There was no general in Shu, so Liao Hua became the vanguard. Commander Ma, who had average military ability, was ordered to lead the new 38th Division to Black Tiger Mountain for reinforcements, and the garrison was replaced by other troops.
The New Fourth Army dispatched a regiment to Black Tiger Mountain on the grounds that its independent regiment was facing tight fighting conditions. The Chairman of the Standing Committee, who usually took strict precautions against the expansion of the New Fourth Army's scale and garrison area, found no reason to object at this time.
The Japanese intelligence department fed back the collected information to the theater headquarters. Hushan City was also under siege by the enemy. The commander ordered the Ikeda Division to retreat quickly toward the provincial capital.
Ikeda's division has been severely beaten by the independent brigade. One division still has two-thirds of its troops. What makes Ikeda crazy is that only part of the troops were casualties in offensive and defensive battles. Most of the soldiers died in enemy ambushes and
In sneak attacks, several squadrons were knocked out almost every night. Only the defenders and wounded in the battle of Nanshan Mining Area were killed.
More than a thousand soldiers were killed in the battle, and all the food, grass and ammunition were stolen... However, the enemy's casualties were far less than our own. At present, the morale is strong, the food, grass and ammunition are sufficient, and the fortifications are strong. The commander is cunning and unscrupulous, and it is impossible to prevent him. He has suffered repeated setbacks.
If the fight continues, Ikeda will no longer have the confidence and confidence to win.
After receiving the order to retreat, Ikeda happened to have steps to go down and quickly executed it. Although he was extremely unconvinced and unwilling, he did not want one of his divisions to be crippled here, or even the result would be worse and become the laughing stock of the entire army. Black
We have to accept the reality that we will lose more than we win in the battle of Hushan. Once the enemy's reinforcements arrive, it will be too late to leave.
Jiang Hailong did not expect that the reinforcements would be sent from the summit, let alone Wu Li's contribution. Seeing that the Japanese army began to shrink its troops and gather at the foot of the mountain, he estimated that the enemy was about to retreat. He loudly said to the officers and soldiers: "Brother
We, Black Tiger Mountain is not a vegetable garden gate. How can we allow the Japanese troops to come in and out as they please? The Japanese came all the way and let them leave quietly like this. This is not our way of hospitality. Treat me well.
Send them a ride!”
All kinds of artillery and heavy machine guns on the mountain suddenly fired lively, and shells and bullets were poured out at the Japanese troops without hesitation. The Japanese army's retreat formation was in chaos.
The power of the large-caliber howitzer was fully exerted at this time. Once it exploded, a "no man's land" with a radius of tens of meters was created, and the Japanese within the crater were annihilated.
Lieutenant General Ikeda was furious. Just as he was majestically ordering his men not to panic, a shell exploded dozens of meters behind him. The huge air wave knocked him over. A dozen guards disappeared in an instant. If not
Protected by a thick wall of guards, he was probably loyal to the emperor at this time. He found that what had fallen on his troops
In addition to American howitzers, a large number of artillery shells were fired from Japanese mortars and Japanese Type 92 infantry cannons. It was an uncomfortable feeling to be blown away by a cannon made in one's own country. Ikeda crawled from the ground in embarrassment.
He got up, without the need for him to give an order to speed up the retreat. The soldiers surrounded him and fled down the mountain like flying.
The artillery fire had just extended, and the three combat regiments of the independent brigade surged out like three torrents. They had been resisting the Japanese attacks for days. The soldiers finally had a chance to counterattack and retaliate. "Come on, kill the Japanese!" they shouted.
The sound of killing was loud. A rare situation occurred in the Chinese theater at this time. A brigade of Chinese troops chased a so-called ace division of the Japanese army!
Director of the Political Department Bai Lu excitedly recorded this scene with his camera.
Deputy brigade commander Li Ming rubbed his big hands and sighed: "This battle was so damn enjoyable, even those stupid little devils are here today!"
