Chapter 657 Stalemate

This night attack, surprisingly smooth, Ma Chaoyang led the troops, touched the high ground on both sides of the second line of defense, the original wooded hills, was blown into a bare gentle slope by the Japanese artillery fire, a foot down, floating mud and gravel, straight into the shoes, Ma Chaoyang was afraid, if the soldier was careless, kicked a stone, the sound in the night was particularly clear, alarmed the Japanese sentinels, the whole plan was about to be ruined, and the troops would be intercepted by the Japanese army.

There is no danger, Ma Chaoyang, who climbed the peak, looked down the valley, and had a panoramic view, I don't know how many tents there were, crammed into the valley, a few sentinels, lazily moving back and forth slowly, a few bonfires that were about to burn out, and a faint red light, there was a snoring sound from the tent, giving people the feeling of entering a pigsty.

Ma Chaoyang waved his hand, more than 400 mortars led by him, lined up, the gunners nervously corrected the target, Ma Chaoyang looked at the luminous watch, from the base to the target, it was just more than 40 minutes, the troops on the opposite side should also be in place, why there was no movement, he was secretly anxious in his heart, suddenly, on the opposite hillside, an unobtrusive small red dot appeared, shaking the circle rapidly.

Ma Chaoyang was happy in his heart, these old guys were not slow, and ordered the messenger to reply to the signal, "All pay attention, five shots are fired quickly," he gave an order in a low voice, and on the high ground on both wings, the artillery was fired almost at the same time, and on both sides of the cliff, dazzling fire meteors rose, and in just a few minutes, nearly 5,000 mortar shells suddenly smashed on the heads of the Japanese soldiers who were sleeping soundly, this is the fist product of the Huangyadong Arsenal, and the power is equivalent to a mountain artillery shell of 75 mm caliber.

The pot was boiled in the valley at that time, countless half-naked figures, in the light of the explosion, the wolf rushed to the porous, the tent was overturned, ignited, nearly 5,000 shells, fell in the small area of the valley, almost covered the Japanese camp, dense Japanese soldiers, there was no time to dodge in their sleep, the lethality can be imagined, there are many Japanese soldiers, in their sleep went to see their Amaterasu.

Ma Chaoyang looked at his watch, exactly six minutes, he licked his lips unfinished, and gave the order to retreat, like a kind of rain, coming and going suddenly, and when he understood what was going on, his whole body was already drenched, and the second line of defense in Huangyadong was stationed in the 20th Brigade of the 11th Division of the Kwantung Army Southward Corps.

Fortunately, only the camp of the 20th Brigade was suddenly bombarded, and he immediately commanded the troops to return fire, light and heavy machine guns, all kinds of artillery, raining bullets and shells on the high ground on both sides, and fought for 30 minutes.

When the Japanese army frantically shot at the high ground on both flanks, the troops participating in the attack had withdrawn to a kilometer away, and the sound of guns and cannons seemed to see them off, Ma Chaoyang looked at his watch, from the beginning of the attack to the little devil's return fire, it took a full thirty-two minutes, the chief of staff overestimated the little devil's individual soldier and reaction speed, if he brought a few more shells, it would be more enjoyable to keep than this, Ma Chaoyang was annoyed that the troops did not shoot a few more shells, and his heart was full of regret.

The whole valley has become a huge ambulance field, the wounded Japanese soldiers who are missing arms and legs, covered in blood, crying and wailing on the ground, running everywhere The frightened Japanese soldiers, under the reprimand of the commander, began to clean up the scene, treat the wounded soldiers, collect the corpses, the commander of the Japanese division drew his command knife, and turned in place in a rage, he wanted to kill, however, who can kill? There was no one to vent to, and the commander of the Japanese division, who was so depressed that he almost vomited blood, had an ugly face like a dead fish.

At dawn, the loss statistics came out, the commander of the 20th Brigade, Major General Nakajima, was killed, and his Ninth Wing, because it was in the key area of the sneak attack of the Chinese army, most of the shells were consumed by the unfortunate Ninth Wing, and the casualties of the whole Wing exceeded 95 percent, and the total casualties exceeded more than 4,000 people, and the number of the Ninth Wing could be canceled.

In particular, His Excellency Nakajima, the commander of the 20th Brigade, whose tent was directly hit by several shells, could not even bury the body of His Excellency the Major General, and the soldiers took great pains to find only a war knife broken in two, and a collar badge inlaid with a gold star, and the rest were all returned to dust.

The commander of the Japanese division looked at the casualties and losses in his hand, his heart tightened for a while, his hands trembled slightly, and it took less than ten minutes of artillery bombardment to cause such a big loss, Major General Nakajima was killed, more than 4,000 imperial soldiers were shattered, and the other side did not even leave a single wounded, what kind of army is this, as terrible as the devil.

