Chapter 185: Blatantly humiliating the enemy and paying attention to the committee!

Author: Lonely Jungle

Chapter 185: Blatantly humiliating the enemy and paying attention to the committee!

"Order the artillery, concentrate the artillery fire, and give me mortars to suppress the Japanese!"

Seeing the Japanese attack, the infantry was only covered by mortars and grenade fire. Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, immediately ordered a 75 mm caliber artillery and three 82 mm caliber mortars to attack.

The quasi-Japanese mortar positions were bombarded.

"Yes, battalion commander."

The ordering soldier responded and ran away.

Soon, the shrill scream of artillery shells passed through the sky above Laoye Ridge, and immediately hit the attacking Japanese team heavily.

"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!"

This ear-piercing shriek of artillery shells immediately changed the expression of Colonel Jiro Uemura, commander of the 29th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 21st Infantry Brigade, who was commanding the attack on Laoye Ridge.

"Baga, shelling, 75mm caliber."

Uemura Jiro's expression changed drastically, and he shouted anxiously to the Japanese messenger on the side: "Quickly, order the flag soldiers to order the attacking troops to retreat."

"Yes, Captain."

The Japanese soldiers responded and rushed away.

It's just that it's too late at this time. If you hear the scream of the cannonball, the cannonball will hit you soon.

Sure enough, in less than a few seconds, the defenders of the New Regiment and Battalion defending Laoye Ridge, under the order of battalion commander Zhang Dabiao, concentrated their only one 75mm caliber artillery and three 82mm caliber mortars.

The gun hit the Japanese artillery position at once.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The huge rear explosion immediately attracted the attention of Colonel Jiro Uemura.

"Report to the commander, the mortar position in the rear has been bombed, and all the mortars have been destroyed."

Soon, Japanese soldiers rushed from behind and reported to Colonel Jiro Uemura who was in the command position.

"Nani?"

Hearing this, Jiro Uemura, the Japanese commander, immediately changed his expression. Without mortars, how could he attack Laoye Ridge?

In particular, in order to take this roundabout attack by surprise, the regiment's artillery was not carried.

In addition, all artillery has been concentrated at the artillery group in Jinghai County.

Now, Jiro Uemura commanded two infantry brigades to detour from the right wing of Jinghai County. When they reached Laoye Ridge, they only had a few large-caliber mortars.

Now, the mortar has been killed by the enemy's artillery counterattack. How can the remaining grenades be covered by artillery fire? They are not powerful enough for you!

"hateful!"

Jiro Uemura turned his head and looked one after another, only to see thick smoke billowing from the bombing of his own artillery position, and explosions were still occurring from time to time, indicating that artillery shells may have been hit, causing intermittent explosions.

"Captain, what should we do now?"

At this time, Major Haruo Maki, the chief of staff of the 29th Infantry Regiment, who was standing next to Colonel Jiro Uemura, asked in a serious voice.

"Our few large-caliber mortars have all been taken away, and without strong artillery cover, if we want to take Laoye Ridge next, I'm afraid the casualties will be huge!"

Jiro Uemura did not speak immediately, but at this time, the artillery of the New Regiment and Battalion destroyed Jiro Uemura's artillery position, and concentrated their artillery fire on a Japanese infantry brigade attacking Laoye Ridge.

In addition, the terrain of Laoye Ridge is steep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The defenders of the new regiment and battalion were condescending, occupying the high places of the mountains, waiting for work, and concentrated their firepower. They immediately lost their arrogance and did not realize that the defenders were already prepared for a battle.

Suddenly, without the cover of rear artillery fire, more than a thousand Japanese soldiers from the second infantry battalion of the 29th Infantry Regiment were attacking. Zhang Dabiao immediately seized the opportunity and killed half of the troops in one fell swoop.

By the time the Japanese soldiers came to their senses and saw that there was no artillery support from the rear and they retreated in a panic, it was already too late.

"Da da da, da da da!!!"

"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang!!!"

"Boom boom boom, boom boom!!!"

A dense rain of bullets and artillery shells rained down on the foot of Laoye Ling Mountain, directly covering at least the Japanese within about three hundred meters of the mountain ridge.

At this time, the Japanese infantry brigade that was the first to arrogantly attack Laoye Ling was completely covered by the firepower of the defenders on Laoye Ling Mountain when they retreated.

When the first wave of Japanese troops who attacked Laoye Ridge withdrew, after counting, Jiro Uemura's palms were sweating, and his heart was filled with fear.

"Captain, after counting, our 29th Regiment's Second Infantry Battalion attacked Laoye Ridge in the first wave, resulting in 1,102 casualties, and only 11 people were able to withdraw safely."

After receiving the casualty count report, Major Haruo Maki, chief of staff of the wing, reported bitterly to Colonel Jiro Uemura, the wing commander.

"That means the entire army was almost wiped out?"

Jiro Uemura asked through gritted teeth.

