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Chapter 984: Can we defeat such an enemy?
On Yuwang Ridge.

Yang Yuanshan and Zhan Haishan reached a consensus and determined the next action plan of the special forces regiment. They immediately ordered the telegraph operator to send their ideas to Li Yunlong.

Of course, he was also prepared to yell at the other party for an hour via telegram.

However, his preparation was obviously of no use.

After receiving his telegram, Li Yunlong replied without hesitation, agreeing to his idea of ​​continuing to fight against the Japanese Independent Mixed 2nd Brigade in Xinkou.

However, in the telegram, he was inevitably reminded to quit while he was ahead and not to spend all his savings.

Of course, Yang Yuanshan gladly accepted such a reminder.

I called back immediately to guarantee that I was absolutely sure!
When Zhan Haishan saw that Yang Yuanshan could make Li Yunlong change his mind with just one telegram, he couldn't help but envy the other party's status in the leader's heart.

I couldn't help but joked:

"Captain, our leader is really under your control!
This battle plan can be changed at any time!
If you don’t know me, you might think I’m the leader!”

Yang Yuanshan laughed:
"of course!

Don’t you see how much equipment he stole from me?”

"Hahaha!

Who says our group is richer than the landlords?

The leader didn't ask you to hand it all over, so just be happy!"

Zhan Haishan's face also smiled like a chrysanthemum.

……

After some joking, Zhan Haishan reminded:

"Captain, since the concentrated Japanese soldiers have already moved, can the First Artillery Battalion stop shelling Jinyang City and retreat to Qixia Town to rest first?
Or retreat north to our side and prepare to bombard the 2nd Brigade?"

"No! Don't be so hasty."

Yang Yuanshan shook his head without question.

“Oh, why is that?
Are you afraid that the Japanese will find out that we bombarded Jinyang City just to mobilize them?"

Zhan Haishan was curious.

"Humph! Do you think that with the cleverness of this old devil Okamura Ji Ning, he will not be able to see the purpose of our sudden attack?

Then you are underestimating the commander of the Jibei Front Army."

Yang Yuanshan said with certainty.

"Ah! Captain, you said Okamura Ji Ning knew our purpose?

Then how could he mobilize the two divisions in Ji Zhong as we wanted?
Isn’t this stupid?”

Zhan Haishan felt that he was confused by the other party.

“Haishan, conspiracy can only deceive fools.

A smart and cunning person like Okamura Ji-ning is immune to conspiracies.

So, no matter how we disguise ourselves, it’s useless.”

Yang Yuanshan suddenly realized that his sense of the overall situation had reached a new level.

It was as if he was playing chess with a master like Okamura Jining from a distance.

"Captain, the more you talk, the more confused I become.

Since our feints and disguises are useless, why did we use so many tricks in the beginning? "

Zhan Haishan looked confused.

“Hahaha, Haishan, we didn’t actually do anything fancy, did we?

Isn't it an open and aboveboard conspiracy that has always been carried out?

It’s just that we are bullying the Japanese because they are short of troops.”

Yang Yuanshan explained with a smile.

Seeing that Zhan Haishan was still a little confused, he continued:

“Okamura Ji Ning was finally mobilized by us, not because he was deceived by our tactics.

It’s because he understood that our determination was greater than he could imagine!

As long as he doesn't mobilize a few divisions to sweep us away, we will be able to overwhelm the enemy in all the key locations in Jin.

Let them lose their troops, cities and lands, and suffer terribly!"

After hearing what he said, Zhan Haishan finally understood what was going on.

He nodded thoughtfully:

"That's true.

So, Commander, you are not letting the 1st Artillery Battalion retreat immediately, are you planning to take advantage of the Japanese's weakness and continue to weaken them?"

"good.

As long as the Japs are unable to completely wipe out the 1st Artillery Battalion, we will continue to beat them hard.

Use the strong to attack the weak and constantly take advantage of them.

I told Han Yang and the others a long time ago that the Japanese have a small territory and limited manpower. As long as we can continue to kill and injure their manpower, they will become weaker and weaker!

This time, we are most likely still unable to capture Jinyang City.

But it doesn't matter, as long as we continue to destroy their veterans piecemeal, we will be able to capture the city in one fell swoop in a year or two!"

Yang Yuanshan's words were sonorous and powerful.

This suddenly gave Zhan Haishan infinite confidence.

He thought to himself: If the Special Forces Regiment can really recapture Jinyang in the future, then my old comrades from the 772nd Regiment will probably be so jealous that their eyes are burning with jealousy, right?
At first, they were very sympathetic about being transferred from the numbered main regiment to the basic regiment!

Now it seems that I am really lucky!

……

At this time, a telegraph operator stood up and reported:
"Commander, the First Artillery Battalion is calling."

