mtl008 Chapter 121 The blocking battle begins
Chapter 121 The blocking battle begins
121 Blockade War Begins
"Captain Ye has started the fight, and we will soon be there too!"
Zhou Pingkou looked towards the other two blocking positions. The soldiers there were also busy digging trenches and setting up firing points.
Just half an hour later, Zhou Pingkou received a report from the scout.
"Captain, we found a group of Japanese soldiers in the north, but they are not very numerous.
There is about a large team.
Heading rapidly south along the railway line."
"Ah."
After receiving the message, Zhou Pingkou nodded slightly.
He then entered the command center, picked up the phone, and called the blocking position of the Second Battalion further north.
"Hello, is this the Second Battalion Commander?
A large group of Japanese troops have moved south along the railway line and are close to your blocking position.
I guess it's only a few miles away.
You discovered it too, right?
That's good. This should be the vanguard sent by the Japanese's Sixth Mixed Brigade, coming to explore the way.
You guys start fighting first, stop this group of Japanese devils, don't let them come over.
The other positions will remain unchanged for the time being."
After Zhou Pingkou gave the order, he hung up the phone.
There are three main blocking positions on his side.
Since the Japanese have only sent a battalion of vanguard troops, it is not worth exposing Zhou Pingkou and his team's main blocking position.
The blocking position of the Second Battalion in the north is further to the north.
They will be the first to come into contact with the Japanese.
Let them take action first.
Half an hour later, Zhou Pingkou heard gunfire from the north.
He knew that it was the blocking position of the Second Battalion in the north that had come into conflict with the Japanese army moving south.
Zhou Pingkou continued to check the work at the position. With the strength of a battalion of Japanese troops, he believed that the Second Battalion could still hold off the Japanese for a while.
After a while, Zhou Pingkou arrived at the front line.
“Here, bury it a little deeper.
And here, tamp down the soil firmly."
When Zhou Pingkou came over, Zheng Quezi was leading his soldiers to bury the oil drums on the front line.
Needless to say, it was Zheng Guizi who led his men to set up the flying thunder cannon position.
Ye Qingshan ambushed the Japanese 117th Regiment and took away all the Katyusha rocket launchers.
Only part of the captured Japanese Type 92 infantry guns were given to Zhou Pingkou for use.
In terms of firepower, it is definitely far inferior to the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade in the north.
Fortunately, Zhou Pingkou also has two powerful weapons in his hands.
That is the bazooka rocket launcher and the flying thunder cannon that Zheng Guizi had researched.
At this time, on the frontline position halfway up the Phoenix Ridge, which was only a few hundred meters high, a number of black gasoline barrels were tilted and half buried in the soil, with the barrel mouths facing down the mountain.
Zheng Quezi led his soldiers to place round explosive packs at the bottom of the oil barrel.
"Be careful!"
From time to time, Zheng Cuozi scolded the soldiers beside him.
"Captain Zheng, how is your Flying Thunder Cannon position set up?"
Zhou Pingkou walked over with a smile.
"Report to the head, it's basically done.
Just wait for the Japanese to come, this time I will let them taste the power of my flying thunder cannons."
Zheng Quezi seemed very excited.
These flying thunder cannons are his masterpieces, and he is just waiting to make the Japanese suffer from them on the battlefield.
As he spoke, Zheng Quezi looked towards the north, and he also heard the sound of gunfire coming from the north.
"Is there a fight going on in the Second Battalion?"
"Well, the Japanese Sixth Brigade sent a battalion over here, probably to explore the way ahead.
They also know that we will definitely set up blocking positions.”
Zhou Pingkou nodded.
"In this case, the Sixth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese should be here in two hours at the latest."
Zheng Quezi calculated the time and his expression became serious.
“There are still two hours left, and the position will be almost ready.
Let the soldiers rest.
Eat some dry food and drink some water,
Otherwise, when the war breaks out, I don’t know if I’ll have another chance to eat.”
Zheng Quezi frowned and gave Zhou Pingkou some advice.
"Ah."
Zhou Pingkou understood what Zheng Quezi meant and nodded in agreement.
This battle will surely be extremely brutal, and it is hard to say how many of them will survive in the end.
Letting the soldiers eat some dry food before the battle is not only to replenish their physical strength, but also perhaps to taste the food for the last time.
At this time, several miles to the north, the headquarters of the Japanese Sixth Brigade were marching madly southward along the railway line.
Soon, the Japanese brigade commander Kunimori Shinichi heard the sound of gunfire coming from the south.
After a while, he received a telegram from the vanguard Japanese battalion he had sent out.
“Phoenix Ridge?
Oh my god, the Chinese blocking position is indeed in this area."
The Japanese captain looked at the location of Phoenix Ridge on the map and nodded slightly.
"Speed up the march. I want to reach Phoenix Ridge in an hour."
On the second battalion's position, the Japanese brigade launched several attacks, but were all repelled by the second battalion.
Because they have bazookas to provide them with fire support.
Specially designed to deal with the Japanese grenade launchers, tanks and armored vehicles.
This made the Japanese's original powerful offensive weapons all lose their effectiveness.
This makes the defense of the Second Battalion much easier than before.
An hour passed quickly.
At the Second Battalion's position, Second Battalion Commander Qiu Yelin was looking through a telescope at the large number of Japanese soldiers appearing on the northern railway line.
After seeing various tanks and armored vehicles, he knew that the main force of the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade had arrived.
He immediately sent a message to the command center and called Zhou Pingkou.
"Hey, Commander, the main force of the Japanese Sixth Brigade has arrived.
Yes, yes, our Second Battalion will definitely hold the northern position.
Got it. Hold on for another six hours.
Rest assured, Captain, we will complete the mission."
The second battalion commander hung up the phone, looked at the officers of the second battalion around him, and then said: "The regiment commander ordered us to hold the northern line for another six hours.
After six hours, you can evacuate.”
"The main force of the Japanese Sixth Brigade has arrived. Our positions will be subjected to even fiercer attacks from the Japanese.
We need to discuss how to survive these six hours."
Whoosh whoosh!
Not long after the Japanese Sixth Brigade arrived, the Second Battalion's position came under artillery fire.
The Japanese brigade commander, Kunimori Shinichi, was observing the position of the Second Battalion through a telescope from a distance, and his face looked unhappy.
He said to a Japanese colonel commander nearby: "This small hill is less than 500 meters high.
You guys, a whole squad, fought for over two hours and still couldn't take it down?"
"Hey, General, calm down.
Lieutenant Colonel Sakai reported that the Chinese army was equipped with a type of artillery that could fire horizontally, which posed a serious threat to our grenade throwers.
The commander of the Japanese 118th Regiment bent down and said.
The subordinate's words made the old devil Guo Shengzhen frown.
He suddenly remembered the time when he had contacted the 13th Division by telegram.
The 83th Division said that among the enemies that had previously supported the National Army's rd Army, there appeared a type of artillery that could fire horizontally.
It can destroy their tanks and armored vehicles, causing them considerable losses.
It turned out to be Ye Qingshan’s army.