Predator Reborn

Chapter 423: Encirclement and Annihilation at Baita Mountain (1)

"Division Commander, what you mean is that the Eighth Route Army must have deployed a large number of ambushes in the Baita Mountain area, ready to block our army's attack..." Through the reminder of the division commander, Chief of Staff Sano also put on the map in front of him,

After discovering the problem, he frowned.

"Sano-kun, for the sake of safety, the main force of the division will immediately stop the advance. Order the 59th Infantry Regiment to immediately enter the Baita Mountain area to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. At the same time, send a certain number of troops to occupy all the commanding heights along the highway. I think as long as we

Being able to occupy these commanding heights, even if the Eighth Route Army wants to launch an attack on me. We are condescending and have the advantage of the geographical location of our comrades. We can pass through the Baita Mountain area in the shortest time and get rid of the Eighth Route Army's obstruction..." Division Commander Lieutenant General Doihara Kenji

He nodded and gave a serious order to the chief of staff in front of him.

Following the order from the division commander, Lieutenant General Kenji Doihara, a regiment of more than 4,000 Japs, led by the regiment commander, Colonel Osaka, quickly broke away from the main force of the division and headed towards the Baita Mountain a few kilometers away.

Area, rapid attack. However, what made the Japanese army feel lucky was that the leading troops of a regiment rushed straight into the Baita Mountain area. In the huge Baita Mountain area, unexpectedly, no one appeared.

A gunshot...

Because, before the arrival of the Japanese army, the entire Eighth Route Army retreated several hundred meters away under Wang Nanhu's order and hid in the mountains. A reconnaissance unit of the Japanese army entered the mountain and

No clues were found... It took more than 4,000 little devils just one hour to go deep into the mountains, and the entire road section of more than ten miles in length was clearly investigated. At the same time, all the highlands along the highway

, were also garrisoned by garrison troops of different sizes from squadron to brigade, preparing to escort the advance of the main division.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, Captain Nagasaka sent a telegram. The entire section of the road has been fully investigated and no enemy conditions have been found. At the same time, all commanding heights along the route have been completely controlled by our army. The main force can pass..."

While the division commander Kenji Doihara was waiting anxiously, the chief of staff, Colonel Sano, said with a telegram he had just received.

"Yo Xi, it seems that I was overly worried. The Eighth Route Army did not ambush any troops here. Do we really think too highly of the Eighth Route Army's *** division, or did the Eighth Route Army's *** division learn that our army was invading in large numbers?

Taiyuan City was abandoned in advance..." Lieutenant General Doihara Kenji, the division commander, frowned and said with all his thoughts.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander... I think we are worrying too much. This time, we have assembled the powerful forces of two main divisions. According to the strength and combat effectiveness of the *** division, unless they gather all their strength, they will not be able to do anything at all.

They do not have the strength to compete with our army. Therefore, I think the Eighth Route Army has abandoned Taiyuan City in order to preserve its strength..." the chief of staff said thoughtfully.

"Order the troops to march immediately and speed up the march. They must pass through the Baita Mountains before dark..." Lieutenant General Kenji Doihara nodded thoughtfully, and then ordered with a serious face...

Finally, while everyone was waiting, the main force of the Japanese division moved again, pointing directly at the Baita Mountain area. Because of the advance reconnaissance of the 59th Infantry Regiment, the main force of the Japanese army moved very quickly, almost

Without any vigilance. Just like that, under the command of the division commander Lieutenant General Kenji Doihara, who underestimated the enemy, these more than 10,000 little Japs rushed straight into the third division. The more than 20,000 soldiers laid out for him were huge.

surrounded by...

"Commander, political commissar, and more than 10,000 Japanese main force troops have all entered the ambush circle. Will the troops launch an attack immediately..." Because of the arrival of the Japanese army, the atmosphere in the entire command headquarters was also very tense. At this moment, the Chief of Staff

The voice broke the tranquility of the headquarters. Just as the chief of staff finished speaking, everyone's eyes in the entire headquarters were focused on Wang Nanhu, waiting for the commander to issue combat orders.

"Start... bang bang bang..." Looking at everyone's eyes, Wang Nanhu slammed his fist on the sand table in front of him and ordered loudly. Just when Wang Nanhu's words just fell, three sharp sounds

The sound of gunfire reached everyone's ears. Three signal flares flew into the sky with a sharp whistling sound...

"Boom, boom, boom..." As the signal flare took off, the first person to speak was the heavy artillery regiment deployed a few kilometers away from the road. Two heavy artillery regiments, 54 various heavy artillery pieces, seemed to have eyes.

Huge artillery shells accurately hit several commanding heights that the Japanese army had just occupied and had not even had time to deploy fortifications...

In an instant, several commanding heights occupied by the Japanese army were covered by intensive artillery fire from heavy artillery regiments. In less than ten minutes of artillery fire, several commanding heights were turned into ruins and completely immersed in a sea of ​​fire. These commanding heights had just been occupied.

There is no doubt that all the little devils suffered heavy casualties in this intensive artillery fire.

