Chapter 1030 Jungle Battle! (In the last two days, please vote for me)
In fact, the fighting in the mountain forest broke out as early as the afternoon.
Just as the Chinese know that if the Japanese army wants to escape, they will definitely enter the steep mountains. The Japanese also know that there are more than just jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains of China. There are more Chinese people who are more dangerous than jackals, tigers and leopards.
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But, what if? Including Yamashita, who had fallen into a coma, all the Japanese soldiers who fled into the mountains understood one truth. Fighting in the Chinese encirclement, they might fight to kill a few more Chinese before dying, but they themselves were
Dead.
When entering mountainous areas, although they will still be ambushed, blocked or even pursued by the Chinese, after all, the mountains are vast and the Chinese are not gods. It is impossible to seal the entire mountain, so there is a chance of survival.
Of course, both Tang Dao and Brigadier Cheng understand this truth.
But for them as commanders, the so-called annihilation of the enemy does not mean not letting go of even the dogs. As long as eight of them are annihilated, the effect has been achieved, provided that they cannot injure their muscles and bones.
The so-called siege of Sanjue Yi, this mountainous area that both sides knew was full of murderous intent, was the pit that the Japanese, who knew it was a pit, had to jump into if they wanted to survive.
The first to have contact with the Chinese soldiers was, of course, the first to leave, led by the brigade escort squadron led by Yota Into.
But Yin Tengyouta was very cunning. Even though he knew that he could bump into the Chinese ambushing on the high ground anywhere in the mountains, he would still kill them with a mighty force of two to three hundred people with great fanfare.
In the past, when they were confident and had men and artillery, the warriors of the Japanese Empire had always been fearless when encountering mountains and seas. But now, the high ground where an infantry platoon was stationed would make them tremble with fear.
Therefore, before marching, he divided the entire escort squadron into squads and detachments, and sent out a hundred people in more than five directions. These detachments were used to explore the road, and their life and death depended on each other.
It was important, it was important to find out for him who was the last to enter the mountain that there were Chinese people there.
The officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company who met them first were still in charge of so much. If they were Japs, they would be killed. Naturally, they would not show mercy.
The constant sound of gunfire in the mountain gave Yin Teng Youta and the remaining nearly 200 people an alternative path, and then continued to send out pathfinders to the walkable area while going deep into the mountain.
In this way, relying entirely on the loss of human lives, this wise Chief of Staff of the Second Mixed Brigade miraculously led his troops more than ten miles into the mountains before nightfall without being discovered by the Chinese soldiers.
If it hadn't been for night, this man was too cautious, thinking that he might be discovered by the Chinese soldiers who had already occupied the high ground while driving at night with a flashlight, and he might be able to escape smoothly with the seriously injured Yamashita.
But unfortunately, Yin Tengyouta didn't know how much the Chinese wanted to kill them. In the rolling mountains, in addition to more than 150 people from the reconnaissance company of the Four Elements Regiment, the most elite of the 16,000-strong army, there were also Four Elements
The first battalion of the regiment is an elite infantry battalion with more than a thousand elite soldiers.
The mountains close to the Japanese positions were too steep. After receiving the mission, Lei Xiong carefully studied the simple map drawn by the scouts. In such a rugged geographical environment, it was difficult to deploy troops, and the peaks were too far away from the valleys.
It was far away and it was easy for individual Japanese soldiers to escape using the cover of darkness and bushes.
Therefore, he took a deviant approach and did not put all his troops in this area. Instead, he used this as the center point and divided his troop deployment into three layers. The first layer was an area about 10 miles away from the Japanese position.
There are two infantry platoons, the second level is 15 miles away from the Japanese position, and there are three infantry platoons. The third level is the last level, about 22 miles away from the Japanese position, and there are four infantry platoons.
The artillery company was split up to coordinate the operations of each infantry platoon.
This is to form a layer-by-layer net. If the Japanese army fleeing into the mountains wants to be a fish that slips through the net, then it must be protected by Amaterasu to make the dream come true.
In the evening, most of the more than a thousand Japanese troops who had completely collapsed and fled into the mountains did not even pass the first level of the first-level interception of the first battalion.
In addition, there were more than 100 elite reconnaissance companies ambushed in this area, and there were more than 400 Chinese soldiers guarding the high ground, as well as heavy machine guns and mortars. The condescending attack left the Japanese army powerless to resist.
What made the remnants of the Japanese army even more miserable was that they could not cross the valley that was firmly sealed. The main Chinese force in the rear, which had won a comprehensive victory, did not celebrate their victory too much, but pursued them along the road into the mountains without any scruples.
Why is the sky getting dark?
