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

The Japanese could only hide in the house and shoot from the window. The new recruits fearlessly shot back at the Japanese from the courtyard wall, and their firepower was able to completely suppress them. When the assault recruits took advantage of the cover and rolled into the yard, they threw grenades through the broken windows, and the battle in the yard was over.

When Ono's regiment came back, they had already started to build their positions. Nakamura and Inoue were speechless looking at the sparsely populated regiment. When they went out, the regiment was almost fully staffed, but when they came back, less than two-thirds were left.

"General, there are still many brave warriors in the village who are resisting, but they have no way to retreat."

"Ono, we don't have much time. Order the soldiers to build positions, trenches, and anti-gun holes. If we want to survive until tomorrow, we must have a solid position."

"Hi"!

In the attic more than two kilometers away from the Japanese army, the two regiment commanders were still observing through binoculars.

"Old Lu, it looks like the Japanese have no intention of retreating! Are they going to continue fighting us to the death?"

"Captain Wu, don't underestimate them. I feel that the Japanese will build a circular position just like last night, but they can't defend against artillery fire at this distance. There are still more than two hours before dark. I estimate that they can really dig trenches and anti-artillery holes. After all, the soil over there is very soft."

"Then what should we do tonight, shell now?"

"We can't fight. There are still six or seven thousand Japanese soldiers. If they retreat across the board, who knows what they will do along the way. Let's just wait and see! We'll think of a solution after dark."

The battle situation here has stabilized, but Oguribayashi Mountain in the east is facing a difficult decision: retreat or advance?

The team occupied Guancaowang at noon, but the village was completely empty. The fishermen had already fled. In a rage, Oguri Linshan ordered the soldiers to burn down the village. He told the soldiers that the evil fire had to be unleashed, so they had to march to the next village. However, all the villages along the coast were empty, so they had to continue setting fire to the villages.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and not a single civilian had been captured. Oguri Hayashiyama didn't know whether to continue north or advance inland. Burning the village did not vent the soldiers' anger. Instead, they looked at him with red eyes. After repeated consideration, Oguri Hayashiyama decided to camp by the sea, spend the dangerous night, and make a decision at dawn.

Liujiatai was the only fishing village that the Japanese army passed by without burning down. Because of the early morning bombing by planes, Oguri Linshan's team did not bring many tents. The spring night was cold, and camping in the village was their only choice.

Kuishan is only three kilometers away from Liujiatai. The commander of the Third Regiment, Huang Shanhe, is on the top of the mountain holding a telescope to observe. The damn Japanese devils are too hateful. They must be killed if there is a chance. However, there is a warship in the sea. With this warship watching, the Japanese devils can act recklessly. The battle situation report was sent to Mengshan. Huang Shanhe thought that the captain had no good solution, but within ten minutes, Mengshan called back.

"Captain, the captain has ordered that the Jiaolong Regiment will attack the Japanese warships tonight. Let us be prepared in advance. Once the Japanese warships explode, we must inflict a devastating blow to the Japanese army within half an hour."

"What"?

Huang Shanhe took the message with a look of shame on his face. Did he mobilize the Jiaolong Group after all? Or was he useless?

"In view of the atrocities committed by the Japanese army on the eastern front, the Jiaolong Regiment will launch a surprise attack on the Japanese warships at midnight tonight. The Third Regiment must be ready at all times. Once the artillery attack is successful, it must immediately launch an attack on the enemy in front of it. Regardless of the outcome, it must withdraw from the battlefield within half an hour."

Huang Shanhe went down the mountain and summoned several battalion commanders to show them the captain's telegram.

"You've all finished reading it, right? The captain is angry. This is the first time that the Jiaolong Regiment has gone out of Jiaozhou Bay to participate in the battle. There are no other requirements. The troops must move there in advance. My requirement is that we deal a devastating blow to the Japanese army within 25 minutes, and then quickly evacuate and alert both sides. The remaining Japanese troops will either board the ships or retreat along the coast. We will not allow a single Japanese soldier to enter the mainland."

"Once the battle begins, the special operations company of each battalion must create space for the follow-up troops within ten minutes, and the subsequent battalions must immediately follow up with saturation strikes."

In order to seize this rare opportunity, the Jiaolong Regiment mobilized all the firepower it could, including forty large-caliber heavy machine guns, forty-five MG34 anti-aircraft machine guns, thirty large-caliber mortars, and sixty Type mortars.

"Captain, if the fighting continues like this, there will be almost no houses left in this village."

"Are there not enough villages burned down by the Japanese? This one village won't make a difference. After the war, I will ask the captain for special approval. Not only will I build better houses for the fishermen, but I will also apply for compensation for them."

In the south of Linyi City, the Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment were still watching the show. The shovels and pickaxes of the Japanese troops on the opposite side were almost smoking. They had been digging from the afternoon until nine o'clock in the evening without stopping. It seemed that they were determined to build a solid position.

Lu Feihu and Wu Tianxiang were eating their dinner with big mouthfuls. The meat hot buns that the Logistics Department had commissioned from a merchant in the rear were still steaming when they were served.

"Old Lu, the Japanese are determined to fight us to the death! Did the captain call back?"

"Not yet. I guess they are trying to think of ways to deal with a group of trapped turtles. I guess the captain is thinking about how to reduce casualties."

"This is not going to be easy! This trench has been dug for five or six hours. I'm sure there will be anti-artillery holes in it, and the effect of the artillery attack will not be ideal."

"Report, the captain's order."

Wu Tianxiang took the telegram, read it and handed it to Lu Feihu. Lu Feihu held the fire in one hand and took the telegram with the other.

"Old Wu, this is a bit too much, isn't it?"

"Child's play. I think it's all good. The Japanese army on the opposite side has lost its heavy firepower, and most of its light and heavy machine guns. It's just right to use it for training. Eat quickly and work after eating. We must complete the goal before dawn and wait for the injection of fresh blood."

The captain's telegram order was relatively simple. It was to carry out continuous artillery bombardment at night and build siege positions on the periphery. When the new recruits from the First Regiment, the Guard Regiment, and the Independent Regiment arrived, they would join the new recruits from the Second Regiment to take over the siege of the positions. The Special Operations Battalion of the Second Regiment and the Special Operations Battalion of the Independent Regiment would stay behind to take care of the situation, and the rest of the sequences would return to their defense zones.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment began shelling. The team had surrounded the Japanese circular position from all sides. Hundreds of mortars fired a round of twenty rounds at high speed, and then began intermittent shelling.

As soon as the shelling began, 5,000 soldiers from the 2nd Regiment and 3,000 soldiers from the Independent Regiment began to dig trenches, with 2,000 soldiers in a group. They dug for more than an hour. Seeing that the Japanese troops in the inner circle did not react at all, Wu Tianxiang mobilized thousands of civilians from the rear to join in the digging. There were three trenches. Fearing that the Japanese troops would launch an attack, the civilians were only responsible for digging the outermost trenches.

At the same time, 6,000 new recruits from three regiments were rushing on the road. The independent regiment was the closest and had already arrived at Linyi North, which would take more than half an hour. The new recruits from the guard regiment still had two hours to go, and the new recruits from the first regiment still had four hours to go. Although the long-distance march made the new recruits exhausted and breathless, every recruit had an excited smile on his face.