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

The fuse ignited quickly, but not faster than the pace of the Japanese counterattack. The seriously wounded soldiers left behind saw the densely packed Japanese troops and smiled with relief on their faces.

Even if I die, I will take you with me!

The seriously wounded soldier moved to the shell with difficulty, and lay beside the explosive bag waiting for the Japanese to approach. His vision was a little blurred, and the approaching Japanese soldiers had double images, one, two, countless shadows were shaking. The seriously wounded soldier showed a happy smile, and used the last bit of his strength to pull away the firing line of the grenade in his arms.

"careful"!

"shooting"!

puff! Poof!

Several bullets from the Type 38 rifle penetrated into the body of the seriously injured soldier. The seriously injured soldier did not move at all. The moment the rifle was fired, he passed away with a satisfied smile on his face.

boom!

A mushroom cloud rose and heavy artillery shells flew.

boom! Boom boom boom!

The explosion near the heavy artillery position completely lit up the night sky red. The Japanese troops inside and outside the position were all destroyed, and the Nationalist troops who had not yet crossed the hillside also suffered some casualties.

The Japanese reinforcements that had already reached the foot of the mountain stopped. The bright red light shone into their frightened eyes, shaking their fearful hearts.

The 48th Army began to retreat across the board. The artillery had basically been blown up and the shells had basically exploded. The remaining ones that had slipped through the net were no longer important. This action would at least give the Zaoyang defenders three to five days of breathing time.

The retreat was not so smooth. The Japanese reinforcements went completely crazy and bit the 48th Army's tail madly.

The Seventh Army originally had two hours to build its position, but the 48th Army seized the opportunity and launched a charge ahead of schedule, which put a lot of pressure on them.

When the signal flare in front rose, Army Commander Zhang Jin judged that the trench could not be dug anymore, and he could only use the half-dug pit, the excavated soil and the surrounding stones to build a simple blocking position.

The 48th Army retreated, and behind them were the dark masses of Japanese pursuers. No matter how many troops there were in front, they had to be surrounded and annihilated. The Japanese commander was not worried that the Zaoyang defenders would launch a counterattack. They were now beaten to the point where they only had the strength to hold the trenches. Even if they took the opportunity to rush out, they could not break through the only line of defense of the Japanese army.

The soldiers of the 48th Army crossed the temporary defense line and turned around to join the defense almost in one go. The Japanese army was pursuing three infantry regiments, which had shot and killed countless wounded soldiers. The lightly wounded could not run and were almost completely cleared out by them, and even the soldiers who were supporting the lightly wounded did not escape.

"Run, don't look back, and leave me alone."

The lightly wounded soldiers knew that they could not run to the blocking position, and even if they did, they would lead the Japanese to attack the front line. They pushed away their comrades who were supporting them and tore off the grenades from their comrades' waists.

The comrade looked back helplessly and saw his injured brother staggering in a counterattack. Tears welled up in his eyes. Knowing that his brother was fighting for his life, he turned around and ran for his life with tears in his eyes, and passed through the blocking position before the Japanese arrived.

boom! Boom boom boom!

When the Japanese saw that some people dared to look back, they showed bloodthirsty light in their eyes. Faced with such situations, they were accustomed to several people working together to prod the enemy with bayonets, and using inertia to push the enemy to struggle in the air.

Several bayonets stabbed into the bodies of the lightly wounded soldiers, and they flew up into the air. The Japanese soldiers advanced cruelly. The lightly wounded soldiers did not struggle, but looked at the wretched devils with a smile, waiting for the explosion of several grenades inserted in their lower backs.

boom!

Blood was spilled all over the surrounding land, and shrapnel penetrated the soldiers' bodies. The bloodthirsty light in the eyes of several Japanese soldiers had not yet faded, but their faces were riddled with holes from shrapnel.

A flash of lightning streaked across the darkness, as if it was an order to the defenders on the position to open fire. A flare was launched into the air. The frenzied Japanese soldiers saw the position ahead in the light of the lightning. Countless black gun muzzles were aimed at them. Excitement turned into shock, and madness turned into fear.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Phew! Phew! Phew!

Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck!

Tart tart tart tart tart tart!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The guerrilla army had a wide variety of weapons, including Maxim, Czech, Type 92, Type 99, Type 38 rifle and Hanyang rifle.

The soldiers were packed so densely in the one-kilometer-long position that they could not move out of the position. Many of the retreating soldiers adopted kneeling and standing positions to shoot.

The Japanese army did not expect that there was a blocking position here. They originally thought that the Chinese troops being pursued were desperately counterattacking. When the pursuing troops fell down in large numbers and they could see the situation clearly in the light of lightning, they realized that the enemy had already built a blocking position.

With hundreds of machine guns and tens of thousands of rifles firing together, there was no hope of charging.

Phew~!

A green flare was launched into the air, and the Japanese army turned around and retreated desperately. They ran as frantically as they had just charged, and now they were running in a very embarrassed manner.

The Japanese army had just run out of the firing range, and we here packed up our weapons and began to retreat. We didn't have many bullets, and we were hiding in the Dabie Mountains with basically no replenishment, so we couldn't fight for long.

When the Japanese mortar artillery came to support with mortars, the guerrillas had successfully retreated to the mountains.

Zaoyang City fell silent. More than 20 Japanese officers defending the artillery positions committed suicide by disembowelment. The 11th Army had to redeploy artillery for the right-wing troops. Without heavy artillery firepower, it would be difficult to threaten the Zaoyang positions with just air and mortar bombings.

The Fifth War Zone would send Chen Feng combat reports every day. Looking at the battle situation in Qianjiang and Zaoyang, Chen Feng understood that the Japanese were crazy. To put it harshly, they had no advantage in this kind of troop exchange. They could not withstand even a three-for-one exchange. Now it depended on the ability of the various wings of the National Army to withstand pressure. They would need to hold out for another month at most, and the Japanese would definitely retreat on their own.

Li Zongren also thought so. After receiving confirmation from the cold gun, he adjusted his strategy in time and adopted the tactic of follow-up troops taking turns to defend. There were cars in front and tracks behind. Others could stop them but he couldn't. There was no excuse. It was entirely his own fault.

The five pilots quickly got into the swing of things. Flying one plane a month meant each person earned $100,000 a month. There was no reason to slack off, and the 131 trainees were making rapid progress.

The Japanese army seemed to have abandoned the city of Qingdao, or was plotting some conspiracy. There were no warships to disturb them, and no aircraft to bomb them. The Japanese troops on the peninsula even retreated a distance to the east and north, creating a buffer zone between them and the Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division.

Shen Honglie listened to Chen Feng's suggestion and began to adjust the garrison of the troops. Only one battalion of troops was left in Menglianggu to train new soldiers recruited from all the occupied areas. The troops in Yishui, Juxian, and other important towns in the middle were being mobilized to Qingdao City in an orderly manner. Only one company of garrisons was left in a county town. The troops along the coast of Shijiu were also shrinking to the north, and the withdrawn areas were handed over to the third regiment of the Yimeng guerrillas.