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

Some Japanese artillerymen had just run to the artillery positions where explosions were happening when rocket launchers 250 meters away opened fire. Strands of white smoke mixed with flames were clearly visible. The rocket soldiers did not use field artillery or mortars, but blocked the route for the artillerymen to enter the positions. Dozens of rockets exploded at the same time, not only killing and wounding the artillerymen on a large scale, but also successfully blocking the artillerymen's way into the positions.

As soon as the rocket soldiers opened fire, the Japanese machine gun positions defending the north side found the target. Seven or eight Type 92 heavy machine guns and more than ten Type 99 light machine guns opened fire at the same time, and the suppressed rocket soldiers dared not raise their heads.

The anti-aircraft machine gun position behind the rocket troops opened fire. The machine gun position was only a hundred meters behind the rocket troops and only five hundred meters away from the Japanese machine gun position. A regiment of anti-aircraft machine guns opened fire together, and with the advantages of long range and fast firing rate, they instantly suppressed the Japanese machine gun position.

The rocket troops continued to fire, and after a while, dozens of Japanese artillerymen rushed into the artillery positions. However, in the environment of continuous explosions, it was difficult to organize a counterattack. The observers were reporting and the surveyors were calculating the trajectory. Just as they were about to adjust the shooting scales and start firing back, the shells exploded.

boom! Boom boom boom!

Several mushroom clouds rose up, and the flames of the explosion illuminated the entire Laomao Mountain. The artillerymen who were preparing to open fire were blown into slag. Several artillerymen who were close were blown into the sky by the shock wave, and they were flying like a piece of rag. The bright flames illuminated the artillerymen who were advancing towards the artillery positions, and everyone's face was filled with despair.

When the shelling began, the Japanese soldiers in the military camp had all fallen asleep. One round of artillery fire awakened them all. They did not flee in all directions, nor did they rush to organize a counterattack. Except for the artillerymen who were not afraid of their lives, most of the Japanese soldiers lay on the ground, waiting for the shelling to end.

When the Chinese artillery opened fire, due to the shortage of supplies, they could only fire ten rounds at a rapid pace, and there were usually no exceptions. But this time they encountered the Yimeng Guerrillas, the New Fourth Division and the Lunan Detachment. These teams were all well-equipped, and their firepower configuration was three or five levels higher than that of the KMT's ace troops.

It was not ten rounds of rapid fire, nor twenty rounds of rapid fire, but the rare thirty rounds of rapid fire.

Each mortar fired thirty shells for two minutes, and more than 3,600 shells hit the Japanese military camp and artillery positions. The Japs were frightened and did not organize a counterattack at first to avoid the explosion. After ten shells, they could no longer organize a counterattack and there was wailing in the camp.

After the bombardment, the Japanese commander organized his troops to charge. It was not enough to just withstand the bombing. His own artillery positions were in ruins, so he had to find the enemy's artillery positions and destroy them.

Armored vehicles and tanks led the way, and the remaining Japanese troops followed behind with rifles, passing through the defensive trenches they had dug, breaking through their own barbed wire, and launching a charge in the east, west and south directions.

Hiss~ hiss~!

The rocket soldiers opened fire the moment the Japanese army broke through the barbed wire. One hundred and fifty rocket launchers were aimed at the armored vehicles and tanks that rushed out. White smoke was intertwined. Several rocket launchers hit one armored vehicle and tank. After a round of concentrated fire, the armored vehicles and tanks were basically all defeated.

The anti-aircraft machine guns also opened fire. Fearing that the Japanese would notice, the machine gun positions were set up 500 meters away from the Japanese barbed wire. It would be somewhat difficult to attack the military camp, but the shooting distance was safe enough to shoot at the tanks and armored vehicles that rushed out.

Da da da da da da! The three regiments of the Yimeng guerrillas and one regiment of the New Fourth Division were all equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns. All of them were transported here tonight. More than a hundred fire chains with tracer bullets flew towards the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks. The thin-skinned tanks and armored vehicles could not withstand it at all.

boom! Boom boom!

Ammunition detonated and fuel tanks exploded, and the densely packed Japanese troops following the tanks and armored vehicles suffered a devastating blow.

The Japanese army retreated. With such firepower configuration and no tanks or armored vehicles to lead the way, rushing out would be a suicide mission.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two flares were launched at the same time. The artillery quickly adjusted the shooting scale and started test firing two minutes later. After one round of test firing, they started shelling again, hitting the Japanese trench area.

The machine gunners started moving. The machine guns did not need to be disassembled. Four people carried the heavy machine gun and one person carried the light machine gun. There were also special people carrying the bullet boxes. The machine gun team bent over and rushed forward, with sniper rifles providing cover. Relying on the advantage of their long range, they fired wherever there was a flash of fire. The rocket soldiers who came forward shot down the tanks, reloaded their ammunition and aimed at the trenches. Wherever there was a flash of fire, one or two rockets would fly over.

At the cost of dozens of casualties, the machine gun position was successfully moved three hundred meters. Two minutes later, the machine gun position was set up and automatically fired. The artillery fire stopped and the rocket soldiers were silent, but hundreds of light and heavy machine guns fired at the same time, and the remaining Japanese soldiers in the trenches could not raise their heads.

Light machine guns were taking care of the trenches, anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns opened fire at the military camp, and several regiments fired flares at the same time. The Japanese army was wailing everywhere and was trying to rescue people urgently. The bullets came like a storm, and there was no time to lie down. The surviving Japanese soldiers were subjected to another wave of metal baptism. Lying down was useless. The flares were still firing. After the machine guns finished shooting at the standing Japanese soldiers, they began to plow the ground at the military camp, and bullets puffed into the bodies of the living and dead Japanese soldiers.

After the bombardment, the commander of the 32nd Division, Heitaro Kimura, survived tenaciously. He led a charge but failed. Just as he organized his troops to break out to the west, machine guns came and the already formed team was instantly dispersed. Looking at the overwhelming machine gun barrage from all directions, Heitaro Kimura realized that the division was finished and could not break out.

"Send a message to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. Our troops have been surrounded by Chinese forces at Laomao Mountain east of Sishui. The enemy's firepower is very strong. Our troops are unable to organize a counterattack. Please provide tactical guidance."

After sending the telegram, Kimura Heitaro ordered the remaining soldiers to enter the trenches for defense. If they could not break into the trenches, they should lie down on the spot or find obstacles to avoid counterattack. Although there was no hope, Kimura Heitaro still wanted to struggle. A rough statistics had come out. Six to seven thousand people were killed, four to five thousand were seriously injured, two to three thousand were slightly injured, and the number of intact soldiers did not exceed four thousand. With these four thousand troops, even without heavy weapons, Kimura Heitaro dared to fight with the two divisions of the National Army. But now there was no chance of contact at all. Wherever a counterattack was organized, there would be the wrath of machine guns.

The howling in the barracks made Kimura Heitaro feel irritated. He could actually surrender at this time, otherwise none of the thousands of seriously injured soldiers would survive. But could he surrender? Even if he risked his reputation, even if he didn't consider the safety and reputation of his family at home, the key point was that the Yimeng guerrillas never took prisoners!

After machine gun fire for more than half an hour, the only Japanese soldiers left were those in the surrounding trenches. No one knew how many were left, but they all lay in the trenches, not daring to look up.