On Qinglong Mountain, the Japanese were indeed the famous groundhogs. In just one morning, they dug out a standard ring-shaped fortification just over 500 meters away from the coalition fortifications;
A field command post was also built out of pine wood and covered with several layers of soil. There was no problem in defending against light artillery such as mortars.
At noon, seven or eight Japanese planes arrived. They first bombed the Qinglong Village, dropping dozens of aerial bombs weighing tens of kilograms each, which destroyed the village into a mess and caused more than a dozen casualties. ;
Then they used machine guns to scan the stockade several times. Fortunately, they did not find the main position on the unnamed slope, otherwise the losses would have been even greater.
"Batalion Commander, look, the Japanese are lighting three fires!"
The sharp-eyed Hu Shuangquan discovered something unusual on the Japanese position.
When Yan Haoyu heard this, he immediately understood that the Japanese were sending a message to their air force!
"Hurry up, let's light it up too, and give the devils a mixed bag!"
Hu Shuangquan also reacted and immediately ordered people to find firewood to light a bonfire...
Not long after the light was fired, several more planes flew over. The guerrilla brigade personnel quickly hid in the anti-gun holes, leaving only a few observation posts.
This time the plane came over and dropped a lot of things on both the Wuming Slope and the Japanese positions. Since the Wuming Slope had a wider view, the Japs dropped more than half of the things on the Wuming Slope;
The anxious Japanese screamed on the battlefield, but unfortunately the pilots in the sky couldn't hear them and thought they were thanking them.
Aviation gasoline for the Japanese is very precious. It is very rare for a brigade to fly so many aircraft. Taiyuan does not have many aircraft in total;
The First Army is the garrison. After the Battle of Taiyuan, the regular operations in Hedong Province were almost over. The remaining security battles did not require any aircraft at all, so all the fighter planes of the large forces were transferred to the front line, leaving only Dozens of planes responded.
The dispatch of so many planes this time was the greatest support Xiao Zhuoyi Nan gave them. Unfortunately, because of Yan Haoyu's idea, the Japanese planes were mixed up, and the Japanese lost most of their supplies to the guerrilla brigade.
"Batalion Commander, Battalion Commander, get rich, get rich, all the devils dropped are good things, ammunition and canned beef!"
Hu Shuangquan ran over excitedly to report to Yan Haoyu, which made him laugh and said:
"The Japanese are really filial. They not only sent ammunition, but also canned beef. At noon, they gave each of the comrades a canned food and opened some meat!"
Yelangyu, independent regiment ambush position
More than a dozen picric acid bombs have been buried, using electromagnetic detonation fuzes. After improvements by Wei Zhenyu and his classmates at the military factory, the stability is even higher;
After connecting the lines and burying them, you only need to send a team to lurk dozens of meters away from the road to detonate.
Each bomb has a 5 kilogram charge and a detonator inside. The explosion is so powerful that all living things within a radius of 30 to 40 meters will be shocked to death. It is an essential weapon for ambushes.
"Captain, the Japanese army is coming. It's about one kilometer away from Yelangyu. It's about a large group."
One of the Tigers came back to report.
"Tell Chen Yan to just keep an eye on them from a distance. When a large force is fighting, the special forces must stay away. It's not worth it to hurt even one person!"
Chu Xiong told the Tigers to prevent Chen Yan from joining the ambush.
After he left, Chu Xiong once again checked the flying thunder cannon in the ambush position, and said to Erzhuzi, the artillery platoon leader:
"Second pillar, when you blow it up, the first target is the Japanese baggage. If the baggage has been blown up by the bomb, blow up the middle of the Japanese baggage and cut it in half. It's up to you. Don't let me lose the chain!"
"Captain, don't worry. When has my second pillar ever let you down?"
The second pillar blew up again habitually.
Chu Xiong didn't bother to listen to this guy show off his skills. This guy did have some talent in the art of shooting, but he didn't like being too low-key.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you, I'll go to the Second Company to have a look!"
After Chu Xiong finished speaking, he left the artillery platoon and went straight to the second company...
Ten minutes later, the Japanese Koga Brigade came in force, led by a search team;
Japanese marches usually send out search teams, ranging in size from small to large. For example, at the division level, a squadron will even be sent out to search to avoid being ambushed.
