HBWnovel Chapter 175 Fierce Battle
Chapter 175 Fierce Battle
Huangya Cave, the cave originally used to store materials, was cleaned up and turned into a temporary command center.
"Are all the fellow villagers okay?"
The deputy chief of staff looked at the head of the special forces regiment and asked.
"It's okay, they are hiding in the logging camps we built deep in the Taihang Mountains.
Under normal circumstances, the devils can’t find it.”
The head of the secret service replied.
After receiving the news of the 20th Division's attack, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters took quick action.
First, all the people nearby were evacuated to Taihang Mountains, and were protected by guerrillas and the county brigade.
The Eighth Route Army Headquarters, with the 129th Division, the 385th Brigade, the Teaching Regiment, the Special Service Regiment, the Artillery Battalion, and the Cavalry Battalion, entered the Taihang Mountains in search of opportunities.
The 344th Brigade and the Headquarters Special Forces Regiment remained in Huangyadong to resist the Japanese attack.
"How's the situation at headquarters?"
The Deputy Chief of Staff then asked.
"very good."
The head of the special forces regiment said happily: "The enemy's front line chasing them has been stretched, and the morale of the Kuomintang troops is very low. In three days at most, they will be able to sound the clarion call for a counterattack."
"Oh well."
The deputy chief of staff nodded with satisfaction: "Then you can go down and rest first, there is a tough battle waiting for us tomorrow!"
"Hey, I can't wait any longer."
The head of the special forces regiment said excitedly: "In this battle, the ammunition depot is right next to us. I don't know how we can lose such a rich battle."
After the spy chief left, the deputy chief of staff got up, went to several factories to inspect the production situation, and then returned to the command center and fell asleep in his clothes.
“Da da da da…”
"Clap clap clap..."
The deputy chief of staff was awakened by the sound of gunfire. As soon as he got up, he received news that the Japanese army had launched an attack.
"Don't panic, just follow the plan."
The deputy chief of staff's words calmed down everyone in the command center, who were originally a little panicked, and they began to act according to the plan.
Taohuazhai, the southeast pass position.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
One after another, 105mm grenades fell from the sky and hit the positions at the southeast pass.
"No, Captain. The power of this grenade is too great. Even if we are hiding in the bunker, we will be dizzy."
The first company commander said to the second battalion of the special forces regiment in front of him, Battalion Commander Liu Dong.
"Then have them withdraw first, and don't leave anyone behind. Just leave a few observers in the bunker."
Liu Dong ordered decisively.
Anyway, the bunkers are connected to tunnels, so they can enter the bunkers quickly and are not afraid of the Japanese's quick attack at all.
"Give me the duck and chicken!"
The shelling stopped, and the commander of the 80th Infantry Regiment, Kenji Suzuki, drew his command sword and shouted.
A Japanese squadron leader who had been prepared for a long time immediately led his men and began to climb up the slope in front of them.
"The enemy is coming, hurry!!"
The Eighth Route Army soldiers quickly returned to their positions through the tunnel.
"Hit me!"
"Pa bang bang..."
The continuous firing of bullets from the bunker made the Japanese soldiers, who were already in the climbing state, extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing this, Suzuki quickly ordered: "Suppress with fire."
"Da da da......"
The bullets fired from three pheasant necks hit the bunker and suppressed the Eighth Route Army who were firing recklessly.
"107 rocket launcher."
Before Suzuki could be happy for long, three rockets flew in from the Eighth Route Army's position and directly blew the pheasant's neck into pieces that had just been fired.
Suzuki was so angry after seeing this scene that he immediately gave orders to the soldiers around him.
"Baga, everyone, shoot at the enemy positions."
"Pah bang pah..."
"Da da da........"
Because the Japs were shooting from the top, Liu Dong was not at all afraid even though their number was more than three times theirs. He immediately arranged for his soldiers to fight back.
"Who's afraid of who? Just fight me!"
"Incendiary bombs, throw them down and burn those little devils to death."
For a while, the two sides fought back and forth, it was very lively.
.............
Water kiln mouth.
Ichiro Morimoto raised his command saber high.
"Gentlemen, the time has come to serve the Emperor."
"Be loyal to the emperor!"
After a unified shout, the three battalions of the 79th Infantry Regiment attacked towards the water kiln mouth from the left, center and right directions.
"Artillery support."
"Heavy machine gun suppression."
Iichi Morimoto ordered.
"Rocket launcher, artillery fire coverage."
Third Battalion Commander Chen Dashan waved his hand and said calmly.
In an instant, 24 rockets flew out from the hillside nearby, directly destroying the Japanese Type infantry gun not far away.
Without the suppression of artillery, the pressure on the Third Battalion was much less.
Under the firepower network composed of light and heavy machine guns, the Japanese troops in three directions were easily pinned down 600 meters away from the position and unable to move.
Weng'erlang position.
Although this direction was under the responsibility of the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army.
However, the continuous bombs dropped by bombers in the sky and the joint attacks of the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns put a lot of pressure on the soldiers of the first battalion responsible for defense.
"Wow, is this the anti-aircraft machine gun company?"
Battalion Commander Song Hua kept urging while holding the phone.
"Open fire quickly! How long have the enemy planes been coming?"
"Just watch us get bombed!"
"I'm sorry, Captain Song."
The anti-aircraft machine gun company commander Du Wu apologized: "The enemy planes were flying very high, and we had no chance to open fire."
"Damn it."
Song Hua hung up the phone in frustration. He understood what Du Wu meant.
If the enemy doesn't know that they have anti-aircraft machine guns, as long as they can strike by surprise, they may be able to shoot down several enemy planes.
If you fire without thinking, it will only make things worse.
If they continue like this, they will have to stay in the tunnel and be bombed.
Although the bunker can barely withstand the enemy's aerial bombs, there must be no one inside, otherwise it will be easy for the bunker to be shaken to the point of bleeding.
"No, the bombers were flying too high, and the bombs they dropped barely hit any of the bunkers."
In an observation post far away at the Weng'erlang position, Ushijima Minoru, holding a telescope, gave dissatisfied instructions to the Chief of Staff Uchida Ginnosuke.
"Tell the air force to get close and bomb."
"Hey, I'll send a message to the air force right now."
"Damn it! These bureaucrats only know how to issue tasks that are difficult to execute."
Upon receiving the request for low-altitude bombing, Captain Inoue of the 6th Bomber Squadron shouted angrily in dissatisfaction.
With the terrain of Huangyadong, they only needed to fly at a low altitude, let alone bombing. They would be lucky if they could avoid crashing into the strange-shaped gorges and stone pillars.
"What should we do, Captain? Do we really want to execute it?"
The deputy captain on the side said worriedly.
He has no intention of being loyal to the emperor yet!
"We have no choice but to carry out the order. The one who gave the order is Lieutenant General Ushijima Minoru, who we cannot afford to offend."
Inoue sighed and ordered, "Go down and prepare. The whole team will set off in forty minutes. This time, try to keep the altitude to less than one thousand meters!"