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Chapter 1587: Kwantung Army¡¯s Counterattack (7)

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    Compared with the Japanese troops on the Southeast Asian battlefield, the Japanese soldiers on the Chinese battlefield are still very happy. Although the fighter planes are a bit older, at least they don¡¯t need to worry about driving these rags to hit a specific target!

    In addition, Li Guoyao's command did not have its own air force. The only way to deal with Japanese fighters was anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. But what about these things? They were effective, but not very effective. Therefore, the Kwantung Army firmly controlled the Phoenix.  Air superiority over the mountain line.

    The participation of Japanese fighter planes brought the battle into a fierce stage from the beginning.

    Although Lu Zhanwu¡¯s headquarters had almost no air superiority, and the only air defense regiment was divided and used, the effect was greatly reduced. The headquarters suffered heavy losses under the crazy bombing of the Japanese aviation force.

    "However, they relied on their terrain advantages to block the Japanese army's all-round attack, severely damaging the Japanese army's spirit.

    And regarding the issue of air supremacy for the troops, Lu Zhanwu had long been aware of it, so when the core position of Phoenix Mountain was designed and built, it was composed of reinforced concrete bunkers and trenches.

    In addition, each position has built a large number of air-raid shelters, and ordinary aerial bombs have almost no good effect on this type of position.

    But it is limited to the core position, and the outer defense lines are still ordinary trenches. There is no way, the Ninth Army does not have so much steel and concrete.

    Even so, they still inflicted heavy casualties on the attacking Japanese troops, and the offensive and defensive sides were barely evenly matched.

    But as far as the situation on the entire battlefield is concerned, the Japanese did take the initiative from the beginning!  Lu Zhanwu's command was also ordered from the beginning to be passive defense. Therefore, in the eyes of the outside world, the Japanese had control of the battlefield in this battle.

    On the periphery of the battlefield, 70,000 Japanese elite puppet troops formed a huge encirclement. Inside the encirclement, more than 50,000 troops belonging to the Ninth Army refused to give in.

    The battle started on September 12, and it took three days for the Japanese army to complete the encirclement.

    When the Japanese army blocked the final breakout channel for Lu Zhanwu's troops, Yamada Otsusan and others breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that half of the battle was won.

    To put it bluntly, their tactic is to close the door and beat the dog. If the door is not closed and the dog escapes, then the result will be in vain.

    Now that the door is closed and the dog is still there, the next task is to beat the dog to death, which is more difficult than closing the door.

    On September 15, Yamada Otsuzo once again issued an order to the frontline troops to encircle and annihilate the Phoenix Mountain National Army, giving them three days to conquer Phoenix Mountain.

    Although the fighting in the first three days was fierce, the defenders still had a way to retreat. In addition, the defenses were indeed not very good. Without air superiority, the defenders could only fight and retreat, consuming the Japanese army while preserving their own strength.

    Therefore, the Japanese army made rapid progress in the past three days, but also suffered heavy casualties. Although the defenders suffered casualties, they were far inferior to the Japanese army.

    But starting from the 15th, Lu Zhanwu¡¯s troops had withdrawn to the core defense circle of Phoenix Mountain, so they could no longer retreat. The real battle finally started.

    Shannan. The main position of Shimenling.

    At dawn on September 15, the leading troops of the Japanese 71st Division from the southwest arrived at the outskirts of Phoenix Mountain. Without opponents, Japanese aircraft began to intensively bomb the main positions outside Phoenix Mountain.

    The Shimenling position in the southwest became the main battlefield. It was one of the main battlefields where Lu Zhanwu's troops fought against the Japanese army.

    In addition, Yingbei Mountain and Daheigou in the northwest of Fenghuang Mountain and Zhangguangcailing and Chishui Gouzi in the northeast are also the focus of competition.

    Because the trenches at Shimenling were too deep, the Japanese army could only use artillery to attack Lu Zhanwu's headquarters, trying to use such dense artillery to break the will of the defenders. It would be better if they could force the defenders to surrender.

    Artillery shells roared in, and the position was in a mess.

