Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 367

Wuling Mountain runs from southwest to northeast, and the protruding hilltop occupied by the Yamazaki Brigade is the location of Lijiagou, which is located on a flat land of more than a thousand square meters.

The reason why it is named Lijiagou is because there is a deep ditch at the junction of the mountainside on the south side of the mountain and the flat ground.

The hillside on the north side is steep, and only the hillside on the east side is gentle. It is the main passage for Lijiagou villagers to come and go.

The west side is connected to Wuling Mountain, but the terrain is undulating and ravines are vertical and horizontal, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

When Li Daben was going to Wuling Mountain, the defense regiment along the way gathered Wu'an's county brigade and four district squadrons, with a number of nearly [-] people.

At the foot of the hillside in Lijiagou, the garrison regiment and Wu'an's local armed forces were confronting the Yamazaki brigade. The strange thing was that neither side opened fire.

"Damn it, I brought people here as soon as I heard the news, and I still let the little ghost county occupy Lijiagou. It is narrow, and there are only a hundred or so people on the mountainside, and the higher you go, the harder it is to deploy the offensive formation!"

The person who spoke was Bao Jinwu, the squadron leader of Wu'an South District [-], and the nearby land snake, who gave a detailed description of the terrain of Lijiagou to several people.

The territory of Wu'an is divided into four districts. In addition to the county brigade, there are four district squadrons, North [-], North [-], South [-], and South [-]. Lijiagou is located on the boundary of South [-] District.

Li Daben saw through the binoculars that the little devils on the top of the mountain were ready to fight, and then said: "This group of little devils should be expanding their positions from the top of the mountain just now. It seems that they have not yet completed their construction. This is the best time to attack. , the main force arrived in the afternoon!"

"I can't wait any longer. If the little devil takes advantage of this time to perfect the fortifications, the main force will arrive by then, and it will be a tough nut to crack!"

Li Daben's current appearance is really much calmer, and he has the appearance of being the head of the regiment.

"Commander, but our garrison regiment lacks artillery at present, and three 82 mortars alone may not be able to suppress the firepower of the little devil on the top of the mountain. With a range of less than 3000 meters, it is impossible to reach the little devil's position from the foot of the mountain! At this time, Luo Jie, the political commissar of the garrison, said.

"If you can't reach it, let the artillery put the mortar on the hillside. Captain Bao, didn't you just say that you can also attack from the west? Take the four district squadrons and the second battalion around to touch the little devil in the west. The rest of the troops stay on the east side, and the north and south sides are empty!"

"Zhang Zhiming, you have full command of the west side, and the first attack time is set for forty minutes later!" Li Daben said to Zhang Zhiming, the commander of the second battalion.

"Yes!"

The little devils on the top of the mountain didn't see any movement from the Eighth Route Army below for a long time, and they boldly expanded the fortifications downwards.

The scheduled attack time came soon, and the first battalion to attack on the eastern hillside was Magnetite's [-]st battalion. Since they didn't know the firepower layout of the little devils, there was only one platoon of attacking troops.

The original combat effectiveness of the garrison regiment was not bad, and after more than a month of training, it already had the appearance of a main force regiment in terms of tactical coordination.

I saw 40 soldiers quickly moving up the hillside in a skirmish line. Lijiagou was nearly [-] meters above sea level, close to the mountainside, and the Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain did not shoot.

down the hillside.

Both Li Daben and Luo Jie observed every move of the Yamazaki Brigade with binoculars.

"The little devil can hold his breath, and he has already reached the range of the heavy machine gun!" Roger said.

"The little devil himself is very picky. Now he obviously wants to fight us to the end based on the terrain advantage. He must save bullets!"

While the two were talking, they saw a heavy machine gun firing first on the north and south sides, followed by the crooked handle and the [-] big cover.

Even though the defenses were prepared in advance, half of the attacking platoon was knocked down the moment the gunfire sounded, and many other soldiers relied on the nearby terrain to launch a counterattack.

Seeing that there were not many attacking troops, the firepower of the Yamazaki Battalion on the eastern hillside was not fully exposed. Relying on the condescending terrain, it had an advantage.

Yamazaki Yehei was also observing the situation of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the mountain. Seeing that the first attack of the garrison group was frustrated, Yamazaki Yehei even smiled arrogantly at the adjutant beside him: "Mr. Sanye, have you seen that? With a little bit of strength, when the attacking troops are routed, the warriors of our imperial army will take this opportunity to crush them with one charge at a time!"

"We may have been too cautious before. There is no main force of the Eighth Route Army nearby. I really hope that the independent detachment will get news and rush to Lijiagou!"

Relying on their mobility, the cavalry regiment and artillery battalion arrived more than an hour after the battle started.

Zhou Weihan couldn't help frowning when he heard the dense gunshots coming from the east and west sides.

Since Zhou Weihan didn't know what the situation was, he didn't deploy the cavalry regiment and artillery battalion immediately, but gathered on the spot to hide.

Li Daben could not help but heave a sigh of relief when he heard the soldiers guarding outside reported that Zhou Weihan and Xing Zhiguo were coming, and immediately came to report the situation of the battle.

"What's the situation now? Have you figured out the number of Japanese troops and their weaponry?" Zhou Weihan asked one after another.

Li Daben gave a wry smile: "The detachment leader, the chief of staff, our garrison regiment and comrades in the local armed forces are currently attacking from the east and west sides. The little devils on the eastern hillside have repelled our regiment's three attacks. The sides of the top of the mountain are not even touched, and the [-] meters below the top of the mountain is almost a dead zone!"

"On the eastern slope of the mountain, after testing, the Japanese army deployed a total of six heavy machine guns and more than a dozen light machine guns, including mountain cannons and rapid-fire guns! The firepower configuration of the Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns on the west side is similar!"

"Our east side has become a refueling battle, and the west side has fallen into a tug-of-war of positions. The second and third battalions have repeatedly competed with the little devils for positions."

On the west side, the difficulty of attacking is much less than that on the east side. After the second battalion commander Zhang Zhiming arrived on the west side of Lijiagou, he found that the terrain here is relatively flat, but the terrain is complex. Three positions were built.

Fortunately, there is no need to attack from the back, and the heavy machine gun can give full play to its firepower advantage. In this way, after the initial attack, Li Daben decisively asked Roger to take the third battalion to the west for support.

Li Daben personally led the first battalion and the county brigade to entangle the Japanese army on the east side.

However, Li Daben was always worried that the little devils on the top of the mountain found that the Eighth Route Army on the east side was empty, so they attacked directly from the mountain.

Fortunately, Yamazaki Yohei was attracted by the fierce battle on the west side, and took command in person, while the more cautious adjutant Jiro Sanno was left behind on the east side.

"This group of little devils really had shit luck. They came out of Wuling Mountain and occupied such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, but you are also very courageous. If you take advantage of the victory and pursue it, you will attack from the east. With this little force, can we withstand it!"

(End of this chapter)