20demayo Chapter 375: Attack Blocked
Chapter 375: Attack Blocked
375 Attack Hindered
After saying this, the old man walked in front of the devils and said righteously, "Kill the devils if you want.
You want us to go to a minefield and die? Dream on!"
"You old thing! You're looking for death."
The Japanese officer was very angry and was about to attack the old man.
"Hey, Major Okamura, stop it."
At this time, the Japanese regiment commander Yasutomi Sawada also saw the old man's behavior.
Immediately I became interested.
He spoke out to stop the Japanese major who was about to take action.
Then, he dismounted his warhorse, came up to the old scholar, and asked with a smile, "Are you a scholar, old sir?"
"I am a Jinshi in the 30th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. Do you think I am a scholar?"
The old man is still a little proud.
"Hey, since the old gentleman is a scholar,
Our empire also respects scholars.
You can leave. ”
Sawada Yasutomi said with a smile.
"Bah, you little devil, put away your hypocrisy.
I am not afraid of death, so why should I ask you to spare my life? "
The old man spat at Sawada Yasutomi and cursed him with disdain.
"idiot!"
The Japanese major behind was furious and wanted to take action, but was stopped by Sawada Yasutomi.
“I’m really weird.
You Chinese have an old saying, "He who knows the current affairs is a hero."
Don’t you know?”
"Bullshit, what you said is selling out your country for personal gain, recognizing an enemy as your father, and a man who knows the current affairs is a hero.
You little devils have learned thousands of years of culture from our ancestors.
I only learned the basics.
He didn't learn the virtues of propriety, righteousness, and honor, but he did learn a lot of cunning and deceit."
The old man cursed with contempt.
"You are wrong, old man.
Ancient does not mean advanced.
You were indeed glorious in the past, but now you are falling behind.
If you can't keep up with the times, you are destined to be eliminated.
It is inevitable that we will be replaced by our excellent Yamato people."
Sawada Yasutomi retorted.
"Haha, it's just a joke.
I've never heard that barbarity is excellence.
Is your so-called excellence to go into someone's house with guns and burn, kill, and rob people?"
The old man was so angry that he laughed.
"How can a sparrow understand the ambition of a swan?
You stubborn Chinese people."
Seeing that he couldn't convince the old man at all, the Japanese captain also made up his mind.
Let the Japanese continue to force these people to step on mines.
“Folks, stand up.
Even if we die, we cannot help the evildoers."
The old man shouted to the crowd.
He also knew that the minefield ahead must have been set up by the National Army in order to stop the Japanese.
If they risk their lives, they will get it.
Wouldn't that be an easy win for the Japanese?
Under the persuasion of the old man, the other people also stood up.
They gathered together and no matter how the Japanese threatened or intimidated them, they would not move forward.
"idiot!"
So, some Japanese soldiers directly used bayonets to stab the civilians in front of them.
The Japanese lieutenant colonel had long disliked the old man, so he raised his samurai sword and chopped him down fiercely.
"brute……"
Bang bang bang!
The other Japanese soldiers around even shot at the crowd.
"You damned little devils, I'm gonna fuck your ancestors.
The first battalion assembled and prepared to attack.
All gunners, provide covering fire."
In the woods on the left side of the mountain, Lu Dahai could no longer bear it after seeing this scene.
We must lead a battalion to charge forward.
"Captain, calm down!
We can’t let our impulse delay the commander’s plan.”
Deputy Captain Wang still tried to stop him.
Lu Dahai pushed Wang Dashan away and shouted, "I know what you said, I will only take one battalion with me.
The second and third battalions are left to you, continue to implement the established plan.
Even if I and the first battalion are gone, you can still survive the last two days.
It won’t delay the commander’s plan.”
After saying that, Lu Dahai led a battalion to attack the Japanese at the foot of the mountain.
"Quick, fire!
Cover the 1st Battalion's attack."
Boom boom!
Mortar shells were fired one after another at the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain.
The Japs suddenly became chaotic and began to look for cover to shoot.
Seeing this, the people on the road knew that their chance to escape had come.
"Folks, run away!
Escape to the west!"
Someone yelled.
Everyone quickly rushed towards the mountain where Lu Dahai and others were.
While Lu Dahai was leading a battalion in a fierce firefight with the Japanese.
Some people were able to escape to the mountains and were rescued.
"Yoshi, take this opportunity to surround this Chinese army and annihilate it."
The Japanese regiment commander thought he had seized his opportunity.
"Brothers, hit me!"
Bang bang bang!
As a result, suddenly, fierce gunfire was heard from the mountain on the other side.
It was two other companies of the regiment that were attacking the Japanese.
Originally, the troops of a regiment were scattered at this time.
Even if the Japanese surrounded Lu Dahai's battalion at that time, they would not be able to wipe out the entire regiment.
The blocking battle will continue.
The Kuomintang soldiers were in a dominant position, and with the firepower suppression provided by the American weapons in their hands.
At this time, the Japanese 62nd Regiment could not gain any advantage under this circumstance.
The two sides fought fiercely for half a day, and each suffered heavy casualties.
It was the Japs who gave the order to retreat first.
"Tell the commander-in-chief about the beastly behavior of the Japs here."
After the war, Lu Dahai said to his men.