Zhan Haishan didn't have time to fantasize anymore. He hurried over, took the telegram, read it quickly, and then said to Yang Yuanshan:

"Commander, Captain Gao bombarded the Japanese for more than two hours today and has now retreated to the foot of Xigang Mountain to camp."

“Oh, what about their losses?
There's no way the Japs wouldn't fire back, right?"

Yang Yuanshan asked eagerly.

"Captain Gao reported that they were about 6 kilometers north of Jinyang City, and after two or three rounds of fighting, they were counterattacked by hundreds of artillery pieces from the Japanese.

Although the artillery positions were relocated and adjusted in time, after a two-hour artillery battle, 2 mountain cannons were lost, 12 artillerymen were killed, and 67 were seriously injured.

However, their artillery bombardment should have also caused considerable casualties to the Japanese.

There’s just no way to quantify it.”

"Wow, there are quite a lot of artillery in Jinyang City.

There are actually hundreds of guns with a range of more than 6 kilometers!
And the damn Japanese artillerymen are really good at artillery."

Yang Yuanshan's face looked a little gloomy.

Using mountain artillery to fight a guerrilla war several kilometers away and still causing such heavy losses was beyond his expectations.

He thought for a moment and then ordered the telegraph operator:
"Order Gao Yuanzhi to stay alert tonight and be careful of sneak attacks by the Japanese.

Keep bombarding me tomorrow!

But he must be reminded that it is better to reduce the efficiency and accuracy of the artillery fire in order to reduce artillery casualties!
I still have great use for these 1,000 men, and they must not lose their combat effectiveness completely!"

"Yes!"

The telegraph operator agreed, sat down immediately, and started sending the message "tick-tick-tick".

……

Yang Yuanshan found a rock to sit on and focused his attention on his system, checking the results of Gao Yuanzhi and his team's shelling today.

After suffering more than 200 casualties, he would be very depressed if he didn't gain much.

"Kill the little Japanese infantry*237, and the reward will be Sanba Daigai*237, and 6.5 rounds of Arisaka 2.3mm bullets."

“击杀小鬼子炮兵*117，奖励70毫米榴弹2500发，75毫米榴弹9000发。”“击杀小鬼子伍长*15，奖励捌玖式掷弹筒*15，掷榴弹1500发。”

"Kill the little Japanese sergeant*8 and reward 8 Type 7.7 light machine guns* and 8000 rounds of Arisaka mm bullets."

“击杀小鬼子少尉*5，奖励MG-42通用机枪*5，7.92*57毛瑟步枪弹5000发。”

"Kill *2 Little Japanese Lieutenants, and you will be rewarded with *2 Type 200 Infantry Cannons and rounds of artillery shells."

“击杀小鬼子少佐*1，奖励41式75毫米山炮*1，榴弹100发。”

A total of more than 400 enemies were killed, and the highest military rank was only major. Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but curl his lips.

But he immediately thought that these were just the Japanese soldiers who were killed in the explosion.

There must be quite a few people injured by the shells, which would probably cause considerable trouble to Iwamatsu Kazuo, so he felt relieved.

As for the spoils, although only a 75mm mountain cannon was salvaged, it was completely unable to make up for the mountain cannon lost by Gao Yuanzhi.

But having 9000 75mm grenades is not bad.

Enough for them to fight for another day.

When he thought that the more his artillery fired, the more ammunition they had, while the more the Japanese fired, the less artillery and ammunition they had, the corners of his mouth curled up again.

I seemed to have heard the Japanese soldiers roaring to the sky: Damn you, you bastards, do you have unlimited ammunition?
Why haven’t I finished playing after playing for several days? ? ?

Can a tiny country like ours defeat such an enemy?
Which bastard is so tired of living that he has to bring us here to invade their land?

I want to go home!!!
……

North of Jinyang City, at the foot of Xigang Mountain.

After dark, Gao Yuanzhi and the soldiers of the 1st Artillery Battalion stopped shelling Jinyang City and retreated here.

With the cover of a battalion of soldiers on Xigang Mountain, they camped on the spot.

On their periphery, the three regiments of the Wutai Division and the two regiments of the 3th Brigade also protected the 358st Artillery Battalion by protecting each other.

During the day today, the Japanese did not send a large force out of the city, so they only killed more than a dozen Japanese scouts and did not gain any battle.

At this moment, the soldiers of each regiment were still cursing and despising the Japanese in Jinyang City, saying that they were all cowards who dared not come out to die, which made them itchy.

He Dingwei and other regiment commanders did not interfere with the soldiers' discussions.

Instead, they got together, discussed carefully, and arranged three guard posts, one visible and two hidden.

……

After arranging the sentries, they did not delay as they thought there might be a battle tomorrow.

