I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 189 Bloody Battle on Dashu Mountain (please subscribe for monthly ticket)

The news that the Japanese devils carried out a massacre in Jinling has spread to all major cities.

Although Lujiang has not received relevant news, Hefei, one of the important towns in the north of the Yangtze River, naturally already knows about it.

So when Lin Baoguo told the story of the massacre in Nanjing, most of the officers and soldiers present could not help but turn red-eyed.

After all, although they were afraid of death, they were soldiers after all. They could not remain indifferent when they learned that 30 compatriots were massacred by the Japanese invaders.

Especially on the occasion of the battle, the anger of hatred was instantly ignited.

The deputy platoon leader never mentioned the matter of reinforcements anymore, but pouted and said: "Sir, you are right, we can no longer retreat.

If we retreat any further, I don’t know how many innocent compatriots will die tragically at the hands of the little devils.

Today, I'm not going anywhere, we're just here fighting with Little Japan, one of us will make enough money, two of us will make a profit! "

"Well said!" Lin Baoguo said with a serious voice: "As a soldier, you should be proud to sacrifice your life for the country. Lin hereby assures the brothers that no matter what the war is like, he will never live in an ignoble way.

I swear to live and die together with you brothers! "

"Live and die together! Advance and retreat together!"

"Live and die together! Advance and retreat together!"

"Live and die together! Advance and retreat together!"

The deputy platoon leader and dozens of officers and soldiers present were the first to raise their arms in response.

Immediately afterwards, the hundreds of surviving officers and soldiers on the ground also spontaneously responded.

"Live and die together! Advance and retreat together!"

"Live and die together! Advance and retreat together!"

Many officers and soldiers got carried away and shouted with arms and guns raised, even shouting until their voices became hoarse.

The morale was re-solidified and encouraged in an instant. When they looked at the Japanese troops swarming at the foot of the mountain, the soldiers' eyes were wild, and there was no longer any fear in their eyes.

Not long after, the Japanese army entered the firing range of the defenders. Lin Baoguo personally held a Maxim heavy machine gun and took the lead in pulling the trigger.

Ta-ta-ta-ta... As the dull roar of machine guns resounded, a dense rain of bullets poured straight towards the swarming Japanese attacking troops like splashing water.

The three Japanese vanguards who rushed to the front were caught off guard and were shot one after another, screaming and falling down.

Lin Baoguo yelled and ordered while shooting, "Hit me! Hit these inhumane Japanese beasts hard! Hit!"

"Fire!"

"Hit! Hit hard!"

Some company platoon officers from all over the position shouted orders at the top of their voices.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the national army with high morale opened fire one after another.

All of a sudden, gunshots erupted from the top and bottom of Dashu Mountain, and bullets rained down like rain.

The Japanese soldiers who were feinting to attack upward began to get shot and fall down one after another.

At the foot of the mountain, on a small slope with a fairly wide view, Major General Akira Sakamoto, the commander of the Sakamoto Brigade, was surrounded by a group of adjutants and guards, holding a telescope to observe the battle.

"The firepower of the Chinese army on the mountain has been greatly weakened compared to before. This time our offensive troops should be able to take the Dashu Mountain position in one fell swoop."

Akira Sakamoto observed for a while, then suddenly said.

Hearing this, a major adjutant next to him quickly echoed: "What the general said is true. As long as Dashu Mountain is captured, the imperial army's artillery can condescendingly bombard the west gate and city defenses of Hefei.

For us, conquering Hefei will become easy! "

"Order the 9th Squadron to be ready to attack and be ready to reinforce the attacking 10th and 11th Squadrons at any time."

Akira Sakamoto put down the telescope, turned around and warned.

"Hai!" Several Japanese staff adjutants present paused and ordered.

……

Lujiang was less than [-] kilometers away from Hefei. At the speed of the cavalry, the [-] cavalry led by Wang Changgui and Xu Hu arrived in less than three hours.

And dispatched multiple batches of scouts to scout the battlefield situation outside Hefei City as quickly as possible.

Wang Changgui, Xu Hu, and the old scouts under his command who had already served as squad leaders all believed that the battle in the direction of Dashu Mountain was the most important.

Speaking of which, Wang Changgui and the backbone of this group of cavalry companies are all elite veterans who followed Xu Qingfeng in bloody battles all the way.

With rich experience in the battlefield, naturally, he would not fail to see the importance of commanding heights like Dashu Mountain.

In a dense forest about three kilometers behind the Japanese army, Xu Hu, Wang Changgui and others were discussing whether to attack immediately to reduce the pressure on the defenders on the Dashu Mountain position.

