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But Yoshio Shinozuka gave a death order, because if the Fifth Division retreated, it would be possible to save the Fifth Division and prevent them from being completely annihilated in the Yima Ridge area.
But the result of doing so is likely to make the entire battle situation in northwest Shanxi become more passive.
This is what Yoshio Shinozuka doesn¡¯t want to see.
The previous failures in the Taibai Mountain and Wutai Mountain battles made him secretly hold his breath, that is, he must win a big victory to prove himself no matter what.
It¡¯s just such paranoia that made him lose the calmness that a senior commander should have, and chose to give the order to the Fifth Division to continue to hold on.
At this time, on the lonely mountain, Xia Yang's troops had already set up defensive positions on the highlands along the way. At the same time, he also sent people to guard several important transportation routes leading north to Guangling County.
Because Xia Yang knew that judging from the current situation, the Japanese Fifth Division would most likely choose to break out. If they were responsible, they would be trapped in Yima Ridge because they ran out of ammunition.
Therefore, he ordered all the troops along the way not to rush to attack, but to consolidate the siege position against the Japanese Fifth Division.
Itagaki Seishiro looked at the telegram sent by Shinozuka Yoshio, and handed the telegram to the Chief of Staff Nishimura Rion with a solemn expression.
Nishimura Rion held the telegram in his hand, with a very solemn expression on his face.
"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, why are you so stubborn?" Nishimura Toshio said.
Itagaki Seishiro said: "In my opinion, it was the successive failures that made him lose his cool. But he lost his cool, but I can't. Even if there is a military court in the future, I will withdraw from Yima Ridge . If we stay here for a few more days, we will starve to death even if we are not annihilated by the enemy."
With that said, he walked to the map.
On this map, the red flags of the Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army are already scattered all over, and they are all areas controlled by the enemy.
As an important passage for their northward retreat, Gushan has now become a chain for the enemy to block them, trapping them in Yima Ridge.
If they want to go north to evacuate this area, they need to break through the enemy's defense line in Gushan, and then go north into Guangling County.
"Order the troops to immediately retreat to the north starting tomorrow morning. Otherwise, we will definitely be annihilated in this area." Itagaki Seishiro pointed at the map and said.
"But there are basically mountains over there, and there are only a few mountain roads to walk on." Nishimura Riwen said with some worry.
Itagaki Seishiro said: "Do you think there is any other way we can go?"
Moving forward, what stood in front of them was the main force of the Fourth Army, as well as the Independent Regiment and the New Regiment, totaling tens of thousands of people.
Only by going back and breaking through the enemy's line on Gushan, even if a gap is opened in the enemy's line, can they retreat north.
"Well, I will immediately summon other commanders to come to the headquarters for a meeting." Nishimura Riwen said.
They were already fighting with their last resort at this time, and only by breaking out with all their strength to the north could they have a chance of survival.
As for Yoshio Shinozuka¡¯s order, let him go to hell. They were unwilling to obey such a foolish order.
Xia Yang stood at the highest point of Gushan, overlooking the terrain of the entire Gushan area.
At the bottom of Gushan, there is the highway. If you go straight from this road, you can enter Yima Ridge.
If the Japanese army wants to retreat, they need to tear a gap in the lonely mountain. If they are responsible, they need to climb over the mountains.
Xia Yang knew that his opponent, Itagaki Seishiro, was definitely not someone to take for granted. He knew in his heart that this time they encircled the Japanese Fifth Division, and it was very likely that they would not be able to completely annihilate it.
¡°But in order to annihilate the effective strength of the Japanese Fifth Division to the greatest extent, he has arranged ambush positions along the possible retreat routes of the Japanese army.
Every time the Japanese army takes a step forward, it has to pay a very heavy price.
The game between the two sides in Lingqiu County has begun again.
Before dawn the next day, the leading troops of the Japanese army had already arrived outside Gushan.
Originally, the Japanese army planned to launch a surprise attack at night to create a gap. But this plan was rejected by Itagaki Seishiro.
Through many battles, Itagaki Seishiro already knew that the enemy had an unparalleled advantage in night battles. If they choose to attack at night, the only possibility is to kill the enemy.?It doesn't do anything at all.
So they chose to launch a fierce attack on the Gushan position in the early morning. The two brigades covering the rear need to block the attack of tens of thousands of enemy troops at the pass of Yima Ridge.
Those two brigades were ordered to hold on for twenty-four hours until the main force withdrew before they could withdraw from the Yimaling area.
The two captains of the Japanese army knew what the mission they accepted meant. However, they still did not shirk, but stated that they would complete the task of covering the retreat of the main force.
Amidst the bombardment of Japanese mountain artillery, the early morning in the Gushan area was completely torn apart.
The two regiments of the Japanese vanguard took the lead in assaulting the high ground on one side of the road. At the same time, the forces of the two brigades directly launched an attack on the Gushan position, hoping to involve the defenders on Gushan.
The main force of the Japanese artillery has been destroyed by the guard battalion. At this time, they only had some regiment-level mountain artillery and combat defense artillery left to carry out firepower attacks on Gushan.
But just after the Japanese artillery bombarded them for a few minutes, Xia Yang and his two artillery regiments launched a counterattack.
Their artillery scouts roughly calculated the location of the Japanese artillery positions based on the ballistic trajectories of the Japanese artillery shells. A few minutes later, the artillery regiment's counterattack followed.
It¡¯s just that the artillery regiment¡¯s counterattack did not focus on bombarding the Japanese infantry units, but directly hit their artillery units.
The remaining mountain artillery pieces of the Japanese army had just fired a few shells when they heard a roar.
They all looked up subconsciously, and saw that the whistling sound was getting closer and closer, and the next moment it had landed on their position.
Hundreds of artillery pieces bombarded at the same time, not only high-explosive bombs, but also a large number of white phosphorus incendiary bombs, napalm bombs, etc. After these shells exploded, they caused great damage.
Those Japanese artillerymen on the artillery positions were covered by intensive artillery fire before they could realize what was going on.
Amid the violent explosions, a large number of Japanese artillerymen were killed and wounded by artillery shells. Some were hit by white phosphorus incendiary bombs and napalm bombs, and turned into burning men. Amidst the miserable shouts, they were burned into pieces of rotten flesh. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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