The Japanese army in the Xingshan area took the initiative to shrink the defense line due to a temporary lack of troops. It turned out that the Japanese army's regular patrols outside the blockade had also temporarily stopped. [.Com text] After all, it is not an easy task to take custody of more than 20,000 workers.
.Especially due to the relative shortage of troops, the Japanese army could only suspend some minor steps.
Due to the insufficient strength of the Japanese army, they stopped patrolling the periphery. Liu Changshun's troops were also under the supervision of cadres at all levels. In addition to the occasional sounds of passwords and orders, most of the officers and soldiers were taking the time to wipe their weapons.
He was ready for battle, but no one spoke. Except for the corpses of dead workers on the surrounding mountains, which were not flashes of phosphorus fire, the entire mountain forest seemed very quiet.
When the hands of the watch reached one o'clock in the evening, Dong Ping, who served as the vanguard, led his reconnaissance company to set off first. His mission was to infiltrate first, touch the line of Linden Tree Spring, kill the Japanese supervisors, and search for the entire place that should exist
Structural diagram of the fortress.
Half an hour after Dong Ping set off, Liu Changshun secretly transported the main force back to the barbed wire fence north of Zhanjiang Mountain and lurked. As soon as Dong Ping sent back a signal, he would launch a full-scale attack.
More than 300 meters behind them, the two mountain artillery companies commanded by Hu Zhaoshan, the regiment's mortar company, and the infantry artillery company were ready for fire support. But it was really not clear where to hit the shells in their hands.
Hu Zhaoshan was also at a loss. There was no actual target, not even an actual map. This was the first time for Hu Zhaoshan to fight this kind of battle.
Fortunately, Ma Chunsheng saw Hu Zhaoshan's sad face and gave him a hand. Ma Chunsheng told him directly that wherever there was a Japanese firepower point, he would hit there. If bullets were fired there, his shells would fall there. Once Dong Ping
The penetration failed, and the Japanese army resisted stubbornly. His mountain artillery had to destroy the exposed firepower points of the Japanese army in the shortest possible time.
However, although the artillery was assigned tasks, Ma Chunsheng had deep doubts about how effective the artillery could be in the battle. The Battle of Qunceshan clearly showed that these small-caliber 75mm mountain field guns were very effective against the Japanese army.
Those reinforced concrete fortifications built without cutting corners and with a thickness of one meter or more cannot be said to have no effect, but they are very limited.
For these extremely strong reinforced concrete fortifications, the 75mm caliber artillery shells are like scratching an itch, and at most they will scratch a little skin. Judging from the situation observed during the day, as the main defense support point of the entire Northeast Manchuria area, the Japanese army
The fortifications built in Xingshan Fortress are much stronger than Qunce Mountain, which is a secret warehouse.
Since the main combat target of Xingshan Fortress is the Soviet army, the anti-attack standards of all the fortifications here are built according to the firepower standards for defense against the Soviet army. The Japanese army suffered a lot from the heavy artillery of the Soviet army in the Zhanggufeng battle.
, so as soon as the battle at Zhanggu Summit ended, the Japanese army made modifications to the fortifications that had been built here. The strength of the fortifications was far beyond what these 75mm mountain field guns could shake.
Moreover, Ma Chunsheng does not have much faith in the artillery's night fighting capabilities. Having witnessed the artillery's performance in the Battle of Jiamusi and the training at Qunce Mountain, Ma Chunsheng does not distrust the artillery. These artillery training are extremely hard and the requirements are extremely demanding.
Strict. Even in the opinion of Ma Chunsheng, who has a certain understanding of Japanese artillery training, the training intensity of these artillery units has almost exceeded that of the Japanese army.
But after all, the time is too short. It only takes two months from the establishment of these artillery units. No matter how hard the training is, no matter how intense the training is, the foundation is still there. Night battles, especially artillery night battles, are very demanding. These artillery troops
At least this is not possible yet.
Whether it was his hesitation about the solidity of the Japanese fortifications or the artillery's night combat capabilities, Ma Chunsheng did not prioritize artillery fire support. In his opinion, compared with artillery, reconnaissance was good at penetration and tactical reconnaissance.
The battalion is more suitable for this current battle.
After arranging and deploying all the firepower, Ma Chunsheng raised his telescope and once again turned his gaze to the darkness, except for the occasional flash of searchlights, and fell into the silence of the Fortress Mountain, trying to find something.
