Chapter 50: Capture the Cannon
Ishida Kanzo saw through the telescope that the infantry squad that the 1st Brigade had pieced together had finally moved, and he cursed "Yaga" hatefully, so he stopped talking, and concentrated on observing the movements on the opposite mountain beam, waiting for the air force fighters to arrive at the battlefield, and then urging the 2nd Brigade to attack.
At this moment, Ishida Kanzo suddenly heard a dense gunfire coming from the direction of the back ditch of the Nianzigou, raised the binoculars and saw that it was the squadron of the 3rd Brigade that had been ordered to attack in a roundabout way and encountered resistance when climbing up the mountain beam in the back ditch of the Nianzigou! The cunning Eighth Route Army actually concealed a blocking force at the northern end of the opposite mountain beam! Moreover, listening to the sound of gunfire, there is a Type 92 heavy machine gun that only exists in the Japanese Army!
This was the first battle in which the old devil Ishida Jinzo entered the Shanxi battlefield, and he failed to hear that the blocking force of the Eighth Route Army used Jin-made rifles, Jin-made submachine guns, and Jin-made Czech-style light machine guns, and he only heard the Type 92 heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun team and the Type 96 light machine guns of the Third Company Fire Support Platoon.
Blocking the Japanese infantry squadron that was detouring from the back ditch of Nianzigou was the first platoon of three companies, the first platoon of fire support and one platoon of heavy machine guns led by Wang Meng, the commander of the third company. After they retreated from the position after the blockade, according to Xiao Siming's order, they went up the mountain beam from the back ditch of Nianzigou and hid there all the time.
The little devil's roundabout squadron just hit Wang Meng's muzzle!
In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army's permanent divisions and special divisions on the battlefield of aggression against China were well equipped, and a complete infantry squadron of the little devil had nine Type 96 light machine guns and nine grenadiers, and its firepower was very powerful. Under normal circumstances, not to mention the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army with inferior equipment, even the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army of the Chinese Army, a company, or even a battalion and an infantry squadron of the Japanese army, are not opponents. The main reason is that the Japanese army has strong firepower, well-trained soldiers, and a high level of tactical command among officers.
Today the situation is different!
This devil infantry squadron attacked in a roundabout way under the orders of His Excellency the Wing Commander, and originally there were sharp soldiers in front and rear guards, but the terrain here was unfavorable, and it climbed from the bottom of the ditch to the mountain beam, the slope was steep, and there was no road at all. The ghost soldiers had to use their hands and feet together, and the rifles, machine guns, and grenadiers they were carrying in their hands could only be carried behind their backs. Otherwise, they won't be able to climb up at all!
The little devil at this time is the weakest time!
The three companies and one platoon, the fire support platoon, and the heavy machine gun platoon led by Wang Meng, the commander of the third company of the independent battalion of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, were waiting for work, and there were two heavy machine guns, as well as Jinzao submachine guns and barge guns that were especially suitable for close combat, which were stronger than the infantry squadrons of the Japanese army in terms of firepower!
The little devil climbed up the mountain beam out of breath, and he didn't even have a chance to enjoy the scenery on the mountain beam, Wang Meng's "type" word roared out, and the shell gun in his hand was directly fan-slammed!
The Type 92 heavy machine gun began to roar, the Type 96 light machine gun began to sing, the Czech light machine gun was playing a bright movement, and the Jin-made submachine guns and Jin-made rifles in the hands of the cadres and soldiers also joined the chorus!
This unlucky devil infantry squadron must have done too many bad things, retribution is coming, even Amaterasu can't cover them, they were hit by the light and heavy fire of the Eighth Route Army, and they rolled straight down the hill with a grunt!
Wang Meng's rise to the ground, forgetting Xiao Siming's order to prohibit the troops from jumping out of the fortifications to pursue the Japanese army, took the machine gun from the hand of a machine gunner, stood up, rushed to the edge of the cliff of the mountain beam, and opened fire on the little devils who had not yet reacted and were still climbing up the mountain beam with their heads down!
