Chapter 748: Defeat

Tang Qiuli's well-designed ambush battle on Niuxinshan started more than four hours later than the scheduled time, and the cautious, suspicious, and cunning commander of the southbound troops of the Kwantung Army, Yano Otozaburo, although he was a hundred times more careful, did not hesitate to take out the strength of the three wings as a temptation, or a bait, to help lay down the determination to pass guò, so that all the generals of the Kwantung Army would remember the place where the entire army of the Itagaki Division was annihilated, and the three tests were safe, however, the night also came.

In the mountains of the dark night, being suddenly ambushed, it is a fatal blow to any army, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army are quite not wrong, after the initial panic and huge casualties, at least find a hidden place where they can temporarily hide from the deadly artillery fire, but the command system has been in a panic, and for more than 20 minutes, the soldiers have not received an effective order from the commander, right? The law organizes effective resistance.

The infantry ambush at close range, with a green flare rising in the night sky, began to carry out a second blow on the Kwantung Army troops according to the plan, first countless grenades, rained down on the artillery fire, right? The Kwantung Army soldiers who raised their heads, and then, a dense rain of bullets poured down again.

The power of the grenade explosion is not a level compared to the shells, but for the soldiers of the Kwantung Army hiding in the dead corners of the artillery fire, it is more terrible than the shells that come from the roar, and their last hiding place is lost, right? Dodging, the crossfire on the hillsides on both sides took away the last hope of the Kwantung Army soldiers, and they could only run in vain, but they were blown up in the air by shells.

More than 30 kilometers long ambush line, has become the Kwantung Army soldiers of the place of death, so far, Tang Qiuli on this ambush war with a relatively large disparity in strength, the subsequent victory, do not report a little doubt, from the ambush battlefield situation, the Kwantung Army commanders at all levels, completely stunned by the sudden attack, he also has to add a fire, kill more Japanese, the Kwantung Army back to Jinzhou, "Order, the entire air force, immediately take to the air, join the attack on the Japanese army" He briefly gave an order, this order, become the general of the Kwantung Army, In the future, I will talk about the synonym of its discolored flesh slaughterhouse.

It was very fortunate that the command of Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano, in the rear of the marching sequence, although the ambush circle of more than 30 kilometers was very long, failed to pocket all the more than 300,000 troops of the Kwantung Army, and the rear guard of more than 200,000 infantry, as well as artillery, baggage, and logistics troops, fortunately did not suffer from shelling.

At the beginning of the first round of shelling, Lieutenant General Otozaburo's car, just approaching the periphery of the ambush circle, the shock wave generated by the violent explosion made His Excellency the commander's car jump suddenly, and then, a little bit of shining fire, rising columns of smoke, filled his eyes, Venus scurried, with a slight recovery of eyesight, he saw with his own eyes that the car in which the chief of staff was riding was directly hit by a whistling shell, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a burning fireball, and the guards pounced and dragged His Excellency the commander out of the car, Carry him and run desperately to safety.

His car, not spared, a martyred ammunition truck, suddenly exploded, affecting the surrounding vehicles, in an instant, turned into a sea of fire, Yano Otozaburo's eyes straightened, unbelievable to look at the explosion into a boiling iron like the road, shelling, the independent division army, with such a large-scale artillery force to ambush, although very careful, still could not change the fate of the ambush.

The first thing Otozaburo Yano did when he came to his senses was to order the troops that had not been ambushed to immediately retreat and get out of the dangerous area as quickly as possible, and then, ordering his heavy artillery brigade to build positions on the spot, shell the ambush positions of the independent division, and cover the retreat of the infantry, he was afraid of the ensuing large-scale pursuit.

Then, the order was given to the troops of the three wings that had already left the Niuxinshan ambush area, immediately turn around, attack the ambush position of the independent division, cover the ambushed troops, and withdraw from the ambush circle as much as possible.

Doing everything he could, Otozaburo Yano sat on the ground, with no strength at all, it was terrible, like a nightmare, a sudden blow fell on the heads of the soldiers of the imperial army, and the shot was a fierce blow, the commander of this Chinese army, it was like a devil, so many troops, so many artillery, could not be tempted, let go of the three bait, terrible calmness and patience, what kind of person is this?

Yano Otozaburo did not have the confidence to fight again at all, and just by looking at the artillery firepower used by the Chinese army in the ambush, it could be seen that it was not the unit that had been fighting for six days, and the strength was much stronger, but the reconnaissance planes of the air force had never believed that there was a large-scale movement of Chinese troops in the eastern Hebei region, and where did they come from?

If it is specifically for the purpose of this ambush in Niuxin Mountain, the Chinese commander's tactics of using troops are unfathomable and extremely ruthless, just to hide hundreds of thousands of troops and so many heavy equipment in the ambush area, right? If the law is done, is he the Tang Qiuli who made all the jade of the Itagaki Division shattered, Okamura Ningji died in Shanxi, and hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in North China were wiped out, known as the devil of China?

