Zuo Jian Jiu concentrated the remaining troops, and personally led the team to launch a pig-like attack on Miaolingzi Mountain, wanting to seize the commanding heights here, so as to hold on and wait for reinforcements. It's just that Yang Zhen, who has long expected him to do this, will give him this opportunity.

Zuo Jianjiu, who was determined to fight, did not expect that when he was naked, urging the soldiers to desperately attack the mountain regardless of the casualties, his figure wielding a saber had already been targeted by Ma Qichang, who was personally copying the knife after a 90-millimeter cannon mortar that had moved to Miaolingzi Mountain.

After the Japanese offensive was once again knocked down, he was so angry that he had not had time to slap the three squadron leaders under him, and when the only remaining squadron leader in the shelling just now was in the face, a mortar shell fell from the sky on him.

The mortar shell that hit him directly helped him relieve his fear that he was about to be ordered to seppuku when he returned, and completely reduced him to a pile of parts. He also carried the hapless squadron leader into the sky.

There is no way, the current position of this mortar is too close to the position of the left man for a long time. The straight-line distance is no more than 200 meters. By the time he heard the sound of a cannonball breaking through the air, it meant that the cannonball had hit the top of his head. He just can't hide.

In addition, he jumped up and down in a hurry to seize a commanding height, brandishing his saber to force the troops to take turns to attack, which was really too eye-catching. Especially his adjutant knife, Ma Qichang, who has also been in the puppet Manchurian army for many days, can see it at a glance.

Since this guy is wearing an adjutant sword, and the Japanese troops under the mountain are only the size of a brigade. Then the shirtless guy in front of him should be the supreme commander of this Japanese army. Ma Qichang, who had heard Yang Zhen teach the teaching team, although he didn't remember anything else, he remembered the saying that Yang Zhen often said that he shot people first and horses first, and thieves first captured kings. Since this guy should be the supreme commander of this Japanese brigade, then Ma Qichang did not have the slightest politeness.

However, the losses were heavy and the losses were heavy, and the Eighth Division was a veteran division of the Japanese army. Under the premise that the commander was killed, the previous artillery bombardment, and the casualties caused by the failure of several attacks, the troops had already suffered two-thirds of the casualties, and they were still able to resist stubbornly under the organization of the squad leaders and non-commissioned officers. It even used its accurate grenadier firepower to blow up two heavy machine guns on Miaolingzi Mountain. It even burst into the middle of the mountain at one point.

Yang Zhen, who was holding a telescope to carefully observe the changes in the battle situation, saw the appearance of the Japanese troops of the Eighth Division, and when he thought about the battle with the Eleventh Division in Yunshi Lizi before, he couldn't help but feel that these Japanese soldiers were from the old divisions, and they were really strong in combat.

In the face of such a dense firepower attack and such a large number of casualties, it was still possible to react in such a short period of time. And instead of collapsing, he was able to fight back. The tenacity of his character, the tenacity of his will, the resoluteness of his tactical awareness, and especially his reaction speed, should really be studied well by all Chinese troops.

It's just that Yang Zhen sighed with emotion, but his subordinates didn't have the slightest mercilessness. He knew that even if an army was defeated, as long as it left some blood and bones, it would still have a chance to make a comeback.

If you want to completely lose the combat effectiveness of an army, especially for an army like the Japanese army, the best way is to completely annihilate it. Even if it is reorganized, this force will not have the same spirit as before.

Even those who have undergone rigorous training but have not been on the battlefield, as well as reserve veterans who have dragged their families with their families, will never be able to catch up with those well-trained and experienced veterans who have been in the army for many years. Only by destroying a force cleanly and completely can the opponent's strength be completely weakened.

It is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers. Yang Zhen remembers this famous sentence of the great man very firmly.

Less than half an hour after Ma Qichang killed Zuo Jian Jiuren with one shot, Yang Zhen gave the order for a general attack. Of course, the reason why Yang Zhen launched a full-scale attack was not because the supreme commander of the Japanese army under his nose had been blown up to the western sky. Rather, he sensed that it was time to finally solve the problem.

Yang Zhen, who had made up his mind, ordered Du Kaishan, who launched the attack, to wipe out the remnants of the Japanese army in front of him cleanly and completely as quickly as possible.

