Chapter 246: Bloody Battle of Songshan IV

"Dada, Dada............"

The bombed sub-highland unexpectedly rang out again, and Zhang Ziwen was pounced on by Xiao Luo.

Wang Jingyuan was kicked to the ground by the guards, and the unknown guards were beaten in half.

"Burn the devil to ashes for Lao Tzu."

The brothers of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment quickly outflanked the past and threw grenades at the bunker, causing the Japanese machine guns to be silent.

The brethren with the flamethrower on their backs immediately pounced, and before the machine gun could think again, he shot out a long fiery serpent.

Zhang Ziwen thought that the Japanese army would dodge the flames and then be suffocated, but he did not expect the gunshots to sound again.

Seeing the situation, the brothers of Zhang Ziwen's guard immediately took a detour, and after the explosion, the highland remembered the gunfire again.

"Give me the corpse of a devil to block the shooting."

A second lieutenant platoon commander reacted quickly, and the two brothers advanced to the bunker with the corpses of the Japanese soldiers.

Ignoring the bodies of their comrades, the Japanese soldiers shot at the two brothers, and the two young soldiers lay on the ground.

Zhang Ziwen copied Xiao Luo's Mauser rifle, which was sent by the old pole some time ago.

The additional sighting equipment and the overall adjustment of the gun are very suitable for sniping from 400 meters to 600 meters.

Sixx Zeiss lens, cross-haired with a cross-clamp grip on the firing port, and a bullet out of the chamber.

Xiao Luo was already ready to applaud, but he didn't expect the Japanese gun to turn around, and the bullet rushed towards Zhang Ziwen again.

The bullet also hit the devil's machine gun, and the Japanese turned the gun, and the second lieutenant lifted a sandbag and pounced directly on the firing port.

The devil only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he could no longer see the light, and the second lieutenant was directly cut out of two large holes in his legs.

"Stop me."

The commander of the 1st Battalion, who was in charge of the position, commanded his men to fill the bunker with earth and suffocated the Japanese soldiers to death.

A few minutes later, a muffled sound was heard, and a little green smoke came out of the bunker.

Wang Jingyuan watched as the men of the guard company carried their guards down the mountain.

"The surname is Luo, and your guards have the same surname, you are all even, and you have followed me since you were in Yichang. The family lives in Jiangzhou, and his father's name is Luo Yongle, who helps me take good care of it. ”

Zhang Ziwen nodded, and then the commander of the first battalion came over to report.

"Report to Deputy Division Commander Wang, our battalion captured 1 Japanese rapid-fire gun, 1 light and heavy machine gun, and 22 rifles. In the shallow floating soil on the east side, 5 stunned Japanese soldiers were picked up, and there was a faint breath in the mouth and nose, they were alive, they had been tied, please go over and take a look"

Wang Jingyuan stood up suddenly, this was the first time that a prisoner had been captured on the battlefield of Songshan since the start of the war.

When they arrived at the place, the five people were covered in mud like "Tuxingsun", and there were no scars on their bodies.

Wang Jingyuan waved his hand and sent it to the military headquarters to show the military commander, and the brothers carried five "Tuxing Suns" to the bottom of the mountain.

On the way, one of them suddenly woke up and began to struggle desperately to tear and bite, and was "killed" by our soldiers who were not angry.

In later Japanese records, the evaluation of the effect of this explosion generally has a flavor of understatement.

In his official war history and personal "war notes", it is said that the casualties caused by this explosion were not large, and most of the soldiers were burned to death by our artillery bombardment and the commandos with flamethrowers.

In the pen of Shigeo Fujii, a Japanese military journalist who is known for his fiction, even the commander who was definitely killed in the bombing, Captain Yoshio Qian, was only seriously injured and was able to "lie on a stretcher and continue to command the battle."

This is undoubtedly extremely absurd. It is said that this Captain Yoshio Tsuji, who was 37 years old at the time, was a teacher at Chikushi Junior High School in Fukuoka, Japan, and was conscripted into the army for the second time in Showa 14 (1939). During the calm period before our army's counteroffensive, "an officer who was good at writing poetry in the face of beautiful scenery" studied poetry with Lieutenant Maruyama Toyotsune, a medical doctor of the 56th Division's medical team.

