Chapter 6 The situation took a turn for the worse 1
However, Yamaguchi did not intend to stop there. Instead, he waited until all the Japanese soldiers arrived at the center stronghold, then reintegrated them into one unit, and then took the Japanese troops of less than two regiments to the south gate of the middle stronghold to stand by.
, and then extracted from this team
Two to three hundred people arranged them around the north exit of the Xiangmashan Middle Road stronghold, and issued an order to disband on the spot. By the time the entire Japanese team dispersed, the second brigade commander who was observing at the north exit of Xiangmashan had also dispersed.
His eyes turned to the north gate of the Japanese stronghold in the middle of Xiangma Mountain.
Seeing that there were only some scattered soldiers patrolling the Japs stronghold, the second brigade commander thought that the Japs troops had no intention of attacking him again. Thinking of this, the second brigade commander returned to the combat conference room and ordered the Japs to retreat.
The information was sent to Xishan County, and you were in Xishan
In the middle section of the County South Avenue, Li Yan, who was waiting for a reply from the Eighth Route Army troops in the southwest of Xishan, received this telegram. He left and returned to Xishan County. He led a small team to the central section of the County South Avenue and followed the team.
These five cannons were pushed back to Xishan County.
At this time, the movements of Li Yan and others were all exposed to the eyes of the Japanese soldiers who were conducting reconnaissance at the top of Xiangma Mountain. Seeing that Li Yan had withdrawn to Xishan County, the Japanese soldiers did not delay any longer, but
He quickly ran to the foot of the mountain, returned to the stronghold in the middle of Xiangma Mountain, came to Shankou who was analyzing the war situation inside the stronghold, and relayed the situation in Xishan County word for word.
But at this time, Yamaguchi was not in a hurry to start the next action. Instead, he stood there and waited for a while. After about fifteen minutes, Yamaguchi sent another Japanese soldier to the top of the mountain to conduct reconnaissance until Yamaguchi completely confirmed this.
When Li Yan could no longer send troops for reinforcements in a short period of time, he
Turn around and return to the south side of the stronghold, and take the half-unit from the south gate of the middle stronghold to the north gate of the stronghold. After the entire team has stopped, Yamaguchi comes to the front of the team, facing the Eighth Route Army troops from the south bridge of Xishan Mountain.
In the same direction, he raised his right hand and paused for a while, then waved it forward vigorously.
When the Japanese soldiers behind Yamaguchi saw this, they quickly rushed towards the north exit of Xiangma Mountain. When the entire army had completely left the middle stronghold, Yamaguchi came to the small team of more than 200 people next to him and commanded
These Japanese soldiers placed several mortars in a row at the north entrance of the stronghold, with the muzzles pointing towards the Eighth Route Army troops in the south bridge of Xishan Mountain.
After this was done, Yamaguchi turned around and looked in the direction of the northern exit of Xiangma Mountain. Seeing that his multiple regiments had not yet approached the Eighth Route Army at the South Bridge of Xishan Mountain, Yamaguchi stepped aside and decisively ordered to fire.
After a dull cannon blast, several shells quickly left the barrel and flew towards the northern exit of Xiangma Mountain.
At this time, the Second Brigade Commander, who was at the temporary base at the north exit of Xiangma Mountain, was not aware of all this at all. Instead, as usual, he stood alone in the combat conference room and looked at the map of Xiangma Mountain spread out on the table, frowning.
He frowned and analyzed the Japanese's next move, but less than ten seconds later, the second brigade commander heard
There was a slight whistling sound similar to that of a strong wind. Before he could listen carefully, he was knocked to the ground by the huge explosion that followed, followed by several more loud noises around the combat conference room.
, the second brigade commander saw that something was not going well, so he hurriedly ran to the door of the combat conference room, ready to see what was going on outside.
But just as the second brigade commander was about to walk out the door, an Eighth Route Army soldier suddenly ran in front of him. The second brigade commander couldn't dodge, and suddenly collided with the Eighth Route Army soldier and took a few steps back.
, this Eighth Route Army soldier immediately
Immediately, he stepped forward to help the second brigade commander up, and then said anxiously: "Brigade commander, the Xiangma Mountain Middle Road stronghold has just launched a mortar attack on our base area. At the same time, during our reconnaissance, we found that a Japanese army was rapidly approaching us.
Advance..."
Before the Eighth Route Army soldier finished speaking, the whistling of several artillery shells rang out in the sky. The Eighth Route Army soldier did not think much and hurriedly stepped in front of the second brigade commander. At the same time, an artillery shell happened to be in front of the second brigade commander.
The door of the combat conference room exploded, and the huge impact immediately hit the second brigade commander.
He flew away with the Eighth Route Army soldier, and finally threw him heavily to the ground. The second brigade commander's vision went dark, and then he fainted on the ground. When he woke up again, he found the Eighth Route Army guarding the south gate of the base area.
The troops were already fighting with the Japanese troops who came to attack.
However, since the artillery fire from the Japs side has not stopped, the Japs troops that have already reached the entrance of the base area have gradually gained the upper hand, and there is a tendency to attract the Eighth Route Army troops in the base area towards the Xiangma Mountain Middle Road stronghold. The Second Brigade Commander saw
When things went wrong, he hurriedly walked out of the door to ask for help.
The troops were ordered to stop the attack and switch to strategic defense. Seeing that the plan failed to succeed, the Japanese troops who were besieging the south gate of the base reorganized their teams and started a new round of suppression. Seeing that the situation was irreversible, the second brigade commander hurriedly returned to the battle.
In the conference room, a telegram asking for help was sent to Xishan County.
But this information was not sent to Li Yan in the end, because just when the Japanese's first batch of artillery shells fell in the Xiangma Mountain temporary base, Li Yan had already guessed that the second brigade commander's troops might have already
I fell into this devil's trap, so
He hurriedly mobilized his troops and rushed towards Xiangma Mountain. However, when Li Yan was about to lead the team to approach the north exit of Xiangma Mountain, he found that the second brigade commander had already led the remaining troops in his direction, and was followed by a large number of Japanese soldiers.
force.
Seeing this scene, Li Yan didn't think much about it, but led the team to speed up and rushed to the second brigade commander's troops, moved their troops to the back, and then rushed in before the Japanese troops could react.
The Japanese troops cut it into several pieces in depth. The commander of the second brigade who was guarding behind Li Yan's troops saw
Zhuang then organized the troops again and advanced a few steps towards the north exit of Xiangma Mountain to provide backup for Li Yan's troops. After about fifteen minutes, the Japanese's morale began to gradually decline, and they then retreated back to Xiangma Mountain.
Inside the mountain, it stopped about 200 meters from the north exit of Xiangma Mountain.
Seeing that Li Yan's troops had no intention of continuing the attack, these Japanese soldiers continued to retreat and returned to the Xiangma Mountain Middle Road stronghold. Upon seeing this, the second brigade commander led his team in the direction of the Japanese troops' retreat, preparing to take advantage of this opportunity.
He returned to Xiangmashan, but as soon as he took two steps forward, he was stopped by Li Yan standing beside him.