Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 1423 Fighting Lions Gate Again

If we simply compare the strength of the two sides on the battlefield, the winning rate of the 11th Army is very high.The 11th Army, in addition to the direct units of about three regiments left behind in Madang and the destroyed 33rd Division, the 11th Division, the 17th Division, the 106th Division and the 112th Division, four divisions In addition to the troops directly under the legion of about five regiments, there were originally about 11 people. Now, even after repeated ravages by the Xuebing Army, there are still about 8 people.As for the Xuebing Army, there were only five divisions and about six regiments (including the Special Warfare Division) directly under Ouyang Yun's troops, and the battle losses were only about 7 people.However, if compared from the perspective of equipment, the Japanese army was completely at a disadvantage.First of all, its only heavy artillery unit was wiped out, and the mountain artillery and field artillery of the Eastern Route Army were also completely lost; secondly, the hard tank units of the 11th Division and the 17th Division (with about two brigades Tank troops) also suffered heavy losses. Although they still have the power to fight, they are absolutely unable to withstand the impact of the "Mandrill" torrent of the Ninth Division.On the other hand, the Xuebing Army, the chariot units of the four divisions (the Eighth Division is a pure artillery division), except for the second division, which lost about half, and the third division, the ninth division, and the eighteenth division all lost one place. Numbers are hardly worth mentioning.

Nanchang, this night is destined to be sleepless.

On the east and west banks of the Ganjiang River, the battle of Lions Gate started first.Heng Shan learned a lot from a siege and gained wisdom. When he was taken back to the Lions Gate, he had tasted the power of the artillery of the Xuebing Army. Although he did not have artillery support at hand, he found another way and assembled all the large-caliber mortars. Rise up to blast the top of Lions Gate.

The power of the mortar is naturally not as powerful as the artillery of the Xuebing Army, but under the use of Isamu Yokoyama, it was quite effective at the beginning.In terms of shooting accuracy, mortars with a range of up to 9000 meters are naturally much more accurate than heavy artillery.Taking advantage of this feature, when the mortar group was bombarding the top of the mountain indiscriminately, Yokoyama moved a regiment of infantry secretly to the mountain on the west side, preparing to wait for the defenders on the top of the mountain to be defeated. Let the artillery group bombard the mountain on the east side in depth, and launch an attack at the same time.

Yokoyama Isamu's mortar salvo tactics did inflict great damage on the 5th Division.According to reports, a regiment of Jewish students guarding the top of the mountain suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of hundreds of grenades. In just about 52 minutes, half of the regiment was killed or injured.The head of the regiment immediately asked for help from the commander of the 2000nd School Brigade on the mountainside, Montaire, and asked for the troops to be withdrawn to the mountainside.Montale scolded him back viciously, and shouted: "Bastard, have you forgotten how Gu Chiron died? Withdraw? What if the Japanese catch up! Hold on for a while, and I will call artillery to support you He quickly changed the channel and was about to report to Menqueri that the artillery regiment directly under the [-]th Division had already opened fire about [-] meters away from him, but Menqueri noticed something was wrong and ordered the artillery to support it in time .

Hearing the sound of his own cannon, Montale felt more at ease. He said to Jacques, the commander of the 183rd regiment not far away: "Jacques, bring your people to support! Hurry up!"

Jacques' expression changed, and he replied, "General, the Japanese are still firing artillery! Let's wait for the artillery to stop!"

"Bastard, when the guns stop, it will be too late!" Montale cursed.After cursing, he shook his head, stood up, drew his gun and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me!" He rushed forward with the remnants of Gu Qilong regiment and the troops directly under the brigade.

Seeing this, Jacques shook his head and said to Jun Song, the deputy head beside him: "The traveler's style is becoming more and more Chinese. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Let's go too!"

Under the cliff on the south side of the Lion Gate, Yokoyama observed the effect of the shelling with a telescope. He was about to let the running group shoot for another 5 minutes before launching an attack. Suddenly, he heard a red light flashing on the other side of the mountain, and then there was a dull sound of cannon fire. , Startled in his heart, he shouted: "Stop shelling, move immediately!" He shouted again: "Suzuki, attack!"

Suzuki was exactly the Suzuki Chunsong who was severely humiliated by Jiang Tietou and Xu Zhi at the edge of Xiushui.Yokoyama broke out fiercely, and volunteered to be the commander of the vanguard with a desperate heart, and Suzuki Harumatsu did his part to assume the role of the battlefield commander of the vanguard.Hearing Yokoyama Isamu's shout, he immediately pulled out his command saber and swung it up the mountain, shouting, "Attack!"

"Attack!" Dozens of officers shouted after him, and at that moment, amidst the characteristic gunfire of the "Da Da Da" Type [-] heavy machine gun, the devils who had been advancing cautiously all of a sudden screamed in unison. , Holding the [-] big cover, he rushed up the mountain.

At this moment, the ghost running in the front is only less than 200 meters away from the top of the mountain.

As soon as the Japanese infantry charged, the artillery shells fired by the [-]th Division artillery regiment exploded on the Japanese mortar positions. More than a dozen fireballs fell one after another. Amid the rumbling explosions, one fireball after another rose into the air. Several mortars, together with the devils nearby, were directly thrown up by the air waves, and then dismembered in the flames. The scene was extremely tragic.

"Hey..." The fireballs continued to fly over the mountain, and the accuracy was so high that Heng Shanyong couldn't help wondering whether the mortar positions he had preset were originally one of the artillery points measured by the Xuebing Army.

In terms of will to fight, the Jewish soldiers are definitely not as good as the Chinese soldiers. However, in terms of tactical quality, especially the tactical quality of the technical arms, they are definitely not inferior to the Chinese soldiers.

After the [-]th Division was stationed, Li An, the head of the division's artillery regiment, immediately calculated the surrounding shooting elements with a group of officers, and their diligence finally paid off at this time.The artillery group of the Japanese army had just opened fire, and they took out ready-made shooting elements.Then, it was no surprise that the first round of shelling hit the target.

The timely action of our own artillery group gave great encouragement to the Jewish students on the mountain, and also saved Montaire and the others from being bombarded.

I don't know what Isamu Yokoyama said to his subordinates beforehand. The Japanese attack was crazy from the beginning, and the casualties were completely ignored.On the top of Lion Gate Mountain, the biggest threat to the Japanese army is the chariots that act as mobile fortresses.Naturally, these "mandrills" cannot be hurt by grenades.Yokoyama Isao estimated this, so he also made preparations early - the devils who rushed to the front, their weapons were not [-] big caps, but cluster grenades and explosives.Sometimes these devils were hit by explosives in their arms, so the following scene appeared. Sometimes a ball of fireworks exploded on the mountainside, and then a group of devils fell to the ground crying.The Japanese charge, regardless of casualties, finally paid off after a quarter of an hour of fighting.After the rocks under a "mandrill" were blown loose, it turned down the mountain in a lump——

This scene left many Jewish students with lingering fears, and many of them even had the idea of ​​reincarnating and running away.Fortunately, Montale caught up in time, and with him in charge, the defense line on the top of the mountain was held temporarily.

(End of this chapter)