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Chapter 125, not giving up an inch of land

"Four companies come with me!"

Sun Gaoze led the soldiers of the fourth company and moved non-stop to the flanks of the Japanese attack.

Immediately swooped towards the Japanese army.

The Japanese army, which was attacking the first battalion, was actually at the end of its battle.

The attack lasted for two hours, with dozens of casualties.According to the general situation, they should retire to rest and change to another army to attack.

But Yangquan lacks organized troops, and no one can replace them.

The soldiers were all pointed at by the supervising team's guns, biting the bullet and launching an attack. The morale itself was not very high.

Eight roads suddenly appeared on the flanks, and the Japanese army was completely unprepared.

"There are Tuba roads there!"

"Mother……"

"Attack, no retreat."

Life on the battlefield is varied, and the Japanese army no longer has a unified thinking.

There are hardliners who want to attack, but there are many terrified people, and the soldiers who have been in the army for a short time called for their mothers.

Generally speaking, the Japanese army in the artillery squadron had no desire to fight again, and they fled down the mountain one after another.

"Isn't the eight roads unable to withstand it? Where did this come from?"

Seeing that he was about to take down the opposite position, he was stunned by the sudden attack of the Eight Route Army.

Takahashi Ichiro cursed bitterly, and retreated down the mountain holding the command knife.

On the contrary, the morale of the Eighth Route Army is high.

"Comrades, kill me!"

Unexpectedly, the enemy would collapse at the first touch. Sun Gaoze shouted excitedly, took the lead in charging, and chased the enemy with a box cannon.

When the enemy flees, it will expose its back.Continuing to lose most of their resistance and become a target.

At this time, the efficiency of killing the enemy is much higher than that of a head-on confrontation.

Kill more enemies and scare them, and the pressure on the first battalion will be reduced.

Sun Gaoze completely forgot Director Lu's instructions, and led the soldiers of the fourth company to pursue the enemy closely.

And he rushed to the front.

The soldiers of the fourth company never thought that the Japanese army had completely lost control and retreated down the mountain one after another.

Suddenly, from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, a series of bullets from heavy machine guns were fired.

Regardless of the risk of accidentally injuring one's own soldiers, the Japanese military supervisor aimed their guns at the charging Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Sun Gaoze, who was leading the charge, was shot at this time.

"Instructor!"

The soldiers shouted and rushed to help him up.

However, Sun Gaoze could no longer get up.

Under the cover of the heavy machine guns of the supervising team, the artillery squadron withdrew.

"Ouch, oops..."

The wounded soldiers were wailing, adding some sound to the battlefield where the sound of guns had stopped.

Ichiro Takahashi swept over those subordinates sitting on the ground with distress, and they were soaked in water one by one, their faces were numb and sad.

Since entering the war in , his artillery squadron had never suffered such heavy casualties.

More importantly, they were forced to put down the housekeeping skills they had practiced for many years, and took up rifle grenades to fight the enemy with their lives.

Even though the order was given by the head of the brigade, Takahashi Ichiro still thought it was a stupid order from the bottom of his heart.

Takahashi held the command knife firmly, as if he could crush it.Finally, he made a resolution that he thought was very important: he couldn't go on like this anymore.

Commanding and supervising the battle team is the brigade staff officer Morita Colonel.He was very angry when he heard Takahashi's idea of ​​retreating.

"Bastard, taking Lion's Brain Mountain was ordered by the head of the brigade, don't you know?"

Artillery is not infantry, and his squadron suffered one-third of the casualties, and it was overwhelmed.

Takahashi was about to explain, but Colonel Morita continued to reprimand: "I have seen just now that the enemies in your frontal position are almost unable to bear it.

Give up lightly, are you still worthy of being a soldier of the empire?
After a short rest, I order you to take Lion's Brain Mountain.Take back the glory of the brigade. "

The ranks of the Japanese army are very strict. If Takahashi Ichiro can muster up the courage to ask Morita Dazuo to retreat, it is already a very courageous approach.

But once the order from the superior comes down, no matter it is wise or stupid, as a soldier of the empire, Takahashi Ichiro can only execute it.

Otherwise, what do you think Mr. Morita's supervisory team is doing.

After a short respite, Takahashi Ichiro began to organize soldiers again for a new round of attack.

A symphony of gunfire and explosions followed.Both the enemy and ourselves continued to fight for the hills under our feet.

Whizzing--

The grenadier in the hands of the veteran was no less than a mortar, and a two-shot shot fell on the hidden machine gun position behind the rock.

Great results.

Takahashi Ichiro could clearly feel that the sound of the enemy's position had fallen, and the sound of the machine gun that dominated the performance was gone.

The weakening of the Eighth Route Army's firepower is a great opportunity.

"Attack! Attack the enemy!"

Takahashi Ichiro was shouting, and the grassroots commanders at the front were also shouting, and the sergeant took the opportunity to rush up with the soldiers.

Director Lu, who was observing the progress of the battle in the command post, also noticed this change.

At the same time, he also saw that twenty or thirty devils were climbing towards the top of the mountain.

"Heavy Gunner, come with me!"

After hearing the sad news of Sun Gaoze's sacrifice, Director Lu didn't say anything, but his hands were shaking non-stop.

He is the director of the Political Department of the th Brigade, and it is inappropriate to rush to the front line with a gun.

Now, the devils are all in sight, how can they not take revenge!
"Director Lu!"

The first battalion commander reacted a step slower and did not stop him.

Director Lu ignored it at all, and the bullets whistling past his ears led the machine gunner to quickly advance towards the position.

