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Text Chapter 194 Bloody Guanmenzuizi Mountain

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    To be honest, not long after the Third Cavalry Brigade was sent to the west by tons of explosives, Colonel Matsuno O Katsuaki, captain of the 108th Regiment of the 104th Division, arrived in a truck. As soon as he got off the car, he looked at the explosion scene in front of him.  It is impossible not to be frightened by the tragic scene of missing limbs and arms.

    Although the strength of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade participating in the attack was only a few squadrons, it was not its main force.  [.Com text] But like this, without even firing a shot, everyone was completely stewed, which really made the officers and soldiers of the 108th Regiment who had already arrived a little frightened.

    Although these retired veterans who were recruited back into the 108th Regiment are not as tough as those active Japanese soldiers in terms of fighting will.  But in addition to being far more brutal and prone to burning and killing, there is another point that is that he is extremely vindictive, far more than the active soldiers.

    Seeing the extremely miserable death of his comrades, the 108th Regiment, who did not want to suffer the same treatment, did not hesitate at all. Under the command of Colonel Katsuaki Matsuno, and under the cover of the firepower of the regiment's artillery, they immediately launched an attack on the front line of Mengmenzuizi Mountain.  Attack across the board.

    It can be said that Matsuno Katsuaki spent a lot of money and invested an entire brigade of troops.  The artillery squadron's 75mm Type 41 mountain gun, the brigade's Type 92 infantry gun, and the independent mortar squadron specially strengthened before departure, the shells fired exploded on Guanmenzuizi Mountain.  one slice.

    Although Guanmenzuizi Mountain has an important geographical location, it is stuck on the only way to enter the mountain from Xingshan Street to the core position of Xingshan Fortress.  But the overall mountain is not high and the slope is very gentle.  But it is almost the only barrier in the south of the entire Xingshan Fortress area.

    As long as Guanmenzuizi Mountain is broken through, the most important core positions of the entire Xingshan Fortress, the position mountain and the Linshu Spring line will be completely exposed to the guns of the Japanese 108th Regiment.

    Although the completed fortifications of Xingshan Fortress are extremely strong, the main firepower points that have been completed are pointed in the northeast.  Most of the flank protection works on its south side are still under construction and are far from completed.

    Once the Guanmenzuizi Mountain line is breached, there will be almost no fortifications on the southern flank, and it will be almost impossible for the mountain line, which does not even have enough defensive forces, to block the attack of a Japanese regiment.  The Xingshan Fortress that has been captured may fall into the hands of the Japanese again.

    Wang Xiaoming, who knew the importance of the front line of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, did not dare to slack off in the face of repeated attacks by the Japanese army.  The command troops stubbornly relied on the fortifications built by the Japanese army on the mountain to resist step by step.  The crossfire formed by its light and heavy machine guns caused heavy casualties to the attacking Japanese troops.

    But the Japanese army was like a non-stop tide. After the first wave of tide crashed hard on the embankment, the second wave, the third wave, and even more tides rushed towards the embankment desperately.  Both sides looked at each other with red eyes.  He kept sending the bullets in the gun chamber and even the bayonet into the opponent's chest.

    The Japanese troops, who were almost going crazy, moved their mountain artillery onto the hill in front of Guanmenzuizi Mountain that had been used as a warning position by the Third Cavalry Brigade.  As long as there is fire coming from Guanmenzuizi Mountain, we will hit it with precise direct fire.  The quality of their artillery is far inferior to that of Yang Zhen's men, who have only been trained for a few months.

    Guanmenzuizi Mountain is not a position where the fortifications are generally one meter or even two meters thick. Most of the fortifications are semi-underground.  More of his fortifications were semi-field fortifications.  The power of the 75mm mountain gun is enough to cope with it.  Wang Xiaoming, who soon couldn't stay in the fortifications, could only withdraw from these fortifications and use the communication trenches built by the Japanese army on the mountain as temporary bunkers.

    Facing the wave after wave of almost non-stop Japanese offensives, Wang Xiaoming, who was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength and suffered equally heavy casualties, could only fend for himself.  He was holding the speed machine in his hand that had been connected to a holster as a gun stock, and had rushed to the front line several times.

    Just after suppressing the Japanese fortifications again, Wang Xiaoming looked at the hands of the watch on his wrist and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly. It was only after six o'clock in the evening, and the official battle had only lasted more than four hours, and he could no longer gather a single soldier from his troops.  Complete company.  Several improvised independent companies also suffered heavy casualties.

    Looking at the dwindling number of his subordinates, Wang Xiaoming understood that if the fight continued like this, he would probably lose the remaining embers before reinforcements arrived. He called a company instructor over and ordered: "Bring a few soldiers with you.  We are looking for several independent companies of prisoners of war to return to Xingshan Fortress, and we are looking for all the laborers who were prisoners of war. If we continue to fight with these people without replenishing our troops, we will not be able to hold on for long. "

    The instructor was slightly startled when he heard Wang Xiaoming¡¯s explanation.  Although these independent companies on the position were temporarily formed by prisoners of war among the laborers, Haolai also became familiar with them after midnight and half a day.  This is to arrest people temporarily. Is this combat capability feasible?

