The landing operation on Tsushima Island is coming to an end, and an attack on Jinping Mountain, where the Japanese army is entrenched, is about to launch Zuihou. With the 2nd and 3rd armies engaged in the operation, by June 25, Tsushima and Shimoshima had all been captured. Zuihou left the Japanese army headquarters at Jinping Mountain to hold the fortress Jinping Mountain. Jinping Mountain covers an area of about 20 square kilometers, with steep mountains, numerous caves and lush vegetation. Commander Yamamoto led about 10,000 Japanese officers and soldiers to do Zuihou's dying throes, and now Jinping Mountain has been encircled.

Since the three artillery divisions came to the island, the heavy artillery fire has accelerated the speed and efficiency of the attack. I don't want a single prisoner of the Japanese army to carry it out thoroughly. In particular, to deal with the suicide attacks of Japanese soldiers, the officers and men worked together to come up with many good methods. Because the Japanese soldiers were trapped in separate battles, the suicide attack tactics were almost martyrdom, and the Japanese army adopted blind self-attacks, and the combat effectiveness declined.

As the weather became hotter, many of the corpses of Japanese soldiers began to decompose, and the smell was so bad that the air on Tsushima Island was polluted. Faced with this situation, the commander of the corps, Yue Zhendong, specially drew out a brigade of troops to bury the corpses of the Japanese soldiers.

On this day, the sun was shining and the warm breeze was blowing. At the mouth of a cave, a foul smell wafted from it. A squad of soldiers was sealing the entrance to the cave, the soldiers were all wearing white masks, they piled stones at the entrance of the hole, and then blocked it tightly with mud. "Squad leader, I heard that little Japan believes in Amaterasu, and Amaterasu refuses to accept people who don't have heads. But many Japanese soldiers in the cave were blown to pieces, and their heads didn't know where to go. A soldier couldn't bear the loneliness and ridiculed.

"Not necessarily. Amaterasu can't change the rules, there are so many Japanese soldiers without heads on the island, Anameasu has no choice but to make an exception! "Another soldier hits haha." Damn it. Yesterday I buried a guy with a head full of maggots, and I guess there are maggots on his head, and Amaterasu will definitely not accept it. If Amakasu collects it, he will have to eat the maggots. "That's damn disgusting, you can't say anything else. Hurry up, there's still a hole in the east, and we'll have to finish it today. "The squad leader really can't listen to it anymore.

The headquarters of the Japanese army at Jinping Mountain was located in a cave. At this moment, Commander Yamamoto sat in his chair with a blank face. After more than 20 days of torture, he was obviously depressed, his face was pale, and his eyes were deep. But his beard was cleanly shaved. The military appearance is very neat, which shows that he usually pays great attention to the military appearance. "Your Excellency, we are already surrounded by regiments, and we can be sure that there is a position left on Tsushima. We resisted for 20 days. The soul of Yamato is forever cast. The chief of staff said expressionlessly. Long. Yamamoto said coldly: "I believe that the loyal and brave Yamato soldiers must have made the enemy pay a heavy price." ”

"Since the day I came to the island, I decided to stay with you and fight until Zuihou for a moment. Let us use our flesh and blood to bless the Yamato nation through the difficulties, and let our heroic spirits bless the emperor for a long time. Soldiers, show your courage and move the heavens! Yamamoto closed his eyes. The chief of staff waved his hand, several soldiers carried in several boxes of explosives, and two Japanese combat staff officers distributed explosives to everyone with solemn expressions. The atmosphere was tragic, desperate, and numb. Death is not terrible. They are willing.

At four o'clock in the morning on June 25, an order was given to shake the ground. Three artillery divisions smashed dense shells into the Japanese positions from different directions. The Jinping Mountain position was built after Yamamoto went to the island. Due to the rush of time, the fortifications were not strong, and the first-line defensive fortifications were almost civil structures. Yamamoto chose Jinping Mountain as his fortress, and the key is that there are a large number of karst caves here, so Yamamoto chose Jinping Mountain to take advantage of the excellent natural conditions as the place for his soul to return. Under the blow of heavy artillery bombardment, the Japanese front-line defensive troops could not resist, and watched the defensive positions fall apart.

