Age of Rebirth

Chapter 650 Defense Battle of Huangya Cave

Okamura Ningci mobilized 36 troops to carefully sort out every inch of land in the Taihang Mountains. It was necessary to find the logistics supply base of Tang Qiuli's independent division. Huangyadong inevitably surfaced, attracting people including Okamura Ningci. The eyeballs of all senior commanders of the Japanese army in North China.

A brigade of Japanese troops, as the mopping force closest to Huangyadong, launched an attack on Huangyadong first. The designation of this Japanese army was the Independent Sixth Mixed Brigade. The cavalry of the brigade, a field artillery regiment, has extremely powerful firepower. Since entering the Taihang Mountains, except for the constant harassment by a small group of Chinese troops, they have not experienced large-scale battles, which makes the head of the near mountain brigade quite depressed.

In private, he has some complaints about His Excellency Neiji Okamura's actions. It is definitely not a wise move for a field brigade to spend time and energy in the continuous Taihang Mountains of Northern China. In his opinion, His Excellency Commander's comb Tactics are more like armed parades and demonstrations. The Chinese armed forces have long been frightened and ran away. The Jinshan Brigade was added to the sequence of the North China dispatched army after North Korea. It has never tasted the power of an independent division. Long Yi himself, even Tang Qiuli's name, was only heard of after he arrived in North China.

All kinds of legends, fabricated and exaggerated, in the eyes of Jinshan, are all to cover up the ability of the North China dispatch army. The Jinshan brigade is in North Korea. He can sweep across the Korean peninsula and kill half of the Korean resistance organizations. He is extremely tired of this kind of meaningless restless mountain march. [

After receiving the order from Neiji Okamura, he randomly ordered two infantry brigades to be attached to a cavalry squadron and an artillery squadron, as the vanguard of the brigade, to start attacking immediately. , More than 2000 Japanese soldiers crashed into the pocket array arranged by Chang Feng.

When the Japanese army entered the vicinity of Huangya Cave, all their actions fell into the eyes of the densely covered hidden observation posts. The Japanese army got into their pockets. Chang Feng gave an order, and the cliff at the exit of the canyon suddenly burst open, piles of debris Shi blocked the exit, first there was a burst of fierce artillery fire, and before the Japanese soldiers could react, more than 5000 soldiers from the two regiments suddenly broke out, and the battle ended smoothly in less than an hour.

At this time, thousands of soldiers from the second echelon of the Japanese army arrived after hearing the sound of guns, and were struggling to clear the mountain-high soil and gravel on the road ahead. Praying for my comrades, tossing until dark, finally cleared a passage, looking at the dark mouth of the canyon, the Japanese commander became timid, did not order the infantry to charge, but let the artillery continue to bombard.

At dawn, the brigade commander Jinshan Ryuichi also arrived, commanding the troops to rush into the canyon. The sight in front of him made this guy who didn't know what fear was, couldn't help shivering. The corpses of more than 2000 soldiers were neatly placed on the ground On the road, all the military uniforms were stripped off, and the road paved with rows of corpses was pale and dazzling, just like he usually inspected the troops, but the soldiers he had inspected were already cold or incomplete. corpse.

After so many soldiers died, Jinshan didn't feel scared. What scared him was that the Chinese had crushed more than 2000 soldiers of the imperial army in one fell swoop, and they still had time to play with the corpses for styling. They didn't spare a brigade of imperial soldiers at all. In the eyes, this is a complex psychology of demonstration, fear and insult, dominating Jinshan, he gave the order, all attack!

In the bunker of the command headquarters, Chang Feng, who was observing the movement of the Japanese army, shook his head. The little devil is too arrogant. A brigade of people squeezed into this canyon that is less than two kilometers wide. Isn’t that just looking for a beating? He grabbed The phone ordered: "Independent Third Brigade, Huangyadong Garrison Brigade, open fire immediately to inflict great damage on the Japanese army. Be careful not to leave the fortifications!"

The overwhelming cannons and grenades, with their hoods down, have no dead ends at all. When Tang Qiuli designed the defense system of Huangya Cave, he considered the problem of cross-fire equipment. The cliffs on both sides of the canyon were almost hollowed out as The dark firepower point and the Bingbing Cave were used, the flames of the explosion were shining, and the loud noise continued to echo in the canyon.

The explosion fragments were so dense that the bodies of the Japanese soldiers were torn into pieces. The fragments that hit the rock screamed and circled, increasing the lethality. Under the circumstances, there was no power to fight back at all, only the raindrops of cannons and grenades falling from the sky, and they wanted to fight back, but they couldn't even find a person.

Jinshan Ryuichi knew that he was in an ambush and ordered to retreat. The Japanese soldiers frantically retreated to the mouth of the canyon. I don’t know how many light and heavy machine guns joined the shooting ranks. The crossfire nets were so dense that even a mouse couldn’t get through. , piled up layer by layer at the mouth of the canyon, and the Japanese soldiers behind were still rushing out desperately stepping on the corpses of their companions.

