Chapter 50: Defending the West Mountain (2)
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Xiao Jiao Fang Song Zhongzuo is worthy of being a militant, and he also has some talent for fighting. He didn't talk about other troops to attack together, he only concentrated his forces to attack one way, that is, the Taihua Avenue leading directly to the coal mountain.
After more than a dozen casualties, he quickly broke Li Haiyang's bamboo skewer mine array and engaged Li Haiyang's guard troops.
Li Haiyang has more than 7,000 people, and according to the time of enlistment, it has been divided into nine battalions, each with more than 800 people, all of whom are light infantry, except for rifles, only light machine guns and grenadiers, and no shell guns, submachine guns, heavy machine guns, artillery, and other heavy weapons. Li Haiyang also knew the importance of the avenue north of Coal Mountain, and arranged 3 battalions for defense, and at the same time placed 1 battalion of the reserve behind the intersection; Of the other 3 battalions, 2 battalions were divided to guard the intersections, and 1 battalion was delayed to respond.
The 1st Battalion of Recruits was arranged at the north entrance of the avenue. After the 124th Infantry Wing of Fang Song Zhongzuo broke through the bamboo stick mine formation, Duan Jinshi, commander of the 1st Battalion of Recruits, arranged for the troops to enter the anti-artillery hole. He is a veteran and knows very well the number of devils "artillery bombardment after infantry rush, infantry charge after artillery bombardment".
After firing 10 consecutive shots at the surface fortifications of the Wumu Army, Xiao Jiao Fang Song Nakasa launched an infantry attack. Duan Jinshi ordered the rifles in the front-line positions to open fire when the devil was still 300 meters away, reducing the ideological pressure of the recruits.
Soon, the devil's machine guns and grenadiers were suppressed, and Wu Mu's army began to suffer casualties. Duan Jinshi calmed down, observed the reaction of the recruits, and saw that most of the recruits gradually calmed down after panicking for a while, and several frightened recruits jumped out of the trench and fled, and were killed by the devils, and the recruits saw the consequences of escaping, and those who wanted to run had to calm down and aim, shoot, aim, and shoot wholeheartedly. Duan Jinshi secretly rejoiced, fortunately, the fortifications were well repaired, and they were still largely intact after being shelled by devils, which effectively stabilized the morale of the army. At the suggestion of Wang Laodun, Duan Jinshi ordered the soldiers to fill the bunker with soil and fill it with soil, and then cover it with a layer of fishing nets and another layer of soil, and sure enough, the effect of anti-shelling was greatly increased.
In less than 5 minutes, the devils had already attacked the position 5 or 60 meters. The company commander of the front-line command shouted to drop the bomb, and the soldiers threw grenades one after another, although the recruits did not throw the bombs accurately, but fortunately, the devil's attack surface was narrow and the effect was good.
After a half-day attack, Xiao Jiao Fang Song Nakasa finally pushed back the defenders of the Wumu Army to a second-line position 500 meters away. Although there were 100 casualties, the results were acceptable.
Duan Jinshi was reprimanding a company commander: "How did you do it?" Lao Tzu asked you to retreat to the fourth-line position before dark, **I don't understand? ”
The commander of the first company replied with a smirk: "I see that the brothers are fighting hard, and I am embarrassed to let them withdraw!" Besides, why retreat if we can hold on? ”
"**Know a fart! Lao Tzu wants you to retreat to the fourth-line position, it is exactly dark, and the second and third battalions on the east and west sides make devils' dumplings overnight! Duan Jinshi was furious.
"You didn't tell me, how do I know?" The commander of the first company was resonant.
"Do I need to tell you? A veteran doesn't know how to obey orders? Duan Jinshi was already in a loud voice, "I said, what should I do?" ”
A company commander sweated from head to toe, and he didn't dare to make a sound.
"Say it!" Forced by the situation, Duan Jinshi also froze, so he had to ask the first company commander, but in fact, he didn't want to deal with the first company commander.
The company commander's face turned pale, and his eyes were closed: "I am willing to be dealt with by military law!" ”
Duan Jinshi was so angry that he kicked over the company commander: "**Bastard! Kill you, how will I fight tomorrow? Listen, tomorrow we must withdraw to the 5th line position before dark! Otherwise, there will be no mercy! ”
The company commander got up and saluted: "Guarantee to complete the task!" Then he ran away with a puff of smoke.
