noffsinger Chapter 356: Paratroopers are born to be surrounded
Chapter 356: Paratroopers are born to be surrounded
After completing a base attack, the artillery division's 150mm howitzers, under the guidance of artillery scouts, flattened the artillery positions of the Japanese 59th Division, and dozens of mountain and field guns became scrap metal.
Then, the two tank regiments advanced in unison, followed closely by the armored infantry regiment, attacking the Japanese skirmish formation.
If you encounter Japanese soldiers hiding behind rocks, just use machine guns or rifles to tickle them and then just shoot them down.
The Japanese soldiers who had no protection were attacked with machine guns.
In short, if gods stand in the way, kill gods; if Buddhas stand in the way, kill Buddhas.
The mechanized infantry regiment of the 3rd Armored Division on the top of the mountain was also not idle. It launched a real counterattack and beat the enemy when it was down. It surrounded Yoshio Hongo and the remaining more than a thousand Japanese soldiers in a valley called Changshengkou.
"Lao Wang, Lao Zhang, do you know what this place is called?"
Wang Huaibao looked at Zhang Dabiao triumphantly, revealing: I know you don’t know.
Zhang Dabiao glared back fiercely and responded with a disdainful expression: How do you know I don’t know?
"Come on, come on, Lao Zhang, I heard that you've been very fond of studying recently, so you should be familiar with the terrain. Tell me, what is this place?"
"Changshengkou!"
Zhang Dabiao looked at Wang Huaibao proudly. He had made sufficient preparations before the battle started.
Changshengkou, as the name suggests, is a strategically located pass and the only way to enter Shanxi from the south. It is located next to the ancient post road at the junction of Hebei and Shanxi.
According to historical records, people have lived here since the Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiping period of the Western Liang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, a group of residents moved in from Hongdong, Shanxi, and formed a village.
During the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court established Longquan Pass in Changshengkou Village. It is said that there was a pair of open-mouthed lions in the east and west attics of the village, so it was named "Shizikou".
During the Zhenguan period of the early Tang Dynasty, the emperor sent the monk Changsheng to the west mountain valley of Changshengkou Village to build a temple and chant scriptures in order to seek immortality.
Therefore, the Heshang Valley in the village was named after the monk, and Changshenggou was named after the monk.
During the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty, the Liang family moved in. Liang (grain) and lion are incompatible, so the name was changed to Changshengkou Village based on the ancient Changshenggou.
When the Japanese invaded in 1937, military vehicles could not pass through the pavilion, so they forcibly demolished the East and West Pavilions and smashed the statues of gods before they were able to pass.
For Yoshio Hongo, he could live if he could escape from the Changshengkou, but if he stayed here, he would die!
More than a thousand Japanese soldiers blocked the small passage.
Behind them are the grenades and machine guns of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment, and in front are tanks and armored vehicles.
Wang Meng shook his head helplessly.
"Since you are prepared to occupy Chinese territory, you must be prepared to die here! Shoot!"
In order to prevent the passage from being blocked by rubble, Wang Meng ordered the machine guns on the tanks and armored vehicles to continue advancing and firing.
Changshengkou was filled with blood and wailing, but the soldiers of the independent column did not feel any pity. Instead, they felt comforted for the thousands of dead Chinese people.
After half an hour of one-sided massacre, the barrels of the machine guns were all red, and they had to replace one armored vehicle and tank after another to keep watch.
The tank just rolled over it, and the armored vehicle also jumped and twisted over it.
The Japanese's skulls were like watermelons, bursting open one by one, but the watermelon flesh was red and the Japanese's brains were white.
"Squad leader, what's that noise outside? It sounds like Chinese New Year and dumpling fillings?"
The old squad leader stood up, endured the pungent smell of blood, took a look at the "meat filling" mixed with red, white and yellow, and sat back in the armored vehicle while trying not to vomit.
"Take my advice and don't watch it!"
The young soldier refused to believe it and looked outside.
"Squad leader, don't scare me. My nickname is Niu Dadan. When I was a kid, I... I... wow..."
The little soldier couldn't help it, so he closed his eyes and spit next to the car frame.
"Spit it out. You'll get used to it after spitting it out again and again!"
Wang Meng took Hongxiang Yoshio's general's sword and gave it to Wang Huaibao.
"You were originally the main attacker in the battle of Yangquan, so I'll give you this command sword of Hongo Yoshio!"
Without waiting for Wang Meng to speak, Zhang Dabiao held the major general's sabers of the two brigade commanders in his arms.
"Lao Wang, you eat the meat, and we, Lao Zhang, will have some soup!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. After defeating Falu Ridge, there's still Xuehua Mountain!"
Wang Meng immediately got on the command tank and ordered the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division to continue to hold Falu Ridge. By the way, he poured some gasoline on the corpses and "meat paste" of the Japanese soldiers and set them on fire!
The steel torrent continued to advance forward. Just after passing through the pass, there was no sign of the Japanese. After asking the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division guarding the Snow Mountain, it turned out that the Japanese had not shown up again after being defeated.
"Damn it! It's probably Yoshio Hongo who informed them. These bastards are probably gone! Where's the reconnaissance plane?"
After more than ten minutes, the reconnaissance plane arrived in the sky and found that the Japanese 54th Brigade and the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade were retreating towards Langwo Mountain.
The Japanese kept destroying bridges, roads and laying mines along the way, and the troops moved very slowly.
Moreover, the Japanese still took with them a large number of civilian laborers, so heavy artillery and aircraft were unable to carry out artillery strikes and bombings, and could only watch them retreat.
"Send a telegram to Lao Li, telling him that the remaining Japanese soldiers are heading towards them, and tell him to be careful and not to act recklessly!"
Li Yunlong got angry when he saw the telegram. Is he, Li Yunlong, such a blind person?
You really look down on people by looking at them through the crack in the door!
"Shen Quan, I'm not a reckless person, but if you insist on launching a counterattack, I might agree to your request!"
Shen Quan pointed at his nose and looked at the regimental and battalion-level cadres behind him as well as the burning eyes of Wei Heshang and Wang Ming, and he knew that he had to take the blame.
"Commander, I request the 3rd Armored Division Armored Infantry Regiment to join the battle to stop and pursue the Japanese!"
"The same goes for our 201st Airborne Regiment!"
Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction, and his favorable impression of these two generals deepened a little bit.
"Since you strongly request it, I will give you this order! But you must ensure your own safety and kill the enemy to the maximum extent! If something goes wrong, don't say it's my consent. Go!"
With Li Yunlong's approval, Shen Quan and Wei Dayong each led their troops to count their equipment, and ten minutes later, they were ready for an all-out attack!
"Brothers, what did Instructor Wang Ming tell us?"
"We paratroopers are born to be surrounded!"
"Yes, that's right, we are going to be surrounded in the sky. However, encirclement is only the first step. The second step is to break through the encirclement, explode in the center, and kill them by surprise!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Shen Quan listened to Monk Wei's battle mobilization and wanted to say something himself, but he couldn't think of a jingle, so he could only say something casually but seriously:
The narrow road meets the brave to win!