Chapter 570: Xiangtangpu Ambush (3)

The Japanese soldiers in the brigade soon arrived on the road in front of Xiangtangpu, the Japanese soldiers were very relieved, they had their own partners on guard, just hurry, the Japanese tanks and cavalry in front had turned the foot of the mountain and disappeared from view.

Rare good weather, no wind, although the temperature is very low, the bright sun shines on the body, or these marching Japanese soldiers feel very comfortable, suddenly there is a strange scream in the sky, some Japanese soldiers look strangely, looking for the source of the sound, experienced Japanese veterans, their faces suddenly turned pale, my Amaterasu, is the sound of countless shells falling on the head.

The shells fell in an instant, the scream turned into a violent explosion, a cloud of black smoke rose into the sky with firelight, mixed with pieces of human body and blown snow, the Japanese infantry was shrouded in gunpowder smoke at once, countless shrapnel, with a metal trill, rotated briskly and cut into the body of the Japanese soldiers, a puff of blood flew up, and countless Japanese soldiers fell, such a dense marching formation, in the face of fierce shelling, coupled with the suddenness of the shelling, the result was catastrophic, a shell fell, The bodies of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were thrown into the air.

Tang Qiuli concentrated eleven artillery regiments, more than 1,000 artillery pieces of various calibers, lined up, the Japanese infantry were all shrouded in the rain of dead bullets, he had only one requirement for the artillery unit, full coverage, the artillery unit of the independent division completed the order of the division commander, the fierce artillery fire, covering the Japanese marching columns, the calm ringing hall, suddenly resurrected, the explosion point after the explosion point, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the clear sky was shrouded in gunsmoke, and the mountains in the distance echoed with a deafening explosion.

Unobstructed, flat road, the Japanese soldiers had nowhere to hide, and the Japanese soldiers were blown up by the whistling shells, and the flesh and blood were flying, and the Japanese soldiers with organic spirits found that the village was not shelled, and they rushed over one after another, seeing that they were about to enter the village, these guys breathed a sigh of relief, and finally got rid of the threat of death.

Suddenly, like a gust of wind blowing on the flat ground, from all directions of the village, a dense rain of bullets, that is, hundreds of light and heavy machine guns and countless submachine guns roared, the Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard were stunned by the sudden rain of bullets, and sorghum stalks fell in a pool of blood.

The Japanese tank soldiers and cavalry who had already turned the corner of the mountain were stunned by the sound of explosions coming from behind, and the Japanese commander sitting in the tank car understood at that time that the imperial soldiers in the village were disguised by the Chinese troops, and he cursed viciously "Baga" and quickly turned around.

The road was not wide, so many tanks were crowded together, and it was not fun to turn around, the Japanese tanks were crowded in a mess, and the cavalry was flexible, but they did not dare to rush into the rain of bullets like a volcanic eruption, and they turned around in a hurry, and at this moment, the ground suddenly trembled, and the road surface suddenly burst open as if it was vigorously held up.

The mines laid were detonated by the sappers of the independent division, and the huge explosive force was suddenly overturned by the Japanese tanks, some exploded and caught fire, some of the tracks were facing the sky, and the barrels were bent into twisted shapes, and those Japanese cavalry did not please them, and flew into the sky together with the Yanmar. The remaining Japanese tanks, which had not exploded, came back to their senses, and the turrets rotated, aiming at the village of Xiangtangpu, where they knew that there must be many soldiers of the Chinese army in ambush.

The body shook, a metal jet exploded inside the tank, shrapnel jumped back and forth in a small space, harvesting the lives of the Japanese tank soldiers, a thick smoke with dark red flames, rising from the inside of the Japanese tank, this is the independent division anti-tank gun detachment, in less than 30 minutes, more than 100 Japanese tanks, dead turtles lying beyond recognition, dirt turned over the road.

In the concealment department, Tang Qiuli, who saw the whole situation, secretly smacked his tongue, how many mines and explosives were planted by the sappers? It's freezing cold, how did they dig the pit? He was full of curiosity.

Hiroshi Hirano, who was at the back of the Japanese marching column, heard the sound of a violent explosion like a volcanic eruption in front of him, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Despite repeated caution, he still can't escape such a fate, as a senior general of the Japanese army, the sense of powerlessness in his heart made his heart tighten, fortunately, he did not have a heart attack, otherwise, the possibility of dying on the spot is available, and more fortunately, the three artillery wings of the Japanese army, the shells of the Chinese army, all let the infantry have their own enjoyment, and they did not suffer a blow at all.

Hirano Kora calmed down, and he felt that his chest was clogged in panic, that the devil Tang Qiuli took out to deal with himself, how many artillery pieces to deal with himself, it was no longer possible to judge the scale of the artillery shelling his troops from the sound of the explosion, and the sound of the explosion was no longer countable, he immediately made a judgment, the attack on his own troops was mainly the Chinese artillery.