That night, both sides slept peacefully.
Early the next morning, the devils did not attack for a long time. The commander of the first company was strange, and when he heard the sound of the devil's plane in the distance, he suddenly realized, and hurriedly ordered each platoon and squad to hide in the woods and under the mountain wall in turn.
The devil took the opportunity to attack. When the commander of the first company saw it, he understood that the devil's plane was a false shot, and the number of infantry attack routes had not changed. Therefore, he hurriedly ordered all platoons and squads to enter the fortifications while throwing bombs to block the enemy, and although they were in a hurry, they still rushed into the position first to block the attacking enemy.
When the devils came up, they used the strength of a squadron to storm the frontal position of the first company in a wave formation, and the three squads attacked in turn, and nine light machine guns and nine grenadiers fired and fired non-stop, causing great pressure on the frontal position of the first company. The soldiers of the first company also kept shooting, throwing bombs, throwing bombs, shooting, not bothering to glance at the fallen comrades next to them.
Non-stop fighting for 1 hour, exhausted on both sides. A company of more than 200 troops suffered more than 60 casualties; A squadron of more than 180 devils also suffered 100 casualties. The devil retreated, and another squadron was replaced.
The commander of the first company complained bitterly in his heart, but shouted on his lips, "Cripple him by another squadron!" The battle-tested recruits responded in unison, they had become killers, and now they just wanted to kill! Homicide! Homicide!
This time, the devil's attack was sharper. Because they have been observing for a period of time in the back, they are familiar with many ditches, craters, and trees on the offensive route, and the devils use the terrain to advance step by step, although the pace of the attack is not fast, but the offensive pressure is suffocating. The casualties of the first company began to increase.
The soldiers of the first company continued to throw bombs, shoot, shoot, and drop bombs, but they felt that they could not stop the attack of the devils, until the three devils rushed into the position and were stabbed to death by the recruits, and the position of the first company showed some signs of shaking. The commander of a company was anxious, waved to the back, and more than 20 veterans of the cooking squad came up with reinforcements, and the situation suddenly changed, the veterans had good marksmanship and accurate bomb throwing, and quickly cleaned up the devils within 50 meters, and the position stabilized. It turned out that Li Haiyang had assigned a large number of wounded veterans to the cooking classes of each company; first, the cooking classes had a small amount of training and good food, which could help the veterans recover their bodies; second, because the veterans were experienced and had a good effect in transporting supplies in wartime; and third, they could become a powerful reserve in an emergency. Sure enough, the veteran cooking class played a great role at the critical moment!
The sound of airplanes was heard again in the distance, and the commander of the first company saw the flags flying in the distance and quickly ordered to evacuate. Before the company could completely evacuate, the bombs of the devil's plane were dropped, causing more than a dozen casualties, and then retreated to the third-line position 500 meters away.
With the help of the aircraft, he occupied the second-line position of the first company, but paid an unexpected price. In the trenches, the Wumu army left hundreds of poisonous snakes, most of which were killed or shocked to death by aerial bombs, and there were still 2 or 30 crazy poisonous snakes left, biting more than a dozen devils to death.
The devil's plane bombed along the North Avenue twice, destroying a lot of fortifications at all levels of defense, and then flew away in style.
One squadron continued to attack along the North Avenue, and the other two squadrons attacked the hills on both sides of the North Avenue. The large army of Fang Song Nakasa has not yet entered the battle.
Before dark, Xiao Jiao Fang Matsu Nakazo finally attacked the fifth line position of the first company. And the first company also had only 71 men left, and it was replaced by other troops.
Xiao Jiao Fang Song Nakasa looked at the dozen or so hills on both sides of North Avenue and realized that if the people of China fought back overnight, it would be uncomfortable to be surrounded. He decided to attack and advance in the direction of Coal Hill overnight, getting out of the unfavorable terrain as soon as possible.
Ke Hua's heavy artillery brigade has moved in place and adjusted the shooting of Zhu Yuan. The Heavy Artillery Brigade once wiped out a brigade of Major General Masasaburo Kato here, and this time it's a whole wing!
