Chapter 951: Encirclement and Reinforcements
The only way down the mountain was blocked, and Okazaki on the mountain tried his best to resist, but after several attempts, he found that he could not come down, and after suffering heavy casualties, the more conservative Okazaki chose to hold on, not only building a position on the other side of the pass, but also building a camp near the top of the mountain.
It's too dangerous to go down the mountain, Okazaki took it for granted and chose to hold on, he is not alone in the depths, although after accidentally falling into an ambush, he was besieged on the mountain, but they can't go down, and the other party can't come up, as long as they stick to the help, the movement here must have alarmed the other brigades, as the leader of the three troops, once he has a problem, the other two troops, will definitely be punished, he is not afraid that the other party will not come to the rescue.
At the distant observation point, Liu Ye saw that Okazaki had already begun to set up camp, and said with a slight smile: "Old thing, I think too much, it's time to give us a chance!" ”
Okazaki made the most incorrect choice here, giving them the best chance, in this case, as long as a company, let alone a wing of Okazaki, even if it is a brigade, as long as there are no heavy firearms, he doesn't want to break through, the rugged mountains give them the greatest geographical advantage, 2 machine guns can block the road, in the case of enough bullets, in the northwest, for safety, 8 are arranged, and 6 are replaced, it is almost impossible to have any unexpected changes.
This is the best era of machine guns, the choice of this hill is more ingenious, in the middle of this mountain, there are two places with similar fortifications formed naturally, as long as 2 machine guns are arranged, the road down the mountain can be completely blocked, unless you go down the mountain from the canyon on the other side, there is a cliff, even if it is a special forces, it is not easy to go down the mountain from somewhere. Not to mention these ordinary Japanese soldiers.
Of course, there is one last road, which one may be found when Okazaki goes down the mountain to no avail and the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, as far as the heart is concerned. Liu Ye hopes that Okazaki will make this choice, and then the fun will be great.
"Ask the artillery company, how long will it take to set it up!" Liu Ye lowered his head and gave an order, after the battle started here, the obvious gunfire and artillery sound, the two brigades that were only a few dozen kilometers away from this side in a straight line must have heard it, and it was almost inevitable that they would come here, each of the 7,000-strong brigades. The two are concentrated together to 14,000 people, although the number is small, but if you really want to rush up and fight hard, the 1,500-person Wufeng Army will also be very uncomfortable, at this time, the Okazaki United, which is surrounded in the middle, will launch a little, then it will not be this side to annihilate the Japanese army. Instead, the Japanese broke through the encirclement.
Against a dense enemy army, heavy artillery is the best option. It can block and play a role in annihilation, and in the face of heavy artillery, the biggest difference between a trained regular army and ordinary armed personnel lies in the ability to react to high-intensity attacks, and the casualty rate covered by the same artillery fire. Ordinary armed men are completely incomparable to regular soldiers.
Appearing from Okazaki, pursuing the special forces, defending layer by layer, attacking, it took a total of 3 hours. Before, the cannon was already being hoisted, and I think that some of the guns should have been hoisted to the top of the mountain.
Sure enough, the artillery company replied that 9 guns had been hoisted, and in a maximum of 1 hour, they could all be hoisted, and in a maximum of an hour and a half, the artillery company would be ready, and 12 108 guns could be fired.
"Good, we acted according to the plan!"
Liu Ye stayed in place, Wei Ming and another company commander named Sun Xin, each with 600 people, went to different directions, around Pingdingshan, although there is no cover, the firing range is spacious, but in order to fully play the role of artillery, the selection of positions needs to be scientific, fortunately, there are two suitable places where the two brigades must go back to the 117th brigade, and they will go to those two places to block, where, as early as yesterday, there are people to build defensive positions.
Time passed little by little, the two brigades used signals from time to time to report the location, Okazaki sat calmly on the top of the mountain, looking at the gradually improving fortifications, after all, the Wufeng Army is only a few, as long as the two brigades are successful, even if their strength is not very strong, just rely on people to level them, according to the previous contact, the opponent's personnel will not exceed 300 people, even if it is doubled, it is impossible to match the Japanese armed forces of 14,000 people.
Because of this, the Okazaki Wing sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and spent 2 hours camping, when they immediately heard the gunshots, and everyone became vigilant, and then they found that the direction of the gunshots was almost ten kilometers away from them.
"It's!" Okazaki was stunned for a moment, and immediately recognized from the previous contact point that this was the location of the 198th Independent Brigade, and they immediately chose to increase the number of troops after knowing that the 117th Wing had been attacked.
