Almost at the same time when the fighting broke out, the two Japanese soldiers in the front line stepped directly on the mines.
The Japanese soldiers who followed were so frightened that they quickly took a few steps back, away from the minefield.
Yamazaki and the adjutant who were in emergency command from the rear were a little dumbfounded.
be cheated!
There were clearly landmines buried in this passage. The Eighth Route Army soldiers who fled earlier were definitely acting. They escaped by avoiding these landmines.
As the adjutant said, this is a trick of the Eighth Route Army to lure the enemy deeper.
"Baga, counterattack with fire!" Yamazaki, an old Japanese soldier whose arrogance was deeply rooted in his bones, roared angrily. The first time Yamazaki's brigade was attacked, Yamazaki's reaction was not to retreat, but to counterattack. The Eighth Route Army would ambush on this line, becoming more and more vulnerable. Let him realize that after breaking through this frontier, there will definitely be an important military location of the Eighth Route Army.
The follow-up firepower of the guard company was launched instantly. Following the order of company commander Wei Dayong, the soldiers took the lead in throwing the explosive packets and grenades at the Japanese baggage squad and artillery squadron.
These basic ranged blasting firepowers are actually not taken seriously by little devils on conventional battlefields. After all, grenades and explosive packets cannot be thrown very far if they are thrown manually.
On the battlefield, the Japanese machine guns and grenade launchers could easily suppress the Eighth Route Army's grenades and explosive packets.
But at this moment, the thin line of sky and the precipitous terrain destined the battlefield here to be anything but ordinary.
Just imagine, the mountains on both sides are tens of meters high, and throwing objects from high altitude is dangerous enough. It is no exaggeration to say that even if the Eighth Route Army soldiers hidden on both sides of the mountain throw a slightly larger stone, as long as it can hit a small Japs, little Japs are seriously injured even if they don't die. Even the helmets on their heads can't save them.
The impact of such a large stone cannot be eliminated by a small helmet.
What's more, dangerous weapons like grenades and explosive packets are thrown from high altitude in front of us, which is even more terrifying.
The guard company also has members of Wang Gensheng's bombing team. Several members are familiar with the performance of grenades and hand grenades.
Before the battle began, several team members explained to the soldiers:
"Air blasts are the most lethal. If they are made in our border area and the delay is too short, just tear off the fuse and throw it back. The height of our mountain is not low. If you want the grenade to explode next to the Japanese, you even have to Throw it down with a little more force."
"The Japs' grenade has a longer delay. After holding it in your hand for two seconds, you can then aim at the target. You don't need to use too much force. Just throw it lightly."
"After the specific battle begins, we experiment and then adjust everyone's throws."
As the battle began in front of them, the soldiers immediately carried out air blast throwing of grenades as instructed.
After a few attempts, several members of the grenade throwing team mastered the rules of air explosions and immediately conveyed the adjustment plan to the surrounding soldiers.
Therefore, after this small grenade was thrown down from the mountain by the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the thin air at this moment, the power it displayed shocked the little Japanese.
It is estimated that four or five of the ten bombs can explode in the air, and they suddenly exploded less than half a meter away from the Japanese troops. Not to mention its own power, the splashing fragments are even more difficult to guard against, and the Japanese are injured. Just a big piece.
As for the more powerful explosive packs, needless to say, after tearing off the fuse and throwing them away, within a radius of ten meters, any little devil who touches them will be killed or injured.
At this time, one side is so condescending that grenades can be used as mortars.
The other side was looking up at the sky, and under the gap between the sky and the sky, there was no blind spot at all, and they were launching a fire counterattack without any defense.
The Japs' marksmanship is good, but so what?
When the Eighth Route Army soldiers were shooting, they could even grab a handful of stones first and throw them at the target. The little devil would not dare to concentrate on shooting, while the Eighth Route Army soldiers took the opportunity to open fire.
Both sides made a decision. This was the help that the absolute geographical advantage brought to the war.
