War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 483: I’ll spoil you!
Tuanchengkou is located next to the Dongpaochi Highland, halfway between the west of Pingxingguan and the east of Xihekou. It is a high point that can suppress all directions. It is considered the central area of ​​the surrounding area and a place that military strategists must capture.

The one stationed here now is Gao Guizi from the 17th Regiment of the 84th Division.

Then why didn't Xu Chaoyang take action when the Japanese invaders attacked Tuanchengkou? Wouldn't it be easier to defeat the Japanese invaders that way?

Because Xu Chaoyang didn't want to just fight the Pingxingguan battle. His goal wasn't as simple as winning at Pingxingguan. This result would be too small!
This time, the 115th Division led people across the Yellow River into Shanxi, which was the first appearance of our party and army on the anti-Japanese battlefield. With such a debut, was it enough to win the Pingxingguan battle?

That’s it?
What Xu Chaoyang wants is the entire Pingxingguan!

Pingxingguan is strategically located and can be defended, and the surrounding Lingqiu is even easier to defend than to attack. If we can take over both places, our party and our army will have a base for development in Shanxi, and we will be able to completely take root in this land.

Although our party and army were poorly equipped at that time, we were extremely experienced in governance. Sun was an expert in governance. Once we found a place in Shanxi where our party and army could stay, our ability to spread out to the surrounding areas would be unmatched.

Red will quickly paint the entire earth.

Xu Chaoyang doesn't have this ability, but this time, he has countless political cadres waiting in Yan'an...

Therefore, he would rather let Gao Guizi be defeated and then take back the territory from the Japanese than fight a war of annihilation. Rather than making mistakes in a hurry, it is better to proceed step by step.

This would not only avoid causing friction with Yan Laoxizi, but would also leave the entire government speechless.

From a strategic point of view, it is indeed the best time to take advantage of the Japanese invaders' arrogance and strike. The position was originally in the hands of your national government, but you can't defeat them, so who can you blame?

This led to the configuration of the 217th Army and the Northeast Army's rapid advance to Tuanchengkou.

"Quick! Quick!"

Under the night sky of September, the weather has gradually become hot at noon and cool in the morning and evening. It is in this environment that the soldiers carry guns and cannons over mountains and across rivers.

A team of a thousand people fiddled with the Type 92 infantry gun that Xu Chaoyang brought from SH among the mountains until they were exhausted. Some soldiers were so tired that they lay on the ground with trembling legs when they transported the guns to the designated artillery positions!
But they still transported the cannons. Mancangzi was so confused that he couldn't speak clearly: "Hurry up, assemble the cannons!"

Da da da da da da da…

The sound of gunfire was very weak in the distance. The reason why the artillery position was arranged so close to Tuanchengkou was to facilitate shelling Tuanchengkou and then turning around to shell Dongpaochi. Chang Zhan also proposed to use his own manpower to help, but Mancangzi refused. He said, "Battalion Commander, our soldiers can be exhausted when firing, but they cannot be exhausted when attacking the hilltop. Don't you think this is the truth?"

Mancangzi respected Chang Zhan very much, and what he said was also the truth. If Chang Zhan wanted to do something dangerous, how could it be okay if he didn't have the energy?
Just like that, Chang Zhan led his troops to set off directly, Mancangzi led the soldiers to transport artillery, and the two groups of people marched towards Tuanchengkou one after the other. Yu Minghao took the fork in the road and headed straight for Dongpaochi, as he was not on the same road as them.

……

Dawn, Tuanchengkou.

boom! boom! boom!
The Japanese planes took off at dawn. When they flew over the front line of the Tuanchengkou position, they dropped countless bombs at low altitude. Bursts of artillery fire frequently emerged between the mountains and above the positions.

On the battlefield, Gao Guizi, a general who graduated from the Shanxi Military Academy and was called "a treasure shared by all Chinese people" by the sun, went to the front line in person. He bent over in the trench and shouted loudly: "Everyone hide well, no one is allowed to come out. After the planes are gone, there are still artillery. The Japanese will launch an attack only after the shelling is over. It's not worth dying now!"

"Second Captain!"

boom!
The bomb exploded on the hillside at the edge of the position. Gao Guizi immediately squatted in the trench and shrank his neck. When the dust fell all over the sky, he became a dirt man. Then he quickly shook his head and shouted, "Second Regiment Commander!"

"After the shelling stops, send someone to check the ammunition immediately. No mistakes are allowed!"