Officer Lin Yan glared at him fiercely and was very dissatisfied with this highly educated man's foul language. Bai Lu also cast a look of contempt at him.
Chief of Staff Xu, holding a telescope, shouted: "Look, the brigade commander is brandishing a machete again and leads the team to the front!"
Li Ming sighed again: "I have expected this a long time ago. This guy asked me to guard the store, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Director Bai, you have to take good care of this wild horse!"
Bai Lu blushed and was speechless, and said to the guard company commander Wu Qiang: "Why are you still staying here? Go and protect the commander!"
"Yes!" Captain Wu, who could no longer hold himself back for a long time, was eager for these words. With a loud shout, the soldiers of the guard company descended the mountain like tigers and ran towards the battlefield.
Lieutenant General Ikeda, who had rich combat experience, knew that if the troops were not well organized in retreat, the losses would be greater than during the attack. Faced with the enemy's counterattack, he ordered Major General Matsuo to lead a regiment to cut off the rear, and he led the main force to continue to retreat down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, you can stay out of the range of enemy artillery.
Major General Matsuo was also a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles. He felt ashamed and angry when he saw that one of his divisions was unable to attack Black Tiger Mountain, which was defended by only a few thousand Chinese troops for a long time. After losing troops and generals, he had to retreat. In the Battle of Songhu, 6 of the 8 Japanese divisions
The 300,000-strong brigade defeated 75 divisions of the Chinese army 9
A brigade of more than 600,000 men captured Shanghai. In the recent Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, 100,000 Japanese troops defeated nearly 200,000 Chinese troops and captured 35,000 enemy troops... Now I can't defeat a Japanese ace division.
It was a great disgrace to have one brigade! He was dissatisfied with Shangfeng's order to retreat. He felt that he still had more than 10,000 troops and a strength advantage, so he could make a last-ditch effort. It was hard to say who would win in the end.
However, a soldier's bounden duty is to obey orders, so he did not dare to disobey them. As soon as his troops began to withdraw, the enemy took the opportunity to counterattack. The hastily retreating troops were now disrupted and defeated. The situation was over. It was a devastating defeat. Major General Matsuo
At this time, he only had one wish: to cover the main force's smooth withdrawal, even if he was torn to pieces. He had to make a last-ditch effort, resist to the death, fight to the death, stop this hateful Chinese army, and protect the final dignity of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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The three combat groups of the independent brigade outflanked the Matsuo Regiment from three sides. Although Jiang Hailong did not dare to use one brigade to launch an all-out attack on the Japanese division with more than 10,000 people remaining, he felt that it was still possible to capture the remaining Japanese regiment.
. He was making a risky move at this time. The three combat regiments plus a special agent company and a company of the New Fourth Army only had more than 4,000 people. A Japanese regiment had 3,000 or several hundred people, so they only had a slight advantage in strength.
If the main force of the Japanese army were to fight back, the outcome would not be optimistic. He bet that the Japanese army would not compromise on its execution of orders and did not dare to waste time when Chinese reinforcements were about to arrive. It was not his style not to eat the fat that was on his lips. The Japanese would leave a link.
After the team is broken up, he will accept it and keep it here forever. Taking advantage of the strong fighting spirit of the team, he will pursue the Japanese and fight fiercely, so that the Japanese pirates who invaded Black Tiger Mountain will never come back.
Jiang Hailong commanded the troops to block the Matsuo Regiment's retreat, and used mortars, light and heavy machine guns to attack the enemy. Suddenly, hundreds of mortars roared, causing sand and rocks to fly, gunpowder smoke billowing, and the Japanese's severed limbs and bodies thrown up and down.
The Japanese troops dispersed their formation to avoid artillery fire. The independent brigade's light and heavy machine guns and rifles fired dense bullets at them again. After the first round of stormy firepower attack, the Japanese casualties were 400 to 500 people. The independent brigade attacked the Japanese army on three sides.