Chapter 741: Counterattack

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano, commander of the Kwantung Army's southward corps and deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, formulated an operational plan to go north to Lingyuan, bypass the defense line of the Liuguhe Independent Division, pass through the Eastern Mongolian region, and reach Pingjin in the south, which was unanimously opposed by all the generals of the southbound troops.

According to the regulations of the Kwantung Army, Yano Otozaburo can treat them for the crime of disobedience, the so-called "law does not blame the public", Yano can not remove all divisions and brigade commanders from their posts and replace them with new people, which is not conducive to the stability of the army's morale and command operations, Dad is Lieutenant General Yano Otozaburo who was born in miso soup, and he can't help these high-ranking generals who are very rooted and high-ranking generals, not to mention, his plan has a fatal flaw, which is a matter of time, right? law solved.

In the silent atmosphere, the sea breeze blowing outside the window is not so cool, and the expression on his face is obviously extremely contemptuous, looking at these senior generals who are sitting in danger and not squinting, right? The pressure in the form made him even more panicked.

A senior staff officer crept in and handed him two telegrams, and after reading them, Otozaburo Yano lowered his head in a dejected manner, with a sigh and discouragement in his heart, and the telegram from the headquarters of the General Staff of the base camp did not hesitate to veto his genius plan, and also reprimanded him for being whimsical and ignoring the actual situation.

If this plan is in the battle deduction class of the Imperial Army University, it can also be used as a satisfactory assignment and can get the first-class evaluation of the instructor, and the North China battlefield and the headquarters of the headquarters of the general staff cannot but question Yano-kun's campaign command ability.

I didn't find out that it was the reply from the small staff officer of the General Staff who grabbed the pen on his behalf, anyway, it made Yano's heart blocked, and the reply from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, although he vetoed his plan, was still very polite, first affirming his bold idea, and then tactfully explaining the reason for the negation, that is, the matter of time.

The North China Imperial Army in Tianjin could not afford to wait, and said that His Excellency Commander Nanjiro had carefully looked at his plan and praised it greatly, thinking that it could be boldly adopted in future battles, which made Yano feel a lot more comfortable, and he had an urge to cry, after all, his mother's family

Seeing His Excellency the commander, he kept his mouth shut about the plan just now, and all the senior generals of the Japanese army also knew what was going on, this whimsical commander had touched a nail wherever he was in the base camp and headquarters, and he couldn't stop laughing in his stomach, since the plan was not approved, Yano's thinking had to go back to the old problem of how to break through the blocking position of the independent division as much as possible.

The battle situation reported by Lieutenant General Hirayama Sakura, commander of the 17th Division, attracted the attention of Yano, and the Ono Wing of the 17th Division, in the direction of Montenegro, had crossed the Liugu River and occupied most of the front line of the independent division's defensive position, but because the follow-up troops did not keep up in time, and it was too late, the breakthrough was blocked by the fire of the independent division's troops.

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano, almost gave the division commander Lieutenant General Hirayama Sakuyo a few big slaps, and then scolded a few words of pig's head and stupidity, this important situation, if it is reported as soon as possible, he will command all his troops to press up, and attack along this breakthrough, regardless of whether it is dark or not, can't he break the practice of the imperial army not fighting at night?

Perhaps, tomorrow morning, a big gap will be opened in the blocking line of the Chinese army, and he is already standing on the tower of Shanhaiguan, looking at the east of Ji, right? In the wilderness, there is a cloud in the military book of the Zhina Army, "breaking one point and shaking the whole line," how did this Hirano Sakuliang, who is full of head-on attacks and rigid tactical command, climb to the high position of division commander?

But what can Otozaburo Yano say? This Hirayama's uncle, who held an important position in the general staff of the base camp, took Yano and sent him to a certain island as a garrison commander, without much effort, Yano swallowed and foamed with difficulty, first praised the 17th Division and the division commander Lieutenant General Hirayama Sakuyo, and praised him for being worthy of being the elite division of the Kwantung Army, a famous general, until Hirayama Sakura was proud, his face was full of red light, and he was somewhat carried away.

Only then did he turn the conversation and asked, "Pingshan-kun, do you still want to establish greater merits," the voice was full of temptation, and to the other generals, it sounded like telling sù a child, not far ahead, there are more interesting toys waiting for you to get, Pingshan's desires have long been fanned straight to the brain, how can there be no reason not to agree.

Lieutenant General Otozaburo Yano struck while the iron was hot, and ordered the Ono Wing of the Hirayama Division, taking advantage of the night, to send two more brigades of troops, quietly cross the Liugu River, strengthen to the positions occupied by Yi, and wait for concealment, and at dawn tomorrow, launch an attack on the whole line, contain the Shina army in other directions, and the strength of the two divisions and regiments, strengthen the Fourth Chariot Wing, and take the 337 Heights of Montenegro as the main breakthrough target to open the gap.

From the eyes of these senior commanders, Yano Otozaburo finally saw some admiration, which made him feel very depressed and satisfied.

