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Volume 3, Chapter 651: Life and Death Crisis

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    In September, the weather in Jiangnan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang is no longer unbearably hot. However, in the hinterland of Qianligang in western Zhejiang, the air remains hot. This is because machine guns, artillery and various thermal weapons continuously fire and explode, and the ballistics pierce the air rapidly.  High temperatures caused by friction.  After taking down the second line of defense in front of Fangcun Creek, Okamura Ningji made a desperate move to conquer the follow-up high ground held by the New Second Army in one fell swoop. He transferred the 13th and 23rd Divisions to strengthen the front of the creek mouth.  In this way, a total of four divisions, the 6th, 16th, 13th, and 23rd Divisions, were concentrated in the Xikou area. In an area that was only 12 kilometers in front and less than 8 kilometers in depth, they could all move in one breath.  Nearly 100,000 people were invested in four divisions, which was extremely rare in previous wars.  At the same time, in order to suppress the opponent in the unfavorable terrain and offset the New Second Army's superiority in firepower, Okamura Neiji passed through the base camp and made a request to Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshi, commander of the Third Flying Group, to dispatch more fighter planes to Quzhou.  Participate in the war, defeat the air defense firepower of the New Second Army in one fell swoop, and then conduct coverage bombing of the position to completely destroy the defense power of the New Second Army.  In order to ensure the Eleventh Army's grand strategy of capturing Maoliangwu and capturing Wu Ming alive, the Japanese base camp ordered the navy to allocate three squadrons of 96 land attack aircraft from Shanghai to Quzhou to cooperate with the Army Aviation Operation.  As a result, the number of Japanese fighter aircraft at Quzhou Airport surged to more than 180, including more than 30 fighter jets, more than 70 light and heavy bombers, more than 40 96 land attack aircraft, and other three reconnaissance aircraft and transport aircraft.  With more than ten aircraft, they can carry out uninterrupted bombing missions against the New Second Army positions along Fangcun Creek.  At 8 a.m. on September 3, the Japanese army dispatched aircraft to indiscriminately bomb the front-line positions of Kenwu, Chishan and Gaoshan Temple held by the New Second Army.  Fifty or sixty fighter planes covered the sky tightly. The Type 97 heavy bombers with a large bomb load lowered their altitude and dropped aerial bombs. They were densely packed like fish laying eggs, and some aerial bombs were actually in the air.  Collision and self-explosion show how dense the unit is.  In a short period of time, the aerial bombs dropped by Japanese bombers shrouded the entire mountain in fire and gunpowder smoke. Many officers and soldiers of the New Second Army who were responsible for lookout were buried in the floating soil caused by the explosion of Japanese aerial bombs. Some aircraft  The bomb directly hit the air raid shelter in the trench, causing a shower of blood.  After the bodies of the officers and soldiers of the New Second Army Corps buried in the cave were blown into pulp and plasma, they were soon hit by the next aircraft bomb, and the remains of flesh and blood were flying all over the position.  When the Japanese bombers were dropping bombs, the anti-aircraft artillery placed on the hills near and far made a "bang bang bang bang bang" sound. Coupled with more than a hundred 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns, countless dark red tongues of flames pounced on the heavy-duty heavy vehicles in the air that were unable to move.  The bombers weaved tens of thousands of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets into a dense web of fire, quickly shredding the thin skin of the aircraft.  The four Type 97 heavy bombardment aircraft, which had dropped slightly in height, were hit by fuel tanks and ammunition boxes respectively. The fire flashed almost at the same time, and then turned into a huge fireball in the violent explosion, and various debris rained down.  Flying freely in the air.  A Type 97 heavy bomber following behind saw that the situation was not good and prepared to increase altitude. Who knew that the right wing was hit by hundreds of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets and exploded. The unbalanced heavy bomber rolled and fell into the distance.  "Boom", fire shot into the sky, and pieces of the plane flew everywhere and scattered all over the ground.  The escorting Nakajima Type 97 fighter jets quickly discovered where the attackers were, their engines roared shrilly, and they rushed toward the air defense positions on various hills.  One by one, Nakajima 97 fighter jets dived and dodged left and right amid the chain of fire. Two fighter jets did not escape the incoming anti-aircraft machine gun bullets. The 12.7 mm caliber  The bullet easily penetrated the belly of the aircraft, and the warhead carried huge kinetic energy penetrated the flight seat.  The Japs pilot flying the fighter plane only had time to scream. His entire upper body was quickly torn apart by the dense bullets that penetrated from his buttocks, and the cab was quickly dyed a dazzling red.  The out-of-control fighter jet screamed and fell towards the hillside, hitting the exposed rocks and turning into balls of fire.  