Chapter 221 Xue Yue’s Battle with Changsha (Sixth)

At the bottom of Nanlouling is a winding mountain road. The mountain road can only accommodate a tank. Outside the mountain road is a gentle river. This is the upper stream of the Laodao River. The river is about 6 meters wide, the riverbed is hard pebbles, the river water is only about 1.5 meters deep, and the river water is clear and clear.

When the Japanese vanguards arrived 50 meters away from Nanlouling, suddenly, a dense gunfire sounded on the mountain. The three vanguards walking in front were beaten into blood gourds. The squadrons 50 meters behind were also killed by dense bullets. The Japanese army was immediately knocked down more than 20 people. The rest of the Japanese army quickly lay on the ground, looking for hidden objects, and fighting back with their guns. Then the Japanese army behind rushed to the side of the road, lying on the edge of the riverbed, and aimed at the mountains.

The defenders in the front section of Nanlouling were one battalion and one company. The efforts of the cautious commander Li Linzhao were not in vain. All the soil they built fortifications were covered with weeds and leaves, and all the fortifications were covered with branches and dead leaves. The appearance was not obvious. The anti-cannon holes and tunnels were more than 6 meters underground, and the Japanese fire reconnaissance was not damaged at all. The company commander led all the brothers in the company to build fortifications facing the mountain roads. The firing boundaries of bunkers and machine gun bunkers were carefully calculated. The firing boundaries were wide, the firing position was hidden, and the firepower crossed into a net. Therefore, more than 20 Japanese devils were killed in the first round of fire.

When Colonel Tsukamoto heard the gunshot, he immediately showed his excellent military qualities. He rolled off his horse, leaned on the roadside, and calmly observed the situation on the battlefield.

There seemed to be not many defenders on Nanlou Ridge. I was attracted by the fire density of the ** team. It was estimated that there was about the strength of an infantry company. The colonel sneered, "Chinese people, it's too naive to stop the attack of our Japanese Imperial Army with just one company." The colonel shouted.

The messenger ran away, please give instructor.”

"Go and tell Major Takahashi that he can't take Nanlouling, so don't come to see me." The Colonel ordered coldly.

Major Takahashi actually launched an attack when he encountered a blockade, but due to the restrictions of the mountains, his troops could not be deployed. Especially for tanks, the entire path could only accommodate one tank, and six tanks lined up to advance in a straight line, which limited the tank's firepower.

The worst thing is that the tank was hit by a direct shell on the ridge. The shells hit the tank's thin armor straight and immediately made a big hole. The tank turned into a big fireball, and the driver inside was also killed. The tank was parked on the side of the road, blocking the infantry's attack.

The angry master ordered a tank to come up from behind and push the destroyed tank off the roadbed to open the road. A tank immediately drove a tank behind. The tank soldiers drove the tank gently, gently pressed the tank in front, increased their horsepower, and pushed the destroyed tank out of the roadbed at once.

Almost at the same time, a fire flashed on the mountain, and a shell went straight to the Japanese tank that had just exposed the body of the car. With a bang, the shells hit the armor on the front of the Japanese tank. "Boom", the tank's armor was blown open a big hole, and the tank soldiers were torn to pieces by the explosion shells. A raging flame ignited at the entrance of the cave. The tank turret lost the support of the front armor and slowly leaned forward. The second tank was destroyed again.

This time, the Japanese soldiers heard that the most commonly used 82 mortars were destroyed. However, the Japanese soldiers couldn't understand that curved mortars might be used for direct shooting, which was too hard for Chinese artillery. In their place, Yue Hanping had long taught the transformation technology of direct shooting of mortars to the Sichuan Army. The Sichuan Army, which lacked heavy artillery, fired the mortars flat and directly, indirectly equivalent to having 82-caliber artillery.

Colonel Tsukamoto was a little unable to withstand it. The tank was the lifeblood. Two of them were destroyed one after another. He didn't have the courage to lose the tank anymore. He ordered the tank to retreat to safety and used it as a turret to support infantry combat with tank guns.

The Japanese infantry artillery, mountain artillery, and field artillery lined up and rushed towards Nanlou Ridge. The small mountain ridges were boiling. The raindrops of artillery shells fell on the ridges like raindrops, and the explosion of air waves brought up a sandstorm, and the smoke filled the mountains. If war aside, these artillery shells falling on the mountains were like fireworks setting off, and the entire mountain was covered by flames and smoke, which was very beautiful.

The ** soldiers of Nanlouling were hiding in the anti-cannon hole at this time. The strong air waves and shock waves of the shell explosion made the mountains shaking like a cradle. "Tortoise, the Japanese cannons are so powerful. If you hit them, you don't have to worry about wasting shells." A brother of Sichuan Army shook his head and said in disappointment. "What's this? I remember when we were in Shanghai, the Japanese artillery fire was several times stronger than this. I didn't know the skills of digging anti-cannon holes at that time. I was straight on the position and braved the Japanese artillery fire to fight the Japanese." The company commander curled his lips and said indifferently. The soldier grinned and stopped making a sound.

The Japanese artillery fire gradually stopped, and the company commander scrambled out of the anti-aircraft artillery hole. "Brothers, hurry up, the Japanese are coming." As soon as they entered the trenches, the Japanese artillery again covered the position. The "hidden" company commander shouted. Soon the sound of Japanese artillery shells exploded overwhelmed the company commander's shout.

