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

After the explosion, the stormtroopers covered the rocket soldiers and moved forward. While the defending Japanese troops were stunned by the explosion, they fired white mist. Countless rockets with white fire lines rushed into the Japanese defense line, and the roar of the explosion resounded through the world again.

The stormtroopers and rocket soldiers took turns to provide cover and moved forward, with a large number of snipers in between. The anti-aircraft machine guns and large-caliber heavy machine guns in the back were also constantly pressing forward, and they entered the first line of defense with almost no effort.

The Japanese army's permanent fortifications might be able to withstand bombing and heavy artillery, but they could not defend against concentrated rocket fire. Although they looked fine from the outside, the Japanese soldiers inside had been shocked to the point of bleeding from all seven orifices.

After stabilizing the first line of defense, the mortars continued to move forward to bombard, still using rapid fire to clear out the Japanese troops in front of them. The mortars, bazookas, and submachine guns were a trinity, coupled with the extended fire of mountain artillery and field artillery and the cover of heavy machine guns. The Japanese had no power to resist at all.

Countless snipers were clearing the area at targeted locations. Wherever there was fire, there were bullets fired. Machine guns could not be fired and defense basically became meaningless.

After successively capturing three positions, the Yimeng guerrillas successfully advanced into the city wall, and street fighting ensued.

The three regiments of the Yimeng guerrillas slowed down their attacks at the same time. Street fighting still had to rely on special operations. Thousands of special operations soldiers who had sneaked into Jining City began to act, using walkie-talkies to guide targets. No matter where the Japanese soldiers hid, it was useless. Machine guns set up in the gatehouse would be met with rocket launchers, and infantry ambushed in the yard would be met with mortars.

Saeda Minami had lost all his spirit. The enemies rushed in from all sides. The makeshift street defense system could not stop them at all. The farewell message had already been sent. Saeda Minami did not even have the confidence to make a last stand. The enemy's firepower was too fierce. The position that had been built in half an hour was gone in ten seconds. It was impossible to stop them at all.

"General, the enemy is only three kilometers away from here and can rush over in half an hour. Let's retreat quickly!"

Saeda Nantian waved his hand. Retreat? It was too late. There was still hope three days ago. When the Yimeng guerrillas had cleared the area around Jining, they would not leave any retreat for themselves. During the day, with the cover of a large number of air forces, there might still be hope. If they retreated at night, Saeda Nantian could conclude that there would be dense machine gun positions waiting in any direction.

The sound of gunfire around suddenly stopped, and the entire Jining city fell into an eerie silence within a minute. Saeda Nantian broke out in a cold sweat. He understood what the other side meant, but he didn't dare to think too much. This was the last chance. Leng Qiang had already accepted him as a prisoner of war. He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

Everyone in the command center understood and looked at the major general commander with eager eyes. Life and death only depended on his thought.

"Captain Lin, do the Japanese understand?"

"I hope they understand! If they continue to fight, we will have to enter the residential area. We shouldn't do it unless it is absolutely necessary~".

Lin Chuan sighed:

"This is the difference between attacking a city and defending it. There are so many things to consider."

"Have you asked the captain for instructions?"

"Captain Ning, I asked for instructions this afternoon, and the captain's intention is to reopen the Zhongxing mining area."

The captain understood that they were going to dig coal mines! It was a good use of resources.

"It's been ten minutes. Wait another five minutes. If there is no movement, we will have to launch a violent attack. Order all units to get ready. When the violent attack begins, we must advance with lightning speed. Even if there are some casualties in the team, we must prevent the Japanese from having time to harm the people."

"Captain Lin, there is movement on the other side."

On the main street, the Japanese army moved away their sandbag positions and torches illuminated the white flags. In order to prevent them from seeing clearly from this side, three or four large white flags that looked like they were made of bed sheets appeared at the same time.

A Japanese officer holding a command knife came out following the white flag, and behind him were Japanese soldiers with empty hands.

"It's quite ceremonial, it seems they understand it"!

"I'm glad you understand, Battalion Commander."

"arrive"!

"Shout!"

A battalion commander showed off his Japanese, which meant that if one person resisted, a hundred people would be buried with him, and any attempt to hide a grenade explosion would be met with indiscriminate bombing and shooting.

Saeda Minami was a little disappointed. No one paid any attention to him. There was no sense of ceremony he wanted. A soldier took his command knife and signaled him to keep going. The Japs in front of him were lining up to go out, and the ones behind him were checking each other. If there was an idiot around him, it would bring trouble to the whole team.

At the end of the road, some soldiers came out carrying a stretcher with a wounded soldier. The guerrillas were obviously in an unhappy mood, but when they saw that the two commanders behind them did not say anything, they could only acquiesce and let them continue to move forward.

After more than an hour, there was no movement from the back and the special forces came out, indicating that the room was empty.

"A battalion commander, how many people?"

"Report to the commander, there are 3,678 people, including more than 1,200 wounded."

Lin Chuan frowned, wounded soldiers were the most troublesome.

"Separate them! Send the seriously injured to Jinling Mining Area, and the uninjured or lightly injured to Lincheng Mining Area. Those who can be cured will be treated, and those who cannot be cured will not be forced."

The battalion commander understood immediately that there was no shortage of people in the Jinling Mining Area, and as for the fate of the seriously injured soldiers, no one would see it.

"Captain Lin, the fighting here is over. We must rush back overnight to continue clearing along the Yellow River to the west."

Lin Chuan looked at the two battalion commanders of the independent regiment.

"Take whatever you need. You can choose the weapons and equipment first."

There was no more gunfire in the city, and the people were getting a little restless. Did they win the battle? Did the Japanese run away? Or did they retreat without invading?

Some brave ones lay on the wall of their houses and looked out. The street was very busy. The Japanese soldiers were lined up in neat rows and were being escorted on the road.

"Brother, did we win?"

"We've won. Don't go out for now. We'll be checking and cleaning up tonight, and there will be notices on the streets tomorrow morning."

Word spread quickly, and the whole city gradually became noisy. Although we couldn't leave our homes, we could still shout from the walls or rooftops. Some residents lit firecrackers, as they had been suppressed for too long! The firecrackers were bought last year for Chinese New Year, and there were some left over, just right for celebrating.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the battle report was sent to Mengshan. Chen Feng felt a little depressed when reading the telegram. It was similar to what he had guessed. The casualties exceeded the normal range of field battles. The guard regiment suffered more than 460 casualties, the first regiment suffered 280 casualties, and the two battalions of the independent regiment suffered 190 casualties. The casualties were nearly 1,000! There were 450 casualties alone.

"Yunyan, reply. One regiment will be stationed in Jining City and continue to infiltrate and attack westwards. The guard regiment will retreat to Teng County and Lincheng and immediately start excavating the Lincheng mining area and begin to clean up all remaining Japanese forces around Weishan Lake north of Xuzhou."

After giving the order, Chen Feng continued to stare at the telegram in a daze. A siege war is not so easy to fight. This is a situation where all the heavy firepower of the Yimeng guerrillas is concentrated, and there are enough mortar shells and rockets. If the troops really fight hard, it would be normal to lose one-third of them tonight.