Chapter 421: Repeated Battles
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It was obvious that the Japanese garrison did not expect that the opponent would dare to rush directly into the troop transport tunnel that they used to counterattack the front-line positions, regardless of the unknown situation, and did not even have time to blow up the tunnel. γ. After the counterattack force was scattered, it was instead broken into by the opponent.
After entering the Japanese garrison tunnel, the troops participating in the attack did not stop at all, and quickly extended to the depth of the Japanese garrison tunnel. At this time, because the opponent was not prepared to break into the tunnel so quickly, all the lights in the Japanese garrison tunnel were still on. The troops who stormed the tunnels didn't even have to bring their own lighting.
Looking at the progress of the front, the number of casualties was much lower than expected. While Du Kaishan breathed a sigh of relief, he turned his main attention to the two companies that came out an hour later than the frontal attack, and were now forcibly interspersed along the dry river on the flank towards the camel peak.
Compared with the frontal where the gunfire is dense, the detour route is always quiet. It has been more than ten minutes since the roundabout troops, and the entire roundabout route is still quiet. Du Kaishan took the walkie-talkie's microphone several times, and wanted to ask Wu Ruofu about the movement of the troops, but put it down several times.
The silence at the moment on the circuitous route does not mean that the direction will be calm. A temporary lull may mean a more intense battle in the next life. It was not an easy task to forcibly intersperse from the two positions of the Japanese army. In particular, the vegetation on both sides of the dry river that could be used as cover was also swept away by the Japanese army. Not even a waist-deep bush, just a few weeds.
There is no vegetation cover, only a scattered pile of slightly larger rocks that have washed down from the hill and can be used as shelter. The entire river was almost bare and exposed to cross-fire from the mountains on both sides. Once the Japanese are present, the entire detour force will be covered by the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese on the hump behind.
From the sound of the artillery of the Japanese counterattack just now, Du Kaishan could hear it. On the camel hump behind, the Japanese deployed at least four more than one hundred and fifty mm heavy guns. If it weren't for the fact that there were some problems with its firing angle, its firepower was more concentrated in the lakeside plains, and the gravity on the north side was not enough, it would not be easy for it to fight like it is now. A salvo of Japanese 150 heavy artillery could cover the entire front of the mountain.
Now the troops are in a detour direction, neither the sound of gunfire nor any reply. At this time, in the sound of gunfire throughout Honey Mountain, the roundabout direction was silent but somewhat strange. Calm, unusually calm, so that Du Kaishan's microphone was ready to go around the troops several times, but it was put down several times.
Because the roundabout troops have not replied, and Du Kaishan, who is somewhat concerned, watched the progress of the attack on the mountainside, but the ridge line has never been completed because of the Japanese army's death struggle. Although another company was invested, there was still not much improvement in the battle for the ridge line. Gritting his teeth, he said to Qin Zesheng beside him: "In the two companies on the top, no matter what, you must take down the ridge part within an hour." β
Qin Zesheng shook his head and said: "Commander, the position on the hill is so big, we have too many troops at one time, once the Japanese army adopts the tactics of ending up together, we will lose too much." And there are too many troops going up, and they can't be used. I'm still putting in one after another. Although this is a tactic to add fuel to, it is still more appropriate in the current situation. I think we should focus our forces on the tunnels of the Japanese army. β
Du Kaishan shook his head slightly: "The battle within the fortifications is not suitable for ordinary infantry combat companies. This kind of thing is more suitable for such special forces as the reconnaissance battalion directly under the military district. Moreover, we do not know much about the situation inside the fortifications, and the investment of three companies is already the maximum. If there are more, I'm afraid it will backfire. β
Speaking of this, Du Kaishan raised his binoculars and looked at the battle situation again, and then said to Qin Zesheng: "Sue the sΓΉ troops, fight for the ridge line with all your might." After taking the ridge line, do not stop, immediately extend to the depth of the Japanese army, and clear the anti-slope position. β
"Tell the artillery, disassemble the 105 cannon, and after the infantry occupies the front, immediately transport the cannon up the hill to the original Japanese artillery fortifications to suppress the Japanese heavy artillery on the camel behind it. Didn't the headquarters equip them with a batch of new artillery shells, and let's see what good things the headquarters has come up with. β
Although Du Kaishan gave the death order to take the ridge position within an hour, the progress of the ridge battle was not as smooth as he imagined. He increased his strength at the position of the ridge line, and the Japanese army, who clearly knew what the consequences of losing the ridge line, also used the anticline as the support at any cost and the secret passage in the mountain as the support, and dispatched a large number of troops to fight for it repeatedly.
Attacking troops often have just rushed to the ridge line and have not yet waited to gain a foothold. The Japanese counterattack troops, under the cover of dense artillery fire on the first line of the camel peak, relied on the passages built on the entire top of the mountain in all directions, and quickly launched a counterattack. With each counterattack, Japanese counterattack troops could pop up all over the mountaintop.
And when the battle for the ridge line entered the white heat, after the battle began, there has been no movement, and the heavy artillery group in the direction of Miaoling, which is deep in the depth of the Japanese fortress group in Honey Mountain, finally appeared, and despite the entanglement of the two armies, they also began to shell each cover hill in front of the camel peak.
