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Chapter 439: The Battle of Huangya Cave (8)

On November 12th, the Japanese seemed particularly calm on this day. They seemed to have given up their attack on Huangya Cave, and the entire Huangya Cave area seemed particularly quiet.

But outside the Huangyadong area, all the Eighth Route Army units had fired with the Japanese troops, and the battles of each unit were very fierce. In a short period of time, several battles entered a state of intense heat. In the battle, casualties were inevitable, and soldiers of each unit had certain casualties.

However, these casualties are still within acceptable ranges. The Japanese have been storing the Japanese bases, which has long made the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army units extremely angry. Previously, the headquarters ordered all units to try not to fight head-on with the Japanese, which made the soldiers have a lot of concerns.

Now, in order to reinforce Huangya Cave and block the reinforcements of the Japanese, the soldiers of each unit no longer need to have any concerns. The only thing they have to do is to devote all their efforts to the battle and kill as many Japanese as possible.

At the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese in Shanxi, Yoshio Iwamatsu learned a lot of news that the troops were fighting with the Eighth Route Army, which put him in some pressure.

Faced with the attacks initiated by various units of the Eighth Route Army, all units of the First Army entered a state of combat readiness, and the entire Shanxi became chaotic due to the battle in Huangyadong. After taking over the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu knew that he needed to make certain achievements. Only in this way can he be favored by the North China Front Army Headquarters and Army Base Camp.

Yoshio Iwamatsu understood that when he took the initiative to dispatch troops to attack the Huangyadong area occupied by the Eighth Route Army, he could not lose this battle, otherwise he would probably be like the previous commander and would have to return to the local area to sit on the bench.

Without further ado, Yoshio Iwamatsu expected, he received an order from the North China Front Army headquarters very much. Commander Okamura Yasuji ordered him to take this opportunity to seize the specific locations of the Eighth Route Army units and draw out most of the troops of the First Army to encircle and mobilize.

The Eighth Route Army, which has always been active in the Japanese occupied areas, has long become a major concern in the eyes of the Japanese army. The Japanese army does not want the Eighth Route Army to grow stronger in the first step.

After drawing forces from various units of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at the Huangyadong area. He knew that the real decision of the victory or defeat of this battle was the small Huangyadong! Only by attacking Huangyadong and successfully entering Huangyadong and destroying the Eighth Route Army's arsenal in Huangyadong, then this battle can be considered a victory.

But the troops attacking Huangya Cave can really do this? Iwamatsu Yoshio was a little uncertain, so the troops attacking Huangya Cave sent a telegram to report on the specific situation of the attack on Huangya Cave.

The Eighth Route Army's defense in the Huangyadong area was too resolute, and the construction of defensive fortifications was extremely perfect. Even if the offensive troops consumed a large number of shells for artillery bombing, they failed to make much progress in the offensive of Huangyadong. On the first day of the attack alone, hundreds of casualties occurred. If there was still no big progress, the troops attacking Huangyadong were likely to be exhausted and they would not be able to successfully capture Huangyadong.

In order to successfully capture Huangya Cave, the offensive troops sent a telegram to Yoshio Iwamatsu, hoping to get more shell support. At the same time, they hope to dispatch aviation troops to ensure that a large number of defensive fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army in Huangya Cave were destroyed in the shortest time.

Yoshio Iwamatsu naturally agreed to the request of the offensive troops. After a day, a large number of shells were sent to the offensive troops. Now, Yoshio Iwamatsu hopes that the support he gave to the front-line troops will be effective. If there is still little progress, don’t blame him for being rude!

...

Huangyadong, headquarters secret service regiment command post, Liu Gen and Ou are studying the movements of the Japanese.

The Japanese did not launch an attack or shell the position for a whole day, which made Liu Gen and Captain Ou realize something was wrong. Given the situation when the Japanese attacked Huangya Cave on the first day, the Japanese would inevitably want to take down Huangya Cave in the shortest time and destroy the Eighth Route Army Arsenal in Huangya Cave.

The attack failed on the first day. It was nothing to the Japanese. With the strength of their troops, even if such casualties occur every day, they should be able to last for several days.

