Just as several staff officers had just finished distributing guns and ammunition to those staff officers and officers who either had no guns or only had a small pistol. Even the minefields around the mountains behind the brigade headquarters that Lin Zhiqiang explained had not yet begun to be deployed, at the foot of the mountain
Intense gunshots and explosions were heard below. These gunshots and explosions indicated that the secret sentry of the security squad at the foot of the mountain had not yet had time to withdraw, and the Japanese and puppet troops exchanged fire.
Almost at the same time as the gunshots rang out at the foot of the mountain, the flares fired by the Japanese and puppet troops also rose into the sky. The top of the mountain where the brigade headquarters was located was illuminated with snowy white. At the foot of the mountain, two mortars from the Japanese and puppet troops were fired.
He and a few grenade launchers were also constantly slamming the cannonballs into the mountain, regardless of how many cannonballs they were carrying.
According to Lin Zhiqiang's order, the security squad at the foot of the mountain did not fight with the Japanese and puppet troops that rushed forward, but retreated while fighting. At the same time, under the cover of the crooked machine gun on the mountain, anti-infantry troops were deployed along both sides of the mountain road.
Directional mines and some landmines. This guard squad was mastered by Lin Zhiqiang. He was very skilled in minelaying techniques and moved quite quickly. While retreating to the mountainside brigade headquarters, a simple minefield had been laid along the mountain road.
With the light of the flares, the Japanese and puppet troops who followed their retreat route were caught off guard and suffered numerous casualties from the mines. Especially the infantry directional mines, which contained thousands of steel balls and caused a large number of casualties. Relying on the hastily laid mines,
District, and repelled the first wave of offensive by the Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain.
Although the first wave of offensive by the Japanese and puppet troops was repelled, due to the quick response of all personnel, coupled with the cover of the terrain and the power of the mines, only two people were slightly injured. Although the first contact battle should be regarded as
There were zero casualties. But everyone's hearts were heavy with the scene in front of them.
With the help of the flares fired by the Japanese and puppet troops, everyone in the simple fortifications on the mountainside could clearly see that seven to eight hundred Japanese and puppet troops were densely packed at the foot of the mountain. They were reorganizing their formations and preparing for the second attack.
Waves of attacks. Mortars and heavy machine guns continued to fire on the mountain to suppress the counterattack firepower on the mountain. At the same time, they were seizing the time to build fortifications and encirclement circles.
At the same time, on the other side of Straw Hat Mountain, intensive artillery fire was also heard representing the Japanese offensive. The fire caused by the shells could be clearly seen on this side of the mountain. Not to mention Lin Zhiqiang’s order, there was no deployment.
The three regiments on the front line of Straw Hat Mountain may be unable to reinforce the brigade at this time.
There are too few troops. It is impossible for the Third Regiment to hold the defense line and send reinforcements here. And judging from the number of enemy troops at the foot of the mountain, it will be useless if they come too few. If there are too many, Straw Hat Mountain will definitely not be able to defend. At this time, Straw Hat Mountain cannot be defended.
Everyone in the brigade knew that there was no need to count on reinforcements from the Straw Hat Mountain. As for their side, all they could do was delay as much time as possible.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers at the foot of the mountain have obviously not considered the current feelings of the people on the mountain. The telephone lines from the front to here, exposed under the flares, and the high-power radio antennas erected high, all indicate
This is a high-level headquarters of the advancing army.
The thought of being captured, possibly the highest-ranking prisoner of the Communist Army in history, made the Japanese and puppet commander feel dizzy. At this time, he had already sent his superiors to the rear of the straw hat front line and adopted front and rear pincer tactics to achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible.
The order was forgotten. He ignored all the troops at hand, including a puppet Manchukuo cavalry regiment, a Japanese infantry squadron and a mortar squadron.
Regardless of the steepness of the mountain, the attack front was extremely narrow. All the troops could only attack along a narrow mountain road with a slope of nearly 50 degrees. Instead, they adopted the tactic of taking turns to attack. It was not too obvious from the appearance of the mountainside, but
In his eyes, there is a big fish in the cave that launches a desperate attack.
Most of the people on the mountain, with the exception of the intellectuals from the Political Department, are from military backgrounds. If their original troops were here, they would naturally not be afraid of the seven to eight hundred Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain. But here
They had been transferred to the brigade headquarters at that time. Except for a pistol and the rifle that had just been issued in their hands, there was not even a single correspondent around them.
As the offensive of the Japanese and puppet troops became more and more fierce, the battle quickly became fierce. The pressure on the mountainside also increased. Although there was a favorable geographical location that could be used, the difference in troop strength and firepower was too great. As the Japanese and puppet troops invested
The number of troops is increasing, and the pressure on the mountainside is increasing.
As illumination bombs hit the sky one after another, the firepower pouring down the mountainside became more and more fierce. The mortars fired by the Japanese and puppet troops up the mountain were blasting more and more accurately around the cave where the brigade headquarters was located.
The fierce artillery fire from two mortars and the bullets like splashing water from more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns suppressed the people on the mountainside and could not lift their heads.
The Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain don't know whether they don't want to waste too much time here and are eager to solve the problem here as soon as possible. Or they are eager to catch the big fish in their eyes on the mountain and go back to ask for credit. Not only did they concentrate all their efforts as soon as they came up,
The firepower suppressed all resistance on the mountainside, without any regard for the consumption of one's own ammunition.
