Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 352 Bloodstained Wolf Den Mountain

"Prepare the artillery fire first, and attack the southeastern wall fiercely, and blast open a corner for me!"

Ding Wei was about to contact the division's artillery regiment, so he asked:

"How long will the artillery fire be ready?"

Wang Meng raised his finger and calmly made a “1”.

"A base number? I'm afraid it's not enough?"

Wang Meng shook his head and made a "1" gesture again.

"Keep hitting!"

Ding Wei took a deep breath after hearing this. The chief of staff was really arrogant. Wouldn’t it take hundreds of tons of artillery shells to fight in one night?

But it’s better this way. Ding Wei’s armored division artillery regiment has never had such a satisfying fight. The guys under him have been clamoring for live-fire shooting every day, so now let them fight to their heart’s content!

Hundreds of howitzers from the Artillery Division, the 4th Armored Division Artillery Regiment, and the 6th Armored Division Artillery Regiment continuously bombarded the southeast corner of Taiyuan City, shocking the Japanese in the city!

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was hiding in the underground command center, listened to the rumbling of artillery fire with a gloomy expression.

"What's the movement of that armored division in the north?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was referring to Kong Jie's Fifth Armored Division.

"General, they have already set up camp in Yangqu, and it seems that they are ready to block the 26th Division coming to support them!"

Kong Jie's mission was to block the reinforcements coming from the north. At this time, the 26th Division coming from Datong was about kilometers away from Taiyuan.

Kong Jie had already built fortifications in Yangqu, ready to take advantage of the situation and wait for the 26th Division to come and confront him head-on.

"Damn it, the Japs are too slow! We've been waiting for so many days, and they still haven't arrived? If it doesn't work, our tank regiment and armored infantry regiment will take the initiative to attack and give them an appetizer first!"

And Yoshio Shinozuka did not seem to have any hope for the 26th Division. After all, it was extremely difficult for a single division of theirs to break through an armored division's well-fortified positions.

This was simply impossible in the past. To crush the attack of a Japanese division, at least three to five divisions were needed.

Now? It hasn’t completely reversed, but it’s probably not far off.

"How about the troops coming from Shijiazhuang?"

"General, this may be a little pessimistic!"

It turned out that the Japanese had already engaged in battle with Li Yunlong and Shen Quandi's armored infantry regiment, and the fight seemed to be difficult to determine.

At the Langwo Mountain position, Li Yunlong and Shen Quan were staring at the Japanese position at the foot of the mountain with their bloodshot eyes.

"Shen Quan, how many troops do we have now?"

"Commander, I estimate that there are less than 2,000 people left! The Japanese attack during the day was too fierce, rush forward without regard for your life!"

Shen Quan looked at the armored vehicles placed in the woods and pounded the trench hard.

"Oh, if I knew we were surrounded by the Japanese, why would I bring my crappy armored vehicles? I could just charge back and forth with my Tiger tanks a few times and crush them all to death!"

Li Yunlong leaned against the trench and took a breath, then stuffed a piece of compressed biscuit into his mouth, choking and causing him to cough several times.

Finally, he took a few sips of water before swallowing the compressed biscuits.

"Stop talking nonsense, put the ammunition in order and see how much is left!"

"Yes! Commander, the tank regiment and a mechanized corps have begun to move towards us, but the Japanese resistance is very fierce, as if they are sure to defeat us."

Lieutenant General Yasutada Hosokawa, the highest commander of the Japanese invaders and puppet troops invading Shijiazhuang, was at his headquarters five kilometers away, looking at the scorched earth of Langwo Mountain.

After half a day of artillery battle, the artillery of the 59th Division and the th Brigade, with dozens of infantry guns, almost plowed the Langwo Mountain position, and the loose soil was two feet thick.

"The Independent Column is pushing forward towards Langwo Mountain with all its might. I guess there must be a big mission on this mountain. Maybe Li Yunlong is on the mountain! In short, the more the enemy wants to rescue us, the more we must take him down!"

Xichuan Kangzhuang had already deployed the 54th Infantry Brigade to Langwo Mountain, which included the 41st, 42nd, 43rd and 44th Infantry Battalions, a total of Japanese devils and more than puppet troops.

But it was the first time that he experienced the terrifying firepower of the Independent Column. Semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, light and heavy machine guns, like rain, poured down on their soldiers and the Imperial Army from top to bottom.

Moreover, mortars and artillery of various calibers were set off like firecrackers during the Chinese New Year! They kept crackling and firing without stopping.

In the face of powerful firepower, "board charge" is like queuing up to die.

Gathered together, that's a mortar shell.

Line them up in a row and arrange light and heavy machine guns.

Hiding aside, there is also a precise shooter.

In short, the Japanese and puppet troops of the 54th Brigade spent a horrible day.

Not only did they fail to advance a single step that day, but they left behind thousands of Japanese corpses and hundreds of puppet soldiers' bodies on Langwo Mountain.

"Organize a night offensive. Take advantage of the darkness so that their firepower can't be used to their advantage! Moreover, with such a high-intensity battle, their ammunition is probably almost exhausted!"

"Hayi!"

After a brainwashing, the Japanese organized 500 shirtless Japanese soldiers, holding Type 99 light machine guns, and the remaining 3,000 Japanese soldiers followed closely behind.

"Autumn Sack! Put the Imperial Army in the front and give them the opportunity to destroy the Imperial Army!"

Hosokawa Yasutada smiled sinisterly. Although these cowardly Imperial Army were not good at fighting, they could still serve as human shields!

Even though they were extremely unwilling, under the coercion of the Japanese bayonets and machine guns, these trembling puppet soldiers still gritted their teeth and moved towards Langwo Mountain.

Hosokawa Yasutada's guess was correct. After Shen Quan's inventory, the shells and bullets were running out.

On average, each gun had less than 20 shells, and each machine gun had less than 500 rounds of bullets, and each person had about 50 rounds of rifle bullets.

At the current intensity of consumption, I'm afraid we can only withstand one wave of attacks.

"Shen Quan, since I equipped you with semi-automatic rifles, you have not lost your ability to fight with bayonets, right?"

"How can that be possible! Our soldiers are now well fed and much stronger than before. Besides, we practice bayonet fighting every day! No problem!"

Li Yunlong let out a heavy breath, and he had made up his mind.

"Let the soldiers fight to their heart's content first. When they run out of bullets, we'll use bayonets! Even if we don't have strong firepower, we can still beat the bastards!"

"Yes!"

Shen Quan received the order and began to make preparations.

Li Yunlong took advantage of the gap, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and felt for matches all over his body.

"Damn it, we're out of matches after a war!"

A clever young soldier from the guard company struck a match and handed it over.

Li Yunlong lit a cigarette, and the flame made his haggard face look pale.

"Little comrade, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, Commander! I have defeated a Japanese soldier and a second-rate guy today. It's worth it even if I die!"

"Hahaha, your life is much more valuable than theirs! Live well and beat up the Japanese devils!"

Just as Li Yunlong was taking a puff of his cigarette, a huge explosion was heard in front of the position!