Chapter Twelve Fierce Battle on the Jiacha River 1-3
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Xiaoru mustered up all her strength and ran across the several hundred meters low ground in one breath, disappearing on the hillside covered by green trees.
Ever since Xiaoru appeared in everyone's sight, Shanzi and Yumei had fixed their gazes on the entrance of the col. Until the Japanese team rushed into the col, they could not see the other comrades.
In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that since the Japanese army followed Xiaoru, it meant that Xiaoding and the others would never come back. However, neither Shanzi nor Yumei wanted to say anything about the outcome that had become a fact.
Finally, in extremely suppressed grief, Shanzi swung his fist and beat the ground hard.
Soon after climbing up the ridge, Xiaoyan limped and walked straight towards Xiaoru. The two girls hugged tightly, smiling and crying.
At this moment, Xiao Liu ran forward: "Sister Ru, the leader asked you and Sister Xiaoyan to evacuate the position quickly and go to the rescue team behind the slope."
Xiaoru said: "I'm not a health worker, why should I be kicked out?"
Xiao Liu continued: "The regiment leader said that in this war, there will be no women on the battlefield."
Xiaoru got a little angry and asked angrily: "What about Political Commissar Jiang and Xiao Feng? Do they both pee standing up like you?"
This question made Xiao Liu blush, and after holding back for a while, he simply said: "Anyway, the regiment leader has issued a death order, please carry it out unconditionally."
Xiaoru sneered, supported Xiaoyan's left arm and walked towards the back of the slope.
At this time, large groups of Japanese troops entered the depression one after another, and the forward team was already approaching the foot of Wuming Mountain, less than a hundred meters away from our ambush line.
Shanzi pressed the muzzle of his hat against the brim of his hat and clicked the hammer.
When Yumei saw that Shanzi was eager to fire, she said in a consultative tone: "Zikai, the Japanese army has not yet entered the effective range. Do you want to wait a little longer?"
Shan Zi said: "First deal with these idiots and take revenge on Xiao Ding and the others."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud gunshot, and a Japanese soldier rolled down the mountain with blood splattered on his forehead.
Shanzi's gunfire was an order. In an instant, eight light machine guns opened fire at once, and the Japanese and puppet soldiers fell to the ground like reeds blown by the wind.
Encountering a sudden blow, the surviving Japanese soldiers were like frightened birds and hurriedly turned around and fled, but only a dozen of them escaped back to the main force.
Ishikawa Shiro immediately realized that this time he had fallen into the trap carefully designed by Tubalu.
Thinking of this, Ishikawa Shiro quickly dismounted, took a quick look at the terrain, and quickly summoned the commanders from all walks of life to fully deploy the attack plan.
Following the instructions of Shiro Ishikawa, each squadron temporarily formed a grenade detachment, with a senior squad leader as the commander, to bombard the Wumingshan position from the front.
Other Japanese and puppet troops formed two groups to attack Wumingshan from both sides. The troops on the west side were composed of the first company of the security regiment and the first squadron of the Japanese army. Tomita Ryohei and Zhu Zihui were in command.
The troops on the east route were composed of the Japanese Third Squadron and the Second Company of the Security Regiment. The squadron leader Kazuya Okamoto and the executive officer served as the chief and deputy commanders respectively.
After receiving the order from Ishikawa Shiro, Zhu Zihui tore off the buttons of his clothes and shouted: "Brothers in the security group, the time has come to serve the imperial army. Give me a good beating."
Listening to Zhu Zihui's cry, Shiro Ishikawa was deeply moved and praised Zhu Zihui as the most loyal and reliable friend of the Japanese Empire.
Because they had experienced the battles of Oak Slope and Yukou Mountain, all veterans of the former Independence Battalion knew that the leader of the puppet army in the white shirt was Zhu Zihui.
After issuing the order in a hurry, Shiro Ishikawa, surrounded by his assistants and orderlies, evacuated to the hillside on the east side of the entrance of the col to observe the troops.
Huang San was so ignorant that he followed Shiro Ishikawa to the foot of the hillside. But before he could stand firmly, Shiro Ishikawa scolded him angrily and ran back to Tomita Ryohei in despair.
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Shanzi had to admit that Ishikawa Shiro was indeed superior in this use of troops, causing the Wumingshan main position to lose the ability to strike directly.
