novelaction Chapter 458: More Flowers
Chapter 458: More Flowers
On the other side, Du Er’s cavalry company, with more than fifty horses, was galloping forward.
Not only that, a tree as thick as an arm was hung on the back of each cavalry horse with a rope.
Each warhorse is more than ten meters apart.
More than fifty war horses were galloping on the road, raising a lot of dust that flew in the air.
The front line of the Japanese troops arrived at Zhenlongkou. The Japanese squadron leader used a telescope to see the dust rising in the distance ahead, and immediately led his men to continue chasing forward.
These devils are none other than the Tiangu Detachment.
Although they had rested for the night before, they looked quite tired after running all the way here.
At this time, Yuan Shuai had already taken his men to hide on the hillside of Zhenlong Mountain.
Seeing the Japanese infantry continue to advance forward, Yuan Shuai and others laughed secretly.
Because the Japanese infantry only had mortars and infantry guns here, and the cavalry was far more than 3,000 meters away from Zhenlongkou in a straight line.
The Japanese infantry artillery and mortars could not reach us, so they could only continue to chase forward.
Behind the Japs, there were still a large number of Japs on their way.
Just as General Yuan had expected, the Japanese artillerymen were all lagging behind the team due to weight issues.
After all, if the 75 field gun and 105 howitzer are to be marched over long distances, they must be disassembled and mounted on mules and horses, or towed by cars, mules and horse-drawn carts.
All the cars of the Tiangu Detachment were robbed by Yuan Shuai and others.
But Tian Gu still managed to obtain four cars from the previous Japanese stronghold.
Four 105mm howitzers were towed by four vehicles.
But the other 75 field guns and 105 howitzers were all towed by mule and horse carts.
The road was bumpy, and the cars and mule-drawn carts were not moving fast because they were towing artillery pieces behind them. If they were not careful, the artillery pieces would be overturned on the road.
What's more, there were a lot of weapons and ammunition in the car.
Seeing the last group of Japanese troops, Yuan Shuai waved his right hand, and Fu Yidao led his battalion to quickly detour behind the Japanese troops, moving quickly on the reverse slopes of the hillsides on both sides of the road, occasionally popping their heads out to observe the situation of the Japanese troops, ensuring that their team could keep up with the speed of the last Japanese troops without being exposed.
The brothers at Jiudaowan in front were nervous, excited and worried when they saw the Japanese coming towards them.
"Damn it, the damn Japanese devils are finally here!"
"There are so many Japanese soldiers. They are almost at Jiudaowan. There are more Japanese soldiers coming out from Zhenlongkou!"
"There are so many devils, they must be from the Tiangu Detachment!"
"Damn it, what Yuan Shuai said was right. The Japanese mortars and infantry guns all followed the infantry and were not set up at Zhenlongkou!"
"Nonsense! Didn't you see the cavalry dragging branches in front of them? They are more than 3,000 meters away from Zhenlongkou. Even if the Japanese mortars and infantry guns are set up at Zhenlongkou, they can't reach them!"
"General Yuan is really a talent. He can make them run after him with just a few war horses!"
"I hope the Japanese don't set up the 75mm field guns and 105mm howitzers at Zhenlongkou. Otherwise, once we open fire here, the Japanese shells will be directed at us!"
"Shut up your crow mouth, General Yuan and his men are guarding Zhenlongkou. If the Japanese really set up 75mm field guns and 105mm guns at Zhenlongkou, they will all become our guns!"...
"The devils are approaching, shut up!"
When the soldiers at the front of Jiudaowan saw the Japanese approaching, they hurriedly shouted in a low voice.
The Japanese were also very cunning. Seeing the terrain conditions here in Jiudaowan, the Japanese in the front would occasionally use machine guns to fire exploratory shots at the woods on both sides of the road.
However, the soldiers here are all veterans and are very familiar with this kind of exploratory shooting.
Even if someone was accidentally hit by a grenade, they would grit their teeth and dare not move, let alone make a sound. Once someone screamed, the whole plan would be ruined.
The Japanese kept advancing at Jiudaowan.
Finally, the Japanese in front arrived at the last bend.
Just when the Japanese were about to rush out of the last corner.
Tan Guohao on the hillside immediately lifted the branches that were covering the Maxim heavy machine gun, pulled the bolt and pulled the trigger.
"Fire!"
"Da da da……"
The bullets rushed towards the devils accompanied by his roar.
All the other brothers opened fire.
The brothers halfway up the mountain pulled the rope quickly.
Cluster grenades buried on the side of the road exploded one after another.
On the hillside, grenades and light and heavy machine gun bullets whizzed towards the Japanese.
A tank started immediately and rushed to the front turning exit. While blocking the exit, the vehicle-mounted machine gun and tank gun quickly fired at the Japanese.
The Japanese at the front bend suffered heavy casualties in an instant.
Likewise, other bends have been fired.
The entire Jiudaowan was filled with the sounds of grenades, light and heavy machine guns and rifles, as well as the painful screams of the Japanese.
"Damn it, there's an ambush. Retreat, retreat, retreat!"
The Japanese troops who entered Jiudaowan wanted to retreat.
However, there were nationalist troops on both sides of Jiudaowan, who were in a dominant position and had a large number of light and heavy machine guns. The crossfire made it impossible for the Japanese to retreat quickly.
If the Japs fired to the left, the bullets from the right would pierce their backs.
The Japs fired to the right, and the bullets from the left would penetrate their backs.
Some of the Japs quickly turned around and ran away, with bullets from both sides piercing their backs.
For a time, the Japanese in the entire Jiudaowan suffered heavy casualties. They were unable to organize an effective counterattack, let alone withdraw!
The Japanese soldiers behind saw that the situation was not good and hurried over to provide support.
At this time, the tank gun had already opened fire.
These tank guns had already been positioned and their coordinates calculated, and they fired according to the predetermined coordinates.
Continuous tank gun fire exploded on the road behind Jiudaowan and on the hillsides on both sides of the road.
The Japanese wanted to go up the mountain to provide support, but when they saw the hillsides on both sides being bombed by tanks, they were so scared that they dared not move forward.
At this time, Captain Tian Gu had already arrived at the bend of the slopes in front and behind Zhenlongkou.
Seeing that Jiudaowan ahead was ambushed, Captain Tiangu gritted his teeth and cursed in anger.
"Bagayalu, set up artillery support immediately!"
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Suddenly, grenades from both sides of Zhenlongkou whizzed towards them.
Light and heavy machine guns on both sides fired crazily.
Captain Tian Gu was instantly riddled with machine gun bullets.
Continuous grenades exploded on the road in Zhenlongkou.
Groups of Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces on the road.
Immediately afterwards, the mortars bombarded the Japanese troops at Jiudaowan on the right to support the New Sixth Army.
The light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers on the other side bombarded the artillery on the hillside and behind Zhenlongkou.
Fu Yidao's team also opened fire quickly, launching a sneak attack on the enemy's rear artillery.