    There are two regiments of the garrison stationed at the Shimenling position. The 3rd regiment is the old unit of Lu Zhanwu, and the 13th regiment is the newly formed recruit unit.

    This is also the standard configuration of the Chinese army in this defense battle. All the main positions are defended by two regiments, and they are all old and new.

    The two regiments of 5,000 men guarding Shimen Ridge and the three defense lines behind it are not small in strength, but they are still a bit shabby in the face of the Japanese offensive force of up to one division.

    The former enemy commander-in-chief Guo Kai is 35 years old this year. He is a commander with rich combat experience. He is very aware of the current situation, so he did not order his troops to block the Japanese army in the open space below Shimen Ridge, but gave up at the beginning.  The periphery of Shimen RidgeThe main force will stay in the main position to reduce unnecessary losses.

    And Guo Kai also knew that the Japs were full of energy at the beginning and had sufficient ammunition, so the beginning of the battle must be the time when the casualties among his troops were the most severe.

    Therefore, at the beginning, Guo Kai only deployed one battalion of troops in the first-line position, and only one-third of the weapons and equipment were deployed, and the rest were all in the second-line position.

    The Japanese army's artillery fire was intensive, but in fact, there were only five or six hundred defenders on the first-line position that was five to six hundred meters wide.

    After half an hour of shelling, the garrison position was completely silent. It was no longer as loud as when the Japanese army made a tentative attack.

    At the forefront, Captain Harada and others of the 545th Regiment of the 71st Division of the Japanese Army unanimously believed that it was impossible for the national army to maintain its combat effectiveness under such a violent bombardment. Even if not all were killed, the remaining people would lose their combat effectiveness.

    Immediately, under the order of Colonel Harada, a large group of Japanese troops rushed forward crazily and launched an attack on the Shimenling position.

    To the relief of Sonoda and others, when the troops entered the attack range of the national army, the opposite position was still quiet, and the entire battlefield was silent.

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    The defenders had no intention of opening fire. The Japanese army suddenly thought that all the defenders had been killed, and their morale was greatly boosted.

    Just as the Japanese army was pressing forward across the board and completely seizing the Shimenling position, a signal flare suddenly shot into the air, and then grenades flew like locusts from the sky. Major Hirota, the captain of the first brigade of the 6545th Regiment, and two  The squadron leader was lying in a pool of blood for an instant. The former was seriously injured and the latter was killed.

    This is Guo Kai¡¯s method of fighting the enemy. He puts the Japanese and puppet troops closer and then greets them with grenades.

    And the grenades they threw out were not ordinary grenades, but cluster grenades, which meant three grenades were bundled together for attack.

    Although the throwing distance is a bit closer, the lethality is very terrifying. Every time it explodes, blood and flesh fly everywhere on the battlefield.

    In a series of explosions, the Japanese troops attacking at the front suffered heavy casualties and were quickly defeated.

    The Japanese troops charged several times but still failed to occupy an inch of ground.

    In order to boost morale, the commander of the Japanese 71st Division even moved the command post to 400 meters away from the front line to direct operations.

    At this time, on the position, the Japanese air and land forces were fighting together, and their military strength and firepower greatly exceeded the Chinese defenders.  The defenders tried their best to hold the position, but suffered heavy casualties.

    Although the Japanese attack was fierce, the defenders remained motionless and had no intention of retreating. The battle entered a stalemate.

    At the same time, in the northeast and northwest directions, the Japanese offensive was also not smooth.

    The national army has no way to retreat. If it retreats further, it will have to retreat to the main peak of Phoenix Mountain. In that case, the troops will not have much room for strategic maneuver.

    Under such circumstances, the only thing Lu Zhanwu's troops could do was not to give in.

    The Japanese army had no choice. The Kwantung Army Headquarters gave them a fatal order to capture Phoenix Mountain and completely annihilate the Ninth Army. Therefore, they had no room for bargaining and all they could do was to keep fighting.  Attack, attack, attack again!

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    But since the Chinese army occupies an absolute terrain advantage, it is obviously not easy for the Japanese army to completely defeat them!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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