Ma Kai, the leader of the special forces group, led his troops to lie in ambush in a bush, and at this moment he was holding a telescope and observing the shelling. Zuihou used special forces at all times, and the target was the Japanese headquarters. Defeating the command organs of the Japanese army can speed up the destruction of the enemy. Therefore, after the offensive began, Ma Kai had to lead his troops to penetrate in depth. Soon, the artillery fire began to extend, and Ma Kai stretched out two fingers to inform Li Tie on the other side that he was ready to attack. The trumpet sounded, and Ma Kai shouted: "Attack!" "Around Jinping Mountain, three armies launched attacks from all directions, and the momentum was incomparable, shaking the heavens and the earth.

The attacking troops quickly broke through the Japanese army's first-line position, and the Japanese army was also very cooperative, and quickly burrowed into the cave like a gopher to resist. Although the Japanese entered the cave and became a turtle in the urn, this move also slowed down the attack. Considering that the Japanese army used suicide attacks, the area that had been attacked could not leave any hidden dangers. At about noon, Ma Kai led the team to the periphery of the Japanese headquarters. A mountain bag appeared in front of them, and several Japanese heavy machine guns fired wildly, blocking their way. After a while, Li Tie crawled over and said, "I sent two teams to reconnoiter left and right. ”

"How can we get around?" "We can't get around, we have to take down the mountain bag on the other side!" "Order the snipers, knock out the Japanese machine gun fire suppression, I will rush up from the left and you from the right." More than a dozen snipers quickly took position, and Ma Kai and Li Tie led the team to move towards Shanbao respectively. With a few crisp gunshots, the Japanese heavy machine guns were silent, and the soldiers quickly launched an attack on the mountain bag. Due to the accurate shooting of the snipers, the Japanese machine gunners were either killed or wounded, and the covering soldiers quickly rushed up the hill. The combat effectiveness of the special forces was not boasted, and the Japanese troops were killed as soon as they looked at their faces, and there was no time to launch a suicide attack in the near future.

The battle of Ma Kai Dengshan Bao is over, "More than 100 Japanese soldiers have been eliminated, there is a cave below, and the remaining Japanese troops may have entered the cave!" Li Tieyu reported. Ma Kai said decisively: "Captain of a sub-unit!" "Here!" A big man ran in front of him. "Your detachment stays here to clear the Japanese troops in the cave, we can't stay here for a long time and continue to intersperse inside." Several more battles broke out on the road, but there was no danger. At dusk they arrived at the position of the Japanese headquarters. The Japanese headquarters is located in a cave at the bottom of a cliff, which is not the highest point of Jinping Mountain, the key is the cliff front, there are several large karst caves, and they are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Japanese defenders, finding that they were not many, sent two squadrons to attack. Trying to eat them in one fell swoop. However, in the first firefight, the Japanese soldiers were beaten and crawled, and in the blink of an eye, half of the troops were lost. There was a large group of Japanese soldiers in the Japanese headquarters, and a firefight found that the combat strength of the opposite side was so strong. The Japanese defenders did not dare to attack. "Damn, the terrain is favorable to the Japanese army, if it is attacked, it will not work!" Li Tie put down the binoculars and said. Ma Kai said: "Now that the Japanese army is all shrunk in the cave, we don't have to worry about Japanese reinforcements." We'll attack when it's dark. ”

Ma Kai raised his binoculars and observed: "There are 4 holes at the bottom of the cliff, after dark, I will lead 10 detachments to launch a feint attack head-on, and you will lead 9 detachments to touch the top of the cliff and quickly eliminate the Japanese troops on the cliff." Then use a rope from above to descend to the entrance of the cave to attack. Remember that you must move quickly, and you can't let the Japanese army wake up. After dark, Li Tie took the lead. There was a squadron of Japanese troops on the cliff, and Ma Kai led his troops to launch a feint, and the Japanese troops on the cliff were attracted. Li Tie took advantage of the darkness to take the opportunity to touch it, and it took less than half an hour. A squadron of Japanese troops was wiped out.

