Chapter 477: Disgusting

(... When the Japanese army began to gradually clean up the mess in the later part of the First Wuhan Battle, many people thought we were really strong, but I think this was mainly because we relied on the land and soil that raised us, and the people of this area achieved the battle results. Later, those self-righteous generals were quickly learned... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

After the rounds of gunfire in Hanshan, the Japanese army's offensive was wave after wave, which was very rapid, but they suddenly slowed down when they attacked the position: the mountain walls that looked not very steep were all transformed, and suddenly they appeared vertical fronts at a height of about 40 cm! Forty cm, you can climb up by lifting your feet a little, but you can cross more than a dozen consecutively? After running more than two hundred meters on the slope, some vertical faces were covered by the bombed floating mud. On the surface, they looked like a plate of gentle slopes, but when you stepped on them, the floating mud would slide down, and people would fall and chew on the mud!

At this time, the Japanese had to raise their guns and shoot, even if they used their limbs, they might not be able to climb the mountain smoothly. The machine gunners who lay down to take charge of shooting cover also found that they were always blocked by several vertical faces in front of them. What's even more fatal is that the attacks all came from two sides - it was impossible to set up a machine gun on the side in such a geographical environment!

When the Japanese commander at the foot of the mountain saw the two sides entering a close contact, many people had already begun to show a hint of relaxation - when they were training in Japan, they were instilled with a concept: fighting with ** to reach a distance of 30 meters is equivalent to conquering!

However, the cruelty on the battlefield quickly stunned these brave and inexperienced Japanese troops: On the front of the short-term forces, the Japanese army could not shoot at all. The so-called attack was all about sniping the Japanese in front on the side, and the Japanese behind could not even see where the enemy fired and could not cover it!

Watching the soldiers in the front row rushing up, slowing down, and then being shot and rolling down, the Japanese commander soon found something wrong and quickly blew the trumpet to let the troops retreat... It is easy to go up the mountain and go down the mountain. If the steep hillside is turned over and even down sideways, it is easy to fall; when the withdrawal trumpet sounds, the well-trained Japanese troops, except for the covers who are shooting, are slowly withdrawing, the Japanese who turned around are forced to run wildly by the terrain to maintain balance, but the charge along the way has already numb their legs and feet, and their steps cannot keep up with inertia!

More and more Japanese people rolled down the mountain like rolling gourds. Their super fast movements also affected the Japanese who were responsible for fighting and retreating. When they saw everyone running back, they turned around and ran away... Haha, a wonder! Hundreds of Japanese soldiers ran down the mountain together, and then ran up to more than a dozen steps and started rolling. After a while, the foot of the mountain was full of Japanese people rolled all over the ground!

"This kind of position terrain transformation method is a cow!" The "drunk" looked at the Japanese at the foot of the mountain and finally showed a smile for the first time since the war started. Although the Japanese's artillery fire was very powerful, it was basically impossible for them to wait for the artillery fire to stop in front of such a position to attack. If the artillery fire was not strong enough, the scattered sniper soldiers would not dare to come up with just using rifles - who saw that their companions were hit one by one and rolled down the mountain and dared to climb? It seems that this position has been defended. Before the enemy did not have artillery fire to flatten these modified terrain, it would be unlikely to attack. The help of more than 10,000 miners can

It was not done in vain. With such terrain transformation, although the equipment of the northern Jiangsu Army was poor, it should be fine to defend the positions and wait for the brothers behind to kill all the 18th Division's Japanese devils! "Drunk" was relieved. (It was not that there was such a terrain that was transformed in modern wars. Some troops in the War of Resistance had already had this level, such as Fang Xianjue's troops in the Hengyang Defense War; in history, the ** who were tempered by war were sophisticated to such a level was after 1941. A large number of European and American military experts acted as military advisers to improve the overall professional theoretical level of the general and combined with the actual situation of the battlefield. This is "traveled"...)

Iwasaki Minoto witnessed all this with a telescope behind the fire. After two attacks, he suddenly ordered everyone to stop all attacks!

"No one's body can withstand the bumpy and bumpy rolling down dozens of meters or even one or two hundred meters! More than 800 soldiers who attacked me twice fell down the mountain, all of which were injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and seventy or eighty people died directly; there were almost two hundred people who were seriously injured and had not passed the observation period! Such a position cannot be attacked, unless all the front-line positions of Riri were destroyed by using cannons; but that would blow the entire position into a cliff!" Iwasaki Minoon was very tough when reporting the situation to Katsuji Imamura: "I think even if the Lord Gangmura arrived in person, he would not force us to attack, because it could not be attacked at all!"