Da-da-da, da-da-da, the Czech light machine gun spits tongues of fire, chasing the figure of the little devil and reaping the life of the invaders!
The company commander rushed over, and the other fighters naturally all rushed up, and even the shooters in the heavy machine gun platoon pushed the machine gun to the edge of the mountain beam and cliff, condescendingly, and swept wildly at the little devil!
At this time, the only soldiers who could get back alive from this devil infantry squadron were estimated to be a very few soldiers who saw the opportunity quickly and pretended to be dead dogs and rolled down with the corpses that fell down the slope.
That's not all, taking advantage of the gap between the Japanese planes and the Japanese artillery not yet sounding, the riflemen of the Eighth Route Army on the mountain beam actually rushed down the mountain beam and took back the nine Type 96 light machine guns, nine grenadier canisters, and ammunition from the devil infantry squadron, including the 38 big covers on the backs of the Japanese soldiers, the southern pistols hanging from their waists, grenades, bullet boxes, backpacks, and steel helmets, and everything that could be collected.
There are no devils' planes noisy on the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are not afraid of anything!
Ishida Kanzo, who was holding a telescope to observe, finally understood how his first infantry brigade was disabled!
The hands holding the binoculars trembled, and the devil Ishida knew that the Chinese army also had those who could fight and could fight, and not all of them fled immediately when they heard the sound of the Japanese artillery!
This Ishida Jinzo is really unbeaten and doesn't know what it's like to be beaten!
If Ishida Jinzang had been allowed to come to the Shanxi battlefield early and taste the Pingxingguan ambush, the Xinkou battle, the Qigancun ambush, the Guangyang ambush, and the Aozipo ambush fought by the independent battalion, or if he had been allowed to go to the Songhu battlefield to taste the taste of the Luodian Flesh Mill, it is estimated that he would not have been so arrogant and sitting in the well and watching the sky!
Seeing that his infantry squadron was beaten and few people could escape, Ishida Jinzo put down the binoculars in his hand, pulled out his command knife, pointed in the direction of the position they were holding, and ordered the artillery position to open fire immediately!
The Japanese flag soldiers and artillery observers all discovered the scene of the roundabout squadron being disabled, and His Excellency the Wing Commander's order naturally moved when he heard the sound, and it was a radio and a flag to inform the artillery team and infantry artillery squadron of the wing to open fire on the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army!
The artillery squad of the 3rd Infantry Brigade left by the Japanese army on the mountain beam where Ishida Kanazo was located moved even more quickly, and after a little preparation, they began to fire a test shot!
At this moment, Ishida Kanzo heard the voice he didn't want to hear in his life: just behind him, from the mountain beam where the artillery of the 119th Wing was located, there was a sudden fierce gunfire!
After being ordered to destroy the Japanese artillery position, the commander of the first company, Qiu Wei, and the instructor Yuan Gang, took the first company and the gunners, observers, and ammunition men drawn from the artillery team, and quietly set off from Nianzigou early in the morning, and walked five or six miles along the back ditch of Nianzigou.
Qiu Wei and Yuan Gang were both impatient, and when the Japanese planes bombed wildly and the Japanese army bombarded wildly, they wanted to kill them. It's just that no matter how anxious the temperament is, there is always an infantry brigade defending the Japanese artillery position, and if a company attacks rashly, it will be stupid, and the two of them are not worthy of being old Red Army cadres who have walked through snowy mountains and meadows, nor are they worthy of being company commanders and instructors.
Not to mention Qiu Wei and Yuan Gang, the artillery captain Zhao Xiuchuan, deputy captains Liu Li and Zhao Fufu who acted with the first company were also very anxious.
Zhao Fufu, who loves to talk about ** eggs, is in a hurry, saying that the hidden standby is the most boring, just like putting the cousin on the kang, and the belt of his trousers is untied, but the guy is not angry, the wilting bar will not be hard, there is no way to be in a hurry, so he can only rub the two soft and white steamed buns on the cousin's body over and over again, and he will not die on the last day.
