Chapter 158: Yuhuatai

Although Zhou Shiquan is the battalion commander, his commanding ability far exceeds his military rank. He can always find a reasonable entry point for problems that others may think are incomprehensible.

How can you blow up a tank and eliminate the infantry behind the tank?Zhou Shiquan lay in the trench, observing the attacking Japanese army with a telescope, carefully observing the formation of the attacking Japanese army, and then thinking.

He decided that tanks and infantry were the main priority. Because of the existence of tanks, Japanese infantry could attack safely. It was obviously impossible to blow up Japanese tanks from the front. They could only approach the tanks from the side.

Zhou Shiquan was suddenly inspired by the usual parade formation. It was originally a walking corps. When he shouted to turn right, the corps formation immediately changed into a one-line formation. If the tanks and infantry in the corps formation were also turned into a one-line formation. Forming a horizontal formation, the tanks will immediately lose their role of covering the infantry, and the demolition crew will be able to get close to the tanks.

However, how can we make the enemy's tanks consciously move their directions? After all, the Japanese tanks will not obey their commands.

He used a telescope to observe and think carefully, and recorded in his mind the Japanese attacking formation, including the surrounding terrain, and quickly found a way to deal with it.

He divided all the officers and soldiers into two parts. One group was commanded by the deputy battalion commander and quickly moved covertly to the enemy's left side.The other group was led by him personally and moved to the right side of the enemy.

It was agreed in advance that the deputy battalion commander on the left was responsible for attracting and containing the enemy. If the enemy was found on the left, the Japanese army would change the direction and formation of the attack and attack to the left. In this way, their backs would be exposed to the enemy on the right. In the eyes of the defenders.

In this way, the Japanese tanks lost their role in protecting the infantry, and the blasters were able to quickly approach the tanks and blast them.

The deputy battalion commander led the officers and soldiers, bent down, and quickly walked through the grove to the south of the local people. After occupying the position, he immediately ordered, 'Start fighting! ', all the officers and soldiers quickly fired at the Japanese army, threw grenades, and at the same time created some illusions of charging towards the enemy to confuse the enemy.

The enemy tanks and infantry did not know this was a trick, so they immediately turned to the right and walked sideways in a straight formation, achieving the purpose of listening to the command during the drill.

Seeing that Zhou Shiquan, who was on the left side of the enemy, had successfully 'dispatched' the enemy, he immediately ordered the blasters to attack and the snipers to cover.

The sniper's bullets whizzed through the woods and fields, and penetrated the Japanese infantry. The demolitioners who received the order were like arrows flying off the string, and ran towards the tanks. At this time, the Japanese tanks did not react at all. After quickly approaching the tank, some quickly climbed to the top of the tank, opened the tank cover, and stuffed the grenade into it. There was an explosion, and the enemy tank crew was killed. There was also a burst of black smoke from the tank, and the tank went out. Fire, unable to move.

Someone also stuffed grenades under the tracks of the tank. With a loud noise, the tracks of the tank deformed and collapsed in place like a pile of scrap metal.

At the same time, the snipers on the left and right flanked the Japanese infantry in front and back, firing bullets like rain. The enemy fell in response, and the remaining enemies fled quickly.

Since the enemy was surrounded from the front and rear and blocked by the Chinese army's crossfire network, no one could escape and all were annihilated.

The battle situation in Hongmao Mountain was reported to Commander Tang and received commendation from Commander Tang. At the same time, in order to reduce casualties, Commander Tang sent a sergeant battalion and an anti-tank company to help.On the second day after the battle, an observer stationed at the post between the Second and First Peaks of Purple Mountain, that is, between the Observatory and Tuotuotou Ridge, discovered that a huge balloon had risen over the Japanese position. Below, a man holding a telescope hangs.

The sentry immediately reported the discovered situation to the platoon leader. The platoon leader who learned of the situation immediately reported the information to his superiors. The platoon reported to the company headquarters. The company headquarters reported to the battalion headquarters. Gui Yongqing quickly received the report. This was the Japanese army's More than a dozen artillery shells hit the Tiger Cave position in Zijin Mountain.

The Laohudong position is located far behind Purple Mountain. Obviously, the person who raised the huge balloon was a scout used by the Japanese army to observe the Purple Mountain position.

Then he ordered battalion commander Gao Liansheng to dispatch a special shooter class to solve the problem.

In order to shoot down this huge balloon, Gao Liansheng led the special shooter class, starting from Weigang outside the Zhongshan Gate, climbed over two hills, crossed a river, and came to a position about 200 meters away from the balloon. After firing three shots, not only did the balloon explode, but the enemy scout was also killed by them. The body fell from a high altitude and was smashed into the chaos, turning into a pile of meat.

