Chapter 165: Mighty
When Gan Shigetaro drove out of Gao'an with the 33rd Division, the headquarters was fully organized, and the battle losses were only about 3,000 people (2,500 people died in the battle with Xue Yue's department, and more than 500 people died in the ambush battle under the personal command of Chu Tiange), but now, the 213th Wing and the 215th Wing have been wiped out one after another, and there are more than 14,000 people in the department, but there are less than 7,000 people left, among them, more than 1,000 people were taken to the Qiandian Reservoir area by Xiaonugget City. In the main position west of the Lion Gate, including artillery, there were actually only about 5,000 combatable soldiers in his hands, including nearly 2,000 second-line officers and soldiers selected from the logistics baggage troops. It's no wonder that he received a report from Kentaro Watanabe that when he learned that the "armored chariot unit" of a division's student army was approaching his own troops, he would be in a state of temporary distraction - the student army was not good this time!
At half past five o'clock, when the devil soldiers of the 33rd Engineer Wing and the 214th Wing of the Japanese Army, under the supervision of Wing Commander Seio Inoue Nakasa and Ken Sato, were digging trenches and anti-tank trenches in the hilly and plain staggered area two kilometers west of Shishimen to build a defensive position, on the main road north of Xishan Township, about five kilometers away from Shishimen, smoke and dust rose and the engine roared.
At this moment, the Japanese army had just dug two trenches with a depth of about one and a half meters, and at this time anti-tank trenches were being dug in front of the two trenches. The anti-tank trenches were much more than the two trenches combined, so they were just digging up a look. The posture of the second division on the battlefield was so scary that Inoue and Sato thought that the student army was about to attack, and the two of them shouted almost at the same time: "Don't dig, hide, hide!" ”
When more than 4,000 devils heard the news, they immediately rushed back to the first trench, and then, the devils of the engineer wing retreated directly through the traffic trenches, while the devils of the 214th Wing and the two brigades that were later incorporated diverted the two brigades to the second trench, and the devils who stayed in the first trench threw away their shovels, took out their weapons, and began to prepare for war nervously.
Gan Qin's headquarters was located on a hill one kilometer west of the Lion Gate, and he stood on the edge of the bunker of the headquarters, raised his binoculars and looked to the west, and first saw a heavy tank, swept back, and saw another. Glancing over again, he saw the armored car and the military card full of students, his brows jumped, and he took a long breath and said: "Eight grids!" It's really an armored fighting vehicle unit, when did the Cadet Army become so strong? ”
Kentaro Watanabe stood behind him, and he lowered his binoculars at this time and said to Ganji: "Your Excellency, we lack anti-tank weapons, so we can only ask for the support of the aviation forces. ”
Beside him, the commander of the 33rd Light and Heavy Wing Hashimoto Dingshou answered: "I have asked the headquarters for support from the aviation, but the command has not given a clear answer. ”
Gan Qi put down the binoculars and said lightly: "It is useless to build hope on the rescue of other troops. The commander was at odds with the six generals of Toshitoshi Hatata, and Major General Tokugawa was the only commander-in-chief of Toshitoshi Hatata, so it was unknown whether the air force would appear on the Nanchang battlefield. Instead of that, use your brains more and think about how you can make the tank of the Chinese people! ”
Watanabe glanced back at the artillery position, and said hatefully: "It's a pity that our department is rationed with mountain artillery and field artillery, and if there is heavy artillery, the people of China will not dare to be so presumptuous." ”
Gan Yu glanced at him coldly and said, "Watanabe-kun, there are still more than 500 people in your cavalry wing?" ”
Watanabe's heart trembled inexplicably, and he nodded, "Yes." ”
"I think the tactics you came up with to deal with the Chinese chariots are very good, Watanabe-kun, I have a task for your ministry to do!"
"Hay!" Watanabe's heart sank, and he vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and bowed his head in response.
Gan Qi turned around and looked back, found Captain Mingfeng Ichiro, the captain of the weapons logistics team standing not far away, and shouted, "Captain Mingfeng, come over for a moment." ”
Mingfeng said "Hai" and strode over.
"Captain Mingfeng, how many explosives bags do we still have?"
Watanabe's heart tugged - Mingfeng replied respectfully: "Your Excellency, there are more than three hundred." ”
"Good. Hashimoto Nakasa! ”
"Hay!"
"How much gas do we have?"
"About ten tons, Your Excellency."
"Hurry up and collect the whole army from glass bottles and other utensils, and divide the gasoline into incendiary bombs. You have also seen the military appearance of the Chinese people, and the degree of mechanization is extremely high. You've heard of the chariots of the people of China, haven't you? Even the latest Type 99 developed by our army is not its opponent. Ouyang Yun, this bastard, he is determined to annihilate our army! Hmph, are we Yamato soldiers so easy to bully? Even if the whole army dies in battle, I will teach him a painful lesson, so that he will never dare to despise the soul of the Yamato army in the future! ”
"Hay!"
