Chapter 378: Find a piece of white cloth, it's needed urgently

After the Japanese planes dropped several batches of bombs on Dagu Mountain, many of the landmines and explosives buried by the Sichuan Army were also detonated.

The Jing'an Army, assembled by the Japanese Army, marched on Dagu Mountain once again under the coercion of the Banyuan Regiment and the Shanhia Regiment.

At the same time!

The Japanese planes that dropped the bombs still had thirty minutes of cruising time left.

The fighter planes among this group of Japanese aircraft were continuing to strafe areas on the hillside where people might be hiding.

The Jin Jizhong Regiment was now also hiding inside the tunnel fortifications; the trees on the mountain were burning because the devils had dropped sulfur bombs.

This resulted in many soldiers now being smoked as black as coal balls.

"Whew, whew, whew!! ——"

"I think there is only one way, and that is for the whole brigade to fix bayonets."

Because this was a mountain search, the ammunition carried by the Japanese Army units was limited.

Banyuan Saburo and Shanhia Kazuo, the two devils, shouted happily: "Yosh!"

After the remnants of the Jing'an Army tripped the mines twice, they never encountered any more landmines or explosives.

What Yu Hua longed for was to have time; he looked forward to the golden bowl granting him the authority to exchange for air force units.

Dagu Mountain!

After the Japanese planes arrived, the little devils all cheered and jumped for joy, each one shouting.

"The brothers we have lost recently basically all died from the devils' aerial bombing and strafing."

The Sichuan Army's bugler sounded the horn, and countless Sichuan Army soldiers ran out from the tunnels.

"We must think of a way to reduce the damage from the Japanese planes."

"Yes!" The messenger nodded, then ran out.

The Jin Jizhong Regiment had long been lying in ambush inside the tunnels, and following an order from Jin Jizhong.

Meanwhile!

Five or six warhorses were sent to their doom by the Japanese Army just like that.

Fifty planes were dispatched and assigned to Segu Qi and Chongteng Qianqiu, twenty-five for each.

Liu Debao gathered his artillerymen and began to set up the Type 92 Infantry Guns inside the tunnels.

In the Pingjin Region, Terauchi Hisaichi received a report from Segu Qi.

The remaining four infantry regiments of the Segaya Detachment and the Chongteng Detachment were also rushing toward Dagu Mountain like madmen.

"Let's fire a few shots to help the Japanese Army liven things up."

"The Japanese plane firepower is too fierce."

Banyuan Saburo waved the command sword in his hand.

The remaining Jing'an Army troops either fled or scattered; there were not many people left.

All of a sudden, the entire Teng County area became exceptionally lively.

"Fine!" Jin Jizhong patted Liu Debao on the shoulder, "Bring out the new gear."

Therefore, after the thunderous explosions on the road, Segu Qi and Chongteng Qianqiu were both dumbfounded.

Air force!

Once the positional warfare began!

The two brigades of the Sichuan Army also felt that the Japanese Army's combat effectiveness was strong.

Liu Debao liked this thing very much; it was much more fun than the previous 82mm mortars.

And arranged for engineers to clear the mines!

In just ten minutes!

Brigade Commander Zhang looked at the messenger: "Pass on my order!"

It had many postures and could be adjusted at will; compared to the 82mm mortar, the Type 92 Infantry Gun was like a new bride.

In such a short time, and while still being attacked by the Sichuan Army, they had actually established a simple defensive line.

On Dagu Mountain, once the Japanese planes arrived, they found that both sides engaged in battle were completely covered in black, making it impossible to tell who was who.

The devil pilots were dumbfounded?

Liu Debao lowered his right hand in response.

This was still under the condition that the Japanese planes had not yet provided support!

The Japanese Army ambushed by the Jin Jizhong Regiment had already stabilized their footing.

The purpose was to lure the enemy to strike the two mountain-searching regiments of the Segaya Detachment and the Chongteng Detachment.

On the Sichuan Army side, those blocking reinforcements were blocking, and those encircling and annihilating were encircling and annihilating.

The Japanese Army units were anxious to reinforce, so they relied on the road to advance; the Sichuan Army units buried landmines and explosives on the road.