However, just when they had just recovered from the artillery fire, a loud charge bugle sounded immediately. As the artillery fire began to extend towards the road, the Eighth Route Army troops who had already been ambushing on the mountainside immediately

He rushed out of the woods where he was hiding and launched an attack on the Japanese troops on the top of the mountain...

"Baga, it's the Eighth Route Army. Quick, organize a defense immediately and be sure to block the Eighth Route Army's attack..." Looking at the densely packed Eighth Route Army soldiers on the mountainside, rushing towards the top of the mountain. Those little Japanese officers who were lucky enough to survive, their whole faces immediately became...

Everything was pale. He quickly took out his command knife and prepared to command his troops to block...

However, his order did not receive many responses. Under the intensive artillery fire, the formation of the little Japanese guarding various commanding heights has been completely disrupted. More importantly, the troops suffered heavy losses and were able to continue fighting.

Less than one-third of what it was before the war remains...

"Hurry up, start shooting immediately... We must block the Eighth Route Army's attack. Our reinforcements will arrive soon..." Japanese commanders howled and ordered the soldiers around them to join the battle. However, although their shouts were very loud

, the sparse firepower was only able to cause some minimal casualties to the soldiers, but was not able to stop the soldiers' attack... A dense burst of grenades were thrown by the soldiers onto the top of the mountain. The little Japs who just kept howling just now, immediately

They were blown to pieces, and the entire Japanese defense line collapsed. The commanding heights occupied by the Japanese army were reoccupied by the soldiers one after another under the desperate attacks of the soldiers.

Less than twenty minutes after the battle started, in the sand table inside the headquarters, all the commanding heights occupied by the Japanese army were planted with small red flags representing the Eighth Route Army. The direction of the entire battle was slow from the beginning.

Slowly develop for the better.

"Okay, good fight. Now all the commanding heights have been completely occupied by us, and the Japanese troops are all under our firepower. Chief of Staff, the casualties of the troops occupying each commanding heights are not big. If nothing happens, the Japanese troops will definitely be there in the first place.

For a time, we launched a fierce counterattack on these commanding heights. Tell the commanders of each unit that before the end of the entire battle, we must ensure that all commanding heights are in our hands." Looking at the great situation in front of him, the commander

Wang Nanhu was excited and ordered loudly.

"Commander, the casualties of each unit are less than one-third of the total strength. In addition, we have absolute artillery superiority and there will be absolutely no problems in holding the position." The chief of staff replied affirmatively...

And at this moment, Lieutenant General Kenji Doihara, the commander of the Japanese division, heard the intensive artillery fire from several commanding heights. His face, which was calm just now, immediately turned pale... because he

He knew that he had been deceived and that his division had been completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. The purpose of the Eighth Route Army was not to block and severely defeat itself, but to annihilate all its troops.

"Division commander, all the commanding heights along the highway were bombarded by the enemy's fierce artillery fire at the same time. Each unit suffered heavy casualties, and they sent telegrams asking for artillery support..." At this moment, after hearing the dense artillery fire around them,

At that time, the division's chief of staff, Colonel Sano, also panicked.

"Baga, the purpose of the Eighth Route Army is to annihilate us completely. These commanding heights must not be lost. Order the troops around each commanding heights to immediately reinforce all commanding heights. All remaining troops will immediately assemble and construct around the artillery regiment.

Fortifications... Also, report the situation of our army being ambushed to the Commander, and request the Commander to send aircraft to support our department and destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions..." Although the division commander was shocked by the Eighth Route Army's boldness

.However, Lieutenant General Doihara Kenji, who had experienced many battles in the field, reacted from the shock immediately and ordered various orders in an orderly manner to the staff officers in front of him.

However, although the division commander's order was very timely, the reaction speed of the Japanese reinforcements was also very fast. However, no matter how fast they were, they were already ambushing halfway up the mountain. The Eighth Route Army's attack speed... just before the Japanese reinforcements

When the troops had just rushed to the mountainside, all the commanding heights had been completely occupied by the Eighth Route Army... Faced with the counterattack of the Japanese reinforcements, the soldiers did not hesitate and used their most intensive firepower to repel them all...

Just when the Japanese army lost all commanding heights, a call back from the Commander arrived. Because the weather had turned dark, planes could not take off for support operations, and the 14th Division was required to stay on the spot and wait for reinforcements. After dawn tomorrow, the Commander

The ministry will dispatch an aviation brigade of combat aircraft to conduct coordinated operations...

"Sano-kun, how is the situation outside now?" the division commander asked with a frown after reading the response from the headquarters.

"Division Commander, the situation is very bad. Under the fierce artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, we lost all the commanding heights. At least 2,000 imperial soldiers were all smashed into pieces in less than half an hour. At the same time, due to the terrain and

Due to the Eighth Route Army's continuous shelling, the speed of troop assembly is also very slow. In addition, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops have been discovered on both wings of our army. If nothing else happens, our army has now been completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army..."

To the frowning division commander and chief of staff Colonel Sano, he could only tell the truth.

