No one thought that the Japanese army had laid mines on the peak, and an anti-infantry mine knocked down three commandos, and the explosion of the mine alarmed the Japanese soldiers who were sleeping with their guns in their hands.
The small number of Type 100 submachine guns equipped by the Japanese army played some role, but under the brave assault of the Chinese soldiers, the Japanese army was quickly defeated and annihilated, and as soon as the battle was over, Wu Mantang hurriedly ordered the firing of three red signal flares.
When the flare was fired, Xu Hui, the deputy commander of the engineer battalion, did not find the detonation device set up by the Japanese army, and the cold sweat on Wu Mantang's face mixed with rain flowed down.
"How can I not find everyone looking for it carefully" Wu Mantang knew that he was already a little panicked, Brigade Commander Huang should attack the Japanese position in the valley at this moment, if it was detonated by the Japanese army at this time, the troops without assault of more than 2,000 people would be wiped out.
The fierce exchange of fire that echoed in the valley caused Shinichi Tanaka and Hiroshi Takeuchi to run out of their tents in disheveled clothes "Send someone to find out the situation immediately" Shinichi Tanaka's roar made the communications staff officer want to grow two more legs, and disappeared into the night.
The waiting in the dark night was the hardest, and the moment the three red signal flares rose into the air, Tanaka Shinichi's heart seemed to be pulled hard, and the sudden sound of gunfire and explosions in the direction of Taniguchi echoed in the valley, and panicked Japanese officers and soldiers were everywhere.
Takeuchi Kuan, who was the first to force himself to calm down, knew that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would not come so soon, could it be the remnant army in the city outside the valley Takeuchi Kuan felt a burst of incredible, if it was really the disabled squadron outside the valley, the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force must have arrived nearby, thinking of this, Takeuchi Kuan was shocked into a cold sweat.
Tanaka Shinichi looked at his panicked subordinates with annoyance, he could hardly believe that those people were the Great Japanese Emperor who believed in chaos and did not panic Wu Mantang finally found the Japanese detonator in the crevice of the cliff on the cliff, and the two Japanese soldiers guarding the detonator had been disposed of by the grenade, and Wu Mantang, who climbed into the rock crevice along the rope, startled himself with a flashlight.
Hundreds of boxes of TNT were densely stacked inside the rock crevices.
A few grenades just dropped on the ground were obviously a bit too reckless.
The corpses of two Japanese soldiers with chains on their feet were still smoking.
Obviously, these two Japanese soldiers were the selected local fighters.
It's not news that the Japanese army has chained their men to fortifications or trees.
Except for a field telephone, it fell to the side in the crevice.
There are also a few discarded empty cans, and the outside of the cans can be said to be empty.
Wu Mantang after unloading the detonator's ground main switch safety.
Finally, I breathed a long sigh of relief.
Some nervously leaned their backs against the stone wall.
A fierce exchange of fire rang out in the direction of Taniguchi.
It's really a long shot, if it's late.
The two Japanese soldiers could detonate at any moment.
If detonated.
None of the thousands of men who attacked Taniguchi survived.
The Japanese army laid out three lines of defense at Taniguchi though.
But because its purpose is to confuse the attacking squadron.
Use the blasting valley to inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
Therefore, the Japanese army only symbolically placed a small number of troops in each line of defense.
Huang Guohua led the ground assault troops to break through the two lines of defense in front of the Japanese army very smoothly.
Its main force was located in the first line of defense of the Japanese army, and began to improve the fortifications and prepare for defense.
Three companies of ground troops were deployed in the second line of defense of the Japanese army.
The Chinese soldiers used the Japanese fortifications to transport a large number of small wooden grenades to the position.
Huang Guohua picked up a small wooden handle grenade and looked at it carefully.
At the hilt, an English letter w was deliberately touched.
But you can still see the traces of the past.
Huang Guohua knows.
The official name of this grenade is the Republic of China Type 24 Destructive Bomb.
With the two-four yellow grenade and the one-type handleless and two-type handleless grenades, it is known as the four major King Kongs.
All of them were imported from Germany before.
It belongs to the very tight goodies.
The only thing that distinguishes the Type 24 destructive bomb from ordinary grenades is that this grenade does not have a delay fuse.
Pull and ring In the expeditionary force, most of these grenades will be equipped with special operations brigades, and they will be arranged into various tricks and mines that the Japanese army cannot defend against according to tactical needs.
When Tanaka Shinichi learned that the squadron had occupied Taniguchi and destroyed the detonating device, Tanaka Shinichi immediately realized that Taniguchi, which was extremely important, must be taken back immediately.