Teng County!

Banyuan Saburo and Shanhia Kazuo had just met; next, they had to figure out how to save ammunition and hold on until the planes arrived.

"Yosh!"

The Jin Jizhong Regiment!

Jin Jizhong looked at Liu Debao, "Can the gear in your hands reach this group of Japanese soldiers?"

The entire mountain was almost burned bare.

As soon as the soldiers of both sides made contact, there was the sound of bayonets piercing bone.

"Think of a way!"

That is, the two Japanese regiments were now stuck in positional warfare with the Sichuan Army, and neither side could do anything to the other.

"Two minutes from now, everyone must give me bayonets stained with blood."

The Japanese Army's combat effectiveness is very strong; within twenty minutes, they have already established simple defensive lines on the hillside.

The troops on the Dagu Mountain position, over fourteen thousand men, are actually locked in a stalemate while fighting two regiments of the Japanese Army, plus the Jing'an Army.

Seeing that the combat engineers' mine clearing was ineffective, Segu Qi, following the suggestion of a transport company commander, used warhorses to trigger the mines.

"Yoshi!"

"With two regiments of the Japanese Army, we have so many people, but we probably can't wipe them out immediately."

Even Jin Jizhong felt that in head-on combat, the Japanese Army's combat effectiveness was truly the strongest he had ever seen.

"Charge!!"

With aircraft assisting, the pressure on the Sichuan Army in the tunnels increased significantly.

One brigade from the 122nd Division, one brigade from the 124th Division; Dagu Mountain possesses one division of the Sichuan Army.

For this reason!

"Damn it!"

After the Sichuan Army Chuan-Kang Pacification Office New First Army under Yang Sen received the plan from Adjutant Yu.

"Artillery company, get up here quickly for me."

"Fix bayonets, all of you, be quick about it."

This is simply a great thing!

The Sichuan Army is simply too thoughtful, knowing the Imperial Army has run out of bullets, and now they are specifically coming out to engage the Imperial Army in hand-to-hand combat.

A piercing sound of air tearing, countless shells smashed into the Japanese soldiers.

This is equivalent to the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army having gathered about five divisions around Teng County.

On the contrary, the Japanese soldiers were able to hold on a bit better; at least they steadily maintained their formation.

Brigade Commander Zhang was just about to drink some water when a mortar shell landed not far from the command post.

Right now! The Sichuan Army units have actually abandoned their field works and all ran out of the tunnels, which, to Banyuan Saburo and Yamashita Kazuo...

After Yang Lin received the detailed situation of the Dagu Mountain position at the command post.

Main force of the Sichuan Army discovered at Dagu Mountain outside Teng County, requesting air support, striving to annihilate the main force of the Sichuan Army.

Such dense firepower shocked the Japanese Army all at once, but these Japanese soldiers were also battle-hardened and reacted very quickly.

The Jing'an Army shouldn't have gone all-in just now; they should have kept some in reserve!

Saying this, Liu Debao began to close his left eye, opened his right eye, and held up his thumb.

When the Sichuan Army and the Japanese soldiers engage, they basically distinguish each other by their helmets and heavy packs.

Inside the command post, Yu Hua patted this Army Commander, "Yang Lin!"

A huge shockwave spread out, kicking up dirt that fell into Brigade Commander Zhang's water cup.

Has this Sichuan Army really become refined?

Segu Qi ordered the remaining two regiments to quickly close in on Dagu Mountain to annihilate the Sichuan Army.

The two Japanese Regiment Commanders were also very excited, as this meant the Imperial Army would be unimpeded from here on.

In an instant!

Regarding the battle at the Dagu Mountain position, according to Yamashita Kazuo's report, the Sichuan Army possesses at least one division of troops.

Over fourteen thousand men!

These Sichuan Army troops can really hide, damn it.

The Segaya Detachment is marching toward Dagu Mountain.

For the Japanese Army, they really do not fear hand-to-hand combat; in fact, they even take pride in it.

This is also the source of confidence for Banyuan Saburo and Yamashita Kazuo to dare to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Responsible for delaying the advance of the Chongteng Detachment and blocking enemy reinforcements.

