Chapter 11: Wild Supplements (31)

The sun in the east tore through the mist on the Heavenly River and revealed the distant mountains in front of it, and the waters of the Heavenly River flowed quietly, as if it had washed away the gunfire and riots here. Motonosuke Kotani of the 60th Wing walked out of the tent in the morning light, came to the river, rolled up his sleeves, picked up a handful of water and threw it on his face, and rubbed his palms vigorously a few times. After being washed by the river, Motonosuke Kotani seemed to be much more energetic, picked up a small pebble, threw it hard, and the pebble crossed an arc in the air and landed in the far river.

"It's time to attack!" Motonosuke Kotani twisted his stiff neck, unbuckled his trousers, pulled a soak of urine into the river, and turned around and walked back. After a while, the small horn of the assembly sounded.

The reconnaissance company that was monitoring on the top of the hillside used a small round mirror to shake the east sunlight to the north, and there was also a white light flashing on the hill to the north, which was a confirmation of the receipt of the news.

"The Japanese army has set off!" Early in the morning, Ma Bacui moved a chair and sat behind the fortifications, looking at the flag on the mountains to the south.

From Pinghu to Xiaojiawan, the normal marching speed of the Japanese army takes about an hour and a half, and it is just right to enter the position at this time. Li Jiao, the commander of the 515th Regiment, asked Ma Bacui to return to his headquarters and not to affect the operation here. Ma Bacui smiled and left, he knew what Li Jiao meant, this place is the frontier, and the danger factor is somewhat greater. Huang Zhiguo, the commander of the 516th Regiment, also led his troops into the position on the side, sat in the trench, and hid the top of the trench with pine branches.

"The Japanese army has set off!" Mo Di took the telegram sent by the 172nd Division and said to Jin Tongxuan: "This operation always reveals a kind of eccentricity, fighting in peacetime, always like to find a plan in Sun Tzu's Art of War, this time, Ma Bacui made a tough and vicious battle, I feel that there is no trick at all, it is really exciting, let's wait and see, what kind of surprise this horse ginseng can bring us." ”

Jin Tongxuan said: "The veteran is out of the horse, there are routines, the chief of staff of the horse is a novice, there is no old trace to follow, or he can really play some miracles." ”

"You're a newbie too, so the miracles keep coming." Mo Di said with a smile.

"I'm not a novice, I've been in Xu Ping's place for two years." Jin Tongxuan said with a smile: "It's just that I don't participate in this kind of regular army operations many times, and sometimes I can't figure out the routine. ”

"Hahahaha!" Mo Di laughed: "You are the same as Ma Bacui, you don't have a routine to follow, this time, let's look at your new routine." Liao Hanguo has already surprised me twice, I don't know if I can surprise me again. ”

"Maybe that's possible!" Jin Tongxuan said: "I have an idea, I still want to divide the troops. ”

"How?" Mo Di asked.

"I took Shi Chongying and went to Lame Pass to join Liao Hanguo." Jin Tongxuan said: "I have a hunch that Ma Bacui can't stop Kotani Motonosuke, and in the end, it will be up to Liao Hanguo's blow to pull them back." If Liao Hanguo's attack is not strong enough, if the attack speed is not enough, and he is entangled by the Japanese army, and the retreating Kotani Motonosuke is caught inside and outside, Liao Hanguo will not only lose his previous achievements, but also have the possibility of annihilation. After repelling Liao Hanguo, Motonosuke Kotani will take advantage of the victory and go north, and Ma Ba Cui will not be able to stop him. When the time comes, we will become the oil to be added, quite passive. ”

Mo Di thought for a while and said, "You think about it reasonably, but it's not you who go with Shi Chong, but I go." ”

"Why?" Jin Tongxuan asked.

"If you go, you can only obey Liao Hanguo, if I go, you can order Liao Hanguo, in Dahongshan, I am the commander-in-chief, he believes in me, and he will obey me." Mo Di said.

Jin Tongxuan nodded, this reason is very sufficient, and he has no reason to overturn it.