Coupled with the nine machine guns commanding the first and second rows (the third row left the machine guns when they left), under the coverage of crossfire, gunshots were heard loudly in the sky. The little Japanese looked up in the gap to fight back, and even I feel a little dizzy, and I feel like the world is full of firepower.
Life can be harvested at any time.
As for the heavy supply squadron and artillery squadron that were hit hard, after the monk commanded the soldiers to throw a large number of grenades and explosive packets over them.
The Japanese's heavy casualties and artillery casualties spread rapidly. There was even an infantry gun that happened to be hit by an explosive package and was directly blown up.
At this moment, the arrogant Yamamoto finally gave up the idea of continuing to break through the sky, although he thought that the exit of the sky seemed to be not far away.
"Immediately cover the retreat of the baggage trains and artillery!"
Yamazaki gave the order, and the Japanese brigade counterattacked while covering the retreat of the baggage train and artillery squadron in an orderly manner.
Noticing that the Japanese began to retreat, the monk knew exactly what this meant. The Japanese artillery fire was difficult to launch a counterattack under the narrow sky, so the ambush in front of him could temporarily render the Japanese unable to fight back.
But once the Japanese pulled the artillery and retreated from the first line of sky, the Japanese army could immediately bombard the mountains on both sides of the first line of sky and counterattack the guard company.
Realizing this, the monk commanded the soldiers to continue killing the rear of the Japanese army that was still on the front line and had no time to withdraw.
After the Japanese mountain artillery squadron completely withdrew from the front line, the monk quickly ordered: "Quick, everyone evacuates the frontline positions immediately and retreats to the reverse slope!"
The order was given, and the flag soldiers conveyed the monk's order to the second platoon through flag language.
The soldiers took action quickly, armed with various weapons, and quickly retreated from the forward fortifications to the back of the ridges of the mountains on both sides.
Boom——
Almost as soon as the soldiers retreated, the Japanese artillery fire came back.
The fierce artillery fire directly completely submerged the forward fortifications where the soldiers were just now.
In the big explosion, rocks flew and trees were broken, it was so shocking.
Watching the Japanese counterattack with artillery fire, the platoon leader said with lingering fear: "Company commander, fortunately we retreated in time, otherwise our two platoons would have been almost wiped out by this round of artillery fire."
As for the soldiers in front of them, they were hiding on the back side of the mountain ridge, and the Japanese's direct artillery fire had no place at all.
As for direct artillery fire, it also requires an angle, and the Japanese do not know the specific hiding position of the guard company, and the artillery shells also cannot explode in the blind area of the reverse slope.
"Hey, company commander, don't tell me the anti-slope tactic that the regiment commander mentioned, it works really well!"
The monk said: "With the existence of this reverse slope, the enemy's artillery cannot threaten us for the time being. It will take time for the enemy to pass through the sky. Brothers, after the enemy's artillery fire stops, don't leave in a hurry. Be careful of the little ones." The Japanese deliberately ceased fire and tricked us into showing up. After first sending forward observation posts to confirm the situation, everyone returned to the combat fortifications."
"yes!"
The platoon leader said cheerfully: "Company commander, the Japs have entered the first line of sky, and just as we did the sneak attack, the little Japs will have to shed their skin even if they don't die.
Although the battle just now lasted only a few minutes, the number of Japs we eliminated should be close to 100. If we count the casualties, they would definitely exceed a squadron.
Company commander, do you think we have annoyed the little devil? "
The monk smiled and said nothing.
If the Japanese are annoyed, Yamazaki, an old Japanese soldier with a livid face outside the entrance of Yixiantian, is the best answer.
The Japanese casualties were similar to what the platoon leader had estimated.
Although only more than 70 people were killed, more than one squadron was injured. These wounded people needed to be taken care of by other soldiers, which directly weakened the strength of the Yamazaki Battalion to a great extent.
Coupled with the dead baggage soldiers and artillery, as well as the blown-up infantry cannon, it is no exaggeration to say that the ambush just now directly destroyed nearly one-third of the combat strength of the Yamazaki Battalion.