It is only a few meters away from the position, and it will arrive after passing a gentle slope.A bullet flew in and hit Director Lu in the right shoulder.

The huge impact made his body stop, his feet slipped, and Director Lu immediately fell to the ground.

The machine gunner wanted to help him, but he stopped him, "Leave me alone, get into the position quickly, and knock down the devils!"

"Yes!"

The machine gunner gritted his teeth and shouted vigorously, and entered the machine gun position with hatred.

"Little devil, I'm fucking your ancestor!"

He looked at the Japanese soldiers who were 30 to meters away, shouted, and fired the machine gun until the barrel turned red.

The dense bullets poured down like water, leaving three or four corpses behind, and the little devil had no choice but to retreat.

The two sides fought fiercely for nearly three hours near Xiyu Village on the right side of Lion Mountain.

From afternoon to evening.

More than half of the Japanese artillery squadron suffered casualties, leaving fifty corpses behind and fled in a hurry.

In Yangquan City, there were less than 700 Japanese and puppet troops who were still able to move after excluding those killed and seriously injured.

After two failures during the day, General Yamasho Taro almost became an ant on the hot pot.

He realized now that with less than 700 people in his own hands, it would be very difficult to complete the task of breaking through Lion's Brain Mountain and marching into the west section of Zhengtai Road.

Had to think of another way.

Staff officer Morita Colonel was partly responsible for the defeat in the afternoon's battle. Seeing the general's anxiety, he had the idea of ​​sharing his worries for the general.

"General, there are many expatriates in the city, why don't we gather them together for military training.

Even if it is not enough to go out of the city to fight, it is still enough for city defense. "

Japan is an island country with a small area and few resources. It has few domestic opportunities and its citizens are very introverted.

However, after going abroad, many people went to the colonies and enjoyed the preferential treatment of the upper-class Chinese.

Taking advantage of the power of the country, he made a lot of money by taking advantage of it.When I go back to my hometown to promote it, there are many people who are excited.

It used to be the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, Ryukyu, and Manchuria, these four colonies.

After the war of aggression against China, more people came to the mainland to try to make a fortune.

There are many Japanese overseas Chinese trying to make war fortune in Yangquan City.

Taro Yamasho also thought about it, the expatriates are always trustworthy.What's more, they took advantage of the power of the Imperial Japanese Army to make war fortune.

It is also right to contribute now.

Shan Shengtaro didn't think about it for too long: "Then gather the expatriates in the city and conduct military training. This task will be entrusted to you."

Obviously, in the eyes of the superior general.The dead and wounded soldiers are one set of numbers, and the nationals of the country are just another set of numbers.

Mr. Morita gladly took the order.

The words of the great man are the joys and sorrows of the little man.

Most of the Japanese overseas Chinese came to make war fortune. They were not soldiers, but businessmen who made money.

Some people have just made a fortune and are ready to return to China.When I heard that they were going to be assembled to prepare for war, I thought that this time it might be a "silent triumph".

They took out their best clothes, and some even wrote suicide notes, with solemn and solemn faces, revealing the scene of preparing to die amidst the chaos.

On the evening of August 21, Shan Shengtaro received the news, which strengthened his determination to capture Shinao Mountain.

Shan Shengtaro learned from the news that there is no problem in the area east of Yangquan.

The Wuming Bridge, Xinxing Town, Potou, Side Stone, Luomosi Town and other strongholds in the west of Yangquan were all captured by the Eighth Route Army.

It turned out that the communication of several strongholds was cut off. He had a glimmer of hope at first, but now that he got it, it was all the news of Shi Hammer.

If the Lion's Brain Mountain can no longer be taken down, the Eighth Route Army, which has freed up its hands, is very likely to have Longwangshu and launch attacks on the strongholds west of Yangquan.

By then, Yangquan will become an isolated city.

This is a scene he never wants to see.

On the morning of the 22th.

Yamashitaro organized more than 200 Japanese troops, Japanese overseas Chinese, and puppet troops together to attack Shinao Mountain.

No frontal attack, flank attack.

Wings can't do it, outflank them.

He had learned the lessons of the previous two failures, and this time he did not attack from the front, but attacked in a detour to the northeast highland of Shinao Mountain through Yanzigou.

In order to prevent ambushes and flank attacks by the Eighth Route Army, Yamasho Taro adopted the method of covering fire, controlling key points, and advancing step by step.
The 14nd Battalion of the 2th Regiment launched an attack to defend the northeast highlands of Lion's Brain Mountain.

After a day of fierce fighting, Major General Yamasho Taro still didn't get what he wanted.

The two sides are still facing off at the demarcation line of the previous day.

Although Shinao Mountain has not changed, the entire Zhengtai Road has undergone tremendous changes.

In a day when the Japanese made no progress, the th Division blew up several bridges in the west section of Zhengtai Road, damaged several kilometers of railways, and swept away several kilometers of wires.

At night, standing on the top of Shinao Mountain, I hope to go to Zhengtai Road.

You can see a fire dragon entrenched on the ground. It is the soldiers and civilians who have dug up the steel rails, and the ignited sleepers are burning blazingly.

Brigadier Chen of the th Brigade looked at the raging fire with his hands behind his back, obviously in a good mood.

I even want to recite a poem, but I can't recite it because I don't have the poetry cells.

Director Lu, who was wrapped in a bandage on his shoulder, came behind him at some point: "Old Chen, I saw your sign next to the map.

The little devil killed or injured another hundred people today, and the old devil in Shan Province has even less power in his hands.Are you tempted by Yangquan? "

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(End of this chapter)