Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2779 Pulling teeth from the tiger’s mouth!

Four Japanese squadrons, including an artillery squadron, moved quickly under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Nakata. Like vicious wolves, they pounced on the open space between Xiaochuotou Mountain and Dachuotou Mountain.

Led by the squadron leader, the first squadron entered the open area and quickly ran towards Xiaochuotou Mountain.

They thought that the Xiangcheng Battalion was being attacked by the main force of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and were eager to rescue them, so they were also considered an assault force and moved very fast.

After entering the open area, the second squadron dispersed in a fan-shaped pattern towards the direction of Datou Mountain, preparing to set up artillery positions.

The artillery squadron pulled two mountain cannons and four mortars, and under the cover of the infantry, ran as fast as they could.

The mountain artillery is very heavy, and the Japanese 80mm mortar is not light either, so it is very difficult for the Japanese artillery to maneuver.

At the same time, the Japanese 3rd and 4th Squadrons, led by Lieutenant Colonel Nakata, detoured to the west.

They planned to set up an ambush in the direction where the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces might retreat, attempting to catch them off guard.

But this caused a lot of trouble for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Duanwu did not expect that this group of Japanese devils would be so cunning and know how to take the retreat route.

Long Qianyan also saw this scene, and after a moment of hesitation, he asked Xiang Duanwu: "Captain, what should we do now?"

Duanwu smiled and said, "No problem. The original plan remains unchanged. Take out a company of soldiers to guard against these Japanese invaders. No matter how small a grasshopper is, it is still meat. Let's eliminate the Japanese invaders in the open area first."

Long Qianyan suggested: "Captain, I don't think there are many Japanese soldiers. Why don't we let the Mashan artillery fire at the Japanese soldiers in the open area, and I will turn the muzzle around to shoot at those Japanese soldiers who are flanking behind?"

Duanwu shook his head and said, "No, the Japanese are too scattered. If the Japanese are not panicked by the bombing, there will be heavy casualties if two battalions charge forward. This is why I let the new recruits rest for this battle. They have little combat experience, and charging in such an open area will cause heavy casualties.

Just like the Kitano detachment, the Japanese were already confused by the bombing, but more than 100 new recruits were still killed or injured. This is a bloody lesson. So we can't underestimate the Japanese just because we have won a few battles.

In this battle, we must play it safe. Destroying these devils will be our victory."

Long Qianyan nodded first, then said: "After we defeat the Japanese in the open area, we can drop our artillery and attack the Japanese who are making a detour. Is that okay?"

Duanwu thought about it, and although he felt that there was almost no chance of defeating the Japanese again, he still agreed to Long Qianyan's request.

Because you can imagine that the Japanese knew to divide their troops and ambush at this time, so their commander must have excellent command ability.

As soon as the artillery fire sounded here, he would know that it was a trap and the Xiangcheng Battalion was no longer there.

So his first reaction should be to flee, not to rescue his troops.

In other words, there is a high probability that Long Qianyan’s shells will miss.

However, Duanwu didn't want to deliberately suppress Long Qianyan's command talent in such matters, so as to frustrate him and make him understand some truths.

So Duanwu nodded in agreement, and everything went according to plan.

At the same time, Ma Shanpao was also asking for help. Because the number of enemies was small, he felt that it would be better to just lead his men and charge forward instead of wasting shells.

But he was scolded by Duanwu, because aren't the lives of the soldiers worth less than a few artillery shells?

You can go and steal more when you run out of shells, but if people are gone, they are really gone.

Ma Shanpao lost his temper after being scolded.

Of course, he also wanted to save a few more shells for the Anti-Japanese Brigade. After all, the battle was not over, and the Anti-Japanese Brigade was running low on ammunition.

The ammunition purchased from the Soviet Union was indeed a lot, but once the battle started, the consumption was an astronomical figure. Three hundred thousand bullets were nothing in front of thousands of submachine guns.

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If one person has 200 bullets, ten people have 2,000 bullets, one hundred people have 20,000 bullets, one thousand people have 200,000 bullets, two thousand people have 400,000 bullets, and three thousand people have 600,000 bullets.

So even though a lot of weapons and ammunition were purchased, they were nothing compared to the huge number of people.

In addition, the anti-Japanese brigade fought incredibly fiercely, so the ammunition was consumed at the same rate as water.

When they came out of the base, each man had 200 rounds of bullets, but now there are only more than 100 left.

And in this battle, even if there were two squadrons, less than 2,000 people charging, it would probably consume several thousand rounds of bullets.

And this is a conservative estimate.

Therefore, Ma Shanpao was also worried about the lack of firepower of the troops.

Of course, Duanwu also knew this. But now was not the time to have only bullets left, but to quickly eliminate the enemy.

The main force of the Japanese invaders is nearby, so it is no exaggeration to say that we are pulling teeth out of a tiger's mouth.

Although the number of Japanese troops was not as large as expected, they had two infantry squadrons and one artillery squadron, totaling nearly 500 people.

Are 500 people too few? At least Duanwu thought that this number was worth him using thousands of bullets to destroy the enemy, and he was not afraid of using dozens of artillery shells.

So, Duanwu gave the order to start the artillery attack and everyone prepared to charge!

As Duanwu gave the order, "Fire!" a deafening roar suddenly erupted on the Datou Mountain.

Mortars and grenade launchers spewed out blazing flames, and each shell was like a falling meteorite, flying towards the Japanese in the open area with a sharp whistling sound.

The shells drew perfect arcs in the air and fell among the Japanese crowd in the blink of an eye.

The Japanese soldiers of the first squadron were running wildly towards Xiaochuotou Mountain. Suddenly, a shell exploded not far from them. The huge impact force raised a cloud of dust, and the air wave knocked several Japanese soldiers to the ground.

Their eyes widened in horror, but before they could react, another shell exploded beside them.

Shrapnel flew everywhere, blood splattered everywhere, and the Japanese suffered heavy losses again.

"There's an ambush! Take cover!"

The captain of the Japanese first squadron shouted at the top of his lungs, but his voice was soon drowned out by the continuous explosions.

The Japs fled everywhere, trying to find cover, but there was no place to hide in this open area.

Shells fell like raindrops, blasting their troops into pieces.

The Japanese soldiers of the second squadron were originally preparing to set up artillery positions in the direction of Datou Mountain.

But they didn't expect that before they could set up their artillery positions, the artillery shells from Datou Mountain had already landed on their positions.

They also fell into chaos. The originally orderly formation was torn into pieces in an instant. The Japanese infantry, including artillery, were blown away and fled in panic.

Their mountain artillery and mortars had no time to be set up, and many of the artillery pieces were hit by sudden shells before they were even pushed to the site, with parts flying everywhere and heavy casualties among the artillerymen! .

(End of this chapter)