If Yamazaki cannot make new progress in this military operation, based on the immediate losses, he may have to commit suicide by caesarean section to apologize to the emperor.
"Continue the bombardment!"
Two minutes after the artillery fire stopped, Yamazaki gave the order again.
This time the artillery counterattack has more of a retaliatory component.
As for how many Eighth Route Army soldiers were killed in the bombing, Yamazaki now has no idea.
The Eighth Route Army's ambush in Yixiantian really caught him off guard. He now regrets that he failed to listen to the adjutant's advice earlier. He could have been more cautious and explored both sides of the mountain before considering entering Yixiantian.
The equally gray-faced adjutant came over to comfort him and said, "Sir, Tubal Road actually set up an ambush here. This means that after passing the encirclement in front of us, there must be an important military location of the Eighth Route Army. If we can eliminate this group of Eighth Route Army and then break through the encirclement, we will definitely Can win a great victory!"
This is indeed an exciting victory!
Thinking of this, Yamazaki decided to march towards Xiantian again.
Of course, while the leading troops entered the first line of sky, Yamasaki ordered the mountain artillery squadron to continue bombarding the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the mountain to cover the leading troops' breakthrough to the first line of sky.
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At the same time, on the other side, the arsenal side was the first to hear the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of the sky.
Fortunately, the monk sent soldiers over in advance to convey the news that the Japanese had entered Xiantian to the responsible department of the arsenal.
The cadres of the arsenal did not panic and reported the situation to their superiors immediately.
Word spread quickly:
A Japanese brigade has reached the front line. At this moment, the independent regiment's guard company is blocking the Japanese army in the direction of the front line.
At the headquarters, the boss who learned the news became furious and said: "What do the troops stationed along the way do for food? More than 500 Japanese invaders reached the hinterland of our base, and they all reached the sky. There was no intelligence beforehand?" Once the Japanese invaders break through the sky, our army's arsenal and field hospitals will be destroyed. Who can bear this responsibility then?"
The deputy chief of staff comforted him: "Don't worry, boss. Fortunately, we have a guard company stationed on the front line."
"It's a blessing in misfortune. By the way, which army did you say this security company is from before?"
"It's the security company of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie's unit."
"This kid, why is he everywhere?"
At first glance, they sounded like words of accusation, but after he finished speaking, the boss’s original anger dissipated, and he couldn’t help but laugh: “Since the Battle of Cangyunling, Kong Jie, who has always been well-behaved, seems to be a little bit uncomfortable. It's the same, and then when the cavalry company made a surprise attack on Qu County, this guy gave us all a big surprise.
The Japanese stronghold of Yangquan was also a good leader for independent regiments.
Two days ago, the Japanese army's Mingbao Airport was bombed. When I asked about the results, guess what? It was Kong Jie who did it again.
In addition to the militia military training manual sent by the brigade commander not long ago, plus several manuals on special operations tactics.
It turns out that after three days, I will look at you with admiration. This kid Kong Jie is now more and more able to stand alone! "
The deputy chief of staff smiled and said: "Yes, boss, I am also surprised! I have never seen any general make such an exaggerated progress."
"In ancient times, there was a king of Chuzhuang who never made a sound but became a blockbuster. Now it seems that it is indeed true. This honest man who usually seems to be well-behaved, once exposed, he is really impressive." The boss smiled.
"By the way, who is the company commander of Kong Jie's security company?"
"My name is Wei Dayong. He was rescued by Kong Jie from the Japanese prisoners of war. I heard that he was a warrior monk in the Shaolin Temple for ten years, so he was nicknamed Monk. He has excellent martial arts skills. He used to be a squad leader in the Central Army, and later he Kong Jie.
This is a tough guy. It is said that in a battle, the two sides started a hand-to-hand fight. Monk Wei, armed with a red tassel gun, stabbed more than a dozen Japanese to death. At that time, this kid was not yet eighteen years old. He was so brave and brave. The best among all three armies. "...
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