Age of Rebirth

Chapter 740: Defeat

Tang Qiuli's well-designed ambush at Niuxin Mountain started nearly four hours later than scheduled. The cautious, suspicious, and cunning commander of the Kwantung Army's southward troop, Yano Yinsaburo, was extremely careful, but he did not hesitate to take out three regiments. The strength of the army is used as a test, or a bait, to help him make up his mind to pass the Niuxin Mountain, which is unforgettable to all the generals of the Kwantung Army, and the place where the Banyuan Division was wiped out. The three trials were safe, but night also fell.

A sudden ambush in a mountainous area in the dark is a fatal blow to any army. The quality of individual soldiers of the Kwantung Army is quite good. After the initial panic and huge casualties, at least they found a way to temporarily avoid the deadly artillery fire. It's just that the command system was in a panic. For more than 20 minutes, the soldiers didn't get an effective order from the commander, and they couldn't organize effective resistance at all.

The infantry ambushed at close range, followed by a green signal rising in the night sky, and began to carry out the second strike against the Kwantung Army troops according to the plan. On the soldiers of the Kwantung Army, dense rain poured down again.

The power of the grenade explosion is not at the same level as that of the artillery. However, for the soldiers of the Kwantung Army hiding in the blind spot of the artillery fire, it is more terrifying than the roaring artillery. Their last hiding place is lost. The crossfire on the hillside took away the last ray of hope for the soldiers of the Kwantung Army. They could only run in vain, but were blasted into the air again. [

The 30-kilometer-long ambush line became the place of death for the soldiers of the Kwantung Army. So far, Tang Qiuli has no doubts about this ambush battle with a relatively large disparity in power, and the subsequent victory. Judging from the situation of the ambush battlefield, The commanders at all levels of the Kwantung Army were completely stunned by the sudden attack. He wanted to add fire to kill more Japanese and drive the Kwantung Army back to Jinzhou. Air, join the attack on the Japanese army!" He briefly issued an order, which became synonymous with the bloody slaughterhouse that the Kwantung Army generals will talk about in the future.

Fortunately, the headquarters of Lieutenant General Yano Yinsaburo was behind the marching sequence. Although the ambush circle of more than 30 kilometers was very long, it failed to pocket all the three 10,000+ troops of the Kwantung Army, with more than 20 guards The infantry, as well as artillery, supplies, and logistics units, were lucky not to be bombarded.

When the first round of shelling started, Lieutenant General Yano Otozaburo's car was just approaching the periphery of the ambush circle. The shock wave generated by the violent explosion made His Excellency the Commander's car jump suddenly, and then, there were flashes of fire and smoke columns rising , filled his eyes, Venus flitted wildly, and after recovering his eyesight slightly, he saw with his own eyes that the car the chief of staff was riding in was hit directly by a roaring cannon, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a mass of burning The guards rushed over, dragged His Excellency Commander out of the car, and carried him to a safe place.

His car was not spared either. A drug cart exploded suddenly, implicating the surrounding vehicles. In an instant, it turned into a sea of ​​flames. Yano Yinsaburo's eyes were straightened, and he watched in disbelief. The boiling iron-like road, shelling, and the independent division army used such a large-scale artillery force to ambush themselves. Although they were very careful, they still could not change the fate of being ambushed.

The first thing Yano Yinsaburo did when he came to his senses was to order the troops that had not been ambushed to retreat immediately and get out of the dangerous area as quickly as possible. Then, he ordered his heavy artillery brigade to build a position on the spot and bombard the independent The division ambushed the position to cover the retreat of the infantry, and he was afraid of the ensuing large-scale pursuit.

Then, the three regiments that had left the Niuxinshan ambush area were ordered to turn around immediately, attack the independent division's ambush position, cover the ambushed troops, and withdraw from the ambush circle as much as possible. These three orders were issued very timely and correctly , Then, call the air team, and quickly send planes to support.

After doing everything he could, Yano Yinsaburo sat on the ground paralyzed, without any strength in his body, it was terrible, like a nightmare, a sudden blow fell on the heads of the soldiers of the imperial army, and the attack was fierce The commander of this squadron is like a devil. With so many troops and so many artillery, he can not be tempted to let go of the three baits he cast. Be patient, what kind of Chinese is this?

Yano Yinsaburo didn't have the confidence to fight again at all. Just from the artillery firepower used in the ambush by the Chinese army, it can be seen that the army that was not fighting with him for six days was much stronger. However, the air force The reconnaissance plane has never been found. In the eastern Jidong area, there is a large-scale mobilization of squadrons. Where did they appear from?