    Wang Xiaoming gaveHe had already attached the holster to the gun handle to use it as a butt, and replaced the speed machine with a new magazine after the bullets had been fired. In order to protect him, who had already charged into the battle personally, his guards had just fought with a group of soldiers who had already fired.  He died in a fierce battle with the Japanese troops on the edge of the position.  He can only do things like pressing bullets by himself.

    After replacing the empty magazine of the speed machine in his hand, Wang Xiaoming, who was changing the magazine of the submachine gun used by his guard, was now in his hands. When he saw that the instructor was still looking at him in a daze, he became extremely angry.  He kicked him and said angrily: "Why don't you go quickly? Do you really want to watch the troops being wiped out?"

    The instructor who had been kicked did not dare to delay, so he grabbed the two veterans and ran along the traffic trench, dodging the artillery shells coming from the opposite side from time to time, breaking through the Japanese artillery fire blockade, turning around and running towards the front line of the position mountain.

    Looking at the backs of several of them, Wang Xiaoming raised his telescope and observed the Japanese troops on the opposite side who were gathering to prepare for another attack. Meng Ziming, the instructor of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment who was serving as the temporary commander of the 1st Battalion because the commander of the 1st Battalion was seriously injured beside him, said:  : "Ziming, have you ever calculated how many times we have repelled the Japanese attacks so far?"

    Meng Ziming, who was pressing bullets for a captured 38 rifle in his hand, heard Wang Xiaoming's question and immediately replied: "Political Commissar, we have repelled eleven Japanese charges since this afternoon. Damn it, today  This Japs really had some evil spirit. We repulsed his charge, so he lay down on the mountainside and used his own body to build a fortification and shoot at us."

    Putting down the telescope in his hand and looking at the few remaining troops around him, Wang Xiaoming said to Meng Ziming: "Ziming, if we continue to fight like this, we may not be able to wait for reinforcements to come up. Otherwise, we will all have to  Explain it here. How about it, are you afraid?"

    Meng Ziming, who had finished pressing the bullet and was taking off his bayonet to wipe it, was stunned when he heard Wang Xiaoming's question.  After a moment of silence, he said: "Political Commissar, there is nothing to be afraid of. I have followed you from the day you joined the Anti-Japanese War. The battle over the years did not come in blood or fire. When have I ever been afraid?  "

    "In the past, when we could only fire twenty rounds of ammunition in a battle, we were never afraid. Now that we have such good equipment, look at the portable machine guns we made ourselves. Oh, let¡¯s call the commander a submachine gun. Each of us  Four hand grenades modified by my own arsenal. Each of the cadres in the platoon and above has a speed machine. In battle, each person has at least a hundred rounds of ammunition. How can they be afraid? "

    "Being a soldier is a bloody job. If you are afraid of death, why should you be a soldier? When you went out to be a soldier to fight the Japanese, you never planned to come back alive. We have never been ambiguous about fighting the Japanese. Death.  Just die, no big deal.¡±

    Regarding Meng Ziming¡¯s answer, Wang Xiaoming just smiled but did not answer him. Instead, he raised his telescope and started observing again, but did not stop the offensive because the sky was getting dark.  At this time, about a squadron of Japanese troops had been assembled and prepared to launch a new charge.

    Observing that the Japanese army was preparing to launch another attack, Wang Xiaoming immediately sent an order: "Each company will check ammunition and prepare for battle. All submachine gunners will advance and be prepared for hand-to-hand combat."

    Looking at the Japanese troops coming up again, Wang Xiaoming, who had been squeezed to the ridge of the top of the mountain, knew that he could no longer retreat.  If we retreat further, Guanmenzuizi Mountain will really be lost.  Once Guanmenzuizi Mountain is lost, the position mountains behind will no longer be able to be defended.  What Wang Xiaoming is looking forward to most now is not the reinforcements, but that the instructor he sent out to capture the soldiers can quickly bring the new soldiers over.

    The Japanese army launching another new offensive this time seems to have the idea of ????squeezing them down even if they cannot completely wipe out the defenders on the top of the mountain.  After first burning the entire hilltop with artillery fire and incendiary bombs, there was not even a tentative attack. The offensive was fierce as soon as it started.  The flares were fired in waves as if they were free.

    Facing the fierce Japanese offensive and looking at the position around him that was blown into a sea of ??flames by Japanese incendiary bombs, Wang Xiaoming raised his hand and pointed the speed machine in his hand at the Japanese soldiers who were following the fire. After emptying the magazine, he grabbed a  Armed with a Type 38 rifle and a bayonet, he shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Comrades, rush up and get involved with the Japanese, and they will not dare to fight again."

    After he took the lead and rushed out of the position that was already a sea of ??fire, the soldiers who heard his shouting either held up rifles with bayonets or held submachine guns flat, and faced the Japanese troops who were already pressing forward.

