I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 697: The Disappearance of Zhaojiapozi

At this moment, all the light and heavy machine guns in the Kuomintang positions had stopped.

All the National Army soldiers in the fortifications stared with their mouths wide open at the small hill where the Japanese were hiding.

What did the Kuomintang soldiers see just now? Did something supernatural happen just now?

They saw a small hill that was winding for hundreds of meters, but now it had disappeared.

The small hill called Zhaojiapozi disappeared before their eyes.

Before the battle began, the commander of the Ninth War Zone formulated a strategy of blocking the enemy layer by layer and luring the enemy into deep territory.

The main force of the Japanese attacking northern Hunan was lured to the outskirts of Changsha and annihilated there.

It was indeed risky for Changsha City to be guarded by the 73rd Army alone.

However, before the war, the Ninth Independent War Zone, which had replenished a large amount of ammunition, already had such confidence and courage.

They slowly let the Japs in, and the Sixth Division was handed over to the 73rd Army, and the Fourth Militia Division was also used to annihilate them.

The National Army assembled the main forces of four armies to encircle and annihilate the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade.

The reason why it took such a big fuss to annihilate a Japanese brigade was that

Or it was because they fought too few annihilation battles against the Japanese army in peacetime.

Only then were four armies dispatched, plus an artillery brigade trained with the help of the artillery of the Fourth Militia Division.

The Ninth War Zone is very busy nowadays.

They decided to wipe out the Japanese Army's 9th Independent Mixed Brigade tonight.

Then, without resting, the 27th, 30th, 19th, and 99th Armies of the National Army immediately assembled and turned around.

Their four armies had to march overnight and rush to the area south of the Miluo River.

There was Wen Yibai's First Militia Division, which had arrived at the south bank of the Miluo River in advance and had completely blocked the only way for the Japanese army to retreat.

As soon as the four armies of the National Army arrive tomorrow, they will be able to encircle and annihilate the 3rd and 40th Divisions of the Japanese Army.

This arrangement made many commanders of the National Army feel confused.

One is their theater commander, who took a step that was a bit too big.

He actually thought of annihilating three main divisions and one brigade of the Japanese army at the end of a battle.

They all had this somewhat unrealistic idea before.

This kind of impressive record has also appeared on their paper.

But now that it is about to be realized by the Ninth War Zone, they are a little bit unbelieving.

But this time, with the addition of a well-trained militia division with sufficient food and supplies, everything seems possible.

However, such a large-scale mobilization of troops, fighting several annihilation battles in mobile warfare...

It seemed that they had seen this kind of combat method before in the battle against the Red Army in northern Shaanxi.

Could it be that this was because their theater commander-in-chief had come to his senses?

Another thing that is different from the past is that all National Army units above the division level have sent out liaison officers from the militia division.

Moreover, the theater commander specifically reminded them that it would be beneficial for them to listen more to the opinions of the liaison officers.

Just like the ambush at Zhaojiapozi this time, the liaison officer of the 4th Militia Division designated a location for them to build fortifications.

At first, the two army commanders had some objections, wondering why the liaison officer insisted on building a position on flat ground.

It would be great to build fortifications on that small hillside, where the view is wide and the Japanese can attack from above.

The fortifications were arranged 300 meters away from the hillside. This is unscientific!

If the Japanese were allowed to hide on that small hill from a high position.

How many soldiers do they need to send in to annihilate the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade?

But think about the order from the commander of the Ninth War Zone, plus Song Wenwan had sent them so much equipment and ammunition.

The two of them decided to trust the liaison's advice (orders) for the time being.

When the Kuomintang soldiers began to dig fortifications, the liaison officer and his engineering company climbed up the hill.

The two army commanders were left behind and asked to watch the soldiers dig deep fortifications according to the drawings they provided.

It was already dark when the liaison officer came back with the people from the engineering company.

Looking at the wire they pulled back, the two commanders had an immature guess.

This liaison officer from the militia division may have taken the engineers to bury explosives on the opposite hillside.

But the effect won’t be very good. They have also seen how the militia division plays with explosives these days.

But this was not like in the trenches. After an explosion, the Japanese soldiers all got on the homemade planes.

This Zhaojiapozi is no more than 400 meters long and less than 5 meters at its highest point.

Below the slope is a depression, which the locals call Zhaojiawazi.

It is still very cold in the wild in Xiangbei in winter.

The biggest advantage of resting here is wind resistance.

It is next to a high ground, which is a good place for the Japanese to defend and hide.

That's why Brigade Commander Shiro Nodo chose this place as their temporary resting place at first sight.

But after a series of earthquakes, all this brief peace was gone.

The two Kuomintang army commanders were already stunned at this moment. They didn't know who the liaison officer of the militia division was.

How much explosives should the engineers bury under Zhaojiapozi?

The explosion of this batch of explosives was so powerful that it actually blew away a small hillside.

That's not right. It shouldn't be said that it was blown away. It should be said that it was blown away.

The liaison officer smiled and said to them, "My lords, this is actually called directional blasting.

This is just a small trick used by miners to blow up the mountain. I am sorry to make you laugh."

How could these two military commanders laugh?

The soldiers from the 37th and 99th Armies at the front positions were also unable to laugh.

What kind of method is this? Are these militia divisions all using divine methods?

They first blew up the entire hillside, and then used the principle of directional blasting to smash the hillside into the depression.

Among the more than 6,000 remaining Japanese soldiers of the 9th Brigade, at least half were buried alive by the flying hill.

It can also be said that they were crushed to death by that small hill.

Because the explosion was so powerful, directional blasting is not a panacea.

There were still quite a few pieces of earth and rubble that smashed towards the Kuomintang fortifications.

Only then did the two National Army commanders understand why the liaison officer reminded them before the war.

All the Kuomintang soldiers in the first row of trenches were required to wear helmets.

It was like this, and many soldiers' faces and heads were broken and swollen by the stones.

Alas, the contact person sighed.

It seems that the location chosen for this trench is too close to the hillside.

Or...is it because of the amount of explosives?

The liaison officer of the militia division looked at the two commanders of the National Army.

The two of them still looked dazed, and he could only shake his head helplessly.

Not only was the National Army eerily quiet, even the remnants of the Japanese 9th Independent Mixed Brigade were also silent.

Just now, with a muffled sound at the bottom of the hillside, an invisible shock wave was released.

The shock wave swept towards them like a tidal wave.

Before they could realize what was happening, it was as if a mountain was pressing down on them.

The Japanese soldiers behind the depression suddenly discovered that nearly half of their people were buried alive by the mountain.