Mo Di called several battalion-level officers and told them that he and Shi Chongying and Liao Hanguo would join him, and Jin Tongxuan would be in charge of the work here, and he would discuss it with Wu Tinghuan and Zhong Dingnai. The guide Wu Chunan went over with Mo Di, Wu Chunan told Mo Di that from the Beifeng River along the river valley to the north, there is a road to reach the lame pass and Liao Hanguo convergence, the distance is about fifty miles, the first half is easier to walk, the second half is a mountain road, if you go fast, you should be able to reach it after noon.

The soldiers are fast, and they set off immediately.

The speed of Kotani Motonosuke's advance was not slow, his plan was perfect, the wounded and the logistics department were all left in Pinghu, the marching operations were all elite, Shizuoka Yu's 3rd Infantry Brigade became the vanguard, at present, only this infantry brigade can still maintain the integrity of the personnel. Shizuoka Xiong is very calm, and has sent several teams to explore the road in front, and the mountain road is dangerous, presumably the opponent has been prepared, and if he is not careful, it will be a catastrophe that cannot be taken lightly. To Shizuoka's surprise, after walking for an hour, there was no report on the enemy's situation, and after walking for another ten minutes, he got a report that the troops of the expedition were extremely demoralized, and there was actually a medieval wall in front of him, like a strong pass, with flags fluttering on it, and the magnificence was not small.

Hearing the report, Shizuoka was stunned, what age is this, it has been a long time since the age of firearms, and there are still people who make a strong pass to guard, don't they know that there are cannons now? Turning a mountain pass, a four-meter-high wall-like pass appeared in front of me, with huge wood as the meridians, and it was built with stones and sandbags, which looked quite solid. Shizuoka has a rare smile! This is really a medieval pass, and the location is also very good, it is in front of the mountain pass, and the commander of the other side must be a veteran. The formation is very ancient, the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right, and the front is the desk. There is a downhill slope of about 300 meters in front of the pass, and the pass is condescending, which is even more imposing. Then there is a short stretch of open land between the valleys of about 200 meters, forming a natural battlefield. The next is the valley mouth that turns right, the valley mouth is not wide, and there is an abrupt hill rock in the middle, which divides the valley into left and right sides, and the road is on the right. The left side was relatively wide, but it was overgrown with thorns, and the sappers slashed it with long knives to sort out an open space, and the four infantry guns of the Japanese artillery team pushed it up and put it down.

Motonosuke Kotani also came up to take a look at it, smiled contemptuously, and told the artillerymen to blow up this medieval pass with artillery fire first.

Four infantry guns, after fixing the gun position, opened the breech, and aimed directly at the pass from the barrel, so close that the shell could not form a curve at all, and the * gun was used as a cannon. The disadvantage is that this place is too narrow for mortars to be used, and the target cannot be seen when retreating, and it is too dangerous to move forward, so it is difficult to set up six mortars on the side of the main road, and the people in front are already in front of the barrels in the back.

With the artillery commander's voice: "Shelling", ten cannons fired out the shells at the same time, looking at the smoke and dust coming out of the pass, Kotani Motonosuke's smile became even bigger, as if he had seen victory. Shizuoka Yu walked up to Motonosuke Kotani very seriously and said, "Your Excellency, this is not your post, please leave." Motonosuke Kotani laughed, turned to leave, and walked to the back team, Shizuoka was right, the Chinese army was his post.

After the second, third, fourth, and fifth shots came the charge. Shizuoka shouted, and the 3rd Infantry Brigade rushed out with the shells.

Just when Shizuoka ran across the flat road and began to rush up the slope as fast as he could, about a hundred meters away from the pass, a huge explosion suddenly came from behind him, which was many times louder than the explosion of the 320mm mortar gun, and all the charging Japanese troops stopped, and when they looked back, a huge smoke ball rose over the previous artillery position, and as the smoke disappeared, they found that the small rocks in the mountain pass before were gone.

This loud bang was the signal for the start of the battle, and with the shout of Li Jiao, the colonel of the 515th regiment, the soldiers who had been hiding behind the fortifications quickly rushed into the bunker, stretched out their guns from the shooting hole, and pulled the plate machine at the Japanese soldiers below who were shocked by the loud noise.

