The area where the Black Tiger Mountain Guerrilla Brigade was located became a special area for the development of the Eighth Route Army. Here, the Japanese were constantly hit hard, and the enemy was really troubled here.
Even in the base area established by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, although the Japanese raids failed, this was due to many reasons. Even so, the Japanese could still enter the base area, but here, they were unable to invade, and on the contrary were in a situation of being beaten.
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For this reason, the Japanese Army Command in North China replaced the command of neighboring counties and sent Ishihara, who was familiar with mountain operations, as the commander of this area. Ishihara led the troops all the way at the beginning of the invasion. He once defeated an army of the Kuomintang with a brigade.
Also extremely arrogant.
He came prepared this time. In addition to bringing his own brigade, he also brought a lot of engineers. He promised to the summit that all resistance forces around Black Tiger Mountain would be completely eliminated within three months.
As soon as Ishihara arrived in Linxian, he began to familiarize himself with the resistance forces in this area, and studied the three treasures and their combat characteristics. In his opinion, these three treasures did not have any outstanding military talents, and they were all nothing more than burying some earth-made weapons.
mines.
While Sanbao was actively developing his troops, he also began to make active deployments. The two sides soon clashed. Ishihara was too confident in his own strength and command, while Sanbao was also full of confidence in his mines. Once they met, the two sides fought fiercely.
fierce.
With the experience of the last battle and the strength of the troops, Sanbao sent Li Yong to lead the first squadron to attack the Japanese stronghold this time, while he led the second squadron and the third squadron to prepare for an ambush on the way as last time.
Prior to this, Sanbao had successively eliminated several small strongholds. This time he targeted the Heifengkou stronghold that controlled the main road from the mountains to the plains, and he set up an ambush on the main road in Linxian County.
But the news soon came that the Japs were increasing their troops in Linxian, and everyone advised Sanbao to be more cautious. In the end, Sanbao decided to give up the plan of conquering the stronghold and ambushing the enemy. It was more reliable to lay down the stronghold, and his own mines were enough to stop the enemy.
reinforcements, so he still sent Zhang Yunbiao to support Li Yong, and he only took Qu Changlin's third squadron to stop the enemy.
The battle to attack the Japanese stronghold quickly started. Li Yong and Zhang Yunbiao soon felt that something was wrong. The enemy defended the stronghold and counterattacked with fierce firepower. They really encountered a tough situation. Zhang Yunbiao felt unconvinced, and he immediately ordered his men to carry out a
Table, this is the earthen tank that everyone thought about. Without heavy weapons, we can only approach the stronghold and blast it.
Four soldiers squatted under the table, one of them was holding a table leg, and another soldier was holding two explosive bags in the middle. The other soldiers immediately covered it with a quilt and poured water on it, then shoveled soil and poured it on.
Cover yourself with a wet quilt, which will be enough to stop bullets.
"Fire cover." Following the orders of Li Yong and Zhang Yunbiao, the soldiers suppressed the stronghold with firepower, and the local tanks rushed towards the stronghold despite dense bullets.
No one expected that there was a mountain artillery in the stronghold. The Japanese carried the cannon to the top of the stronghold and did not reveal it at first. Only then did they fire. The earth tank shook in the fire. Finally, a shell hit the front of the earth tank and the table
The quilt was overturned, and five soldiers were injured or killed.
"Damn it, bring them back." Zhang Yunbiao said angrily. He then prepared to go into battle himself, but the experienced Li Yong felt something was wrong. Since the Japanese had artillery, why didn't they use it earlier? He was clearly trying to entangle the attacking troops.
"Captain Zhang, I think it's better to suspend the attack and report the situation here to the captain," Li Yong said.
"Why?" Zhang Yunbiao felt unconvinced.
"This Japs just brought out the cannon now. He clearly wants to attract us." Li Yong replied.
"This cunning little devil!" Zhang Yunbiao couldn't help but cursed.
Li Yong saw that there was no hope of conquering, so he began to be wary. While monitoring the Japanese, he began to prepare to retreat. It was precisely because of this that he avoided the danger of being surrounded by the Japanese. Sanbao did not stop the Japanese, and the battle broke out.