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Chapter 385: Mengcheng Blockade (Part 2)

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    May 8th, after several days of hard work, the defenders' fortifications were built to a certain extent, but they were only half-decent. Zhou Yuan and others were not sure of the specific defensive capabilities.

    There is no way, mainly because they came in too hasty, and it has been raining continuously in the Mengcheng area for several days, so there is no steel and cement used to build the fortifications, and the construction of the fortifications is all made of soil, sand and gravel.

    However, soil and sand don¡¯t have much protective power. Ordinary guns may be able to block them, but artillery depends on luck.

    Although deputy division commander Zhou Yuan kept calling those behind him for help and asking his superiors to allocate ammunition and materials for building fortifications, it turned out that the 173rd Division headquarters did not have these materials itself, so Zhou Yuan's headquarters could only find a way.

    But during this period, the Japs¡¯ planes were constantly harassing Mengcheng. The Japs also knew the importance of Mengcheng, and they would never give the defenders time or opportunity to build fortifications.

    On the morning of the 8th, Japanese aircraft conducted another bombing and reconnaissance mission on Mengcheng, causing a certain amount of chaos to the defenders.

    Fortunately, only three Japanese fighter planes came and did not drop many bombs, so they did not cause many casualties, but shock was unavoidable.

    At about three o'clock in the afternoon, reports came from outside the city that Japanese search cavalry were also found on the north bank of the Wohe River!

    According to the report of the reconnaissance force, this is an armored cavalry squadron of about 150 people. Their purpose is to insert in front of the Seventh Army to intercept.

    Zhou Yuan immediately ordered the search troops of the 1033rd Regiment to immediately intercept the Japanese cavalry and give the enemy a head-on blow!

    After receiving the order, the search team of the 1033rd Regiment immediately entered the wheat fields on the north bank of the Guohe River to set up an ambush. When the Little Japanese cavalry appeared near the wheat fields, the defenders suddenly launched an attack.

    The Japanese cavalry themselves were very arrogant. They never thought that the defenders would set up an ambush here. They were suddenly attacked and there was chaos!

    The panicked Japanese armored cavalry could not dismount and fight, nor could they fight on horseback. These Gui soldiers lay on the ground to intercept and could not be cut with swords.  After a while, dozens of Japanese cavalry dismounted, and the rest left in panic!

    The search team did not pursue them and quickly crossed the river back to the south bank to help defend the city.

    Knowing that the cavalry squadron had been ambushed and suffered heavy losses, the Japanese commander was furious and immediately ordered the troops to speed up their march and rush to Mengcheng.

    At five o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Japanese army arrived at the outskirts of Mengcheng, and then launched a siege. Soon the villages at the east gate of Mengcheng and the positions outside the south gate were attacked by Japanese artillery fire, cavalry and infantry.

    In order to find out the situation of the defenders in the city, the Japanese army not only dispatched fighter planes, but also launched airborne balloons for observation.

    Soon the Japanese army discovered that the number of defenders in Mengcheng was very limited, only two to three thousand people. The little Japanese were overjoyed.

    At this time, there were six to seven thousand Japanese troops outside Mengcheng, and there were also a large number of heavy weapons. Even if they were replaced one by one, the defenders could be wiped out.

    The Japanese commander outside the city was Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro, the new division commander of the Ninth Division. He believed that with superior strength and well-equipped equipment, he could immediately eliminate the Chinese troops facing him, so he almost did not hesitate and immediately ordered the troops to launch an attack.

    "What Higuchi Kiichiro didn't know was that the defenders in front of them were the fighter jets in the warlord's army - Gui Jun.

    As the direct descendant of the Guangxi leader Li Bai, the 173rd Division is a relatively powerful force in the Gui army. They have already figured out some of the tactics of the Japs. The Ninth Division just rushed in.  The main thing is to suffer a loss.

    In the position outside the east gate, the Japanese troops were very fast. Two small groups of Japanese troops advanced quickly and jumped over two trenches. They mounted their machine guns on the trenches and attacked the third trench!

    But at this moment, the Japanese commander who was observing with a telescope in the distance suddenly felt his eyes dazzled, and then discovered that the two Japanese officers and the heavy machine gun on the front trench had mysteriously disappeared.

    Nani?  what happened?

    Just when they were thinking wildly, a sudden burst of rifle and machine gun fire came from the trench behind the little Japanese who entered the defender's position. Like magic, countless Chinese soldiers emerged and wiped out the attacking Japanese troops in an instant.

    In an instant, two squads of Japanese troops were wiped out. More than a hundred people were not spared. It was weird and terrifying!

    In fact, how could the little devil know that these are tactics specifically used by the Gui army to deal with them!