More Nakajima fighter jets dodged the bullets. They rushed to the air defense position and fired at the shooters and ammunition carriers. The air defense soldiers who were shooting in the air fell in a pool of blood.  At the same time, the Type 96 land attack aircraft with bombs deployed from the naval aviation force took advantage of the Nakajima fighter in front to attract anti-aircraft firepower, and ferociously pounced down, raining down aerial bombs overwhelmingly.  Shooting warriors in the air.  Each 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun and Oerlikon 20mm machine gun were blown back to parts. The gun wheel flew into the sky, the gun body rolled out from the gun mount, the anti-aircraft soldiers on the gun position were shattered into pieces, and ammunition was running around.  The hand and loader also flew into the sky, and were torn into pieces by sharp shrapnel.  There are huge chains of fire everywhere in the air and on the ground.  And at the foot of the mountain, the Japanese army took risksThe danger of being accidentally injured by aerial bombs dropped by their own aircraft quickly advanced towards the positions defended by the officers and soldiers of the New Second Army.  After being blocked by fierce firepower from the defenders, the Japanese troops quickly fell down and immediately started shooting with the Chinese troops.  Relying on the advantages of firepower and geographical advantages, the New Second Army quickly suppressed the Japanese attack.  The Japanese army was not afraid of death and continued to send more troops to the mountain.  "Boom¡ª¡ª" Dozens of unscrupulous cannons began to fire. After the explosive packets flew into the sky, they smashed hard towards the foot of the mountain.  The powerful explosive pack made an earth-shattering noise, and groups of Japanese soldiers rose into the air like paper figures and flew to the ground one after another.  Not to mention, the defenders prepared a large number of iron barrels filled with napalm and a small amount of high explosives. When they saw the Japanese troops sticking to the hillside, they pushed the iron barrels down. After rolling dozens of times, the iron barrels exploded, and the napalm*  The force came out and burned the hillside into a sea of ??fire.  Large numbers of Japanese soldiers were sprayed with napalm on their bodies, and their whole bodies were ablaze with gas. They screamed and fell down the cliff, and let out shrill screams while hanging in the air.  After a day of fierce fighting, the foot of the mountain was filled with burnt corpses of Japanese soldiers.  In the next few days, the war became tense.  Since the Japanese heavy artillery could not be transported up the mountain for the time being, the Japanese army could only continue to use aviation as supporting firepower. However, the New Second Army refused to give up any ground. The air defense forces operated anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, constantly exchanging battle damage with Japanese fighter planes.  On the ground, the Japanese army could only use lighter infantry guns and mortars to bombard the New Second Army positions on the mountains. The shells fell like rain on the top of the mountain, but the positions built by the New Second Army engineers were extremely strong, and  Japanese fighter planes were entangled with ground anti-aircraft fire and were unable to remove those bunkers and fortifications at targeted locations.  The accuracy of the aerial bombs dropped from high altitudes was poor. From time to time, aerial bombs weighing 100 kilograms or more fell into the attacking Japanese formations at the foot of the mountain, splashing blood and flesh, and quickly letting the Japanese soldiers know what it meant to kill each other.  However, the Japanese soldiers who were poisoned by the spirit of Bushido launched a fierce attack on the mountain one after another. They were greeted by a violent storm of bullets. The bodies of the Japanese soldiers who crashed into the barrage were like gourds spurting blood. Every attack by the Japanese army was defused.  .  In the next few days, the Japanese army changed tactics, using Type 92 infantry artillery to shoot directly, using sharpshooters to fire from a distance, and using skirmishers to attack the positions of the New Second Army.  Under the wave after wave of Japanese offensives, all the officers and soldiers on the first line of defense were lost. The Japanese troops howled into the trenches, but soon the artillery of the New Second Army on the top of the mountain used thunder cannons to blow the Japanese troops into powder. Then the infantry  Quickly attack to retake the trenches and shoot wildly at the Japanese troops who come up.  The Japanese army once again used a large number of infantry artillery and mortars to fire at the positions on the mountain. The officers and soldiers of the New Second Army who had just recaptured the trenches once again suffered a large number of casualties.  Within five minutes, the artillery of the New Second Army deployed on the mountain began to cover and bombard the Japanese artillery position with 120 mm caliber mortars. The ensuing explosions quickly buried the Japanese artillery.  The battle lasted for a week, and the Sixth Division suffered heavy casualties. All four regiments under its command were basically disabled, and the Thirteenth Division had to take over the task.  