"Yes, Captain."

Major Haruo Maki nodded and said bitterly: "There is at least one battalion of enemy troops on Laoye Ridge Mountain, and they control all the commanding heights on Laoye Ridge Mountain."

"And at the beginning of the attack, the enemy defending Laoye Ling only used a small number of troops to blind our sight. After we arrived at Laoye Ling, we found that the number of enemy troops on Laoye Ling was very small, so we underestimated the enemy."

When Jiro Uemura heard this, he knew that Haruo Maki was not laughing at him, but was just telling the truth.

Indeed, he underestimated the enemy.

"The troops defending Laoye Ridge are the troops of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Now we have lost an infantry brigade, and the speed is too fast. If the division commander now knows that we are fighting like this, he will definitely be furious."

Uemura Jiro said helplessly and bitterly.

"Maki-kun, what do you think we should do now?"

Jiro Uemura pointed to the defensive troops and fortifications of the New Eighth Route Army Regiment on Laoye Ridge Mountain, and said: "Laoye Ridge has a steep terrain, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"Now because of my underestimation of the enemy, the Second Infantry Brigade of our regiment has been almost completely wiped out. There is only one infantry battalion left. I am afraid that I will not be able to quickly attack Laoye Ridge!"

Hearing this, Haruo Maki said bitterly: "We can only continue to fight, or we can report the situation here to the division commander and ask for instructions."

"Then send the remaining troops to attack Laoye Ling in small groups, and send out scouts to see if they can find a path to bypass the front of Laoye Ling and attack behind Laoye Ling."

After thinking about it, Uemura Jiro gritted his teeth and said to the chief of staff, Major Haruo Maki: "Second, send a report to the division headquarters and report the situation here!".

"Ask for instructions!"

Seeing this, Major Haruo Maki, the chief of staff of the 29th Infantry Regiment, secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then said solemnly: "Yes, commander."

Immediately, Maki Haruo immediately sent someone to report to the 36th Division Regiment Headquarters, and also sent scouts to go around both sides of Laoye Ridge to see if they could find a path through the mountains on both sides of Laoye Ridge to kill in a roundabout way.

A surprise attack was launched from behind Laoye Ridge.

At this time, Zhang Dabiao on Laoyeling Mountain couldn't help laughing when he saw the densely packed Japanese soldiers who were beaten to death at the foot of the mountain.

"Hahaha, we must have killed more than a thousand Japs. Unexpectedly, the Japs didn't even bring a single artillery piece. They just brought some mortars and grenade launchers and dared to raid Laoye Ridge. They thought we were the Central Army and the

Are there other Jinsui Army units?"

Zhang Dabiao smiled contemptuously.

"Battal commander, the regimental commander is already on his way with the second and third battalions!"

At this time, the deputy battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the New 1st Regiment, who was beside Zhang Dabiao, said: "Now that the Japs at the foot of the mountain have no plans to continue attacking on a large scale, our Laoye Ridge should be safe."

"Don't be careless!"

Zhang Dabiao and the Japs had fought many battles, and he understood the Japs' character and attack style very well, so he said: "Look, although the Japs at the foot of the mountain have retreated a bit, they are now sending small groups of skirmishers to attack Laoye Ridge.

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"Tell me, why would they do this?"

When the deputy battalion commander heard this, he immediately thought about it, clapped his hands and said, "To attract our attention, do you want to flank Laoye Ridge?"

"That's right!"

Zhang Dabiao nodded and said: "It can be seen from the dead Japanese soldiers that this Japanese army belongs to the 29th Infantry Regiment of the 21st Infantry Brigade of the 36th Division."

"It is estimated that their regimental commander should be commanding the roundabout attack of two infantry brigades here. Now we have killed one of them, but it is impossible to retreat and return to Jinghai County."

After a pause, Zhang Dabiao continued, "Therefore, let the security troops on both sides spread out and extend the flank security line of Laoye Ridge."

"Now, we cannot underestimate the enemy! In addition, let the telegraph operator send a report to the regiment commander to inform him of the results of the battle at Laoye Ling."

The deputy battalion commander of the first battalion of the new regiment nodded and said: "Understood, battalion commander!".

Immediately, the deputy battalion commander immediately sent someone to send a report to Li Yunlong.

At this time, Li Yunlong was already on his way. When he learned about the battle situation at Laoye Ling, he laughed loudly and ordered the troops to speed up towards Laoye Ling.

Of course, Li Yunlong also promptly informed Xu Rui of the battle situation at Laoye Ridge via the radio.

A few minutes later, somewhere far outside the south gate of Jinghai County, behind the mountains, was the headquarters of the Japanese 36th Division Field Division.

In the military tent at the division headquarters, Taro Nagata, commander of the 36th Division, had received a report more than ten minutes ago that the 29th Infantry Regiment had taken the lead in arriving at Laoye Ridge and launched a surprise attack.
To be continued...