Two hundred and sixty-three. The Great Victory at Black Tiger Mountain
Seeing this posture, Major General Matsuo knew the enemy's intention, and while commanding the counterattack, he shouted: "Imperial Warriors, the time has come to be loyal to the Emperor!" A large number of Japanese soldiers responded with wild shouts, lying on the ground and shooting. The machine gunners found positions one after another and fired at them.
The target was fired with a "click-click" sound, and the grenades and mortars fired instantly, posing a certain threat to the independent brigade.
The two sides exchanged fire in a hurry and did not have time to build fortifications, causing casualties on each other. The independent brigade took the lead, with sufficient ammunition, a large number of machine guns, mortars and other heavy weapons, and the casualties were significantly less than those of the Japanese army.
Jiang Hailong commanded the mortar bombardment in turn for an hour, mainly clearing out Japanese machine gun positions. A large number of Japanese machine gunners and machine guns were blown into pieces, and many deep pits of varying sizes were blasted out of the position. The independent brigade's
The snipers took advantage of the situation and raised their heads to hunt important targets through their sights. The Japanese grenadier and artillerymen were knocked down one after another, making it difficult for them to bend down and fire.
The main force of the Japanese army had withdrawn to the foot of the mountain. After Ikeda's power was cut off, the troops broke out on their own.
Major General Matsuo stayed calm in the face of danger, observing the battlefield situation, trying to find weak links in the enemy's encirclement and quickly break out of the encirclement. Otherwise, when the ammunition was exhausted and the enemy's reinforcements arrived, this place would become the burial place of his troops. This was no opportunity.
If something goes wrong, the sooner you act, the better.
A brigade of Japanese soldiers threw away heavy machine guns and mortars that were inconvenient to carry, picked up light machine guns and 38-guns, howled and charged towards the positions of the 1st and 2nd regiments of the Independent Brigade. The formation seemed to be determined at all costs.
They ran away. The firepower of the first and second regiments was attracted, and the two sides fought into a pot of porridge.
Suddenly, Matsuo led two brigades to attack the flank of the independent brigade. All the firepower of more than 2,000 Japs attacked in one place. The Japs ran and fired from a standing position regardless of casualties. The powerful firepower created a fire net. The front of the Japs' first brigade
The attack was a feint, and the flanks were the main direction of attack. Only Jiang Hailong led a regiment and the New Fourth Army company to defend here. The special agent company was hidden behind the hillside as a reserve team, and its firepower was weaker than the two regiments defending in the frontal position.
Seeing that the position was about to be torn open, Jiang Hailong ordered the special agent company to attack. At this time, the guard company led by Wu Qiang arrived. The elite troops of the two independent brigades used more arrogant automatic firearms to beat the Japanese head on. The Japanese counterattacked frantically.
, one after another, the one in front was shot and fell
The troops behind them surged up, stepping on the corpses of their accomplices, and continued to charge and shoot, almost jumping over the wall. When the two armies were five or sixty meters away, Jiang Hailong ordered the troops to intensively drop bombs, thousands of grenades.
A wall of fire was exploded that was insurmountable for flesh and blood.
The first wave of Japanese charges were finally repulsed. There was no silence for long before a second wave of charges was organized.
Jiang Hailong commanded the troops to respond calmly and calmly harvest the enemy's lives. He knew that the Japanese were frantic with anxiety. They had no logistical supplies, ammunition was getting less and less, casualties were increasing, and they had to worry about reinforcements from the Chinese army arriving. He had plenty of them.
Ammunition and time play slowly with the Japs.
He ordered the officers and soldiers to hold their positions, use ammunition to greet the enemy, and not allow a single Japanese to escape, nor launch a charge, in order to reduce troop casualties.
The Japanese were like gamblers who lost their sights and made desperate moves, charging like waves one after another. The independent brigade was like a solid flood control embankment, indestructible. The wounded had an argument with the stretcher bearers, arguing and refusing to evacuate the position, wanting to see the end with their own eyes.
of victory.