Inside the headquarters of the Japanese army. The air was extraordinarily dull. "Your Excellency, the Chinese army that appeared in front of you, about a battalion in strength. Their combat effectiveness was very strong, two squadrons attacked, and in less than half an hour lost half of their troops. Their marksmanship is so accurate that we've already killed a dozen machine gun shooters! Yamamoto didn't seem shocked and said coldly: "I have studied the Taiwan campaign, and the enemy has invested a devil unit in Taiwan, and it seems that this devil force is here to sneak attack the headquarters." Yamamoto finished. Unarmed with his belt and drawing his command knife, he knew that Zuihou's time had come.

Yamamoto knew it in his heart. The enemy sent a powerful devil unit to attack the headquarters, and the defensive forces of his own brigade could not stop it at all. I originally hoped to take advantage of the excellent terrain of Jinping Mountain and fight a stubborn battle, but now it seems that it is impossible to do it. Yamamoto returned to his bedroom and sat down facing east with his shirt off. He gently wiped his sword, then closed his eyes and waited quietly. On the cliff, Li Tie ordered the covering detachment to throw grenades, and with the smoke of the explosion, the soldiers quickly descended to the ground along the ropes.

The Japanese soldiers at the entrance of the cave were blown up on their backs, and the soldiers quickly launched a fierce attack, and the team members reached out and quickly held short guns to attack the cave. Japanese officers and soldiers launched suicide attacks, but they were killed before they could get close. Several Japanese officers and soldiers were in a hurry, and although they ignited the explosives on their bodies, they blew themselves and their accomplices into a blur of flesh and blood. At the end of the two-hour battle, Mackay ordered his soldiers to search for the remnants of the enemy. Soon, Li Tie ran out of it and said, "I have found the commander of the Japanese army!" He committed suicide in his bedroom. "What about the casualties?" "23 killed and 30 wounded!"

Ma Kai and Li Tie walked into Yamamoto's suicide bedroom and saw Yamamoto bent over, with his head down, shirtless, and a white cloth wrapped around his abdomen. The scene was moving, and I saw Yamamoto holding the blade with both hands and maintaining a seppuku posture. Ma Kai said: "Aside from other factors, Commander Yamamoto is a real soldier, and the jade fragment jihua he formulated may have been a last resort, burying him with the courtesy of a soldier. "It was very troublesome to clean up the remnants of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army who refused to surrender, Wang fought tenaciously until Zuihou for a moment. The battle to wipe out the remnants of the enemy was completely ended on the third day.

On the dock of Tsushima Town, a frigate docked, and Yue Zhendong, commander of the 1st Corps, boarded the pier. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Army Commanders led the generals to greet them. "Report to the commander, the Japanese fortress of Jinping Mountain was captured, the Japanese commander Yamamoto committed suicide, and more than 10,000 Japanese officers and soldiers, except for about 1,500 wounded and captured, all the rest were killed." The first army commander said. Yue Zhendong sighed and said, "It's really a vicious battle, how about it, you guys have a lot of losses!" "Yes, our army suffered more than 7,000 casualties!" The 1st Army Commander said depressedly. The commanders of the 2nd and 3rd armies also reported on the battle damage. The numbers were staggering, with a total of 16,000 casualties, and the brutality of the landing operation, combined with the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, made the damage truly staggering.

At the headquarters of the Busan Front, He Meng listened to the report of the chief of staff: "Immediately send a report to pay tribute to the front-line soldiers, and also report to the headquarters in the capital that Tsushima Island has been captured by us." After He Meng finished speaking, he looked at the military map again, and he locked his eyes on the Japanese archipelago. Commander, are you thinking about your next move? The chief of staff was surprised. He Meng said: "In this landing operation, the Imperial Navy played a vital role, they not only effectively supported the landing operation, but also did an excellent job of containing the threat of the enemy fleet. ”

He Meng continued: "I am going to launch a landing operation on the Japanese mainland in a month!" "Commander, can the headquarters approve it?" "The president called, the power to attack is handed over to us, just report the attack Jihua and the time." After He Meng finished speaking, he continued: "You prepare, I will personally inspect Tsushima Island, I want to understand in detail the details of the landing operation on Tsushima Island, and I must sum up my experience for the next landing operation." On the same day, He Meng boarded the battleship Beijing, and on the battleship, He Meng sent a telegram to Dai Hui, inviting him to go to Tsushima Island.

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(To be continued......)

PS: In a tragic battle, victory belongs to the strong.