Under his order, the Japanese artillery hurriedly deployed, from the state of march to the state of operation, for the artillery, it was not an easy thing, for a while it was busy, the Japanese artillery had just unloaded the artillery, and had not yet built a good position, their good luck ended here, and a burst of dense shells flew from the head to the head.

The sound of explosions, the fire flashed, the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, the Japanese artillery position was covered by fierce artillery fire, Zheng Yong, the commander of the first artillery brigade of the independent division, wanted this opportunity, the Japanese artillery of these three wings was the object of his key care, if the artillery was fired in advance, the artillery dragged by mules and horses might be able to escape some by luck, which was not in line with Zheng Yong's style, so he chose the Japanese artillery neither to escape, nor to be ready to open fire, and kill them all in one fell swoop.

Hirano Kora closed his eyes, and his heart was miserable, the second army was finished, and it was so badly damaged, not to hurt the muscles and bones, but to lose his vitality, the current situation, let alone to save the mountain pass, it is still unknown whether he can get out, he can't even organize a counterattack, the infantry was bombed by the artillery fire of the Chinese army, and he couldn't even assemble, without soldiers, what did he do to counterattack?

Shoot fiercely, you will put the opponent to death, be good at ambush and encirclement, and seek to annihilate the opponent in every battle, this is the style of the devil Tang Qiuli, Hirano Haoliang has learned, the shelling has not stopped, Hirano Haoliang saw from the telescope, the Chinese soldiers all over the mountains rushed up, and if they didn't leave, they might become prisoners.

He made a wise choice, all the troops of the Second Army, immediately withdraw to the direction of Shexian, I hope that there is no volley in front of the Zhina troops, there is a sentence he did not say clearly, that is, how many people can be withdrawn, how many people can be withdrawn, it depends on the creation of each soldier, according to reason, the Second Army, with 100,000 troops, should at least have the power to fight back, and the troops of the independent division, fight a few rounds, and retreat like this, which is not in line with the style of the Japanese army.

Hirano Hao knew in his conscience that he could inflict such heavy casualties on his troops in such a short period of time, there was not much left of the tank wing, cavalry wing, and artillery wing, Tang Qiuli used the method of ambush and surprise attack, using artillery fire as the strike force, using no less than a thousand artillery pieces, such fierce artillery fire, how many soldiers could fill this death trap?

If it was a head-on match, Hirano Hiroshi was confident that he would not let Tang Qiuli repel himself so easily, but this was an ambush and a sudden attack, which disrupted the formation of the troops, and the Japanese troops who received the order retreated in the direction of Shexian in the face of soaring artillery fire.

Tang Qiuli gave the order to pursue the whole line, and the 110,000 troops roared like a tsunami, chasing the retreating Japanese army, and the ambush battle in Xiangtangpu was quite beautiful, and in just over two hours, more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers fell under the fierce artillery fire of the independent division, plus the Japanese tanks, cavalry, and artillery, and the second army was crippled at once.

Under the protection of the guards, Tang Qiuli came to the battlefield that was still filled with gunsmoke, the heavy smell of gunpowder smoke mixed with the smell of blood, rushed straight into the lungs, and there were broken corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, broken guns, broken steel helmets, shattered and charred military uniforms, a shocking scene after the battle.

In this battle, the troops of the Independent Division, and at the cost of its slight casualties, disabled the Second Army of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, and the first credit belonged to Tang Qiuquan's Second Detachment of the Special Operations Detachment, without which they skillfully resounded and lured the Japanese army into an ambush circle, the battle would not have gone so smoothly, and the credit should be attributed to the artillery units of the Independent Division, without the tens of thousands of shells they fired, they could not have killed more than 30,000 little devils in more than two hours.

And what made Tang Qiuli more interested was those tracks that were blown up by mines, or tanks that looked intact, he walked around a few tanks for a while, these iron guys are very useful, in less than a year, Battell, who studied at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany, is coming back, he is studying armored troops, and his younger brother is back, without tanks, he can't be a bare-bones commander

Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to Zhou Yushan, commander of the transportation headquarters of the independent division, and immediately organized the transport troops to transport all the things that could be used on the battlefield in Xiangtangpu back to Huangyadong, and the tanks were sent to the Dingbian Arsenal for repair and modification.

Zhou Yushan, who received the telegram from the division commander, was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, he hadn't fought such a battle for a long time, and the division commander was able to send a telegram in person, indicating that cleaning up the battlefield must be rich in oil and water.

On the evening of 10 January, the pursuing troops of the Independent Division, chasing the backs of the Japanese soldiers, chased them all the way to the outskirts of Shexian County, along the way, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers could be seen everywhere, and the Japanese troops who were left to block the pursuing troops could not stop the flood-like Chinese troops at all, and the blocking lines were broken one after another, and the few Japanese soldiers were immediately drowned in the torrent.

The Japanese army hastily withdrew into the county seat of Shexian, and the troops of the independent division, under the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, surrounded Shexian on all sides, forming a situation of besieging Shexian, and Hirano Haoliang saw that it was the next mountain pass.

(To be continued)