A moment later, a signaling soldier ran over panting and reported: "Captain, the First Infantry Battalion has captured the outer positions of the Independent Regiment, but no enemy troops have been found on the positions!"
"Nani? Not a single enemy?" Deputy Captain Kawaki Shiro was stunned upon hearing this.
However, Taro Koga burst out laughing and said: "The China Army collapsed without a fight. The China Army is the China Army. It does not dare to fight with the Imperial Army! Order, the First Infantry Brigade must not stop and continue to move forward." Rush forward, and be fast, fast! We must capture the main peak of Hat Mountain before the 108th Infantry Regiment!"
"Hai!" The signal soldier nodded heavily, turned around and ran away.
Kawasaki Shiro said: "Captain, it is said that the Daimeishan Independent Regiment is very powerful. Even the Kumamoto Division and Himeji Division were defeated by them, but now they have given up their peripheral positions without resistance. , is there any conspiracy in this? Otherwise, let’s take it easy first?”
"It's too late if you wait a moment. The 108th Infantry Regiment has already captured the main peak position of Hat Mountain!" Taro Koga said, "The Damei Mountain Independent Regiment is actually the same thing. As for the Kumamoto Division you mentioned The regiment and the Himeji Division don’t mean anything. Even the tiger is still taking a nap, so it’s not surprising that the horse stumbles forward.”
After a pause, Taro Koga continued: "What's more, this operation was a surprise attack. The Dameishan Independent Regiment didn't expect us to attack at all. It's not surprising that we were caught off guard and fled without fighting. After all, when it comes to escaping, no one in the world can match the Chinese, haha."
Hearing this, Kawasaki Shiro said nothing more.
However, Taro Koga turned to the signal corps behind him and said: "Immediately send a telegram to the enemy headquarters, saying that our Sasayama unit has broken through the enemy's outer positions and is advancing towards the main peak of Hat Mountain!"
"Hai." The signal soldier nodded heavily and turned around.
After receiving Taro Koga's order, the 170th Infantry Regiment continued to boldly advance forward, and the bold advance of the 170th Infantry Regiment affected the 108th Infantry Regiment and the 108th Infantry Regiment in the other two directions. The 137th Infantry Regiment. Originally, these two regiments had stopped attacking, but when they heard that the 170th Infantry Regiment was still advancing, these two infantry regiments were afraid of taking the first step to capture the main peak of Mao Mountain. When they fell aside, they followed suit and moved forward quickly.
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There is a mountain called Fulong Mountain to the west of Mao Mao Mountain. The two mountains are about two kilometers apart. These two not very high peaks are like two door gods, one crouching on the east and one west on the road leading from Pukou to Pucheng. On both sides of the main road, however, in comparison, the hat on the east side is steeper and easier to defend and harder to attack.
This was also the main reason why He Shuya chose to build fortifications on his hat.
However, the little devil didn't know that Niu Dazhuang's artillery camp was hidden on Fulong Mountain to the west.
At this moment, Niu Dazhuang was standing on a raised cliff, holding a telescope to observe the movement on Maomao Mountain. In the field of view of the telescope, the entire Maomao Mountain was full of torches, and flashlight beams were flashing everywhere. This showed that, The little devils have almost filled the whole mountain of hats.
In an instant, Niu Dazhuang's lips curled up into a smile.
The next moment, Niu Dazhuang suddenly put down the telescope, turned around and roared: "Each artillery platoon has them. According to the calibrated elements, all are loaded with sulfur bombs, and ten rounds are fired rapidly!"
"Yes, calibrate the elements, load the brimstone bombs, and fire ten rounds rapidly!"
"Calibrate the elements, load the brimstone bombs, and fire ten rounds rapidly!"
"Load the brimstone bombs and fire ten rounds rapidly!"
"Ten rapid fire shots!"
Niu Dazhuang's order was quickly conveyed.
The next moment, more than thirty 75 mountain guns, 92 infantry guns and 80 mortars raised their muzzles one after another, fired at Zhu Yuan according to the pre-calibrated shots, and each fired five sulfur bombs in the direction of Mao Mao Mountain. After a moment, Rows of sulfur bombs accurately landed on each of the calibrated impact points on Hat Mountain, and then burned.
If it were just over 300 rounds of sulfur bombs, it would certainly not pose much of a threat to the Japanese army.
However, the scary thing is that there are eight thousand landmines buried under the ground of Mao Mao Mountain! Although it is only a black powder mine produced by the Dameishan Arsenal, a ten-pound pack of black powder is still very powerful after the explosion. Not to mention anything else, the shock wave and sound wave generated by the explosion are enough to shake the devil to death. Eight elements.
Three hundred rounds of sulfur bombs accurately landed on the 80 pre-calibrated impact points, instantly igniting the fuse buried at the impact point. The fuse detonated eight thousand ten-pound charge mines buried underground. , almost instantly, the entire Hat Mountain area was completely enveloped by continuous explosions.
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First set the time back to five minutes ago.
