Section 121 Counterattack on Gao'an XVII

"Hata-kun, what do you think of this battle?" Saburo Hiromoto asked a little casually while holding the binoculars to observe.

"Your Excellency, although we don't know how many enemy troops there are at the moment, it is obvious that if we want to capture Jinggangling, we must first break through the two slopes in front, and if the enemy army still has troops stationed on the road at the foot of the mountain, once we rush to attack, we will be attacked from three sides." Habata continued worriedly: "The mountain on the left is a little shorter, so the difficulty of attacking is slightly less, but if we attack the left mountain, we will be shot condescendingly from the right mountain, and we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and if we attack the right mountain, I am afraid that we will fall into the enemy's strategy and lose a large number of troops." Of course, it is even more difficult to attack the gap between the two mountains, and with the two mountains flanking, we have no possibility of breaking through by storm. On the other hand, even if we take these two mountains, there is a main peak behind them, this series of battles is fought, the enemy army occupies an absolute geographical advantage, I am afraid it will cause us a huge attrition, as long as the enemy's combat strength is not too weak, we basically can't take this mountain after fighting people. ”

Hearing this, the leader of the third squadron said: "In this case, we might as well make a detour from the flank and attack the main peak behind, as long as the main peak is captured, the two mountains here will be useless." ”

Saburo Hiromoto put down his binoculars and shook his head and said: "The terrain of the main peak is much more dangerous than here, once our attack is blocked and then outflanked and besieged by the enemy forces on both sides, I am afraid the consequences will be very serious, and the main peak is definitely the most important defense point of the enemy, and we must not take such a risk before we have figured out the strength of the enemy army crossing the river at the moment." ”

Xiao Tian Yexiong looked at the three of them, and finally closed his mouth, obviously in this case, it is better not to interject, if all these squadron leaders are offended, they will not be able to gain a foothold here in the future.

"Hiromoto-kun, what should I do next?" Harata asked helplessly.

Saburo Hiromoto thought for a moment and said: "Send a team to make a detour to attack the left mountain from the north to see if you can avoid the attack of the right mountain, the pace of the attack must be slow, and you must force out the enemy's defensive firepower little by little, as long as you figure out the reality of the enemy army in the left mountain, you can roughly estimate their strength in the entire Jinggang Ridge." ”

Hakuda Renli responded, and immediately no longer hesitated to send a part of his troops to Zuoshan according to the order of the captain.

The low hill on the left, perhaps because of the sandy soil, has no trees on it, only a trace of thorn bushes and weeds dotted on it, so that the hill will not be unsightly in this season of vegetation. The troops stationed on Zuoshan were 1st battalion and 2nd company, and in the face of the enemy's attack, the whole hillside was quiet without a sound, as if there was no one stationed there.

This calmness not only made the Japanese soldiers who were approaching the hillside very nervous, but also the Japanese commanders who were from a distance felt a lot of pressure. Didn't the enemy place defensive forces on the left hill? The only explanation for this is that the strength of the enemy army is far beyond their imagination, and the combat effectiveness of the troops who can still control their emotions in the face of battle is unknown.

The distance of one mile was very close, and the Japanese squad opened a long skirmish line, bypassing the front leading to Jinggangling, and instead wanted to attack from the north. However, something unexpected happened, and when the spearhead in front of them saw the mountain to the north from a distance, they were immediately dumbfounded, because the north side of the mountain was a cliff, and it was impossible to climb it without being able to climb it, and it was completely impossible to attack from here. In the case of bypassing the north, the east side is not far from the main peak of Jinggangling, and they do not dare to take the risk of being attacked from both sides.

When this situation reached the ears of Saburo Hiromoto, he was also quite helpless to readjust the deployment of the attack, and reluctantly launched an attack from the west side of the path, because of such a delay back and forth, the time was not early, although Saburo Hiromoto has always been dissatisfied with the words of the wild bear, but he also has some concerns about him, the longer the battle drags on, the more unfavorable it is for them. Because even if the 102nd Brigade has the advantage of the Gao'an defense line, it is difficult to send reinforcements over, and once the enemy forces take the initiative, the longer the enemy forces here hold on, the more uncomfortable it will be for them, and once the battle line advances to Xiangfuguan, they will not be able to draw troops to attack the opponent at that time.

