After reaching a tacit understanding with the top leaders of the National Army, the Japanese army began a crazy "suppression of the Communist Party" campaign, concentrating their forces to launch a fierce attack on many Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army Defense Zones.
A regiment of Japanese troops drove to the foot of the mountain north of Heihu Mountain. The commander of the regiment, the three colonels of the regiment, received the order: to annihilate the New Fourth Army Independent Regiment, which often harasses the Imperial Army and destroys traffic.
Commander Sun from the New Fourth Army Independent Regiment received an order from his superiors to try his best to restrain the enemy, eliminate the enemy's live force, and reduce the pressure on the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Yimeng Mountain area. According to the intelligence, the Japanese Jiuyuanli Third Regiment planned to destroy the New Fourth Army Independent Regiment and then go to Heihu Mountain.
The Yimeng Mountain area at the border crossing attacked the main force of the Eighth Route Army and gathered together to cooperate in combat.
Commander Sun set up three lines of defense at the periphery, at the foot of the mountain, and on the side of the mountain.
Commander Zhao's first battalion was arranged on the first line of defense. He took a fancy to Feng Ying's resourcefulness, calmness at critical moments, and rich combat experience. At his suggestion, Feng Ying served as the battalion instructor.
The fortifications on the periphery were dug in a relatively hidden way, and the mounds in front of the trenches were covered with turf, and the soldiers' hats were woven in disguise woven by willow branches. From a distance, they were confused with the surrounding environment and were not discovered by the vanguard of the Japanese.
The three Colonel Jiuyuanli used a telescope to see the silence at the foot of the mountain. The vanguard did not report any abnormality. According to past experience, the New Fourth Army should have hid in the mountains when it encountered large Japanese troops attacking. In the past, the weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness were greater than those of the National Army.
The New Fourth Army, which was still short of the time, rarely had head-on fire with the Japanese troops, and was only good at fighting guerrilla and sneak attacks. He ordered the troops to continue to advance at full speed.
When the vanguard of a squadron was less than one hundred meters away from the position, Battalion Commander Zhao yelled: "Let's fire!"
Three heavy machine guns, nine light machine guns, and hundreds of long and short guns suddenly launched violent fires at the Japanese. Forty or fifty Japanese were thrown to the ground before they could fall to bed.
The first battalion of Battalion Zhao was attacked by the Japanese when he destroyed the railway last time. He added a large number of new recruits and had low shooting accuracy, otherwise the Japanese would suffer greater casualties. However, after the troops were rescued by Jiang Hailong, they obtained a large number of Japanese weapons and ammunition.
The firepower is no longer comparable to that in the past. Battalion Commander Zhao listened to Feng Ying's suggestion and hid six mortars in order to deal with the attack of the Japanese troops.
Although Jiuyuan Lisan underestimated the enemy, he was not stupid. Seeing that the vanguard was attacked, the enemy was vibrant and did not adopt the tactic of sending troops to continue charging. He ordered the vanguard to retreat and prepare to use the advantage of artillery fire to kill and injure the enemy in large quantities.
Before the first battalion could recover from the excitement of repelling the Japanese, the Japanese army's overwhelming artillery fire roared and bombarded for nearly twenty minutes. The soil-built fortifications were blown up in large quantities.
Veterans are afraid of guns, and new recruits are afraid of artillery. Many new recruits run around among the fortifications that were collapsed and are hit by shrapnel. The first battalion suffered more than 30 casualties from the Japanese gunfire.
As soon as the artillery fire stopped, Battalion Commander Zhao immediately ordered the repair of fortifications and set up the six hidden mortars.
Under the cover of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, a large group of Japanese soldiers formed a fan to charge towards the first battalion's positions, and Japanese figures in yellow military uniforms were everywhere.
Battalion Commander Zhao saw that there were too many Japanese devils, so when the enemy was approaching 200 meters, he ordered the troops to open fire. The Japanese army was swept down and continued to move forward.
Six mortars of the first battalion roared, and the shells bloomed everywhere among the Japanese army. Several light and heavy machine guns and machine gunners of the Japanese were blown away. When the enemy approached about fifty meters, the first battalion threw three rounds of grenades.
