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Volume 3, Chapter 506: Chaotic War

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    "Baga" The Japanese headquarters in Pu Town, north of the Puyang River, Lieutenant General Michutaro Komatsubara, commander of the 23rd Division, who served as the commander-in-chief of the northern front operations to encircle and suppress the New Second Army, was furious: "According to the latest intelligence, the flag of the New Second Army in China has been  Appearing in Yiwu County, this also means that the enemy we face is only the New Second Army, not the main force we thought before. The task assigned to us by the front army is to hold back the New Second Army to buy time for the encirclement.  "There is no doubt that we failed." "Gentlemen, we came to the battlefield in Central China from Manchuria and China with full confidence. We originally thought we could make great achievements, but the current situation makes me very sad When did the army of the Empire of Japan actually  Degenerated like this? We have repeatedly attacked the Chinese defense line with the strength of two divisions, but we have not made any progress yet." "The front army headquarters has called us to question whether we are capable of participating in the encirclement and suppression of the New Second Army. Now we must use  Come up with a proper solution." There was silence in the headquarters, and the faces of all the generals were full of helplessness.  Since yesterday, six regiments of the Japanese army have repeatedly attacked the Longmenshan defense line held by the New Second Army. Two and a half regiments have been reimbursed so far in the hard battle.  Due to too many casualties, the once young and vigorous student soldiers have lost their spirit, and their weaknesses in lack of training have been exposed. Now when they hear the attack, all the soldiers show hesitation, and they are no longer brave and fearless when attacking difficulties, often falling into a trap.  When the grenade falls, most of the attacking squadron will lie down, lingering and cowering, without any blood at all.  "General, the Chinese defenses are too strong. Now we have poured at least more than 40,000 artillery shells into the front line of Longmen Mountain. The entire mountain has almost been flattened by two or three meters, but the Chinese defenses still stand tall. Now the soldiers  We no longer have the confidence to attack Longmen Mountain head-on We must find another way." Colonel Suzuki Shigeharu, Chief of Staff of the 23rd Division, stood up and suggested.  "Suzuki-kun is right, we have to find another way." Lieutenant General Jutaro Amakasu, commander of the 33rd Division, nodded in agreement. When everyone's attention was focused on him, he stood up and came to the map.  The staff officer took the baton: "As we all know, in the division of defense areas in China's third theater, the New Second Army is responsible for the frontal defense of the eastern front. The main defensive areas are Longmen Mountain and the mountains at the western foot of Kuaiji Mountain near the Puyang River.  After the New Second Army's continuous construction, the line has been turned into an iron wall. Therefore, even though the opponent's main force has moved south, the remaining troops still block us to the north of Longmen Mountain." "After continuous hard fighting, the two of us have  The divisions have all suffered heavy losses, and almost half of each division has lost its combat effectiveness. If we do not learn the lesson and still rely only on the flesh and blood of the officers and soldiers to defeat the Chinese army's defense line, even if they are finally captured, our two divisions will be defeated.  It's over." "Gentlemen, please look here" The baton in Jutaro Amakasu's hand pointed in the direction of Lanting in the southwest of Shaoxing: "Previously, the two divisions of the Tenth China Army were stationed on the front line of Kuaiji Mountain, but as the Fourth Division attacked,  In Shengzhou, the Chinese Army, which was worried that its retreat would be cut off, had already retreated in large strides. For this reason, the Chinese New Second Army had to dispatch troops to take over the defense from Lanting to Zhaojia Town. " "Since the main force of the New Second Army has appeared in Yiwu, then we.  They could only face a certain division or even a certain brigade of the New Second Army. The strength must be seriously insufficient. They are already struggling to defend the front. Presumably Lanting's first-line defense is even more empty. What we have to do now is to request the front army headquarters to  The 14th independent mixed infantry brigade stationed in Shaoxing and the 15th independent mixed infantry brigade stationed in Shangyu launched a fierce attack on the Lanting Chinese Army. After defeating the enemy in front of them, they went straight to Fengqiao, occupied Zhuji, and surrounded the Chinese army behind the palace.  "Once the way back to the south is cut off, the Chinese troops in front of us will definitely have no fighting spirit. As long as the troops from the south come up, it is inevitable that they will be surrounded and annihilated. There is a Chinese saying, it is better to cut off one of the ten fingers than to hurt them."  , As long as we can annihilate the remnants of the New Second Army in the encirclement, it will be a tangible result for us." "This" Komatsubara Michutaro's eyes lit up at first, but then he thought of leading his troops to attack China's New Second Army at Longmen Mountain  The defense line has been inactive for more than a month, and now it is asking for reinforcements. He wonders how the higher-ups will view him. But then he saw that all the generals in the war room agreed with Jutaro Amakasu's suggestion. If he opposed it, he would probably let his generals think so.  Chilling. In this case, Komatsubara Michutaro finally made up his mind: "Okay, I will call the front army headquarters I hope we can use a brilliant victory to wash away the huge shame we have suffered. "Hai"  All the generals in the war room stood up and bowed. "Lanting is located at the foot of Lanzhu Mountain, 14 kilometers southwest of Shaoxing. It is the residence of Wang Xizhi, the famous calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This area has "lofty mountains, lush forests and bamboos, and"The clear stream is turbulent, reflecting the left and right", which is a beautiful place on Shanyin Road. From Dagang Mountain to Landungang, five kilometers southwest of Lanting, there is a road from Lanting Town to Fengqiao Town in the northeast of Zhuji  This road has a long history. It was a post road as early as the Western Han Dynasty, and Lanting was a pavilion for passers-by to rest on this post road. After the main force of the New Second Army went south, the three brigades, six regiments and three battalions were stationed on this line.  The first line in Huawu Village was the 2nd Platoon of the Ninth Company. At seven o'clock in the morning, about a brigade of Japanese troops launched a sudden attack on Huawu Village.  The grenades fired by the infantry artillery hit hard inside and outside the village. The ground shook violently like a strong earthquake. Fireballs rose from the ground. Many houses were quickly ignited in the fire and thick smoke, and the courtyard walls surrounding the houses were burned.  The boulders were blown into large and small stones and flew into the sky, and then fell in the distance. In a private house in the center of Huawu Village, Second Lieutenant Li Heng, the commander of the second platoon, woke up from his sleep. He jumped out of bed and quickly climbed out of bed.  He got up, rushed to the window in a few steps, and looked outside the village. A large number of yellow figures came into view. "No, it's the Japanese." Li Heng reacted quickly and immediately issued an order: "Squad one immediately seize the houses on both sides of the north entrance of the village.  , to delay the Japanese offensive, the second squad laid mines on the village's main traffic thoroughfares, and the third squad immediately left the village and entered the Guboling preset position in the south.  Signal soldiers, rush to the company headquarters immediately and report to the company commander. "Yes" The officers and soldiers quickly dispersed. Li Heng followed the squad to the entrance of the village to the north and lurked under a window. As the Japanese infantry got closer and closer, the Japanese infantry  The artillery and grenadiers stopped fire support, and a Japanese officer pulled out his command knife and waved: "Kill him." Li Heng calmly put the rifle sight in his hand on the Japanese officer's head, and only heard a crisp "bang" sound.  The Japanese officer shook violently, his head split open like a watermelon that had been hit hard, and a pool of blood came out. He threw his head back and fell heavily to the ground. As Li Heng fired, fierce gunfire rang out at the entrance to the village.  A Czech light machine gun, eight Mauser Nl4 rifles and two imitation Thompson submachine guns owned by the first squad opened fire at the same time. Amidst the intensive gunfire, more than 20 Japanese soldiers who were rushing in front fell down.  The Japanese soldiers reacted quickly and lay down on the spot. A group of officers and soldiers did not hesitate at all. The machine gunners and submachine gunners continued to fire. The rifleman quickly pulled the bolt of the gun and shot at the Japanese soldiers with a brief aim. More than a dozen Japanese soldiers who were slower to react responded again.  They screamed and fell to the ground. Although these Japs were not part of the main division, their long-term military training and pre-war mobilization made them react very quickly. They lay on the ground and started to fight back. Since they were guard troops, these Japs soldiers had no marksmanship.  It's a clever idea, but the victory is in numbers. Although the two charging squadrons of Japanese troops suffered thirty or forty casualties, they still had more than a hundred guns, firing at each other from a distance of a hundred meters, and the dense rain of bullets covered them.  To a group of officers and soldiers in a row of houses at the entrance of the village, some people screamed and fell down from time to time. The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour. Among the thirteen officers and soldiers in the group, eight officers and soldiers were already dead.  