Chapter 416: Lore

In the second half of the night, the rain had stopped, the sea breeze blew, the dark clouds dispersed, and a few stars came out of the sky, but the air was a little cool.

Tang Qiuli was not tired, he listened carefully to the movements in the Nuerluhu Mountains, if there were gunshots from that direction, it meant that Li Honggang's troops were discovered by the Japanese army in the process of passing through the chā, and the plan of Qiē would be affected, and he would have to readjust his deployment.

The troops on the front line of Shanhaiguan will inevitably retreat to the Pingjin area, which is a situation of fighting and walking, not to mention the wolf, very passive.

At this time, Li Honggang was competing with the muddy and tiao Xiǎo River everywhere, Nuerluhu Mountain, is Manchu, translated as Black Mountain, which is the remaining vein of Yanshan Mountain, the average altitude is not high, and its main peak, Daqingshan, is only 1,224 meters above sea level.

One end extends to the north of Liaoning, hedges the ancient plateau of Méng, and plunges into the western Liaoning corridor, close to the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan, but, after years of rain, thousands of ravines and ravines, bringing great difficulties to the march of the troops.

This place is inaccessible, there are no rich products and dangerous passes, the Japanese army did not pay attention to this direction, and there are no checkpoints or strongholds along the way, the troops are not worried about encountering the Japanese army or Manchuria, but the road is too difficult to walk.

After contacting the special operations detachment that came to meet them, the troops followed the route surveyed by the special operations detachment in advance and went to the back of the Itagaki Division.

Where have these villagers in the mountains who have lived in the mountains for many years seen such a large formation, good guys, tens of thousands of troops, and countless mules, horses and cannons, why do they leave the main road and take the mountain road?

Although they are not allowed to leave the tunzi, these soldiers are much more friendly than the Japanese and national soldiers, and they are not as bad as the big boudoir nv and xiǎo daughter-in-law fù of that family, borrowing a house to pay back the money, that is the current ocean of white huāhuā, how many lifetimes have I seen it? Some young people who were more courageous had the courage to talk to the troops.

Knowing that the troops were going to pass through the mountains to the direction of the Liugu River, these young men, who were familiar with the local situation, volunteered to lead the way as guides, so that the speed of the troops' march was greatly accelerated, and, under the guidance of the locals who were familiar with the situation, they found a shortcut.

Tens of thousands of troops, it can be said that they passed by the Itagaki Division, if Itagaki expanded his warning radius to the mountainous area, Li Honggang would only have the share of the retreat behind Chōu, but itagaki did not, he had a high degree of confidence in his own strength.

At dawn, the Itagaki Division repeated its old tricks and deployed the strength of a brigade, and its vanguard wing, with a brigade as a unit, advanced to the starting point of the attack, first using light artillery, and bombarded the forward positions of the independent division for a while, and the artillery fire was extended, and the Japanese troops swarmed up.

The troops of the independent division began to fight back, Feng Jiwu's strategy was that the heavy firepower of the Itagaki division did not appear, and the heavy artillery of the troops was hidden.

Therefore, the defenders returned fire, only a few mortars, more light and heavy machine guns and submachine gun fire, the Japanese attack was slightly frustrated, then the whole line retreated, after a rest, from the beginning, pushed back and forth, a few rounds, the troops of the independent division suffered slight casualties, the Japanese as the attacking side, suffered losses far greater than the troops of the independent division.

In the afternoon of the battle, Tang Qiuli, who had been observing the characteristics of the Japanese army's attack, was amused by the tactics adopted by Itagaki, who was the hooker, himself or Itagaki? If you don't beat Itagaki a little, he is too leisurely, don't let this fierce old devil separate the jīng god head, Li Honggang and they will be safer.

In the interval between the Japanese attack, Tang Qiuli transferred all the mortars to the front and second line positions, and at this distance, the Japanese army's offensive assembly point was just within the range of firepower, and he did not plan to use heavy artillery for the time being.

All the mortar units, formed into four artillery groups, demanded that each mortar should immediately withdraw from the second-line position after firing ten shells, otherwise, it would attract the retaliation of the Japanese heavy artillery, and it was also thanks to Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang who commanded the troops to dig the defensive trenches very well, and when more than 800 mén mortars moved to the second-line defensive position, the Japanese troops on the opposite side did not notice it at all.

The Japanese troops on the opposite side, after gathering their troops, first a burst of artillery bombardment, and then, the infantry began to charge, the Japanese commander had just given the order to attack, and a strange roar suddenly sounded in the sky, and the Japanese veterans with combat experience had their faces white at that time, which was the sound of countless mén mortar shells flying overhead.

Before the Japanese army could react, the sparrow-like mortar shells smashed down on the head, and then, more shells fell with a strange roar, and the Japanese army attacked the assembly area, and was immediately shrouded in a thick gunsmoke, and the explosion resounded in all directions, and countless sharp steel shrapnel flew and swirled, wantonly harvesting the lives of the Japanese soldiers.

The sound of artillery stopped, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and the soil in the Japanese assembly area seemed to have been plowed over again, and it was no longer possible to distinguish the craters, and more than 8,000 mortar shells were intensively attacking fixed locations in such a short period of time, and the lethality could be imagined.