The charge force of the Matsuo Regiment was getting smaller and smaller, its firepower was getting weaker and weaker, and it was at the end of the war. After Matsuo sent the last telegram to report the battle situation, he desperately ordered his men to smash the radio, burn the code book and the military flag. The guards knew the final plan.
When the time came, he was advised to change into a soldier's uniform and asked to organize a death squad to cover him and break out among the crowd.
Matsuo shouted: "How can the imperial soldiers be afraid of death? I want to live and die with the soldiers!" He was ready to die. Seeing today's formation, he also knew that he would not escape death. It was almost impossible to break through the enemy's iron barrel-like encirclement.
impossible.
The ground was covered with corpses of Japanese soldiers, and the independent brigade's firepower did not decrease at all. The Matsuo regiment had beaten down less than a thousand people. The Japanese soldiers who had run out of bullets installed bayonets on the 38th cover one after another, preparing to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese army.
Jiang Hailong did not give them a chance, and refused to let the Japs get close at all. He continued to shoot the enemies with bullets from a long distance. The battlefield situation almost became a one-sided massacre. The soldiers of the independent brigade excitedly used the Japs without bullets as live targets.
There was a commotion at the Independence Brigade position, and a large number of New Fourth Army soldiers rushed up from the bottom of the mountain.
Captain Lin of the New Fourth Army received the reinforcement order and immediately rushed over with his troops without stopping. Seeing the situation on the battlefield, he thought depressingly, in this situation, why do we need our reinforcements? After all the hard work, I can't just be a bystander with nothing.
When he returned, he immediately asked to join the battle.
Jiang Hailong was unwilling to stop the friendly troops from killing the enemy, so he nodded in agreement.
Commander Lin gave an order, the loud charge horn sounded, and the New Fourth Army soldiers charged into the enemy group with bayonets in hand and swords raised high.
Jiang Hailong arranged for a regiment of the independent brigade and a guard company. The spy company followed the New Fourth Army and fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese. The other two regiments surrounded the battlefield to prevent an enemy from escaping.
As the New Fourth Army soldiers charged, they shouted in Japanese: "Hand in your guns and don't kill! The New Fourth Army treats prisoners preferentially!" Although no one in Captain Lin's troops knew Japanese, the soldiers had already memorized these slogans by heart, but it was a pity to use them.
not much.
Not all the Japanese were unafraid of death. Facing the forest-like density of gleaming bayonets and the incoming murderous Chinese troops, although most of them continued to resist, there were a small number of Japanese who watched their comrades being stabbed by the white bayonets.
all over
There were blood holes, or their heads had been chopped off with a big knife, and their heads were missing. They were so frightened that their faces were pale and their whole bodies were shaking. They put their rifles on their heads with both hands, knelt down and begged for mercy, giving up meaningless resistance. The Japanese military supervisory team could not protect itself.
There is nothing to stop them.
The soldiers of the Independent Brigade all worked hard and only used bayonets and swords to attack all the Japanese, treating them equally. Their commanders never taught them to shout the slogan "Hand in your guns and don't kill" to the Japanese.
The Japanese who surrendered realized that something was wrong. The two Chinese troops in different uniforms treated them differently. The smarter ones quickly raised their hands and ran towards the crowd of New Fourth Army soldiers in gray uniforms.
The Japs were killing less and less, and the remaining Japs huddled together to look after each other, fighting even though they were trapped.
The soldiers of the independent brigade launched a siege on a group of Japanese who were still resisting and killed them with bullets and bayonets. Major General Matsuo resisted until the end. Even after all the guards were exhausted, he still refused to surrender and stabbed several people who wanted to capture him alive with his saber.
Soldiers of the New Fourth Army. Three soldiers from the Special Agent Company of the Independent Brigade who wielded machetes pushed past the New Fourth Army and rushed forward, hacking them to death. The peripheral troops of the Independent Brigade shot or bayoneted the Japanese who tried to escape one by one.
The entire Matsuo regiment was wiped out, and Ikeda led the remnants of more than 10,000 people to flee the battlefield in panic. The New Fourth Army captured dozens of Japanese prisoners of war, and no one from the Independence Brigade was left alive. The Battle of Black Tiger Mountain ended with a great victory for the Chinese army.