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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 1134 Blood-stained Meng Mi (Part 1)

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    Chapter 1,134 Blood-stained Meng Mi (Part 1)

    Just as the Battle of Degang reached a stalemate, more than a thousand soldiers of one and a half battalions of the 1st Brigade were designed to be surrounded by the new Japanese leader Major General Nakazawa in a canyon west of Degang, forcing the directly affiliated corps to stop attacking.  At that time, in Banmao, more than 100 kilometers away from Degang, Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, the deputy commander of the ** Division in charge of this combat direction and the commander of the Sulu Mobile Corps, began a general attack on the Nomura headquarters of the Japanese vanguard force.  .

    The Japanese commander Toshihiko Nomura paid a heavy price for his carelessness and arrogance. Three heavy artillery regiments and three rocket launcher battalions belonging to the Sulu Mobile Corps brigade of the Japanese Army joined the attack on the Japanese troops at the same time.  The artillery fire rushed forward, and the overwhelming artillery shells fell densely on the Japanese marching column.

    Smoke filled the air, fire flashed, shrapnel flew across the sky, and huge explosions echoed in the Banmao Valley. From the Japanese advance guard to the rear brigade, along the more than ten kilometers long route, there was a sea of ??smoke, dust, and fire, with splashes everywhere.  The sand, gravel and soil, especially the areas covered by rocket shells, are completely deserted, the soil and rocks are scorched, and no grass can grow.

    In front were the mines and bombs that overturned the ground, and behind was the intensive firepower of the First Brigade. With two strong efforts, the Japanese troops were squeezed together. Nomura Toshihiko took a look and understood that the Chinese army was trying to surround me and annihilate me.  ah!

    Hiding behind a big rock, Nomura saw with his own eyes that a staff officer who had reported the situation to him ten minutes ago was directly hit by a large-caliber grenade. In a flash of fire, the living person was gone.  On the ground, there was only a huge crater, still smoking.

    This was the closest distance to him. In the distance, smoke and fire, gravel and soil blocked his sight. Officers covered with mud and whose faces were covered in gunpowder smoke looked like Stove Lords, rolling and crawling.  They came over to report the situation, and the content was the same. The Chinese troops blocked the forward and backward roads, and artillery fire covered the entire area.

    Nomura gritted his teeth. He understood that if he could not stand out today, not to mention the troops who went to rescue Nayun, even he would have to lie dead in the mountains of northern Myanmar, with no access from front to back, and it would still be the area blocked by the firepower of the Chinese troops. Then  Only by attacking both wings and tearing a hole can we gain a chance of survival.

    Nomura held up the falling soil and sand above his head and carefully observed the situation on both sides of Banmao Mountain with a telescope. Not to mention, the artillery fire of the Chinese troops was very fierce, but there was nothing unusual about the two wings of the shelling area.  Due to the situation, Nomura suddenly had a strange idea, "Could it be that the Chinese troops who ambush the Imperial Army here are insufficient in strength and can only use artillery fire to kill a large number of our Imperial Army soldiers, instead of the typical tactics of using infantry to attack our Imperial Army after the bombardment?"  The army launched an attack."

    I don¡¯t know why, but this thought, like a man possessed, was tumbling in Nomura¡¯s mind, lingering. Otherwise, the Chinese troops had been shelling for more than 20 minutes, why hadn¡¯t the infantry charged?  As quickly as possible, he ordered the troops who were still under artillery fire and unable to raise their heads to immediately launch attacks on the mountains on both sides to get rid of the threat of artillery fire from the Chinese troops and seize the high ground.

    Amidst the intensive artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers were first to execute orders, and more importantly, to get rid of the artillery shells roaring overhead. They also discovered that the artillery fire was only concentrated within a narrow range of more than ten kilometers, with the hills on both sides  Not a single shell fell.

    Nomura saw that the soldiers had climbed halfway up the mountain, and he became more and more convinced of his judgment. He didn't know if this guy was not smart enough or he was deceiving himself. In the world, that country's troops only used artillery instead of infantry to play the leading role in ambushes. But  Nomura would rather believe that the Chinese troops are too small to launch an infantry assault. This is also a practice often adopted by the cunning Chinese people. Perhaps, deep in Nomura's heart, this is the only place where hope can be seen in despair.  .

    "Report to the commander, the Japanese army has begun to attack Ban Mao's two-wing positions," Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe reported to Tang Qiusheng, but Tang Qiusheng asked another question, "Yuhe, according to your estimate, the thirty-minute artillery attack  , can it cause many casualties to the Japanese army?¡±

    Zhao Yuhe replied with the rigor of the chief of staff: "According to reports from the frontline units, the damage caused by artillery fire to the Japanese army is more than one-third." Tang Qiusheng calculated and said: "In other words, the number of Japanese soldiers who can launch an attack  The number will not exceed 26,000. Okay, order the artillery to stop shelling, and the frontline troops will immediately prepare for a counterattack. This time, more than half of the Japanese troops must be left behind."

    Nomura's heart almost jumped into his throat. The nightmare artillery fire of the Chinese troops finally stopped. His infantry had climbed to a position close to the top of the peak and had not heard the sound of gunfire. So, would anyone successfully break through?  possible?