Compared with the old god Ma Chunsheng, Liu Changshun beside him seemed very anxious. While holding up the telescope and waiting for the signal from Dong Ping, he looked at the hands on the watch from time to time.
When the hands on the watch pointed to two o'clock, the scheduled attack time, and intensive gunfire sounded on Xingshan Street, but the signal from Dong Ping had not been received yet, Liu Changshun finally lost his temper.
. Turned to Ma Chunsheng and said: "Say, Lao Ma, it's already two o'clock. The fight has already started on the political commissar's side. Why hasn't Dong Ping sent a signal yet? Could something happen to him?"
Regarding Liu Changshun's question, Ma Chunsheng shook his head: "Probably not. If Dong Ping's actions are exposed, there will definitely be gunfire inside. But there is no movement now, indicating that they have not been exposed yet. The scale of this Xingshan Fortress is huge
, almost including the entire mountainous area around Shitou Temple.”
"Dong Ping has to penetrate into the Japanese core position within an hour without alerting the enemy, and he has to deal with more than a hundred supervisors and Japanese guard troops. It will take a certain amount of time. But since time has already passed
It’s here, then we can’t wait any longer. Regardless of whether Dong Ping sends a signal or not, we must launch the attack on time.”
Ma Chunsheng's words had just finished, and Liu Changshun had not had time to reply. In addition to the dense gunfire coming from the direction of Xingshan Street in the distance, dense gunfire suddenly rang out in the quiet position of the mountain.
Liu Changshun and Ma Chunsheng, who were about to answer, heard the unique gunfire coming from the mountains of the submachine guns heavily equipped by the reconnaissance company, as well as the dull gunfire of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, occasionally mixed with the explosion of a grenade.
Looking at each other, the first feeling was that Dong Ping's actions had been exposed. The reconnaissance company was not equipped with Type 92 heavy machine guns. When such gunfire came from the mountains, it could only be said that the reconnaissance company's actions had been exposed.
After Ma Chunsheng, who reacted quickly, heard the gunfire, he immediately turned his head and said firmly to Liu Changshun: "Attack immediately, don't wait any longer. Judging from the gunshots fired back by the Japs, the Japs had at least two heavy machine guns. Dong
They don't have heavy weapons, so they will suffer big losses when encountering heavy machine guns."
Liu Changshun, who knew that the situation was serious, did not dare to hesitate after hearing Ma Chunsheng's suggestion. He quickly turned around and gave the order to the troops to launch an immediate attack.
After receiving the order, the first two companies used grenades as quickly as possible to blow up the Japanese barbed wire fence in pieces, opening a passage for the follow-up.
The attack was launched. The follow-up troops followed the channel opened by the leading company and all launched the attack according to the predetermined plan.
The leading company fought smoothly, and the Japanese organized resistance was not strong. Before the attacking troops could reach the main position on the mountain, the intense gunfire suddenly stopped.
The troops who were confused by the sudden stop of the gunfire, under the strict orders of Ma Chunsheng who rushed in with the assault troops, did not stop because of the change in the situation and continued to rush towards the place where the gunfire just sounded.
past.
When they reached the target area and saw Dong Ping counting the captured Japanese weapons, Ma Chunsheng, who had not yet exerted his strength, knew that the battle was over.
Dong Ping was startled when he saw Ma Chunsheng actually coming in with the first batch of assault troops. He quickly ran over and saluted and reported: "Report to Chief of Staff Ma that all the enemy defenders on Position Mountain have been wiped out. After twenty-five minutes,
During the battle, our reconnaissance company attacked and annihilated 360 Japanese garrison troops, more than 100 armed supervisors, and captured more than 200 remaining supervisors."
After hearing Dong Ping's report, Ma Chunsheng frowned and said, "Why are there so many Japanese troops here? Could it be that the entire Japanese garrison in the Xingshan Fortress area is here?"
Looking at Ma Chunsheng who was a little disbelieving, Dong Ping said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, you are right, not only the entire Japanese garrison and supervisors of Xingshan Fortress are here, but most of the laborers are now concentrated here.
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"Since the 37th Regiment was transferred, there were not enough Japanese troops to guard the workers. In order to facilitate their so-called management, in accordance with the order of the captain of the Xingshan Japanese Military Police, starting from today, after the work is over, all the workers will be transferred
They are being held under centralized custody here."