However, Ishikawa Shiro never thought that at the eastern edge of the col, the large and small ridges and depressions were like a person's face covered with wrinkles and pockmarks, and soldiers from the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company were hidden inside.
According to Shanzi's deployment, this team, led by Xiaolong, mainly conducts mobile operations, that is, waiting for opportunities to penetrate from the side and back to attack the enemy unexpectedly.
Because the grass in the eastern part of the depression is low and the shrubs are sparse, in order to hide themselves, many of the soldiers lay down in the muddy water, keeping company with locusts and various water insects.
As soon as the Japanese grenades were deployed, Shanzi had already divided the main position into two. Shanzi and Yumei led the three battalions and one company to move to the east of the ridge, while Battalion Commander Song led one battalion and one company to hide from the west end of the ridge.
The Japanese grenades were more than 300 meters away from the Wuming Mountain. The commander gave the order, and the grenades fell one after another in the middle of the Wuming Mountain. The explosions came one after another, resounding through the sky.
As early as when the Japanese were setting up grenade positions, the machine gun squad ambushing on the west bank of the Jiacha River quickly moved northward and set up four light machine guns from the bank.
At this time, Company Commander Gao gave an order, and bullets rained down directly on the Japanese grenade positions.
Unable to withstand the intensive attacks, the grenade squad abandoned five corpses and hurriedly fled eastward, escaping beyond the effective range of the light machine gun in one breath.
After driving away the Japanese grenade launchers, Company Commander Gao led the machine gun squad to continue northward, intending to cross the Jiacha River and detour to the hills to the north of the depression to destroy the enemy's grenade launchers from behind.
The sound of gunfire stopped for a moment, and the enemies surrounded by two groups went straight south and began to advance towards both ends of the Wuming Mountain. Both groups of troops used eleven light machine guns to strike forward.
When the Japanese troops on the west route were less than half a mile away from the Wuming Mountain, the machine gun platoon ambushed on the west bank of the Jiacha River suddenly attacked. Nine grenades and two heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time.
Battalion Commander Song also responded from Wumingshan and ordered four light machine guns to fire at the enemy.
For a time, more than 200 Japanese and puppet troops were beaten so dizzy that they could not figure out the southeast and northwest.
Not long after the battle started on the western front, the Japanese troops on the eastern route also entered the effective range of light machine guns. Xiaolong and Shanzi seized the opportunity and issued firing orders to the machine gunners one after another.
At this time, when we look at the enemies on the east and west, dead bodies are everywhere, and the living ones are crying and howling, one is calling father, the other is calling mother, it is a tragic scene.
Xiaolong was a guy who went crazy when he heard the sound of gunshots. Since he was more than 200 meters away from the enemy, his rifle and shell gun could not carry out effective strikes. In his anxiety, he jumped out of the pit.
Braving the enemy's counterattack bullets, the little chinchilla ran to another pit. Without saying a word, he grabbed the shooting light machine gun, raised his head and chest, and swiped at the enemy group.
After firing dozens of bullets in one go, two Japanese machine gunners were killed and three soldiers were knocked down.
Taking the new magazine from the hands of the ammunition hand, Xiaolong was about to change his equipment, but was pushed to the ground by the correspondent. Xiaolong suddenly turned over and threw the correspondent several meters away.
Seeing Xiaolong's madness, Shanzi poked the brim of his hat with the muzzle of his gun again: "Yumei, while the Japanese are in chaos, go around from the east to Xiaolong and suppress this kid."
Yumei agreed, got up and walked straight to the east hillside. Correspondent Xiao Feng followed quickly.
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Ishikawa Shiro thought that he would be able to defeat the enemy with his troops this time, but he unexpectedly fell into a trap dug by Yamako in advance and fell into a three-sided attack.
In anger, Ishikawa Shiro sent an order through the walkie-talkie, and the two groups of troops quickly retreated north to avoid the attack from the southern mountain position, concentrated their forces, and launched a roundabout attack on the two flanks.
As soon as Ishikawa Shiro put down the microphone, the grenade squad had reorganized in the northeast of the col and launched a fierce artillery attack on the 2nd Battalion's position.
In just a few seconds, five soldiers in the Second Battalion's position were killed and three soldiers were seriously injured. Among the sacrificed soldiers, two were machine gunners.
