Chapter 747: Heavy Blow

The headquarters of the main peak of Niuxin Mountain in western Liaoning, Tang Qiuli saw that the vanguard of the southward troops of the Kwantung Army was approaching the ambush site, and finally came, although it was more than three hours later than estimated, according to the marching speed of the Japanese army, it would take at least more than four hours to enter the ambush circle, he was vaguely worried, seeing that the sun was about to set, if the Kwantung Army followed the practice of not marching at night, the troops would have to lie in ambush overnight, which made him even more worried about what happened.

The vanguard of the Kwantung Army, which was already close to the ambush circle, suddenly stopped in place, what is going on, could it be that the ambush troops, exposed their hiding, and were discovered by the Japanese army, but it is not like it? The Japanese soldiers did not take tactical actions at all, or made preparations for battle, but only stayed in place, and the unexpected situation made the atmosphere in the command headquarters suddenly heavy, and the staff officers secretly scolded: "What is the reputation of the little devil? ”

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano, commander of the southward movement of the Kwantung Army, is indeed an extremely cautious commander, unlike many high-ranking generals of the Kwantung Army, which one is in his eyes, right? The arrogance of the people, although along the way, constantly received reports from aerial reconnaissance planes, did not believe in the abnormal situation, did not believe in the large-scale Chinese army.

This made Yano Otozaburo feel more and more uneasy, according to the convention, more than 200,000 independent division troops were on the way to the front line of Shanhaiguan at this time, and now, there was not even a single figure, and they disappeared all of a sudden, right? Shadow, right? Traces, including the troops of the separate division that fought with the fighting troops in the morning, where did they go?

There is a report from the troops, this branch of the army, retreating to the north, remember asking for instructions, whether to send troops to pursue, was categorically vetoed, to the north? It was Nurul Tiger Mountain, which stretched for hundreds of miles, and the troops of the independent division didn't block the attack in front, what did they do in the mountains? These cunning people will never be inscrutable to the imperial soldiers.

Yano Otozaburo was drumming in his heart, while racking his brains to ponder a series of abnormal phenomena, the car was dangling on the road, his heart was also up and down, and he couldn't find the opponent The most terrible, the staff officer sent a report from the avant-garde troops, which was already close to the Niuxin Mountains, a qiē was normal, and the troops were preparing to pass guò.

Yano Otozaburo seemed to have been stung by a bee, sat up straight suddenly, hit his head on the roof of the car, "bang", the movement was so loud that the driver's heart trembled, on the head of His Excellency the commander, the goose egg-sized bag could not run, and he was worried about being slapped in the face, but he saw that Yano Otozaburo didn't look at him, and ordered the staff officer loudly: "Yaga, go and convey my order, all troops, stop advancing immediately"

Yano Otozaburo found the reason why he was nervous and worried all the way, that is, Niuxin Mountain, Itagaki Seishiro's division, it was here, Tang Qiu, who was known as the devil of China, set up an ambush, and the whole army wiped out more than 50,000 soldiers, and all the jade was shattered, right? In his life, the commander of the Itagaki Division died on the spot, and the Itagaki Division, known as the most elite unit of the Kwantung Army, was wiped out and ceased to exist.

At that time, Yano Otozaburo was just an ordinary staff officer of the General Staff of the Kwantung Army, he carefully studied the reasons for the fall of the Itagaki Division, and finally, came to the conclusion that the fight was due to the improper command of the commander of the Itagaki Division, arrogance, and the rash advance of the enemy, only to fall into Tang Qiuli's ambush, this word, he can only bury it in his heart, at that time, Itagaki Seishiro, after his death, did his best to honor the ability, and received a commendation order issued by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the base camp was also called the hero of the Yamato nation, the immortal god of war.

Of course, Otozaburo Yano sneered at these in his heart, but he was just a martial artist, and now, it was his turn to command the soldiers of the Imperial Army, passing by here, could he repeat the mistakes of the Itagaki Division? The undulating hills in front of you are like dark castles, winding roads, like a noose, and it is unlucky to look at.

The troops of the Kwantung Army, on the periphery of the ambush circle of Niuxin Mountain, stayed for more than half an hour, Tang Qiu was centrifuged in his throat, Yano Otozaburo was very troubled, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, more than 300,000 troops, camping in the wilderness and mountains, it was not safe, coupled with the generals' instructions one after another, asking for a quick passage to the Niuxin Mountain and approaching Shanhaiguan.

Yano Otozaburo finally made up his mind, and the troops went to Guò Niuxin Mountain overnight, however, he did not make any mistakes, and sent a wing of troops, by car, into Niuxin Mountain, and after half an hour, he sent another wing of troops to enter, and went in the same way, Tang Qiuli watched thousands of Japanese soldiers enter the ambush circle, but the brigade stayed outside, and the car drove away, leaving dust all the way.

It's time for this time, right? Right? Mistakes are a lot of words The second batch of Japanese cars also entered the ambush circle, the brigade still did not move, Tang Qiuli watched the Japanese cars go away, and secretly scolded the commander of the Kwantung Army, what a cunning guy, however, I have patience, these little shrimps have not yet looked at them, the past two groups of Japanese troops, there are more than 6,000 people, Tang Qiuli realized that things are a little troublesome, these Japanese troops, after the ambush war, turned around and bit over, and it was a great threat to the troops who were ambushed head-on.

