Laoye Ridge!
At this time, Duanwu was commanding an unsuspicious encirclement and annihilation battle.
The purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival was to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Japanese Tenth Regiment guarding Highland No. 3.
This is a group of abandoned people, and there is no army to rescue them at this time.
It can be said that the Japs on the mountain were desperate at this time. Although Kitashirakawa washed a cake for Akashiba Yaezo, the Japanese 26th Brigade was unable to break through the blockade of Zhou Weiguo, Qiu Ming, and the 115th Division Eighth Route Army.
It can also be said that due to the addition of a brigade of the Eighth Route Army, new variables have appeared in the battle situation in Huainan.
And what Dragon Boat Festival likes to fight most is this kind of battle. Because there were many variables on the battlefield, it was easy for him to resort to tricks. Instead, he fought the siege in a strict manner. The heavy casualties among the soldiers made him feel distressed.
At this time, since the little devil no longer wants this lone army, he doesn't mind wiping it out in one fell swoop.
It's just that the little devil's resistance was very tenacious. Akashiba Yaezo was also an outstanding Japanese military commander. If Kitashirakawa hadn't regarded him as an abandoned son, he would have definitely found a way to escape.
But there is no other way. If he disobeys Kitashirakawarai's order at this time, his end may be more terrible than death.
Therefore, although it is unwise for Akashiba Yaezo to stick to Highland No. 3, he still wants to stay here.
Moreover, Akashiba Yaezo is not a person who likes to sit still and wait for death. Although it is almost impossible for his reinforcements to arrive in a short time. But what if?
If Prince Beibai wins, and Prince Beibai's conscience finds out, he will come to save him.
Of course, any reason for this reinforcement is good. Maybe Prince Beibai came to save him because of his loyalty, or maybe Prince Beibai just wanted to kill Duanwu. This battle plan must be to encircle and suppress Duanwu and his independent regiment.
So Akashiba Yaezo thought about it carefully and made a last-ditch effort. What's more, he still has two brigades of troops on hand at this time.
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Although the two infantry brigades are not full strength, there are about 1,800 people including the wounded. With so many imperial troops, Akashiba Yaezo guessed that he would have no problem holding on for two to three days on the mountain.
Only food and water are in short supply.
Almost all their baggage was lost during the retreat. The food each soldier carries with him can only last two days even if he saves on eating.
But the most scarce thing is water. Akashiba Yaezo has given an order that every soldier cannot be casual. And if you want to be more convenient, you should also collect the urine water.
In other words, the little devil is ready to drink urine.
Of course, Akashiba Yaezo would not drink. He had prepared ten bottles of water for himself, which was enough for him to drink for two or three days.
In other words, Akashiba Yaezo expected that this battle would have a result in two or three days.
But Dragon Boat Festival doesn't have time to wait for the little devil for two or three days.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the little devil is looking for death at this time. Although the terrain of Highland No. 3 is difficult. But there is a lack of water.
If we do not attack during the Dragon Boat Festival, within three days, the little devils on the mountain will die of thirst, if not starvation.
For example, this is the case with the famous Battle of Street Pavilion in history.
In the sixth year of Jianxing reign of the Queen of Shu, Zhuge Liang launched a Northern Expedition against Cao Wei in order to achieve the great cause of unification. He ordered Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi as suspected troops to occupy Jigu (now north of Hz City, Shaanxi Province), personally led an army of 100,000 to raid Qishan (now Gansu) where the Wei army was guarding, and appointed Ma Di, who joined the army, as the forward to guard the strategic location Jieting (now Gansu). Northeast of Qin'an County, Gansu).
Before leaving, Zhuge Liang repeatedly told Ma Su: "Although the street pavilion is small, it is of great importance. It is the throat leading to Hanzhong. If the street pavilion is lost, our army will be defeated." He also gave specific instructions to him to "set up camp near mountains and rivers, and be cautious , there must be no mistake."
After Ma Di arrived at Jieting, he did not follow Zhuge Liang's instructions to deploy his troops near the mountains and rivers. Instead, he was proud and underestimated the enemy, and wanted to deploy his army on Jieting Mountain far away from the water source.
