I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 657: The Sorrow of Zhongtiao Mountain (3) Fan Zhengting, from Platoon Leader to Deputy Briga

The armies of both China and Japan were marching at a rapid pace, so naturally the first one to run would arrive first.

Commander Ji Gu arrived three kilometers outside Heifengkou half an hour ahead of schedule.

He did not move his troops forward quickly because he was a man of proud character.

He did not make a complete change after Ono's persuasion.

He ordered the Yoshitani Division to start organizing and not retreat into the Black Wind Pass like deserters.

He didn't want to leave the impression of a lost dog under the gaze of the soldiers of the Matsushima Division.

In this way, the Yoshitani Division organized their troops and advanced with torches.

It was as dazzling as a lighthouse in the sea, pointing the way for Song Wenwan behind her.

The artillery brigade, which was also the supplementary brigade for the Black Wind Pass, reported clear coordinates as the observers used artillery telescopes to observe.

Well, Fang Zhixiao is just like Commander Song.

Now their reinforcement brigade has twelve howitzers and twenty-four 75mm field guns.

There are also twelve Type 92 infantry guns and more than fifty mortars of various types.

Of course, he also had four Type 75 field guns and four Type 91 Type 75 mountain guns, but they were not brought with him because they were too heavy.

With these strong foundations, the foundation of an artillery brigade has been established.

Now Fan Zhengting was also confused by Fang Zhixiao.

He was the future deputy commander of the artillery regiment just now, and now he is the future deputy commander of the "artillery brigade".

Fan Zhengting: Let me do the math. It’s been less than 24 hours, and my rank has been promoted seven levels, from platoon leader to deputy brigade commander.

Because the artillery unit is a technical job, his position as "Deputy Artillery Brigade Commander" is already a major general in the Central Army.

He went from being a lieutenant platoon leader to a major general deputy brigade commander. It was so exciting.

Fan Zhengting had no way to repay his loyalty, so the only option was to kill a few more Japanese devils tonight.

Only by improving the "performance" of the supplementary brigade can we repay the favor of promotion.

He had already arranged the artillery positions for the twelve howitzers.

The strike positions of all howitzers were checked personally by Fan Zhengting one by one.

Artillery has various ways of fighting, and Fan Zhengting's tactical deployment of large-caliber artillery opened the eyes of the veteran artillerymen in the supplementary brigade.

The warhorse that Ji Gu was riding was getting closer and closer to the sentry tower at Heifengkou.

The liaison officer sent by the Matsushima Division has come to greet them.

I don’t know what he said to the captain of the vanguard troops in front, but after a moment he turned around and went back to Heifengkou.

The captain who was leading the group in front has come back to report to him.

"Reporting to the division commander, the ones stationed at the Black Wind Pass are the remaining battalion of the Matsushima Division.

They said that the main force of the Matsushima Division was already stationed 50 kilometers to the west, and they were the only ones left here.

Division Commander Matsushima has ordered them to prepare a large amount of miso soup and rice balls.

After our division enters the Black Wind Pass, we can replenish our energy and then rest.

They have gone back and immediately started to heat up the soup so that we can have something warm to eat."

At first, Yoshitani was a little disappointed because the main force of the Matsushima Division was not included.

Because he could vaguely hear the sound of artillery coming from the Chinese army behind the team.

However, the Black Wind Mountain Pass in front of him still made him feel a little more at ease.

This is naturally a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He only needs to leave one squadron here.

It would take at least ten days or half a month for the tens of thousands of Chinese troops chasing after us to defeat us.

"Hey, your team should quickly enter the Black Wind Pass.

Immediately strengthen the defensive fortifications there to cover the main force of the division while it rests after its transfer."

The remaining brigade above Heifengkou was very considerate at this time and stopped firing flares into the sky.

Now the Black Wind Pass has been made as bright as day, which is not suitable for the Yoshitani Division to move in.

The searchlights on the pass also reduced their brightness. The lights no longer scanned across the road, but simply shone on both sides of the road and did not move.

Along both sides of the dirt road leading to Heifengkou, there are hundreds of empty gasoline barrels placed almost every hundred meters.

The firewood was lit in the empty gasoline barrel, making the dim road brighter.

Ji Gu gave the order, and the entire army was ready to move immediately towards the Heifengkou Pass.

The gate of the pass has been opened, and the infantry battalion that served as the vanguard has entered the dark pass.

"A pitch-dark pass", "like the mouth of a ferocious beast", "seems to be able to swallow everything".

These terms suddenly appeared in the mind of Division Commander Yoshitani.

"Damn it! Immediately order the infantry battalion in front to retreat from the Black Wind Pass..."

Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, earth-shaking changes had already taken place in the pass.

A series of explosions and wailing sounds came from the pass.

In the light of the explosion at the pass, Yoshitani saw his poor subordinates dancing among the steel balls and shrapnel.

Then, semi-automatic rifles were stretched out from the high ground on both sides of the pass.

The people in ambush were reluctant to use even their light or heavy machine guns.

Basically, after firing two rounds of rifle, with a total of sixteen bullets, I put the gun away and stopped shooting.

There was no need for them to fight anymore, and the Japanese brigade below was extremely unlucky.

They didn't even have a chance to raise their guns to fight back, and their souls all returned to the Japanese island to meet their old emperor.

This scene of mines and artillery shells exploding and semi-automatic rifle bullets flying everywhere was very familiar to the old Japanese soldier Ji Gu.

Ji Gu shouted angrily, "Damn it! This must be done by that lingering guerrilla division again."

His troops had already followed the "gasoline barrel road" and arrived at the Heifengkou Pass.

If you continue to rush in at this time, you will become a sitting duck and there will be no return.

But if they all wanted to turn around and go back, that would be nothing but a pipe dream.

Before Ji Gu's order was issued, the two front battalions of their division were also stationed outside Heifengkou.

Fang Zhixiao deliberately asked someone to shine a searchlight on the remote places on both sides of the road.

The brightness was also dimmed to prevent the Japanese from noticing the abnormality of the gasoline barrels.

Those gasoline barrels were specially modified by Fang Zhixiao's engineering corps as a gift to the Jigu Division.

After he captured the baggage train of the Yoshitani Division, he discovered that the Yoshitani Division Commander was too greedy.

He actually had all the empty gasoline barrels taken away with the truck.

Fang Zhixiao asked the engineers to start from the lower two-thirds of the gasoline barrel.

Dozens of holes were drilled in the oil barrel facing the direction of the Japanese marching route.

A bulletproof steel plate was placed on the side without a hole.

Fan Zhengting was shocked at the time. He didn't expect that Commander Fang was so brave.

He was not afraid of the sparks from chiseling the barrel, which might ignite the gasoline barrel.

When they pried open the lid of the gasoline barrel, they found that there was not even a drop of gasoline in it.

Looking at the smooth inner wall of the oil barrel, it was shiny and glossy as if it had been rubbed with steamed buns.

Fang Zhixiao led all members of the supplementary brigade and expressed his admiration for Ji Gu.

I really want to capture him alive right now and ask him how he did it.

The engineers of the supplementary brigade placed a 15-kilogram explosive pack at the bottom of the oil drum.

A dozen sealed wine bottles were placed on top of the explosive packs containing high explosives.