However, their group went too deep and was discovered by the enemy. They were intercepted by nearly a hundred Japanese troops near Lingyuan New Village. The two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire. The battle lasted until dark. Gao Liansheng and the soldiers of the special marksman class had already run out of bullets. , there are not many grenades left.

The Japanese army seemed to expect that the Chinese army's ammunition was low, so they began to charge forward.

The soldiers fought back with a few grenades. After throwing the grenades, they mounted bayonets on their rifles and rushed towards the Japanese army with the same hatred and determination to die.Faced with the huge disadvantage of being outnumbered and outnumbered, more than a dozen soldiers stabbed multiple Japanese soldiers in succession, and eventually lost to the Japanese soldiers and all died heroically.

When the enemy's artillery fire attacked Laohudong, the officers and soldiers stationed at Lahudong, under the command of Battalion Commander Luo Yufeng, rushed into the bunker. When the artillery fire stopped, Luo Yufeng knew that the enemy's infantry was about to attack, and ordered the soldiers to return to their positions quickly.

As expected, the enemy group not far away was like ants, rushing towards the Tiger Cave. When the enemy rushed 30 meters to the Tiger Cave, the enemy's eyes and noses could be clearly seen. Luo Yufeng saw that the time was ripe. , shouted "Hit!"

In an instant, there was loud gunfire on the position, and several Czech guns formed a crossfire, just like harvesting wheat. Long bullet chains were thrown among the Japanese troops, and a large number of Japanese troops were shot and fell to the ground.

The bundled cluster grenades fell on the enemy group like blooming flowers, and some Japanese soldiers were directly thrown away by the huge shock wave.

The Japanese army was suddenly attacked. They were beaten so hard that they could not lift their heads. They left behind a large number of corpses. The surviving Japanese soldiers rolled back and crawled back.

After this battle, Luo Yufeng believed that Purple Mountain was the commanding heights for controlling Jinling City. The Japanese would not give up attacking Purple Mountain, so they must strengthen the defense of Tiger Cave.He predicted that the Japanese would launch a more violent attack on Laohudong in the future. It would be difficult to hold on with just one battalion.

After much thought, Luo Yufeng believed that if he wanted to control the Tiger Cave, he could use hard-to-get tactics. It happened that Gui Yongqing called to ask about the situation of the battle. Luo Yufeng first reported the situation to Gui Yongqing, and then reported his thoughts to he.

After hearing this, Gui Yongqing was silent for a short time: "Playing hard to get is a good idea, but during the execution, you must prevent the enemy from seeing the flaws. When you implement this defensive plan, it is like performing a magic trick on the stage. Once the audience sees it, it loses its meaning.”

Gui Yongqing agreed to Luo Yufeng's plan.

Early the next morning, Luo Yufeng commanded the troops to leave the Tiger Cave and lurk on both sides of the Tiger Cave.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning, a group of enemy planes flew at low altitude and came to the top of Laohu Cave. They bombed the cave like raindrops and dropped more than a dozen incendiary bombs. Suddenly, the sky was filled with fire and Laohu Cave was submerged in a sea of ​​fire.

The fire burned for a whole day, and the woods in the Tiger Cave area were reduced to ashes. The trees were completely burned, and some were broken and fell to the ground. The entire Tiger Cave was bare, the position turned black, and the cement fortifications were also burned into powder under the high temperature. , like the charcoal fire of a brazier at night, it is impossible to get close.

Seeing all this, Luo Yufeng felt scared. If he hadn't left in time, Luo Hudong would have been the crematorium for the entire battalion of officers and soldiers.The officers and soldiers were also happy and said that Luo Yufeng was simply Zhuge Liang.

Only Luo Yufeng knew that he was not Zhuge Liang, but simply escaped by chance today.

This time also reminded him that the Japanese would not give up and would intensify their attack on Laohudong.

He estimated that the Japanese army did not expect to bomb the position in the direction of Laohudong and no one was injured.They must have thought that Tiger Cave was in ruins and would have sent troops to occupy it.

The battle for the next day was unavoidable. In order to have enough energy to meet the enemy's attack, he asked everyone to take the time to get a good sleep to deal with the next battle.

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the sky showed a hint of morning light, Luo Yufeng and the officers and soldiers came to Tiger Cave and dug simple fortifications.

Just after breakfast, the enemy began to attack Tiger Cave. Under the cover of tanks, the enemy's infantry rushed up screaming.Facing the menacing Japanese tanks, Luo Yufeng did not panic at all. Gui Yongqing sent a dozen anti-tank guns the night before, which came in handy at this moment.

Luo Yufeng shouted loudly: "Brothers artillerymen, it's up to you. You have to aim a little and hit hard. Don't let even a tank go."

