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

As soon as Seishirō Sakagami gave the order, a signalman hurried over.

"Your Excellency General, the 32nd Division sent an urgent telegram saying that they were ambushed by the Chinese guerrillas as soon as they arrived in Shanting District. The guerrillas used mysterious weapons and lost half of their tanks, heavy artillery and combat vehicles."

"Baga!"

"Send another message to the 32nd Division, reminding them to be on guard, not to rush on the road, and to ensure the safety of the march."

"Hi"!

From Lincheng to the Xiong'er Mountain area, the 5th Division suffered more than 30 ambushes of varying sizes. No matter how hard Sakagami Seishirō tried to control his emotions, he could no longer suppress his irritability. It was too disgusting. They would hit and run and could not catch anyone. Every time he went to catch someone, he would fall into a trap. If there were too many, they would use artillery bombardment, if there were too few, they would use machine guns, and occasionally they would be baptized by mysterious weapons.

During the lunch break, Seishirō Sakagami ordered the establishment of a temporary rapid reaction force. Six battalions were interspersed with the military forces, carrying only light machine guns and mortars. Once attacked, the nearest rapid reaction battalion would immediately pursue and make sure to wipe out the Chinese guerrillas.

We continued marching after lunch. We would not be able to reach Pingyi City today. Whether we could travel half the distance depended on whether the journey in the afternoon was smooth.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, we arrived at Xiong'er Mountain. The team encountered only three ambushes, all of which were mortar bombardments from a thousand meters away. The attackers could not be caught, but the casualties caused to the marching troops were limited.

On the road that runs through the mountains, all the Japanese soldiers were a little nervous. This terrain was too suitable for ambushes. The vanguard search team did not dare to delay. They went up to high ground, climbed mountains, and searched the bottom of ditches. The marching team slowed down again. It would be difficult to get out of the mountainous area today.

Seishirō Sakagami immediately ordered a change in the marching method. Two cavalry squads searched the side of the road and moved forward, while armored vehicles and trucks followed behind, firing indiscriminately at all areas on both sides of the road. The team had to pass through the mountainous area as soon as possible.

Phew! Phew! Phew!

Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck!

More than ten light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, and the high ground on both sides was covered with dust. The only two tanks would occasionally rotate their turrets and fire at the high ground on both sides.

On the hillside 800 meters ahead on the west side, more than 3,000 people from the Lunan Detachment and the Guard Regiment were lying in ambush. Looking down from the sky, a perfect 2,000-meter-long ambush line stretched from southwest to northeast. In the front were the rocket soldiers in the individual pits. There were 50 rocket teams, each 40 meters apart, scattered on a front of more than 2,000 meters, only 200 meters away from the highway.

One hundred meters behind the rocket troops are machine gun and rifle positions. More than one hundred machine guns of various types are ready, waiting for the order to be deployed.

Two hundred meters further back is the artillery position. There are five mortar positions, each 400 meters apart, and each position has twelve mortars.

Yang Qingfeng, the captain of the Lunan detachment, and Lin Chuan, the head of the guard regiment, were lying together. Lin Chuan had a typical military mentality and was indifferent to the affairs of the camp. The most important thing for the two teams to fight together was to remain united. The Lunan detachment came to help and support, so Lin Chuan was very polite to them.

"Captain Yang, the Japanese are getting anxious! If they really search thoroughly, we won't be able to hide, and we can only force an ambush. However, they should have sped up the search in order to get through the mountain area as quickly as possible. You see, their formation has changed from four rows to eight rows. Are they planning to gather together and give away their lives? This is going to be fun!"

"Captain Lin, I'm so ashamed! My suggestion this morning was to set up a blocking position at the entrance to the mountain. Fortunately, you didn't listen to my advice."

After Yang Qingfeng finished speaking, he turned his head and gave Lin Chuan a thumbs up:

"Captain Lin, when you chose this place as the ambush position, did you only consider the terrain or did you take other things into consideration?"

"You have considered all of them! To be honest, what I was thinking about mainly this morning was the issue of retreat. According to my idea, I would be ready to run after fighting for ten minutes. However, I didn't expect that so many of you came with so much heavy equipment. You must have worked hard in marching all night. If you have time, please thank the more than 2,000 soldiers on my behalf."

"Hey! Your captain has given a death order. Military law has occurred three times. We dare not slack off!"

Seeing Lin Chuan's embarrassed expression, Yang Qingfeng explained:

"The order was just a joke. We have fought with you in several big battles and have already made a name for ourselves. If we don't participate in this battle, the people will poke holes in our spines."

"Get down!"

The machine gun swept over and all the ambushed personnel lay down. The bullets from the machine gun would fall. Even though they could not hit themselves in a straight line, it was normal for them to hit the ambushed personnel after falling. The armored vehicle team had entered the ambush circle. Lin Chuan did not give any orders. They had to wait until the armored vehicles were about to leave the ambush circle before opening fire. This would ensure that the ambush could encircle the Japanese team to the greatest extent.

Three minutes later, the armored vehicle was about to leave the ambush circle. Lin Chuan personally fired a signal flare, which rose into the sky with a sharp sound.

The artillery fired first. The shooting mark had been aimed long ago. The road was there and they would not run away, so there was no need for test firing.

All, all, all, all!

The task of the sixty mortars was to fire twenty rounds at a rapid rate per minute, then adjust the scales according to the orders from the artillery observation post and continue firing twenty rounds at a rapid rate.

boom! Boom boom!

There were explosions all of a sudden on the road. Rocket soldiers appeared, and armored vehicles, tanks, heavy artillery trucks, and field artillery trucks opened fire at the nearest points. If there were no such vehicles, they would attack the Japanese who were carrying mortars or heavy machine guns.

Tsk~tsk~.

Fifty rockets flew towards the road almost at the same time. At a distance of two hundred meters, there was no need to worry about falling.

boom! Boom boom!

The rockets hit their respective targets almost simultaneously.

The explosions of mortar shells and rockets caused chaos on the more than 2,000-meter-long road. Some Japanese soldiers raised their guns and fired back, some chose to lie down, and others panicked and looked for obstacles to cover their bodies.

Before the artillery finished the first round of rapid fire, light and heavy machine guns and rifles opened fire, signal flares were launched into the air, and the machine guns that had been set up long ago were immediately lifted to the leveled positions. Forty MG34 anti-aircraft machine guns, one every fifty meters, and forty Type heavy machine guns were interspersed in the fire line. Similarly, more than forty Type light machine guns and Czech light machine guns were also set up on the machine gun positions.

Da da da da da da!

Phew! Phew! Phew!

Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck!

Tart tart tart tart tart tart!

The roars of four types of machine guns instantly resounded through the mountains. More than 120 lines of fire completely blocked the two-kilometer-long road, and bullets covered the sky and harvested the land.

The riflemen were not idle either. They aimed at the Japanese officers and artillery machine gunners and began shooting.

It's chaos, it's all chaos.

In one minute, the artillery completed twenty rounds of rapid firing. The observation post sent out flag signals in time, and the artillery quickly adjusted the scale and started rapid firing again three minutes later.

The rocket soldiers never stopped shooting. One person was shooting while the other was reloading. The reloading speed was relatively slow, and they had to aim every time they fired. It took at least twenty minutes to fire twenty rockets.

The hissing white smoke was so terrifying. The shells did not take the usual route. They would hit wherever there were obstacles. It would be useless for the Japanese to hide anywhere, especially the tanks and trucks, which were the main targets of the white smoke.