Wang Changgui was the first to speak, "Brother Xu Hu, tell me your opinion."

Xu Hu was also not polite to him, saying: "Company Commander Wang, we only have 200 people now, it is too risky to launch an attack rashly.

I suggest temporarily hiding and waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements before attacking, which is safer. "

It wasn't that Xu Hu was timid, but that he believed that the disparity in strength between the enemy and ours was too great.

Wang Changgui nodded slightly, and asked another platoon leader, "Xiao Chen, what do you think?"

The platoon leader surnamed Chen immediately said: "I agree with Deputy Company Commander Xu's suggestion, we only have 200 people now, and the devils have thousands of troops just to attack the direction of Dashu Mountain.

Once our attack is blocked, devils from other directions will quickly move to this side for support.

By then, not only will the siege of Dashu Mountain be unable to be solved, but our cavalry company itself may be trapped in it. "

Wang Changgui nodded again and again, and pondered: "Your worries are not unreasonable, the most important thing is that we don't have a radio station, so we can't get in touch with the defense forces on Dashu Mountain.

If there is a radio station, we might as well take the risk and give it a try.

Acting at the same time as the defenders on the mountain, flanking back and forth, maybe they can really defeat the Japanese army in one fell swoop and successfully rescue the siege! "

Xu Hu said: "At the very least, we have to wait until the reconnaissance company arrives before we act. It will be safer."

It turned out that they wanted to get to Hefei as soon as possible, grasp the situation on the battlefield, and provide intelligence support for Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo's next deployment.

After Wang Changgui and Xu Hu set off, they decisively led the cavalry company, which was full of cavalry, to take the first step.

The 150-man reconnaissance company was left behind.

Wang Changgui nodded in agreement: "In that case, let's hide on the spot until the reconnaissance company arrives."

After finishing speaking, he said to Xu Hu alone: ​​"Brother, you will stay and lead the team. I will lead a few people to go out for reconnaissance and pay close attention to the changes in the battlefield situation, just in case."

Xu Hu nodded happily: "Okay, Company Commander Wang, be careful."

Wang Changgui smiled and said, "Don't worry, battlefield reconnaissance is my forte."

Immediately, Wang Changgui dismounted with a few elite cavalrymen, turned into scout infantry and went on foot to the Dashu Mountain battlefield ahead.

Ten minutes later, Wang Changgui led them quietly to a forest less than 500 meters away from the Japanese attacking position.

Relying on the telescope, Wang Changgui could clearly see the situation on the battlefield halfway up the mountain ahead.

I saw that hundreds of Japanese soldiers had gradually broken through the firepower of the defenders under the cover of grenadiers, mortars, Type [-] infantry guns, Type [-] heavy machine guns and other heavy firepower.

Advancing to the front of the defenders' positions, the defenders had to rush out of the trenches with bayonets in hand, and started hand-to-hand combat with them.

Nearly a thousand people from both sides fought hand to hand again on the Dashu Mountain, and launched a bloody battle to the death.

Wang Changgui was terrified to see it, and several times wanted to go back and lead the cavalry company to launch an attack, so as to relieve the pressure on the defenders on the mountain.

However, after observing him, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the defenders, who were not superior in numbers, forcibly withstood the attack of the devils in hand-to-hand combat, and caused heavy damage to the devils.

This forced the Japanese army to send more than 100 more people up when the hand-to-hand combat lasted for more than half an hour.

A cavalry soldier who was following Wang Changgui couldn't help but asked him: "Company commander, do we want to continue watching like this?
If the fight continues, all the garrison brothers on the mountain may be wiped out. "

Just when Wang Changgui was about to lose his patience and planned to go back and lead the cavalry to launch an attack.

To the northeast of Dashu Mountain, there was a sudden cry of killing.

He hastily adjusted the focus of the binoculars and saw hundreds of reinforcements from the national army suddenly armed with bayonets, coming from the west gate of Hefei with a loud noise.

"Go! Kill!"

With the reinforcement of these hundreds of fresh troops, the situation on the Dashu Mountain White Blade battlefield was immediately reversed.

The morale of Lin Baoguo and other former defenders was greatly boosted, and they unleashed stronger combat effectiveness.

Together with the officers and soldiers who came for reinforcements, they joined forces to kill the enemy. The corpses of the Japanese attacking troops they killed were strewn all over the ground, and their blood flowed like rivers.

After another hour or so of fierce fighting, the three squadrons of the Japanese army and nearly 600 attacking troops were abruptly defeated by the soldiers of the national army. More than 200 people were lost, and they retreated in a rout.

