Chapter 471: The Great Siege

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Ah Ming didn't feel any pain, only felt the anger burning in his chest, as if he was about to burst his chest, looking at the sinister eyes of the opposite army, he roared again and rushed over, the bright blade with an indomitable momentum straight at the enemy's chest.

The soldiers raised their guns unhurriedly to meet them, but when the distance between the two sides was still two meters away, the rifle in Amin's hand suddenly came out of his hand and flew towards the front door of the army. The short Yue Jun subconsciously used the rifle to pick the rifle away, but he didn't expect Ah Ming to jump over with a "poof", grabbed the body of the gun with both hands, and kicked the opponent's crotch with his right foot violently, and the Yue Jun suddenly let out a terrible scream, and his body arched like the same. Amin was unforgiving, and his right foot continued to kick and beat hard in the crotch until the army was silent. After snatching the rifle of the Yue Army, Ah Ming's confidence doubled, and he swooped down on the next target with murderous energy.

Although the Yue army was divided and surrounded and was at a disadvantage, they were shoulder to shoulder, back to back in a ball, and fought with the [***] team with dense blocks and thrusts, and several soldiers surnamed anxious just rushed to the front when two rifles opened their bayonets, and the Yue army in front easily sent the bayonets into the chest of the other party. Like a frightened hedgehog, the army erected all the thorns all over its body, so that the attacking troops had no way to speak, and could only continue to fight fiercely with the enemy, however, in the face of the tight defense of the army, there was no chance to break through.

At this time, Fang Zhenqiang's voice sounded from behind the soldiers: "Brothers, use grenades!" After that, he raised his hand and threw a grenade into the encirclement, and seven or eight soldiers immediately fell in a pool of blood, and the stumps that were blown away flew far away, and the defensive circle was suddenly broken, and the surrounding soldiers did not care about wiping the blood and broken flesh from their faces, and stabbed the frightened soldiers to death one by one.

Immediately afterward, several light machine guns were also picked up and fired fiercely at the enemy, and the soldiers finally could not support it, and desperately rushed outward, and then fled back to the bottom of the mountain with rolling belts, leaving nearly 100 corpses and guns all over the ground on the position.

The soldiers picked up the guns and ammunition scattered on the ground, supported the wounded, carried the bodies of the victims, and quickly moved to the back of the mountain. The county brigade had already lost seventy percent of its strength in the battle just now and could not cope with the next attack of the enemy!

Less than five minutes after they left, the dense shells fell on the top of the hill again, and the angry Yue army turned all their anger into cannonballs and smashed them on the hillside, but unfortunately, there was not a single Chinese soldier on it, only the corpses abandoned by the Yue army flew all over the sky with the explosion of the shells.

After the shelling stopped, the mountain pass regrouped its forces and prepared to attack overnight, but received a report from the scouts that a local force of nearly 1,000 men was approaching at full speed from the valley on the right and would arrive at the battlefield in half an hour!

Yamaguchi's head "buzzed" and he stood dumbfounded, silent for a long time.

After a few minutes, the pass finally regained its composure, and immediately ordered the troops to withdraw the encirclement of the fifth column, and then alternately covered the retreat, establishing a defensive position on a hill called Jigongling, five kilometers away, and patiently waiting for the dawn to come.

At this time, the situation of the army was very bad, the team of about 2,000 people lost nearly 400 casualties after a whole day of hard fighting, and the soldiers were very tired and their morale was extremely low; The artillery shells carried were exhausted in the attack on the county brigade, and the number of bullets could only cope with two days of fighting; The food has bottomed out, and if it is not replenished, tomorrow's breakfast will be the last meal for the soldiers! Originally, Yamaguchi had wanted to use the cover of night to concentrate his forces to completely defeat the [***] team that was rushing at full speed, but when he looked at the wounded soldiers and the tired eyes of the soldiers all over the ground, he had to give up this tempting plan and instead pinned his hopes on the brigade headquarters in Xinhui.

The Fifth Column and other local troops, lacking an effective means of communication and not knowing much about the situation of the other side, did not act rashly, but stayed in the fortifications like the army, preparing to wait for dawn before taking action.

Early the next morning, Yamaguchi commanded his troops to quietly descend to Jigongling, and advanced to Xinhui along the road they had taken in pursuit of the fifth column, abandoning their previous plan -- a telegram from the brigade headquarters said that a considerable number of local Chinese troops had been assembled in the area of Guifeng Mountain, southwest of Xinhui City, and that it seemed that they were unable to send reinforcements because of their intention to attack the county seat.

"The little devil ran away!" A soldier beside Liang Xing pointed to a vague figure in the distance and said, "Squad leader, let's go back and report to Commander Li immediately!" ā€

Liang Xing, who had been promoted to squad leader, looked back at Tang Langshan's vague shadow, and said in a calm tone that was extremely incommensurate with his actual age: "It's too late!" It is a few kilometers away from Tanglang Mountain, and it takes an hour to go back and forth, and the army has long been gone! Then he commanded: "Ah San, you go back immediately to report the situation, and I and the rest of the brothers will take the path and go around in front of the enemy, and try to drag them down!" He waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go!" ā€

A reconnaissance squad of more than a dozen people quickly ran towards the mountains and forests under his leadership, and at the same time, Ah San ran all the way in the opposite direction to them.

