Chapter Forty-Four: Attacking the Gui Mountain
readx;? At 0:00 a.m. on the morning of the fourth day of the first month, Wang Haitao was woken up by a wake-up call. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info After Wang Haitao cleaned up Lisuo's body, there were already soldiers standing at the assembly point in the open space of the barracks, and the rest of the soldiers were also coming out of the dormitory. Five minutes later, all the fighters who were going to set off were lined up. Wang Haitao also came to the team of the second battalion and the first company.
The battalion commander of each battalion personally led the first company to set off, and Tang Longzai, the battalion commander of the second battalion, was naturally also in front of the team of the second battalion and the first company. Ten minutes later, the troops drove out of the barracks with torches. Because of the different directions, the troops separated after leaving the barracks and headed for their destinations. The place where Wang Haitao's second battalion and the first company were going was Naguiling, a hundred miles west of Longzhou County, which was relatively far. The soldiers had to arrive at the place and launch an attack formation in nearly eight hours, which was a big test for this company, which was mainly recruited.
After leaving the city, the two combat groups of the reconnaissance company, one group led the way in the front, and the other group broke off, Wang Haitao was in the middle of the team, and the whole company began to march and run towards the destination with torches. Two hours later, the troops had already filled forty miles out of the county seat of Longzhou, because the front was about to enter the mountainous area, and the speed would slow down, so Long Tsai ordered to rest in place for fifteen minutes.
Forty miles of land is just a small meaning for Wang Haitao, but these soldiers are very tired, as if they are soldiers with heavy weapons on their backs, it is even more difficult, but fortunately, the physical training in the barracks has not been relaxed in the past six months, and these soldiers have grown up in the mountains and wilderness since they were children, so although they are hard, no one is left behind. Wang Haitao is still very satisfied with this.
After resting for fifteen minutes, the troops continued on their way, by which time there were no main roads, only small roads in the mountains, and the ranks were drawn into a column and walked through the paths. After another four hours of marching, it was already six o'clock in the morning, and there were still twenty miles from Nagui Mountain, Tang Longzai ordered a thirty-minute rest to let the soldiers eat some dry food. Wang Haitao looked at the soldiers at this time, most of them were exhausted, and there were more than a dozen soldiers who had fallen behind.
Half an hour later, the troops were again ready to go, and a dozen or so soldiers who had fallen behind also caught up with the help of the combat team of the broken reconnaissance company. Wang Haitao looked at these fighters, stood on a high place, and said loudly: "Soldiers, the goal is in front, everyone hold on, I believe you will be able to reach the destination on time." Let's go. After saying that, Wang Haitao jumped off the height, snatched a light machine gun from the shoulder of a soldier, carried it on his shoulder, and walked forward.
Wang Haitao's behavior infected these fighters, and the fighters with good physical strength grabbed the guns on the shoulders of the soldiers with poor physical strength, carried them on their backs, and walked forward. At half past six in the morning, the sky was already light, which also made the march a little easier. After another more than an hour of rapid marching, the soldiers of the entire 2nd Battalion and 1st Company arrived at the foot of the Naguiling Mountain at 7:50.
After arriving, the soldiers did not care about resting, and quickly formed a battle formation, and heavy weapons were also set up in dangerous places. Wang Haitao held a telescope and looked up the mountain from the foot of the mountain. At a glance, Wang Haitao couldn't help but be taken aback, this Guishan Mountain can be described as extremely sinister, as if there is a narrow ramp nearly 100 meters long. The width is only two meters, and there is no hiding place on the ramp.
There are broken walls on both sides of the ramp, and there is no way to go, and the top of the ramp has been built with a fence and two bunkers. There was a firing hole in the bunker facing the bottom of the hill, and two machine guns protruded from the firing hole. There are sentries roaming behind the wall, and there are also shooting holes in the wall, each with a muzzle pointing down the hill. At this time, Long Zai also finished observing and came to Long Haitao's side.
Long Tsai said to Wang Haitao: "Regiment commander, I have asked the soldiers of the reconnaissance company, according to them, if you want to take Nagui Mountain, this 100-meter ramp is the first level that must be overcome. There is only one way up the mountain, and the rest of the place has broken walls that cannot be climbed. I've seen it, and it's impossible to sneak into this 100-meter ramp, so it seems that it can only be attacked. ā
Seeing this, Wang Haitao nodded in agreement. Seeing that Wang Haitao agreed to the attack, Long Tsai ordered Tang Yiqun, the commander of the first company: "Prepare for the attack." Tang Yiqun and Tang Weizhong, the commander of the fire company, commanded the soldiers to arrange three 80 heavy mortars, six 60 mortars, and six heavy machine guns in suitable positions. When the soldiers finished preparing for the attack, Wang Haitao looked at his watch, it was 7:58 a.m.
When the time came to eight o'clock, Long Zai shouted: "Start attacking!" Then the light and heavy nine mortars fired first, and each cannon fired three rapid shots, and the mountainside of Nagui Mountain suddenly resounded with the sound of continuous shell explosions, accompanied by fire and smoke. The effect of the three-wheeled cannon was obvious, two bunkers collapsed, a section of the middle of the wall became a pile of rubble, and there were cries and cries from the mountainside.
Taking advantage of the chaos on the mountain, Tang Yiqun commanded a platoon of soldiers to rush on the mountain under the cover of heavy machine guns. As soon as the fighters were halfway through the rush, the sound of the Japanese light machine gun "rushing, bursting, bursting" came from the rocks of the wall, and the three fighters who rushed in front were knocked to the ground at once, and the rest of the fighters also lay on the ground. Hearing the gunshots, the two heavy machine guns turned around and fired at the rocks where the guns were fired.
It may be a problem with the terrain, under the intensive fire of the heavy machine guns, there are still gunshots coming from the wall, and the soldiers lying on the ground try to climb a few steps forward, but two more fighters are hit, and they can't rush forward for the time being. Tang Weizhong hurriedly ordered several mortars to knock out the machine guns on the mountain. A few mortars fired another round of fire, which silenced most of the gunfire halfway up the mountain.
Seeing that the gunfire above was mute, the soldier lying on the ground jumped up and continued to rush up the hill. This time there was no obstacle, and the warriors quickly rushed to the wall. Tang Yiqun saw the soldiers rushing up, and ordered the soldiers of the second platoon to follow, and he rushed up with a few soldiers and carried down the wounded soldiers who fell to the ground. Wang Haitao also hurriedly stepped forward to check, a total of five soldiers, two have been sacrificed, one is seriously injured and needs to be rescued immediately, and two minor injuries only need to deal with their wounds.
Wang Haitao asked Long Tsai to continue to command the battle, and he began to rescue the seriously wounded man. Long Tsai commanded Tang Weizhong, the commander of the fire company, to move the mortar up, and he and Tang Yiqun walked up the mountain. The combat group of the reconnaissance company beside Wang Haitao automatically assumed the task of vigilance, formed a cordon with the few soldiers left behind, and surrounded Wang Haitao and the seriously injured soldier in the middle.
Wang Haitao examined the wounded soldier's injuries, the soldier was hit in the right chest by a machine-gun bullet, and after one sternum was broken, it was inserted upside down in the lung, and the lobe of the lung was punctured, and now he has lost so much blood that he needs an emergency blood transfusion. However, in this field, there is no way to test blood type, so blood transfusion is not possible. Wang Haitao could only watch the soldier gradually die, and in the end the soldier lost his life.
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