Looking at these Chinese soldiers who regarded death as returning home and rushed to the battlefield impassionedly, Zhou Wen couldn't help but feel excited.
If the Chinese soldiers of this period had this kind of spirit and momentum, how could it be the turn of the little devils to run amok in China?
Tonight, in the Yanshan Mountains, under the snowy night sky, these Chinese soldiers with swords rushed towards the Japanese soldiers, the creators of the "March of the Broadsword".
They are the most handsome boys in China and the cutest people in the world.
Zhou Wen calmed down, and General Zhao Chengyu led the team to continue charging into the camp to kill the Japanese. He and the remaining twenty brothers still had an important task, which was to capture Heizui Mountain, which they had ignored before. It was a Japanese artillery position, and Zhou Wen was determined to give General Zhao Chengyu, his newly recognized eldest brother, another gift.
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Heizui Mountain is located on the east side of Xifengkou. It may be because it contains some minerals. The entire mountain is made of black rocks. The mountain shape is steep and precipitous. There is no established vegetation, and only some stubborn weeds and weeds grow from the cracks in the rocks. He broke free and swayed stubbornly in the spring breeze that still carried the cold air from the north.
On the top of a mountain with an area of less than 2,000 square meters, the entire mountain edge is surrounded by a ring of sandbag fortifications, and in the center are 10 low-bodied artillery arranged vertically and horizontally. The mountain artillery squadron of the 13th Japanese Regiment and the artillery squads of the three brigades, a total of 4 Type 41 mountain guns and 6 92 infantry guns, are all here.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Ryo Suzuki, has a very good tactical vision. The height of Heizui Mountain is almost the same as the city gate of Xifengkou, and the straight-line distance is only about 1 kilometer. The 92 infantry artillery set up on the top of the mountain can cover almost the entire defensive position of Xifengkou.
The Type 41 mountain cannon with a longer range can even bring the vast and deep area behind Xifengkou City Gate into its fire strike range.
Moreover, the north and east sides of Heizui Mountain are quite steep and straight, with dark rocks covering the entire hillside, while the west side is almost a sheer cliff hundreds of meters high.
Only the mountains in the south are relatively gentle, but they are also lined with rocks and difficult for mules and horses to navigate.
It is said that in such a dangerous terrain, it is difficult for artillery to attack from the bottom up directly to the top of the mountain. As long as a company of garrison troops and appropriate machine gun firepower are deployed, even with the bravery of the Japanese army, it is simply impossible to conquer it in a short time. , and the price paid will not be small.
However, for the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Corps of the Northeast Army who were stationed at Xifengkou, they were driven thousands of miles by the Japanese army since the September 18th Incident, and then less than a year later, they were beaten again by the Japanese army in Rehe. After taking off their armor and fleeing to the Great Wall, their bones and souls have become farther and farther away from the sacred identity of "soldiers."
And fleeing in the face of the wind and putting their lives first have become the only fundamentals for them to live in the world. There is no shame or guilt, and no consideration of the impact that running away without fighting will have on the war situation. As soon as the Japanese artillery and machine guns fired, everyone from the grassroots officers to the soldiers' legs trembled, and the blood and courage flew away from them in an instant.
Moreover, since Marshal Zhang ordered non-resistance and led to the fall of the three northeastern provinces, the military discipline and military orders of the Northeast Army have no longer been as effective as before. Anyway, you officers can escape without fighting and give up your hometown. Ladies Is it wrong to follow these little soldiers and shrimps a few times?
You set fire to Guanzhou and burned down your own house, why don't you want me to light a lamp for you?
So it’s right to run, and you’d be a fool not to run.
In this way, they occupied a dangerous terrain that was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and built a relatively complete defense fortifications at the expense of nine cattle and two tigers. The superiors also specially strengthened a full company of more than 150 Northeastern officers and soldiers with two heavy machine guns. , after the Japanese army only fired a few tentative shots into the mountain and fired a few rounds of bullets from their heavy machine guns, someone shouted and dispersed.
The Japanese artillery and bullets did not hit anyone, but due to the high mountains and steep slopes, he fell to death and injured more than a dozen people while escaping.
Even the commander of the Fourth Army, Old General Wan Fulin, could not utter the words "enforce battlefield discipline" when faced with the panting and frightened soldiers who had run several miles up the mountain road and finally escaped back to the camp. He could scold the officer a few times, and then sigh secretly in his heart.
In his opinion, this army has lost its soul and is like duckweed without roots. Except for awakening themselves, no military law or punishment will work.
General Wan Lao also considered the future of the Northeastern Army. He saw that in just over a year, there were only about 100,000 people left in the Northeastern Army. The Northeastern Army is about to disappear. By then, Marshal Zhang, who a year ago was less than one person and more than ten thousand people in the Republic of China, will probably even fart without making a sound.
Because of these little thoughts, they had their own reasons and reasons even if they ran away from the battle. Even if their subordinates gave up Heizui Mountain, the most critical gateway to Xifengkou, along with the complete fortifications on the top of the mountain and countless guns and ammunition, they only gave them a few words of reprimand. Forget it, I still want to comfort myself: "Let's leave some seeds for our Northeast Army."
As for the direct artillery threat to Xifengkou after the Japanese occupied Heizui Mountain, let it be left to the support troops to consider. Anyway, our Northeastern Army has been fighting the Japanese soldiers alone for a full year regardless of winning or losing. We are tired, we are tired, it’s time for us to take a breather.
So now it becomes the 109th Brigade to conquer Heizui Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The hole you dug has to be buried by others. This is the current situation of the Republic of China army, and it did not change slightly until the all-out war of resistance a few years later.
At this time, the infantry of a squadron of the Japanese 1st Battalion and all the artillery of the regiment were deployed on the mountaintop position, totaling more than 400 troops.
When the Chinese army launched an attack, all the Japs on the top of the mountain were on alert, the artillery was ready for bombardment, and the infantry all entered defensive positions.
However, since it was dark night and there was snow in the sky blocking the view, the Japanese squadron leader on the top of the mountain couldn't see clearly what was going on down the mountain even with a telescope. He could only make out blurry figures with the few flares he fired. , who knows whether it is a friendly force or an enemy? Moreover, the telephone line for communication with the headquarters was cut off at some point, and it is not known whether it was cut by someone or by a grenade.
The real situation is that when Zhou Wen and others broke into the tent of the Japanese brigade headquarters, they not only cut the throats of all the members of the Japanese brigade headquarters from the captain down, but also destroyed the telephone exchange.
Therefore, the Japanese army could only stare blankly on the mountain and did not dare to fire at all.
