Volume 1: Battle of Songhu Chapter 35 Yuhuatai (4)
Owara Shigemi didn't care much at first, even if there was a Chinese army rushing over from Nanjing to reinforce the city, it could not be a large army, and it was only one or two companies of troops to survive, but the Ohara brigade was dispatched this time, and all four special operations squadrons were brought over, due to terrain restrictions, the attack on Meigang could only be put into one special combat team, and the remaining three special combat teams were all hidden at the foot of the mountain and waiting, so the Ohara brigade had enough room for turnaround.
However, Shigemi Ohara soon realized the seriousness of the problem.
Not long after the alert group in the north direction came into contact with the Chinese army, the alert group in the northwest and northeast directions also connected with the Chinese army.
Moreover, this is not the worst, the worst thing is that Ohara Shigemi judged from the sound of gunfire that the firepower of the Central Army coming from the north, northwest and northeast directions was very fierce, and the firepower of the Central Army in the direction of due north was particularly strong, and there were even small-caliber curved guns, and the sharp group on the north alert was quickly defeated.
"Yaga Yaru!" Ohara scolded viciously, also a little confused.
The reaction of the Chinese army was inevitably too fast, right? It was only ten minutes after the battle began, and the Chinese army from several directions came to reinforce at the same time, and such a reaction speed can no longer be described simply as "rapid response", it is simply a bit appalling! Even if it is the imperial army of the Great Day, it is difficult to do it.
Several squadron leaders quickly gathered around and waited for Shigemi Ohara to give the order.
Reason told Ohara Shigemi that he should decisively order a breakthrough, in fact, as early as after Ono's superior soldiers failed to touch the post, Ohara Shigemi knew that the chance of the Ohara brigade to seize Yuhuatai was not much, but reason is reason, but emotionally Owara Shigemi can't accept the fact that the sneak attack failed, and he still has a trace of luck in his heart.
Owara Shigemi stared fiercely at one of the squadron leaders, and said extremely coldly: "Amuro Naisan, your squadron is responsible for intercepting the Shina reinforcements from all directions, and before the 2nd squadron has taken the Yuhuatai position, even if your squadron fights to Zuihou, it will never be allowed to take half a step back!" ”
"Hello." Amuro bowed heavily and took the order.
Ohara Shigemi turned her gaze to the other squadron leader again, and said in a cruel voice: "Yakushi Maru-san, I'll give you another five minutes, and you must take down Yuhuatai within five minutes, otherwise, you will prepare to seppuku." ”
"Hello." Yakushimaru bowed heavily and went up the slope with a black face.
Owara Shigemi's gaze fell on the remaining two squadron leaders, but he didn't say anything, this sneak attack behind enemy lines, the task of the Ohara Brigade is not only to capture Yuhuatai, after the sneak attack is successful, the Ohara Brigade must firmly hold Yuhuatai until the main forces of the 3rd and 9th Divisions arrive, so the remaining two squadrons must not be easily put into battle.
Moreover, in the event of a breakthrough, it would be even more necessary to leave these two squadrons unmoved.
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The sudden scuffle that broke out in the north, northeast, and northwest directions also alarmed Qiu Weida.
Seeing Qiu Weida rushing over with the guard's cat's waist, Hu Hao hurriedly got up and blocked Qiu Weida behind a small dirt bag, and then said with concern: "Why are you here?" ”
Qiu Weida ignored it, and asked instead of answering, "What's going on next?" ”
Although Qiu Weida sent communications troops to the L Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, he knew that the L Battalion and the 2nd Battalion could not come over so quickly, and even if the L Battalion and the 2nd Battalion came to reinforce them, it would be impossible to make a detour back to the north, let alone divide the troops and launch a centripetal attack on the Japanese troops under the northern slope from several directions at the same time.
"I don't know." Hu Hao was also wondering, and said, "I'm afraid there is not a regiment looking at the movement, maybe it is the brothers of the 88th Division." ”
"Impossible." Qiu Weida shook his head categorically and said, "As far as Sun Yuanliang is concerned, this black light is blind, and they dare not let the troops out of the city, it will definitely not be the 88th Division." ”
"Who could that be?" Hu Hao said again, "Could it be the reinforcements sent by the division?" ”
When they were confused, the Japanese troops who were originally suppressed on the mountainside jumped up one after another, and launched a decisive charge to the mountain with submachine guns, Qiu Weida suddenly shouted: "Xiao Ri is going to fight hard, they will not be able to hold on, hurry, transfer the remaining troops, and must block Xiao Ri Ben Zuihou's attack."
Hu Hao turned his head and shouted: "Company Commander L, Company Commander 2, go, bring all the brothers who can still breathe, as long as there is still one person alive in our 3rd Battalion, Little Japan will not want to set foot on the top of the mountain half a step!" ”
"Yes!" The two company commanders replied and turned to gather their troops.
"Cannonballs!" Hu Jie carried the hot mortar barrel and yelled.
As soon as the hand was released, the heavy shell quickly slid into the bottom of the barrel under the action of gravity, and the primer hit the firing pin with a clicking sound, taking advantage of the brief moment when the primer hit the basic medicine tube and was detonated, Hu Jie quickly pressed down the barrel and aimed at the Japanese firepower point in front.