A fully staffed field wing, nearly 5,000 Japanese soldiers, no more than seven or eight hundred people can stand up, some roll on the ground and wail, and more become corpses that still have residual warmth, as well as fragments, Yin Hong's blood, into the stagnant water of last night, bright red and dazzling.

Itagaki Seishiro, who was studying the military map in the tent, received the report from the front, was stunned for a long time, and angrily folded the pencil in two paragraphs, with a fierce light in his eyes, the despicable Shina man, who originally wanted to play the game of eagle catching xiǎojī, was blinded by xiǎojī.

If this revenge is not avenged, the prestige of the Itagaki Division will be greatly damaged, and the heavy artillery wing will immediately shell the positions of the Chinese army, yes, saturated artillery bombardment, the chariot brigade, immediately dispatch, assault the positions of the Chinese army, and let the corpses of the Chinese soldiers fill the offensive road of our Itagaki Division, and Itagaki has lost the patience to play the game.

The heavy artillery of the Japanese army was like crazy, and large-caliber shells smashed into the first and second line defensive positions of the independent division like locusts, and the position was like being violently destroyed by an invisible giant hand, large pieces of dirt rolled and shattered, and the earth trembled violently.

The Japanese artillery bombardment had no effect at all, Tang Qiuli had long expected that Itagaki had suffered such a big loss, and he would definitely retaliate, and the forward troops were all withdrawn to the fourth line of defense, and there were no troops left behind in the third line of defense, and the heavy artillery of the Japanese army was not an ornament.

The soldiers in the fourth line of defense turned a deaf ear to the Japanese artillery bombardment, what should they do, these are all veterans of the independent division, they have experienced this fierce scene, and some simply seize the time to take a nap.

The Japanese heavy artillery stormed the position, Tang Qiuli hurriedly ordered the artillery unit, immediately determined the coordinates of the Japanese artillery, waited for the order, and destroyed the Japanese heavy artillery wing that posed the greatest threat to the troops in one fell swoop.

The Japanese heavy artillery bombarded for a full half before stopping, more than 60 Japanese tanks, roaring and rushing over, raising puffs of smoke, while marching aimlessly firing artillery, behind the tanks, there were nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers, this time, Itagaki was suddenly hit by Tang Qiuli, and it hurt, and finally took out the capital in his hand.

The Japanese tanks roared, running over the first-line and second-line positions that had been unrecognizable, and the Japanese infantry who followed the tanks struggled to pull out their feet from the soft soil, and secretly admired in their hearts, the power of the artillery of our Great Japanese Imperial Army was really amazing, and there was no trace of the soldiers who were bombed.

Itagaki was convinced that the heavy artillery bombardment, the tank and infantry assault, and the opposite Shina army, only escaped and were annihilated, so that the despicable Shina people understood what the consequences would be if they annoyed Itagaki?

Itagaraki is no wonder that Itagaki is confident, Feng Jiwu has always deployed the strength of three brigades to fight against Itagaki, and has not yet used the artillery brigade, Itagaki has the illusion that the opposite branch of the army is only forty or fifty thousand people.

If it weren't for the implementation of the overall plan of the base camp, Itagaki would not have the patience to consume with Feng Jiwu, he would have commanded the troops to kill him, and Itagaki had never been a defensive general.

The Japanese tanks were still more than 1,000 meters away from the third-line positions of the independent division, and there was no movement on the position, and there was no human figure in sight, the Japanese infantry shouted wildly, and the people were scared away, they quickened their pace, and some even rushed to the front of the tanks.

On the third-line position, the anti-tank gun detachments of each brigade of the independent division quietly lay on the gun position, looking at the crazy Japanese army, and felt funny, more than 60 tanks, in the eyes of these anti-tank gunners, are more than 60 live targets, more guns and fewer tanks, only seven or eight anti-tank guns can hit one, whoever is in a hurry is the credit of whom.

When the Japanese tanks entered more than 400 meters away from the position, they stopped, and the Japanese infantry swarmed up, and the Japanese tank soldiers leisurely lifted the cockpit canopy.

On the opposite side of the originally silent position, there were suddenly countless black dòngdòng muzzles, the Japanese tank soldiers hurriedly drilled into the cockpit, and the hull of the car shook, a dull explosion came from inside the tank, and a thick smoke rose from the inside of the tank, and then, it was concentrated by several armor-piercing shells, the fuel tank caught fire, and the bullets in the car exploded, and all the tanks of the Japanese army faced the same fate, exploding into a group of burning fireballs.

It is no wonder that the Japanese tank soldiers were careless, they knew that the anti-tank guns that originally appeared on the European battlefield appeared in China a few years in advance, and ended up being completely wiped out.

The Japanese infantry who were charging were swept head-on by an iron broom, and the dust was like a dusty blow, it was not a shè shot of dozens of tǐng or hundreds of tǐng light and heavy machine guns, it was a collective fire shè of thousands of tǐng light and heavy machine guns and tens of thousands of Suomi submachine guns, all of them were automatic firearms, dense Japanese army formation, no need to aim at all, just pick up the gun and sweep shè.

The Japanese infantry crashed headlong into the iron plate, and the squadron on the opposite side was as dense as a torrential rain, and the ròu body could not resist bullets, and the arrogant and murderous soldiers of the Itagaki Division were the same.

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