Chapter 35: The Battle of Maoshan

On the front line of Maoshan, the 101st Devil Wing led two infantry brigades, one wing artillery squadron with 6 Type 92 infantry guns, and one field artillery brigade with 12 75mm field guns, and launched a semi-encirclement attack on Maoshan from south to north. This was also the strategy formulated by Lieutenant General Masaki Ito: to drive the Shina army into the Japanese-occupied area and eliminate it. The first detachment of the New Fourth Army led by Chen Yi and the second brigade of He Laifu's Wumu Army and Ghana Zhixiong Dazuo played kraft gum guerrilla warfare.

At first, Gana Zhixiong Dasa felt that it was going well, and he occupied several outlying villages without firing a single shot, and he did not see a single soldier except for a few officers who were killed by cold shots. As he went deeper into the mountains, Gana Zhixiong Dazuo felt uncomfortable: first, more and more officers were killed by cold shots, and there were as many as 21 in one day, and there was still not a single soldier in sight; Then the troops below reported that more than 40 people had disappeared inexplicably, which seriously affected morale; 11 soldiers were bitten by snakes; The field artillery of the artillery unit could not follow; Trouble after trouble. Ghana Zhixiong Dazuo ordered: camp on the spot, strengthen vigilance, prevent the enemy from night attacks, and formulate a counter-night attack plan.

After nightfall, the gunfire in Maoshan intensified, and machine guns and rifles rang out from time to time in all directions. On this night, both sides suffered losses: the devil's troops were killed by grenades that flew silently, killing more than 30 people and wounding more than 80 people; The New Fourth Army and Wu Mujun were killed and wounded more than 90 people under the anti-night attack measures set up by the devils to alarm the police and grenades.

It was dawn, and the night that had been difficult for the Japanese army had finally passed, and who knew that the nightmare had just begun. After daybreak, many peeing devil soldiers first sounded grenades in the grass holes, and then found that many soldiers camped in villages had their heads cut off; Cold guns began to strike from time to time; From time to time, grenades stuck in the branches of the trees fell.

Second Lieutenant Kobayashi was fortunate that his squad did not suffer any casualties, all thanks to his caution. Last night, he quietly transferred the station, leaving dozens of empty cans hanging from trees in the original station, and arranged for machine gun duty. As a result, two Chinese soldiers broke into his camp and were killed, and 2 shell guns and 8 grenades were captured; The empty canning box was also called to the police, the machine gun on duty also had results, and a large pool of blood was found at dawn. Second Lieutenant Kobayashi was very proud, and sent a platoon commander with 4 soldiers to cut off the heads of 2 Shina soldiers, and went to the squadron leader to receive merit with shell guns, grenades and other trophies. Then, Second Lieutenant Kobayashi led people to follow the bloodstains, and ended up colliding with death.

Just as Ensign Kobayashi was cautiously searching, he found a grenade stuck in the branch! Suddenly, machine guns rang out directly in front and on both sides, and Ensign Kobayashi hurriedly lay down, but unexpectedly, a grenade fell from the tree and smashed on his steel helmet, and Ensign Kobayashi had no choice but to go to see Aunt Amaterasu, the concubine of Lord Yama! It's a pity that he didn't see dozens of grenades falling from the trees, killing one of his front subordinates and becoming his subordinates again!

Captain Itamura was finally rewarded by the scouts, and a small group of Shina forces was found in front. Captain Itamura was overjoyed and immediately led people to chase after him. There were more than 20 people in the Shina army, and Captain Itamura believed that with more than 100 men and horses behind him, although the elimination of these Shina soldiers would not be victorious, it would be a small gain compared to the situation of other squadrons. Sure enough, these soldiers were chased in a hurry, and in order to run fast, they climbed along a small stream to the mountain. Pursue! These pigs must be broken into pieces!

Strangely, the soldiers of China suddenly stopped running, they occupied the high ground on both sides of the creek and blocked it with light machine guns and rifles. "Rush up" Captain Itamura commanded a finger of his sword, and the soldiers of the empire rushed up along the stream. I heard a loud bang, and a large amount of stream water rushed down wrapped in mud and stones, and the devil soldiers were caught off guard and were swept away by the "artificial torrent". Captain Itamura reacted quickly, and rushed ashore in three steps and two steps, and not a single drop of water was touched, but he was forced to his heart by a bayonet!

Three days have passed, and Gana Zhixiong Dazuo has occupied most of Maoshan, but he has not seen a few soldiers of Zhina, and occasionally a few sporadic gunshots have sounded, and it is always the imperial army that suffers. Gana Osashi is not in a good mood at all!

