Chapter 418: Purging
For the Japanese army's tunnel on Zhebo Mountain... if it is an attack from bottom to top, it may be very troublesome. %Chinese% Novel
Because these tunnels are combined with the fortifications and trenches on the ground, and some tunnel entrances are even covered by mutual cover... This may be some experience summarized by the Japanese army after the World War in Perelieru Island.
However, if the Expeditionary Force first captured the mountain top position and then attacked from top to bottom, the situation would be completely different... Almost all the Japanese fortifications were facing downwards. The Expeditionary Force attacked from top to bottom and naturally aimed the gun at the back of their fortifications, so the Japanese army could not defend themselves even if they wanted to defend.
The reason why the word "almost" is used here is because it is a mountain, and there will inevitably be some protruding stones and tree stumps on the mountain used by the Japanese army as reverse fortifications.
But there are still problems with the Japanese army doing this... The Chinese team is still at the foot of Zhebo Mountain. The Japanese army using the reverse fortifications turned their backs to the guns of the Second Regiment soldiers on the other side.
So, after resisting for a while, Tadao Li Lin helplessly ordered: "All personnel retreated to the tunnel to defend!"
Then, what the Expeditionary Force had to do was throw the explosive packs that pulled the fuse into it... This is what the Expeditionary Force soldiers liked to do the most. The reason was very simple. There was basically no danger, but they could hold the Japanese in the tunnel tightly. It would be so pleasant to explode.
There is another episode in it...
The soldiers threw explosives into the Japanese tunnel and always asked the Japanese to counterattack and exploded outside, which made the soldiers a little angry.
But the soldiers soon showed their strengths and came up with ways to deal with the Japanese anti-submission.
Some soldiers tied grenades to explosive bags and wrapped them in cloth. They pulled off the grenade's insurance pin before throwing the explosive bags... Of course, the Japanese could not find the trick in the tunnel. Seeing that the fuse was still long, they wanted to throw it back as usual, but as a result, they were blown up with a "boom". Even if the Japanese died, they didn't know what was going on.
Some soldiers are even more tricky... Some of the tunnel entrances are still built in a relatively steep position. Due to the angle problem, it is difficult to throw explosives into the tunnel from above. If you want to throw them from below or on the side, it will undoubtedly increase the danger.
So they thought of a way, tied the explosive bag to a bamboo pole with leggings, ignited the fuse and threw it down... The explosive bag was hanging in front of the tunnel entrance and was "dreaming" with blue smoke. The Japanese watched helplessly as it was about to explode but had no choice.
Half a day later, the surface positions of Zhebo Mountain and the 382 Highlands were controlled by the Expeditionary Force.
The difference between the two is that most of the Japanese troops in the 382 Highlands fled to the Yuanshan Mountain area in the rear, which is the 362 Highlands. Most of the Japanese troops in the Zhebo Mountain were sealed in tunnels, including the Japanese commander Lieutenant General Tador Kurihara.
Zhang Chi didn't know this. If he knew that the Japanese commander in Iwo Jima was trapped in the tunnel of Zhebo Mountain, he would blockade Zhebo Mountain from anyway.
But at this time, the Chinese team, including Zhang Chi, focused on searching for residual enemies and setting up defenses... The arrangement of defense is more appropriate to use "firepower blockade". It is actually inserted into the tunnel entrances that were blown up, and then a few people were arranged to monitor them with machine guns, rifles and other firepower in order to prevent the Japanese army from digging out of these tunnel entrances again.
But what the soldiers did not expect was that the Japanese army would also think that the outside of these tunnels would definitely be blocked, so they would choose to dig out from other parts.
This point is actually difficult to control or even uncontrollable, because any point in the entire Zhabo Mountain may be a new exit dug by the Japanese army.
Therefore, the Chinese team had to build positions before it was dark to prevent the Japanese army from digging out tunnels at night and attacking like mice or infiltration wars.
This is done well by fellow villagers.
Pull a thick layer of barbed wire in front of the defense line, and then lay mines everywhere... Of course, these mines require remembering their location, otherwise they will become trouble for you the next day at dawn.
At night, the Japanese army did not know where they opened a hole, but in the end they exploded in a mess, and the soldiers did not attack. Anyway, they just stayed in the position and greeted the direction of movement with guns and cannons, and did not care about how many enemies they killed. As long as their own people were not messy, the Japanese army could not take back the position on the top of the mountain.
As for the newly opened mouths, it is not too late to settle the accounts after dawn.
But unexpectedly, the Japanese army's action was not to regain the position on the top of the mountain, but to protect Tadao Riribayashi from escaping.
"Lieutenant General!" As soon as Tadakami Rilina returned to the 362 high ground, before he could sit on the butt, Shinda Nakajima called Tadakami Rilina on another high ground: "I hope you can allow me to lead my troops to attack Zhabo Mountain!"
Li Lin Tadao just hummed out and hung up the phone.
He really didn't know what this Yuantanakaji thought. With the terrain like Zhebo Mountain and the firepower of the Chinese, how could it be as easy as the Yuantanakaji imagined?
But Li Lin Tadao didn't know what to say, because Zhebo Mountain was also thrown away in his hands.
In fact, Mototan Nakaji was not as complicated as Tadami Kurirabayashi thought. He didn't think about any strategies, tactics, etc. He only thought about his own defeat... First, he was defeated by the Zhong** team on the beach, and then he was defeated by enemies with only one battalion on the 386 Highland.
This made Mototanakachi feel that he had no face to face his subordinates, so he made a decision to "heroically" charge against the enemy to cleanse his shame.
Of course he wanted to get the consent of Tadao Rilina, but no surprise, Tadao Rilina rejected his request again.
But it's okay, he has decided to do it.
So Mototanakachi turned around and said to his subordinates: "Everyone, the Chinese are standing on Zhabo Mountain now. This is a great shame for us. We should take it back again and put the sun flag in the name of the Emperor and the people of the Great Japanese Empire!"
The absurd combat plan of Mototanaka Nakachi was a bit unbelievable: he believed that the guards of the Zhongzhang team at the airport must be very weak, and his troops could pass through the airport and then attack Zhabo Mountain and plant the Japanese military flag.
A subordinate asked Mototanakaji: "What should we do after planting the flag? At that time, we should no longer be able to defend it!"
"What does it matter if you don't have the ability to keep it?" Mototanakachi replied: "We... have used our deaths to achieve the goal of encouraging the morale of other troops!"
Chapter completed!