He had no choice but to give an order, ambush the troops on the right flank, draw out a brigade of troops, and follow these two groups of Japanese troops in concealment, and never expose the target, after the main battlefield started, all of them were annihilated, I thought that the Japanese brigade was coming, but I found that it was another team of cars, there were still so many troops, and the interval was still thirty minutes, so calculated, the Kwantung Army Brigade entered the ambush circle, and these three groups of Japanese troops happened to come out of the ambush circle, which is the strength of a brigade, more than 10,000 people, this is a large force, placed in other battlefields, can sweep more than a dozen counties, Most of the provinces.

Tang Qiuli was almost crazy, he wanted to strangle the commander of the Kwantung Army to death, there was no such fun, what kind of Japanese bird is this, more cunning than a fox, and he has become a fine, not only Tang Qiuli thinks like this, but more than 200,000 soldiers of the independent division are also scolding in their hearts, Yano Otozaburo received a report from the first batch of troops, and he has left the most dangerous area of Niuxin Mountain, and nothing has happened.

On his face, a fox-like smile finally appeared, three temptations, no matter how cunning the opponent is, he should also show his feet, moreover, once the brigade is still ambushed, the strength of a brigade will turn around and attack, how can the ambush circle be broken, proud, really proud, Yano Otozaburo believes that this dangerous mountain march, the art of command, can be included in the Imperial Army University classic course, for those juniors to follow.

But he ignored one point, the time, nearly two hours before and after, the sky had already darkened, and his main force, when it passed through the Niuxin Mountains, was late at night, and it was more conducive to the ambushers' actions, especially in suitable places for ambushes, and the troops that were suddenly attacked were extremely prone to fall into a state of confusion, and communication and command were not smooth.

The officers of the Japanese troops who received the order to continue advancing, while cursing the coward commander and letting them suffer the wind on the mountain road for two hours in vain, urged the soldiers, "Hurry up, hurry up and open the way", right? Counting the Japanese soldiers, Huang whirred like a turbid wave, the sound of the motor and horn of the car, the footsteps of the soldiers, messy, right? The chapter resounded in the valley.

Tang Qiuli sat on the shell box almost paralyzed, he had fought for several years, and he had never encountered such a cunning and cautious Japanese commander, if he had the opportunity to be captured alive, he must personally interrogate whether this guy who was almost crazy about torture had a bigger head than other Japanese.

At about 11 o'clock in the evening, all the Japanese troops entered the ambush circle, Tang Qiuli first issued an order to the air force, all fighters, immediately take off to participate in the battle, and then, to the communications staff officers who were guarding dozens of telephones: "Let's start" In the dark night sky, on the hills on both sides of the road that stretches for more than 30 kilometers, suddenly rise, right? Several red signal flares, like small suns, reflected half of the sky, and the festival flowers were as gorgeous and dazzling.

The light of the signal flare has not dimmed and disappeared, behind the hillside in the distance, suddenly rose a piece of red smoke clouds, in the sky, passing through the bright spots like meteor showers, rows and rows, dragging dark red tail flames, from far and near, with a piercing scream, instantly came to the top of the heads of the Japanese soldiers, experienced Japanese veterans, their faces became pale at once, my Amaterasu, this is a salvo of thousands of artillery, at this time, the thunderous sound, only then echoed in the mountain peaks, and the earth trembled.

The battle line of more than 60 miles of Niuxin Mountain, in an instant, as if activated by the current, burst out of blazing flames, first a cluster of firelight, in the firelight, you can clearly see clusters of soil waves, like mushrooms, constantly rising, and then, it is a row, a piece, later, it is impossible to distinguish the number, the soil rolls, the gravel flies horizontally, and the rising gunpowder smoke rises into the night sky, and is reflected dark red by the explosion of firelight, in the sky, right? Counting the flying cannonballs, they plunged headlong into the earth that was already boiling molten iron.

Tang Qiuli concentrated all the artillery on both sides of the ambush position of more than 30 kilometers, and even the anti-aircraft guns of the air defense brigade were temporarily ordered to be changed to flat fire, thousands of artillery pieces, sending metal projectiles one by one to the dense marching formation of the Kwantung Army, and a shell fell to the ground, and the stumps and broken arms of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers flew sideways.

The Japanese soldiers who were suddenly shelled immediately fell into confusion, the night sky was red by the fire of the explosion of death, they wanted to return fire, on the slopes on both sides, there was not a single target to aim, only shells flying continuously in the distance, after twenty minutes of shelling, after the initial confusion of the Kwantung Army soldiers, covered with the blood of their companions and fragments of limbs, despite heavy casualties, they still found a relatively safe place to hide from the shells flying in the sky.

Again, right? Several green flares rose in the night sky, emitting a miserable green light, flying behind the silent hillsides, cliffs, rocks, and trees on both sides, right? A few small round black dots fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers in an instant like crows, and the infantrymen who were ambushing shot again.

(To be continued)

Chapter 747: Heavy Blow