Yang Yuanshan didn't know that he had tricked Zhang Dabiao and asked him to use the banner of an independent group, which would cause such a huge chain reaction.
At this moment, he was observing the battlefield with his binoculars, and saw that the attacks of the new regiment and the soldiers of the special agent battalion were extremely smooth, and he couldn't help but nod secretly.
Knowing what he envisioned, it shouldn't be a problem to capture Shuiquan Coal Mine before dark.
This is exactly what happened. As the Japs' turrets and bunkers were knocked down by the soldiers of the artillery company, they began to turn their guns and fire at the Japs defenders on the coal mine wall. With the help of raindrops of shells, each group The offensive force's advance was three points faster.
The wall of the little devil's coal mine was only over two meters high and one meter thick. Facing the crazy bombardment from dozens of artillery pieces, there was not much resistance at all. After several rounds of volleys, many of the walls collapsed.
Seeing this, the charging infantry rushed towards the gap.
It seemed that in less than an hour, they would definitely be able to rush into the coal mine and start clearing out the remaining enemies. It would take at most 2 hours to resolve the battle.
Seeing this, Yang Yuanshan breathed a sigh of relief and sent someone to give orders to Han Yang and other commanders:
"Use as much firepower as possible to solve the problem and reduce the casualties of the soldiers. You can slow down the attack speed appropriately!"
After giving this order, Yang Yuanshan felt thirsty in his mouth and immediately picked up the kettle and drank some water.
He had just been concentrating on the battle, making his whole body tense, and there was a lot of sweat on his back.
At this time, Ding Wei came running with several guards.
"Yang Yuanshan, your secret service camp is too extravagant to fight!"
Ding Wei shouted from a distance.
"Hey, Captain Ding, the lives of soldiers are more precious than bullets and cannonballs."
Yang Yuanshan smiled.
"this and that……"
Ding Wei rubbed his hands in embarrassment.
"Captain Ding, if you have anything you can tell me directly."
Seeing his appearance, Yang Yuanshan knew that this guy must be trying to get some benefits from him again.
However, he was not too disgusted, and even had some admiration. After all, whether it was Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, or Kong Jie, all they wanted was to fight the little devils better!
He tried every possible means to pull equipment into his arms, all in order to save his troops from sacrificing less when fighting the Japanese!
Sure enough, Ding Wei gritted his teeth and said:
“Your battalion has so many artillery shells, can you support us with hundreds of rounds of 70mm grenades?
Our two Type 92 infantry guns are almost out of shells. "
"It is true that we have no shortage of artillery shells, but they were all captured by the soldiers who fought hard to kill the enemy. If I gave them to you casually, I'm afraid the soldiers would have objections."
Yang Yuanshan said slowly, thinking about what to get from Ding Wei.
Ding Wei decided to come to Yang Yuanshan to open his mouth, and was prepared to be robbed by him. Now he heard that he was willing to give him shells, and he asked excitedly:
"What do you want? I'll trade with you!"
"Okay! Captain Ding is so happy!
It's like this. I have created a sharpshooter class. Now I am in urgent need of soldiers with good marksmanship. I want to trade cannonballs with Captain Ding. How about 20 rounds of cannonballs for a soldier with good marksmanship? "
Yang Yuanshan thought that the number of his sniper troops was still too small. It would be too slow for Wang Xikui alone to slowly pass on help and guidance, or go to each village to recruit hunters, and the speed of forming combat effectiveness would be too slow.
I came up with this idea immediately.
When Ding Wei heard this condition, he couldn't help but feel very sad and shook his head quickly.
"Good guys, warriors with good marksmanship are all treasures!
You want to replace me with 20 rounds of artillery shells? Are you dreaming? "
"What conditions do you want, Commander Na Ding?"
Can Yang Yuanshan still see that this guy is deliberately pretending and just wants to raise the price?
He immediately cooperated.
"It takes me at least a year and a half to train a sharpshooter. If you want to take him away, you have to give me at least 50 rounds of artillery shells!"
Ding Wei was so worried that he opened his mouth.
For our army, many troops have to sacrifice many people in order to seize a few artillery shells. If they can capture dozens of artillery shells, it is a huge gain that can be celebrated with a celebration banquet.
Therefore, Ding Wei felt that his condition of 50 shells per person was already too much, so he prepared Yang Yuanshan to bargain until 30 shells per person was enough.