The Japanese heavy artillery group deployed in the direction of Miaoling had at least eight or more 150-mm heavy howitzers, in addition to at least eight heavy cannons of the same caliber. All the firepower of its heavy artillery was concentrated on the hill in front of Du Kaishan, which was the outpost of the Hump Peak, the main peak of the entire Honey Mountain.
The heavy artillery group deployed by the Japanese army at Camel Peak was unable to fire on the slightly lower mountain in front of them due to the problem of firing angle. However, the firepower of the heavy artillery group deployed on the front line of Miaoling, especially the 150 heavy howitzers, deployed in the depth of the entire Honey Mountain, was enough to cover the entire mountain.
The two armies that were repeatedly fighting for the ridge line were bombed by the Japanese artillery and suffered heavy casualties, and the battle lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon, although Du Kaishan took down the various defensive points and support points of the Japanese army on the front slope in accordance with the tactical requirements, and also drove a lot of nails at the position of the ridge line on the top of the mountain. However, its tactical intent to take the ridge line in order to spread out in depth was far from being realized.
An hour has long passed, but the battle for the ridge line is still ongoing. Not to mention taking down the hidden positions built by the Japanese army on the anti-slope, even the ridge line has never been taken. The entire battle for the ridge line has become a stalemate battle.
Although reluctant, I don't want to play a tactic of adding fuel to the fire. However, the slow progress of the war situation and the repeated struggle of the Japanese army for not giving up an inch of land made Du Kaishan have to add it one by one. However, under the blockade of the Japanese artillery fire in depth, it was not easy for the reinforcements to rush up the mountain.
There were even times when a company rushed through the Japanese artillery blockade area, suffering one-third casualties. That is to say, the reinforcements, before they arrived on the battlefield, lost their combat effectiveness due to casualties. Under the circumstance that the range of the mountain artillery was insufficient, Du Kaishan was almost powerless to fight back against the deep artillery fire of the Japanese army.
At the moment when the battle for the ridge line was in full swing, under their feet, a fierce battle inside the mountain was also going on. Although the Japanese army failed to blow up the tunnel before, they paid a considerable price, and the opponent infiltrated the entire interior of Honey Mountain.
The Japanese troops inside the tunnel used the existing fortifications and firepower points in the tunnel, and their own familiarity with the internal structure of the tunnel, and the subsequent resistance was extremely tenacious. Although the attacking force infiltrated the interior of the Japanese tunnels and had an advantage in melee firepower, the advance was still slow, and could only be measured in meters.
The mountain in front of the camel peak, which is more than 400 meters above sea level, has almost completely hollowed out the entire interior. The various passages are built in all directions, like a labyrinth. Moreover, the Japanese army had already prepared for the penetration of the adversary, and built firing points or fortifications at every corner. and a partition to delay the opponent's attack.
As a unit that is more adept at field warfare, has not received similar training and combat, and even most of the troops who have seen this kind of huge mountain fortifications for the first time, they can only gnaw a little bit. Using the cooperation of bazookas and grenades, light machine guns and submachine guns, the Japanese army fought hard against the same stubborn struggle.
After several hard battles, they occupied the bottom and second floors of the inner fortifications of the mountain, cleared the Japanese troops on the lower floors, and cut off the communication between the Japanese troops above and the Japanese troops in the basement. However, it was not able to cut off the passage of the upper Japanese army movement, as well as the passage to cut off the communication with the Japanese army on the first line of Camel Peak.
This is also the reason why the Japanese army can quickly mobilize its forces and participate in the counterattack in the battle for the ridge line. Several passages leading to the upper Japanese fortifications were always in the hands of the Japanese garrison, and the troops entering the interior of the mountain repeatedly fought for it, but they were always helpless when the Japanese army condescended and blew up the passages.
The battle for the ridge line has not been over for a long time, and the casualties are getting bigger and bigger. I was going to take the frontal position quickly. The plan to expand in depth was blocked, which made Du Kaishan somewhat impatient. And the battle inside the mountain, there was no good news for a long time, which made him lose his cool rarely.
Watching the pointers on his watch pass by little by little, Du Kaishan gritted his teeth and said to Qin Zesheng beside him: "Old Qin, you withdraw all the troops above and send all the ** at hand into the little devil's tunnel." Since the little devil has blown up the upward channel, let's speak with **. β
"Send all the ** into the inside of the tunnel, tell the sΓΉ sappers to select the best explosion point, and carry out the overall blasting. 500 kilograms** is not enough, just use 1,000 kilograms. Lao Tzu couldn't beat it, so he gave him a pot. Even if you can't blow up the entire mountain, Lao Tzu will shake the little devil inside to death. Smashing pots and selling iron, Lao Tzu can't do it. β
Just as Qin Zesheng nodded and was about to execute, his familiar voice came from behind Du Kaishan: "Du Kaishan, why do you want to smash the pot and sell iron?" I can't withstand such a little setback, but it's not like your Lao Du's style? Isn't there no news yet from your roundabout troops? You won't wait any longer? β
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