At that time, deputy general Wang Ping proposed: "The street pavilion has no water source and no food route. If the Wei army besieges the street pavilion, cuts off the water source and cuts off the food route, the Shu army will collapse without a fight."
Not only did Ma Di not listen to the dissuasion, but he said confidently: "Ma Su is well versed in the art of war. Everyone knows it. Even the Prime Minister has to ask me for advice sometimes. But you, the king, grew up in the army and cannot write with your hands. What art of war do you know?"
Then Ma Su said proudly and proudly: "Standing down from a high position, with overwhelming force, risking death and surviving. This is the common sense of military strategists. I will spread the army on the mountain so that it will never look back. This is the secret of victory."
Ma Su was stubborn and deployed his army on the mountain. As a result, he was besieged by Cao's army, defeated Jieting, and was finally beheaded by Zhuge Kongming.
So at this time, it is actually stupid for the little devil to stick to the No. 3 highland where there is no water or food.
As for the Dragon Boat Festival, it is not wise to not besiege but to attack by force.
But both sides have their own frustrations. Akashiba Yaezo did it because he was ordered to do it, knowing that he couldn't do it.
But Dragon Boat Festival didn't have time, he needed to make a quick decision.
So a battle chapter truly written with wisdom and blood began.
The Dragon Boat Festival ordered Lu Jian and Wang Tong to be on the right wing, and the Independent Regiment on the left wing, to flank the Japanese army from the east and west.
The troops on both sides were the main attackers, forcing the little devils to reinforce the east and west positions.
The Japs' main position is at least a hundred meters away from the east and west positions, and within this distance there will be no obstruction for the Japs' reinforcements.
Sun Shiyu's artillery battalion has adjusted all mountain artillery, rapid-fire artillery, and mortars.
Sun Shiyu personally proofreads every cannon.
Because of this battle, although the east and west armies were the main attackers, it was the Japanese reinforcements that the Dragon Boat Festival had to fight.
Regardless of the Japs' east-west positions or the main position, Akashiba Yaezo ordered the Japs to dig a large number of bunkers.
These bunkers are sufficient to deal with ordinary shelling. In addition, the height of No. 3 Highland is more than 80 meters, so it is extremely difficult for ordinary mountain artillery and rapid-fire artillery to harm the enemies in the trenches.
So beat out the little devils, and then use the superior artillery fire to annihilate them in one fell swoop and eliminate the enemy's effective strength.
What is the war about? It is these living forces that we are fighting. No matter how advanced the weapons and equipment of the Japanese are, if no one uses them, they are just a pile of scrap metal.
Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the root cause of war has always been to eliminate the opponent's effective strength.
boom! Boom boom!
The first to fire was Zhu Shengzhong of the Independent Regiment.
Zhu Shengzhong's first battalion also had an artillery platoon. Although it was not as large as Sun Shiyu's artillery battalion, the entire platoon had four mortars and ten grenades.
At this time, under the cover of machine gunners, the mortars and grenade launchers advanced to a position about two hundred meters in front of the Japanese position.
The engineers quickly excavated the soil and piled it up directly in front of the artillery position to block the shooting of the Japs' machine gunners and snipers.
After the artillery set up the artillery, they carried out carpet bombing on the Japanese positions.
Although the Japs had dug trenches in advance, the trenches were generally not deep when there were only a few engineers shoveling them.
So just after the first round of artillery bombardment, more than 30 Japanese soldiers were killed or injured on the position.
The Japanese officer shouted for artillery support.
However, the Japanese artillery was condescending. If they wanted to quickly bomb the artillery position at the foot of the mountain, they not only needed a lot of calculation time to avoid blowing up other than their own people, but also moved the mortars to the predetermined position.
Most of the Japanese artillery had been lost in previous battles. In the entire Japanese position, there was only one artillery team at this time, with a total of four mortars and six grenade launchers on the main position on Highland 3.
But at this time, they had to support the battlefields on the east and west sides at the same time, and the Japanese artillery shells were insufficient, so they had to deal with it carefully.
But as a result, the Japs in the east and west positions of No. 3 Highland complained endlessly, because at this time, it was definitely not only the Japs in the east position who were under bombardment, but also the Japs in the west position who were attacked by the Northeast Army and the Sichuan Army. Fierce artillery attack! ...