Now!

The Japanese soldiers found cover one after another and raised the Type 38 Rifles in their hands to counterattack.

Although the Sichuan Army has an Arsenal and can produce Type 41 Mountain Guns and Schneider M1919 mountain guns.

At the same time, one division under the Sichuan Army Chuan-Kang Pacification Office New First Army is responsible for delaying the Segaya Detachment.

"The Brigade Commander has an order."

Especially at the beginning of the war, once the Japanese soldiers formed groups of three, back-to-back, they could often hold off five or six Republic of China soldiers.

Moreover, the Japanese artillery fire is very fierce.

The Imperial Air Force has dropped bombs on this Dagu Mountain position several times, and hundreds of pounds of sulfur bombs have also been dropped.

Even Lao Chang's Central Army, Jin Jizhong has experienced them before.

"Order the frontline troops to pursue for me and sweep away these Sichuan rats."

The Independent Brigade under Yu Hua is commanded by Deputy Brigade Commander Liu Zhangqing.

"Banzai!! ——"

"The Japanese soldiers have air superiority."

The Japanese Army engineers' mine detectors have no effect at all against such landmines.

When these guys from the Jing'an Army heard the sound of shelling, some lay directly on the ground, and some fled in all directions.

Conveyed Brigade Commander Zhang's order!

"Fix bayonets!"

No air superiority!

Once this battle falls into a stalemate, the Japanese soldiers' aircraft and heavy artillery will certainly play a huge role.

Brigade Commander Zhang took a sip, "Pah..."

Liu Debao, the Company Commander of the Jin Jizhong Regiment's artillery company, quickly arrived before Jin Jizhong.

He also witnessed the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army for the first time.

"Charge for me, let the bayonets see blood."

"The entire brigade, fix bayonets."

This time, lure the enemy at Dagu Mountain!

The Independent Brigade left behind by Yu Hua, as well as the New First Army of the Chuan-Kang Pacification Office under Yang Sen.

The entire regiment's Light and Heavy Machine Guns, plus the Type 26 Submachine Gun, continuously strafed the Japanese Army.

On the Dagu Mountain position, the Japanese Army and the Sichuan Army engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the uniforms on both sides were covered in quite a bit of mud.

The Jin Jizhong Regiment had just been equipped with six Type 92 Infantry Guns.

The six Type 92 Infantry Guns directly fired a five-round volley at the Japanese Army searching the mountain.

"Yes!" Liu Debao nodded.

Because of this, twenty or thirty engineers were also blown to death.

"This is your first time fighting outside of Chuan."

The Sichuan Army soldiers charged out of the Field Works, making the Japanese Army Regiment Commander who was holding the line very happy.

The Sichuan Army hiding in Dagu Mountain would eventually be completely annihilated by the Imperial Army.

Now that the troops were engaged in battle, everyone was covered in quite a bit of dust.

The news that the two regiments were short on ammunition had already been passed to Segu Qi.

"Order the troops, fix bayonets, prepare for hand-to-hand combat!!"

He saw that the Japanese Army mountain-searching troops had already entered his ambush circle.

In order to hold the position, the entire brigade was now ready for hand-to-hand combat.

"Our Light and Heavy Machine Guns have suffered heavy losses, what should we do about this?"

Segu Qi received the intelligence from Yamashita Kazuo and laughed happily.

Terauchi Hisaichi waved his hand and agreed.

The Japanese soldiers almost all wore helmets, which was very obvious, and coupled with the heavy packs the Japanese Army carried, they were different from the Sichuan Army.

"Once the Charge Bugle sounds, two minutes later, let the bayonets see blood."

"Brothers, kill the Japanese!"

At the same time, the Japanese Army's Type 11 Light Machine Gun and Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun also provided fire suppression, counterattacking the Sichuan Army position.

Wang Mingzhang and Yu Hua also received news of the Dagu Mountain position.

"I don't believe it, the Japanese can really bomb indiscriminately."

"Our troops ambushed at Dagu Mountain are now facing two Japanese regiments, plus their aircraft advantage and Heavy Artillery firepower."

