Chapter 124: Guarding the Passage of Life
Zhang Xiaosan also had nothing to say at this time, and if he continued to fight like this, his special operations platoon and the three battalions would be all finished. Stay in Qingshan, don't be afraid of no firewood, there will be opportunities in the future. So, Zhang Xiaosan also gave an order: "The fire is suppressed, covering the three platoons to withdraw from the camel mountain." β
Dozens of assault rifles of the special operations platoon were fired down the hill, and the "sudden ......", "da......", "tutu tutu......dada", and "da...... quickly suppressed the firepower of the 10th squadron.
The unwounded covered the wounded, and the lightly wounded carried the seriously wounded and withdrew. The losses of the 3rd Battalion in this attack on Camel Hill were heavy, more than 100 people at the time of the attack, and when they withdrew, there were still about 30 people left, and there were many wounded. If there was no special operations platoon to participate in the battle, the final result of the third battalion would have been even more predictable.
It turned out that this was the Japanese air force, and they tried their best to airdrop some food and ammunition to the Japanese army, so that the Imamura detachment could temporarily survive the difficulties. Once the supply of food, weapons and ammunition was obtained, the Imamura detachment regained some of its combat effectiveness and began to harden.
The Japanese sappers' iron boats were also quietly carrying food and ammunition to the Imamura detachment, carrying the wounded with them when they returned, but the field hospital of the Imamura detachment was still full of wounded soldiers and it was too late to transport them away.
Due to the shortage of combat personnel, there was no one to escort them, and all the wounded who could barely walk were all taken to the field hospital by themselves.
These wounded rolled and crawled in the rain and mud, and by the time they arrived at the hospital, they were already dying, and some of them simply died on the way because of excessive blood loss. Even when they arrived at the field hospital, there was no food or medicine, but there was not a single grain of food for the hospital supplies that should have been given priority, and the wounded had to be fed with potatoes and wild vegetables.
On Xiangu Mountain, Zhang Weihan and Han Xing were also nervously studying the complex combat forms of the two sides.
Han Xing said: "The 26th Army, the 86th Army and the 48th Army of the National Army fought almost well in the offensive battle north of the Imamura detachment, and the 2nd Army on the frontal defense was originally not many in number, and after fighting for so many days, it is estimated that it will be exhausted." Now, with the assistance of the 6th Division, the Imamura detachment will definitely have to attack Tianjia Town in a big way. Tianjia Town is really dangerous. β
Zhang Weihan looked at the map and said: "There is only one way to retreat from Tianjia Town, that is, the south bank of Makou Lake, the area of Heijia Mountain and Lujia Mountain, if there is really any problem in this area, then the 2nd Army has no way to retreat, and can only be surrounded and eliminated by the Imamura detachment." β
Han Xing then said: "We are defending on Xiangu Mountain, isn't it meaningless, hurry up and occupy the area of Heijia Mountain and Lujia Mountain, and guard the retreat road for the 2nd Army." β
Zhang Weihan nodded and said: "That's the only way, we must occupy these key places." β
At this time, Pan Xiaoan of the intelligence team came and reported: "On the afternoon of the 26th, the Tushi troops landed at Shangzhoutou, and Li Yannian was worried that the 57th Division would not be able to support the front alone, so he ordered the 26th Brigade of the 9th Division to move east of Huangnihu with one part to support the operation of the 57th Division. The 9th Division received the order to immediately withdraw the garrison there from the eastern side of Heijiashan and move east of Huangnihu. In this way, there will be no national army in the area of Heijiashan. β
Han Xing was taken aback when he heard this, and said: "How can the troops be withdrawn in such an important place, this is the same as the street pavilion during the Three Kingdoms period, if the street pavilion is lost, the national army will not be in chaos." β
Zhang Weihan smiled and said, "They are gone, let's go in and resolutely plug this hole." β
After the two reached a consensus, they immediately gave an order to the Southern Expeditionary Army to move to the area of Heijiashan overnight, and even the artillery was transported to Heijiashan by helicopter overnight by helicopter at night.
After the headquarters of the Southern Expeditionary Army arrived at Heijiashan, they immediately contacted the 339th Regiment of the 9th Division of Lujiashan, and at this time, the 339th Regiment did not even have half of the troops, and was complaining.
The Southern Expeditionary Army came at the right time, and after the Imamura detachment was replied, the main direction of attack was Heijiashan and Lujiashan.
The main force of the attack of the Shirahama Brigade on the left flank of the Japanese army was the 4th Squadron, which was equipped with the main force of the machine gun squadron, the 1st Engineer Detachment and the main force of the 5th Field Gas Squadron, who were responsible for the central breakthrough. The 1st and 3rd squadrons, each with 1 squad of machine guns and 1 detachment of engineers, were responsible for coordinating from the left and right flanks.
The artillery squad of the brigade took up positions on the east side of the 1324 heights west of Lujia Mountain, preparing to destroy the enemy's flank fire expected to appear on the peak on the right side of Lujia Mountain during the first-line infantry assault. The headquarters of the brigade and the 2nd squadron, as follow-up units, advanced to the rear of the first line.
The Japanese were not good at night fighting, but they also broke through the old rules and attacked entirely at night, hoping to achieve unexpected results.
After sunset on the 26th, the squadrons of the Shirahama Brigade entered the forward position one after another. At 11 p.m., northeasterly winds with a speed of 4 m/s. The officers and men of the 4th squadron put on gas masks and went on the offensive first.
