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

The reason why Dushan is called Dushan is that it is a solitary hill. Dushan is the only commanding height within a radius of ten miles.

The independent regiment occupied Dushan and immediately built fortifications. As expected of the working people who had just put down their hoes, the trenches connected the foxholes together and built the first line of defense on the ridge of Dushan.

A large number of booby traps and land mines were laid on the direct slope of Dushan Mountain to make the Japanese afraid to use them.

A large number of anti-artillery holes were arranged on the back side of the ridge to avoid the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns and mortars.

At the suggestion of Wang Meng, Li Yunlong referred to the experience of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and built a mortar position on the reverse slope of Dushan, which could both suppress the enemy infantry and avoid the Japanese artillery fire.

Everything was ready. Li Yunlong ordered the first and second battalions to enter the left and right positions respectively, the special forces team looked for opportunities to annihilate the enemy, and the third battalion served as the reserve.

After the independent regiment was deployed, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Kong Jie went to each position to take a look in accordance with the old tradition of the Eighth Route Army.

The brand new Mauser rifles and the Czech-style equipment at the squad level made Li Yunlong very happy.

"Damn it, you little bastards are in luck. If it were in the past, would a squad want a heavy machine gun, or a company a heavy machine gun platoon? Don't even think about it!"

Indeed, in 37, among the more than people in the regiment, only half had guns. The soldiers without guns held three bullets in their hands and followed the soldiers with guns. When the soldiers in front died, they would take over when they saw the guns.

"Now, every soldier has at least 90 bullets in his belt, right? Go ask around the entire Eighth Route Army and find out which unit is as wealthy as ours. If you're still no match for the Japs, go back and hug your kids and don't embarrass me!"

Zhao Gang rolled his eyes at Li Yunlong and quickly corrected him.

"Brothers, that's not what Captain Li meant. What he meant was that now that we have good equipment, we must fight bravely and more resolutely than before and pin the Japanese to Dushan!"

Li Yunlong looked disgusted.

"What do you mean by that? This is exactly what I mean. If we can't defeat the Japanese with such good weapons and equipment, we should just quit our jobs, take off our uniforms, and go home to farm!"

After saying this, Li Yunlong walked away with his hands behind his back.

Zhao Gang took two quick steps to catch up and stood in front of Li Yunlong.

"Captain Li, please be careful about the methods and ways when mobilizing the soldiers before the battle."

"What methods? You intellectuals are trouble. Look at these little brats. Who isn't howling now?"

Zhao Gang looked back and indeed, all the soldiers in the company were as happy as little tigers, just waiting for the Japanese to stick their heads out to die.

Zhao Gang fell into deep self-doubt.

The scouts who advanced five miles brought back information that more than 22 people from the 3800nd Regiment of the th Brigade of the Japanese Army were marching rapidly towards Dushan.

In less than an hour, the Japanese plaster flag was erected on the hillside two miles in front of Dushan.

The regiment commander, Colonel Katayama, sat in the command center with his command knife in his hand.

"Which army occupied Dushan?"

"Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."

"Independent Regiment? Didn't they just finish fighting with the Yamazaki Battalion? What a bunch of exhausted soldiers! Order an immediate attack, annihilate the Independent Regiment, and chase after them to encircle the anti-Japanese forces in North China!"

"Hayi!"

The Japanese did not bother to build fortifications. Two infantry battalions, under the cover of Type 95 tanks, leisurely advanced towards Dushan.

Li Yunlong looked at the Japanese soldiers who were swaggering around and snorted in his heart. It seemed that the Japanese soldiers treated the independent regiment as meat on the chopping board and could cut it at will.

Not even the demining engineers and reconnaissance troops are sent?

"Fuck it, pass on my orders. When the Japs are within range, use mortars to shoot at the tanks, and use light and heavy machine guns to shoot at the Japs."

(The Type 95 Light Tank was a light tank produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1934. Its main functions are to cover infantry, support infantry, lead infantry assaults, etc. Its armor protection is 6 to 12 mm.)

Five tanks advanced in unison, and booby traps kept exploding next to the tanks. Although this caused certain casualties to the Japanese, it did not affect their advance speed at all.

The tank entered the mortar's range, and the shooters were calibrated in advance. A special forces soldier observed with a telescope at the forward observation post and communicated with the special forces soldiers at the mortar position through the Hou Zhen intercom. After one calibration, he named the enemy tank.

There were a few dull sounds of mortar firing, and the shells crossed the ridge and hit the surroundings of the tanks. The first round of salvo destroyed a tank.

The second salvo destroyed two tanks.

The tanks realized something was wrong, and the remaining two tanks shifted into reverse gear and rushed backwards.

Did Katayama in the command center underestimate the independent regiment in front of him so much that he even forgot to fire the artillery first?

"Baga, we lost three tanks! Artillery of the liaison team, fire!"

After the special forces' forward observation post discovered that the artillery had been deployed and was preparing for firing, the entire first battalion of the Dushan defense line immediately moved from the tunnels to the anti-artillery caves on the reverse slope of Dushan.

6门92步兵炮、4门37毫米平炮、4门山炮同时朝独山发动炮击，一时间地动山摇，可独山阵地上早就空无一人。

After five rounds of extended shooting, except for some soldiers who were injured by shock, no one was killed.

After the artillery bombardment, the infantry charged.

The remaining two tanks brought the Japanese soldiers up again.

The soldiers of the independent regiment also quickly entered the combat positions through the tunnels. The muzzles of 30 heavy machine guns and more than 70 light machine guns in each battalion were pointed at the heads of the Japanese.

With a "bang", the Japanese's tiny tanks began to bombard the first battalion's position, killing four soldiers.

Li Yunlong shouted anxiously, "Zhu Zi, what the hell are you doing? Take the turtle shell off for me!"

Wang Chengzhu was so anxious that he was sweating, but the Japanese tanks had learned from previous experiences and were twisting around on the battlefield, and the artillery shells could not keep up.

"Zhang Xuan, go up with the anti-material sniper rifle!"

"okay!"

After receiving the order, Zhang Xuan took a soldier carrying a sniper rifle more than one meter long to the flank, and set up the gun and loaded it in one go.

"Fire freely when you are ready!"

After Zhang Xuan finished speaking, he covered his ears.

With a "bang", the strong airflow blew up the sand and stones and hit Zhang Xuan's face painfully.

The 12.7mm armor-piercing bullet seemed to hit the ammunition of the small tank, causing it to explode and go straight into the sky. More than a dozen Japanese soldiers around it were also dragged away to be buried with it.

"Boom, boom, boom," and three more shots followed, sending the twisting second tank into the sky.

Without the cover of tanks, the Japanese infantry were all exposed to the light and heavy firepower of the independent regiment.

The crazy steel output from mortars and heavy machine guns smashed the Japanese soldiers down.

The Japanese left behind hundreds of corpses and fled in disgrace.

Katayama in the command center stamped his feet in anger.

"Baga! Blow up the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions!"

"Report, the enemy's artillery positions have not been found yet!"

Now Li Yunlong was grinning from ear to ear. My artillery position is on the reverse slope. No matter how capable you Japanese are, can you find it?