Xiao Jiao Fang Matsu Nakasa just launched an attack on the position of the Wu Mu army in the mountain pass, and the Wu Mu army was like being stung by a scorpion, and launched a counterattack unusually, and machine guns, grenadiers, and grenades rained over, and the devil was caught off guard and was beaten back again and again.
The troops under the command of Fang Song Nakasa had just stabilized their positions, and the artillery of the heavy artillery brigade bombarded all the way along the North Avenue. The devil suffered heavy casualties, and Xiao Jiao Fang Matsu Nakasa was in danger, and quickly commanded the troops to attack the hills on both sides, while avoiding the artillery fire of the Wu Mu army, and then retreated back along the mountainsides on both sides through the woods.
After dawn, Xiaojiao Fangsong Zhongzuo sounded the rallying cry in Taihua, and successively assembled more than 2,100 people, including logistics troops such as transport teams and communication teams, and more than 400 wounded, and it was obvious that they were unable to fight again.
At this point, the two wings of the Devil's Northern Route Army were disabled, and only the 22nd Cavalry Brigade of Koike Masaji Nakasaku was still complete.
Major General Tezuka reported the battle situation to Ushijima Sadao in frustration and asked for tactical guidance. The strange Japanese wanted to save face, and when they applied for reinforcements, they asked for tactical guidance in the name of asking for reinforcements.
Ushijima Sadao called back and ordered the third major general of Tezuka Province to concentrate his forces on the north side of the Lisu Mountains and make an offensive posture to contain the Wumu army.
Ushijima Sadao did not expect that the Northern Route Army, which had successfully attacked, would collapse overnight without warning. I had to stand up and take out all my family resources. On the one hand, he ordered the troops of the south and north to maintain an offensive posture, and informed the troops that the Wumu army had stored thousands of tons of gold and countless jewels in the Lisu Mountains to boost morale; Command the last surprise soldier to attack!
The commander of the 35th Infantry Brigade and Regiment, Major General Tezuka Province, heard that a large number of treasures were stored in the Lisu Mountains, and his intestines were full of regret: I knew that there were treasures in the mountains, who the hell was going to grab food? I have already used all my forces to attack the Lisu Mountains, and now I have only notified me of the loss of my troops, isn't this a pit man? He immediately gathered more than 5,000 people and horses to attack the Lisu Mountains with all his might, and never mentioned the crippled troops again!
Major General Ueno, commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade and Regiment, received the news that thousands of tons of gold and countless jewels had been stored in the Lisu Mountains, and he only smiled faintly and immediately conveyed the notice to all units. He knew in his heart that this was just a little trick to boost morale. But the whole unit immediately became combative!
Major General Ueno Kamefu commanded the 56th Wing and the 55th Wing Matsuyama Brigade to divide into two routes, one route was the 56th Wing's Chunshan Brigade and Yanagida Brigade to take the coal mountain directly through Baekhyeon; On the other hand, the 56th Wing Chongteng Brigade and Songshan Brigade went straight to the coal mountain through the flower wall; The commander of the 12th Wing of the Field Artillery, Asano Sueyoshi Nakasa, commanded the remaining 8 mountains and field artillery to directly bombard the coal mountain; The 55th Wing took the coal mountain directly through Xiaopu by the Qinggang Brigade on the first route; Another Shuiquan Brigade also took the coal mountain from Shuikou as a surprise soldier.
The Chunshan Brigade and the Yanagida Brigade were killed and wounded by the ambush troops on the mountains on both sides, and they desperately crossed the 4 or 5 kilometers of mountain roads to reach the Baekhyeon intersection, but they were blocked by a large minefield, so they had to use long-haired bamboo to destroy the minefield while advancing slowly. The situation was roughly the same for the Chongteng Brigade, the Matsuyama Brigade, the Qinggang Brigade of the 55th Wing, and the Shuiquan Brigade.
