Age of Rebirth

Chapter 560 Five Ways to Escape

Yamaguchi commanded [-] troops and was eager to withdraw from the Taihang Mountains. Regardless of the fatigue of the Japanese soldiers marching on a snowy night, they did not stop along the way. According to Yamaguchi's thinking, it was the greatest victory to successfully withdraw from the Taihang Mountains and reach Handan safely.

The brigade of Japanese troops rushed along the road from Wuxiang to Xiangyuan and Lucheng like a turbulent stream, and rushed towards Lucheng. Except for encounters with Xiangyuan and a small unit of the Independent Division, they did not encounter any resistance along the way, which reassured Yamaguchi a lot.

At about [-] o'clock in the morning on January [-]th, the vanguard of the Japanese army could already be seen vaguely. In the dark night, the outline of Lucheng was blurred. The troops passed through the city without stopping, and continued to move forward.

This order caused a commotion among the Japanese soldiers. They set off on the morning of January [-]rd, clearing the snow, clearing the roads, marching in the cold wind, walking for a day and most of the night, with a rest of less than two hours , I have only eaten three meals, and they are all cold meals with ice balls. Marching in the snow is a physical exhaustion. [

Up to now, they are already exhausted, hungry, biting cold, and their feet seem to be dragging a heavy burden. Lucheng refuses to stop, and they have to continue walking. These Japanese soldiers are complaining and complaining. However, the absolute obedience of Japanese soldiers is worthy Praise, despite the 1 reluctance in his heart, he continued to drag the lead-filled legs and moved forward mechanically.

There are only a few pairs of feet, the sound of stepping on the snow, and other movements are suddenly added. On the calm road, there are blossoming fires. The Japanese army stepped into the minefield, and the mines exploded one after another. In the night, the flames are shining , Pieces roared and flew across, bringing up a puff of blood, and threw the corpses of the Japanese soldiers onto the white snow.

The sudden explosion caused the vanguard of the Japanese army to panic, and they left the road one after another to avoid these deadly weapons. There was no safe place, and there were landmines everywhere. Wherever the Japanese soldiers hid, flowers bloomed under their feet, and there were clusters of flames. , constantly flashing in the night.

Yamaguchi, who was startled by the sudden explosion, quickly asked the vanguard what happened, and was it blocked by the Chinese army?After getting the report, Yamaguchi broke out in a cold sweat. He instinctively realized that the situation was not good. If it was the blocking of the Chinese army, he could also use a sudden and violent attack to break through the opponent's defensive position. Now it is a landmine. It can be explained that the troops of the independent division are already ready to block the attack, and the landmines are just to prevent themselves from moving forward.

There must be troops from the Independent Division waiting for him in front of him. Yamaguchi was at a loss. He didn't understand his ingenious strategy, why it failed, and where the flaws were. stay?He immediately denied this idea, that way he would die faster and worse, if he gave it a go, he might still have a way out, hoping to block his own independent division troops, the strength was not many, and he hoped it was just a chance encounter.

The engineers dispatched began to clear mines in the dark. The mines produced by the Huangyadong Arsenal had the function of anti-elimination. The mine detectors used by the Japanese engineers found mostly false targets, and there were also anti-engineering mines that exploded at the touch of a button. , with most of the engineers dead, it took more than two hours to clear a passage on the road. During this period, Shankou's forehead was sweating non-stop. mean what?

The signs all over the snow made the Japanese soldiers terrified. They dodged like dancing and continued to march. This time it was lively. It clearly indicated that it was a safe zone, but they stepped on the gate of hell. There were constant mine explosions. The Japanese soldiers behind stepped on their comrades in front Using the road blazed by the corpse, he slowly continued to forcibly move forward.

Yamaguchi issued a death order, no matter how many landmines there are, they can’t stop moving forward. To put it bluntly, it is to use the lives of soldiers to make a passage. There are more than 9 people, and thousands of people will die. It will not affect the overall situation. This kind of thinking, in this way, suffered a lot from the vanguard of the Japanese army, and the people who were bombed turned their backs and screamed again and again.

Hiding in the trenches, looking at the flashing flames from time to time, listening to the rumbling explosions, the soldiers of the independent division laughed happily. The deputy division commander's mine meal is enough for a kid to drink a pot. After a severe beating, several soldiers argued. The focus was on the area where the explosions were most concentrated. They all said that they were buried by their squad. Find out on the spot.

Huang Nian, more than ten kilometers north of Lucheng, behind Xiadian and Wuyang, strangles the main road from Wuxiang to Lucheng, the acting commander of the Taihang Mountain Field Corps, and Tang Qiusheng's Lucheng Campaign Headquarters is located here , looked at his watch, it was already 10:[-] in the morning on January [-]th, and in another [-] minutes, the battle of the Japanese troops encircling the Yamaguchi Division was about to start. He called again and asked about the locations of the various units participating in the battle, and the other three directions. The troops, call back, have entered the attack position and are making preparations before the attack.