"Yes!"

In the curved trench, the two men were only a dozen meters apart, but this distance made it difficult to move under the artillery fire...

boom!
On the east side of their trench, a shell fell, and the bodies of two soldiers were blown up high in the trench, and then fell heavily outside the trench pit. Then the airflow in the trench pushed down a group of soldiers. When the airflow dissipated, several soldiers had been shaken to death. It was no wonder that Gao Guizi was defeated in the battle at Tuanchengkou. The devils never thought of sending people to rush up to fight him with real swords and guns. They played artillery shells and bombing planes. The 21st Regiment, 21th Regiment, and 11th Regiment of the 45st Brigade led by Miura Toshito were waiting not far from the mountains. To put it bluntly, as long as Gao Guizi could raise his head, he could see the devil's position, but if they didn't come up, what could you do? You can't abandon the high ground and rush down to face the bullets, right?

Alas, Miura Toshitoshi refused to move. With the assistance of the entire 21st Brigade Artillery Battalion, he bombarded the entrance of Tuancheng fiercely. Not a single Japanese soldier was sent to the high ground. Gao Guizi was so depressed by this that she wished she could catch a Japanese soldier and bite him to death. That feeling of humiliation... she had never experienced before in her life.

The fifth platoon leader of the regular combat unit was so anxious that he gritted his teeth and squatted in the mountains with a pout on his face. The two armies were only separated by a few hills. If they went through the ravine, they would arrive in a flash. But the superiors had not issued the order to attack.

"Fifth Platoon Leader!"

Chang Zhan turned his head and shouted to the fifth platoon leader who was brought down from the Songhu battlefield by Xu Chaoyang.

"To!"

Chang Zhan quickly reached out and pressed him there. The boy almost rushed out: "What the hell are you doing?"

"Aren't we going to fight the Japanese? I can't hold it in any longer!"

"Pee, you have to pee in your crotch now!"

"See that?"

Can Zhan pointed and said: "Take your 'new fifth platoon' and go around the back..."

After the sun rose, bursts of dust and smoke continued to rise from the mountains where Chang Zhan pointed out, with a strong sense of rhythm. Chang Zhan stared at it for two full rounds. Whenever dust and smoke rose here, the Tuanchengkou position would be bombarded. Then he concluded: "That's the Japanese artillery position, but judging from the range of the smoke and dust shock, it should not be the main position of the 21st Brigade Artillery Battalion. I think it may be an artillery position specifically for attacking Tuanchengkou." Further away, it could not be seen by the human eye.

"I want your platoon to move over with the H34Ys. As long as the Japanese occupy the entrance to Tuancheng and the artillery fire from Mancangzi begins, you must destroy the artillery positions for me. You must not let any shells be fired from there to block our attack. Do you understand?"

"That's it!"

"Newly formed fifth platoon, follow me!"

The fifth row is gone...

"Captain of the First Company!"

"To!"

"Oerlikon, set up your positions along the top of the mountain. I think the plane that just flew over here must have pooped. When we start the attack, you have to have your men keep a close eye on my head. If bird poop falls on my head, you'll be the one to blame!"

"No problem. I was happy to use a net to catch birds when I was back home. Leave it to me!"

"Everyone, get ready!"

Chang Zhan already felt that the Japanese were about to attack the city gate, so he had to go around. Otherwise, there would be no low dust on the mountain road that was supposed to be deserted...

This is a general with rich combat experience. He has a sharp nose and can quickly determine the artillery position from the stirred dust. He can also tell from the low dust whether there are approaching Japanese vehicles, because the two types of dust appear in different ways. Moreover, in this place, only the Japanese and Yan Laoxizi's troops can use cars to transport troops. If it were Yan Laoxizi, he would not be so careful and would drive the car directly down the mountain. He would never think about hiding his whereabouts and not revealing his figure.

But you say the Japanese were careful, but they didn't send any scouts when they launched the sneak attack, and there were no soldiers to investigate. You say they were not careful, but they knew they were launching a sneak attack and understood the importance of preventing the sound of the trucks from reaching the ears of the 84th Division.

This is all because they have become accustomed to their military achievements. They rely on their more advanced weapons and think they have no rivals in this land. They are so careless during battles!
Come on then!

Chang Zhan thought angrily: "If I don't beat you guys so hard that you start to tremble every time you hear thunder, thinking you're being attacked, I swear I won't be a human being!"

(End of this chapter)