At this time, Xiang Qingyun's forces were also used to the limit, so he had to ask Zhao Dahu for help. Zhao Dahu had been waiting for Qingyun's help for a long time, and immediately sent Ouyang Cheng's teaching brigade to the direction of Baixian; Qi Yuankai's joint logistics brigade was sent in the direction of the flower wall; Wang Laodun's engineer brigade was sent in the direction of Xiaopu and Shuikou; On Tuesday, Gou and Zhao Dahu ordered that the southern front of Xishan should be changed from a defensive and blocking battle to a war of annihilation, so as to gather and annihilate the enemy who invaded Xishan.
Xiang Qingyun received an order, and on the one hand, he arranged for reinforcements from all walks of life to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of the devils on the mountain road, and on the other hand, he fired a large number of signal flares to the south.
For a time, a company in an ambush in the tunnels in Changxing City came out, drove the 23rd Brigade Headquarters and the logistics troops of the 55th Wing of the Devil Infantry Brigade and Regiment out of the city, seized a large number of supplies, and then pursued them all the way; The troops that successfully broke through in the direction of Guangde turned back and attacked the positions of the 12th Wing of the Devil's Field Artillery.
Major General Ueno Kamifu, commander of the 23rd Brigade of the Devil's Infantry, immediately felt the pressure suddenly increase and ordered all units to intensify their attack on Coal Mountain. It's just that there is always a big gap between the ideal and the reality.
Fortunately, the devil's surprise soldiers---- a brigade of baggage soldiers and engineers led by Kawauchi Masumi Osa, and an assault force of more than 2,000 people successfully infiltrated from the east of Xishan.
The Devil's assault force was not equipped with heavy weapons, and quickly crossed the mountains east of Xishan and attacked the coal mountain. On Tuesday, Gou and Zhao Dahu were caught off guard, and the headquarters of Wu Mujun was in danger.
Zhao Dahu was not in a hurry, and ordered his subordinate gendarmerie team, guard battalion, and reconnaissance battalion to be put into the attack, and the cavalry of the cavalry battalion and the communications battalion jumped to the outside line to intercept the flank of the devil commando. On Tuesday, the dog took more than 20 of his guards to follow the guard battalion and killed him, so angry that Zhao Dahu jumped to his feet.
The gendarmerie, guard battalion, and reconnaissance battalion are also light infantry equipment, and there are no heavy weapons, but the houses around the headquarters are reinforced, and there are 4 heavy machine gun fire fortifications, and there are many submachine guns and shell guns more than the devils, so it is also difficult for the sneak devils to attack.
Although Kawauchi Masumi Osa is the captain of the baggage army, he is also an infantry soldier and has a lot of experience. He knew that sneak attacks would not last, and that once they reached a stalemate, they would be attacked from the back. So he divided his troops to meet the nearest Shuiquan brigade, and the combined troops turned a sneak attack into a strong attack.
Kawauchi Yoshimi Osa succeeded. The two squadrons he sent attacked Wang Laodun's defense line from behind, allowing the Shuiquan Brigade to break through the defense line of Xiang Qingyun and Wang Laodun. The devils rushed out of the breach, desperately attacked the coal mountain, and brought with them 12 heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron.
The guard battalion happened to face the heavy machine guns of the devils and suffered heavy casualties. On Tuesday, Gou picked up a 38 rifle to act as a sniper, knocked out 3 grenadiers and 2 light machine guns, but was helpless against the heavy machine guns in the distance, and sacrificed 4 guards to cover him. After Zhao Dahu gave the battle order, he also rushed to the front line, holding a light machine gun as a machine gunner.
Gradually, the guard troops of the headquarters were compressed into dozens of compounds in the town, and due to the contraction of the defense of the Wu Mu army, the density of troops increased, and the attack of the devils was also delayed, but the lethality of the devil's grenadiers was greatly improved. Zhao Dahu saw from the binoculars that the devil's infantry cannon was also pulled up.
When the devil's troops received the news that the headquarters of the Wumu Army was besieged, their morale was greatly boosted and they attacked desperately. All fronts of the Wu Mu Army were tightened.
When Qi Yuankai got the news, he immediately dispatched all 50 vehicles to the aid of the Coal Mountain Command. The Joint Logistics Group was also not equipped with heavy weapons, but some were grenades. They drove directly towards the devil's team, threw a large number of grenades from the car, and finally broke up the devil's formation and formation.
