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

Seeing that there was no artillery fire from the opposite side when a small number of people were climbing the slope, hope arose in Chuanbeigang Mountain again. It would be good if a battalion could climb up, and a battalion could also attack the position of the Guard Regiment. The sparse Japanese troops began to climb the slope, and the rest were still fleeing westward for their lives.

The mortars did not fire. The anti-aircraft machine guns and large-caliber heavy machine guns could hit them, but they did not raise their muzzles. It was not worth it. Did they really think there was hope if they climbed up? Why didn't they bomb the top of the opposite mountain, so that more snow would slide down? It was because there was also an ambush on the top of the mountain.

The Japanese army finally climbed to the top of the mountain. Standing high and looking far, they felt very good to have escaped. Looking back at their fellow soldiers struggling on the brink of death, the hundreds of Japanese soldiers who climbed to the top of the mountain felt a sense of superiority. The general had changed into a soldier's clothes and was about to climb up! More people would come up one after another. Even if there was only one battalion, they dared to attack the cold gun defense line. This was not called being surrounded on all sides, but a blooming in the center.

Just as the Japanese were trying to cross the ridge, the snow in front of them suddenly exploded, and a row of enemies holding submachine guns emerged. Before they could react, the submachine guns opened fire.

They had already climbed halfway up Chuanbeigang Mountain, but before they could even rejoice, they heard the sound of gunfire like popping beans from above.

"Retreat! There is an ambush, slide down quickly!"

boom! Boom boom boom!

The ambushers above killed the Japanese and then threw out two rounds of grenades. The snow on the high ground also slid down, giving the Japanese who were eager to retreat another roller coaster ride.

Fujita Susumu did not watch today's attack. As soon as the flanking troops set out, the old Japanese stayed in the communications room waiting for good news. As long as the encirclement was successful, Major General Chuanbei Gangshan would send a telegram, and then they would intensify the offensive and leave the Guards Regiment no chance to turn back and block the attack. As long as they were surrounded, no one in the Guards Regiment would survive.

The news from the reconnaissance plane made Fujita Jin in a bad mood. The team encountered an ambush. Enemy positions suddenly appeared to the east and west of Fangshan. It was estimated that there were about tens of thousands of ambushes on the long front.

Fujita Jin was incredulous. He had explored the defense areas of the Tiger Regiment, the First Regiment, the Second Regiment, the Third Regiment, and the Lunan Detachment. The enemy had sufficient firepower and the main force was there. Where did the enemy get so many reinforcements? Did the independent regiment on Mount Meng come down? There shouldn't be tens of thousands of troops!

Fujita Susumu no longer had any hope for Kawabegang Mountain. His 8,000 troops were ambushed by tens of thousands of people. It would be good if half of them could come back. There was no need to expect them to achieve anything.

Worried that the guard regiment would turn back and encircle the troops at Chuanbeigang Mountain, Fujita Susumu ordered the front to intensify the attack. In one afternoon, the Japanese army launched six group charges, shooting, and sudden attacks, using all means, but still no breakthrough.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, the messenger brought a telegram that the troops had evacuated from Chuanbeigang Mountain, but one of them broke his leg and was carried out by the soldiers. He is safe now. Of the 8,000 troops that entered the mountain, more than 2,800 were evacuated. Of these, less than 3,000 were soldiers with light wounded, and there were 1,200 lightly wounded. As for the seriously wounded, there was nothing wrong with including them in the list of casualties.

Fujita was a little disappointed after two failed sneak attacks. How could he fight this battle? A frontal attack wouldn't work, a detour wouldn't work, and would having more people be of any use? Maybe he could rely on having more people to fight other sequences, but he was facing the world's most advanced light firepower from a cold gun, so he had no chance at all.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, a northwest wind blew on the battlefield. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the snow on the mountain was blown away. After cleaning up the battlefield, the Lunan Detachment left a few companies hiding in the cave for guard. The rest of the team withdrew and retreated to Baizhuang Village behind the mountain and in front of Huangshan. The people in the nearby villages were all moved. The village was empty. Although there was no hot pot or hot bed, it could always block the biting north wind.

At eight o'clock in the evening, white snow came. In southern Shandong, heavy snow accompanied by strong northwest wind is rare. Most of the time, northwest wind and temperature drop only come after heavy snow. Seeing a thin layer of snow in just one hour, Chen Feng's eyes flashed. The opportunity has come. The Japanese planes must have been grounded. There is no need to worry about the sky. There are many things to do. After being bombed for so many days, we must take the opportunity to retaliate.

"Captain, is there any good idea?"

Lin Chuan saw the captain looking at the snow in the cold wind and knew that the captain would definitely find an opportunity.

"Let's go back and tell the frontline troops to be careful and alert. The Japanese are so cruel that they may take advantage of this weather at night. Ask the kitchen team to send more ginger water and chili water. In this kind of weather, the soldiers lose heat quickly, so we must ensure that they have hot water to drink at all times."

"Yes! I will arrange it myself."

Returning to the command cave behind the mountain, they felt that the thick curtains could no longer block the biting cold wind. Seeing the captain coming in, Li Yunyan quickly gave up her seat next to the stove.

"Warm yourself up quickly and don't catch a cold."

"Yunyan, send a message to Lu Feihu and ask him to organize people to clean the airport runway. The snowfall will not melt or freeze for the time being, so it must be cleaned up in time to ensure that the planes can take off as soon as the strong wind stops."

"Yes"!

Li Yunyan went out to send a message. After Lin Chuan finished making his arrangements, he came in and took off his cotton hat, which was covered with thick frost.

"It's too cold. I'm afraid the team members won't be able to hold on even with the chili water and hot ginger soup."

Chen Feng was also a little worried. In such weather, the human body would lose temperature too quickly. Although the trenches were somewhat shielded, they were ventilated everywhere. Although they were all located on the hillside in front, they could not block the cold air that was everywhere.

"Let's take turns on guard! Throw more cans at the front of the position. Oh, no need to withdraw, you can light a fire in the trenches to keep warm and cover the outside. Three shifts will take turns on guard. When keeping warm, boil water in cans and pour it in front of the trenches. Even if the Japanese sneak up, they will be defeated."

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the snow was getting heavier and heavier. This was real white snow! Some areas could not hold much snow because it was blown away by the wind, but some deep trenches could hold up to two meters of snow. There was no need to worry about the Japanese attack. If the snow fell like this by tomorrow morning, the Japanese would have no chance of crossing the valley below unless they were on skis.

"Yunyan, continue sending radio messages to the Lunan Detachment, asking them to withdraw their positions and go to the village to rest, otherwise there will be non-combat casualties."

After receiving the telegram about the cold gun, Yang Qingfeng wanted to take people to replace the guard team above. Unexpectedly, after a few hours, some soldiers were almost frozen to death. They had to give up the defense. It would be even colder in the second half of the night, and they would probably all be frozen into ice if they stayed here.

Some soldiers of the Guards Regiment also suffered some frostbite, but thanks to the timely delivery of chili water and ginger soup, the fire was lit and they had no time to worry about being noticed by the enemy. In fact, it would not have been a big problem even if they had been noticed, because they had seen everything they should have seen during the day, and they knew clearly where the trenches and machine gun positions were, but they just couldn't bomb them.