I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 559 Cutting off the escape route

Shen Honglie guessed wrong. Chen Feng had already woken up at 3:00 a.m. The Guards Corps was in a difficult situation. There were more than 100,000 devils! Even if they had achieved some results in two days, it would not hurt the foundation at all.

"Captain, here's an urgent message from Commander Shen of the New Fourth Division."

Chen Feng sat by the stove, took the telegram and started reading it. Li Yunyan also quickly leaned against the stove to warm her hands.

"There's quite a bit of trouble over there!"

"Captain, is Qingdao City in danger?"

"It's not dangerous, but if we don't fight well, the New Fourth Division will suffer heavy losses."

Li Yunyan looked worried, worried that the New Fourth Division might have too few people and that the Jiaolong Regiment and the Flying Squadron might have too many people.

"Call back! We should take it one step at a time. The Japanese army has 50,000 troops. Even if some of them are lost, there are still more than 40,000. The food consumed in a day is an astronomical figure. Tell Brother Shen the sixteen-character policy: fortify the walls and clear the fields, cut off the retreat, resist head-on, and harass at night."

Li Yunyan was about to stand up when Chen Feng continued:

"Tell Brother Shen that it is crucial to cut off the retreat. The Japanese army will definitely send warships for support. Do everything possible to prevent the aid supplies, ammunition and heavy artillery from entering the military camp, otherwise the front-line positions will not be able to be held for a few days."

As soon as Li Yunyan left, Song Zihan came over.

"Captain, Guard Regiment Commander Lin sent a telegram saying that a large Japanese force has crossed the Jinpu Line and is moving towards Fenghuangling under the cover of artillery. They are expected to launch an attack after daybreak. The Guard Regiment requests permission to stay and engage the enemy. We have been building fortifications around Jigongzigu for several months and do not want to leave without firing a shot. We must at least let the Japanese corpses pile up on the front of our position."

"We agree to engage the enemy and block them. We will set up more anti-aircraft machine guns and large-caliber heavy machine gun positions on the reverse slope. Once the air defense and artillery defense are ready, the battle will be easier to fight."

"Also, send a telegram to Ningbo of the 1st Regiment and Wu Tianxiang of the 2nd Regiment, mobilizing their special operations battalions to move to Xiong'er Mountain to block the routes where the Japanese army may divide its forces, and be ready to accept Lin Chuan's dispatch at any time. No matter how cautious the Japanese army is, they have to attack forward. They can take action independently when there is a chance."

"Notify all the regiments going down the mountain to remain vigilant even if they don't have combat missions, and always be prepared for the Japanese troops stationed on the Jinpu Line and the Longhai East Line to rush out. Send a telegram to Chen Rongwei, asking the pilots aiding China to stay in Qingdao to continue their training, and escort the ten ace pilots to Mengshan, the sooner the better, and pay attention to safety."

After receiving the telegram of the cold gun, Shen Honglie broke out in a cold sweat. He was careless! The Japanese ships can come at any time and can deploy troops and artillery at Xiaozhu Mountain in Jiaoxian County, west of Jiaozhou Bay, at any time. If a heavy artillery brigade is really transported, no matter how solid the trenches are, they can't withstand the heavy artillery bombardment.

If we really let them break in, 50,000 Japanese soldiers will be like 50,000 wild boars. There will be too many things we need to take into consideration, and it will definitely be a big trouble.

"Notify Shen Zizhong of the 1st Regiment to take the 1st, 4th and 2nd Regiment's special operations battalion and immediately take a detour to deploy defenses along the line of Longya Mountain, Xique Mountain and Shizhai Mountain north of Xiaozhu Mountain. Bring heavy firepower and stay away from the coast. Defend against the Japanese reinforcements and assistance from the outside and prevent the Japanese support troops from the inside. As long as the Japanese troops mobilized do not exceed 10,000, not a single artillery piece and not a grain of food will be allowed in."