But he didn't expect that Yang Yuanshan would immediately agree after hearing his conditions:
"Okay! 50 rounds, 50 rounds!
But the sharpshooter you choose must pass the test of my sharpshooter squad leader, otherwise I won’t want it! "
Yang Yuanshan remembered that there were many 70mm grenades among the equipment he threw in the valley outside Yangshugou Village, and he immediately agreed.
But in order to prevent Ding Wei from fooling himself, he still patched it up.
He knows that Ding Wei, like Li Yunlong, is also a guy who takes advantage of any loopholes!
Ding Wei was originally surprised that Yang Yuanshan actually agreed to 50 shells in exchange for one person, but when he heard the second half of his sentence, his heart was instantly blocked, and he couldn't help but blush a little, and he quickly pretended to be heroic:
"Okay! We are brothers. How can I, a veteran who joined the army so many years before you, trick you?"
"hehe……"
Yang Yuanshan let out two awkward laughs.
…
After negotiating the deal, the two of them confirmed the direction of advance after entering the coal mine later, and Ding Wei hurried away with the security squad.
As soon as he left, Yang Yuanshan picked up the telescope and checked the battlefield situation. He was about to order the guard company to join the battlefield and seal the victory in one fell swoop. Suddenly, panicked news came from the observation post:
"Report to the regimental commander, a Japanese bomber formation was spotted in the east, with a visual estimate of 24 bombers!"
“What? Bomber?
Damn it, it came fast enough!
And there are 24 of them at once, what a damn waste of money! "
Yang Yuanshan cursed angrily.
Then I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. Fortunately, I brought four Oerlikon 20mm machine guns, and I didn't let them go into battle rashly just now. I kept them as a reserve team. Otherwise, I would be blind now and there wouldn't even be any relief. .
He immediately yelled:
"Liu Changshou, immediately take your people to find favorable terrain, set up machine guns, and prepare to deal with the Japs' bombers. 24 bombers are coming from the east. It's all up to you!"
Liu Changshou was a platoon leader of the anti-aircraft artillery company. It was he who led the team this time and came out with four machine guns.
Originally, he and his soldiers were still mumbling that their trip was in vain, but now they heard that Yang Yuanshan had given them such a difficult task, and they couldn't help but feel a little excited, and they quickly shouted to receive the order:
"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"
In addition to them, Yang Yuanshan also ordered Wang Xikui:
"Xizi, take your people to the top of the mountain and try to shoot the Japs pilot with a rifle. As long as the pilot dies, the Japs plane will fall down."
Although shooting bombers with rifles sounds like a myth, Yang Yuanshan knows that in real war history, we have actually used 38 big guns to defeat them!
And on the peninsula battlefield more than ten years later, we also had the miracle of shooting down old and American aircraft with rifles.
As soon as Wang Xikui heard Yang Yuanshan's order, he immediately agreed without any hesitation, and ran to the top of the mountain with his men.
In addition to arranging Wang Xikui, Yang Yuanshan also ordered Guo Youqing, the heavy machine gun platoon leader of the security company:
"Youqing, immediately take your eight heavy machine guns to the top of the mountain here and prepare to ambush the Japs bombers.
Once the Japs dive bomb, this may be your chance! "
Shooting bombers with a heavy machine gun is already a basic operation for the spy battalion. Feng Shuanglin has used it twice before, with miraculous effects. Of course Guo Youqing also knows this.
When he heard Yang Yuanshan's order, he immediately agreed, and then rushed away with his men carrying heavy machine guns and ammunition boxes.
…
Everyone who received the mission took their own people, and Yang Yuanshan had time to hold the telescope and look at the sky in the distance.
In the sky in the distance, a dense string of black dots as big as sesame seeds were seen flying over. They looked very arrogant with their menacing appearance.
Yang Yuanshan felt a little solemn and couldn't help but muttered:
"It seems that this stupid spring is really difficult to control. If you move it, it will be like poking a hornet's nest!
If I really want to take Shuiquan back, I have to prepare enough air defense forces!
But shouldn’t the Japs’ aviation forces be preparing for the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield?
How could so many planes come and blow themselves up?
And it’s so fast!
After all the calculations, it only took less than an hour to bombard Shuiquan Coal Mine by myself! "
How did he know that Taketo Hirata, the commander of the 37th Infantry Division, went to Okamura Jining to show his face!
