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Chapter 1,033 Attacking the Japanese Stronghold

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    Nakajima is very calm now. If he chooses to turn around and deal with Bai Mingxuan and other infiltration troops at this time, he will be messing up his position.  At that time, Chen Shiliang and others on the front will take the opportunity to launch more frequent attacks, leaving them vulnerable to enemies from both sides, and even causing them to lose the initiative despite their superior strength.

    After receiving the order from Nakajima Kongo, the Japanese troops continued to search forward.  At the same time, some smaller search forces also began to merge to ensure that they would not be annihilated by the enemy's superior forces in a short period of time.

    When the Japanese army was fighting against Chen Shiliang's Fourth Brigade and other guerrillas in the Wutai Mountain area, Xia Yang and his troops from the ancient city of Mongolia basically reached the junction of Wutai Mountain and Taibai Mountain.

    It takes two days to hike from the ancient city of Mengyuan to Mount Wutai.  Nearly 40,000 troops shuttled between overlapping mountains and basically arrived at the combat position within the scheduled time.

    The first cavalry troops to arrive did not rush to attack, but spread out their forces and began to use the high mobility of the cavalry to conduct large-scale reconnaissance.

    They mainly wanted to find out the defense situation of the Japanese army's strongholds, as well as the patrol routes of the patrols, etc.

    On the road at the junction of Taibai Mountain and Wutai Mountain, there are more than thirty Japanese strongholds and gun towers in total.  The number of people in each gun building is at least dozens of soldiers, and there are even more than two squads stationed there.

    Although the number of troops in these strongholds seems small, they are enough to block the entire highway, making it impossible for ordinary small groups of guerrillas to cross the blockade.

    In addition, there are some heavily guarded material warehouses, etc., which are also next to these gun towers and strongholds.  In this way, once the warehouses storing supplies are attacked, the little Japs in the gun towers and strongholds can provide a certain degree of support.

    Xia Yang¡¯s troops gradually arrived less than ten kilometers away from the Japanese blockade area.  But they were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they were following the plan in advance, entering their respective combat positions, and then waiting for Xia Yang's order to attack.

    At this time, two full days had passed since the Japanese army invaded the depths of Mount Wutai on a large scale.

    The battle in Wutai Mountain officially started on the night of the first day of the Japanese invasion.

    Last night, Bai Mingxuan's 189th Regiment and other troops successfully annihilated many Japanese troops. The news of this success reached Xia Yang in the morning.

    However, Chen Shiliang also expressed concern to Xia Yang, because the Japanese army was still advancing deep into Wutai Mountain, constantly shrinking their guerrilla survival space.  If the Japanese search scope is further narrowed in a few days, the possibility of encounters between them and Japanese troops will greatly increase.

    At that time, it is the time to truly test them.

    "There are more than 30 enemy gun towers and strongholds, and we are focusing on attacking four places. By capturing these four gun towers and strongholds, we can cut off the communication between the Japanese army's gun towers and strongholds, making their various strongholds  Losing the ability to interact with each other." Xia Yang pointed at the military map and said.

    "So the main attacking troops must show their full ability. I don't care how many casualties you pay. I only need you to take down these Japanese strongholds and artillery towers before dark tomorrow, so that the follow-up troops can advance into Mount Wutai."  Open up channels in the area to create conditions for us to launch large-scale mobile warfare against the Japanese army on the edge of Wutai Mountain and Taibai Mountain." Xia Yang said.

    "Guaranteed to complete the mission!!" the commanders of those troops shouted in response.

    Xia Yang said: "Okay, let's go! If you need artillery support, just say so. Our fourth division doesn't have many divisions and we have enough artillery tubes."

    With the support of these artillery, their critical battle will become much easier to fight.

    Because many of the Japanese army¡¯s artillery towers and strongholds were designed and constructed without considering protection against shelling.  Especially some large-caliber artillery, because they know that the National Army and the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi basically have no large-caliber artillery.

    But they missed Xia Yang's troops. Xia Yang had already established two artillery regiments in this year.  And they are all equipped with very advanced field artillery and have very sufficient ammunition reserves.

    The caliber of these field guns is not very large, but it is enough to cause damage to Japanese gun towers and strongholds.

    The troops responsible for the main attack mainly include the two regiments of the 386th Brigade and the two regiments under Xia Yang.  After they occupied these four strongholds, they could open up a two-kilometer-diameter tunnel for Xia Yang and his troops.??channel.

    On a high slope three miles away from Zhaojiagou is an important stronghold of the Japanese army.

    The Japanese troops stationed at this stronghold had the strength of two squads, totaling more than a hundred people.

    There are a total of four gun towers in the stronghold that rely on each other and control the road below.  Several heavy machine guns are set up on the turrets, as well as several mortars. They can rely on the favorable terrain here to prevent troops several times their strength from passing through this area.

    The person responsible for commanding this place is Kanagawa, the captain of the 7th Squadron under the 33rd Regiment of the Japanese Army.

    He is not very old, only in his early thirties, but it has been two years since he invaded China.  This person participated in many battles, including the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Wuhan, etc., and had rich combat experience.

    It is not just the Japanese troops stationed here, but also a company of puppet troops.  The puppet army plus the two Japanese squads totaled a garrison strength of 200 people.

    The number of people in a Japanese team is usually more than fifty.  Although the number is not large, it is only equivalent to a reinforced platoon of the Chinese army, but its equipment is very sophisticated.

    A Japanese army squad usually consists of four detachments, with each detachment having about thirteen people.  Its equipment includes a light machine gun, four machine gunners, eight riflemen, and a commander.  In addition, there is a specialized grenade detachment, usually carrying three to four grenade launchers.

    The Japanese troops stationed at the stronghold were also equipped with five heavy machine guns, which greatly increased their firepower.  There are also a hundred puppet troops stationed here with them, but their overall equipment and combat capabilities are incomparable to these elite Japanese squads.

    "According to previous intelligence, there are two small Japanese teams, plus a puppet army company, about 200 people. There is sufficient ammunition, there are more than ten light and heavy machine guns in total, and the firepower is very fierce." The speaker was Ma Siyuan, a subordinate of the Second Brigade.  Wang Zichen, combat staff officer of the 122nd Regiment.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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