In fact, at this time, it has been reduced to parts, and Sakuma, who went to meet their Anamerasu Okami, does not know. Just as he was trying to capture the main position of Miaolingzi Mountain so that he could hold out until he was supported by the main force led by His Excellency the Wing Commander, his Wing Commander and the second brigade led by him were also struggling in pain.

received a telegram from Yang Zhen to open the main road, only with cold guns and cold artillery and small troops, and the main force turned to the rear of the Japanese army. Especially after Yang Zhen changed his battle plan and put the first wave of strikes on the 1st Brigade of the 17th Wing of the Eighth Division, Guo Bingxun changed his previous bluff tactics and contained the Japanese army in front of him.

According to Yang Zhen's request, Guo Bingxun ordered to give up the front-line position of the Fasi River. In addition to harassing them with small troops, they withdrew a battalion of the main force from the front, and took advantage of the fact that the Japanese air force could not be dispatched at night, secretly crossed the Fasi River from the northeast direction of the Japanese army, and made a detour to the rear of the Japanese flank.

He personally led a battalion and a company of the reconnaissance battalion to take advantage of the terrain to constantly attack and harass the Japanese army with cold guns and cold artillery tactics. Especially at night, that is, when Yang Zhen led the main force to the front line of Miaoling Mountain, in order to cover the main action, he even launched a company-platoon level offensive against the Japanese army.

Guo Bingxun's tactical change made the puppet army not yet cross the front line of the Fasi River, and now they can even hear the relatively slight but clearly distinguishable gunfire from the Jianshanzi line from time to time, and they woke up from the excitement, and fell into a terrifying night.

Just as the Japanese army had just crossed the Fasi River, they were hit by mortar shells. Although because of the early psychological preparation, coupled with skilled tactical movements. Although the mortar shells fired by the other side blew up the puppet Manchu troops who cooperated with the operation, they did not bring many casualties to the Japanese army. However, the unfavorable start made Kawada Takeshi worry about the follow-up combat operations.

In order to coordinate the operational progress of various units, Sasaki Zhiichi specially assigned horizontal communication codes to the three wings of the Japanese army who were responsible for clearing and suppressing. Therefore, the 17th Wing had direct radio contact with the 24th Wing, which was tasked with clearing the central route.

After encountering Wang Guangyu's colorful and colorful hospitality, although he belonged to different divisions and regiments. However, the commander of the 24th Wing, Takeda Shou Dasa, was in urgent need of the 17th Wing to cooperate in the battle, so he did not care about the traditional habit of the Japanese army that his family was ugly and should not be publicized, and introduced all his various encounters along the way to Kawada Takeshi, and repeatedly reminded him that he must be more careful.

With the experience of Takeda Shou, Kawada Takeshi was also much more cautious when marching. In particular, the two brigades of the 11th Division, which were scheduled to be used as surprise troops on the south road, were never able to get in touch, and after a large number of enemy troops appeared around him, Kawada Takeshi was more cautious.

This is also why after he encountered resistance on the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain, he slowed down his march, and his movements were much slower than those of the 24th Wing in the middle. Moreover, after receiving the order from Sasaki to the 1st Brigade that stayed behind in Tsurutachi, he immediately urged the 1st Brigade to move closer to himself.

I have to admit that Kawada Takeshi's deliberate slowing down of the march, although he was severely reprimanded by Sasaki Toichi several times, the casualties along the way compared with those encountered by the 24th Wing, although they cannot be said to be negligible, but the casualties are really not large. And the casualties were mainly among the puppet Manchu army. The second brigade of the 17th Wing led by him suffered less than a squad of casualties.

Originally, Kawada Takeshi was preparing to camp on the spot after dark. Because he had participated in the confrontation against the United Clearing and Suppression before, he knew that marching in the mountains and forests at night, especially when he did not carry many flares in his hand, was very unfavorable to him, and it was easy to encounter ambushes from his opponents.

Kawada Takeshi knew very well that if it was a regular field battle, or even a fortified attack, as long as it was a face-to-face and hard-fought battle, his 17th Wing was not afraid of any army in Zhina. Not even a division, or even an army, is not afraid.

However, in the mountains and forests, especially at night, one's own troops could not be compared with those anti-Manchu armed forces that had been hidden in the mountains and forests for many years, were extremely familiar with jungle warfare and the terrain, fought when they won the battle, and left if they could not win.

In the past, the main reason why we were able to successfully resist the encirclement and suppression of the United Nations and squeeze the United Nations out of the Xiajiang area was mainly due to the advantages in troops and equipment, as well as the advantages in logistics and supply. There is also the help of traitors who appear among the opponents.

It was precisely because of those traitors that the Kwantung Army was able to destroy the secret camps on which the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements depended for their survival, and destroyed their reserves, so that those anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements had no food and ammunition, and could only freeze to death and starve to death in the deep mountains and old forests of North Manchuria.