There are two more infantry battalions, belonging to the 772nd Regiment and the 771st Regiment respectively. This kind of mountainous combat is also what they are extremely good at.
The remnant of the artillery brigade of the Second Mixed Brigade, who wanted to run away without losing his artillery, was blocked from both sides in this way, and was finally slaughtered before it even got dark.
Really, because of their stupid behavior, even the Chinese soldiers had the urge to call them, "As expected of the Mountain Artillery Brigade."
"Hey, young! Now that we have cannons, now that we have cannons, I can build a mountain artillery battery in the 772 Regiment. Brigadier, you can't regret it!" Wang Xiaoqiang, who heard that his subordinates had captured seven intact mountain cannons, laughed up to the sky and almost died.
Xiao Yue walked over in front of Brigadier Cheng Da, Tuan Zuo Tang and Commander Xu of the 771st Regiment.
Captain Xu, who had always been mature and prudent, couldn't help but look at the sky and rolled his eyes. Not to mention the contribution of the 771st Regiment, the Four Elements Regiment was the one who made the biggest contribution, right? Tang Tuan
The commander hasn’t spoken yet. Why, now you are part of the 772nd group? What are you thinking!
However, the calm Captain Xu really miscalculated this time.
After the war, after questioning a Japanese captain who was captured in the mountains, he learned that the cause of the collapse of the 2nd Mixed Brigade in the evening was that Yamashita was accidentally seriously injured by an artillery attack.
Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang, who was belatedly aware of the situation, did not recall that Xia Jiba fired a few rounds until Brigadier Cheng Da came to visit him. Unexpectedly, he actually killed the Japanese supreme commander.
"In this battle, the 772nd Regiment should make the first contribution!" These words were not spoken by Brigadier Cheng and Tuanzuo Tang, but by the boss of the 80th Group Army.
As a reward, 4 75mm mountain guns and 300 rounds of artillery shells were returned to the 772nd Regiment, becoming the first infantry regiment in the entire 80th Group Army to have a mountain gun company. But Wang Xiaoqiang was so overwhelmed that he couldn't wait to go to the brigade headquarters for a meeting.
No guards but a mountain artillery battery.
Returning to the original topic, according to Lei Xiong's layer-by-layer defense deployment, the blocking position finally selected by the first battalion, second company and first platoon located in the outermost layer was not a large mountain, but the junction of consecutive mountains. The mountains were not too high.
, the highest altitude is only seventy or eighty meters. The mountains are not particularly steep. They are basically stone mountains, and the tops of the slopes are mostly dominated by shrubs and small trees.
There are many hills, which are endless. There are many ravines between the hills, covered with weeds and shrubs. It is no problem for people to walk, but it is difficult for people to travel by car or horse.
But even if you want to leave, if someone attacks from the mountain, even if you throw a stone down, the person will be killed.
In other words, if you want to hold on to a gully that can be walked through, you only need to hold on to the commanding heights of the hills that are not far apart on both sides of the gully.
However, there is only one way to go. Not to mention a platoon of dozens of people, it is just an infantry squad. The Japanese army, which lacks heavy artillery, heavy machine guns and other heavy firearms, wants to open a way to escape. In just a few hours, it costs several times the casualties of the defenders.
No matter how hard you try, it's impossible.
But the geography and topography here have determined that there are many ravines for the Japanese army to flee, at least five or six.
In this case, one platoon can only divide its troops.
However, we cannot blindly divide our troops. Otherwise, if the Japanese army seizes the weakness, divides and surrounds a row, and concentrates its superior forces to defeat each one, it will turn a risky and courageous blockade into a joke.
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Therefore, under the assignment of Wei Donglai, who personally led the team, the infantry squads were used as units, and the three infantry squads were divided into three defense zones with character characters. The firepower between each infantry squad could provide mutual support. If you want to attack one of them
From one position, the Japanese army would be attacked by fire from at least two hilltop positions.
Moreover, the position setting of each class is also very particular.
For example, an infantry squad establishes a position on the two hills in front of the center, with a firepower group stationed on each hilltop. Another infantry squad cooperates with a firepower squad that provides fire support to establish a position on the rear hilltop 300 meters away.
It is enough to ensure that the fire squad's one heavy machine gun and one 82-gun provide fire cover for their flanks and rear flanks.
Moreover, because the 82-gun has a firing range of up to 2,500 meters, it can cover most of the battlefield area, enough to attack the light infantry-type Japanese invaders who can reach this area.
Yes, Lei Xiong dared to cast the net so wide and wide, and did not hesitate to set up defenses in a mountainous area with a radius of dozens of miles, just to bully the Japanese who had completely turned into light infantry. In this broken place, let alone infantry and mountain artillery.
