Chapter 20 put a long line to catch big fish

Wang Yaowu's side has just started, and there is good news on Minshan's side.After avoiding the opponent's three moves, the 151st Brigade took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and took down the key points of Gaoling, Egongbao, and Hongjiashan. Among the targets set by the 151st Brigade, there were Jinlonggeng and Zuoyunling, but they failed to capture them for two consecutive days and nights, and the brigade commander Zhou Zhidao had to find another way. Before the 74th Army arrived at Minshan, not all the mountains here were controlled by the Japanese army, and Huaguoshan was occupied by a certain unit of the New 15th Division.At night, Zhou Zhidao sent out all the main force of the brigade except for a small number of troops to defend the original position, and attacked the Japanese army's left back along the south side of Huaguo Mountain.

The Japanese army was also very vigilant. They had actually discovered the 151st Brigade that had come to attack at night, but they did not shoot at first. Japanese reporter Komata once interviewed with the army during the Xuzhou Battle.One night they were attacked by the Chinese army at night. Machine gun bullets rained down, and mortar shells "chirped" across the night sky. It was obvious that the attackers were not ordinary small troops.At that time, Xiaomata was so panicked that he even wore his shoes upside down, but the Japanese commander beside him was very calm. He ordered: "No shooting", "No sound", and then the Japanese soldiers who entered the position really did not say anything. Noise, no bombs fired.

It was not until the Chinese army sounded the bugle and shouted to charge that the commander gave the order to shoot.That night attack by the Chinese army failed, and more than 200 dead Chinese soldiers were left on the battlefield after dawn. Xiao Mata said: "The number of two hundred does not sound like much, but seeing more than 200 dead bodies is really incredible." gone." Whether you can hold your breath or not determines whether the soldiers are well-trained.The military quality of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army was praised by even Neiji Okamura. Instead of firing rashly at the 151st Brigade, they just wanted to catch a big fish with a long line and let the opponent die in front of the formation—not two hundred, Ask for more!

As soon as the 151st Brigade approached the enemy's position, the Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns fired, followed by grenades, mortars, and small steel cannons (that is, ultra-light mortars, also called grenades). The torrential rain generally engulfed the night raiders. The night raid turned into a massacre, and the 151st Brigade was badly wounded.However, this army is not the kind of fish belly that retreats and collapses as soon as it is hit. I don’t know how many times it has encountered similar thrilling scenes, and they immediately turned to attack on the spot. The Japanese army seems to have picked up a bargain, but don’t forget that such a bargain can only be implemented when the opponent is closest. In other words, it also shortens the attacking distance of the attacker and increases the possibility of a successful attack. .

The 151st Brigade charged all night, and before dawn, Jinlonggeng and Zuoyunling were conquered one after another, and along with it, Guandi Temple, Pingfengao and other places were also captured by victory. This is a good report card, with many blood-stained names on it: In the night attack, Zhai Yuben, the commander of the third battalion, died heroically in the line of duty, and more than 600 officers and soldiers were killed or injured. Minshan has become the focus of attention and contention between the enemy and ourselves.The Japanese army sent massive reinforcements to Minshan, reaching a brigade. Judging from the documents seized later, the troops included not only the Ninth Division, but also the 106th Division. May have been summoned.

On September 1, under the cover of aircraft, the Japanese army launched a three-dimensional attack on the position of the 151st Brigade. From the mid-to-late period of the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army has controlled the air supremacy on almost all battlefields. In the words of Chinese soldiers, there is only a "red sun" in the sky at ordinary times, but no "blue sky and white sun". no. The Chinese army not only lacks air supremacy, but also has no anti-aircraft equipment, and all units have no anti-aircraft guns, which allows Japanese aircraft to lower their flight altitudes recklessly.The so-called three-dimensional attack is to let the aircraft take turns to fly at low altitude over the Chinese position before the infantry attack, and after finding the target, drop bombs and use machine guns to shoot.

If it can be dispersed and concealed in time, the lethality of the Japanese aircraft is not great. , Only the garrison troops were left on the position, and the rest were all disguised and hidden.The Japanese planes couldn't keep bombing. Once their infantry approached the Chinese position, they could only temporarily stop their flags and drums in order to avoid accidentally injuring their own people. Usually, when the Japanese infantry entered the range of three to four hundred meters to one hundred and fifty meters before the position, it was the best time for the defenders to counterattack. They could concentrate light and heavy machine guns and rifles and rely on blazing firepower to repel the enemy.The 151st Brigade used this experience to defeat the Japanese attack.

The frontal offense and defense have entered a stalemate, and the Japanese army can only look for weak points in other areas.At eleven o'clock in the morning, they launched a fierce attack on the New 15th Division.The New 15th Division belonged to a part of the Sichuan Army, and its combat capability was very weak, and its position was broken through in one fell swoop. The position was lost, but what was worse was that the Japanese army followed suit and cut the position of the 151st Brigade into several sections in the process of chasing after the New 15th Division. The Japanese army launched a general offensive across the board.The battle became fierce in an instant, and before dusk, the Japanese offensive became more fierce.After repeated charges, Luo Heng of the 301st Regiment was killed in the Goose Gongbao. Seeing that the troops suffered too many casualties, the 151st Brigade withdrew to defend that night.

Just when the 151st Brigade was in a bitter battle, Wang Yaowu actually led the 153rd Brigade into position. After receiving the order, the 153rd Brigade rushed through the starry night and arrived near Dongling before dawn.The reason why they couldn't come for reinforcements in time was that they were bombed by enemy planes and couldn't carry out a large-scale march. A battalion of the 306th Regiment was ordered to attack the Japanese side to assist the 151st Brigade's frontal offensive and defensive battle. All the 51st divisions were transferred up, but they still had to retreat, which made the headquarters of the First Corps feel very nervous.Xue Yue shrunk the two wings of the Jinguan Bridge defense line and restructured the hook-shaped positions on the two wings, while sending all the 74th Army to Minshan to fight.

Yu Jishi, who had been promoted to the commander of the regiment but was still the commander of the 74th Army, gave instructions to Wang Yaowu to order the 51st Division to stick to the original position, and after the 58th Division arrived, they would join forces to attack the enemy in front of them.