The assault team had already touched the foot of the left mountain, but there was still no movement on the mountain, which made the Japanese army who attacked the attack very depressed, and retreated for a while. The squad leader of this squad leader was even more depressed, it was not the first time they had taken on the task of such a tentative attack, and they had encountered many situations, but it was obvious that this time the situation was the most dangerous in his opinion. You know, in other words, in other words, at such a close distance, the enemy has already opened fire, then they can naturally return fire on the spot, so that as long as they hold on for a period of time and roughly understand the enemy's firepower configuration, their tentative attack will have achieved its goal.

However, as they are now, they are greatly embarrassed by the fact that they know that there are people on the hill but the enemy does not open fire. Looking back at the squadron leader and group leader in the distance, they had no intention of giving up, which made him sigh, and then gritted his teeth and pulled out his saber and waved it at the top of the mountain, the soldiers who had been paying close attention to his movements, although they knew that the closer they were, the greater the loss, they did not dare to retreat in the slightest, and slowly climbed up the mountain one by one.

The passage of time seemed to be extremely slow in this case, a distance of dozens of steps, and it took them almost half a pillar of incense, and they were a little too careful and cautious. However, no one urged or blamed them, after all, everyone knew that the battle would be imminent, and it was very necessary to be ready for battle at any time.

Suddenly, a soldier who was suddenly at the forefront stopped, and his behavior immediately startled everyone, making them lie down one by one, and the nearest Cao Chang immediately asked, "What happened?" ”

Although they couldn't really see the situation on the mountain because of the perspective of their heads up, the soldier saw the new soil on the edge of a bluestone not far ahead. The kind of fresh soil with water was particularly dazzling in the grass, he just wanted to answer Cao Chang's question, but suddenly a change of mind appeared, a dark barrel appeared less than twenty steps in front of him, before he could react, the gunshot suddenly rang out, and then he felt a pain in his chest, and the whole person involuntarily fell backwards. The blue sky appeared in his eyes, the white clouds fluttered carefree, everything was so beautiful and natural, and the last sound he heard was the exclamation of his companions not far away, which made him finally realize that he had been shot.

Death came so suddenly, but this Japanese soldier did not feel fear and fear, at this moment, he felt that death was not as terrible as he imagined.

However, his thoughts were only limited to people like him who knew they were going to die, and for the others on the side, the shadow of death was too terrifying, especially this sudden outbreak of battle, which had a strong impact on their nerves, making them stick their bodies to the ground in an instant, not daring to move in the slightest.

A burst of dense gunfire appeared at this time, listening to the gunshots, they couldn't help but feel terrified, the enemy's defense line was actually more than ten or twenty steps in front of them, these soldiers actually dared to put them at such a close distance before launching an attack, were they not afraid of being carelessly rushed into the formation?

As soon as this idea of the Japanese soldiers appeared in their minds, they were startled by a loud charge horn, after a volley, the gunfire in front disappeared, replaced by a series of vigorous figures from behind a piece of bluestone, from a shallow trench jumped out, these soldiers in gray cloth uniforms, one by one shouted loudly, with an excited look, one by one as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, rushed down the mountain, under the command of the trumpet, That fierce momentum immediately made these Japanese soldiers just want to pull their legs and retreat, and they couldn't have the courage to fight back.

The Japanese squad leader seemed to feel the panic of his soldiers, originally as a tentative attack, they did not need to fight hard with the enemy, but at this moment even if they wanted to retreat, it was too late, once they pulled their legs and retreated, in the case of leaving their backs to the enemy, the consequences can be imagined, as an officer, this kind of easy-to-understand thing he is still quite clear, he is in a hurry, and he also cares about so much, he opened his mouth and shouted: "Shoot, kill them!" ”

The squad leader's shouting played a role, and the frightened Japanese soldiers almost instinctively raised their rifles in their hands and pulled the trigger forward, at such a close distance, they didn't need to aim at all, and with a chaotic burst of gunfire, several of the national soldiers who rushed down were shot and fell, and the hillside was in chaos for a while.

However, since the devil would be put at such a close distance to fight, there must be a reason, after hastily firing a bullet in the chamber, these Japanese soldiers did not have time to reload the chamber of the gun, and found that the enemy had rushed in front of them, the previous shot at this time affected their movements, and when the bolt was pulled halfway, they suddenly found an oncoming bayonet with a handle, and the shining cold immediately made them shudder.

Many people were frightened, and involuntarily screamed, and the dozen or so Japanese soldiers in front of them didn't even have time to make any countermeasures, so they were stabbed into their bodies with bayonets and disemboweled.