The devil ignored the attack from behind and attacked the headquarters of the Wumu Army with all his might. On Tuesday, Dog and Zhao Dahu each led the guard battalion and the reconnaissance battalion to resist desperately, and the killing was dark. The devil's plane just threw the bombs indiscriminately in Coal Mountain Town, making things worse for Tuesday Dog and Zhao Dahu.
The devil finally broke into the coal mountain town and started a street battle with Wu Mujun. On Tuesday, Gou and Zhao Dahu were pressed back to the headquarters compound.
Suddenly, the sound of killing in all directions shook the sky, Shi Jilun led a large number of militia into the encirclement, and the devils were scattered in a few minutes, and all units took the opportunity to join the melee.
Originally, the strength of the Wumu army was far superior to the sneak attack troops of the devils, but the battle formation was concentrated, and it failed to play the effect of disintegrating the devils, but the militia of Shi Jilun did not understand the rules, and each rushed into the devil's camp with a bloody nature, causing a scuffle, which made the numerical advantage of the Wumu army prominent, but the devils could not even organize the class battle formation. For a time, the local advantage of the devil was crumbled by the reinforcements of the Wumu army.
Listening to the increasingly sparse gunfire in the direction of Coal Mountain, Major General Ueno Kamefu understood that there was no doubt about continuing the battle, and ordered all units to withdraw from the Lisu Mountains.
When Ushijima received the report, he sighed and reported to Shunroku Hata while ordering a retreat.
The Battle of West Mountain came to an end.
The third major general of Tezuka Province came to the front line to command for thousands of tons of gold and countless jewels. He first reorganized the remnants of the troops, rested for a while, and prepared to attack again. After receiving the battle report from the front, knowing that the 23rd Brigade and the sneak attack troops had already attacked the hinterland of Coal Mountain, and the fighting was fierce, he considered joining the war group with one of his remnants to no avail.
Unexpectedly, the battle on the southern front was reversed instantly, and Ushijima Sadao ordered the withdrawal of troops. The third major general of Tezuka Province quickly arranged for the various departments to cross cover and retreat in an orderly manner. Seeing the situation, Li Haiyang sent 2 battalions of fresh troops to follow and pursue, divide the devil to cover the troops, and pick a little cheap.
Major General Tezuka, commander of the 35th Infantry Brigade and Regiment, led the troops to retreat to Changzhou.
The 23rd Infantry Brigade was not easy to retreat because it was deep into the hinterland of the West Mountains and there was another scuffle. However, Major General Ueno Kamefu still has a set, and he ordered: the 56th Wing Chunshan Brigade and Yanagida Brigade of Baekhyeon 1st Road, the 56th Wing Chongteng Brigade and the 55th Wing Songshan Brigade of Huaqiang 1st Road, and the 55th Wing Qinggang Brigade of Xiaopu 1st Road continue to maintain a fierce offensive posture and entangle the Wumu Army attack troops; The Shuiquan Brigade and other assault troops on the periphery of the coal mountain gave up the attack, attacked and advanced in the direction of Huaqiang, and moved closer to the Chongteng Brigade and the Songshan Brigade.
The Shuiquan Brigade led the other two light infantry brigades to suddenly turn around and break through in the direction of the flower wall, the Wu Mu army was caught off guard, and it was difficult for the devils to organize in the melee, so they could only gather troops while breaking through.
The devils gathered more than 1,000 people, and broke through in the flower wall, and the Wu Mu army pursued and killed with all their might, and was disrupted by the bombing of the devil's plane.
In response to the breakthrough troops, Major General Ueno Kamefu urgently ordered the withdrawal of troops from the Lisu Mountains. Major General Ueno Kamifu waited for all his troops to assemble in Guangde, and learned that Changxing had been lost, so he had to bypass Changxing and retreat to Wuxing (now Huzhou City). He was pursued and plundered by the ** troops of the Third War Zone, and fled back to Wuxing in embarrassment.
Wu Mujun was still under the bombardment of devil planes in and around Coal Mountain, so it was difficult to pursue the devils with all their might, mainly to conceal troops and rescue supplies.
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