"Baga... As for our artillery, we ordered all artillery troops to immediately build artillery positions and fight back. In addition, if we want to successfully hold on until tomorrow, we must gather enough troops. So, Sano-kun, please, don't hesitate.

At all costs, gather more troops..." the division commander ordered almost roaring...

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander. However, the artillery fire used by the Eighth Route Army is all heavy artillery. And our artillery was almost completely destroyed by the Eighth Route Army a few days ago, and there is no ability to carry out any counterattack..." Colonel Sano quickly explained

.

"Nani..." the division commander asked in disbelief. However, in less than half a minute, the division commander lowered his head and began to think about countermeasures quietly: "Sano-kun, no matter what

In this way, I still said what I just said, no matter what method we use and what price we pay, we must gather enough troops. Now this task is handed over to you. I hope you will do your best for the future of our 14th Division.

Don’t live up to all of our expectations…”

"Hey, please rest assured, Division Commander, I will definitely complete the mission and gather all the troops around the division headquarters to hold on..." Looking at the sincere eyes of the division commander in front of him, Chief of Staff Sano replied affirmatively,

He turned around and rushed out of the headquarters, leading a group of guards and running towards the battlefield under heavy artillery fire...

With the order from the division commander, Chief of Staff Sano Sano no longer had any scruples. After personally killing several officers who failed to command the battle, the morale of the Japanese army was immediately raised to its peak. One by one, the little devils were

Under the command of commanders at all levels, they quickly ran towards the location of the division headquarters, risking shells that might fall on their heads at any time.

However, every move of the Japanese troops in the encirclement circle, illuminated by the fire caused by the explosion of artillery shells, did not escape the eyes of the soldiers on various commanding heights... A piece of information about the movements of the Japanese troops in the encirclement circle was sent to the general headquarters Wang Nanhu

in the hand.

"Political Commissar, the purpose of the little devil is very clear, that is, before we launch the general offensive, we should huddle together as much as possible, wait for reinforcements, and strive to hold on until dawn tomorrow..." After reading the telegrams in his hand, Commander Wang

Nan Hu said.

"Old Wang, what you mean is that we should try our best to prevent the little devils from clumping together, separate and surround them, and then eliminate them separately..." Looking at the commander Wang Nanhu in front of him, the political commissar Chen Guoge said thoughtfully

He replied. Because, in his eyes, there are still more than 10,000 Japs after all. The best way for his troops at present is to divide and surround the Japanese army and eat them bit by bit.

"No, this is too slow. If the battle drags on until tomorrow, Japanese aircraft will definitely arrive for reinforcements. By then, even if we have the anti-aircraft firepower of two anti-aircraft regiments, the casualties paid by the soldiers will increase a lot. Order

Each unit should appropriately slow down the pace of the attack and allow the little devils to gather together in the shortest possible time. When the time comes, we will take the blame for him all at once..." Commander Wang Nanhu made the final decision and ordered firmly...

"But, Lao Wang, do we have such a big appetite? There are more than 10,000 little devils. Do we have the ability to eat all these 10,000 little devils huddled together in one night?"

Looking at the confident Wang Nanhu in front of him, political commissar Chen Gegeru was surprised and reminded with a suspicious look on his face.

"Political Commissar, I don't plan to deal with these little devils in one night. Think about it, if we don't surround these little devils, by then, there will be little devils everywhere in the mountains with a radius of dozens of miles.

Traces. It is also a big trouble for the soldiers to clear out the enemy troops. More importantly, scattered and clearing out the enemy troops will also cause many unexpected casualties to the troops. I don't want more than 20,000 soldiers to fight with the little devils in the mountains and forests.

Guerrilla warfare..." Looking at the puzzled political commissar Chen Gegeru in front of him, Wang Nanhu quickly said another reason in his heart...

"So that's it, Lao Wang, if it weren't for your reminder, I wouldn't have remembered that we are now in a group of mountains... OK, I completely agree with you, let the little devils huddle together, and then we will

He served it all at once..." Political Commissar Chen Gegeru suddenly woke up and said with enlightenment.

"Also, political commissar. Although there are more than 10,000 little devils in a group, they are a very hard nut to crack. But don't forget that we now have the support of two heavy artillery regiments. At the same time, we still have

There is a secret weapon of the armored battalion. These more than 10,000 little Japanese are not a particularly difficult nut for us to crack. As long as our various units cooperate properly, it won't take long to eliminate these Japanese troops." Look at it.

With the sand table in front of him, Wang Nanhu looked confident.

"Old Wang, I completely agree with you. Just assign tasks to the following units... As for me, I'm here, waiting for your good news..." Listening to Wang Nanhu's words, Chen Gege, as his partner, kept clicking.

He scratched his head and agreed.

In the face of the command from the general headquarters to slow down the attack speed, although the various troops did not understand it very much, they still carried it out unconditionally. There was no more harassment from the soldiers on the commanding heights along the way, no more raindrops of artillery shells, and they were completely surrounded.

The little devils immediately recovered from the chaos in the shortest possible time and began to quickly assemble to the location of the division headquarters under the leadership of their respective commanders.