I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

After receiving the order from Tada Shun, Lieutenant Watanabe Hiroshi of the Japanese Jinan garrison continued to deploy troops. All the troops who could be mobilized, including the Jinan city defense, the strongholds around Jinan, and the gendarmerie, were ordered to assemble. Just ten minutes after Song Qingming received the news, the two mixed battalions set off. This time they were all cavalry and trucks. To be on the safe side, six 75 mountain cannons were pulled behind the trucks.

There was no news from the reconnaissance post, and the soldiers on the Gushan defense line continued to build their positions. Song Qingming also sent a reconnaissance post to the railway line in Tongluo Mountain for alert. It is not ruled out that the Japanese army arrived in the mountain area by truck, and then abandoned the trucks and advanced on foot. As a front-line commander, one must think carefully, and any wrong judgment will be fatal.

The position was almost set up, and the reconnaissance post in the direction of the highway returned.

"Company commander, the Japs are coming. We are three kilometers away. There are cavalry in front and trucks behind us. They will arrive in five minutes."

"Everyone take cover and wait for the signal flare before firing."

The soldiers on both sides were only a hundred meters apart. After hearing the order, they all went into the trenches and lay down in the trenches, waiting for the search team's fire reconnaissance.

The Japanese cavalry was composed of two reorganized squadrons, with more than 280 riders leading the way in front, and a long line of trucks following behind. The cavalry fired as they broke through, and their rifles fired at the hillsides on both sides.

Seeing that the cavalry and the convoy were somewhat out of touch, Song Qingming decided to let the cavalry go and focus on attacking the convoy behind. There were more than 400 guerrilla reserves in the back. By this time, the machine guns should have been set up!

The cavalry roared past, and the teams on both sides were very disciplined. There were no flares, and everyone continued to lie in the trenches and wait.

The truck came and turned a corner. Its headlights illuminated the tail of the cavalry. In order to catch up with the cavalry, the convoy began to accelerate after turning the big bay. To attack the truck, the rocket launcher is the magic weapon. All the rocket soldiers are ready, just waiting for the flare to be launched.

The first truck was very important. Song Qingming arranged three rocket launchers to aim at it. As long as the first one was blown up, all the ones behind it had to stop. The rocket soldiers behind had to wait until the truck stopped moving before firing, but they could not wait for the Japanese to jump down. The timing was very strict.

Seeing that all the trucks had entered the position, Song Qingming waved his hand and the soldiers around him fired signal flares.

"Swoosh~"!

Three bazookas opened fire, and three rockets hit the truck at the front of the line.

Boom boom boom!

One rocket hit the front, and the other two hit the target. The front truck stopped, and the trucks behind it began to brake suddenly.

Before the car came to a complete stop, all the rocket launchers behind opened fire.

Hiss~ hiss~!

Boom! Boom boom boom boom boom!

All the rockets hit the target, and some trucks were hit twice.

The signal flare was launched into the air and all the machine guns opened fire at the same time. Their target was the Japanese soldiers in the carriage. Dense bullets intertwined above and below the carriage, making the boards rattle and the bullets popped into the bodies of the Japanese soldiers.

boom! Boom boom boom!

Some rockets detonated artillery shells on vehicles or truck fuel tanks. The explosions in the front were still echoing, and the explosions in the back came one after another.

As soon as the remaining Japanese soldiers jumped off the trucks, the second wave of rockets came again. Dozens of trucks were burned and exploded. The Japanese army did not dare to use them as support and desperately rushed to the high ground on both sides. The machine guns began to lower their muzzles, and submachine guns also opened fire within the range. Countless bullets intertwined into a dense fire net, and the charging Japanese soldiers were hit so hard that blood spurted out of their chests.

The remaining Japanese soldiers were in a panic. Since they entered this land, they had never seen such powerful firepower. The surviving Japanese soldiers turned around, but it was useless. Bullets were flying on both sides.

The artillerymen lay on the back of the hill and watched the show. They did not fire a single shot this time. Firstly, it was to save ammunition, and secondly, with powerful weapons like rocket launchers, there was no need to fire at all against the convoy.

When the battle broke out here, more than 200 cavalrymen also entered the ambush circle of the reserve team. The two squadron leaders discovered something unusual in front of them and were about to order to stop advancing when flares and explosions sounded from behind. The cavalrymen stopped their horses in surprise when machine guns on both sides opened fire.

Cavalry was the king of the battlefield, but that was before the appearance of heavy machine guns. It may still be possible now, but that must be because the enemy's firepower is insufficient. More than 30 light and heavy machine guns cannot hit 300 cavalrymen. Such firepower configuration is completely a massacre.

When the gunshots rang out, the two squadron leaders knew from the firepower configuration above that the cavalry was finished. They raised their sabers and ordered the troops to break out. Anyone left behind would be dead. Whoever could break out would be a kill. There was no chance. The bullets were too dense. Many horses were frightened by the bullets and ran away, leaving the cavalry behind. They fell down after a few steps. The gunshots continued from the north. The fighting here was almost over. In order to save bullets, the bugler blew the charge.

More than 400 soldiers rushed down the hillside and stabbed the Japs whenever they saw them. Captain Song had issued an order that all teams should not take prisoners. This joint operation would be mainly based on the Second Battalion of the First Regiment. If any Japs surrendered, they would pretend not to see them. Anyway, it was dark and no one would notice them. This group of soldiers didn't want to think about anything else now but to clear out the remaining enemies and continue to clean up the battlefield.

There was a ceasefire at the Liantaishan position for twenty minutes, and there was no more gunfire from Gushan in the north. Jinan City had gathered troops twice, and it was estimated that there was not much oil to be squeezed out. Song Qingming asked the troops of the Lunan Detachment to clean up the battlefield, and he took the soldiers of the second company to start destroying the railway. All the spoils of the night belonged to the Lunan Detachment. This was arranged by the battalion commander long ago.

The soldiers of the Lunan Detachment were excited. An infantry regiment, two cavalry squadrons, more than thirty trucks, and two mixed infantry battalions. Even after experiencing a violent storm, the remaining ammunition made them ecstatic.

The commander of the Jinan garrison, Watanabe Hiroshi, was somewhat numb. The two batches of reinforcements sent out had disappeared without a trace. What about the promise to report when seeing the enemy? What about the promise to generate electricity when encountering damaged railway lines? Are the radio stations broken? Or is it that the battle is intense and there is no time to send a message? Watanabe Hiroshi can only think on the bright side. The troops cannot be sent. Two-thirds of the defenders of Jinan City have been pulled out. The city defense is very empty. They can only wait until dawn.

The sabotage army on the Jitai Line was working in full swing. The Second Battalion had a thousand troops responsible for attacking the blockhouses. The Lunan Detachment had six thousand troops joining in the raid in addition to the troops blocking the positions. Seven thousand people were distributed along the 60-kilometer railway line, as densely packed as ants moving house. Before dawn, they would have turned the railway line upside down.

After receiving Tada Shun's order, the defenders of Qufu, Zouxian and Tengxian immediately changed direction, mobilized all available means of transportation, and rushed towards Mount Tai. The three counties gathered into a regiment, and after gathering at Mount Tai, they joined forces with the two squadrons that had regrouped at Mount Tai to begin the assault along the railway line. There was no news from the troops in front, and the various strongholds did not send power again. Although the order was to do so at all costs, the coalition forces marched very cautiously. The two squadrons that gathered at Mount Tai acted as a search team, driving three-wheeled motorcycles and firing all the way, rushing straight towards Huanglianyu.