Just being able to carry a few heavy machine guns makes him a super ruthless person.
In order to facilitate communication in the mountainous area, the three infantry company headquarters have distributed field radios. However, after all, the Fourth Army Regiment is not yet powerful enough to popularize field radios to platoon-level units, and all emergency communications must rely on signal bombs.
In the dark of night, red flares were fired in the distant mountains and forests, which proved that the Japanese troops had fled into the mountains and forests as the regimental commander had guessed, and had already come into contact with the first or even second layer of blocking positions.
The officers and soldiers of the second company and the first platoon who had just arrived at their respective positions after a long march did not bother to rest and immediately went into the work of building fortifications.
Not only did they know that the battle was a great victory, their morale increased, but more importantly, they all knew that the injured wild boar was more vicious than the tiger.
In order to survive, the Japanese army's outbreak of fighting power may be even more terrifying than before.
In such a bloody battle, the stronger the fortifications, the greater the chance of survival.
No one wants to die in such a glorious battle. It's not that they are particularly afraid of death, but they all want to live to taste the joy after victory.
What's more, Tang Tuanzuo often said: Only by surviving can you kill more Japanese. Talking about death lightly is also irresponsible to the country and nation.
The officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment may be less afraid of death than many people, but they are also more "fearful of death" than many people. Especially for the newly rebuilt Second Company, the name of the 'Steel Company' is after the former Sichuan Army Seventh Company 120
Forged from the flesh and blood of martyrs, they cannot let the Second Company suffer another fatal blow so easily.
It was said that it was repairing fortifications, but in fact it was just filling the four sacks that everyone carried with them with earth and building them up.
This sack is also a necessary item carried by each officer and soldier of the Fourth Army Regiment. Like ammunition, it will be quickly replenished after every battle, and it is tied together with the individual engineer shovel that everyone must have.
Don’t underestimate the role of sandbags. The soil in most of the sacks can basically withstand the penetration of 7.7mm bullets from Japanese heavy machine guns. As long as the grenades of the Japanese grenades do not explode accurately behind the sandbags, shrapnel and shock waves will basically be able to withstand it.
The person hiding behind it could not cause fatal damage. After several battles, this seemingly inconspicuous sack saved the lives of many soldiers.
Three people from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Company, 1st Platoon and 3rd Platoon, led by squad leader Abacus, were also building sandbags. However, they were not on the main position of the infantry platoon, but on a lonely mountain three miles away from the main position.
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Lao Abacus was one of the five veterans who originally belonged to the Sixing Battalion that Wei Donglai personally named when the Second Company was rebuilt. The other four became platoon-level cadres. Only Lao Abacus did not want to be an officer and chose to continue to be his
Although he is a soldier, his military salary is almost the same as that of a lieutenant.
In his words, he is used to being lazy and can't even control his own gambling. There are so many people there. But he has fought in Songhu, Songjiang and Guangde, and he is too senior to be a squad leader.
It really doesn't make sense.
As a result, the former famous old gambler of Sihang Camp became the most senior sergeant squad leader in the whole battalion. Not to mention the platoon leader was his old comrade, even the company commander Wei Donglai was very polite to him.
Therefore, Lao Baanpan chose a blocking point by himself, and the second lieutenant platoon leader, who was much younger than Lao Baanpan, looked at the terrain and agreed.
In fact, the solitary mountain he chose was steeper than other mountains. It was difficult to climb up, but the mountain was high enough that he could basically see the surrounding area for seven or eight miles.
It is the most suitable as an observation point, and there are many strange rocks on the top of the mountain. If the enemy only relies on shooting with guns, the environment here is very conducive to defense.
Moreover, 400 meters away from this mountain, there are basically cliffs and dead ends.
In other words, the 1,000-meter-long blocking defense line deployed by the entire row ends here. If the Japanese troops fleeing from this direction want to enter the distant mountains through here, they can only fight, otherwise they can only transform.
The adult monkey climbed over the cliff.
However, the rugged mountain area is destined to be unfavorable for human passage. As long as you are not too stupid, you will generally not pass through the valley that is full of rocks and cannot stand.
Otherwise, the first platoon would not have given up here as a position, and the chance that the Japanese army would choose to pass through here was really very small.
In the second lieutenant's platoon leader's mind, Lao Abacus had found a relatively safe place. For this reason, he privately asked Lao Abacus to take Tudou, who had been promoted to corporal, with him.
Tudou is young, but he is a "veteran" in the Steel Company, because he has been in the Steel Company earlier than 95% of the officers and soldiers.
He was originally a signal soldier and orderly soldier of the company commander Wei Donglai, but since the battle of Mouse Mountain, this stubborn boy had to go to the front-line army.
