Chapter 415 Great Victory
The brothers are still very eager to fight.

Especially since they had just finished a big meal, they just wanted to show off their skills and beat the Japanese hard.

Although Niu Yuanxiang had confirmed it several times, he was still worried on the eve of the battle.

I asked carefully and found no problem.

There were several lightly wounded soldiers, and Niu Yuanxiang arranged them to serve as logistics personnel and deliver bullets to everyone.

On the contrary, they were unwilling to do so and kept shouting that their injuries were not serious and that they could still continue to fight the Japanese and participate in the war.

It’s good to have this kind of thought, but logistics are equally important.

Niu Yuanxiang gestured with his fingers to ensure that the range of the machine guns, riflemen, and their homemade artillery covered the front line and blind spots of the position, forming a cross-fire network.

This is very important. If there is a careless miscalculation, the Japanese may use these blind spots to infiltrate.

Niu Yuanxiang made another round and found that the morale was high, the ammunition was sufficient, and the fortifications were strong.

This is the great Red Party fighter he cultivated. Niu Yuanxiang’s eyes were full of satisfaction with the people of Xiaohuangshan.

They watched from the hillside as the Japanese and puppet troops finished eating the cans.

A sense of pride arises as they eat big chunks of meat and sip soup here.

The Japanese, who usually act superior to others outside, can now only eat canned food while smelling the aroma of their food.

This is their territory, and they have brothers supporting them behind the position. They can only win this battle and cannot lose.

Seeing the Japanese soldiers starting to reorganize, Niu Yuanxiang shouted, “Everyone be on alert.”

Unlike previous times, there was no longer any advantageous terrain on the mountain for them to use for a sneak attack.

What they have to face this time is a head-on confrontation between both sides in the open.

The number of Japanese troops was far greater than that of the people in Xiaohuangshan, but their advantage was the fortifications they had arranged in advance and the traps they had prepared for the devils.

“attack.”

Yoshioka gave the order, he was very confident about this attack.

This time he wanted to wipe out that gang of hateful bandits in one fell swoop. The empire had already lost many elites because of this gang of bandits.

Eliminate them and warn others with ulterior motives.

Positional warfare like this is the home ground of the Empire’s advanced mortars. As for the homemade cannons made by the bandits, Yoshioka didn’t take them seriously at all.

Whether in terms of loading speed, accuracy or power, the cannons they prepared to military standards were many times more advanced than the soft earth cannons.

Moreover, mortars are suitable for mountain warfare, and they can hit targets even at high altitudes.

This time he wanted to let those hateful bandits experience the feeling of being unable to fight back and having to passively take a beating.

Following Yoshioka’s order, the puppet troops who were used as cannon fodder by the Japanese began to charge again.

But this time Yoshioka changed his strategy. When these puppet soldiers charged, they held a bag of sandbags used for fortifications in front of them.

This time he wanted to make full use of the advantages of the mortar, which would not only allow the construction materials to be quickly transported to the designated location.

It also made the puppet soldiers like they were holding a shield, able to block bullets from the front to a certain extent.

Killing two birds with one stone, Yoshioka couldn’t help but admire his own wisdom for being able to come up with such a brilliant decision.

Yoshioka has already selected a good target as the location for construction of fortifications.

It is a small earth slope. Not only is the terrain flat and easy to build on, but the raised earth slope can also increase the height of the shelter.

The puppet troops charged in the direction of the breakthrough, holding sandbags.

Even though they were holding something this time, their speed was not slow.

The puppet soldiers had already become numb mentally. If they tried their best to rush forward, they might be able to survive, but if they ran slower, they would definitely be killed by the Japanese.

They just hoped they would have a chance to escape later.

The puppet troops were all cowards who had surrendered once and were screened out.

Even when the Japanese pointed guns at their heads, they dared not resist.

Niu Yuanxiang was lying on the hillside observing the situation. He had already seen through the Japanese’s purpose.

Moreover, judging from the direction of the puppet army’s charge, the Japanese chose the surprise that Niu Yuanxiang had prepared for them.

Niu Yuanxiang had already sent people to bury a large amount of explosives underground.

It was enough to blow the Japanese artillery and mortars, along with their bunkers, into the sky.

Niu Yuanxiang decisively ordered to stop attacking the puppet troops and let them build fortifications there, which was what he wanted to see.

The sandbags held by the puppet soldiers in front of them were indeed useful and could slow down their killing speed.

Some bullets hitting the chest were blocked by sandbags, and the kinetic energy of the bullets knocked the puppet soldiers to the ground.

However, they were unable to penetrate the sandbags, so the puppet soldiers just patted their buttocks, stood up and continued to charge forward without any major problems.

Niu Yuanxiang could only arrange some people with better marksmanship to shoot at the exposed heads of the puppet soldiers.