The number of Japanese soldiers who were able to escape was only about 7000. More than [-] remained in the canyon, turning into bloody corpses. Several cannons hit at the same time, and the world will never see the figure of the Japanese general who once swept across the Korean Peninsula, not even the body that proves his existence, only the command knife wrapped with gold wire around the handle, dim Lying bare in a pile of minced meat.

Hiding in a safe place, the fighters fighting heartily rushed out from their respective bunkers, chasing and killing the remnants of the defeated generals of the Jinshan Brigade, who had just rushed out of the mouth of the canyon. Fierce gunshots rang out again in front. This was a reinforced regiment placed outside by Chang Feng, intercepting the fleeing Japanese army.

The Ninth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was attacked one after another, was able to escape back to report to their commander, His Excellency Neiji Okamura, but only three to four hundred people. The gunshots went away, and nearly ten thousand people rushed out from nowhere. , only a handful of them wore military uniforms, and after a while of busy work, all the things left by the Japanese soldiers, including the military uniforms that had been covered with marks on their bodies, were cleaned up, and nearly ten thousand corpses were also thrown to the bottom of a mountain stream in the distance.

In addition to the numerous pits, the blood everywhere, and the heavy smoke and bloody smell in the air, the scene of the fierce battle can no longer be seen. If you observe carefully, there is a half-year-old man in his fifties in the busy crowd. Still wearing the major general's epaulets, commanding back and forth, constantly shouting: "Be careful!" Anyone who is familiar with him knows that this is the steward of the Independent Normal University, the head of the logistics department of the Independent Division known as "The Tiger of the Household", and the Yellow River Major General Zhang Quan, Commander of the Basin Theater Joint Service Command.

These people cleaning the battlefield are all his subordinates. Zhang Quan has maximized the advantages of careful planning and good living. As soon as the guns rang out here, he immediately ordered the logistics system to assemble and prepare to clean the battlefield. The door of Da's house came, and if you don't take it, you don't take it. How much raw material will be added to the logistics. His order is, don't let go of a shell, don't leave a shell.

If Chang Feng hadn't resolutely stopped him, he would have ordered the people in the logistics department to pass through the sieve once, and the steel that was as big as sesame seeds and mung beans would also be taken back. Seeing Chang Feng's continuous signals to withdraw from the base, Zhang Quan was heartbroken. Whispering, if you are not in charge, you don’t know that firewood and rice are expensive, and you can’t go in and out every day. The Huangyadong base sits and eats the mountains and sky in the morning and evening.

Everything returned to calm, the mountain wind blew away the gunpowder smoke, and under the afternoon sun, there was a faint breath of spring on the sunny slope. Watching Zhang Quan return to the base contentedly, he yelled at his subordinates and sorted out the spoils that had been cleaned up. Well, Chang Feng is full of admiration for this veteran of the independent division who started from the Northeast and followed the division commander. In all fairness, he can't do this by himself. Perhaps, he can use another way to interpret the profession of a soldier.

Changfeng commanded the troops, with a record of almost zero casualties, within half a day and one night, almost wiped out an elite field brigade of the Japanese army, and killed the brigade leader, Major General Jinshan Ryuichi. The convenient location is certainly an important factor. Tactics are also commendable. Guarding the largest munitions supply base of the Independent Division, with inexhaustible medicines, he adopted the method of relying on fortifications, using firepower to kill and wound the Japanese army, and avoiding a direct confrontation with the Japanese army. It was extremely correct.

The result of the Huangyadong battle was reported to Tang Qiuli, the division commander who was in Jinan. Tang Qiuli was also surprised by the results. He repelled the Japanese attack. Huangya Cave has been in vain for several years. However, he almost wiped out a brigade of the Japanese army, and his record of being killed still makes him very excited. After the baptism of the Songhu battlefield, the art of commanding battles is getting better The more mature he is, he should have the ability to stand on his own. This is a newcomer to the independent division. Tang Qiuli is happy for Chang Feng's growth.

However, Chang Feng did not feel much excitement about the results achieved today. The Japanese army was arrogant and underestimated the enemy. Relying on a solid defense system, it is normal to achieve such results. Next, there will be no such advantages Ke Zhan, it was just the beginning, the test of the Huangyadong base was still to come, and he pondered over the telegram sent by the teacher. [

"Chief of Staff of Huangyadong Changfeng and all the commanders and soldiers, the Japanese army suffered this loss. Huangyadong will definitely become the focus of Okamura Ningji's attack. Our large corps in the Taihang Mountains. You are fighting alone and must be deployed in a unified manner. Combat personnel and various materials, prepare for long-term persistence. The longer you attract Okamura Neiji's heavy army group, the more support you will provide to the several corps fighting on the outside. Remember, you must never leave the defense system and carry out surprise attacks on the Japanese army. !"

The last point that the division commander emphasized coincides with Chang Feng’s thoughts. His basic tactic is to let the Japanese army do whatever they want outside, and even if he doesn’t show his face, he can drain Neji Okamura’s efforts. , the Japanese army had to take the initiative to withdraw troops, and one more point, how to better attract the attention of the Japanese army, this is a question worth studying.

(To be continued)