NCCnovel Chapter 705 What Will the Japs Do?
Chapter 705 What Will the Japs Do?
It was a starry night, and Dai Anlan and Hu Lian were drinking tea under the moon.
Dai Anlan was in a good mood today because they broke through the Japanese's Taohuayu left wing position. However, the battle was not over yet and he could not drink. He could only pick up the teacup and clink glasses with Hu Lian.
"Junru, you can actually have a couple of drinks. After all, you are just a military observer and are not bound by the regulations of our independent column."
Hu Lian took a sip of tea and smiled slightly.
"Haha, Yan Gong, stop joking! If I drink in front of you, can you still drink this tea?"
"Haha, you still understand me! I owe you this dinner. When the battle is over, I will treat you to three days of feasting!"
"Okay, it's a deal!"
The two of them drank tea instead of wine, and finished the cups in one gulp.
Hu Lian looked at the bright moon in the sky, and seemed to be filled with sorrow. He sighed, "Alas!"
Dai Anlan put down the teacup and leaned forward slightly.
"Junru, are you thinking?"
"Haha, aren't you urging me to return to Chongqing to report? I have received a total of ten telegrams from the First War Zone, the Military and Political Department, and the Military and Political Affairs Office today, all of which are urging me.
But I have made up my mind that I will not return to Chongqing until I see you take over the Yellow River Bridge this time!"
Hu Lian didn't know at this moment that the photo of him and the 124th Infantry Brigade of the Fourth Army, called "Luoyang Great Merit Brigade", was already placed on Chang Guangzhou's desk.
It’s exactly the same as when Dai Anlan was suspected.
Hu Lian looked at the silent Dai Anlan, smiled and waved his hand.
"Oh, don't worry about me! I am his favorite student, a direct descendant of his. I will be scolded at most when I go back, it's no big deal. But I can learn a lot of good things from you, I can tell what is important and what is not!
By the way, Yangong, if you take over the left wing position of Taohuayu today, will the Japanese give up? Will they organize a counterattack? "
"Well, I have considered the problem you mentioned, so we have made careful arrangements on the east side of the left wing of Taohuayu, laying mines and arranging patrols to prevent enemy raids!
Hey, Junru, if you were Ochiai Jinjiurō of the 27th Division, what would you do? "
Hu Lian poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, thought carefully for two minutes, and then said three words:
"Hand-to-hand combat!"
"Hand-to-hand combat?"
Hu Lian put the teacup on the table and then explained:
"The Japanese are not as well-equipped as you, especially tanks and artillery. What's more, they have what you have while they don't, and they are weak while you are strong, so the Japanese won't compete with you in long-range firepower.
Only hand-to-hand combat, night fighting, and close combat can make up for their inferior weapons and equipment, just like us in the past."
Dai Anlan thought thoughtfully, that was indeed the situation at that time.
At that time, he was still in the Central Army. Although their weapons and equipment were better than those of the Eighth Route Army, they were still far inferior to the Japanese. Therefore, they organized batches of death squads to fight the Japanese with explosive packs, cluster grenades, or even machetes.
Hu Lian had a deeper understanding of hand-to-hand combat. After all, he personally commanded the largest hand-to-hand combat in China at that time.
In May 1943, in order to quickly resolve the problem on the Chinese battlefield and force the Chongqing Central Government to surrender, the Japanese invaders drew troops from various battlefields and launched an attack on Chongqing from Hubei.
The Japanese invaders relied on their warships and planes to sail down the Yangtze River, and after conquering Yichang, Hubei, they approached the Shibei Fortress, the last line of defense in Hubei at that time.
In order to stop the Japanese at the stone tablet, the Chongqing government deployed dozens of mines, the last assets of the Chinese Navy, on the surface of the Yangtze River outside the stone tablet.
The Japanese were eager to capture the Shibei Fortress. On the one hand, they sent warships to clear the mines on the Yangtze River to prevent the warships from being sunk. On the other hand, they sent infantry ashore with mountain cannons and mortars, climbed up the mountains and forests outside the Shibei Fortress, and bombarded the Shibei Fortress.
The main reason why the Chongqing government chose to build a fortress at Shibei on the Yangtze River was because the terrain of Shibei was steep. No matter how many Japanese soldiers came, they could only advance along the mountain road, and it was difficult to take advantage of their military strength.
A large number of Japanese soldiers went up the mountain and marched along the mountain path. From a distance, it seemed that the entire mountain was covered with Japanese troops.
At this time, the defenders occupying the commanding heights on the top of the stone tablet mountain began to use the geographical advantage to shoot downwards.
In the mountains, "high-to-low" attacks were just like chopping rapeseed flowers with a sickle, and every hit was accurate. Moreover, the hilltops occupied by the defenders could support each other, forming crossfire, making it difficult for the Japanese to move forward.
After the Japanese attack was blocked, they dispatched planes and warships to carry out intensive bombing on the hills of Shibei. One hill after another was occupied by the Japanese and their plaster flags were planted.
The Japanese used warships and planes to clear the way, and built real artillery positions on the shore, continuously advancing forward.
However, Hu Lian, the commander of the 11th Division, saw that the Japanese were coming in full force and that the troops stationed on the hilltops had suffered heavy casualties, with more than one-half of the troops being killed in combat, and some even reaching three-quarters.
Hu Lian had no choice but to order the 11th Division to retreat temporarily, gather the troops, and prepare for a decisive battle in the final position.
On May 1943, 5, War Zone Commander Chen Cheng sent a telegram asking Hu Lian whether he could defend the stone tablet!
When Hu Lian looked at the Japanese warships, planes and artillery, he knew that the battle would be disastrous, but he still replied: I am determined to die.
After replying to the call, Hu Lian led all the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division to write a suicide note and took the lead in swearing:
"Han and thieves cannot coexist, as is clearly taught in ancient times. The Chinese and the barbarians must be strictly distinguished, and the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Annals must be upheld... Now that the thieves are invading, we must resolutely annihilate them, use all our strength, and sacrifice our lives for them."
The final battle of Shipai took place on the highest mountains of Caojiafan.
The defenders of the 11th Division had no place to retreat, while the Japanese were determined to win, and both sides were killing each other.
After the Japanese came up through the steep mountain road, not even a few sporadic gunshots could be heard.
Just like the siege warfare in the cold weapon era, the Japanese soldiers immediately squeezed in with their guns horizontally to make room for the Japanese troops behind them.
The soldiers of the 11th Division held spears more than two meters long and kept stabbing at the Japanese soldiers who were rushing up. The two sides mixed together and started fighting.
Seeing that the human wall formed by our soldiers on the top of the mountain was difficult to break through, the Japanese used smoke bombs and mountain cannons, and finally tore a gap in the human wall, starting a hand-to-hand combat between the two armies.
This hand-to-hand combat was Hu Lian's magic weapon for the final victory. He knew very well that the weapons and equipment of the 11th Division were far inferior to those of the Japanese devils, so he could only blend in with the Japanese devils, making the Japanese soldiers dare not shoot, the warships and artillery in the distance dare not fire, and the planes dare not bomb.
Finally, after a bloody battle, the soldiers of the 11th Division drove the Japanese out of the stone tablet.
The defenders of the Stone Tablet Fortress paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties and killed more than 1,000 enemies.