The main force followed Niu Yuanxiang and fired at the Japanese troops behind them.

The key point is the Japanese artillery. As soon as they appear, shoot them immediately.

Niu Yuanxiang’s plan was good, but unfortunately the stone fortifications they built were far less powerful than the natural cliff shelters.

The Japanese machine gun firepower was too strong. Just as the people in Xiaohuangshan killed the machine gunner, the Japanese immediately replaced him with another person to hold the machine gun.

The losses from such a sweep would be too great, which did not meet Niu Yuanxiang’s expectations. He wanted to do his best to preserve Xiaohuangshan’s combat effectiveness.

After careful consideration, Niu Yuanxiang made the decision to temporarily cease fire, allowing only snipers to harass and focus on destroying the Japanese engineers and artillery.

If we allow them to build fortifications, once the bunkers have taken shape, the Japanese will inevitably come here for close combat.

By then the distance will be enough and Xiaohuangshan’s homemade cannons and grenades can be used.

Seeing the bandits’ firepower weakened, Yoshioka sneered, “You ridiculous Chinese, don’t you know how to fight without the terrain advantage?”

“Speed ​​up, engineers. Their good days are over.”

Yoshioka couldn’t help laughing. He could finally wash away the previous shame with blood. He wanted to blow these bandits into pieces.

But he was annoyed by these snipers who were still putting up futile resistance.

Their main forces no longer dared to show their heads, but these snipers continued to kill their excellent engineers.

They were farther away and on a steeper slope, hiding more covertly. If they were discovered, they would change positions. Machine gunners could occasionally kill them, but the number of kills was also limited.

Only occasional sounds of sniper rifle fire were heard on Xiaohuang Mountain. Yoshioka ordered everyone except the machine gunners to repair the fortifications.

There was no confrontation on the battlefield, so time passed quickly.

The bunker and the earth slope below were more than one meter high. Yoshioka commanded the large troops to go in and form a battle formation.

The infantry set up their guns on top of the bunker, while the engineers continued to move sandbags up there.

This time the terrain was open and the enemy did not dare to stop them, so the fortifications they built were much larger than last time.

Not only was it twice as wide, it also had two more floors than the previous one, which was almost enough for most of the Japanese troops to get in.

The rest stayed behind to protect Yoshioka.

Seeing the Japanese enter the bunker, Niu Yuanxiang shouted an order: “Pull out the catapults, throw all the grenades, and don’t stop firing the earth artillery until we have used up all the guns.”

“Don’t worry about not having grenades in the future. We can just blow up the devils and use theirs.”

Niu Yuanxiang was concerned about everyone and added, “Be careful, don’t raise your heads too high. Don’t get killed when I throw a grenade.”

Xiaohuangshan’s sudden explosive counterattack caught the Japanese off guard.

Yoshioka discovered that they were not firing, so he hastily changed his strategy, stopped raising the cover, and immediately set up the artillery.

However, facing the fierce bombardment by the people from Xiaohuangshan, the people in the bunker were dizzy and suffered heavy casualties.

Yoshioka was so angry that he slammed the ground and wished he could go on the field himself. Why did these soldiers fail at the critical moment?

He hurriedly asked the infantry around him to go to replenish the combat power and speed up the deployment. There were not many remaining munitions in Xiaohuangshan, especially after a battle on the second line of defense.

Grenades were scarce, and people threw them quickly, so they were quickly used up.

However, the fierce battle just now also eliminated many enemies.

Niu Yuanxiang looked up carefully and saw that Yoshioka’s reinforcements had already reached the bunker, and there were not many Japanese soldiers left outside.

Their location was exactly where Niu Yuanxiang had buried the explosives.

Niu Yuanxiang had done detailed calculations before and finally concluded that this was where the largest number of Japanese gathered.

Mountain warfare has one huge advantage for them.

The Japanese troops were concentrated and unable to deploy. Gathering so many people together would maximize the effect of explosives.

“Military Advisor, the time is almost right.”

The people around Niu Yuanxiang whispered that these explosives were enough to give the Japanese a hard time.

“Yes, it’s time to entertain them.”

Niu Yuanxiang smiled and nodded. The Japanese had already fallen into the trap and there was no need to wait any longer.

“Hoo~!”

Niu Yuanxiang blew the whistle in his hand.

He had changed the code word before the battle. The whistle was no longer a retreat signal, but a reminder for the mine-laying soldiers hiding in the dark.

There were too many Japanese soldiers, and the explosives Niu Yuanxiang had them place could not cover them completely.

However, Niu Yuanxiang was already very satisfied that he could kill so many Japanese devils.

Several mine-laying soldiers hiding in the dark heard the signal from Niu Yuanxiang.

Pull the fuse immediately and evacuate quickly.

“boom.”

The huge explosion echoed continuously on Xiaohuang Mountain.