"Tom!" The cannonball roared out with a red tail flame, and the barrel also flew backwards from Hu Jie's shoulder, and the scorching smoke from Jian's mouth instantly smoked Hu Jie's big black face, and even his hair and beard were burned and curled.
Rao is like this, Hu Jie's neck and face are also burned with blisters.
At a distance of less than 100 meters, the lethality of the 82mm caliber mortar's flat-aim direct fire was still very amazing, basically every shell could kill a firepower point, and there were not many commanding heights for the Japanese army to build a firepower point.
"Machine gun group, machine gun group!" Gao Shenxing seized a commanding height, turned his head and yelled.
Four veterans carrying an old ox quickly rushed forward and set up it on the commanding heights, and in just a few moments, the dull "sudden" sound peculiar to the Maxim heavy machine gun sounded on the commanding heights, and the Japanese firepower was completely suppressed; although the American-made Tom submachine gun had strong firepower, the effective firing range was only 150 meters, and the ballistic dispersion area of more than 200 meters increased sharply, and it was basically impossible to form an effective suppression of firepower.
"Bomb throwing group, up!" Gao Shenxing yelled again.
Taking advantage of the brief moment when the Japanese army was overwhelmed by the Makqin heavy machine gun and could not raise its head, more than a dozen veterans of the guard platoon quickly stepped forward and threw out two rows of grenades at the Japanese army, and more than 30 grenades exploded violently one after another, and the dazzling fire and the thick smoke of gunpowder completely swallowed up the Japanese position in an instant, and Xiao Nik's vision was seriously blocked for a while.
"Commando, up!" Gao Shen drew his Zhongzheng sword and charged forward in the lead.
More than 20 commandos behind Gao Shenxing jumped up from the grass one after another, followed Gao Shenxing with bright bayonets, and rushed to the Japanese position with a roar.
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Five minutes passed quickly, and the Yakushimaru squadron had not yet attacked the top of Yuhuatai Mountain, Ohara Shigemi was so angry that she called Yakushimaru to him, and was about to order him to commit suicide by seppuku, when the leader of the 4th squadron, Amuromaru, suddenly crawled back with a rolling belt, crying and shouting with a sad face: "Captain, I can't stop it, the Takeshita team is about to lose it......"
"Yaga!" Ohara Shigemi shouted violently, and the saber in his hand slashed down like lightning, Amuro Na was so frightened that he was stupid there, Ohara Shigemi's saber almost hit the tip of Amuro's nose, only to hear the sound of "poof", the sharp blade had already cut off a corner of Amurone's steel helmet in front of Eaves Shengsheng.
Yakushimaru and the other two squadron leaders were also so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath.
"Command." Ohara Shigemi put the knife back into the sheath and breathed a long sigh of relief, and shouted to the four squadron leaders under him, "Sasaki's squadron will open the way, and the rest of the squadrons will cover alternately and retreat one by one!" ”
"Hello!" The four squadron leaders were relieved and bowed heavily.
Although the one-eyed dragon reacted quickly and decisively ordered the 3rd Company to switch from attack to defense, it was still opened a gap by the Ohara Brigade and calmly broke through, considering that the Japanese army had excellent firepower, the 19th Brigade did not dare to pursue rashly.
After the battle, Xu 19 immediately ordered Company L to be on guard, and the rest of the companies to clean up the battlefield, while he took the guard platoon to the top of Meigang Mountain, walked halfway up the mountain, and happened to meet Qiu Weida who came down the mountain.
"Brother Lixing?!"
"Brother Han Soul?!"
Qiu Weida and Xu Shijiu were more happy than they were surprised.
"Brother Han Soul, I heard that you fought well in Zutang Mountain, why did you come to Yuhuatai?"
"Don't mention it, as soon as Yu Junzuo gave an order, our 58th Division was left behind from Niushou Mountain."
"This time, it was our 5L Division that dragged the 74th Army back, if it weren't for the fact that our 51st Division didn't hold Chunhua Town, how could Xiao Ri have broken through the southeast defense line?" Speaking of the loss of Chunhua Town, Qiu Weida is still a little angry, if Wang Yaowu could adopt his suggestion and concentrate his forces to defend Qinglong Mountain and Fangshan, how easy would it be for the Japanese army to break through the southeast defense line?
"If you don't talk about these unhappy things, it's useless to talk about them." Xu Shijiu shook his hand and said, "Brother Lixing, Yuhuatai is now in charge of your 306th regiment?" ”
"Isn't it?" Qiu Weida said with a wry smile, "The defense that was just changed last night, the group of rabbits of the 88th Division, didn't even dig the most rudimentary fortifications, if you hadn't arrived in time just now, brother, I would have confessed here, by the way, brother, you wouldn't have been ordered to come to guard Yuhuatai, right?" ”
"Really." Xu Jiu said with a smile, "Brother Lixing, I'm afraid you and my brother will have to fight side by side again." ”
"Dare to be kind." Qiu Weida smiled, "Brother, I'm worried about the lack of troops, brother, you have done my brother a great favor when you came, haha." ”