In Nanjing Fanghua Garden, the Chief of Staff of the Central China Condemnation Army Kawabe Masami was bragging about how perfect and classic the planned attack on Damei Mountain was, and he made bold predictions. He threatened that this attack would easily capture Meizhen and destroy the home base of the Dameishan Independent Regiment.
Listening to Hebian Zhengsan talking non-stop, Dong Jiurenian Yan didn't say a word.
In the now-concluded Battle of Wuhan, the Second Army led by Higashikata Ninuhiko took the lead in making a breakthrough from Xinyang at the most critical moment, directly leading to the defeat of the National Army. In contrast, Itagaki Seishiro's Eleventh Army The performance was lackluster, and Seishiro Itagaki was injured in the Battle of Jiujiang, so history has changed a little: the Second Army was not de-organized as in history, and the one that was de-organized in this time and space became the Eleventh Army. Naturally, the Japanese army stationed in Wuhan changed from the historical Eleventh Army to the Second Army in Dongjiure.
Dong Jiurenyan first experienced the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Dameishan and then the surprising victory in the Battle of Wuhan. His whole temperament has undergone great changes. He is no longer as irritable as when he first arrived on the Chinese battlefield. At that time, he even He dared to personally lead a cavalry regiment to charge into battle, but now he is much calmer.
That's why it is said that if you become a doctor after a long period of illness, or become a god after a long period of fighting, as long as you are not a real fool, you will eventually grow up, but the cost of Dong Jiu's growth is too high.
Facing Masamori's talk by the river, Dong Jiuren didn't say a word.
In the end, Nishio Hisao couldn't bear it any longer and asked Higashihisa Nakihiko, "What do you think of this plan, Your Highness?"
Dong Jiureyan smiled lightly and said: "Of course the raid plan formulated by Hebian Sang is perfect, at least in theory, it is absolutely perfect. However, I am skeptical about whether this plan can work. , because the Dameishan Independent Regiment is not that easy to deal with."
Kawabe Shozo's face immediately darkened, because Higashikata Higashihiko almost completely denied the entire plan. Although Higashikata Higashihiko said that the entire combat plan was perfect, he also said that this plan could not work. It would not work. Can a plan be said to be a perfect plan? Calling it a joke wouldn't be a bad idea.
Kawabe Shozo said unconvinced: "Your Highness is saying that this plan is a joke?"
"Hebian Sang, I didn't say that." Dong Jiu Nian Yan waved his hands lightly, but the expression on his face clearly said, yes, this battle plan is a joke.
When Hebian Zhengzo was about to argue, a faint thunder suddenly sounded outside the war room.
But soon, the expressions of Nishio Hisao, Kawabe Shozo, and Higashikaru Nakihiko all changed, because they immediately realized that this was not thunder, but an explosion!
The three of them turned around and walked out. As soon as they walked out of the door of the war room, the three of them immediately noticed that the night sky that was supposed to be pitch black seemed to be on fire, with patches of bright red. Looking closer, this dazzling red light came from In Jiangbei, Nishio Hisao's expression suddenly changed, and Kawabe Shozo's expression turned even pale.
Because there is a Yangtze River between Nanjing and Pukou, and Fanghua Garden, where the headquarters of the Central China Condemnation Army is located, is located in the southeastern suburbs of Nanjing. The straight-line distance from Fanghua Garden to Mao Mao Mountain, a battlefield in the north of the Yangtze River, is at least 20 kilometers. Such a loud noise can be heard from such a distance, which shows how tragic the explosion scene was!
Hebian Zhengzo's family knew their own affairs and knew that the 104th Field Artillery Regiment only had thirty-six 75 field guns. A cluster bombardment of thirty-six 75 field guns would definitely not have such a big momentum, so it was the only credible one. The explanation was that the huge explosion was caused by the Dameishan Independent Regiment. Thinking of this, Hebian Zhengzo's heart immediately began to sink.
However, Kawabe Masami always had a trace of luck in his heart and said: "Maybe the arsenal in Pukou exploded."
"Arsenal in Uukou?" Nishio Juzo turned around after hearing this and stared at Kawabe Shozo with dissatisfaction. Do you really think I can't understand a military map? The location of the Pukou Arsenal is not here at all!
However, Higashikata had a rare good word for Kawabe Shozo: "Your Majesty, General, although this big explosion happened very suddenly, it was most likely caused by the Dameishan Independent Regiment. However, the first The 104th Division may not suffer, so let us wait for the telegram from the 104th Division."
Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as Dong Jiu Nianyan said the telegram, a communications staff officer hurried over.
After running in front of Nishio Hisao, the communications staff officer paused heavily and said: "Your Excellency, General, the Fourth Division has an urgent call. The 108th Regiment, 137th Regiment and 170th Regiment of the infantry participating in the general attack are in the hat. We were ambushed by minefields in the mountainous area and suffered heavy losses. We request urgent tactical guidance from the Condemnation Army Headquarters!"
"Nani?" Hebian Zhengsan said in shock, "Mine array?!"
Kawabe Shozo couldn't accept it at all. A raid that he carefully planned and deployed was easily disintegrated by a mine array from the opponent.
But Nishio Juzo snorted and said: "A joke, this is a joke!" (To be continued.)