniform of Sato, and rushed here desperately, waving a knife at Sato Masa. Sato had no choice but to raise his command knife to meet him.

It's just that Bagen is a famous fierce man in the Qing army, and the machete in his hand is even bigger than others. Now the knife borrows manpower, people borrow horsepower, from top to bottom, a knife is cut down, Sato is in a hurry to respond to the enemy, how to block it, the saber in his hand is broken, Bagen's machete is slashed on Sagan's shoulder, Sato's right arm was directly cut off by Bagen.

Sato was screaming, staggering back seven or eight steps in a row, sitting on the ground with a pale face, and fainted directly in pain.

Bagen wanted to come forward again, and went to Sato Masa's old life, and the surrounding Japanese troops had already surrounded him, and there was no chance.

Bagan sneered, and there was still a grenade in his left hand, this guy directly ripped off the lead with his mouth, held it in his hand, and looked at the Japanese soldiers around him.