If it is specifically for the purpose of ambushing him in Niuxin Mountain this time, the Chinese commander's military methods are unpredictable and extremely ruthless. Just hiding hundreds of thousands of troops and how much heavy equipment in the ambush area, I Could it be that he is the Tang Qiuli, the so-called China devil who destroyed the whole Itagaki division, Okamura Ningci died in Shanxi, and hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in North China were wiped out?

Thinking of this, Yano Yinsaburo couldn't help but fight coldly. It was his misfortune to meet this terrible opponent. It is a little comforting that there are still two 10,000+ soldiers of the imperial army who have not been murdered by this devil. If the whole army Caught in an ambush, he had no choice but to commit suicide by caesarean section and die to apologize.

The heavy artillery of the Japanese army, after all, was well-trained. In a hasty manner, they began shelling the ambush positions of the independent division on the temporary artillery positions. There was no need to deliberately look for the shelling targets. However, it was completely different from the situation in the Liuguhe blockade. As soon as the Japanese artillery fired, dozens of artillery shots were fired back. After less than 10 minutes of fighting, the Japanese artillery was completely at a disadvantage.

Yano Yinsaburo was horrified, and hurriedly ordered the artillery to stop the shelling and immediately retreated. These two heavy artillery brigades, but the sons of the Kwantung Army headquarters, would still be unable to eat and walk around if they were destroyed by themselves. The soldiers of the imperial army in the ambush circle can only pray to God Amaterasu to bless them. If they can run out one more, it is not because I am ruthless and will not save them. In this formation, there are not enough imperial warriors.

After receiving the order from Commander Yano Yinsaburo, the three Japanese regiments that had come out of the Niuxin Mountain area turned around and came back. In fact, the sudden barrage of artillery fire just now turned around, and there was a sea of ​​flames behind them. They wanted to go back and talk to the headquarters. The rendezvous was impossible, and they were startled. In the blink of an eye, they became a lone army. Everyone was afraid. The artillery fire everywhere became a sea of ​​flames. There was no clear target in the order. The three regiment leaders combined, Simply, the troops were divided into two groups, and along the hillsides on both sides, they attacked the ambush positions of the Chinese army.

The Japanese army, divided into two groups, had just turned over a hill and ran into a brigade of Sun Zhenbang's corps head-on. The independent division was directly under the brigade of the corps. The three regiments of Japanese troops behind him became Tang Qiuli's heart disease. He immediately mobilized a brigade from Sun Zhenbang's regiment from the left flank of the ambush position, and together with a brigade that was already trailing behind the Japanese army, surrounded and wiped out this lone Japanese army. The army, the fat that is delivered to the mouth, is not for nothing.

If the Japanese troops of these three regiments were not divided, the strength of more than [-] troops could still do something. At the very least, it could pose a considerable threat to the ambushes on one side of the independent division's ambush troops. When they approached the ambush position, they were divided into two places and surrounded, [-] to [-], an absolute advantage, and the independent division troops were not in a hurry to attack, but only compressed the Japanese army step by step. Finally, on a high ground, The two groups of Japanese troops surrounded each other, forming a small encirclement circle, and the soldiers of the Kwantung Army of the three regiments had no possibility of escaping.

The sound of the artillery in the ambush has been sparse. The 10,000+ Kwantung Army troops in the ambush circle can escape, but only 4 to [-] people, most of them are still wounded. The Kwantung Army soldiers who rushed out were devastated and lifeless Walking like a dead body, only running mechanically, the faster the better, escaped from that hellish and terrifying place, saw the troops who responded to them, and cried loudly, all the Japanese soldiers only had three words "too miserable!" The better soldiers of the Kwantung Army were terrified, with chills coming from their backs.

The ambush was coming to an end, there was no active target in the ambush circle, and the menacing Kwantung Army of more than 30 was not disabled. Tang Qiuli issued an order, "Sun Zhenbang Corps, leave two brigades to clean up the battlefield and cooperate Completely annihilate the three Japanese regiments that were surrounded, and other troops immediately pursued them, and the air defense troops immediately entered the state of air defense alert." The troops pursued in the direction of retreat, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns pointed at the night sky.

The night is still dark, and there are few stars in the night sky. On the road from Niuxinshan to Suizhong, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army of the brigade are dejected, dragging their heavy steps, and retreating mechanically. The hearts of every Japanese soldier are full of the shadow of failure. We are defeated. In just over three hours, more than 7 of his comrades were swallowed up on the [-]-kilometer-long front in that terrifying Niuxin Mountain. It was an unbearable nightmare.

From high-ranking commanders to ordinary soldiers, they can't forget the cannons flying all over the sky like meteors, and the rain pouring down like a gust of wind. Every army has lost those soldiers before they have time to count them. They just feel that there are many familiar people around them. They hadn't seen their faces, and they hadn't imagined that behind them, more than 20 Chinese soldiers with high morale and fighting spirit swept like a storm. [

(To be continued)