Li Heng fell down and was wounded in his left shoulder. When he heard the report from the second squad leader that the mines had been laid, he immediately ordered the Japanese troops to retreat. They lay on the ground and fired again for three or four minutes. They did not hear any retaliatory gunfire from the other side, so they immediately got up from the ground.  Rushing towards the village entrance, a large group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the village more than ten meters away. A landmine was detonated, and four or five Japanese soldiers nearby fell into a pool of blood. It took a full hour to save their lives.  After clearing all the landmines in the village, they continued to advance south along the road to Gubo Ridge, which was more than 200 meters above sea level. Li Heng, who had just bandaged his wounds, held up his telescope for reconnaissance.  The soldier reported solemnly: "The Japs have at least two to three thousand people, six Type 92 infantry cannons, and a large number of light and heavy machine guns Even if the whole battalion is pulled over, they can't resist it." "Yes."  Li Heng touched his chin thoughtfully: "Our task now is no longer how to hold the position, but how to slow down the enemy's march. Once the Japanese army rushes out of Kuaiji Mountain, our entire brigade will be in danger." Deputy platoon leader Zhang  Sergeant Rong suggested: "We should continue to use harassment tactics. Half of the men of the first class and the second class will carry all the mines in our platoon and bury one along the road one or two hundred meters away. It is best to bury it irregularly.  Let the Japanese army not know what is true and what is true, so that their marching speed will be greatly slowed down.  " "The remaining brothers from Class Three and Class Two, stay and hold on.  However, the Japanese army was so powerful that we couldn't fight head-on. We first blocked the position for half an hour, then withdrew from the battle and hid in the mountains on both sides of the road. We followed the Japanese army's movements and fired a few cold shots from time to time, which made them panic.  ¡± ¡°Wait until ?Here, if we take the initiative to harass the Japanese troops and make them unable to eat or sleep well, the marching speed will naturally slow down again. In this way, when our main force returns to support, they may not have much combat effectiveness.  "Destroy it in one fell swoop." Li Heng nodded: "This is a good idea. The mission assigned to our brigade by the military commander is to persist for five days. It is only the third day. We must delay the enemy and buy more time for the main force." Longmen Shandong  At the foot of Kangwu Temple in the southeast of Kangwu Mountain, Zhou Juncheng received an urgent call from the Third Battalion of the Sixth Regiment, and the deputy brigade commander, Lieutenant Colonel Chi Yuming, said anxiously: "Brigade.  , the little devil is obviously trying to steal our retreat, what should we do now?  " Zhou Juncheng came to the map, stopped and observed it for a while, and suddenly said: "The Japanese troops on the front lines of Shaoxing and Shangyu are taking the initiative to attack, so the defenses in these two places must be empty. If we can wipe out this Japanese army that is advancing with light troops in one fell swoop, then it will be quite difficult.  For a long time, the Japanese troops in the Ningshao Plain could not be effectively supplemented." "What do you mean?  " Chi Yuming was a little surprised and asked uncertainly. "The key to victory or defeat at present is no longer the front battlefield of Longmen Mountain, but the Japanese army that suddenly appeared and fought hard continuously. Although the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, our brigade is now  At least a thousand soldiers were sacrificed, and now the total number of the entire brigade is less than 4,000.  I plan to leave two battalions behind and pretend to be the main force to continue to deal with the Japanese army. The main force will go south with all its strength, striving to annihilate the advancing Japanese army in the mountainous areas northeast of Zhuji and southwest of Fengqiao. Then I will leave one battalion to continue harassing the Japanese army, and the main force will move towards Shaoxing.  Advance, forcing the Japanese army to return reinforcements. ""In this way, our goal of containing the Japanese army can be achieved, but it may not be more effective than returning the main force." The more Zhou Juncheng said, the brighter his eyes became, and finally a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "  This means you beat yours and I beat mine. In the final analysis, I eliminate your vitality, plunder your supplies, enrich and strengthen myself. In the end, you have to follow my steps and be mobilized by me." Chi Yu  Ming looked at the map blankly, then slapped his thigh: "Okay, let's do it like this. Hehe, I heard that several brigades of the task force had retreated to the Ningshaotai area. Let's go and meet them here. It's like entering  The Monkey King in Princess Iron Fan's belly turned him upside down."
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