After receiving the report from the scouts, Li Wuzi immediately ordered the troops to go down the mountain and pursue the Yue army at full speed, and at the same time sent someone to inform the local armed forces and security forces who were coming at the same time that they would no longer assemble in the Tanglang Mountain area, but would march in unison and advance in the direction of Xinhui in an effort to wipe out the Yue army in the Taishan area!

In fact, the previous continuous routs of the Fifth Column were deliberately pretended by Li Wuzi in order to attract the Yue army from the fortified fortress area, and then concentrate his forces to annihilate it. The successive victories in the battles against the Yue army had completely swept away the minds of the people of the fifth column, and the officers and men had become arrogant and fierce generals, eager to make meritorious contributions, without realizing the fierceness of the Yue army in the slightest.

To their surprise, in the continuous battle of several days of fighting, the Yamaguchi Wing repelled several reinforcements with a ferocious offensive, and divided the troops into pursuit, so that the encirclement and annihilation plan was aborted, and then the fifth column was surrounded on Tanglang Mountain. If it weren't for the local troops along the way who rushed to reinforce after hearing the news, it was likely that they would have been completely annihilated by the Japanese army.

Now that the defeat of the army has been revealed, and the nearby local troops are constantly rushing over for reinforcements, it is a good time for revenge, how can it be possible for the Yamaguchi United to escape calmly?

As soon as the troops descended the mountain, they encountered the Third Security Regiment that had rushed from Kaiping, and after walking a few kilometers, the county brigades from several nearby counties also joined in, and the strength of the troops swelled sharply to more than 6,000 people.

After climbing two mountain ridges in succession and passing through a dense forest, the reconnaissance squad came to a small river, and the sandy beach only a few hundred meters away from them was densely covered with countless footprints and rutted marks left by gun trucks.

"The enemy is still ahead of us, speed up!" Without hesitation, Liang Xing jumped into the waist-deep river and walked towards the opposite side, the warriors following closely behind him.

Suddenly, there were several crisp gunshots in front, and then there was a burst of gunshots like bursting beans, mixed with shouts and killings one after another.

Liang Xing's spirits perked up, and he said loudly: "There are troops blocking the army, everyone go quickly!" He jumped onto the shore in three steps and two steps, and ran wildly along the path that the army had taken.

Passing through the woods hundreds of meters wide on the shore, an empty rice field appeared in front, and a country road about three meters wide passed through the middle, winding into the distance, at the end of the road, there was a mound about 20 meters high, covered with dense branches, and from time to time there were lines of fire shooting out between the branches and leaves, and dozens of soldiers of the Yue army spread out in a fan shape, charging upwards under the cover of machine gun fire.

Liang Xing judged from the density of the firepower of the counterattack on the dirt slope that the strength of the blocking force should be about one squad, and there was not even a single machine gun, so it was impossible to hold out in the face of such an advantageous army. So he raised his head and carefully surveyed the nearby terrain, looking for a way to approach the army without being detected.

Suddenly, Liang Xing's eyes fell on a sugarcane field not far behind the Yue army, the sugar cane more than one person high was densely arranged in the field like a sentry, it was a very good hiding place, he hurriedly ordered the brothers behind him: "We drilled through the sugarcane field, and when we arrived near the Yue army, we listened to my orders and opened fire at the same time, as long as the Yue army attacked this side, we will retreat immediately, if they don't chase them, we will go back to fight, do you understand?" ā€

One soldier said, "Squad leader, you mean to drag them here as much as you can, don't you?" ā€

Liang Xing nodded and said, "In case it is disrupted by the enemy, go back by yourself, look for troops, and don't have to meet here!" ā€

Together with Liang Xing, the fighters quickly moved forward along the gap between the sugar canes, and soon came to the edge of the sugar cane field, from which they could just see the enemy's machine gun position. By this time, the gunfire on the mound had subsided, and the soldiers dragged two guerrillas with bloody faces out of the woods.

An officer of the Yue Army, accompanied by Han Jian, walked up to the guerrillas and shouted questions, but received no answer. The officer waved his hand at the soldier and made a head-cutting motion, so the two groups set up the guerrillas and walked towards the sugar cane fields.

The scouts held their breath and turned their guns on the approaching enemy, and when they were still more than a dozen meters away from the sugar cane fields, the soldiers stopped, smashed the partisans to the ground with the butts of their guns, and then raised their bayonets and prepared to stab them down.

"Hit!" With Liang Xing's order, more than ten rifles and a light machine gun opened fire at the same time, and the four soldiers immediately fell to the sky, and the rifles in their hands were thrown far away.

"Crawl here!" Liang Xing shouted loudly as he shot.

The two guerrillas struggled to prop themselves up and crawled towards the sugarcane forest with difficulty, apparently not lightly wounded, but at this time, the Japanese army had already reacted and opened fire on the sugarcane field, and dozens of sugarcanes were broken in two with the sound of gunfire, and juice splashed everywhere.