Lu Dahai and his men knew that they had no way to stop the Japanese's inhumane and despicable behavior.
I can only tell Ye Qingshan and let him find a solution.
Soon, Ye Qingshan received the telegram from Lu Dahai.
I learned about the despicable behavior of the Japanese devils.
"These bastards are just like dogs that can't change their bad habits."
Ye Qingshan had a gloomy face.
"Xiao Wusheng, take your men to chop off the heads of the two Japanese generals.
Then chop off one of the Japanese prince's hands.
Send it to the commander of the Japanese 21st Division on the front line.
Tell the Japs.
If they dare to kill innocent civilians again, I will continue to chop off the heads of those captured Japanese generals.
If, they don’t want to see it.
One day, I also chopped off the head of their prince.
Put it in the newspaper for the whole world to see.
Just stop using such despicable means."
Ye Qingshan said to the young martial artist next to him.
"Yes!"
The young martial artist responded and turned and left.
Ye Qingshan had captured quite a few Japanese princes, commanders of the 13th Division, and major generals and colonels in Jinling before.
Ye Qingshan did not hand these people over to the headquarters later.
Ye Qingshan was worried that after he handed these people over, the headquarters would release them back to the Japanese.
That's not okay.
Ye Qingshan decided to keep it in his own hands, where it would be more useful.
No, it’s used now.
However, Ye Qingshan was not satisfied.
“There are still too few captured Japanese generals.
I'm afraid we won't be able to cut enough trees at this rate.
We need to catch a few more and keep them as backup."
In the next two days, the Japanese 62nd Regiment still made slow progress in Niutou Mountain.
At the cost of hundreds of Japanese casualties, they barely advanced to the southern part of Niutou Mountain.
However, at this time, the minefields set up by Lu Dahai and his team had basically been used up.
Fortunately, the time came and they completed the blocking mission.
"Our blocking mission has been completed, and the commander has ordered us to retreat.
Retreat after dark and quickly cross the Ling River via a floating bridge."
Lu Dahai gave the order.
On September 62, the Japanese nd Regiment finally crossed Niutou Mountain and arrived at the north bank of Lingjiang River.
On the 21th, the main force of the Japanese st Division also arrived at the north bank of Lingjiang River.
Started building a floating bridge to cross the river.
The 209th Division Artillery Regiment on the south bank took the opportunity to use heavy mortars and 75mm howitzers.
There was a burst of artillery fire at the Japanese troops crossing the river.
Ye Qingshan’s rocket artillery battalion launched a covering attack on the pontoon bridge built by the Japanese.
The pontoon bridge built by the Japanese was directly destroyed.
It also caused them to suffer a lot of casualties.
This made the commander of the 21st Division of the Japanese, Matsudaira Hirotsu, very angry.
Order their artillery to counterattack.
The artillery of both sides, following Lingjiang, engaged in an artillery battle for half a day.
"idiot.
The 86th Army under Ye Qingshan was equipped with a large number of American weapons.
This firepower is much stronger than that of other Chinese troops.
No wonder they dared to stop our division's attack."
The old Japanese soldier Hirotsu Matsudaira looked at the other side and said sternly.
After all, the National Army troops were able to engage in artillery battles with the Japanese artillery regiment.
He never saw her again after the Battle of Shanghai.
But now, the 209th Division under Ye Qingshan has done it.
The artillery regiment of the 209th Division was now equipped with more than fifty M1919 81mm mortars and thirty-six 75mm howitzers.
The firepower can be said to be comparable to the artillery regiment directly under the Japanese division.
Compared with the thirty-six 75mm mountain guns and twelve 75mm field guns, they are not weak at all.
Under the cover of artillery, the Japanese 21st Regiment took a day.
Still crossed the Lingjiang River.
March towards Taizhou.
On the 21th, the Japanese st Division occupied Taizhou with almost no resistance.
Just because, before they came over.
The people and national army in Taizhou have basically been moved away.
The Japs got an empty city.
During these ten days, Zhang Fa led more than 209 soldiers of the th Division and tens of thousands of civilians.
On Yandang Mountain and Bailong Mountain, solid and permanent fortifications were built using reinforced concrete.
The terrain here is already dangerous, and there are air-raid shelters and concrete fortifications built here.
Even if the Japanese air force dropped bombs, they were no longer afraid.
The Japanese 21st Division behind them was preparing to continue moving south.
The 62nd Regiment was sent out again to take the lead.
As a result, the 62nd Regiment ran into the main defense line of the 209th Division near Yandang Mountain.
This time, they suffered a big loss.
After losing hundreds of people, they retreated in a panic.
The Japanese 21st Division did not give up and once again organized two regiments to launch an attack on Yandang Mountain.
After two days of attack, the Japanese lost hundreds of people.
But there was no progress at all.
At this moment, the commander of the 21st Division of the Japanese army, the old Japanese soldier Yutsu Matsudaira, frowned as he looked at the endless Yandang Mountains.
"Send a telegram to command and tell them.
On the Yandang Mountain side, we encountered a solid defense line built by the Chinese army.
The defending troops were still Ye Qingshan’s troops.
The attack was difficult to continue.
I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to open up a land road to Wenzhou.
This will allow the headquarters to consider and implement the second plan."
The old Japanese soldier Yutsu Matsudaira was still very self-aware and gave this advice to their headquarters.