The messenger went to make a notification. Shen Honglie waved his hand and told the guards to get out. Don't disturb his thoughts. He thought it was another boring defeat and annihilation, but now it has become a huge risk. What went wrong? Shen Honglie sat in a chair, puffing fireworks, thinking seriously about the situation in front of him.

After finishing a cigarette, Shen Honglie understood the reason for this situation. Attack and defense conversion, just these four words, there are more issues to consider. The strategic depth is gone, and the mobility is lost. In the past battles, either the enemy was eliminated in the maneuver, or heavy firepower was used to cover and attack. Even when attacking Qingdao City, it was unscrupulous and reckless. Now it is not possible! Airports, factories, hospitals, arsenals, they are all my treasures. With so many belongings, it is inevitable to be distracted!

Early in the morning, the Japanese army started the attack after dinner. A battalion of troops rushed to the 300 to 200 meter high ice wall and fired at the positions of the New Fourth Division in kneeling and lying positions. This was very annoying. Machine guns could not cause large-scale casualties. If they fired back, both sides would suffer heavy casualties. This was not in line with the New Fourth Division's combat strategy. If they were not attacked, they would just crawl forward in a despicable manner.

"Brothers, don't show your heads and don't shoot. Wait until they climb out of the ice."

A battalion of soldiers, seven or eight hundred people, provided cover from behind with gunfire. A squadron came out of the ice wall and climbed forward with grenades hanging from their bodies. They had already climbed to a position of 150 meters.

After walking 150 meters, more than 200 Japanese soldiers found it difficult to climb up. The ground was no longer compacted snow, but a thick layer of ice. Many Japanese soldiers slipped on the ice. A small slope did not hinder crawling, but when they climbed to a certain position, they had to charge and throw grenades! How could they charge? They would probably fall down when they stood up! This was too unethical, right?

As the previous order had not yet been issued, they did not dare to retreat and could only continue on the cold ice.

"Battalion Commander, should we fight or not? We are almost a hundred meters away."

"Don't be in a hurry. Start fighting after you get within 50 meters. Use a submachine gun and fire a full burst of bullets in 20 seconds. Then lie down."

"Brothers, check the ammunition. Listen for my gunshots and shoot with submachine guns."

"Send up the rocket troops. Once the submachine guns have wiped out this squadron, immediately shoot at the 200-meter ice wall. No matter whether we can destroy it or not, we have to try to blow it up once."

The Japanese army was very excited. They sent up their Type 99 light machine guns and fired at the positions of the New Fourth Division. They saw hope. As long as the soldiers in front threw grenades into the trenches, they would have a chance of taking the positions outside the city today.

"beat"!

Dozens of soldiers showed their heads in a trench. The MP38 has magazines of thirty rounds and thirty-two rounds. The theoretical firing rate is 500 rounds per minute. It only takes two or three seconds to fire thirty bullets according to the theoretical firing rate. However, this is impossible in actual combat. It will take more than ten seconds to finish firing a magazine of bullets.

Dozens of flames sprayed towards the climbing Japanese squadron. They only needed to swing the muzzle of the gun back and forth between firing. In more than ten seconds, three of the more than thirty soldiers who fired were killed, and four or five were seriously injured. However, the opposing squadron was basically wiped out, and those who were not dead were wailing in the snow.

The Japanese hiding behind the ice wall saw the submachine gunners of the New Fourth Division hiding back and immediately stopped shooting, hoping that the remaining soldiers and wounded would quickly crawl back.

"shooting"!

"Rocket launcher"!

It was too late to aim and shoot, so the rocket artillerymen hung the shells and just raised their heads to aim. There was no need to aim, they just fired close to the ground.

Tsk! Tsk, tsk, tsk!

Also, more than 30 rockets were fired. Two or three of them flew high and hit the camp behind the ice wall, and the rest flew horizontally close to the ground.

boom! Boom boom boom!