This explosion killed almost half of the Japanese soldiers directly. Those who were farther away were not killed, but were knocked to the ground and lost their combat effectiveness.

Yoshioka watched his excellent soldiers, advanced mortars and the fortifications he had worked so hard to build all fly into the sky amid the explosion.

“Baga, another trap. Are these cunning Chinese only capable of setting traps?”

Yoshioka was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

The Japanese positions were already in a state of confusion. No one had expected that so many explosives were deployed on Xiaohuangshan Mountain.

Now that the road has been damaged, it is difficult for people on Xiaohuang Mountain to get down the mountain by themselves.

Niu Yuanxiang didn’t care about that. Since the road was damaged by the bomb, they would just build a bridge and then slowly repair the road later.

If the Japanese attacked us, everything would be lost. Niu Yuanxiang knew exactly how to settle the account.

“charge.”

Niu Yuanxiang took the lead and rushed down. The Japanese formation was in chaos and they had no artillery. It was a good time to take the initiative to attack.

The people from Xiaohuangshan quickly rushed down from the heights.

“Let’s give him our all and give him a beating when he’s down.”

Many people at Xiaohuangshan shouted, and Yoshioka got up from the ground, shouting at them to stop him and ran back.

At this time, there were only a few hundred infantrymen left around him. Without the mortar and the advantage in numbers, he would surely die if he fought against the bandits who were chasing him.

But how could Niu Yuanxiang let him go? He left more than two hundred people to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops who were not killed in the explosion.

The rest of the people followed Niu Yuanxiang to chase Yoshioka.

I have to say that the Japanese soldiers are short in stature and can run away quickly.

Niu Yuanxiang almost chased Yoshioka to the foot of the mountain, but in the end he let Yoshioka escape.

Niu Yuanxiang waved his hand and said, “Let’s go home. Let’s count the casualties first, and then count the spoils.”

This battle was a great victory, and all the Japanese invaders were wiped out, but their casualties were also heavy.

However, during the final pursuit, the Japanese did not dare to look back and aim, but just fired randomly, causing limited damage to them.

The main cause was the heavy losses in the second line of defense and in the exchange of fire with the Japanese machine gunners.

Niu Yuanxiang has been summing up his experience along the way, and he will never make the same mistake again that would result in loss of manpower.

Back at the village, everyone was excited.

However, Niu Yuanxiang asked everyone to count the casualties first and take the injured to treatment.

Everyone in Xiaohuangshan also understood that they had to give an explanation to the brothers who sacrificed their lives first.

After a series of counts, the final number stopped at seven hundred and forty-one, including the wounded.

This meant that they lost nearly a hundred brothers forever.

Although they are gone, they will be remembered forever.

It’s not just them, every Chinese will never forget the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their country.

All the spoils of this battle have been brought back and piled together.

Including captured puppet troops and devils.

Niu Yuanxiang was not in a hurry to take an inventory, but asked someone to keep an eye on them first. The excitement in the battle receded like the tide, leaving only tired bodies.

They cooked some salty porridge together and ate it with the canned meat from the convoy they had intercepted earlier.

The food was simple, but they all enjoyed it.

Niu Yuanxiang squinted his eyes and looked at the remaining flames in the campfire. They were these flames.

They emit light and heat. Even though their power is still weak now, they will eventually grow stronger with more fuel.

The next day, all the results of the battle were counted.

This time, 153 puppet soldiers who failed to escape were captured, but half of them were injured. Niu Yuanxiang personally treated them last night.

Niu Yuanxiang himself is a medical practitioner, so minor injuries are no problem for him at all.

Twenty-one Japanese soldiers were captured, most of whom were also injured.

Although the Japs were very brave when fighting, they were very obedient after being captured and would do whatever they were told to do.

This time, out of the four thousand enemies who attacked, only about a thousand escaped.

It can be said that the Japs were badly defeated, and many Japanese bodies were blown down the mountain. Niu Yuanxiang arranged people to deal with these bodies and captured a few wounded soldiers who were lucky enough to be alive.

However, their injuries are more serious, and whether they can survive depends on their own luck.

About 2,000 rifles of various types were seized, so everyone in Xiaohuangshan can have several guns and the country is now very rich.

There were more than 50,000 rounds of bullets. This time Yoshioka brought two base loads of ammunition. If they hadn’t fired a lot before, Niu Yuanxiang would have gotten more bullets.

Two samurai swords were seized, including Yoshioka’s.

Most importantly, the mortar was captured this time.

The Japanese were unable to take away the mortar that was blown away.

Although it is damaged, it can be used as long as it can be repaired.

More than 100 mortar shells were seized. Yoshioka placed the mortars in the front and the shells in the back so they were not destroyed.

With so many shells, Xiaohuangshan had enough to engage in an artillery battle with the Japanese.

(End of this chapter)