Stretcher bearers ran through enemy artillery fire and carried the wounded and wounded soldiers away from their positions.
Suffering casualties from shelling, Xiaolong glared and spit fire, turned to the south and shouted loudly: "First company commander, quickly give me a squad with two light machine guns."
Before the first company commander could respond, Yumei shouted sharply: "Please wait a moment."
Xiaolong was stunned and looked at Yumei in surprise.
Yumei's face was serious: "Xiaolong, what do you want to do?"
Xiaolong said: "My eyes hurt when I look at the kid's grenade. Go and smash it for his mother."
Yumei said: "Faced with so many enemies, if you attack from the front, you are sending them to the door to be beaten. Besides, Company Commander Gao is responsible for the heavy firepower to attack the enemy, and he has probably already started taking action."
Xiaolong always respected Yumei and obeyed her orders, but this time he said: "Gao Company is too far away. By the time they arrive, the cucumbers and vegetables will be cold."
Having said this in a hurry, Xiaolong raised his neck and shouted again: "First company commander, please execute the order."
Yumei was domineering and continued: "Battle Commander Xu, please abide by the established plan. This is also an order."
Seeing that Yumei was angry, Xiaolong sighed sadly.
However, at this moment, Company Commander Gao led the machine gun squad to the hilltop north of the depression. Four gunners held machine guns in their arms and fired wildly at the Japanese grenade squad. The rifles and shell guns simultaneously launched point-and-point strikes.
After a burst of gunfire, the Japanese squad was left dead and injured, and completely lost its ability to resist.
Company Commander Gao did not stop there, and led the machine gun squad to rush down the front slope and throw grenades together within fifty meters of the grenade position.
After more than a dozen grenades were thrown in succession, the grenade squad was eventually buried in the soil.
After wiping out the Japanese grenade squad, Captain Gao rushed westward along the slope and headed straight for Ishikawa Shiro's command position.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shiro Ishikawa hurriedly jumped on his horse, rushed out of the entrance of the col, and fled north.
Seeing that Shiro Ishikawa was running faster than a rabbit, Captain Gao couldn't help but sneer, and soon he crossed the Jiacha River and returned to his position.
Although Shiro Ishikawa had fled a thousand meters away, he was still filled with resentment and sent orders to Ryohei Tomita and Kazuya Okamoto through the walkie-talkie——
I would rather die for the Japanese Empire than retreat even half a step towards Tubal Road.
At this time, two groups of Japanese troops withdrew to the northern section of the depression, not only getting rid of the fire threat from Wuming Mountain, but also getting rid of the frontal attack from the two flank positions.
Xiaolong and Company Commander Gao saw through the enemy's intentions and adapted accordingly. Xiaolong commanded the troops to quickly set up positions on the east and west sides with Yumei as the center to meet the enemy from the front.
Company Commander Gao led his team to move north quickly to prevent the enemies on the west route from crossing the river and outflanking them.
At the same time, Shan Zi also beat Xiao Jiujiu from Wuming Mountain——
Facing an enemy that was several times my size, Xiaolong and Company Commander Gao were obviously at a disadvantage in their positions. From the perspective of troop deployment alone, Company Commander Gao was even more vulnerable.
Thinking of this, Shan Zi suddenly called Xiao Liu. At that moment, Xiao Hu ran over panting and asked the troops to rush down the mountain to support Xiao Long and Company Commander Gao.
Shanzi said: "Xiaohu, please inform Battalion Commander Song quickly and ask him to leave the machine gun squad and lead the three platoons across the Jiacha River to provide reinforcements to Company Commander Gao."
Xiaohu asked: "What about me?"
Shanzi said: "It's none of your business, go quickly."
As soon as Xiaohu left, Shanzi transferred a platoon and a machine gun squad from the third battalion, led by deputy battalion commander Chen of the first battalion, to support Xiaolong.
After the dispatched team evacuated, there was only one platoon and one machine gun squad left on Wuming Mountain.
When the time was short, Shanzi hurried to the west end of Wuming Mountain. Since the rescue team was located behind the mountain, Shanzi instructed Xiaohu to continue guarding Wuming Mountain.
After Ruzhi Daye explained everything, Shanzi and Xiaoliu hurried down the west slope, crossed the Jiacha River and ran north.