    It turns out that the Japanese army cannot look left or right when charging. This is a requirement of their tactical drill. When the infantry jumps over the trench, as long as there are no living Chinese soldiers in sight,?Keep charging.

    There is nothing wrong with this habit of the Japanese army. This can keep the soldiers on high alert as much as possible. This is another important reason why the Japanese army is not afraid of death.

    It's just that they met the Gui Army. The Gui Army and the Japanese army fought in many battles such as the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing. They had already figured out the opponent's fighting method, so they came up with a special method to deal with the little Japanese.  .

    The Gui Army's tactic against the Japanese army was the famous hiding hole strategy, which was to build a large number of hidden cat-ear holes in the trenches. All the soldiers hid in the cat-ear holes. After the Japanese infantry rushed through, the defenders would then escape from the cat-ear holes.  Come out of the hole, and then point the muzzle of the gun at the little devil's back and hit him hard.

    ¡°For example, just now, the Japanese squad leader and the heavy machine gun were dragged down the trench by the Chinese soldiers hiding in the cave.

    And this tactic once again showed its power in the subsequent Battle of Wuhan, causing huge casualties to the little devils!

    Later, in order to deal with this kind of tactics of the national army, the little devils had to adjust their tactics. In order to deal with this terrible and hidden cat ear hole, the little devils even had to carry out large-scale madness on the defenders' positions before every battle.  Indiscriminate bombing destroyed all defensive trenches.

    ¡°But this will require a lot of artillery shells and aerial bombs. If the Chinese army has to do this for a long time, even a country with industrial capabilities as strong as Japan cannot afford it.

    This is something to say later. At the moment, the Japanese army still doesn¡¯t understand the Gui army¡¯s new tactics. Seeing that the two attacking infantry squads were annihilated in such an inexplicable way, the Japanese officers watching from behind were puzzled.

    After some discussion, the Little Japanese officers agreed that the defenders must have dug tunnels leading to the trenches, and the only way to blow up the defenders' tunnels was through bombing and shelling.

    Following the orders of the Japanese commander, a large number of artillery and aviation forces began to bombard the defenders' positions indiscriminately. The shells fell as if they were free, and the bombs made the defenders' positions fly into dust.

    However, the real situation is that there are not many defenders on the front line at all, and the bombing by the little devil is just a waste of ammunition!

    After the shelling, the Japanese attack began again!

    But what the little devil didn¡¯t expect was that this attack was completely defeated by the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the 1033 regiment.

    Look at the sky getting dark, the exhausted Japanese army had to stop the attack and planned to retreat and rest before coming back tomorrow.

    "But the defenders are not vegetarians. The Gui army has always taken revenge, and it will not last overnight.

    Come and leave whenever you want, how can there be such a good thing in this world.  Seeing that the Japanese army was about to retreat after a random fight, the 1033 regiment immediately began to counterattack, and the entire regiment was fully engaged in the battle.

    First the third battalion, then the second battalion. When the Japanese army wanted to stabilize their position, a company of the first battalion ambushed outside the south gate and rushed straight into the Japanese command system. The Japanese army never expected that the Chinese army would counterattack like this, and there was chaos.  , there is no other option but to retreat in a hurry.

    The little Japanese retreated for several miles in panic before they stabilized their position. Even some of their tanks were overturned by dust bugs.

    In this battle, the powerful Japanese Ninth Division was defeated by a small Chinese infantry regiment. It also lost a lot of weapons and equipment, and even a dozen Japanese soldiers became prisoners.

    ? ? Almost all of the Japanese prisoners who were captured were pulled out of the tanks, a total of 18 of them, but they were all new recruits.

    When the news came, Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro, the commander of the Ninth Division, was immediately furious. He first ordered the Japanese captain Yamada Yujiro who was responsible for front-line command operations to commit suicide, and then personally formulated a plan to conduct a night attack.

    However, what Higuchi Kiichiro did not expect was that the defenders had already prepared. They had long expected that the Japanese army, unwilling to accept defeat, would definitely send people to attack at night, so they set up an ambush in the front line.

    In this night attack, the Japanese troops were severely beaten by the well-fed 1033 officers and soldiers. Guns and artillery fired all night long. When it got dark, the bodies of the Japanese troops were everywhere, and the losses were extremely heavy.

    But after all, the Japanese army has the numerical advantage. Although the sneak attack last night suffered heavy losses, they still succeeded in sneaking across the upper reaches of the Guohe River by relying on their strength.

    Then the Japanese troops pressed in from west to east, and many of the defenders' strongholds outside the city were captured, resulting in considerable losses.

    However, the defenders were also tenacious enough and fought for almost every inch of territory. Every time the Japanese army captured a small stronghold, they had to pay a heavy price!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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