Regarding Dong Ping's answer, Ma Chunsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head after all doubts in his mind. All his hard work was in vain. The Japanese army actually took the initiative to gather the security forces and all the workers together. However, it was in vain. How could the Japanese army recognize the promotion?
It actually saved me a lot of effort.
After turning around and telling the correspondent who was following him to immediately report the situation here to the regiment leader, Ma Chunsheng turned to Dong Ping and said: "Tell me about your battle. When you hear the sound of heavy machine guns coming from here, you can tell the regiment
The commander and I are extremely anxious, fearing that you will suffer a big loss without heavy weapons."
Regarding Ma Chunsheng's worries, Dong Ping scratched his head and smiled and said: "The gunshots heard at that time were not the exchange of fire between us and the Japanese army, but the fact that we used the captured Japanese heavy machine guns to prevent the Japanese troops from rushing out of the barracks.
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"After we infiltrated and touched the area around Lishu Spring, we found that the number of Japanese soldiers was different from the previous infiltration reconnaissance results. The number was much larger. In order to understand the situation, we captured a Japanese soldier who was sleeping and confused.
Translation. After asking, I found out that the entire Japanese garrison squadron of Xingshan Fortress had all hit the Linden Tree Spring. All the laborers were also taken here for centralized custody."
"Understanding that the situation had changed from what we expected, we also changed our tactics. We decided to attack the Japanese guards first, while the unarmed Japanese supervisors lined up to guard them first."
"In fact, due to insufficient troops, the overall security of the Japanese army, which focused mainly on laborers, was not very strict. Although they decided to use knives, in order to avoid accidents, we took away the three Japanese military perimeter security posts and captured them
The Type 92 heavy machine guns were all moved over. Three heavy machine guns plus three of our own light machine guns, three trips to the Japanese barracks were arranged to arrange one light and heavy machine gun each to deal with emergencies."
"You have to be fully prepared, otherwise you will have to suffer a big loss. Although the overall security of the little devils is not very tight, after all, they are well-trained elites. When our soldiers were solving the Japanese army in a room, they had to fight with a
The encounter with the Japanese army at night. Because it went too smoothly before, our soldiers lost their alertness and took action too late. Although they killed the guy, they alarmed the Japanese army."
"Fortunately, we made complete preparations. That burst of gunfire was when we used machine gun fire to eliminate the awakened Japanese troops. In addition to the more than 100 Japanese troops that were previously solved with knives, after 20 minutes of fierce fighting, we completely wiped out the rest.
The Japanese army. In addition to the Japanese security squadron, we also shot more than a hundred of their supervisors to death because of their resistance."
After listening to Dong Ping's report, Ma Chunsheng said with appreciation; "Being able to quickly change tactics in a short period of time according to changes in the situation has made the most correct choice for me. And the adjustment has been so successful, your
The ability to adapt to changes in our army is something that can be counted on. The troops led by the commander himself are truly extraordinary."
Dong Ping smiled sheepishly at Ma Chunsheng's praise, then suddenly remembered something, and quickly took out a stack of drawings from his shoulder bag, handed them to Ma Chunsheng and said: "This is where the Japanese supervisor lives."
What was found in the place should be the structural diagram of the entire Xingshan Fortress."
Taking the drawings handed over by Dong Ping, Ma Chunsheng quickly looked at them carefully with the flashlight of the guard beside him, then took out a few pictures and handed them to Dong Ping and said: "You are right, this is the Xingshan Fortress.
Overall structure diagram. I am giving you two companies. Follow the traffic trenches and underground passages shown in this drawing and search all the places in the entire Xingshan Fortress for me carefully."
"Remember, it is the entire Xingshan Fortress and a careful search. The commander intends to use this place as a strategic support point. He will move the headquarters and the main force here. Therefore, it must be cleaned up and absolutely no one can be left behind.
One soldier."
It was the first time that Dong Ping heard that Yang Zhen wanted to move his headquarters here. He was shocked after hearing Ma Chunsheng's words. He did not dare to delay any longer and quickly mobilized his troops to launch a carpet-like search of the entire Xingshan Fortress.
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Just when he was about to turn around and lead the team off, Ma Chunsheng's words came from behind him: "Be careful, don't go in easily when you encounter unknown places. And use grenades if you encounter resistance."
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