And as the battle progressed, more and more troops were put into the attack. Although there was only a narrow mountain road that could be used as an attack route, the Japanese and puppet troops ignored the crossfire on the mountain and the rain of grenades that hit their faces.
The establishment launched waves of attacks one after another.
As for the simple minefield on the mountain road that had repelled the first round of the Japanese and puppet troops' offensive, it had been almost wiped out by intensive artillery fire. The only crooked minefield was half an hour after the battle started.
It was blown up by a grenade fired by the Japanese army.
The defensive troops on the mountainside were also suppressed by the Japanese and puppet troops' firepower at all costs, and their casualties were increasing. By the early morning of the battle, the number of defensive troops on the mountainside, including the officers of the Political Department, was no more than two.
The ten-man security squad at the brigade headquarters had already suffered casualties by the early morning.
After several hours of fighting, the small amount of ammunition on the mountain was almost exhausted at this time. Of the once most abundant grenades, only one box of grenades made by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and one box made by ourselves at the base behind enemy lines were left.
The grenades and fast-firing submachine guns have all been used up. The submachine gunners have all been replaced by rifles that sacrificed their comrades.
The reason why they are still persisting now is that a few cadres used their experience to collect nearly a thousand rounds of bullets and dozens of Japanese-made bullets from the corpses of the Japanese and puppet soldiers who died in front of the position, despite the interruption of the Japanese and puppet army's flares.
Type 97 and Type 91 hand grenades. If there was not such a small amount of ammunition, I would have to use the rocks and bayonets all over the mountains and plains to fight the Japanese and puppet troops.
Facing the increasingly severe situation, people around Lin Zhiqiang were a little anxious, trying to persuade Lin Zhiqiang to break out to the Third Regiment's position on Straw Hat Mountain. In response to everyone's persuasion, Lin Zhiqiang remained calm and let the wind blow.
Fight, but I still don't move. I won't go there, just here.
In fact, Lin Zhiqiang knew very well that breaking out of the encirclement now was simply a fantasy. Although the Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain only had seven or eight hundred troops, excluding the casualties from the midnight battle, the rest of the encirclement surrounded him even though the altitude was nearly a thousand meters.
Although the overall area is not large, the hilltop is still very relaxing.
Where I am now, the straight-line connection with Straw Hat Mountain has been cut off. On the ridge at the connection between the two mountains, there are at least a hundred Japanese and puppet troops who have built fortifications. If it were not for the brigade headquarters,
The top of the mountain and Straw Hat Mountain are too complicated in terrain and the ridge is quite steep. The Japanese and puppet troops deployed in that direction would not mind a two-sided attack.
To break through in the direction of Straw Hat Mountain, you can only fall into a trap. When breaking out in other directions, as the battle progresses, the Japanese and puppet troops have already led the horses that were originally placed behind them for sneak attacks after discovering the direction of the telephone lines.
Come over. Even in mountainous areas, a man with two legs cannot outrun a horse.
The Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain were worried that the people on the mountain would break through. Although the mountainous terrain here was not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations. However, when the surrounding mountain ridges had been tightly blockaded or blocked by firepower, some
With the help of horses, the people on the mountain can completely block their thoughts and determination to break out.
Rather than leaving the cover of favorable terrain to risk a breakout when the surrounding area has been tightly blockaded by the Japanese and puppet troops, it is better to rely on the favorable terrain to persist as much as possible. In Lin Zhiqiang's view, the cover of local vegetation is not good.
If you try to break out when the sky is already bright, the possibility of success is almost non-existent.
Although the mountains in Rehe are high in altitude and appear majestic, the mountains here lack vegetation coverage. Most of the mountains are covered with low grass. Even if there is slightly higher vegetation, it is generally low.
, mainly bushes that cannot hide people at all. There are very few mountainous forest areas like the northeastern mountainous areas.
There is no dense, almost invisible vegetation like the Greater Khingan Mountains and Changbai Mountains in the Northeast. There is no boundless forest like Zhangguangcai Ridge and Laoye Ridge. Under this kind of terrain and landform, there is not even a basic shelter.
There were no supplies. Breaking out of the encirclement was almost equivalent to directly exposing oneself to the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops.
As for whether he could still hold on until the headquarters learned that he was surrounded and only had one squad of guards and some non-combatants around him, they urgently transferred a regiment from the two and a half cavalry regiments they had as mobile troops.
When reinforcements arrived at the front line of Straw Hat Mountain, Lin Zhiqiang was not too worried. At worst, he would die together with the Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain. Anyway, he had no intention of being a prisoner.
The most important thing is that Lin Zhiqiang believes that as long as he does not retreat, these enemy forces will not be able to turn to the front line of Straw Hat Mountain. They will not be able to form a pincer attack on the front line of Straw Hat Mountain with the Japanese and puppet troops attacking from the front of Straw Hat Mountain. In other words,
, if you persist here for one more minute, the pressure on the front line of Straw Hat Mountain will be reduced by one minute.
Judging from the desperate movements of the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain to attack, Lin Zhiqiang knew that this was the brigade headquarters and the situation had been exposed. This was not simply a question of whether to use a pistol or not. From the time the Japanese fired the first flare, he knew that the one outside the cave entrance was
Generally, only units above the regiment level, and even among the troops within the customs, only have the tall antennas necessary for the high-power radio stations used at the military region level, which is enough to expose what this place is.