Tang Qiusheng nodded in satisfaction. The troops of the Independent Division were absolutely unambiguous in their execution of orders. Tang Qiuli escaped safely, which also made him feel relieved. The front reported that the vanguard of the Japanese army had entered the minefield. He couldn't help shaking with a smile. Shaking his head, if Xiaoqiu hadn't called the police in advance, the troops of the five brigades under him would definitely have a sudden encounter with the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army was prevented from continuing to escape, the casualties of the troops would be beyond imagination.

Now it's okay, there is no need to block for several hours, the landmines alone can delay the Japanese army for several hours, thinking of his younger brother, his smile becomes more peaceful, and his eyes are full of love.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the Japanese army finally used thousands of corpses to wade out a passage to reach the line from Xiadian to Wuyang. The time wasted was more than two hours. There were no more deadly landmines ahead. , all the Japanese soldiers walked away like hell, with a look of surprise on their faces, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, Yamaguchi's mood became more and more heavy. He knew that things were not that simple. After the landmine passed, what would meet him?Anyway, it will not be the Chinese people with steaming meals.

The answer was soon revealed. Ten minutes later, at 10 o'clock in the morning on the [-]th, a series of colorful signals suddenly rose around the Japanese army marching in Yamaguchi's headquarters. The dark red tail flame roared towards the Japanese army, and the encirclement of the Japanese army at Yamaguchi began on time.

The 23 troops of the Independent Division surrounded more than 9 Japanese troops from all directions like iron barrels, and more than 1000 artillery pieces were constantly pouring out the cannons. Kill the vital forces of the Japanese army and destroy their will to resist.

All, despite the violent volcanic eruption of the artillery fire, the infantry only need to stick to their respective positions to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through. The Japanese army trapped in the wilderness was imminent. Rotating, with an ominous note, cutting the body of the Japanese soldier, a rain of blood, accompanied by fragmented corpses, polluted the white snow.

The gunfire came from three directions. After the Japanese soldiers panicked at the beginning, they instinctively broke out in the direction of the gun that was not fatal. That direction happened to be the defensive position of Tang Qiusheng's troops. What he wanted was for the Japanese army to break out from this direction. An artillery regiment, already prepared, was waiting for the Japanese soldiers to rush in panic. The positions in the other three directions were built hastily, and they could not bear the Japanese army's desperate breakout. This is also the modern version of "Siege Three" Missing one."

The first round of shelling made Yamaguchi's heart feel as cold as an ice cellar. After all the calculations, he hurried away and tried his best, but he still did not escape the fate of being surrounded. Just listening to the sound of the cannons, at least eight With more than two artillery regiments firing in salvo, one could tell how many troops Tang Qiuli had mobilized. However, with so many troops, how did the Chinese devil mobilize and ambush him in advance on his only path? [

He couldn't figure it out, until he died. Before the command system was disrupted, he gave the order to break out. As for which direction to break out, the suggestion given by his subordinates was towards Lucheng. There was only one direction, and there was no cannon yet. Hearing, the encirclement troops of the Independent Division should have arrived in a hurry. Yamaguchi instinctively felt that things were not that simple, and Tang Qiuli was not so stupid.

He found out sadly that he was subjected to such heavy shelling in the open snowy field. The fate of himself, the chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army, was the same as that of ordinary soldiers. , the several staff officers who were shouting hoarsely into the intercom fell in a pool of blood.

He couldn't help hesitating again, the Japanese army broke out towards Lucheng like a tide, the strange thing is, the Chinese squadron didn't pursue it, they just used inexhaustible cannons to drive the Japanese army to explode, in the night, the cannonballs fell like shooting stars on Lucheng. In the Japanese brigade that fled by road, more than 9 Japanese soldiers were completely passive and beaten.

Within three kilometers of the breakout, several bolides suddenly flew up in the quiet field in front of them. The Japanese soldiers who were running desperately watched the fireballs flying all over the sky in horror. For a moment, they were stunned. It was Tang Qiusheng's unit, five artillery regiments, who carried out blocking fire. The artillery exploded and created a wall of fire in front of the Japanese army. Then, the deafening explosion rumbled across the field.

A head-on blow stopped the Japanese soldiers' footsteps and achieved Tang Qiusheng's goal, inflicting the greatest damage on the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers who were knocked out turned around and ran back. Explosion flames and death scenes were everywhere. , It cannot be said that the Japanese soldiers have no combat effectiveness, but the opponents they encountered were too powerful, and their firepower was several times more than theirs. Even desperate opponents could not be found.

As a result, the fate of more than 9 Japanese soldiers was doomed to stay in the windy and snowy Taihang Mountains, a dangerous and flat area.

(To be continued)