The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

The former enemy headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

After listening to the report from the captain of the attacking force, the brigade commander's only good mood disappeared instantly.

I didn't expect that even after the attacking troops occupied the blocking position halfway up the mountain, there were still so many troubles on the battlefield.

He watched his subordinates confirm it two or three times before he believed the fact that the Eighth Route Army had built a large number of tunnel fortifications in Wulan Mountain.

"General, we can use poison gas to force the Eighth Route Army hiding in the tunnels out..." A captain suggested to the brigade commander with a ruthless look on his face. He didn't think that using poison gas was inhumane at all.

Like Lieutenant General Takano, the brigade commander had been on the battlefield in North China. He was also fortunate enough to have been to the Yizhong battlefield and seen the functions of the tunnels used by the Eighth Route Army.

They can not only hide people and fight, but are also waterproof and resistant to poison gas...

The Eighth Route Army active in the Northeast came from Yizhong. The tunnels they dug were so impressive, and the tunnel fortifications they built in Wulan Mountain must be very impressive too...

Anti-virus, waterproof, combat... should be the most basic functions.

Therefore, transferring poison gas bombs from the rear to participate in the war will not only be useless, but also waste time.

Rejected immediately: "It's useless..."

"The position is full of tunnel entrances and exits. It's not a confined space. If the poison gas goes in, it will come out."

"Besides, the Eighth Route Army built such a complex tunnel fortification in Wulan Mountain, so they must have made preparations to prevent poisoning."

"Don't waste your time!"

At this point, the brigade commander's expression suddenly became very firm. He punched the sandbag in front of him and began to give orders.

"Continue to blow up the explosives with grenades..."

"Destroy all the entrances and exits of the tunnels on the battlefield. Even if we cannot bury the Eighth Route Army in the tunnels, we must block them inside and reduce their range of activities and living space, so that they cannot threaten our troops occupying the ground positions!"

"As long as we occupy all the ground fortifications on Wulan Mountain and block all the entrances and exits of the tunnels on the mountain, the Eighth Route Army hiding inside will naturally be finished."

I have to say that the brigade commander's move was very clever. Since it was impossible to eliminate the Eighth Route Army hiding in the tunnels in a short period of time, he blocked the Eighth Route Army's attack channel on the ground, making it impossible for them to participate in the battle and they could only watch the ground positions being occupied by the Kwantung Army.

Ten minutes later, deafening explosions began to sound on the defense line halfway up the mountain, and thick smoke continued to rise from the ground.

However, the sound of continuous gunfire was gradually weakening.

Twenty minutes later, the sound of gunfire coming from halfway up the mountain stopped completely.

The captain of the Kwantung Army's offensive force was very happy and rushed to the brigade commander to report the victory.

"General... your suggestion is useful..."

"The more tunnel entrances and exits we destroy, the less likely the Eighth Route Army will attack us."

"On the battlefield, we blew up every tunnel entrance we found. Although it cost us more than one squadron, up to now, our troops have not been attacked for nearly ten minutes."

"We also sent people to search the position twice and confirmed that all the entrances and exits of the tunnels on the position have been destroyed by us!"

"We have completely occupied the Eighth Route Army's defense line halfway up the mountain!"

"Yoshi...very good!" The brigade commander finally showed a long-lost smile on his serious face and gave the order happily.

"There's only one hour left until dark..."

"It will take time for the artillery to relocate and the heavy machine guns to move forward. It will be impossible to take the top of the mountain before dark." "Then we must seize the last hour or so to establish a defensive position halfway up the mountain. The attacking troops will go on the defensive right away and hold the mountainside that we have worked so hard to take all day, to prevent the Eighth Route Army from launching a counterattack against us under the cover of darkness!"

"Remember to deploy more light and heavy machine gun fire points on the battlefield. If you find any suspicious targets, use heavy machine guns to fire at them. Don't give the Eighth Route Army any chance to attack us!"

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The former enemy headquarters of the northbound detachment.

The atmosphere was extremely solemn, and there was no trace of joy at the Kwantung Army's cessation of the attack.

On the one hand, it was because the surface positions on the defense line halfway up the mountain were lost, and on the other hand, Shi Jin's troops suffered heavy casualties.

A main battalion of more than 400 people was reduced to more than 50 people, including more than 20 seriously injured soldiers who had lost their combat effectiveness.

To put it more exaggeratedly, Shi Jin's troops had been severely defeated and lost their combat effectiveness.

"Damn Kwantung Army, I, Li Yunlong, will take note of this..."

"Tell Yang Song..."

"Prepare more grenades. After dark, we must take care of the Kwantung Army stationed halfway up the mountain. It would be best if we blow them all up on the battlefield to avenge our fallen comrades!"

Shi Jin had fought on the battlefield for a whole morning and was well aware of how strong the Kwantung Army was and how ruthless they were. He hesitated for a moment and reminded, "Commander..."

"Should we let the reserve troops join the battle as well?"

"In order to defend the surface position halfway up the mountain, the Kwantung Army deployed more than a thousand people there, with dozens of light and heavy machine guns deployed."

"Throwing a hand grenade at close range can at most blow up the Kwantung Army defending the first line of defense, but it certainly cannot threaten the second line of defense."

"If we want to withdraw and retake the surface position halfway up the mountain, we must confront the Kwantung Army head-on. The few hundred people Yang Song has are definitely not enough."

Li Yunlong shook his head and replied solemnly: "If he doesn't have enough troops, even if he sends all the reserve troops to the battlefield, it won't be enough."

"Although there are more than 150 people in the reserve force, most of them are new recruits and captured puppet Manchurian soldiers."

"It's no problem to lead them to win a few battles, but if we really fight the Japanese on the battlefield, these few people may collapse at the first blow."

"Not only can we not help Yang Song and the others, we may even hold them back!"

"If we want to retake the surface position halfway up the mountain, the best way is to fight a smart battle."

"As for the second line of defense set up by the Kwantung Army on our defense line, it is indeed a bit difficult to attack head-on, but it is not completely impossible."

"Fighting at night, the Japanese brigade commander had no idea of ​​the battlefield's situation and did not dare to rashly send troops to reinforce the battlefield, nor did he dare to rashly send out artillery to cover the battlefield with artillery fire and die together."

"After all, it is more than a thousand Kwantung troops defending the position halfway up the mountain tonight, not a few hundred people."

"They have already lost three to four thousand elite Kwantung troops today..."

"If they lose more than a thousand people tonight due to artillery fire, their direct casualties will definitely exceed five thousand."

"Although the Kwantung Army attacking us head-on has more than 10,000 soldiers and strong horses, if we subtract the artillery, baggage soldiers, and heavy machine gun troops that rarely go directly to the battlefield to fight us face to face, the real Kwantung Army infantry is only 6,000 to 7,000 people... We killed more than 5,000 infantry in one day and one night. Do you think the Kwantung Army under the mountain dare to continue to besiege us?"

(End of this chapter)