"Haga! Is the Chinese people unable to get up as long as they transform the terrain? If so, is it said that the warriors of the Great Japanese Imperial Army are not as good as a group of farmers who use hoes to dig mountains??" Katsuji Imamura was furious, but after he got angry, he had nothing to say. Now, the only available 47th Regiment in his hands has been reduced by more than half after a night and half a day of combat, and he really has no capital to fight again.

"The command's order is to let us fight Hanshan in three days, and to continue to march to join the friendly forces landed in Tongyang, but... Iwasaki, do you think there is any other way to fight Hanshan?" Imamura calmed down and began to seek advice from Iwasaki Minoto.

"Yes, but I think it's a way to seek death..." Iwasaki said: "We can go along the banks of the Desheng River and use the flat terrain there to march; but in this way we have to face artillery attacks on the high grounds on both sides. Maybe they can defeat our entire brigade with just one mortar... In the past, we could do this during the Battle of Shanghai, because the Chinese army had no artillery fire at all. But the current Chinese army had told us in the night battle last night that they had artillery, and the number was not necessarily small. After all, their harassing troops also brought mortars..."

Imamura was thinking about whether to take risks like this, and Iwasaki's cold water was poured down: "But I think it would be useless even if we enter Hanshan, because there are more mountains west of Hanshan; maybe when we enter Hanshan, we will face three sides of encirclement, leaving only a narrow passage of the Desheng River, a narrow passage under the artillery fire. At that time, we will also become the target of the Chinese annihilation..."

"Then we have nothing to do!? Do you watch the 18th Division be wiped out by the Chinese?? Do you want to see me septidum??" A series of vicious questions, Imamura stared at Iwasaki as if he was looking at his enemies.

Faced with this unique superior aura in the Japanese army, Iwasaki was still very tough: "Yes, we can only watch the 18th Division be completely wiped out; or we tie our hands and feet with those who fell into the swamp, and the brigade commander knew the consequences... In fact, my deeper judgment is that the 18th Division will also encounter such positional defense when breaking through, but they can only attack. Maybe they have exhausted all their strength in the attack... I mean, after the two days of fighting with the Chinese, I guess the 18th Division has no value for rescue, and maybe they will be completely wiped out tonight..."

The 18th Division will be completely wiped out!? Okamura Yasuji was not mentally prepared for this, but it was really uncomfortable to make such a judgment by a team leader under his command!

Okamura Yanji looked at the information of Iwasaki Minoto: he started as a second lieutenant in the grassroots unit and fought a war; later he graduated from the Army University, after graduation, logistics, staff, and arsenal service; law department, technical department, and recruitment department again... This guy has done almost all departments of the Army!

Such a super experienced corps captain actually refused to attack under the pressure of the brigade commander, and he signed his name to the report of the brigade commander and asked him to take full responsibility this time... It seems that he really can't be beaten! Okamura Yanji is not a person who acted recklessly. At this moment, he felt physically and mentally exhausted: the enemy's transformation in the war was too fast, and compared to a year ago, the ** he now faces with is not the ** he is not the ** he is now!

"Okay, withdraw all the 47th Regiment of the 6th Division back to Ma'anshan, and cancel the landing to attack Tongyang, concentrate on taking down Tongling and annihilation of the Chinese army on Wuhu battlefield!" Okamura Neji felt like he was stabbed in his heart. Another division was completely wiped out. What reason should I use to explain to the base camp this time? Do I have to die of overwork? Maybe I should take the initiative to resign. When the situation seems to be a bit of meat that can be eaten but has not been eaten yet. Otherwise, if something happens to the Wuhu battlefield...will there really be an accident in Wuhu battlefield?

How is it possible!?...But, hasn't Cao Xiaomin turned everything impossible into reality?... Somehow, Okamura Yanji suddenly felt a chill all over his body. While staring at the map, he kept thinking about how to quit his current position. The Wuhu battlefield was like a bait, a very sweet bait, which could attract commanders who were willing to come. As long as Wuhu's ** is still in the encirclement, someone would plead for him, and then transfer himself to the reserve and they would take their place to eat that sweet bait...

Forget it, I should leave at this time. If it is too late, maybe I will die of overwork! Okamura Yasuji actually made up his mind while looking at the map: Escape! At least temporarily escape, hide and study the combat styles of the troops he brought out by Cao Xiaomin... The war is not over in one day, but one battle is over; there are still opportunities to meet later!

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