Of course, Lin Baoguo's troops and the hundreds of reinforcements who came to reinforce them also paid the heavy price of nearly 500 casualties.

Seeing this scene, Wang Changgui and the others were finally relieved.

At this moment, a cavalry soldier followed quietly from behind and found them.

Report to Wang Changgui in a deep voice: "Companion Wang, the reconnaissance company has arrived, and Deputy Company Commander Xu invites you to go back."

"Okay." Wang Changgui nodded happily, and immediately retreated with a few elite cavalry while the Japanese army was dazzled.

On the Japanese side, seeing their own attack, they failed again.

Moreover, he was defeated by the national army in hand-to-hand combat, and Akira Sakamoto almost vomited blood.

On the small slope, he roared angrily: "Bagaya Road! Bagaya Road!"

The junior adjutant next to him hurriedly persuaded: "General, calm down, general, calm down!"

"A group of trash, actually lost to the Chinese army in the stabbing battle? They simply lost the honor of the imperial army of the Japanese Empire."

Akira Sakamoto was really angry.

Since the capture of Nanjing, the Chinese army has not become as vulnerable as they thought.

Take the battle after crossing the river. The imperial army's various units, which should have been unstoppable along the way, were stubbornly blocked by the Chinese army, and the attack was frustrated at every turn.

If it is said that the attack on Bengbu and other places was difficult and unsuccessful, it is because of the dense water network terrain in the Lianghuai area, which limited the mobility and combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and it is justified.

But now, his troops actually lost to the opposing national army defenders in hand-to-hand combat.

This made him really unacceptable, and he couldn't help being angry.

You know, many national troops in Jiangbei are actually their defeated soldiers on the Songhu and Nanjing battlefields.

Like many Japanese generals who were dazzled by the victory at the time, Akira Sakamoto actually ignored two very important factors.

That is, the brutal and inhuman atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing not only failed to force the Chinese to submit.

On the contrary, it inspired the determination of the patriotic soldiers and people to resist to the death.

Putting down your arms and surrendering is also death, so what else is there to say?Definitely take up arms and fight to the end with you gang of inhuman oriental devils!
Secondly, after several months of continuous fighting, although the Japanese army won the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, they also suffered a lot of casualties.

In particular, the appearance of Xu Qingfeng caused great losses to all the Japanese troops in Central China.

Especially the 6th Division to which Akira Sakamoto belongs, the division headquarters was beaten twice, and almost all the main field regiments below were replaced.

Akira Sakamoto himself was later transferred to the 6th Division as the head of the Major General's Brigade.

The soldiers under his command are no longer the elite veterans who were well-trained and experienced in hundreds of battles.

Many of them are second-rate soldiers who have been replenished by the reserves, or newly recruited soldiers.

Its combat ability and ferocity are naturally far inferior to those of the first batch of Japanese troops who entered China to fight.

When these two key factors are superimposed, it is not surprising that they were defeated by the superior national army in hand-to-hand combat.

It's just that Akira Sakamoto, who was furious, couldn't think of this for the time being, and couldn't care less about it.

Instead, he directly mobilized the artillery under his command, and once again launched a fierce retaliatory artillery attack on the Dashu Mountain position.

Taking advantage of the Japanese artillery bombardment, Wang Changgui and Xu Hu also locked the position of the devil's artillery position.

Xu Hu immediately suggested to Wang Changgui: "Captain Wang, the Japanese artillery is shelling the friendly positions in Dashu Mountain, and their position has been exposed.

For us, this is a great opportunity! "

Wang Changgui was shocked when he heard this and said, "Brother Xu, what do you mean?"

"We don't have many troops now, and there are still 150 infantrymen. If we attack rashly, it will be very difficult to defeat the Japanese army in front and capture their offensive positions."

Xu Hu analyzed methodically: "However, if we use the reconnaissance company as a cover, the cavalry company suddenly launches an attack to attack the devil's artillery position.

It should be possible to catch them by surprise, as long as we can destroy the devil's artillery positions.

That is tantamount to destroying the heavy firepower of the Japanese army, and the defenders on the mountain will no longer have to be bombarded by the devils.

Without the cover of artillery fire, and with us holding back, it will not be so easy to capture the Dashu Mountain position.

In this way, we can wait steadily. Tuan Zuo and Shen Zuo arrived with the main follow-up troops. "

Wang Changgui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help nodding his head and said: "This method is good and feasible."

"If you have no objections, I'll lead the cavalry company to charge, and you command the reconnaissance company to cover and meet us!" Xu Hu said immediately.

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