Before entering the mountains and forests, Sasaki repeatedly told several wing captains who had participated in the battle, and made it clear that the opponents they were purging this time were very different from those in the previous purging of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. This anti-Manchu force was not only extremely adept at maneuvering and setting up ambushes, but also well-equipped. There are quite a few mortars in hand. Moreover, the ammunition is also very sufficient compared to other anti-United Nations forces.

Let them be careful when entering the mountains, especially when entering the hinterland of the high mountains and dense forests. When resting at night, the campsite must not choose a dense place in the forest, and be more vigilant.

With Sasaki Toichi's order, coupled with Takeda Shou's experience, Kawada Takeshi originally planned to wait for the next day to forcibly cross the Hoji River. However, Lieutenant General Sasaki suddenly changed his previous battle plan and ordered the 17th Wing to immediately accelerate south and join the 24th Wing.

Sasaki to the first lieutenant general's repeated urging made Kawada Takeshi reluctant, but under the strict orders of Lieutenant General Sasaki to the one, he could only give up the idea of camping on the spot, and after the arrival of the first brigade in the follow-up, he was forced to cross the Hoji River.

The original battle plan was changed to not waiting for the 1st Brigade, but to concentrate the existing forces at hand to immediately force the river and advance to the front line of Jianshanzi to forcibly attack, and to join the 24th Wing as quickly as possible at any cost.

However, a series of encounters after crossing the river made him quickly change his mind. In particular, after the contact with Lieutenant General Sasaki to the First Lieutenant General was suddenly interrupted, no matter how the signal soldiers called, they could not get a single response from Sasaki, Kawada Takeshi, who was too steady, hesitated for a long time, but still ordered to camp on the spot.

It's a pity that his abacus is good, but Guo Bingxun doesn't plan to let him rest well. Throughout the night, the opponent launched only a few tentative attacks, but Kawada Takedaisa understood what true guerrilla tactics were.

The opponent who had disappeared without a trace since the mortar shells that had been slashing at the Fasi River had once again appeared around him just as the 17th Wing had set up its tent and was ready to rest. With dense mortar shells, he warmly entertained the Japanese puppet soldiers who were lighting a fire and preparing to eat dinner, which had been several hours late.

"Yaga, is there an end? These hateful anti-Manchu anti-Japanese elements and samurai are not, all thieves work. And where they got so many Imperial Army standard mortar shells? From the time I entered Miaolingzi Mountain, there have been two or three hundred shells to the present. ”

It was because he was annoyed that he couldn't get in touch with Sasaki for a long time, and because of this shelling he was driven out of the tent that had just been erected, and Kawada Takeshi, who was extremely angry, saw that the opponent launched another night attack, and at the same time depressed, he also had a question that was as puzzled as Sasaki Toichi.

As the commander of the elite 8th Division of the Japanese army, he could clearly judge that these mortar shells that fell on his head were not only the Type 92 70mm mortars of the Imperial Army, but also the Type 94 90mm mortars.

Although the number is not much, there are only more than a dozen of the two calibers combined. But the number of shells fired was by no means a small number. Kawada Yi Daisa, who had been stationed in Manchuria for two years and had a lot of dealings with the Anti-Japanese Federation and other anti-Japanese forces, really did not see that there was such a big deal in the anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese armed forces in the entire territory of Manchuria.

Thinking about it, as a field wing subordinate to the regular division of the Imperial Japanese Army, he only carried six 94-mm mortars of an independent mortar squadron with him this time. There are not as many bandits as they are equipped. This really made Kawada Takeshi a little difficult to accept.

What made Kawada Takeshi even more depressed was that the opponent obviously changed his style during the day and made it clear that he didn't want to entangle with him. When his own artillery set up the mortar and launched a counterattack, before a few shells were fired, the opponent died down and disappeared quietly.

And those hateful ones that he sent out to search for made trouble for himself from time to time, but judging by the range and trajectory, the whole two infantry squads of the mortars that should not be far from him, with the cooperation of two companies of the puppet Manchu army, did not return even a single person after experiencing a period of intensive gunfire in the distant mountains.

After losing a full two infantry squads, Kawada Takedaisa did not dare to send troops to search for those hateful guys. In addition to strengthening the alert forces, the artillery can only be ordered to be ready, and whenever there is a disturbance in any direction, just open fire and suppress it.