As a powerful lieutenant general and a meritorious figure who participated in the Battle of Songhu, Hirata Kento's reputation is not small.
Okamura Jining had to give him face, and removed two bomber formations that were originally intended to bomb other battlefields to support the Shuiquan battlefield.
Seeing the impending Japanese bombers, Yang Yuanshan quickly issued two military orders to the correspondent:
"Order Ding Yongkuan and Gao Yuanzhi to stop the bombardment and disperse and hide! You don't have to use the cannon, but the gunner must be preserved!"
"Immediately send someone to inform Han Yang, He Yunfei, Commander Ding, and Commander Zhang that the Japs bomber is coming, and tell them to take shelter!
At worst, we can delay the capture of Shuiquan Coal Mine until dark, and we must not allow the soldiers to be bombed in vain. "
"yes!"
…
After receiving Yang Yuanshan's military order, Ding Yongkuan and Gao Yuanzhi at the artillery company couldn't help but feel very angry and distressed. While ordering the soldiers to shoot out the last shells from the cannon, they ordered the ammunition handlers to get some branches to cover the artillery.
Although you may not be able to escape the bombing of the Japs, what if?
If such a good cannon were to explode, they would shed tears of distress.
They didn't know that Yang Yuanshan had already hidden a whole valley of weapons and ammunition in Yangshugou!
Except for Ding Yongkuan and Gao Yuanzhi, Han Yang and He Yunfu did not follow Yang Yuanshan's order to retreat after learning that the Japs bombers were about to arrive, but instead made the same decision in unison:
"Artillery, heavy machine guns, all retreat and take cover!
The infantry charged with all their strength, we rushed into the coal mine, entangled with the little devils, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat! "
They all thought that they were almost done now, and if they retreated, all their previous efforts would be in vain.
And even if they retreat, with so many gray military uniforms, it will be difficult for them to be completely concealed. I am afraid it will be difficult to escape the bombing of the Japs. It is better to rush in and get involved with the Japs and let the Japs' bombers take advantage of them.
Upon hearing their orders, the soldiers of the four companies immediately used the soldiers of the pistol platoon as arrows and rushed towards the gap in the wall that had been blown up by the artillery.
"Kill!"
"Come on! Rush in and get in trouble with the little devil!"
…
The shouts of killing resounded throughout the battlefield. Hearing their charges, all the little devils in the coal mine turned pale with fear and wished they could drop their guns and run away.
Only those elite veterans could hold their guns steadily and shoot continuously despite the flying shrapnel and raindrops of bullets.
…
Over at the New Regiment, Ding Wei, who had just returned to his temporary command post, heard Yang Yuanshan's correspondent urgently reporting that 24 Japanese bombers were coming. He couldn't help but frowned and cursed angrily:
"You little son of a bitch, you came so fast! You didn't even give us a few hours!"
In the blink of an eye, he made the same decision as Han Yang and He Yunfu. He pulled out a box cannon from his waist and ordered decisively:
"Comrades, rush with me, rush into the coal mine, quickly!
Don't get bombed outside the coal mine! "
Following his order, all the soldiers of the new regiment rushed towards the gaps in the coal mine wall that had been blown up by the shells of the secret service battalion.
…
The First Battalion of the Independent Regiment was far away from the spy camp. When the correspondent pedaled his bicycle desperately to reach their position, Zhang Dabiao had already seen the Imp bomber formation in the sky.
Upon hearing the order from the correspondent, Zhang Dabiao immediately ordered the soldiers of the first battalion to disperse and hide in the trenches they had just dug. They continued to dig the trenches deeper in order to reduce casualties.
In this situation, it was impossible to run away. We could only see if the luck of the first battalion would allow them to suffer fewer casualties under the bombing of the Japs.
…
In Shuiquan City, Nakao Soichi, the chief of staff of the 225th Regiment, received a telegram from the division headquarters and learned that the division commander had requested General Okamura to dispatch two bomber formations, with a total of 24 bombers coming for support. I felt a lot more at peace.
When the sentry outside reported that the Locust Army's bombers had arrived, he was even more satisfied. He quickly led his people up the city wall of Shuiquan City, preparing to see the scene where Tubal Road was blown to pieces by aerial bombs.
Moreover, he even thought about making some achievements, so he ordered the only full-scale brigade in the city to assemble, ready to rush out of the city at any time and take advantage of it!
(End of chapter)
