I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

On the way back, the Yimeng guerrillas had eight trucks carrying eight Japanese Type 41 mountain cannons, and all the team members were on board. Originally, Chen Feng had only arranged four trucks, and the four bicycles of the Jiechuan Regiment were intact, so there was no need to dismantle the mountain cannons.

The Type 20 Mountain Gun (Japanese: よんいちしきさんぽう) was a gun developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the early 1908th century. It was a licensed production model of the Krupp M1908 Mountain Gun. The Type design was developed in . The designer was Shimakawa Bunpachiro.

The "Type 20" mountain gun was developed by the Japanese Army in the early 1911th century. According to the Meiji era, it was the st year of the Meiji era (), so the mountain gun was given the number "Type ".

The gun was officially issued in 1917 and was originally used as a division-level support artillery. Later, it was replaced by the Type 2594 Mountain Gun (referring to the 1934th year of the Imperial Calendar, ). The Type was issued to the infantry artillery squadrons (companies) of each infantry regiment to take on the task of directly supporting infantry operations.

The Jiechuan League's target was not only Mengyin County. They were likely planning to attack both Mengyin and Yishui. Not only had they brought all the Bamenshan cannons, but they had also loaded all the shells. Even though the Yimeng guerrillas had used a lot of them to support the defense of Mengyin, there were still 160 boxes and 1,600 shells, which were enough for several large-scale defensive battles.

The Type 75 725mm mountain gun has a total weight of only kilograms and is relatively easy to disassemble. It is one of the easiest heavy artillery to "go up the mountain". It has six rows and three layers of defense, with one gun in each row. It is placed in a tunnel with a good firing range and is fixed on the outside with concrete.

Regarding the defense system of Mengshan, Chen Feng adopted the form of the Japanese army's defense on Iwo Jima. The Japanese army's defense on Iwo Jima pushed all the tanks into the tunnels, and under the bombing of thousands of US aircraft and countless naval guns, caused a large number of casualties to the US military.

The Jiechuan Regiment was severely damaged, and it was unknown how long it would take for the Japanese to launch their next offensive. Chen Feng ordered the guerrillas to continue to reinforce and dig tunnels while training. However, no matter how they trained, the permanent troops in Mengshan must not be less than four platoons, and a large number of spies must be sent out.

Jie Chuanxiong ran back to Qufu with the remaining soldiers. He was going to be committed hara-kamasutra, but the newly appointed Bin Shanyuan asked him to immediately go to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters in Peiping to explain the situation. Two small counties had lost two regiments. Bin Shanyuan judged that there must be some unknown circumstances involved.

Shen Honglie knew that Leng Qiang did not need military merits, and Leng Qiang himself had his own requirements, so he reported the situation of defeating the Japanese Jiechuan Regiment. However, the captured Japanese 75mm mountain cannon turned into the Marines desperately blowing up the mountain cannon.

The Henan defense line was retreating step by step, but this good news was widely publicized by Chongqing. Relying on a 1,000-man Marine Corps, they defeated an infantry regiment of 3,000 people and wiped out more than 2,000 Japanese troops. This was an unprecedented record.

The entire area near the Yimeng Mountains became quiet again. The Japanese invaders and traitors in Pingyi City did not dare to leave the city at all and waited for support tremblingly. A counterattack in the defensive battle gave Shen Honglie great confidence, and he mobilized another thousand people from Yishui City to join the Mengyin garrison.

It was still the cave with Liu Caiyun and the other two women. Chen Feng was toasting with Shen Honglie. Shen Honglie brought the second battalion commander Shen Zizhong to personally thank Leng Qiang, but Shen Zizhong didn't know that Hei Diao was Leng Qiang.

After listening to Chen Feng's lurking tactics, Shen Honglie was full of admiration, and Shen Zizhong was also full of admiration. Since ancient times, tactics have been ever-changing, but this was the first time they had seen someone judge the enemy's artillery positions in advance and lurk in ambush without being discovered by the enemy.

"Boss, besides thanking you in person, I also brought you 500 gas masks. Although the Marines seized a lot of weapons and ammunition, the 1,000 people from Yishui only brought enough ammunition for one battle. The weapons and ammunition were intercepted and left to them first. I hope you don't mind, Boss!"

In front of his nephew Shen Zizhong, Shen Honglie still called him the boss. Shen Honglie admired Leng Qiang so much that he didn't even tell Qin Qirong, let alone his nephew, the battalion commander.

"Commander Shen, please don't be polite. The gas mask has helped us a lot. It is a priceless treasure."

"It's the boss who has considered more. I, Old Shen, feel that I am not worthy of the Japanese army using poison gas bombs."

Seeing Shen Honglie speaking so easily, Chen Feng still felt it necessary to remind him:

"Commander Shen, you still have to be careful! The Japanese have lost nearly two regiments. Unless they are crazy, the next attack won't be by a regiment-sized force. I wonder if Commander Shen has any countermeasures?"

Shen Honglie smiled bitterly:

"There is no countermeasure. We can only fight to the death. If we can win, we will fight. If we can't, we can only consume the enemy. The camera has retreated, but now we control two counties. No matter where we are attacked, we have left a way out for ourselves."

The three of them toasted each other. This time, Shen Honglie only brought the guard platoon, who were all serving delicious food and wine on the mountainside. When the sun was setting, Shen Honglie took Shen Zizhong and said goodbye and left.

In the east of Zhengzhou City, at the temporary command post of the Fifth War Zone, Li Zongren was extremely worried. It was so difficult!

Although the troops in the Fifth War Zone were replenished with men and equipment, the disadvantage of having too many new recruits gradually became apparent. Once they were caught in a tough battle, these farmers who had been in the army for one to three months were the first to collapse. Some of them just lay in the trenches shivering, while others directly retreated and even ran away with the defenders on the defense line.

Kaifeng was lost as expected, and Zhengzhou couldn't hold out for many days. Chongqing meant to retreat to Zhumadian and Xinyang. They had to hold out for a month at least to buy time for the layout of Wuhan's defense. The pressure was huge.

"Report, war situation report from Chongqing."

"Come in".

The signalman handed a telegram to Li Zongren and withdrew.

Li Zongren read the telegram and looked at the deputy staff officers with some curiosity:

"Shen Honglie's troops in Shandong, with a force of 2500 marines, surrounded a reorganized regiment of the Japanese army in the south of Mengyin City, defeated the reorganized regiment, and wiped out Japanese troops. It was incredible!"

"It's totally impossible. They must have lied about the military intelligence. One thousand people against three thousand people, and they are trying to counter-encircle? Are all the thousand people of Shen Honglie the Lone Wolf Commando?"

"I also think it's impossible. Last time they were in Cuijiayu, they wiped out a regiment of 2,000 people and lost more than 2,000 of their own people. This time it's even more excessive, unless the Japanese army stays still and waits for them to attack."

"Lie to report military intelligence? Impossible! Old Shen is not that kind of person! Maybe there is some story behind it."

Li Zongren knew that it was not surprising that the troops in the Yimeng Mountain area could achieve any kind of results, and Chongqing was also well aware of it, otherwise the war situation report would not have been issued.