The Thirteenth Division continued the offensive method of the Sixth Division. It first used aircraft to drop a large number of aerial bombs, blowing the hilltop into a sea of ????fire, and then concentrated all infantry artillery and mortars to pour shells on the mountain, regardless of whether it achieved any effect.  , and then sent out troops to charge at the defenders' positions in turn.  During the attack, the Japanese army used light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers and sharpshooters as cover, while the infantry attacked in skirmish formations. The officers and soldiers of the New Second Army fought hard and repelled a total of ninety-four Japanese attacks in just one week.  From the middle of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the mountains and plains were covered with grotesque corpses of Japanese soldiers, and the blood dyed the ground red.  In the past half month, the Duer Division has sacrificed more than 4,000 people. Although they killed more than three times the number of Japanese troops, they also suffered heavy casualties. Almost all of the surviving officers and soldiers were injured.  On September 17, Japanese engineers finally repaired a convenient road to the top of Huangjiawu Mountain. Japanese heavy artillery appeared on the battlefield again, but at this time the Duer Division had decisively retreated and retreated to Jiuligang, the last line of defense in Fangcun.  .  The Japanese heavy artillery was once again useless, which made Neji Okamura, who returned to Quzhou to take charge, so angry that he almost vomited blood.  On September 19, the Japanese army dispatched more than a hundred aircraft to carry out indiscriminate bombing in the Jiuligang Mountains. Although the officers and soldiers of the New Second Army in the trenches had long since retreated into the air-raid shelters, the 500kg-class aircraft contained in the aerial bombs was  When a bullet fell, the whole mountain felt like a small boat bumping on the turbulent sea.  Strong shock waves shook the earth, many people's teeth broke their tongues and lips, and even dozens of officers and soldiers were shocked to death.  After two hours of repeated bombings, the Japanese soldiers began to charge. The previous scenes in Kengwu, Chishan and Gaoshan Temple were repeated again. Every time the Japanese army took a step forward, they had to pay a huge price.Sacrifice, the Japanese attacked round after round, always hitting the iron plate, and finally retreated with a bloody head.  Different from the previous three lines of defense, in order to hold on to the last position in front of Fangcun, the Jiuligang defense line has all built tunnels connected to each other, so that after the surface position is lost, it can continue to hold back the enemy and develop the battle in the direction desired by the New Second Army.  .  In fact, when the battle reached this point, Okamura Neji could hardly hold on anymore.  From mid-August to late September, nearly 300,000 Japanese troops were stationed in western Zhejiang. They relied solely on waterways and roads for supplies, and there were shortages of both food and ammunition.  The Japanese engineers repaired the railways at an extremely slow speed. The New Second Army guerrillas carried out all-round raids on the Japanese army in a wide area from eastern Zhejiang to eastern Jiangxi. Railways and bridges were often blown up at night just after they were repaired during the day.  The limited force of the Japanese army cannot take care of every section of railway and every bridge. The direct consequence is that the Japanese engineers are exhausted and have not completely repaired the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway until now.  What makes Okamura Neiji even more distressed is that while Japanese troops are gathering in western Zhejiang, attacks by the New Second Army guerrillas in the hinterland of Jiangnan are surging. Nanxiang, Kunshan, Wujin, Danyang, Gaozi, Longtan, etc. along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway  The land was frequently attacked, and the towns of Songjiang, Fengjing, Xiaoshi, and Chang'an on the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway changed hands several times. Traitors everywhere were frightened, and business exchanges were almost interrupted. The taxes collected by the Japanese and puppet government decreased rapidly, and Japan's domestic dissatisfaction  Emotions are building.  All of this is nothing. Just yesterday, a main force of the New Second Army suddenly rushed out of Siming Mountain and successfully attacked Ningbo. It looted a large amount of arms and food stored there and at the same time, more than 60 people who had taken refuge with the Japanese were taken away.  All the big traitors were shot to enforce the law of the country, and all their property was confiscated. When the news came, Neji Okamura took a breath.  For this reason, Yamada Otsuzo, the commander of the Central China Front, specially sent a secret message to Okamura Neiji, asking if he could capture Maoliangwu as soon as possible. Okamura Neiji was speechless. He knew what was left for him.  My time is running out.  "Order the frontline soldiers to capture Jiuli Post within two days at all costs, otherwise military law will be imposed!" Faced with heavy pressure, Okamura Neiji had to send a fiercely worded telegram. At the same time, he assigned the third officer in charge of the flank attack to  The 12th Division and the 116th Division were all transferred to the front of Fangcun River to strengthen the thickness of their troops and strive to rely on human sea tactics to completely submerge the New Second Army.
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