In his original words: They are such stupid immortals. Those melon skins are dead with just one kick of their legs. If I am left to kowtow to them, my head will be swollen. I will not do this job! I am going to die.
We all go to report to Lord Yama. Anyway, don’t leave me alone again.
Yes! How does that feel when you watch all the brothers you have been with day and night die in battle, leaving only you? Comparing your feelings to each other, it is really not as satisfying as dying together.
For this reason, the company commander Wei Donglai said no more and had to let him work under the senior infantry squad leader Abacus in the entire infantry company.
Wei Donglai's logic is also very simple. Soldiers who have survived longer on the battlefield know how to save their lives. Under his command, Tudou has a much higher chance of survival on the battlefield than other squads.
The entire Second Company knew about this idea, but no one blamed Wei Donglai. The young man who yelled "shoot at me" on the phone was the best soldier in the Second Company, bar none.
Because he is the hope of all the Sichuan Army brothers who died in the war! Everyone hopes that he can live well until the war, marry and have children for all the brothers who died in the war, and enjoy a good life.
Potato, who has gone through several battles, is much more mature than before. Faced with the kindness of the company commander and all the brothers in the company, he did not say anything to refuse. However, he is still the brave young man who took the lead in the battle of fishing for gold.
The elite soldiers in the old abacus squad who are equipped with semi-automatic rifles are not obtained through relationships, but through their own abilities.
The squad leader said hello, Tudou had no choice but to obey orders even though he didn't want to.
Of course, on such a battlefield, even if the terrain is not very likely to become a blocking position, it will mostly become a highland that provides reconnaissance information to the main position. However, a submachine gun paired with a semi-automatic rifle is still not enough.
Therefore, he brought along another accurate marksman carrying a Liao-made Thirteen Rifle.
This accurate shooter was not someone else, but Yang Bicheng, who was called a "coward" before the battle of Baihegang.
Perhaps it was the blessing of the spirits of his brothers who died heroically in battle, or perhaps he had two years of experience in the army. In the past, Zhazha was just a coward by nature. After the battle at Baihegang, this guy who was greatly stimulated and completely transformed, his marksmanship improved by leaps and bounds.
Although he failed to become the super sniper of the entire Four Lines Regiment in one fell swoop like Niu Er, he became an elite soldier with precision marksmanship after the Battle of Guangde.
Later, it was also because Wei Donglai's 'Steel Company' was reorganized that he was transferred from Li Jijin's Seventh Company. He was asked by Lao Bapan to be assigned to Platoon Three as his precision marksman, and his military rank was promoted to corporal.
The combination of three people is not weak, a veteran sergeant and two corporals with a strong will to fight.
The second lieutenant platoon leader was afraid that their firepower was still insufficient, so he specially gave Lao Abacus two more shell guns, and also provided 20 additional grenades.
Including bullets, water, dry food, etc., the three infantry soldiers' individual weight reached more than 20 kilograms. Fortunately, there were still four groups of pet hammers, otherwise, it would be really difficult to climb the solitary mountain.
The "Hammer" superior soldier is not a soldier of the first battalion. It is established at the regiment headquarters. Lei Xiong specially applied to Tang Dao because he wanted to go to the mountains.
Tudou met Tang Dao a lot during the battle at Mouse Mountain, and was naturally familiar with Hammer. The boy was originally innocent, and because he loved Hammer, he basically refused to eat the dried meat distributed by the army and fed it to Hammer. Hammer also liked the boy Tudou very much.
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He said he was serving as a sentry for the 1st Battalion Headquarters, but in fact Hammer always followed Tudou. Lei Xiong was too lazy to take care of it anymore. He was serving as a guard for the 2nd Company, so he was also helping the 1st Battalion, wasn't it?
Therefore, Hammer, who was wearing a military vest, a steel helmet and a steel collar, also took on the responsibility of the "camel dog". One dog hung more than 30 kilograms of supplies on the left and right sides, which saved the three of them a lot of effort.
For the sake of safety, under the leadership of Lao Abacus, the three people still practiced their old profession of infantry, digging the barren soil on the top of the mountain and setting up blocking positions at suitable locations.
If any Japanese soldiers came here, the three of them would naturally not be able to watch the little Japs sneak into the mountains and escape.
However, no one in the entire first battalion, including Lao Abacus, who was building a position, expected that apart from the main battlefield, the most brutal battle in this mountain would actually break out on this inconspicuous solitary mountain.
Not to mention that they didn't expect it, the Japanese army center left, who had tried so hard to save his life by sacrificing his subordinates, also didn't expect that it was three soldiers who completely blocked his escape door.
