in2ebook Chapter 599 Searching for Yanshan
Chapter 599 Searching for Yanshan
The deputy squad leader stuffed a bomb into the gap between the rubble, pulled the fuse, and retreated to the side. With a bang, the entrance of the cave was blown open.
"Deputy squad leader, you take four soldiers to guard the door, and the others follow me in!"
Monk Wei took the lead, holding the gun and slowly moving inside along the stone wall of the cave.
A cave about the size of a football field, only about three or four meters high, and filled with dust.
Looking down, the ground was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. Most of them were probably killed in their sleep by the shock wave or suffocated to death by the devil's stranglehold.
The bodies that were killed in the earthquake did not cause much sensory stimulation to Wei Heshang and others. Instead, the Japanese soldiers who died of suffocation looked more like living devils.
Each of them had their eyes wide open and their tongues hanging out. Some were pulling their tongues, while others had their faces and necks pinched until they were bloody and their Adam's apples and black holes were even exposed.
Monk Wei carefully stepped over some strange-looking corpses, then slowly moved forward along the stone wall to search.
He was not interested in the corpses; what he cared about was whether the Japanese's secret weapons had been destroyed.
After some searching, we indeed saw a group of scattered wooden boxes in the deepest corner.
Monk Wei roughly counted them and found that there were about a hundred bodies.
It seems that there are at least half a battalion of troops in this cave, and these more than one hundred mines are definitely for them to rush towards the tanks of the independent column one after another.
Because, except for a small number of Japanese soldiers who had weapons next to their bodies, most of them were unarmed, and these thunder bombs were their weapons!
"It looks like they are really a suicide squad! But this is the first time I've seen such a large-scale suicide squad. It looks like the Japanese are getting desperate!"
While Monk Wei was thinking, he heard crackling gunshots at the entrance of the cave again.
"Commander, there's a fight at the gate! It looks like the Japanese reinforcements are coming!"
"Install the explosives and make sure all these mines are destroyed in the cave!"
Monk Wei immediately took the lead and got busy. They placed high explosives around the mine and set the delay fuse to three minutes.
"retreat!"
Several people rushed to the entrance of the cave and quickly joined the battle.
After Monk Wei fired a volley of bullets, he found that there were about thirty enemies.
"It's about to explode, retreat in turns!"
So, Monk Wei and others retreated to the west.
The Japanese soldiers seemed to have no intention of fighting and did not chase Monk Wei. Instead, they dived directly into the cave.
But they didn't expect that Monk Wei and his companions were not in the cave for tourism, but had prepared a little surprise for them.
With a final bang, the thirty or so Japanese devils went to see their Amaterasu.
After all this busy work, it was finally dawn and the sound of planes could be heard in the sky. According to the plan, the 201nd Battalion of the 1st Airborne Brigade would land in Caves No. 2 and No. respectively according to their division of labor.
The remaining caves 3-6 will be handed over to Shen Quan's 109th Infantry Brigade.
At this time, the infantry brigade was still on a difficult journey. They were advancing along the Yanshan Mountains towards a large area of karst caves.
At the Japanese temporary command post in Zhangjiakou, the Japanese were holding a decisive battle meeting.
The main participants were: Major General Matsuura Houichiro, commander of the 63nd Independent Mixed Brigade, Lieutenant General Nagano Fumo Masanobu, commander of the 66rd Division, Major General Tanaka Nobuo, commander of the 67th Infantry Brigade, and Major General Yanagi Isamu, commander of the th Infantry Brigade.
As the commander of the Zhangjiakou Campaign, the commander of the 63rd Division, Nagano Sotonori, was very annoyed.
"Baga, hiding soldiers and secret weapons in the caves of the Yanshan Mountains is the top secret of the North China Front Army. How could it be discovered by the cunning Chinese? Go and find out whether your subordinates have exposed the secret!"
"Mr. Commander, is it possible that the independent column's reconnaissance unit accidentally found the cave and discovered the secret weapon?"
"Impossible! They are clearly well prepared! This battle plan is perfect. Using secret weapons to bombard the tanks of the independent column is foolproof!
However, due to intelligence leaks, two squadrons of suicide squads have been killed and all the mines have been destroyed. What's more terrifying is that the enemy has discovered our secret weapon.
Once they step up their guard, it will be hard for them to achieve their full potential again.”
Nagano Fumio Masanobu was in a very bad mood now. He put all his energy into formulating a perfect battle plan.
Anti-tank trenches and mines were built in the first arc-shaped defense line of Zhangbei, and many death squads were hidden in the urban area of Zhangjiakou. In the caves on both sides of the only way from Zhangbei to Zhangjiakou, a large number of mines were also prepared.
The reason for doing this is to use human flesh to annihilate the tanks of the independent column, narrow the gap between the two armies, and then launch a decisive battle between the infantry!
Only in this way can they have a chance of winning.
But once the thorn mines were discovered and destroyed by the independent column, they would lose their last support.
Therefore, he made up his mind that no matter how much it cost, he must keep the thorn mine. In this way, the armored forces of the Fuli Corps would at least be cautious when attacking!
"I order the 2nd Mixed Brigade to continue to reinforce the front-line positions of Miaotan, Maliantan and Cainao, and snipe the enemy's armored forces with mines.
The 66th Infantry Brigade thoroughly wiped out the small enemy groups in the Yanshan Mountains and ensured the safety of the caves and secret weapons.
The 67th Infantry Brigade carried sting mines, anti-tank grenades and explosive packs into Zhangbei County and the hillsides on both sides of the road leading to Zhangjiakou, ready to fight the enemy to the death at any time! "
"Hayi!"
（步兵第66旅团旅团长田中信男少将：独立步兵第77、78、79、137大队。
步兵第67旅团旅团长柳勇少将：独立步兵第24、25、80、81大队。）
Nobuo Tanaka is under the greatest pressure now. After all, the Yanshan Mountains are very large, so large that even if these four teams are deployed, there will not be any splash.
No, he only has three battalions now, because Yoshida Ayako's 77th Independent Infantry Battalion has completely disappeared from the earth.
However, he was also glad that at least he did not have to face the steel torrent of the independent column. He did not want to be crushed into a pool of meat by the tank tracks.
"Mr. Commander, objectively speaking, the independent column's weapons and equipment are now ahead of ours, so I suggest that we concentrate our superior forces to search the mountain!"
"Well, you have a point. Their heavy firepower and armored forces cannot be used in the mountains. Maybe this is our chance. So, please, Tanaka-kun!"
Nobuo Tanaka bowed, then returned to Liujiafangzi Village at the foot of Yanshan Mountain to begin preparations.