Although Matsuura Junrokuro's 106th Division suffered two consecutive defeats on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, it would be wrong to say that they were weak.
Seeing them trapped in a tight siege by the Chinese Army in the Wanjialing area, the fierce fighting power they unleashed in order to survive was heart-stopping.
On the Changling front line alone, their 113th Regiment wiped out a main division of 10,000 people commanded by General Feng Shengfa, which shows its strong strength.
General Xue Yue mobilized the 66th Army of the Cantonese Army in Lushan to the battlefield, and cooperated with the 4th Army with strong combat effectiveness to switch from defense to offense and launch a tentative attack on the Songpu Division.
Both the 4th Army and the 66th Army are the more capable units among the Guangdong troops, and they are also the units that General Xue Yue trusts more.
At this moment, although the 74th Army has begun to show its prominence in a series of combat effectiveness, its combat effectiveness remains to be seen compared to these veteran units in Guangdong, so it still performs defensive and interception tasks.
Matsuura Junrokuro knew very well about the combat effectiveness of the 66th Army and the 4th Army from the intelligence, and he had suffered losses at the hands of the 4th Army on the Nanxun Line.
So when he saw the troops from these two armies attacking, he knew they couldn't defeat them, so he ordered the two regiments to block the attack while dispatching elite troops to launch a fierce attack on Zhanggu Mountain, the new breakthrough point.
The final result was that the 66th Army and the 4th Army stuck to the Matsuura Division to fight, while the main force of the Matsuura Division was to press forward with all its strength against the 58th Division that was blocking Zhanggushan and Changling.
The troops of the 58th Division were completely lost in two days and two nights of bloody fighting. Even the division commander, General Feng Shengfa, personally carried a gun and went to the front line to participate in the battle.
Fortunately, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clearer. General Xue Yue saw that the 58th Division couldn't hold it anymore, so he mobilized the reserve mobile troops.
"Bang!" "Bang!"
Mortar shells fell from time to time on the battlefield along Changling, blowing up piles of corpses and causing showers of blood.
All the positions on the Changling front line were obscured by thick black smoke, and it looked gray as if it was evening.
The sulfur incendiary bombs burned away the weeds and woods, and the blackened wooden piles were still smoking.
On a hillside littered with corpses, Japanese soldiers with bayonets held a line of skirmishers, taking turns to cover and advance towards the defenders' positions in search of them.
Although the direction of the main Japanese breakthrough has been transferred to Zhanggushan, the 113th Japanese Regiment in charge of Changling did not stop its actions, but used an offensive posture to contain the Chinese Army.
In the huge crater exploded by a heavy bomb, more than a dozen scrawny Chinese officers and soldiers were gathered together. They were the only remaining defenders of this position.
Two days and two nights of fighting without sleep made each of them look unkempt, their eyes were bloodshot, and they were extremely tired, but they still managed not to close their eyes.
"Company officer, the Japanese are here again." A short brother retracted his head from the edge of the crater and lowered his voice.
After hearing the report, the only remaining deputy company commander in this position looked back at the dozen or so scarred brothers with a bitter look on his face.
Two days and two nights of fierce fighting had made them exhausted, and now there was no gunfire from the surrounding positions. They didn't know whether they were all dead or had withdrawn.
There were at least several thousand brothers deployed in the nearby positions. How could they all die in just two days? They must have withdrawn, but why didn't they notify us when they retreated? The deputy company commander was very puzzled.
But without the order to retreat, they had to stick to their position, nailed to it like nails, unable to take even a step back.
"Stick the bullets evenly and get ready to fight." The Japanese's chirping could be heard clearly. The deputy company commander steeled himself and ordered in a hoarse voice.
A brother whose head was covered with dark red bloodstains shook his head sadly and said: "Company officer, we have no bullets anymore, not even a single one."
The brothers groped each other's bodies, but they were disappointed. Two days and two nights of fighting had exhausted all the bullets, and now there was not a single bullet left.
"Grenade, are there any more grenades?" The deputy company commander was anxious. The Japanese were coming. What could he do without bullets?
As if he remembered something, a brother hurriedly climbed to the side and overturned a corpse, revealing an ammunition box.
"There are still a few more grenades here."
The five remaining grenades lay quietly at the bottom of the ammunition box filled with sand, giving more than a dozen remaining brothers hope.
The deputy company commander took out the grenades, took one for himself, and stuffed another into the hands of each of the other four brothers.
He turned back and said calmly: "Go out one by one later, don't be overwhelmed by others, use bayonets if you don't have grenades."
The remaining ten brothers all knew what the deputy company commander meant. They were going to fight for their lives, but deep down in their hearts they did not want to die. But in this lonely position, they had no choice but to retreat and go up to the peak.
Friendly forces lost contact and had no choice but to fight to the end.
"I'll go first, and you guys will follow."
The deputy company commander took one last look at the dozen brothers who fought side by side to the end, grabbed the grenade and carefully climbed out of the crater, crawled towards the Japanese, and hid sideways behind a blackened rock.
This group of Japanese soldiers searched and advanced very slowly. They covered each other and moved forward cautiously.
They have launched nearly twenty attacks on this position in two days. Facing the Chinese officers and soldiers who refused to retreat, they were really afraid. Only the weapons in their hands could give them a sense of security.
"Kill!" the deputy company commander pulled the fuse of the grenade, shouted loudly, and suddenly sprang out from behind the rock and pounced on the Japanese soldiers who were close at hand.
The moment they saw the deputy company commander's body rushing out, the other brothers who were still in the crater had tears in their eyes. Another brother took advantage of the Japs' attention being attracted and quietly grabbed a grenade and crawled out.
"Puff! Puff!" The Japanese soldiers reacted very quickly. When they saw someone rushing towards them, they subconsciously raised their guns and shot.
The bullet penetrated the deputy company commander's body and erupted into clouds of blood mist. He paused, but did not fall. Instead, he vigorously waved his arms and threw the smoking grenade at the Japanese soldiers.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion sounded, and shrapnel flew everywhere under the sweep of the air wave. Four Japanese soldiers were immediately blown over and fell into a pool of blood, screaming and twitching.
"Baga! Way to go!" The lieutenant led by the Japs fell down in anger and hurriedly. The other Japs also evaded and beat the deputy company commander into a bloody gourd.
The deputy company commander's thin body swayed, and he finally fell to the scorched earth. Before the Japanese could get up from the ground, another brother rushed forward with a grenade.
"Boom!"
The Japanese who was lying on the ground wanted to grab the gun and move away, but this brother jumped on him and hugged him tightly. The Japanese was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and tried to break free, but with a loud noise, both of them were blown to pieces.
God's minced meat.
"Kill the devils!"
Another brother grabbed a grenade and rushed forward. When the Japanese saw the smoking grenade, they were so frightened that they turned around and ran away. This was the first time they had seen such a desperate attack.
On the tragic battlefield, nearly a hundred Japanese soldiers were chased by a brother. The scene was chaotic for a while. Then with a loud explosion, everything returned to dust and dust to dust.