"Watanabe-kun, please gather the officers and soldiers of your unit to prepare for a special operation! This time, it's up to you whether we can survive the Jedi! After Gan Qi finished speaking, he solemnly bowed his head to Watanabe and bowed.
At this point, Watanabe has already learned that the fate of his own department cannot be changed. Gan Li's so-called "special operation", that was invented by him first, even though he knew that the method of Lu Dao could be effective for the student soldiers who were armed to the teeth and had high vigilance, but Gan Qi solemnly asked for it, but he didn't even have room for questioning, so he could only respectfully return the salute, and then walked quickly to his own assembly place.
In the eastern sky, the sun's rays shone through the clouds, and on the fields northeast of Xishan Town, which had long been destroyed in the war, the units of the Second Division began to enter the battlefield. One after another tanks and armored vehicles drove into the sight of the Japanese army, and the trainees of the squad unit were interspersed with loaded guns and ammunition, hiding behind the tanks and armored vehicles, and in the first trench hastily dug by the Japanese army, the breathing of many devil soldiers unconsciously became heavy - the military posture displayed by the second division was like a boulder pressing the fragile hearts of the devils, making many people feel a strong smell of death.
For Feng Lanshan and other student soldiers who held the position on the top of Lion Gate Mountain, this night was so long.
The entire top of Lion Gate Mountain was almost stained red with blood. The heavy smell of blood wafted in the wind, once I thought that there was the blood of my brother who was still talking and laughing with me not long ago, many students could not hide the grief and anger in their hearts, they held the steel gun in their hands tightly, lying on the bloodstained stone ground and looking down the mountain with their eyes open, there was only one thought in their minds: Dog's day, come on! Just in time for me to avenge my brother!
In Jiangxi in January, the temperature at night was still below freezing, which directly led to the occurrence of the following scene - many of the cadet's clothes were soaked in blood, and then tightly frozen on the stone ground, and even when they found that the reinforcements were coming, many people wanted to move their hands and feet or get up, only to find that they couldn't move.
"Jiguang tank? Yes! It's our reinforcements. ”
"Where is it? MD, why can't Lao Tzu move? ”
"I can't move either! MD, Lao Tzu is frozen! ”
…… Feng Lanshan took two brigades to reinforce Shishimen, plus the Third Brigade of the First Division that was previously stationed at Shizimen, and the trainees of a whole division, only four regiments of trainees survived in the end. And even the cadets of these four regiments, half of them were frostbitten at this time, and the serious one of them was the regimental cadets who held on to the mountain. Many of them had several toes frozen due to blood in their shoes.
Feng Lanshan had to inspect the position and give a speech to his brothers to boost morale, so when he found a place to lie down, the blood stains were already frozen, so he was lucky to escape this catastrophe.
The students were inexplicably overjoyed by the arrival of reinforcements, but at this time, they fell into a huge panic because of this accident.
"Master, I'm frozen, I can't move!" One of his guards shouted at him, and that's when he realized the seriousness of the problem.
"How so?" He squatted beside the cadet, checked the situation, thought for a moment, and said, "Don't move!" Then he took out the dagger from his body and cut the back of his camouflage uniform directly. Pull out your upper body first! He said to the cadet.
So, like a molting cicada, the cadet got out of his upper body from his camouflage uniform, and then asked Feng Lanshan to cut off his belt and belt, take off his shoes, and stretch his legs out of his pants directly.
The student soldiers wearing padded jackets, sweatpants, and socks were very unaccustomed to standing beside Feng Lanshan, and beside him, several comrades-in-arms couldn't stand the teasing of his cowardly expression, and covered their mouths and laughed.
"Laugh what a laugh! He's all here to fight devils! Feng Lanshan yelled at those guys, but he himself couldn't help but grin at the corners of his mouth, and he couldn't bear it.
There was a student soldier as an example, and the others followed suit, and soon, they all became molting cicadas, standing on the top of the mountain wearing only cotton jackets, sweatpants, and fledging military boots.
"Let's all go down! Come up with other brothers! Feng Lanshan said.
Seven or eight hundred student soldiers withdrew with more than 100 frostbitten comrades.
Feng Lanshan watched them leave, bent down and touched the frozen camouflage uniform, and said with emotion: "Fortunately, the quality of our military uniforms is excellent, otherwise, if this blood seeps into it, it will freeze everyone." ”
Because of this accident, when the guerrilla cadets on the top of the mountain were changing guards, the attack of the 2nd Division began.
The first was a round of artillery preparations. Twenty-four 105-millimeter guns and 12 150-millimeter heavy guns roared at the same time, and in an instant, the first line of Japanese trenches was engulfed by the barrage of artillery fire.
"Heavy artillery?!" Jutaro was protected by several gendarmes in the middle, and his eyes contracted as he spoke.
Behind him, a staff officer said, "Why hasn't the chief of staff sent back any information?" ”
Gan Li: "Don't count on them. It's that they succeeded in their sneak attack, but can we hold off the attack of the Shina people head-on? ”
"Hay!" The staff officer did not dare to speak.
Gan Brick looked at his artillery position, and said in his heart: "Yoshida Keiichi, it's up to you now!" ”