Kawada didn't know that he should actually feel lucky. At the beginning of the division of troops, the opponent concentrated all the much more powerful mountain artillery on the two brigades of the 11th Division of the Southern Front by Takashi Murata Osa. Otherwise, the result of this shelling would not have been as simple as dozens of casualties.

A depressed Kawada Takeshi did not know that this mortar shell was only the beginning of a nightmare. Before he could finally calm down and was about to continue to urge the signal corps to return to the tent with Sasaki, the mortar shell, which had disappeared for less than an hour, fell into the Japanese camp again.

This time, the result was that Takeshi Kawada couldn't laugh anymore. Because this time, the opponent's artillery fire was no longer aimed at killing and injuring one's own living forces, or even harassing them, as in the previous two times, but went straight to their own artillery.

This shelling was not as scattered as the previous projectile impact points, and it seemed to be a somewhat haphazard fire. It's extremely precise. Its shooting accuracy is so high that it is almost no worse than that of the Japanese army.

In front of the opponent, who had the advantage of numbers and deployed the mortars at hand into two scattered but united artillery groups, the Japanese independent mortar squadron that was in operation was quickly defeated. In just a few minutes, five of the six mortars were destroyed. Not to mention the total loss of ammunition, the artillery also suffered heavy casualties.

Not only that, but the ammunition from the martyrdom also set fire to some of the supplies and tents that were carried. No matter how big the loss of other materials is, Kawada Takeshi doesn't care. But the key is that the food loss is huge, but it makes him feel extremely distressed.

This time, the Japanese army made a stern mistake, and it can even be said that it was a mistake that violated military common sense. Its selected artillery positions were located in the immediate vicinity of its material storage, at a distance of no more than thirty meters in a straight line. Unfortunately, when the shells were detonated by the opponent's artillery, most of the supplies they were carrying were also damaged.

The loss of artillery and materials made Takeshi Kawada, who has always been known for his steadiness, angry. He could accept the loss of artillery, as well as the loss of supplies and tents. But the loss of food made him almost heartbroken.

Some of the spare ammunition carried was lost, but there was nothing. According to the amount of ammunition carried by the Japanese army itself, it can hold out for at least a while. But if there is no food, what can we talk about going into the mountains to clear up? We can't let the troops go around in the mountains hungry.

The embers of food loss, Sasaki to the first lieutenant general have never been able to contact, even if Kawada Takeshi is steady, at this moment his heart is full of a strong sense of unease. Now, he even faintly had the idea of immediately withdrawing to Heli and joining the first brigade in his heart.

Just when Kawada Takesaku was having a headache because of the embers of food loss and the loss of contact with his superiors, the dense gunfire in the guard position in front of him made him completely out of control.

After it was ascertained that at least one company of anti-Manchu forces had launched an attack on the forward alert positions under the cover of a large number of light and heavy machine guns, Kawada Takeshi did not care about the steadiness he had always emphasized. Gritting his teeth, he ordered his subordinates to eliminate this daring bandit.

But what Kawada Takeshi didn't expect was that before he could adjust his forces and eliminate this group of bandits who dared to attack the Imperial Japanese Army face to face, he just shot at the alert troops for a while, and the opponent mysteriously disappeared again.

Facing the surrounding dark mountains, remembering the results of the two search teams that he sent out to find his own cold artillery, Kawada Takesa, who couldn't figure out what the opponent's tactical intentions were, suddenly lost the mood of revenge. After giving the order to strengthen the vigilance, he walked back to his tent dejectedly.

Before Kawada Takeshi could calm down and think about what to do next, the leader of the bloody baggage squadron came over to report another bad news, which immediately made him fall into a petrified state.

The baggage squadron of the wing, which he had participated in this time, had just been suddenly attacked. Some of the anti-Manchu elements took advantage of the fact that the main force was attracted by the bandits who were attacking head-on, and eliminated the vigilant soldiers without firing a single shot.

This time, the more than 200 pack horses carried by the 17th Wing into the mountains to clear the mountains, as well as some carts, were all robbed by bandits who came up from behind. A squad of guards who served as a guard was killed by the enemy.

In other words, in addition to the mortar artillery that no longer needed pack horses, the part of the Japanese puppet army commanded by Kawada Takedaisa lost all the horses used to carry heavy machine guns and ammunition, not to mention Kawada's own mounts.

In other words, no matter what Takeshi Kawada's decision is next, he will face an embarrassing situation right now. In the future march, he, the dignified co-captain, could only march on foot like his subordinates. Moreover, after almost all the pack horses were gone, all the heavy machine guns and the remaining supplies could only be transported by manpower.