Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 403 Chapter 402, blow it up!
Thanks to the long-standing aggressive thinking of the Japanese, the Japanese have been undergoing military training since they were in elementary school! Primary school students learn to fight with bayonets, middle school students learn to release poison gas, and the whole nation is undergoing military training... In short, after many years of hard work, the Japanese's civilian training capabilities are very strong!
Therefore, Katayama thought of arming the overseas Chinese, giving them weapons, and letting them serve as soldiers to attack Lion's Head Mountain!

Well, the real reason is that Katayama really has no troops to mobilize! He originally left most of the troops of an infantry battalion in Yangquan, and part of the troops of the artillery battalion could be mobilized, with a total force of over 800. However, among these 800 troops, more than 300 of them are pure artillery and other technical arms, which cannot be used as infantry.

This morning, he sent more than 200 troops to the east and west, with the purpose of inspecting the safety of the railway. Then, those who went to Lion's Head Mountain were beaten back, and those who went to the turbulence did not return. This reduced his force to less than 600.

Then, after fighting Lion's Head Mountain for a whole morning, they lost dozens of soldiers, and the remaining troops were even fewer! Then, they mobilized 158 soldiers from the artillery team to launch a roundabout attack...

Well, of these 158 soldiers, 156 returned at this time, but they were all dead! Therefore, the troops he could mobilize were less than 400, and 300 of them were artillerymen who could not charge! Therefore, he could only arm the expatriates and form a new force to deal with the next situation!
Of course, this was just his first-hand preparation. He also urgently mobilized several squadrons from Ping'an County, Xiyang County, and Heshun County, which could probably gather 1000 troops.

However, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and Ping'an County can only mobilize a little over 100 troops. They dare not come alone and must wait for the troops from Heshun to arrive together!
In short, at this moment, if there were no 12 mountain cannons, about 100 infantrymen, and more than 200 imperial army soldiers, Katayama would have wanted to close the city gates and allow the Eighth Route Army to station on Lion's Head Mountain! Although there is an old Chinese saying: How can you let others sleep peacefully beside your bed? But when it's time to be cowardly, it's better to be more sincere.

It was almost 4 p.m., the sun was setting, and it would be dark in a few hours. In the room, Lieutenant General Katayama Shotaro adjusted his lieutenant general uniform in front of the mirror, then walked out and stood on the high platform in the attic.

"Subjects of the Emperor, the Emperor's most loyal warriors, recruiting nuclear men! At this moment, the railway lines we rely on to transport soldiers and weapons, and various materials, are being attacked by the Eighth Route Army! The vast mountains and rivers we occupied are no longer stable! Right next to us on the Lion Head Mountain, there is a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, staring at us covetously!"

"There is an old Chinese saying, 'How can I allow others to sleep peacefully beside my bed?' So, I organized you into a team of 863 people, with the goal of conquering Lion's Head Mountain and protecting the safety of Yangquan!"

"I know that you are all overseas Chinese, and you came to China just to cultivate the land, feed your family, and feed the army... But from now on, you are no longer anyone's father, no longer anyone's son, and no longer ordinary civilians! You are all soldiers, the emperor's soldiers, and everything is your responsibility to safeguard the emperor's honor in the underworld!"

"Now, follow my orders, cross the Tao River, follow the Tao River valley, and launch a desperate attack on Lion Head Mountain! There is only one regiment of the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, and most of them have been wiped out by us. You just need to rush up in one go and use the rifles in your hands to wipe out the Eighth Route Army on the mountain!"

"I will be watching you from behind and will provide you with the greatest possible artillery support! Now, shout with me, the Emperor will be shattered to pieces..."

"Ten thousand pieces..."

After a brainwashing speech, Katayama handed over the attacking team to Lieutenant Colonel Tokue of the 15th Battalion, asking him to command the next battle. However, he himself came to the command post of the artillery position, intending to personally command the artillery team to provide artillery support to the front.

What made Katayama feel relieved was that at this time the troops had newly added some radio stations for communication in the brigade-level teams, which made his command more convenient and enabled him to coordinate battles between the front and the rear in real time to achieve coordination between infantry and artillery.

The Japanese attacking team set out, went straight out of the city, and headed towards Lion Head Mountain along the Tao River beach. Looking at the Japanese marching in neat rows, Li Yuexuan and his men quietly put their guns back and tried to keep quiet. No matter how good they were at fighting, they couldn't say that they could face more than 800 Japanese without any injuries and wipe them out completely!
That's right, it's not that we can't defeat them, but that it's not worth it! The devils are marching now, and their target is Lion's Head Mountain, which is left to the comrades of the 14th and 769th Regiments. And Li Yuexuan and his men, of course, are heading for the artillery position! That's a battalion of mountain artillery, so it's definitely more valuable than these 800 devils, right?
The Japanese marched very fast, and even had several trucks to help carry ammunition and other things! So, at around 6 pm, the Japanese finally arrived near the Lion's Head Mountain position and deployed their troops. "Captain, the Japanese are coming, but they didn't charge. They seemed to be waiting for something?" On Lion's Head Mountain, the report from the front reached Captain Kong.

"What are we waiting for? We're just waiting for the enemy's artillery fire! Tell the commander of the first battalion to leave an observation post on the position, and the rest of the personnel should retreat to the position of the second battalion and try to hide in the anti-artillery holes!" Captain Kong was calm.

"Moses Moses, yes, it's us... Yoshi, we are ready and can attack at any time!" On the Japanese position, Captain Dejiang spoke to Katayama.

Soon, the roar of mountain artillery firing could be heard in the city, and the whistling of shells breaking through the air could be heard in the sky.

Chirp, chirp, chirp...boom, boom...12 mountain artillery shells bombarded the Lion's Head Mountain. Rocks flew into the air, and air waves hit the hillside, blowing up many grass leaves that were burned by the high temperature.

Crash... The flying gravel fell on the ground, into the trenches, and beside the soldiers, creating small pits in the trenches.

Wangmu Ridge, Li Yuexuan closed his eyes slightly, and the auxiliary panel in front of him flashed a few times, and then gave a series of data. These data were the positions of the artillery positions deduced based on the trajectory. At this time, a fuzzy image of the city appeared on the small map of the three people, with dense red punctuation marks on it.

"Okay, Shi Peican, now you listen to my command! I will control this cannon, and you follow the parameters I give you to quickly adjust and fire! Tian Chuan, you guard the west side of Wangmu Ridge, Song Changsheng, you guard the top of Wangmu Ridge and provide cover for us! Now, listen to me, the first round is two rapid shots, the coordinates are..." Li Yuexuan spoke very quickly, but everyone could hear clearly.

About half a minute later, two booms were heard on the southeast slope of Wangmu Ridge, and then 82 mortar shells flew into the air, heading straight for the county town. Then, one second later, two more shells flew up.

"Coordinate adjustment..." After firing 4 rounds in a salvo, Li Yuexuan adjusted the parameters while reporting them to Shi Peican, asking him to adjust them quickly. After a time interval of only 20 seconds, the second round of 4 shells were fired one after another, and then the coordinates were adjusted again, and another 4 shells were fired.

Inside the city, the Japanese artillerymen who had just completed four volleys of fire heard a whistling sound in the air. The experienced Japanese artillerymen were so scared that they quickly looked up at the sky and then ran away.

"Baga, artillery fire, quickly hide..."

Boom, boom, boom... accompanied by the howling of the devils, shells exploded on the devil's artillery positions in a rhythm of two by two. Usually, two shells exploded right after two, and then two more after a 20-second interval, and then two more...

(End of this chapter)