The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 880 The Japanese Army Goes Crazy

Seeing the overwhelming Japanese army rushing over, Geng Hua felt very sad.He felt sorry for the brothers in Taohuashan, sorry for the men, women and children of Taohuashan, and even more sorry for Jiu Ye who started this career.

He was determined to fight to the death on this small hill, using his own blood to wash away the shame of losing the Beishan defensive position.

He shouted to the guerrillas guarding on the mountain: "Brothers, the airport is behind us. We must not let the devils rush up. If the airport is destroyed by the devils, we will have no way to explain to Lord Jiu. We are all If you die in battle, you must also defend this mountain. There are people and positions, and you must not let a devil pass."

The guerrillas also felt very ashamed for not defending Beishan just now. They respected Gao Jiu in their hearts and did not want the respected Master Jiu to be disappointed with them.

The team members shouted: "The people are here, the position is here. Swear to defend Taohuashan to the death."

The officers, soldiers and militiamen of the Guo army who escaped were also ashamed of their behavior of abandoning their positions just now.They also knew that Taohua Mountain was completely surrounded by devils, and if they couldn't hold their positions, none of them would survive.Therefore, they also made up their minds this time, and they will try their best to defend this hill.

The Japanese army captured the Beishan defensive position, and their morale was very high.Seeing the small mountain in front of him, he didn't even pay attention to it.Just like last time, they first dispatched a small number of troops to launch a small-scale attack to harass the defenders on the mountain, and then gathered the troops at the foot of the mountain, waiting for the artillery to move the artillery over, ready to launch an attack after the shelling. Take down the hill in front of you in one fell swoop.

It was the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army that conquered Beishan. The commander of the division was very excited to see the progress made by the troops. He went up to Beishan himself and directed the troops to continue to attack.

The artillerymen of the Japanese army carried the heavy artillery, crossed the Beishan Mountain, came to the foot of the hill defended by Geng Hua and others, and began to set up the artillery.

Taoyuan Town.

Gao Jiu pressed the button in his hand, hurriedly covered his ears, and lay down behind the field ridge.

With a loud "boom", the ground trembled. A large number of high explosives and 240mm heavy mortar shells buried in Taoyuan Town exploded almost at the same time. A huge fireball rose into the sky, and the entire Taoyuan Town was instantly destroyed. Razed to the ground.

Stationed in Taoyuan Town was the Second Japanese Chariot Brigade, as well as the remnants of the Japanese army who fled in. In an instant, the entire Taoyuan Town was blown to pieces.

After the explosion, Gao Jiu walked towards the town.

Through careful observation, it was discovered that there were still three Japanese soldiers who survived in the town, and they were all knocked unconscious.

Gao Jiu killed these devils, and then mounted his horse to prepare to attack the Japanese army's headquarters.

The explosion in Taoyuan Town was so loud that it could be heard clearly from Taohua Mountain.

Shigeru Fujita knew that the [-]nd Chariot Brigade was stationed in that direction. Worried that something might happen there, he hurriedly used the radio and telephone to make contact.

The Second Brigade did not respond. Instead, a group of Japanese troops stationed between Taoyuan Town and Taohua Mountain reported to Shigeru Fujita that a violent explosion had occurred in the direction of Taoyuan Town. They saw a huge fireball. Presumably something happened to the Second Chariot Brigade.

Shigeru Fujita was a little confused by the beating, he looked at the time, it was already 4:40 in the morning.If Taohua Mountain cannot be captured as soon as possible, the troops will be unable to support themselves under the heavy bombing of the enemy air force after dawn and will have to be forced to evacuate.

So he picked up the telephony machine to call the head of the Ninth Division, and said to him: "Mr. Takashima, whether you can take Taohuashan or not depends entirely on you. Please be sure to take Taohuashan before dawn. Please." .”

The head of the Ninth Division and his officers and soldiers didn't know that something had happened to the Second Chariot Brigade. At this moment, they were full of confidence and were ready to take down the small hill to the north in one fell swoop and invade the hinterland of Taohuashanzhai.

The head of the Takashima Division of the Ninth Division picked up the radio and ordered to the Japanese regiment commander at the foot of the hill: "Launch an attack immediately!"

Taoyuan Town.

After the bombing of Taoyuan Town, there were basically no Japanese troops in this area.

Gao Jiu called Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others with a wireless telegraph, and asked them to lead the team to Taohua Mountain to attack the Japanese First Division.