"Genzi, have you seen something?" Captain Ou rubbed his temples and said with a headache.

In order to study the Japanese's thoughts, Captain Ou had been thinking for a whole day, but he didn't get any good answers. With the Japanese's situation, if they really wanted to continue fighting, they would definitely be fine. As long as the Japanese were willing to pay enough casualties, it would be fine for the Japanese to attack the defensive position of the Seventh Company.

After all, there are not all the soldiers of the secret service regiment in the positions defended by the 7th Company. As long as the Japanese are willing to pile up their lives, they can still attack the positions.

For the secret service regiment, the gains and losses of the positions are actually not that important. In the Huangya Cave area, there are more than 300 fortifications. Even if the position of the 7th Company is lost, it will not have much impact on the defense of Huangya Cave. The soldiers can still rely on various fortifications to resist the attack of the Japanese.

Commander Ou didn't believe that the Japanese could not see this, but they just didn't choose to attack, which made Commander Ou unable to think of his intention. Could it be that the Japanese were not worried about the support of the Eighth Route Army troops?

"I can't see anything. The Japanese didn't attack all day long. They should be planning some conspiracy."

"Maybe we don't have to worry too much. With the fortifications of our Huangya Cave, no matter what conspiracy the Japanese use, they cannot easily attack Huangya Cave. However, we should still pay attention to reminding the soldiers to prepare for virus prevention and poison gas warfare, but the Japanese are the best at it." Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

Like Captain Ou, Liu Gen did not understand the Japanese's minds. With their troops, they continued to attack, so the soldiers of the secret service regiment would not have any chance to breathe.

"Then let's not think about the situation of the Japanese. I will ask the soldiers to be more vigilant and guard against the Japanese attacks that may be launched at any time." Captain Ou no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to guess. He had too little information, and it was not that simple to understand the Japanese's ideas.

"Genzi, how are you preparing? It depends on you next." Captain Ou looked at Liu Gen and asked expectantly.

Liu Gen smiled confidently and said, "Captain Ou, don't worry. The artillerymen of our secret service regiment have been prepared long ago. As long as the Japanese artillery fires again, it will be our chance to kill them."

"According to my judgment, most of the Japanese artillery soldiers should be in the direction of Paoma Mountain, mostly with heavy artillery and mountain artillery, while the Japanese mortars and infantry artillery are arranged in combat troops."

"Our target is the Japanese heavy artillery mountain cannons. As long as these are killed, the Japanese mortars will not dare to use them easily. By then, we can rely on the range advantage of rocket launchers to continuously kill the remaining artillery of the Japanese."

“…”

In order to allow Captain Ou to understand his combat plan, Liu Gen explained it in detail. During this period, Captain Ou also asked a lot of questions, some of which supplemented Liu Gen's combat plan and became more perfect.

It is inevitable that soldiers with the Japanese artillery will be able to reduce casualties in the defense, so the secret service regiment must let Liu Gen kill as many Japanese artillery as possible! Without Japanese artillery, it is like a tiger without fangs. The soldiers rely on various fortifications to defend, and the safety will undoubtedly be greatly increased. Don’t worry about Japanese artillery shells falling by their side from time to time.

"Genuine, it seems that I have been thinking too much. You have already made enough preparations and your combat plan is quite complete."

"At that time, I will wait for your good news!" Captain Ou said with satisfaction.

After listening to the combat plan formulated by Liu Gen, Commander Ou felt relieved. He could see Liu Gen's intentions and knew that the combat plan was perfect enough. If the battle could be as smooth as Liu Gen expected, then Liu Gen and others would not be in too much danger of their lives.

"Well, the defense of Huangyadong will depend on the secret service regiment next. I need to take the soldiers out." Liu Gen said.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Gen left Huangya Cave with the artillery of the secret service regiment. When they left, they also brought a company of soldiers, more than 100 people. Except for a small number of soldiers who were on guard, most of the soldiers carried rocket launchers. Rocket launchers were not considered medium-sized, and any soldier could carry 18 kilograms of rockets.