    Nomura placed all his hopes on the soldiers. He no longer had any decent assault weapons in his hands.A tank brigade has become the focus of China's artillery. Nearly a hundred infantry reconnaissance assault vehicles and dozens of tanks have become piles of scrap metal on the mountain road, emitting black smoke and dark red flames.

    Nomura has finally seen what kind of assault vehicles the bureaucrats in the Imperial Labor Department equip the front-line troops with. A single large-caliber grenade can blow up several of these little bean-like vehicles.  If he could get away with it this time, he would return it all to the logistics department.

    The soldiers of the Sulu Mobile Corps, in their respective positions, looked coldly at the Japanese soldiers who were trying to dig up the mountain. The commanders of the various regiments of the ** Division all had different command styles, such as Liu Tiehan, who was brave and good at fighting,  He loves to compete head-on with his opponents, and enjoys the thrill of a hungry tiger pouncing on food. In his heart, he has the toughness of a Northeastern person.

    Tang Qiusheng's command style is very similar to that of his cousin Tang Qiuli. He likes to use strategies and ambushes. He always advocates winning by outsmarting him. He is like a falcon hovering in the sky. When he sees the right opportunity, he pounces on him and takes a bite.  Therefore, the Sulu Mobile Corps still had experience and experience in fighting ambush battles. They stayed in Banmao for four or five days just to prepare for this ambush battle.

    The ambush position layout of the Sulu Mobile Corps is also very unique. The firepower between each firepower point can be cross-fired, and there is no blind spot at all. In some places where the firepower cannot reach, almost vertical cliffs are artificially built to attack one side.  , it was impossible to climb up, and the ** division was equipped with a lot of heavy weapons and was not afraid of the Japanese artillery, which would pose a threat to the blocking troops.

    Mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and submachine guns form a three-layer fire net with different shooting distances. Coupled with the precise sniping of snipers, within a distance of 500 meters from the fortifications to the front line, the layers of fire nets block the fire. They are real bullets.  The death line formed was so tight that not even a mouse could get through.

    The Japanese army climbed to about 500 meters away from the position. In the mortar position behind, the gunners had already picked up the shells, but there was still no order to fire. At 400 meters, Tang Qiusheng put down the telescope in his hand and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe  : "Yuhe, it's time to start!"

    In the Banmao Mountains where the sound of artillery had fallen silent, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded from the highlands on both sides. Mortar shells like black storks rose to their highest point, then turned around and plunged towards the Japanese assault formation.  Halfway up the mountainside, smoke clouds rose up. The Japanese soldiers who were shelled by the shells accelerated their pace and rushed up the hillside crazily and instinctively.

    Thousands of gold stars appeared head-on, the sound of a heavy rain suddenly falling on the earth was heard, countless bullets were fired, and a metal storm blew up on the ground, hitting the bodies of the Japanese soldiers head-on. Blood spattered and screams continued, and the huge kinetic energy of light and heavy machine gun bullets  , flying out upside down with the Japanese soldiers covered in blood.

    The remaining Japanese soldiers had forgotten their fear and looked at the Japanese Army soldiers less than a hundred meters away with red eyes. They howled and rushed forward. A group of black grenades flew from the sky, risking "chi!"  The whistling white smoke fell around the Japanese soldiers. Immediately afterwards, countless Chinese soldiers stood up suddenly, and the unique "click-click" sound of the Somi submachine gun sounded deafening.

    The clearly layered and interlocking fire nets immediately covered the Japanese soldiers who entered within 500 meters of the front line of the fortifications. After more than 40 minutes, there was no longer a single standing Japanese soldier in sight.  The corpses and wounded Japanese soldiers covered the hillside of Banmao. Tang Qiusheng's order was completely and thoroughly implemented by the troops. More than 10,000 Japanese soldiers were thrown into the mountains.

    In just over forty minutes, under the excellent tactics and intensive firepower of the Sulu Mobile Corps, Nomura lost more than two-thirds of his troops. It has only been more than two hours since the battle started. First, there was a fierce attack.  The shelling, and then the sudden close combat fire strike, the Japanese army has been crippled, and the broken limbs of the Japanese soldiers are spread out on the front line for more than ten kilometers.

    "Order, the tank troops begin to attack and eliminate the remaining enemies," Tang Qiusheng issued the last order. Hundreds of tanks roared, with tongues of fire spitting from their muzzles, and attacked from the north and south. The end of the Japanese army had come.

    After dark, the Japanese troops no longer existed. When the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, they found Lieutenant General Toshihiko Nomura, whose head had been cut off half by a shell, behind a big rock. His appearance was no longer visible beside him.  With the Chief of Staff and several senior officers, the ambush at Ban Maoshan ended successfully at around 6 p.m. that night.

    Ban Mao, north of Degang, fought very smoothly, but Chang Feng's blocking force and Yu Guanghan's flanking force fought very hard on the Wubin line south of Degang, especially Chang Feng's frontal blocking force.  The casualties paid by the troops exceeded most people's expectations. In Degang, the battlefield was in a stalemate, and Tang Qiuli's mind was involved in two aspects.

    (To be continued)

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