"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain Ozawa, Ozawa's squadron was ambushed by a large number of Chinese troops near Menggong Town. All 175 warriors below Captain Ozawa were in pieces;
At least 5,000 Chinese people occupied Menggongling, blocking the way for the imperial army to pursue the main force of the Chinese army. "
A lieutenant communications staff officer reported to Colonel Yu Watanabe, commander of the 213th Wing.
"Bagayalu, this arrogant guy Ozawa has brought all the face of the Sendai Division to shame!
He was warned many times not to be too disconnected from the main force, but he just refused to listen and ruined a squadron of warriors in vain.
Send an order to Major Hiroki Dongkou not to rush to attack the Chinese, wait until the main force of the regiment arrives before attacking, and annihilate the Chinese on Menggong Ridge in one fell swoop!
This battle does not require any prisoners, they must be buried with Ozawa Squadron. "
Watanabe Yuta said viciously that the cruelty of the Sendai Division was not much worse than that of the Kumamoto Division.
At the Menggong Ridge blocking position, the first regiment was ready. If the Japanese wanted to continue to pursue the main force of the 14th Group Army through Menggong Town, the commanding heights of Menggong Ridge must be captured.
The defensive tactics of Luo Weimin's brigade originated from the independent brigade, which attached great importance to the construction of civil fortifications. Before the arrival of the main force of the Japanese, they had dug three linear defense lines on the mountains. Each line of defense had dug simple Tibetan soldiers on the side of the mountain. Hole;
They only need to dig two to three meters deep, and the Japanese planes and artillery will be unable to do anything to them.
The relative height of Menggong Ridge is not high. The Second Regiment of the Reserve and the artillery battalion were deployed on the reverse slope. They only dug one trench. Time was too tight. Fortunately, while the First Regiment was fighting, the Second Regiment could continue digging on the reverse slope. Hidden Soldier Cave.
The artillery battalion is equipped with 12 Wei Yixiao artillery pieces and 16 Min-20 type 82mm mortars. This is all the heavy firepower of the Luo Weimin Brigade.
At 14:00 on the 16th, the main force of the Japanese Watanabe Regiment rushed to the foot of Menggong Ridge. More than a dozen mountain guns and infantry artillery pieces of the regiment's field artillery squadron had been set up. The Japanese's classic tactics were about to begin.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Colonel Watanabe issued the attack order, and the Japanese bombardment tactics began.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese bombardment began. More than a dozen shells roared into the group's position, and the entire Menggong Ridge was instantly enveloped in gunpowder smoke.
The Japanese artillery preparations stopped after only a few rounds. Menggongling was too big. If it was exploded aimlessly like this, no matter how many shells were used, it would not be enough.
As soon as the artillery fire extended, a squadron of Japanese soldiers screamed and charged towards the ridge. Their formation was very scattered. An experienced commander could tell at a glance that the Japanese soldiers were conducting a tentative attack.
The purpose is to find out the strength and firepower configuration of the Chinese troops on the ridge, so as to provide targets for precise artillery strikes from behind.
Captain Jiro Kuwata has been fighting in China for more than a year. He has just been promoted from a superior soldier to a captain. He participated in the first Star City Battle with the 33rd Division and was besieged by tens of thousands of national troops. Those who managed to leave the Central China battlefield alive were all lucky. of.
Sangtian has survived nearly two years on the Chinese battlefield. He is a true veteran and has developed the skills to save his life on the battlefield.
For example, in this exploratory attack, although the squadron leader swore that the Chinese army had withdrawn from their positions, he would never believe it. All warriors who believed in the squadron leader's words had already reported to Amaterasu.
The more silent the mountains became, the less confident he felt. Experience told him that the Chinese army who dared to put the imperial army within 150 meters without opening fire was definitely an elite force;
You must be extremely cautious when fighting with such troops. Preserving life is always more important than military exploits.
He habitually shrank his body behind a few recruits. The imperial army needed their bravery to test the strength of the Chinese people. He forgot about it. His mother worked hard on the mulberry field to have him. He needed to go back alive. Taking care of her, Sang Tian was a filial son.
As for his father, his mother didn't even know who he was, let alone him. There were too many times during that time, and only the one in Sangtian was the most enjoyable, so he adopted the surname Sangtian.
Sangtian held a Sanba Gai and carefully groped up the ridge, ready to lie down at any time. Experience told him that the longer the Chinese remained silent, the more violent the outbreak would be.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
The squadron commander gave the order to attack.
"Onboard!"
A large number of idiots shouted slogans and rushed up the mountain as if they had been given blood;
Although Sangtian also shouted "board load", he was cunning and deliberately slowed down his pace, pretending to trip under his feet, and threw himself behind a rock...
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..."
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..."
Sure enough, gunshots sounded like fried beans on the mountain. Almost all the Japanese who rushed in front were knocked down. However, Sangtian escaped because of that one attack. A string of bullets hit the rocks in front of him. , stirring up countless gravel.
The cunning Sangtian once again relied on experience to avoid a fatal blow. As long as he avoided the first blow, he would have enough means to save his life.
As for counterattacking the enemy, he had never thought about it. It was just a tentative attack. He would not be so stupid as to think that he could win the position with just one squadron. Saving his life was the first priority.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
Hundreds of long-handled grenades rained down into the crowd of Japs, tearing each Japs into pieces, and the flying shrapnel swept down a large area of Japs.
Sangtian's squadron soon suffered more than half its casualties. He made a rough estimate and found that there were no less than 12 machine guns on the position with sufficient ammunition. According to the Chinese firepower configuration, there should be a regiment of troops on the position. This was not their squadron. Can take it.
He didn't dare to think too much, as long as he could save his life, he waited for the whistle to withdraw the troops.
Seeing that the effect of the temptation was achieved, the Japanese squadron leader decisively issued an order to retreat;
The remaining seventy or eighty Japanese took turns to cover and retreated. At this time, Kuwata Jiro regained his bravery and ran to the front. This time he successfully escaped another disaster.
An anti-artillery whistle sounded on the regiment's position, and the soldiers in the trenches hid in the anti-artillery holes as quickly as possible. Only one squad of observation posts was left on the position.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
The sound of a series of shells breaking through the air came, and the Japanese bombardment hit as promised.
The Japs' exploratory attack just now only exposed the position of one battalion. Everyone is familiar with the Japs' routines and will not expose their full strength at once.
The Japanese's artillery fire this time was different from the first. The artillery fire was not only fiercer and longer-lasting, but also greatly improved in accuracy. The third round of artillery hit the trenches, and sections of temporarily dug trenches were blown up.
The Japanese bombardment lasted for half an hour, and almost half of the 1st Battalion's position was leveled. Fortunately, the anti-bombing holes penetrated deep into the mountain and became semi-open tunnels, so the loss of personnel was not great.
At the moment of the Japanese bombardment, the artillery battery located on the reverse slope also took a rough look at the location of the Japanese artillery position. The range of the Wei Yixiao artillery was not reached, but there was no problem with the 82mm mortar. They had already adjusted it. In order to shoot Zhu Yuan, just wait for them to open fire for the second time!
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
After the bombardment stopped, nearly a large group of Japanese soldiers rushed toward the mountain ridge, and the real battle began...