The major discovery of the "poet" Qian Yifu stationed in Songshan for nearly two years is that the river under the mountain can be called the "Nu River" when the flood rises sharply in the rainy season, and it is appropriate to call it "Lujiang" when the waves are not disturbed in the dry season.

Shortly after Zhang Ziwen and Wang Jingyuan left, Cui Jisheng, captain and adjutant of the Rong 3rd Regiment, ascended to the high ground with regiment commander Zhao Fabi, deputy regiment commander Chen Yunchang, and US military liaison officer, Major Wen Xiake.

They saw that the blasting had created two large funnel-shaped craters, spaced about 10 meters apart, one on the right with a diameter of about 40 meters and one on the left with a diameter of about 30 meters, with a depth of 15 meters, and the area of destruction was about two-thirds of the top of the mountain.

Fang Guoyu once analyzed in the "War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Western Yunnan", "The blasting of 3 tons of yellow explosives was the first attempt, and it was expected that the top of the sub-highland would be completely destroyed, but in fact only two large funnel pits were blasted.

Because of the failure of many attacks on the sub-high ground, this time the commanders took a good look at the scene. Fortunately, I found a Japanese army document in the ruins, which contained a map of the defense equipment of the Japanese army's position, and Zhang Ziwen and the others left in a hurry because of this drawing.

After returning to the military headquarters, it was found that the Japanese army had built a number of five-sided or hexagonal forts on the top of the sub-high ground and its surroundings, all of which were well covered, and not only had firing holes on all sides, but also "back-hitting" fire perforations to the top of the mountain. This shows that putting our troops into the position and fighting again when they are forced to do so is a tactic that the Japanese army has considered in advance.

On the way down the mountain, he met the officers and soldiers who escorted 4 Japanese prisoners down the mountain, and the prisoners had all woken up and seemed to have accepted the fate of the Japanese soldiers.

This is often the case, when there is a breath, under the influence of a strong herd mentality, it is desperate and stubborn to resist with the crowd; Once captured, it is resigned to fate, because the shame has already descended, and escaping back is a dead end.

An officer asked, "Is the Chinese Taijun good?" ”

Seeing the Chinese general's question, the Japanese prisoner immediately replied in a daze.

"The Chinese Taijun is very good, but in the morning we are in Mixi (eating), and there is a loud bang, not good! Not good! ”

Later, these four Japanese prisoners were taken to Lameng Street at the foot of the mountain, where they were interrogated by our army and US military liaison officers, leaving several photographs.

Two of them were fierce-looking, with chains at their ankles, presumably struggling with all their might.

According to the confession of 4 people, a total of 75 defenders under Captain Qianyifu were killed in the sub-highland, except for those who were captured.

In the evening, Zhao Fabi, the commander of the 3rd Rong Regiment, ordered the 3rd Battalion to take over the defense of the 1st Battalion and guard the heights.

The officers and men immediately built fortifications around the pit to prevent the enemy from counterattacking. However, after blasting, the earth ramparts and pickaxes were crumbled as soon as they were dug up, making it difficult to build strong fortifications.

Sneak attack at night is a common tactic for everyone, and although the sub-highlands are difficult to build, they have to be collected.

When the new 28th Division was fighting at Songshan, it was attacked twice at Zhuzipo and Yinshanshan, and 10 days ago, the Japanese army "stepped forward and attacked the artillery position at night."

It is certain that the sub-highlands will be attacked, and so it is.

Two nights after the occupation of the sub-highlands, this scene was played out in succession, and a tragic battle took place.

At night, the Japanese army Jinguang Shaoza transferred 60 troops from various positions and appointed Captain Shigeru Tsumatsu, who had withdrawn from the main position, as the commander, and ordered him to recapture the position in the night attack that night.

For this reason, Zhao Fabi instructed many times. I didn't expect the Japanese army to succeed.

That night, the Japanese invaders counterattacked the 3rd Battalion with hundreds of men, and fierce gunfire continued throughout the night in the sub-highlands.

The 3rd Battalion was unfamiliar with the terrain when it first arrived in Songshan, and the enemy counterattacked many times at night.