Just when the Ono Wing of the Japanese Army was preparing to send additional troops to the 337 Heights of Montenegro overnight, Feng Jiwu used the strength of a regiment of the Japanese army to counterattack the 337 Heights had already begun to act, this is the first regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, and it is one of the reserves that Feng Jiwu has been holding in his hands and is not willing to use, and has listened to the sound of guns and artillery for five or six days in a row, and the more than 13,000 soldiers of the 3rd Brigade are about to go crazy, especially some company and battalion commanders, who run to the regiment headquarters almost every day to inquire about the news, the first regiment commander Liu Jinshan, They are about to be tortured by these eager subordinates to collapse.

After receiving the order of the brigade headquarters, more than 3,000 people of the whole regiment immediately pulled to the Montenegrin defense line overnight, and under the guidance of the guide sent by the original garrison, they took advantage of the night to touch the position occupied by the Japanese army from the flank of the 337 Heights. The soldiers on both sides of the five-day bloody battle paid great attention to preserving their fighting strength, exposing the target by raw shots, and being captured by the opponent's artillery, inviting a catastrophe.

A battalion, a company, a platoon as the sharp knife platoon of the whole regiment, walking in front of the large army, and the company is more than 400 meters away, platoon commander Guo Quanyou, joined the independent division in the Taihang Mountains, at first in the division directly under the troops, and later, to the Niangziguan garrison corps of the battle sequence, is a veteran who has been in the army for more than three years, has experienced? Several large-scale battles, the combat experience is very rich, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't know a big word, and he didn't have the idea of becoming an officer, I'm afraid the battalion commander also did it, and the soldiers in the platoon all felt aggrieved for the platoon commander, Guo Quanyou himself felt quite good.

Because of Guo Quanyou, a platoon fought a lot of beautiful battles, one came and went, even the regiment commander Liu Jinshan also found a platoon of names, every time the arduous task was handed over to them, Guo Quanyou took a squad of soldiers, and walked in front of the whole platoon, after five consecutive days of shelling, the 337 heights were full of craters of different depths, as well as half-cut tree stumps, stone stubble sharper than knives, a little careless, did not meet a devil, hit first get seriously injured.

Guo Quanyou is completely relying on his feelings, groping forward step by step, and his eyes are completely useless, right? The experience accumulated in several battles came in handy, he mobilized all his senses, carefully sensed all the abnormal sounds in the dark, behind him, there was a long slip of soldiers, suddenly, an extremely slight sound, not far ahead, Guo Quanyou waved his hand, and the soldiers of the whole class immediately stopped advancing, and the Suomi submachine gun in his hand was in a state of shooting at any time.

After a while, the sound was gone, and the surroundings were still solidified in darkness, bypassing a pile of rocks, Guo Quanyou heard the sound of people's breathing, which battalion of sharp knife troops is this, advancing faster than fighting? He stretched out his hand and touched it, a slippery, cool steel helmet, the same as the fight, the other party also reached out and touched it, no one spoke, two small troops, side by side towards the high ground.

I didn't find out who it was, suddenly fell, a muffled snort, and accompanied by a low curse, it was this sound that made Guo Quanyou's hairs stand up suddenly, "little devil" is clearly an incomprehensible but guessable Japanese, Guo Quanyou's whole body function, immediately started to move, and pinched the hand of the soldier who followed closely behind, this is a common term in the whole platoon, which means preparing for battle, a squad of soldiers, quietly put the muzzle of the submachine gun, aimed at the faint black shadow that touched the head forward beside him.

Guo Quanyou fired, the flame of Suomi submachine gun muzzle beat like a flame in the dark night, he clearly saw that a close-range, frightened and unbelievable face, and the earthy yellow military uniform deep in his heart, at the same time as Guo Quanyou fired, a squad of soldiers, almost at the same time pulled the trigger, and the black shadow around him, screamed and fell.

A squad of Japanese soldiers was wiped out by Guo Quanyou and their class, and the silent night was broken by this shower of gunfire, almost at the same time as the muzzle of a dozen submachine guns, Guo Quanyou saw that on their right flank was only about a hundred meters, countless black shadows, ghostly climbing up.

Guo Quanyou didn't think too much about it, almost instinctively turned the muzzle of the gun, and shot fiercely at those black shadows, the platoon commander's gunfire was the signal, a squad of soldiers, in the direction of Guo Quanyou's shooting, fired fiercely, none of them saw that in the darkness, what was hidden, but it was completely based on the trust in the platoon commander, hearing the gunshot, the whole platoon immediately arrived, forming a fire net.

The grenade was thrown over, and in the flames of the explosion, see? Counting the figures of the Japanese soldiers, Guo Quanyou only gave a short order: "The second squad leader of the whole platoon is nailed here to report to the regiment, and the Japanese army is attacking at night," This is a death order, as long as there is a living person in a platoon, the little devil should not think about taking a step further.

Originally, it was a covert mission that was being carried out by both sides, but because of this sudden exchange of fire, it lost its meaning and turned into a sudden outbreak of hand-to-hand combat, and the commanders of both sides were caught off guard.

(To be continued)

Chapter 741: Counterattack