He commanded the soldiers, and after simply eating the dry food that served as dinner, they quickly started digging holes in the ground.

——It was a big pit half a person deep, covered with weeds, bedding and so on, and the entrance was covered with tattered bedding to keep warm.

Our military troops have extremely poor logistical conditions and no tents, so when camping outdoors, they can only rely on this thing to shelter from the wind.

Moreover, this thing has both warmth-keeping and concealing effects, so it is very practical.

——Of course, it doesn’t work very well if it rains in summer or snows in winter.

After working until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, He Dingwei and others estimated that it was almost time for everyone to go to bed, so they ordered the work to be called off.

Then the soldiers were arranged into squads, snuggling up to each other, huddled together in the dugout, and fell into a deep sleep.

……

The soldiers slept until about two in the morning.

Suddenly, a loud roar pierced the silence of the night——

"Who is it? Password! Enemy attack——"

A secret sentry from the new 358th Regiment of the 7th Brigade suddenly shouted loudly.

Then there was a burst of dense gunfire -

"Da da da... da da da..."

The sentry was riddled with bullets and died on the spot.

But with the sound of gunfire, other sentries nearby also reacted immediately and quickly pulled the trigger towards the sound of gunfire.

“Snap! Snap—”

"what--"

When the gunshots were heard, the enemy who came to attack couldn't help but scream.

Following the noise, soldiers from various regiments who were originally sleeping in dugouts came out of the big pits one after another and, under the command of cadres at all levels, rushed towards the exchange of fire.

For a moment, there was chaos filled with shouts of command, gunshots, and screams.

……

At this moment, a small Japanese force of more than one hundred people sneaked into the outskirts of their position.

Almost all of them were holding a Type 99 light machine gun, with curved magazines stuffed around their waists.

It looks like a complete fire monster.

The leader was the bearded squadron leader, Lieutenant Shigeo Mashiko.

There is no doubt that they were sent by Prince Asaka Sakuhiko to launch a surprise attack on the 1st Artillery Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment.

To this end, Prince Sakuhiko Asaka even turned the entire Jinyang City military supply warehouse upside down to give them more than a hundred Type 99 light machine guns, which were considered very advanced among the Japanese army.

After leaving the city, they, led by Shigeo Mashiko, spent half a night exploring the vast area north of Jinyang City.

It was only just now that I was able to use the bright moonlight and a telescope to discover the tall mountain cannons of the 1st Artillery Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment.

At this moment, Mashiko Shigeo was immediately excited, thinking that he was about to achieve success.

He immediately commanded his men to sneak over here.

However, they never expected that such a strict guard post was deployed outside the 1st Artillery Battalion.

Although they easily passed the outermost visible checkpoints, they failed to avoid the second and third hidden checkpoints.

Ultimately, their plan to sneak in and destroy the artillery with cluster grenades failed.

Seeing that his actions had been exposed, squadron leader Shigeo Mashiko did not immediately order a retreat.

Instead, he yelled:
"Warriors, the Tubalu are just a mob, don't be afraid!
Charge in and blow up the Eighth Route Army’s artillery!
It’s a black card! Onboard——”

He thought that although he had few people, with more than a hundred light machine guns, it seemed not impossible to defeat these ragged Eighth Route Army sentries in front of him.

After all, the pie that Kazuo Iwamatsu had painted for him before was too good to be true.

When the Japanese soldiers heard his roar, they felt their blood boiling, their eyes turned red, and they all rushed forward.

He was still yelling:

"Onboard! Onboard--"

……

All I can say is that Shigeo Mashiko had good intentions, but something that surprised him soon happened.

As soon as the battle began, many enemies in gray military uniforms suddenly appeared on the ground, which seemed to be motionless!

These people, all holding Type 38 rifles and fearless of death, surrounded them from all directions.

Mashiko Shigeo and his soldiers were stunned and could not help but roar in fear:

"Baga! How come there are so many Tubalu troops crawling out from the ground???
Are they really rats that can dig holes???"

Then he kept pulling the trigger, trying to use intensive firepower to defeat our soldiers who were surrounding him.

But at this time, the bullets fired by our soldiers were already rushing towards them like locusts.

Several soldiers who were charging bravely in front of Mashiko Shigeo were all shot into pieces in an instant and fell down with screams.

The shrill sound made the Japanese soldiers around feel scared.

A team leader couldn't help but shout to Mashiko Shigeo in horror:
"Sir, there are too many Tubalu people. We should turn around immediately and look for other opportunities!"

Mashiko Shigeo's eyes were bulging, and he kept firing the light machine gun in his hand at the front, shouting loudly:
"Hurry up, get down and charge!
We are only a few hundred meters away from the Eighth Route Army’s artillery!
Even if we all die, destroying the artillery of the Eighth Route Army is victory!"

……

(End of this chapter)