Both brigades are independent brigades with almost 7,000 people, and the only advantage is that they have a large number of personnel, almost twice as many personnel as the Okazaki Wing, but the independent brigade of 7,000 people has only 6,000 guns and only 2 machine guns.
"Oh no, the other party's target is not us!" Okazaki's face changed, and he was about to order the 198 Brigade to signal that they would come over at all costs regardless of the other party, but then, the rumbling sound of artillery interrupted his order.
"Artillery, what type of artillery is this!" Okazaki asked in a gaffe, as a professional background, he has served as the commander of almost all infantry units, he once served as the captain of the artillery brigade, or the field heavy artillery brigade, he is very familiar with this cannon sound, the distance is not close, but the ordinary small cannon, the sound will not be so loud and dull.
Under his command, the only artillery captain also changed his face, because of the relationship between entering the mountains, their entire wing gave up most of the artillery, more than 30 artillery pieces of an army wing, most of them stayed in Nantou, carrying a part of the battle defense artillery and 60 mountain guns, the sound of these artillery is completely different from what I just heard, and then it is not the mortars that have been popular in the world to deal with trenches recently, it is a real heavy artillery, at least 100 mm or more.
When the captain of the artillery group twisted and twisted his conclusion, all the Japanese officers were shocked, God, how did such a big guy get into the mountains, according to what they know, Japanese artillery of more than 100 calibers is at least 4 tons or more, old-fashioned, even more than 6 tons, such artillery is not easy to travel on flat ground, and the movement speed is extremely slow, let alone in the mountains.
The Japanese always look at people with old eyes, they may think that they are worse than the great powers, but they will not think that China is stronger than them, in order to enter the mountains, they united dozens of artillery, and finally brought to the mountains, only a few 37 anti-aircraft guns, but these direct-aiming anti-aircraft guns, in the dense jungle, there is no firing range at all, unless you go to cut down trees, otherwise, you can't go far, how did the other side put tons of artillery on the mountain, or how did they transport it in.
Okazaki didn't say a word at this time, and before that, the Japanese Taiwan government suspected that there were regular army forces that had entered Taiwan with the intention of doing something bad to Taiwan, but there was no evidence, after all, only a small force was active, and its combat effectiveness was a little stronger, but without evidence, it could not be said that it was strong, and it must be in the northwest.
The emergence of heavy artillery is unmistakable, artillery above 100 mm, there are only a handful of countries in the whole world that can produce it, and there are not many countries equipped with it, except for Europe, the United States, the Commonwealth countries, and then there is Japan, and the countries of South America are rarely equipped with more than 100 mm artillery, but this grandiose appearance in Taiwan, then there must be the support of a strong force behind it.
"Bageya Road, it is the northwest, it must be the northwest! It had to be him! Okazaki gritted his teeth and said irritably.
The declaration of war between the northwest and Japan can be said to be a shame for Japan, and the defeat of Shandong is an even greater shame; not only a large number of generals in the Admiralty have resigned, but the War Department is also the same.
At this moment, Okazaki knew very well that if he stayed on the mountain any longer, he was afraid that there would be no way, as long as the 198 and 199 brigades were broken by the other side, they would be completely finished. Okazaki almost immediately made up his mind, but a squadron sent out, with a charge, rushed to the mountainside, ready to hit the opponent by surprise, but unfortunately his calculation was wrong, a squadron just entered the passage, encountered dense machine gun fire, 2 machine guns, almost cross-protected the passage, bullets as if they didn't want money, crazy pouring in, in the end, more than half of the casualties, helpless to return.
Only more than 100 people died, but the squadron leader who had his own life experience, after reporting everything, all the high-level officers were desperate almost at the same time, the other party's attack was really too ruthless, there was no room for any room, this was a trap, if they chose to go down the mountain at that time, I am afraid that the attack on the 198 brigade would fall on their heads, and the terrain of the mountain they came up to was not so easy to find in the nearby mountains and forests, in this case, They were plunged headlong into the encirclement of the other party, and there was no way to escape.
Okazaki's eyes were congested, and his small eyes kept looking around, and finally, his eyes fell on the cliff behind, although it was dangerous to say that the cliff was dangerous, but they carried a lot of logistics materials, ropes and the like, if they got together, maybe they could form a rope more than 400 meters long, then at least there was a large part, and it could go down smoothly, and the crisis seemed to be solved! (To be continued......)