The 5th Field Gas Squadron went around to the east flank of the new house in the forward position of Lujiashan and released 100 special cylinders and 15 small smoke pipes, and the poisonous smoke suppressed the 1st company of the 339th Regiment within 250 meters downwind.
The 4th Squadron of the Japanese Army took advantage of the situation and followed the poisonous smoke to break into Xinwuxia Village. Except for more than 10 people in the 1st company of the defenders who woke up in a semi-coma and evacuated urgently, the rest were assassinated by the Japanese army one by one.
At the same time, the 6th and 7th squadrons of the Okayama Brigade on the right flank, which aimed at Heijiashan, also began to advance.
The night in the mountains was a dead silence. In the distance, after a faint dog barking, the air seemed to be still. Warrant Officer Terasaki Mitsushi, the leader of the 3rd Squadron of the 6th Squadron, led the 3rd Squadron to the front, and their target was the 310 Heights of Heijia Mountain.
When he was a child, Terasaki often liked to listen to his grandmother tell ghost stories, and when he heard those weird stories, he was so frightened that he went straight into his grandmother's arms. Later, when I grew up, the storylines gradually became blurred, and it seemed that the hazy childhood education had long been forgotten.
But now, he suddenly remembered again, clumps of pine trees, black and black miscellaneous trees, all turned into monsters, maybe at any time they would pounce out, disturbing his heart full of panic. Even the sound of the trees blown by the wind turned into the howl of the monster, and I was so scared that I was not afraid.
The 3rd team finally advanced to the vicinity of Heights 310, and at this time, they suddenly heard a Chinese sentence in front of them and shouted, "Who is it? Hold it. Password? β
Terasaki didn't understand Chinese three times, but he only knew that he had unfortunately encountered a Chinese sentinel and was about to command the team to lie down to meet the battle. And a string of gunshots rang out on the opposite side, "Da ......"
Guarding the 310 heights was the regiment and battalion of the Southern Expeditionary Army, that is, the battalion that swam forward. How smart you are, you have long known the importance of this place, and you have laid a net of heaven and earth. When the sentry spotted the Devil's advance guard, You Qianqian was alert and immediately ordered one of the soldiers: "Shoot a flare and see how many of them there are?" β
The battalion that swam forward was the best equipped, with both a mortar battalion and a machine-gun company, and some flares, which were shown to be particularly good in this night battle.
A flare rose and dangled over the devil's head, completely exposing Terasaki's team at once. You Qian snorted: "Just these few pieces of artichoke, where can I still use mortars." Machine gun company, call meβ"
In this night battle, the most effective thing is the heavy machine gun with tracer rounds. The three heavy machine guns that swam to the forward machine gun company were loaded with a tracer bullet every four or five rounds of bullets.
"Da da da......" The three heavy machine guns of the Southern Expeditionary Army were powerful. The heavy machine gun loaded with tracer rounds made three beautiful arcs and instructed the heavy to constantly adjust the position of the shot, up, down, left and right.
There are flares on it, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daylight, and under it there are heavy machine guns loaded with tracer bullets, and the powerful heavy machine gun bullets are devouring the lives of the little devils. Death hangs over the heads of Terasaki's team, and it can't be overwhelmed.
Warrant Officer Terasaki only felt that his grandmother's story had come true, and countless ghosts and monsters ran over, tearing at their bodies, cutting their bodies, and soon they were dismembered and swallowed by these ghosts......
There are more than 20 soldiers who are broken with Kodama three times with Terasaki, and they really haven't fired a single shot, and they are all played. There are still more than 20 devils left, and they really can't wait to arch their heads to the ground, so they can barely get a life.
Captain Masadashi Akashi, the leader of the 6th Squadron, who was closely behind, witnessed such a tragic situation at Terasaki three times and had to stop the attack. His heart was strongly stimulated, and he sighed greatly: "Is this the Chinese army, it is said that the equipment of our Japanese army is so powerful, but compared with the Chinese army, it is really too far behind." Not only do they have flares, but they also have glowing bullets, why do these magical bullets glow, what is going on? β
The 1st and 3rd squadrons on the left and right sides of the Japanese Shirahama Brigade also launched a surprise attack, but as soon as the gunfire rang out at Lujiashan and Heijiashan, all the Chinese defending troops were alert and threw themselves into the defense. The 1st and 3rd squadrons were blocked by machine-gun fire from the Chinese army and advanced slowly.
Defending the main position of Lujiashan was the 339th Regiment of the 57th Division, due to the heavy casualties in the previous battle, the 339th Regiment only had 1 battalion of troops left, that is, about 300 people.
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers who had withdrawn from Xinwuxia Village to the main peak cried and reported the enemy situation, and said to the regiment commander Zhou Yizhong: "Commander, avenge the brothers." The little devil released poisonous gas, and all the officers and soldiers of the company fainted, and all of them were killed by the little devil, and more than a dozen of us ran back. "Commander, you must avenge us, if you don't kill these devils, the dead brothers will not be blinded!" "Commander, go quickly, these little devils can't go far."
Listening to the cries of the soldiers in Xinwuxia Village, Zhou Yizhong couldn't help but fill his chest with righteous indignation, he was so angry that his lungs exploded, these little devils were really hateful, they used poisonous gas, risked the world's disapproval, and caused the officers and soldiers defending Xinwuxia Village to suffer a big loss, and almost all of them were killed.