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

Chongqing received the battle report from the New Fourth Division and reported it to the top leaders immediately. When the top leaders read the telegram, their first feeling was that it was a false report of military exploits. The New Fourth Division, with only five or six thousand soldiers, inflicted large-scale casualties on the Japanese army through tunnel defense. Then the cavalry regiment made a detour and wiped out the elite Japanese regiment of 3,000 soldiers. From the regiment commander to the groom, no one escaped. The key point was that they did not have the help of the Yimeng guerrillas and fought completely independently.

What a surprise, and what an unexpected event. No matter how good the New Fourth Division's previous performance was, it was always influenced by the Yimeng guerrillas. Now that they were able to independently destroy a regiment, it was clear that Menglianggu was really impregnable. Yes, they had not wasted their thousands of gas masks and hundreds of thousands of dollars. There was no need to investigate the fall of Yishui City last night. Besides, with more than a thousand people facing a division, it would be a miracle if they didn't fall.

The top leaders understood that although the Yimeng guerrillas did not participate in the battle, the New Fourth Division could not have achieved such a record without the support of the Yimeng guerrillas. Although they were far away, the top leaders knew Menglianggu like the back of their hands, including the tunnel defense system, countless guns and ammunition. This was probably the basis for the complete victory:

"Send a telegram to the special communications group and ask them to tell Leng Qiang that Shen Honglie's troops must obey his command in everything and try every means to defeat the 114th Division. They are a group of butchers in Nanjing City and they must be killed no matter what means are used."

"Send a telegram to Shen Honglie, I will remember his achievement and ask him to obey the orders from the cold gun, work hard and annihilate the stubborn enemy."

"Yes!"

In the early morning of October 10, the Japanese launched an artillery attack. Chen Feng looked at the reverse slope artillery position at the foot of the mountain and felt a little emotional. It was the third wave! They didn't learn their lesson! However, the Japanese didn't pass the news back in the first two annihilation battles. The Yimeng guerrillas were also very tight-lipped and controlled the news. Yes, the 23 mountain cannons were covered by the side fire of the mountain artillery fire. Some of them were played.

While artillery roared below and explosions occurred on the mountain, people in the tunnels were eating heartily. There was canned beef stewed with Chinese cabbage and plenty of fragrant rice. Apart from the fact that the dust and gravel from the shelling were a bit of a hindrance, the soldiers did not take the shelling seriously at all.

After nearly an hour of shelling, the Japanese army began to climb the mountain. Two squadrons of four to five hundred soldiers began to climb with gleaming bayonets.

"Order: All artillery units remain stationary. Wait until the Japanese troops cross the 200-meter line, then open fire from the first tunnel to resolve the issue. Do not expose all firepower."

Numata Tokushige should be watching his men attack, but he doesn't have the heart to do that now. The Endo Regiment has lost contact. The Endo Regiment did not report the battle situation last night, but Numata Tokushige didn't care. He knew his own soldiers well. They must have dealt with the New 4th Division at Menglianggu and went to a nearby village to have fun. They will definitely be here today. Just now, the communications soldier called the Endo Regiment, but there was no response to the report.

Numata Tokushige was furious. He had never thought that Endo's regiment would be destroyed by the New Fourth Division. It was unrealistic. He had fought with the Chinese army dozens of times, and no National Army unit had ever been able to hold out for two hours. Most of them just fled at the sight of the enemy.

"Send a squadron to search eastward and make sure to find them. Have Endo Torapisa call back immediately and have them move quickly towards Mount Mengshan."

"Hi!"

Only then did Numata Tokushige come out of the tent, climb up to the high platform and use a telescope to check the situation of the attacking echelon. When the two squadrons reached the open area, the situation was clear at a glance. The open area was also bare due to artillery fire. Numata Tokushige believed that the two squadrons would definitely gain something.

The first tunnel defense line is guarded by one battalion today. Ningbo saw that the Japanese army had crossed the 200-meter line and ordered the troops to open fire. Only a quarter of the light and heavy machine guns were used. Three Type 92 machine guns, eight Type 92 rifles, and more than 300 rifles opened fire simultaneously.

Phew! Phew! Phew!

Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck!

boom! boom! boom!

After robbing Qufu East Station and more than a month of raids and looting, the firepower on Mount Mengshan was no longer what it used to be. Even if a quarter of the firepower was used, it was still not something that two Japanese squadrons could contend with.

The Japanese soldiers in the front row fell down in large numbers, but the Japanese soldiers in the back did not do as the previous ones did, either lying down or retreating. They continued to climb stubbornly, and the Type 38 rifles of the soldiers in the front row made a banging sound.

At the foot of the mountain, Norishige Numata watched the soldiers' performance through the telescope and nodded repeatedly. Commander Bin Shanyuan of the North China Expeditionary Army Command had reminded him not to underestimate Mengshan. Although there was only one battalion of troops on Mengshan, the firepower was very strong.

Looking at the light and heavy machine gun fire on the mountain, Numata Tokushige thought that there was no big problem. His soldiers were all butchers. There were only a few hundred people in a battalion, and they could be exhausted by consumption alone. What made Numata Tokushige vaguely uneasy was that the Endo Regiment had no information yet. I hope these idiots are not playing too hard! Otherwise, they will be severely punished.

In the morning, the Japanese army launched three attacks. The first one was carried out by two squadrons, and the next two times were carried out by one squadron. Numata Tokushige understood that it would cost a great price to take Mengshan. He did not want the warriors of the empire to perish in the small Mengshan. Bin Shanyuan promised him that he would send bombers tomorrow. Artillery fire was useless, but the bombers could always blow it up!

At noon, the search team returned and did not find Endo's regiment. The team searched all the way to the foot of Menglianggu Mountain. There were no signs of fighting at the foot of the mountain. They sent a small team to search the mountain, but they were all killed by the Kuomintang troops on the mountain.

"Nani"?

Numata Tokushige was confused. There were artillery fire yesterday afternoon, but no one was found today? There were still national troops on the mountain. So the question was, was Endo's regiment wiped out?

It's impossible, absolutely impossible. If Endo's regiment was fighting at Mengshan, it wouldn't be surprising if it was wiped out, but it was the New Fourth Division at Menglianggu! A regiment of more than 3,000 people, relying on the New Fourth Division's several thousand troops, this is not a joke.

He couldn't figure it out, no matter how hard he tried, Numata Norishige couldn't understand it. He would rather believe that a regiment had gone to harm the people than believe that they were all wiped out. He had to find them, even if they were all dead, to get the information.

"Order the Qiaozhong Battalion to take all the equipment and supplies and go forward to Menglianggu to conduct a thorough search. Do not rush to attack up the mountain. Make sure to find out what happened to the Endo Regiment. I don't believe that a regiment just disappeared like that."

The Japanese army continued to attack in the afternoon, but lost several hundred people. The Japanese commander changed his strategy. Every time a squadron of devils came up, they would not move after entering the 300-meter line. They would lie on the ground and shoot at the soldiers in the tunnel. The attack, which started well but ended badly, made the people on the mountain a little confused.

Chen Feng didn't care how the Japanese army attacked. He kept a close eye on the Japanese military camps and artillery positions for a whole day. These places were equipped with explosives in advance. Chen Feng could completely predict in advance where the military camps and artillery positions could be set up. All the remaining explosive packs were buried in these areas and arranged into a square array of explosive packs. Under the seemingly messy dead grass and bushes, there were fuses sticking out.