In a village, an artillery squadron of devils is stationed. For several days, not a single soldier was seen, and the aimless artillery squadron became the most relaxed unit. In the evening, the sentry noticed smoke and fire rising from the woods outside the village, so he sent people to search, and finally saw a group of Shina soldiers roasting food. When the soldiers saw the Japanese troops, they immediately dispersed, not only dropping food but also two Chinese rifles equipped by the Chinese army. The devil artillerymen knew that their combat ability was very poor, and they did not chase after them, so they returned to the camp with their trophies---- two medium-sized rifles and two roasted half-cooked muntjac deer. The devils returned to the camp and set up the muntjac deer to continue roasting, and after roasting, they cut it with bayonets and ate it. After eating muntjac venison, many devils began to feel sleepy. No one can eat meat with sweat medicine and not be sleepy. So, the leader of the devil squadron arranged the sentry post and went to dream.

"Da Da Da, Da" Several fast horses galloped towards the entrance of the village, and the devil sentry was just about to ask for the password, but he was cut down with a knife. Then, the knights who rushed in sounded the rallying horn in the courtyard of the village. When the devil artillerymen rushed to the yard, the knights brandished their sabers and began to slaughter, and a large number of New Fourth Army and Wumu Army also poured into the village. In this way, an artillery squadron of the devils was killed 41 and 133 captured alive, 6 full Type 92 infantry guns and four base shells.

Chen Yi and He Laifu both came, and they were overjoyed to see the infantry artillery captured by the Wu brothers, and immediately started deployment. The six infantry guns are pointed in different directions, and the soldiers who can handle the guns calmly adjust the firing of Zhuyuan, and then a four-shot rapid-fire. In an instant, the entire Maoshan area was in chaos, and there were miserable howls of devils everywhere. At this time, a white-robed Taoist priest came over with a thick paper tube, he carefully placed the paper tube in the center of the courtyard of the Taoist temple, everyone saw that it was a huge two kicks, the old Taoist priest retreated from the crowd, lit the two kicks, "Knock! "I heard a deafening sound, and a huge red fireball exploded in the sky! Then, fierce gunfire rang out in the whole Maoshan Mountain, and a full-scale counteroffensive began!

The New Fourth Army and the Wu Mu Army rushed out of the ravines and caves one after another, spraying all kinds of fire from shell guns, submachine guns, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, Type 38 rifles, medium formal rifles, and grenadiers at the Japanese devils. Gana Zhixiong Dazuo was unable to organize a defense at all, and he could not even organize a retreat, so he had to retreat in all directions around Maoshan Mountain. As for such rare equipment as the field artillery brigade that did not enter the mountains at all, of course it can't be left to the devils anymore, Liu Maoer knows what to do.

The Japanese Central China Dispatch Army's clean-up of Maoshan also turned into dedication, and Wu Mujun was ashamed to lead a field artillery brigade, an infantry artillery squadron, and other machine guns, rifles, and grenadiers were led by the New Fourth Army. When the New Fourth Army was cleaning up the battlefield, He Laifu and Liu Maoer took their subordinates to move closer to Liyang.

He Laifu and Liu Maoer entered Liyang and reported the battle to Zhao Dahu. Zhao Dahu also introduced the battle in Liyang to the two of them, and arranged for a special person to make a detailed record. Now Zhao Dahu began to pay attention to summing up tactics, tactics, and examples, and the backwardness of tactical thinking caused by recuperating from injuries stimulated him to have a grand idea: to summarize various tactics, tactics, and examples, and to cultivate and train an iron army to fight against the Japanese invaders.

Then, Zhao Dahu took the initiative to arrange for Liu Maoer to send people to Xishan to investigate and contact; arranged for He Laifu to send people to assist the Fourth Brigade to help the people of Liyang rebuild the destroyed houses; At the same time, the seized devil materials and food were distributed to the people of Liyang to win the support of the people for the war, which Zhao Dahu learned from Chen Yi.

Zhao Dahu did another unexpected thing: he sent He Laifu to visit the slums and refugee camps burned by the devils with more than 200 devil captives. Many devils who have regained their humanity in a normal state are ashamed to see the burned houses, especially women and children, and some Japanese soldiers even ask to participate in the reconstruction of the houses to atone for their crimes. Zhao Dahu separated these Japanese prisoners into a small team, participated in the construction under the supervision of Wu Mujun, and gave the same food treatment as ordinary soldiers; Others were temporarily taken into prisoner-of-war camps and tortured.

The next day, the people sent out by Liu Mao'er came back and brought back a radio class led by Zu Jing. According to Tuesday's report from Gou and Shi Jilun, Zhao Dahu was ordered to lead his troops to rest in Liyang and wait for the order. Zu Jing also reported to Zhao Dahu about the situation in Xishan.

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