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

The two hundred rocket soldiers did not disappoint Chen Feng. Although it was their first time firing, there were no obvious mistakes in the 200 test firings. All the rockets flew in the direction of the target, with a hit rate of only about half. Chen Feng was very satisfied. Two days, only two days, with each person practicing at most ten artillery shells, would make this group of rocket soldiers invincible.

On the afternoon of April 4, Shen Honglie was mobilizing the two hundred rocket soldiers of the New Fourth Division. Behind the rocket soldiers, there were two hundred auxiliary personnel. If the rocket soldiers performed well in the raid on the Washizu Division tonight, it would be very beneficial to the battle situation.

"Brothers, Captain Lengqiang was generous enough to give us two hundred rocket launchers and ten thousand shells. This commander-in-chief declares that the rocket battalion of the new Fourth Division has been officially established. Each rocket soldier can choose an auxiliary personnel to launch a surprise attack on the Washizu Division tonight. I hope that everyone will show their momentum and fight the first battle of the rocket battalion well. Do you have confidence?"

"Have".

Two hundred rocket soldiers and two hundred auxiliary personnel shouted in unison, their voices shaking the heavens.

Shen Honglie continued to boost morale:

"The results of the Rocket Force's battle tonight will be reported by special statisticians arranged by each unit. After the destruction of the Washizu Division, I will rank them based on their combat merits. Whoever hits more, hits more accurately, and hits harder will be the Rocket Force battalion commander tomorrow, followed by the company commander and platoon leader and so on. If anyone cannot hit accurately, I'm sorry, you have let down Captain Cold Gun's seven days of training, you'd better go back to where you came from."

Seeing that the two hundred rocket soldiers were getting serious, Shen Honglie stepped back:

"Now, please let Captain Lengqiang speak."

Chen Feng took a step forward and looked at the 200 rocket soldiers and 200 auxiliary personnel with a smile:

"Brothers."

Four hundred people stood in awe.

"Don't be so serious and don't have any mental burden. You have learned everything you need to learn. The first thing is to protect yourself. Don't get carried away and ride on top of the enemy's head and open fire."

The four hundred soldiers could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.

"Protect yourself and destroy the Japanese army's heavy firepower targets and clusters. This is our combat mission tonight. Don't panic. The more panicked you are, the less accurate you will be. If you can't hit the target with one shot, shoot two. If you can't hit the target with two shots, keep shooting. There are plenty of rockets, enough for everyone to practice your accuracy. Bring all 500 rocket launchers, two or three for each person. Let me make it clear first, auxiliary personnel are not allowed to practice with them. It is easy to cause accidents if they are not familiar with them. Okay, I won't say anything more. Tonight we will kill the Japanese together and protect our homeland."

"Kill the devils and protect our homeland."

When the New Fourth Division set out, the Lunan Detachment also took action. Chen Feng's order was very rough:

"At 4 o'clock in the evening of April 11, we will jointly attack the Japanese Washizu Division. The Lunan Detachment will attack from the west. Not a single Japanese soldier will be let go. Violators will be held accountable."

The order was sent from Menglianggu, and forwarded to Nishan by the Yimeng guerrillas. Everyone who should know knew it, but no one reported it to their superiors. It was a top-secret telegram, and no one dared or was willing to mess with it without Chen Feng's nod. If the secret was leaked, no one would forgive themselves.

The Lunan Detachment had only more than 2,000 troops in Nishan. They were speechless when receiving the order. I don’t know what to say about this cold shot.

Yang Qingfeng contacted his superiors and received an order to obey absolutely. After discussing with the political commissar for a long time, he decided to leave only one company to guard Mount Ni, while the rest of the troops were fully armed and took all the heavy equipment to rush to Mount Meng.

The guerrillas in Mengshan began to move downward. Except for the rocket soldiers, the rest of their fighting style was the same as that against the 33rd Division: artillery bombardment, machine gun suppression, infantry and cavalry charge. The Washizu Division had no artillery, so there was no need to sneak in and blow up the artillery positions. However, with a force of more than 20,000 people, the stationed area was almost twice as large as last time, so it was still difficult to surround it.

There are more than 2,000 people in Mengshan, 4,000 soldiers from the New Fourth Division, and 2,000 soldiers from the Lunan Detachment. The three teams combined are not even a fraction of the Washizu Division. This would be a joke anywhere in China today, but Chen Feng is not worried because of his powerful firepower.

All the light and heavy machine guns of the New Fourth Division and the Yimeng Guerrillas were lowered into the tunnels, and the New Fourth Division brought all the infantry guns and indirect-fire guns.

The Yimeng guerrillas also moved their infantry artillery to the foot of the mountain and secretly built mortar positions.

The firepower of the Lunan Detachment is relatively weak, but they also seized a lot of mortars in the last battle against the 33rd Division, and they are no longer short of light and heavy machine guns. The order from above is to completely obey Leng Qiang's command. Yang Qingfeng did not hide any of the weapons. If they defeat the Washizu Division, the spoils alone will be exciting.

At 10:30 in the evening, the team arrived at the designated location. The night was as dark as ink. Only some lights could be seen from the Japanese barracks at the foot of Mount Meng. The New Fourth Division set up machine gun positions 500 meters to the east and south, and the Lunan Guerrillas set up machine gun positions 500 meters away. If they wanted to encircle and annihilate the Washizu Division, they had to guard against their breakout. If 20,000 troops really broke out, it would be difficult to stop them without reliable positions.

The soil was relatively soft in spring, and several thousand people dug gently with shovels. The Washizu Division had been relaxed for many days. There were only soldiers on guard in the trenches, and there were barbed wire outside the trenches. These guard soldiers were very confident and had no idea what was happening five hundred meters away.

Taking into account the insufficient firepower of the Lunan Detachment on the west side, Chen Feng decided that if the Japanese wanted to escape, the breakthrough point would definitely be in the west. He asked Shen Honglie to send a machine gun company to the west to join the defense. As long as they could stop the Japanese army from fleeing, ten MG34s turned to the west and evenly set up machine gun positions on the high ground of the western front of more than meters.

At half past eleven, the simple trenches were set up, and the firing scales of the infantry guns and indirect-fire artillery positions behind the simple trenches were also marked. The heavy firepower of the Japanese army was clearly visible from Mount Meng. Unless they changed their positions in the dark, they would not be able to escape the attacks from all sides.

Jiujin Shouping had already fallen asleep. Although he lay flat at the foot of Mount Meng, he was still praised by Commander Bin Shanyuan. If they did this, wouldn't the Yimeng guerrillas be arrogant? As long as they were surrounded, no matter how strong their firepower was, they would be useless. How long could they eat the food? Half a year? A year? Sooner or later, they would be so hungry that they would come down the mountain and surrender.

If a Type A division surrounded other armies and did not achieve any combat results for a long time, it might be reprimanded. However, it was completely different for the Yimeng Guerrillas. As long as their development and expansion were restricted, it would be a great achievement.

Washizu Shouhei went to bed early and was having a sweet dream. If Washizu Shouhei saw the situation outside the position now, he would definitely break out in a cold sweat. The barracks and positions were about the size of ten football fields, and the periphery was full of machine guns, and further back were artillery positions.

Chen Feng has done the calculations. Among the three forces, sixty infantry guns and one hundred and fifty indirect-fire guns were used, with non-stop bombardment and enough shells for an hour. There were about one hundred and fifty MG34 anti-aircraft machine guns, about one hundred Type 98 heavy machine guns, and about three hundred Type light machine guns. There was no need to count the submachine guns, as they were numerous and completely replaced the Type and Type K in charging into battle.