The company commander and his brothers ran back to the anti-aircraft artillery hole, but unfortunately more than a dozen brothers had no time to hide and were reimbursed by the Japanese artillery shells. In the lookout castle on the position, three lookouts were staring at the front of the position with wide eyes. At their hands was a simple "line" connected by bamboo tubes, and a piece of bamboo tubes was pinched into the hands of a lookout.

Before the sound of the Japanese cannons stopped, they just a squadron of Japanese soldiers touched them quietly and hid 20 meters ahead of the position. The Japanese artillery shells almost landed above their heads, "Who is so turtle, I really dare to do my best." The lookout whistle aimed at the microphone and shouted that the company commander the Japanese were ambushing 20 meters in front of our position. They were ready to enter the trenches."

In the anti-cannon hole, the company commander heard the sound of a lookout whistle from the microphone. He picked up the receiver and listened carefully, "Brothers, go, the Japanese have already ambushed at the front of our position." He took the lead in stepping out of the anti-cannon hole. The Japanese artillery bombardment was significantly weaker than before, but the shells that exploded from time to time still splashed dust on the faces and necks of the brothers. Everyone walked along the traffic trench (the traffic covered the covers) and the trench was almost filled and there was no cleaning up. Everyone raked a thunder, just to pull out the sand and soil around them and lay down.

The explosion shells and the scattered shrapnel took away the lives of one or two brothers from time to time. Life seemed so pale and so powerless at this time. Finally, the Japanese artillery fire stopped. Everyone did not need orders, and they automatically pulled the bolts, loaded the bullets, and looked at the front of the position.

In a short while, the Japanese soldiers who were ambushing at the front of the position were all hunched and quickly touched the position. 10 meters, the company commander pointed the shell gun in his hand at a Japanese soldier in front and pulled the trigger. "Bang", a crisp sound echoed over the position. A big hole was made on the head of the Japanese soldier in front, and red and white splashed all over the ground. Almost at the same time, all the guns on the position fired together. Light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and rifles roared across the mountains, and rows of Japanese soldiers were like chopped rice, with fierce firepower intertwined into a fire net, covering the Japanese army tightly.

The Japanese army was also extremely powerful. When they encountered the sudden fire of **, the Japanese soldiers who reacted immediately fell to the ground, looking for hidden objects, and took out grenades and threw them into the ** position. "Boom Boom Boom", the Japanese grenades exploded one after another in the position. Many Sichuan brothers were hit by shrapnel, and seven or eight brothers were killed and ten were injured. The ** firepower suddenly weakened, and the Japanese army took the opportunity to rush forward.

The company commander jumped out of the broken trench and grabbed a bayonet with a bayonet in his hand. The Japanese soldier facing him was a strong soldier. He slipped sideways and let the bayonet stab the company commander. The company commander reacted quickly. The Japanese soldier flashed past his sting and his body hit forward. The terrain in front of the position was high. The company commander was on the slope. With the help of the advantage of the terrain, his body knocked the Japanese soldier's body to a slant of more than one meter away. The soldiers next to him followed. A soldier was quick-eyed and quick-witted, aiming at the Japanese soldier who had not yet gained a foothold. The bayonet was deeply pierced into the Japanese and kicked the Japanese's body away with one kick.

The Japanese in this squadron had already died and injured under the fierce firepower of **. They finally rushed to the position, panting and weakening, and were greeted by the brother Xueliang of Sichuan Army. The brothers of Sichuan Army, who had hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese at the position, gradually suppressed the Japanese from the position. There were about two hundred Japanese in a squadron, and less than forty people retreated. The corpses of ** and Japanese troops were everywhere on the position. The company commander ordered the Japanese corpses to be piled up on the edge of the trench as sandbags, and the brother's corpses were dragged into the anti-cannon hole.

Before the trenches were completely cleared, the Japanese cannons began to bombard again. The company commander and his brothers quickly retreated to the anti-cannon hole. Several brothers had just run to the traffic trench. The Japanese cannonballs fell like raindrops, and the flying sandstorm blocked their sight. These ** soldiers were so shocked, "Be good, I'm lucky that I'll hide quickly, otherwise they would have been covered by the cannonballs."

Li Yutang was shocked when he received a notice of the fire from Nanlouling. Fortunately, the 20th Army did not follow the arrangement and attacked the Japanese army from the west side of Mubu Mountain. Otherwise, they would be surrounded by the Japanese army from the east side of Mubu Mountain. The rear route of the Xinxiang River line is not worrying, and the 79th Army is not afraid of the rear route being cut off. However, the Japanese army's Yuanmen and Lieutenant General Ichiro were worried. His roundabout attack was blocked, and the purpose of the roundabout was fully exposed. The plan to cut off the rear route of the 79th Army and the first annihilation of the 79th Army was lost. Now it has become a battle on the north of Hunan and southern Hubei. Both lines have to rely on strong attacks to break through the ** front.

Fighting on two fronts is a taboo for military strategists. If the troops cannot form an advantage, the front line is dispersed, the attack power will inevitably be weakened. The Lieutenant General of the Yuanmen had to re-examine the Zhongzhang team. The miscellaneous army he looked down upon at all, and actually found the opportunity and set up ambush and blocked the road he must pass in advance. It is not simple. The Lieutenant General of the Yuanmen drove all the staff out of the combat room and locked them in the combat room. He looked carefully at the map and thought about the solution to the Hunan-European offensive.

Chapter 221 Xue Yue’s Battle with Changsha (Sixth)

Chapter 221 Xue Yue’s Battle with Changsha (Sixth)
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