Boom boom boom, there were several deafening roars. The soldiers on the position repeatedly looked down at the Tiger Cave in the position. They saw that the tracks of several tanks in front of the Japanese army were blown up and lay there like a pile of scrap metal. Not only did it affect the The infantry's attack also affected the advance of the tanks behind.

Then he heard several sharp whistling sounds from the head hole. Luo Yufeng raised his head and saw several artillery shells dragging arcs and landing on the Japanese tanks, knocking down the infantrymen behind them.

"Pretty!"

Seeing the appearance of the Japanese, the officers and soldiers in the direction of Laohudong happily slapped the ground and shouted excitedly.

The tanks were unable to attack, and the Japanese infantry began to charge up the mountain. Seeing that there was no threat from the tanks, Luo Yufeng immediately let the light and heavy machine guns on the left and right sides of the position fire. The resulting cross fire blocked the path of the Japanese infantry's attack, making it impossible to advance.
But this time, the Japanese infantry had a large number. Even though Luo Yufeng's battalion occupied the terrain advantage, the number of soldiers was far less than that of the enemy, and the battle could not be resolved in a short time.

It was destined to be a hard battle, and the gunshots and roars in Tiger Cave continued from early morning until dark.The battle was very fierce, and both China and Japan suffered heavy casualties.

During the Laohudong bombing of Andu, the Japanese 16th Division used aircraft, tanks, and artillery to conduct multiple attacks on Xiaolingwei, Xishan, Linggu Temple, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Lingyuan New Village, Weigang and other areas. The Central Committee taught The officers and soldiers of the army fought back bravely despite the intensive Japanese artillery fire, resisting wave after wave of Japanese attacks, resulting in heavy casualties.

In the end, there was a fierce hand-to-hand fight with the Japanese army. There was not a tile left in the area of ​​more than 20 miles outside the Zhongshan Gate. Thick smoke emitted the smell of burning. The corpses of the enemy and the national army were everywhere, accumulated layer by layer.

In some areas, minced meat is stuck on the ground, making it muddy.

The whole battle was quite brutal.

Yuhuatai.

The people of Jinling mentioned here will all tell the touching story of the two generals Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong who stained Yuhuatai with blood.

The Yuhuatai, located outside the Chinese Gate in Jinling, is a scenic spot in Jinling and the place where the Chinese revolutionary martyrs were martyred. All tourists who come to Jinling or people who come to Jinling on business will go to the Yuhuatai to pay homage to the tombs of the martyrs.

Legend has it that Yun Guang, a monk from the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, once preached here. He was so moved that flowers fell from the sky like rain. From then on, it was called Yuhuatai, and the stones on Yuhuatai were also called Yuhua Stones.

Before leaving Jinling, Jiang called senior generals from each important area to his office one by one. First, he explained the combat tasks, and second, he carried out ideological mobilization.

The person responsible for holding on to Yuhuatai was Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 72nd Army and commander of the 88th Division.

When he received the news that Jiang called him, he was not surprised. During this period, Jiang met many people in the office for the defense of Jinling. This meeting with him must be for the important task of defending Jinling.

As soon as Sun Yuanliang stepped into the office, he saw Jiang standing in front of the map, holding a baton in one hand and pointing at the map: "Come and take a look at the map."

Sun Yuanliang approached the map. Jiang pointed at the map and said: "There are two important defense points in Jinling, one is Zijin Mountain and the other is Yuhuatai. Purple Mountain is wide and can accommodate many troops, while Yuhuatai is small and has less than 3000 kilometers of defense line. The ruler is more difficult to attack, and the three-dimensional battle is not easy to defend. However, the Yuhuatai defense line is extremely important. Whether it is easy to defend or not, you have to defend it to the death, do you understand?"

Sun Yuanliang put his legs together and said loudly: "Principal, I understand your thoughts!"

Jiang nodded and added: "There is the second spring in the south of the Yangtze River in Yuhuatai. There is a tomb behind it. There is a stone tablet in front of the tomb. On it are engraved the seven characters of 'Where Yang Zhongxianggong cut his heart'."

Who is Yang Zhongxiang?
Yang Zhongxiang, also known as Yang Bangyi, was the magistrate of Jiankang Prefecture in the Song Dynasty. When the Jin soldiers attacked Jinling, Jin Wushu tempted him to surrender. He yelled at the traitor and refused to die.

The Jin people were helpless, so they cut open his heart and buried him in Yuhuatai. In order to commemorate him, later generations erected a stone tablet here.

"I know the tragic death of Yang Bangyi." Sun Yuanliang was not very clear about this period of history, so he only said one sentence. He did not dare to speak nonsense in front of Jiang for fear of being scolded by Jiang if he said something wrong.

He was also wondering in his mind whether Jiang told him that the stone tablet was a reminder that he should be like Yang Bangyi, who would rather die than surrender and be upright.

He secretly wondered.

(End of this chapter)

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