Thinking of this, Yano Otozaburo couldn't help but have a cold war, it was his misfortune to meet this terrible opponent, and it was a little comforting that there were still more than 200,000 imperial soldiers, who were not poisoned by this devil, if the whole army fell into an ambush, he would only commit suicide by disembowelment and apologize for his crimes.

The heavy artillery of the Japanese army, after all, was well-trained, and in a hurry, on the temporarily set up artillery position, began to shell the ambush position of the independent division, without deliberately looking for the target of the shelling, where the fire was shining, where was the artillery position of the Chinese army, however, it was completely different from the situation at that time of the Liuguhe blocking battle, as soon as the Japanese artillery opened fire, it attracted dozens of shells to return fire, and in less than ten minutes, the Japanese artillery was completely at a disadvantage.

Yano Otozaburo was horrified, and hurriedly ordered the artillery to stop the shelling and retreat immediately, these two heavy artillery brigades, but the lifeblood of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, if they were destroyed in the hands of the thugs, they would still not be able to eat and walk around, as for the imperial soldiers in the ambush circle, they could only pray for the blessing of Amaterasu, and if they could run out of one more, it was not that I was ruthless, right? Love, if you don't save yourself when you see death, in this position, how many imperial warriors are not enough.

After receiving the order of Commander Otozaburo Yano, the three Japanese wings that had come out of the Niuxin Mountain Area turned around and killed them back, in fact, the sudden artillery fire just now, as soon as I turned around, there was already a sea of fire behind me, and I wanted to go back and join the headquarters, right? When the law is done, they are also surprised, right? Cuo, in the blink of an eye, became a lone army, everyone was afraid, the artillery fire everywhere became a sea of fire, and in the order, there was no clear target for attacking, and the three wing commanders combined, simply, the troops were divided into two roads, along the slopes on both sides, to attack the ambush position of the Chinese army.

The Japanese army, which was divided into two routes, had just crossed a hill and collided head-on with a brigade of Sun Zhenbang's corps and a brigade unit of the corps directly under the independent division, and the ambush was fought smoothly, and the Kwantung Army only cared about fleeing and retreating, and had no intention of attacking at all.

If the Japanese troops of these three wings do not divide their troops, the strength of more than 10,000 people can still make a difference, at the very least, they can ambush the troops of the independent division, and the ambush position on one side of the line is distributed in a linear manner, causing a considerable threat, and before they get close to the ambush position, they are divided into two places and surrounded, 12,000 against 4,000 or 5,000, absolute superiority, and the troops of the independent division are not in a hurry to attack, but just compress the Japanese army step by step, and finally, on a high ground, the two Japanese troops are surrounded together, and a small encirclement is formed, and the soldiers of the Kwantung Army of the three wings, There was no longer a chance of escape.

The sound of the artillery of the ambush war has been thinned out, and the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops in the ambush circle can escape only 30,000 or 40,000 people, most of whom are still wounded, and the Kwantung Army soldiers who rushed out are lost and depressed, lifeless walking corpses, only mechanical running, the faster the better, escape from that hellish and terrifying place, see the troops who meet them, howl and cry, all the Japanese soldiers only have three words "too miserable" to make these lucky Kwantung Army soldiers, creepy, and their backs are cold.

The ambush battle is coming to an end, there is no active target in the ambush circle, and the menacing more than 300,000 Kwantung Army has not been disabled, Tang Qiuli issued an order, "Sun Zhenbang's corps, leave two brigades of troops, clean up the battlefield, and cooperate with the total annihilation of the three encircled Japanese troops and other troops, immediately carry out the pursuit, and the air defense troops immediately enter the state of air defense alert," On the high ground on both sides, more than 200,000 soldiers rushed down the hill like a tsunami, and pursued in the direction of the retreat of the Kwantung Army troops, one anti-aircraft gun, Anti-aircraft machine guns, pointed at the night sky.

The night is still dark, there are few stars in the night sky, on the highway from Niuxin Mountain to Suizhong, the Kwantung Army soldiers of the brigade are dejected, dragging heavy steps, mechanical retreat, the hearts of every Japanese soldier, full of the shadow of defeat, we were defeated, the defeat is like a mountain, in just more than three hours, in the terrifying Niuxin Mountain, on a 30-kilometer-long front, more than 70,000 dozen companions were devoured, it was a nightmare that could not be looked back.

From high-ranking commanders to rank-and-file soldiers, all? Fa Forget jì flew all over the sky, like meteor-like shells, pouring like a rain of bullets like a violent wind, every unit, before they had time to count the soldiers they had lost, just felt that there were many familiar faces around them, they didn't see it, they didn't expect that behind them, more than 200,000 Chinese soldiers whose morale was flourishing and whose fighting spirit was like a rainbow, swept in like a wild wave.

(To be continued)

Chapter 748: Defeat