Placing his thumb in front of his right eye.

Now that the road had been blown up by Landmines and Explosives, it forced these two old devils to slow down their reinforcement pace.

This battle had been fought for so long, and the two regiments of the Japanese Army were now almost out of ammunition.

"Regimental Commander, you were looking for me!"

Segaya Detachment!

Moreover, the Mortars and Type 92 Infantry Guns belonging to the regiment were also set up and began to counterattack the Sichuan Army.

"Regimental Commander!"

Once in a frontal battle, two or three Divisions at Teng County could not stop the Japanese Army at all.

"Regimental Commander, let me estimate the distance."

Once these guns fired, the Japanese planes would be like sharks smelling blood.

It was truly a bit exaggerated.

"Always getting bombed like this is not a solution."

Now both sides were directly locked in a firefight.

On the Dagu Mountain position, the Sichuan Army soldiers, under the command of their officers, all fixed bayonets.

Brigade Commander Zhang also sent a telegram to Wang Mingzhang and Yu Hua, stating that the Japanese aircraft were formidable.

Two regiments... are they really that hard to fight in a frontal battle?!

This Segaya Detachment actually possessed four regiments!

During the day, the Sichuan Army did not dare to engage in artillery duels with the Japanese Army's 75mm caliber guns.

He was a bit shocked; did it really take so many troops to fight two Japanese regiments?

How many tens of thousands of people was this?!

The Deputy Brigade Commander nodded: "Indeed."

Other Japanese Army routes had also engaged the Sichuan Army.

Because the Japanese Army dropped Sulfur Bombs on the Dagu Mountain position, many trees were burned, and the mountaintop was covered in ash.

And the sound of that scalding fresh blood splashing into the air.

Regarding this!

A large number of the Japanese Army were attacking.

"Brigade Commander!"

However, the Sichuan Army's Landmines were Ceramic Mines, Stone Mines, and Glass Mines... and other types.

However, halfway there.

However, once the Japanese aircraft bombed the artillery position, the losses would be quite significant.

Under the cover of Japanese Army aircraft.

Upon hearing this, Brigade Commander Zhang said, "Damn it, these little devils' planes are truly formidable."

The two aforementioned armies adopted methods such as Landmine Warfare, Sparrow Warfare, and Guerrilla Warfare to block enemy reinforcements.

Dispatch the 125th Division to rush to the aid of Teng County and stab the Japanese Army in the ass whenever and wherever possible.

As a supplementary force, be ready to provide support at any time, while at the same time, Sun Zhen in Lincheng.

Immediately began to launch an attack toward the position of the Sichuan Army artillery emplacement.

The Japanese Army, having been bombarded by the six Type 92 Infantry Guns of the Sichuan Army, after receiving the order from the Regiment Commander.

"Kill! Take one down with you, take two and you've made a profit."

Segu Qi ordered them to hold their ground, and when the aircraft arrived at the Dagu Mountain position again, they would conduct an airdrop.

"Moreover, this group of Japanese soldiers is now searching the mountains everywhere, looking as if they won't advance unless they sweep the surrounding mountainous areas."

The Japanese Army units moved rapidly toward Dagu Mountain, and Wang Mingzhang also received reports from scouts.

"Charge!"

The Jing'an Army had almost been wiped out by the little devils while searching the mountains.

Once the Charge Bugle sounded!

"Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..."

He had long wanted to deploy his own artillery company.

The Sichuan Army artillery bombardment, the two Regiment Commanders at the rear of the devils.

Especially the Light and Heavy Machine Gun Firepower Points, which the little devils' aircraft focused on.

As well as the Type 92 Infantry Gun and the 150 mm Heavy Mortar.

"It's within range, tell me how you want to do it."

"Finally found this bunch of Sichuan rats."

Jin Jizhong shouted, "Artillery company!"

Still failed to burn these Sichuan rats to death!

Seeing the devil planes circling, Brigade Commander Zhang had a sudden inspiration, "Communications Soldier."

"Find me a piece of white cloth, I need it urgently."

(End of this chapter)