Hundreds of grenades exploded a wall of fire, and the Japanese's charge was finally forced to retreat.
Nearly 100 people have been killed or killed, and three machine guns and two mortars have been blown up by the Japanese grenade launcher. Battalion Commander Zhao was worried that it would be difficult to resist the next round of crazy attack by the Japanese army, and heard the sound of retreat. He organized his troops.
Another round of grenades was thrown, and with the cover of thick smoke, the first battalion was withdrawn to the second line of defense at the foot of the mountain, and the wounded were transferred to the mountain.
The troops of Battalion Zhao had just evacuated, and the outer defense line was bombarded by the Japanese army and the position was blown into a sea of fire. Battalion Zhao was frightened and sighed that if he had walked a little later, the entire battalion might have been wiped out.
As soon as the artillery fire stopped, a large group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the previous position of the 1st Battalion of the New Fourth Army. They found that the position was empty. The three colonels of Jiuyuanli ordered their troops to enter the mountain to search in combat formations. When they approached the foot of the mountain, they were greeted by
A dense round of bullets fired from behind the woods and hidden mountains. The second line of defense that the first and second battalions of the New Fourth Army jointly defended was more fierce than before, and dozens of Japanese soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.
The three Colonel Jiuyuanli did not expect that a regiment of the New Fourth Army would dare to fight against a Japanese army and fight positional warfare. At the same time, they were secretly happy and finally encountered the main force of the New Fourth Army, although his corps had more than one squadron at this time.
Jiuyuan Lisan ordered the troops to stop advancing and bombard all suspicious targets with artillery fire. Tons of steel poured into the foot of the mountain, blowing the rocks and flying trees.
The fortifications at the foot of the New Fourth Army are seen along the mountain, which is stronger than the peripheral fortifications made of soil. Although not many fortifications have been blown up, under the bombardment of Japanese mountain cannons and mortars, the flying shrapnel and stones still make
The troops suffered a lot of casualties, with more than 200 casualties being reduced by two battalions.
The artillery fire extended, and the Japanese light and heavy machine guns and the 38th hoods fired, and bullets splashed onto the New Fourth Army's positions like rain, quickly tearing the gap into the positions.
The soldiers of the New Fourth Army resisted tenaciously, and the battalion commander shouted: "The person is in the position!" The soldiers were slightly injured and did not leave the fire. The cooks and health workers all took up their weapons and threw them into the battle.
Zhang Hu showed his bravery in previous battles and has been promoted from squad leader to deputy platoon leader. The platoon leader was shot and died. He automatically served as the acting platoon leader according to the wartime rules. He used the shell gun sent by Jiang Hailong to kill five Japanese soldiers and lost them.
After his right hand, he trained hard according to Jiang Hailong's guidance, and his left hand's knife skills and marksmanship had reached a certain level. At this time, he led less than two squad soldiers in the platoon to protect the battalion commander and instructor, and
The approaching enemy forces shot desperately.
Seeing that the second line of defense was in a hurry, Commander Sun ordered a company's reserve team to reinforce and block the torn gap in the position. The reserve company, which was full of energy, entered the position, and the light and heavy weapons immediately shot wildly at the dense enemy. Although the Japanese were still in trouble.
There were quite a few casualties, and still relying on the advantage of many people, the waves surged forward like a tide.
Commander Sun looked at his watch anxiously, and there was only one battalion and a guard platoon left on the mountainside. The superior's order was to hold on for at least forty-eight hours. Seeing that the Japanese offensive had not diminished at all, he didn't know how long the troops could last.
, How many people will be left in 48 hours? Will the independent group be all tied up?
He ordered the important documents to be burned down and made plans to retreat into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare if the troops could hold for forty-eight hours. The atmosphere in the regiment headquarters was unprecedentedly tense. The soldiers of the Third Battalion and the Guard Platoon who were guarding the third line of defense were done.
After the second line of defense was broken, the preparations were made to fight to the death with the Japanese army.
Amid the fierce gunfire, the regiment headquarters held an emergency meeting.