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

call out! Whoosh!

"Anti-artillery"!

boom! Boom boom boom!

The mortars finally arrived. This side could be overrun by the Japanese at any time. The artillery had no time to enter the blocking position, so they built a position on the southeast hillside 1,500 meters away from the blocking position.

There were more than forty mortars on the north side of the middle section of the entire position, and twenty-nine of them had just been put up. After a round of test firing, twenty rounds were fired at high speed, and the shells whizzed towards the Japanese cluster.

Yamamoto Ichiro was desperate. It was already fast enough! Were the artillery or support coming?

The Japanese troops were too concentrated. The two regiments rushed to the blocking position in the north at the fastest speed. After being blocked by the machine gun array, they were crowded together on the lakeshore. The artillery shells caused too much damage.

The Japs were all in despair. They couldn't get through in front, there was firing from the east, and the gunfire from behind was getting closer and closer. They couldn't delay any longer. If they hesitated any further they would surely die.

Some Japanese soldiers who could swim jumped into the cold lake. The water was warm in autumn and cold in spring. More and more Japanese soldiers jumped in. Both those who could swim and those who couldn't knew that this was their last way to survive.

Yang Qingfeng arrived with the assault troops and saw that most of the Japanese had jumped into the lake, making the water as red as dumplings. He ordered the assault team to immediately surround the lake and not let a single Japanese get ashore.

After dealing with the wounded soldiers by the lake, Yang Qingfeng climbed up the blocking heights on the north side. The commandos had already passed through the heights and surrounded the lake. They had run all the way from Yanwang Nose Mountain and they almost broke their legs!

"Captain, it was so thrilling! The machine guns were smoking and the Japanese almost broke through. The soldiers of the first and second companies were ready to detonate the grenade boxes."

Ji Zhongwen's face was filled with fear. If the artillery had not fired in time, the Japanese might have rushed over.

Political Commissar Li also arrived, running and sweating profusely.

"Lao Yang, what's going on? Is it blocked?"

"There are still some who jumped into the lake. I asked the commandos to go around the lake and block it. But I don't know if there are any who are good at swimming and managed to get ashore before the commandos."

"Don't worry! No one can escape. Except for this side of the lake, there are more than 2,000 militiamen surrounding other locations."

boom! Bang bang bang!

Crisp gunshots were heard in the distance, as if to verify Political Commissar Li's words.

"Great, Old Li, you've got a plan for everything!"

"Come on! Lao Yang, you take a rest first. I'm going to arrange the cleaning of the battlefield. We must evacuate before dawn, otherwise if the Japanese planes come, we will have to bear the bombing."

"Then you go and do your work! Let me take a breath, correspondent."

"arrive"!

"Send a telegram to the headquarters and forward it to Captain Leng Qiang of the Yimeng Guerrillas. Our troops have annihilated the Japanese attack sequence. Less than a hundred people have fled. We are cleaning up the battlefield and will withdraw before dawn."

Ji Zhongwen's face was filled with excitement:

"Captain, are we getting this? It's enough equipment for a division!"

"Bullshit! When I came here, I saw that all the mountain cannons, field cannons and shells were blown up by the Japanese. We can only pick up some junk."

Ji Zhongwen couldn't help but complain in his heart, what a boast! Countless light and heavy machine guns, mortars and rifles were called junk. If this had happened two years ago, he would have laughed in his sleep.

Ji Zhongwen was the first to join Yang Qingfeng's team. He was a small squad leader when they ambushed the Japanese army convoy on the battlefield in Zou County. No one would have dared to imagine that the team, which was so excited that its face flushed as it held the weapons and ammunition that the cold gun captain didn't want, has now grown to such a scale.

In the south of Linyi City, the independent regiment wiped out the Japanese army's sneak attack regiment and approached the Japanese army's outer positions after a half-hour stealth march. The artillery was still providing cover fire. Lu Feihu estimated the distance and found that the heavy mortar was still more than 300 meters away from the range. The Japanese were very smart!

"Zhang Dabiao".

"arrive"!

"The mortars can't reach us. If we don't destroy the Japanese artillery positions, not only will it be difficult to defend the Second Regiment, but we won't be able to attack freely. Is it difficult to advance 350 meters?

"Captain, there is no difficulty, but if we fire, the Japanese will definitely turn their guns around, and then ~".

"I've thought about this problem. Divide the attack into three directions. Your battalion will unite with the special operations companies of other battalions. In each direction, two special operations companies will lead a heavy mortar company to advance quickly. Don't attack in a straight line. Make detours. As long as you advance 300 meters, the artillery will immediately set up the guns and fire 20 rounds at high speed."

"Don't worry, Captain, we will ensure that the mission is completed."

"I'll give you half an hour to prepare. When the signal flare sounds, launch the attack immediately. The Japanese don't have a large-scale garrison within 300 meters. They are probably just small groups of defenders that can consume our artillery fire. Kill them and give the artillery a chance."

"Yes"!

"Notify the 60th artillery troops to disperse, launch the signal flares, and immediately clear the way for the special operations company. Fire five rounds at high speed and then change positions. The mortars do not need to be dismantled."

"Signalman"!

"arrive"!

"Meet Wu Tuan".

The signalman answered the walkie-talkie, and Lu Feihu communicated with Wu Tianxiang:

"Captain Wu, in half an hour, the blue flare will be launched into the air, and our three special operations companies will infiltrate the Japanese positions. Please use mortars to cover the fire and disrupt the Japanese army's attention."

"Don't worry, Captain Lu, Wu Tianxiang understands."

The Japanese army is organizing a new round of charge. The artillery has been bombarding for half an hour. It is almost twelve o'clock. The mountain artillery and field artillery will end the bombardment at twelve o'clock, and then a squadron of soldiers will launch a new round of charge under the cover of mortar low-speed shooting.

At exactly twelve o'clock, the shelling stopped and a battalion of Japanese soldiers rushed out. The scattered mortar positions behind them opened fire, and explosions occurred on the opposite positions.

"Brothers, wait until the Japs are within a hundred meters before attacking. This time, unleash all your firepower and cripple this group of Japanese troops."

The soldiers in the trenches admired the regiment commander very much. More than a thousand door panels solved most of the difficulties in the blocking position. If it were not for these door panels and the soil layer on top, at least half of the more than 2,000 people from the Second Regiment who participated in the blocking would have been lost by now!

In view of the fact that the Japanese's charge was getting slower and slower, Wu Tianxiang took the initiative to hide his firepower, giving the Japanese army the illusion of firepower loss. He was not going to pretend this time. The independent regiment was about to launch an attack to cripple this group of Japanese, and he also had to find a way to advance forward.

call out!

A blue flare was launched into the air. The soldiers and artillerymen on the Second Regiment’s position saw it clearly. The Japanese had just advanced 150 meters. There was no need to wait. Go!

"Fire flare!"

call out!

Here, a signal flare was also launched into the air, and dozens of heavy machine guns and hundreds of submachine guns opened fire at the same time.

Dozens of heavy mortars at the back also fired twenty rounds at high speed, targeting the scattered artillery positions of the Japanese army.

The mountain artillery and field artillery had long ignored the opposite mortar positions. They were so slippery that they would fire five rounds at a rapid speed and then run away. By the time the mountain artillery opened fire, the opposite side had already left their positions. It was estimated that it would be the same this time.