At this time, Gao Jiu has received Zhang Quan's report that the Japanese army in the northwest has broken through the defensive position of Beishan and is attacking towards the airport.

At this time, Gao Jiu and others were too far away from the airport, and there was no time to directly rescue them. Therefore, he decided to attack the enemy in the east first, and used the method of encircling Wei and saving Zhao to force the Japanese army to stop attacking the direction of the airport.

After Gao Jiu talked with Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others, he first went to Taohua Mountain. He wanted to scout the distribution of the Japanese army in advance and provide shooting resources for Wang Zhankui and others to attack the Japanese army with artillery fire.

Gao Jiu rode a horse and ran quickly towards Peach Blossom Mountain.When he rushed to the first valley into the mountain, he found figures shaking on the mountain and at the valley entrance. These people should be sentinels of the Japanese army.

Gao Jiu wanted to enter the valley as soon as possible and reach the cottage, but it was obviously very difficult to do so.He could only get off his horse and climb up the hillside.

He climbed up a hillside and saw that there were also Japanese sentries on the top of the hill, and two people were standing next to a big rock.

Gao Jiu didn't want to take another detour, so he aimed his sniper rifle at one of the sentries and shot him.

The sniper rifle was equipped with a suppressor, and the bullets drilled into a person without sound.

The other sentry didn't understand what was going on, so he bent down to check. Gao Jiu also shot him, and the sentry also fell to the ground.

Gao Jiu quickly climbed to the top of the mountain, and saw some figures shaking in the valley below.

He took advantage of the darkness to touch down the valley, and passed through at a distance of 60 meters between the two sentinels.

In the dark night, the devil soldiers couldn't see Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu didn't want to disturb these devils. When he encountered devil sentries along the way, he tried to go around as much as he could.

All the peaks of Taohua Mountain have already been marked by the guerrillas, and the data of each mountain has detailed records.Zhang Quan had reported the situation of the enemy army to Gao Jiu, but he was in the mountains and could not accurately see the situation of the Japanese army outside, so he could only provide the general position of the Japanese army.

Gao Jiu climbed over several hills in a row and came to No. 17 hill.

On the opposite side of this mountain is the defensive position of Dongshan in Taohuashanzhai. Gao Jiu guessed that there should be a large number of Japanese troops gathered here.

Due to the high terrain of this mountain, he guessed that the command post of the Japanese army should also be here.

Gao Jiu climbed up to No. 19 mountain and looked towards No. 17 mountain. Sure enough, he saw groups of figures shaking on that mountain. Most of them stayed where they were. There was only one place where people kept coming in and out. Yes, there is a great possibility that there is a command post of the Japanese army.Gao Jiu is still unable to judge what level it is.

Gao Jiu observed on the 19th mountain for a while, and then climbed to the nearby No. 18th mountain to continue observing.In this way, he basically knows the distribution of Japanese troops in the east.

After calculating the relevant local data, he calculated the shooting elements.

In order to avoid being accidentally injured by the rockets of the guerrillas, he withdrew, turned over several hills in succession, and found a solid rock. blind spot.

Only then did Gao Jiu inform Wang Zhankui and others of the situation of the Japanese army and the related artillery shooting at Zhu Yuan.When reporting the situation of the Japanese army, he also specifically instructed to fire more shells at the direction of the command post he found.

Since the positions of the Japanese army and the guerrillas were only separated by a valley, in order to avoid casualties of the guerrillas, Gao Jiu also informed Zhang Quan of the situation and asked him to inform the guerrillas guarding Dongshan to seize the time to hide and be able to enter. Those who have fortifications will go in, and those who cannot get in will hide on the reverse slope of the mountain.

Soon after, Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others commanded 40 rocket launch vehicles and fired rockets at the Japanese army.

On the hill to the north of Taohuashan Airport, in order to avoid being attacked by the Japanese 240mm heavy mortars, Geng Hua commanded the artillery of the Taohuashan guerrillas, including many 240mm heavy mortars. shelled.

This time he also learned the lesson, and hid a large number of personnel on the reverse slope of the mountain, leaving only a small number of personnel on the top of the mountain to monitor.

Soon after, the Japanese shelling began.Sure enough, as Geng Hua expected, the target of the Japanese bombardment was the top of the mountain.

