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

At nine o'clock in the evening, the artillery and machine gunners of the Yimeng guerrillas went down the mountain. The mountain artillery and infantry artillery did not move. The artillery only brought thirty indirect-fire guns and two basic numbers of artillery shells. The machine gunners brought eight Type 92 heavy machine guns and twenty Type 92 light machine guns. The troops moved to a position fifty meters away from the foot of the mountain and built an artillery position in an open area. The machine gunners built a machine gun position only twenty meters in front of the artillery position.

At 9:50 in the evening, Shen Honglie's troops arrived, detoured on three sides, and began to build positions one thousand meters away from the three Japanese guard battalions. The Japanese discovered the situation and immediately opened fire with light and heavy machine guns, but they were out of range and could not hit the soldiers of the New Fourth Division who were building positions.

Although Numata Tokushige drank some sake, he was not drunk. He woke up when the gunshots were heard. He learned that there were troops besieging outside. He guessed that it was the New Fourth Division of Shen Honglie's army. Numata Tokushige was confused for a while, then felt relieved and showed a contemptuous smile. He admired himself for anticipating the enemy. A force of several thousand people, even with many cavalry, would never be able to break through the defense line built by three battalions.

"Order the three battalions to stop firing and be alert. Bullets should not be wasted like this. As long as the New Fourth Division does not enter the range, let them dig trenches."

"Send a telegram to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. Our unit is surrounded by the New Fourth Division. Please send bombers to bomb the outer perimeter of our defense line tomorrow morning. After the bombing, our entire army will attack and annihilate the New Fourth Division."

At 10:30 pm, the New Fourth Division completed the construction of the simple position, and the light and heavy machine guns were set up, aiming at the direction of the Japanese army camp. Shen Honglie still didn't understand Chen Feng's purpose. The devils had no intention of escaping! Were his troops waiting here?

Although he was confused, Shen Honglie still fired the signal flares as agreed upon in advance. After three flares were launched into the air, the entire Mengshan Mountain suddenly became silent. The Japanese army was waiting for the charge, and the national army was waiting for the attack on the mountain.

boom! boom! boom!

The cannons on the mountain started firing, hitting the targets that had been set in advance, which were piles of dead grass and bushes.

Numata Tokushige was about to go to sleep when he was startled by the roar of artillery fire. 75mm mountain gun? What was this cold gun? Didn't he know there was a tactic called reverse slope artillery position? He even created this himself. Was he so forgetful?

However, Numata Tokushige immediately discovered something was wrong. Although the mountain artillery did not hit the barracks and the defensive positions of the three battalions, the shells also hit the reverse slope. Numata Tokushige was instantly terrified. How did he do that? If the shells hit the barracks or the defensive positions, the troops would be in danger. But now was not the time to think about this. Numata Tokushige drew out his command knife and began to give orders:

"Pass my order, all infantry and artillery, move closer to Mengshan, quickly! Quick! Quick!"

Numata Tokushige's first reaction was to advance instead of retreating, to avoid the impending bombardment.

The messenger gave an urgent order, and a small number of Japanese soldiers jumped out of the tents, picked up their weapons and moved towards the foot of Mount Mengshan.

It was too late for anything else. The shells had already ignited the piles of dry grass and bushes, and the fuse hidden inside began to burn violently. The array of explosive packs made by the Yimeng guerrillas was very delicate, and the fuses were all concentrated in the pipes under the soil. In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army, they took dangerous routes. Green smoke came out of small holes hidden in countless bushes and dry grass. The fuse was rapidly approaching the target. The Japanese army found green smoke in various positions, but they didn't understand what it was and were all curious.

boom! boom! boom!

The Japanese military camp was the first to overturn. Hundreds of explosive packs hidden under the camp exploded almost at the same time. The entire open area on the reverse slope was like an earth dragon turning over. Explosions and flames broke out of the ground with terrifying force, tearing apart countless tents. Many Japanese soldiers got on the plane while they were still lying in bed.

Next came the artillery position. The same ground dragon turned over and detonated the 75 mountain artillery shells. Bursts of flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the terrified faces of countless Japanese soldiers.

Numata Norishige was running towards the foot of Mount Mengshan when he saw the fire illuminating the entire Mount Mengshan. He looked back at the 75mm mountain cannon rising into the air and was stunned, completely stunned.

As soon as the explosion at the artillery position took off, explosions were also heard at the three defensive positions. Because the front line was very long, the blows to the three defensive positions were not fatal. Although countless Japanese soldiers took homemade planes, there were still more than half of the troops on defense.

The mountain artillery on Mount Meng shifted its target and began to bombard the defense lines of the three Japanese battalions. There were no trenches, only simple sandbag positions. Because they had to be deployed along the reverse slope, many defending soldiers were crowded together. The artillery had discovered this situation long ago, and all the shells focused on these areas. The simple defense lines were completely destroyed by the mountain artillery.

Numata Norishige and the seven or eight hundred soldiers who were notified first had almost reached the foot of Mount Meng. Just as they were about to take a breath, a sound coming from the foot of Mount Meng made them break out in cold sweats.

All, all, all, all!

Phew! Phew! Phew!

Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck!

The artillery and machine gunners who came down the mountain opened fire. The artillery fired forty rounds at a rapid speed, and the machine gunners were also frantically harvesting the Japanese troops who were running towards here desperately.

Numata Norishige lay down immediately, but most of the Japanese soldiers did not react. Their minds were still in shock from the three consecutive explosions. Thirty mortars fired 1,200 shells in three minutes. There were not many Japanese soldiers left, and the machine guns continued to harvest them, even the corpses were hit with a few rounds of bullets.

The barracks and artillery positions were destroyed. The remaining Japanese troops on the three positions could no longer withstand the endless bombardment and broke out in all directions in panic. They even forgot about the positions built by the New Fourth Division all around them.

Shen Honglie's mouth never closed when the artillery bombardment began. Several explosions made him stunned. Just when he recovered, he saw the Japanese rushing out. Then he understood why the cold gun made the New Fourth Division besiege and build a defense line. Brothers! There is no plan left for nothing! Without his own orders, the Japanese army just rushed to a position of 200 meters, and the positions on all lines opened fire together.

Maxim, Type 92, Czech, Type 92, the New Fourth Division's light and heavy machine guns were quite a mess, but it did not hinder them from harvesting the Japanese who rushed out. They could not rush out at all, and were all shot into sieves. The remaining Japanese troops began to retreat again. Shen Honglie had a good grasp of the situation on the battlefield:

"Fire the signal flare, get out of the way, the cavalry regiment will attack."

Two signal flares were launched into the air and the cavalry regiment launched a charge. The national army in the southern position quickly retreated to both sides to make way for the charging cavalry, and the mountain artillery on the mountain stopped at the right time.

The remaining Japanese soldiers ran around and completely lost their defensive positions. When they found the cavalry rushing up, it was too late to operate the light and heavy machine guns. There was fierce flames burning everywhere. The entire Japanese position was as bright as day, with war horses galloping and sabers waving. It was another feast of killing.