Tanaka Shinichi and Takeuchi Kan simply negotiated the 18th Division to recapture Kitayaguchi and take charge of the defense, while Akiuchi Kan was responsible for the defense of Minami Taniguchi, and mixed into the 24th and 2nd The reserve was in charge of the response, and Aoki Tayichi's mixed with the large rift in the middle of the valley of the 1C5th Brigade was the only known passage that could cross the east-west direction of the Kimin Mountains.
The final disposition of the Japanese army was to first use the Naba Valley to put up stubborn resistance, and then take advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese expeditionary force to relax its fatigue after thinking that the encirclement had been successful, leaving one part to confuse, and the main force fled lightly and went straight to Imphal to jump out of the encirclement.
The Japanese army's counterattack was expected by Huang Guohua, but the ferocity and strength of the counterattack greatly exceeded his expectations.
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The rain of bullets composed of eight-inch Browning 2 machine guns and sixteen Browning 762 mm caliber 1A4 was like an iron curtain, and although the shooter's vision was greatly affected, it still did not affect the Japanese troops who were frantically counterattacking in dense formations in the narrow valley.
The narrow valley made the Japanese support firepower useless, and the Japanese soldiers who shouted frantically with bayonets and the officers who brandished their command knives would only realize that they would be so painful to be shot, and that their lives were so fragile, whether it was the emperor or Amaterasu, no one could bless them in the face of the flying bullets.
The 127 mm caliber 2.50 machine gun is like a harvester with outstanding performance, and the huge destructive power of its ammunition often makes the Japanese soldiers who are hit suddenly fall apart, and the stumps, blood, and internal organs are scattered all over the ground.
When the gunfire of the Chinese defenders stopped, there was a deathly silence in the valley, except for the strange sound of the wind.
The corpses of Japanese officers and soldiers fell to the ground in various shapes, blood staining the sand and stones in the valley red.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Huang Guohua organized his troops to quickly withdraw to Taniguchi's first line of defense, and after learning the news that Takahashi's liaison attack had failed and lost two squadrons, Tanaka Shinichi also received information confirmation that it was the squadron of Zilai Naba Castle that attacked and occupied Taniguchi, not its main force.
Shinichi Tanaka, whose face was pale, ordered: "The 55th Infantry Wing and the 56th Infantry Wing cooperate with the Takahashi Wing, strengthen the artillery, and recapture the Taniguchi position before dawn at all costs, otherwise its main officers will be self-grateful." ” Hi, Shinichi Takahashi and Miyamoto and the others on the side hurriedly answered yes They couldn't figure out how the detonation point arranged at the top of the valley was guarded by fifty military police officers with rich combat experience, how many Chinese had gone up since the Chinese blew up and down the rope ladder that passed up and down, so far no one has been able to climb it, and the people who climbed and erected the rope ladder before were all gendarmes who were killed in attack, and the destruction of the blasting plan unexpectedly caused the defense of Kitayaguchi to fall into passivity.
The Japanese generals and officers are very clear that the narrowest part of the Naba Valley lies in the valley mouth on both sides, and the narrowest point is only about four meters, and the Chinese expeditionary force is good at using chariot assault as a tactical means, if it can hold the valley pass, destroy one or two enemy tanks can block the passage, so that the follow-up troops of the squadron can not deploy, and its firepower advantage will also be limited, and whether or not to recapture the valley mouth position is related to the key to being able to hold on.
Faced with a life-and-death situation, the Japanese officers and soldiers burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, and almost every Japanese soldier knew that if they wanted to leave Burma alive and safely, they had to stubbornly take advantage of the favorable terrain of the valley to swear to block the Chinese expeditionary force, and only the harder they fought would they have a greater chance of breaking out of the encirclement.
The three Japanese infantry wings that were given the order to die were put into seven infantry brigades, and under the cover of twelve field guns, they began to attack in turn, and Huang Guohua directly gave up the second line of defense, giving the Japanese heavy punch a feeling of failure "The people of China were timid and they retreated" The various materials left on the position and those fortifications that were not dug made Takahashi forget the nightmarish fierce firepower, and he took it for granted that the squadron retreated for fear of being defeated, after all, such a quantity of ammunition was left, especially nearly 100 boxes of grenades that were in short supply for all units, Takahashi immediately ordered to leave 20 boxes, and the rest of the captured grenades were immediately sent to the division headquarters.
In fact, Takahashi also knew in his heart that the squadron's move was to shrink the defense and concentrate troops and firepower, but he had no way to retreat.
The words of His Excellency Shinichi Tanaka, the commander of the division, must recapture the Taniguchi position before dawn at all costs, otherwise its main officers have already driven him to a dead end, either to recapture the Taniguchi position, or to die in Taniguchi to serve His Majesty the Emperor: