Chapter 27 Chapter 27 "Red Miao" Reached the Top

Zhang Chong's action was considered fast, but when he handed over the defense to Yu Xuezhong and led the 184th Division to march to the foot of Yuwang Mountain, he found that it was still a step too late. The 182nd Division was driven off the mountain again! Just as Zhang Chong had expected, the Jigu Division was indeed coming towards Yuwang Mountain this time. Not only were there large troops concentrated in the grove, but also a sufficient amount of shells. Tanks can't drive up the mountain, but shells can always hit it. Yuwang Mountain is a small mountain. In response to this characteristic, Jigu adopted the "red wall tactic".

At the beginning of the test firing, when the shells landed, they saw white smoke on the top of the mountain, and then the artillery fire gradually extended forward, backward, left, and right. Finally, the entire Yuwang Mountain was engulfed in gunpowder smoke, and the shape of the mountain could not be seen at all. This is called the "red wall". If you don't want to die inside the "wall", you have to get out of it obediently. The 182nd Division has long been a broken division, how can it withstand such a fierce shelling.Zhang Chong also knew that he could not be touched head-on, so he hurriedly asked the fifth theater for support.

Bai Chongxi personally dispatched and dispatched all the special forces under his control: heavy artillery was used to suppress Japanese artillery, field artillery was used to block the passage of Yuwang Mountain, and anti-aircraft artillery directly destroyed Japanese tanks. Around Yuwang Mountain, Bai Chongxi and Jigu fought face to face in a "foreign battle", that is, a genuine artillery battle. As the "red wall" gradually disappears, the "red seedlings" can appear on the stage. In addition to calling the Dian army "monkey soldiers", the Japanese also have another disrespectful title: barbarian soldiers. To a certain extent, this is because there are many officers and soldiers from Yi and Miao ethnic minorities in this army. Zhang Chong himself is a Yi. people.

The identity of the Southwest Yi and Miao people in ancient books is "Manbu", or "Hongmiao".It is not uncommon for "barbarian soldiers" to appear here. Dai Mingshi, a literati in the Qing Dynasty, said in "Ji Hongmiao Shi" that "Hongmiao" does not distinguish between men and women, and all of them walk like flying in the mountains, and they can't even catch up with horses. The thorns and venomous pincers can't hurt even an inch! This is average, "Hong Miao" is also good at rock climbing. They only need to retract their hands and feet, shrink like a hedgehog ("but hold their hands and feet, shrink their bodies like a hedgehog"), and then jump out, just inhaling and breathing, and in a blink of an eye, they can climb to the ground. Go up any cliff.

Compared with the cliffs, Yuwang Mountain is really nothing, so what Zhang Chong said is quite right. In the contest on Yuwang Mountain, the Japanese army will suffer and the Yunnan army will take advantage. The latter's ability to fight in the mountains is far beyond the people on the plains. Can and. After a few days of observation, Zhang Chong had already figured out the rules of the Japanese army's fighting: these boys like to use firepower first, and then go to the infantry. So when charging up the mountain, he held his breath, instead of braving the rain of bullets as usual, he asked everyone to use their climbing skills to find a rock to hide first.

If the Japanese army wanted to fire, let it fire first, and when the opponent was almost vented, Zhang Chong concentrated his mortars and light and heavy machine gun salvos. In fact, this is to take advantage of a time difference, that is, when it hits you, it will not be able to hit you. When you hit it, the Japanese infantry just came up, and every hit is accurate! If you are really desperate, you have to wait until the salvo is over and the infantry rushes up to fight hand-to-hand. A hundred years ago, Mr. Dai Mingshi once described the living habits of "Hongmiao" in this way: living in dangerous places, sexually addicted to killing - objectively speaking, it is impossible not to be "bloodthirsty". frontier people, and if they are weak, the frontier people will abuse them."

Whether to bully others or be bullied by others depends entirely on one's own ability, so old and young, all people are soldiers, and they can do both. Zhang Chong said, how to fight, you have to follow the rules of our ancestors of the Yi nationality. All injured officers and soldiers who were hit by knives or arrows in the front were rewarded, which means that you were injured when you charged forward. Getting hit in the back? From ordinary soldiers to brigade generals, this is the case. Even the brigade commander dared not break the rule set by Zhang Chong.The brigade commander who commanded the attack on Yuwang Mountain charged forward, but was hit by a bullet. After being shot, instead of getting on a stretcher, he walked up to Zhang Chong and asked him to check to see if the bullet had penetrated from the front. .

Zhang Chong saw that he was indeed shot in the chest: OK, it's a man, let's go down the mountain. He wanted to send an escort, but the brigade commander refused: if he wanted to send someone, the front line would have one less soldier.My injury is not too serious, and I can walk back by myself. The Dian army had rushed to the halfway up the mountain, leaving only one mountaintop. As a commanding height, from the top of Yuwang Mountain, you can overlook the entire battlefield including Taierzhuang. The defenders transport a wounded to the rear, send some ammunition to the front, come and go, and you can have a clear view from the top.

If the Japanese army controlled this place, and even established artillery positions, it would undoubtedly be able to cut off the arteries between the front and rear of the Chinese army. Lu Han told Zhang Chong: No matter how much the price is paid, the top of Yuwang Mountain must be regained. The brigade commander has been injured, and Zhang Chong, the division commander, decided to go into battle himself. At this time, due to the vigorous offensive of the Yunnan army, the Japanese army quickly called artillery to fire smoke bombs on the mountain in order to block it. Smoke bombs were supposed to block the opponent's line of sight, but it didn't necessarily work against the Yunnan Army.

The climate characteristics of Yunnan and Guizhou are very different from those of the Central Plains. When Dai Mingshi visited the land in the past, he knew that the places where the Yi and Miao people live together are often covered with miasma and smog. Even if you get close, you can’t see people. "). Minority officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Army, when they are at home, they come and go in smoke bombs every day, and they are afraid of you. The smoke bombs could not help the Dian army, and the weather was not happy, so it had to find someone to play tricks on, so the wind direction suddenly changed, and the smoke bombs were blown towards the Japanese army positions unexpectedly.

People in Yunnan are not afraid of either "miasma" or smoke bombs, but the Japanese are afraid of both, and when they are shrouded in smoke, they suddenly feel dizzy. The old Mengzi is a lucky general, and the little Mengzi is also a lucky general.Zhang Chong seized this rare opportunity, blew the charge horn, and drove the Japanese army down from the top of the mountain in one fell swoop. After regaining Yuwang Mountain, Zhang Chong wiped his sweat and sent a good news to Lu Han. Lu Han was very happy at first, but when he raised his binoculars to take a look, his face changed from sunny to cloudy. What recovery, are you blind, see for yourself! Zhang Chong was so scolded that Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out. According to his words, he saw a plaster flag floating somewhere on the top of the mountain. Zhang Chong replied immediately: These are the Japanese soldiers who have not escaped in time. I will immediately organize a death squad to kill them. Although Lu Han was behind to supervise the battle, Zhang Chong was not reckless, because he knew that the devil soldiers under the domination of despair would behave more viciously and hysterically at such a time. Death squads are not equal to "death squads", they must have fire cover. Zhang Chong concentrated his mortars and carried out covering bombardment based on the plaster flag.After the road was opened, the death squads were allowed to move forward. Lu Han was far away from the front line, but he kept silently watching the top of Yuwang Mountain with his binoculars.After witnessing the Japanese flag fall with his own eyes, he held up the phone and said four words to Zhang Chong: Order to reward! The gratification is beyond words. It is difficult to attack a mountain, and it is even more difficult to defend a mountain. After Zhang Chong occupied Yuwang Mountain, he set up the division command post in a small ditch on the mountainside, just a stone's throw away from the forward position. At the same time, he also stipulated that the battalion command post should not be less than 20 meters away from the front line. . Then, Zhang rushed to Lu Han for more than 20,000 sacks, filled with sand, and piled up the forward position tightly. Most of the ridges have become the territory of the Yunnan Army, but the Jigu Division is unwilling to withdraw at this point.They built positions and bunkers opposite the Yunnan Army, and the distance between the two sides did not exceed 100 meters. That is, you can hear me singing on my side, and I can clearly hear you singing on your side. In some rugged places, the positions of the two armies are even intertwined, forming a strange scene where there are us among the enemies and enemies among us. The Japanese army launched more than a dozen fierce attacks on the top of Yuwang Mountain, but each time they came in high spirits and left in frustration.Seeing that the yang was not good, they played with the yin and began to use the gaps between the positions to carry out interspersed night attacks. At the beginning, the Dian Army was unprepared, but because the battalion command post was too close, the Japanese troops got in and sacrificed a deputy battalion commander. When Zhang Chong found out, he was furious, and immediately organized firepower to cut off the large follow-up troops, and then sent infantry to penetrate upwards to tightly block the gap that was just exposed. Don't talk about coming in now, even if you want to turn around and go back, it's impossible. But for Zhang Chong, it is not an easy task to completely solve this group of "turtles in the urn". The reason was that the Japanese troops were equipped with machine guns and mortars. They were small but capable, and they were already trapped animals. Naturally, they were crazy to fight to the end. If infantry rushed, the casualties would be immeasurable. Zhang Chong decided to shoot it with a sharpshooter. In the TV series, as the protagonist, Li Yunlong once let the gunners point-to-point bombardment, and even blew up a Japanese regiment captain into the sky.In fact, there are not many such good facts in real life, just like fighting face to face. If you want to use an independent group to kill a large group of others, it is almost completely unreliable. To be more realistic, click on a small character like "Sub-Leader". What Zhang Chong called was the commander of a mortar company. This brother was famous for his shooting skills in the whole army. Zhang Chong waved his hand: When the fire is imminent, don't come to this empty ceremony, put it away quickly. If you don't come to the false, then come to the real. Although it wasn't the regimental captain who bombed, but the sub-captain, the gunner company commander still found it very difficult. The positions are criss-crossed, the shelling target is only one point, and all around are my own troops. I want to eliminate the devils without accidentally injuring my brothers. I am not 100% sure! Zhang Chong said that I believe you can do it, and I will give you six words: bold, careful, determined, and you will surely succeed. After hearing this, the company commander kept thinking about these six words.Back at the artillery position, he did not fire rashly, but repeatedly measured the distance and azimuth with a telescope, and made corrections repeatedly. Before the launch, he asked Zhang Chong to signal to the surrounding infantry to signal for self-protection, and then issued the launch command. A shot passed, impartial, and hit the bull's-eye. Zhang Chong also feared that the enemy would not be killed enough, so he demanded to expand the range of shelling, and fired shells continuously. When the infantry rushed to clean up the battlefield, they only had to deal with a handful of devils and remnants. Tasting the sweetness of the mortar, Zhang Chong simply pushed the mortar to the front of the position. Aren't you going to attack me at night? Well, I'll calculate the area you must pass through during the day, and as soon as I hear movement at night, I will immediately fire a cannonball and treat you to a supper. From then on, if the Japanese army wanted to come out at night to make small moves, they would often be bombed into embarrassment. Because the shells came very suddenly, even if they were unlucky, they still didn't know how they fell. Under such circumstances, the Japanese army thought of cutting off the command system of the Yunnan Army, making it out of touch, and unable to convey even an order to fire. At first, it was not the devils who took on this mission, but the military dogs specially trained by the devils.The telephone wires are laid behind the defensive positions, so it is difficult for people to penetrate easily, but not for dogs. However, the Japanese army underestimated the power of the "barbarian soldiers" in Yunnan. The latter were so familiar with the mountains that they were almost equivalent to their own courtyards. The "Shoutian Dog" was quickly discovered and ended up being either killed or captured alive. This trick didn't work, and the Japanese army sent agents to wiretap the phone in order to grasp the deployment rules and combat instructions of the Yunnan Army on the mountain. So far in the sneak attack war, phone tapping is considered the most technical. But one day, the ghost agent suddenly discovered that the other party had changed a language system on the phone, and he couldn't understand what he said at all. Of course he didn't understand, because Zhang Chong had replaced all the telephone operators on the front line with Bai soldiers. There are many ethnic minorities in Yunnan. In addition to the Yi and Miao, there is also the Bai nationality. The Bai language is a very unique language with its own system. It is difficult for outsiders to understand it without being immersed in it. The Japanese may be able to find a Korean translation, but they cannot find a Bai translation. They may even not know which language is coming from the phone, so they are naturally blind. I remember that John Woo made a film "Wind Talker", in which the U.S. military recruited Indians to join the army in order to prevent the Japanese army from deciphering the code, and they were called "Wind Talkers". Unexpectedly, the Yunnan Army had such a case before, and it was also a spectacle on the battlefield. In this repeated battle of sneak attack and anti-sneak attack, Zhang Chong won another round. Zhang Chong guarded Yuwang Mountain for more than 20 days, and there were fierce battles almost every day and night, and two of them were the most thrilling. These two times have one thing in common, that is, the weather conditions are very bad. One time, there was no light of stars and moon at night, and you could not see your fingers. The Japanese army took advantage of these two god-sent opportunities and launched a fierce attack. When Zhang Chong regained Yuwang Mountain, in addition to a group of devils carrying plaster flags on the top of the mountain, there was also a Japanese death squad that retreated to a place about 50 meters away from the top of Yuwang Mountain.Because the death squad was located in a blind spot, Zhang Chong sent two companies to drive it away, but failed to drive it away, so he had to give up temporarily. What people didn't expect was that it was this death squad that acted as the vanguard of the two attacks. Behind them, the follow-up main force of the Japanese army kept coming. After two fierce battles, there were only 300 wounded soldiers left in the forward troops stationed at Yuwang Mountain. They couldn't hold on, so they had to ask Zhang Chong for reinforcements as soon as possible. Zhang Chong's combat staff had already arranged for reinforcements, but Zhang Chong stopped him. He called the frontline commander: I will never give you reinforcements tonight. It's not that there are no reinforcements, but that there must be no reinforcements! Zhang Chong's decision seems unreasonable, but it is actually a summary of his years of actual combat experience. From the perspective of reinforcements, due to the heavy rain at night, even if they rushed to the position, they could not figure out the position and direction of the Japanese army for a while, and it was difficult to play any role. For the original defenders, it is likely that they would relax because of the reinforcements. , adding two by two, negative and negative cannot make positive, but will make the position lose faster. Zhang Chong told the front-line commander: It is difficult for me, and the enemy is also difficult. Besides, we still have the advantage of condescending, even if we throw grenades, we can throw them farther than the opponent. From now on, you are to hold the ground on your own, and don't expect reinforcements to come in the evening.Anyone who wants to retreat, please come and see me! After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chong put on his raincoat and went to the front line with two guards. It's one thing to lecture people on the phone, it's another to lead by example, and that's more effective than all the big ones.After Zhang Chong appeared on the front line, the exhausted soldiers cheered up again. The division commander braved the rain to supervise the battle, so we couldn't go down even if we were slightly injured. The 300 wounded soldiers shouted in unison that no reinforcements were needed. They first used hand grenades and then bayonets to drive the rushing Japanese soldiers down the mountain. Encountered two dangerous situations, Zhang Chong felt that the Japanese death squad was very troublesome, and he had to get rid of it to make people feel at ease. Zhang Chong was greatly inspired by the point-to-point bombardment of the gunner company commander last time. He decided to use mortars this time, but instead of the company commander, he upgraded to use the brigade commander. Zhang Chong also has a brigade commander surnamed Wan, who graduated from the Japanese army and studied artillery.Brigadier Wan was ordered to fire the cannon himself. After 20 minutes of shelling, the death squads were completely killed and a batch of trophies were seized. Among all the trophies, the most eye-catching is a command knife bestowed by Shirakawa Yoshinori.Bai Chuan was the Japanese coach in the "January 28th" battle, and being able to bestow his command saber on someone shows that this old boy attaches great importance to the person he gave it to. Bai Chuan may have a good vision. Captain Hirano Keitaro, the captain of the Japanese death squad who holds this knife, has led the death squad to pose a fatal threat to Yuwang Mountain many times.It's a pity that his life was not good, and in the end he was "pointed" by Zhang Chong. Zhang Chong's outstanding performance made Yu Xuezhong on the side admire him all over. He bluntly said that the battle of Yuwang Mountain was the most outstanding in the entire Xuzhou battle, which was unmatched by any friendly army. At that time, a group of young writers were interviewed in Xuzhou. They were deeply impressed by Zhang Chong's resourcefulness and bravery. Some even compared Zhang Chong to Xia Boyang, the legendary hero who was invincible in the Soviet Civil War. Because Zhang Chong was in charge of the gate alone, the plan of the Isogu Division to break through Yuwang Mountain and go straight to Xuzhou to open up the Jinpu Line was smashed again, which made the Japanese Command and the North China Front very annoyed. The failure of Taierzhuang has already "damaged the tradition of the army". You have added so many soldiers to your 2nd Army, but you are still a bear, so let's come down. The commander of the 2nd Army, Hisao Nishio, was the first to be dismounted. He was replaced by a member of the Japanese royal family, King Minoruhiko Higashikuni, and Rensuke Isotani was also included in the reserve. Recalling the glorious past, the past was vulnerable. Taierzhuang and Yuwang Mountain were not very well-known places before, but they brought down two Japanese generals who could have a "bright future". The reason why Itagaki Seishiro was able to escape was because he took advantage of Zhang Zizhong's defense and finally captured Linyi, so he could finally explain something. After the battle was over, Itagaki ran back to the country and became Minister of the Army. He abandoned the military and entered politics. In the early stage of the Xuzhou battle, everyone from Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, to Chiang Kai-shek himself was very optimistic, and even hoped to reproduce the Taierzhuang victory, and the persistence of the Dian army also strengthened everyone's confidence. What they don't know is that an invisible net is opening and getting closer to them.