Liang Xing saw that there were already several guerrillas who were already aiming their guns at the guerrillas crawling on the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Xin, follow me!" Then he bent over and ran out. He and his new brother picked up the guerrillas and rushed towards the sugar cane fields, the bullets of the Japanese army kept jumping around them, the ground was splashed with dirt, and the leaves of the sugar cane made a "fluttering" sound. At the same time, the scouts fought back with all their might, covering their retreat.

He was about to run into the sugar cane field, but Liang Xing suddenly felt his arm sink, and the guerrilla's body fell limply to the ground. A soldier strode out and pulled the guerrillas in with Liang Xing, while the new brother on the other side had already burrowed into the sugar cane field.

At this time, Liang Xing found out that the guerrilla had been shot in the back, and the red blood stains were expanding rapidly, he hurriedly took out the bandage and tried to bandage the wound, but sadly found that the ** lying on his knee had gradually stiffened!

"Squad leader, the devil is rushing over!" The new brother shouted anxiously.

Liang Xing looked up, and saw nearly two squads of Japanese soldiers rushing over in a long line of skirmishers, and several heavy machine guns dozens of meters behind them joined the attack.

"Retreat!" Liang Xing commanded loudly, then raised his hand and threw out a grenade.

More than a dozen grenades flew out continuously, temporarily blocking the army in front of the sugar cane field, the scouts carried the guerrillas and retreated backwards, suddenly, a heavy machine gun bullet hit Liang Xing, who was running at the rear, blood suddenly gushed out from the side of his thigh, he hurriedly supported his body with a rifle, and then took out a bandage and bandaged it. At this time, the soldiers had already run out for more than 20 meters, but suddenly found that the squad leader was missing, and hurriedly turned back to check. Seeing that Liang Xing was injured, the new brother turned around and ran back, and in his eagerness, he forgot to hide, and his generous body knocked the sugarcane to the ground.

Liang Xing hurriedly shouted: "Be careful! New brother! ā€

Brother Xin just raised his right hand, ready to signal to Liang Xing that it was okay, however, a few "suddenly" sounds came, his body suddenly stopped, the smile on his face slowly faded, and then he fell down with a bang, overwhelming all the sugarcanes behind him, attracting more fierce shots from the army!

With tears in his eyes, Liang Xing waved his comrades to move on, and then used his rifle as a crutch to walk forward.

Because the army was afraid of an ambush here, they did not continue the pursuit, so they had to use machine gun handles to keep strafing until they had hit the whole area again. However, two consecutive blockades wasted two hours in vain, and the blocking troops had already used this time to grab the front, and the encirclement was closed!

Seeing in the distance, armed men in different costumes and weapons hurriedly building fortifications in the rice fields, Yamaguchi's face could not help but show contempt: although his troops were seriously short of ammunition and food, and there were no reinforcements, even so, they could easily defeat these peasants.

Yamaguchi did not immediately order a breakthrough, but brought the troops to a mound tens of meters high and an area of nearly 1,000 square meters, and then built simple fortifications along the edge of the mound, and then took a good time to observe the movements around him, because of the terrain, the situation on the position of the [***] team was unobstructed and had a full view. Yamaguchi planned to rest here for the night, to allow the soldiers to recuperate, and wait until dawn to break the enemy's blockade in one fell swoop. After several days of harassment, Yamaguchi felt extremely tired mentally and mentally, so he simply let all the armed forces in these places gather together, so that the problem could be solved once and for all, and there was no need to march in fear.

At about twelve o'clock that evening, Yamaguchi saw a crowd of people with torches gathering and tossing and turning outside the encirclement until dawn, so that he could not sleep well. Then, when he came down from the mound with his troops, he found that the encirclement had changed dramatically, and he began to regret his decision yesterday.

On the outside of the trench, nearly two meters long moso bamboo was obliquely inserted, the front end of which was sharpened and pointed at an angle of 45 degrees to the ground, pointing into the encirclement. Fifty meters behind the first ditch was the second, reduced in width to one and a half meters and the same depth, also filled with sharpened bamboo. The third trench was also fifty meters away from the second, and it was filled with water from a nearby creek, filled with fine, sharp bamboo sticks, and a berm more than a meter high at the edge of the trench.

What really surprised Yamaguchi was that these were obviously only part of the squadron's defense system, not all of it, because the soldiers dressed as peasants were still busy in a hurry behind the berm, and it was impossible to see what they were doing because of the berm, but everything exposed in front of them was beyond the capacity of the army, and the breakout battle began in an instant.

The army placed artillery on top of the mound, taking advantage of the condescending position and wide field of vision, concentrated on bombarding the section several hundred meters long due north, preparing to open a gap from here.

With few shells left, the shelling lasted only a few minutes, but it managed to make a gap tens of meters wide in the defenders' line, and all three trenches and berms were blown flat.

Yamaguchi threw in two squadrons of troops in the first charge and quickly rushed towards the gap, while at the same time, the light and heavy machine guns on the mound covered with heavy strafing fire!

(To be continued)