The soldiers carried rockets and pushed three rocket launchers, which were the weapons used to attack the Japanese artillery. The soldiers' laziness of shells was enough for three rocket launchers to carry out three rounds of volleys. In Liu Gen's combat plan, the rocket launchers would only carry out three rounds of volleys.

After three rounds of volleys, no matter what the result is, Liu Gen and others need to complete the retreat in the shortest time. Only in this way can the safety of Liu Gen and others be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

A company soldier who is responsible for carrying rockets is now required to carry rockets. When encountering an enemy, he needs to be responsible for the safety of Liu Gen and other artillery soldiers.

Before leaving Huangya Cave, Liu Gen told the soldiers about the combat mission this time. He had to let the scared soldiers withdraw, but in the end no one quit. The soldiers were unwilling to miss such a good opportunity to kill the Japanese!

The choice to leave Huangya Cave and venture to the periphery of Huangya Cave was because the range of rocket launchers was limited, only five kilometers. The heavy artillery and mountain cannons of the Japanese were far beyond the rocket launchers in terms of range. In order to ensure that the heavy artillery and mountain cannons of the Japanese were within the range of rocket launchers, it was very necessary to choose to transfer the rocket launchers to the periphery of Huangya Cave.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese, Liu Gen and others did not make any sound while walking, and at the same time, many soldiers were reconnaissing in front.

Because Liu Gen and others left Huangya Cave, the place they went to was remote, there were no traces of Japanese soldiers in this area, which was one of the few places where Huangya Cave could keep quiet. However, Liu Gen also knew that the quietness of this area could not be maintained for too long.

After finding a suitable place, Liu Gen and his soldiers hid in a hiding place. In order to prevent being discovered by the Japanese, they also made some disguise. Not far ahead of Liu Gen and others, there was a high ground. When the Japanese artillery attacked, this high ground would become the best place to attack the Japanese artillery.

On November 13th, at dawn, the Japanese who had been quiet for a day took action. They concentrated all the artillery fire and launched an attack on Paoma Mountain and the 1461 highland of Paohua Village.

Under the suppression of powerful artillery fire of the Japanese, the soldiers of the spy team defending in Paoma Mountain and 1461 Highland of Chahua Village were unable to raise their heads at all, while the Japanese took advantage of this opportunity to attack. These two places are located on both sides of the entrance to the east of Huangya Cave.

The soldiers arranged by the secret service regiment in these two places were more to detect the movements of the Japanese, which made not many soldiers stationed in the 1461 highland of Paoma Mountain and Taohua Village.

"The opportunity is here!" The moment the Japanese cannon sounded, Liu Gen took the soldiers to the high ground not far away.

Pushed by the soldiers, the three rocket launchers reached the altitude in the shortest time and prepared for the attack.

"After thirty seconds of inspection, we will immediately launch the first round of attacks on the Japanese artillery!" Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

The artillery soldiers present took action one after another. They quickly inspected three rocket launchers and had already loaded rockets. The three rocket launchers had a total of 36 rockets. Once the attack on the Japanese artillery was launched, they would definitely be able to catch the Japanese artillery off guard!

"no problem!"

"no problem!"

“…”

Thirty seconds passed, and the artillery soldiers had no problems. Liu Gen nodded, determined the angle of the three rocket launchers again, and issued the launch command!

The moment the rocket launcher was launched, the rockets flew out quickly. In less than ten seconds, all thirty-six rockets flew out. At this time, Liu Gen and others had no time to observe whether the rocket could hit, and they acted at their fastest speed.

For Liu Gen and others, the most difficult time is not when launching rockets, but when loading missiles. Reloading rockets is not a simple matter. It will take at least one minute to reload all three rocket launchers.

For heavy artillery and mountain artillery, one minute is enough for them to shoot about ten shells. In artillery battles, every second is extremely important, let alone a minute.

One-minute loading time is already very fast for rocket launchers. Among the rocket launcher information that Liu Gen knows, some rocket launchers take more than ten minutes to load. Of course, such rocket launchers will be more powerful.

At this time, the Japanese artillery position, thirty-six rocket launchers directly covered the Japanese artillery position. This artillery position is the position of the Japanese heavy artillery and mountain artillery. The Japanese gathered these artillery together for better command.
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