The soldiers of the first company and the artillery team are all young men, including Qiu Wei, Yuan Gang, Zhao Xiuchuan, and Liu Li, all of whom have never talked to each other and have never even touched a woman's hand.
No, as soon as Zhao Fu spoke, some soldiers involuntarily approached him. Another soldier whispered and asked Zhao Fu if he was married? What does that thing look like for a woman? Is it beautiful or not?
Zhao Xiuchuan was so angry that he kicked Zhao Fufu on the buttocks, and threatened to report to the battalion commander when he went back, the artillery temple was too small to let go of Zhao Fu, the great god, and asked the battalion commander to reassign Zhao Fufu to work!
Zhao Fufu hurriedly begged for mercy, saying that he would only do artillery, and other branches of the army could not do it! No more nonsense in the future!
In fact, Zhao Xiuchuan knew in his heart that this Zhao Fu was old, and he was mobilized to join the Red Army after being captured, and there must have been women before. At least I've opened meat before! After being in the Red Army, Zhao Fu couldn't hold back, complaining, in fact, there was no out-of-the-ordinary behavior, otherwise he would not have been able to enter the 115th Division teaching team. Moreover, Zhao Fu was an artillery soldier in the original army, and he was still an artillery soldier after becoming a Red Army, with rich experience in actual combat, particularly accurate mortars, and also fought mountain artillery and field artillery, and is now the most comprehensive cadre in the artillery team. Zhao Xiuchuan was reluctant to get him out!
And this is just a small episode!
The time was spent in the anxious waiting of Qiu Wei, Yuan Gang, and Zhao Xiuchuan.
The infantry brigade, which had finally survived to defend the artillery position, left, and went up the mountain beam in front, Qiu Wei's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered to prepare for battle!
The cadres and fighters are in good spirits at once!
After a brief discussion, Qiu Wei, Yuan Gang, and Zhao Xiuchuan revised the order given to them by Xiao Siming, and instead of leading the troops to the south along the mountain beam, they got down the mountain beam, went on the main road on the mountainside, and marched along the main road to the Japanese artillery position on the mountain beam.
The troops all changed into Japanese uniforms, and they were Japanese equipment of one color, with a sun flag on their bayonets, and from the outside, this was definitely an elite unit of the Japanese army that rushed to reinforce it!
It's just that the size of the unit is not large, it's just a squadron!
Qiu Wei's idea was that if they drove south along the mountain beam, they would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Japanese sentinels on the artillery position. They did not understand Japanese and did not know the Japanese commands, and it was likely that they would be exposed about 500 meters from the Japanese artillery positions. This distance was enough for the Japanese troops in charge of guarding the artillery positions to react, even if a company could destroy the Japanese army and blow up the artillery, the casualties would definitely not be small. Little devils are not vegetarians!
If you advance along the main road, it is easy to give the Japanese sentries the illusion, and in the future, the reinforcements coming from their rear may greatly shorten the distance between the enemy, and the battle will be easy to fight, needless to say, the casualties will also be reduced!
Not to mention, the ball was a good guess for them, but when the company swaggered up the hill along the main road and walked to the artillery position, the Japanese sentry in charge of the artillery position did not notice it.
Qiu Wei didn't know that at this time, it was the time when Wang Meng beat the devil to attack the squadron in a roundabout way, the devil's artillery position was in chaos, and the attention of the sentries was all attracted by the gunfire from the mountain beam in the west, and they were all looking to the west with their necks stretched, where could they care about observing whether the imperial army coming from the road behind them was the real imperial army!
It wasn't until the 11 Type 96 light machine guns of three infantry platoons and one fire support platoon of a company all opened fire, and the small melon grenades thrown by the soldiers exploded on the devil's position, that the little devil sentries were stunned.
It's a pity that it's late, and at this time, who can't stop the Japanese army's wing artillery at night has fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army!