Don't dare to hide it in the slightest, where is the commander still waiting for the result, the commander of the Japanese division did not even find a scapegoat, and the brigade commander Nakajima who was directly responsible was broken, and after careful study, his own responsibility was greater, and his chief of staff had reminded him last night that the troops should not be too concentrated in camping, and a large number of alert troops should be arranged on the high ground on both sides, but the words of the chief of staff were scoffed at by him.

The generals of the North China Dispatch Army are all cowards, and they have been bombarded twice in succession, and the Chinese troops still dare to come out at night to operate? It was too late for them to escape, and the Chinese troops who dared to send an attack to the Kwantung Army had not yet appeared, and even sarcastic and sarcastic, with guns and sticks, made the chief of staff of the 11th Division blush, full of discomfort.

After the Kwantung Army entered the pass, he was transferred from the former North China Dispatch Army, and he had just arrived, and he couldn't talk about it with the division commander, and his original troops did not suffer the losses of the independent division, and he had palpitations, but he did not have the heroic spirit of His Excellency the division commander, and he could not live for a lifetime, and he did not speculate for more than half a sentence, and he said what should be said, I hope that tonight will be fine, but he always feels unsafe, so he simply excuses himself to inspect the baggage troops, and runs out of the coffin-like canyon far away.

I didn't even touch a single hair, looking at the dejected, defeated rooster-like boss, looking at the corpses everywhere and the messy camp, the awe in the heart of the Kwantung Army troops suddenly decreased a lot, for the 11th Division with more than 30,000 soldiers, the casualties were more than 4,000, but it was just a slight injury, not to mention the muscles and bones, but this breath was really difficult to swallow, and there was no power to fight back, which was a great shame for the prestigious Kwantung Army.

Thinking of Commander Okamura Ninji's brilliant triangular eyes, inscrutable character, and ruthless methods, the commander of the Japanese division had a sudden attack in his heart, so he had to bite the bullet and pull the chief of staff with the mood of going to the execution ground, and go to see Okamura Ninji together.

Okamura Ningji resisted the urge to cut off the head of this idiot, after all, he was the commander of the lieutenant general's division, and Okamura Ningji had already understood everything about what had happened, he suppressed the anger in his heart and announced an order, the commander of the 11th Division was removed from his post and investigated, and the chief of staff of the division took over the post of division commander.

Ma Chaoyang, who took advantage of them, withdrew to the core position, listening to the sound of gunfire like bursting beans behind him, Ma Chaoyang was so happy in his heart, the soldiers around him, excitedly whispered about the battle just now, and there were a few clever ghost warriors, showing off to their companions: "See, the ten grenades on my body are gone, take advantage of the vacancy, I will give them to the little devil" Many soldiers slapped their thighs, regretting it, why are they so stupid, just thinking about the cannonballs, what are the grenades on their bodies back for, how good it should be to give them to the little devils.

With the first cannon just now, his heart was like opening a window, because of the heavy feelings brought by the loss of the first regiment, he flew out with the shells, and in the shadows, the chief of staff Chang Feng, was waiting, he shook hands with each of the soldiers who participated in the battle, conveying each other's happy mood.

Chang Feng looked at the dark night, every hazy smiling face, no one was injured, this was the first victory under the siege of the Japanese army, with these soldiers, Huangya Cave will definitely not fall into the hands of the Japanese army, Chang Feng firmly believes this, this is just the beginning, he immediately convened a meeting, the little devil suffered a big loss, and he will definitely retaliate tomorrow.

Everyone agreed that Chang Feng made a new deployment for the defense, and each firepower point was equipped with 25 soldiers, including three snipers, who were specially designed to knock out the Japanese commanders, equipped with light and heavy machine guns and rifles, a large number of grenades and explosives, and paid attention to the fire coordination between the fire points, in addition, several main fire points were equipped with two anti-tank guns to deal with the armored vehicles that the Japanese army might use.

When the Japanese army shelled, pay attention to protect themselves, just hit the infantry of the little devils, there is only one request, do not spare the ammunition, use grenades and explosives, on the route of the Japanese attack, blow up a sea of fire, the sky shows the morning light, the meeting has not dispersed, the Japanese heavy artillery began to roar, than yesterday's shelling time, three hours earlier, it seems that Okamura Ningji, the old devil, was hurt last night, just saw the target, he couldn't wait to start, today's shelling will be more ferocious.

Okamura Ninji was indeed angry and the troops of the independent division, who had been beaten with heavy casualties and lost two lines of defense in a row, dared to struggle to the death, he ordered heavy artillery to shell all the targets that could be seen, and blew up a single qiē in Huangyadong, and after two hours of shelling, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and the Japanese soldiers of the brigade rushed up howling and swarming.

The bayonets flashed in the faint light of dawn, and the Japanese soldiers, who were full of anger from last night's attack, stepped on the still hot mud, hid through the valley like yellow water, and rushed to the front of the third line of defense.

(To be continued)