Since it was a mountain battle, the Japs were almost pure infantry this time, with a squadron of more than 110 mules and horses in the middle to transport supplies;
If you think that the Japanese go to war without food or supplies, you are totally wrong. Not to mention the ammunition that cannot be grabbed, even the food that can be grabbed must be brought with fish. A troop of more than a thousand people How can it be done by just robbing?
One person needs at least 2 kilograms of grain a day, and a thousand people need 2,000 kilograms of grain. In this era of general scarcity of supplies, it is difficult to grab 2,000 kilograms of grain in a hurry.
Therefore, the Japs also need to bring supplies. Roads and railways are the main arteries of the Japs. They rarely leave the roads when fighting and marching, so the first choice for guerrilla warfare is the Japs’ baggage and logistics!
This time to rescue the Yamane Brigade, the Koga Brigade only brought a mortar squadron and no infantry guns, so it was a light trip;
There are about 1,100 people in the entire brigade. The cavalry squadron guards the two wings of the baggage squadron. When going out to fight, there must be no problem with the baggage.
The marching sequence is two infantry squadrons in the front, two infantry squadrons in the back, and a baggage squadron in the middle. Without chariots, mountain combat is really useless.
The marching column suddenly stopped, and the Japanese infantry habitually alerted the two wings. At this time, a Japanese soldier on horseback rushed to Lieutenant Commander Koga and reported:
"Your Excellency, Captain, the Wild Wolf Valley is ahead, and the search team is searching the mountains on both sides."
Koga nodded upon hearing this, and then ordered the troops to be on the spot. For dangerous areas like Yelang Valley, careful search is necessary. Koga did not blame them.
It took half an hour for the search team to carefully search all the ditches and ridges within 300 meters on both sides of Yelang Valley. After confirming that there was no ambush, they immediately occupied the commanding heights on both sides of the road, and then signaled the large group to pass. Very cautious.
The Koga brigade successfully passed Yelang Valley in half an hour. Beyond that, there was an open area with crisscrossing mountains and ravines on both sides and rugged rocks. It was hundreds of meters away from the road and could not be hit by rifles. It was not suitable. It is useless to ambush a large number of troops, but it is useless to ambush a small number of troops. This is a field brigade of the Imperial Army!
"Yoshi, order the troops to speed up their march!"
After all, this is an emergency mission to rescue soldiers like putting out fires. It is impossible to conduct a blanket search in every place like Yelangyu, so don't walk.
"Squad leader, the Japanese army is coming, let's explode!"
The person responsible for the blasting mission was a team led by the squad leader of the Sixth Squadron of the Second Company. Team member Tiedan saw that a large number of Japs had entered the blasting area and couldn't help but ask the squad leader in a low voice.
"Don't worry, let's blow up the mules and horses in the middle of the convoy and overturn it. The Japanese can't leave for supplies!"
Tiedan learned another trick and looked at the squad leader with stars in his eyes.
After a few more minutes, the Japanese mules and horses finally entered the blasting area. The squad leader suddenly squatted down from where he was hiding on the ground and pressed the detonator hard with both hands...
"There's someone on Bagaya Road!"
A sharp-eyed Japs actually spotted Squad Leader Ma. Before he could take aim with his gun, he felt the ground shaking...
"boom!"
"Boom!"
"boom!"
More than a dozen huge explosions sounded in the Japanese march, and more than a dozen mushroom clouds rose.
A large number of Japanese soldiers, mules, horses and carts were swallowed up by the smoke and dust...
"Enemy attack!"
Almost at the same time, on the ridge more than 500 meters away, the muzzles of eight black guns were aimed at the Japanese, and the artillery platoon leader gave the order to fire...
Eight explosive packets roared and flew into the crowd of Japs.
"Bagaya Road, there are rocks in the sky!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Before the Japs could react, eight explosive packets smashed into the crowd of Japs, and the huge shock wave swept away a large number of Japs;
The explosion blasted hundreds of small fragments inside, some of which contained chili powder and lime powder...
"Bagayalu, my eyes!"
"Baga, there is poisonous gas..."