Shizuoka woke up quickly, saw that the situation was not right, and shouted: "Retreat." "After dropping a dozen corpses, the first charge was repulsed.

"Hahahaha! The 15th Division was really bad. Li Jiao, the colonel of the 515th regiment, laughed wildly.

Motonosuke Kotani was also frightened by the inexplicable loud noise, and ran up to take a look, the scene in front of him made him completely unable to react, the gunners of the four infantry guns were all dead, and the seven holes were bleeding, and they should have been shocked to death by the loud noise. The infantry guns flew several meters away, the six mortars scattered, and along with their masters, they were buried in the earth, and Motonosuke Kotani screamed for help, dug out the mortar men, and was already dead no longer dead.

The opponent actually used * This kind of indiscriminate means, Kotani Motonosuke was furious, and asked the sappers to probe around, whether there was still *, and after confirming that there was not, he gathered all the Type 89 grenadiers of the wing, concentrated them in the mountain pass, and prepared to use the grenadiers as artillery to launch a second charge.

The effective distance of the Type 89 grenadier is 600 meters, which is exactly the distance from the valley mouth to the pass, Li Jiao painfully found that the distance of his pass city wall is really stupid, it is exactly the effective range of the Type 89 grenadier, the mortar does not need to be measured, it is fired according to the maximum range, and it falls 100 percent on his defensive position. Shizuoka's infantry had reached the pass, and it was impossible to shoot without sticking out their heads, but as soon as they stretched out their heads, they were greeted by grenadiers from the Japanese army at any cost*. Under the cover of grenadiers, the Japanese infantry quickly rushed to the pass, and several Japanese soldiers poured gasoline on the wood used to build the pass, and soon a raging fire broke out, and the defenders of the 515th Regiment on the pass had to retreat.

Ma Bacui didn't expect that the pass he had spent so much thought on couldn't withstand a round of the Japanese army, and he was a little overwhelmed, but Lu Ming, the colonel of the field supplementary regiment, reminded him: If you sit down, you can let the head of the 516th regiment Huang Zhiguo do it!

Ma Bacui realized that he still had one move left to play, and immediately asked the signal soldier to wave the signal flag.

Huang Zhiguo has been waiting for this signal for a long time, his regiment is ambushed on the side, one of which is a sharp knife company, lurking on the cliff less than 200 meters away from the mouth of the valley, the explosion just now is Huang Zhiguo's design, his sappers spent a day to almost hollow out this from a small stone mountain, and all the * of the whole regiment were filled in. As a sharp knife, the company was also choked by the loud explosion. The sand and gravel falling from the sky fell on his body, and his body was still painful at this time. Huang Zhiguo's idea is very simple, since he has set up such a big cover on the front, he must take advantage of it, so he took the initiative to ask for help and ambush on the side. Whether it was the previous explosion or the ambush of a company here, it was a goal, to get rid of the Japanese artillery, so that the Japanese army would lose long-range support, and be on the same level as itself in terms of weapons, so that the advantage of the pass could be brought into play.

After receiving Huang Zhiguo's order, the first company commander shouted: "Throw!" "I saw that from the cliff,* like a bat at at night, it fell densely from the sky on the position of the grenadier, one round, two rounds, a full five rounds of bombing, and after throwing the * on his body in a row, he turned around and climbed the mountain, and after a while, he went to the top of the mountain and disappeared into the eyes of Motonosuke Kotani.

When Motonosuke Kotani withdrew his gaze from the top of the mountain, the scene in front of him was terrible, dozens of grenadiers were one in the east and one in the west, and none of the hundreds of grenadiers were alive. Motonosuke Kotani's eyes widened wider and wider, turning blood-red, as if he was about to break free from his sockets and fly out of his head. The Type 89 grenadier canister, which he relied on more than artillery, was finished!

Without the pressure of the grenadiers, Li Jiao led the 515th Regiment and rushed to the top of the pass again, facing the smoke and flames, and threw the * down, and the Shizuoka Male Infantry Brigade was standing scattered below waiting for the fire to be extinguished and the charge was launched. Shizuoka lost the cover of the grenadier and had no choice but to retreat again.