Although the top of the mountain was blasted and the rocks were splashed, there were not many people left on the top of the mountain, so the casualties of the defenders were not large.

When the Japanese army rushed to the distance of only more than 100 meters from the top of the mountain, Geng Hua let the guerrillas, militiamen, and Guojun officers and soldiers enter the position.

This time the Japanese attack was repulsed again.

At this time, the rockets fired by Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others exploded near Mount No. 17, causing a large number of casualties to the Japanese army. Seven or eight rockets fell even around the headquarters where Fujita Shigeru was located.

Fortunately, Shigeru Fujita and others hid in a blind corner of the rock and escaped by chance.

Shigeru Fujita is no longer in the mood to count the number of casualties. He wants to call the Ninth Division Commander's wireless telephone again and ask him about the battle situation there.

I heard that the attack of the Ninth Division was repulsed again, and it was almost dawn at this time. Fujita Shigeru was a little impatient, and asked why they hadn't attacked yet?
The commander of the Ninth Division has rich combat experience, and he has been observing the situation on the battlefield.He had already guessed the reason why the attack failed this time. The defenders on the mountain hid during the Japanese artillery bombardment and re-entered the battlefield when the Japanese army charged, thus avoiding the blow of the 240mm heavy mortars. .

He said to Shigeru Fujita: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the enemy is holding on to the danger, the terrain is very unfavorable, and our army's artillery cannot accurately destroy the enemy. It is still very difficult to quickly capture this mountain."

Fujita Shigeru was already impatient, he said: "It's almost dawn, if we can't capture the enemy's position and destroy Peach Blossom Mountain before dawn, and the enemy's air force will come to bomb after dawn, our battle this time will be a complete failure up.

I order you to immediately capture the enemy's position at all costs and enter the hinterland of Peach Blossom Village.

Remember?Do whatever it takes. "

Shigeru Fujita gritted his teeth and emphasized the words "at all costs".

The head of the Ninth Division understood that he wanted to force the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army to die with the defenders on the mountain.

It was the troops of the Ninth Division who were attacking in front. As the commander of the division, he still had a certain relationship with these officers and soldiers.The method Fujita Shigeru said, in fact, he has already thought about it, but he just can't bear to implement it.

Now that he had no way out, and with Shigeru Fujita's order, he gritted his teeth and called the artillery commander to explain to him.

The artillery commander looked at the division commander in disbelief, and was about to say something when the ninth division commander waved his hand and said, "Execute the order immediately."

The artillery commander stood at attention and saluted very helplessly, then ran back to the artillery command post and issued orders to the artillery on the front line.

Soon after, the Japanese army started shelling again. After the shelling, the Japanese soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain again.

Geng Hua also commanded the guerrillas, militiamen and Guojun officers and soldiers to enter the position again.

When they saw the Japanese soldiers approaching at the foot of the mountain, they all put their fingers on the triggers of their guns, waited for the Japanese soldiers to get closer, and then shot at them.

The Japanese army approached step by step, and it seemed that they were less than [-] meters away from the top of the mountain.

Just as Geng Hua was about to give the order to shoot, at this moment, a lot of mortar shells flew down the mountain suddenly, and the shells pierced the night sky, making a sharp whistling sound.

The devils are completely crazy, they don't care about accidentally injuring their own soldiers, they want to blow up the defenders on the mountain and their soldiers together, relying on the advantage of numbers to break through the defenders' positions.

At night, the shells can only be fired in a general direction, and a large number of shells not only fell on the top of the mountain, but also fell into the ranks of the Japanese army on the hillside.

The Japanese army on the hillside and the defenders on the hillside also suffered heavy casualties. Geng Hua was thrown down the hillside by the blast of a shell that exploded only six or seven meters away from him, and he rolled seven or eight meters on the hillside. Far away, his head hit a rock, and he passed out immediately.

The Japanese officers and soldiers attacking on the hillside were attacked by their own artillery fire. They panicked for a while, and many people were very angry, so they wanted to retreat and settle accounts with those damn artillerymen.

However, the head of the Ninth Division had already made preparations. He set up a supervisory team behind the charging Japanese army. As long as anyone dared to retreat, he would shoot at them immediately.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were forced to rush to the top of the mountain again.

The defenders on the top of the mountain suffered heavy casualties, lost their commander, and seemed about to collapse again.

The ghost soldiers rushed up howling, and they were about to rush to the top of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)