    The clash of bayonets and the groans of the wounded were mixed with the crisp and even melodious sound of submachine guns and short bursts of speed machine fire, all ringing out on the top of Men's Gate.  At this time, both sides' mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, grenades, and even light and heavy machine guns had lost their effect.  It just depends on who has more bayonets and who has better stabbing skills.skilled.

    Although the 104th Division is a special division of the Japanese army composed of re-recruited Japanese soldiers, its combat effectiveness is second-rate even among the Japanese army.  But its hand-to-hand combat capabilities are not much worse than those of the Japanese standing divisions.  His tactics of fighting with bayonets are also unmatched by Wang Xiaoming's troops.

    Seeing that the attacking troops who had rushed up the mountainside had bayonets fixed on their opponents, the captain of the 108th Regiment, Matsuno Katsuaki, who had been observing the battle with a telescope, could not help but reveal a proud smile on his lips.  Although the combat effectiveness of his own regiment is only second-rate among the entire Japanese army.

    But the 108th Regiment, which has also received strict hand-to-hand combat training, is definitely not comparable to the hand-to-hand tactics of this group of bandits in North Manchuria.  This group of bandits are fighting with their own men with bayonets. Isn't this a comparison between a rogue and a giant?  Just talking about hand-to-hand tactics, one of my squadrons once defeated a battalion of the Central Army, the most elite of the entire China Army.

    It¡¯s just that he thought wrong.  When it comes to hand-to-hand combat alone, even with a special division like the 104th Division composed of reserve officers and soldiers, Wang Xiaoming's men are indeed far incomparable.  However, Wang Xiaoming's men were equipped with two types of close combat weapons that the Japanese army did not have: submachine guns and speed machines.

    In order to avoid the Japanese army's absolute advantage in artillery fire and engage in close combat with the Japanese army as much as possible, Yang Zhen specially designed a tactic.  When close combat occurs, each company forms a long-short match with submachine guns and speed machines as the core and rifles.  A tactical combination of using submachine guns to disperse the Japanese troops.  Using teams of two, they used bayonets to deal with the scattered Japanese troops.

    When the Japanese army's hand-to-hand combat power is weak, its hand-to-hand combat power is more reflected in its tactical combination.  Once this combination is dispelled, its power is basically equal to nothing in the face of the large number of automatic weapons equipped by the opponent.

    Watching your comrades being mowed down by automatic weapons in the hands of your opponents.  It was a bayonet that was struck from the front and back and penetrated.  In just half an hour of hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese army, which had already suffered two-thirds of its casualties, could not withstand it at first, and retreated without even bothering to drag away the corpses.

    Although they have a large number of automatic weapons such as submachine guns and speed machines in their hands, even though they have the advantage of being in a commanding position, even though they have a local advantage in strength.  But even so, this hand-to-hand battle brought nearly one-third of the casualties to Wang Xiaoming's remaining troops.

    In other words, when the battle reached this point, the battalion under Wang Xiaoming, plus all the forces of the temporarily formed independent companies, now only had one and a half companies left.  All light and heavy machine guns have been lost to Japanese artillery and grenade launchers.

    Seeing that he had almost achieved his goal, he was driven back by his opponent.  Not only was he unable to make the final charge, but he was not even able to secure the mountainside he had already occupied. His subordinates were pushed all the way to the foot of the mountain by their opponents and then returned to their original starting position. Colonel Katsuki Matsuno's face turned blue.

    After fighting for most of the afternoon, although Colonel Matsuno Katsuaki severely damaged the defenders, the opponent almost lost the ability to resist.  However, under the stubborn resistance of the defenders, his own casualties were not light.  One of the three infantry brigades of the 108th Regiment suffered 70% casualties and had lost its combat effectiveness.  Another infantry brigade also suffered nearly half of its casualties.

    If it were not for the advantage in strength, Matsuno Katsuaki, who had a somewhat prudent personality, would have brought all three infantry brigades of the 108th Regiment with him.  According to this number of casualties, the 108th Regiment may have lost its offensive capabilities long ago and will be defeated first.

    Although he was under great pressure from Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru's telegrams asking about the situation almost half an hour ago, Colonel Matsuno O Kataaki put away his desire for revenge after being unable to attack for a long time.  After accepting the persuasion of his subordinates, he decided to let the troops, who had been attacking all afternoon and were already empty, rest for an hour.  Have something to eat.  After regaining enough energy, they will launch the attack again, trying to finish the battle in one battle and drive the opponent out of the hilltop position.

    What he didn¡¯t expect was that his order to rest for an hour would allow his opponent, who was almost unable to bear it and had almost suffered casualties, to breathe a sigh of relief.  When Wang Xiaoming temporarily brought the new soldiers into the position, Colonel Matsuno and his 108th Regiment had lost all possibility of taking Guanmenzuizi Mountain, the core position of Daoxingshan Fortress and the gateway to the position mountain.

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